if you want to hear about anything on today's show or any show, log onto us at twitter, ray soares news. from washington, i'm ray soares, see you. >> they taught me to call it a good day. >> civil rights activist dick gregory has been calling attention to race relations in the u.s. for decades. but the shooting death of a young black man on the streets of ferguson, missouri, is evidence, he says, that a strong white-black divide still exists in america. >> this used to be a down that was mostly white. now it is black. white mayor, white police chief, anything important is white. >> gregory's uniquely placed to provide historical perspective. he was shot in the leg in the 1965 los angeles watts riots,

from washington, i'm ray soares, see you. >> close to a ceasefire in ukraine, russia's president has a plan, and says a deal with separatists could be reached within days. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera live from doha, hello, i'm laura kyle. also ahead this half hour, iraq's army gets ready to battle islamic state fighters for control of two major cities. >>> the white house confirms that same group has murdered a second u.s. journalist. president obama says

from washington, i'm ray soares, see you. >>> on "america tonight," the fight for chicago rages on. one year after our in-depth look at stories behind the violence, we revisit a community trying to move forward. >> how have you been coping over the past year? >> trying. trying. trying not to cry in front of him. you know, it's days i can go and lay on my bed and tears just flow. >> our correspondent back on the streets to learn what a difference a year and a full-on

hello, i'm ray soares, since 1997, when the british left their crown colony and returned it to china, hong kong has been nervously negotiating a relationship next door. they took the lead only in military and diplomatic fathers, hong kong was going to remain what it has always been, a home to freewheeling capitalism, with law and currency, and now the young people filling the streets are testing just how much dissent hong kong's government and the government in beijing are willing to tolerate. protests in hong kong are not unusual. but this is different. and may be dangerous. police fired volleys of teargas in the thousands on sunday, and what authorities said are necessary but restrained response. demonstrators used umbrellas and goggles to protect themselves and vowed to keep up the pressure. >> well, it's very encouraging that so many people tal took to the streets today to demand democracy, and many people chanted the slogan, "went true democracy, and it's exactly the movement. and we're very happy to see what happened today. >> these demonstrations are all about elections to be h

if you want to hear about anything on today's show or any show, log onto us at twitter, ray soares news. from washington, i'm ray soares, see you. >>> on "america tonight," the fight for chicago rages on. one year after our in-depth look at stories behind the violence, we revisit a community trying to move forward. >> how have you been coping over the past year? >> trying. trying. trying not to cry in front of him. you know, it's days i can go and lay on my bed and tears just flow. >> our correspondent back on the streets to learn what a difference a year and a full-on push by law enforcement has made in the fight for chicago. >>> also tonight, a message for washington. the islamic state claims to murder another american journalist. even as u.s. forces lead an unlikely coalition in retaking ground in iraq. >> these are see a fighters, they are the army that the u.s. is very familiar with when they were fighting iraq. look here. >> kr-pbd just rushing on the ground in erbil on the u.s.' linchpin role on stabilizing iraq. and what's keeping hess forces united in their fight against islami

hello, i'm ray soares, since 1997, when the british left their crown colony and returned

since the ray rice story exploded two weeks ago, calls to domestic violence hot lines have soared andwe'll have a story on that just a little bit later in the broadcast. tonight, an army of firefighters is making some progress against a huge wildfire in northern california. the king fire has burned 136 square miles, an area bigger than the city of atlanta. dozens of buildings have been destroyed. thousands more are threatened. carter evans met a couple who lost nearly everything they had. >> reporter: you built this home with your own hands? >> yes, from the ground up. >> reporter: what's it like to know that it's not there? >> devastating. >> reporter: when garry and sally dykstra first learned a fire was closing in on their community, they raced to their home of 22 years. what did that officer say to you? >> you got ten minutes to get in there and get whatever you can and get out. >> reporter: it was barely enough time to grab a few belongings. that was a week ago. and they haven't been allowed back, but they got word their home was destroyed. what do you think it's going to be like

since the ray rice story exploded two weeks ago, calls to domestic violence hot lines have soared ande'll have a story on that just a little bit later in the broadcast. tonight an army of firefighters is making some progress against a huge wildfire in northern california. the king fire has burned 136 square miles, an area bigger than the city of atlanta. dozens of buildings have been destroyed. thousands more are threatened. carter evans met a couple who lost nearly everything they had. >> reporter: you built this home with your own hands? >> yes, from the ground up. >> reporter: what's it like to know that it's not there? >> devastating. >> reporter: when girlry and and -- garry and sally dykstra first learned a fire was closing in on their community, they raced to their home of 22 years. what did that officer say to you? >> you got ten minutes to get in there and get whatever you can and get out. >> reporter: it was barely enough time to grab a few belongings. that was a week ago. and they haven't been allowed back, but they got word their home was destroyed. what do you think it's

. >>> and a soaring launch for internet giant alibaba as it debuts on the new york stock exchange. >> i got it wrong in the handing left rayreece matter. and i'm sorry for that. >>> n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell breaking his silence - an apology after multiple scandals rock his league. >> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. thanks you for joining us. it's our pleasure to have you with us. i'm morgan radford. a covert rescue operation overnight in iraq where 49 turkish citizens were kidnapped by i.s.i.l., and are free back on home soil. it brings turkey's serious situation, one making it reluctant to join i.s.i.l. diplomats, soldiers and children were seized from the consulate in mosul. we go to imran khan in baghdad for us this morning. do we know why the turkish hostages were released. did turkey pay a ransom to i.s.i.l. >> that certainly is what most people assume, including security analysts here in this country. the turks are insisting that they did not pay a ransom. i knew exactly how many sometimes the hostage was moved, and they tried to mound six different rescue operations to get the hostages o

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