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this is al jazeera america live from new york city. at least three people are recovering from gun shot wounds in fergueson, missouri. a night of violence ended a mostly peaceful weekend of demonstration toss mark one year since the death of michael brown. two teens were shot near a memorial to brown and a man is in critical condition after police say he shot at plains clothed officers. >> reporter: two teens were walking near an apartment complex near where michael brown was shot and someone from the back of a vehicle fired at the two teens. they were struck but sustained non-life-threatening injuries. at 11:00 shots rang out near a protest just as the fergueson

police chief was talking to reporters. the shootings happened when a man fired multiple shots at police. the police chief descriens what happened. >> the suspect engages them with gunfire right at the grill of the car. strike the hood. i don't know if you have seen pictures of it yet. strikes the windshield four or five times. the detectives returned fire from the inside of the van. they don't know if they hit him or not. the suspect ran to the east on the north side of that building. he turned back around as the detectives got out of the car. shots were fired again. >> reporter: the victim has not been identified. he remains in critical condition. a suspect will appear in a houston court this morning for killing eight people, including six children. we get more on the investigation.

do we know anything more about the motive here? >> reporter: yes, police say the suspect was in a dispute with one of the victims, a 40-year-old woman. prosecutors say he broke into his former home, restrained the victims and shot them. 48-year-old david connally is charged with fatally shooting a family of eight, six of them know which. the youngest was six years old. >> we cannot fully comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take the lives of so many innocent people. especially the lives of the young once. >> reporter: the motive, say police, may have been a domestic dispute between the man and his former partner. deputies received a call from a relative asking thome make a welfare check on the home. >> a male was in the home that had a warrant for an aggravated assault on a family member. an officer spots the body of a child through the window. >> deputy on the scene forced

entry into the home and were met with gunfire. >> reporter: after calling for back up and several hours of the stand off the suspect surrendered. police discovered the victims. >> the victims were found in each of the three bedrooms. >> reporter: he is charged with three counts of capital murder. >> reporter: felony burglary with murdering valeri. another count is killing multiple people in the same incident and then the other is for killing a child. >> reporter: police believe the oldest child, a 13-year-old was the suspect's own child. one of the counts of capital murder inud cloos killing multiple people in one instance. his criminal history dates back 20 years. >> thank you. the washington post reporter in iran may get a verdict within

a week. the final hearing took place today. he was detained more than a year ago and accused of of espionage. >> reporter: for more than a year he has been held in solitary confinement. he and his journalist wife were arrested in 2014 with two photojournalists. all were released expect for the man who was charged with espionage. the family has been appealing for his release. >> every day you continue to hold him in prison is a dark day for his family and iran. >> reporter: he joined the washington post as the teheran correspondent in

2012. he faced numerous problems from a lack of medical care while in confined. >> the trial, confinement has been a disgraceful violation of human rights. >> reporter: it has appeared to a human rights panel. four 50,000 people have also signed an on-line petition calling for an end to the detainment and urging press freedom with the hash tag free jason. at a recent black-tie dinnener washington the president of the united states spoke about his imprison the. >> for nine months jason has been in prison for nothing more aboutit whether or noting about the hopes and fierce of the iran an people. we will not rest until we bring him home to his family. >> reporter: he failed to make the release or

three others part of a secured agreement to limit iran's nuclear program. they they say it will be raced separately. >> they continue to pocus in the eye and spit in our face. it would be outrageous for us to have a deal with iran that doesn't include hostages. >> reporter: the fate is now in the hands of the iranian court. more troops arriving in turkey to fighti sil. the first batch of u.s. jets launching strikes from turkey since the air strikes last year. 300 personnel were sent. turkey agreed to allow the u.s. to stage strikes from the base.

turkish police have one suspect in custode and are searching for another after a pair of female attackers open fire. a police station was bombed. we get the latest. >> reporter: there were two people involved, we understand, in an attack on the u.s. consulate general building at a security post connected to the building. it's heavily fortified as you can see, built on a hoament top in a suburb out of the very center ofi ofi stan bull. a woman was heard to shout i did it for my party. the area around here has been reopened. and in the early hours on the asian side, there was an explosion at a police station. 10 people injured there.

three police officers. and after that explosion as forensic teams and bomb squad teams check the scene, two attackers attacking those to kill the scene. they were killed and a police officer were killed. this is where the last couple of weeks turkish security forces have been involved with the separatist pkk. a soldier was killed in a military helicopter attacked by rocket launchers and that military helicopter was moving troops and four police officers were killed when their vehicle hilt a roadside -- hit a roadside bomb. this happened near to the border with iraq and right at the very center of the tensions where the fighting is going on between

some members of the pkk. turkish security forces have been involved in air strikes in iraq. the u.s. consulate has tweeted it will remain closed until further notice. no staff members were injured in the attack. zimbabwe's president is blaming foreigners for the attack on cecil the lion. >> they come from all over. they vandalize plafn plan.

>> he said they fail to protect the popular lion. two paid by palmer have been arrested and charged with failing to stop him from killing the black maned lion. heavy metals have spilled into a river from an abandoned mine in sill silverton and fille river in durango county turning the water orange. the mine is still discharging 500-gallons per minute. the epa say its is treating the polluted water. high arsenic and lead levels. officials say it is only dangerous if people are exposed to them. the epa's own inspectors triggered the spill.

we are looking at the rise in gun violence in summer. los angeles neighborhoods say the rate has not dropped.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:43 eastern. a u.s. forest service firefighter has died battling a fire near lake tahoe. the 21-year-old was hit by a falling tree. more than end this firefighters have been dispatched to battle 20 wild fires. conditions are made worse by the drought. the families of 214-year-olds messing at sea have called off their search. they went missing after a fishing trip. the coastguard searched for a week and the families continued a private seven until saturday. debris has been found in the maldives and it is being. ed if it is from a plane. they say it is premature to speculate.

the new york police department is expanding its arsenal of stun guns. seven hundred teasers are in use. they hope to add another 1,000 and hope the move encourages more officers to use non-lethal alternatives dealing with criminal. al jazeera america is has a special day of programming, summer of the gun. police areut ting statistics with crime rates falling, but people in more dangerous areas aren't seeing the changes. >> reporter: people are living in fear and there have been a spike in

shootings with 11 in one weekend. mothers are struggling to keep their children from become being a statistic. >> it saddens me because they are not free. they noter like other children. i don't permit them to go outside and walk and down the street. he plays on his bike in the backyard or in the house. it saddens me. i just learned highway to get over allowing my 18-year-old to got market by myself. >> reporter: we met her at a loca will night out. neighbor, community leaders and police mingle together as they issue a collectsive call for calm on the streets. >> be vocal, be visible. we will not be locked in our houses and succumb to fear. >> reporter: we'll take you to the streets of los angeles and inside the life of

a gang inter vention worker killed in the cross fire. you will hear more from concerned residents and what community leaders are doing to foster peace. >> as part of our coverage we are asking who has the power to make gun laws. that's the question being posed across pennsylvania where the nra is suing several towns for trying to pass regulation limiting gun usage. >> reporter: rubbing bunker considers himself a sprnl gun owner. he owns half a dozen guns and enjoys hunting. he supports a local measure requiring residents of his hometown to inform police within 72 hours of discovering a gun has been lost or stolen. >> it didn't say you couldn't own them or what kind. it didn't restrict my ability to

own guns and use them in any way i wanted to. if they are lost or stolen report it to the police. >> reporter: last november as vice president of the burro council he voted to rescind it under threat of a lawsuit. the vote came two weeks after the pennsylvania state legislature under intense lobbying by the national rifle association passed act 192 allowing organizations like the nra to sue cities and towns over local gun restrictions. the mayor say his quiet community of 4,000 had to little choice but to do away with the lost ordinance. >> reporter: does it sound like a good idea to report a stoanl gun? >> it may or may not be. what is at, sufficient municipalities have no right, have mow author, have foe no

power to pass those sorts of laws. >> reporter: the nra's attorney in pennsylvania says the issues in this case get to the heart of american democracy. who has the right to make laws. >> in pennsylvania our elected legislature has decided that a uniform scheme of gun regulation across the state is desirable. and these municipalities cannot substitute their own judgment for that of our elected assembly and gferror. >> reporter: do you own a gun. >> of course. >> reporter: if it was stolen would you report it in. >> i may. that might be right thing to do. but i'm not obligated under pennsylvania law. >> reporter: in january the nrr filed suit against those three pennsylvania city, lancaster, philadelphia and pittsburgh. all three have refuseed to rescind locally passed gun laws.

as a gun owner when you come to the range do you find there are other people here that have a problem with the idea of having to report stolen gun within 72 hours? >> i have never heard a single complaint about it. >> reporter: his town may have been over powered by the nra but the fight in pennsylvania isn't over yet. the army scwhrornl implored troops to quote put those damn weapons down during hurricane catwreena has an opinion with guns in america. he says gun odadvocates when they have it wrong when they say the solution is more guns. >> is it practical to have them carrying guns and drink something it's not practical to have eight or 9,000 people on a saturday night in the french quarter drinking with guns.

it's not practical everybody see a gun in a theatre in case a bad guy starts shooting. once the first person shoot, you have -- people don't know the second shooter is shooting at the first shooter, you understand? people shoot him. it's crazy. and you have elected officials who want be elected to higher officials say the solution is everybody carrying a gun. that is not a solution. you know? ifing and true about the rest, places like dodge city, the first thing you do is can't have a gun in town. because it's not manageable. you can't have a place where people are drink being and have disagreement by bumping into

each other or hatred over religion or ethnicity. >> a lot to say on the topic. can you watch my complete interview during the special coverage of the anniversary of hurricane katrina. stay with al jazeera america with more on the summer of the gun. saying goodbye to a football legend. frank give ord passes away at 84 years old.

there are eight new members in the pro football hall of fame and the late junior seau is one of them. he was one of the best linebackers in the nfl. after his suicide his family sued the league alleging he suffered brain damage while

playing. >> i hope this induction can exemplify you are more than just number 55 you are a life. and i want nothing more than to see you come on stage, give the speech you were meant to give and tell me you love me one last time. >> the hall of fame says it was not trying to sensor the family. the sports world is remembering frank gifford. he died sunday morning of natural causes in connecticut. he spent more than a dozen years on the football field before moving into broadcasting. for decades he was a charizmatic figure on the field. >> i have been waiting for this game a long time. >> reporter: and off. he was an all-american in an era where college football was a bigger draw than the nfl. he was drafted by the new york giants in 1952. >> i was out of the ordinary

because my nose wasn't broken and i had all my teeth. i paid a price for it. within the giants itself until i could prove i could hit back as well as i could hit. >> reporter: he played offense and defense and led the league to the championship in 1956. and win the nfl's nvp award. he was known as the giff. >> if you grew up in the '50s and the '60s there was mickey mantle and frank gifford. >> reporter: he moved into the broadcast booth. but most famously teamed up with howard cocell and don meredith. gifford did some guest hosting on good morning america where he met kathy lee yawnson johnson we

kathy lee gifford in 1986. he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 1987. his old team the giants retired his number. >> you're a football fan and giants fan and remember him for all the great things he did on the field and he may have done on tv then that's great too. i hope people remember we lost a very, very good man and good prn. >> reporter: he was 84 years old. >> he would have been 85 next week. funeral arrangements have not been announced yet. a church in south carolina has dropped its boy scout troops in a decision to allow gay leaders. the church says it will stop sponsoring 63 troops in the area. the boy scouts officially ended its ban on gay leaders and the church says it doesn't match its

be belief. donald trump is hitting back at critics who say he went too far against megan kelly. he said you could see there was blood coming out of her eye, blood coming out of her wherever. he said he was referring to her nose. he dismissed the notion that she was tough on him because she was men straighting. >> only a deviant would say what i said is what they were referring to. you almost have to be sick to put that together. >> the comments cost him an invitation to a gathering in georgia and fellow republicans using it to attack him. >> you asked some tough questions too. you talked to donald trump about his record of bankruptcy, bibut i didn't notice him insulting you for 24 hours. i don't think you get i think

this done by insulting everyone. >> and trump is responding to those comments. he tweeted: a first for space advancement. crews aboard the ircht national space station can sample food grown and harvested in space. the experiment called veg-o-1 includes romaine lettuce and zinia flowers. was spaix shakespeare high e wrote romeo and juliet? researchers detected can bus on several fragments. reading about illusions to -- allusions to drug use in

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