news continues in a couple of minutes with randall pinkston. pinkston. [ ♪ ] [ ♪ ] >>> i'm randall pinkston in new york. today a look at the top stories - votes are counted in a critical election in spain. the ruling party fails to win enough seats in parliament to gain government control. [ chanting ] >>> outrage in india after a rapist walks out of prison after serving what demonstrators called a light sentence. >> a 15-year-old high school

randall pinkston is here. >> video of deputies shooting a man. it shows the suspect was armed and crawling away from the officers. >>> plus, the fifth anniversary of a revolt that helped to change the political landscape of the middle east. successes and failures the subject of tonight's "the week ahead". >> and donald trump versus cruz. the relationship between the once friendly rivals is heating up >>> star wars the force awakens hits theatres worldwide. six infallments made is a multi-billion franchise. the colt following is helping to revive an hard form in malaysia. >> this is star wars in a chateau puppet play. elaber at shadows cast by the puppets are projected on to a screen. the master puppet ear controls every move, provides the marration and the voices. the trazitional band of musicians plays the sound track. it's a concept dreamt up by a designer and a friend. >> we want to reconnect youth. maybe if you use something they can recognise, then it will help the projected. >> this came to fruition with the help of a veteran. as he is know

i'm bisi onile-ere, keep it here, the new us continues next with randall pinkston. have a good night. ight. >> this is one of the most important sites in the century. >> proudest moment of my life. >>> >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm randall pinkston in new york. with a look at the top stories. >> translation: we need troops on the ground. americans must intervene >>> disagreement in iraq over how the u.s. should deal with i.s.i.l. the city tries to return to a semblance ever normalcy after the attack killing 14 in a civic center. >> i don't like it at all >>> the secret ghnd t

this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i'm randall pinkston. tony harris has the night off. today, for the first time, we heard from the family of la quan mcdonald. he is the african american teenage are killed by a white police officer in chicago just over a year ago. the city released dash cam video of his killing just last month. past or thpastor marvin hunter, the uncle of the victim: >> all she's been doing is crying and crying and crying and crying and it has taken every bit of my pastorrial skills, every bit of the love that i have as a father and an uncle to dry those tears to let her know that god is going to let her smile again. and it probably could have happened a lot sooner than now if she didn't see it on the news every five minutes. >> live from chicago, protesters are taking to the streets again. andy. >> randall, you see protesters block a major intersection. earlier they blocked the city's busiest street, lakeshore drive. ten lanes across. the police are letting them do their thing at this point. they did shoo them away from l

[ ♪ ] [ ♪ ] >>> i'm randall pinkston in new york.ay a look at the top stories - votes are counted in a critical election in spain. the ruling party fails to win enough seats in parliament to gain government control. [ chanting ] >>> outrage in india after a rapist walks out of prison after serving what demonstrators called a light sentence. >> a 15-year-old high school student and football player was struck and killed after jumping on top of three girls to shield them. >> emotional moments in knoxville tennessee. after a teenage arager protects three -- teenager protect three girls from a gunman >>> and who is protecting i.s.i.l. - on "the week ahead". >>> we begin with the spanish parliament and re-elections. voters delivered a political quake. giving strong support to two new political parties, inding spain's traditional 2-party system. it's not clear who will form the next government. one of the new parties is fighting corruption and austerity measure. it made a giant leap into parliament. al jazeera's david chater reports from a

special coverage offense with randall pinkston in a few minutes, stay with us for complete coverage. >>> good evening, i'm pinks, this randall pinkston, vam al jazeera america, special coverage of president obama's address to the nation. in an hour he'll lay out his plan to defeat terrorism. it's the third time he made a spam from the oval office. >> everything from defeating i.s.i.l., radicalising americans and reducing gun violence >>> mike, curious why is this address coming from the oval office at this time? >> it's interesting. the it setting and timing meant to convey the fact that this is a serious issue, and is responding to many critics, who say the president has been underestimating i.s.i.l. all along ever since president obama called i.s.i.l. a jv team, and the day before the attacks, said that i.s.i.l. has been contained in iraq and syria, and the mass interest, being investigated by the federal bureau of investigation and law enforcement. the idea for the president is to calm americans down, reassure americans, and at the same time not being too alarming. why is it in th

i'm randall pinkston in new york with a look at the day's top stories. protesters hit the streets of south los angeles after a video shows sheriff's deputies killing a gun-wielding man at an intersection. one month ago, mourners ponder the meaning of the deadly terrorist attack >>> voting in saudi arabia - votes are in after women are allowed to vote and run for office. >>> in "the week ahead", the fifth anniversary of the so-called arab spring, a revolt that helped change the political landscape of the middle east >>> to begin, in south los angeles where the sheriff's department is investigating the police shooting death of a suspect. the killing of the 28-year-old was killed on video taped. he was armed and motioned towards them with his gun before the officers opened fire. bisi onile-ere joins us with more. >> the issue is how many times the officers fired their guns - 33 rounds in seconds. community activists and the man's family says the killing was unjustified and are calling for the justice department to investigate. >> they are images that feel f

randall pinkston explains. >> reporter: what did owing the state money for child support due to your >> it effected my credit score. i wasn't able to get a house. i wasn't able to get a car. it ruined my life. it totally ruined it. >> reporter: when ed, a college student in baltimore, fell behind on his child support payments there was little he could go to catch up. >> it was about 30-something-thousand dollars. >> reporter: how was your dauthen then? >> my daughter had to be four or five. >> reporter: what did you think when you found out you owed $30,000 of child support? >> i was lost. >> reporter: it's not just the money that builds up. in the state of m m.d. punishments for failure to pay child support can include loss of state issued license from driving to plumbing and even jail. >> if you are stopping me from driving, i can't pay you money that you say i owe you. >> reporter: joe jones knew there was a better way. he is the founder and ceo of the center for urban families. a multi-service agency started in 1999 to help men become better fathers and providers. three decades a

i'm randall pinkston. family of laquan mcdonald, shot to death by chicago police last year, will be making a statement shortly. they are expected to thank the public for demanding justice and call for the resignation of the state's attorney. earlier ministers called for a special prosecutor in the case, and a petition for a vote of no confidence against the city's mayor. andy the mayor has already said he is not going anywhere, what has happened so far, and what do we expect? >> right now it's just the great uncle who is just now starting to speak. no other family members, we are told are going to speak. no other family members at all have talked through all of this. we understand he is talking about fundamental changes at city hall and in the chicago police department. now in the meantime, a group of bishops did protest at city hall today. as you mentioned, calling for the resignation of rom emmanuel, and the state's attorney, and their basic argument in all of to arva rez and emmanuel is this, hey, you g

i'm randall pinkston in new york with a look add top stories. some schools in new hampshire will closed tomorrow. we talk to a school superintendent about the threat. rescue operations in china, as a landslide crashes into an industrial park. dozens of missing. >> a fulton high school student was killed after he shields others. >> a teenager dies after protecting others from gun fire. >>> and i.s.i.l, where is is financing coming from? tonight's the week ahead. we begin tonight with breaking news. multiple people hurt when a car plows into a crowd on the las vegas strip. there are reports more than 20 people have been injured, some of them seriously. all of this happening right on the busy strip of las vegas near the paris casino and planet hollywood. we will update this when the information becomes updated. >>> district wept in new hampshire excess there is a, quote, detailed threat of violence to harm students and staff at high schools. superintendent mark conrad says he does expect classes to resume on tuesday. i spoke with him earlier about

. >> i'm randall pinkston, thank you for watching. john siegenthaler, is right now. >> during the site of the rampage, fbi is looking more closely at whether the married couple behind the attack had links to terrorist organizations. john terret reports. >> slowly and methodically, the fbi says the shooters,ed farook and tashfeen malik may have entered this area. the fbi hopes to find evidence the couple may have left behind or tried discard including digital clues that may reveal the motive for what investigators are identifying as a terrorist attack. >> we would be remiss not to go into this lake to do a thorough search for any evidentiary dwhraits might comitemsthat mig. >> enrique marquez bought two of the rifles used in the san bernardino attack. farook and marquez abandoned their earlier attack plans after the arrest of four men who were arrested. >> there have been arrests immediately adjacent to that, right in their area of southern california probably by the counterterrorism people that really caused him them to rethink it. >>

financial good evening, i'm randall pinkston in new york. we begin with president obama answer address to the nation. earlier this evening he spoke from the oval office, only the third time he's used that for a live broadcast speech. he called on congress to pass reforms and urged americans to stop fear from breeding hate. mike viqueria has more from the white house. >> good evening, randall. there were no new policies or initiatives announced. but what the president did do is try to assure the president that the fbi, the military, and the cia were on the case. with 14 dead in the san bernardino mass murder president obama says the suspects were motivated by groups like i.s.i.l. >> so far we have no evidence that the cullers were directed by a terrorist organization overseas or they were part of a bigger conspiracy at home but it is clear that the two of them had gone down the dark path of radicalization. >> a new phase instead of complicateing events like 9/11,ing the terrorists are going to ordinary citizens, to reassure the country that h

>>> >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm randall pinkston in new york. with a look at the top stories. >> translation: we need troops on the ground. americans must intervene >>> disagreement in iraq over how the u.s. should deal with i.s.i.l. the city tries to return to a semblance ever normalcy after the attack killing 14 in a civic center. >> i don't like it at all >>> the secret ghnd the pop u -- behind the popularity of republican candidate donald trump >>> world leaders reach a tentative agreement in the flight against global warming. we take a deeper look at progress made at the climate summit in paris >>> we begin with news breaking out of london. a stabbing in the underground that police are calling a terrorist attack. three people injured on the knife attack on the laceon metro station in the north-east. this is cell phone video of police in a standoff with a man, british authorities say he screamed "this is for syria", before police used a stun gun to detain him. a victim was injured, two sustained minor injuries, according to london police. no

the news continues in just a few minutes with randal pinkston. pinkston. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >>> >>> this is al jazeera america. a look at today's stop stories. tonight, democrats put aside their differences just before the last presidential debate of the year. >> we're not going to let hateful rhetoric be our mantra. we want to make a difference >>> both hillary clinton and bernie sanders research out to the muslim community trying to offset inflammatory remarks made by

. >> and, thank you for joining us, i'm randall pinkston in new york. we'll have more on the president's address when we come back at 11:00p.m. eastern, 8:00p.m. pacific. stay tuned for fault lines. and you can keep up to date on the website at aljazeera.com. ra.com. >> in 1978, joseph sledge was convicted of murder in north carolina. >> they made me the scapegoat because they had no one to blame. >> at his trial, an fbi scientist testified that hairs found at the crime scene were 'microscopically alike' to joseph's. just months ago, joseph was released from prison, after serving almost forty years

randall pinkston, al jazeera, providence, rhode island. >> reactors that are set to start debates onimate change. >> first, new american commercial nuclear plant in the 21st century is about to go online. some say it's a move forward. but activists say another nuclear plant is not the answer. >> along with the tennessee river it's the fishing. >> hit, miss. depending on the weather. >> that concerns these locals but not the nuclear plant that's been providing carbon-free electricity to the region for a generation. soon its twin will go online. the first u.s. commercial nuclear reactor completed in the 21st century. after delays and post-fukushima safety upgrades that doubled cost estimated to $4 billion. but officials of the government-owned utility who built it say they have no regreets. >> the nuclear is clean and it's second to hydroin cost. it was a sound business decision. >> yet, nuclear power is having a difficult passage in the country which first developed it for peaceful as well as military purposes. while it is one of five plants under construction five others closed. and

this is al jazeera america, i am randall pinkston in new york with a look at today's top stories. london a stabbing attack at an underground station, police are calling in an act of terrorism. san bernadino is trying to return to some sort of normalcy. >> the secret tonight behind the popularity of republican presidential candidate donald trump. >> so decided. >> world leaders reach a tentative agreement in the fight against global warming. we take a deeper look at progress made at the climate summit in paris. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin tonight with the stabbing in london that police are treating as terrorist attack. three people were injured in the attack in london's northeast. this cell phone video of police in a standoff with the suspect. british authorities saying he streamed this is for syria before police used a stun gun to detain him. one of the victims was seriously injured while two sustained minor injuries. this attack comes just days after british lawmakers authorize the royal air force to conduct air strikes in syria. the investigation in to wednesday's shootings in california t