we live here we make the rule not there but others are bitterly opposed we should not have to trade our culture for oil and gas crossing the high peaks of the arctic circle to investigate people in power at the edge of the earth on al-jazeera. her. son maddox. he's a human being and he battled. the family of a black man shot at least 7 times by police in the us demand the officers are arrested as the calls for justice grow louder. council raman you're watching officer alive my headquarters here in doha are also

coming up turkey says it's ready to talk over a mediterranean dispute but says it won't accept any preconditions from greece. also voted not to give up the main belorussian opposition leader says protesters desire for a democratic transition will not be broken. and a historic day for africa as the continent is declared free of the virus that causes polio. welcome to the program the family of a black man shot at least 7 times by police in the u.s. state of wisconsin is calling for calm but demanding justice jacob blake's mother appealed for an end to violent protests that broke out in the city of commission after the shooting on sunday the 29 year olds are power lies from the waist down and the family's lawyer says it will take a miracle for him to walk again like father accused the police of attempted murder

. they. son. so find. something. like he didn't matter. but my son matters. he's a human being any better which 100 is live for us in can assure mr blake sr wasn't anyone speaking from the family in a towel but still very tense child. that's right several members of his family spoke today this is the 1st time we've seen them gathered together speaking publicly after this incident and his sister was powerful she said she hasn't cried this time because it has happened so many times

before that police have shot an unarmed black men she said she doesn't want sympathy she doesn't want pity she wants action and julia jackson of course the mother jayco blake spoke eloquently about how when she drove through this city on her way to this news conference she saw the devastation and firefighters responded to 37 fires just over the past 24 hours and she noticed the heard about the looting and seen the buildings that had been razed to the ground some of them still smoking this morning and she said her son would not have approved of that this is a little of what she had to say today. please. let's begin to pray for healing for our nation. we are the united states have we been united. you understand what's going to happen. when we call

because a house that is against each other and. all of the police officers i'm praying for you. so. think about what she has said because the situation in connection is still very tense and when night falls we all seeing going civil unrest. that's right we're looking at a 3rd night of protests after he was shot on sunday and this city has whole blocks that have simply been removed from the map there was a correction center that we went to earlier today was completely destroyed there were carpet lots that were completely burned down and one of the reasons for that is that the police have focused on protecting that building behind me the courthouse but last night for example while they were protecting that building. looters and protesters when into an area called uptown and basically raised every

building for 2 blocks looting it and then looting those buildings and then burning them down and the reason is that there simply aren't enough police it appears put there are about $200.00 regular officers there are hundreds of other sheriff's deputies who have come out in riot gear night after night mostly to protect that building and these blocks around me will now after for the 1st time we had $125.00 additional national guard officers last night now tonight we expect there to be more national guard an undetermined number more plus about $100.00 police officers from other wisconsin communities and what they're trying to do is what happened in minnesota after the george floyd protests and that is to have police control those streets something they have not been able to do now they're hoping that by coming in force they'll be able to shut these looting and approach and more violent protest activities at night down to $100.00 commercial thanks very much.

first lady maloney a trump and the secretary of state mike pompei will be the headline speakers on day 2 of the republican national convention composed beach breaks decades of precedent he's recorded his message while on a mission to israel though he recently reminded difference they could not take sides in the presidential campaign democrats serve opened an investigation into whether pompei was violating federal law or white house correspondent kelly how could following the convention force of course lots of questions being asked about pompei as potential appearance but maybe all eyes on believe malaria for the next few hours. i think that both of those individuals will really be the stars of the night although donald trump is the one that they're talking about the most and we expect that we'll hear from him as well with regard to the lani

a try this is expected to be a night that will be a little bit lighter in terms of the mood after day one of the republican convention was somewhat dark and gloomy particularly when republicans talked about what they saw for a joe biden democratic presidency so we expect from the lani a trumpet she will be as she speaks from the rose garden this the 1st lady that this will strike a more uplifting mood one of promise for the future but again this is a controversy or rather a convention that has continued to spark controversy you touched on the issue of the secretary of state might pump aoe speaking and that certainly has raised eyebrows not only because he cautioned diplomats about seeming overtly political but also the fact that this is been recorded a message recorded in jerusalem once again bringing up the concerns and also accusations that this is an administration that is politicizing the u.s.

israel relationship so that is a controversial moment no doubt but we also expect to hear in terms of political endorsements from 2 of the president's children eric trump as well as tiffany trump and as i mentioned the president himself and it's kind of interesting what we're hearing is that he'll be appearing in 2 different capacities 1st we expect that he will be presiding over a naturalized nation ceremony to highlight legal immigration and then he will be issuing what we believe to be a presidential pardon restoring the rights of a convicted felon so these are highly unusual for political conventions but when you take it in the context of the trump presidency which has been unusual to say the least at times the fact that he's a reality show t.v. producer these seem to be made. for t.v. moments that have been designed by the president himself if only update kimberly thank you of course we'll follow events with you through the day thanks james well he's a senior fellow of governance at the libertarian and conservative think tank the

street institute joins me now from greenville in south carolina good to have you with us mr wall the i will talk about mr pump in a moment and his appearance at the convention but the g.o.p. convention started as it started with the right tone on tuesday bashing the democratic policies mr biden and not really giving us any policy statements of their own is that yet to come and it's not the best way to set the tone for a watching american public. traditionally party conventions are when you shift from a primary strategy to a general election strategy and when you're running for president in this country in summer it's a little odd to see the. really the big emphasis in this convention on appealing to the base although i will say you had speakers like nikki haley former. master to the united nations and governor of south carolina you have. senator tim scott you

have you saw there was not a struggle but there was a tension between the different narratives and messages that were coming out of the convention last night however i think the one that was the loudest and the one that was going to stick with viewers for the longest amount of time is certainly going to be the red meat the dog whistles and the appeal to the base and of course i suppose ready with a coherent policy outlook is what the public want to hear of don't they a way out of covert 19 unemployment to the creation of jobs after what has been a devastating global period does the american public want specifics right now rather than sort of the that generalities that the president talks about. i think they do they don't always want specifics on policy but i think this is one of those times the american people are concerned they're uncertain they're stress they don't know what's going to happen next and they want the president their president to talk to them and to reassure them and that is partly about tone in generalities but it's also with information with policy information and you're not really seeing

that from this administration although i will say that it is part and parcel of a broader theme that we've seen here from republicans where they're not really talking about policy they didn't even bother to meet to develop a new platform they said we'll just continue that's when the 16 platform and they added plus will support president trump so there's there's a real lack of information about what this party stands for and why it deserves the votes of the american people and indeed that will be a question posed when like pay a pay is because he is a serving cabinet secretary addressing the g.o.p. unheard of in recent times as a correspondent just said is it a useful or harmful tactic to use by an incumbent president. well the president certainly doesn't think so he is an unconventional president and by having secretary might speak and record who he recorded his remarks from jerusalem

and they will air tonight at the convention he's betting that he's can get some some credit with the american people by highlighting one of the is few foreign policy victories which is the normalization of diplomatic relationship between israel and the u.a.e. and so i think he believes that that's going to outweigh any cost and as for secretary pompei i think it's no secret that he has presidential aspirations of his own and this speech will really make him stand apart from everyone else particularly because he's not there he's in jerusalem minutes and it's such a unique thing and so he's hoping that that will highlight him in a way that will boost him in 2024 we will see what happens james waller it's good to speak to thanks very much for joining us from greenville in south carolina thank you for having me turkey says greece must give up its preconditions before the 2 countries can begin to dialogue over disputed energy resources in the mediterranean and current athens have agreed that they do not want to settle aspirants by

military means with turkey calling on the e.u. to act as an honest and objective mediator tensions in the eastern mediterranean have been rising in both countries announcing rival naval exercises near the greek island of crete turkey and greece are at odds over the rights to oil and gas deposits in disputed waters the cyprus and create wealth and is in istanbul she says turkey and greece accuse each other of provoking the dispute. turkey believes that the naturals a fair share of these natural resources would be the initial step to open for dialogue and turkey accuses greece and the greek cyprus for provoking the process actually and in a search i wish all the warned that if the greece doesn't give up on these behaviors doesn't give up on these on these approaches every real conflict is unavoidable so it was in a way a kind of threat from the turkish minister against the greek side today turkey and

greece these 2 neighbors have been have been indiscreet for decades and they are excusing each other with the same i've given factually one accuses the other for provoking the region or the other and vice versa turkey is in a way kind of not hopeful about greece coming to the table with the conditions that turkey is saying because turkey also accuses kris for imposing preconditions to come to the table but turkey says the 1st condition is a fair distribution of fair share of the rights and resources in the sea of time will show whether greece is going to accept that well still ahead here although there are testing the limits of china's hydroelectric dam what some say it could collapse that story after the break.

however the big story of the next couple days is probably going to be laura looks so small mean significant member but there she is make your way to the coast of texas as quite likely a category 2 hurricane there marco the pieces are lucky fell apart it's not going to happen to lower this is going to be an active storm and cause trouble all of marcos from louisiana back to almost the mexican border and that's the most active weather in the u.s. there are showers elsewhere there are still thunderstorms yes in the u.s. the potential of lighting more fires anywhere in the mountain west california generally is dry and sunny moment of course is quite hot in the south as it is in arizona was 44 in phoenix as no real change in the weather type here and all of this is not serious certain past laura once she makes landfall will be following mississippi for a while dropping an awful lot of rain of of finally before she falls apart and anyway joining the rest of this humid air will simply enhanced the rains in the

ohio valley elsewhere in the east so there will be more flooding still to come lower has left cuba so the forecast keeps or the moment in open water from the point of view of central america and we have got that many showers elsewhere could scattering but not big ones until you get to mexico very very wet place. the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this whole tour in 2008 has been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism once thrived in. a chilean politician goes on a journey to me leading leftwing ficus to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. in latin america a giant in time oil on al-jazeera. talk

about your what you all deserve means a whole round the reminder of our top stories the family of a black man shot 7 times by police in the u.s. state of wisconsin says officers must face justice they also appealed for calm in the city's condition protests a broken arm talked to some of the shooting. first lady ability of trouble and secretary of state might well be the headlines because of day 2 of the republican national convention has been criticized for getting involved in the campaign while serving as the u.s. . and turkey says greece must give up its preconditions before the 2 countries can

begin a dialogue over disputed offshore but the terrain and resources bankrupts calling on the e.u. to act as an honest and objective mediator. not a burglary so the opposition says it will give our pilots call for a democratic transition even as 2 problem it leaders are jailed for organizing rallies demonstrations began more than 2 weeks ago against president alexander look at shankar's disputed reelection the government's efforts to crackdown on protesters have not slowed the momentum so vast reports from the capital. so when there were 80 for those punished protesting against the regime positions have gathered at the theatre in minutes every day so it's iraq they were sacked for supporting the protests from a culture minister powerful aftershock faces a criminal investigation insists this missile hit become one of the key members of the opposition council. performances are cancelled an excess of all resigned in

support of him including all agog both was been a popular performer for decades but you. there are a lot of resignation letters at the moment we are lucky we are united in stick together your parties don't know what to do with us we don't know what will happen to us next. and if i and the actors openly display the opposition flag after police took it down to the rulers and you want to see where it's impossible to work under such a regime we are heavily censored in our salary is miserable and we cannot express our opinion as a person of culture under this regime our profession makes no sense the actors joined a rally at the ministry of education with teachers also gathered to protest against this beautiful reelection earlier this month he's announced that all teachers who don't share his ideology will be sacked. i've been working at the school for 35

years i've come here to declare that teaches don't agree they are very brave people because it is scary for dismissed teaches there are plans to establish private schools so they can take children and still earn money. while hundreds of teachers stage a peaceful rally police vehicles are rife some protests are scary and children shout we are not scared. was going to france and in fact there is a get still to this broadcast to say thank you thank you thank you for the story in spite of crisscrossed by the fact that we. made teachers taking to the streets it seems the president is increasingly alienating professionals who are the pillars of his government or fashion also have become more and more united in their fight against him and his 26 years in power step fasten al-jazeera mints. that's being called

a historic day for africa the world health organization has declared it free of polio it's been 4 years since the case of the virus was reported on the continent the announcement is a major landmark in the decades old can paint to wipe out the disease worldwide i would address reports now from nigeria's capital abuja. the announcement has come too late for tens of thousands of polio victims here with paralyzed limbs life gets harder in a country where little attention is paid to the needs of the disabled. but for parents of future generations a major source of worry is lifted campaigners say success was delayed because of vaccination or stuff for years in many parts of northern nigeria. some parents said the order of polio vaccine was a birth control. attacks are another major obstacle to the immunization campaign the challenges was in accessibility the challenges where how you deliver backs in

hard to reach areas the challenge is that how you gain the trust those who need the vaccine. global intervention especially by unicef and the bill and melinda gates foundation was critical in achieving success when even a zation was restarted. a clear indication that no matter what the challenge is when all of humanity comes together with one dedicated propers for cause in all our resources to really confront whatever challenges we feed we face there we can be triumphant this is an example of triumph against a disease that is asia and experts wonder the threat of an outbreak remains some parents still resist immunizing their children and there is a danger of a false sense of security. officials want to take their experience in fighting poorly or further by using similar resources defeating the able of either 6 years

ago the same lessons the same resources the same front line technology is what we're using to address could be 19 in nigeria. world health organization praised nigeria success as a victory for africa but one that regular vaccinations and increased vigilance are required to defeat polio once and for all comedy grease al-jazeera reporter. a us attorney to reimpose sanctions on iran is facing major push back at the united nations the president of the security council says 13 members are against the move and the council is not in the position to take further action on cheese day iran said it would accept any additional demands beyond its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. direct military cooperation will benefit the entire region by countering the threat posed by iran's destabilize activities in the middle east and beyond for years and up to today iran has defied international law by breaking the

un's own weapons ban and providing militias and terror groups with the firepower to kill and maim men women and children across the middle east while members of the council are so far unwilling to confront this daily threat to peace and security the united states stands by the arab world and israel as we work to maintain an arms embargo on the murderous iranian regime a change in weather is helping the battle against wildfires in the u.s. state of california cooler temperatures piaa humidity and less with disapproval rating some rest point for thousands of firefighters but hundreds of blazes are still burning the fires have killed at least 7 people and destroyed more than a 1000 homes rob reynolds has more from los angeles county on the aftermath of a blaze. where i am right now is the site of the lake fire

in that burned through this area north and west of los angeles itself a little over a week ago and if you can follow me here i'll show you what has happened here this fire consumed several houses here you see this chimney in the distance and a burned out car that's pretty much all that's left the homeowner or one of the homeowners relatives has come back to look over the destruction that person did not want to speak with us understandably given the emotion of the moment but you see here again another completely wrecked building the fire here was so hot that it melted aluminum and that's 660 degrees celcius and we look over here a little bit we can see on the road there's a fire vehicles coming by and then just look at this valley here completely

incinerated trees burned the grass is burned ashes everywhere this fire is now almost completely contained but it's a different story in northern california where 2 enormous fires are burning basically california san francisco that is is surrounded by a burning ring of fire and the 8000000 people who live there are suffering from smoke as well as many of them being asked to leave. well we've upgraded strong laura to a hurricane and so could hit the u.s. gulf coast on wednesday nights laura has already killed at least 11 people and knocked out power for millions across the dominican republic haiti and cuba but she evacuation orders have been issued for parts of texas and louisiana storm which is heading towards new orleans we can do into a tropical depression. the pressure on the 3 gorges dam in china has

eased but says a close rain following weeks of trench rain record high water levels and devastating flooding in southern china has rekindled the debate about the world's largest hydroelectric project which we did you report are from beijing. located in china's central who bay province the 3 gorges dam was designed in part to protect the 10s of millions living close to the n.c. asia's longest river from devastating flooding but this year record downpours are testing the limits of the world's largest hydroelectric project water levels are at their highest since the dam was constructed 14 years ago and locals are worried. about how i feel scared i've never seen the water level so high the noise is so loud that my door rattles weeks of tarantula rain have flooded the n.c. and several tributaries forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes the 3 gorges dam is 181 meters high that's about the same height as this 52 story like building

behind me extreme weather has seen water levels inch closer to the dance capacity on saturday the body reached 167 meters that's about the same height as this building's 47 for. water is allowed to accumulate to 175 meters for maximum efficiency engineers have discharged water several times to prevent it from overflowing a potentially catastrophic event. analysts say it's unlikely the dam will collapse but inadequate flood plains mean severe flooding is certain to reoccur the 3 gorges dam and with the partial justification for flight control and we have a removal of some levy try to increase what works for each and we have treatment and vegetative reestablishment size amorous to try to slow our

rock and even though all these things are done. and i do i get 5 we still this year have the highs for a recorded history the flooding has destroyed crucial farmland and cost an estimated $26000000000.00 in damage some say the dam has made matters worse. you know what if with the mito and downstream young's the river area is supposed to be the richest and most urbanized yet the people there feel so weak and helpless this raises concerns for china's future and the questions about the governance model taking 2 decades to build the 3 gorges dam is one of the few manmade structures visible from space but this year is unusually heavy rains have laid bare its limited ability to protect millions from losing their land and livelihood katrina zira beijing facebook says it's followed an order by the thai government to

take down a popular group little's discussions about the oil family criticizing the molecules against the lowered tile and the social that was as it compelled to restrict content deemed illegal but it plans to legally challenge the requests. american airlines is cutting a further 900000 jobs from october that's on top of the $23000.00 employees who've already taken redundancy or other layoff deals executives said it could be avoided if the federal government gives the airlines another $25000000000.00 the cuts will start when the government relief period and. your geologist 0 that means a whole rob a reminder of all top stories the family of the black man shot 7 times by police in the u.s. state of wisconsin say officers must face justice they also appealed for calm in the city of kosher where the shooting took place on sunday bracing for

a 3rd night of protests. we. pray for healing for our nation. we are. we. do you understand what's going to happen. when we are because i have to give each other. to all the officers i'm praying for you. first lady maloney a trump and secretary of state my pompei will be the headline speakers on day 2 of the republican national convention has been criticized for getting involved in the campaign while serving as the u.s. chief diplomat the world health organization has declared africa free of naturally occurring polio the continent's last case was of course to the north of nigeria 4 years ago you know this winter is a major step in the 30 year campaign to eradicate the disease worldwide turkey and

greece must give up its preconditions before the 2 countries can begin to dialogue over disputed offshore mediterranean resources ankara is calling on the e.u. to act as an honest and objective mediator. a u.s. attempt to reimpose sanctions on iran is facing major pushback at the united nations security council president says 13 members are against reimposing sanctions and it will take no further action on choose day iran said it would accept any additional demands beyond its commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal the u.s. accuses iran of violating terms of that agreement cooler temperatures higher humidity and less winds are helping firefighters battle against wildfires in the u.s. state of california but hundreds of blazes are still a blaze the fires of killed at least 7 people and destroyed more than a 1000 times those were the headlines are back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's what i want to. frank assessments what are you seeing there

in yemen. like we saw this with informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown in many parts of the only region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after that is a proxy he does not get everything the interest of the libyan people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. china has a big problem. one in 5 children is over wife ok to be clear i'm not here sure we are going to have. as the old base the crisis grants summer resorts to drastic solution for military style boot camp and the mark.