>> alaskan alarm. >> climate change is no longer something far off. it's happening here and now. >> president obama calls attention to global warming. his message is at odds

deadly ambush. >> when they arrived they found the deputy face down on the front. clearly shot multiple times and a shooting of texas sheriff deputy on patrol. los angeles place head to the streets. video will be made public good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. president obama is in alaska with a strong message on climate change. on the opening of app conference in anchorage, saying that no one is admitting the changes. libby casey joins us from anchorage. a warning from the president tonight. >> reporter: that's right. president obama saying problems in the future are happening now

and here. the president saying that climate change is impacting structure, community, health and people's future. >> those trends continue the way they are. there's not going to be a nation on this earth that is not impacted. people will suffer. entire nations will found themselves under severe hardship. >> president obama game to ground zero of climate change. here in alaska, sea ice has melted 40% since a few sec aids ago -- decades ago, at a much

faster rate than the past. and we are seeing the arctic warm as compared to other parts of the world. environmentalists are accusing the president of not having made a decision to allow and drill alaska's arctic. how do they justify that. >> he says the process was started with a different administration, and comments that drilling can be done carefully, taking environmental impact and danger into act. a lot of people see the sea as their farms, and it is incredibly difficult. if you have the b.p. horizon

blow out up here. and many believe it will help jobs and the economy. the president catching flak from some here, some in the development community, who say they can't create economy 100% on grain libby casey in anchorage the governor and congressional have renamed mckinley to its native alaskan name. it has been called this officially since the 1970s. politicians looked for ways to block the president's moves. >> this is what alaska wanted. we want to retain the one peak

as the mckinley peak. we think it's too bad that the administration chose to go around to do this. we've been working at this from time to time. >> a law cited, giving the department the power to do so. a county clerk refused to issue same-s same-sex marriage licences in kentucky. kim davis wanted to appeal a rule making her do so. she refused to do so. she says doing so would violate her beliefs. she will now issue licences the government released 7,000 pages of emails belonging to former secretary of state hillary clinton. more than 41 emails had been

involved. stored by clinton when she was in office. for more we go to san francisco to michael. a bunch of the emails were alleged to contain information classified after. >> a lot of these emails were in relation to the presidential campaign. it's not classified and have since - so the notion of presenting classified material - there's a lot of them, more to come. it's a laborious tasket.

>> it races questions as to judgment. sinning information -- sending information. >> i think the judgment that people have the hardest thing with is having the server at her home. not to mention having classified information sent at the very least. it's been acknowledged that it was a mistake. they'll keep releasing them constantly, so there'll be questions about hillary clinton. >> this comes at a time when polls in iowa show the numbers in bernie sanders close to within 7 points, and heading some polls in new hampshire. >> yes, people i have spoken to indicate that they don't like the running mate. they have renounced fundraising

and are doing intimate appearances. they are changing, encouraging a lot of the polls. a lot of polls said most are not against hillary clinton, they have been supporting of the senator. gain. it ensures problems, because bernie sanders, anyone from new hampshire from the party, there's always that that they can fall back on. >> talking about the g.o.p., iowan are mad as hell, as the poll put it. that's favouring the outsiders.

these are outsiders, and the republicans are questioning iowa, and the value of the process. you had a win in iowa, you have these three winning in iowa. of course, it's really stuff and close to two-thirds of voters are saying. >> you never would have thought it got this interesting. somewhat before the voting begins a temporary reprieve for a former virginia governor, granting a request for him to re main free while he appeals a corruption charges. he was sentenced for taking more than $100,000 in bribes. mcdonald was governor from 2010 to 2014.

>> new details in the killing of a texas sheriff at a gas station. prosecutors have a surveillance video, and the suspect will make his first appearance. doubts linger as to a motive. >> reporter: outside the district court in houston, flags flew at half mast for deputy sheriff killed at a gas station on friday. in the court, a shackled 30-year-old shannon miles. he did not enter a plea. >> the deputy arrived, they found him face down in the parking lot. he clearly had been shot multiple times with a firearm, he was dead. >> the prosecutor said investigators reviewed surveillance video, and she said that he entered the convenience

store after filling up the vehicle. a man stepped out, fired at him. 14 rounds were emptied after the deputy was down on the ground. >> the assumption is that he was a target because he wore the uniform. >> reporter: saturday, it was announced he was killed in cold blood. >> black lives matter, all lives matter. why can't we drop the qualifier and say lives matter. add that. >> reporter: shannon was no stranger to troubles with the law. he's done several short stints in gaol over the past 10 years. >> everyone would like to know the notive. hundreds of people of all races marched over the weekend to honour the slain deputy. >> there was a large police presence outside the court today, making sure that everyone was safe because of what happened last friday. i talked to an officer, and he said because of the amount of

media covering this, the fact that two journalists were killed, they wanted to make sure everyone was protected. many of the officers today, on the badge, with a little black ribbon in memorial of the deputy, the person shot 16 times execution style. 25th officer killed in the u.s. this year. >> robert ray reporting from houston. >> a white supremist has been convicted of murdering three people. fraser glen cross going by the name of fraser glen miller faces a death sentence. he killed three at jewish centers in kansas, including a 14-year-old boy and his grandfather. he represented himself in court and gave a white power salute after the jury read a guilty verdict. >> the battle in afghanistan, the afghan army going on the attack, trying to drive the

taliban out of the helmand province, and a huge explosion at a chemical plant in china, the latest in a deadly series of blasts next. next.

hard fighting in afghanistan where government troops are trying to take back territory seized by the taliban over the course of the last year. john terrett is here with the story. >> good evening, the summer fighting season in afghanistan has been tough for the afghan military, and relatively successful for the taliban. this weekend, with the help of u.s. air cover, a town was smashed back from taliban control. >> reporter: afghanistan's southern helmand province has been the scene of heavy fighting as afghan troops with air support from n.a.t.o. tried to check afghanistan advances. the area has been a battle ground since the invasion in

2001. >> it's a long time taliban strong hold, and an opium reach trafficking hub where hundreds of troops lost their lives before most foreign forces left. that tug of war forced tens of thousands out of their homes. taliban efforts to take control of the region intensified after the withdrawal of u.s.-led coalition forces. about 10,000 american troops remain, mostly to train and advise. afghan forces stood their ground, but continue to struggle with disorganization, low moral and widespread drug dependence. despite an afghan offensive. the fighting season saw the taliban make gains, both in the north and in helmand. in july the group pushed afghan forces out. and last week a bloody victory in the musa calla district that straddles lucrative routes.

that window was short lived, with the backing of u.s. air power and forces taking it back. it was hoped for a weakening of the taliban. after a group announced a high-ranking leader was dead. the passing kept under wraps for two years. any hopes that a leadership vacuum would lead to debilitating infighting have so far been dashed. >> and the u.s. is calling on pakistan to help reduce taliban influence in afghanistan. the national security advisor susan rice met officials over the weekend asking them to take advantage of the death. >> satellite images confirm i.s.i.l. destroyed another 2,000-year-old temple in syria. the building of the bell temple is gone. u.n. analysts say that, and the temple dating back to 32a d, an

important religious building in the first century. i.s.i.l. seized palmyra in may. a french spy agency said i.s.i.l. blew up the temple on the same compound. one soldiers is dead. others injured as protests turned violence. >> protesters opened fire and threw grenades, following a vote to grant autonomy. >> the moment when anger turned to bloodshed. these pictures filmed from inside ukraine's parliament building showed the bloody scene after testers threw a grenade at riot police. the interior ministry says the blast injured more than 100 police officers, and 50 guards men. many were taken away by balance. the violence injured journalists

covering the protests. a crowd gathered ahead of a parliamentary vote, giving special status to part of the regions in eastern ukraine. there were angry scenes in the chamber as some tried to stop the proceedings. a new bill backed by the president did pass on its first reading. it's a crucial part of a peace agreement reached in february. it was supposed to end the fighting between the army and russian backed separatists. since then, there has been sporadic and deadly violence in the east. the law has to pass a vote this year, but the scenes in the capital are a reminder of how controversial it is another explosion turned deadly at a chemical factory in eastern china. the blast went off before midnight, around noon, eastern time. one person was killed. the factory manager is in police custody, it's the third blast in

three weeks, a different factory exploded in the same province last week. before that a major blast killed 145 people tropical storm erica gave puerto rico's government an extra week to come up with a plan to pay debt. for public utilities, there may be no extension, and loan payments need to be made soon. jonathan betz has the story to survive, this man has to keep his market in the dark. he turned off half the lights, unblocked the freezers, and then he says the monthly electric bill is approaching $2,000. peurto rico's energy troubles are at the center of the growing crisis. rates here are twice as high as the u.s. average. >> it's too much. it's very high. >> reporter: of the us

territory, $70 billion government debt, $9 billion is owned by the state controlled utility. peurto rico's power system relds on oil, which is expensive, and must le shipped in. instead of using resources like the wind or sun. 1% of the power comes from renewable sources, compared to places like hawaii that pays more, but has cut dependsens on oil. >> we have sun, wind, biomass, we need to embrace it. >> reporter: he says the problems go further, from power plants to years of wasteful spending and cronyism. >> corruption, what drives the decision-making process is not the needs of the people. but who gets the contract. >> this man manages a large

power planned. decisions based on favors, projects started but never finished. >> they know how to do it. let's get it out. >> another concern is that many are not paying their share. up to a third of customers get a discount if they pay at all. local governments, public housing, churches and hotels all get a break on the electric bills, costing the government more than $300 million. the islands in top energy official admits it's a problem. >> is that fair for us? >> it's not fair. >> lawmakers consider overhauling the subsidies. the commonwealth hired exports. supporters say rates have been dropping. they add - everyone deserves some of the blame. >> we started to consume electricity, it would never - we'll have to pay for it. then and now we are saying why we paying all the rate. >> a lot of people say it's

unfair to blame the citizens. >> we are part of the problem. people don't like it. >> people here are consuming as little as possible with little relief. speaking for many when he says he has to move. for now, he's one of many struggling to keep doors open, and the lights on the week began and august ended with another down day on wall street. the dow joins was off 1%. the s&p 500 and nasdaq posted losses. that is the worst month in three years. with today's losses on wall street oil futures continued a recent spike, crude rose 9%, closing at under $50 a barrel. the price of oil rising 28%

since thursday. america's second largest city started to issue body cameras to police officers. next, what los angeles officials hope to accomplish. and a gruelling race in the world gets off to a stormy start. start.

los angeles is ruling out police body cameras, the first of what will eventually be 7,000 cameras hit the street, making l.a. the largest city to put them into widespread use. the goal is to build trust.

there is controversy over who sees the video and when. >> it's like this... >> for this mission hills neighbourhood, they call this the new normal. on monday 80 officers took to the streets wearing body cameras. >> it's something we are not intimidated from, we are emblazing the idea. it will give a new perspective to it. >> the first 860 cameras will be deployed across the next month. 7,000 will be issued, making this the largest city to use the devices on a large scale. body cameras will give the full story, unlike the death at the hands of police that were not captured on camera. >> if we are talking to someone about a crime or an cement, the camera will be on. >> the organization has nothing to hide. >> peter disagrees. he notes that l.a. pb officers

will be allowed to review the footage before filing reports. the department currently has no plans to let the public see any video recorded. >> one of the things that body cameras prom toys do is increase -- promise to go is increase public trust, provide assurances that officers will be accountable, but giving them a special advantage of looking at the video before they make a statement betrays that principle. >> i think it protects me more than the public. >> in 2012, a small si of re-alto became the first u.s. police don't to deploy the devices. use of force dropped by more than 50% after they started using the cameras. but body camera footage has bhn used against -- has been used against officers. this video shows a stop escalate into a shooting.

the white officer who shot and killed the black driver is charged with murder it's now off to a judge to decide whether new england patriots quarterback tom brady will be on the field at the start of the n.f.l. season. the two sides failed to reach a settlement. n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell and tom brady were in court. a judge will decide whether tom brady will serve a 4-game suspension for using under-inflated footballs. they begin their season on september 10th. heavy rain, a favourable win at the start of the clipper around the world race in london. competitors have a long journey ahead of them. 40,000 miles. the first stage, sailing from britain to rio de janeiro. the four yachts are captained by

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