mike viqueira is standing by with us as well to help us out on this. horrible day. horrible news story. the suspect in this shooting, mike, this is the top line from the news conference, and then i'll turn it turnover to you an you can share what your take aways are from the news conference. the suspect, in this horrible shooting on television. >> as typical in these cases in the initial hours after a violent crime, pressure little in detail. i thought it was interesting that the sheriff did say that he was not sure of the motive, but it's obvious that this individual is disturbed in some way, and it appears that things were spiraling out of control in his life. also clear implication that there was some forefront thought in this. he named the subject. known as bryce williams, but flanagan died of self-inflicted wounds. he was on his way to washington from roanoke, and then heading east on i-66, ultimately found by that virginia state trooper, looking at that technology, utilizing technology that identified the license plate wa was--flanagan, the trooper tried to sto

mike viqueira, what are senator menendez's reasons for voting against the deal? >> it's interesting, tony, the first democrat to represent president obama's deal comes a month from congress. but though they're taking a break, it's behind the scenes, and today president obama lost one of his own. it's another blow from another senate democrat. new jersey's bob menendez said that he'll vote against president obama on the iran deal. >> at the end of the day, what we appear to have is a rollback of sanctions, and iran only limiting it's capability, but not dismantling or rolling it back. >> his announcement was not completely unexpected, but it does provide a window on the sensitive politics around the campaign to win congressional support on the deal. joining menendez, bob corkish, the chairman of the foreign relations committee. washington post, rather than end iran's nuclear program, over time this deal industrializes the program of the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. supporting or rejecting the deal, both sides are counting be congressional votes, with cong

mike viqueira reports from washington. it may not be enough to stop the deal. >> thank you very much. >> it's another blow from another senate democrat. new jersey's bob menendez says it will vote against president obama. >> at the end of the day we appear to have a roll back of sanctions in iran, limiting its capability, not dismantling or rolling it back. >> the announcement was not completely unexpected, but provide a window on sensitive politics. joining menendez, tennessee republican, the influential chairman of the foreign relations community. writing: >> reporter: with a vote on rejecting or supporting the deal, both sides are counting votes. an inexact science. this much is clear. a majority of house and senate will vote to reject the deal, bringing a certain presidential veto. the big question - can opponents muster two-thirds in houses to override the veto. it will be close. seeking support. taking his case to social media. opponents are spending millions in a multi pronged attack to kill the deal. >> reporter: i

mike viqueira reports. >> reporter: for almost a quarter of a century it's been a country in tatters. the governments are mostly powerless and unable to stop the rise of al shabaab, the affiliate through al qaeda that through violence destabilized somalia and the entire horn of afri africa. president obama came to office vows to decrease the direct involvement in placing like somalia and use a combination of regional forces partnered with u.s. air power and intelligence to fight groups like al shabaab. in neighbors kenya last month, mr. obama touted his approach. >> as we speak kenya is working with ethiopia and the united states and others to further degrade al shabaab's space of operations inside of somalia. >> reporter: the president's trip was a stark reminder that seven years into his presidency, the fight continues to rage. the day after the president spoke in kenya, a car bomb attack on a mogadishu hoelgs ki hotel killed 13. al shabaab claimed responsibility. experts say what's needed now is political stability. >> it requires legitimacy and ultimately what has a reborn neighbo

. >> mike viqueira, appreciate it. thank you. the pentagon inspector general is investigating if the military has overstated its gains over isil. the appropriate started after an independent analyst accused central command of reworking estimates for political makers. he also said that the military brass have been portraying those assessments too optimistically. jamie, it seems that the inspector germ this actually happened rather than who did it. what are you hope to find here? >> the pentagon is not even confirming that the inspector general is conducting this investigation. but according to "the new york times" sources what they're looking at if some of the intelligence assessments were detentionly cooked to make them look better. the defense secretary relies on unbiased and unfettered assessments to make judgments, and that the pentagon is referring all inquiries to the affected general offices, right now, and right now they're not confirming that. intelligence by its nature is ambiguous. it's usually not conclusive. and it re

mike viqueira has the story. >> reporter: for almost a quarter century it has been a country in tattersit has had 16 governments mostly powerless and unable to stop the rise of al-shabab that has destabilized somalia and the entire horn of africa. president obama came to office vowing to decrease america's direct involvement in places like somalia, and use a combination of regional military forces to fight groups like al-shabab. mr. obama touted his app troeron kenya. >> reporter: the united states is working with ethiopia, and the united states and others to further degrade al-shabab's space of operations inside of somalia. >> reporter: but the trip was a stark reminder that the fight continues to rage. the day after the president spoke in kenya a car bomb attack killed 13. al-shabab claimed responsibilities. experts say what is needed now is political stability. >> it requires legitimacy and ultimately one has a reborn nation once again. and until that happens we're playing whack-a-mole with shabab. >> reporter: the u.s. pollty has been two pronged. defeat al-shabab on the battlefield

. >> mike viqueira thank you.e will continue to follow developments as they come in. >>> the pentagon inspector general has investigated whether the military overstated its gains over isil. he says the military brass has been portraying them too optimistically. mike lyons joins us. mike the allegation is that someone at central command reworked the conclusions. what are the possibilities as to who may have done that? >> it's in sitcom's interest to try to make this as positive as possible. they want to give to the president, unfortunately a more optimistic view. you have a civilian now who said that was too optimistic. they didn't take the analysis and give it the what if? and that's the thing that the pentagon is investigating right now. >> when you talk about an analysis that is going up through central command and to the white house, are we talking about the defense intelligence agency, and who else. >> well, after 9/11 there was a big push to consolidate this. there are civilians that sit in sitcom's headquart

mike viqueira, al jazeera, washington. >>> following your every move, some police departments using equipmenttrack your smartphone, and they are doing it without a court order. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with ♪ >>> a new report shows police in multiple states are using cell phone tracking devices for investigations. they have been doing it for years, but it has been kept quiet. >> reporter: they go by industry names like juggler, and wolf hound, cell tracking equipment that is cheap, small, and easily used. purchase records show law enforce agencies have been d die -- buying these devices since 2010. industry experts say the devices passively gather radio waves when the phone communicates with a cell tower, a way to collect data that does not necessarily require a court order, but they could be used with more invase i devices known as string ways, capturing identifying information such as location. jake ward reported on string rays which law enforcement could used to scoop up information. >> people report their cell phones acting quite weirdly, the battery is draining, the in

. >> mike viqueira in washington, thank you >>> a strong warning from the united nations on the crisis in yemen. next - why the civil war there is creating a humanitarian disaster, and american citizens fighting for family treasures seized by fidel castro during the cuban revolution. revolution. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm randall pinkston in for antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news - iraq eliminates layers of its government. why some say the reforms will make the situation worse. >>> first, libya's internationally recognised prime minister says he will step down. he was . he was conflict. >> reporter: government troops are on the offensive. soldiers backing exiled president abd-rabbu mansour hadi launched an attack to recapture a province in central yemen, it would pave the way for abd-rabbu mansour hadi loyalists to advance towards the capital. >> translation: our message to the houthis - you have 48 hours to withdraw from ebb or you will be killed. >> the push north follows a series of games in the south. trying to defeat the rebels, they h

as mike viqueira reports from washington. it may not be enough to sink the deal. >> thank you. >> reporter: it's another blow from another senate democrat. new jersey's bob menendez says he will vote against president obama on the iran deal. >> at the end of the day we appear to have a roll-back of sanctions and iran limiting its capability, but not dismantling or rolling it back >>> the menendez announcement was not completely unexpected, but provides a window, creating a campaign to win support for the deal. joining menendez tennessee republican bob corker, chairman of the foreign relations committee, writing in an op ed: with a vote rejecting the deal, both are busy counting congressional votes, an inexact science. this much is clear, a majority of the house or senate will vote to reject the deal, bringing a certain veto. the big question, can opponents muster two-thirds in both houses to override the veto? >> it will be close. president obama has kept up the pressure, seeking support from lawmakers by phone, dispatching t

mike viqueira is live for us from washington. , what are some of the specific points we're expecting to hear the president make this evening? >> reporter: it's part of his push particularly in the last year, towards climate change, making this an issue front and center, as we winds up what he has called the fourth quarter of his presidency. it's the national clean-energy summit in las vegas. and there you see that impressive site always. the president finishing his two-week summer vacation with his family. first order of business, a trip out to las vegas, a state now known as the saudi arabia of solar, because of the bergening solar industry there. the white house putting up a lot of statistics around this trip. i want to share one of them with you, last year, the united states in three weeks alone put more energy online from solar sources than it did in all of 2008. so a bergening energy. this is a must-do, must-attend for many in the national alternative issues. he is going to propose $1 billion in loan guaranteed for improving

. >> let's go to senior correspondent mike viqueira for reaction from the nation's capital on this. ke? >> well, john, two things have ignited this frenzy here probably three. as david reported the first was the secretive meeting leaked out possibly by the biden camp with the meeting with elizabeth warren, who has become a liberal icon. people assume there is room on the left, berni sanders is exemplifying that, room to the left of hillary clinton on the democratic primary. and then biden is seriously considering a run and possibly leaning towards making a run and making that announcement in the course of the next month or probably later. and then there were comments yesterday from the president's spokesman josh earnest, who came to the white house podium at the very moment that vice president biden and president obama were having their regularly scheduled month. they do it weekly. it was the first they had since president obama got back from a very day from his two-week vacation. and instead of keeping arm's length from the speculation around politics as the spokesman normally does,

mike viqueira, aljazeera, washington. >> they will be holding a memorial service tomorrow, 10 p.m. eastern. i'm john schuster, and john seigenthaler will be back in a few minutes, and then it's the international hour with antonio mora. for more, you can go to aljazeera.com. have a good evening and thanks for watching. >> i. >> hi everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. >> california burning. >> there is a large big pocket of green in here. if established it has a potential for a big push. >> a huge wildfire spreads. responders are now rethink

on friday, the chief of staff, will wrap up four decades of service, and mike viqueira joins us now. was a swan song for a top military leader, and by the time he was done, general ray had tough warnings to the united states and it's allies around the world. it's an idea gaining popularity in washington, and today, general ray onierno topped about partitioning iraq. >> it might be the only solution, and i'm not ready to say that. dividing it up that with politicals, owediero raised it. from desert storm in the 1990s to 2011, when he commanded all u.s. forces there. he will command all of the u.s. forces. >> i think that the refine it's that way, to retrain the iraqi security forces for capabilities. >> the problem, says owe odiern, he hinted that the iraqi forces will begin a defensive against isil in the next few days, and though the situation doesn't call for american combat boots on the ground, he raised the possibility of having u.s. forces deployed alongside of iraqi forces. >> it doesn't mean that they would be fighting with them. and that's an option that we need to present to

mike viqueira is more in washington. >> john, you're absolutely right. in about one monday's time votes will be taken in congress to reject or approve the deal the president is putting forward with iran over its nuclear program. the pressure is still on through surrogate phone calls from president obama and others out there trying to press members of congress to sway their votes. those members that are on the fence. and today president obama lost one of his own. >> thank you very much. >> it's another blow from another senate democrat. >> new jersey' bob menendez said that he'll vote against president obama on the iran deal. >> at the end 69 day what we have is a roll back of sanctions and iran only limiting its capability, not dismantling or rolling it back. >> he it does provide a window on the sensitive politics surrounding the campaign to win congression nat support for the deal. joining menendez, bob corker, writing in a "washington post" op-ed, over time this deal industrializes the program, the world's leading state sponsor, terrorism. with a vote

mike viqueira al jazerra i havee on this. >> the regular an library in california.the speech he will try to get past his stumbles on iraq, a lot of ex-expert exerts of the speed earlier in the day and turnal tables and go on offense against the democratic front runner hillary clinton. >> this en count never may crystallized a major problem for jeb bush. >> on the subject of iraq, obviously very controversial. knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have. and so would have hill run clinton. >> reporter: since the stumbles, bush has tried to quick at this turn the page and backtrack on his comments, now he's trying to turn the tables and lashing out on hillary clinton and casting blame on her and president obama for the collapse of iraq and the rise of isil. according to exerts released by his campaign he will say tonight who can argue that american and our friends are saferrer tonight than in 2009 when the president and secretary clinton. the storied team of rivals, took office. he will also lash out for, in bush's view, leaving i