ackerman is in afghanistan and iraq war veteran. he spoke at johns hopkins university in baltimore. >> or guest tonight is elliot ackerman. he's a decorated decorated veteran of united states marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in "the new yorker" along with the accomplishments the atlantic the times and the new republic among others. mr. ackerman was introduced to "the daily beast" and a member of the council of foreign relations. he served as a white house fellow in the abundant prior to that he spent eight years as an infantry and special operations officer. he served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia and the marine corps special operations team leader operated as a primary combat advisor to 710 afghan commando battalion responsible for capture operations and senior taliban leadership. also let a 75 man platoon that aided in relief operations post-katrina new orleans. elliott ackerman earned a silver star and a purple heart for his role leading a rifle you -- in the battle of falluja

tom ackerman, al jazeera, south carolina. >> digitally art is nothing new. it's been around since the computer. but the way it's been showcased. kristin saloomey has the story. >> i create 3d site specific installations. >> reporter: unlike other art galleries that are connected to a physical space, panther only exists in the digital world. in trcial galleries the emphasis is on post-internet art, beyond the novelty of the web to create gallery worthy work. ben davis says the gallery that replicates the physical one is a new and innovative concept. >> you can see crazy things, crazy graphics. what is it that an artist can do, bring to the mix? i don't know that that's a totally resolved question. >> most art is meant to be viewed in person not on a desktop. panther modern looks like it could exist in the real world but this art couldn't. work combines traditional landscape photography with digital iedges. >> these are meant to replicate our reality but go beyond that so you can lose the sort of rules and laws of our physical world. you can go to town. >> enc

tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> coming up. turkey's prime minister fails to form a coalition government plus. >> i'm tanya page reporting from south africa, on how difficult it is for a disabled child to get an education. education. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target >> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera, in a shrine in bangkok that was the scene of april e

as part of our series cracking the code, tom ackerman looks at how people are finding ways to protect online activity. >> a fitness monitor provided by nike provides lots of information not only for its user. >> you will be able to share your progress. >> that device, just one example of how interconnected we have become and how the personal data collect from hundreds of millions of people have provided valuable to all kinds of businesses. >> companies are creating single universal identifiers to track consumers across multiple devices to connect their online e-mail and digital interactions. >> aside from targeting their advertising, the monitors can help consumers make smart he choices. but others find a serious down side. >> it is totally under the hood and we as a society really have no idea about what's going on, what control we have and down the line what the implications are going to be. >> a recent survey found that when it comes to their online activity three out of every four american adults say they're not too confident or not at all confident that website browsers will keep

. >> back to tom ackerman, who is live for us in washington, d.c. tom, the editor of this tv channel where alison parker and adam ward worked, tell us what he said and what their colleagues said. >> well, the manager of the station said that he had--the man flanagan had altercations with other employees. he didn't mention that at the time on the air, but he spoke to reporters afterwards and said that because he was able to get on with other people in the station he was let go. in addition to that, flanagan according to "abc news," they received a fax from flanagan afterwards a long rambling document in which he accused people of racism for losing his job, and also said that he was acting in revenge for the recent shooting of nine black church goers. charleston, south carolina. obviously the relationship with the connection between that shooting and what happened today is--it was really apparently just in the mind of the shooter. but that at least was the motive that he ascribed in his faxs to abc. >> tom ackerman live from washington, d.c. thank you

and al jazeera's tom ackerman. more emerging about the suspect. what do you have on the latest? >> first we can say that the police did find the suspect after pursuing him and now describes him as extremely critical condition due to an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. the man was identified by station management, and of course his own videos as a former employer, a man who blamed the photographer he shot for costing him his job and accused the reporter, who apparently replaced him of racist comments and the like. but the management at the station said that this is a man who had long been suffering anger problems, took it out on his fellow employees, and for that reason was dismissed a couple of years ago. what is remarkable about the shoot something that it was not only photographed on live but that the shooter photographed it with his mobile camera. those pictures have now been taken off his twitter and facebook accounts, but it can be seen that he was wheeling the gun as he was photographing these murders. beyond that the station says that of course they were shot by t

tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> investigators looking into the disappearance of 43 mexican students saye being prevented from interioring military personnel. they believe videos containing evidence may have been destroyed, and families were not told that clothes of the missing students have been found. >> one of the things that most angered mexicans about the abduction of 43 students late last year was the collusion of local authorities. the town there ordered their abduction and then the local police force together with the gang carried that out. but they've always been suspicious that this could have gone further up the chain of demand. the army had a base nearby where this all took place. and a team of international experts who have come to investigate this say that they think that they could tell them more, but the mexican government has stopped them from speaking to soldiers. >> we wanted to carry out the interview process with the army. but the mexican government said we couldn't question the soldiers or get their explanation in person. >> we are evidence has still gone missing th

tom ackerman, al jazeera, cleveland. >>> still to come on the show the u.s.ernment defends its decision to recruit and train fighters in syria after the program suffers a major setback. and the brazilian president approval ratings hits a new low. ♪ ♪ welcome back you are watching al jazeera and let's recap the headlines, eight people have died in a suicide attack in afghan tan stand's capitol and 400 were wounded and the bomb was hid own in a truck and detonated near an army compound. families of chinese passengers aboard the missing flight mh 370 scuffled with police in beijing and families demanding to know why a meeting with malaysia airlines had been cancelled. myanmar's president is urging people to leave the low-lying regions where the rivers are still rising and have already killed more than 70 people. taiwan is preparing for the strongest typhoon in three years to hit the island. typhoon soudelor is making land fall on saturday and schools are cancelled and people are batting down the hatches and one person is missing in choppy coastal waters and we h

tom ackerman al jazeera, cleveland. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, the obama administration gets intole over its human trafficking report we will tell you why critics saying it has been watered down. and it's not a sweet life in beehive these days we will tell you about germany's green mission to help the bee population stay abuzz. ♪ ♪ the top stories on al jazeera eight people have been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capitol kabul and more than 400 injured. police say the bomb was hidden in a truck and detonated near an army compound. syrian observatory for human rights say i.s.i.l. fighters kidnapped 230 civilians including 60 christians and taken in homs after they captured the town from syrian government forces. myanmar's president urging people to leave the low-lying southern delta regions where swollen rivers are rising and wide-spread floods already killed at least 74 people. france is starting a new sea search for more debris for the missing malaysia flight 370 and the reunion islands and it vanished last year on the way from kuala-lumpor and they defended the gov

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> we've got lee coming up in just a moment. let's see if we can find him. we've got the sport. the man back from eight month ban on doping could be on top of the world pretty soon. >> here he is, just for you. >> the leaders in the final moment of the year on the straight course. the second round of the pga had to be completed after a storm. two australians at the top of the leadership. jason day just two shots behind. justin rose, englishman is a shot back. can jordan spieth with an incredible year, very much in contention at 6 under. tiger woods for a third major in a row ranked 278 in the world not a worl in the round. it's not only tiger woods. he lost his cool. but one fan fished it out to take as a souvenir. >> the largest world rugby un denun undelaware mybl player undenybly the biggest name in the world. new zealand would send its strongest to the world cup. the all blacks stretched australia. the penalty exchange there was little separating the sides at halftime. new zealand would step up it's skill in the second half.

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: egypt used tobd onto beone of america's closest. this meeting to discuss that relationship was the first in more than five years. egypt's foreign minister highlighted the common is strategic aims of the two countries but the secretary of state said the u.s. could not overlook concerns over human rights under abdel fatah al-sisi. >> egypt needs to ensure that the fundamental rights of its citizens are protected, freedom of press association are cherished and that women are empowered. >> shukri told journalists that the jailing of american journalists were subject to proper court rulings. >> not on the base of any expressions or in relation to their professions as journalists. >> accused of egyptian golf of quote, unlawful torture, societal and government restrictions on freedom of association and the press, and limitations on due process in trials. while such abuses have been legal grounds in the past for suspending u.s. military aid, the obama administration with support from the u.s. congress, has resumed those programs. just days

tom ackerman, al jazeera, cleveland. >> dozens have been buried in ukraine.ost of the men died in the battle last august after ukrainian forces found themselves encircled by russian back soldiers. hundreds of soldiers are believed to have been killed in the encounter. >>> extra band food smuggled into russia has been bulldozed buried or incinerated. thanks oa year long embargo on imported foods. >>> germany is the middle of a heat wave. temperatures topping 40° sells use. berlin has also record he its highest temperature since 1959. but meteorologists say a storm will soon snap the heat. >>> a pesticide certain blamed on the lowering of bees. >> works on his farm in western germany. the summer months are an important time for him. soon he will have to sow rape seed in these fields. if he could, he would prefer to use powerful pesticides containing what are called neo9- neonicotineoid. meaning erich must do without them. >> this is the best option, you only put the pesticide where you really need it. we sow the rape seeds the end of august, beginning of septem

in part of our series "cracking the code," tom ackerman look to find ways to protect their online identify. >> priding personal information not just for the user. >> you'll be able to share your progress with your friends. >> that's how inter connected we've become, and how the personal data collected from hundreds of millions of people have proven valuable to all kinds of it business. >> companies are tracking consumers across multiple devices. >> aside from guiding sellers in targeting their advertising, it can help the consumer make smarter. >> it's totally under the hood, and which as a society really are have about what is going on, what control we have, and what res we have. >> the concern of privacy is bringing millions to ghostry. it let's consumers track the trackers, identifying who has been watching their online searches. >> ghostry does not block anything by default. it enabled consumers to see how they're ac mandarini ac they are they're accessing that information. >> ad blocking is proving to be a threat to many who depend on ad clicks to derive their income from. some use so

reporter: america has a way to go before admitting the drug problem is of demand, not supply, tom ackermanshington. >>> sport news ahead on the news hour, a major league baseballer is struck out but not quite and the rest of the sport in a moment. ♪ ♪ hello again, ethiopia has had great success in resent years in dropping child mortality rates and increasing the number of school enrollers and charles stratford has this from would you believe a circus train that is working to build a brighter future for the city's children. >> reporter: these children come from poor families and a few have even lived on the streets. they come to the circus training center here everyday. blooming flower is a charity that runs it. it relies on private donations and also has helped by an italian ngo and 7-year-old shows no fear as a trainer lifts him high above his head. he is here with his sister who is practicing her balancing skills. >> translator: i love to come here she says. i want to be good at the circus. >> reporter: organizers say the activities and training gives the children self-esteem and keeps t

tom ackerman al jazeera, cleveland. >>> the french military has started a new search for more debristhe missing malaysia flight mh 370, the mission off the island was prompted by at least one part of the plane that washed ashore. the jet vanished last year with 239 people on board and the transport minister defended the government decision to announce the brief found on reunion island was from the missing flight top french prosecutor was slightly less definite when he announced the fightings and prompted prompted prompted prompted criticism. >> it's the choice of words we use and it's important that this piece of wreckage we are satisfied that it belongs to ms 370. >>> families of chinese passengers on board the missing flight scuffled with police outside the malaysia embassy in beijing and demanding answers after a meeting with malaysia airlines was cancelled. adrian brown has more from beijing. >> reporter: the day began with a protest outside an anonymous building close to beijing international airport where they were do to be given a briefing by a senior manager of malaysia airli

tom ackerman reports from the campaign trail in south carolina. >> reporter: across this conservative state, thousands of people flocked to hear self-described socialist bernie sanders declaim his favorite populist themes. >> this campaign is sending a message to the most powerful people in this country. to the billionaires, and what we are saying to them is, you're no longer going to be able to get off. it is not a radical idea. it is an american ideal that if somebody works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty. [ cheers ] >> reporter: the 73-year-old senator from vermont wins praise from his admirers from qualities lacking in the democratic front-runner. >> i see hillary clinton as being beholden to corporations where bernie sanders is getting his support from the people he claims to represent. >> reporter: sanders has been steadily narrowing the gap with clinton in recent polls ranking even with her in early primary voting states. as much as sanders and managing to draw democratic voters away from hillary clinton, his big challenge in states like south carol

we start with elliott ackerman on his book renowned blue about afghanistan. after that elaine lowry brye just discusses her book, be safe, love mom about military moms.

decade and instead of being prosecute they will get help to overcome their dangerous habit and tom ackerman>> reporter: no where is it more severe than in the state of massachusetts. >> opioid abuse is stealing our children and siblings and parents, relatives and friends one person at a time. >> reporter: this year on average more than two people a day have died there from apparent heroin overdoses. in a fishing port people call it a plague. >> since 7th grade i started like smoking weed, drinking all the time and next thing i know by like tenth grade i'm doing heroin. >> reporter: state officials say they are giving top priority to the problem but after years of filling prisons with addicts they are shifting to a different approach. >> we are not going to arrest or incarcerate our way out of this. this is a disease. this is a public health crisis and we must treat it and address it as such. >> reporter: the police chief has taken the most radical step by promising any addict who turns in drugs immediate treatment and without punishment. >> we don't believe in hiding it. we believe the more

dan ackerman is an editor at cnet. >> any time you're bringingour own equipment and using it for work purposes, it's not something that's secure because they take those laptops for example and they preconfigure them, put new soft wairks try new software. >> that raise as question how secure were her devices like her blackberry. they weren't issued by the state department. they say it was wiped clean of all its data before she turned it over to the fbi. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >>> there were protests wednesday night in st. louis after the deadly shooting of a blan teen. police shot and killed mansur ball-bey yesterday. the suspect pointed a gun at them. >>> and the former face of subway restaurants could spend more than a decade in prison. jared fogle has agreed to plead guilty to paying for sex with minors and receiving child pornography. adriana diaz reports. >> reporter: he left the courthouse after agreeing to plead guilty to child pornography charges. >> jared fogle expects to go to prison. he will do his time. >> reporter: prosecutors released documents wednesday layi

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: across the west firefighters are nearing the limit of resources. to put out hundreds of fires like these in eastern oregon. crews are reinforced with support from 200 mobilized national guard groups. in central washington evacuations forced hundreds from their home. it's coming down in pure flames, it's like a flame throer. coming through this . >> we've lived here 33 years. it's hard to see this. >> at the peak of the apple harvest, one of the largest fruit processing plants was virtually destroyed. high winds that fanned the claims continue to pose an elevated risk >>> why california is accustomed to the surveyor fighters. the firefighters can no longer depend on moisture from under cuts and trees. even alaska with 200 fires raging has not been spared. more than 20,000km of tundra has been scorched. making it the third worst on record for the state. know covers more. snow covers less of alaska than normal, so the risk is high through september. relief may come from the pacific ocean. a winter forecast for one of the strongest el ninos would mean

police ackerman is the vice president of the world fund. she is hoping they can be restored. >> they can be rebuilt. they are, of course, not the same, but depending upon how they have been destroyed. if enough of the material remains in place and many of these sites were extremely well known and well documented, so it might be possible in the future to rebuild them after world war i and world war ii, obviously, hundreds if not thousands of sites were rebuilt, and we enjoy them today. i think today, what we are witnessing is, because of the internet and social media, an immediacy of understand, the destruction that has never been possible in the past. >> in china, around 200 people have been reportedly arrested for spreading rumors about the chemical blasts and the stockmarket crash. over 100 people died following the explosions earlier this month and last week saw almost a 9% fall in the markets. well, agent brown is until -- adrian brown is there and sent this report. >> it is said 197 people have, in its words, been punished. he won't sp

. >> reporter: lisa ackerman is executive vice president of the world monuments fund, a new york-basedanization focused on cultural heritage preservation. >> it's not just the physical remains that are going away but potentially our knowledge of how rich these regions are and the many different kinds of people that have traversed that terrain over a very long period of human existence. >> reporter: now, two europe- based archaeologists, chance coughenour and matthew vincent, are deploying three-dimensional computer technology to save this history. they spoke to newshour via google hangout. >> we both have a background in digital cultural heritage and the preservation of heritage, and i suggested that maybe we could find a solution to crowdsource images from people and reconstructing the artifacts in 3-d. >> reporter: what began as a desire to document lost antiquities became project mosul, with a website for anyone to submit pictures and videos of destroyed artifacts in iraq the team hopes to create a virtual museum. >> it seems like magic. i mean when you think about taking photograph

. >> dan ackerman, thank you. >>> while people use their smartphones for a fast internet connection, half of the world remains unconnected but two billionaires want to change all of that. as jane wells reports, they are getting into a big fight in the process. >> reporter: elan wants to go to mars and richard branson wants to send tourists to space but right now both billionaires are engaged in a new race to provide internet access at fast speeds to the world. others have tried and failed. >> this stuff is very hard, very complex and very easy to fantasize about all of the things that it could do and very hard to kick out all of the fantasy and come down to reality. >> reporter: greg whiler is founder and ceo of one web, a company which branson has invested in. they have raised $500 million to invest in 648 satellites to launch in two years. the satellites will be much closer to earth to cut down delays and one hopes to sell it to airlines or customers in remote areas. but if there's space, literally, for more than one player? >> there's really no -- not a lot out there. >> reporter:

i have the marketing director with me dave ackerman.le remember when you opened back in 2012. there was some traffic as the shoppers flooded in to try to shop at the new stores. are you expecting much of the same today or a little bit more toned down? >> i think it will be more low key today. we've been here for a while. people have been out and seen it. this community waited a hook time for this -- a long time for this center to open. we have 30 new stores to come out and see. and they will be here for a long time. >> reporter: and we were -- we got a quick tour. we are looking at some of the stores you have. you have a lot of international brands. you are going to see -- [inaudible] >> >> it's very exciting for us. >> reporter: you guys recently changed your name. you were the livermore premium outlets. now you are the san francisco premium outlets. we're 45 miles away from san francisco. why the change? >> well, i think all of us know we're commuters in and out of the city. we're sort of sphwurn, san francisco, if -- suburban, san fr

dan ackerman is an editor at cnet. >> any time you're bringing your own equipment and using it for work purposes it's not as secure as something actually issued by the company because they take those laptops, for example, and they preconfigure them. they put their own software on them, tracking software, update software, they distribute them. >> reporter: and that raises the question how secure were her personal devices, like her blackberry, since they weren't issued by the state department? as for that server, charlie, her attorney confirmed it was wiped clean of all its data before it was turned over to the f.b.i. >> rose: but everybody is asking this question-- does the f.b.i. think they can recover any of the deleted data? >> reporter: well, charlie that's what they're look at right now and they're hopeful they can get some of that back or perhaps find a backup server where they could, you know, get some of that information and recover it. >> rose: thanks, jan. the earth opened again today in florida near tampa. by afternoon, the sinkhole had grown to 17 feet wide and 20 feet deep.

ys reporter: cnet's dan ackerman says the most common method for wiping data clean is to overwrite it multiple times. >> almost as if you write something on a chalk board and then you erase it, then write over it, then erase it, then write over it, then erase it. eventually no matter how closely wru look you will never be able to see what the original thing you wrote was. >> reporter: clinton has acknowledged that she mass deleted up to 32,000 e-mails she considered personal. >> i didn't see any reason to -mai them. >> reporter: the inspector general for the intelligence community says a review of the just 40 of her work-related e- mails yielded four that contained classified information and thus should never have been transmitted via an unclassified lirsonal system like a home server. >> if you have any sort of device connected to the internet, you've created a pathway into it. >> reporter: the inspector eneral also says two of those four e-mails should have been considered top secret in part because they contained satellite-based intelligence. keep in mind, scott, that determination

tom ackerman, al jazerra. >>> sebastian co has been elected the press of the international athletic fetbritain beat air bay from ukraine in the bat you felt governing body's congress in beijing and takes over from senegal who has run the iaaf for the last 16 years. let's go straight to beijing where we can join adrian brown. we have been hearing from the new president, what has he been saying? >> reporter: well, he's just been holding a news conference. he's clearly very weary, but clearly very relieved. he said that he was honored and flattered to have been elected. now, he takes over one of the most high-profile position in sport. but he takes over at the helm of a sport this is really going through very troubled times at the moment to give this some context, laura, there have been rampant and renewed allegations concerning doping in the sport. recent media allegations suggest that go up to 5,000 athletes have returned suspicious results between 2001 and 2012. and this is all happening as sebastian coe was completing the final stages of this election campaign. he has traveled more tha

as part of the our series "cracking the code" tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: there is lots of personalinformation and not only for the user. >> you will see what your friends are doing, compare with them and be able to share your progress with them. >> reporter: that's just one example of how inter connected we have become and how the personal data collected from hundreds of mill knowios of people have -- millions of people have proven valuable. >> companies are creating single universal identifiers to track consumers across multiple multie devices. >> reporter: aside from guiding sellers and targeting their advertising, the monitoring can help consumers make smarter buying choices. many see a serious down side. >> it is under the hood and we as a society have no idea about what is going on, what control we have and down the line what the implications are going to be. >> reporter: a recent survey found when it comes to on-line activity, three in every four american adults say they are not too confident or not at all confident that website advertisers will keep their browsing activity p

speculation is that ackerman may push for the company to be sold. who may want to buy it? ken shea. now is a lot of talk about the elez willty that mond be recombined with kraft foods and heinz. there is a lot of talk about that but i'm not sure it makes strategic sense. in 2012, these companies were separated, in theory, because could allocate capital better in emerging markets. i don't think that has changed from a secular point of view. since that time, the markets have softened a bit and that is one of the biggest headwinds that condoleezza faces. --mondelez faces. are those jumping to this conclusion totally wrong, mistaken? >> no, i think they are short-term-minded. surely, you are not saying activists are short-term minded. >> [laughter] they do have a reputation for that. to their credit, they are cutting margins,. . s havef the fair critic said, why isn't it doing better? these are beachfront property brands and investors expect in-line,rformance than although in the past couple years mondelez has outperformed. matt: what are the chances we see mondelez get back together wi

now he heads the international practice of ackerman.tells me business is booming. >> everything is lined up on the seashore. i have to tell you it is no exaggeration. not a day has gone by since may, where somebody wants to understand the limitations under the embargo, speaking engagements, it's absolutely crazy. >> how big are the barriers now? >> they are still substantial. the core of the embargo is law, legislation. the heart is the helms burton but the embargo is also full of holes. some said i.t. has more holes than cheese. you have to know where the holes are so you don't fall into it. >> canadian companies have gone in, can american countries catch up? >> the european companies will be overwhelmed. we will overwhelm them. we are a tsunami of investment and interest and we are 90 miles away. and there are 2 million cuban americans here that can be the ambassadors for both sides. we can be the you know the people that facilitate the business. >> what will go first? what companies do you think will get into cuba first? >> travel an

tournament is that of the rise of teenage tennis prodigy francis, who can thank bill accu -- bill ackermanise. said inisten to what he the cost of playing tennis. he has done so well in life. the fact that he wants to give back to young athletes like me, it is unbelievable. he has done so much for me. gave me a plant -- a chance to play around the world. not worry at all, i cannot thank him enough. a tennis superstar in the making, a fantastic story about his connection with the pershing square ceo. what is coming up? leslie will stick with tennis. endsmer number one when tennis player. .veryone gets ready mark: she is a pioneer regarding social issues as well. i will see you in a few minutes. thank you so much. still ahead, puerto rico's governor gives advisors more time to come up with a debt restructuring plan. we will tell you what the delay could mean. ♪ mark: welcome back. a new to this in the saga of the puerto rican debt crisis. the governor's advisers were supposed to present a restructuring plan this weekend. that date has been pushed back a week. laura joins me on studio. what d

as part of our series "cracking the code," tom ackerman looks at how people are finding ways to protectir online activities. >> a wearable fitness monitor like this one from nike provides information. >> you can compare with friends and share your progress with them. >> that device just one example of how inter connected we've become. and how the personal data collected from hundreds of millions of people have proven valuable to all kinds of businesses. >> companies are creating eidurs to attract consumers across multiple devices to connect their online e-mail and digital interactions. >> the monitoring can help consumers make smarter buying choices. but many see a serious down side. >> it's totally under the hood, and we as a society really have no idea about what is going on, what control we have, and down the line what the implications are going to be. >> a recent survey found when it comes to online activity three in every four american adults say they're not too confident or not at all confident that website advertisers will keep their browsing activity private and secure. that con

tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> well, there is much more ahead in the next half hour, including... >> i'mtonya page reporting from south africa on how difficult it is for a disabled child to get an education. >> and bug killing book that could save millions of lives. and in sports, college suffering a set back. a set back. >> faultlines investigates the shrinking colorado river. >> no group of people can have their american dream... we have to pay that price. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >> a reminder of the top stories. control agency from texas more than 107,000 migrants arrived in europe last month, more than triple the number that arrived in the same month last year. >> calling sanctions against south sudan after the president refused to sign a peace deal with rebel forces. services have been held on the eve of an union registered event. 128 workers were killed ar

let's get more on the story with tom ackerman. so tom, the gunman was a former colleague.we know anything then about any potential motive he might have had? >> actually, he made it quite here booth in twitter and facebook feed and in a 23-page manifesto that he sent to the abc television network after he committed the deed and was fleeing from police. flanagan said that he was suffering racial discrimination, sexual harassment, bullying at work. he was attacked for being a gay black man, and then he ascribed his tipping point to the church shootings in charleston, south carolina. i've been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to boom. the police--rather, the authorities confirm that he had had problems with the station but station management said that he had been dismissed because he was unable to get along with his colleagues, and his anger got the better of him too many times. but there was the photographer and the reporter, he claimed that the reporter had been racially--had uttered racial slurs, and that the photographer was responsible for his dismissal from th

has been strained for a number of years and for a number of reasons, tom ackerman has more. >> reporter: egypt used to be a close ally. the overthrow cast a shadow over ties. this meeting to discuss that relationship was the first in five years. the foreign minister highlighted the common strategic aims of the two countries, the secretary of state said the u.s. could not overlook concerns over human rights with president abdul fatah al-sisi. >> israel has good reason to ensure that the fundamental rights of citizens are protected, that vital principles such as due process and freedom of press, association, are cherished, and women are empowered. >> he told reporters that the gaoling of egyptian journalists had been subject to proper court rulings. >> none of these journalists are held on the basis of any expression that they have made or in relation to is to their profession as journalists >>> in a recent report are, the state department accused the egyptian department of: while such abuses have been legal grounds to superintendent u.s. military aid, the obama administration with suppor

tom ackerman is looking at ways people protect their activity. >> reporter: a wearable monitor from this, nike, provides personnel information ex. >> you can see more of what your friends are doing. compare with them, and share your progress with them. >> that device is an example of how interconnected we become, and the personal data collected from hundreds of millions proved valuable to all kinds of businesses. >> companies are creating single identifiable trackable users to connect the online, email and digital interaction. >> reporter: aside from guiding and targetting advertising, it can help consumers make smarter buying choices. plane observers see a serious downside. >> it's totally under the hood and we as a society have no idea about what is going on, what control we have, and down the line what the implications will be. >> a recent survey found when it comes to online activity three in four american adults say they are not at all confident that website advertisers will keep browsing activity private or secure. it's attracting consumers to tracking sites. let g consumers can tr