next, read the book. if you're quick, it will take four days and four nights. >> nicely done, rory. check out our website to stay up to date on all the latest news, aljazeera.com. the defendant is guilty of the crime of sexual battery. >> abuse of power, a former police officer convicted of raping more than a dozen women while on duty. tonight, they step off the plane as refugees, but walk out of this terminal as permanent residents of canada. >> an overnight welcome for syrian refugees starting their new lives in canada. a trail of clues, investigators combing the bottom of a lake for evidence connected

to the san bernardino shootings. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. a former oklahoma city police officer is now facing life in prison after convict of sexual assault, including rape. he cried as the jury read the guilty verdict on thursday. prosecutors say he preyed on more than a dozen women, using his uniform and badge to victimize them while on patrol. we have the story. >> on his 29th birthday, he found he would likely spend the rest of his birthdays behind bars. >> the defendant is guilty of the crime of sexual battery and set punishment at eight years. >> a jury found the ex-oklahoma police officer guilty on four counts of first degree rape, as well as 14 other counts, he had been facing 36 criminal counts in total.

>> the defendant is guilty of the crime of forcible oral sodomy and punishment set at 20 years. >> he is accused of using his position of authority to sexually abuse 13 african-american women while on duty. all of his accusers were african-american women from the low income neighborhoods he patrolled. a former star college football player is white andation she been. it was an all white mostly male jury that returned the verdicts, recommending 263 years in prison. >> i'll say this, i appreciate you trusting us and standing down and making sure nothing foolish happened during the investigation of this case and during the trying of this case. you trusted us and we appreciate that. the oklahoma city police department did the right thing and so did we. in louisiana, two police officers have been indicted in

the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy last month. derrick stafford and norris greenhouse opened fire on a car carrying jeremy martis. they said the father tried to run them over. authorities have not released details on what they believe really happened. more protests are planned in chicago today. demonstrators say they will meet at city hall demanding that mayor rahm emanuel resign. they're angry over the shooting death last year. thursday, 100 medical students laid on the sidewalk for 15 minutes, one minute for each of the bullets that hit mcdonald. rahm emanuel apologized for how the shooting was handled but said he will not step down. al jazeera takes in a in department look at politics in chicago, the series starts on monday here on aljazeera america. family and friends are remembering two victims of the san bernardino attacks today. memorial service is planned for

a county health department worker and there will be a wake for a county food inspector. on thursday, another victim was remembered at another funeral. investigators are expanding their probe into the shootings which left 14 dead. >> a week later and a new lead in the deadliest mass shooting since newtown, police divers search a lake near the scene of the rampage. >> the reason we're here searching this lake today is because we did have a lead that indicated that the subjects came into this area. we're seeking evidence of anything that had to do with this particular crime. >> officials also urged patience for the people in the community. >> this investigation as i've mentioned many, many times is massive. that's going to take time. i know it's a little bit of disruption to the area. it would not be uncommon for us

to do neighborhood canvasses. >> the focus intensifies on the couple behind the massacre, sayed farook and tashfeen malik, who the f.b.i. says appears to have been radicalized before they met. earlier in the day. f.b.i. director james comey briefed lawmakers on the status of the investigation. >> we're as safe as the f.b.i. can keep us, but no, it's a dangerous world. director comey made it clear the f.b.i. is conducting a thorough investigation. it's far from over and nobody is certain where it's going to lead. >> investigators haven't found direct links between the couple and any violent groups. according to reuters, in the months before the attack, the couple tried and failed to contact armed islamic groups. the groups ignored them, the report says, probably because they were afraid of being caught in a u.s. government sting. meanwhile, investigators are continuing to monitor the role, if any, of enrique martez,

farook's relative by marriage and a former neighbor. the a.t.f. said he had purchased two of the rifles used in the shooting. marquez, a muslim convert checked himself into a mental health facility after the shootings. all of this as officials meet with the families of victims and those who were injured. >> the emotional and physical suffered by them will take years to get over and many of them will never get over some of the emotional scars. a growing number of people in england want to stop donald trump from interesting their country. half a million people signed a petition asking parliament to ban the republican presidential candidate. it is said to be the most signed petition ever. a new poll shows a majority of americans are against trump's plans to ban muslims entering the u.s. a survey found 57% of americans

disagreed with trump. among republicans, the sentiment is mixed, 42% support trump's proposal while 36% oppose it. democrats front runner hillary clinton responded to trump's latest comments on late night with seth myers, saying the rhetoric plays directly into the hands of terrorists and that trump has crossed the line. >> i no longer think he's funny. >> yes, i will say i started feeling that way. [ cheers and applause ] >> you know, i think for weeks, you know, you and everybody else were just bringing folks to historical laughter, and all of that, but now, he has gone way over the line, and what he's saying now is not only shameful and wrong, it's dangerous. >> clinton also says that other politicians, especially the republican party need to take action against trump. the washington post is reporting that republicans are preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention next summer, that's if no one candidate has

the delegates needed to win the nomination. the first group of syrian refugees in canada starting their new lives this morning got a very warm welcome when they landed in toronto. even a major canadian newspaper is greeting the group in english and arabic and with the canadian flag flying in the background. we have more. >> it was late thursday night when 163 syrian refugees arrived in toronto, their long journey from the war-torn country was finally over. unlike some areas of united states and many other countries, syrian refugees are being warmly welcomed in canada. >> this is a wonderful night, where we get to show not just a plane load of new canadians what canada's all about, but we get to show the world how to open our hearts, and welcome in people who are fleeing extraordinarily difficult

situations. >> in a recent bloomberg poll, nearly 65% of canadian citizens support syrian refugees taking up a new life here in canada. that is compared to just 27% in the united states. >> it took hours to process the group, the first of 25,000 refugees to enter the country by february of next year. >> this man runs a sponsorship program in toronto. >> to those who say that these are people coming into canada or the u.s. that we don't know a lot about, we are afraid, what do you say? >> it goes right back to the us versus them mentality. i think it's important that we don't play into the hands of these terrorists organizations, because that's a tactic they use, this fear and divide, you know. >> more than 5700 miles from home, and a world apart, they now have a chance at a new life in a country where they now have status as permanent residents.

al jazeera, toronto. a major merger between two chemical industry giants, dupont and dow will join forces. it is a deal valid at $130 billion. the plan is for the companies to eventually split into three parts. the deal is expect to face intense scrutiny from u.s. regulators. dozens of homes have been damaged in washington after a tornado touched down. it hit the city of battleground last night 25 miles north of portland, in relationshipping up treed and taking off roofs. residents have spent the morning cleaning up. parts of california are also getting the brunt of the storm. still really an active area. >> we still have one more round before we get breaks into next week. we've just got round after round, over a week now,

particularly into the northwest, a little bit of this mainly has moved across the northern tier of the country, you can see the early frames through petitioners of the great lake. this system finally has some areas of colder air with it. it's starting to move through the rockies, although we do have another area behind it. today, a little more hit and miss, some of the rape is more into california versus a previously still we're so saturated, a lot of flood concerns up and for higher elevations, more snow, as i said particularly with this next system and the one behind it. the one we have currently, but as i said, already watching something. after little bits of breaks in some cases, a little more widespread. the core of the heaviest rain i would say right around oregon into california, it shifts farther to the south than we've seen presley. that system is on the move. it will pull out of the rockies,

interact with gulf moisture. this is into the day on saturday. we already had that one report of a tornado which is unusual for washington especially in the month of december. tomorrow, this could kick once it gets into the plains and places known for that type of weather. into sunday, just farther to the east. ahead of that, still really, really warm air. we're going to see a continual 20 and 30 degrees above average as long as you stay ahead of the system. >> amazing. 62 degrees in new york. amazing. thank you. world leaders are going into overtime trying to reach a climate deal in paris. negotiators in the climate conference have been working all night on a draft and have now extended the talks for an extra day with key players including china and india worried they are being targeted over the growth in their industrial economies. another sticking point is that some nations are asking for compensation to pay for the impacts of climate change in their respective countries, but

experts say that is going to be hard to prove. there's a very reasonable argument by especially low lying countries and small developing countries that they are going lose parts of their countries if not all of them and the developed world is responsible for that. the u.s. has produced 27% of all global emissions since the industrial revolution. i think there's a very valid argument for this. the question is about causality. we can't tie any one specific weather event to climate change. therefore, when developing countries claim that this loss or damage is the result of climate change, there's a debate about whether or not that's the case. reasonably, developed countries don't want to be on the who can for bad weather. bowe bergdahl in his own words, his story of captivity by the taliban plays out on a hit podcast. >> no-fly list, no guns.

connecticut wants to deny firearms to people on a derryl watch list, but will it make a difference.

>> a deeper look at the divide in chicago. >> a lot of people here are angry. >> we can do something different. the house leader plans to vote on a bill to hold off a government shutdown. the senate unanimously passed a stop gap budget deal the day before the deadline. lawmakers have until wednesday to reach a longer term deal. connecticut is taking steps to control the flow of guns into that state. the governor will issue an

executive order denying gun permits for people on the federal no-fly list. malloy called it common sense that a person considered too dangerous to fly should not be allowed to buy a gun. >> the executive order would add an additional level of protection and require those who apply for a permit to be screened against government watch lists. that would prevent anyone on the list the ability to purchase hand governors, shotguns, rivals and ammunition, assault weapons already outlawed in connecticut. >> house speaker paul line opposes this move, saying the government puts people on those watch lists without due pros, meaning there is no legal reason to deny them the ability to buy guns. the white house has start working on a new policial to expand background collection. advices to the president said the administration is trying to figure out a way around congress to remove the loophole that allows purchases on line without checks. >> congress hasn't acted.

that's been the source of immense frustration on the part of the president and a lot of people in the executive branch and frankly people across the country. >> congress earlier this month blocked an effort to tighten gun rules. the n.r.a. and some republicans call the president's latest effort an over reach. lou columbo, a restored detective who runs a security firm said civilians should have to go through the same rigorous background checks as police officers to get a gun. >> we are so polarized on this topic we are incapable of coming to an intelligent and truthful resolution to the problem. requires a law enforcement agent acquiring a firearm, we're vetted differently. we go through psychological screening, mmpi, rorschach, word association interviews with psychologists or psychiatrists. when you get through that phase, we now background check you

criminally to make sure you have no criminal history. in light of what's going on today and to help address this mental illness issue which is a common denominator to i would say almost every mass shooting. what i find interesting is that in order for me to acquire a firearm to protect the society, i go through an intensive vetting process, firearms training, classroom training as far as the use of force which is critical for the public to understand clearly, you walk in store in certain states, present your driver's license, walk out with the same automatic pistols that we have. >> he called the white house push to expand background checks a good move but says it is not enough. we are hearing from army sergeant bowe bergdahl. the new season of the podcast serial is all about him apartment prisoner exchange to set him free.

>> my name is bowe bergdahl. >> bowe bergdahl publicly recounts his captivity for the first time. >> how do i explain to a person just standing in an empty dark room hurts? i couldn't see my hands. i couldn't do anything. the only thing i could do was like touch my face. >> bergdahl is speaking in interviews on the podcast serial, a spinoff from the popular m.p.r. radio show this american life. he suggests he didn't go awol or flee during a firefight in afghanistan but planned to go missing a highlight a series of concerns he had to highlight concerns about leadership command within his unit. >> what i was seeing, all's i was seeing in afghanistan was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were literally from what i could see in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being

killed. >> he aimed to alarm his colleagues, but pop up at another base days later, likening himself to a fictional action hero. >> what i did was me saying i am a i don't know, jason bourne. >> he has the skills of a dangerous man. >> i need to know what went wrong. >> i had the fantastic idea that i was going to prove to the world that i was the real thing, you know, i could be, you know, what -- i could be what it is that all those guys out there who go to the movies and watch those movies. >> bergdahl was finally set free in may, 2014 as part of a white house brokered exchange for five taliban leaders in guantanamo bay who were sent to live under loose supervision in the gulf state of qatar, which partly owns al jazeera.

bowe bergdahl is currently an active duty soldier with a clerical job in san antonio, texas. after a three day hearing, the army recommend that he not be court martialed. he is now awaiting a decision. al jazeera, new york. eight cadets in the citadel have been suspended because of an image posted on line. it shows cadets at that military college dressed in hoods in white. they say it was a christmas skit and they were dressed as ghosts of christmas past. >> i think they know what they were doing. it's pitiful, but people are still out there today. people like to deny that kind of things exist, but they simply underscored reality with an exclamation point. >> the school is launching an investigation. the pentagon is changing

what's printed on military dog tags, no longer including the social security numbers of servicemen and women. they will instead display a randomly displayed 10 digit number currently used for i.d. cards. the pentagon said it will help prevent identity theft. could new rules prevent you from the side effects drugs have on your wall let. banned from baggage, airlines saying no to one of the season's hottest gifts.

>> retallers are selling out of this year says hottest gift, hover boards. overstock.com has stopped selling them and three airlines band them. delta, united and american airlines say they are no longer allowed in checked or carry on baggage because of worries that the lithium batteries could overheat, explode or catch fire. jet blue and smaller airlines also band them. a congressional committee is considering new rules to regulate drug pricing in response to some skyrocketing costs. al jazeera's mary snow says there's been more attention to the problem as the public learned more about one drug executive. >> at 32, martin quickly became the poster child of corporate greed when he raised the price of a decades old drug from $13.50 to $750 a pill.

he drew the wrath of the public. donald trump called him a spoiled brat. hillary clinton and bernie sanders accused him of price gouging a life-saving drug. the drug is used to treat h.i.v. in cancer patients with weak immune systems to fight a parasitic infection. in september, he backed down, saying he'd lower the cost. last week at a forbes health care summit, he talked about second thoughts, but not the kind you might think. >> i probably would have raised the price higher is probably what i would have done. >> why? >> i think health care prices are inelastic. i could have raised it and made profits for shareholders which is my primary duty. >> we made a request to speak

with shkreli but got no response. the price was discounted to some hospitals by up to 50%, still leaving the drug at $375 a pill. john dixon calls that discount a joke. his organization represents aids drug assistance programs nationwide. last month, he met with shkreli joining groups demanding a drop in price in the drug. >> they speculated with patient's lives. they bought a drug they knew wouldn't have competition and held people hostage for it. that's not how we do drug developing and pricing in the u.s. >> shkreli said profits will go to research. doctors say the current version is working just fine. >> the people who do the kind of work that i do are creative and we're not going to stand by and just say well we're not going to be be able to use this medicine,

so people are working on macgyvering workarounds. >> that workaround has come in the form of a one dollar alternative offered by express scripts. the drug itself is not f.d.a. approved but the ingredients are. >> would we rather have deraprim? yes. if we can't get it, we have to make our own. >> shkreli has been taunting critics like hillary clinton, tweeting her, you use my name a lot but refuse to meet with me and come up with a solution. don't politicians have to compromise? >> try to be a c.e.o. yourself and see how it goes. try to maximize profits and not get kicked out of a company and let me know how that goes for you. thanks for watching. the news continues next live from doha. have a great day.

welcome to the news hour. i'm richelle carey in doha. coming up in the next 60ing minutes. libya's rival governments make a move towards stability and agree to sign a under-backed agreement. syrian president bashar al-assad says he is willing to work with opposition groups but not ones involved in military action. climate change talks in paris are extended. tht delegates say they are on