Helping build a democracy after a revolution. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. President obama in a few hours will be heading to oregon where he will meet with victims and families of last Weeks Community college shooting. Overnight, there was a shooting at Northern Arizona universitys flagstaff campus. The school is confirming one killed, three others and the shooter in custody. No word yet phon a motive. The president has been making a passionate call for gun control off the the shooting, but he is expected to stay away from political talk today. Gun rights activists plan a protest. There is pushback in roseberg to the president s position on gun control. The protest has a body art fundraiser that has put more than 5,000 in a fund for victims. I dont think we can even really fully understand what has even happened yet, everyone has a need to act in a participate. I feel this is one of those ways we can do that. At the Community Co
People smugglers. And were on north koreas border with china to find out where a once strong relationship is increasingly strained. At least Six Palestinians have been killed by gunfire from the israeli army as they demonstrated along the border between gaza and israel. Gaza medical forces say another 70 have been wounded. Tension has been rising after a series of stabbings in israel and the palestinian territory in recent days. Hoda abdel hamid is in ramallah. What is the situation at the moment . Reporter well, things have slowed down now just because its dark has settled in, but i have to say that throughout the day, we have been witnessing quite intense clashes and no matter how much the israeli army tried to push back to protesters, well, they bureaucrat determined to stand their ground, and so they did. They actually throughout the afternoon spread even further. A certain point past the israeli armys position here in ramallah on the north edge of the town. And then there were als
Union nations to try to stop the people smuggling. Were on the border of north korea and china trying to find out why a once strong relationship is increasingly strained. More than a week of violence in the occupied west bank in East Jerusalem has spread to gaza where Six Palestinians palestinians were killed by Israeli Police. An israeli teenager and Police Officer died in separate attacks. We have updates in a moment. First, a report on the days developments. Reporter protesters carry the injured to waiting ambulances. Live ammunition was used by israeli citizens. From the watch towers snipers shout at youths. Hundreds turned out to protest in gaza and there was further violence in the occupied west bank. Tear gas was used against funeral protesters outside the city of ramalla. In a video released on social media shows the moment before an israeliarab teenager was shot by Israeli Border police. Police say she was holding up a knife and posed what they said was an eminent threat. This
The u. S. Says it plans to overhaul its program aimed at training and supporting syrian rebels. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter admitted the Program Needs to change. We have been looking for now several weeks at ways to improve that program we are looking at different ways to achieve basically the same kind of strategic objective, which is the right one, to enable capable, motivated forces on the ground to retake territory from isil and reclaim syrian territory from extremism. Tom ackermann joins us live from washington. A stark admission there. Why now . Whats behind this decision . Its clear that this program has been a failure almost from the tart. The commanding general admitted to senators a couple of days ago that the objective of achieving a 5400 man fighting force by next year was unatainable, because of the tight requirements to make sure they werent getting isil infiltrators into the ranks. There was no unity in the units themselves. That was clear when a Splinter Group captu
Coordinates. They are honored for helping pave the way to a peaceful transition after the revolution. Ill be telling you why the rare oil from these trees is big business for poachers and how it affects indigenous communities that depend on the forrest. The u. S. Says it plans to overhaul its program aimed at training and supporting Syrian Rebels. Ash carter has admitted the Program Needs to change. We have been looking for now several weeks at ways to improve that program. I wasnt satisfied with the early efforts in that regard, so were looking at different ways to achieve, basically the same kind of strategic objective, which is the right one, which is to enable capable motivated forces on the ground to retake territory from isil and reclaim syrian territory from extremisms. Rosiland jordan joins us live from washington, d. C. Ros a stark admission for a program that was doomed from the start. Thats right. The u. S. Wanted to train upwards of 5,000 or so moderate Syrian Rebels per ye