the goldie locks zone. >> reporter: so it is fair to call it a dust important cousin in the key word is distant, it is 1,400 light years away. that would take roughly 25 million years to reach. police identify the victims in a shooting in a louisiana movie theater. now they are asking for the public's help in figuring out the gunman's motive. not everyone was happy to see donald trump in texas. and a major step up in the fight against isil.

this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. there is anger and resolve this morning in louisiana. hours after a man went on a shooting spree inside a movie theater. police have identified the shooter at this man. two people died and nine others were injured before he turned the gun on himself. one of the people hurt remains in critical condition. jonathan martin is live outside of the movie theater where the shootings happened. where does the investigation stand now? >> despite police identifying the shooter, they say there is still very little they know about him, that is why the fbi and other agents are going to alabama and trying to figure out more about this shooter, because that is where he's from. one of the big questions police have is why was he here last night? who is he associated with?

they are trying to figure out if they made any stops before here. and why did he come to this town last night, bought a ticket to the movie and then suddenly started to shoot. it was just 20 minutes into the show when movie-goers heard a loud pop. it was gunfire, a man stood up and started firing into the crowd. police have identified him as this 59 year old. people described a scene of chaos. >> she was laying on her face with our legs shot blood everywhere and we were like oh -- we never expected to see something like that. >> reporter: witnesses say the shooter said nothing as the fired. he tried to blend into the crowd as police entered the theater. >> he had wigs and other things we don't know if he was trying

to alter his appearance. he switched the license plate on his car, and it was clear he intended to escape after the shooting. >> reporter: among the people in the theater were two teachers, being described as heros. witnesses say one of them jumped in this front of a bullet trying to save her friend's live the other pulled a fire alarm, trying to save lives. >> it was an awful, awful night for our entire country. >> reporter: and again, stephanie we did hear from police. they tell us they did serve a search warrant on the shooters hotel room and also on the car he had been driving. in the car they found several wigs and glasses. they say disguises. so they are trying to figure out what that was all about. they also say it was clear he

had a plan to escape. his car was parked right outside of the movie theater. but obviously as you heard the police chief say, they were able to respond very quickly, and they say they believe that was able -- that was big, because that was able to prevent them from -- prevent him, rather from opening fire outside or causing anymore devastation out here. stephanie. >> jonathan tell us about lafayette and how they are reacting to this tragedy in their community. >> reporter: yeah, we hear it over and over people saying this is such a tight knit community, about an hour outside of baton rouge. the councilman said this movie theater is an anchor to the community. everyone seems to know everybody here. and he says this community really is shaken as you might imagine by this. i spoke to him just a few moments ago. >> we're a small community,

close knit you can't go to the movies here and usually see somebody that you know. everyone is on pins and needles to find out the names of the people who were injured and also the deceased and it's just tragic. it's numbing. we have this stuff on national tv. it's always somewhere else. but unfortunately this time it's here, and it's terrible. >> reporter: again, right now the big thing for police and the federal agents here is to go and find out more about the shooter. again, as i mentioned they will be here in lafayette going to businesses and really going back to alabama to find out who knows this guy and what was in his mind set before opening fire. >> jonathan martin thank you. last night's shootings came hours after president obama said his greatest frustration of his presidency has been his failure to pass gun control laws. >> if you look at the number of

americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it's less than 100. if you look at the number that have been killed by gun violence it's in the tens of thousands, and for us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing, but it is not something that i intend to stop working on in the remaining 18 months. >> reporter: after the 2013 new town connecticut shootings, the president backed legislation calling for stricter background checks. that bill failed in congress. this was just the latest mass shooting to happen in the u.s. the third in just the last few months guns are a common theme. john henry smith has been look going the numbers. >> these statistics come from the united nations office on drugs and crime. they build a compelling case that america is awash in guns

and more guns lead to more gun homicides. america has just under 30 gun homicides per 1 million citizens each year. that's many times the figure in se england or germany or canada. it's about the same as the west bank in gaza but far below mexico. it's interesting to note that america has just under 5% of the world's population but it has 42% of the world civilian-owned guns. the u.s. leads the world in civilian gun ownership, so what has been the effect of having nearly as many guns as people in america? a boston university study covering all 50 u.s. states from the years 1981 to 2010, concluded when gun ownership rises by a mere 1 percentage point, homicides go up by almost as much .9%. and from the frequently heard argument these days that the gun

problem will be solved by making sure the mentally ill can't get their hands on guns. the mentally violent gun rate is at 3.5%. so there are more guns in the u.s. and that appears to lead to more murders. back to you. sandra bland's funeral will take place tomorrow. but today her family still has a lot of questions about how she died. autopsy results show bland has marijuana in her system and wounds consistent with suicide. tristan has more. >> reporter: this autopsy photo shows a mark on sandra bland's neck another shows her hands blacking the kind of wounds you would expect if she was depending herself. waller county prosecutor say these are indications that she committed suicide and was not a victim of murder.

>> the only injury present on her neck or head was a ligature mark consistent with a suicide. >> reporter: preliminary results also found marijuana in bland's system. additional tests released later could determine how much she might have ingested and when. >> it may be relevant as to her state of mind to determine what happened on the street. it may be relevant to her state of mind to determine why she committed suicide. it is mind-altering substance. >> reporter: she would found dead three days after a texas state trooper stopped her from failing to signal properly. the dash cam shows an altercation. and inmate who was housed across

from bland has now come forward. she says the time in jail was taking an emotional toll on bland. >> she was crying and i could barely understood her. she is like i'm not equipped for this kind of life. >> reporter: her family argues that she was not suicidal and was looking forward to starting a new problem at the university. while waller county district attorney says while these pictures point to suicide, he isn't ruling anything out yet. >> the investigation being conducted by the texas rangers, assisted by the fbi is ongoing, and in real life in real time things take time. president obama is on his way to kenya right now. it's the president's first trip to the country where his father was born since he was elected president. before he left he said he would focus on security human rights and development in kenya. but political activist who spoke

with us earlier says the president should really pay the most attention to corruption. >> kenya is the most corrupt country in africa and we're losing a lot of money to corruption. our president talks about the right things but doesn't do the right things. we're hoping that the message that obama brings home is fight corruption. all of the issues affecting the country, the poverty levels insecurity is directly connected to corruption. mr. obama has already visited the continent more times than any other sitting u.s. leader. for the first time turkey this morning launched air strikes against isil in syria. officials say the strikes have hit several targets. it comes in response to isil gunfire hitting a turkish military outpost killing a soldier. they also carried out raids within turkey.

>> translator: i have given full authority to the turkish armed forces whoever causes any threat to the [ inaudible ] of the republic of turkey, they will be responded to accordingly, without any further notice. >> the prime minister says the operations mark a new period for the country in its fight against isil and other rebel groups. and turkey has given the u.s. new tools to battle isil as well. they have agreed to let the u.s. launch air strikes manned and unmanned from bases inside turkey. the deal was sealed this week. it gives the u.s. easy access to isil targets in syria and iraq. >> reporter: after months of negotiations, the united states has won permission from turkey to begin flying manned air strikes out of the air base. it's in a prime location for the u.s. to conduct strikes in both

northern iraq and northern syria. it's a base the u.s. has used many times before. it used it in the '90s and again during the 2003 invasion of iraq it was a base for u.s. aircraft, and many nato aircraft are based there, because it's a nato base as well. but turkey has been resistant to allowing manned flights from there. they were only allowing unmanned drones. this permission which was the result of months of negotiations will now give the u.s. military more flexibility as it carries out its air campaign against isil in iraq and syria. donald trump gets cheers and protests on a visit to the texas mexico border. he says he will win the hispanic vote. plus a look at the dark web, the part of the internet where anything from illegal guns to

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defense secretary ash carter is consulting with kurdish leaders on the fight against isil today. the u.s. is helping train and equip kurdish fighters battling isil. republican presidential candidate donald trump says he will win the hispanic vote. he visited the border and talked about immigration and he was met with cheers and protests. jennifer london joins us live from texas. good morning. trump is really doubling down on his hard line stance on illegal immigration. >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. donald trump certainly is bringing his tough talk to the border city of larado texas. he was only on the ground for a few hours here yesterday. he was greeted by reporters.

he was also greeted by a small but vocal crowd of protesters. they say they are angry and insulted at the comments that trump made about immigrations last month. you have the protesters, and the demographics of the city itself. more than 90% of the population here are latinos. still given that donald trump did not tone down his rhetoric on immigration. >> there is a huge problem with the illegals coming through, and in this section, it's a problem, in some sections it's a massive problem. and you have to create -- you have to make the people that come in -- they have to be legal. very simple. >> reporter: although donald trump didn't put forth any new plans, he did say standing shoulder to shoulder with the city's mayor, that he donald trump does believe a walled along parts of the u.s. mexico

border. that was a statement that drew some argument if you will from the mayor, he was not agreeing with donald trump on that point. >> you had a chance to talk with trump who says he will win the latino vote despite his comments. which 90% of surveyed latinos said were offensive. what did he say? >> reporter: you are absolutely right, stephanie, i did have a chance to speak with donald trump moments after he landed and asked him about the importance of the latino vote. >> i think i'm going to do great with the latinos. i just won in nevada -- >> reporter: but in terms of getting the latino -- >> i have thousands of latinos working for me. they are great people. i have tremendous -- what they want is jobs.

i'll bring jobs back from china, from all over the place. the latino vote will be very easy. i will win that vote. the hispanic vote. >> reporter: a last-minute cancellation came yesterday as trump was arriving here in larado the national border patrol council, which trump said initially invited him, they released a statement saying they are canceling any events with donald trump, saying they did not want it to appear as if they were endorsing him. >> i'm curious whether you had a chance to meet any latinos there in larado who actually support mr. trump? >> reporter: i did not have a chance to meet any latinos who told me that they supported donald trump. we had that group of protesters that i spoke with and they all have the same message which was donald trump you don't belong

here. one protester said he is making a mockery out of democracy, and they say they are insulted at trump's comments and insulted at the fact that he would come to this border city after he made those comments. >> jennifer london, thank you. in november president obama took executive action to provide deportation relief for some 5 million undocumented migrants. courts have blocked parts of that order, but others are being implemented. 87% of undocumented migrants would likely be safe from deportation due to the participate's executive action. that's up from 73%. the new guidelines create three categories, the highest are fallen fallens, next are those who illegally entered after january 2014 third are immigrants issued removal orders after

january 1st, 2014. the categories are much narrower than in the past and will reduce reportation by an estimated 25,000 annually. all this week we're taking a look at the dark web. as mary snow tells us the dark web didn't start out that way. >> reporter: on the dark websites advertising everything from hitmen sex, automatic rifles are hidden behind layers of anonymity. created by the u.s. navy it was to have open source intelligence gathering. it used a program called tour. by avoiding a direct connection tour allows individuals to share public networks without compromising privacy. it was soon adopted by journ aileses and activists in foreign countries like iran and syria,

where information is often censored. >> i think this has been a problem of a lot of our policies is that we have never done what we call crime proofing where we thought about how what we develop can be abused and misused by non-state actors. it's like pandora's box it can be shut back in. >> tour takes your ip address and sends it around through a software and spits out a different ip address on the other side. it makes it very difficult for people to find out where you are from or who you are. these websites the links change often because they get shut down or busted. >> reporter: case in point the infamous silk road. it boasted it was the largest

marketplace on the dark web at the time the founder was arrested in 2013. only days later, a new site called silk road 2.0 went up and the buying and selling of illicit items continues today there are nearly 69,000 products listed across ten major black markets, two thirds of the inventories are drugs. the rest include weapons, stolen credit card accounts human organs malware, and as we found out, hitmen for hire. i have heard law enforcement describe this as whack-a-mole. >> yes. and the problem is many of the people who were working in government are not as flexible as the criminals. we're dealing with a -- with a very nimble opponent.

>> and we're losing. >> yes. >> reporter: mary snow al jazeera. trying to reach a new contract deal ford sits down with the united auto workers. some employees say they aren't getting paid enough to survive.

labor talks between ford and the uaw are underday in detroit.

ford wants to cut costs, but the union says it needs to close a pay gap between long-time workers and new hires. >> reporter: in 2007 the u.s. auto industry was flailing. sales for ford general motors and chrysler were plunging and competition among foreign rivals was high. plants were shut down and thousands of jobs were lost forcing the united auto worker's union to make unprecedented concessions. do you think you deserve to be paid more? >> absolutely. >> reporter: dora is a second-generation auto worker. her father helped her land an entry-level job at a michigan ford plant in 2009. >> he was able to, you know make sure that we had a nice house to live in. >> spoiled them basically. >> oh, yeah. oh yeah. it was fabulous. >> reporter: but as part of a new two-tier wage system when

she started working for ford she earned around $14 an hour. tier one workers like her father made more than $22 an hour when he was hired decades ago. >> a lot of us we're living paycheck to paycheck. it's very hard. so there is a lot of frustration within the work force of us members. >> reporter: her reality is far different from the days where pay from an auto job was enough to buy a home and support a family. >> they are doing the same work that we are. and usually they have to work harder to maintain their position. >> reporter: but after years of con kegs -- concessions, the uaw is looking to even the pay gap. the issue will drive this summer's labor talks. [ applause ] >> reporter: the heads of gm fee at chrysler and the uaw were all smiles during the

handshake to kick off negotiations last week. ford began talks thursday. >> the membership does have strong demands and valid concerns, and you are going to see those smiles go away over the next couple of weeks and months as they get into serious negotiations. >> reporter: brent is an auto reporter he said the two-tier pay scale has helped pave the way for the turn around of detroit's big three. the ahuto workers have earned thousands of dollars. >> ultimately no matter what the leader and management agree to these contracts have to be ratified by the membership and voted on and the members again feel that their time has come to gain something out of these contract talks, and that provides the uaw leaders with

leverage. >> reporter: here is what fiat chrysler's ceo had to say. >> it's important to come up with a plan to allow union members to participate intelligencely, while allowing us to maintain a competitive cost structure. >> reporter: sharky rodriguez says an auto worker's strike is a possibility. >> we have given back. it's time to come full circle. >> reporter: as talks kick off, all three auto makers say they are open to negotiating a fair and competitive labor agreement, but it may require sacrifice for all involved to reach a new deal in september. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy in new york. the news continues next live from doha and you can always read the latest stories online

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