bank handing out garments for those in need. in another part of jordan syrian children living in the zatari refugee camp dressed their best clothes, they visited the market: they have been saving money for the day. all of that you can find on our website. ♪ >> four marines gunned down in chattanooga, what led a man to attack two military offices. >> we have no idea the motivation behind the shooting. >> we are live with the latest investigation and the community reaction. >> a jury convicts james holmes for killing 12 at a colorado movie theater.

why they rejected his insanity defense. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, good morning, i'm jonathan martin. this morning federal investigators are starting to dig into every detail of the life of a young tennessee man that they say unleashed a hail of bullets at two military sites in that the puga. officials believe he acted alone. the f.b.i. is leading a national security investigation and late yesterday, president obama spoke about the shootings from the oval office. let's go live to mike viqueira in washington. what's been the reaction from the administration? >> a full court press from law enforcement, the president speaking about it. he was abreast with a constant

briefing of aids. he was in oklahoma talking about criminal justice reform but as soon as he got back to the oval office, they were waiting for him where the f.b.i. director, his white how's advisor on counter terrorism and homeland security filled him in on the latest and then the president invited the press in just briefly and said the following: >> we take all shootings very seriously. obviously, when you have an attack on a u.s. military facility then we have to make sure that we have all the information necessary to make an assessment in terms of how this attack took place and what further precautions we can take in the future. >> now law enforcement as far as we know and the president said a little later on there in a oval office session thinks this is a lone gunman identified at muath

as mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. we also understand from various sources that there is not yet an indication of any connection to any overseas terrorist group like isis or al-qaeda or any in fluence from on line propaganda. obviously this is in the front of the minds of many of these investigators and otherrers to this horrific tragedy in chattanooga.

>> federal and state authorities held a news conference and said bluntly they do not know the reasoning behind the shooting that killed four marines. this morning, that will be a focus to investigators and they go over the two crime scenes here, as well as the home of that that 24-year-old suspect what could have motivated him to pull up to that shopping center early yesterday morning open fire from inside his silver ford mustang, firing at least a dozen rounds into the glass windows of the shopping center, and then driving about seven miles away here to this military site, where he opened fire and killed those four marines. authorities do say they are looking at this as a possible case of domestic terrorism but admitted they have no idea

whether he has any links to any known overseas terror groups. >> not a lot of information out there that police have at this point. was he on anyone's radar at any point? >> they say he was not. they are still trying to piece together his history dig into his background. authorities were at his home not far from here in suburban chattanooga. they had sealed off the neighborhood largely and were interviewing contacts and associates. the suspect, mohammad youssuf abdulazeez was born in kuwait but spent many years here in tennessee, graduating from high school here, also graduating from college here with an engineering degree in 2012. authorities are combing through his background, trying to learn everything they can about him. >> we understand jonathan there was a vigil last night as well, there in chattanooga.

jonathan, we understand there was a vigil last night, as well, correct? >> yes apologize you dropped out for a second there. there had been multiple vigils here in chattanooga another planned late today this community deeply scattered and scarred by this attack here. this is a reege community a lot of people faith and people who showed good will towards neighbors, the senator here, the governor, mayor all expressing deep grief over this, a little anger, as well, but many here are certainly coming together to help each other grieve. >> thank you. >> investigators don't know why he went on a shooting rampage a clearer picture is emerging of just who the gunman is. we have more on what we have launder about mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. >> the f.b.i. says it's do early

to speculate on a motive, what drove mohammad youssuf abdulazeez to open fire at two military facilities in chattanooga. we know he had a run-in with police in april but he was arrested then for drunk driving and we're not aware of any other problems that he had with law enforcement. he was an aficionado of mixed martial arts. his father works for the city of chattanooga as a soil engineer, works in the public works department. police descended on the family home in nearby hickson tennessee, right outside chattanooga, bringing in a swat team arresting -- or not arresting, but bringing out true women from the home in handcuffs, no doubt to question them to see what they might know. mohammad youssuf abdulazeez attended a local high school in tennessee.

in his year book his senior year, he was asked to write his senior quote and he wrote eye my name causes national security alerts. what does your name do?" ." >> he did attended the university of tennessean chattanooga, graduated in 2012 with a degree in electrical engineering. now the neighborhood where the family lived has a neighborhood association and penalty that have association told royalties that we all know him speaking of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez he is a very nice guy which is why we are all so shocked. agents looking into what turned this very nice guy into a man who opened fire, killing four military personnel. >> a professor at the emery school of medicine and research on the psychology of violence joins us live. first as we heard we don't know really a motive in this case, not much information on line that investigators are

revealing, so what sources will investigators turn to to find out more about this suspect? >> well, it's a good question. i think first and foremost is the social media footprint. we do know it's pretty limited and those are the pieces that will start to come together as well as starting to talk to more people, more acquaintances more people in the immediate network running that into ground, seeing where that may lead. those are the first points of focus. >> so we heard friends describe mohammad youssuf abdulazeez as a friendly young man religious normal, is it unusual for someone to exhibit seemingly normal behavior and then just go and do something extreme like this? >> well exactly, and yes i mean that's what you here, not just in this particular incident, but a lot of times when someone interviews the neighbors or coworkers, they say he seems so normal. you get that quite often. in fact what that represents is

a sense of multiple and conflicting sorts of poles and identity issues sometimes come up in that space where there's this question of how do i fit in and how can i be a part of this community. it seems like one of the things he really expressed even in that high school year book was that sense of grievance that's there. these are all details that will start to emerge, but it isn't entirely uncommon. >> when this shooting happened, authorities did not hesitate to call this quickly an act of terrorism, some mass shootings happen, we've seen recently, they have not used that term. what specifically about this shooting, this case is different where investigators were quick to say that this was terrorism? >> i think one of the things again that struck me that way initially is the selection of the target, and if you -- there haven't been a huge number of attacks on military recruiting stations, but there have been, you know, this is not

unprecedented. we look at little rock in 2009, an attack injured one and killed another, and in new york and times square, although the motive in that times square one is a little lessnown at this particular point, i don't know at a that it ever will be, but it's not unprecedented and we know that it's a particular target. we know there have been calls to attack military, certainly in isis circles in propaganda and also during ramadan. here we are kind of seeing these things sow less. that starts to kind of point in the direction. i think that's why you saw it come out. >> all right. joining us live from atlanta this morning from emery university thanks for your in sight. >> still to come this morning on aljazeera america, convicted of all charges. coming up, lawyers prepare for the next phase in the colorado movie theater shooting phase james holmes could face the death penalty. >> a jailhouse mystery in the accident. a woman committed suicide after trying to post bail, but her family suspects foul play.

that's next.

>> lawyers and the jury are preparing for the penalty phase in the colorado movie theater shooting trial. shooter james holmes was

convicted on 165 counts against him. he could now face the death penalty. paul beban joins us live from aurora, da colorado this morning. how are people reacting to this verdict? >> there was an outpouring of emotion when the court let out and we heard from victims and relatives, victims who have waited for so long to hear this verdict. they have been waiting for almost three years now. >> i just feel so much relief justice is here. it's just good. it's closure it's finally over. >> i don't wants to vindicated, but i was certain that's what it was going to be. i felt that only an insane juror could find otherwise seriously. you could not come back with any

verdict but guilty. >> jonathan, the jury will be in recess until wednesday, and that is when the sentencing phase will begin. >> so, paul, we have this verdict now, what are the penalty options now for the jury? >> well, since there was a guilty verdict there are only two options life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the death penalty. the way that's going to work is when the sentencing phase begins wednesday, the first thing the judge -- the first thing the judge is going to do is give the jury another set of instructions, then hear from the prosecution. that's going to be to present aggravating factors. if there are significant aggravating factors, then they're going to want to hear from the defense to hear what the penalty will be, life in prison without parole or the death penalty. the arguments, the sentencing phase could proceed along one of those two paths. >> there's been a lot of talk

about the death penalty. how common is to in the state of colorado? >> colorado is actually what's called a de facto no death penalty state. currently, there are three people on death row in colorado, but because it is so rare, again, it's considered a de facto, no death penalty state. it does suggest that there is a precedent that people in colorado are reluctant to sentence people to death. jonathan. >> thank you so much, paul beban joining us live in aurora, colorado this morning. >> an investigation in texas after a young black woman died in a jail cell. there are big questions about what happened to sandra black. we have more on this controversy. >> local police say she killed herself in police custody and the medical examiner agrees it was suicide. her family said the official

account doesn't jive with the woman they knew. >> 28-year-old sandra bland just moved from chicago to the accident to start work at her alma mater prarie view university. friday, a state trooper stopped her for making an improper lane change. police say she kicked an officer, leading to her arrest. at one point police addressed the eyewitness filming the arrest. >> you need to leave! >> thank you for reporting thank you. >> she spent the weekend at county jail and found unresponsive monday. the medical examiner said she killed herself. the sheriff's department speculate she did it with trash bags. >> i pronounced her dead. i did see a dark mark somewhere on the neck. >> loved ones question that account, wondering why someone who had just moved to the community for a fresh start

would commit suicide. >> outgoing, truly filled with life and joy and so when you think through the circumstances that have been shared with us to this point, it is unimaginable. >> investigators in texas say they see no evidence of foul play. >> we have reviewed the video and at no point in the video does it appear that anyone goes into that cell and harms her in any way. >> the county district attorney points to this video that bland said she made in march as evidence that she might have been suicidal. >> i am suffering from something that some of you may all be dealing with right now. it's a little bit of depression, as well as ptsd. >> a lot of people, especially the family are wondering why would she do this if she allegedly or if she did this to herself, so that is of course, extremely relevant that she may have been suffering from some sort of mental illness.

>> bland's family in chicago said they want to meet with investigators in texas. >> we are not going to demonize that community. what we are wanting to do, though, is understand what happened. >> it should be noted waller county sheriff glenn smith was fired in 2008 from his job at police chief in hempstead texas amid allegations of racism. he dismissed the idea that he is biased in any way. the f.b.i. has joined the investigation, along with the texas rangers. >> a lot more to come on this one. thank you, appreciate that. >> president obama is continuing his push to sell his iran nuclear deal. he will meet today with the iranian foreign minister at the white house. saudi arabia has been skeptical of the plan to curb iran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. the united nations security council set a vote for monday to consider endorsing the plan. >> german chancellor angela merkel said it be irresponsible

not to pass a new bailout package for greece. it is voting this morning. they are one of several e.u. countries who's parliament has to sign off on the deal. let's go live to berlin this morning. tell us about the vote that is happening in just a little bit here this morning. >> the vote is taking place right now in the next 10-15 minutes. on this vote hinges whether the german parliament will give the government the ability to thrash out the terms of the agreement the perhaps 86 billion euros being given to the greek economy, a third bailout. over he hours worth of debate. we heard passionate speeches from both sides. we heard german chancellor

angela merkel saying it was necessary for the parliament to enact this bill. the sense of it, not being against the wishes of some people was the reference to perhaps 48 members of her parliamentary party who have said they will oppose this vote and have opposed this vote being held. we heard from the leader of the leftwing party here in germany. he said that he felt that this motion, this idea of yet more austerity being imposed on the greeks in return for a bailout was an abolition of parliamentary democracy. that's a reference of course to the votes that were held in greece, the referendum which effectively ruled out proposals involved in this, as this motion before the parliament. that gives you a sense of the opposition and support today and of course we expect the result within the next 10-15 minutes. >> we'll be waiting to see what

happens. live from berlin, thanks for that. >> ahuge fire is raging near greeces parliament near the building in athens. officials say it's a brush fire fanned by heavy winds. several nearby villages have been evacuated. dozens of firefighters are battling to slow the fire. >> mexican officials this morning are looking into corruption into the prison break of notorious drug lord el chapo guzman. it took guards 18 minutes to check on him after he disappeared from security cameras. authorities say the team must have had prison plans to design the tunnels used during the escape. only high ranking officials have access to those plans since he was in a maximum security prison. >> new video is surfacing this morning on the first anniversary of the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. it shows soldiers picking through luggage after the plane went down in eastern ukraine. a russian made as follows to air missile hilt the jet on a flight

from amsterdam to kuala lampur. all onboard died. memorial services were held or the victims. 38 passengers were australians. >> 38 australian citizens and residents died when the malaysia airlines plane was shot out of the sky a year ago. australia was at the fore front of efforts to get access to the site and has since led calls for russia to come clean over its involvement. friday's ceremonies were less about politics than commemoration. first a plaque was laid in soil gathered from the crash site with all the names of the victims inscribed upon it. later at parliament house a poignant service was held for families of the victims music speeches and then one by one flowers in memory of each who

died were placed on a wreath at the center. australia's prime minister tony abbot, his voice was trembling as he told those that in the worst of times, he was humbled by their example. >> coming up on aljazeera america, the secrets of pluto how new nasa photos of the dwarf planet may reveal new information about earth.

>> there is been talk of pluto but just because it's now officially a dwarf planet doesn't mean it can't give us new information about earth. let's bring in nicole mitchell for more on our environmental impact report. >> this has retriggerred the is it a planet or isn't it debate,

a lot of people on both sides of that. the data is telling us about our own plan knelt and our environment, from the water to the atmosphere. so here's a look at the probe itself blasting off january 2006. it's comparable in size and shape to a grand piano. it's described as a piano with a satellite dish on top. it was the fastest launch on record reaching over 36,000 miles an hour. the fuel, usually they are solar power radiation but it's so far from the sun they couldn't get big enough panels on it, so has plutonium fuel inside, $700 million i guess the cost, all that fuel could last until the late 2020s so this could continue discovering things in space for years to come. all the data back is only coming back at 2kilabits a second.

we'll be getting data on pluto for another year. the mountains are made of ice. from atmospheres of other worlds, we can learn how our processes like gas expansion happened on earth but the sun interacts with also fierce, finding that organic material can help us see possibly some of the ways that our own earth was formed. there's a lot of things we are getting out of this, besides fabulous pictures and everyone making little memes with what looks like a heart on pluto. >> scientists unearthed a nearly perfectly preserved dinosaur fossil, the largest winged dinosaur ever found. it may seem familiar. it's an ancestor to the republican tore made famous in

the jurassic park movies. thanks for joining us this morning. i'm jonathan martin, morgan radford is back in two minutes with more news.

>> we have no idea at this point what his motivation was behind this shooting. >> a day after four marines are gunned down in chattanooga authorities search for a motive. >> we, the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty. >> a jury rejects an insanity defense for james holmes, convicting him on all counts in the colorado movie theater massacre. now they must decide if he should die for his crimes. >> the debt crisis turns to

germany, where lawmakers decide whether to you approval a bailout for greece. june thanks for joining us this morning. you're watching aljazeera america, live from new york city i'm morgan rot ford. term authorities are trying to figure out what motivated a young man to open fire on two military facilities in chattanooga, killing four marines. the kuwaiti born gunman was also killed. it is confirmed that there is no evidence right now that anyone else was involved. the mayor called what happened a tragedy. >> it is incomprehensible to see what happened, and the way that individuals who proudly serve our country were treated.

>> we are covering all of the angles this morning. we have our mike viqueira who joins us from washington. he has more on the federal investigation. we begin with jonathan betz live in chattanooga. what exactly are investigators saying this morning? >> that is the big unknown this morning, is what exactly motivated this attack yesterday that killed four marines. authorities say there is nothing at this point that ties the suspect to international terror groups. the mayor described the community at heartbroken over this attack that clearly targeted members of the u.s. military. >> we have no idea at this point what his motivation was behind this shooting. >> federal officials are dealing with three crime scenes and many unanswered questions. mainly, what could have motivated a young man to open fire on members of the military, killing four marines. >> we had someone viciously

attack at two different locations people who proudly serve our country. >> the gunman opened fire on two military offices thursday less than 10 miles apart. the killer, identified by the f.b.i. at 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. >> we know that the shooter was killed at the scene, as well. also, one chattanooga police officer was shot in the ankle. >> the police officer and several others, including a marine and sigh lower were treated for injuries. mohammad youssuf abdulazeez died at the scene. >> what we do know is someone brutally and brazenly attacked members of our armed services and an officer of the chattanooga police department and hamilton county sheriffs office responded immediately and they were able to make sure no further loss of life happened. >> the suspect pulled his vehicle to a navy marine recruiting station and pumped two dozen rounds through the glass window of the storefront.

>> someone drove by, shot through all the windows of the recruiting office. the place was like something on t.v., furniture shot up, bullet holes in the walls. >> the gunman drove to the naval support center and again opened fire. it was there that the four marines were killed. after the shootings police and swat teams swarmed what is believed to be mohammad youssuf abdulazeez's house. two women were led away in handcuffs. at mourners began laying flowers at the site of thursday's carnage, the f.b.i. is investigating the attack as a possible case of domestic terrorism. >> we're going to do an intense look at him to see if what his connections are we'll look at his friends families, associates anybody who is associated with him to determine the cause or the reason why he conducted this attack. >> it is a focus for

investigators this morning whether the suspect was possibly motivated by groups like isil, which have repeatedly called for its followers to attack targets in the united states specifically dealing with law enforcement. >> we are getting a better picture of the shooter but what about the community. you are right there standing in chattanooga. exactly what steps have you seen the community take to really begin their healing process? >> yeah, the mayor sums it up pretty well when he says this community is heartbroken. outside the site here where one of the shootings occur we've seen people drive by and drop flowers and cards and set up a small memorial, even offer food here to officers standing guard and investigating. there's been individuals lighting candles. there are more vigils planned for tonight. this is a community of faith. many are turning to each other to grieve and heal. >> you mentioned those who were injured. how are they doing this morning?

>> we understand they do remain in the hospital. at least three others were also shot, one of them a police officer hit in the ankle but is expected to recover. a marine and sailor, one of them was at last count in serious condition last night in the hospital, so a lot of people are focusing on those people, praying for their full and speedy recovery. >> all right, jonathan betz joining us live from chattanooga, thank you so much. our coverage continues with mike viqueira live in washington d.c. with more on this investigation. what's been the reaction there from the administration? >> good morning, morgan. you know, president obama said time and time again that one of his worst fears when it comes to terrorism and domestic terrorism is the lone wolf gunman, so hard to attack. this debate has been raging within the administration and elsewhere. this appears to be the work of a lone gunman, investigators are

looking into any connection with any terrorist group overseas. so far, no evidence of that. the attorney general calls this a national security investigation, implying that the full range of law enforcement from homeland security to the f.b.i. to intelligence agencies are going to be looking at potential connection this is individual may have had to those kinds of groups. president obama was traveling yesterday, beginning his day in oklahoma, had an event in a prison there. his aids say he was kept abreast of the situation in chattanooga throughout the day. when he arrived at the white house, new sooner had marine one, the presidential helicopter landed on the south lawn of the white house the president went directly into the oval office, waiting for him there his counter terrorism and home land security advisor. they briefed him. afterwards, the press was allowed into the oval office briefly. the president made a short statement. let's listen to part of that. >> my main message right now is obviously the deepest sympathies

of the american people to the four marines that have been killed, it is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. >> the president also brought up an issue that has been on the minds of many since this tragedy began to unfold yesterday and that is how do you protect these recruiting stations and other mill stare facilities around the country, particularly storefront style recruiting stations where the idea is to welcome young men and women who want to enter and talk about a potential career in the military. how do you protect them without security, without armed group to intimidate or scare them away. this is something being looked at and of course, beefed up security at some locations around recruiting stations in the country in the wake of this tragedy.

>> i want to go back to something you mentioned earlier. you mentioned previous connection. was this gunman really even on anyoned radar before this happened? >> it hasn't been revealed to us. he was born in kuwait, a naturalized citizen brought to this country as an infant. his father was on a terrorism watch list at some point unclear the duration of that. we do understand that he was taken off that list, but as far as the suspect, mohammad youssuf abdulazeez, is concerned no indication that he was on any kind of list. his only scrape with the law was a d.u.i. arrest not long ago his first encounter with law enforcement, first arrest. that's all we know at this point. >> d.u.i. what about marines, do we know anything about them?

>> aside from the four who died tragically, these marines the second target of this attack, we do know senator bob corker, a republican from tennessee happens to have been the mayor of chattanooga for four years from 2001 to 2005 said that there was a fifth individual in serious condition at the hospital. the president saying and others saying that they are trying to notify next of kin. that process is obviously unfolding overnight. >> investigators don't know why he went on a shooting rampage. a clearer picture is emerging of who the gunman is. lisa stark is in washington with more on what we've learned about mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. >> the f.b.i. says it's too early to speculate on a motive, what drove mohammad youssuf abdulazeez to open fire at two military facilities in

chattanooga. we know he had a run-in with police in april but he was arrested then for drunk driving and we're not aware of any other problems that he had with law enforcement. he was an aficionado of mixed martial arts. we have some video we believe was him in 2009, taking part in a fight. the family came to the united states from kuwait. they've been here for quite some time. his father works for the city of chattanooga as a soil engineer in the public works department. police descended on the family home in nearby hickson tennessee, right outside chattanooga, bringing in a swat team arresting -- not arresting, i should say, bricking out two women from the home in handcuffs no doubt to question them to see what they might know. he attended a local high school in tennessee and the year book, his senior year, he was asked to write his senior quote and this is what he apparently wrote "my name causes national security

alerts. what does your name do?" ." >> he did attend the university of tennessee in chattanooga graduated in 2012 with a degree in electrical engineering. the neighborhood where the family lived has a neighborhood association and the president of that association told reuters that we all know him speaking of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. he is a very nice guy which is guy we are all so shocked. agents looking into what turned this very nice guy into a man who opened fire, killing four military personnel. >> we spoke earlier with psychologist, he said that the shooter displayed relatively normal behavior before committing that act isn't exactly unusual. >> a lot of times when someone interviews the neighbors or coworkers, they say he seems so normal. you get that quite often. what that represents is a sense of multiple and conflicting

sorts of pulls and identity issues sometimes come up in that space where there's this question about how do i fit in and how can i be a part of this community, while also and it seems like one of the things he expressed even in that snippet in his high school year book was that sense of grievance that are there. these are details that will start to emerge, but it isn't entirely uncommon. >> lawyers and jurors are preparing for the penalty phase in the colorado movie theater shooting trial set to begin next week. on thursday, shooter james holmes was convicted on 165 counts against him including 24 counts of first degree murder. he can now face the death penalty. we are live in aurora this morning. paul, you were around the court how else when that verdict was announced, so there was a lot of emotion. >> that's right, absolutely. this has been a crime almost three years ago now.

this his the verdict so many here have been waiting for victims, family, friends and relatives hoping for the guilty verdict, just an emotional outpouring yesterday when the courtroom was read out. james holmes on his feet reacting with almost no emotion after being convicted of one of the worst mass shootings in american history. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. >> after less than two days of deliberation, the jury in the james holmes trial returned with a resounding verdict guilty of murder in the first degree for each and every person killed in the aurora theater. now, holmes faces the death penalty. during the three month trial prosecutors put 200 witnesses on the stand and painted a picture of a calculating killer. >> one person came there to slaughter them. >> on july 20 2012, in aurora, colorado, holmes entered the

midnight premier of the summer blockbuster the dark knight rises armed with a shotgun rifle and pistol. he killed 12 and wounded 70 others. holmes admitted to the killings and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. his lawyers say he was in the throes of a psychotic episode when he carried out the attack. prosecutors pursued the death penalty for the now 27-year-old graduate student. >> he tried to murder a theater full of people to make himself feel better. >> jurors had to decide whether he was legally stage when he walked into a theater wearing a gas mask and body armor. he opened fire. police found him in the parking lot standing by his car. during questions holmes told him he had booby trapped his apartment. police then used remote control robots to get inside, where they discovered an arsenal of sophisticated homemade bombs and explosive chemicals. days after the carnage holmes

made hills first court appearance looking dazed and sporting bright orange hair. in later proceedings, he sat looking straight ahead while swivelling in his chair. for the victims and their families, the verdict is finally the chance for justice thee been waiting for for three years. >> it's already horrendous. how much harder can it be, really? we know that six bullets hit our daughter. >> this trail lasted almost three months. the judge on thursday told the jury to go home and get rest for the weekend. they are off today. they return on wednesday to begin the sentencing phase. >> what exactly are the jury's options at this point? >> at this point there are only two, life in prison without parole or the death penalty. colorado is a state known as a de facto know death penalty

state, only one since 1976. there are three people on death row now. that is still an option for the holmes jury but does suggest this is a state where people are reluctant to give the death sentence. >> all right paul, thanks so much for being with you guess. >> the u.s. security council has monday for its vote over the nuclear deal with iran. it comes as the u.s. is trying to win over some key allies who believe that this agreement is dangerous. president obama will meet with the saudi foreign minister today at the white house. saudi arabia has expressed concerns over ires intentions. this is the first u.s. meeting with a key arab ally since the deal was announced. >> protests turned deadly in egypt today where egyptian security forces shot and killed at least six people in the cairo suburb of geeze does a. demonstrators called for the ouster of mohamed morsi.

>> a deal would grant 85 billion euros from germany to greece. the country insisted on spending cuts and tax hikes in return for any new deal. we will have a live update on this story from berlin later in the program. >> there's anger in britain today. the military has been conducting airstrikes on isil in syria. those documents show the british jets had been under the command of the u.s. led coalition. they'd been authorized to go after isil in iraq. the parliament had banned any intervention in syria during that country's civil war. >> on the agenda today general election releases second quarter earnings this morning. the country is seen as a

bellwhether for the economy. >> progressives go to phoenix for the annual conference. bernie sanders and listen beth warren are both set to speak. >> japan is scrapping plans for the 2020 stadium because of costs. >> thousands of people in illinois are without power this morning after a tornado swept through. emergency crews are on the ground now about 200 miles southwest of chicago to start cleaning up. that powerful storm left a trail of severe damage like that in its path. a shelter at a high school is open for people whose homes were completely destroyed. there were no serious injuries. >> a traffic stop ends in a jailhouse death. an investigation is underway after a woman on a road trip is found dead in her jail cell. officials say it was suicide. her family suspects foul play.

>> going straight to the source, president obama takes his message of prison reform to the cell block. stay tuned.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. here's a look at today's top stories. we're learning more about a fifa official extra dated from switzerland. authorities say is jeffery webb, the former vice president of soccer's world govern body. an indictment charges he took bribes for t.v. deals. six other top executives are fighting extradition. >> former new york congressman michael grimm will be sentenced for tax evasion. he was reelected while fighting those charges. his lawyers are asking for probation. prosecutors want him behind bars for two years. >> in the morning's govern signed into law tougher nail salon regulations meant to protect workers from mistreatment and exploitation on the job. that bill also requires

manicurist hairstylists and cosmo toll gists to have better working conditions. >> the president toured a federal correctional institution near oklahoma city. he met with inmates and prison officials. he's calling for changes in how non-violent drug offenders are sentenced. >> most of them growing up in environments in which drug traffic is common, where many of their family members may have been involved in the drug trade. we have to reconsider whether 20 or 30 year life sentences for non-violent crimes is the best way for us to solve these problems. >> the visit came three days after the president reduced the sentences of 46 inmates serving

long prison terms for mostly drug related non-violent crimes. >> an investigation is underway this morning in texas after a young black woman died in a jail cell. now there are big questions about what happened to sandra bland. john henry smith is here with more on that. john. >> good morning, morgan, local police say sandra bland killed herself while in police custody and meddle examiner agrees it was suicide. her family say it doesn't jive with the woman they knew. >> the 28-year-old just moved from chicago to texas to start work at her alma mater prairie view university. friday after leaving campus, a state trooper stopped jackson for making an improper lane change. police say she kicked an officer, leading to her arrest. >> do you not even care about that? i can't even hear. >> at one point police addressed the eyewitness filming

the arrest. >> you need to leave. >> thank you for reporting. thank you. >> she spent the weekend at county jail and was found unresponsive around 9:00 a.m. monday. the medical examiner say she killed herself. the sheriff department speculate she did it with trash bags. >> i pronounced her dead. i did see a dark mark somewhere on the neck. >> loved ones question that account, wondering why someone who had just moved to the community for a fresh start would commit suicide. >> outgoing, truly filled with life and joy and so when you think through the circumstances that have been shared with us to this point, it is unimaginable. >> investigators in texas say they see no evidence of foul play. >> we have reviewed the video and at no point in the video does it into that cell and harms her in any way. >> the county district attorney points to this video that bland said she made in march as

evidence that she might have been be suicidal. >> i am suffering from something that some of you all may be dealing with right now. it's a little bit of depression, as well as ptsd. >> a lot of people, especially the family are wondering why would she do this if she allegedly or if she did this to herself, so that is of course extremely relevant, that she may have been suffering from some sort of mental illness. >> bland's family in chicago says they want to meet with investigators in texas. >> we are not going to demonize that community. what we are wanting to do, though, is understand what happened. >> waller county sheriff glenn smith was fired in 2008 from his job as police chief in hempstead texas. he dismissed the idea that is biased in any way. the f.b.i. has joined the investigation along with the texas rangers. >> thank you so much.

>> similar allegations are being raised this morning as rallies and memorials are planned in new york city today on the first anniversary of the death of eric garner. he died when a police officer put him into a chokehold seen there, while he was being detained. a jury declined to indict the officers involved. his family reached a nearly $6 million settlement with new york city over garner's death. >> our live coverage of the latest in the chattanooga shootings continues just after the break. >> marking one year since the crash of flight m.h.17. there are still few answers as to what brought that jet down. >> good news allege the california coast a beach closed two months after an ail spill is set to reopen. to the company ham the clean up, next.

>> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. here's a look at today's top

stories this friday morning. lawyers and the jury are now preparing for the penalty phase in the colorado movie theater shooting trial. that will begin next week. this follows the conviction thursday of james holmes, pictured there on all 165 counts including 25 of first degree murder. >> vert form count one murder in the first degree, after deliberation we the jury find the defendant, james holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. >> the penalty phase of the trial is expect to take weeks. the jury will have to decide between life in prison without parole and the death penalty. >> federal investigators are digging into every detail of the life of a man they say unleashed a hail of bullets at two military sites in chattanooga. four marines were killed and so was the gunman.

officials believe that he acted alone. jonathan betz is in chattanooga for us this morning. are investigators saying anything about the motive? >> that is certainly the focus at this hour for investigate ears as they go over those two crime scenes and the home of the suspect, what motivated this attack remains unclear at this hour. terrorism is still a focus for investigators, but they also say there are no ties at this point to any international terror groups. the f.b.i. is leading this investigation into those two attacks within 30 minutes of each other. the first at a recruiting center yesterday morning here in chattanooga, when police say the suspect opened fire from inside his car they revealed last night, shooting at the windows of this recruiting center, injuring several people. he drove to the second location behind me here, the marine navy training center, opened fire again and killed those four marines at this site here.

the suspect is 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. authorities at this hour are digging into his background, trying to learn as much as they can. they also add that the suspect was not on the radar of any law enforcement agency. >> so he was shooting from inside the car you learned and then he landed at the place just behind you but jonathan, we understand that police have been going through the house where the gunman lived. what have they found so far. >> that's the third location now that is the focus for investigators in the suburb of hickson, tennessee which is not terribly far from here in chattanooga. authorities are interviewing every contact that this young man had his family, friends neighbors, trying to learn everything they can about him going through his computers social media accounts. two women from that home were led away in handcuffs. authorities have revealed little about who they are and how they may be connected to this case. the suspect hob described by

many people here as an all-american young man, he was born in kuwait, but spent years here in tennessee graduated high school here, attended university here, graduating from that in 2012 with a degree in engineering. also a wrestler, studied martial arts, a lot of people stunned by the revelation. authorities are trying to learn more about what sparked it. >> a lot of pieces to this puzzle. thanks for joining us live from chattanooga. >> president obama is the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. he met with inmates at oklahoma's el reno institution thursday. it's part of his efforts to change the sentencing in the criminal justice system. >> greetings my name is jason hernandez. i'm a 34-year-old federal inmate

who has served over 14 years on the sentence of life without parole, given for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and other controlled substances. >> a letter to the president asking for clemency was jason hernandez's last hope. he was 15 when he began selling marijuana in the town of mckinney texas outside dallas. >> the local kids, guys outside selling drugs, you know, out there laughing, having good time girls had all the closed, fancy cars. >> he said it was easy money in the early 1990's. >> by the time i was 17, i was buying probably every week, a kilo of cocaine 50 pounds of we'd, and a pound of methamphetamines. that's what i sold on a weekly basis. >> he said he never used the drugs himself but by age 21 had become the kingpin of a drug distribution network that numbered more than 50 dealers. >> did you ever think about how you were destroying your

community by feeding the addiction all around you? >> at the time, no, it didn't cross my mind once, i'll be honest. it didn't. again, that's how sick i was at that time. that's how corrupt my mind was. >> then in 1998, hernandez was indicted. he had no felony record and was considered a non-violent offender, but because the drug he sold was crack he received the then mandatory minimum sentence life without parole. at the time of his conviction, the federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine were 100 times more severe than those for powder. congress would reduce the disparity in 2010, but the change had no impact offender already serving a sentence and by then, hernandez was into the seventh year of his lifelong term. >> how much did you think that this would be the last place you'd ever see? >> i thought about it probably every day. now i just think man this is my

life right here, i'm going to die right here. >> it was here at material prison in oklahoma that hernandez decided to petition the president for clemency. he'd exhausted all other appeals. >> i thank you for your time, mr. president and i hope that after you read my petition, come to the conclusion that i was not a bad person growing up, but a person who made bad decisions. >> in 2013, the president responded. >> be it known that i, barack obama, president of the united states of america -- that there are good and sufficient reasons do here grant the said

application. >> the executive grant of clemency commuted hernandez said life sentence to 20 years. he was released last november. he now lives with his parents in the accident and has two jobs, using the welding certificate he earned in prison to fix cars and putting his experience in the prison kitchen to work at this non-profit cafe. >> why should we believe that you won't make the same mistake again? >> because president obama he's kind of like a father to me. i see him as a father. he basically gave me life again and like any son who wants to obey his father, wants to make his father proud that's what i want to do. >> heidi zhou castro, al jazeera, dallas. >> to discuss this a little more reynolds winter smith joins us from chicago this morning. he once faced life in prison for

selling crack. when the president commuted his sentence last year, he was given a new beginning and now works as a restorative justice counselor at a high school in chicago. thank you for joining us. president obama has talked about rehabilitation, and you know about that firsthand having only got out a year ago. how challenging has that j been for you? >> well, the challenges have been those that anybody is trying to move forward in a direction have been blessed to have a great support system out here some of the things, some of the things that i have encountered, i had knowledge and the assistance to get through and i'm thankful for that. >> was it hard for you to find a job, hard to reintegrate into society? >> well, yes, it was difficult but not for the reasons for me being out of prison, access, i

didn't have opportunities and i was limited on what i could do because of some of the restrictions of having supervised release. >> were you judged? >> excuse me? >> were you judged? did you feel judged upon your release? >> was i judged upon my release? well, i think every one of us are judged when people first look at us, regardless if you came out of prison or not but i don't think i've been judged unfairly, because i'm looking at where i am now not the pros that it took to get here. i think the opportunity that i have now at the high school i work at, they judge me evenly as one that applied for a position, they allowed me to get it and now i'm earning it to keep it, so i'm happy about that. >> we are happy for you. what critics that say these drug related clemencies, that people will feel ok selling drugs that it's not that big a deal. >> it is still a big deal and clemency is not easy to obtain,

as well as all the things you can facing in the consequences if you go to prison in the first place. the hope for clemency afterwards so, yes, it is a task. do i think i still have issues that -- about perception of when it comes to me, yes just like when i was incarcerated, you know, when you're part of a group, regardless of if you're part of that group or not you're still looked at a certain way. the things i have to prove every day, they're ok with me. i came here with preparation. i came here to do a great job and i'm thankful to god thankful that barack obama gave of me a chance with his decision. i'm thankful for the support group. i'm thankful for the people that gave me the opportunity to be myself and showing that i am responsible, i am committed. that's what's been going on right now. >> best of luck to you joining us live from chicago it's been

our pleasure having you with us this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> new video is surfacing on the first anniversary of the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. it shows soldiers picking through luggage after the plane went down in the eastern ukraine. the u.s. says a russian made surface to air missile hit that jet on the flight from amsterdam to kuala lampur. all onboard died. 3060 were australians. a flag in their honor was unveiled today. officials and families placed flowers. in kiev, members of parliament brought flowers to the dutch embassy. many tourists were an their way to malaysia. we are at the crash site in eastern ukraine. >> i am standing in the village. behind me, you can see a memorial that was set up yesterday for those 298 victims of m.h.17.

a lot of the bodies were found in the fields and gardens of people's houses around here. today this was a church service congregation lighting candles and saying prayers. there was a march holding across fixes to the memorial here and poems, speeches read out by some of the local residents. it's when you speak to them personally that you understand the kind of trauma that they're still going through. we spoke to an elderly woman here who actually broke down as we were talking to her. she described hearing a large explosion walking outside looking up to the sky and saying what she describes as what she thought were paratroopers falling from the sky and then she reads that one of these people was actually sitting in a chair. she said that that person she later discovered was one of the women passengers who was discovered dead, who had fallen into a local mining area. her neighbor, she said four

neighbors were found in her neighbor's garden, one a child. she said they are contributely still finding little bits of the wreckage, personal items belonging to some of the victims, so a very traumatic experience and traumatic day of remembrance in this area. >> a california beach will reopen two months after contaminated by an oil spill. the beach in santa barbara has been declared safe. there are new questions now about the role played by a private contractor hired by the company behind that spill. >> see the thick black muck? this is oil from a spill along california's coast back in 1969. it is an ugly reminder that decades later, the beaches and the coast are never really the same after a spill which is one of the reasons why people in santa barbara are so concerned about the recent may 19 spill. smaller in size, but still

problem take and worrisome with many raising questions about the cleanup operation was the response quick enough and should the operator and owner of the pipeline that burst be the ones taking a lead ole managing the cleanup. for santa barbara supervisor janet wolf, it's too much like the fox watching the hen house. >> i would say that it's not appropriate for clients to be involved in that role. >> why? >> well, because it's more of an objective assessment, and i think, you know, anyone, in my opinion, with common sense would say well, if you have someone who has polluted the beaches might be trying to spin or have an influence on the actual -- on what's found on the ground. >> there's this internal document, a media briefing proposal signed off by an employee which recommends scheduling interviews with neutral positive reporters to help tell the "progress story."

>> it was creepy. also a little bit insulting to be named on that list as far as thinking they can spoon feed information to you and you're just going to turn it around into a story that makes them look good. >> tonight on al jazeera we'll take you back to the beach where tar is still being discovered on the sand. although the cleanup operations are winding down, the question and the criticism aren't so easy to wash away. jennifer london, al jazeera the coast, california. >> there has been a lot of talk about pluto lately. it lost its status as the ninth planet a decade ago. because it's officially a dwarf planet doesn't mean it can't give information about earth. lets bring in nicole mitchell for today's environmental impact. >> everyone's enjoying seeing the pictures out here, but we can learn more about our own atmosphere and environment everything from the water to the air we breathe.

this mission left in 2006. it's taken that long to get to plot toe the probe is about the size of a grand piano. here's some factuals about it. it's the fastest launch reported at over 36,000 miles per hour. it contains plutonium fuel and a nuclear generator. finally, 700 million that's about average for a space mission. it will examine the ice mountains are made of ice. it can examine the atmosphere and see how gases expand and contract and relate things like that all the way back to our atmosphere, even how the sun interacts with the atmosphere so we can learn more about our own earth and how everything formed up. there's a lot of great information we can get. the pictures you are seeing are mountains that they now have already determined from these pictures are made of ice. even if they can find out if there's organic material on the surface or not it can let us

know how our life on earth first started to arrive. there's a lot of things. we'll be getting data back from this. it doesn't transfer very quickly, through the end of next year. >> thanks so much. >> speaking of space the international space station has narrowly avoided a big crash into some space junk. astronauts had to move into a craft on thursday as part of a defunct russian satellite bussed by. it's the fourth time in recent memory the space station has been threatened by debris. >> muslims around the world are celebrating the end of ramadan. 2 million of the faithful prayed today in mecca. the three day festival marks the end of ramadan, which i guess a a month of spiritual reflection and fasting from down to sunset. >> a good investment, how economic growth and the internet have made art a good place for people to park their money in

india. stay tuned. >> the iran nuclear deal. >> every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut of

>> saw the american leaders are gathering in brazil for the

annual summit. the top of the agenda this year is the idea of increasing regional trade between member nations. talks will focus on the potential addition of bolivia to the group. >> colombia university professor's work focuses on the area are brazil. the focus of these meetings seems to be on trade with the e.u. but what about the united states? is the u.s. being played off against the e.u.? >> >> good morning morgan. in reality, trade needs to be boosted with other regions of the world. the largest partners are in

crisis. argentina's not going to go far in terms of expanding economic growth, because of difficulties it has in the liquidity needs since it has faced negotiations. it's essential for two largest partners to reach beyond. this is why today in brazilia, we are formalizing brazil as a new member and looking to europe. there is a negotiation in place now for more than 10 years finally things that both blocks will exchange lists of products and sectors in which they are going to liberalize trade. this is going to boost the bloc's capacity to trade with the united states. for the white house to negotiate a trade this would demand from president obama fast track

authority. it seems now that the u.s. is focusing on its big trade negotiations with europe and with the pacific so is not registering on the radar screen right now. >> you mentioned bolivia. we know that the member states are considering adding it to the mix, but why now? why has bolivia suddenly become so important? >> i think for those leading the nation, there is a view that it is important to rebalance the spheres of influence in the region. i think the kind of ideological approach that the governments especially of brazil and argentina take towards the united states would see geo politics at times come before nick considerations, and bolivia

is very important that in reward, because other members of the pacific side of latin america like peru and chile and columbia are now part of the pact which is another trade block that i think is better intertwined with the global economy. adding glitch i can't if it doesn't make economic sense does make geopolitical expense. >> thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> as we mentioned earlier this hour the german automatic approved a bailout plan for greece. the country is looking to make a deal worth $85 billion. can you tell us a little bit more about today's vote? >> what happened is the german government presented the german parliament the motion that if accepted would effectively give

the government the power to thrash out the finer details of the bailout package that greece will end up receiving. there were i am passed speeches from bolt side. angela merkel said there were parts of this package that would be unpalatable to many people. >> we heard from the other cider, saying he thought this motion would be the abolition.

>> dominic kane, thanks for being with us. >> india's finding a new audience. economic growth and easy access to the internet has piqued interest in original art. >> she has had work displayed intra addition algalries. it's traditional buyers who have come to see and sometimes buy her work. >> the art lovers, then somebody wants to invest in a painting or something to decorate their house, having a beautiful piece of art. >> good, original art is outside the budget of most people, but that's changing. >> i don't think it means expensive art. >> there is more purchasing

power, and with the increase be availability, many now find art appealing. >> you can actually understand art now. i couldn't understand picasso and van gogh and it's more affordable. >> that affordability is not just benefiting buyers. >> for artists getting their work into galleries for used to take years. now even new artists can show off their work and sell it. >> along with word of mouth and community art sales there are websites featuring hundreds of artists and their work. >> there's a much better enhanced discovery of artists who are out there that nobody knows. >> that's helping up and coming artists get the exposure and financial help they need to continue their work and try to turn it into a career. >> so, this website puts you at work and allows people to buy

it. more and more people can see it and also, it has this section for the merchandise. >> while some worry this may erode the appreciation of fine art, some believe it's an opportunity to widen the appeal. >> what's important is that the existing infrastructure of galleries and institutions is cognizant of what's going on at this mass level and is able then to pick up the most interesting talents from people who are going it alone. >> art is still the domain of a small section of indian society but its popularity slowing working its way to make art a more common appreciation. al jazeera mumbai. >> that's it for us this morning here in new york. thanks so much for watching.

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>> hello welcome to the news hour from doha. >> german m.p.'s give backing to a new greek bailout. >> yemen's exiled government declares the southern port city of aden has been liberated. >> memorial services held in ukraine and around the world to mark one year since m.h.17 was shot down over rebel territory. >>