the security forces can't keep track of everything. >> jennifer glasse thank you very much indeed. more details of all of the stories we're covering on our website. aljazeera.com. and you can always watch us live by clicking on the watch-now icon. aljazeera.com. ♪ it's a just a day after the first republican debate, and everyone is talking but none other than donald trump. plus president obama's job of selling the iran deal just got a little bit harder with the loss of a key supporter in the senate. and a year after michael brown's death we are asking the question that matters, how much progress has been made in ferguson, missouri? ♪

thanks so much for joining us. this is al jazeera america, and live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. the republican presidential candidates policies and personalities are coming a little more into focus today after the first debate of this campaign season. and believe me, it was a feisty one. fox news moderators questioned all 17 hopefuls on thursday, and that includes the top ten who debated in prime time, and the seven who ranked lower in the polls earlier in the afternoon. the crowded stage in cleveland made it pretty difficult for any one candidate to truly shine, but as david shuster reports, donald trump drew the loudest reaction. take a look. >> are you guys nervous? [ laughter ] >> reporter: soon after the opening photo on the news in this prime time debate came

quickly with donald trump raising his hand and leaving open the possibility he may challenge the winner unless it's him. >> if i'm the nominee winner i will pledge i will not run as a independent. >> rand paul took the first shot. >> he is already hedging his bets because he is used to buying politicians. >> the next swipe so came from the moderator. >> you called women you don't like, fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals -- >> only rosy o'donnell. [ laughter ] >> what i say and oftentimes it's fun, it's kidding. we have a good time. >> reporter: in a racous evening, the biggest clash of the night involved new york governor and kentucky center. christie supports the aggressive use of wiretaps. paul is opposed. >> i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from innocent americans. >> senator when you are sitting

in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this, you can say things like that, when you are responsible for protecting the lives of the american people then what you need to do is to make sure that you -- >> here is the problem, governor. >> you fundamentally misunderstanding the bill of rights. every time you did a case, you got a war recollect from a judge. i'm talking about searches without war repths, indiscriminately of all american's records. scott walker also seemed to struggle at times. asked for specifics on foreign policy, walker answered with cliches. >> we are leading from behind under the obama clinton doctrine. >> reporter: but for most of the field the night was a good one. jeb bush showed strength on education -- >> if we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there's no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything.

family's hearts will be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st century. >> reporter: mike buckby in his opposition with the nuclear diehl with iran. >> when someone points a gun at your head you better take him seriously. >> reporter: and john kasick on his economic record -- >> i inherited the state of the brink of dying, and we have turned it around, and the state is unified and people have hope again in ohio. >> reporter: earlier seven lower tier republican candidates participated in a separate cleveland debate and carly feorina stood out. >> reporter: hillary clinton lies about benghazi, she lies about emails, she is still defending planned parenthood. and she is hill her party's front runner.

>> reporter: this night, though, belonged to donald trump, his stage presence alone was a tour de force. >> this country right now owes $19 trillion, they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess. >> reporter: david shuster, al jazeera. all right. donald trump managed to outshine his competitors off of the stage too. he was the most talked about candidate on social media, and the most searched google name on google. but ben carson was a disimportant second on facebook and twitter. trump got into a spat with rosy o'donnell and used twitter to criticize megyn kelly. charles schumer says he now opposes the iran nuclear agreement. >> reporter: supporters of the iran deal have reason to worry

now that the most influential jewish lawmakers in the senate says he won't support the deal. he said quote: soon after schumer's announcement, new york congressman elliott engel said he too will not support the deal. >> all right. we're seeing iran's leadership declare that military sites will be off-limits to inspectors. if this is iran's version of transparency, we're getting off to a bad start. >> reporter: speaking friday morning from vietnam, secretary of state john kerry said he

respects schumer, but took issue with the assertion that the deal only postpone's iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon for ten years. >> if you have 25 years you yan um tracks, which we have. and 15 years at 300 kilograms of enriched -- of stockpile, and a limb on enrichment with open inspections 24/7 it is physically, physically impossible to build a bomb. >> reporter: schumer's decision is worrisome for supporters because with near unanimous republican opposition, president obama will need support from the democrats to sustain his plan. earlier thursday, one senate democrat came out in support of the bill, new york's other senator, she told the hill.com, that quote:

john henry smith, al jazeera. getting into the yates just got a little bit tougher. homeland security announced tighter security measures from visitors from 38 countries. these new changes require the use of passports that contain little chips with biometric information. the number of u.s. air marshals will also be expanded. officials say this is all in response to growing threats from fighters who have gone to syria and over to iraq to join isil and other groups. the obama administration says it expects that russia is behind a cyber attack against a government computer network. they targeted the email system late last month. the defense department responded by taking the network off line

for more than ten days. they said the sophistication suggests a government sponsor. new figures out today show the u.s. economy added 215,000 jobs to payrolls in july. and patricia sabga has the details. >> it's steady as she goes. the economy added 215,000 jobs last month. that was enough to put it over that crucial 200,000 mark. the unemployment rate was steady at 5.3% as was the measure of people working or actively looking for a job. manufacturing had a nice bump of 15,000. meanwhile the mining sector shed 4,000 jobs in jewel, and you can put that down to the renewed drop in oil prices making those activities less profitable. average hourly wages rose to

$24.99, that's about 2.1% year-over-year, so while the steady pace of job creation, the hike rates in september that would be the first rate hike since 2006, anemic wage inflation could convince the fed to hold off on rate hikes. california governor's has called the fires burning across his state a wake up call for action. he says the worst is yet to come. and even californians need to open their eyes to the reality of climate change he says. the rocky fire has burned nearly 70,000 acres so far and 100 homes and buildings have been destroyed. the governor of new york is bringing in the center for disease control to battle

legionnaires' disease outbreak right here in new york city. he has ordered cooling towers to be tested. but a top researcher recently told us more testing is needed. >> although i don't have all of the data, but i will tell you that in the early '80s, we reported where the source of legionnaires' disease came from, and it came from the drinking water, despite the fact that the prevailing theory at the time was that it came from cooling towers. >> janet stout says cases linked to the cooling towers get more attention. >> a cooling tower outbreak, usually there are a lot of cases in a fairly short period of time. and that's what we're seeing at the outbreak in new york city. if it's the water distribution

system, more typically cases occur over a longer period of time. >> health officials say that legionnaires' disease is easily diagnosed, but it can pose a serious risk to anyone with an underlying medical condition. north korea says it will wind its clocks back by half an hour to create a time which it call a break from the wicked japanese imperialist who put north korea into the same time zone as japan before world war ii. that will put them 30 minutes behind south korea. coming up as the nation marks the 30th anniversary of the voting rights act, divisive politics is at play in one southern state. we'll tell you about the fight being waged in north carolina when we come back. back.

>> jurors resuming deliberating today trying to decide whether james holmes should be put to death or sentenced to life in prison without parole. the lawyers rested their case in the penalty phase just yesterday. in july jurors found that holmes was legally sane when he killed 12 people and injured 70 others in a movie theater.

an 11 year old boy is now facing manslaughter charges in the shooting death of a little girl. it is the first such case involving a person so young. bisi onile-ere has that story. >> reporter: aer to iffic scene in detroit as police responded to the shooting death of this 3 year old. according to police, walker's 11 year old playmate took a gun from his father's closet, went outside, and climbed into a car with the toddler, and shot him in the face. on wednesday the unidentified 11 year old was charged with man slighter. the prosecutor said in a statement: the boy was charged as juvenile, though, so if convicted he will

not serve the 15-year maximum sentence. instead he would be held only until the age of 19. how to treat children who kill is a controversial question. every state allows juveniles to be tried as adults under some circumstances. some even require the prosecution of murder take place in adult courts, meaning adult sentences for convicted children. in 2001 in florida, a 12 year old became the youngest person ever sentenced to life in prison without parole, convicted of murdering a 6 year old play mate. he said he has been imitating wrestling moves on the girl when she suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. in another michigan state, this man was 11 when he killed a strangered with a borrowed rifle

outside of detroit in 1997. his attorney claimed his lacked the mental capacity to understand his actions. he became the first youth charged under a michigan law allowing children of any age to be prosecuted as adults. but a judge overturned the sentence and he was held in juvenile detention until the age of 21. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. a legal battle over voting rights is brewing in hi home state of north carolina. in this particular case, officials argue that election laws adopted by the state two years ago were designed to keep black voters from casting their ball ballots. >> reporter: in north carolina the fight for voter rights is going strong. ♪ >> reporter: hundreds have taken to the street in recent months as a federal judge weighs a

challenge to the voter reform law. >> voting impacts and effects everything that you do. everything from education, erg from your medical issues, everything from your groceries. >> reporter: the department of justice and civil rights groups say the state deliberately sought to depress african american and elderly voting with a law passed in 2013. >> let me be direct. many of those from the extreme lift who have been criticizing photo id are using scare tactics. they are more interested in divisive politics. >> it's just sin. >> yeah! [ applause ] >> >> reporter: the head of the north carolina chapter of the naacp has compared the trial to the selma, alabama march that lead to the landmark voting rightest act, and calls the law

immoral and illegal. >> this case will determine how cases are dealt with all over this country. this case, we win, we will stop legislators from rolling back voting rights all over this country. they will understand that they cannot do this. >> reporter: the justice department asked the judge hearing the case not only to block the 2013 law, but also to reinstate strong federal oversight of election practices in north carolina. >> a disproportionately burdening voters of color, particularly, african americans, there by hurting others. >> unfortunately there are times when we think we have won certain battles and we find

ourselves fighting those battles all over again, and it's our job to standing up. >> reporter: the judge is weighing whether the naacp met the burden of proof. a decision could take weeks, possibly months. robert ray, al jazeera. this sunday marks one year since a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager down in ferguson, missouri. michael brown's death lead to riots and resignations. and sparks a national conversation about police tactics. michael brown's mother told al jazee jazeera's tony harris how she feels about this. >> there were black men that were killed before your son by police, police-involved

shootings. there have been black men who have been killed since. something about what happened to your son started a movement and that movement continues today. what is it? what it is about what happened to your son that's lead to this movement? >> i wish i could answer that for you. >> what about that moment? >> it definitely had to be the moment. >> the circumstances. >> the circumstance. the -- the day, the brood daylight, the -- his actions. you know, how do you -- how are you so comfortable with what you did, but you did it and then you ran away?

you know, i have to say god is and was in control the whole time. and he knows that -- what we're up against, and we need all those people out there to support and stand up for michael brown. in that instance. >> this fight isn't just a fight. it's like a war. and -- and in war you have troops. >> and the war is the war to -- to change this culture and the way that police do their work in minority communities. >> exactly. and to make people like him understand that saying that has become popular about black lives. they have to say that -- they have to know that. we know that we matter. they need to know that we

matter. >> make sure you stay with us, because you can see more of that interview in our special tonight at 8:30 pm eastern. talk about a bittersweet good-bye. >> this is the final episode! >> that's it. john steward gets a star-studded fair well as he ends his run on the daily show.

♪ music to the massings. apple says that more than 11 million people have already signed up for a trial of its knew music streams service, but that number could drop. apple music started offering a free three-month membership when it launched on june 30th. but after 90 days that membership will cost $10 a

month. spotfy has more than 20 million paying subscribers. competers from around the world are in seattle this week to play video games. allan schauffler reports. >> reporter: yes, it's just a game, and no, it's not just a game. opening ceremony hula, rock star status for players, this has a major league feel. in their sky box the team from complexity gaming watches a first round match. the international is their best chance for a big payday. >> there is so much on the line. and it's just insane. it's really a high. >> these 20 somethings live and train together. playing is their full-time job, and they win early. >> they take a 2-0. >> reporter: the money is very

real. super bowl winners earn $97,000 this year. nba champion warriors, $250,000 apiece. the world series $388,000 per san francisco giant. but the international blows them away, members of the winning team will pocket 1.2 million each. even losers make guaranteed money. it's big business. complexity has 27 players under contract. playing five different video games in tournaments all over the world. >> so it's very much like nascar. their jerseys are my cars. so we put logos all over their jerseys and monitize in that fashion. >> reporter: the seattle arena sold out in a matter of minutes. this year's prize pool of more than $18 million is the biggest gaming pot ever.

teams from asia and europe have dominated the tournament. but complexity hopes to change that. >> it's still fun. it's still a game, but now there's millions of eyes on me, and i can win millions of dollars, and it's -- i'm still coming to terms that it's actually real. because it's still very, very surreal to any. >> reporter: in seattle where the game is the thing, i'm allan schauffler, al jazeera. it's the end of an era in late-night television. jon stewart signed off from the daily show last night. the final episode featured guests who help create the jokes or were on the receiving end of them. steven colbert made a cameo appearance and expressed a heart-felt tribute to stewart for giving him the start. >> we owe you because we learn from you. we learn from you by example how

to do a show with intention, how to work with clarity, how to treat people with respect. you were infuriatingly good at your job. [ cheers and applause ] >> okay? and all of us who were lucky enough to work with you -- and you can edit this out later -- [ laughter ] >> -- all of us who were lucky enough to work with you for 16 jobs are better at jobs because we got to work with you. >> look at jon stewart getting a little choked up. bruce springsteen topped the show. and jon stewart said nothing ends. it's just a pause in the conversation. one other political note on this day. this one about the other side of the aisle. democrats announced their debate schedule. the last two will be in florida

and wisconsin. thanks so much, i'm morgan radford. ♪ >> this is al jazeera . if hello i'm lauren taylor, this is the newshour. coming up. three bombs in less than 24 hours kill at least 24 people. >> is the assad regime behind chlorine gas attacks in syria, the u.n. takes a step further to finding out. summer camp in norway reopens four years after a