i want to bring in john henry smith with the latest details. what did you think of the press conference? >> certainly there was new information, a break down of people killed - three males and six females. there was information last night that two were taken to the hospital, one expired at the hospital. now only one was taken to the hospital and died. that accounts for the nine people dead. i think the point that you just touched on was interesting. they both - this hearing from these two individuals, chief mullen and the mayor, hearing sound bites that i have heard throughout the morning from onlookers to the situation, people from both sides of the political aisle, it seems, various demographic strata. apparently mullen emphasised that it affected the entire community. it seems like an attack on a church in particular really touches a nerve down there in the way an attack somewhere else would not touch a nerve quite as profoundly, although certainly with nine dying, it will touch a very strong and sensitive nerve. >> but attacking a church in

. >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm john henry smith. the suspect of the killing of nine people in a south carolina church has been charged with nine counts of murder. >>> also 21-year-old dylann roof is due in court in a few hours. he's also facing weapons charges. and we're seeing the first images of roof before police say he opened fire on those around him. the youngest victim of the tragedy posted this video on snap chat. roof is going to be the figure highlighted -- there is it. and you can see roof is the figure highlighted there, the community outpouring has been strong. many have left flourwers honoring those killed. jonathan martin he's live in charleston. jonathan the suspect is due in court in just over an hour. >> that's right. he is expected to be in court at 2:00 eastern, and we understand he will be charged officially with nine counts of murder. one of the questions is will he face the death penalty. the governor says she hopes -- >> jonathan we're going to have to step away from you in just a moment. this is the naacp rev

john henry smith is following the action. >> you see it often in sports a semifinal match-up sure to outclass a match-up in the championship finals. that's the scenario destined to play out in montreal when team u.s.a. second in the world takes to the pitch against top-ranked jerm ni. that has the right to advance to the 2015 women's world cup finals. now this type of high stakes action is not unfamiliar territory for either of these squads. with two wins apiece the u.s.a. and germany one four titles since the competition in 1991. tonight it will be strength against strength. germany bringing high powered offense, scoring a tournament high 20 goals. team u.s.a. bringing lock-down defense, giving up one goal in the world cup. the team u.s.a. goalkeeper hope solo, has gone 423 minutes without gives up a goal. she'll be someone to watch. kick-off in edmonton between the united states and germany is 7:00p.m.. i'll have reports throughout the evening from here in montreal here on al jazeera >>> john henry smith in montreal. that's it for us. coming up in 2 minutes live from london - the c

. >> we are joined now by john henry smith live in new york city. ry get us up to speed on what we know so far. >> reporter: well, the timeline as we understand it, richelle, is that at about 9:05 eastern time, the police got a call about a shooting over at the emanuel a.m.e. church. one of the oldest black congregations in the south by the way in south carolina. once police arrived they reported finding eight bodies there. they transported two more people to the local university hospital. one of them expired when they were at the hospital. so there is still one person left at the hospital being treated as of this hour. and we know of nine people who are dead. police say that the suspect is a very clean shaven young male, they say they estimate his age to be about 21 years old. wearing a great sweatshirt, jeans and boots. they are looking for this young man, he is still at large. although they have not -- the police have not activated any sort of evacuation order for the local area, they just tell people to stay at home. the police say tomorrow they

john henry smith has more. >>reporter: the times union is reporting that prison employee joyce mitchell has admitted to police that she provided the two men with smuggled power tools and a cellphone in alead up to their escape from the clinton correctional facility last week. police also believe she failed to show up after initially agreeing to be the getaway driver. police believe that has left the two men to fend for themselves on foot. the search for the two men is concentrated in an area less than five miles from the prison where officials shut down roads and a school. one mom in a town of katieville says whether schools open friday or not, she's playing it safe with her three girls. >> i'm keeping them home. yes. right here. until this is settled anyway. or at least it's wound downed some. >>reporter: a helicopter continuously circled the area thursday. on the ground police stopped and searched vehicles on route 3. many residents brought food to officers doing their work. >> the people around here have bee

i'm erica pitzi in new york the news continues next with john henry smith. have a good night. psh psh >>> well this is al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith in new york, with a look at the top stories, the racially motivated south carolina murders sparks a call for the removal of the confederate flag from the couned of the state capital. a website of dylann roof gives the image of a man filled with rage and suppressed with rage. >> i'm del walters, in less than 24 hours, this

john henry smith has more. >> active shooter and multiple people down. >> reporter: reports of gunfiret the emmanuel african church at 9:05 wednesday flight brought police out to what was a grizzly scene. >> identified eight victims inside of the church that had suffered gunshot wounds. earlier we told you that there were two victims that were transported to musc. there was actually one victim that was transported to musc and that individual is deceased as well. >> reporter: confirmed among the dead is the church pastor pickney and father and married of two is a democratic state senator who campaigned for police body cameras. >> influence of church and a great loss to the community and others. >> reporter: they asked to pass out the wanted poster with the public help to find the main suspect and a younger white male 5'9" with a slender build. >> he has only distinctive sweatshirt that has markings and i would point out also the vehicle you will see has a distinctive front license plate. >> reporter: police chief and mayor say they believe this is a hate crime. >> this is an unfathomabl

i'm john henry smith, "america tonight" is next.ave you with more poignant moments from the tragedy in charleston. >> we woke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. >> i do belief this was a hate crime. it's the most dastardly act that one can possibly imagine. >> and we pray father that charleston will never be the same because of the love the commitment of the communities. parents are having to explain to their kids how they can go to church and feel safe. that is not something we ever thought we'd deal with. [ ♪♪ ] [ singing ] >>> on the weekend edition of muslim brotherhood. >> someone was going to call her. >> i wanted to be seen and have people hear me. it wasn't easy it motivated me to keep pushing. >> sara hoy with the man known as freeway, a hip-hop artist dedicated to act vis. and spreading an inspirational message. also tonight - from the grass rots. correspondent lis

i'm john henry smith, more news ahead., the emotional moments from the tragedy in charleston. [ ♪♪ ] o we woke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was prone. i do believe this was a hate crime. the most disaseredly act that one could imagine. >> and we pray na charleston will never be the same because of the love of the community. parents have to explain to the kids how they can go to church and feel safe it's not something we thought we'd have to deal with. >>> racist manifesto revealed. the web site carrying photos of the man accused of the u.s. church shootings >>> i'm shiulie ghosh live from doha. al jazeera calling for the release of its journalist arrested in germany under a warrant issued by egypt >>> why some say the indian prime minister is bending over backgrounds for political gain >>> and the lucky escape for a british army stunt sky

john henry smith reports that made it difficult to conduct research to know if marijuana really helps with conditions like ptsd. >> well, a public health review was instituted by the clinton administration, just to find out the effects on things like driving pregnancy, or post traumatic stress. >> aaron hind is one of them, they came pretty close to my own position a couple of times. a couple of people in my company got killed. >> after turning to alcohol and prescription drugs he turned to pot and found peace. it allows me to focus. but for decades they could not prove or disprove the effectiveness. now the department has lifted it's publish health review. the move has been hailed by supporters and opponents of legalization. marijuana has been the only so called drug prohibited by as our own jacob ward found out, that was a source of great frustration for researchers like brad budger. that's it. all we have to do is get the study drug and start the study. for marijuana, we into into a whole other series of reviews. >> bill piper office of national affairs released the following state

john henry smith has a look at two of the warrior's biggest stars and the men who made them who they are. >> before they were nba champions, stephen curry they were they were the flash brothers, they were sons of two men who knew something about basketball. >> how did they become the best shootest in the nba? well, it's in their nba. >> clay's day played a little before clay can remember. i remember my dad's career. there is a little difference there, but when you grow up around the game of basketball with a dad that was successful, a lot of comparisons. it's nice someone else had the same situation that you did growing up. >> steph curry's dad was one of the top ten point shooters of all time. >> direct is good. i always thought where i thought he was at, what he needed to work on and how he needed to get there and what he needed to do. i could never handle the ball like he does. >> clay's dad was rugged nba man who retired after 13 seasons and two championship rings. >> i tell him every minute of basketball you'll remember as the sweetest time of your life. >> my dad always tells m

john henry smith has more. >> police in upstate new york say overnight they shut down eight miles between the towns of west plats burg, home to the clinton correctional facility where the two escaped last weekend. the local school distribute has closed and authorities sent out calls warning residents to stay indoors. yesterday the search for richard matt and david jet spread beyond new york state lines. >> we have information that suggests that they thought that new york was going to be hot, vermont would be cooler, in terms of law enforcement. >> authorities say they have been alerted that sweat and matt talked about going to a camp site in vermont that's made campers in the area weary. grand aisle state park is one of five state parkers in an 83 square mile area. >> that's a good place to hide out. >> we have had plenty of people approach us, and it is just what you do in a campground. there's also concern i love you and get back where you belong before uh yo get hurt. >> lee baits testified against matt is and is afraid to show his face. >> he is dangerous and like i said, he is very e

john henry smith has more. officials are starting to piece together what happened here. >> more than a dozen people were on to balcony at least five were citizens of ireland. >> the collapse happened before 1:00 this morning, tank the front railing off the building's fourth floor balcony. >> it looks like it went from the fourth floor and struck the third floor balcony below it. we don't know specifically how often it's happened at this point. >> a group of irish students here in the u.s. on temporary visas were attending a 21st 21st birthday party. many of the hurt have critical life threatening injuries. the building is in the heart of downtown berkeley, just blocks from campus. neighbors described the chaos when it happened. >> cell phone activity is hot and intense. they are trying to figure out from each other who was on the balcony and their condition. >> ireland's department of foreign affairs said it's not publicly identifying the victims yet, still trying to contact their families. >> another political

. >> john henry smith, thank you. >>> a new warning for people with pacemakers to stay away from smartphonesan researchers say the device can make pacemakers stop working. the fda recommends keeping smartphones several inches away from pacemakers. >>> the aloha state imports much of its crops because biotech companies are doing work on their ground. jacob ward reports. >> reporter: this is gone as the garden island of hawaii but it has also been a center of big agricultural business. this island is in many ways a factory for big chemical companies for creating seed crops. the seeds they grow here are almost exclusively for corn and soybeans. they export those to the mainland and all over the world. that is the number one agricultural commodity of hawaii. now it's pretty clear why you would want to grow seeds here. hawaii is beautifully weather here on the 21st parallel means you can grow year-round if you develop seeds on the mainland you need as much as 15 years to grow the many many generations you need to develop a new seed product. but here you can do it in about three years. but the res

. >>> john henry smith. >>> a cleveland proper cuter says a grand jury will decide whether to charge two police officers in the fatal shooting, and the judge announced that he found probable cause to charge them. >>> this is more about the law this is about a moral obligation >>> rice was playing with a plastic pellet gun when police shot and killed him and activists used a little known law, and judge declined says it is a recommendation. >>> the top general said the u.s. could expand its presence in iraq to help fight isil, and mark desmy said is for lilly pads jumping off points, where troops could be closer to the frontline, that could include a corridor, over to mosul, and the white house was cool to the idea of increasing the number of bases, without first seeing some success. >>> there's no immediate plan to do this. what i will say though, if a kind of recommendation like this did come from the president's national security team and military advisers, it would be a recommendation that is made, that reflects that the on the going training efforts have been useful. >>> general d

. >>> john henry smith reporting. >>> fbi agents have raided the central illinois office of former republicanongressman aaron shock. former staffers testified about misuse of funds. there is a picture of shock there from the house floor. federal prosecutors are pursuing allegations that shock used campaign money and federal funds for his own personal needs. he resigned from koch in march. >>> texas is facing a new wave of migrants. police near the border found 26 sets of human remains in just the last few months. heidi zhou castro has that story. >> reporter: this highway is the only artery north out of the region. to go further north you have to have papers to get back the check point. so smugglers will drop migrants off just south of here and they walk through this kind of terrain for two to three days. the brooks county sheriff's department continues to find human remains. they were migrants who had gotten lost in the brush. so far this year 27 bodies have been recovered, up from 25 this time last year. that's in spite of border patrol's report of a 30% drop in apprehensions. the sheriff's

in a statement he said the following, quote: john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> the president will takemal announcement on the policy shift in the coming hours, and we will bring that to you live when it happens. >>> new tensions this morning as the key deadline approaches on iran's nuclear program. france's foreign minister says recent statements made by iran's leadership do not go in the right direction of a deal. the supreme leader made a few statements earlier. >>> why getting a major trade deal done has outweighed his policies. >>> welcome book to al jazeera america. it is 10:44 eastern. hundreds of mourners crowded the funerals in dublin for two irish students killed in a balcony collapse in california. a new report says the wooden beams were vulnerable to water damage and severely dry rotted. >>> an autopsy report shows freddie gray most likely suffered a high-energy injury to his neck and spine while in the custody of baltimore police. they concluded gray's death was a homicide. >>> crews are working to restore power this morning to hundreds of thousands of people who lost it af

. >> john henry smith aljazeera. >> a race over identity is heating up on twitter and facebook today after reports that prominent civil rights activist in washington state falsely portrayed herself being black. stephanie sy has more. >> reporter: part of the branch of the naacp often leading rallies for racial equality. in march she spoke out against hate mail that she received. >> it's not just something targeting me. it's starting the larger black community. >> but her credibility is now in question, with family members saying that she has been living a lie for nearly a decade. she provided these pictures to the media confirming what public reports already show. she's white. and her mother told a local paper that it's disturbing that she has become so dishonest. the hate crimes that she has reported over the year, she described several of them in detail but didn't know what to say when asked point-blank about her race. >> are you african-american? >> i don't understand the question. i can tell you that yes that's my dad and he was unable to come in january. >> are your parents are

john henry smith has a look at two of the warrior's biggest stars and the men who made them who they. >> reporter: before they were champions, they were known as the splash brothers for what their coach called the best-shooting backcourt in the nba. before that curry and thompson were the sons of two men who know a thing or two about the game of basketball. how did they become two of the best shooters in the nba? well it's in their dna. both of their fathers played in the nba for years. >> clay's dad played a little bit before clay can remember and i remember a lot of my dad's career, so there's a little difference there. but when you grow up around the game of basketball with a dad that is successful a lot of comparisons, and it's not that somebody else is going through the same situation. >> reporter: curry's dad was one of the top 3-point shooters at the time. >> i always let him know where i thought he was at what he needed to work on but i could never create my shot or handle the ball like he does. >> reporter: thompson's dad was a rugged man. >> i tell him every minute of baske

john henry smith has the story. >>reporter: we are officially asking that you reject the recommendations made by chief beck and the inspector general. we believe those recommendations are out of line and to this day there's been no justification posed to the community on why mr. ford was even stopped to begin with. >>reporter: the la board of police commissioners listen to the voices of those demanding justice justice justice justice for ezell ford. last august he was shot after wrestling with a police officer. >> regarding the use of force or firing of the weapon the police commission unanimously found that the use of force by one police officer was administrative disapproval. >>reporter: talking about the actions of the officer who initiated the stop. the report said the deficient tactics used by officer a and the subject that led to the president subsequent altercation rendered the use of deadly force unreasonable and out of policy. regarding officer a's partner, the commission ruled that while he should not have

john henry smith is here with more.y were able to struggle in fake guns and weapons how. >> in a moment i will quote you numbers. came as a result of a series of challenges undercover t isa investigation gators put to gate agencies. if these were translated into a letter grade it would be a resounding f for failure. >> homeland security secretary is ordered changes to the agency tasked with keeping weapons off of aircraft. johnson has removed acting tsa head and replaced him with acting deputy director. so called red teams. agents posing at passengers out to beat the system, took their luggage through 67, out of 70 occasions. a zaggerring 95% failure rate has been reported one undercover agent was stopped after setting off an alarm. but screeners failed to detect fake explosives taped to his back. >> it is disconcerting when we are trained to identify though types of prohibiterred items and it doesn't work. >> besides ordering a change in leadership, secretary johnson has ordered the following changes in policy. the tsa

john henry smith, al jazeera. well, president obama is once again defending his healthcare law ahead of a supreme court decision that could wipe out insurance for millions. >> natasha horns graduated cum laude day three years ago with a paralegal associates degree from an everest college in california. >> we are everest. >> part of the for profit education giant. >> today the went six-year-old is back in her native missouri. working part time at a grocery store for minimum wage. honest work, but not the career everest promised her. >> they told us that we would have a job in the field that we studied within no more than six months. but horns couldn't get a foot in the door. she had nothing to show. >> $28,012. >> except $28,000 in federal student loan debt. >> now corinthian was hit with a flu of lawsuits alleging the for profit lied about job placement rates and enganged in predatory practicing targeting low income students. now all of the campuses have been sold off or closed down. it was developing a process wh

john henry smith has more. >> reporter: several large wildfires continue to rage in the drought-stricken >> the extreme heat. the extreme working conditions are making it difficult for us. >> reporter: this fire in california was started by lightning. in arizona over night, another fire started after a fighter jet crashed near the mexican border about 230 miles southeast of phoenix. the newspaper is reporting that the plane hit a gas line and sparked a fire three football fields long. no word on any casualties. earlier wednesday, north of los angeles, this fire raged, evacuated 350, and threatening hundreds of homes. and a blaze more than 2500 miles wide here lake tahoe. high winds that fanned the flames earlier in the week dissipated enough on wednesday to allow helicopters to fight the fires from above, still in the tahoe area some families were considering evacuation. >> this is a little too close to home to our little town. >> i figure if push comes to shove everything we can get in that toyota prius is all we're going to take. >> reporter: and as people leave businesses suffer. >> w

. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm john henry smith. a day of mourning in charleston, south carolina as pastor of emanuel a.m.e. church is set to be laid to rest. president obama will deliver the eulogy. first lady and vice president and his wife are also attending. >> morgan radford is live. thousands are expected to pack the arena for the ceremony, i hear. >> that's right. in fact, john, hundreds of people are already lined up outside of the arena where that service will happen at 11:00 a.m. what's interesting is the way the community has come together to really make sure that everyone can watch that service. all three local news stations will be showing it in its entirety and local businesses and homes have been opening up just to make sure people can watch it for free. yesterday, everyone was coming up to our crew asking when is the president coming. his motorcade is expected at 1:00 this afternoon and his remarks according to the white house will focus on not only remembering, but celebrating reverend pinckney's live. >> she was a

led air strikes have killed thousands of fighters and john henry smith has that part of the story. >>vard educated veteran of both the clinton and the obama administrations. as deputy secretary of state he has been in france this week standing in for injured john kerry at international meetings but it was in a radio interview that he made his controversial claim. as a high-level conference on combatting i.s.i.l. wrapped up in paris this week the u.s. sought to change the narrative. >> i.e. merged from this meeting confident we will defeat them through our unity, our determination and our commitment. >> reporter: speaking to a french radio station deputy secretary of state tony blinken says despite resent battlefield setbacks like loss of ramadi the focus should be on the bigger picture and using the group's arabic name he said we recorded an enormous loss for dash more than 10,000 since this campaign started and this will eventually have an effect. since last august the anti-i.s.i.l. coalition carried out 4,000 bombing raids but the defense department says it can't confirm the figure

john henry smith is here with more. what brought about this change in policy? >> in a word, criticism and lots of it from the families of a number of host ones who have died overseas while held captive. members of those families are expected to join the president today as he makes this appealed shift public. >> in january a u.s. drone strike accidental killed american hostage warn wine stein in the pakistan-afghanistan border region. his family bemoaned the lack of help they got from the u.s. government, saying unfortunately the assistance we received from other eggments of u.s. government was inconsistent and disappointing over three and a half years. >> while news broke that the f.b.i. helped the family facilitate a quarter million dollars payment to his captors the government threatened the family of james foley with prosecution if they tried to pay ransom to isil. he was later killed. >> there were many opportunities along the way and yet nothing was done to save our young americans. >> on wednesday the u.s. government is expected to announce that while it

john henry smith has more. how bad is it getting oh you the there? >> california fire crews responded to 800 more fires this year than they have on average in the previous five. four years of drought has made ground fertile for fire with any kind of spark. >> it's start to go burn uphill. >> several large wildfires continue to rage in the drought stricken west. >> the extreme heat, the extreme working conditions make it difficult for us. >> this fire was started by lightning. in arizona at fire started after a national guard fighter jet crashed near the mexican border about 230 miles southeast of phoenix. it is reported that the plane hit a gas line and sparked a fire three football fields long. no word on any casualties. earlier wednesday just north of los angeles this fire raged evacuating 350 and threatening hundreds of home. a plays more than 25 square miles wide shut down stretches of interstate five, the main connection between northern california and southern california. high winds that fanned the flames earlier in the week dissipated on wedne

john henry smith is here. the mystery is fraying a lot of nerves in colorado. >> understandably so, randall. three shootings in six weeks all within a 15-mile radius in a usually quiet northern colorado town. law enforcement is now working around the clock searching for what they believe is a single gunman. >> mail on the sidewalk, he's bleeding uncontrollably. >> the 65-year-old died on that sidewalk just blocks from his love land, colorado home. police say a gunshot killed him and they fear it was fired by someone who's done this before. >> we don't know if this is related to the other shootings and we don't know if there is somebody or somebodies that is inflicting these crimes in the community. there is a tendency for fear. >> the fear is that a serial shooter may be at large. investigators say they have already found links between two other unsolved shootings around loveland located 50 miles north of denver. on april 22, 20-year-old cory survived being shot in the neck. >> you don't really think that some

john henry smith is here with more. this comes of course just two days after the senate at least temporarily allowed the patriot act to expire. >> we all remember the patriot act as the legislation passed in the wake of 9/11. most of that legislation returns under this new law but there is one important change, the government will no longer be able to collect the phone records of nearly everyone in america, specifically over the next six months, the government's ability to collect and monitor phone records in bulk without cause will be phased out. after the phase out the government will need a court order to obtain phone records and they have to be records of specific investigation targets. >> the bill is passed. >> after two days of what president obama called a needless delay congress restored most of the patriot act while at the same time passed the first reform of the act. >> we passed the most significant surveillance reform in decades. we've done it by setting aside ideology setting aside fear mongering so we'll p

john henry smith is here with more. the victim's mother calls this a surprise. why?> the civilian, the civilian board of police commissioner contradict what the police chief and independent investigators found. the question is will the board findings ultimately lead to consequences for these two officers. >> we are officially asking that you reject the recommendations made by chief beck and inspector general monte. we believe those recommendations are out of line and to this day there has been no justification told to the community on why ford was even stopped to begin with. >> the l.a. board of police commissioners listened to the voices of those demanding justice for 25-year-old edell ford. last august, two police officers shot the mentally ill unarmed man after he wrestled with one of them. >> rewarding the use of force or firing of the weapon, the police commission unanimously found that the use of force by one police officer two was administrative disapproval. >> talking about the action of the officer who initiated the stop the report said the deficient tactics

john henry smith joins us with the details. why is this such a big deal? >> it's a big deal because of this. since the public health review requirement was instituted by the clinton administration, researchers have had to jump through impossible hoops just to find out the effects of marijuana. >> 20 million americans are regular pot users. aaron is one of them. he was 18 years old when he went to fight in iraq. >> some mortars came close a couple of times. people in my company got killed. >> after initially turning to alcohol and prescription drug to say cope with his anxiety he turned to pot and found peace. >> it allows me to focus on daily tasks. it allows me to enjoy my life. >> for decades scientists could not conclusively prove or disprove pot's effectiveness. the department of health and human services has lifted its public health review, a process that made marijuana much more difficult to study than other illegal drugs like heroin, cocaine or ecstasy. the move is hailed by supporters and opponents of marijuana legalization. marijuana had been the

john henry smith joins us with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the church where the victims were shot he is generally considered the oldest black congregation in the deep south. at the time of the shooting there was a prayer meeting in progress led by the church's pastor. he and eight others did not survive when the shooting began. >> advising of an active shooter. >> reports of gunfire at the emmanuel african episcopalian church. >> two victims were transported there was one victim that was transported and that individual is did he ceased, as well. >> confirmed among the dead is the church pastor. the 41-year-old married father of two was also a democratic state senator who campaigned for police body cameras. early this morning police summoned the media to pass out this wanted poster seeking help in finding the main suspect. they describe him as a younger white male, 5'9" with a slender build. >> as you will see he has on a very distinctive sweatshirt that has markings, and i would point out that the vehicle you'll see has a very distinctive fro

john henry smith has more on what the department of homeland security is doing to fix this. >> good morning. i'm going to quote startling numbers in just a moment, numbers that abc news is reporting that came as investigators rerelated what challenges they put to gate agents. >> homeland security secretary has removed acting t.s.a. head and replaced him with the acting deputy director, mark hadfield. the decision followed revelations that t.s.a. screeners repeatedly failed to spot weapons and mock explosives smuggled through security systems at the country's busiest airports, so-called red teams agents posing as passengers out to beat the system took their illegal luggage through security check points on 67 out of 70 occasions, a staggering 95% failure rate has been reported. one undercover agent was stopped after setting off an alarm. but t.s.a. screeners failed to detect fake explosives taped to his back during a pat down. >> it is disconcerting when we are trained to identify those type of prohibited items and it doesn't work. >> besides ordering a change in t.s.a. leadership, secretary

john henry smith is here with more. for activists this was a decision decades in the making. >> he has been in prison for decades, 68 years old and longs proclaimed his in sense. despite the order for his immediate release, he is not free yet. >> 40 years in solitaire is long enough for albert wood cox the district court ordering his immediate release. the court barred the state from holding a second retrial of him on charges that he killed a guard during a prison riot in 1972. he could be set free as early as wednesday. the judge cited several reasons for his order including his age and poor health. in his ruling, the judge said there were no witnesses available for the retrial and there was prejudice done to him by spending 40 years in solitary confinement. the judge expressed doubt the state could provide him with a fair third trial. supporters who long called for his release expressed concern that the state of louisiana will appeal the judge's ruling. state communications director said the state would appeal to make

john henry smith is here with the developing details. the men have now been on the loose for some seven days. >> which is already a record in the annals of the new york penal system. the woman you referenced is apparently now cooperating with police at a time when investigators with the help of search dogs focused their search on the area immediately around the prison. >> the albany times union is reporting that prison employee joyce mitchum admitted to police that she provided the convicts with smuggled power tools and a cell phone in the leadup to their escape from the clinton correctional facility last week. police believed she failed to show up after initially agreeing to be the getaway driver. police believe that has left the two men to fend for themselves on foot. the search for the two men is concentrated in an area less than five miles from the prison where officials shut down roads at a school. one mom in the town of katyville said whether the schools reopen friday or not she's decided to play it safe with her three girls. >> i'

john henry smith is here with a look at two of the biggest stars and more importantly maybe the men who were behind the success of these stars. good morning. >> absolutely. good morning stephanie. before they were nba champions seth curry and klay thompson were known as the splash brothers, a nickname they earned for becoming what their coach called the best shooting back court in the enabling. before they were the splash brothers, they were the sons of two men who know a thing or two about the game of basketball. >> how did splash brothers become two of the best shooters in the nba? it's in their d.n.a. both of their fathers played in the nba for years. >> clay's dad played a little before clay can remember. i remember a lot of my dad's career, only a little difference there, but, you know, you grow up around the game of basketball with a dad that was successful, a lot of comparisons and it's nice that somebody is going to do kind of the same situation you did growing up. >> seth curry's dad del played 16 seasons and was one of the top 10 three-point shooters have all time. >> he was d