i'm morgan radford. we are following the stories just for you. >> raul iraqi communities need to unite to defend their country. >> that's president obama saying airstrikes will continue in iraq for as long as they are necessary. and the depiance and determination from both sides in gaza as talks in cairo remain deadlocked. plus we'll go inside the center for disease control as they battle the latest outbreak of ebola. >> this is going to take some time. president obama saying he doesn't know when the u.s. military intervention inside iraq will have to come to an end. well, this morning the president said the operation will go on as long as iraq's religious minorities are still threatened with genocide. he said no american ground troops will be deployed and only iraq leaders can resolve this conflict. we're joined live from washington with more on what the president said. lisa, good afternoon to you. what was the minnesota that obama was trying to make that he didn't make on thursday. >> i think what the

i am morgan radford.hese are the stories we are following just for you. >> that's gaza and israel exchanging airstrikes as egypt propos a new 3-day cease-fire. this as more humanitarian aid is sent over for iraqi refugees trapped on top of mount sinjar. the global reactions to the threat ofb ebola. >> egypt has proposed a new 72 hour cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas. the palestinian delgration has agreed to the deal but it's still unclear whether israel is in fact on board. jane ferguson joins us with the latest on the cease-fire. >> reporter: just in the last hour, the news has broken, of course, that the palestinians have agreed to a 72 hour cease-fire. >> that's on the record. now, in terms of the israel delegation who had left these negotiations, we are hearing records in the israeli media, the israeli delegation talking out saying that they will come if there is a ceasefire, that they will come back to the negotiatingtable with the palestinians on that. that is unconfirmed at this point.

i'm morgan radford. a horse race from medieval times lives on in italy. it's the palio de siena, and honoured virgin mary. many frown upon the dangers of the bare back riding on a dirt track. it doesn't keep the crowds away. >> reporter: this is the moment they wait for all year long. the palio has been an annual tradition for almost 500 years. jockeys ride bare backed along spine-chilling turns in the medieval city scare, and front the crowd. each horse represents a city district. the price is in valuable. the pride and glory of beating your neighbours, an achievement worth risking their necks for. this man has watched the palio his whole life. >> translation: the palio is not a horse race, it's a war. each district has a captain and lieutenant. they meet to seek alliances and plot against enemies. >> reporter: zena is a rich town, it was hit by a banking scandal, and the country's economic prizes. and yet when it comes to the palio no expenses is spared. residents donate to the district, and a good joc

i'm morgan radford. >> secretary of state john kerry is calling on the international community for help in the fight against the islamic state group. he writes: >>> kerry's call comes as david cameron upped the u.k. threat level over concerns that british citizen fighting with the islamic state could return and launch domestic attacks. the white house is weighing its next move. >> reporter: as britain razes alert levels. >> we respond with calmness and purpose. >> reporter: the united states is taking a different response. >> there's no plans to change it. >> reporter: the white house not showing demands. this is a threat that is monitored. one we are focussed on. the strategy is evolving. already it's launched more than 100 air strikes, and the pentagon says the approach must go beyond military intervention. >> this shares the same sense of urgency over the situation in iraq, and the spread that i.s.i.l. poses. >> the cure for depression... >> 3,000 have joined the fight in syria, many with european or

live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. a strong quake rattled central california before four in the morning passiving time. the 6.0 quake was centered south of napper valley's wine country. tremors all the way from san francisco to sacramento. minor damage and reports are expected as day breaks there. this is the largest earthquake in the area since the earthquake in 1989. we turn to meteorologist kevin corriveau in the weather center. >> we are going to take you and google earth, overlaying the earthquake data here. let's go in closer. i want to show you what you are looking at. we were 27 to 29 miles away to the north. you can see the epicentre there. i want to show you where the earthquake has felt. we have a map that we'll put on top. there is napper to the north. this is the sheikh map and this is the areas that show where most of the heaviest activity was. you can see around the epicentre, more to the north, but where you see the blue down to san francisco, they were able to feel it. like i said, up to 110 miles away

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good morning and welcome we can to "al jazeera america" live from new york, i am morgan radford. oshy is here with the girl power that has everyone talking. ross, tell us more about this? >> you have to love it, morgan. remember the name, people, mone davis because she got game. at 13 years young, davis became just the 18th girl to play in the little league world series and not only did she play. she dominated the boys from the first girl to throw a deplete game shutout in williamsport, pennsylvania: she was getting her groove on like you would not believe. gave up two hits while striking out eight batters and six scoreless innings of work as her philadelphia team blanked national 4-nothing. the big mone kept it under the 70 count limit which will allow her to pitch in the third game on tuesday. >> i had 57 pitches going in to the inning, and i knew i only had like eight pitches left. so i had to try to squeeze those eight pitches in action and i got them in. >> mone davis was the fourth american girl to play in the little league series but she has company because canada's he emma

i am morgan radford. this morning, we are getting a glimpse of the u.s. military operations happening right now inside of iraq. just last night, the government released new video of those airstrikes. now, this is a view from those fighter jets as they destroyed rebel artillery units in northern iraq. we are learning more about why the add miles per hourstration decided to move against isil. the white house was reportedly worried about having another benghazi attack. speaking to reporters in indiana today chuck hagle says the islamic state is a threat to the world. >> the fundamentalist ideology we are seeing play out through isil is as dangerous as anything we have probably ever seen, connected with a very strong military capability. the brutality of what that group and groups associated with it represent. >> hagel added that the united states can't fundamentally change the dynamics of the middle east, but it can help control violence. jane reports from erbil. >> the iraqi foreign minister says the u.s. s

i am morgan radford. don't go anywhere because street food niarobi is coming up next.a great day. >> nairobi is my city, well perhaps not exactly. i was born here and so were my parents, but i spent most of my

live from new york city, i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories. a third night of calm in ferguson, missouri, as tensions ease. a community there prepares to bury michael brown on monday. two smument annious investigations began to look into why officer darren wilson shot the unarmed black teen. german chancellor angela merkel met with petro porashenko today, the meeting coming a day after russian aid trucks cross the the border without permission. the convoy is returning to russia today. the move called a violation of his sovereignty. the white house says air strikes against the islamic state may stretch from iraq into syria, come ag as the islamic state fighters issued threats against the americans, while killing american journalists james foley. >> the islamic state group proved resourceful and well finances. ransom of hostages, theft, and black market oil are part of their revenue streams. the way the group gets its money represents a challenge in the united states, and countries in western europe. >> the u.s. says the islamic state is gatherin

i am morgan radford live in new york. here are the stories we are following jut for you. a failed curfew in ferguson after protest orders defy the governor's order to stay off of the street. airstrikes in iraqi iraq. researchers try to solve a cosmic mystery. check it out. >>> attorney general eric holder has authorized an additional autopsy on the body of missouri teen michael brown. the announcement comes after another night of unrest in ferguson where hundreds of protesters were out. look at that, clashing with police through -- that's a haze of tear gas. tensions in the city remain high after last weekend's fatal shooting of the you know armed black at the scene. natasha is live in ferguson, missouri. can you tell us a little bit more about this autopsy? what do we know? >> reporter: good afternoon, morgan. another autopsy of michael brown's body has already been conducted, but an attorney general holder said because of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding brown's death and at the request of his family, a federal medical examiner will conduct an independent exa

live from new york, i'm morgan radford. european union is giving russia a week to pull back before laying down more sanctions. this as pro-russian separatists make fresh gains in the east. rebels moved on a city outside of luhansk. shelling destroyed every home in the area. kremlin troops are said to have crossed the border. the united nations expressed concern in the death toll. 2600 have been killed. paul brennan is in mariupol with the latest. >> reporter: in recent weeks the ukranian army dominated in the east. the tide turned. in this town ukrainian forces have been encircled for the past week. kiev admitted it was surrounding the town. a supposed humanitarian corridor became a kill zone. instead of receiving freed captives, the demander was left the task of collecting their bodies. >> translation: they were given a corridor to get out, and they were shot. it's a violation of international conventions. we came now, we don't know how they will end. border areas are shrouded in smoke. not all coming from the burn. near t

morgan radford reports. >> u.s. forces in iraq arrested abu bakr al-baghdadi near fallujah in 2004 in a hunt for al qaeda fighters. he was locked up for at least ten months before the u.s. let him go. he was considered a low level threat. it is not clear how that experience affected him, although a few facts are certain. in the years right after his release he was known as a preacher. he is thought to have a doctorate in islamic studies and claimed to be a descendant of the prophet mohamed. joining the al qaeda branch in iraq. >> al qaeda was a solid training grounds for him. i think he witnessed day by day the inability of iraqi leaders. he witnessed how the americans basically operated in iraq. >> reporter: and after the u.s. killed al qaeda's leader in iraq, abu massaad zawahiri, baghdadi's group has changed its name twice. saiislamic state of iraq and the levant anding islamic state. some say baghdadi is more fearful and more tough than osama bin laden ever was. >> he is extremely calculating. i think he has bot

thank you so much for watching al jazeera, i'm morgan radford. . real understanding... >> where you scared when you hear the bombs? >> al jazeera america real... news... >> welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. >> if these terrorists threaten our facilities or personnel we will take action to protect our people. >> president obama promises to continue the fight against the islamic state group in northern iraq. >>> it comes as emergency aid is dropped for thousands of people stranded by the fighting. [ explosion ]

i'm morgan radford coming to you live from new york city. here are the stores for you. germany shows its support to ukraine in its bitter struggle against russia. israeli attacks on gaza intensifies.

morgan radford, al jazeera, new york. >> we want to take you back to ferguson, misery.with us as the shot kind of moves around here but you can see residents confronting police. this is in st. louis county a second night in a row following the shooting of an unarmed teenager. residents there showing their frustration to the police department demanding answers over why this teenager was shot. once again, you are looking live, ferguson minutes your e. this shot is bouncing around but police are out there. several officers with the canine unit. there are also reports that protesters began looting and attacking police cars. we are also hearing the local media covering this story have been -- have been confronted, if you will, by the residents there in ferguson, missouri. tensions certainly high between residents and the president. we will be following this story and the situation very closely throughout the night here on al jazeera. >>> now, to the latest on the l ebola virus outbreak. a group of missionaries who were in direct contact with patients are coming back home to

i am morgan radford live in new york. here are the stories we are following jut for you.curfew in ferguson after protest orders defy the governor's order to stay off of the street. airstrikes in iraqi iraq. researchers try to solve a cosmic mystery. check it out.

welcome back to al jazeera, live from new york city, i'm morgan radford.coming up why the game of golf is rising in china, first the whether with meteorologist eboni deon. >> we are looking at a storm to the south. a frontal boundary across the northern planes, kicking off shores and storms. things are on the quiet side. as we go into the afternoon evening hours expect a round of heavy rain across the carolinas where we saw a lot of flooding issues. as we go through the day to day, here is a look at the gold front, down across the northern plains, sparking families and storms. >> thank you so much. >>> a 9-year-old boy was grabbed by an alligator and survived by fighting off the animal. he got in a tappingle with an alligator when he went to cool off. he's recouping the fight from his hospital bed. >> at first i thought someone was playing with me. i didn't know what happened. i reached to grab it. i felt its jaw, its teeth - i didn't know what to do. i immediately reacted and hit it a couple of times. then it was letting go a little then finally i had eno

i am morgan radford. i will be back with the latest on the earthquake. now, stay tuned to al jazeera. >> after nearly three years in captivity in syria, an american journalist is freed. hello. welcome to al jazeera. i am steven cole in doha. chaos and confusion if libya as rebel militia sees control. israel says the military pro-russian separatists parade prisoners of war through the streets of donetsk in a show

i'm morgan radford.e are following the stories just for you. >> raul iraqi communities need to unite to defend their country. >> that's president obama saying airstrikes will continue in iraq for as long as they are necessary. and the depiance and determination from both sides in gaza as talks in cairo remain deadlocked. plus we'll go inside the center for disease contr

morgan radford as the details. >> reporter: angry residents rallied outside the police department in ferguson st. louie, chanting qub i'm black and proud, holding signs no justice, no peace. they are protesting the death of michael brown, who was shot and killed on saturday by a police officer at his grandmother's house. brown was inside a police car. it's unclear why, and somehow became involved in a struggle with an officer. >> it was a physical altercation within a police car by the police officers and the subject that extended into the street. that is, in fact, where the shooting occurred, the fatal shooting occurred, was in the street outside of the police car. >> asked how many times was he shot. st. louis county she have said... >> it was more than a couple, but i don't think it was many more than that. >> brown was a high school graduate due to start college on monday. as word of his death spread through the community the reaction was shock and then anger. >> he didn't hurt nobody. he's 18, graduated high school. >>> country officials took over the investigation from ferguson

morgan radford.jazeera, new york. >> the former ambassador to iraq, christopher hill talked about the kind of threat these fighters formed to the entire region. >> what we have found is that i.s.i.s. continues the confound the experts in that it's proven to be a very effective fighting force and even there are signs it was able to push back the peshmerga a few days. that seems to be changing, u.s. air forces have been decisive in that regard but peshmerga are very well trained highly disciplined and well led force and i think as they begin to get more weapons and that appears to be happening you'll see some reverse always in the -- reversals in the north. whether sunni arabs are willing to push out this i.s.i.s. extreme organization. i think in the long run what you have to say long run few weeks months we need to see the reconstituted iraqi army, an army that's well led and loyal to the government. i think when that happens, they will be able to push the i.s.i.s. out of places that they've occupied

morgan radford has the details. [ chanting ] >> reporter: rangry resident -- angry residents rallied in ferguson, missouri, a st. louis suburb, outside the police station. they are protesting the death of 18-year-old michael brown, shot and killed saturday by a police officer there mere his grandmother's house. brown was in a police car. it's unclear why. somehow became involved in a struggle with an officer. >> it was a physical altercation in the police car between the subject and the police car, that extended into the street. and that is, in fact, where the shooting occurred. the fatal shooting occurred was in the street outside of the police car. >> asked how many teems brown was shot, the police chief said... >> it was more than a couple, but i don't think it was many more than that. >> brown was a high school graduate due to start college. as word of his death spread though the community, the rehabilitation was shock and anger. >> i said he's 18, graduate from high school. >> reporter: country officials have taken over the investigation from the police kept. >> we should make n

i am morgan radford.hese are the stories we are following just for you. >> that's gaza and israel exchanging airstrikes as egypt propos a new 3-day cease-fire. this as more humanitarian aid is sent over for iraqi refugees trapped on top of mount sinjar. the global reactions to the threat of