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>> evacuations in the carolinas due to the weather and it could get worse before it gets better. u.s. forces in afghanistan today offered con dole lenses to the afghan president after a deadly attack ly attack on one of its hospital. at least 19 people died in that attack. among those kills, 12 staff members and at least seven patients including three children. 37 more people were injured. it happened in the northern city

of kunduz. jennifer glass who recently returned from afghanistan is here with us now. people want answers. >> kunduz has been a flashpoint all week. taliban forces captured the town a few days ago and since then have tried to regain control with the help of u.s. forces. the hospital was bombed during a reported attempt to flush out taliban fighters. staff members and patients were killed. u.s. forces called it collateral damage. doctors without borders rejected that. >> this is a big and large hospital. it's been there five years and we have communicated several times to different warring parties and the coalition forces

the precise gps coordinates of this hospital so that this would not happen. >> they were killed, the terrorists were killed, but we also lost staff members. we will do everything to make sure -- >>reporter: it's not clear what afghan forces can do. they say taliban fighters are hiding in homes and using civilians as human shields. the u.s. defense secretary, ash carter, issued a statement saying in part u.s. forces in support of afghan forces were operating nearby as were taliban

fighters. while we're still trying to determine exactly what happened, i want to to extend my thoughts and prayers to everyone affected. the head of doctors without borders said the attack is a grave violation of international law. the afghan president says he and the americans are launching a joint and thorough investigation. what's happening in kunduz highlights the perilous situation around the country. >> things like this happening, the taliban seeming to be gaining more power there, what are the options? what might change when it comes to plans for troops drawing down in afghanistan. >> i know they'll be looking very closely at the security situation. now, president obama earlier this year agreed to slow the

draw down of forces leaving about 10 about 10,000 troops. they have to be looking at this security situation. afghan security forces are losing record numbers in both cases. american forces have had to go in. and those air strikes really are crucial. a lot of afghanistan has terrible terrain. so i think there's going to be that without u.s. backing, without about 6,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan past the end of this year and what will happen in 2016 and beyond whether the afghan security forces can continue to hold the country. >> in the back of people's minds is what happened with iraq when we pulled out 29 okay. thank you very much more details emerges about thursday's tragic shooting in

oregon. the gunman committed suicide almost after police exchanged fire with him. an additional handgun was also recovered from the killer's apartment bringing the total number of firearms seized to 14. sabrina register joins us with more on that. >>reporter: the sheriff laid out a timeline today of last week's shooting. officers exchanged gun fire and two minutes later there was a report of a suspect down. the medical examiner has ruled the shooter's death a suicide. there was a statement released today by the shooter's family saying we're shocked and saddened by the horrific events that unfolded on thursday. it says our thoughts, hearts, and prayers go out to all of the families of those who died or were injured. here at the hospital two victims

are still being treated. one of them a 16-year-old who was a student at the community college and today her family spoke out about her injuries. the youngest victim in thursday's shooting, cheyanne fitzgerald is still in intensive care. her family spoke out today. >> she's mentioned to me about all the blood. >> recovering in the same hospital, the army veteran who's being hailed a hero. students who witnessed the shooting say he quickly took action and ran towards the shooter even after he was shot multiple time >> he was telling people to run, grabbing people you just have to go. he actually ran back towards the building where the shooting was and he back into the building,

and i don't know what happened to him. >> marilyn kettleman, a former county commissioner and a mother to an umpqua p student who was not present at the shooting thanked him saying without him the situation would be even more catastrophic which is why she wants campus security armed. >> you can't stop violence without violence. >> the sheriff says response to the shooting was swift. within a few minutes. >> i want to express my most sincere appreciation to those most directly touched by this incident. the two roseburg police officer who is responded and stopped the shooter from killing dozens of other people who were in that classroom and in the immediate vicinity. >> as more details are released

including the see sure of a 14th gun in the shooter's position, documents and digital files. the fire chief chokes back tears to remember lives lost. >> our firefighter chuck ansbau lost his son that day. and brian mcfadden lost his niece on that day. >> the family of cheyanne fitzgerald has set up a go fund me page. they have medical insurance but her injuries are pretty serious and her family members are taking off time from work and that there will be a lot of expenses. back to you >> thank you very much. two bomb blasts rip through theout skirts of nigeria's capital abuja killing at least 16 people.

the explosions happened near a gas station and bus stop. this is the first such insurance insurance en -- incident in the capital city in a year. at least 41 people were injured. in baghdad blasts took place in the northern part of the city. another bomber was wearing a suicide vest. isil has claimed responsibility for both attacks russia has announced it's about to ramp up attacks on isil in syria. moscow says it's going to intensify air strikes that began three days ago. the military claims its war planes hit nine isil targets today and that the campaign has substantially weakened the extremists. human rights organizations say the attacks have killed 40 civilians but also 14 members of

isil. david camron is railing against russia saying the offensive in syria is making things worse echoing comments from president obama yesterday. they both worry russia is taking out moderates who could replace bashar al assad's campaign. barack obama is calling the air strikes a recipe for disaster. the u.s.-led coalition is urging the russian government to focus on defeating isil. the syrian opposition is calling these attacked russian aggression and now refuse to attend meetings to pave the way for political talks. >> there's no incentive for bashar al assad to engage in a political solution.

>>reporter: in july officials announced that the warring sides were not ready to hold formal talks and instead suggested working group meetings to agree on a road map to tree. the syrian national coalition and both moderate and conserve tiff armed groups say -- conservative armed groups say the initiative is unacceptable and makes it clear they're not given a role in the transition process. military institutions and security agencies cannot be part of the national army. the opposition tells us they believe an it's a waste of time to engage in brainstorming session. they say they're ready to attend a geneva meeting on the condition that the government

will hand over power and not in their words reproduce the regime. russia is in no mood to compromise and won't accept al assad's removal from power as a precondition to talks. the opposition is demanding international allies show seriousness. >> we need to have a coalition of arab countries, turkey, and the international community to stand up to this. >>reporter: the u.s. and western countries have voiced concerns that russian air strikes are weakening opponents of the government, words that seem to have little affect on the ground. we appreciate your time very much. several entities have carried out air strikes in syria in the past week.

what are you hearing about what it's like for the people on the ground who are living through this? >> you know, it's important to remember the people on the ground have already been living through something similar but a much sort of scaled down experience for the past four years. they've been under aerial bomb boardment from the syrian air force and they've been under siege mostly so the civilians and they are probably in the tens of thousands probably over 100,000 in the areas where the russian war planes have been striking. they have been, you know, whenever they find food, the prices are seriously inflated. the average day includes aerial bombardment including barrel bombs which fall randomly. but people have somehow gotten used to this to the extent that the human spirit can sort of get used to calamity.

but they tell me the russian air strikes are a whole new level of frightening air strikes. war planes they can't see or hear before they approach. missiles that seem random. >> it's something no one should have to get used to. when russia says they're targeting terrorists, let's drill down on that language. do they mean isil or do they mean anyone that is opposed to the assad regime? because they've also been very clear that they believe bashar al assad should remain in power so who do they mean by terrorists? >> you know, the russian campaign in syria today is basically an extension of assad's strategy but on

steroids. assad from day one has called the up rising terrorists and from day one whether it was protests in the street and later armed rebels and later foreign-backed armed rebels, they're all terrorists as far as assad is concerned. along with isis. there's no difference in his mind. in fact, arguably, the moderate rebels are even more of a threat for assad because, you know, the world doesn't see them as extremists. anyway, when putin calls them terrorists, he's basically using the same language assad has been using for four years but this time he's using it with serious air power to back him. >> so the u.s. and their allies have said that this is simply complicating the situation and they would rather russia not be involved. but the bottom line, is there anything they can actually do about this? >> yeah. good question. it seems, you know, the

alternatives are dire to be honest. i mean, what are they going to do, send the rebels that are being bombed by russian war planes, send them antiaircraft missiles? that's not going to happen. you know, go in directly face-to-face with the russians in syria. that's a crazy idea. so what are they going to do? i don't know. it's above my pay grade. >> and it's just now getting started. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. on this week's episode of third rail, ali velshi discusses russia's involvement in syria. here's a preview. >> nobody wants people to die in syria. this is madness to say that russia doesn't care that people are dying. of course it does. the point is different here. the position is different from

the western position, the russian position. because, because we don't want to another libya. nobody wants another libya. now, to take away a government, a regime that somehow still controls, for example, the armed forces and still resists attacks by isis would be absolutely disasterous. we've seen what's happened in libya. we've seen what's happened in iraq. it's the same situation. officials are saying assad has to stay for a while. nobody is saying he's going to stay forever. there's talk about russia saving the regime of president assad. no, that's not the case. this is the first stage of a process. you first need to deal with the enemy who's much more powerful and threatening than assad's regime. >> you can watch the entire episode of third rail tomorrow night at 6:30 eastern, 3:30 pacific. and still ahead, rising waters,

widespread flooding in south carolina. what's being done to save lives and how soon before the rain finally stops and deadly violence in jerusalem as palestinians attack israelis.

hurricane joaquin has moved off shore but parts of the east coast of the u.s. still got record levels of rain from another weather system. president obama ordered a state of emergency in south carolina ordering aid to help state and local agencies to cope. officials opened shelters in coastal counties. al jazeera's robert ray joins us live now from charleston where i see the rain is still coming down. >>reporter: it is.

good evening. sort of a good evening i guess here in charleston. the picture says it all. i'm standing in almost a foot of water. not every street looks like this in charleston but a whole heck of a lot of them do. the police decided to not allow anyone to be able to drive into charleston so no one can come into the city right now. we're expecting more rain overnight. there's a flash flood warning that's up until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. despite hurricane joaquin being well off shore, the southeast is still being pounded by historic rainfall amounts this weekend. totals are adding up and rivers are overflowing. >> the good news with the hurricane which is good news for north carolina. the tough news for north carolina and especially south carolina is the continued rain. >>reporter: in charleston, south carolina, the city is prepared but has not seen a storm like

this since hurricane hugo in 1989. >> this is unusual but certainly we've seen worse. we want to prepare for everything. >>reporter: eh over a foot of rain has already fall in parts of the carolinas and much more is on the way through monday worrying residents of both states. this couple in charleston decided to go for a walk down a street that now looks like a river. >> we could not leave downtown today. if you leave downtown you can't come back. i guess we'll see what happens. >>reporter: national weather service is calling this a once in a 500 year flooding event. you can see the streets of charleston, many of them look like this, a foot to two feet of water and it's just saturday only. this is supposed to last all weekend and into early next week. the issue is the high tide mixed with this incredible high precipitation here in charleston but people here are ready and buckling down. flash flooding is expected to

continue and possibly get worse across the region. officials in north carolina are urging residents to be overprepared. >> we're still not letting our guards down because at a moment's notice, this weather pattern can turn. we still have portions of the state that are scheduled to see up to seven more inches of rain on top of what we've already received. >>reporter: for now, nearly all of charleston, south carolina's historic downtown is closed as homes are flooding, businesses are sandbagging, and residents are hoping things don't get any worse. >> the governor has declared a statement of emergency as a result of this event. that's already in place. and obviously if we have significant devastation or damage in the city, we'll be reaching out to our county counterparts and then go up to the state to request federal assistance through them. >>reporter: you know, wind is picking up here a little bit. it's been on and off all day as

these bands come in to south carolina. as we heard, it's not just here. it's inland as well. it's also to the north and north carolina. and one of the main problems here with charleston is the fact that this is a town that's 300 years old so you can imagine the sewer system has been updated many, many times in modern history and they're just concerned that this sewer system is not going to be able to retain and hold all this water in the coming days and that perhaps raw sewage may become an issue. but so far, thankfully, it is not. this rain will continue through monday here and then sunny skies ahead. >> all right, robert, thank you very much. kevin is here to pick up on that story. there's only so much the system there can take. but there's more coming. >> there is. we're expecting in certain locations maybe even up to 18 inches of rain across not just the southern but into the mountains. we'll get into that in a moment.

i want to update you on joaquin which is helping to pump that moisture up to north carolina. we're going to start to see that system actually push through. i want to show you the maps if we can get this map here going. here we have some images of new jersey. you can see we're looking at a lot of coastal problems in there, in that region as well. we're looking at coastal flood warnings in effect for that region. that's going to stay in effect especially during the high tide times which will be through monday as well. also through the region, we're going to be seeing a lot of wind across that area also. i want to show you can we actually show you a different auxiliary with the maps on it and go to auxiliary 2 if you can do that also. i want to show you the heavy rains. we're looking now across parts of the carolinas. that's going to continue. a little closer in, you can see

the rains are coming in bands. now we're looking at charleston seeing very heavy rain as well. 13 counties are looking at flash flood warnings. here's that rain. we could be seeing, as i said, anywhere up to 12 to 18 inches of rain. it's going to be a very messy weekend and a beginning to the week as well. >> all right. keep us posted. u.s. coast guard and navy crews are still looking for a u.s. cargo ship that disappeared in the storm. it was on its way to purr -- puerto rico. >> guatemala's death toll has reached 56 after a mud strike buried 100 homes. hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. rescue workers, police, and

soldiers worked away at the huge mound of debris with shovels and their hands. 30 have been pulled out alive. families are looking in make shift morgues to see if they can recognize anybody still ahead, israel is putting up new fences on its borders. refugees continue their desperate journey to europe. and a deeper look at the united nations as it wraps up a week of speeches and deal making.

>> the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan is promising a review of a deadly bombing of a hospital run by doctors without

boreds in the northern city of kunduz. afghan forces have been trying to regauge the city from taliban control. >> authorities in oregon say the gunman who killed his english professor and eight others committed suicide almost immediately after police exchanged fire with him. russia's offensive in syria may have just begun. moscow announced today it's planning a bigger wave of attacks in the days to come. air strikes have taken out 14 extremists but human rights groups say at least 39 civilians have also been killed. a 19-year-old palestinian man killed two people in jerusalem's old city before being shot by security forces. he attacked a family of four who were walking to the western

wall. two were killed and a woman is in critical condition. mike hannah has more. >>reporter: this took place in a part of the old city that has seldom seen this outbreak of violence. it's close to the via de la rosa where jesus walk to his crucifixion. a 19-year-old palestinian attacked a group of israelis with a knife. another person then came down and attempted to stop the young man. his gun was taken by the attacker who then opened fire. the attacker has been identified was then shot and killed by police. this is a very important jewish holiday. none of the israeli politicians

have yet ventured onto camera. however, on social media, there have been several comments from across the social media spectrum. some say the government is not doing enough to fight terror. a former government minister says this is what terrorists look like. the leader of the oppositionist zionist union says netanyahu has lost control of israeli citizens and gentlemen jerusalem. anger directed at the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu who will be arriving back from the united states where he addressed the united nations in the course of the next 24 hours. he'll be holding an immediate meeting we're told with his defense minister, the head of his intelligence agency, and his

army chief of staff. one of the ways israel attempts to protect itself from palestinian attacks is through its security wall. now the country is looking to expand those walls with neighboring countries. >>reporter: israel is often criticized for its separation wall between what it considers its land and the palestinian territories. in some cases drawing borders where they're not internationally recognized. leaders say it was done in the name of security. but now the nation is upgrading and building new barriers on frontiers with other neighbors. >> to the extent that it is possible, we will encompass israel's borders with the security fence and barriers that will allow us to control our borders. we will not israel to be flooded with illegal migrants and terrorists. >>reporter: with the increase of violence on the southern border

with egypt, israel built a 230-kilometers long fence to keep out potential attacker but also african migrants. it took three years to build. hungary and romania are looking to build similar fences using us real's southern border as an example. but now they're breaking new ground. this current fortification is taking place in the south. the government here says it that it will undermine jordan's sovereignty. >> in the 70s, there was a period -- from jordon. the east bank to the west bank and from there to israel. there were terror attacks. israel fears this will resume. >>reporter: many say a physical

barrier alone won't are prevent attacks and there still needs to be a focus on maintaining and improving regional relationships. >> eventually those borders being sets up will once again be turned into -- >>reporter: and without that cooperation, some feel those walls and fences could be viewed more as israel sealing itself off from the region rather than protecting its borders. hundreds of refugees tried to block passage from france to britain today. some jumped onto trucks approaching a channel tunnel into france. others jumped through fences and blocked rail service. travel to britain was stopped for several hours but has now been resumed russia's bombardment of syria is only increasing the flow of refugees to europe for

safety. >>reporter: pick a point at random on the route through europe. this is the last train station in macedonia on the serbia border. nothing's changed. they keep coming, the weary, the relieved, the hopeful. >> we have eight trains a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. >>reporter: do you see any signs at all of this flow of people slowing down and coming to an end. >> people were saying october will be slower but we're not seeing anything like that. >>reporter: this young man is an english teacher from raqqa in syria. are your spirits high? >> yes, it's still high to travel to another country. different places and different

people. like my friends, they are having a honeymoon over there. >>reporter: they're on their honeymoon? newly married? >> yes. the bride and groom. honeymoon with different sides. train, bus. [laughter] >>reporter: so a very active sight seeing honeymoon adventure then. but you're happy 1234. >> yes. yes. >>reporter: congratulations. i want to ask you about the russian activities in the last few days in your country. do you think it's going to help to end the war? is. >> no. no. no. i don't think so. it will be worse. >>reporter: it will just get worse? >> yes. more and more. >>reporter: after a few kilometers, people are now arriving in serbia. the media may have largely moved on from this story for the time being, the focus may have

shifted, but the spotlight is still very much on syria. it's about the russian bombing of syria now of course but there are not many people here who seem to think that's going to make much difference. but in the meantime, this miserable journey through 21st century europe goes on. a lot is said in parts of europe about these people who they are, what they want, the threat that they pose. most are ordinary people beginning new lives in a world that has changed beyond recognition. al jazeera on the macedonia, serbia border. >> the vatican dismissed a high level priest today after he revealed he was gay and was living with his partner. he said he wanted to make enormous noise in front of the church. this comes rights before the

meetings of the cardinals and bishops on families. the u.n. investigators say a toxic cyanide at a gold mine in argentina did not contaminate local water supplies. it sent nearly 230,000 gallons of cyanide solution into rivers last month. >>reporter: on the foot hills of the andes mountains in western argentina, he's worried about the consequences of a recent spill from the gold mine. >> we found out on sunday night via a text message there was a cyanide spill through a worker in the mine telling his family not to drink water. we all panicked.

nobody ever informed us directly about what was going on. >>reporter: the mine started producing gold in 2005. it's one of the largest gold mines in argentina. it's an open pit mine owned by canadian company barrett gold. the mine is located high up in the mountains. this is as far as we're allowed to go. the spill happened, we're told, when a valve broke in one of the installations allowing at least a million liters of cyanide solution into the river. tests show that the water is not contaminated, people here are still afraid. p cyanide is used in the leeching process that separates the mineral from the rock. that's why the use of cyanide has been suspended for five days. >> we're analyzing documents

because we want to know where the responsibility lies. >>reporter: but in spite of the government's reassurance that the water is now safe to drink, people in this town are organizing themselves to demand more information. they also want an end to open pit mining. pablo says he doesn't trust the company or the government. he says the water in his house tastes like chlorine and doesn't want his children to drink it. >> the water here has never been good but in recent weeks it's been worse. i don't want to give it to my children. after the accident they only gave us two liters of water per person. >>reporter: the incident has raised the question on open pit mining. >> we're very sorry this

happened. this is the first time something like this has happened, and we're calibrating. >>reporter: but the people here fear this will happen again and they feel they were lied to. kenya is now confronting another alcohol-related problem. first the government cracked down on illegal alcohol after a number of deteaths. now it's left to treat the men and women who became addicted. >>reporter: this is not an ordinary group therapy session. the men and women here are getting free treatment and counseling to get help with their drinking problem. the main futbol field has been turned into a temporary rehab

camp. daniel was a policeman for 14 years. he lost his job last year. his wife and children left two years ago. >> it's been so hard for me to stop drinking alcohol simply because i have to drink, i have to drink for me to survive. to do anything, i have to have a drink in the morning. >>reporter: here they reflect, support each other, and build confidence. there are about 1,000 recovering alcoholics here. hundreds more are register to get help. most of them are not employed. the concern now is what happens when they leave this place. >> we're wanting to make sure that they're able to be strong enough to prevent relapse. we are looking forward and will celebrate if we manage to save

100, that would be a good number. >>reporter: after three months in rehab, they'll go back to places like this city center where cheap illegal alcohol is easy to get. many in this region have died after drinking illegal alcohol. ben became blind after drinking bad alcohol in 2001. his son is an alcoholic. on this day, his nephews came to visit. they were drunk. he says he tries to tell them to stop but they won't listen. >> alcohol destroyed my life. i could not do anything. i couldn't even educate my children. it's very sad to see people drinking here so much. >>reporter: back at the camp, these people know too well how hard it will be to adjust to life when they return to their villages. but at this moment, they just

want to stay sober and positive. coming up, the department of justice releases its final report on the ferguson, missouri police department. new changes suggested on the death of michael brown and the protests that followed.

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>> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et a new justice department report says the st. louis county police force must reform. this is the third and final review following the unrest in ferguson following last year's shooting of an unarmed black man. the report made 109 recommendations including that the department must bring more minorities into its ranks and training must be overhauled and focused on fair policing. you can now buy marijuana over the county in oregon as

long as you're 21 or older. the new change in the law has people worried about past drug convictions. >>reporter: retailers and their suppliers across the state are hoping for a sales boom. >> this is called white superstone. >>reporter: for much of the last 22 years, norris monson has operated outside the law but now he plans to double his staff, double his growing place, and double his store >> are we going to empty the shelves on opening day? i hope so. i hope so. is that fair to say there? >>reporter: as in colorado, oregon growers and processers can run retail stores too. something not allowed in washington state. in oregon, there's no limit to the number of stores that can

open. rip city remedies is one of about 250 medical marijuana dispensaries statewide now selling plants, seed, and bud to customers who may just want to grow a little and smoke a little. >> there already is plenty of competition in the medical market and the majority of those people are transitioning over to recreation. it will be a lot of competition without a doubt. >>reporter: pot stores aren't universally welcome. local jurisdictions can opt out and right now, ten counties, mostly in rural eastern oregon have banned recreational sales. more than 30 cities have done the same. but oregon, which 42 years decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana continues to break new ground on the legal front. >> we've achieved in oregon the greatest criminal marijuana law. >>reporter: but test not perfect. a few years ago he was busted

for carrying food containing marijuana with a medical marijuana from a different state. >> class c felony. >> trying to find work, find a place to live. just move on with my life. you know. i'm not a criminal. that's the stigma that you're stuck with. >>reporter: new laws put in place in oregon this year will make it easier for him to aplay to have his record wiped clean. for those who did run afoul of the law before all this was legal, leland burger has hope. >> it's a fundamental fairness

inquiry that this legislation directly addresses. doesn't free all the prisoners, but it takes a step forwards that. >>reporter: aaron pickle still has to wait one more year until he can apply for his record to be cleaned. without the new law though, it would have been a decade. >> i feel good that there's something in place as far as getting it expunged. definitely gives me hope for the future. not having this hanging over my head anymore. hospital emergency rooms in chicago received an unusually high number of heroin overdose patients this week. health officials it may have been laced with painkiller. 75 people have overdosed since tuesday. 14 patients collapsed as soon as they injected themselves and about a thousand people have been killed nationwide between 2005 and 2007 from inject heroin

up in the next hour, a u.s. air strike bombs a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan >> plus, the u.n. wraps up the 70th annual general assembly, we look at how powerful or how weak it is. plus, we put faces and names to the victims in oregon >> thank you. germany are celebrating 25 years of reunification today which effectively ended the cold war. germany's political elite celebrated at the historic st. paul's church. still ahead on al jazeera america, a musical protest.

musicians in hong kong are angry. and what trains have to did with it.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. a rule that struck a sour note is now creating a beautiful harmony in hong kong. >>reporter: it's not what it sounds like. this jam session is a protest in a busy commuter train station.

musicians gathered to make a noise over recent incidents where students were stopped from being their instruments on the railway. >> they made us empty our stuff. he was carrying a cello. it didn't make sense. so we're just here to show that we have the rights to travel with our instruments. >>reporter: the protesters say that the railway corporation turns a blind eye to those carrying oversized luggage and goods but has been unfairly targeting music students. >> we've been carrying our instruments on the rail for decades. suddenly it's not allowed. we will be charged. we'll get warning tickets.

we just tell the younger new music learners that we're not welcome here. >>reporter: she organized the gathering through social media. the trouble was other groups also used it as an opportunity to voice dissent over a variety of topics. the result left many musicians sidelines watching their event get hijacked. some becoming overwhelmed by the shouting. this is what you hear when several discordant groups launch simultaneous demonstrations. the rail says it will reexamine its policy regarding the carrying of oversized instruments. but many question whether this protest has struck the right note with the railway operator. the news continues now with jonathan betts in new york.

worldwide outrage tonight after u.s. air strikes apparently hit a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. at least 19 people killed. fading hope tonight, the crew of a missing cargo ship that disappeared during hurricane joaquin. a shootout in jerusalem's old city. there are those who argue that the ideals enshined in the u.n. charter are unachievable. >> and questions tonight about the effectiveness of the united nations. we take a deeper look at its power and also at its weaknesses.