>> this is al jazeera america live from new york. here are today's top stories. mass murder in texas. eight people, including six children, are dead. their accused killer under arrest. ferguson, missouri marks one year since the death of michael brown sparked protests and a conversation about race and policing. ray rice is looking for a second chance saying he is reform after videos showed him dragging his fiancée out of an elevator last

year. and donald trump on damage control. they are still reacting to sexist comments that are hurting the party. >> we'll go to ferguson in a moment. but we begin with a developing story out of texas. last night two adultses and six children were shot in a home. a suspect is charged with murder. investigators are trying to figure out what happened and why. we have more. >> police say the investigation is fluid. there are still many questions unanswered. police say the suspect broke into his former home, restraining adults and children and killed them. 48-year-old david conley is charged with fatally shooting a family of eight, six of them children, the youngest were six years old. >> we do not and fully

comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take the lives of so many innocent people. >> the motive may have been a domestic dispute. deputies received a phone call asking them to make a welfare check on the home. >> a male was in the home that had app warrant for an aggravated assault on a family member. that's when an officer spotted the body of a child through a window. >> deputies forced entry into the home and were immediately met with gunfire. >> after calling for backup, the suspect surrenders. police discovered the victims, jackson, her husband and six children dead. >> the victims were found in each of the three bedrooms. >> david conley is charged with three counts of capital murder.

>> burglary, murdering valerie, and killing multiple people in the same incident. the other is for killing a child. >> police believe the oldest child in the home was the suspect's own child. the da's office says there are so many victims in the case. the three counts charged different means of committing murder, including killing multiple murder. tomorrow, our special coverage, summer of the gun, throughout the day we'll bring you stories of gun violence playing america. one year ago today, august 9, 2014 r 18-year-old michael brown, an unarmed black man was shot to death by a white police officer in ferguson, missouri. the shooting and protests changed the conversation about

race in america. today in ferguson michael brown was remember with a march on canfield drive. mourners observed a four and a half moment of silence for brown. tonight there will be a concert in memory of brown and a discussion on racial justice featuring dr. cornell west. we begin our coverage with diane estherbrook. what was the mood during the moment of silence today? >> today was somber, but peaceful. unfortunately it wasn't all that peaceful last night. police say a 17-year-old has been charged with spraying bullets into a crowd of protesters and one person was hit. but today on canfield drive hundreds attorneyed out to mou hundreds turned out to remember michael brown. they also remembered others that

have died at the hands of police. and called for justice. >> we have seen them, we have marched in and nothing has happened. it is time for us to not seek justice, but demand justice. it is time for us to come together as a unified front to come together to demand justice or else. >> reporter: and tonight there's going to be a concert, as you mentioned earlier. also tomorrow, activists are calling for a day of civil disobedience, not just here in ferguson, but across the country. >> this moment of silence lasting four and a half minutes, explain the significance of that. >> reporter: well, that represented a minute for every hour that michael brown was lying in the street last year after the shooting. >> let's talk about darren wilson, the officer who shot michael brown. he was never charged with any

crime, but it had an impact on the city's police department. what's different in ferguson? >> well, yes, you mentioned the new police chief, that's a new interim police chief. the city is also looking into developing a community policing program that would put beat officers into neighborhoods, working with residents. those are a couple of the things they are looking at. a problem that still exists is the disparity between the number of blocks on the ferguson police department and the demographics of the community. they have 50 members and only 5 are african-american. they have hired two in the last year. last year there were three, and only hired two in the last year. that's something that needs to be addressed. >> all right. we continue the conversation with donte barry.

thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> you have people with the million hoodies movement participating in the marchs and protests and memorials. what's the message you want to get across on this one year anniversary? >> first is being in solidarity with the family of michael brown. this is one year since they have lost their son. and i can only imagine what that feels like. and also to be in the spotlight with this high-profile case. it is truly unimaginable. but also, this is really about how do we create a transformed type of system. over the last year we have seen very anemic responses in terms of how we talk about policing in this country. it's been reactive. for us and our members across the country, we are really

interested in having a conversation about interrogating why black bodie bodies are kennd in the way they are and how police institutions are impacted by that. >> we are talking about racial bias. we reported from ferguson one year ago and takes a look at what happened there createdded a nation-wide movement. [gunshots] >> years of racial tension exploded on to the streets of ferguson after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. activists say the protests were new. >> something about the fact that people just kept coming. no matter the force, no matter

the tear gas and push back, people kept coming engendered to new ideas. >> people were galvanized into action speaking out police abuse, particularly in poor, urban communities. this is not new or unfamiliar. university chicago professor adam green says what is new is the way cellphones have allowed the nation to see for themselves what happens during encounters with police. >> we have incidents of officers that respect the rights and footage that shows they do not respect those right in any meaningful way. >> as is the case in south carolina. shooting him in the back after a

routine traffic stop. or after a man was put in a choke hold. >> people are looking for shining a light on the ways that the representation of how law enforcement operates is at odds with the actual practice. >> the stories have been there. now they are part of the national conversation. >> there is a new level of attention and people actually know language around these issues they didn't know before. they are talking about issues of privilege, talking about policing authority is and how it shows up. >> the american justice system has proven and proven over and over again to be ineffective. >> in a new generation, they say it's time to restart the conversation about race relations, but make sure it continues. >> this reawakened the movement.

we have been asleep. after the assassination of dr. king and malcolm x and all of our freedom fighters, then a lot of our people became afraid. you have the energy of the young people standing up and saying enough is enough. >> while the shooting in ferguson was the catalyst for many who said enough is enough, activists say it's too early to tell whether history will mark the growth of this movement as a turning point. >> we have got donte barry here. looking back over the past year, how effective has the million hoodies movement coupled with the black lives matter movement really been over the past year? >> it's been an interesting ride. i think today in particular is an emotional day because a week from michael brown's death, i

went to ferguson. i experienced a high level of police violence. it's an emotional day. it's been a whirl wind year. i think ultimately with the movement, it has been challenging. i think that again to my earlier point that the conversation has been about largely reactive responses to policing. we have seen body cameras funded, we have seen conversations around task forces. but there's little conversation around the purpose and entity of policing as it exists. and how communities are often isolated because of the police department and also have negative impact in that way. this movement has been about not just about police and not just about the killings of black men, but about how black people, black men, women and children, just not survive, but thrive in a society as well. >> you mentioned a couple of

like accomplishments there with the body cameras and task forces. but do you have more specific demands at this point that you want to see make a difference in terms of change in. >> absolutely. we have been clear about our demands. this movement is clear on demands. first is stop killing us. i think that's like the most obvious. and black people across the country are in fear for their lives, not only just from police, but also as we have seen through charleston, they are coming in and destroying our sanctuaries. we want full employment, we want the end of criminalization of poverty. we want the opportunity to actually have a life and value our humanity.

these are demands that have always existed. since the country has founded black people as dehuman. we want the ability to walk around any street and feel safe in this country. >> let's talk about the justice system. we know that it's not perfect. the fact is here, officer darren wilson was never charged in the death of michael brown. how is that fact impacted the overall movement here where essentially you have got brown as your poster child? >> we, honestly, i think a lot of folks expected that there would have been an indictment around the murder of michael brown. but also, at the same time, you also expected the non-indictment to come out. that's why you hear about the indictmentless system. it's a systemic issue, it's not

just about the individual police impacting our communities and lives, but the way the system perpetuates the level of violence. if we have seen every single day, we are hearing about another black person getting killed by the police, whether sandra blan to scott or gardner or rice. we are hearing these names that we recognize as much more systemic, less about individual an less about good cops, but how the system is perpetuating this high level of violence. >> talking about brown, we need to look at the facts here. you used the term murder that darren wilson murdered michael brown which is something that the legal system has not found. brown may not have been all that innocent that day. we saw the surveillance video from inside the store.

prosecutors say he robbed the store, he pushed the clerk, we heard that he knobbed off at officer wilson and the grand jury said he reached for the gun. this is what we know from facts we are getting from within the legal system. whether or not you agree with those facts or not. so how do you sort of take some of those facts that are out there and still be able to push forward with this movement to make an impact on younger generations of black men coming into this movement and growing up within this movement, what do they take from this? >> let's take a step back and think about the context of what is legal. at one point slavery was legal. at one point jim crow was legal. just because it's legal doesn't mean it's moral. also doesn't mean that shooting a black kid is actually moral as

well. so when we get to the nuances ns around the language, it becomes more problematic, black communities see the trend that continues to happen over generations. and the legal system doesn't protect us because we are not even considered as humans. i think putting it in that perspective, we need to understand the nuances of what is lael an legal and what is no. secondly, the idea about whether or not michael brown was a good kid or not, that's despite the problem. we also tend to give the cops the benefit of the doubt around whether they are a good cop or bad cop. we need to really reassess that in terms of how we talk about who is criminal and who is the bad guy and good guy. >> all right. donte barry with million hoodies for justice. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks so much.

>> another concern that came out of the ferguson uprising is freedom of the press. >> they threw me up against a soda machine. >> the washington press reporter arrested while doing his job. but first, take a listen to one of the many voices from merge ferguson, missouri. >> my name is wesley bill. i ran for city council because i wanted to be a part of moving forward. we have a lot of work to do and we are going to continue to do that. if you look objectively, you will see that slowly but surelier making these changes. ferguson residents are stubborn, protectedtive of their city. the pride never left. but i think everyone knows we had serious issues that need to be addressed which are indicative of much larger issues across not only our region, but

our country. i want the city to have a court system that treats everyone fairly. i want a community oriented police department. if we get it right here, we can set an example that the world will see. we can show the world what change can look like.

>> stop video taping, let's gram our stuff and go. >> let's go. >> you see me working. >> last year's protest in ferguson opened up new questions about freedom of the press in america, washington post reporter wesley lowry found himself under arrest after video taping police clearing out a

mcdonald's in ferguson. joining us is wesley lowry, he joins us live from there tonight. good evening to you, wesley. >> thank you for having me. >> we just showed a clip about how you became part of the story last year. tell us what happened back then. >> of course. myself and ryan, the reporter from huffington post, ended up two or three dozen journalists who were detained or arrested. we were the first. it was on august 13, four days after michael brown was killed. two days after police began using tear gas and rubber bullets. on this day it was a peaceful protest during the day time. the police made a decision to clear many of the buildings prior to night fall. they took us into detention because we weren't clearing the building fast enough or to their liking. it ended up being a story that went viral because this was the

first time that reporters had been taken into custody here in ferguson. that was something we saw repeated night after night for almost two weeks following that. >> how has covering ferguson changed you as a journalist? >> i think that it has underscored and strengthened my already sense of scepticism. one thing we all remember, all the reporters on the ground here in ferguson last year, how chaotic it was and how little information was being released. even when the information was released, it was contradictory or fundamentally factually inaccurate, and that was information coming from the police department, government officials. we need reminders that we need to ask hard questions. just because something is said in a press release mean that it's true, we need to seek out independent sources and forcing both police departments and other elected and government

officials to answer tough questions, not just believing narratives because they say so. >> despite some progress, raising awareness of the importance of police body cameras, do you think police departments are truly learning from all of this? >> i think police departments are horrified they might end up like ferguson or baltimore. we look at how some police departments have handled shootings or deaths, you look at the way they handled walter scott, cincinnati handled the shooting of sam debose two weeks ago. we are seeing police departments as it relates to transparency are attempting to handle things much more aggressively and much more ontario apparently to make. >> so your reporting found this year alone 24 unarmed black men

have been shot and killed by police. you dug into those statistics yourself because, really, there is not a readily available database for these specific numbers. should there be? >> certainly should be. the federal government should be tracking this. someone is shot and killed by a police officer that is a resident of the united states by someone paid by the taxpayers, with a gun and bullet paid for by the taxpayers. all people agree, policing group and most residents agree we would love to see fewer people being killed. the only way to figure out those answer to be able to have those statistics so we can analyze those cases. how can we figure out best practices in policing, how these tragedies can be avoided, not only the 585 people shot and killed by police, but the 18 police officers who have been

shot and killed by suspects. the only way to cut down on numbers is to have access to information about those circumstances. the washington post is having to track those. the federal government is not tracking those right now. >> all right. thank you so much. our special coverage of the ferguson anniversary continues this hour, a little later we are looking at a new approach to training police officers, the demilitarization of law enforcement officers coming up in our next half hour. the first fleet of american soldiers have arrived in turkey for their anti-isil operation. 300 personnel flew from italy. they will be based less than 10n border. the move is part of a new joint plan between turkey and the u.s. to ensure isil fighters don't cross into europe. they will carry out manned bombing raids in syria.

in pakistan, a massive child sex abuse scandal is calling for an investigation. several hundred children were used in sex videos, some as young as six years old. as we report, there are questions over whether police failed to prosecute everyone responsible. >> reporter: pakistani police are saying that some 280 children were sexually abused and assaulted by a gang of 25 men over a number of years. so far seven men have been arrested. there are reports that some 400 videos were made and thousands of these ended up on the local markets, sold for as little as 40 cents each. the videos could have ended up abroad in the u.s., u.k. and europe. reports are starting to come out from the parents and the victims saying that children had been drugged and families forced to pay money and jewelery to these gangs, essentially they were

black maled by the gamings. the families are calling for a full judicial inquiry. they don't trust the police to properly investigate this. they are calling for military courts to hear any cases of the accused. this is created a great controversial in pakistan, a great deal of outrage and disgust amongst the public in a country where the protection of children's rights is very poor and many people have little faith in the judicial system which they say is ripe with corruption. >> it's damage control for republican presidential candidate donald trump. up next, here how he explains his comments. plus, former baltimore ravens player ray rice says he deserves a second chance after striking his fee on say in a hotel

elevator. we talk with robert bowlen, also joining us domestic violence survivor who says no way.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are stories making news right now. a man suspected of killing eight people in a houston area home is charged with murder. david conley broke into the house, then tied the victims up and shot them. six children were among the dead. investigators say conley had once been in a relationship with one of the victims r it was one year ago today that 18-year-old michael brown was killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. today there was a march followed by a moment of silence. ferguson is holding several

events in memory of michael brown. some 8,000 christians have settled in jordan this past year. forced out of iraq by isil. the refugees rely largely in churching for shelter and food. many say a permanent future is impossible in the region and hope for a new home in the west. training camps are under way for the nfl's 32 teams. you will not find running back ray rice at nil of them. last year he was dropped by the baltimore ravens after a video showed him punching his fiancée. now the pro bowler wants to get back on the field. >> i want to rewrite the script. to tell my daughter, daddy did the worst decision of his life. but this is what i did going forward. >> humble and hopeful. asking for a second chance. >> the dream became a nightmare.

i had to eat my own words. i lived the nightmare. it's not set in stone whether you will get a second chance. >> an apology. rice says he's not surprised that he still has not been signed. >> i understand why, you know. maybe a few teams or teams that shy away from me. i understand that. because it's a privilege. it truly is a privilege to play in the nfl. >> the ravens cut rice after he dragged hills unconscious fiancée from an elevator. he was side lined for two games, then another video released showing him striking the woman. >> i got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter. i'm sorry for that.

i got it wrong on a number of levels. from the process that i led, to the decision that i reached. >> the suspension was overturned on appeal when rice agreed to a year long intervention program. he paid $125 in fines, received anger management counseling. they agreed with the plan after consulting with his wife. >> to the survivor, i understand how real it is. i don't want to take that for granted. >> it's not just about his image. he's appealing for another chance to make a living as a professional athlete. an issue that's not unique to the national football league. >> all of the professional sports leagues have a problem with athletes or employees who committed violent, criminal acts, all of them. i can give them to you if you try to deny it.

>> lawmakers in washington grilled leaders from the four main sports in december. at the time the nfl was bury in an avalanche of negative publicity. adriane peters fought charges. he eventually pleaded no contest and served probation. former 49ers defensive lineman and cardinals running back all missed games due to domestic violence cases. it led the league to beef up its protocols and create a panel of female experts. >> we'll do whatever it is that's necessary to make sure we are thorough in our review process and our conclusions are reliable. we will get our house in order first. >> now, as players like peterson and hardy lace up, ray rice is trying to figure out how to win back hearts and minds.

>> my video put the light out there if you have never seen what domestic violence looks like, i can understand why some people will never forgive me. >> joining us is silai abrams, founder of an advocacy group and a survivor herself. has ray rice been held accountable? >> it depends on the context we think about accountability. from a social perspective, there has been a tremendous outrage and certainly a level of accountability that we continue to see play itself out in the news. we can see very clearly that the public has not forgiven ray rice and there's still a lot of emotion around what transpired between he and his then fiancée. but from a legal perspective, i do not believe that he has been held accountable. because of the fact that he was

given access to a pretrial intervention program that is for victimless crimes, for nonviolent offenders, given to less than 1% of all of those that came to trial or were in the system in 2013 in new jersey. so here we have an example of someone who from a legal perspective, has he fulfilled his consequences? one could argue theoretically yes. i could also say clearly that the legal system needs to be reformed. the way that batterers are treated by the system, when you contrast that to what happens to victims, it's out of whack. >> let's bring in robert bowelen. you disagree. you say rice has done his time

and deserves another shot at playing pro football? >> at least in terms of remorse and in terms of what his criminal disposition was, even as ms. abrams said, he received his disposition, less severe than other people employed in the national football league. and there is one other issue that needs to be discussed in a collectively bargained for relationship like the national football league. when players who were convicted of criminal acts and misdemeanors and felonies are playing now, currently employed. it's an interesting question of proportionality. i think rice has shed more attention on this matter than anyone ever has. in large measure he made all the right moves in terms of contrition and terms of being

circumspect about his act and what's happened. i don't think it's about forgiveness. it's about whether he has a right to earn a living again. >> what do you think about that? he does have a right to earn a living. >> absolutely, he has a right to earn a living. does he have the privilege in re rice's own words, the privilege of playing in the nfl nine months after the video became public and this huge outrage and change within the nfl and their policies and procedures panel, i would say no. for those who work in the domestic violence movement, you stated, i'm a survivor, i have been down this path. and a lot of people i know, we work within the movement and know that nine months is not enough time to be able to guarantee that someone is, quote, rehabilitated. contrition is par the course for someone who is a batterer. of course you are going to be

sorry, particularly when there are certain social sanctions. but it is a privilege to play in the nfl. he can get another job. it's a question of whether or not what we are looking at here is how ray rice is a prism for our society, for all that is wrong within our system, not only within the nfl, but within society itself in which a man could receive harsher sentence for -- i'm not minimizing what michael vick did, but for killing dogs, than for beating or raping women. that is a fact. >> what about the fact that his own fiancée gave him a second chance herself, actually married him after that elevator incident? >> that speaks to, again, i would never speak out against her. what she went through, i don't know. i'm not in the relationship. what i can say is that it takes

a woman, a victim of domestic violence, an average of seven times to leave. i stayed with him, i had a child with him in my case. you stay with your partner. what she is doing doesn't mean she's safe, doesn't mean he's reformed and she has a vested interest in ensuring and protecting her now husband. that's what partners do. irrespective of whether they are currently battering. >> let's bring robert back in here. if a team takes rice on, are you concerned about the message that sends to victims of domestic violence let alone to those who are abusers out there who are watching this chain of events? >> i'm less concerned about ray rice getting a job back than greg hardy getting a new contract immediately after what would be arguably a worse incident and now being able to

play after a four game suspension this year with the dallas cowboys in part because he's a more in demand player. that sends a worse message for the league than letting rice who spent almost the entire year and almost every minute after the act which took place me march of 2014, really trying to do all the right things. i think one of the things that we miss, i'm a former domestic violence prosecutor and worked as a trial judge's assistant in new york city, these are complex mat these are hard to adjudicate. but in the case of ray rice, he seems to have taken the steps, not to be forgiven, but at least to have an opportunity that there is a path back from this. i think he's a good story or potentially a good story in that way. we never know until the past is really in the past about that. but he's the one person in professional football who's taken all the steps to ensure

that he's not going to be a residivist. >> so you hear robert talking about the path back. if not now, when would it be acceptable to allow rice back on the field? or do you say no, never? >> well, i want to address the comment that was just made to ensure he will not be a residivist. the rate is high. domestic violence is not just physical violence, it's the entire lit any of abuse that occurs within a relationship. the physical violence is the only one you can actually go to jail for. i want to make that point. in terms of when, i would say that he would need more time to prove, in fact, that he has been, quote, reformed. in the case of michael vick, for

example, he did time. he has also done work with p eta. he speaks to groups. there's been an active stance taken on his part. in re rice, he still maintains that he's not a batterer, they don't have an issue. so we are seeing denial still at play as well as the expectation that because he says he's reformed, we should take him at his word. to your question, when should he come back, i would say give it a little more time. give it at least a couple years and then let's see where he really stands. >> all right. thank you both for joining me. republican presidential frontrunner donald trump hit back at critic whose say he went too far with comments about fox news anchor megan kelley.

you could see there was blood coming out of her, wherever. trump was referring to her nose. interviews this morning, he dismissed the motion he suggested that kelley was tough on him because she was men true struating. >> only a deviate could make those comments. >> that cost trump an invitation to a conservative gathering in atlanta. chris wallace talked about it with carlie fiorina. >> you talked about his record at bankruptcy. i didn't notice donald trump insulting you for 24 hours. there is no excuse for this. i don't think you get things done by insulting everyone. >> trump said this morning he

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>> police departments across the country have been feeling the impact of last year's events in ferguson. there have been growing calls to demilitarize police departments and change the way officers approach their jobs. >> reporter: uniforms and salutes. a long blue line at attention as the flag is raised honoring law enforcers on the job. it's a disciplined military style start to every day at the washington state criminal justice training commission. but it's not as military as it once was. sue, a former sheriff of king county, washington. runs the training academy.

she has done away with cadets snapping to attention. it's one of the changes at this center where more than 600 new police and corrections officers train every year. >> the thing i'm fighting against is cynicism. officers need to be able to be safe without losing their human i.t. and that's the challenge. >> isn't there an old saying, don't let the sun go down on your anger. >> to meet that is a concept called blue courage. >> is this a job? this is a career. >> it was developed by former police officers and sold as a two day class and a pilot program supported by the u.s. justice department. it emphasizes the nobility of policing, the responsibilities of being a public guardian, respect for human dignity for all. and the importance of officers staying physically and

emotionally healthy. so they can respond appropriat appropriately. >> get down on the ground, down on the ground. >> the program is only a few years old. the man who developed blue courage estimates 10,000 officers in 27 states have had this or similar training. commanders here stress that developing new ethics for policing should not be seen as going soft. >> having the skill set to be a good cop is part of it t you need the right mindset and heartset. >> there is nothing soft about behaving in an honorable manner. it takes more training. >> scenes like this presented an image of military occupation, prompted broad calls for

demilitarizing law enforcement. sue says new approaches to training can help with that. but stresses that police sometimes need the right tools to protect themselves and the public. >> we will always need to do that. we must balance that with the importance of police officers being connected to their community and making sure that police officers' behavior is making the community safer. it's all about the appropriate balance. >> a balance these cadets will be trained to seek when they are on duty in the streets. del walters is here. we'll have much more on the fallout from last year's events. >> coming up, we'll go back to ferguson. events held there all day in memory of michael brown. there were reports of a shooting in ferguson. we'll have more on that. also, in our week ahead segment,

wildlife preservation, the death of cecil the lion by an american dentist putting the sport of big game hunting on trial. many use it because of the money it generates. and we'll go to kentucky talking to a sheriff with a form that's used to rat out big drug dealers. >> we'll see you in a couple of minutes. the daughter of late football great junior seau gives an emotional speech. >> i want nothing more to see you come onstage, give me a hug and tell me you love me one more time. >> it was a speech she was not supposed to give. up next, the comments you almost did not hear. >> now that china and taiwan are beginning clean up, we'll look at why countries are more

susceptible to typhoons and hurricanes and a look at temperatures that are in the hundreds across the south.

>> summer wildfires in california claimed another life. officials say a firefighter with the u.s. forest service was killed by a falling tree in lake tahoe. more than 10,000 firefighters have been dispatched. at least 22 people are dead or missing after a powerful typhoon swept through southeast china this weekend. the storm made landfall on saturday in taiwan, and then moved towards chinese mainland. it left collapsed homes, cut power to several million

households. mudslides have also been caused by heavy rains claiming at least ten lives. let's bring in kevin who is here with the latest in weather. >> we have been following this. we kind of knew that taiwan would do a little better than china. and that tends to be the history. i will explain why that is. take a look at the damage, first of all. i want to show you what we were looking at for taiwan. we were looking at a storm that made landfall with 120 miles per hour winds. it was a category 3 equivalent. in this particular case, this storm in taiwan was responsible for ten deaths there. as the storm crossed over, the winds came down to 85 miles per hour, that's equivalent to about category 1 storm there. in this particular case, 22 people are dead and missing. even though it's a weaker storm, they saw many more problems here. one because of the infrastructure and, two, because of the population density in

that country is much, much higher. across much of the west pacific, it looks like this. the average storm deaths per year, let me go back, we are going to see china seeing about 530 per year. the philippines about 813. but up here towards japan, only 34. that doesn't mean it doesn't get the same number of storms, but they are well more equipped to handle typhoons. down here towards the caribbean, you look at haiti and cuba, there's also a major difference on the storm deaths from 2001 to 2012. we have seen a major difference here. let's take a look at this, put this into motion. cuba has seen about 35 in the last 11 years where haiti has seen about 1,900 deaths. that's due to infrastructure that is much, much better in cuba as well as deforestation

which causes the flooding in haiti. houston right now 100°. dallas 104. when you factor in the heat index, we are looking at, little rock 105. new orleans feels more like 105 as well. we are looking at the excessive heat warnings in place across parts of arkansas, louisiana as well as mississippi with a heat index expected to go to 115°. back to you. >> thank you. pro football hall of famer frank gifford has died. he succumbed to natural causes this morning. the 84-year-old played in five nfl championship games with the new york giants in the 1950s and '60s. he is survived by his wife, kathie lee gifford of the today show and their two children. give ford's death came as eight

new members were inducted into the pro football hall of fame. the late junior seau was one of them. after his suicide in 2012, his family sued the league alleging he suffered brain damage while playing. the hall of fame refused to let his daughter read his induction speech, but did allow her to be interviewed on stage. >> i hope the induction can exemplify that you are more than just junior seau, you are a light. i nothing more to see you come onstage, give me a hug and tell me you love me one last time. >> it was not trying to sensor the family. it has a policy of allowing speeches for leveling inductees only. thank you for watching. the news continues next with del walters. >> good evening.

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