reality show disaster. top athletes from france killed in a chopper crash. also the aftermath of a police shooting. dozens injured after a train plows into a truck. >> oh! a warm welcome to all of you in the united states and all around the world. i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause, and this is "cnn newsroom".." we begin this hour in the u.s. state of wisconsin where an unarmed teenager was killed by police and now his family is asking for peaceful protests.

>> chanting "black lives matter", marchers have been taking to the streets since tony robinson was killed on friday. his uncle says his family is not anti-police and that this issue goes beyond race and his nephew. >> this is a bigger issue than tony. this highlights a universal problem with law enforcement and how its procedures are carried out, especially in what's happened over the summertime and what's circulating around the news. and specifically as it pertains to the sisystematic targeting of young black males. >> he's alluding to the shooting death of michael brown in ferguson missouri. some of the group in wisconsin were formed after that case. they do not want a repeat of the violence which erupted in ferguson. >> whether i like it or not, i'm

inextricably tied to the ferguson phenomenon. but in terms of the trust that's been garnered over decades, i'd like to believe that we will not be defined by this incident unto itself. i'd like to believe that the outreach in our neighborhoods and schools, and so many things that we do i'm hopeful when given an opportunity, the community, the family and their friends, i'm hopeful that they will forgive us and that we can move on constructively and reestablish that trust. we need to do good community policing. >> earlier, i spoke to gary tuckman, who is in wisconsin for us following this story. he has the latest on the investigation into what happened that night and how the community is coping. listen. >> reporter: today in madison, you had hundreds of people marching down the streets in the city. you also had demonstrators in the halls of the state capital,

and there were no problems whatsoever. peaceful demonstrations, as we said. this is all about a police officer, this past friday shot and killed a 19-year-old man who it turns out was unarmed. >> we will not accept madison police department shooting one of our children! >> reporter: the basic fact is not being disputed. a 19 year old biracial man was shot and killed by a white madison police officer named matt kinney inside this home. but there are so many questions about why it happened. this past friday night a call came in here to madison police headquarters that a disturbance was taking place on the street. as officers raced to the scene, they were told additional calls were coming in about the disturbance, and one particular name was being mentioned. >> look for a male black, light skinned, stan jacket outside yelling, jumping in front of cars is19 years of age, name is

tony robinson. >> >> reporter: the calls continued to come into police. >> apparently, he hit one of his friends. >> reporter: and then a man called saying he'd been assaulted by robinson. >> he will be waiting at a restaurant at 1149 willy street. the suspect is at a gas station, no shirt on right now. >> reporter: and seconds later -- >> i got another call from the same suspect, went inside and tried to strangle another patron. >> reporter: the man said he was victimized was waiting inside this restaurant. right down the street is the gas station where robinson was seen without his shirt. and across the street from the gas station you can see the police cars here. this is the house where it happened. officer kinney went up to that door where the tarp is and that's where he fired the shots. a neighbor in the duplex says she heard it all happen. she says two brothers shared the other unit in the duplex and tony robinson was their friend. >> i heard this wrestling and

things being knocked over and my kitchen ceiling kind of shook. and the light, i figured, you know somebody, something was going on. i heard more somebody go down the stairs. then i heard the shots. >> you heard the gunshots? >> yes. >> and how many did you hear? >> four to six. >> reporter: robinson was pronounced dead at the hospital. the police chief says robinson struck his officer in the head when he went into the house. robinson has had problems with the law, he participated in an armed robbery last year and was serving probation as a result. the officer who shot him has been placed on paid administrative leave. did he have a taser with him? and why didn't he use the taser first? >> i believe that's probably something we won't comment on, whether he had a taser. typically i will tell you that an officer will not use a taser

unless they have lethal backup. >> reporter: so if he doesn't have someone else with the gun, you're not supposed to use your taser here in wisconsin. >>na's generally the policy correct. >> reporter: and an investigation is now under way into the death of teen robinson it will take a minimum of four to six months to complete. people have been coming by all this evening to light candles and to leave objects in this makeshift memorial in front of the house where this young man was shot. there's an awful lot you can learn from the way things were handled in ferguson missouri. and the atmosphere here is very different. for example the name of this police officer was released right away. that's not what happened in ferguson. and you also have the police chief say that this was hayesis quote, that it's clear that this young man was unarmed. he wasn't under any obligation to say this right away but it's an important fact that could certainly complicate the investigation, but the effort to be more open seems to have made this a much different situation, because like we said there have

been many protests many demonstrations over the past few days. and absolutely no violineolenceviolence that we know of, zain? >> and the police chief visited the family immediately after the shooting. let's hope that those protests remain peaceful. in the meantime we do await the results of that investigation. we thank you. now to the other big story involving race in the u.s. officials at the university of oklahoma are considering their options on how to funpunish the fraternity members who were on a bus chanting racial slurs. the school's president says they've severed ties with the fraternity. students held a protest on monday, some of them with tape over their mouths with the word "unheard" written over it. the university president says there's zero tolerance for racism and bigotry in oklahoma. >> you have to send the

strongest possible message. you impact not only the entire culture on this campus but on campuses across the country, and indeed for the rest of us. we, all of us across america have to start having zero tolerance. we can't sit still when we hear racist jokes or remarks being made even in social settings. that's why we're having all this problem across the country, and that's what we're trying to do here. >> fraternity members have been told to pack up and leave. zain? in argentina, ten people have been killed including two french olympians after two helicopters were involved in a mid-air collision. they were on their way to a small town to film a survival reality tv show. among the victims, camille muffat and florence arthaud and

alex alex alex visline. iraqi forces could retake tikrit from isisen when within a few days. right now the u.s. is steering clear of tikrit. >> martin dempsey reemforced that isis will be defeated, because of the coalition fighting against it. >> barbara starr has more on why the u.s. is keeping troops out of the fight for now and what the next few days could mean. >> reporter: iraqi soldiers and shia militias fight isis near tikrit some of the action captured on a helmet-mounted camera. many here are iran's shia forces. what isn't here? the u.s. no coalition bombs are falling.

iraq's shia government instead turning to tehran. >> iranian forces are also involved. and we have said from the beginning that the united states will not coordinate militarily with the iranians. >> reporter: as the u.s. spends more than $8 million a day to fight isis this battle now a potentially dire litmus test of iraq's sectarian divide, shia fighters liberating a sunni town. >> sectarianism is one of the things that concerns me very much. and of course it's the root of the iranian presence in iraq. there's a strong likelihood as they move on tikrit and perhaps on mosul that you could have a total disintegration of the entire country. this is why we need to watch very carefully what's going on in tikrit. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff warning that the u.s. effort could be at risk. >> if this become as excuse to

ethnic cleanse then our campaign has a problem. >> reporter: if tikrit goes badly, they would hope that iraqi forces would soon take mosul. iraq's second largest city could be delayed for months. perhaps the most crucial decision still to be made could dempsey recommend u.s. troops be on the ground in iraq or even in syria? >> if the commander on the ground approaches me or the secretary of defense and agrees that the introduction of special operation forces to accompany iraqis or the new syrian forces if we believe that's necessary to achieve our objectives we will make that decision. >> reporter: just weeks ago, the pentagon was already talking about it. >> this is an area that's actively under discussion right now. what manner of support would we give to these trained opposition members when they go back into syria. >> reporter: but general dempsey also noting that iran's help if

it works, could provide extra momentum for those iraqi forces to move and take their next objective, mosul. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> many thanks to our barbara starr for that report. u.s. republicans are side-stepping the president again. benjamin netanyahu addressed congress at the invitation of the house speaker. now mr. netanyahu said a deal would speed iran's progress toward a nuclear bomb. >> in an open letter to iranian leaders, 47 senators warned any agreement signed now would expire the day president obama leaves office. >> the president has already said that a deal could have as little as a ten-year sunset on it. his national security adviser

has said thatiran could have nuclear developments. it makes it unacceptable for the u.s. and the world because it behaves the way for iran to get a nuclear weapon. >> i think it's somewhat ironic to see some members of congress wanting to make common cause with the hardliners in iran. it's an unusual coalition. i think what we're going to focus on right now is actually seeing whether we can get a deal or not. >> iran's foreign minister has called the letter a propaganda ploy. still to come here on cnn, dramatic video of the moment of impact. a train slams into a tractor-trailer stuck on the railroad trucks. plus russian president putin's surprising revelation about the annexation of crimea last year. stay with us for more.

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oh jesus. >> those screams say it all. the amtrak passenger train was traveling from charlotte, north carolina all the way to new york when it hit a tractor-trailer stuck on the tracks. the force of the collision actually caused the first two cars of the train there to derail. shocking video. >> 220 passengers and crew were on board when that crash happened. 55 passengers were taken to area hospitals, only with minor injuries. no one died. no criminal charges will be filed. this is the third major train dent. >> translator: u.s. in just the past three weeks. in response venezuela's president heralds some heroes.

>> national unrest began escalating a year ago when protesters demanded freedom of speech and better security. the british foreign minister is set to warn against russian expansion later today. >> the comments come after the russian president revealed that he called for crimea's annexation earlier than anyone had thought. >> mr. putin said the decision was made weeks earlier while planning the rescue of ukraine's deposed pro-russian president. listen to this. >> translator: i called the leaders and the ministry of defense to the kremlin and laid the task out before them to save the life of the president of ukraine, otherwise they would have just destroyed him. there were heavy machine guns

there. in order not to talk a lot, we were ready to take him straight out of donetsk by land by sea and by air. it was the night of the 22nd to the 23rd. we ended at about 7:00 in the morning. i said in parting we have to start working on the return of crimea to russia. >> crimeaens voted to become part of the russian federation in last year's referendum. the u.s. ambassador of south korea is leaving hospital. he was wounded in a knife attack last thursday as he was about to give a speech. the suspect was a man protesting against u.s. and south korean military edgesxercises. the man had a history with police. he had attacked a japanese diplomat in 2010. a lot of questions have been raised about security why this man who had a history of

attacking diplomats, why he was allowed to get so close to the u.s. ambassador, mark lippert. he was about to give this speech at a brakeeakfast meeting. and just as he was about to get up to do the speech he was knocked down onto the table, his face was slashed with a knife about 10 inches long. it was a severe injury. the photographs were quite stunning. he was covered in blood. he underwent two hours of surgery, needed 80 stitches. it was about an inch or so deep about 3 centimeters deep but it wasn't deep enough to cause any permanent damage to the nerves in his face. doctors did say shortly after he arrived at hospital and was examined, if it had been any deeper there could have been permanent nerve damage to the ambassador. his hand was also slashed during that attack with a 10-inch long

kitchen knife, and doctors say it will still be some time before the ambassador regains full control or feeling of those fingers, because there has been some nerve damage there caused by this attack. and authorities have now charged the man who is believed responsible for this attack with attempted murder. because in fact he used that 10-inch-long kitchen knife. we do know he was protesting the u.s./south korean military drills which they have always had, they were just routine, defensive purposes. he is a minority in south korea, not many south koreans agree with him, but there are some. and of course those drills and military exercises criticized a lot by the north. the ambassador is now approaching the microphone. >> he is out of hospital. he's been visited by the south korean president. let's listen to what he has to

say. >> sorry, guys. little technical issue here. good afternoon. i am very grateful to be here today. let me make a few brief comments and then i'll take a couple of questions. first, i am happy to report that my family and i are doing well thanks in large measure to the extraordinary care i received these last few days i expect to return to work very soon and make a full recovery. [ speaking in foreign language ]

i want to express my profound gratitude to those koreans and americans alike who so bravely and selflessly responded to the scene of the attack and to the medical teams that delivered world class treatment. [ voice in foreign language ] i wish i had time today to single out everyone individually, but please know that you always have my greatest respect and lasting appreciation. [ voice in supportforeign language

] on the u.s. side i am grateful for all the calls of support shown to me to include the president, the vice president, the secretary of state, the bipartisan group of members of congress. military leaders, old friends and our tremendous teams at the embassy and usfk. [ voice in foreign language ] let me also underscore just how deeply moved robin and i were by the here in seoul i also been by the outpouring

of support from koreans from all walks of life. [ voice in foreign language ] president park called me during her trip to the middle east and visited me as soon as she returned. i am grateful to the two political parties and many other korean officials and members of both the leading parties and national assembly for their support and for visiting me here in the hospital. [ voice in foreign language ] it has been gratifying for me and my family to see such beautiful expressions of empathy and

generosity the signs, offers of food, flowers and cards, and the well wishes on twitter, facebook and other blogs, she's and other acts of kindness have touched us deeply. [ voice in foreign language ]he's and other acts of kindness have touched us deeply. [ voice in foreign language ]the's and other acts of kindness have touched us deeply. [ voice in foreign language ]s and other acts of kindness have touched us deeply. [ voice in foreign language ]e and other acts of kindness have touched us deeply. [ voice in foreign language ] this warmth has been on display for the last few days and robin and i will never, never forget that you came to support us during this time of need. [ voice in foreign language ] the bottom line is that this incident has only strengthened our love and affection for this country and our belief in the unbreakable bond that exists between the united states and the republic of korea.

[ voice in foreign language ] since arriving here in seoul last fall robin, sagen, grigsby and i have felt embraced and welcomed by the korean people. in return we have made it our mission to be open and friendly and that will not change. [ voice in foreign language ] i will still be a [ speaking in foreign language ] as people in korea have called me. [ voice in foreign language ] >> our purpose and resolve behind our bilateral relationship is also something

that will not change. in fact, as i see it and it has been my mission from my first day here in seoul and that of my predecessors who come before me we will continue our work to grow this relationship, not only in terms of our critical military alliance but also in our vibrant economic ties important diplomatic partnership and the deep friendship between the korean and american people. [ voice in foreign language ] ship and i will do so now with more purpose and enthusiasm. [ voice in foreign language ]

>> okay we've been listening to the american ambassador mark lippert. he looks in pretty good shape compared to when we saw him a week ago. >> not only did president park visit him in hospital but he also saw a lot of south koreans coming out, condemning this knife attack. deeply moved, showing their well wishes and sympathy, almost embarrassed that this could happen in their country to a foreigner. >> he's looking well he's saying he's eager to get back to work and we are eager to take a short break here on "cnn newsroom." stay with us. we'll be back in a few moments. take command of every urban adventure, scenic drive or parts unknown. with the highly capable gx. versatile rx. or first-ever nx turbo. come see why lexus is the fastest-growing automotive luxury brand. during the command performance sales event. get great offers on your favorite lexus models.

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they go on sale next month. and officials at the university of oklahoma are now trying to figure out how to punish the fraternity members caught on video chanting that horrifically racial slur. >> members of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity have until midnight to pack their things and leave. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the chant is so offensive, it's hard to listen to. >> there will never be a [ bleep ], there will never be a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: sae, short for the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon, this chapter at the university of oklahoma is on their way to a saturday night party celebrating the fraternity's founding. the video was sent anonymously to a campus group called

"unheard". unheard's co-founder spoke to nick valencia. >> this chant wasn't something they learned overnight. it was something well-known well versed that everybody felt proud to chant and clap at. >> reporter: the outrage was universal. by sunday night, the college president had suspended the chapter. >> that's not what sae is about. >> reporter: all fraternity members were evicted from their house. >> as they pack their bags i hope they think long and hard about what they've done. this is not who we are, and we won't tolerate it not for one minute from anybody. so the house will be closed. and as far as i'm concerned, it won't be back. [ applause ] >> reporter: storm clouds were

overhead as fraternity members loaded up u-haul trucks outside the sae house today. campus police stood guard. some of the frat brothers reportedly had received death threats. and on one side of the house someone had spray painted graffiti that appeared to read "tear it down." the university continues to investigate, saying expulsion is one option on the table for anyone chanting such hateful words. alina machado, cnn, norman oklahoma. >> donations are pouring in for the fraternity's chef after they were kicked off campus. >> according to the crowd funding site more than $33,000 has been donated for him so far. the fundraiser was started by alumni. pretty much the silver lining in

this awful act, basically. >> it is a little bit of good news. australia's prime minister is rejecting criticism from the united nations about his country's handling of asylum seekers. >> all asylum seekers are sent to offshore processing camps. the u.n. reports that officials failed to provide adequate conditions. should stop the escalating violence at the island. listen. >> i think australians are pretty sick of being lectured to. i think australians are sick of being lectured to by the united nations, particularly that we have stopped the boats, and by stopping the boats, we have ended deaths at sea. the most humanitarian the most decent the most compass nat thing you can do is stop these boats because hundreds we think about 1200 in fact drowned at

sea during the flourishing of the people-smuggling trade under the former government. >> and let's go to skynews reporter from sydney. are most australians aware of the concerns which have been raised by this u.n. report in or was the prime minister right when he said they're sick of being lectured by the united nations? >> this has been an extraordinarily divisive area the whole policy of turning back the boats, stopping the flow of asylum seekers. and then housing these people in offshore detention. it has been something that has been bitterly fought over here in australia. technically particularly the issues of the treatment of children the violence inside some of these offshore detention centers. it was just a year ago that an iranian man was killed during three days of violence and on the island in papua new guinea.

there were scores of other people injured as well. this has been what the special reporter has pointed to, talking about the lack of human rights the physical violence allegations of rape the death of the iranian. now you've heard from australia's prime minister tony abbott. he rejects this. he says the policy of the government has been to stop the boats coming in the first place. at its peak there were tens of thousands of people trying to reach australia by boat. and over 1,000 died at sea tragically. the government says it has brought that to an end, it has stopped the flow of boats. it is stopping the deaths of people at sea. the u.s. special reporter on torture says this is not what he's talking about. he's not talking about immigration policy. he's talking about treatment of people inside these detention centers. and this is just the latest of a long line of reports that have

highlighted these types of issues. the australian human rights commission just a couple weeks ago also highlighted the issue of children in detention saying that more needs to be done and criticizing the government for the policy of offshore detention. tony abbott also rejected that. as far as he is concerned, you stop the boats, that in his words is the humanitarian thing to do. >> let's be clear here. has tony abbott actually taken issue with the contents of the u.n. report? or is he just taking issue with the messenger here? >> very good question. what he has sought to do is turn it away from the question of the treatment of people inside these offshore detention centers and talk about the overall policy of immigration. the policy of stopping the flow of asylum seekers coming by boat stopping the number of people dying at sea, and of course again, going on the front foot and directly

criticizing the united nations. as he said australians in his words, are sick of being lectured to i go the united nations, but he has not gone to the substance of the allegations. and this is what we saw from the government just a matter of weeks ago as well when the human rights commission here also brought down a report critical of the treatment of children in detention centers. again, the government attacked the president of the human rights commission as a way of meeting the allegations and meeting the criticism. it is definitely a policy of going after the messenger. but there is someva lid validity in what he has to say. the number of people coming by boat is down. the number of people dying at sea is down. sadly, there are still a number of people inside these detention centers, and there will still be questions about their treatment. >> as you say, a divisive and emotional issue for many australians. thank you for that from sidney. one of the massterminds

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of a newspaper. >> an irish setter died a day after taking second place in his class. his owners want to know who would carry out such a crime. listen to this. >> we can't, and we won't think that this is the act of another exhibiter. if we thought so it would be hard to continue all our hard work and it would be wasted. so we ask you all to unite on concentrating on identifying who may have done this. we want to continue to breed, show and have fun with our gorgeous dog whose we are now so proud of. >> i was definitely taken aback by this story. but crofts says they will punish anyone who deliberately puts dogs' lives at risk. sam simon best known as being the co-creator of the tv show "the simpsons" has died. >> daddy's home.

i brought you kids some stuff from work. here you go son! shell casings! >> whoa there's still bullets in some of these. >> brings back so many memories for me. but simon helped "the simpsons "" debut in 1989. he has been battling cancer the last few years. >> for more on sam simon's legacy, we're joined by a tv editor. would "the simpsons" have been the simpsons without sam simon? >> i don't think so. it was an offbeat cartoon based on an offbeat press editor to a sitcom. this is a guy who wrote for "taxi" and had a lot of experience in taking avante

guarde television. >> he turned his back on the industry why is that? >> i think the guy, he was not known as an easy guy to work for. this is not a simple person to try and please. he had very high standards, and i think he had done one of the hardest things ever. started up a massive franchise on television. >> he was a genius, but believed to be incredibly difficult to work with. if you look at his legacy not just "the simpsons", but "king of the hill", "south park", "family guy." his work and influence will go on for a long time. >> he pioneered a new genre. these shows have just as much work going into them as a scripted drama or comedy even though the actors are not live action. they are, you know interplay,

there's developing new characters new franchises. there are dozens of characters that are part of the world. a whole different, planet in some sense. and he pioneered it. >> he created this whole amazing universe if you like. "the simpsons" made him an incredibly wealthy man. and he has spent the last faw year -- few years giving it away. do we know what his charities were? >> he's very into animal rights. i think peta has been a cause of his for a long time. he wanted to make sure he found other things as important as having money. and i think a lot of his fortune is going to these causes. >> the world has lost something special. many people would not know him, but they certainly know his

work. >> that's absolutely true. thank you for having me. >> it's sad. it's such a great show and still going strong. >> winner of nine lime timeprime time emmies. hear has a world record of snow may have fallen in one italian town in 24 hours. pedram javaheri joins us now with more on this. this is huge. >> this is absolutely huge. to wake up and have 8 feet is absolutely rye markemarkable. about 144 kilometers east of rome across areas of the mountains. the previous record was in silver lake colorado west of boulder, colorado. 76 inches in 1927 came on the ground. and you take a look at what

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