1st. we can continue to keep the mc rove libby defense that what you mean about malcolm x. and martin luther king face to face on 00. this is al-jazeera. has i'm sick of this is the news hour live coming up in the next 60 minutes. and some of the. at least 15 people are dead in a shooting at a shopping complex in the u.s. city of el paso. i i kong's pro-democracy activists clashed with police during the 9th weekend of protests.

russian police crackdown on a protest against the removal of opposition candidates in moscow's local elections . lock down an indian minister kashmir into programs and tourists are ordered to leave over security concerns. we begin with breaking news from the u.s. state of texas where a shooting at a shopping mall could have killed at least 15 people the latest in a string of recent mass shootings in the united states happened in the city of el paso police have arrested a 21 year old male let's go straight to allan fisher who is monitoring developments on this for us from washington d.c. so allan what is the latest that you're hearing there. well even on a saturday morning the wal-mart a big chain store on the sky. surveille paso was park police believe somewhere

between one to 3000 people were inside they were buying clothes and supplies for their children to go back to school there were also by their weekly shop their food for the week ahead when a young man walked 10 through the main door and started firing it already shot several people in the car park and continued to shoot at the end of history 19 people were dead 40 people are currently in hospital 9 of them are in critical condition many of them are undergoing surgery even as we speak among the victims in the hospital a 9 year old a 2 year old and a 4 month old baby. heavily armed police moving to a shopping center in texas after reports of an active shooter. in other parts of the mall in el paso shoppers were held in place while people try to work out what was happening thank you for your column here it was right there

where we know he's there and we've got some there then there was what has become common in america lines of people being led from the scene of another mass shooting we can't confirm there were multiple victims i can't confirm there's that is that yet and i can't confirm the numbers police are no moving through the large complex where there are more than 140 stores at least one suspect was arrested in the immediate aftermath in the states the tenant governor says he's a 21 year old man no more details have been made public an emotional democratic presidential hopeful better ork who is from el paso and he was heading back to the city so i just ask for everyone strength for a pass right now. everyone's resolved to make sure that this does not continue to happen in in this country the president has been informed and is following developments from one of his homes in new jersey this is the 13th shooting in the

united states this week. police are investigating the man currently in custody if he was behind the posting on an extremist website just before the shooting it is being described as a 3 page tirade against immigrants and also against automation talking about how the country was full and there were no jobs for people like him he also talked about how if the police came to stop him he would continue to fight the police say that when confronted by armed officers he laid down his weapon and was arrested without incident he's currently in the police cell somewhere in el paso he's been described as a white nationalist that is something that the police will continue to investigate as no doubt in the coming hours they will obtain a search warrant for his home and also for his personal belongings including his computer it's important to know it on

a day when something like this is happened in el paso this evening people are queuing around the block including immigrants to give blood to those who desperately need it those who were wounded in this assault in a store in el paso on what was a quiet sunny saturday morning. in washington for strikes out police station in hong kong has been vandalized during the latest anti-government protests police fired tear gas to disperse some demonstrators who turned violent protests protests have been going on for months in the territory they began over a bill that would have sent criminal suspects to mainland china proposal was suspended but protesters are now demanding greater political reform and to thomas has more. another knights and another area of hong kong is the size of confrontation this time the shopping district of kalou on the northern side of hong

kong harbor. protests that started calmly tens of thousands walking a route approved by place but thousands branched off and they'd clearly come prepared for violence if come with a gas mask with a helmet if hidden your face white. afraid and after all the protests. and i mean. i will become the one who you know that's to be provoking the place but coming dressed like this. are you wanting violence no i don't want to fight is but only for checking myself. by these protests began back in june with specific demands that proposed laws allowing people to be extradited to mainland china be scrapped now though these protests are about political reform democracy so this is no longer about the extradition snow no longer get i mean maybe it's about extradition 2 months ago but now is

about our democracy we rudi space we all corners. real hong kong not china government not british but us but the protests are also now about expressing anger towards the placing of previous events this police station became the focal point on saturday with people hurling rocks at the compound leaving called smashed inside and lighting fires an hour under siege came the inevitable confrontation the police have now moved on you can see them flooring tear gas on the ground with exhaust. there are more protests planned for the sunday the recalls for a general straw. on monday it's impossible to know how or when the hong kong return to normal calm people lose their satisfaction to the government

and now it's the summer of discontent. discontent which on saturday yet again turned ugly andrew thomas al jazeera hong kong while thousands of people in hong kong also rallied for an end to the protests they called for unity with china and said the one country 2 systems policy of hong kong works they urge protesters to express themselves peacefully and help posters showing solidarity with police. i hate and firmly opposed the recent violent incidents which damaged our good life we are really loving our china and hong kong the violence make is a driven by all tyria motives and manipulated by external powers so they damaged our hometown hong kong they stand absolutely opposite to hong kong residents police in moscow arrested more than 800 people for planned protests on saturday that didn't stop others though from taking to the streets there's anger there over the

exclusion of some opposition candidates in the upcoming city election demonstration follows a similar one last weekend imran khan reports now from the russian capital. from the police operation designed to stop large numbers of protesters coming to central moscow did exactly that still some did manage to get through the detentions was swift so all throughout today they've been arresting people like this they pick them up. and they take them into. a van where the idea is a return of the protesters are normally take also a police station so then they register journalists were also detained but released almost immediately once they showed proper accreditation protesters a worry the upcoming last go city council elections are being rigged in favor of the governing party united russia most of the opposition candidates have been arrested but one who is at the protest said the numbers will load because the authorities were cracking down. everything depends on how people will react so far

there aren't that many of us many people are unhappy with united russia and its supporters is the lowest since 2006 but people are scared of coming to the streets or taking party rallies of half a 1000000 take to the streets. despite the crackdown the protesters that did make it well hopeful change might come down more stormin yes i'm here because i have a conscience i don't like a lot of things that are happening in this country i'm happy that the young generation woke up and want to have their voices heard i am here because candidates we aren't allowed to run i'm against banning of alice i'm against the crackdown and i think protest is the only way to show your opinion police say the protest was illegal and detentions were low and opposition monitoring group says the numbers were you much higher than the police who claim it's not clear what's next for russia's protest movement but the authorities are hoping the show of force has stopped a completely immoral cardholders in moscow. as

a professor of international relations at the london school of economics she says russia's government is using the same strategies it has used in the past to crackdown on protests. i think it could certainly backfire and in some ways this is a very clever strategy that the regime is using and has used in the past of provoking violence as a way to diligent to my eyes peaceful protest to make people feel who would otherwise not participate in acts of contention. that this is this is futile engaging in protests leads to violence chaos and disorder and that's a bad thing and this is certainly how the russian media upper train protests by way of leads diligent demise in them on the other hand we're seeing that it's not deterring people and certainly people who will be watching these episodes would be very disturbed and another tactic that the regime has been using in the past is

to penalize and many of these protesters by the way are school age children i lessons university students so there have been in the past retributions in the form of dismissals from university and other harassment of course we know about arrests at center beatings but that doesn't seem to be having a deterrent effect perhaps even the opposite perhaps the reached a certain tipping point in how the russian public perceives the stakes that are involved here. oh we've got plenty more ahead on the news hour more yuri in south korea protesters denounced japan over a trade dispute plus. i'm. but i'll tell you what's being done to hold accountable the victims of war crimes still justice in sports zimbabwe's cricketers say they'll play for free in an effort to keep the game alive on that story later in the program.

still ahead but 1st the democratic republic of congo is racing to contain an outbreak of ebola in goma 12 more people have been tested after 4 cases were confirmed in the densely populated city checks have been stepped up right across the region stephanie decker has. been kept talking. it's a health workers nightmare a busy border crossing thousands of people in close contact and constantly on the move and you have an army going oh you're going to get this medical worker tells people to wash their hands they're going to know your. health checks and hygiene measures of titan between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda ever since multiple cases of the abode of virus were discovered here in goma the congolese city of more than 2000000 people. people are washing their hands as

a precaution to to the outbreak of disease to tell us it is spreading through their homes that's why they are asking us to wash water mixed with medication. the virus is paul through body fluids including sweat there is a vaccine that has been used for quite some time the world health organization says it has a very high success rate and you only need one shot but there's a problem. vaccination is not approved for mass use it's usually given to those exposed to the virus and it's also given to the doctors and health workers as they are handling those cases to protect them from contracting the virus there is still no officially approved vaccine on the market but we're told this one is expected to be officially approved at some stage there is also a lot of confusion around the virus and a lot of suspicion of foreign health workers here in eastern d.r. see. it's a remote region that has been neglected by the government and torn apart by years

of conflict. it would have been better if our leaders and those who are concerned would give us more information they have not informed us where we can get this vaccine so that all of us can go and actually get it all of us need to be vaccinated. this is the 2nd worst ebola outbreak on record more than a 1800 people have died of the virus in the d.r. c. over the past year but the fact that it is now reached a border city is what's causing renewed alarm it prompted the government here in rwanda to close its western border for a few hours on thursday as it beefed up its health screening procedures on the problem with this virus is once you identify someone infected by it you then need to trace back all the people they have come into contact with test them vaccinate them and potentially quarantine them it is a highly infectious disease and containing it is a real challenge stephanie decker al-jazeera the galley. shelling close the only functioning airport in libya's capital tripoli for several hours on saturday port

has come under repeated attacks since world. than offensive to capture the city and april no one has claimed responsibility for saturday's attack the u.s. defense secretary mark asper says he's in favor of putting intermediate range missiles in asia is comments come just a day after washington withdrew from an arms control treaty it had signed with the former u.s.s.r. in the late 1980 s. esper is on a visit to the asia pacific region richard wides is a defense and security analyst with global consultancy he says the u.s. wants to balance the rise of china in asia but needs to find the right allies who would be willing to host the missiles. many of the countries in the region are a core are concerned by china's growing strength and newfound assertiveness and they want the u.s. to counter that imbalance china but it's going to be a problem for the us

a challenge to finding countries that are willing to host these systems because they would then accept the missile that is actually aimed at china which couldn't tighen eyes the chinese even more so australia new zealand are our possible candidates guam is also very likely since it's the us position but ideally the u.s. would want to put these missiles closer to china for develop faster kinds of missiles the kinds of russians are developing these hypersonic systems but again this is sort of new i mean the u.s. is now the treehouse the option consider these these these possibilities and it's going to work with the fellers to figure out what's an acceptable and an optimal strategy targets in north korea are covered by multiple possible attack systems so you can use aircraft in japan you can use missiles in japan and korea you could air aircraft carriers the problem is not attacking targets in north korea the problem is you don't want to do that because they're going to then destroy much of south

korea and up and retaliation so i don't think this is sort of an independent to the north korea situation it's more i think to balance china and give the u.s. more options to manage the rise of china in asia not so much north korea others been panic buying in the summer capital of indian administered kashmir that's after the indian government abruptly cancelled a hindu pilgrimage and ordered all tourists to leave new delhi is also deployed $10000.00 extra paramilitary to the region some fear the government is preparing to broaden its control over the disputed area of cuts here lopez hold a on reports. it's a yearly pilgrimage up the himalayan mountains more than $300000.00 hindus. make the journey every here to pray at the aamer not showing an indian administered kashmir but pilgrims and ters have been told to leave immediately security forces say they found explosives meant to target a route used by pilgrims but august. we were told that because of militant

activities and threats the pilgrimage had to be cancelled we're very sad but what can we do the military has now been called in india has deployed at least $10000.00 additional troops in the kashmir valley the disputed area claimed by both india and pakistan fear of a violent escalation led to panic among some residents who began to stockpile on fuel medicine and food but a storm that. is desperate. the peace in kashmir. i can assure you on behalf of the p.m.'s going to force their this not be allowed to happen there's also mistrust of india's government and its intentions skeptics fear deploying more troops could be part of a broader plan to deny channeling kashmir special autonomy status it's an indication ok fine they are concerned about the security of the tourists and the arteries but what about the security of the people and i think what message are

they giving to the kashmiris that they don't care about them that they have the absolutely no concern about them concerns include the removal of a section of the constitution that gives employment and land benefits exclusively to residents of the muslim majority state of the body for days we've heard rumors that article 35 a will be revoked and now that the government issued an advisory pilgrim's into worst tensions are even higher people are really worried since the late 1980 s. tens of thousands of people have been killed in the region and the recent deployment of so many troops is causing concern. india insist it's a way to ensure the safety of pilgrims but many wonder if the troops will remain even after all the visitors are gone. katia llopis of the young al-jazeera. is a pakistan security analyst at the cato institute and she joins us on skype from vienna

in the u.s. state of virginia thanks very much for being with us now even allowing for the fact that. is one of the most militarized areas in the world how how unusual how significant is it to have a government order that advice advises thousands of people to simply leave the region. thank you for having me on i certainly think it's a bit of a red flag to be something that hasn't been done or especially and i think this is more the government's. got their intelligence is going strong and that their effort is very seriously and any indication of any kind of attack. or even have been very serious and so it is on it's happening now but because the point government and i'll give you. it's not that. they're all 1 the disney reports the rumors that the indian government is may remove the did the special constitutional provisions

for kashmir that i mean just just explain that to us and how how well that potentially affected the situation that. was in the country as you know is not exactly in the state on there is a cost. that they've been trying for the government in step 3 it's actually got more votes to our ability to get it. but indian forces over the past few decades have been great and when i recall human rights abuses are out i mean you know mr ayres and they are very critical of the aids death and one critical of their central government that is inside it and so i think that this is certainly a red suv in pendency even within that good concept and even though when the government especially has been going read. about this and been very strict about it and they don't. want the times activity to occur. so we

are you suggesting then there's this could be this approach by the indian government is going to be counterproductive. towards people in kashmir. well i think it depends on what the goal is so if the new government it will or that things remain as they are really that and this kind of action is often become productive it falls that me in mind that when asked if you know when it's done but if the goal is to improve the be it is that in any improve the quality of life of people and it sure that human rights abuses decreases by that i mean that you know the torture mask our situation except under that increases then this is a movement that you are. having military forces. have you begun sort of go and and how. is that force european safety

and all relating to nasri not the way it will react reacted very. good to talk to us so hard. joining us that thanks very much for being with us thank you now but to trade between south korea and japan has led to more rallies in seoul dispute escalated on friday when south korea was removed from japan's favorite trading nations list seoul says it is now considering scrapping an intelligence sharing pack from abroad has more. the former site of japan's embassy is often the focal point for protests against japan. after the removal of south korea from tokyo's list of preferential trade partners this protest was especially passionate. and i'm this is them declaring economic war and firing the 1st shot all you war on the campus of my heart goes out to the japanese to have politicians who

act like this. it's a deepening dispute borne out of decades old animosities supported by those old enough to have experienced japanese colonial occupation in the last century. along with young people born in this century. many south koreans have been boycotting anything japanese avoiding holidays to the country causing airlines to cancel flights refusing to buy japanese goods helped in this tech savvy society by apps that tell you instantly which goods to avoid a government level the mood is palpable from the frosty like this recent meeting between foreign ministers. to the heated. this exchange between japan's foreign minister and the south korean envoy. south korea says it will retaliate by taking japan off its list of preferential trade partners as this dispute deepens

with the leaders of the 2 countries. willing all right mable to back down. japan's prime minister shinzo wants to see his country become more assertive in dealings with its neighbors and the trade restrictions against south korea are popular at home. his counterpart moon j.n. of south korea was carried into the presidency although a wave of people power popularity after the forced resignation and impeachment of his predecessor the south koreans change their government so there's a heightened sense of pride that they are shaping their democracy and awaken democracy can't take japan's recent actions sitting down that's why we're seeing this expression of anger. the economies of both countries are likely to be harmed in this tit for tat wrangle but for now settling old scores seems an irresistible force. of mcbride al-jazeera

soul. a lot more still ahead on al-jazeera find out what's at stake in the latest round of talks in qatar between the u.s. and the taliban. on the road with argentina's delivery workers who have plenty of jobs but no security. and a 1st for this formula one driver will have all the action from qualifying of the hunger here in grand prix coming up later in sports. we've got plenty ahead. it's across north america at the moment and plenty of showers down into the southeast in kona as well just around the carolinas into georgia around the panhandle fed a cloud trying to pull away out into the open morse's of the atlantic will see some

pretty lively shows coming all the way down across the deep south as we go through sunday further north well 3031 celsius the for washington d.c. and also for new york we're getting into the mid twenty's once again there for $2.00 and $4.00 to run the rush i was up towards the midwest further west it is looking fine and dry $31.00 in l.a. getting up around that mark actually for seattle around the pacific northwest western canada lovely warm weather coming through here central parts as well so much of weather just makes its way down across the midwest as we go through monday 30 celsius there in chicago that and rain will come in here in the early part of the way some cloud and rain making its way into the lesser antilles particular on the way more dollars bob it is down towards tree that the bike or the passes south america seeing some really heavy rain this week i want through the next couple of days on the wet weather willing gulf a good part of the lesser antilles as we go through monday elsewhere sunshine and

scattered showers. john the president's son donald trump jr was promised damaging information about the hillary clinton allegation want to see the investigation $6.00 did the trump card. with russia did you at any time a barge the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form the closer the batten down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question michael field washington on al jazeera. through a shared passion for elephant conservation colleagues have become friends but with civil war descending they must now protect themselves escaping deep into the rain forest all back to the western world. for the elephants surviving the poachers is a lifelong challenge now too they must out last

a rebel militia and a from a witness documentary on al-jazeera. again you're watching i just need a reminder of our top stories this hour at least 15 people are feared dead in a mass shooting at a shopping complex in the u.s. city of el paso texas a 21 year old white man has been arrested this is the 13th mass shooting in the u.s. this week. some protesters in hong kong have been tear gassed off the vandalizing a police station demonstrations began in june with a now shelved plans to allow extraditions to mainland china testers are now

demanding greater political reform. in moscow police arrested more than 800 people before a planned opposition protest saturday's demonstration followed one of the last one last weekend when police detained more than 1000 protesters they're angry over the removal of opposition candidates in upcoming city elections. 4 months after sudan's president bashir was ousted the military and opposition coalition have finally reached a constitutional agreement but that deal is yet to be signed that's expected to happen in the coming days the agreement should lead to the formation of a transitional government to run sudan until elections are held in 2022 the opposition coalition say though appoint the next interim prime minister. the cabinet will have no more than 20 ministers the freedom for change alliance will nominate the prime minister he will then be appointed by the sovereign council and

the prime minister will then form a cabinet and that cabinet will need to be confirmed by the sovereign council. of sudan's transitional government is expected to be made up of civilians and the military with a sovereign council governing the country it will have 11 members 5 from the opposition 5 from the military and one independent civilian the appointed prime minister will have $21.00 days to form an executive council or cabinet made up of candidates chosen by the opposition except for the ministers of interior and defense and the opposition coalition forces for freedom and change is also expected to control the legislative assembly or parliament with at least 2 thirds of the seats of the u.s. and the taliban are are describing the latest round of talks in doha as the most crucial yet senior officials are expecting a peace deal that would lead to the withdrawal of foreign forces the taliban says it will not negotiate with the government until the u.s.

agrees to leave that hamid is at the door hard talks. this latest round of talks is again behind closed doors we have very little information of what is happening inside the meeting room but we do know that both the americans and the taliban have indicated that they were hopeful for a breakthrough now u.s. envoy zalmay khalilzad arrived friday evening in doha and he tweeted that he was hopeful for a peace agreement not the withdrawal agreement he said that the peace agreement would lead to a withdrawal a gradual withdrawal of foreign troops depending on what happens on the ground and if indeed the u.s. gets all of these counterterrorism guarantees that it wants from the taliban namely that afghanistan will not be used as a base by armed groups to then carry out a plan planned attacks on foreign soil that al about on their side have also

indicated that they were ready to reach this peace agreement they did say that they were waiting to hear from the americans they were hopeful to get the assurances they need on their side now we don't know how long these talks will last but certainly you do have kind of a positive message coming out from both sides of this thing if indeed a peace agreement is is reach then they will be talking about foreign troop withdrawal about 20000 of them her include in afghanistan 14000 being american soldiers the americans have said very clearly that that would be a gradual withdrawal but i think also more importantly if a peace agreement is indeed reached then it will pave the way for interim afghan talks which are crucial to bring some sort of stability to that country. with the doha institute for graduate studies he says there's been

a great deal of mistrust between both sides. this round is very much a continuation of the last round which happened at the beginning of july then they reached the point of needing to sort out the timetable for for the withdrawal as you can appreciate the conflict has been going on for 18 years or so there are a great deal of mistrust between all sides not just between them americans and the taliban but also the americans the taliban's and the government in kabul and over the 18 years there's been a great buildup of forces and bases in afghanistan so from a taliban perspective they would like to see an immediate withdrawal and as soon as possible on the american side of course they would like to undertake an orderly withdrawal which also offers guarantees to the afghan government and the afghan people and the various political viewpoints in afghanistan that it is not going to

be done in a rush everyone is still very conscious of what happened in iraq and do not wish to see. a rushed withdrawal from from afghanistan has been relative calm in northwest syria on the 2nd day of a conditional cease fire truce was brokered during peace talks in kazakstan it follows weeks of airstrikes and bloodshed in needly province the last remaining rebel held area then a hotter reports from gaziantep on the turkey syria border. there is a cautious calm in rebel controlled southern and northern hama russian and syrian warplanes have been repeatedly targeting towns like mine are not manned for the past 3 months a cease fire that came into effect on friday night has brought some respect for people living in that corner of northwest syria who have lost so much. money i mean i am a 30 mile long after all that happened isn't it too late for

a ceasefire that people have been displaced or killed their homes this. droit but they are still scared to return to their homes. more than 400000 syrians have been displaced at least 800 civilians were killed their names documented by war monitors among the casualties 216 children but the syrian government and its allies failed to recapture ground from the opposition. before the russians with all their power were not able to make any gains along with the syrian regime and they lost a lot of men and they were only able to take 2 or 3 villages and that's why they wanted the cease fire early on the ground we are stronger. it proved to be a costly battle for the syrian government and its allies who reportedly suffered heavy losses in their ranks the ceasefire was brokered by the backers of the opposition and the government turkey and russia but it is a conditional truce that puts pressure on turkey to create

a demilitarized zone i round it the province free of weapons and fighters in line with the so-called memorandums the mainstream rebel factions left their positions in the planned zone last year but the strongest group. which many in the international community believe is still linked to al qaida refused it hasn't said if it will comply this time this issue challenge for both sides what to get to implement the agreement. to didn't. care and. they live now to el paso texas where state officials there including the governor are speaking out with the latest. on the mass shooting in our past when was sure sure the community that we are. we are flank you to the our paschal police department and our law enforcement partners for

their swift through and assistance. i want i'll turn it over to chief allen for specifics. thank you very. active shooter a call went out this morning to 911 at 10 39 am police response 1st officer on the scene was 10 45 am a 6 minute response. from this shooter we have 20 confirmed fatalities and we have 26 wounded. they just in genders of all these people injured and killed are numerous in the age groups. situation neda's as a as a riff equate a. crime scene as being assisted by the f.b.i.

various law enforcement agencies respond to this scene the sheriff's department d.p.s. border patrol everyone that carries a badge in this town pretty much showed up to that particular saying the need was this a the scene as a riff it one unfortunately because of the nature of the situation the scene will be in play for a long period unfortunately the the seeds will remain at the scene until the scene is process properly for. evidentiary purposes to be gathered for later prosecution state of texas will be the lead agency or into day prosecuting this particular individual that has a nexus as this rule point in time to a hate crying the f.b.i. will be looking into that with other federal authorities right now we're looking at

potential capital murder charges for this individual. i'm not going to give us a name right now is 241 year old white male of allen texas. and with that. turned this over to chief augustine know who it's personal respond as well. thank you chief. i want to highlight what the chief and our mayor was saying and this incident happened this morning it activated the whole system and the system was successful from the 1st calls of kin and i won getting crews on the scene within the within 6 minutes we had hundreds of responders not just from local but state and federal as i said. as tragic as it is luckily we had no 1st responders injured in today's events. but it does take a toll that the community keep their thoughts and prayers not only with the victims and their families who lost their lives or were injured today but with their 1st

responders as well with that i'm a turn it over to the f.b.i. special agent in charge. thank you my name is emerson bowie he m e m e r s o n b u i iii as a member of this community for the last 2 years words cannot express how i feel right now because this community has embraced me with open arms and i have shared the sentiments of everyone at the table as to how we all feel for the families and the victims today the f.b.i. has a federal law enforcement as a responsible for a number of years diction has come into a says with the other federal agencies as well as state and other local agencies just to provide support in the investigation as this murder investigation continues as well as look at other aspects of the investigation that could potentially be looked at from a federal standpoint the investigation is still early on the primary concern of course is the victims making sure they receive the care and courtesy that they

deserve and as we continue to. moved to this investigation we will provide updates along with our other partners. we'll take a few questions. it would be best for the f.b.i. to answer that question. question. first and foremost i did not call it a hate crime i say we're looking at other aspects to ensure what potential violations are out there before we can label any type of investigation we have to ensure that the evidence and the precursors are there and they have to be reviewed to make sure that we are executing moving in the right direction so at this point in time we are reviewing the all of the evidence that we have collected so far we're pursuing other leads we have mobilized additional officers for systems in

that bank and we will conduct investigations just like we have another incident. again no right now it is a murder investigation there is potential for a number of different other types of violations and we're reviewing all the evidence to make a determination as to what potentially else is out there in addition to the violations that have been stated at the local authorities are pursuing and in that bang we will assist them in that effort as we work together with state and local and other federal agencies all over the country to do and we will keep you updated as the investigation proceeds. right now we have a manifesto from this individual that indicates to some degree it has a nexus to potential hate crime. that in maine is step on the f.b.i.'s tolls on that but we are taking this down the road of simply of murder investigation with

numerous casualties and as i said the state of texas will be the lead prosecuting agency in this. part me start. if i can't get into specifics on that right now because we have to validate for certain certainty that this was the manifesto from this individual that we've arrested so with that in play we still have to be aware of the fact that this person is still entitled to fair process as far as the law we don't want to complicate that by making any statements right now that might be tainting the investigation. would you mind repeating that. we're not able as attorney taking that right now simply because hospitals will not release that information to us specifically.

again those are details that we're going to. keep under play right now as far as the investigation goals we have one weapon that was put put on social media i'm sure you're aware of that which was a a k 47 we don't know if those pictures released in social media were the actual individuals all right now again going back to the fair process for this individual we don't want to taint the investigation by a matter of fact we saying things right now. were you mind repeating it. the capability of the weapon a lot that and then his intent and then the location of worry dog was a wal-mart

a supermarket. where people are in large numbers there so if your friends are firing randomly at people you can cause a lot damage. again. you know. again the initial information coming in and was several suspects that information was put out to the feel we had misleading information going to different locations as far as supermarkets costco was one location dillard's was another everyone was responding to that social media somewhat influenced that but in the final analysis of all this the suspect was arrested at sun mount and. invite county which is on the west side of the wal-mart out there were the initial shooting took place. i'm sorry.

yes. he surrendered to the approaching officers. i don't know that matter of fact way but he surrendered to police so on being scene. right now we only have one. you're asking for specifics right now right now that still under investigation when you. read. that's for a psychologist the answer that's something that is definitely i think in play but that's beyond my skills that.

only caught the tail end of that man who we try. we train for act. if shooters events all the time and as i said to my staff and to that apartment we train for this not expecting it to happen but nonetheless we have to prepare for it to happen and we try to get the community as much as involved as we possibly can to participate in the have been so that everyone is under. understand what this potentially might cause. this responding to a situation like this to try to make sure it doesn't happen again is a replication of what we just went through during the last legislative session. it was made a year ago when we had the horrific tragedy of a shooting at santa fe high school that led to 3 days of hearings that i conducted at the capitol to get input from people who are educators who were students who were victims of shooting crimes as well as experts in all different kinds of fields

to help us be able to strategize the best ways to keep students safe and to prevent and students like that from happening again that led to hearings that were conducted by the legislature before the session began and then additional hearings and then legislation that was passed by the state of texas and is now law that includes bill after bill after bill that make sure that we are doing more than ever before to keep students safe at school during that time we did not as far as i know value for him plan for an incident like this that said i can tell you that perhaps the most profound and agreed upon issue that came out of all of those hearings was the need for the state and for society to do a better job of dealing with challenging mental health based issues we know that's

a component to shootings that take place in schools i think is a fact probably as a component to any type of shooting that takes place including including for example the shooting that took place in sutherland springs bottom line is mental health is a large contributor to any type of violence or shooting violence and the center texas this past session passed a lot of legislation and provided funding for the state to better address that challenge. ok. so the question about the manifesto and this emerging narrative that we're seeing

throughout our country as to domesticity terrorism which is you know obviously i want to say we don't know we have to allow the investigation to continue respect the process very much so but without regard to this particular instance not speaking about this particular instance which is still under investigation but the manifesto narrative is fueled by hate and it's fueled by racism and bigotry and division. and health it's you know i want to say the national media is watching el paso has historically been a very safe community we've been safe for decades we will continue to be safe this is someone who came from outside of our community to do us harm a community that has shown nothing but generosity and kindness so the least among us those people arriving at america's front door and so we'll wait to see what

happens with this investigation once we have a determination by law enforcement then i think you will see a lot of us coming together to make some very strong statements but for now we will let the investigation continues i want let me just say one thing in closing to echo what congressman escobar said this person did not come from el paso it is not what we are about we are a special community and this would not have happened from el paso and i can assure you you may have i want to thank the governor and other elected officials who've expressed their support here and there also you all might want to know if there are going to be any more updates on this and i'm going to let chief alan close with that. no other proscribed fruits if we find out anything different we can experiment later but you all for coming. thank you.

so if you're just joining us here on al-jazeera you've been listening there to a news conference led by the texas governor greg abbott confirming that 20 people now 20 people have been killed in the mass shooting at a busy warmup store in the texas city of paso there were also police chief greg allen there and the mayor of el paso were also on hand giving new information there this shooting alan fisher has been monitoring developments for us for on this from washington d.c. . just a little bit more information that we're giving was given there confirming some some of things that we already know 21 year old white male. is in custody although they wouldn't confirm his his name. and as we've been reporting as well this is a shooting that happened. on

a saturday morning in august when when many people quite a lot of people would have been there. inside inside that mall. well the police are estimating that in this store there was somewhere between one to 3000 people and that is because we're getting to the period of the year in texas when many families take their children along to somewhere like wal-mart to buy them clothes for the school year ahead also to buy them supplies and then there are families who are just doing their weekly shopping for food at that time though this man walked into the store and started firing what the police are saying is that they responded within 6 minutes and because of that they probably kept the number of people who died to a very low number among those wounded include a 9 year old child a 2 year old child and a 4 month old baby $26.00 people wounded in total 9 of them critically ill

3 hospitals in el paso said that a number of people are undergoing operations at the moment we can assume that some of them may well be a life saving operations. and they will also face further subjects in the days ahead so it may well be that 20 isn't the final death although one would hope that perhaps the experience and the expertise of the doctors will do enough to help cure the least help the 26 or so or wounded. they also talked about the fact that the man who's currently in custody could well be charged with crimes they're looking at something that was posted online about an hour before the shooting on an extremist web site something that disappeared a couple of hours after the shooting in which case he laid out what could only be described as a diatribe against immigration saying that the country was experiencing a lack of resources or would experience a lack of resources because of the number of people coming into the country the

jobs there would be in scarce supply and something had to be done about that certainly that's what so. the center of the district attorney's investigation is he's saying this could well be the nexus of a hate crime and also he's saying that they're looking at as a capital crime so they're looking at perhaps pursuing the death penalty should this individual either plead guilty or be found guilty of murder one other can a tragic detail that was added there is that because this is no murder scene a number of the bodies are lying where they fell and several of them are in the car park at the wal-mart in el paso another interesting thing people are lining up to give blood for the victims the meeting where they can alan fischer live for us there in washington and we of course have a lot more information on this mass shooting as and when it develops that is it for

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