i cannot immediately move 100 million tons of ash.not a response that makes any sense, doesn't make common sense. as much as i'd love to tell you there's a simple solution, it's one that requires study, and it's one that requires time to complete. >> stahl: but environmentalists say "studying" is code for "stalling," because this problem isn't new. duke has been conducting tests around their ash ponds for decades. and five years ago, when state regulators demanded to see the data, they found something alarming-- the coal ash ponds in all of duke's 14 plants were either leaking toxic chemicals into rivers and streams, or contaminating the groundwater. >> good: some of the readings that we have found are for elements like iron and manganese, which are naturally occurring. >> stahl: but nine of your plants have been found to have groundwater violations for contaminants including lead, sulfate, boron, chromium thallium, selenium, and arsenic. >> good: so we have had exceedances. and when i said iron and manganese, lesley, i was talking ab

ash does not melt.ns it into a grimey substance, like wet cement, it is as backbreaking a job as moving a mountain should be. ♪ >>these guys -- when the skies cleared, personnel begin the sad task of assessing damage acres of prime timber flattened, ridges, roads campgrounds, trails, all of the literate very, destroyed -- buried destroyed. spirit lake was a quagmire of debris appeared the north of the mountain was gone, a key to understanding what had occurred on the morning of may 18. the initial event was a major earthquake. a devastating lateral explosion followed, destroying every living thing in his path including harry truman. the initial force of the irruption -- eruption had been across the land, now the mountain, which lost its summit has -- was top by a greater nearly two miles long -- crte r nearly two miles long. the vantage point of a still photographer and the actual recorded voice of an eyewitness with a two-way radio bring the tremendous force of theon into chilling focus. >> i felt an e

we're putting a roof finally, on arthur ashe stadium. you know this has been in the making for us for about ten years when we first started talking about it. but-- you know, when ten years, f-- five years ago even we couldn't afford it. it's a big project. the size of arthur ashe stadium is huge, the open-- the open part. and, to put a roof on that the weight of it would have been too much. so we finally found a developer and an architect that built something that's on the outside. it's more like a canopy. we are in phase two. last year, we put all the pilings in-- in the ground you know 100-- as much as 180 feet deep to-- be able to support the beams going up. this year, we'll have the super structure finished by the u.s. open. and then, next year, we'll put the retractable roof part on. and-- it's gonna be amazing. so that's one of the-- that's the first thing at hand. we're also building a new grandstand-- stadium. >> are you excited about your first u.s. open as the president of the united states tennis association? i-- why am i aski

cloud traveled 70-kilometers the hot ash cloud which is the more dangerous one which is the one thatthe volcano itself that's gone as far as 3.5-kilometers. when there is a huge eruption there hasn't been a huge eruption, they have been small when there there is a huge eruption to give you an indication of how quick that can travel up to 700-kilometers an hour, it gives you a sense of quite how dangerous a hugy ripping can be and very difficult to get out of the way. >> on, step, thanks very much of don't get too close but keep up updated. >>> the boston marathon bomber has apologize today his victims before being sentence today death. three people were killed and 260 injured by tsarnaev and his older brother who was shot and killed by police in 2012. >> reporter: for the first time since police named him as one of the people responsible for the boston marathon bombings two years ago dzhokhar tsarnaev spoke publically saying to the court i am sorry for the lives that i have taken. and to the survivors and victims' families he said i pray for your relief. for your healing for your wel

ali. >> ash-har quraishi here in chicago with me, thanks ash-har. next the ferguson effect, are criminals becoming bolder because police are atrade to make arrest? 18th police sentiment to blame? special segment from chicago continues in just two minutes. tblpminutes. minutes. >> we've been talking about the surge in crime in many big cities in america. the question is what is causing the spike. one theory gaining traction is the so-called ferguson effect. heather, with the manhattan institute, she blames the growing crime rates on antipolice sentiment after the shooting of michael brown last year. i think you saw the exchange between mayor glais deblasio and jon stewart on the daly show. complex factors many of which have little to do with how police do their jobs. studies have pointed to the effects of the economy the aging population, lots of other things. why -- what makes you comfortable putting a lot of that aside and saying this is to do with cops being afraid to arrest and get involved in what might end up being a shooting of somebody? >> su

ash-har quraishi joins me with more. ash-har. >> ali we are heading into the months when the suicides and shootings tend to 800 number. 2015 there were 161 time to take drastic measures. just a snapshot of how fast and furious violence can hit the windy city. >> my baby, my baby. >> saturday night may 23rd 2012:30 a.m., two males are left in critical condition. one hour later, 1:28 a.m. a mother and son shot in their car. that same night 2:24 a.m. one person shot multiple times in the chest cpr administered but the victim is unresponsive. three shootings in less than two hours. all told by the end of memorial day weekend a dozen killed and over 40 wounded in shootings concentrated in chicago's troubled south and west side. >> i rahm emanuel. >> the mayhem erupted just days after rahm emanuel's emanuel's inaugural speech. >> when young men and women turn to life of crime, we as a city must and can do better. when prison is a place we send young boys to become men we as a city can do better. >> the elected leadership start

it was thick with ash, hard to breath. you won't see it. if you look down the areas, it is usually beautiful, lush green. everything was turned a sandy dull colour. as we interviewed a military commander something seems to happen. it was quite an intimidating site. so we decided to leave the area. there has been a big eruption of the volcano. we were talking to people in a village up the road. we are driving to get away with it. it's scary seeing the cloud moving towards you. it moves fast and highlights the power of mother nature and makes you release there's nothing to do but to try and get out of its way as fast as you can. >> over 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. no one knows when mt sinabung will go back to sleep >>> four days after a small plane went down in a remote columbian jungle rescuers found two passengers alive. a woman and her baby son survived the crash that killed the pilot. the mother created a crude shelter and drank coconut water. rescuers tracked the woman because she left a trail of its >>> i'm anton

thick ash and smoke have been spewing from the volcano for days. erupted off and i on since 2010 and before that was dormant 400 years. police are searching for killer that escaped from an upstate new york prison two weeks ago and say they're in for the long haul. investigators admit the pair could be anywhere. presidential despite that hundreds of officers are system focusing on the wooded area around the prison near canadian border. >> obama administration proposed new roles to slash greenhouse gas emission from electronic tractor-trailers and heavy trucks. new standards call for 3020% reduction in fuel consumption by the year 2027 and new you air owe sdi namic styles of tractor-trailers. industry groups state new rules will increase cost of vehicles by more than 10,000. on health check at 11 more and more people are admitting to using ecigarettes even as questions about long term safety remain unresolved and a new survey this week by royters finds one in ten americans say they loss electronic devices known as vaiping cared to to two careers ago

it's often hours before one ashes. petrol is also difficult to get. motorists wait hours in the son to get a refill. before the war more than half the population live below the poverty line in the poorest country in the arab world. the u.n. is warning of famine. >> we are one step far from famine. we have 21 million yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance. it was 7 million two years ago, it's 21 million. >> yemen is a step closer to starvation and appears on the brink of collapse >>> greece's prime minister is due for more talks with creditors to try to avoid debt defaults. late-night talks failed to find a solution as debtors rejected the latest reform from alexis tsipras. greece needs to rebay $1.6 billion euros by next tuesday or risk default. more from jon in and athens saying the greek side has shed some of its demand that the e.u. leaders will not ignore. >> the greek delegation issued a statement last night the the summary of the day's proceedings. creditors proposed a deal which shifts the burden to salaried workers and pensioners. the gree

two questions rise from the ashes of this american tragedy. who shot first and who started the fire? >> it began innocently enough. in 1935 a small religious group moved to waco. an off-shoot of the seventh day adventist church, they eventually called themselves as the branch davidians. >> pretty stable leadership for a lot of years, and they were known in town as a somewhat bizarre but benign religious

an analysis of defense secrary ashe carter -- ash carter's trip.ut first, chinesese hackers stole the information of federal workers. it is the third such intrusion by beijing. the latest chihina hat com weeks after the pentagon unveid a new cyber strategy. it amounts to computer assaults on t the u united states and its alliesnd interes. civil liberties advocates wor that aore aggressive government cyber security stance will interfere withovernment and corporate surity. discuss, the leads of t three leading cyber security rms. gentlemen, w welcome to the progm. dimimitri, wouould likto start with you if i may. how bad is what china has done and what can chihina do th all of this formation? guest: it is pretty serious, but it''s even more serious when you look at it with all of the other intrtrusions and china. when you lookt the tality, as welell as the hacks into insurance companies over the last couple of years gettingg peonally identifiable information, medical information, financialal information,n, they have been ablele to c collect a t treme

several houses of worship are in ashes across the south. arson investigations are under way. is there a link to the charleston church shooting? i'll get reaction from the head of the naacp. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news the case against the prison guard accused of aiding the escape of two killers now is headed to a grand jury. this after gene palmer made a brief court appearance just a little while ago. he's accused of giving tools and other contraband to the convicted killers. david sweat and richard matt.

. >> they are still working on the street ashe street near thornton avenue. the red cadillac is on the other side of the squad cars they have been combing the area for evidence. and it all transpired less than six hours after the ted lor was taken from his grandmother's care in sunnyvale, found here in newark. we have pictures taken 20 minutes ago. several people police say were arrested. we are told that police found all the people they were looking for. initially, two women and a man, including the boy's birth mother. the tip, came tonight, three cruisers sped over to this address on ashe near thorton. and the red cadillac had been spotted here. that is the same car that left with the toddler, trinnian gonzalez. including the boy's birth mother. who did not have custody of the boy. christina rodriguez. she seems to be unaware that her son need eded life threatening medication. they are wrapping up the crime scene, we are told that charges are pending against the individuals. we don't know the extent of the charges. a flat bed truck has been brought in presu

they arrived in style in a limo, and they brought the outfielder, cody ash to school for their final show and tell of the year. some of the friends before going inside for a special assembly the pair won >>> donald trump's bold entry into the white house and his controversial comments to abc news. and kicked out of the gym because of his looks allegations of racism against planet fitness. >>> and a photographer and d.j. is due in court because of sexual assault and child pornography. vernon odom is live in westchester with more on the story. >> reporter: there has been a lot of lurid testimony so far in court but at this hour, the preliminary hearing continues but according to his attorney, they do

ash-har quraishi has more for campaign trail in des moines. >> for presidential candidates the run up to the iowa caucus is all about momentum. trying to build it when you're behind, trying to maintain it when you're ahead. >> the grotesque level of wealth and income level in our country. >> bernie sarnth in sanders has in the last week drawn large crowds in iowa. >> governor how does it feel to be bake in iowa? >> it's great to be back in iowa. everyone wants to meet the candidate two or three times before making up their mind and that's good. >> governor o'malley is trying to get interest, he is making rounds in the hawkeye state. >> i'm running for president of the united states. >> reporter: this meet and growth in iowa city is o'malley's third of the day. >> the candidate has to be willing to have hundreds and hundreds of the meetings like the ones here and more that will follow in the days ahead. >> reporter: so far four democrats senator sanders -- >> where billionaires are literally i able to buy elections. let's not kid ourselves. >> three have them have been pressing the fle

watch for this on state road and ash burner street. we'll take you to delaware county coming up. >>> a teen discovers a new planet possibly making him the youngest to do so. that's later in the morning buzz. earth to tom! just day dreamin'. about an in-ground pool? yeah! i am! with a hot tub? uh-huh. and a waterfall! how did you know that? you've got that new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. oh yeah! super $1,000 frenzy. with top prizes of $300,000. [announcer] want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> reporter: it's friday! suburban traffic report, let's gets you out the dwoor. this is the ramp ramp i-95 476 northbound are we're clear and dry no construction going on in this area. in delaware county we're looking good. you want to take you to bucks county though, we have this downed tree on river road. they have shut it down old ferry road and point pleasant pike. in bucks county we have a railroad gate stuck in the down posit

courage award. >> it strikes me that awarding the arthur ash award to caitlyn is a crass exploitationid play. >>> earlier this month >>> this year's arthur ash award will go to caitlyn jenner. jenner with the unofficial title of world's greatest athlete made what many have called a brave choice, to reveal herself as a transgender woman in "vanity fair" magazine. but the award was not without controversy. here is bob costas. >> it strikes me awarding the arthur ashe award to caitlyn jenner is a tabloid play. this is not anything against caitlyn jenner. i'm pretty sure they could have found someone who was much more, much closer to actively involved in sports. >> so this just in. he's just been fired by nbc news. that. >> is not true. >> for making a politically incorrect. >> what about me? can i get my job back sshsif that is the case? in a mostly white sport, he put up with the slings and arrows. other people who won this award, nelson mandela, an umpire shot trying to stop a robbery you. had jim valveta who tried to overcome cancer. muhammed ali standing up the three and a half years

the defense secretary, ash carter. that's who.uy a car through usaa, i know i'm getting a fair price. i was like, wow, if i could save this much, then i could maybe upgrade a little bit. we realized, okay, this not only could be convenient we could save a lot of money. usaa car buying service. powered by truecar. save money zero hassle. >>> they've captured city after city and u.s. air strikes have failed to stop them but overall america's strategy in iraq "makes sense." that's according to none other than the u.s. defense secretary ash carter in an interview with the bbc. here's what he said about the strategy and iraq's prime minister. listen. >> the execution of the strategy is challenging. prime minister abadi is trying to do all the right things but he is trying to hold together a country in which there are shiites, shun niz, and kurds with historical animosities. >> secretary carter says despite those animosities only the iraqis can defeat isis once and for all. but so far that has not happened. according to one report iraqi

now a member of the castro family is refuting that and as ash-har quraishi reports. >> declare their same sex love in an annual rm parade in havana. >> louie i give you my heart and my love before all forever. >> leading the fight is raul castro's daughter, mariella castro. >> independently of the fact that not everybody is in agreement with a law for the rights of the lgbt community this will not create a split. it will generate a cultural enrichment an ideologic enrichment of the cuban society. >> for decades after the 1959 revolution homosexuality in cuba was criminalized. some openly gay were forced into work camps. but beginning in the late 1990s the state began softening its stance. cuba altered its criminal code removing provisions that allowed cuba to arrest people for being gay. >> translator: i would be proud to see too change in the gay community behavior in every way. >> in his job in havana, artist juan carlos rodriguez disagrees that things are changing for gays lesbians and transsexuals. >> people are seeing us in a different view of life. the determination and sexuali

and indonesian erupts planet canning a nearby town in ash. hello, after a three year wait, south africa's president has delivered a report into the deaths of 3040 miners digger a strike in august 2012 and up query said the police man to break up the strike was defective and police were wrong to go ahead with it. it recommended that a full investigation was needed to determine whether they be prosecuted. the economies said accusations were groundless. he was on the board of the mine company at the time of the strike and was accused of using his influence to trigger police action. the commission also blames lawman and the unions for failing to respond to the threat of violence. a horrendous tragedy that has no place in a democracy those are the words of the south african president when describes the deaths of 34 striking miners almost three years ago. it has taken that long to determine who is responsible for their deaths. a commission now lay the blame at the feet of the police, who opened fire on the workers. it says there was complete lack o

smoke and ash soared into the sky as high as 9,000 meters. a flow of hot gas and rock reached the shore line. nearly 140 people on kuchinoerabu island took refuge on the neighboring island of yakushima. most of them got out with just the bare necessities. authorities on monday allowed residents back for just two hours. nearly 30 people including firefighters and power company workers traveled to the island. they made sure power and gas supplies were shut off and tended to livestock. >> translator: there were no traces of ash and things looked the same. i want to go back home soon. >> reporter: self-defense force helicopters and coast guard vessels were deployed to the area for safety. officials at the japan meteorological agency say the volcano is still highly active. officials are keeping the alert level at five, the highest on the scale. >>> we'll keep you updated on that story here on "newsline". thank you for that report. >>> deliberations over bills to expand the role of japan's self-defense forces are back on track. lawmakers picked up

. >>> nbc sportscaster bob costas a ripping espn over its move to give caitlyn jenner the arthur ashnner all the peace and happiness in the world. however, it strikes me that awarding the arthur ash award to caitlyn jenner is just a krascrass exploitation play. >> he says they could have found someone who was actively involved in sports who would have been deserving of what that award meant. >> hatfield who is gavey says he admired jenner's courage. >> she's amazing. >>> out in los angeles, a serious case of road rage. you watch it here. two men in two cars first getting out and exchanging words. then things escalate. one man nearly hit by a van. and a few seconds later the guy jumps in the car. he speeds off before others could jump in. so far no charges on this case. in florida an amazing rescue. a tv news crew caught it a car on fire after the driver lost control and hit some trees. the state trooper jumped into action punched out the passenger window and got the driver out. it turned out the man shouldn't have been driving. he had numerous arrests for driving on a suspended or re

. >>> caitlyn jenner is named the recipient of the arthur ashe courage award.about it. >> it strikes me that awarding the arthur ashe award to caitlyn jenner is just a crass exploitation play. it's a tabloid play. hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? or how about processing nearly $5 billion in electronic toll payments a year? in fact, today's xerox is working in surprising ways to help companies simplify the way work gets done and life gets lived. with xerox, you're ready for real business. ♪ we all feel the calling to build something great. ♪ >>> earlier this month espn announced the arthur ash courage award will go to caitlyn jenner. made what many have called the brave choice to reveal herself as a transgender woman in "vanity fair" magazine. but it was not without controversy. >> it strikes me that awarding the arthur ashe award to caitlyn jenner is just a crass exploitation play. a tabloid play. in the broad world of s

ashes to ashes, dust to dust, iron is mighty, but gold never rusts. this poem perfectly coinsides with our city motto [inaudible] gold and peace iron and [inaudible] thank you very much >> thank you next speaker please >> i may be using some slides. peter warfield exponent tev director of library users. the american library association is holding its annual convention in san francisco for the first time since 2001. 14 years ago. as we love book squz librarys and librarian we want to welcome them and with them wish them well as i'm sure the city and board do as well. but for both of the ala and your board especially as you consider the budget please keep in mind the librarys words do not always match itss deeds and appearances are not always the realty. about a year and a half ago a nice book was published call the public library with photographs by robert dosen and it contained a esh aby lieuese hurarea called spreading enlightenment and here is a exert. on any given day children bay be enjoying a rock concert in the library odd toerium while teens ar

ash carter was disappointed with how few iraqis have come forward to fight. >> our training efforts haveeen slowed by a lack of trainees. we have not received enough recruits. katty: most of the people filling the void in recruits are shia militias. prime minister abadi met in ty -- >> doing battle against the islamic state. the brigade in action. it is a powerful and notorious shia militia. this footage is filmed northwest of baghdad earlier this month. it is free of is. they are taking the fight to the islamic state. they are in coordination with the army. much powers in the hands of this man. the leader of the brigade. he bristles at the accused and's of human rights violations against the sunni minority. >> of course there are no violations. when the british, when your soldiers make mistakes, you say they were mistakes of war. >> when it comes to rolling out the big guns, iraq's shia militia rely on old friends. a look to t they say the islamic state was here. they have now been flushed out of the area. they won the battle with help of arms from iran. they were happy to show off thei

when comeaux left, the entire ash tray was sent to the forensic lab for testing.when the dna profile of the semen taken from six of the rape cases was compared to the dna profile from comeaux's saliva, investigators had a match. randy comeaux was the south side rapist. >> we were really shocked and taken aback by the fact it was one of our own. we were very disappointed. once he crossed that line, he was just another criminal to us. >> immediately following comeaux's arrest, he confessed, not only to the rapes he was accused of but the two other rapes the police knew nothing else about bringing the total to 14. when police searched comeaux's apartment, they found underwear from his victims which he kept as trophies, books on rape and road maps of the south side neighborhoods. police also found a brown ford pickup truck at comeaux's brother's home 200 miles away in shreveport, louisiana. for close to 15 years, comeaux stalked his prey and used his police training to control his victims from the very outset of the assaults. but he unwittingly left an important clue.

it sent columns of ash 200 kilometers into the sky.the latest in the round of volcanic eruptions since this particular volcano was put on its highest alert earlier in june. lava spread around one kilometer to the south and east. no casualties were many reported. most of the residents surrounding this area were able to evacuate just before the volcano erupted: >>> we'll stay in touch with you for more on that. continues. >>> you are watching cnn "newsroom." ahead, a story about bees, they are crucial to the world's crops. they are slowly dying. scientists in africa are rushing to find out how to stop it. ♪ ♪ every backyard comes together around a grill and kingsford charcoal. gather 'round. >>> welcome back to cnn "newsroom." i'm george howell. in southern china, search and rescue operations are under way after parts of a residential apartment building collapsed. china's state media report six people are missing after the nine-story building collapsed early sunday rng month. local residents were evacuated. four people have been rescued.

what ash carter is doing is very smart. he's going to the people in the field, working on this day to day, and giving them an opportunity to express their opinions. whether for or against where the counter policy is. this is both tremendously important to get good vus, and tremendously -- good advice and tremendously empowering when he rejoins the discussions in washington. >> ambassador kurt volker good to have you with us. >>> canada says russia should not be allowed to join the g7 as long as vladimir putin is president. stephen harper made the comment saying harper would oppose sitting at a table with the russian president >>> hackers were able to access information on millions of current and former federal employees, it's not clear who was behind the attack. officials believe there may be links to china. mike viqueira joins us from washington. what have we learnt about the massive data breach? >> well just in the last few minutes we have more information here. you mentioned the o.p.m. office of personnel management the

it was thick with ash, hard to breath. you won't see it. if you look down the areas, it is usually beautiful, lush, green. everything was turned a sandy dull colour. as we interviewed a military commander something seems to happen. it was quite an intimidating sight. so we decided to leave the area. there has been a big eruption of the volcano. we were talking to people in a village up the road. we are driving to get away with it. it's scary seeing the cloud moving towards you. it moves fast and highlights the power of mother nature and makes you realise there's nothing to do but to try and get out of its way as fast as you can. over 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. no one knows when mt sinabung will go back to sleep >>> rwanda's intelligence chief has been released on bail after appearing before a london court. emmanuel karenzi karake was arrested at heath roe airport by british police acting on a european warrant. he was wanted by spain in relation to war crimes. his lawyer say the charges are politically motivated. >>>

ash-har quraishi, havana. >>> three years in prison in 1970s for trying oleave the island. very good to have you with us. >> thank you antonio. >> you were in cuba for the worst of the repression against members of the lgbt community concentration camps that later were somewhat softened but still labor camps for many years. >> 1967, there were then because of the scandal of international community they were disclosed. and there was a period in which basically a little freedom after that. then comes the dark period in which they call the kincanio gris in which they sent all the writers you know, that were homosexuals home basically and send them a check and don't allow them to work in any public. >> so the repression went on for years. forced to undergo aversion therapy. >> at the beginning of the aids crisis they were sending gays into quarantine. >> what they called sanitorios. once the aids crisis hits they put them in these -- it was a euphemism they were put in camps. >> there was a group of writers and artists that came to the united states. and i think we start up, yo

ash rush you go down an active volcano. ten thousand people were evacuated. ash and smoke have been spewing from the volcano for days, the volcano has erupted on and off since 2010, before that it was dormant for 400 years. >> i hope that's not a sign of things to come. >> reporter: there's okay weather today, not as bad as father's day. >> reporter: no, father's day overall unless you hate humidity you're not going to like father's day. we'll start you out with double scan live. father's day in terms of wet weather doesn't look that bad wet in the morning sunshine by afternoon. double scan showing showers moving into reading nothing too terribly heavy. center city skyline showing lots of gray. we have cloud cover upstairs right now. we'll see that throughout the afternoon. 71 degrees dewpoint, 64. that number will continue to climb. winds out of the east-northeast, 11 miles per hour. jersey shore you'll see clouds out there dewpoints near 70 if not higher in some areas down the shore the number will continue to climb. very sticky this afternoon feeling like

defense secretary ash carter testified before the house armed services committee today. he made it clear the pentagon's efforts to train iraqi forces to fight the islamic state is failing and failing badly. >> our training efforts in iraq have thus far been slowed by a lack of trainees. we simply hadn't received enough recruits. of the 24,000 iraqi security forces we originally envisioned training at our four sites by this fall we hope to receive enough recruits to train about 7,000 in addition to 2,000 counterterrorism personnel. >> secretary carter and chairman dempy didn't foreclose the possibilities that military may play a more active role in the fight against the islamic state, but general dempsey also warned that american troops cannot be used to serve as morale boosters for iraqi forces. >> i would not recommend that we put u.s. forces in harm's way simply to stiffen the spine of local forces. if here not stiffened by the tlef on the stairway of life nothing we do is going to stiffen their spine. >> the pessimism over iraq permeates. internal documents obtain bid

ash har quaraishi reports. >> just a snapshot of how fast and furious violence can hit the bindiwindy city. saturday night 12:30 a.m. two males are left in critical condition after shots are fired in their argument. one hour later, a mother and son shot in their car. that same night 2:24 a.m. one person shot multiple times in the chest. cpr admin administered but the victim is unresponsive. three shootings within two hours. all told, a dozen killed and 40 wounded in shootings concentrated in chicago's south and west side. >> i rahm emmanuel-- >> he would spine a spotlight on young chicagoans. >> we as a city must and can do better. >> cook county commissioner said that starting with the mayor who should be doing better. >> all the trauma that's associated with this gun violence is on the hands of the elected officials who aren't willing to stand up and have the courage to lead. >> coming up tonight we'll here about the commissioner's controversial plan to tackle the problem and hear from a mother who lost her son to gun violence. ash har quaraishi al jazeera, chicago. >> malaysia airl

. >>> an historic building nearly reduced to ashes. how the community came >>> a saturday night outing in loudon county turns to panic as flames erupt at one of downtown's historic business sites. flames grew so quickly, multiple neighboring fire department also to step in to get this under control. audible crackling and sparks from this fire in historic downtown leesburg, a passerby starts recording the scene on his cell phone. >> it was very dramatic. >> reporter: leesburg mayor says a slew of people were out enjoying a classic car show last night when smoke began to fill the sky. >> we heard the sirens. we had multiple businessmen and women in the back, in the alley and in the parking garage, just watching in horror as that second story just went up in a conflagration. >> reporter: the second and third stories of this building are apartments but beneath that where you see the lights on is calkens jewelers, a staple in downtown leesburg, owned and operated by two brothers, beloved community members since the '50s. >> especially proud

in september 2004 volcanic ash from an eruption of mt. asama fell over a large area. another small eruption occurred in may 2009. there has been an increase in volcanic activity in recent months. an eruption left seven people dead and six missing. it was the worst volcanic disaster in 73 years. meaning people are not allowed to approach the volcano. then just two weeks ago, another powerful volcanic eruption occurred on kuchuinuabu. they had to evacuate the island and the level alert is at five. since the end of april, the popular resort area around mt. hakano has been struck by minor earthquakes. officials warn of a possible minor eruption and has raised the alert level to two. chiaki ishikawa nhk world. >> we'll keep you updated here on "newsline." thanks for that report. >>> they've been locked in a sovereignty dispute with several other parties in the south china sea. officials with the foreign ministry said in a statement that reclamation work on some islands and reefs will be completed soon. they'll then move into building facilities on the spratly islands but t

ash-har quraishi is on the campaign trail with more. ash-har. >> good evening, jonathan.at drake university, where you can see behind me, the presidential hopeful bernie sanders is speaking to the crowd. we're at about capacity. sanders arrived here just a short time ago to loud applause and a standing ovation and it is that kind of energy that these candidates are trying to generate moving into caucus season. for presidential candidates, the run up to the iowa caucus is all about momentum. trying to build it when you're behind. trying to maintain it when you're ahead. >> i'm going to do something extremely radical which is to practice democracy how's that? >> reporter: out of nowhere vermont senator bernie sanders has be captured that elusive mojo looking on capitalizing on that with a slew of events this weekend. >> senator how does it feel about being back in iowa? >> it's nice to be back in iowa, everybody wants to meet the candidate two or three or four times before they make up their mind and that's good. >> if sanders has momentum then former governor martin o'mall