Protect it in harms way. Six children shot to death in a houston apartment. A suspect in custody now facing murder charges. And under fire in istanbul. The u. S. Consulate is attacked and Police Officers killed in separate incidents. This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city im tony harris. We begin with the continued tensions in ferguson, missouri to mark one year since the death of Michael Brown. Some protesters are calling for civil disobedience the day after gun violence following anniversary demonstrations. [ gun fire ] two teenagers were shot near a memorial to brown and one man is in Critical Condition after police say he shot at plain clothes officers. Diane eastabrook has more. Two officers were walking near the site where Michael Brown was killed last year, they sustained nonthreatening injuries. Just a few hours before that at about 11 oclock, shots rang out near florisin avenue. St. Louis police chief John Bell Belmar describes what happens. The suspect engages in gun fire right at the hoot, tracked the windshield for four or five times. The plain clothes detectives returned fire from the inside of the van but they dont know if they hit him or not. The suspect ran to the east on the north side of that building. He turned back around as the detectives got out of the car. Shots were fired again. Reporter the victim has not been identified. He remains in Critical Condition. Diane estabrook reporting for us. Earlier today, attorney general Loretta Lynch spoke about the incidents. I strongly condemn the violence that was perpetrated against the community including the Police Officers in ferguson last evening. Not only does violence obscure any message of people protest, it places the community as well as the officers who are seeking to protect it in harms way. Police say three st. Louis counties officers were injured in last nights protest. A texas man made his first appearance in connection with a murder charge. David conley was the defendant. Ines ferre has the story. Youngest was six years old approximately. We do not and cannot fully comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take lives of so many innocent people. Especially the lives of the young ones. Reporter the motive say police may have been a domestic dispoouft from the suspect and a woman named valerie jackson. A woman was in a home that had a warrant for an aggravated assault on a family member. Thats when the officer spotted the body of a child through the window. The deputies forced entry and were immediately met with gun fire. Upon entering the home the police discovered the victim, jackson her husband and the three children. Found dead this each of the bedrooms. David conley was charged with six counts of capital murder. Another count is killing multiple people in the same incident and then the other is for killing a child. Reporter Police Believe the oldest child in the home, a 13yearold, was the suspects own child. Ines ferre, al jazeera. After a appeal of female attackers opened fire on the u. S. Consulate in istanbul today, at least Police Officers were injured when a Police Station was bombed. Bernard smith has more from istanbul. Reporter two people involved as we understand on a u. S. Consulate building, opened fire at a security post connected to the building. Its heavily fortified as you can see, built on a hilltop in a suburb outside the very center of istanbul. In a shootout after that there police shot and injured one woman who was heard to shout on a video that weve seen that was filmed by a witness as this all was happening, the shooter was heard to shout, i did it for my party. On the other side of istanbul on the asian side there was an explosion at a Police Station. Ten people injured there. Three Police Officers. And then after that explosion as forensic teams and bomb squad teams descended to assess the scene, there was a gun fight. Two attackers killed and a Police Officer also killed. Its been particularly restive down in the southeast chernack section. The separatist pkk now today we understand monday first of all a soldier was killed in a military helicopter that was attacked by rocket launchers, and that military helicopter was maneuvering, moving troops and four Police Officers were killed when their vehicle hilt a road side bomb. Both of these incidents happened in chernack province. Right at the center of the tensions where the fightings going on some members of the pkk and Turkish Security foorses, Turkish Forces have been involved in raids on over the border. More American Military jets in nearly 300 troops were arriving in turkey to join the fight against i. S. I. L. Six f16s have arrived at incirlik air base. Since the u. S. Led coalition began strikes one year ago, these are the first to have arrived. A lawyer for Washington Post reporter jairch rezaian who is held in iran says there may be a verdict in less than a week. Kimberly halkett reports. He and his journalist wife were arrested in 2014 along with two photojournalists. All were eventually released all except for rezaian. He was held for espionage. Every day you continue to hold him in prison is a dark day for his family and for iran. Reporter rezaian was born in california and holds dual iranian and United States citizenship. Rezaians family says hes faced Numerous Health problems from a lack of medical care while in prison. His employers have called rezaians imprisonment an abomination. Every aspect of this case, his incarceration, his trial, has been an incredible abuse of human rights. Almost 450,000 people have also signed an online petition calling for an end to rezaians detainment and urging press freedom with the hashtag free jason. Good evening everyone. At a recent black tie dinner in washington. President obama spoke of jasons imprisonment. By doing nothing more than writing about the hopes and fears of the iranian people. We will not rest until we bring him home to his family. Part of a recently secured agreement to limit Irans Nuclear program, the white house maintains the issue will be raised separately. That tactic was criticized at a hearing in june by some in the u. S. Congress. They continue to poke us in the eye, and continue to spit in our face. It would just be ludicrous and outrageous for us to have a deal with iran that doesnt include the bringing home of our hostages. Reporter but thats exactly what has occurred. Leaving rezaians fate now in the hands of the iranian court. Kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. There is a state of emergency in parts of colorado as officials try to contain Dangerous Levels of heavy metal spilled into a river, into a creek and then filled the river in durango county turning the water orange. Thats three times the amount originally believed. The mine is still discharging about 500 gallons per minute but the epa says it is treating the contaminated water. Officials say it is only dangerous if people are exposed to it. The epa triggered the spill when it was investigating pollutants at the mine. Today, summers rise in gun violence. A look ahead at the invisible wounds caused by gun violence. The new York Police Department says it is expanding its arsenal of stun guns. The pharmacist already has 1700 tasers. Only about 700 are currently in use. The nypd plans to buy more tasers, they hope to encourage officers to use more nonlethal means when dealing with criminals. So it has been a violent summer in many parts of the country. Today al jazeera is taking a look at violence. Researchers are trying to figure out how deep invisible wounds go. Jake ward jakour science and tey editor jacob ward has more. This is oakland, california, families are moving here its gentrifying. But oakland has a gun problem. So much that the oakland pd has implemented a policy called tropspotter. There is a lot more gun fire than anyone thought before. Perhaps three or four times as many gun shots are being fired than Police Reports would have had us believe in the past. That means children in this community are in some cases being exposed to more gun fire than an active duty soldier would have been, during a deployment in afghanistan or iraq. What effect is it having on those kids . It turns out a growing body of science shows its changing the architect othearchitecture of t. Children are holding the trauma inside. Stress can affect brain development, your ability to pick up language development, and higher statistic incidents of things like cancer, diabetes, hypertension based on being exposed to gun fire at an early age. At a time later tonight, well examine the invisible wounds of children exposed to gun fire. We are asking w. H. O. Has the power to make gun laws . That is the question being imposed right now in pennsylvania, trying to pass legislation to regulate gun usage. Christof putzel with more. Rick bunker considers himself a responsibleun owner. He owns half a dozen guns and enjoys target shooting. You didnt have to register guns ahead of time. It didnt say you couldnt own them or what kind. It didnt restrict my ability to happily own guns and use them in any way i wanted to. Just said if theyre lost or stolen, report i. T. To the police. Despite his support of the towns law he voted to rescind it under threat of a lawsuit. The vote came two weeks after the Pennsylvania State legislature after intense lobbying by the National Rifle association passed act 192 allowing associations like the nra to sue. We cant defend a lawsuit against an organization with deep pockets like the nra. Doesnt it sound like a good thing to report a stolen gun . It may or may not be but the municipalities have no right, no authority, no power to pass those sorts of laws. Reporter Jonathan Goldstein the nras attorney in pennsylvania, get to the right to make laws. In pennsylvania our elected legislature has decide theyd a uniform scheme of gun regulation across the state is desirable. Period, full stop. And these municipalities cannot substitute their own judgment for that of our duly elected General Assembly and governor. Do you own a gun . Of course. If it was stolen would you report it . I may, that may be the right thing to do but im not obligated to do so. In january, nra filed a lawsuit against three municipalities. All three have refused to pass laws against gun owners. As a gun owner do you have a problem of having to report the stolen gun within 72 hours . Ive never heard a single complaint about it. Reporter his town may have been overpowered by the nra but the fight in pennsylvania isnt over yet. Christof putzel, al jazeera, jenkintown pennsylvania. Okay. The army general who deployed troops to put those damn weapons down during hurricane katrina, stephanie sy spoke recently with retired general russell honore. What the hell is practical . Is it practical to have 90,000 people in pakistan and all of them carrying guns. Its not practical to have eight or 9,000 people on a saturday night in the french quarter, drinking with guns. It is not practical for everybody to take ogun in a theater in case some bad dude starts shooting. The scenarios we train for in the army, once the first person shoots youre going to have tremendous what we call fratery fratricide. Its a crazy scenario and you got elected officials who want to be elected to hire officials to saying the real solution is everybody carry a gun. That is not a solution. If anything is true about the west places like dodge city where everybody carried a gun, first thing t to do is you cant have a gun in town. It is unmanageable. It is unconscionable to have a place where people are drinking or disagreements where people are bumping into each other or hatred over religion or ethnicity. Apologizes for the audio but some good things said by the general. You can watch steph nihs complete interview with the general, stay with al jazeera all day for more special coverage ever summer of guns. A little bit of creativity can apparently go a long way in law enforcement. The schaeffer of Franklin County posted an ad that seems to be working. Since this happened at the beginning of the week, weve had 275,000 views on our facebook page, but credible tips, a convicted felon, with four hand guns and four pounds of marijuana off this one drug dealer in a neighborhood in our community. Sheriff melton said the flier and the response have engaged and included the community. How the death of one lion may have changed the publics awareness of endangered species. A South Carolina church has dropped its boy scout troops over the organizations decision to allow gay leaders. The first associate Reform Presbyterian Church outside columncolumbia, doesnt match is beliefs on homosexuality. Blaming foreigners for death of cecil the lion. Will come from all over, of course. Some may be just ordinary visitors but others would want to vandalize legally acquir ill. What he said there, also said the zimbabwens failed to protect the lion. Walter palmer, two zimbabwens have been arrested, for failing tfor allowinghim to kill the en. Courtney kealy reports. While there are preserves and sanctuaries, there is also big game hunting. That draws hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue and thousands of americans every year. After Walter Palmer 58yearold dentist killed the prize ed lion cecil, palmer allegedly paid 50,000 for the controversial kill. Delta Airlines Announced it would no longer transport animal trophies such as lions, tigers and elephants. The decision by Delta Airlines to enforce a blanket ban fails to distinguish between trade in and transportation of legally acquired wild life specimens. Hunting is a major source of south africas somebody yore Economic Activity contributing to Community Development and social upliftment. President Theodore Roosevelt killed 512 animals including 17 lions and 11 elephants. But his year long hunt also gathered scientific specimens and is considered to be a visionary conservationist. Its. Poaching, the u. S. Used to be the center of illegal ivory trade. The ivory crush in times square aimed to bring attention to elephants killed by their tusks. In 1980 there were approximately 1. 2 million elephants, today there are less than 500 million. 500,000. At this point, elephants will go extinct. Reporter racing extinction, a documentary to be released in the fall. The goal, a video projection covering 33 floors of the empire state building. Was to draw attention to the many species facing mass extinction. There are many species one species ours are causing them to go extinct. The eyes of these animals, see the exist beaut exquisite beautd be ahed by them. Food groaj an grown and harvn space. Nasa hopes astronauts can soon grow their own food in space. Was shakespeare high when he wrote a mid Summer Nights dre dream . Pipes dug up in the bards garden, researchers discovered cannabis on several samples. Thats it for our broadcast. Im tony harris. This is al jazeera. Hello there im Felicity Barr and this is news hour live from london. Coming up a wave of attacks across turkey, Security Forces and the u. S. Consulate in istanbul are targeted. Syrian rebels say theyve made more advances against government forces. A is critically injured in ferguson in an exchange of gun fire with police. Plus were
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