the last the would a lot of that was real, but what was really interesting is seeing how people spend the night at the end of their workweek the same as they do all over the world david. >> ali velshi reporting from teheran, iran, thank you so much. safe travels back to the united states. and that is our show for today. i am david shuster, in for ali velshi. thanks for watching. bringing down the battle flag. after decades of flying high, south carolina removes a symbol of the confederacy from the state capital grounds. disturbing new questions about the shoot that go sparked that change. the head of the fbism says the man accused of murdering nine people in a church should never have been allowed to buy a gun. rememberremembering a massacre, while controversy still surround

europe's worst mass killing since world war two, 20 years after the attack. and defying the supreme court. clerks refusing to issue marriage licenses to game couples in kentucky. get an ultimatum from the state's governor. ♪ ♪ good evening i am antonio mora this is al jazerra america. we begin a historic day in south carolina. for the first time in decades the confederate battle flag is no longer flying on the ground of the state capital in columbia. the flag, long controversial. become an even bigger hot button issue after last month's massacre at at the emanuel am even church in what reel stop nine black parishioners were apparently killed in the rochely motivate ahead tack. what are people telling you about the flack coming down? >> reporter: well, i was in the crowd today antonio when that flag came down, it was decades in the making, moments that it took for the state troop troopers to take it down, you heard this

collects tiff cheer going up. but also at the same time, i was seeing people wrapped in confederate flags but it remained peaceful. i talked to some young men and i said was it too fast for you? somebody said i would like to saver the moment. but in day and aim of social media somebody said i videotaped it i can saver it all i want forever. everybody was filming it and cheering, they brought their kids out today. it was almost like a picnic kind of atmosphere, security was tight. but many people say this there be a moment a day in history that they will treasure. the con federal flag came down swiftly with the jubilant crowd cheering. and small pockets of protest all coming out to witness the end of an era. >> that flag for me is just a punch in the face. it's saying -- it's hold be up the confederacy. >> as a young black man that's educated, you know, it was just a sigh of relief. >> reporter: evening the the debates your honor the hot sun stayed

relatively cool. >> i am happy to see it go down and happy to see the people's burdens on their mind free. we have to understand that we are just beginning. >> i think they should have left it up there. it wasn't bothering anybody in that sense. >> it was bothering a lot of people. >> what were bothered by is the hate that you symbolize with it. >> reporter: it took the massacre of nine blacks at a church in charleston to reignite the debate over removing the flag from the state house ground. but while south carolina has taken it down, many recognize that the symbol of the con confederacy still flies elsewhere. >> they can have their flag up in their yard or in -- on their truck, or somewhere on their house property. but nowhere near the state house. >> it will be in the museum. that's where it ought to be. charleston mayor joseph riley said after the tragedy of the church shooting south carolina has now become a symbol of love and community, but a lot of work still needs to be done. >> it was a feeling of great happiness for the citizens of south carolina.

this was important for earn. people of every background and ethnicity because it was a unifying thing. the flag was divisive it, had been appropriated as a symbol of hate by many people and it's no longer in front of our public building. >> reporter: by the end of the afternoon, the flagpole came down too. the last visual reminder of what had become a symbol of racism, pain and divisiveness to so many. antonio, that flag came down, that flagpole came down, and then this evening it was a peaceful evening here at the state house. a lot of couples, a lot of elderly companies walking by standing on that empty ground now and taking pictures of nothing left just happy people strolling around here very peaceful but security does remain tight antonio. >> thank you courtney. troubling questions being raised about the gun turd by the

man charged with the church massacre, the head of the fbi says he should never have been allowed to buy the weapon. >> please be seated. does the defendant have a criminal history 123-4678 the answer to that question is yes. dylan roof was arrest ed in columbia south carolina in march. he was at this mall when some wormers complained that he was behaving suspiciously, police found him with a narcotic for which he did not have a precipitation. he was charged with trespassing and drug possession, on friday, fbi director james comey said that incidents should have prevented dylan roof from buying the handgun that he allegedly used to kill nine people at the church in south carolina last month. >> mr. roof, you are charged with nine count of murder. >> comey says when roof went to buy the gun a mandatory fbi background check failed to uncover the pending felony. his admission to possessing illegal drugs alone would have disqualified him from owning a

handgun. the wrong arresting agency was listed in the record which also contributes today the failure. fbi director comey blamed the mistake on a paperwork error. he told reporters this case rips all of our hearts out but the thought that an error on our part is connected to a gun this person used to slaughter these people is very painful to us, comey said he ordered a review of the procedures and that his agents will meet with the families of victim to his explain what went wrong in the deaths of their loved ones. paul, al jazerra, new york. the city of albuquerque has agreed to a $5 million settlement with the family of a man shot to death by police. police body cameras captured james body's final boyd's final moments in march of 2013. he was a home think schizophrenic off his medications and was armed with knives but his family has always maintained he was trying to surrender to police, last month

two officers involved in the shooting were charged with second degree murder. a divided ohio appeals court says only prosecutors can charge police officers involved in the shooting of tamir rice. the 12-year-old boy was shot dead while playing with a pellet gun in a cleveland park last november. local activists tried to use a little known law to get a judge to issue arrest warrants in the case. prosecutors have not filed charges saying a grand jury will make that decision. the sheriff in san francisco is trying to deflect blame in a recent murder involving an undocumented immigrant. juan sanchez had been deported five times when he allegedly killed a woman last week. not long best murder he had been released from the san francisco county jail. immigration officials said they september a note asking the sheriff's office to turn him over so he could be deported again but the sheriff says a note is not enough. >> ice immigration customs and enforcement did not provide the san francisco sheriff's department with a warrant or a

judicial order to hold him for proceedings. >> sanchez is now being held on $5 million bail. he says he found a gun on the pier and it accidentally went off officials say the gun had been stole then june there a law enforcement agency. catherine or chew let lett uh-huhs resign as of head of the personnel management office. the moves comes after a pair the sib air tacks exposed the percentage information of nearly 22 million people. the resignation marks a swift turn around by or chew let 5678 a day after saying she wouldn't resign the white house announced that catherine archuleta was stepping down effective immediately. >> they recognize is, recognizes, as the white house does that the challenges facing the office of personnel management require a manager with a specialized of skills and experiences. >> reporter: the move follows disclosure that another cyber breach of her agency's database was far more swing than the first one revealed in available.

in testimony to congress last moth archuleta blamed outdated technology for the other inability to protect the information. >> we discovered these intrusions because of our increased efforts in the last 18 months for improve souper cube never at o.p. march. not despite them. >> reporter: besides social security numbers the compromised bait date a include current and former government employees officers to questions about drug use financial problems. and contact with foreigners, on wednesday fbi director james comey told the senate intelligent committee it can be more wide suppress it's not just my identity afternooned i have siblings, five kids all that have in "america tonight" in there and so numbers quickly grow for i can't understand the number of federal employees which is millions over the last 20 years. >> reporter: jay johnson says he couldn't identify the cyber attackers, national en till intelligent

director james clapper has called the leader suspect chinese. there is no indication yet the information has been misused. two federal labor unions have announced they are suing the government saying the o.p.m. violated their constitutional rights by failing to upgrade cyber security safeguards. they are also demanding the government pay for their lifetime credit and identity theft protection. tom ackerman, al jazerra washington. greece tonight turned another corner in an effort to avoid defaulting on its debt. the country's parliament voted overwhelm big to approve a new austerity plan that would inflict more pain on greek buys hiking taxes and cutting pensions. now european leaders and creditors must approve the plan before they release more bailout money. greece has already missed one debt payment and its banks have been close today two weeks. the iran nuclear talks will continue through the week end negotiators in vienna agreed to extend the interim deal until monday. both sides say they have made

progress in two weeks of talks but that the process is moving so slowly the sides remain divided over ain' arms embargo over iran that western powers want to keep in place john kerry said there is a limit to american patients but also said the use and its five negotiating parents will not be rushed. same-sexer sex marriage is the law of the land but some people are defying the supreme court also ruling of a few county clerks in louisiana and texas have refuse today issue marriage license because of religious objections. in kentucky the governor has issued a stern ultimatum. give out the licenses or give up your job. >> getting ready to go in to the courthouse and applying for a marriage license. >> reporter: they have been together for more than 17 years entered the courthouse knowing they would meet resistence in their bid to get a marriage license. that resistence came from rowand county clerk kim davis. who has refused to issue marriage licenses to all

couples. her stance was prompted by the u.s. supreme court's recent land mark decision that allows same-sex couples to marry nationwide. but despite that ruling, and honored by kentucky's governor steve bashier to issue the licenses, davis and her staff stood firm. the whole incident was captured by cell phone. >> okay, we do not. [ inaudible ] you can go to our surrounding counties -- >> your business has been taken care of. >> reporter: even after being ignored and watching others cut them in line the couple finally made it to the counter and confronted another employee. >> you can go to any other county and get your marriage license, wore not doing it this time. >> we own property here, we pay taxes here and pay taxes here. >> that's her choice. >> we are our right. >> it's not her right. according to this ruling and governor bashier she does not have the right to refuse us our license. >> reporter: moore finally got to fave davis who asked that she not be filmed the couple left empty handed.

the incident came just a few days after the aclu sued davis on behalf of two day couples and two straight couples. davis is among a handful of clerks in kentucky refusing to issue marriage licenses siting religious beliefs. casey county clerk casey davis has also refuse today issue marriage licenses that left-hand him in hot water with the governor who summoned him to his offers on thursday. governor bashier's message to davis. >> to issue marriage license or resign. that was the words. >> reporter: and your response to him was? >> i can't quit my family. >> reporter: davis remains did he points. >> nature's law will supersede any law that man puts on a piece of paper. that's why i have taken the stand that i have taken. i don't believe that this lifestyle agrees with may fewer'snature'slaw. 20 years passed since the deadliest massacre in europe since world war ii while the killings at srebrenica are still a source of controversy.

the doctor who made millions giving painful treatments to patients who didn't need them breaks down in court when he learned his sentence.

the defense for colorado theater shooter james holmes rested its case today. jury could begin deliberation says early next week after closing argument, lawyers defendsing holmes say he was legally insane at the time of the massacre they conceded he killed 12 and punned are wounded specific. but a argued he suffers from schizophrenia and was not in control of his actions if the jury agrees holmes would avoid the death penalty. a michigan cancer doctor went in court today when he was sentenced to 45 years in prison dr. faried fa fata pleaded guilty he gave cancer treatments to patients who were not sick so he could collect millions in insurance money and as lisa stark reports many of

victims are still struggling with the affects of fata's scheme. >> reporter: that abandoned building in michigan was once part i've cancer empire. >> it was like an a december zellblyan assemblyline. >> reporter: won by dr. reid fata. >> he was the best, the best in town. patients put their lives in his hands. >> there were times when he called my his miracle patient. >> reporter: but dr. fata was not performing miracles. he was committing fraud. and harming hundreds, possibly thousands of those who believed in him. >> so what he was doing was he wasn't looking at his patients as people, he was looking at his patients as profit centers. >> reporter: chuck charter was referred to dr. fata for follow-up chemotherapy after an operation for pancreatic cancer. >> i initially went in to it figuring it was a precaution preventive, that it would probably be i thought at the time short-term. >> reporter: what did it turn out to be?

>> it turned out to be five years. >> reporter: it turns out according to cancer specialists, the correct treatment for chuck's condition was not five years of chemo their at chemotherapy, it was six months. chuck and other patients were impressed by dr. fata's credentials, named a top doc in a local magazine. he did his initial training in lebanon. and a fellowship at new york's prestigious slone kettering cancer center. dr. fata built michigan's largest private cancer practice. tightly controlling patient care and building at seven clinics. a diagnostic center, and a pharmacy. despite years of fraud, of billing for chemotherapy far in section cesc of the usual oncologist neither insurance companies or medical officials raised a red flag it took a whistle blower from one of dr. fata's clinics to go to the fbi then alarm bells went off.

the tip came in on a friday in august of 2013, the fbi scrambled. on monday agents interviewed eight clinic employees. on tuesday morning they arrested dr. fata. impressive speed for a government take down. but how did dr. fata slip by until then? what did he do to be able to get away with this for so long? >> he was really the king of his practice. and i think he may have even called himself the king or his practice his kingdom he was. he ruled with an iron fist kept close control over everything and didn't let anyone else see what he was doing. >> reporter: the government estimate dr. fata fleeced medicare private insurance companies and patients of 10s of millions of dollars. there is no way of calculating the human toll. chuck carter lives with kid any and bladder problems. severe numbness in his hands, feet, and legs. he is now on permanent disability. >> i was betrayed.

it's hard. you know, i dirks trusted him. i trusted him with my life. >> reporter: eye life now forever altered. tomorrow 20 years since the srebrenica massacre. the country will also bury more than 100 newly identified victims killed by serbian forces in 1995. the war in bosnia pitted christian serbs against muslim and catholics, an estimated 8,000 muslims mostly men and boys were killed in srebrenica. joining us is laura silver, she worked as a

correspondent in the balance kinsbalkinsshe is the offer of the death of yugoslavia, thanks for coming in to talk to us. as you look back at what happened in srebrenica, one of the things that jumps out is just incredible failure of the united nation to his prevents this horror. they had declared that area a safe zone, peace keepers were there, maybe not enough. but still it was a horrible failure to the part of the united nations have those problems been addressed? >> well, it was a terrible failure. the failure on the part of the united nation says it was a failure on the part of the west no not spending enough troops to protect these zones and when they were formed we knew actually journalists and observers knew that they were doomed if you look at it now, 20 years on, there really hasn't been reconciliation. we haven't really made complete progress. >> and how do you get to reconciliation when there is a u.n. security council resolution this week that russia vetoes, four of the

other 15 members abstained angola nigeria venezuela and china. if we can't even admit that this is a genocide, how do you move forward? >> well, they are not talking about srebrenica really as you know, of course when they are vetoing it, they are vetoing it because of other calculations and politics, so offense at the united nations it's not the issue they are considering it's something else. what we saw here was russia, really moving to assert itself and when you look at ground, though in bosnia, in serbia, there is not a danger of war and that's the one thing if you look as progress. in terms of real reconciliation and coming to terms with what happens. i think we are a ways a way. >> but the serbian president said it was a great day for serbia there is clearly an attempt to whitewash history. >> absolutely. this president has not said sorry, taken responsibilities for the

crimes that were committed in the name of circumstances. >> what about the argument that the focus just shut be other srebrenica. it began years before srebrenica. it's a mistake to just narrow it down to this horror? >> that's right. you have to look at the war in context and that's not to diminish what happened in the weight of what happened in srebrenica. but you have to look at it in context and why the war was prosecuted and really the victims and frankly the victims that -- who were bosnian bus are muslims but victim on his all sides of course the. >> ed leaders believed to be mostly responsible for that are the serbian president who died while being tried by the criminal court for the former yugoslavia. still being tried now and the president and military leader. also being tried. why is justice taking so long? this happened 20 years ago.

>> justice moved slowly i interviewed slob dan 20 years ago, i ask sata cross the room from him and asked chim what was happening? and he said things got a little out of hand. >> a little out of happened? >> absolutely. >> at least they are now in prison. no one has really been of the big -- the big fishes as we call them, i mean the big leaders have not actually been sentenced for their crimes. so one died while in trial now we have two still there. >> good to have with yous. thanks. >> thank for having me. >> remembering a legendary leading man, a look back at the life and big screen career of omar sharif. and the first chapter of harper lee's new book is out. and fans of to kill a mocking bird say the sequel has a big shock never the first few pages.

♪ ♪ history was made today in new york's canyon of heros the u.s. women's world cup champs were honored with a ticker tape parade. it's the first time an all female team has received the rare honor. they were showered with tons of confetti and the cheers of thousands of screaming soccer

fans. at more than half a century the sequel to happenner lee's which is i can book to kill a mocking bird goes on sale tuesday, but the opening chapter of the novel hats been released on line, no spoilers here, but there is a major not twist that some fans has described as heartbreaking. legendary actor omar sharif whose film career spanned six decades has died. the 83-year-old sharif appeared in a number of classic movies including lawrence after rare i can't and dr. zhivago we've look back at his iconic career. >> reporter: few movie lovers can forget the first time omar sharif appeared on hollywood's big screen. >> this is my well. >> reporter: it was his real rolle in the 1962 swing epic lawrence of arabia that turned the egyptian-born actor in to an international leading man and one of hollywood's most sought after stars. it also earned him an oscar

familiar nation and a golden globe and led to other roles in two classics. dr. zhivago where he won another golden globe for his portrayal of a physician and poet during the russian revolution. and in 1968's funny girl as a jewish gambler alongside barbara try sand. ♪ i can be taller than you ♪ >> omar sharif was perfectly timed and poised. he was an international figure. he came from the middle east. he had a dashing kind of european middle eastern sophistication and glamorous image and appeal. >> reporter: born michael shalhoub in 1932, to a wealthy family in alexandria egypt he became interested in acting while studying math and physics at the university of cairo. is receive raised a christian changed his name and convert today islam in the 1950s when he married one of egyptian's biggest movie stars. >> how long have you been living

here? >> reporter: with a career spanning more than 62nd aids, sharif was one of the few arab actors to make the leap to hollywood. >> i think what that when omar sharif debuted, there were a lot of stereotypical players and they were supporting roles. and perhaps more villains than heros. >> reporter: off the big screen, sharif made a name for himself as an avid bridge player. he wrote a number of books and articles detailing his passion for the card game. one saying i would rather being playing bridge than making a bad movie. even licensed his name to a computer game. >> in terms of a life well lived, and a great colorful legends of screen that's truly one of the immortals, he did a great job. >> reporter: although sharif continued working in to his later years he was rarely seen in the spot least after he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease earlier this year, his amount said he died of a heart attack at a hospital in cairo. leaving behind a legacy of unforgettable roles in some of hollywood's most iconic films.

>> go around damascus. >> reporter: jennifer london, al jazerra, local wood. i am antonio mora, thanks joining us, ray suarez is up next within'. havewith "inside story." have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you may remember abigale fisher, a student denied entry to the university of texas at austin, she says there was no room for her at the school because less qualified applicants were given an edge during the admissions process. the supreme court has agreed to hear her case, a case that could end the consideration of race and ethnicity at public colleges and universities. the case has moved through the courts before, so why is it