melissa chan joins us from there. this is a private meeting, closed to the media. >> yes antonio, it is private is he not expected to speak to the press or to the larger community here. president obama and first lady meeting with the families at this moment. we understand he arrived about 25 minutes ago in san bernardino and the meeting is expected to last a little bit more than an hour. they are scheduled to leave 9:55 local time here to continue their trip on to hawaii. i'm standing in front of the makeshift memorial that sprung up whether the incident happened. there's been a continual stream of people coming. nonstop for two weeks. the community it does remind me of how much feeling they are trying to go through right now. more than two weeks after the shooting, the city of san bernardino still finds itself the center of national even international attention, a terrorist attack in the unlikeliest of places. >> it's sad and i'm completely, completely shocked. because this person is an american citizen. he was born

melissa chan has more. >> reporter: for opponents a new jail symbolizes the prison industrial complex>> we are not going to support stand-alone prison to continue to lock up african americans and latinos in this city. >> reporter: and it's unnecessary, they say, when the number of inmates in the city has dropped in cent years. >> we want to build a system that will make san francisco safer. we know the jails do not make our citizens and community safer here in san francisco. >> reporter: but the mayor and the sheriff's department argue that the building is not safe in the earthquake zone. >> it is a jail that has gone way beyond its time. i was the captain there as one time, and i -- i was always here during the great overcrowding of the late '70s and early '90s. what we're looking at today is really replacing 1200 unusable beds with 384 targeted beds that will be much safer and a much better fit for the population that we're left with in the jails. >> reporter: the political tussle is taking place in a process called realignment, critics say instead of a new jail, the city should foc

. >> melissa chan is there, so many questions pt, the biggest is what could have motivated the shooters? >> that is what is confusing. police disguised how the suspects appeared with tactical gear, it was carefully thought and planned out. you have reports that fingerprint -- reports that syed farook was at the party and left angry early. wednesday night a press conference from the council on american islamic relations where they brought out a relative of the suspect who appeared so dazed and confused himself. . >> all are completely shocked that this could happen. that's why i'm here to tell all of you how sad we are, someone lost husband and wife or kids, i don't know, i don't have words to express how sad and devastated i am. >> in terms of learning what went on police say until a few hours ago they were focused on going through the building where the attack took place to check on devices. they confirmed they were explosives. that was the primary concern. they are going next into a deeper dive to better understand the motivations. >> what is the feeling in the community, is there rel

melissa chan, al jazeera, san bernardino, california. >> we want to leave you now with this look at that dashcam video that has just been released from chicago. it shows the police shooting of rubbled johnson. prosecutors saying that there will be no charges filing against the officer who shot johnson. he was 25 years old. it follows the release of the video. the shooting of la kwan mcdonald was shot 16 times. thanks for joining us. i'm del walters in new york. the news continues live from london next. >> this is al jazeera. venezuela's election victory. and smog in beijing as the paris

but we'll never support terrorism. >> in 2012 al jazeera correspondent melissa chan was also asked to leave the country. >> this guy was facing abuse earlier. >> she has been subjected to death threats and abuse online. one government-controlled newspaper celebrated her expulsion with a poll demonstrating support of the decision. all part of the campaign that she believes was officially sanctioned. >> my god, it was incredible. incredibly sexual and dirty, and even facebook did censorship. >> she left china just as a new anti-terrorism law came into effect. the government says that the legislation is similar to measures adapted by many western countries and is not designed to target any ethnic minority. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> well, cities around the world are on high security alert as they usher in 2016. fireworks displays have been canceled in french areas, but so far celebrations have overshado overshadowed security fears. >> celebrating the theme sydney hosted two fireworks display launching a total of seven tons of fireworks. it was the biggest ever disapply by the

earlier today, melissa chan talked to the boyfriend of one of the victims. >> reporter: joining me rightryan reyes, he is the boyfriend of danielle coffman. he was a shooting victim. unfortunately daniel did not survive. it is 6:30 am in the morning here local time. so ryan, i can only thank you so much for your time so early in the morning, and after what must be a very emotional 48 hours. i want to start by asking if you could tell us a little bit about daniel, and what kind of person he was. >> daniel was an amazing person. and i know i have been telling everybody that. it sounds like a cliche about, oh, the sparkle of the room, but this was really true about daniel. daniel touched so many people's lives. i have had people contacting me, saying they met daniel once ten years ago, but he has so much of an impact with his personality that they remembered him, and so now they are reaching out to me to offer condolences. and that's an amazing person, especially nowadays, somebody ten years later can remember somebody they met once for an hour, and had that much of an impact on somebody's

melissa chan has more. >> for opponents, it symbolizes the industrial complex. >> we are not going to support a stand alone prison to continue to lock up african-americans and latinos in this city. >> and it's unnecessary, they say, when the number of inmates in the city has dropped in recent years. >> we want to actually build a system that will make san francisco safer. we know that the jails do not make our communities safer here in san francisco. >> the mayor and sheriff's department argues that the current facility is unsafe in earthquake prone san francisco and a new building can better serve those with mental health problems. >> it's a jail that has gone way beyond its time. i was a captain there at one time, worked there at one time. i was also here during the great overcrowding of the late 1970's and early 1990's. what we're looking at today is really replacing 1200 unusable beds with 384 targets beds that are going to be safer and a much better fit for the population that we're left with in the jails. >> the political tussle is taking place in the context of california's gen

first foreign journalist forced to leave china since 2012 when al jazeera's own correspondent melissa chanwn reports. >> reporter: she is used to deadlines, and this was one she couldn't miss. china's government has told her to leave the country by midnight on december 31st after a decision not to renew her media cented shalls. >> there is something really ridiculous, crazy, silly, and i just cannot understand it. >> reporter: the authorities had demanded she apologize for an article that it said supported terrorism. the report had suggested china had ulterior motives for declaring solidarity with france after november's attacks in paris. the really reason she implied was to try to win support for the chinese policies in an area holm to a mostly muslim ethnic minority, known as uyghur. she says she has nothing to be sorry about. >> i cannot apologize about something that i have not written. i didn't write that i supported terrorism. that would have been suicide -- suicide. >> reporter: her home is just around the corner from chai >> stephanie:'s foreign ministry, where an official said the

earlier today al jazeera's melissa chan spoke to the boyfriend of one of the victims. >> daniel was anzing person and i know i have been telling everybody that. it sounds like a cliche about oh, but this was really true about daniel. daniel touched so many people's lives. i've had people contacting me, saying that they met daniel once ten years ago but he had so much of an impact with his personality that they remembered him and so now they are reaching out to me to offer condolence and that is an amazing person especially nowadays that somebody ten years later can remember somebody they met once for an hour and had that much of an impact on somebody's life. he was just an all around great guy. everybody loved him. he was everybody's friend, he didn't care who you were, where you came from, didn't care how long, he had like everybody was treated equally like the best friend in the world and he was an amazing funny guy. >> how are you feeling right now? >> right now i'm still coming to terms with it so and i'm still in that numb phase. i know that is going to end soon. this morning i wa

melissa chan, al jazeera, san bernadino, california. >>> prosecute verse rested their case against atimore police officer charged in the freddy gray case. officer william porter charged with manslaughter, assault, misconduct in office and reckless evening daner. prosecutors called 15 witness to his testify he faces up to 25 years in prison. the defense will begin its case likely on wednesday. >>> a south carolina judge rethinking to let a police there charged with murder out of jail on bond michael slager requested a second bond hearing on monday, the judge rejecting his first back in september saying he was a dang tore the community. he's the officer charged with shooting and killing walter scott an unarmed black man in april. he's being held in isolation at the county jail and has been held there ever since. >>> new concern about any co lie outbreak, dozens more say they got sick in the chipotle in boston, and in kentucky the aclu getting ready to do battle with the state's newly sworn in governor >>> 30 boston college students are sick after eating at which i chipotle over the wee

watching. >> melissa chan is in san bernardino with the latest. melissa. >> we expect the president to arrive at where three hours time, local 8:00 p.m. he is not expected to speak publicly. he is expected to meet with the families of the 14 that were shot and killed. private meeting of about 90 minutes. private memorial has been around ever since the start of the incident about two

we're going to melissa chan. the medical center held a news conference, updating us as much as they could about the condition of the victims. they said much couldn't be said because of hipaa laws, the privacy laws regarding patient's privacy. but what do we know? >> reporter: we do know two remaining in critical condition, and three in fair condition. that's a total of five patients there at the medical center. there are a total of 17 wounded. and there range from gunshot injuries to people being injured running in fear. in about an hour's time we expect the sheriff's department to give their first press conference today. thursday morning. the last press conference was late wednesday evening, in which they confirmed that there are two suspects. they are no longer looking for a third suspect. i don't know if you recall, but during the chaos, there were reports of two to three suspects, so that is something that officials confirmed late last night, we do expect to hear from them within an hour, although they have n

>> and yet this is going to be a private visit as melissa chan was saying and modelled after yet anotherass killing, mass murder in roseburg, oregon at the community college there. the president will not be allowing cameras in. the white house staff will not allow the public to see the president interaction with the families of some of these victims and some of the wounded themselves. this is going to be private and it's going to be relatively short. the confluence of major issues here the president is dealing with of course we just heard that sound bite on social media communications and recruitment by groups such as i.s.i.l., also the issue of gun control and of course and gun safety and the president preparing we are told to some sort of executive action on guns. you recall that after the roseburg, oregon shooting the president was a visceral lacerating statement in the same briefing room we saw him today talking about the need for guns. on the issue of social media and you heard the sound bite of the president and in the context of the visa review the president said he wants to revie

and melissa chan, who was expelled from china in 2012 - thank you to you as well. >> just ahead. celebrations in guinea, now that officials declared the west african country ebola free. we look at the lessons learnt and the ongoing battle to end the largest epidemic history >>> and south america with the worst flooding in half a century. 100,000 people have seen their homes watched away. >> the sports story everyone's talking about. >> don't miss the world exclusive undercover investigation. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, coming up in this half hour of international news, there has been an intriguing prediction from peru about donald trump's future in the u.s. presidential race. first a look at the stories making headlines across the united states in our american minute. in chicago, a white police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black teenager was reigned. officer jason van dyk's rest and indictment of la can mcdonald led to police scrutiny >>> and a decision not to indict a police officer that fatally shot tamir rice. protests and

she is the first journalist to be expelled from china since melissa chan in 2012.six months ago today the supreme court legalized same sex marriage. they're running into legal and insurance road blocks. many health providers will not provide infer tilt treatment for these people. >> first comes love and marriage and then baby carriage. >> reporter: that was the dream for this couple, but they never could have guessed on their wedding day it would cost them more than $22,000 to have a child. >> i felt like it put a burden on us not only financially but emotionally. >> reporter: jill and sarah tried to get pregnant using a sperm donor and treatment that is covered by their insurer united health care >> we had the procedure done and then a week later we got a letter from the insurance company saying it wasn't going to be covered >> reporter: the insurance company denied them pause jill could not prove she could not get pregnant by unprotected sexual intercourse for six months. >> i was flabergasted. >> we just wanted to start a family i feel to have someone dictate yo

how are the residents coping, melissa chan? >> in many ways there has been so much mayhem and talk about the investigation, a looking at syed farook and tashfeen malik. that the community took the opportunity to come to grips with the tragedy. >> reporter: church services at the rock church and world outrenaling center. it's celebration now, but served as an evacuation center during the wednesday attack. >> how scary, what do they say? although i walk through the valley of the shadow of death. i fear no evil. >> they opted for a sombre affair at an inner faith memorial service. >> only can we celebrate humanity. >> some fear backlash against the community. >> when we found out the person that did the shooting was a muslim, it even raised our - you know, fear and, you know, concern for the community. >> as the national congregation shifted to washington, politics and policy is far from minds. congress men made a passing mention sunday morning. >> it's unfortunate that we are on this list now. lifts like newtown and aurora, and o

melissa chan, al jazeera, san bernardino, california. >> joining us, jeannie zeno and babaz illbasil smiko. let's talk about president obama's address tonight and this point that he has been taking a beating from his critics especially republican presidential candidates. would you say that until tonight those candidates have been controlling the conversation about i.s.i.l. and terrorism? >> they have. they have absolutely been controlling the narrative. the president came out during the g-20 immediately after paris and made i think a very important statement and he was attacked viciously for that statement and ever since and san bernardino has kind of just compounded the problem. i think that's why the white house putting him out there to say look, we've got to get control of this narrative again. the president is making steps as he said tonight in terms of addressing the problem of terrorism, addressing the problem of i.s.i.s. but you have to assure the american people that you are on top of this and this is what they are doing. i think this was an attempt to do that. i'm not so cer

melissa chan is there with more on the investigation into the shooting. >> reporter: five days after the mass murder of 14 people inside the inland regional center, the fbi says it is trying to learn what motivated the suspects. >> we are continuing to be extremely methodical, and we have brought in a reconstruction team. we have collected over 320 pieces of evidence so far. and transported a number of those pieces of evidence to washington, d.c. primarily to our fbi laboratory, to our bomb lab. >> reporter: among that evidence, documentation that the couple has been showning their shooting skills. >> we do have evidence that both of these subjects did some -- participated in target practice in some ranges within the metro area or los angeles area. in that target practice on one occasion was done within days of this event. >> reporter: monday's new information comes in part from more than 400 interviews investigators have conducted, and atf say it now has more details about the guns connected to syed farook. >> farook himself purchased the lama and springfield 9-millimeter pistol as

melissa chan joins us. what are authorities saying about that today? >> well, it was very surprising. we heard that there were journalists going through the home o, and we thought it was authorities giving people a tour. it didn't add up. we raced over there, and we saw plenty of journalists. essentially this is what happened. >> a free for all at the home of syed farook and tr ussfeen malik. >> this is a strange situation. we have dozens of journalists and we barely see any law enforcement officers, and the front door is open. anyone can walk in or out. >> inside a ransacked apartment, and papers left behind by fbi investigators of what they took away as evidence. with so little information about the mystery shooters, reporters packed into the tiny home. was there anything here that could explain what could motivate a couple to leave behind their six-month-old chi child. >> okay, we're coming over here to what may have been the main bedroom. >> some go through the room li live. >> spread out are credit cards and i.d.es. >> all the while the landlord s

melissa chan. >> i couldn't quite understand it, we came here, i had thought that perhaps investigators were giving guided tours or something. jonathan this is essentially what happened. a free for all at the home of syed farook and tash mee tashfe. >> we have barre have barely sew enforcement officers. the front door is wide open. anyone can walk in or out. inside, a ransacked apartment. so little information about the mystery shooters, reporters packed into the tiny home. was there anything here that could explain what could possibly motive a couple to leave behind their six month old child? >> we're going to go into the room over here. okay we're coming over here to what may have been the main bedroom. and kind of overwhelming here. >> some news outlets broadcast their exploration of the apartment live. >> and spread out on the -- spread out appears to be credit cards and i.d.s. >> all the while, landlord doyle miller stood outside in the middle of a media scrum. he also said he didn't know who really called him. >> they said release the property. >> did they say you could let people

melissa chan talked to some. >> reporter: the day after, stunned and dazed residents of san bernardino. including some that saw the drama play out too close to home. this man and his wife were driving back to their neighbourhood when the attack happened. >> she called me. i'm coming home. i'm turning at the intersection, and everything unfolds on the phone, in front of me. >> his wife worked two blocks away from the initial attack, and matter the gun fire. she got home to hear more gunfirp. the house was half a block from where the shooters stopped the get away s.u.v. . >> i don't see how someone can commit this time of crime. they had a 6-month-old baby. >> the wounded were sent to hospital. family members started to step forward to speak to journalists. >> i think she'll be fine. the pain is the main problem. and an ugly scar. she'll have it fixed. she will be fine. so are the other families. >> her daughter 22 years old was shot in the stomach. this man's son survived. >> it sounds terrible to have your son shot five times, it's a blessing, a blessing because he's here, and these ot

. >> al jazeera's melissa chan is in san bernardino. >> we layered that reporters were going through the apartment of syed farook, i wasn't sure what that meant. that investigators were taking reporters through? essentially this is what happened. a free for all at the home of syed farook and tashfeen malik. this is a very strange situation now. we have tons of journalists on the front lawn of this residence. we have barely seen any law enforcement officers. the door is wide open, anyone can walk in or out. inside a ransacked apartment and papers left behind by fbi investigators of what they took away as evidence. with so little information about the mystery shooters, reporters packed into the tiny home. was there anything here that could explain what could possibly motive a coupl motivato leave behind their six month old child. >> we're coming into what may have been the main bedroom and kind of overwhelming. >> some news outlets broadcast their exploitation of the apartment live. >> spread out appears to be credit cards and i.d.s. >> all the while, landlord doyle miller stood outsid

melissa chan is in san bernadino with the latest. >> reporter: the biggest development today is the fbi confirmed that he issued a search warrant on a property. it is not fair from san bernadino the home belongs a former neighbor. there are reports that this man was responsible for the acquisition of the semiautomatic rivals used in the attack. back here we are standing in front of inland regional center the site of the attack. it's been fairly quiet all day here, investigation ongoing but the press briefing not going to to take place until monday. the city itself is trying to get back to normal. it's a the city's annual holiday festival and everyone is out despite a harrowing and strange week for residents. out front the san bernadine police department and members of the swat team. these two men supporting the toy drive had been first responders on wednesday. >> hi, thank you, guys. >> it's definitely overwhelming. the response we have gotten from the community. we are here for the community, they are here for us as well. i mean, it helps us as well they are coming up and shaking our h

melissa chan has more. >> we are continuing to be extremely methodical.have brought in a reconstruction team. we have collected over 320 pieces of evidence, and we have transported a number of those pieces of evidence to washington, d.c. primarily to our fbi laboratory, to our bomb lab. >> reporter: among that evidence documentation that the couple had been honing their shooting skills. >> we do have evidence that both of these subjects did some target -- participated in target practice in some ranges within the metro area, or within the los angeles area. that target practice on one occasion was done within days of this event. >> reporter: monday's new information comes in part from more than 400 interviews they have conducted. and atf say it now has more details about the guns connected to syed farook. >> farook purchased the llama and springfield 9-meter pistols that were recovered at the scene as well as the salve -- savage rival recovered. >> reporter: much has shifted to are fook -- farook's wife. local leaders say what is important is trying to get

. >> melissa chan reporting there from the perimeter of the crime scene, thank you, melissa. as word came in of the shooting in certain better than, president obama responded as he has many times, calling for more action on gun control. during an intervie interview cb, the president said this is a pattern that has no parallel. >> there are steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the adds that they don't happen as frequently, common sense gun safety laws, stronger background checks, we have a no-fly list where people can't get on planes but those same people could go into a store right now in the united states and buy a firearm and there's nothing that we can do to stop them. we should come together in a bipartisan basis at every level of government to make these rare as opposed to normal. >> this is the 15th time president obama has spoken out after a mass shooting in the u.s. >> the shooting in san bernardino wasn't the only one on wednesday. a gunman opened fire in savannah georgia killing one and injuring three. new yorkers ag

melissa chan reports from san bernardino where the killings took place. >> reporter: it is the city's annual holiday festival and everyone is out despite a harrowing and strange week for residents. out front the san bernardino police department and members of the swot team, these two men supporting the toy drive had been first responders on wednesday. >> it is definitely overwhelming the responsibilities we've got from the community. we're here for the community, they're here for us as well. it helps us as well. they're coming up and shaking hands and giving us hugs. it's a great feeling >> reporter: just walking around this park, you don't get the feeling that this is a community that has been so terroristd over the last few days. people admit they have been scared. >> they're saying that we should just stay in our houses and not go to, like, malls and stores and public places where there's a lot of people. >> reporter: others say life must go on. >> san bernardino will move on. we are strong and we will move on in spite of everything that has happened. we have to >> reporter: the at

al jazeera's melissa chan has more. >> church services at the out reach center. it served as an evacuation center during wednesdays attack. >> how scary and yet look what he says, even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil. >> the local islamic center opted for a more somber affair at its interfaith memorial service. >> only in death are we able to celebrate humanity. >> some fear backlash against the community. >> when we found the person who allegedly did the shooting was a muslim, it even raised our fear and, you know, concern for the community. >> even as the national conversation shifts to washington, politics and policy remain far from people's minds here. congressman pete aguilar made passing mention of it sunday morning. >> it's unfortunate that we are on this list now, lists like newtown, aurora, and others where such tragic events occurred. it's not how i want san bernardino remembered. >> at another event, friends came together to share stories and memories of a quirky, wonderful friend, daniel. >> he's just such

al jazeera he is melissa chan has the latest from san bernadino. >> reporter: i am standing as close as we have been over the last few days inland regional center where investigators say they are continuing the investigation with what they call reconstruction. all told, they have collected .320 pieces of evidence, some of which has been flown to the bomb lab. the other thing investigators said, they can confirm the couple, the two shooters, had been radicalized for some time. but what they say is that though don't by whom or when. here is more information from that news conference. >> five days after the mass murder of 14 people inside the inland regional center, the f.b.i. says it is trying to learn what motivated the suspects. >> we are continuing to be extremely methodical and brought in a reconstruction team. we have collected over 320 pieces of evidence in this investigation so far. we have transferred a number of those to washington, d.c., primarily to our f.b.i. laboratory, to our bomb lab. >> reporter: among that documentation that the couple had been honing their shooting sk

. >> melissa chan is live in san bernadino. good morning, as police searched for a motive, there are reports that the suspect left the holiday gathering angry. you heard also the place says it was not a spur of the moment act. >> that is what is confusing about the situation that we are looking at. police referencing that they believed it had been planned. they had shown up in tactical gear, there were weapons, there'd been explosives. it was confirmed in the last press conference that they had explosive devices at the attack place, and people were saying that this was a holiday party, and syed farook left the holiday party angry, and in some ways it was reactive. a lot of things going on. information developing. police with a lot of work to do. it has been a dramatic and bys i 24 hours. >> when the attacks began, some inside the regional centers thought it was a drill. outside others, including juan hernandez heard gun fire. >> it was like a shooting range, being shot, like crazy. >> the shooting lasted a few minutes. the chao

melissa chan, al jazeera, san bernardino, california. >> a south carolina judge said to be rethinkingo let a police officer charged with murder out on bond. he requested a second bond hearing on monday, the judge requesting his first plea saying he was a danger to the community. slager is the officer charged with shooting and killing walter scott, an unarmed black man in april. he has been in isolation in the county jail ever since. >> the mother of a black man shot dead by chicago police promise tolls keep fighting. monday, officials decided not to charge the officer for killing ronald johnson last year. we have the details of the careless from chicago. >> i am going to call it as i see it. >> this is what state's attorney anita alvarez saw. the police dash cam shooting of ronald johnson in 2014. after getting into a scuffle with an officer, the video shows johnson running with officers with what alvarez says is a gun in his hand. a different officer shoots johnson in the back, but you don't actually see johnson fall to the ground. the video is not good, and has no sound, but it was

. >> melissa chan is in san bernardino with the latest. melissa. >> we expect the president to arrive at where three hours time, local 8:00 p.m. he is not expected to speak publicly. he is expected to meet with the families of the 14 that were shot and killed. private meeting of about 90 minutes. private memorial has been around ever since the start of the incident about two weeks ago. this is very much a community that is still healing. more than two weeks after the mass shooting, the city of san bernardino, still finds itself at the center of national even international attention. what the fbi calls a terrorist attack in the your honor likeliest of places. >> it's sad, i'm completely shocked. this person is an american citizen, he's born here. >> new claims by investigators that the shooter syed farook had not only planned this for a long time but also with his friend enrique sanchez. >> they are disrespected and want to go out and join people like i.s.i.s, al qaeda, but we can't prevent this. >> of all mass shootings it was the san berna

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al jazeera's melissa chan is live in san bernardino, california.found at the scene and suspects points to a possible larger attack. june absolutely. federal authorities and investigators did say that it was entirely possible to have had another attack if you consider what they found at the residence. over 4,000 rounds of ammunition with components to build explosives devices and on the shooters themselves and s.u.v., 1600 rounds of ammunition, handguns, rivals, and this is what the police chief had to say. >> we believe the suspects when they entered fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. we did locate the one pipe bomb that was actually three pipe bombs combined into one that had a remote control car type control device that appears to have not worked in this case. >> two of the handguns we know now was purchased legally. authorities are still vetting the rifles. they said they were built follow components. they're still investigating that part of the arsenal. >> are police any close to answering why, why did this

melissa chan joins us live from southern california with more. ssa. >> reporter: tony one of the things that officials started off were to dispel rumors. they were very clear that they just don't know at this moment whether the female radicalized the male. they say they knew the shooters had been radicalized for sometime but they don't know by whom or when. five days after the mass murder of 14 people inside the inland regional center, the fbi says it is trying to learn what motivated the suspects. >> we have brought in a reconstruction team. we have collected over 320 pieces of evidence so far, and we have transported a number of those pieces of evidence to washington, d.c. primarily to our fbi laboratory, to our bomb lab. >> reporter: among that documentation that the couple had been showning their shooting skills. >> we do have evidence that both of these subjects did some target -- participated in target practice in some ranges within the metro area, or within the los angeles area. in that target practice on one occasion was done within days o

joining us live from san bernardino is melissa chan. we understand there has been a raid, another raid in connection with the case. >> yes, the fbi has confirmed that they executed a search warrant on a property in riverside county, it's not far away from san bernardino, and belongs to the home of a former neighbour of farook's, and former friend, according to some people. there are reports that this man is the one that procured the two semiautomatic rifles used in the attacks. that's the latest information. here, it has been may hecs. as you can imagine, it's the start of the weekend, and people are trying to get back to a sense of normalcy. >> reporter: it's the city's annual holiday festival, and everywhere is out despite a harrowing and strange weak for residents. out front the san bernardino police department and members of the s.w.a.t. team, these two men supporting the toy drive had been first responders on wednesday. >> thank you, guys. >> it's definitely overwhelming the response from the community. you know, we are here for th

she is the first journalist to be expelled from china since 2012 when the al jazeera journalist, melissa chan to leave the country. she has been sup -- subject doed death threats and abuse online. one news agency celebrated her expulsion. all part of a campaign that she believes was officially sanctioned. >> my god, it was incredible, and incredibly sexual and dirty, incredibly, even facebook, you know, did censorship. >> reporter: she left china just as a new anti-terrorism law came into effect. the government says the legislation is similar to measures adopted by many western countries and is not designed to target any ethnic community. >>> a political and economic affairs comment at iter. he says the article shouldn't be considered news report but an opinion peace. >> she said merciless oppression of the uyghurs, that these kinds of attacks could continue as long as the uyghurs were being ruthlessly put down. she also made a distinction between what she said was the situation there, and in china. when you have people killed in their sleep, whether they are haan or parisians or in the middl

joining us live from san bernardino with the latest is al jazeera's melissa chan. what can you tell us about the update there? >> the latest is the fbi executed a search warrant on a home, not far from san bernardino. the home belongs to a former neighbour and friend. we have reports that this man in question could have been the one that purchased the semiautomatic rifles used in the shooting. we are hear in san bernardino, and after the last few days of may hecs. it's worth -- mayhem. >> it's worth taking a look at how the town is trying to recover. >> it's the city's annual holiday festival. everyone is out despite a harrowing week for the residents. out front. the san bernardino police department and s.w.a.t. attempt. these two men had been first responders on wednesday. >> it's definitely overwhelming the response from the community. everyone - we are hear for the community. they are here for us. it helps us. they are coming up, shaking our hands, giving us hugs. >> walking around in this park on a beautiful sunny saturday. you don't get the feeling that this i

she is the first journalist to be expelled from china since melissa chan in 2012. >>> in nigeria scoresen killed in separate attacks. a mosque was targeted in one of the suicide bombings, and an attack in another town, female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market killing dozens. nigeria's president said that boko haram had deck -- technically been defeated days ago. >>> sierra leone has been declared of ebola. but liberia has been fighting several new cases. and the search for a vaccine is far from over. >> reporter: every time these two come to the lab for testing, they wonder which one of them have been injected with the experimental ebola vaccine. scientists are still looking for a cure against the highly contagious and fatal ebola virus. >> translator: at first my family and i were scared. but the doctors reassured me. it's my way to contribute to the fight against the virus. >> reporter: volunteers are not injected with ebola but with a safe version of the virus. then researchers give them two experimental vaccines. one to stimulate their immune response, the other to boos

melissa chan, al jazeera, san bernardino, california. >>> there are reports the justice department will investigate the chicago police department, the chicago pd facing intense scrutiny following the police shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white officer last year, officer jason van dyke was charged with murder last month and new reports say they backed up the story of what led up to a shooting despite the dash cam video that shows otherwise. >>> f.b.i. investigating a deadly shooting in miami, a bystander recorded what happened and police say the shirtless man identified as 51-year-old david wineset held up a bank in miami beach and got no cash and ran into a barber shop and grabbed a straight razor. >> took his shirt off and come out and was challenged by the officers in the street and at some point during that confrontation he did raise his hand with a straight edged razor in it and he was shot. >> reporter: he just escaped from a prison rehabilitation center, he was finishing a 12 1/2 year sentence for bank robberies committed in florida. an autopsy of a man who died in a wisco

melissa chan, al jazeera, san francisco. >>> bill cosby is fighting back, counter suing seven womenleg him of sexual misconduct. esther lying about him for financial gains. his lawyer said the women's accusations are malicious, opportunistic and inflammatory. >>> returning home after defecting to the u.s. >>> major league players backing cuba for the first time after leaving to follow their baseball dreams. >>> a landmark liftoff, a rocket carries astronauts into the international space station, making history for the u.k. >>> an update now on that high school football coach in texas who admitted to encouraging his players to tackle the ref. two players from the high school in san antonio blindsided the ref in september. the former assistant coach now pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault charges. his sentence of a year in jail was suspended. he now faces 18 months probation. prosecutors plan to file charges against the players now. >>> all time hitter pete rose will plead for mercy when he addresses the media today. he is speaking out one day after major league baseball denied his t

as some muslims impressed, fears from profiling, melissa chan choins us live. do you have a guest there that was part of the muslim community. what is their reaction? >> it's been interesting. we were at an interfaith vigil. >> there were expressions of fear, concerns that this is the worst hostility that muslim americans have experienced since the post 9/11 period. joining he here is a person attending the mosque that syed farook attended. you have been out front in front of the media to talk about this. something that president obama said is the possibility of muslims in the united states and overseas. >> muslim leaders here and around the globe have to work with us to decisively and unequivocally rejected what al qaeda promotes. as is the responsibility to root out misguided ideas itself the spoibilityy of all americans to reject -- responsibility of all americans to reject administration. >> do you think it's an undue burden on the community in the country? >> no, i think on the contrary it's a religious duty. i talked to an imam, he wants to call on the mu

melissa chan >>> in july another correspondent spoke to the u.s. cuba trade and economic council.he spoke about the implications of diplomacy for business. he explained why good news it was. >> the u.s. government will look at the embassy as an issue for democracy. the government will look at the embassy as bait. so presently there is no question that the cuban government short-term, medium term is benefitting far more than the united states, but over the long long-term the united states will benefit as well as cuba. cuba benefits now because it is able to say that the risk of doing business with cuba is last because the u.s. government isn't perceived as an enemy and that is important. >> reporter: a number of u.s. businesses, hotels, telecoms, all of them are lining up to set up shop in cuba. doesn't a rising tied float all ships? >> potentially, but the reality-- tide - that the united states continues to have several laws and regulations that prohibit the type of business activity that most businesses want to do. so we're limited in what we can do. we're also limited by what t

melissa rivers working tot. i have been waiting for that so long. >> and that is what she said that she could hear her mother saying, what, a chan this. and she looks just like her, but she sounded nothing like. >> wow. and "people" magazine did release that shot of melissa as joan. so the movie opens up christmas day, "joy." >> and a lot of big films. "concussion." >> and yes we want to give a is out shoutout to the cover of "hollywood reporter." >> donna langley. >> and last year it was bonnie hamlin and she is responsible this year for the biggest box office movie in history $6.7 billion with jurassic world, and out of compton and 50 shades. >> and she is going to be honored there at that luncheon? >> yes, and so many are going to be there, sean penn and so many great people there. >> yes, have a great morning out there. >> and we had a feature on clara ra sun sunwoo and her daugthter roseanne and about their immigration store story, and our fans have crashed their website, and they are now back up and running. congratulations to the them. >> and up next -- >> andy is my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis made a simple trip