This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. President obama is on his way to oregon, where he will meet with victims and families of last weeks Umpqua Community college shooting. The president has been making a passionate call for gun control after that shooting, but he is expected to stay away from political talk today. Gun rights activists are planning a protest. Aaron alexis and as Allen Schauffler reports there is pushback. Reporter you will find Community Strength on signs all over this town. At a local tattoo shop it takes this form. A body art fund raiser that has put more than 5,000 in a fund for victims. We cant even understand fully what has happened. Everyone has the need to act and participate. Reporter at the Community College, the classroom building where nine people were murdered is still sealed off. Near the entrance to the school, flags and flowers on a fence honor the victims. Small stones spell out hope, unity, and love on the sidewalk, but t
This is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im richelle carey. New details on the penalty gone that hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in afghanistan. Forces advised they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support. Several civilians were accidentally struck. 22 people were killed, ten of them worked for Doctors Without Borders. Mike viqueria is live in washington. This is the beginning of a very long process to figure out what happened. What is the pentagon saying about this attack . Reporter well, thats just the problem. You saw general John Campbell there, not only the commander of nato forces but also all forces in afghanistan, after what the United States is saying is an accident pending a full investigation, president obama himself expressing condolences but says he wants to wait until after a full investigation by the department of defense. But it is the conflicting and shifting explanations for some of the phrases that have been used after the m
Train station and 20 years since the million man march at the National Mall and in texas, history books that describe african labor as workers instead of slaves. Critics call it a white washing of history. Well take a deeper look at the politics of school textbooks. Two reports released by a cleveland prosecutor causing outrage. The reports retained by the prosecutor conclude that a white Police Officer was justified in fatally shooting a black boy who was 12 years old and hold body a pellet gun. It was a pistol pointing at everybody. Scaring everybody. The two experts insist their report does not examine whether officer Timothy Lowman made tactical or properly errors but rather the constitutionality of the decision to fire on the teen in a split moment. One writes i conclude his belief that rice caused a threat of serious physical harm or death was objectively reasonable as was his response to that perceived threat. Both experts reached their opinions after an exhaustive review of cam
Carolina. The vote for leadership, House Republicans will vote on the speaker of the house. How it can change leadership. Also, comic relief from saturday night life to late night talk shows, the effectiveness of politicians telling jokes for votes. And we begin knit in roseburg, oregon. Umpqua Community College is prepared to open its doors after nine people were shot dead on the campus. The president announced students and faculty can return but class he are closed until october he 12th. This is not a club we wanted to join. We did not want to be part of the Sandy Hook Club but were now members, the newest members and the senior members are all taking care of us and i would like to thank them. Sabrina register is live in roseburg oregon, for us, sabrina. And adam we have spoken to several students today who say even though its several days away, they are too nervous and upset to be returning to campus. I want to talk to chris meant, even though he had been shot multiple times, he rus
Off course, the centuries old shipping law that some people say is crippling puerto ricos economy. Plus, david jo johansen. Performance. Performing. We beginning with the civil war in syria as russia addition in, the United States steps russia digs in, United States steps back. Cost 500 million, an expensive endeavor. The pentagon says it was also a total failure. Mike viqueria has more from washington. Conceding failure. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter says the u. S. Is pulling the plug on the program to train and quip Syrian Rebels. Were looking at ways to achieve basically the same type of strategic objective which is the right one. Reporter the idea was for the u. S. To train syrian fighters in a third country, either jordan, turkey or saudi arabia and send them into syria to fight i. S. I. L. Initial price tag, 500 million. President obama unveiled the plan in august of last year. With this new effort well provide training and equipment to help them grow stronger and take on i. S.