outrage building in ohio. two independent investigations concluding a white police officer was justified in shooting a black 12-year-old boy. a peaceful rally turns deadly in turkey. nearly 100 people killed when two bombs explode outside a

train station and 20 years since the million man march at the national mall and in texas, history books that describe african labor as workers instead of slaves. critics call it a white washing of history. we'll take a deeper look at the politics of school textbooks. two reports released by a cleveland prosecutor causing outrage. the reports retained by the prosecutor conclude that a white police officer was justified in fatally shooting a black boy who was 12 years old and hold body a pellet gun.

>> it was a pistol pointing at everybody. scaring everybody. >> the two experts insist their report does not examine whether officer timothy lowman made tactical or properly errors but rather the constitutionality of the decision to fire on the teen in a split moment. one writes i conclude his belief that rice caused a threat of serious physical harm or death was objectively reasonable as was his response to that perceived threat. both experts reached their opinions after an exhaustive

review of camera footage of the shooting. well-trained officers will immediately identify this as a serious threat. today's report is the first of many that the prosecutor will use when presenting the case on the officer to a grand jury. this is a quote, the family believes the prosecutors office has been on an 11-month quest to avoid providing accountability. any presentation to a grand jury

without the prosecutor advocating as prosecutors do for crime victims every day is a charade. >> were you surprised by these findings? >> we were and we were surprised that they even released it on a saturday night on a holiday weekend without giving advance copies to the family. in your experience, how often does a prosecutor go to an outside investigateder before presenting a case to a grand jury? >> not often. it's completely unnecessary. here you have the video that speaks volumes. you have potential witness testimony, documents. there's no reason for the prosecutor to go ask another prosecutor in denver for his opinion other than to try to

cook up a result to try to ease the path for the public believing that a process is supposedly transparent. but is not really. it's a white wash. that's the rice families view. >> so the prosecutor in to want's statement was saying that this is not an indication of whether or not he'll proceed with the case. do you accept that? >> i was a federal prosecutor, and there was not one time that at the end of my presentation to a grand jury that i didn't then request to the grand jury that they return a true bill of indictment against the particular target under investigation. it's a one-sided presentation and the prosecutor is saying don't worry about it, a grand

jury will hear it. but he's indicating already he's not going to advocate for an indictment because he has supposed expert reports. these are hired guns, all pro police and they dodge a simple fact, those officers, the video shows, rushed tamir and shot him immediately without assessing the situation in the least. reasonable jurors in a criminal trial could find that conduct unreasonable but they won't get that chance because the prosecutor is working to ensure there's no indictment and no

accountabili accountability. >> what's happening is that jurors aren't being given a chance to assess all of the facts quarterback that those officers rushed upon the scene, got in the car, and shot a 12-year-old boy dead. they didn't pull up, assess the situation, call out, call out warnings. they didn't do anything that officers would do according to their training to ensure that there is not an accidental use or an improper use of deadly force. so from the rice families point of view, this is now -- it's been 11 months while other jurisdictions make these decisions quickly, this prosecutor's office has been dragging things out. so from the rice families point of view, it's apparent i didn't, it's an effort to white wash and ensure there is no critical prosecution. >> what is the status of the office every now? >> i don't know the status. >> have you spoken to tamir's

family? >> yes. yes. and the very saddened by this effort on the part of the prosecutor. >> what happens next? >> what happens next is the prosecutor continues apartly to front the world that he's presenting the case to a grand jury but i think what's obvious now is that he's not going to be advocating for the crime victor crime victims family. so the whole thing from the rice family's point of view, a sham. >> any chance for federal intervention? >> you'll have to ask them. >> have you been in touch with the u.s. attorney in your area to see if they might bring civil rights charges? >> as you may be aware, the federal authorities have pretty limited jurisdiction in these

matters. twofrjts bombs went off in torky at a peace rally staged by opposition and pro-kurdish groups. at least 95 people killed and 200 people wounded outside a train station. turkish government officials are calling it a terrorist attack. president obama has expressed condolences to turkey's president. >>reporter: chance for peace snuffed out by sudden terrifying violence. one of the worst attacks in

turkey's history. i was walking next to a truck. right here behind two banners an explosion went off. we lay on the ground. the second bomb went off there. two bombs went off here and it was very strong. this is the third attack since june. in july, dozens were killed when a suicide bomber struck on turkeys border with syria. since then the security situation in turkey has deteriorated sharply. with the peace process between the government and the pkk having all but collapsed. the prime minister called for three days of morning while discussing initial findings. but these blasts underscore just how tense the situation remains before november's parliamentary

elections. the government of turkey has implemented immediate blackouts surrounding today's events. it's said this will only heighten suspicions about the government. >> with a ban on talking about the attack today really

encourages other people to think about other possible options of if the state was somehow involved in this. meaning if you have yesterday for example today's editor was arrest arrested live on tv for arresting the president, if you put nit the context of this and six or seven channels taking off numerous cable programs in opposition, then we see that it's a very dim picture. >> he says members of kurdish group, the labor movement, and opposition party members were killed in the blast the secretary of state called the prime minister of israel and the president of palestine to express concern over the violence in the region. a pregnant palestinian woman was killed in an air strike. at least four palestinians have

been killed and five israelis injured in another day of attacks. two teenage areas were among the dead killed in gaza. and in hebron, a strong display of palestinian unity in the face of ongoing occupation. flags of all political factions

waved during the funeral of a 17 year old who was shot dead after stabbing a soldier in israel earlier this week. at least two more in the series of knife attacks, both of the same site in occupied east jerusalem. >> for the second day in a row the israeli army opened fire on protesters in gaza. a number of palestinian fatal cities were reported. among them a 15 year old and 13 year old. the israeli prime minister will hold a meeting of his full cabinet sunday. the first since the 20th of september because of his visit to the united states and an intervening jewish holiday. there will be much to discuss in terms of the mounting crisis of recent weeks.

>> more than 600 protesters clashed in the streets of bendigo, australia today over a proposal to build a mosque in the city. >> the opponents of the mosque were confronted by demonstrators. a debate has been brewing around the country for about a week now

following the killing of a muslim teenager who shot and killed a police officer. >> it should serve to promote cohesion, respect, and compassion for each other. extremism destroys the virtues of faith and religion in our community. muslims, individual muslims who preach hatred of other muslims of christians of jews or others threaten to undermine our social harmony, our prosperity, and our security. >> the prime minister is holding a meeting next week aimed at countering the wave of extremism celebrations continue in north korea as they honor 70 years of its ruling party. 100,000 people lined the streets of the capital pyongyang and north korea's leader had strong words from the united states.

>>reporter: kim jong-un ordered the biggest military parade pyongyang had ever seen. ballistic missile which analysts in seoul believe to be a

modification of one that debuted in another parade three years ago. the other element of the proceedin proceedin proceedings as far as north korea watchers were concerned was the relationship between pyongyang and china. north koreas apparent decision to not mark this occasion with a long-range rocket launch. >> it seems they would rather oak the situation longer and keep it as a backup card in case

relations with the u.s. becomes difficult. they can use it to divert dissatisfaction. >> nothing like dissatisfaction on show on saturday. months of rehearsals culminating in a show of mass devotion and an opportunity to send multiple messages at home and abroad. thousands of african americans across the country joined in on the 20th anniversary of the million man march in washington d.c. they're calling for changes in policing in black communities. >>reporter: in the shadow of the capitol building, tens of thousands mark the day 20 years ago when black men gathered, prayed, and called for change. >> a part of history. a part of history. wouldn't want to miss it. >> i want to make sure that black lives do matter and make sure everyone here understands the importance of unity and

coming together as a community to up hold social justice. >>reporter: the 1995 event was considered a water shed moment. the largest gathering on the national mall since the civil rights movement organized support in the 60s.

>> i'm honored that you have come to represent our struggle and our demands. >> it's thought the event 20 years ago led to a spike in black voter registration which became vitally important for at least one person there. there was an illinois state senator in the crowd there. his name was barack obama, a sign of how things have changed and how in many ways things remain the same. there were initial concerns this might attract trouble. but this gathering was peaceful to remember the ground covered, and the distance still to.

>> real evil in america is not white flesh or black flesh. >> i did not attend the event as a reporter but as an african american man who wanted to witness a historic gathering. my son-in-law and i took a train from new york to union station where we joined the crowd converging on the mall. the total was revised upward to more than 800,000. organizers still insist more than a million men attended.

whatever the number, it was a day to remember. a powerful, symbolic statement of peaceful protest. d.c. police reported no crimes, no arrests on the day tens of thousands of black men came to the capitol. african americans workers instead of slaves. >> we still have a partisan state board of education making these decisions instead of leaving it up to teachers and scholars. >> up next, we take a deeper look at what some call the white washing of history. later, a call for anti-muslim protests at mosques

around the world.

tonight, a deeper look. the texas education controversy years in the making. this fall texas students got new social studies and history books. many critics say the books white

wash history. a lot of these books could end up in classrooms nationwide. >>reporter: flip to a texas school back and this is what you might find. a caption that refers to african slaves as workers. >> it had africans and african americans and the atlantic slave trade as workers implying pay as if we had come here willingly and were paid to do our job. >>reporter: but that's not the only line causing controversy. there's also a section that depicts the biblical figure moses as being a major part of our founding principles in this country. >> you can't be selective in what you teach. it can directly affect how kids think. >>reporter: many parents and teachers are concerned. these books in texas often end up in schools across the

country. >> about 15 minutes or so to complete this. california is number one. however, california often demands that its textbooks have a california narrative that really wouldn't work elsewhere. you it's a very small group of people, just 15 members of the texas board of education who ultimately approve what goes in school books. when the latest books were approved, the board included ten republicans and five democrats. >> religious conservatives were a dominant force on the board and we wanted to make sure what

was taut in history was taught in class. that's exactly what happened when you see better books. >> i don't believe that students go to school with a donkey or an elephant pin on their shirts. i don't believe education should be partisan. we still have a part stand state board of education making these decisions instead of leaving it up to teachers and scholars. >>reporter: recently the publisher issued an apology saying we conducted a close review of the content and agree our language did not convey that africans were forced into migration and into labor against their will as slaves. they plan to update the printed books. it's an immediate fix for the texas mistake and many teachers hope technology will continue to cut down the cost of the books and the purchasing power of

texas. now we take a deeper look at the topic with two guests. keith erickson and joining us here in new york, vice president for external affairs at the thomas b. fordam institute. >> we'll talk about the texas controversy. can you give me your aalty sis of the historic role of history books, particularly social studies in general to create a sense of national unity? >> great question. i would say that role is waning if anything. the day where we all went to school and saw one or two different books regardless of where we were in this country are probably long behind us. i don't think they're going to come back any time soon. there's been any number of pushes or movements to push us away from using textbooks.

the internet most notably, a movement for open educational resources. there's a sense among teachers we should customize the curriculum for the community in front of us. >> doesn't that sort of get at the heart of a problem with a sense of national identity? >> sure.

african slaves were immigrant workers and why would any editing committee allow it to stand? >> that's a great question and i think it gets to the heart of the issue, and that is that textbooks are part of a business now. they're produced by teams, by hundreds of people. but they're created to lineup with a blueprint with standards. right now the task isn't how do we write a book and be correct, it's how do we write things that line up with those standards and those standards contain this kind of spin on history? >> what i'm really asking i guess is whether in your opinion someone decided that slaves shouldn't be called slaves anymore. that in fact history should be

white washed. is this a conscious decision or an aberration? >> it's a conscious decision and a politicized decision. those members in texas are elected officials, go home to their districts, and run for re-election. ten of the 15 were republican. the votes were taken by simple majority. but within that republican party, that's where the real color of the story is. there's a struggle between conservative republicans, they call themselves true christian con body serve tavs -- conservatives and the moderates. that the trouble we see going on nationally now among the speaker of the house. and it was the christian conservatives who gained seven of those republicans. they were elected on a platform

that said we will do this to the next books, tell the story this way. they did it across the curriculum, english, health, social studies. it was a conscious political movement. >> so back to you, you referenced the fact that schools are moving away from textbooks but the truth of the matter is most schools use them. >> certainly. i don't want to diminish the silliness of this error. >> how much influence does texas still wield in the american textbook business? >> that's a good point. california and texas back in the day were the biggest textbook adoption states. because we printed the books, what texas and california wanted, the rest of the country tended to get that. texas did not adopt common core standards a couple of years ago, so they've somewhat isolated

themselves. in new york state, they invested many millions of dollars in a system called engage new york which is called an open educational resource. interestingly -- to is a look to the diminishing influence of a place like texas.

>> one of the important things to remember about the educational system today is that going back to no child left behind, we've been under a regime that's driven by standards. textbooks are the most visible part of that but lesson plans are designed to align with standards. teacher certification is aligned to conform with the standards. and so we don't have a system where the blueprint is created and the system unfolds. what's interesting in todays current political debate is we have a bipartisan agreement that the standards and accountability movement is the way to go. the obama administration has not proposed any kind of change, and so one of the first ways that we can make a difference is to really look at the architecture of the system.

and to roll back this sense of everything conforming to standard from the books to teacher certification, to the tests. >> but if you move away from core standards, you also move away from that unifying effect that public schools traditionally have carried out. >> sure but it gets complicated. common core on the literacy side are virtuallyagnostic on content. the only *. >> there's no hiss thor content whatsoever and no history common core standards. so it's a blueprint guideline standard for literacy. the declaration of independence and the constitution were mentioned as well as one work of shakespeare.

>> very complicated and very. >> it makes it a local control issue which turns into issues like this in texas. >> all right. thank you for joining as. the center of history and teaching and learning at the university of texas in el paso. and editor of the struggle over standards in texas and the nation. thank you for joining us, sir coming up, a new law in texas is raising eyebrows. college students soon will be allowed to bring concealed guns to campus.

back now to our top story tonight. two reports that clear police in the shooting death of a 12 year old boy. he was holding a toy gun when a police officer killed him in cleveland last november. both reports released were done by outside experts. both concluding the white officer that shot rice was justified. the rice case has been part of a highly-charged national dialogue over police treatment of black males. the rice family attorney is criticizing what he calls the prosecutor's one-sided presentation to the grand jury. he says, quote, the family now believes that the prosecutors office has been on an 11-month quest to avoid providing accountability and that any

presentation to a grand jury without the prosecutor advocating for tamir as prosecutors do every day is a sham. >> these are hired guns, propolice, they dodge a simple fact, those officers, the video shows, rushed tamir and shot him immediately without assessing the situation in the least. reasonable jurors could find that conduct unreasonable but they're never going to get that chance buzz the prosecutor is working diligently to make sure there's no accountability. >> he said the rice family is saddened by the prosecutors actions and feel the investigation is a sham funeral services today for the three young's victim's of the oregon college shooting. they were among nine people

killed on october 1s when a gunman stormed their english class in umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. school shootings receiving added attention in texas where college students can now soon bring guns to class. the state legislature passed a lou allowing concealed weapons on campus beginning in august. one professor from the university of texas at austin says the new law prompted him to resign. >> my concern is i get unhappy students in my office and a lot of them get quite agitated. i worry if a gun is in their pocket legally or illegally and they're allowed to bring them into buildings, they might get upset enough and in a rash moment pull a gun on me. i'm unhappy to leave because the students at this school are

terrific but the policies are just, i think, ridiculous. this does not help the university of texas, this policy. a mother from connecticut emailed me told me her daughter wanted to come here until she read about this policy. so her daughter will not be coming to school here. it's really unfortunate. >> ? response to today's nation of islam rally in washington d.c. celebrating the 20g9 anniversary of the million man march, an anti-islam group urged supporters to stage rallies across the country to protest what they called the islamation of america. >> no syrian refugees. >>reporter: they call themselves

the global rally for humanity. a term for a hate gruel that posts anti-muslim images on their facebook page and urges local communities to stage anti-islam rallies across the country. one group in deerborn, michigan followed the call. organizers say they were associated with a national militia group that gained prominence during the ferguson, missouri protests when their members, heavily armed where semiautomatic rifles, patrolled the streets. on friday, the mayor of deerborn published an open letter to the community urging citizen's not to par tis pace writing this is

not a forum for honest dialogue and will intensify conflict. go about your usual business and ignore our visitors. in the end, the community listened. despite a nationwide call to action, only about 12 anti-muslim protesters showed up. >> there may not be a lot of people here, but we are many. >>reporter: she says she came to protest allowing syrian migrants and refugees into the u.s. >> 97% of the people that are being let in as refugees are muslims. 3% are christians. >> so let those 3%? ? >> absolutely. they're being persecuted. their heads are being cut off. >> stop terrorizing muslims at home and abroad. >>reporter: protesters were outnumbered by pro-muslim

demonstrators. in may protesters surrounded a mosque yelling hate speech and scaring worshippers. after the p anti-islam rally, the police chief in michigan said he was proud that local residents stayed away and that most protesters who did turn out were from out of town >> the state of maine develops an alternative to sending young offenders to prison. >> get ready, guys. >> coming up, a unique partnership between law enforcement and the community to keep kids in if school and out of jail and historic flooding across the carolinas and today was another day of rain. i'll tell you where the flooding is and how much more rain is on

the way.

more rain for an already drenched south carolina today. the national guard is helping out with another 500 arriving from north carolina. the number of fatalities from this weeks floods has gone up to 19. hopefully the worst is over, kevin? >> we get to see a little bit more tonight and three inches today. but when you think about the

three inches on top of the 30 inches at the beginning of the week, it makes a big difference and of course we're seeing still a lot of flooding in the area. first of all, show you what's been going on today. we had an area of low pressure that was spinning around the gulf states right here causing some instability bringing that moisture back across the region. some of those areas did see up to three inches. that was west of columbia as well as to the north. but i want to show you the images that came out yesterday. this was before the rain even began today. homes are still flooded, roads still flooded. all the way up to the first floor in some locations. that is still even without the rain today, that is still going to take probably weeks for the water to go down across that

region. we're still dealing with showers and still have warnings in place right now. flash flood warnings are in place here for myrtle beach and to the north. all the way through charleston we're still dealing with flood warnings because we're now seeing major flooding going on down those areas as the water is pushing its way down towards the atlantic. over the next couple of hours we expect to see maybe a half an inch. i don't expect another inch because it will be dying down as we go towards tomorrow. to the west, temperatures coming down. 86 degrees. we had a heat advisory in effect for most of south california tomorrow. take a look at this. 92 degrees for los angeles. well above average for this time of year. >> thanks, kevin. up next, alternatives to

filling the nations prisons with young offenders. >> usually kids in the court system are often more likely to end up back in the court system. >> that's next.

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michelle obama christening a new navy submarine. the $2.8 billion u.s.s. illinois is the 13th virginia class submarine maine offers young offenders an alternative to prison. it's called diversion to assets. a partnership between law enforcement and the community. >> get ready, guys. >>reporter: for the first time in his life, david is on target. just two years ago, now a mentor to young people, was traveling a difficult path. >> i was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia for nail i can't. we were drinking in my garage at my house. i went up stairs for a few minutes and when i came back

down, my friend was on the ground seizing and foaming at the mouth. >>reporter: an ambulance rescued his friend and police arrested david. the court ordered him into a unique in maine. diversion to assets the it's been called a major turning point in how to deal with youth offenders. it's a partnership between law enforcement, the department of corrections, and the community to give kids involved in everything from drugs and alcohol to assault an option to being locked up. since it began in 2008, nearly 400 kids have gone through the program. ryan is a program coordinator. >> d2a is.

>>reporter: of them, the reoffending rate is much lower than the traditional system. the state is now closing a youth detention facility because of a drop in inmates in part attributed to the success of this program. so far he's taken about 40 kids through his part of the program. part of his success is his sleuthing, figuring out what sparks a kid and then tapping into it. for david, it's archery and music. he gave him a chance to teach kids both. kids in this program get a chance to keep their record clean. >> practice switching from -- >>reporter: but there are rules and if you mess up and reoffend, you're out an of diversion to assets and into the court system.

but of the kids who comply, and statistically, it's most of them, the rewards are great. give me the two versions of david, one with and one without this program. >> if i didn't have this program right now i think i would have been in jail. and with this program now, it's just uphill from here. and finally tonight, to cuba where there was a musical treat in old havana. [salsa music] >> lang ling chuco valdez celebrated cubas 500th anniversary and the director of the baltimore symphony

orchestraconducted it. an israeli air strike kills a pregnant palestinian woman and her child following more violent clashes in the occupied territories. guinea prepares for sundays vote but preelection violence has many people worried. and how the family farm is disappearing in the