robert ray is live in houston. robert tell us more about what prosecutors had to say about this horrific unnecessary uncalled for shooting? >> reporter: yes, good afternoon, richelle. well, prosecutors laid out their case today, what that was called a probable cause statement when the judge listened as you noted earlier, the shannon miles, 30 years old, the suspect that shot 15 times into the body of darren goforth, ten year veterans of the police force, 47 years old. the police officer's family was in the front row surrounded by deputies and shannon miles in shackles as it was a very intense moment inside, and outside with a bunch of media out here, and police officers, earlier today surrounding the courthouse. let's listen to what the prosecutor said after the hearing. >> when deputies arrived they found deputy goforth face down in the parking lot near his patrol car. he'd clearly been shot multiple times with a firearm. he was dead when they arrived. they fow found 15-40 caliber aga shell casings around the body.

robert ray has more from atlanta. >> earlier this morning, the 39th president of the u.s. jimmy carter walked out to a media room, he had a sport coat, jeans, his wife of 69 years was in the front row and he told everyone heats at ease with whatever adventure lies ahead and he's had a wonderful life. >> thank you for coming this morning. >> an upbeat jimmy carter set for a candid discussion on thursday about his cancer diagnosis. >> i've been as blessed as any human being in the well. >> reporter: the president felt ill in may, during a trip to monitor elections. a checkouts revealed a growth on jimmy carter's liver, found to be melanoma, a cancer that begins on the skin. and spreads through the body from there. >> they did an m.r.i., and found there were four spots of melanoma on my brain. they are small spots. about 2mm or a millimetre. i'll get the first radiation treatment, melanoma in my brain, this afternoon. >> reporter: carter has a history of of pancreatic cancer, losing his father and three siblings. he's been regularly monitored. compared to that, this may be go

robert ray is at the courthouse. >> it's been a year and a half in the making. since west virginia residents here in charleston, nine counts were effected by a chemical spill that went into the elk river. that caused by freedom industries here. five of the executives pled guilty already, and the last one, the main guy, gary southern, has pled guilty to charges. he'll plead guilty in september. they walked into the court a little earlier. >> are you the example of a greedy executive who doesn't care about people. >> sir, excuse us. >> even though the executives have already pled guilty and will face fines and potential jail time, many of the 300,000 people effected here a year and a half ago still want answers from government agencies. they wonder why they were sick. why the entire area smelled of lick russ and why still some are having nausea because of this chemical spill. a lot of questions still unanswered, and many people still want to push this issue for better regulations on the rivers here in west virginia. robert ray, al jazeera, charleston, west virgini

southern states tend to have fewer restrictions on weapon sales than northern states and as robert rayeports from georgia guns bought in the south regularly make their way north up the show called iron pipeline. >> hello, how are you? >> reporter: this is little's bait and tackle shop in the small town of perry, georgia, one of nearly 4,000 licensed gun dealers in the state. and little is the owner. >> what town are you in? >> al jazeera america. >> reporter: little is the source of the gun that was used to kill new york city police officer brian moore in may. it was stolen from the pawn shop in 2011. this c.c.t.v. video caught the masked they'ves in action and took 23 weapons, nine ended up in new york city. >> and the police never caught the guys that robbed your store. >> they had hoodies and ski masks and gloves. no. they never caught anybody. >> reporter: the guns make their way up what is known as the iron pipeline, an illegal trade route that goes from 95 from southern states to new york. >> there is an awful lot of gun violence in the country. >> reporter: despite trying to shu

robert ray has more. >> it is a grand pant monument over 800 feet high. just outside the city, the huge upcropping was the sight of the rebirth of the ku klux klan. when several members of the then secret society gathers there and ignite add flaming cross to proclaim it's revival. ever since then, many have seen the mountain as a symbol of racial hatred. >> the history is only related to white supremacy. >> the carving which took nearly 50 careers to complete, depicts jefferson davis, robert e. 3, and thomas stone wall jackson all leaders in the confederacy. >> atlanta councilman has proposed keeping the monument but adding history call georgia native like former president jimmy carter and martin luther king jr. >> georgia is over 280 years old. and yet the con pod rassey was only four years of that, so the confederacy seems to dominate the perception of what is historic georgia and that's far from the case. the group wants the monument completely removes. >> for people that claim that it is art. that art is not worth another black life. >> other the week

robert ray is in charleston.obert. >> john good evening, indeed he pled guilty to federal violations, three different counts on contaminating the water system here. he will be sentenced in mid december. he could face up to three years in prison and a $300,000 maximum fine john. >>> mr. southern, robert ray, al jazeera america. have you had a chance to go and talk to the many residents that your company put out over the course of the -- >> sir we are not going to be commenting to the media sir. >> moments later in federal court former freedom industries president gary southern pled guilty to charges relating to poisoning water for thrund,000 people. >> i believe the only true determination in these kinds of cases is to send the message that if you engage in this sort of conduct, you're exposed to jail time. executives are used to writing checks for things. they are not used to checking their three piece suit for a jailhouse. >> i feel anger and frustration. i hope that we -- i hope that there's some kind of restit

robert ray has it. >> reporter: yeah, tony, indeed. president jimmy carter, the 39th president, 90 years old, came out in his memorial here behind us, and talked to reporters. he had on a sport coat and jeans, and his wife of 69 years sat in the front row. and he's completely at ease with whatever comes his way and that he has had a wonderful life. >> thank you all for coming this morning. >> reporter: a seemingly upbeat jimmy carter sat down for an upbeat discussion about his cancer diagnoses. the president began to feel ill in may during a trip to monitor elections in guyana. a thorough checkup should found a growth in carpenter's liver, and it was found to be melanoma. it's usually on the skin. >> they did an mri and found there were four spots of melanoma on the brain. they are very install spots. about 2 millimeters, and i'll get my first radiation treatment for the melanoma in the brain this afternoon. >> reporter: carter has a family history of pancreatic cancer. he lost his father and three siblings to the disease, and he has b

robert ray is here with that. robert. >> reporter: good evening, john. indeed the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, came out in his presidential library behind me. this morning he was in a sport coat and jeans, and his wife of 69 years in the front row. he spoke to media about his scenario, his fight against cancer. he said he's ready for anything that comes ahead, and that he's had a wonderful life already. >> thank you all for coming here this morning. >> reporter: a seemingly upbeat jimmy carter sat down for a candid discussion thursday morning about his cancer diagnosis. >> i've been as blessed as human being in the world. >> reporter: he began to feel ill in may during a trip to gone more elections in ghana. a growth on his liver was found to be melanoma, a cancer that usually begins on the skin and can spread through the body from there. >> they did an mri and found there were four spots of melanoma on my brain. they are very small spots about 2 milli meters, if you can envision that. i get my first radiation treatment in my brain

robert ray is live in houston. the prosecutor gave details over the horrific shooting. >> yes, indeed, this was a probable cause statement read by the judge just about an hour or so ago here in houston text. shannon miles, 30 years old, came in shackles, looked around the room. in the front row were the family and relstive o relatives of the officer. he was shot. heahere are the details. 15 times in the back by a smith and wesson. the ballistics were traced back to shannon miles. now what we know is that the motive is unclear at this point, randall, but the gruesome murder happened just three days ago. >> you can see the male get out of the car. white t-shirt, shorts, dennis chutes. he runs up behind the deputy and puts the gun to the back of his head and shoots. the deputy hits the ground and then he continues to unload his gun shooting repeatedly into the back of depp goforth. >> now no plea was done in court today. no guilty or non-guilty. he'll appear next time. >> there was some talk early today about some som

robert ray, al jazeera. >>> this sunday marks one year since a white police officer shot and killed aned black teenager down in ferguson, missouri. michael brown's death lead to riots and resignations. and sparks a national conversation about police tactics. michael brown's mother told al jazee jazeera's tony harris how she feels about this. >> there were black men that were killed before your son by police, police-involved shootings. there have been black men who have been killed since. something about what happened to your son started a movement and that movement continues today. what is it? what it is about what happened to your son that's lead to this movement? >> i wish i could answer that for you. >> what about that moment? >> it definitely had to be the moment. >> the circumstances. >> the circumstance. the -- the day, the brood daylight, the -- his actions. you know, how do you -- how are you so comfortable with what you did, but you did it and then you ran away? you know, i have to say god is and was in control the whole time. and he knows that -- what we're up against, and we

robert ray has that part of the story. >> hello. >> reporter: this is little's bait and tackle shop in the small town of georgia. one of nearly 4,000 licensed dealers in the state. little is the owner. little is the source of the gun used to kill new york city police officer in may. it was stolen from the porn shop. this video took the video of the action. the guns make their way up an iron pipeline, an illegal route up 95, from southern states to new york. in spite of attempts by lawmakers and police to shut it down, georgia is ground zero. >> two new york city officers ambushed in disease were killed by georgia gun. purchasing a firearm in the state of georgia is simple. all you need is a georgia state i.d. or driver's licence. it goes through a background check taking 20 or 30 minutes and you can obtain a gun online. georgia leads the country as firearms used in crimes in other states. in 2013, 3,000 guns purchased in georgia were confiscated outside the state, with florida running behind. according to georgia, and the bureau of tobacco and firearms. we reached out. they did not res

robert ray is at the courthouse. >> reporter: it has been a year and a half in the making since westirginia residents here in charleston, nine counties were affected by a chemical spill that went into the elk river. five executives pled guilty already, and the main guy gary southern has pled guilty to charges. we caught up with him and his attorney as they walked into the court a little earlier. are you the example of a greedy executive who doesn't care about people? >> sir, excuse us. >> reporter: even those the executives have pled guilty and will face fines and possible jail time, many people still want answers from government agencies. they wonder why the entire area smelled of licorice, and why some of still having nausea. >>> meanwhile in colorado the epa is opening a recovery center near durango to help residents deal with a toxic spill there. boaters are back out on the waterway now that it is clear again. for two weeks toxic sludge spilled from a former mining site turning the river orange. officials say people should still avoid drinking the water. >>> crews in alaska are s

removed and scenes like this are adding fuel to the debate over all symbols of the confederacy, robert rayatlanta. >>> andy richardson with the sport. >> thanks so much barbara, achievement arriving at the right place for the game and little is known in the careers of palestinian footballers and for the first time in 15 years as sized from the occupied west bank in gaza to play a rival team and had to get permission for the athlete to travel across the territory and there is a 24 hour delay the sport has made it and palestine accused israel of restricting it between footballers and the west bank and they say they have no control over their government's security forces. >> we are very happy to come to gaza because it's the first time they are facing problems in gaza against the people here and against everybody and citizens are suffering. we are here for sports. i don't want to speak about politics but it's very important for us to come and show the world that the palestinians are united and together. >> reporter: athletics body has strongly rejected allegations about widespread doping in t

robert ray explains. >> reporter: imagine living in a neighborhood in new orleans like this one, andll of a sudden 6.5 feet of water engulfed the entire area, because the levees broke. that's what happened to this photographer. that is his house. he is now trying to move back. commuting from atlanta to materials for the past ten years. but he doesn't have enough money to recreate what was his childhood home. he put a hundred thousand dollars into the home, but a contractor ripped him off, and now he is trying to get back to the city he loves so much while he continues to document the soul of new orleans, which he says not what it used to be. >> you can see the full report tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> the pressure to make it to the big leagues an alarming number of young athletes developing adult injuries. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:45 eastern. the economy had a bigger rebound during the spring than previously thought. the commerce department reports gdp was up more than 3%. the revised numbers are one of many things pushing stocks up this morning, taking a live

robert ray explains. >> reporter: imagine living in a neighborhood ten years ago like this one, and allsudden 6.5 feet of water engulfed the area. that's what happened to eric waters, famed photographer here who shoots all of the musicians and the festivals. that's his house right there. he is now trying to move back. commuting from atlanta to new orleans for the past ten years, but he doesn't have enough money to create his home. he put a hundred thousand dollars into the home, but a contractor ripped him off, and now he is trying to get his way back while he continues to document the soul of new orleans which he says is not exactly what it used to be. >>> you can see the full report tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> playing sports always comes with a risk of injury, but that risk is now increasing for young people. ashar qureshi reports on how an intense sports culture is leading to more injuries on the field. >> some pop there. >> reporter: this 17-year-old high school senior has always thrown the ball hard. but last year he felt something pop while pitching. >> i felt a sharp pain on a p

robert ray reports. >> reporter: it's a granite monument over 800 feet high just outside of the citynta, the huge stone outcropping was the site of the rebirth of the ku klux klan in 1915 when several memberings gathered there and ignited a flaming cross to proclaim its revival. ever since then many have seen the mountain as a symbol of racial hatred. >> the history is only related to white supremacy. >> reporter: the carving which took nearly 50 years to complete depicts leaders of the confederacy. atlanta councilman michael bond has proposed keeping the monument but adding historical georgia natives like jimmy carter and martin luther king jr. >> georgia is over 280 years old, and the confederacy was only four yearsover that. so the confederacy seems to dominate the perception of what is historic georgia, and that's far from the case. >> the naacp want the monument completely removed. >> there are a lot of artistic expressions, but that's not worth another black life. ♪ >> reporter: over the weekend, hundreds rallied peacefully at what they call the pro-confederate gathering. you a

plea deals, and gary southern, who should have spent years in jail, should have gotten that. >> robert rayn your face, that's aljazeera, thank you. >>> among all of the oil producing nags, russia has the worst record for oil spills. thousands are reported each year. in western siberia, they're recovering from a recent spill. >> reporter: as any detective will tell you, the work is far from glamorous. she's no detective in the true sense, but she's an environmental be activist for green peace. and she's on the hunt and finding it. the investigation has not been particularly thorough. >> the company brings the fresh sand into the soil and it's covered under the layer of the fresh soil. >> on june 23rd, unknown amounts of crude oil flood food the river in southwestern siberia, and it spread out across the flood plan. >> the company announced that they spilled only 450 kilos of oil, but you see all over the traces of the oil all over, and even on that bank right there, there's a small part of the river, so we see that 450 kilos cannot pollute such a big area. >> as the oil spread across the la

. >> robert ray live in houston, thank you. >>> a memorial was held this afternoon for cameraman adam ward, one of the two journalists shot to death last week during a live broadcast. those who attended today's memorial were asked to wear the colors of salem high school or virginia tech university in ward's honor. >>> a self proclaimed white supremacist has been convicted of murdering three people last year. he will now face a possible death sentence. he shot and killed three people at jewish centers in overland park, kansas, including a 14-year-old boy and his grandfather. he gave a white power salute after the jury read his first verdict. >>> dozens of los angeles police officers started wearing body cameras today. it's a move to try to ease tensions between the police and the community. critics say the lapd isn't going far enough. how many officers are going to be wearing the body cameras. >> the cameras are being rolled out in the mission hills division. there are about seven dozen police officers out on patrol already with these cameras. they hope to get up to 250 by the end of t

. >> robert ray thank you. >>> a police union is urging people to take photos of homeless people and post the pictures online. hoping to shine a spotlight on a growing program, new york city's mayor and pawns in political trouble. >> a woman holds a child. a man passed out on the steps of a building. they are among the thousands of holmless people in new york city and their faces their pictures are being posted online, by police officers. one of the unions representing the nypd, the sergeants benevolent association, calls this flickr account peekaboo. to tackle the soaring homeless population, instead of dealing with the problem politicians are spending their time attacking police officers. so the union has asked members when they're off duty to photograph the homeless. but who do these pictures shame? the people you see, or the officers who take them? this all comes a week after mayor bill deblasio announced a program called nyc safe. the money used to house mental illness and put more police near homeless shelters. according to the coalition of homeless over the last ten years the

robert ray explains. >> hello, how are you. >> reporter: this is little's bait and tackle shop in a small town in georgia, one of 4,000 licensed gun dealers in the state. this is the owner. little is the source of the gun used to kill new york city police officer brian moore in may, stolen from the pawn shop in 2011. this video caught the masked thieves in action, taking 23 weapons, nine in new york city. and the police never caught the guys that robbed the store. >> no, they had hoodies, ski masks and gloves. they never caught anything or anything. >> reporter: the guns make their way up what is known as the iron pipeline, an illegal trade route running up 95 to states of new york. >> there's a lot of gun violence in the country. >> in spite of attempts by law-maker and police to shut it down, the pipeline remains open. georgia is ground zero. >> two new york city officers ambushed in december were killed by a georgia gun. >> what do you say to politicians up north, saying the southern laws are too lax, and that is why the police officers are armed and shot, and bad guys trade guns? >> i

robert ray has the story. >> reporter: in north carolina, the fight for voter rights is growing strong. hundreds of people have taken to the streets in recent months as a federal judge weighs a challenge to the state's voter reform law. >> voting impacts everything that you do. everything from education, everything from your medical issues, everything from your groceries. >> the department of chris and civil rights groups say the state deliberately sought to stress suppress african-american and elderly voting with a law passed in 2013 that trimmed back voter registration, and required valid i.d.. >> let me be correct. many of those from the extreme left criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. they're more interested in divisive politics. >> it's just sand. it's not political conservatism, it's sand. >> the reverend william barber, head of the north carolina chapter of the naacp, has compared the trial to the selma, alabama march, that led to the voting rights act of 1965, and calls the law mouth immoral and illegal. >> this case will determine how cases are dealt with all over

robert ray, al jazeera, charleston, west virginia. >> a 17-foot wide sinkhole in florida is said to be refilled today. it's in the same spot where a man died two years ago. he was asleep when the floor collapsed beneath him in 2013. his body was never recovered. the property has been fenced off, the house demolished and hole filled in. the sinkhole reopened because of heavy rain and severe dry spots that caused the ground to weak june a decade after hurricane katrina tore through new orleans, the government claims widespread success in rebuilding the city. residents say many of them have been left behind. >> even 10 years later, abandoned homes and overgrown lots are easy to spot across new orleans joanne incredible amount of change. >> the mayor said the city's all out war on blight is working, cleaning the most visible scars from the storm. >> we've taken blight down faster in this city than anywhere else in america. we created a public forum for citizens to come to. >> following cat arena, city leaders estimated there were more than 45,000 blighted properties in new orleans. in five

laws adopted by the state two years ago were designed to keep black voters from casting ballots robert rays more. >> in north carolina, the fight for voter rights is going strong. hundreds of people have taken to the streets in recent months, as a federal judge weighs a challenge to the state's voting reform law. >> voting impacts an affects everything that you do, everything from education everything from your medical issue, everything from your groceryion. >>ette department of justice and civil rights group say the state deliberately south to suppress african-american and elderly voting with a law passed in 2014 that trimmed back early voting, same day registration and required valid i.d. >> let me be direct. many of those from the extreme left who have been criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. they're more interested in divisive politics. >> this is not merely political conservatism it's sin. >> head of the north carolina chapter of the naacp compared the trial to the selma alabama march that led to the voting rights act of 1965 and calls the allow both immoral and illegal. >

for the presidency before dying from brain cancer in may stay tuned in half hour i will speak to robert rayendently counsel who investigated hillary clinton's role in the whitewater scandal for years coming up 8:30 a.m. eastern, donald trump went on offensive ambushed with questions, about dodging taxes on cbs's "face the nation". >> i pay as little as possible. i fight like hell, to pay as little as possible. for two reasons, number one i am a business man, and that is the way you are supposed to do it put money back into company employees all of that. but the other reason, is that i hate the way our government spends taxes. >> he had a little bit more passion, we will hear more from the donald this week first republican debate, airing on our sister network fox news channel, thursday, 9:00 pm. >> u.s. warplanes gearing up to lend support in syria president orange county approving use of air strikes to protect anti-assad forces there at&t reels first bundling package after merge with directv good for sxhoo er? tv wireless phone services costing 200 dollars a month first year, thrown in hitc

us in fox wisconsin s exclusive former whitewater independent counsel former federal prosecutor robert rayappreciate your time what are observations about this server in the hands of the justice department. >> that is a significant development that means in the hands of the gi, fbi doesn't do anything other than criminal investigations. and i don't think donald trump is quite right, because the headed of the fbi is jim combee the former deputy attorney general in the bush mix. >> that is an interesting point i am glad you brought that up yeah. >> it is a significant development, although a little early to jump to the conclusion about what could be made of this as far as a criminal case is concerned, the first question and mrs. clinton points to the rissue wae time. and as far as criminal case is concerned, the people that had access to that information, transferred it did they know that it was classified. >> i mean if those were classified two e-mails, i understand what you are saying maybe are weren't classified at the time, wasn't everything sending, how do you get around not having clas

roberts. >> reporter: oscar ray bolin, convicted at 10 trials over the last 20 years for the murders of natalie blanche holley, teri matthews, and stephanie collins. >> i covered a lot of court cases, and sat across from a lot of defendants, but there was just something about this guy. just the flatness of his affect. who is this person existing in the world, and how did he get to be who he was? >> reporter: that's exactly what we wanted to know. "20/20" was offered a rare opportunity to go to death row, and meet oscar bolin in the place he calls home. oscar spends 23 hours a day in a cell like this one, counting down the minutes till he gets to see his legal aid and wife, rosalie, during her twice-weekly visits. here is 53-year-old oscar bolin today. rosalie is steadfastly committed to you, all these years. after 27 years for your being in here, >> well, i mean, this was not a situation where she came in naive or ignorant to the system or the circumstances. >> reporter: is the relationship more business, or is it -- >> it's both. >> reporter: -- romantic? what is it, exactly? >> it's both. oh,

rays won. that really happened. >> also redskins with an injury concern. roberta concussion. >> not good. >> that's all from here. back to you. >> thank you gentlemen. >>> here's a guarantee you have never seen a home run like this before. it happened last night in miami. >> marcell ozuna of the marlins hammers it deep to left but it hits the top of the foul pole which, of course, means it's a fair ball. that home run measured 434 feet and it helped miami to beat philadelphia, 9-7. they should call it the fair pole. >> they should call it a do-over. that's not fair. >> what do you mean not fair? >> it hit the pole. >> that means it's fair. they should call it a fair pole, not a foul pole. >> okay. how about we move on to "the pulse." coming up, a killer marriage proposal. a boy's terrifying tactic to ask his girlfriend's hand in marriage. >>> and pool party. a momma bear and her cubs taking a dip. new dannon oikos triple zero is my go to protein snack. protein from yogurt? yeah, this greek nonfat yogurt packs 15 grams of protein punch. but what else? it has 0 add

. >> that is robin roberts circa what year? >> 1990. >> billy ray cyrus fan. >> business in front, party in back. that was awesome. >> happy friday. good to have dan harris with us. >> happiest friday i've had in memory thanks to those people. >> we'll move on right now. >> nope. >> a great story to end our fertility series. a country star and his wife opening up about their very personal struggle to start a family. they were told they had a 1% chance of conceiving. the common condition she was battling and what got them through it. we'll show you that. >> such a common problem. it's a nice story for a friday morning. >>> we start with amy and a look at the morning rundown? that's right. the big story this morning, tropical storm erika slamming puerto rico and parts of the caribbean with florida in its sights. the storm has claimed at least four lives on the island of dominica. but more than a dozen people are missing. at least 15 inches of rain have triggered mudslide washing away cars. 80% of the island lost power. erika could become the first hur

ray suarez is up next with "inside story". "inside story". [ ♪♪ ] after the scouts national leader former secretary of defense, robert gates, told leadership barring gay adults from volunteering wouldn't work the organization voted to allow gay men and women to serve as leaders. thousands of gub packs and troops will have to adapt to a new world. will they do their best or prepare for another family fight. it's "inside story". welcome to "inside story", i'm ray suarez. the country's acceptance of gay people changed. it's happened quickly. more places offer gay people legal protection from discrimination. marriage moved from one state in 2004 to 50 states today. gay men and women, members of congress corporate chiefs. now that acceptance of gay men and women as volunteers leaders and role models has been extended to the scouting movement. the boy scouts moved first from prohibiting gay youth from being members to allowing them to join or maintain membership to now allowing units to accept gay men and women as adult volunteers. for those that oppose the change and those that support it. there'll be adjustments made. allen schauffl

ray suarez is up next with "inside story". "inside story". [ ♪♪ ] after the scouts national leader former secretary of defense, robert gates, told leadership barring gay adults from volunteering wouldn't work the organization voted to allow gay men and women to serve as leaders. thousands of gub packs and troops will have to adapt to a new world. will they do their best or prepare fo

robert: the redskins off today and tomorrow and return to practice sunday. hopefully we'll have an official update on rgiii's status. reports say they are optimistic he will be here next saturday with the ray -- ravens. jonathan: this was the second and the third string defense up against the redskins. imagine what the other teams with the first string will do? robert: scary. it's scary. kimberly: keep healthy. that is the main thing. thank you. jonathan: social media has gone abuzz with the stuff happening with the redskins. we have feedback on our site. we want to share it with you. here are some of the comments we got. kimberly: we want to know what you think. join the conversation by going to the abc7 facebook page. jonathan: all right. well, concussions are a big concern for student athletes as well. coming up for us at 4:30 see what a local school district is doing to try to keep the students safe on the field. kimberly: happy topic the weather. it doesn't get more beautiful than today. jonathan: you walk outside and say i don't have a it lo going on outside but now i do. do we have more for the weekend? steve rudin checks in. say that saturday and sunday look like today. steve: pret

plus, former baltimore ravens player ray rice says he deserves a second chance after striking his fee on say in a hotel elevator. we talk with robertbowlen, also joining us domestic violence survivor who says no way. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are stories making news right now. a man suspected of killing eight people in a houston area home is charged with murder. david conley broke into the house, then tied the victims up and shot them. six children were among the dead. investigators say conley had once been in a relationship with one of the victims r it was one year ago today that 18-year-old michael brown was killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. today there was a march followed by a moment of silence. ferguson is holding several events in memory of michael brown. some 8,000 christians have settled in jordan this past year. forced out of iraq by isil. the refugees rely largely in churching for shelter and food. many say a permanent future is impossible in the region and hope for a new home in the west. >>> training camps are under way for the nfl's 32 teams. you will not find running back ray rice at

mike barnicle, howard dean and ray suarez are all with us and with us from "the blaze," amy holmes and in washington, political reporter for "the washington post," roberty the way, i'm a little upset, willie, apparently there is this guy named larry mize. he is claiming that he won in '87. i'm going to have to call trump's lawyer. >> yes. >> you know what? he branded make america great. i branded i won the masters in '87. >> we've been saying it for ten years now. >> we've been saying it since 1988 hoping people had short memories. >> mize had that great chip in in '87. >> it was incredible. off the side of the green. i still, all these years later, i wonder how the ball stopped. i wonder how you remembered that. >> what i heard his name, i said, of course that, is the year he had the chip. zblin decre . >> incredible. >> right, amy? >> i think you're making it up. >> no, it was amazing from the side of the green. >> amy, all right. donald trump went to iowa last night. >> he beat greg norman in the play-offs. you are remember that. >> i do. >> all right. go ahead. >> donald trump picked up support of rick perry's former -- >> wait a second. wait, hold