al jazeera america's... >> today they will be arrested. >>they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> we have to get out of here. o. >> good evening, i'm roxana saberi, antonio mora is off tonight. this is al jazeera america. colorado shooting. a gunman opens fire at a planned parenthood clinic. when the shooting ends three people including a police officer are dead. a day of protests, demand for reforms after a police video slows a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16

times. and rescuing food how one group is trying keep 16 tons of perfectly good produce from ending up in the trash. is we begin tonight with a deadly mass shooting in colorado. it unfolded at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. a lone gunman opened fire and barricaded himself. today after hours long standoff, the pt i suspect is in custody. jim hooley is there.

jim. >> reporter: came out here to help out his fellow officers. a call went out for mutual aid he responded and that's when he was shot and killed. still this hour, the motive for this shooting is still unclear. >> the perpetrator is in custody, the situation is resolved, there is no continuing peril to the citizens of colorado springs. >> reporter: that marked the end of a five hour standoff between a gunman and police at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. later, authorities revealed that three people had died. >> unfortunately with this tragic situation today, we have to confirm that we have two civilian casualties on scene and we have the death of one police officer. >> reporter: that officer has now been identified as 44-year-old garrett swaze, a six year veteran of the university of colorado, colorado springs police department. just before noon friday police responded to the planned

parenthood building after an emergency call that shots were fired inside the clinic. initial calls described a white male having a type of long gun. officials have since determined it was a rival. rifle. this was a normal business day at planned parenthood clinic with staff and patients inside. relatives like johan came to check on family members inside. >> i heard some shots you know, so the people were shooting for sure. >> you heard that on the phone? >> yeah from the phone. i was talking to my sister over the phone and she couldn't really talk. and i heard that somebody was shooting. >> reporter: after exchanging fire, police say officers were able to convince the gunman to surrender. >> we did get officers inside of the building at the planned parenthood and the officers were able to shout to the suspect and make communication with him.

and at that point, they were able to get him to surrender and he was taken into custody. >> reporter: police say they still don't know why the suspect chose to attack this planned parenthood center. and also, tonight, police here in colorado springs have yet to identify the suspect. he was taken into custody just before 5:00 here, mountain time, colorado springs time. nine other people shot here, wounded in this shooting today and we understand all of them are now in good condition at the hospital, and expected to survive. roxana. >> jim hooley you have been covering this all day, we appreciate it. don't know yet the full circumstances and motives behind this action, and we don't know if planned parenthood was in

fact the target of the attack. planned parenthood rocky mp mountains, part of that network, here in new york police sent extra security to planned parenthood sites in the city. the police department calls this a precaution and says there are no thrut threats to sites here. in other news here, protesters in chicago tried the shut down the magnificent mile shopping corridor on the busiest day of the year. white officer shooting a black teenager 16 times last october. al jazeera's andy rosegen is in chicago with more. >> ar

>> reporter: protestors did shut down the shopping, it started with a march u up chicago's magnificent mile. both lanes of what would normally be a very busy michigan afternoon. they let their protesters ring out. he has now been charged with first degree murder. >> protest every time a police murder us, it's going to keep happening until the black community controls the police. >> reporter: the mass marches on the mag mile are nothing new. they are often like choreographed dances. but after the protests stopped came this new tactic. protesters literally blocked the door of every high end store they could find.

one officer told us that mayor rahm emanuel ordered police not to lay a hand on protesters, as long as they remained nonviolent. the reverend jesse jackson was all for it. >> a method so long as we are disciplined and nonviolent, the effective use of our protests and our votes all matter. >> outside, many shoppers treated the protests like a a tourist attraction and they weren't all in agreement of the effectiveness of the protest. >> we think it's great. we're here for holiday but we are happy that our kids had the opportunity to see this. >> they have a right to do this. i'm not in agreement with trying to close down shopping on the miracle mile. i mean, this is what pays for the city. >> reporter: all week long we

have heard yung younger accusing older of being too cozy with the chicago politicians. jesse jackson denied that protesters are divided. >> this is a spre supremely integrated protest. >> we won't know what kind of dent the protests put in chicago's black friday economy, but jesse jackson called it a victory. >> this is a successful day. it is cold and raining. people are here based on determination. >> reporter: one of the protestors most immediate demands is the firing of the police superintendent but he said he's not going anywhere and the mayor has his back.

back to you. >> reporter: also in chicago, one some is facing a first degree murder charge in the killing of a nine-year-old boy. corey morgan is suspected of being involved in the death of taishaun lee. >> this is a crime that shook our city and quite frankly as i talked bit, it was an akd of barbarism. the assassination of a nine-year-old child to get pack at his father. taishaun lee was failed on many, many levels but at the end of the day our detectives were unrelenting in their pursuit of justice. >> kevin edwards is considered an accomplice, a third is at

this time o at large. prosecutors identified a man who may have sold assault weapons to the paris attackers. nadim baba is on hand. >> reporter: the latest person connected with the attacks was arrested on thursday. prosecutors are not naming him but it is believed that in fact he is the brother of somebody who is arrested on thursday in the eastern city of vervier, along with their father. one brother and a father have been released. another brother charged without being named. we do have some details of the other suspects who are still in custody in connection with the paris attacks. let's not forget that one of the alleged attackers, salah abdeslam still on the run, suspected of being on the run.

two are the persons at large, and a third allegedly took him to another part of the capital here and then a 39-year-ol 39-yd moroccan man. and many people have been arrested and released without charge but the security services have been very, very busy. at the same time. the authorities have reduced the threat level here in brussels to level 3 the same in the rest of the country, meaning the threat is cities serious but not imminent. so possibly the authorities believe that everybody who was suspected of taking part in the attacks or imminently planning new attacks have been arrested. there are still security forces on the streets of brussels and people are still very, very wary

of what might happen in the next days and weeks. >> russia says it is not going to war with turkey over the downing of the russian jet. al jazeera's rory challands reports. >> reporter: strategic partners was how described syria and russia and the country's ministers were speaking with one voice on friday. >> translator: i.s.i.s. militants receive weapons and free passage. they don't have to use parachutes, we are talking about militants from several countries. they receive help from turkey. turkey made the step to shoot down the jet because it encourages those terrorists. >> they were meeting to discuss practical steps, the message it is hoped to find a political settlement from syria. >> translator: we have agreed

that a list of terrorist groups that will be secluded from any terrorist organizations needs to be adopted. than agenda needs to go to the u.n. security council. it is absolutely clear that without it, political talks between moderate opposition and the syrian government cannot take place. >> reporter: in southern russia there were military performances and he and the pilot shot dead parachuting to the ground are viewed as heroes in russia. not in turkey, these protestors are calling russia's military murderers. putin is depicted as a vampire. recep tayyip erdogan has accused the russian president of playing with fire of bombing the syrian opposition. >> the day this incident happened i requested a meeting

from him. i wanted to hold a telephone conversation with him. but he's not returned my calls yet. there's a climate change conference in paris. i believe he will be there. we can meet there and discuss these matters with limb. >> reporter: for moment the kremlin isn't answering. it's ramping up economic pressure on turkey. while formalized sanctions are being drawn up, these are free travel with turkey will be suspended from january 1st and russia's bombing continues. these are some of the latest deadly strikes against samada on idlib province, a town near the border with turkey. rory challands, al jazeera, moscow. >> coming up. ban the box, leveling the playing field for ex-cons looking for work, but moderates

says it puts an unfair burden on them.

>> today, marks the unofficial kick jofer tkickoff to the holig season. online sales continue to tick up. analysts say web-buying is up 25% since last thanksgiving and the numbers are big. consumers spend $1.7 billion online. unemployment it's lowest at

5.7%. but finding a job is still difficult. there is a growing movement to try to level the playing field called banning the box. lisa stark reports. >> reporter: getting a job is often cause for celebration. but especially here, at a meeting of a baltimore group called turn around tuesday. those who traditionally have trouble finding work. >> something was on my criminal record that prevented me from getting a job. >> michael marshall's rap sheet tells the story. 31 years in and out of prison for drug dealing, robbery and assault. he's been out and clean for six years with one goal. >> it's frustrating, it's a job

looking for a job. it takes a lot of patience, some humility and i want a job so b bad. >> reporter: the city of baltimore is trying lard for ex offenders to get work. right on the job application, it's called banning the box. referring to that box that former felons have to check indicating they've served time. >> what it means is that people get a fair chance to be judge on their qualifications and the totality of what they have to offer. instead of just that one check on the box which usually means their applications get thrown out. >> after they've had a chant to interview and get to know the applicant. >> the movement is picking up teem. hawaii was the first state to ban the box way back this 1998. it took 11 years for another state to toll suit. but in the last few years, many

more have joined in. and now, 19 states have some sort of ban the box law. so do more than 100 cities and counties. and this month, president obama added federal agencies to the list. >> we must make sure that americans who paid their debt to society can earn their second chance. >> reporter: advocates say what would really make a differendifference is if federal contractors had to do the same. there is a bill in congress to riesrequire that. they need an early indication of whether someone is right for the job. >> not about not giving individuals a second chance, it's with having a candid conversation with the applicants sooner rather than later. >> reporter: banning the box is not a magic bullet. those who have done time still have to convince employers they

are trustworthy. marshall had a measure of success. a company is concerned what its customers might think. >> my record, my criminal history is not who i am. it's what i did. i'm not doing that today. >> reporter: and in fact his past is likely to stay athat. studies show former criminals who have jobs are much less likely to end up back the prison. lisa stark, al jazeera. >> two groups, one trying the solve both, activists trying to save billions of pounds of food and get healthy food on hundreds of tables and record rainfall leads to flooding in texas. make here. it's a ticking time bomb. >>do you know what chemicals have been in that tank?

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>> two days of flash flooding in texas have claimed at least three lives up to half a foot of rain has fallen in the dallas fort worth area since noon on thanksgiving. flood waters rose so fast that many drivers found themselves stranded in their cars. police say they rescued people from more than two dozen cars. the situation will get better we

before it gets better. 23-year-old joseph caputo was ordered to undergo a psychiatric recreational. psychiatric evaluation. about six billion pounds of produce goes waste each year, at the same time, 23 million americans live in places without healthy access to food and vegetables. now, ash-har quraishi reports from nogales, arizona. >> reporter: pallets of prowz delivered alproduce delivered a. 39 varieties of fruit and vegetables. rejects not good enough for your supermarket shelves. >> it could be because the

product has some damage. it could have some scarring or it could have some rain damage, spotting. it could have maybe on the tomatoes, the toassments on thee vine maybe the stem is off. >> reporter: so these are mostly cost me cosmetic? >> absolutely. >> this food bank is giving produce another chance. >> there are still millions of pounds that are being dumped. glsh each day more than 300 trucks cross this border. carrying about 2.5 billion of produce to the northern north american market each year before it's distributed to supermarkets it comes here for inspection. if they don't like what they find, 20 to 25% of what they can find in one box, they can reject the whole pallet? >> they can reject it. 20 to 25% on that pallet, is not

good to them. >> you have to donate that pallet. >> we donate the pallet. it costs the company more to throw it away because they have to pay the dumping and all that stuff. >> it is better to donate. >> it is better to donate and it helps the community. >> reporter: that's where border lands food company comes in. donations are encouraged but not required. clients often carry away crates of produce at every visit. >> we don't expect that one family is going to be able to use 100, 200 pounds of product. we don't have public transportation in nogales. we expect the people to share it with their neighbors the church their family, everybody. >> juan los ramirez is one of those people. pick it up and drive it back to his neighbors on the other side.

>> translator: why try make the most of this merchandise to hem more people. not just for me but if i cross the border, i try oget enough to help other people. >> most of the produce that comes through here is perfectly good to eat. some of it maybe not so pretty, battered and bruised for this melon for the discern is consumer. distributed for use as feed for their livestock. inmates from the department of corrections provide this work program. border lands also ships produce across the country. truckloads of fruits and vegetables, prices about. >> this product would have been thrown out so it's not that we're competing with any of grocery stores but what we are doing is helping the vulnerable develop a taste for this great

product. >> reporter: in her 20 years running border lands soto has watched the need grow. she is hoping to grow too saving even more produce so she can serve even more people. ash-har quraishi,ing al jazeera, nogales, arizona. twin giant panda cubs, measuring about the size of a stick of butter, that is very small. zoo keepers say the cubs have been growing well, the first to be born in canada. their mother is on loan. then they will be going to the calgary zoo for five years. i'm roxana saberi. thank you for joining us, head over to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is next for the "inside story." have a fantastic weekend, wherever you are.

>> there's been a large and rapid run up in a number of individuals who say they are not affiliated with any religion and don't believe what religions teach. but the religious profile is moving in the direction of those other countries. will those trends give religious bodies less clout in the future, will america in 2050 and 2100