carrie martin munk from the a.l.s. association, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> and good luck. the discovery channel isn't the only company focused on sharks this week. when we return, we will tell you why google is on high alert for shark attacks. ♪ >> you're watching "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. do tech companies have to worry about sharks attacking underwater cables that connect the internet around the world? a google product manager recently said the company is going through great lengths to protect its infrastructure, including wrapping its transpacific underwater cables in kevlar to prevent shark attacks. reports of sharks attacking underwater cables actually date back decades to the 1980's but is it really a problem that can impact our internet access? joining us from washington, d.c. is tim strong, vice president of research at telegeography, which collects data and research on the global telecom industry. so, tim, i mean what a way to end shark week. a story about sharks attacking the

louis, including michael brown's parents and trayvon martin's parents, who are rallying for peace. >> that they carry the loss of their loved one and that we turn a point and say we are now advocates for peace. >> and this weekend, a different people showing their support for the officer who killed brown, as a grand jury will be determining whether or not darren wilson should be indicted. let's just take our time and see the evidence and see what the grand jury has to say. the weekend, protesters demanded action against offers are wilson, and they were out again on the streets of ferguson. or shooting. >> relative quiet with only six and as thist night, continues into tonight, michael brown's family are preparing for the funeral tomorrow. >> on tuesday, you can watch a issuesll on the concerning the death of michael brown, and it will also be streamed on wjla.com. british actor and oscar-winning richard attenborough died today. his career spanned 60 years, including appearances in "miracle on 34th street" as well as "jurassic park." and police say some people were shot early this morning at a party,

but general martin dempsey did not commit the united states to carrying out those attacks. the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in ferguson, missouri, has had an impact on perceptions of race relations across the country. in a cbs news/"new york times" poll out tonight, 47% of americans told us race relations are good. that is down from 55% in may. governor jay nixon today ordered the national guard out of ferguson three days after he sent them in to help deal with the violence that followed the shooting. the violence has been subsiding. arrests were down to just seven last night. last week, the governor put state highway patrol captain ron ping thein charge of keeping the peace. peace. well, today, vladimir duthiers went on a ride-along, and he asked johnson what's changed. >> i think that the partnership between law enforcement and the leaders of this community continue to come together to not allow the agitators and that criminal element to define the protests. and i think what you saw last night, the evil that has brought themselves into

martin. >> reporter: a convoy of 240 russian trucks, supposedly carrying relief supplies for civilians, left destitute by ukraine's civil war remained stalled today on the russian side of the border. ukraine and its western supporters, including the u.s., suspect it could be a trojan horse for russian intervention in the civil war and are demanding a thorough inspection of the cargo. defense secretary chuck hagel spoke by phone with russian defense minister sergey shoygu about the convoy. and according to the pentagon, shoygu guaranteed there were no russian military personnel in the convoy and that it would not be used as a pretext to intervene. british reporters captured a different russian convoy crossing into ukraine one which pentagon officials said was part of russia's continuing supply of military equipment to the pro-russian rebels. ukraine's president announced on his web sitet column had been destroyed by an artillery barrage. like the beginning of the long-feared russian invasion of ukraine but was flatley denied by russian officials. behind all thens and denial, there is one hard

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militants carry them through long, winding, dark tunnels, hoping for a victim. >>> hello, everyone, i'm martinge, live in jerusalem where we continue to monitor the events of the ongoing conflict in gaza. all eyes now as part of the military is focused on trying to locate one of their own, 23-year-old hadar goldin went missing yesterday in what israel maintains was a gross violation of the 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire that had barely begun, when they say hamas militants launched a suicide attack, killed two israeli soldiers and another went missing. hamas said it did nothing of the sort and does not hold an israeli soldier. military operations in southern gaza is focused on intel and trying to locate the wheres about of this particular soldier at this particular time. egypt says it is standing by ready to host potential cease-fire talks if they get started again. much of the world, including the united states, is condemning hamas for what it says was the violation that pretty much ended any hopes for an immediate cease-fire. let's go back to christi and miguel. >> martin savidge, we appreci

carries into tomorrow. . >>> people attended the funeral of the teen ager shot and killed by a police officer. michael brown's family was joined by many. the family of dr. martin luther king, jr. and they compared his fate to an old u.s. law that african-americans were only three 5ths of a citizen. >> we will demand equal justice for michael brown junior. >> the shooting of michael brown set off several protests across the country and even right here across the bay area. prosecutors have not yet decided to file charges and there is no proof delays in care caused deaths at phoenix arizona and that's according to an initial draft to a months- long investigation into the situation. you may remember, they are suggesting as many as 40 veterans died a waiting care at the phoenix va, they exposed lengthy delays and they are attempting to cover up those delays. they also said in that new report it could not conclusively assert and cause veterans to die. >>> they are giving them a chance to learn more about earthquakes in general and a team of 20 gee control gifts are spreading out and they are looking at each crack in the earth and analyzing information from a pair of

as i wrote, i carry my driver's license and insurance card and my business card with my partner's cell phone number on it just in case something happens. when trayvon martin was killed, i wrote a piece, reprise in this piece today, lessons that -- don't run in public. don't run with anything in your hands. keep a discreet distance away from white women, lest you get accused of any number of things. so if there is -- if anyone is under siege, i would say it would be african-americans and african-american men in particular. >> you know, it resonates so much for me on a personal level because i grew up with a black brother and people talk about this term black motheritis. my white mother had black mother itis. i heard the speech so many times. my brother was a big black guy and he'd run in the supermarket as a young teen. she'd say you can't do that. and that he had to dress in a different way from me because there were all these fears about maybe violence against him if he went across the street in a hoodie or looking a certain way. >> these are the sorts of things that, you know, while it's painful for me to have to write about these things, about the limi

martin king and he said adjustors self. -- but just yourself. he applied for the concealed carry permit.e did not get it put an organization helping him complained and said as he understands nonviolence? but it was a lie if and and he was rising and claimed to be the guy that martin luther king from non-violence as a way of life. but i would not enter into that discussion but just taking note of the fact because that is what he did when he was alive with us. so the easiest way to understand it is all you have to do is in sharp political terms is that they will react to terrorism violence directed the way anybody reacts to do the best they can to protect and increase would war holmes county in mississippi grabbing a rifle or a shotgun is the effective way of protecting one's home and family and friends and community and up person in arkansas among others and i quote to an in the book you can play with them -- pray with them or pray at them but if you are dead you will not make the effective organizer and that is the real world. all i try to do is some portrait of black people in the real

carry out lone wolf attacks. whatever president obama decides, airstrikes alone will not deifeet i.s.i.s. this is another beginning of what could be another long war. >> david martin at the pentagon. an american journalist freed after nearly two years captivity in syria is expected to soon fly home to boston. peter curtis said his son seemed to be in good health after a phone call home today. he was released along the syrian-israeli border and held by militants al-nusra. >> burg burg's anthony mason is here to tell us it's more about dollars than donuts >> the merger would create a fast food power house with 18,000 restaurants worldwide and mean the home of the whopper would move to canada where corporate tax rates are significantly lower. in international mergers like this, american companies can legally shift their headquarters abroad and can mean substantial tax savings. several u.s. drug companies have made similar moves. val aleant pharmaceuticals bought as ontario drugmaker in 2010 and headquartered in canada. pfizer tried to buy astrazeneca to move to england. burburger king could face backl. the white house called on congress today to close the tax loophol

martin savidge in gaza, thank you so much. stay safe. now to our other big story, u.s. warplanes carrying out air strikes in iraq.t of their mission, to try to save the lives of religious minorities, including christi christians, who are fleeing their homes for fear of death at the hands of isis. where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card and the freedom of the open road? a card that gave you that "i'm 16 and just got my first car" feeling. presenting the buypower card from capital one. redeem earnings toward part or even all of a new chevrolet, buick, gmc or cadillac - with no limits. so every time you use it, you're not just shopping for goods. you're shopping for something great. learn more at buypowercard.com ♪ hooking up the country whelping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's get your business rolling now, everybody sing. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as one ♪ ♪ norfolk southern

carry out a large-scale attack in the united states, but given enough time and operating space, the terrorists could present a global threat greater than that ever posed by osama bin laden. joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey: >> this is an organization that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision, which will eventually have to be defeated. >> reporter: sources say there is no credible information at this point givenning to an isis-related plot against the u.s. homeland, but officials, bob, have incomplete intelligence, and, frankly, they're worried about what they don't know. >> schieffer: another well, thanks, bob. our chief white house correspondent major garrett is with the president in martha's vineyard. major, it seems to me that the pentagon people are taking a little harder edge in their statements. so what's your sense of the feeling there at the white house? >> reporter: well, the president, bob, is considering air strikes in syria to target isis strongholds and its supply lines into iraq. there is no timetable for this new mission, but senior officials appear more alarmed than ever about the isis threat. two weeks another the white house said new military action in iraq would no

carrying on. we got to keep that legacy of pop staples and dr. martin luther king alive. dr.ou were able to also succeed like sam cooke, taking a song that had some serious messaging, and bring it on to the pop charts, i saw him for like sam cooke. people learned about that learned about the message behint it by hearing it on the radio, g on the pop charts. the staples singers were doing n the same thing, you had many songs crossover from the black charts to gospel and into the pop charts. >> that surprised us, we were just singing because we loved to su we were singing to sing in church.now. we we never thought we'd even be making records or traveling.i we weren't trying to be stars, you know. we sing for nothing. you didn't have to pay us, we ik just loved it i think that the best thing could happen is for s the news to turn over like thatc people, they try to put us out t of church. they wanted to put out of the church. when "i'lle take you there" cam out, people would jump up and a, dance. but to see the church people --a ♪ ♪ i know a place i couldn't resist that.>> [ app

made decisions about how to carry out that mission because we want to get the read out from this assessment team first. >> meantime, the chair of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, says the islamic state pose as threat to iraq and syria and could threat israel and the united states. we're joined by former vice chief of staff of the army and fox news military analyst. general, we heard from the spokesperson for the administration saying there is no real clear cut strategy right now. is there any time to waste? >> no. i think we should have been putting together a comprehensive strategy with our regional allies some time ago and certainly while we focus on this humanitarian crisis and by the way, gretchen, we do know how to get people out of there safely with minimal risk to our troops either on the ground or by air or a combination of both. we should have done that from the outset. it truly begs to have a strategy to deal with isis. we have to ask ourselves the question how do we stop them and that's a series of issues to deal with and then how do we defeat them. the sooner we get on with this the better. we're backing our way into it as you can see ever

carrying on. we got to keep that legacy of pops staples and dr. martin luther king alive, but dr.e serious messaging, and bring it on to the pop charts, a song for, like, sam cook "a change is gonna come." what an amazing song. >> oh, lord. >> people learned about the message behind it by hearing it on the radio, on the pop charts. the staples singers were doing the exact same thing. you had many songs cross over from either the black charts or gospel, and then into the pop charts. >> yes. >> that must have been gratifying for you. >> it was gratifying. it was. >> and important, too. >> it priced us, you know, we never thought we would get this high. >> we were just singing because we loved to sing. we were singing to sing in church. we never thought we would even be making records or traveling. we weren't trying to be stars, you know, we sing for nothing, you know. you didn't have to pay us to sing. we just loved it. but i think that it's the best thing that could happen for that music to turn over like that. you know, people, they're trying to put us out of church. they wanted t

carry interview and much much. only on the bus and. on your. face i think you. should have you with us here on t.v. today i'm researcher. we welcome aaron nate and abby martin to have a terrific hosts on the our team at work. it's going to give you a different perspective give me one stock never i'll give you the information you make the decision don't worry about how breaking the set works it's a revolution of the mind it's a revolution of ideas and consciousness and frustrated with the system extremely probably two things would be described as angry i think in a strong enough or single. it was like gold if you. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy right call books. that are you know i'm sorry and on this show rubio a little picture of what's actually going. to go beyond identifying. rational debate and real discussion critical issues facing america among them are ready to join the movement then welcome to the big picture. the long term are about washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. the killing of michael

last night president obama authorized the pentagon to carry out limited strikes to protect americans in the region. let's get right to david martin at the pentagon. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the first shots were fired at about 6:45 a.m. east coast time this morning when a pair of f-18 jet fighters off the aircraft carrier george bush dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on an isis artillery piece that was being used to shell kurdish forces near the city of erbil in northern iraq. last night the president authorized air strikes against any isis convoy advancing on erbil because there are scores of americans in that city operating out of the u.s. consulate there. this was the first strike but almost certainly not the last because the president has authorized strikes not only to protect the city of erbil but also to break the siege around a mountain called sinjar, where these isis forces have thousands of iraqi refugees surrounded. last night the u.s. dropped food and water just to keep them from starving or dying of thirst but the only real long-term solution will be for those isis forces either to with

says carrying out air strikes without their consent would be a breach of its sovereignty and an act of aggression. it's unclear however how much the president's top military adviser, general martin dempsey supports immediate u.s. military action. a spokesman confirmed dempsey is preparing options to address isis both in iraq and syria with a variety of military tools, including air strikes. but the lack of action so far is prompting critic like hawkish republican senator lindsey graham to charge the white house is trying to minimize the threat we face in order to justify not changing a failed strategy. before any bombs could fall, the u.s. has to get fresh intelligence. >> we don't talk about recon and intelligence matters, but in general when you are thinking about conducting operations like that, you certainly want to get as much of a ground as you can. the debate comes as american peter theo curtis held ovenling -- hostage by an islamic militant group gets his first taste of freedom. >> he was over the top excited. i think obviously he has to decompress. he's been through so much. >> and the senior u.s. official tells me if air strikes are ordered by the president, the milita

carried out the first air strikes this morning against isis. >> president obama authorized a use of force last night to protect americans in irbil. national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. has fired its first shot in this new battle for iraq against this islamic group known as isis. a pair of f-18 jet fighters off the aircraft carrier george bush in the persian gulf dropped at least one 500-pound laser-guided bomb on an isis artillery piece that was shelling kurdish positions near the city of irbil. that's a city where scores of americans are operating out of the u.s. consulate there and president obama said last night that he had authorized strikes in the event that isis columns started advancing on irbil. we do not know yet for sure whether the artillery piece has been destroyed, but we do know for sure that the two f-18s are safely off the target. >> david, you mentioned the pair of f-18s and this first strike. do you expect there to be more? >> reporter: i do because in addition to defending irbil, the president has also authorized air strikes to break the siege around that mountain where isis h

carried out the first air strikes this morning against isis. >> president obama authorized a use of force last night to protect americans in irbil. national security correspondent david martinith the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. has fired its first shot in this new battle for iraq against this islamic group known as isis. a pair of f-18 jet fighters off

carried out the actions. while hamas said it would not agree to extend the truce but it would continue peace talk, israel has now pulled out of those talks saying it will not negotiate under fire. martinin gaza this morning. what's happening from your standpoint? >> reporter: well, carol, you know, it was thawing that the first 72 hours was going to be easy and that extending that would be pretty easy as well. turned out they couldn't even come up with a solution to try to make the cease-fire into something longer than 72 hours, 8:00 a.m., you are right. we knew it was over by the barrage of outgoing rockets that went from gaza and headed toward israel. israel waited three hours before retaliating and it hasn't stopped since that time. we're told there is artillery and tank fire that is being if he would along the border on the eastern side of gaza and also to the north of israel and the israeli air force has been pretty active. we have astrike two miles away from us. it's been like that, usually every 20 minutes or so it seems they are using some pretty hefty or -- ordnance. it's been this back and forth. it was the militant group that said look, israel won agree to our terms and as

are going to carry it -- >> reporter: it is set to open this fall promising the soul of their food truck. >> you are not selling food. you are selling -- >> reporter: after meeting with martinhe menu and made the mobile eatery a fixed destination adding brunch with local flavor. >> the best advice was define who we were. 30% above where we were last year at this time and working half as hard as we did. >> that spirit they had in their minds into the service. >> reporter: this is it. a fear they are determined to share six days a week. for "today," erica hill, nashville. >> martin, who we saw in that piece and author of "buy-ology," great to see you. you have to listen, listen, listen. >> absolutely. that's what we did here. >> you are the tough love guy. they had to listen to you. what are the biggest changes and what made the biggest impact? >> they were petrified of losing business. what we have to do is focus. that's what they did. that focus makes them so focused on what they are saying they get the concept. >> the biscuit love food truck is spreading the love, literally. they are going to expand with a restaurant. do you think they are moving too quickly or is this a g

american warplanes in iraq carried out the first air strike this morning against the islamic army known as isis. >> president obama let the use of force in erbil. david martinislamic group known as isis. a pair of f-18 jet fighters off

says carrying out air strikes without their consent would be a breach of its sovereignty and an act of aggression. it's unclear, however, how much the president's top military adviser, general martin dempsey, supports immediate u.s. military action. a spokesman confirmed dempsey is preparing options to address isis, both in iraq and syria, with a variety of military tools, including air strikes. but the lack of action so far is prompting critics like hawkish republican senator lindsey graham to charge the white house is trying to minimize the threat we face in order to justify not changing a failed strategy. before any bombs could fall, the u.s. has to get fresh intelligence. >> we don't talk about reconnaissance and intelligence matters, but in general when you are thinking about conducting operations like that, you certainly want to get as much of a view on the ground as you can. >> my knee is peter theo curtis and i'm a journalist in the city of boston, massachusetts. >> reporter: the debate comes as american theo peter curtis held hostage by the militant group al nusra in syria gets his first taste of freedom. >> he was over-the-top excited. i think obviously he's -- he has to

martin and shawn bell. all three women sat down with don lemon for an emotional interview about what it is like to have your young son gunned down and than try to carryhat the guys can't, right? that husbands can't. >> yeah. >> what can they offer you? >> they speaking to me from experience. you know. they are offering me something now that i can't say what it is. but it is something. >> something is more than nothing. >> when we were standing there waiting to meet her, you turned to valarie and sabrina and you said, are you having flashbacks of this moment? >> yes, she did. >> when it was the day before the -- >> yes, strong part of flash back is my son eight years ago. that's my flash back and thinking of her at that time, her son was 10 years old when it happened. i thought, to say to her, keep the memories in your heart. that will help to you continue to carry on with your son. and believe in having faith god will help you and family members. my son would tell me, ma, i got this. so i'm telling you, ma, you got this. it is okay to cry, scream. i still do after eight years. >> you have to focus on when he was smiling. focus on his first day of sch

carried out 200 strikes against targets in gaza within the last 24 hours. the death toll in gaza is now over 1,600. back to miguel and christi in atlanta. >> thank you to you, martin getting bigger there. isn't it? doesn't seem to be going in the right direction. >>> international teams are spending a second day at the massive flight 17 crash site. how much progress are they making, and could fighting between ukrainians and separatists force them to leave yet again? ♪ i wish nothing but best >> admitting her enthusiasm can get the better of her. >> sometimes i get long days, get back to the hotel late pap few times i started singing and suddenly got caught up in it and singing for like an hour and then i get a phone call -- front desk, you'vely they're a bit perpl perplexed. like, somebody's been -- worried that there's somebody singing? you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. man: woman: but, but jimmy. all of these travel sites seem the same. ca

carrying on. we got to keep that legacy of pops staples and dr. martin luther king alive. dr. king not going to be -- but pops, we have to work on pops' legacy, everybody known them staples singers. >> speaking of pops and the staples singers, one of the great things about the group was you were able to succeed in the church. >> yes. >> and you were able to also succeed like sam cook, you know, taking a song that had some serious messaging and bringing it on to the pop charts, you know, a song for like sam cook a change is gonna come. amazing song, great song. >> oh, lord. >> people learned about that, learned about the message behind it by hearing it on the radio, on the pop charts. the staples singers were doing the exact same thing. you had many songs cross over from the either the black charts or gospel and then into the pop charts. that must have been gratifying for you. >> it was gratifying. it was. surprised us, you know. we never thought we would get this high, you know. we were just singing because we loved to sing. we were singing when pops started us singing. we wer