i'm ray suarez, and that's the "inside story." >> this is aljazeera america, live from new york city. aim tony harris. bracing for backlashes from new york city. post-s, after releasing dash cam video of a fatal shooting, and a bombing of a charity hospital in afghanistan. keep calm, and thanksgiving on, president obama tries to reassure americans about the state of security in the united states, and part of the [ audio difficulties ]

all right, let's take a look at the live pictures from chicago. for the second night in a row, protesters have gathered, demonstrating after a video was released, showing the deadly police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. it has been just under 24 hours after the release of the dash cam video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager to death. it took more than a year and a judge's order to make it public. officer jason van dyke, who fired 16 times at laquan mcdonald has outraged videos, and in the moments of calling for the prosecutor and the police chief to resign. andy is following the story, and the protesters say that this is just the beginning.

>> it is, tony and their next target is the money of chicago. they say that they're planning a big rally on chicago's magnificent mile coming up on this friday, black friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. after a night of tense, angry protests, there was a more subdued gathering outside of city hall on wednesday, right outside of the mayor's office, but the anger was still very clear. >> and every time there's a killing, and we talk about hundreds of police who kill children, children in most cases, there has been coveup. the only reason this one was not covered up, is because there was a dash cam. >> this group is promising to it march on chicago's magnificent mile on black friday in the midst of thousands of shoppers. >> we're down with saying that

the magnificent mile must be shut down on black friday. >> reporter: chicago's black city council members called the black caucus as well, demanding immediate changes in the police department. >> a clear and transparent process is the only way to build trust in our communities with law enforcement. as sad as it is, especially for people of color, we know that there's more than one laquan mcdonald. >> we want freedom! >> but there seems to be a split developing in the police department. for years, chicago has reached out to black religious leaders in order to improve dialogue with the black community. many are seenen standing behind the mayor in the event, as was tuesday, but there's a new wave of activists, the millennials, who blame the leaders for being far too cozy with the

administration, and they are more than willing to turn up the heat. >> we made the decision not to meet with the mayor, and at this point, there's nothing to talk about. >> the independent journalist who on his own pushed to have the video made public, said that it has triggered a new wave of mistrust of the police and considered closed. >> within the last two or three hours, families contacted me about their own family members being the victims of police violence, and i'm going to look into all of them. >> they insisted that the department's policing, including when the officers can shoot and can't, has improved and the police involved shootings are down, and the main prosecutor insists that the reason that it took over a year to prosecute the officer with murder is because she wanted it to be in the right way, but that's not good enough for the demonstrators. >> the chicago board of trade,

magnificent mile, everything that they hold near and dear to them will be addressed. >> and something else that really ranges the protesters is the rev nation now, that this officer, jason van dyke had 18 complaints gunshot him, from racial slurs and police brutality, tony and still remained on the force. >> and what else are the demonstrators doing to enact some kind of change? >> well, the reverend jesse jackson really urged the demonstrators, especially the young ones to reg to vote, so that juanita alvarez, the state prosecutor, when she's up for re-election, she can be voted out of office, and that's the thing that they're trying to encourage folks to do. get out there and make your voices heard. >> andy rose jen for us, and coming up in the half hour, we'll speak with sherry, the ceo of the chicago urban

league. the fatal shooting of jamar clarke by the police has sparked shootings and protesters have left much of the city on edge. but it has left the city on edge. melissa clarke is here with us. >> hundreds of people walked through the streets of minneapolis as they decided to take the opportunity to organize and plan things in the coming days, because they're in it for the long haul. but yes, it's a quieter day because of the funeral. there were no protests on wednesday morning in membership minimum, but instead, people gathered to honor jamar clarke, shot and killed a week ago.

it was busy, but calm. black be lives matter protesters came out hours after the shooting and they have never left. >> this iser spiritual warfare that we're combating with peace and love, and how do you do that? >> it's the own community. and it's all races here, and that's a good thing. it's a good thing, it's every race, and that's lovely. >> la keyla king is camped out here, and her son was injured sunday night after one of the men was shot in the crowd. >> he's recovering good, and he's going to pull through. it's not like he's dying, he's not, but i need everybody's prayers, pray for my son. >> four men are being held in connection with that attack. you have got fires going, and tents set up and food and

bottled water, and lots of supplies. the activists say that they won't end their occupation until all of the demands are met. >> we demand that the videos be released to the public. and the second thing, we want the criminal charges to be brought to direct prosecution, no grand jury. black people do not get justice from grand jury. >> the request to release the videos of the jamar clark shooting. the family has expressed their gratitude for protesters. >> jamar clark, justice for this community. >> after the fume, the procession drove by the encampment. the protesters say that they will continue their occupation through thanksgiving. and in fact, they have plans to have the holiday meal right where they are, and even with colder weather, they won't leave until they see justice. >> just because it's quieter

doesn't mean that there hasn't been any activity. we have been seer since lunchtime. and we have seen a lot of people drop off supplies. there has been an endless supply of food and water, going on behind me, and as the evening approached, we saw more people show up because they got out of work. it has been interesting, a mix of people, and very diverse, and some bringing their children here as well, tony much. >tony. >> there's always had diversity, and what do we know now about the men in connection with the shooting? >> well, the police department released four names, and it has been very confusing. [ audio difficulties ]

>> well, they did like some of it. they liked military request race, but it's closing guantanamo, and in a statement, he said that he outlined all of his objections, and interestingly, he said that parts of the bill may be constitutional, which seemed to indicate that challenge legally, and then he also said that his administration would get around that in ways that would avoid a constitutional conflict. not sure what that means. it sounds like he's sending a signal to congress that if they don't come up with some sort of a compromise, he may come up with another solution to closing guantanamo. >> jamaica for us, and thank you. relations between turkey and

russia are becoming increasingly tense one day after a turkish plane shot down a russian fighter jet. both nations continued in a war of words. and turkey insisted that the russians violated its airspace, but the kremlin called it a provocation. more from moscow. >> reporter: murderers, they chanted. many russians aring angry with turkey and protests in a few cities in the past hours. this is the turkish embassy in moscow. rocks thrown, and arrests made. >> this is an embassy of murderers, people instead of being honest partners showed their beastly grin. >> reporter: they killed a russian pilot and rebels killed the pilot pai parachuting from s plane. and the helicopter was destroyed.

>> you will see, the pilot, navigator, i believe that he's already at our base, and he's already involved in the operation, including the rescue operation. the ministry of defense has come up with the proposal and the plane commander will be awarded the star of the federation posthumously. >> later, the navigator appeared on russian television to give his account. >> there was no warning, neither on the radio or visually. there had been no contact whatsoever, so we started the combat course as usual. keeping in mind the speed of an f-16 fighter jet. this, said turkey, was the pilot's final warning. [ unintelligible ]. >> reporter: another ministry of defense has been proposing

the action, sending it's sophisticated defense missile as many to syria. russia wants to show it has the ability to blow turkey's planes out of the sky too. turkey has a tricky task here. they say that there have to be serious consequences for what vladimir putin is a stab in the back, and turkey is a nato member, and that's reason to tread carefully. russia does not intend to go to turkey. the russian attitudes of turkish people have not changed. but they have questions about the leadership. in istanbul, they question what the defense has done. >> nobody should expect us to remain silent when our border security is constantly breached. our legal rights and our right of independence are undermined. we have no intention of

creating this incident. we're only defending our own security and the rights of our brothers. >> reporter: turkey wants russia's air attacks on rebels to stop. it insists that isil is not operating in that northern part of syria, and that russia knows this. >> ukraine is raising the state's ongoing and undispute with russia. the ukrainian prime minister said that his country will no longer import natural gas from russia. the prime minister said that it will buy it from other countries but at a price. members of the u.s. military have been suspended for their role of a doctors without borders bombing in afghanistan. potential failures played a role in the attack that killed 30 be patients and staff. >> eyewitnesses say that it was a terrifying attack.

in the early morning hours of october 3rd, a u.s. raid on doctors without borders. patients burned to death in their bed. staff were decapitated. and at least three children were among the 30 killed in the attack. the u.s. investigation shows that it was a tragic but avoidable mistake. >> the report determined that the u.s. strike on the trauma center in afghanistan was a direct result of human error, compounded by systems and procedural failures. the u.s. is directly involved in the incident did not know the targeted compound was the msn trauma center. >> doctors without borders had given them exact coordinates of the trauma center three days before the strike. it happened because the attacking aircraft was diverted, and the plane veered

off-course, and the crew visually identified the building without identify that it was a militarying target. they thought that it was another building a few yards away. protecting the enemy targets, and making sure that the attack is proportional are the basic tenants of the laws of war, which everyone learns. the u.s. wouldn't say why the basic tenants weren't fond. but they did say that some of those did not follow the rules of engage. >> those individuals have been suspended from their duties, pending administrative and disciplinary matters. >> reporter: doctors without borders had asked for an independent investigation. and that requires the consent of the united states and afghanistan, who believe that military investigations are sufficient. u.s. commanders say that they would like to help rebuild the hospital. but doctors without borders does not accept donations from

government. and they don't want to rebuild until they know that this kind of attack won't happen again. jennifer glasse, aljazeera. >> muslims in america, allowing syrian refugees in the states, and the state of islamaphobia. new airstrikes against is ill. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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refugee crisis. he attended the summit in croatia, and he made the trip at a time when many american governors want to close the doors on syrian refugees. biden said that it impose humanitarian challenges. and canadian president, justin trudeau said that it allows him to slow the refugees into canada. the deadline is 2016 in texas. listen to this, religious and humanitarian groups are pushing back against their governor, greg abbott. after the terror attacks, he directed groups to stop accepting syrian refugees, and the groups say that that would be a violence of federal law and their religious principles. and joining me now on skype, the director of islamic studies at duke university. i'm looking forward to this conversation with you.

and so what has surprised you withabout the backlash against syrian refugees, particularly among some of the gop candidates, and house democrats as well, and certainly governors across the country? >> thank you, it's good to be with you. i think that what has surprised me the most is how they are wrong on basics of american civics, and how our government is setup. how they're wrong on the issue of who the refugees are, and exactly what they're running away from, and for those of them who are justifying for bigotry in terms of our faith traditions, how little they seem to understand about what our fates, no matter if we're speaking about islam or christianity or judaism, what they're callingous to do in terms of weakest and most vulnerable. >> what do they have wrong about the syrian refugees? what are they running away

from? >> the thing that they have wrong, the syrian refugees are not isis. the refugees are people running away from isis. isis has created the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. these are people who have had their homes and lives and identities, and their lineage destroyed. and they're running with the dogs of hell chasing them. >> you know, there has been a vote in the house of representatives to halt the resettlement syrian refugees here in the states. and again, gop presidential candidate, donald trump, said that he would consider, and i guess that he backed away from this, he considered putting in place a database to track muslims. can you put this in some kind of a context that would make it easier for us to understand here? >> sure. there is a context. which is that we like to think of america as a land of immigrants.

the truth of the matter is that we actually have a very mixed legacy. america is a place that from 1917 to 1965 actually barred people of asian background to come to the country because we were trying to preserve the rightness of america, and in 1965, we opened our borders, but only to doctors and engineers. in the 1930s, we shut our doors to jewish refugees running away from the nazis, so in those aspects, the behavior that we're getting from trump and others actually recalls the most bigoted and zino phobic phases in american history. we could have a conversation about refugees and isis, and i think that it's past time to have a conversation about what it means to be american, and the ideals.

>> i can assure you that in editorials and meetings across the country, right after the terror attacks in paris, someone suggested, find me the moderate muslim boys to condemn the paris attacks, and it has become a cliche. do you have any thoughts about the reaction of smart people in news rooms across the country? >> i do, and i start off by saying, it's awfully hard to hear when one is shouting. i think that for any organization, spoken out again the evil of isis and terrorism, going back to 9/11. and the more important issue for many of us, including myself, is if we're willing to condemn in the same breath, the

atrocities of isis and the state sponsored violence, whether that state is america or one of our allies, egypt or iran or whoever. >> finally, for me, i want you to deal with this. and there are people who are afraid, and i guarantee that there are people gathering with families for the thanksgiving holiday, gathering around dinner tables, mart people, and low information people who are afraid. and want to know from someone smart like you, wanting to know what to do about the threat. and what should they do with the threat imposed by isis. >> here's what i would tell people, open your bible beings, if you're a christian, go to matthew 25 and read the line, where it says that which you do to the least of these, god's children, you do unto me. you would be hard prosed to

find anyone more vulnerable and weaker and more need of help than the syrian refugees. if faith moves you u. and that's what moves me, it's imperative to people who at the moment find ourselves weak and vulnerable. we're all afraid. and love is more powerful and combine. divine. >> thank you. still ahead, building a new me,, how the information from the bosnian war got a fresh start in the united states. and isil said that they were behind a deadly bombing in tune ish a. and how the country is responding.

>> many people are outraged after seeing the video of a police officer, jason van dyke, shooting teamer, laquan mcdonald, the cam shows that mcdonald was shot 16 times in just a few seconds, and the officer said that he feared for his life when he opened fire because mcdonald was carrying a knife. and mcdonald is being charged with first-degree murder. but community leaders say that that's not enough. >> as sad as it is, especially

for people of color, we know that there's more than one laquan mcdonald. while the individual facts of various cases may differ, there are many whose rights have been violated because their lives were deemed not to matter. >> so sherry runner is the incident run president and ceo of the chicago urban league in chicago, and sherry, thank you for being here. how would you describe the mood in the city and the reaction to the release of this dash cam video? >> the with, i would describe the mood in the city as a whole, and the black community in particular, as angry and frustrated. and not really understanding why this dash cam video took so long to be released and why the charges took so long to be made. >> what does chicago history say to you if there were no video of the mcdonald

shooting? would there be a murder charge today? >> i don't think so. i think that the advent of the dash cam and the body cam for the police has made a lot of issues come to light. and the fact is that we know there are systemic issues with the police department here in chicago and other places, and that we need to really get to the bottom of how the police and community interact with each other. >> what do you think of what hearing now of the police protest targeting the magnificent mile and other demonstrations for friday? >> yeah, i think that the idea behind that is to disrupt economic engine that might occur on black friday, a traditional biggest shopping day of the year, but i think that also, chicago is a very large city with a lot of different neighborhood. and you need a centralized place where you have a lot of people so it can disrupt and people can get the message that

this is something important to the city. >> sheri', what did you know about this last year? there's a lot of criticism that we heard in an earlier piece in the program where the younger leaders who were considered the older leadership that they believe has become too cozy with the chicago power structure. so let me ask you a question that they would ask you. what did you know and what did you say? >> we didn't know a lot last year. one of the things that we're understanding now is that there was not very much information available last year about the case, and that's one of the frustrating factors right now. we can march and protest and vent our anger, and we need to do that. >> but we also need to ask for something in return, and we need to use this moment, this particular event as a

watershed, as something that will start something, and we need to work together with the young people as they will be the ones taking the reins. >> so shari, is this whole mcdonald case, the thin blue line stuff, officers protecting officers, or is this something more? something city wide and systemic? what is this? >> we think that this is something systemic, and that's why we're going to call on the department of justice to do a pattern and practice investigation of the chicago police department. we think that most police officers do their jobs, and do their jobs well. we think that there are mostly good police officers, but when one is rogue and does something like this, there's a code of understand how that impacts communities, and how that makes our community not trust the police that are there to protect them. >> all right, shark shari runnee

interim president of the chicago urban league. president obama, whose hometown is chicago, was deeply disturbed by the video, and he posted a message on facebook. he wrote in part, i ask everybody who suffered tragic thoughts is in our hats and prayers, and to the overwhelming majority of men and women in uniforms with honor, and i'm happy with the people of my hometown for keeping the protests peaceful natural. >> now to paris, in the wake of the attacks, the votes in the upper houses passed nearly unanimous. and meanwhile, in belgium, after four days of lockdown, schools have reopened but hundreds of troops remain on the ground. and the manhunt for the

attackers goes on. >> reporter: after four days of high alert, brussels is lifting some of the most destructive restrictions. most underground metro lines are open again, returning a sense of normality to the evening commute. but people are still anxious. >> we have to be careful, because any moment something can happen. but you can get hurt under a car also. i mean, danger is everywhere. >> reporter: below and above ground, there's still a military and police presence. with vehicles pulled over for random checks. 1,000 extra personnel have been called in to patrol brussels and other belgium cities. every minute, reminded that this is a hunt for the remaining suspects in the attacks, along with people who may be planning more. as well as the metro systems, the schools and universities have reopened l. but the government has the highest

security level, level number four, which basically means that an attack is viewed as imminent. it's not just playing it safe, but act being on credible intelligence. belgium has issued an international arrest warrant for this man, mohamed abrini, seen driving a car in several attacks. but there's still little progress in the manhunt of 26-year-old salah abdelslam, believed to be one of the paris gunmen. and he may still be wearing an explosive vest. at brussels university, students are arriving back on campus. armed police stand guard. and the main library remains closed. here students try to make sense of the chain of global events that suddenly, without warning, have had such a big impact on their ordinary lives. >> maybe in two weeks, there will be no more class, and no

more soldiers on the center. but the threats, with the presence, not just in the media, it's real. >> reporter: the government said that the alert level will be at the maximum for at least another week, the price of keeping europe safe. but many question how long this can last. aljazeera, brussels. >> isil is claiming responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing on a presidential guard bust in tunisia, at least 12 guards died in that attack. >> reporter: the scene of the attack, the wreckage of the bus has been removed. investigators are trying to work out how this could have happened. many tunisians the answers. the bomb went off in the middle of rush hour, the target appears to have been the presidential guard. but four members of the public were also injured.

a dozen people lost their lives, and that's way too much. tunisian people always find a way to recover from it similar instances, but we're not used to this kind of thing. >> the president has declared a state of emergency. this gives the police sweeping powers to arrest and detain. and it also means that people can't protest or go on strike, and there are restrictions too on media coverage. the state of emergency is actually giving the possibility for the security forces but also justice to be more effective and more quick in terms of taking action. >> reporter: in a show of defiance, the international film festival will continue its screenings. tunisians must continue their way of life. >> interpreter: art and it culture are as important as the economy. i hope that the government

stops the curfew and the film festival can continue. >> reporter: tunisia's film festival has been previously damaged by attacks on tourists this year. they need tourists and investors to come back soon, and that would be difficult after this. the increased state of emergency in the country failed to prevent the latest attack. the government will have to come up with a strategy with an armed group, clearly capable of hitting one of the most elite forces in the country, right here in the capital. aljazeera, tunisia. >> pope francis arrived in kenya today for his first tour of the african country. hundreds lined up in nairobi to get a glimpse of the pontiff who brought a message of reconciliation. >> reporter: many people lined the streets to welcome the pope as he made his way to

the statehouse, where he talked to the president and other leaders and later addressed the nation in areas that he's going to be focusing on. religious tolerance will be a big issue, and he'll be meeting with leaders from all faiths at a time when the regional forces are fighting a somalia group that has carried out several attacks in kenya, uganda, somalia, between muslims and christians, particularly here in kenya. he also spoke about the need to protect young people and the environment. to renew humanity, and he asked people to show genuine concern for the needs of the poor. but many people here are have i interested to hear his message on corruption. the corruption in kenya is very alarming, and the president

himself has considered it a threat to national it security. we don't expect the pope to be very specific on national issues of politics, but people want to set the tone. >> the u.n. has named today, november 25th, as the international day for the elimination of violence against women. and around the world, people are shining a light on the issue. thacross the globe and in spain, women unit to end violence. and refugees to america, how survivors on the war on bosnia have fared in the united states over the past 20 years.

>> as the debate hits up as to allow more syrian live jeez into the united states, we want to look at the progress of syrian refugees who have found safety here. travel to go up state new york, to meet with bosnians in the united states. >> reporter: tony, over the years, the city of utica has struggled with a rise in poverty and drop if it's population. and the see leaders began to invest heavily with taking in refugees to help it turn around, beginning with a focus on bosnia. running this restaurant proves that refugees like him can succeed. >> the united states is my

home. and it's something that i will never leave. >> driven from his homeland of bosnia 20 years ago, he settled here in utica, new york. and this summer, h he opened his bakery, named after his oldest son, annas pyring attorney. >> i believe that it's opportunity. this is a city that is very known for welcoming refugees. >> reporter: utica used to be known as a factory town, but when the textile mills closed in the 50s and heavy industry left in the 90s, jobs vanished, and the population plunged. >> at one point, there were bumper it stickers that said will the last person out of the city turn out the lights? >> reporter: over the decades, 12,000 refugees came from 30 countries, mainly bosnia, myanmar and the former

soviet union. >> they come with aspirations and dreams and buy houses and get jobs. >> today the population is no longer dropping. refugees are the main source of utica, and they're opening dozens of businesses, including this auto repair shop and across the street, a bosnian restaurant. bosnians are widely seen as the most successful newcomers. they opened this mosque and many deserted homes. >> they helped to revitalize parts of the city. >> but not all adapted well. >> some might come with no english skills, and low literacy and as a group, those folks might need more support on the front end. >> support like food it stamps and finding jobs. >> what would you say to somebody who complains that refugees require and use taxpayer dollars? >> on the short end, there are

tax dollars that have to go to the school district and the county and to help acclimate the refugees to the community. but you have to look long-term. >> how much long-term? >> from what i have seen, after a year, but after that, most are moving off of social services, who are now buying homes, starting businesses, and then contributing to the tax base. >> reporter: the 2000 study by hamilton college shows that it takes the city 13 years with the refugees to outweigh the cost. enrollment is lagging as budgets are far behind. the utica school district, claiming that for years, the city's only public high school turned away refugee students, the district denies the charge. >> on one hand, you have the state of new york telling the utica school district that you have to provide more programs

for refugees. the other issue is that they're not providing the funding to the school district to provide those programs. >> reporter: still, utic is keeping its doors open to more refugees. it's expecting about 400 in the next year. but if refugees hold the key to utica's success, another big challenge remains. keeping future generations in the city. >> what are your plans for the future? >> fending on where my career takes me, that's where i'm going to go. but it will definitely be my hometown forever. >> reporter: utica poverty rate hovers around 30%, and that's twice the national average. but they told me that without the refugees, that rate could be higher because they say that the refugees contribute to the labor force and the economy. >> i know that the people of utica are paying attention to the debate going on in the country on whether to settle syrian refugees in the country,

so i'm wondering, what do officials have to say about that issue? >> well, in fact only one syrian refugee has been settled in utica so far, but the people say that they welcome more. but one congressman said that he wants to stop the entry of more syrian refugees into the country until they can what he described as properly screened. >> gotcha, and i think that we know what that means at this point. roxanna, appreciate it, and good to see you. thanks. nearly 5,000 unaccompanied children were crossing the border between mexico and the united states last month. and that's nearly double the amount from october of last year, and pretty unusual in that the number of border crossings tends to drop in the colder months. according to u.s. customs and border protection, the majority came from e el salvador and

randall pinkston is here. >> coming up, no plans for war. that's what russia's foreign minsters said after one of its fighter planes was shot down over turkey, but tensions remain high. we'll go beyond syria and airspace rights. human error, that's the finding in a u.s. airstrike that killed 30 people at a northern afghanistan hospital last month, and so who is being held accountable in the military. and what responsibility does the u.s. have when innocent lives are taken? questioning history. a it student-led movement is demanding that woodrow wilson's name be programmed from the school, showing that he was a racist. how the school administrators are reacting, and how does america react from its past to its present in and modern day cattle wrestling. how cows at auction are being stole anyone oklahoma. the loss that's ranchers are

taking, and what's being done to stop it. we'll have those stories and a lot more. tony. >> cattle rustling. i haven't heard that in a newscast in a long time. randall. appreciate it. up next in the program. digging up, a new discovery, what archaeologists in china may have found in the dirt.

it has been a pierce competition between a bunch of turkeys trying to win their way into the white house. >> the president spared not one but two birds during the annual event. honest and abe will live out the rest of their days on a farm in virginia fat and happy. mr. obama went so far as to name abe totus or turkey of the united states. china is gaining reputation in the study of fossils. new infrastructure increased the number of dinosaur discoveries. rob mcbride has the report. >> reporter: as he works he's watched closely by local media. their interest is heightened by the possibility he's about to discover a new dinosaur. >> the fossil is probably a small meeat-eaten dinosaur.

we'll prepare a fossil and see if it's a new species. >> reporter: given the location of this dig, there is every chance of success. this excavated site is unique given its extensive concentration of dinosaur fossils. created through a process of bones being granularly covered by sediment millions of years ago, this has become a mass dinosaur tomb. the fossils have always been here, but it's only relatively recently china had the resources and infrastructure to excavate them properly. the fossil hunters find a rich variety that doesn't exist anywhere else. it's led to a fossil equivalent of a gold rush. at sites around northeast china and more remote locations in the gobi desert, an interest is helping to drive fossil hunting. it led to the discovery of

feathered species yielding evidence on the links between dinosaur and birds. the museum chronicles these and other discoveries. like scientist seratops proving for the first time of the try sar tops family of dinosaurs outside the united states. >> translator: when we began, we didn't know what to expect. it was only when we finished we realized it was so big and important. >> reporter: for him, there can be few places better to work as a paleontologist right now. >> you see thousands of bones. it's a rare opportunity. it's crazy. >> reporter: sealed for all time, a fossilized snapshot of the prehistoric age waiting to yield more of its secrets from a time when dinosaurs roamed this land. rob mcbride, al jazeera, eastern

china. that is all of our time for this news hour. thanks for watching. i'm tony harris in new york. if you'd like the latest on any stories from this news hour, head over to the website, aljazeera.com. happy thanksgiving, everyone. randall pinkston is back with today's news right now. thanks, tony. we begin with a new flare-up between turkey and russia. turkey is blaming russia for an air strike that hit one of its aid convoys today in the syrian border town of azaaz. seven people were killed and ten wounded. moscow is not commenting. a u.s. defense official confirms the convoy was struck and says the u.s.-led coalition has not carried out any air strikes near that area over the past day. this follows yesterday's downing of a russian war plane by turkey. the turkish military says it warned the russians repeatedly and released an audio recording today.