After time in paris. Im shihab rattanzi. Now fear that lobsters could be next. U. S. President barack obama is urging the American Public to help stop gun violence in the country. His plea for common sense on gun safety follows another mass shooting. A candle lit vigil is being held for the victims after a gunman opened fire in a Community College in roseburg, oregon. Tom ackerman reports. Reporter Police Responded to shots fired by the gunman at a classroom on the campus of umpqua Community College in roseburg. There was an exchange of gun fire. The shooter threat was neutralized. Reporter a witness told a local newspaper that after firing his first shot at a teacher gunman told students to lie down and asked them to state their religion, then he resumed fire indiscriminately. We have confirmation that the shooter is deceased. He is a 20yearold male. Reporter after being searched, students were put on buses and evacuated while police searched for possible booby traps. Investigators we
Hurricane joaquin batters the bahamas. East coast communities are ready, but the real risk they face today may be the flooding. And good morning to you, this is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im jonathan betz. A Small Community in oregon is searching for answers this morning to a campus shooting at a college there. A loan gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community college on thursday. The gunman was killed in exchange of gunfire with police. Allen schauffler is live this morning. Allen what is the feeling there this morning . Reporter well, jonathan this is a small town, about 22,000 people here, so as you might expect, its the kind of place where if you didnt know somebody who was on campus yesterday, you probably knew someone who new someone or had a relative who was on campus. And all of these folks are waking up to a horrible day after. Morning classes were interrupted by gunfire. The first 911 call came in shortly after 10 30 a. M. Somebody is outside one of the doors. Sh
So you were saying earlier that there are protocols in place at most College Campuses because weve had so many of these tragedies in the past decade or so. One thing that obviously is very useful is social media. Universities and colleges have developed a system of sending out a warning usually to everyone to stay in place or to seek shelter when these sort of events occur. Yeah, but these plans that are in place now that are parts of Homeland Security and local Homeland Security and local Emergency Management officials and local police are much more complex than this. What theyll do is theyll go to any college, university, any business, any significant organization that has a significant population and what theyll do is a survey to begin with. Theyll survey that organization on what kind of security they have in place now. And that survey will tell them where there are vulnerabilities and what needs to be fixed. So after the survey, theyll make recommendations on what needs to be done
At the u. N. General assembly. Whats next for the civil war that is now causing a standoff between washington and moscow. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im john henry smith. This morning authorities in oregon are trying to figure out the motive for a mass shooting at a Community College. Police say at least nine people died, seven others were injured. The shooter was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police. The incident shattered yelt another community. Roseburg is a small city in western oregon about 70 miles south of eugene. The Umpqua Community college is a center part of the city with 3,000 students, nearly everyone knows someone that goes there. The president said its not enough to offer prayers to victims of the families. Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. Weve become numb to this. Alan is live this morning in roseburg outside the Publi
Israels Prime Ministers response to the palestinian leaders claim that israel broke a key Peace Agreement dozens of civilians lose their lives as the afghan army battles to take back control of kundus from the taliban and a major win for Government Forces in yemen. And im robin adams with all your sports from doha. Russia is flatly denying that any of its air strikes in syria against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant have left civilians dead. Russia is denying that and claiming to have destroyed 12 isil targets in syria, among them a command center. Saudi arabia maintains the strikes have caused civilian deaths and have failed to hit isil targets. All of this is causing concern in the u. S. As it is also carrying out air strikes as part of the coalition against isil strong holds in syria. Moscow insists that its also targeting the same terrorist groups and isnt working against the americans. With so much military action, the fear is that the war in syria could escalate forcing m