sheila macvicar begins with more. >>> more yazidis made their way off the mountains. thousands are trapped. eyewitnesss say they have seen many bodies after more than a week in the blazing summer sun. many, especially children and the elderly are dying of dehydration and exhaustion. every time an iraqi aircraft ferries supplies on to the mountain, the crew is besieged by those desperate to get out. al jazeera's jane reports on a mission that ends in disaster. >> kurdish officials tell us the helicopter was russian, used by the iraqi air force, and it crashed as it tried to deliver food and water to thousands of members of the yazidi community trapped on the mountain. as it was hovering low to the ground so the aid packages could be dropped, some of the desperate displaced people tried to pull down the helicopter. it failed to feign altitude -- failed to gain altitude and crashed. >> the mountain. the climate was declared dead and the u.s. launched a rescue effort taking 20 wounded people on board into hospital near the border. >> reporter: among those injured, an mp,

we get details from "america tonight's" sheila macvicar. >> reporter: ter strapped in the mountains withouter, shade, or shelter in the searing heat of the iraqi summer. 10s of thousands of them. ethnic kurds who practice an ancient religion forced from their homes by the advance of fighters from the islamic state. fighters who have made clear that they will kill then because of their faith . this is video from the kurdish channel anf shot in the mountains. this man, we don't know his name says. >> translator: we don't know what to do. i.s. came and we escaped. we are trying to save our children. >> reporter: the little girl with him says. >> translator: there is no water. no food. i am hungry and thirsty, there is nothing to eat. we escaped at night and my feet hurt from walking. >> reporter: and here, as elsewhere in iraq, as i.s. fighters have advanced are there were stories of atrocities. >> translator: they kidnapped the girls, killed many people. our children died. my son, he was two years old, he died. i had to leave him behind. >> translator: they are killing men, taking women with

leaders of the islamic state, sheila macvicar on the effort to save those still trapped on mount sin. >> reporter: on the mountain there are still thousands of yazidis trand he. iraq's military is flying relief missions under islamic state fire. dumping cartons of water and food. most important for those trapped providing a way out for the few who can scramble on board. these pictures taken by british tv crew show the chaos as parents toss their children inside the chopper and pack in as tightly as they can. parents have lost their children. children have lost their parents. and kurdish officials warn of genocide. this little girl rescued from the mountain on the weekend by the iraqi air force cries as the officer carrying her promises they will go back to the mountain for her mom and dad. in the northern part of the sinjar mountains kurdish fighters have been able to open a path and thousands of people though strong enough to walk in a week in blazing sun and temperatures in the 100s with no food and very little water have reached the area of fairly safe kurdish territory. >> i walk

i'm sheila macvicar in washington d.c. michael brown was shot six times, twice in the head, according to an autopsy commissioned by the michael brown family. a report shows michael brown was not shot at close range. >> at least six times. we have one to the top of the head. we have one that entered the top of the right arm. there's no gunshot residues on the skin surface. so that the muzzle of the gun was one or two feet away. the muzzle at the time of discharge, it could have been 30 feet away. what can we learn from that. >> we are joined by a dr from the pittsburg school of medicine, a forensic pathologist. what does the autopsy tell us. >> he was shot six times, one has to be careful in determining the angle and whether they were frond to back, or back to front. keep in mind that the arm has great mobily so that when someone is moving in an ever-changing situation such as occurred in this instance, you can't be sure what position he was in. >> he could have been running away from a police officer or had his hand in the

i'm sheila macvicar. joie chen has the night off. an overflow crowd, attended the emotional funeral service for michael brown this morning. a white ferguson police officer shot and killed brown two weeks ago. lori jane gliha takes us inside the ceremony and explains the premonition brown had not long before he was killed. >> reporter: more than 2,000 people bursting with energy past the baptist church in st. louis. friends, neighbors, national leaders and family celebrated the short life of 18-year-old michael brown with music, love and faith. >> there is a cry being made from the ground account not just for michael brown but for the trayvon martins for those children at sandy hook elementary school, for columbine massacre about.for the black on black crime, there is a crime being made from the ground. >> red roses and a red billed cardinals cap topped brown's casket. his mother bore tears. >> to get us together like this. >> reporter: family members called him mike mike and said he had a higher purpose. he even had a premonition of

sheila macvicar reports on the devastating impact they are having on syria's biggest city. >> reportere helicopters circle slowly, beyond the range of any rebel guns. suddenly a black dot drops from its belly, tumbling towards the city below, then the explosion. [ explosion ] >> reporter: for a small group of volunteers, that sound means their work day has just begun. they call themselves the civil defense force or cdf, their self appointed mission, to help victims of bashar al-assad's barrel bombs. this is their commander. an increasing number of these cheap indiscriminate aerial ied's have been dropped by the regime on rebel held parts of aleppo in recent fonts. two barrel bombs have just exploded in this neighborhood. the volunteers manage to pull some from the rebel. for this 12-year-old boy, it's too late. all the team can do is offer him some dignity in death. in its battle to retake the city, the assad regime has relied heavily on barrel bombs. the physical destruction and psychological terror has driven tens of thousands to flee the area, a tactic many say is deliberate. aleppo

sheila macvicar has exclusive footage from inside that battered city. >> reporter: the helicopters circle slowly, beyond the range of any rebel guns. suddenly, a black dot drops from its belly, tumbling towards the city below, then the explosion. [ explosion ] >> reporter: for a small group of volunteers and rebel held aleppo that sound means their work day has just begun. they call themselves the civil defense force, or c df, their self appointed mission: to help victims of bashar al-assad barrel bombs. an increasing number of these cheap indiscriminate aerial ied's have been dropped on the regime in aleppo in recent months. two barrel bombs have just exploded in this residential neighborhood. the volunteers manage to pull some survivors from the rebel. for this 12 year old boy, it's too late. all the team can do is offer him some dignity in death. >> reporter: in its battle to retake the city of aleppo, the assad regime has relied heavily on barrel bombs, dropping hundreds in the last few months. the terror inflicted by the bombs has driven tens of thousands of civilians to flee the are

sheila macvicar tells us why they are at more risk than ever of falling silent. >> saturday. gaza, experience what it's like on the ground, first hand, as our crew gets caught in the chaos. the reality of war. shujayea: massacre at dawn. saturday, 10:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> complex melodies sung in a brassy style - performers reaching the high notes and holding them are impressive, but it's risky too. the women of the stage today are more vulnerable than ever to injuries that could be career ending. [ singing ] >>> i starred to do theatre in third grade. when i got to college i wept with the intent to pursue musical theatre. that was my major. i was going from a small town where i was known for my ability and everyone just knew i was going to make it to new york city where it was scary and everyone was talented. >> reporter: when kimberley townsend moved from mann hatton to new jersey -- manhattan to new jersey to pursue her dream, the odds were against her. >> it's terrifying. >> reporter: then she suffered a vocal injury, one that is common among singers

i'm sheila macvicar in d.c. michael brown, the unarmed teenager was shot six times, including twice in the head according to a private autopsy commissioned by the brown family, and found that he was not shot at close range. >> at least six times. we have one to the stop of the head, the a pex. there's one that entered above the right eyebrow. we've got one that entered the top part of the right arm. in this instance there's no gunshot residues on the skin surface so that the muzzle of the gun was at least one or two feet away. the muzzle at the time of discharge. it could have been 30 feet away. >> what can we learn from the private autopsy performed by dr michael bayden. we are joined by a forensic psychologist from the pittsburgh school of medicine. what does the autopsy tell us? >> we know he was shot at least six times, the four shots in the right arm - one has to be careful to determine the angle and whether they were front to back or back to front or side to side. keep in mind that the arm has great mobili

. >> "america tonight"s sheila macvicar back with us here. with that in mind, with the new leader trying to establish himself, the west has thrown itself behind the new prime minister, will they put their money where their mouth is? >> it's not just of the west, it's the sautys, the -- saudis, the iranians, the external support in order to say this is the direction that we, the international community would like to see iraq go in, and this is the choice of the iraqi people, the parliament. there are a lot of challenges. we know the security situation is dire. it's terrible. there are 1.2 million internally displaced iraqis alone. there are nearly a quarter of a million syrian refugees who found shelter in iraq. so you have all of this, plus you have an uncertain security situation. there are lots of challenges. that, he's got to deal with, including dealing with sectarian issues building up under the previous prime minister. >> then we look to the yazidis, and the crisis, which captivated the world, the concern for the top. >> again, the u.s.

. >>> we'll be back at 8:00 pacific, and "america tonight" with sheila macvicar is coming up next. ... >> "al jazeera america." >>> on amerisey, an in-depth lo gun violence and the staggering cost of a single gunshot wound. >> if you were to add it up, what would you say was the total bill from start to now? >> almost like 10 million dollar. >> 10 million dollar? >> $10 million. >> the toll it takes on family and caregivers. >> 20 people have been shot, probably 200, 300 people have been affected. >> who is picking up the bill for america's gun violence epidemic? the u.s. puts the

sheila macvicar, a opportunity to change the dynamic for any demonstrations that take place tonight. >> obviously any demonstrations that take place tonight. i'm struck by that young woman in your piece joie who talked about the deeper mall as i in the community, the fear and mistrust that people are being profiled because of what they are not what they're doing. and the question is of course how do you move forward? did the attorney general offer the kinds of concrete solutions that those people in that community want to hear and need to have? >> yes, sheila, i think that this is very true. i think this is a very complicated situation that has evolved over decades. a lot of the people who live particularly into ferguson have moved from a community called kinlock, it is an area that's been completely cleared out. all these people were forced to move into another community and that is how the dynamics of ferguson and this part of north county changed so dramatically. the demographic difference happened so quickly. so you see there the environment has not caught up. and part of what pe

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. >> sheila macvicar, thank you so much. >> after the break, the price of freedom.as more communities turn to private sized probation, and even those who want to pay their debts find themselves digging deeper. >> you don't have the money, and i don't think by putting people in jail, it ain't going to make them pay the money. it ain't going to help you. >> an in-depth look at the cost of privatized probation. >>> also ahead, the death of an unarmed teenager gunned down by a suburban homeowner. was it murder or a horrible mistake? we get the verdict. and you'll hear first hand from the victim's lawyer, later in our program. >> if you get a speeding ticket or get caught driving without insurance, you'll most likely pay a fine and move on with your life. but if you're poor, and you it can't afford it even pay a fine, you could end up in jail. in small towns across america, more than 1,000 carts have hired private companies to collect the unpaid fines from those who can't pay. >> all of this man's troubles began in 2006. the 55-year-old was stopped for a broken taillight