Why they rejected his insanity defense. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, good morning, im jonathan martin. This morning federal investigators are starting to dig into every detail of the life of a young tennessee man that they say unleashed a hail of bullets at two military sites in that the puga. Officials believe he acted alone. The f. B. I. Is leading a National Security investigation and late yesterday, president obama spoke about the shootings from the oval office. Lets go live to Mike Viqueira in washington. Whats been the reaction from the administration . A full court press from Law Enforcement, the president speaking about it. He was abreast with a constant briefing of aids. He was in oklahoma talking about criminal Justice Reform but as soon as he got back to the oval office, they were waiting for him where the f. B. I. Director, his white hows advisor on Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security filled him in on the latest and then the president invited the p
Play. You are watching al jazeera america, thanks so much for joining us this morning. Live from new york city im Morgan Radford. Federal authorities are searching the computer of the gunmen who opened fire in chattanooga, killing four marines. Officials say as of now they have not found an extensive Online Presence for the man gunman. They do believe, however, that he acted alone. We have Mike Viqueira live for us in washington with more on the federal investigation, but first we go to Jonathan Betz who is live in chattanooga. Jonathan what are investigators saying this morning . Reporter the big focus this morning is what could have sparked this attack. Investigators still unclear what motivated this gunman to open fire. But they do add there is nothing at this point that indicates he was tied to any International Terror organizations. The major described the community as heart broken. Many have said the suspect targeted members of the u. S. Military. We have no idea at this point wh
Says the city of aden is now under its control. And Memorial Services are held to remember the victims of flight mh 17 shot down in ukraine a year ago. Germany mps have backed a new bailout for greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was the last chance to solve the crisis. She told parliament it would be irresponsible to refuse to help greece. Our correspondent dominic kane live for us in berlin how did the vote go . Reporter on the face of it this was a resounding majority i would seem for the government proposal 439 in favor, 119 against, and 40 abstentions. But when you analyze the figures, its not quite such a clear picture, because of the no votes, 60 came from the conservative side of the grand coalition. Thats around 20 of Angela Merkels parliamentary supporters openly defying her and voting against the proposal and 69 all together including abstentions and votes from the junior partners in the coalition failing to vote in favor. In that gives you a sense of how the government
The four months that abdulazeez may have spent in jordan, and afterwards the u. S. Marine corps have now formally identified those killed yesterday. Thomas sil sullivan, 40 years old from Springfield Massachusetts sulsullivan saw be combat in the iraq war. David wyatt 37 years old native of burke, north carolina. Wyatt had spent some time in afghanistan and iraq. Again 37 years old, wife and two children and based on his social media post wyatt liked to spend a lot of sometime with his system on the beach. Skip wells 21 years old from cobb georgia. Wells had apparently started college at in georgia and told friends he felt a higher calling to join the service. Squire was his full name but went by skip. Skip wells in high school according to his friends was part of the marching band and loved the marshing band where he played the care net. And carson, served in afghanistan and expert in the marine corps where they were called automotive technicians. Son holmquist 27 years old. Carson ho
Leadership matters. And having a leader who guides the community in the true teachings of islam is extremely important. But the other part of it is we have to really look at what is creating these islamic fanatics. Many of these islamic fanatics happen because of political motives, and the actions they carry out has nothing to do with the actual teachings of islam. Theyre just using that as a venue or conduit of their political agenda. At the end of youre piece you have a message of encouragement for fellow american muslims. My message to fellow american muslims, many of us if not all that this individual does not represent islam. For them to go out talk to their neighbors have dialogue, and display the true teachings of islam in a true manner, in a manner in the spirit of sacrifice and in the spirit of the month of ramadan that focuses on self ref for reformation charity good will, creating peace rather than disorder. Tayeb, a former United States marine from chicago. Appreciate your