the killer was this man, 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. he had been living in this area. >> he was a nice kid growing up and he never caused any trouble in the neighborhood. >> mohammad, like any american boy growing up in tennessee, he often referred to himself as the arabian redneck. >> we used to go play xbox and hang out. >> it was really a nice family. i was really surprised that anything would happen. we knew the mom and dad real well. >> but there were problems in the abdulazeez household. in february 2009, mohammad a's mother filed for divorce from her husband citing verbal and physical abuse. she later withdrew the complain after the elder abdulazeez agreed to counseling. he was on a terrorist watch list. in the seemingly normal american college grad with an engineering degree from tennessee began to change. mohammad's diary show he was thinking about islamic martyrdom as early as 2013. >> the investigation is ongoing, so we'll find out more information as that. the uncle in jordan has been detained and is being questioned. >> fri

the killer was this man, 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. he had been living in the river city since he was 6 years old. >> what kind of kid was he, how did you know him? >> he was a nice kid growing up, knew him since he was an adolescent, and he never caused any problem in the neighborhood. >> reporter: mohammhamuw moham like any kid. >> we knew the mom and dad real well. >> but there were problems in the abdulazeez household. in february 2009 mohammed's mother filed for divorce from her husband citing verbal and physical abuse. she later withdrew after he agreed to counseling. he had also been under investigation for terrorist ties and was on a terrorist watch list. in the seemingly normal american college grad with an engineering degree from the university of tennessee began to change. mohammed's diary began showing he was thinking of islamic martyrdom. in 2014 he traveled to jordan to stay with his uncle. >> we'll find out more information. his uncle in jordan has been detained and is being questioned. >> reporter: friends say after he

. >> mohammad drove seven miles to the navy and marine corps reserve center. chattanooga police officers immediately began following and chasing that vehicle between the first and second location. >> at the reserve center, 20 uniformed personnel were on duty and those working weren't authorized to carry weapons. a heavily armed mohammad opened fire. >> eventually, officers he encountered the suspect at the second location. they engaged that suspect aggressively. >> he killed four at that location. a fifth victim, petty officer smith died two days later. the terrorist was shot by law enforcement on the scene. >> it's crazy to hear it in your home town. you never hear about it in your hometown, but someone you went to school with. we're all pretty shocked. >> chattanooga and the entire nation mourned the fall. >> they're here to recruit and help make our army, navy, marine corps, national guard stronger. they take a loss and it's unfortunate they have to take it on their own soil. >> i certainly believe all military installations around this country need to be a

the killer was this man, 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez. he had been living in the river city since he was 6 years old. >> what kind of kid was he how did you know him? >> he was a nice kid growing up knew him since he was an adolescent and he never caused any problem in the neighborhood. >> reporter: mohammedwhamudw mohamudw mohammed was like any kid. >> we knew the mom and dad real well. >> but there were problems in the abdulazeez household. in february 2009 mohammed's mother filed for divorce from her husband citing verbal and physical abuse. she later withdrew after he agreed to counseling. he had also been under investigation for terrorist ties and was on a terrorist watch list. in the seemingly normal american college grad with an engineering degree from the university of tennessee began to change. mohammed's diary began showing he was thinking of islamic martyrdom. in 2014 he traveled to jordan to stay with his uncle. >> we'll find out more information. his uncle in jordan has been detained and is being questioned. >> reporter: frie

mohammad javad zarif avoided giving exact details on what was discussed, but described the exchange. meanwhile as zeina khodr reports, there's no let up in the fighting in syria. >> the rebel stronghold has been targeted by government air strikes. many people were killed and injured. the military says the latest was retaliation for the seat of power. casualties were scored as rockets and water bombs landed. rebels occasionally fire mortars. many say the attack was a message to the syrian government, and the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif was spected there later. mohammad javad zarif repeatedly called for talks about gulf arab leaders, worried about iran's growing influence in the region. >> translation: we want to extend the hand of cooperation to all in the region. we are ready top exchange ideas for joint action to combat extremism, terrorism and sectarianism. >> there are a few details about the proposal. iran's meter reported that it would involve a ceasefire. amending the constitution and holding elections understand international supervision. the main problem is perfect

mohammad javad zarif avoided giving details on bhafs discussed, but described the meeting as good. there's no let up in fighting in syria. >> it's been another bloody day in syria, the rebel strong hold was one of several opposition-held towns. many were killed and injured. the military regularly attacked the regions, the latest was retaliation for assaults on a government seat of power. casualties were called as rockets and water bombs were expanded. rebels fired mortars into the countryside. this was intent, lasting for two hours. many say the attack was the message to the government and its main ally iran, whose former minister mohammad javad zarif was expected in damascus hours later. he has been in the lebanese capital beirut as part of efforts to promote peace, and called for talks with leaders, worried about iran's growing influence in the region. we extend the hand of cooperation to all. we are ready to cooperate and change ideas for joint action to combat extremism, terrorism and sectarianism. the plan involves a ceasefire, amending the constitution, and holding elections

. >>> coming up next, mohammad adow takes us along with soldiers trying to hold their ground against the notorious fighters. and a look at the life boats that thousands of refugees are hoping are a life line to a better life in europe. urope. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up this this half hour of international news, nato warns incursions into ukraine. but in our american minute. three firefighters have been killed battling battling wildfin washington state. blazes that burned through thousands of acres in the eastern and southern portions of the state. former freedom industries president gary southern has pleaded guilty to the west virginia chemical spill. southern could face three years in prison when he is sentenced in december. >>> an angry protest broke out in st. louis, officers say they were serving a warrant when the man pulled a gun on them and they opened fire. gathering at the scene, some shouting, "black lives matter." they had participated in a rally separating a one year anniversary of an attack on an individ

alley mohammad brown on charges of murder and terrorism and the shooting death of brendan tevlin. the 19-year-old college student killed last year as he sat in his car at a traffic light in west orange. his mother delivering a bold statement after the emotional court appearance. >> it is our believe that -- belief that brendan was senselessly executed for no reason other than he was an american and that this outrageous fact will be proven at trial. >> investigators say brown admitted to killing tevlin as vengeance for lives lost in iraq, afghanistan, syria and iran. >>> new york city health officials tonight trying to ease growing concerns about the legionnaire's outbreak in the bronx. mayor de blasio says the disease is slowing even though the number of cases grew overnight. there are now a total of 86 cases of legionnaire's, that's up from 81 yesterday and at least seven people have died. all the cases have been in the south bronx. >> we are going to keep emphasizing to all new yorkers particularly folks who live here in the south bronx, if you have symptoms that might be associ

my name is mohammad. i was born in kuwait. palestinian background. palestinian parents. i'm muslim. like, it's a slew of things going against me. and the first time i took the gig was in april of 2001, five months prior to 9/11. and the next thing you know, five months later, boom, it's 9/11 occurs. people are telling me my career is over. >> did you change your routine? >> at some point i felt-- i was afraid to be myself. which is so detrimental to a standup comedian. because that's what you have to be on stage. literally be yourself. and for me not to be able to be comfortable to talk about myself. i mean, can you imagine richard pryor doing standup and not acknowledging what's happening in the civil rights movement and what is the state of black america? african americans? or his personal stories? >> well, you joke about your ethnicity. you joke about your upbringing. >> i do. >> how do you think that affects americans, and those watching in the audience? >> i was literally scared. i was performing in little rock, arkansas, saying-- people are laughing, and they don't know what i

my name is mohammad. i was born in kuwait. palestinian background. palestinian parents. i'm muslim. like, it's a slew of things going against me. and the first time i took the gig was in april of 2001, five months prior to 9/11. and the next thing you know, five months later, boom, it's 9/11 occurs. people are telling me my career is over. >> did you change your routine? >> at some point i felt-- i was afraid to be myself. which is so detrimental to a standup comedian. because that's what you have to be on stage. literally be yourself. and for me not to be able to be comfortable to talk about myself. i mean, can you imagine richard pryor doing standup and not acknowledging what's happening in the civil rights movement, and what is the state of black america? african americans? or his personal stories? >> well, you joke about your ethnicity. you joke about your upbringing. >> i do. >> how do you think that affects americans, and those watching in the audience? >> i was literally scared. i was performing in little rock, arkansas, saying-- people are laughing, and they don't know what

that's mohammad. we know he was related to saddam's wife and he became the most crucial guy to find and the family was one of the key families throughout that was organizing the resistance. i was often not understood as well. the resistance many people misinterpreted. there were reporters and others felt reporters were using heavy-handed tactics and that's just a bucket of nonsense. saddam knew he couldn't get the u.s. army to prevent us from getting into iraq. he knew that would happen. he also knew we would ultimately defeat his armed forces and we know now from the f. t. i interviews that his plan all along was once they take it over we will have a key republican guard and most trusted special security operators they would form the insurgency and his strategy was if he created enough casualties and they could get it on tv that we would lose will at home politically and like somalia we would leave and he would make a play for power and the baathists would restore him. that was his plan, not unfeasib

from the island of lamu mohammad adow has this report. >> the warm saniti sandy beache. holiday makers have shunned kenya's beaches after attacks blamed on al shabaab fighters from neighboring somalia and western governments issued warnings against travel to the coast. it's the own, been coming here for last eight years. >> it's just unspoiled place on this planet. it has a magic, it's like paradise, you step off and you don't want to get back on. >> why lambo island has been primarily peaceful, they have chased away tourists. this man hasn't had a guest for a while. >> three months without even a single guest. we are just cleaning our pool, cleaning our rooms cleaning our kitchen but no guests. >> reporter: every morning along the waterfront young men wand in search of jobs. it is these lack of jobs that worry the governor the most. >> it gives me sleepless nights when i think of the number of people who are unemployed. when i imagine their families who are not able perhaps even to put food on their tables. >> there was good news when the lifted a travel advisory closin

mohammad adopunishment. >> the hands of justice are chained by laws. we will not wait. we will change laws in order to allow us to implement law and justice as soon as possible. >> reporter: that promise has now turned into a piece of legislation that brought the public order as terrorism and punishes them accordingly. those found guilty of forming or leading a group the government considers a terrorist entity are punishable by death or life in prison. financing these groups also carries a life sentence which is 25 years in egypt. the law grants protection to the military and police who use force while acting in the name of the law white jowrnlts can be fined for contradicting the official version of any attack. some egyptians are concerned. >> the law here is a system that isn't protecting the citizenry but rather protecting the state. this is becoming indicative of a larger pattern of the psychologist of power, and there is no check on not only his power but on the power of dissemination of force. >> reporter: egypt's military is engaged in an operation against fighte

since mohammad took over as president of nigeria, following the elections, and this is largely caused by suicide bombings, not necessarily attacks on military, but suicide bombings like the ones we saw today. >> reporting live, thank you so much. >> now, progovernment forces are making major gains against houthis reasonables. new entirely in control of forces. backed by a coalition of forces led by saudi arabia are recaptures parts of yemen, they fought forces loyal to the government. and say they are now in full control. >> we managed to clean the city, supporting the houthis. they have achieve add victory, the popular resistence has saved the country from going deep into the unknown. >> the fighters are looking ahead, they say they are on their way to the capitol which the rebels still control. the fighting on behalf of the president. >> we need to go further. >> it is a situation repeated across yemen, and that's led so what the president of the international committee says is a catastrophic humanitarian situation. >> the yemen population is in dire need of food, of water, and it's

mohammad adow, al jazeera. >> attitudes towards hunting have changed. the illegal trade in wildlife is worth billions. on our final series on preserving, nicholas hak reports. >> this is an exceptional operation inside a world heritage site. the park is under half the size of belgium so finding poachers is difficult. this morning rangers receive a tipoff. on the ground some clues. fresh bicycle tracks and signs of wild animals. these are the latest pictures from a nearby camera used to track animal movements. here the west african lion, virtually extinct. it's worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on the black market. now take a look at the last picture. barely visible, one of the poachers standing in front of the camera. local tribes were forced out of the area 40 years ago, to protect animals from being hunted. but some locals are working with hunters. >> we're not surprised. it's tempting to want to hunt here. >> we slowly approach spot where the pictures are taken. the poachers are probably armed. rangers worry about a gun fight as well as being at

mohammad. using his report this time. in falujjah, bullets and bombs don't discriminate. >> the residents say the young are now just as likely as a target as the old. >> the fighting. >> look at this, this happened as a result of artillery shelling by the army today. look at this, are we terrorists are these innocent children waging war. this is my daughter, she is dead now. what did she do to deserve this. >> many parents who thought the hardest trial would be surviving this are now faced with a far crueler fate, surviving. we are in a dire situation here outside the city limits my son here, has a small hole. she was a year and two months old, this is our kaneau. we want medication, and proper surgery. >> even hospitals are caught in the cross fire. question are not treating terrorists we are treating young babies. >> instead just days later this sanctuary was turn intoed a casualty of war. here moments after being shelled, the hospitals corridors lined with broken glass, as smoke billowed through the air. a medic search

zav mohammad javad zarif did not go into detail on what was discussed. clarissa jean-phillipe reports. -- zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: the rebel stronghold of duma was one of several opposition-held areas targeted by air strikes. many were killed and injured. the military regularly attacked the region in retaliation for assault on the government seat of power. casualties were caused as rockets landed. rebels fire mortar into the capital, the countryside. the barrage was intense and lasted for two hours. many say the attack was the message for the syrian government and the ally, whose main foreign minister was expected in damascus later. he has been in beirut as part of the efforts to promote peace. zarif called for talks with gulf arab leaders, worried about iran's growing influence in the region. >> translation: we want to extend the hand of cooperation to all in the region. we are ready to cooperate and top exchange ideas for joint action to combat extremism, terrorism and sectarianism. >> there are a few details about the iran peace proposal. ira

, mohammad, any advice? >> yeah. snow cone, this is my job only. >> reporter: drink lots and lots of water? >> yes. >> reporter: you heard it. drink lots and lots of water. reporting live in downtown brooklyn, shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, shirleen. >>> the water was refreshing, 74 degrees today, but it was also hiding possible rip currents. lifeguards say anyone at the beach should drink plenty of water, put up an umbrella or wear a hat to protect themselves from the sun. >>> and they are urging everyone who gets into the water to not only swim, make sure you swim where there's a lifeguard on board. and during the heatwave be sure to keep the eyewitness news weather alert app with you on your phone or tablet. you can track the heat and any storms that are moving through. >>> some people in new jersey are dealing with this hot weather without any water in their homes. a water main break has left some people with little or no water in several buildings in jersey city. new jersey r

that's mohammad. we know he was related to saddam's wife and he became the most crucial guy to find and the family was one of the key families throughout that was organizing the resistance. i was often not understood as well. the resistance many people misinterpreted. there were reporters and others felt reporters were using heavy-handed tactics and that's just a bucket of nonsense. saddam knew he couldn't get the u.s. army to prevent us from getting into iraq. he knew that would happen. he also knew we would ultimately defeat his armed forces and we know now from the f. t. i interviews that his plan all along was once they take it over we will have a key republican guard and most trusted special security operators they would form the insurgency and his strategy was if he created enough casualties and they could get it on tv that we would lose will at home politically and like somalia we would leave and he would make a play for power and the baathists would restore him. that was his plan, not unfeasib

at a time when mohammad took over on defeating boko haram at the end of may. >> what is your thought on this, that boka haram has been degraded that it is a less military force, now fighting force, or that it has simply been moved away from certain areas and regrouping in different part oz f the country, or across the border. >> yes, what is happening now and the observance of the last two months, will tell you that, and simply because we have seenless and less attacks. or taking on the military, they are increasingly relying on the use odd suicide bombers. to attack it's exposed area, vulnerable areas that have no or little military support. or direction from the security services. so at and moment, it looks like boko haram capabilities have been degraded but still, an important force. using guerilla tactics, using hit and run tactics. using suicide bombers and planting devices in crowded areas. the picture there, we thank you. >> now it appears that pro government forces are making major gains against the rebels. the houthiss have now been pushed that's the last town in the provinc

mohammed javon's the reef arrived for cap -- mohammad javad zarif arrived for talks with bashar al-assad. if: i would like to tell our neighbors and other actors that it is time to listen to deceiving people's demands and just the syrian people --the syrian people's demands and reject stream is an and terrorism. reporter: it comes hours after a cease-fire was declared between warring parties, the result of unprecedented mediation from iran and turkey. iran proposed a four-point peace plan for syria, which is sent to the united nations. tehran calls for an immediate cease-fire, the formation of a national unity government, constitutional protection for minorities, and supervised elections. before syria, zarif spent two days in beirut for meetings with leaders including have sinus rolla. he echoed his call for cooperation against sectarian terrorism and extremism, aimed at their common enemy, israel. i spoke to our beirut correspondent adam platz and here's what he had to say about today's visit. adam: a key difference between is --anian plan for peace and others that have tried to follow

with gary sheffield us the baseball player of mohammad of these daughter as a boxer and i would love to do a book with a politician. >> host: does your dave get out there once your name is on a book? how does that snowball? >> guest: i am still hustling i believe in the tussle. of? story predominated my first book of free charles i got the next day i would get a call from mick jagger and paul mccartney and would have kids for the rest of my life. because rate charles was such a megastore but nobody calls. nobody called. and you cannot count on the books to generate more work but i have to go all-out also to be very proactive but i don't take anything for granted then what has kept me as the ghostwriter. i like the hustle i like the cold call and i think it is good for us and in other words, to risk rejection gb to protective i will not talk to this person because they may reject me, that is not the. but i try to tell people if i want to do your book i will book you in the eye so i tried not to be too proud. i have a contract with tavis this is the fourth time together and we're the l

. >> host: in your home state -- new home state of texas you just had a event the mohammad cartoon contest happening. what's your take on that? >> guest: should that have happened? it's america. yeah i guess. i'm not a fan of it. i mean, i'm not doing the cartoon content. i'm an ultimate free dumb -- freedom guy so i believe we all have the right to do things. should we do it? no. she is trying to prove a point that you could get killed by doing that. i think we all know that. i think the pushback on her was obscene but i didn't attend nor i would have attended. you have the right to do it should you? probably not. but with that being said, i respect the fact that there are some things that we better wake up to, and that's what i think the ultimate goal was here, was wake up, america. there are people in the -- in the book we talk about 51% of american muslims believe that they should live under sharia law, 51% of american muslims. and one quarter of american muslims believe silence is the way to get sharia law over the constitution. if you just look at the numbers that's somewhere between

. >> that recent event was a shooting in may in texas near where cartoons of the prophet mohammad were shown and where val deers gave a speech. isis claimed responsibility. >>> more evacuations as the "jerusalem fire" is out of control. the flames are going through brush and trees. the fire is 1,000 acres roughly 19 scare miles. dozens of homes are threatened. last night cal fire evacuated more homeowners bringing the total to 60. the "jerusalem fire" 14,000 acres is one of the largest in california. more than 1100 firefighters are working ton -- working on it now. it doubled in size in the past 36 hours and reached the nearly 76,000-acre "rocky fire" which is nearly 90% contained. they hope to steer the "jerusalem fire" into the area already burned by the "rocky fire" to get a better handle on it. >>> to the southeast a wildfire in arizona near the border with california now 40% contained. it broke out on saturday in mojave county and burned 11 homes. evacuations are still in effect. crews strengthened fire lines to keep it from spreading. in southern california crews have increased c

mohammad told us now he has no choice but to rely on a smuggler, too, and so far, nothing has gone to plan. yesterday, his cousin's wife, phase agave birth to a baby girl right inside the train terminal. little serdan is doing just fine, staying at the local hospital for now, although, like her parents and her brother yezan, she has no place to call home. we questioned serdan's father about the wisdom of taking a nine-month-pregnant wife on such a treacherous journey, jim, and he said they just couldn't wait until the child was born. and, frankly, they thought they'd be in germany by now. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata covering for us tonight in budapest, thank you. tonight the state department is asking egypt to reconsider a judge's ruling against an al jazerra tv news crew. three of its journalists were sentenced to three years in prison today for what the judge says was broadcasting "false news "during the unrest in 2013. tropical storm erika is now breaking up as it heads for florida, but hurricanes are gaining strength on the other side of the country. eric fisher is chief meteorolo

mohammad? ( laughter ) >> reporter:s this mohammed amer, mo, for shirt. his name say dead giveaway that audiences are about to get a different perspective. >> i didn't meas around with that question. i said, "absolutely not." who says yes? please tell me one person that says yes. is this an effective method of capturing terrorists worldwide. >> reporter: you are a muslim waity-born palestinian-american. >> that's a mouthful. >> reporter: amer was nine when the first gulf war broke out. his family fled kuwait. how was the transition for you from kuwait to houston? >> well, i didn't know what to do and how to acclimate. i mean, i came here during-- like a week before halloween. >> reporter: wow. >> freaked me out. i was like why is everybody dressed this way! what is happening in america today. people are asking for candy-- i'm not going to give you candy. you have plood on your face. things could get rough in texas. you never know. it would be like, hey, boy! >> reporter: 20 years later. >> you one of them a-rabs. you one of them muslims. >> no. >> reporte

mohammad? ( laughter ) >> reporter:s this mohammed amer mo, for shirt. his name say dead giveaway that audiences are about to get a different perspective. >> i didn't meas around with that question. i said, "absolutely not." who says yes? please tell me one person that says yes. is this an effective method of capturing terrorists worldwide. >> reporter: you are a muslim waity-born palestinian-american. >> that's a mouthful. >> reporter: amer was nine when the first gulf war broke out. his family fled kuwait. how was the transition for you from kuwait to houston? >> well, i didn't know what to do and how to acclimate. i mean i came here during-- like a week before halloween. >> reporter: wow. >> freaked me out. i was like why is everybody dressed this way! what is happening in america today. people are asking for candy-- i'm not going to give you candy. you have plood on your face. things could get rough in texas. you never know. it would be like hey boy! >> reporter: 20 years later. >> you one of them a-rabs. you one of them muslims. >> no. >> reporter:

and they're like, "nice to meet you, mohammad." and i'm like, that's amazing. how did they get my middle name? >> you know how the african- american community had a negative word, like, the n-word. like, don't even say the n word. you know what, as arabs and muslims, we do have a word. we have the word "terrorist," right? what if we led by example. and took the t-word and turned it into something? this goes out to all my terrorists out there. >> if everybody had a muslim friend, we wouldn't have to do this. there's no other way. i want to do an adopt-a-muslim program, but nobody really wants that right now. >> reporter: obeidallah and zayid say they've received taunts and threats, mostly online. but they're not backing down. >> when you make people laugh, and you make fun of yourself, in a way, you're becoming likable. you're becoming a human, three- dimensional character to them. >> i say often my mic is my sword. comedy is all about making people relate, and if you can make someone relate to you, they're less likely to hate you. and as we do these jokes and t

the reports that the terrorists tried to attack a draw mohammad contest in texas by a dead connected to the "fast & furious" gunrunning operation. according to the "l.a. times" that reports back in 2010 a 34 year-old went to a phoenix:blood dash gun store known for illegal firearms for a nine mm pistol he went to the store because he knew the prior charges would be flagged in the federal screening process but the government was allowing some to be sold back then with a whole to trace them to the drug cartel of the smuggling network instead federal agents lost track of just about all of the weapons. it is not known if that gun was one of the three he had on him in may when he and his partner was shot to death in a failed terrorist attack. we will be right back. stay with us. >> the white house runs of fuel new allies for the iranian nuclear deal but what about where it matters most? the u.s. congress. mark meadows is with us tonight. nascar can be a dangerous sport and not just for the drivers. next. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar co

consequence, we are prepared to concentrate on our area, with issues that unite us in this region >>> mohammad javad zarif added decisiveness feeds anti-muslim sentiment. >> the leader of al qaeda is said to have pledged allegiance to the new leader of the taliban. the loyalty pledge in a 10 minute audio recording posted on social media, following the announcement of the death of founder mullah omar two weeks ago. he said he supports the new leader, mullah mansour, calling on god to protect him. the recording is being vetted. >>> former cuban president raul castro celebrated his 89th birthday. these handout photos shows him hanging out in bolivia with evo morales and madura. he repeated assertions that the u.s. owes cuba millions for the decades long embargo. he made no mention of secretary of state john kerry visit to havana tomorrow. >> at the newest embassy workers ply finishing touches to the flag-raising ceremony. many of the dissidents are speaking out. >> translation: here it's very important to give everyone their place when and where necessary, and we are not given the place we requir

mohammad javad zarif did not go into detail on what was discussed, but described the exchange as good. there has been no let up in fighting in syria. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: the rebel stronghold of duma was one of several opposition-held areas targeted by air strikes. many were killed and injured. the military regularly attacked the region in retaliation for assault on the government seat of power. casualties were caused as rockets landed. rebels fire mortar into the capital, the countryside. the barrage was intense and lasted for two hours. many say the attack was the message for the syrian government and the ally, whose main foreign minister was expected in damascus later. he has been in beirut as part of the efforts to promote peace. zarif called for talks with gulf arab lead erls, worried about -- leaders, worried about iran's growing influence in the region. >> translation: we want to extend the hand of cooperation to all in the region. we are ready top exchange ideas for joint action to combat extremism, terrorism and sectarianism. >> there are a few details about the

the message from mullah akhtar mohammad mansour saying he'll continue the taliban's 14 year fight to control afghanistan, urging fighters to remain unified and follows the use of omar it was announced that he died in 2013 >>> debris discovered on the island of reunion is in the hands of french officials, and will be examined at a government lab near the city of toulouse sophisticated technology will help to determine whether it is from the missing malaysia airlinesers flight 370. it disappeared with 239 passengersers on board. charles stratford is in tall use with the details. >> reporter: this is a french ministry establishment where the investigation is taking place x some of the buildings behind me, similar investigations have taken place in recent years. we are in the hub of the european aviation industry here. it's believed the focus of this investigation is going to start to look at what is reported as potentially a serial number on this piece of debris. the malaysian authorities already saying that this offers conclusive proof that it comes from a boeing 777. if that is the ca

frank, brendan tevlin who was murdered by aly mohammad brown, that was terrorism, wasn't it and that's big. >> it is big. your reporting may have played a significant role in getting people to open their eyes in terms of connect all of these dots. so i do think it's significant. at the end of the day, hopefully he gets the death penalty regardless of the crime. but it is important because it was an act of terrorism. when others are looking to that activity, it should serve as a deterrent. >> the awful thing is we don't know it's terrorism until we go back and look at the clues. >> that's not preelse. it's very, very difficult to do particular whi when you've got ways of convincing young people to join this movement when you can't even name the movement. >> what is with that. i mean radical islam -- >> look it. you and i know what it is. it's like pornography. i know it when i see it. this is terrorism. it is radical islamic terrorism. they can't say the name at the white house. >> why can't they say that, catherine? >> i'll tell you why. >> based on what i see is a growing gap between

mohammad arrived a week ago from syria. they wanted us to confess that we were coming to turkey to be trained to fight against them, he says. after enduring beatings, he says he was finally released. it is the pain of parents who thought they were saving their children, hardly able to comprehend that this is the europe they risked their lives for. >> people here are so angry, so upset. they can't believe that this is happening to them in europe. everyone who we have been speaking to here has been stuck in these conditions for the last four days. >> reporter: macedonian police opened the border for a few at a time. they stumble through, tightly gripping their children's arms. some collapse and are carried off. panic swells. young men throw themselves across. other refugees decide to make a run for it. bolting through any opening they find. darting across the fields. for the refugees, the trek is a pendulum of emotions. from elation at the small moments of respite to sheer despair. these woods make up part of the unmarked bor

the militants announced the selection of mullah akhtar mohammad mansoor last week. he succeeds the late mullah omar, but now omar's brother says mansoor was selected by only "a few," and does not have the group's full support. >> ifill: the government of india is telling telecom companies to block more than 850 adult websites, and bar easy access to online pornography. officials said today they want to protect children and social decency. the move touched off a debate in the world's largest democracy over morality versus personal freedoms. >> woodruff: the stock market in greece plunged today after reopening from a five-week shutdown. the main athens index plummeted nearly 23% at the opening of trading. analysts said most investors are just trying to raise cash. >> ( translated ): there is a sense of panic. there is no liquidity in the market and some traders are selling off in their quest for liquidity. and there are no buyers because the greek economy has been hard hit by the imposition of capital controls and the bank closures. the outlook is not clear >> woodruf

. >>> on thursday, palestinian mohammad allen held without charges by israel ended a 66-day hunger strike in which you lost consciousness and suffered brain damage. in july, israel's parliament passed a law requiring officials to force feed prisoners who refused to eat. however, human rights activists, as well as israeli doctors say force feeding is unethical and is a form of torture. the controversial practice has been used at guantanamo bay by u.s. officials against hunger striking prisoners. allen has been released from official detention and is in a hospital in israel. but serious questions remain about the ethics of force feeding. >>> joining us now, suzanna serkin, with physicians for human rights and we appreciate you joining us. so this week, the chairman of the israeli medical association is joining, of course, many other medical professionals who say that force feeding hunger striking prisoners is a form of torture. do you agree? >> absolutely. and so do all major medical associations in many countries. the world medical association, the american medical association, as well as

she was sentenced to ten years in prison for a 2009 plot to kill a cartoonist who mocked the prophet mohammad. >>> we now know the ages of the man and woman killed in a violent suv crash in the lawncrest section of philadelphia this morning. police say the suv was speeding and slammed in a cell phone tower causing it to flip over on adams avenue. family members came to the scene hugging and crying. there was a 24-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man who were killed. >>> take a look. this surveillance video shows the suspect who attacked a cashier and tried to rob a sunoco gas station in strawberry mansion last wednesday. philadelphia police say the man kicked down the door leading to the register and punched the 52-year-old cashier in the head and the face. the man ran off when the worker called 911. >>> visitors to the battleship "new jersey" can now see it like never before. >> they are getting a chance to view a 20 foot brass model of the ship. take a look. in the past the navy used the model for radar testing on a miniature scale. now the model is serving a different purpose. >> definitel

police say 20 year-old jaylen young and her husband, mohammad, they married in june and made plans to fly to europe. however, instead of going on that honeymoon authorities say they wanted to go to syria to join isis. court documents showed the couple tried to communicate with terrorist over past several months, but instead they were actually speaking to under cover fbi agents. the pair was a arrested at an airport in mississippi over the weekend. >>> 6:38. imagine your computer and its data a held for ransom. >> computer scam sweeping the country right now and "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us to explain how we can protect ourselves. good morning. >> good morning. bad news is these scammers are incredibly hard to catch. the good news is that there is a easy way to prevent yourself from becoming the next victim. when you are on line, searching, reading, if you see a pop up, pop up on your window you need to read it, reread it and double space, think twice before you click. >> they will try to enter through a pop up. >> reporter: experts are calling it ransom wear and new

. >> that was a shooting in may in texas near where cartoons of the prophet mohammad were shown and where wilders gave a speech. isis claimed responsibility. >>> sheriff mirkarimi of san francisco now has a valid driver's license.earlier this week, we learned he had been driving with a suspend the license since february for not reporting a fender-bender last fall to the dmv. mirkarimi says he called the dmv yesterday and resolved the matter. the "chronicle" says he never reported the minor accident to the please. he said he called police and resolved it. andy lopez is standing by her husband. breaking news. the sheriff will be investigated for picking up his child at school wearing the sheriff's uniform. >>> hillary clinton agreed to let federal investigators -- >> hillary clinton agreed to let federal investigators check out her private home email server. as hannah daniels reports, investigators want to know if it was used to transmit top secret information. >>> reporter: hillary clinton has directed her team to hand over her private email server along with a thumb drive to the justice d