today, the suspect died in fairfax, nova hospital in northern virginia as a result of a self-inflibblingted gunshot wound. flanagan sent a lengthy multipage fax to a national news organization in new york about this incident, and our investigators now have a copy of it and it's used in the course of this investigation ill be continuing. laura: cathy clifford has the report. cathy: it was a live morning report. 24-year-old reporter alison parker was interviewing a woman at a shopping center. all of a sudden shots and screams were heard as the two women ducked for cover. the cameraman catched the gunman's face on camera. soon after they announced the two employees had been killed in the attack, and the interviewee was injured. a manhunt began for the suspect, former employee at the station identified as vester flanagan. he'd been fired from the channel two years ago. >> he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the floor, he -- we dismissed him. and he did not take that well. we had to call the police to escort him from the building. cathy: while working at the station he'd gone by the name of bryce williams and on wednesday, social media under that name showed video footage of the attack. police say as they caught up with the suspect he swerved off the road and was found with a gunshot wound in critical condition. police say flanagan had tried to kill himself. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he died of injuries. a zero ngela merkel has tolerance approach. she was heckled today. it was here that a school set aside as a refuge for migrants was burned in a suspected arson attack. germany is taking in more migrants that any other european country. 800,000 are expected this year. well, that's fired up far-right groups and there's a wave of violence against them. >> treatment of every single person who comes to us is part of our basic understanding. this is what symbolizes germany. what happened here is shameful and disgusting. laura: earlier i spoke to one in berlin and he spoke about what was an uncomfortable visit. >> she is used to a more welcoming arrival and this time she was greeted by booing. she was greeted by racist slogans. she was called a traitor. and from what we understand, that was organized, protest organized by a neo nazi group. not all protesters from the weekend or who were there today are part of such neo-nazi groups. many of them are regular families which is what ms. merkel was shameful for the country and embarrassing because they brought children to such protests. but they are the people who are -- who feel left alone by politics and feel their problems are not being addressed and they are the ones that went to the rallies this year in winter. by rallying behind the extremists they sort of feed that monster because they vindicate a movement. if ms. merkel wants to appease that, she needs to talk to them and listen to them before. laura: well, there was news of another migrant tragedy in the mediterranean sea. the italian coast guard says the bodies of some 50 people have been found in a ship off the coast of libya. over 400 people in the same vessel were rescued. the u.n. refugee agency says so far 2,400 people have died attempting this crossing. more than 110,000 have been rescued and brought to southern italy. well, migrants hoping to escape war and prompt in africa and the middle east have a choice when it comes to reaching europe. they can travel via the mediterranean sea or via the balkan states. how migrant routes have evolved in the last few years. reporter: europe has been seeing record migration this year, thousands are currently making the journey at first by sea over the mediterranean and then by foot through the continent. over the past five years the routes have evolved. around 2010 greece was the main point of entry whereas libya was more of a stopping point to find work. however, with the fall of former libyan dictator gaddafi in 2011, along with the revolution, italy overtook greece as the main-point port of entry into europe with over 64,000 arrivals. after four years of increasing chaos in libya, around three times that number now head for the italian coast. around 170,000 people, a record in the european union. however, this is the most dangerous journey with the most police. 2015 saw a return to the eastern routes. this year the number of those arriving in greece has already tripled. it's mostly those from syria or afghanistan who prefer to go over land through the balkans to hungary. there have already been over 100,000 of them in the first six months of this year. that's without counting the huge increase over august. nor those who slipped through without being counted in the statistics. germany has already received over 800,000 requests for asylum this year. for around half of those, it's the first time they've made themselves known to authorities. laura: to talk more about that story, i'm joined by the u.n. person for the have arrived in europe crossing the mediterranean sea and the majority of them are those fleeing conflict and violence are in fact refugees and they need international protection and assistance. they have suffered along the way. they fled syria for the majority of them. some have fled afghanistan or iraq. they first fled to neighboring countries. for example, to turkey and to lebanon for syrian refugees, but because of the resources and -- for example, our appeal of our been 40% emergency response in turkey, lebanon and jordan. people really face difficulties in those countries. they can't put their kids to school. they don't have the means to pay for medical care. so they're trying to find all the countries where they can be protected and they can have access to assistance. laura: legally then, do they not lose their refugee status once they left turkey or jordan or lebanon? these are countries not at war or people not -- it does then become a case for seeking a better life economically as hard as life is in those countries. they have moved from the situation of war and conflict. celine: there are people who are fleeing conflicts and war. and europe, countries have to -- to those people and they have to protect them because many of them are entitled to have a refugee status. and if we take the numbers, for example, of syrian refugees, four million syrian refugees today. two million in turkey. one million in lebanon. the e.u. has to show solidarity to those countries hosting refugees and to syrian refugees. laura: why can, for example, why can the syrian living in a refugee camp in turkey, why can he not apply for asylum in turkey? turkey is a modern country can a strong economy, an economy doing a lot better than greece, for example. why can't a syrian refugee get asylum in a muslim country like turkey? celine: they do. some go to turkey, to lebanon or to jordan. they do. but once they arrive, they need emergency assistance. they need protection. and as i said, the emergency programs there have only been funded by 40%. and the needs are much higher than the resources. laura: now, the rules in europe operate under what's called the double convention. this is the first european country where a refugee arrives, that's where he must stay and applies for asylum. germany has scrapped that. it says it doesn't care if people have come from greece or italy or elsewhere or by the balkan states more likely. do you think that the whole e.u. should scrap it? it doesn't work any more? celine: there needs to be a coordinated response by the new countries and countries like greece, serbia need help from the other e.u. countries. and there needs to be solidarity between the countries and a coordinated response. laura: that is lacking at the moment, you think? celine: some efforts have been made. more has to -- more has to be done and solutions include, for example, relocation of refugees to other new countries. laura: ok. i just want to bring up some mments by the u.n. special person. he said europe should get used to the fact that large numbers of migrants from the middle east want to live in europe and european countries should open up their labor markets accordingly. do you agree with that? celine: you should show solidarity. laura: do you mean offer people asylum or allow people to become citizens and get jobs and work and stay in the country for life? celine: in the situation today, yes, europe should offer asylum to the people who are fleeing conflict and war. as i said the majority, many of the people coming to europe are people fleeing conflict, are people fleeing violence. and, yes, e.u. has to find ways to be able to protect those people an to provide emergency assistance. laura: ok. she lien schmitt, thank you very much. well, colombia and venezuela after -- hundreds of colombian citizens, many of whom have been living in venezuela for years, have suddenly been deported. it's a sign of the worsening relations between the neighbors amid the problem of cross-border smuggling. reporter: bridges, mattresses, furniture, these colombians grab everything they can under the national guard. they're being sent back to their homeland across the river. >> this is a sad day for us. i've seen people in tears surrounded by their children, their belongings. there is a lot of uncertainty now. reporter: behind them houses marked with d for demolition. in a few days they will be torn down. just as they were in this village a few kilometers away. this is a venezuelan of colombian dissent. >> my children cried. everything they had destroyed. it's so sad investing so much and they end up on the street. as a venezuelan i am disappointed. reporter: this is when nicholas me doro closed the border indefinitely. smugglers attacked a security patrol. smuggling, basic things -- they can make a handsome profit in colombia where milk and sugar can cost as 10 times as much. they demanded venezuela work to rectify the situation. >> we demand respect from the venezuelan government. respect for colombians from the most humble to the most powerful. reporter: colombia has condemned the expulsions which have seen hundreds of its citizens deported. talks between diplomats between the two countries to resolve the crisis start wednesday. laura: now it won the cannes festival. the film is being released in cinemas across france. it's a tale that draws many parallels of the thousands of migrants currently arriving on europe's shores. reporter: fleeing war-torn sri lanka, he takes a girl and with their false passports they make their way to europe. granted asylum fanses in france, he gets a job as a ontore in the suburbs. there he's confronted with a new battle -- adjusting to a new language and culture while protecting himself from dealers eager to prey on the vulnerable. >> this story is a bit like my own and also of all refugees. like him, i arrived in france with a false passport. i also worked many illegal jobs. before that i was confronted with the same violence when i fought for the tigers. reporter: for the director, deepan was an opportunity to see france through the names of the migrants that risk everything to come to europe. >> when i'm out and about they are these people trying to sell me flowers when i'm at the restaurants. it was looking at things from their point of view. where does this man see? who is he? and without making a big gamble, i know this person has lived events i will never experience. reporter: the film's general release in the midst of the worsening migrant crisis in europe is a poignant reminder of the trials that await new refugees. and it's a message that won france's highest film honor. laura: now a coded message, deliberate sabotage or just old age? those are some of the explanations being offered after london's iconic big ben clock stopped showing the right time. it was off by as much as six seconds earlier this week and even interrupted some british radio broadcasts. reporter: the chimes of big ben introduce some of the best-known programs on british tv and radio. but for the past two weeks it's been less than punctual. bbc radio saw the first to notice the irregularity. >> the bongs will be any day now. reporter: london looks up to the clock hour for the time, though, aren't exactly ticked off. >> it's right because it's been there for a long time. precisely because it's a long time is not that right so it's not that wrong either, six seconds. not too bad. >> the houses of parliament's clockship was sent to help the problem. temperature could be cited as a possible factor. but big ben is probably getting temperamental with age. >> the clock has been running 156 years and it runs 24/7. there could be a hiccup after 156 years old. reporter: it's now accurate to less than one second and the british icon is being checked every day instead of the usual three times a week. whether this will be enough to keep it striking the right hour, time will only tell. laura poor old big ben. just six seconds, i think we an deal with it. markus karlsson. markus: we've seen a recovery in france so far this year. for the past six months or so hasn't been reflected in labor markets. now, though, during the month of july we saw signs of a stabilization because there were 1,900 fewer job seekers in france during july. it's the first time since january the number dropped. still the number of people looking for unemployment remains painfully high, above 3.5 million, close to an all-time high. unemployment remains well above 10%. the jobless rates isn't a sign of economic health. it's a sign politically in france. now, the latest jobless figures could he inside with a yearly meeting of france's biggest lobby just outside paris. the organization is calling for more reforms from the french government side beyond office of tax breaks for businesses. my colleague set down with the vice president to talk about what companies need to start hiring. >> we will see a change of unemployment and a small unemployment will probably be 2016 because it will take time for the tax situation to get into effect and also for the entrepreneur to feel confident about their business, about their customer and about the direction. >> confidence is not here yet? >> no. no because we still are burnt by the crisis. yes, businesses are better but it's very new. and also it has to be said despite the tax -- >> at which will remain. >> yeah. that's what the prime minister said. but every day we got another political leader, mainly from the socialist party, saying we should negotiate, we should change. what matters in terms of economic policy is consistency. markus: it's been a wild ride with global stock markets with the chinese negative territory for a fifth consecutive session wednesday. the drop was relatively small compared to 8% and 7% on monday and tuesday. the shanghai index was down. the people's bank of china njected 140 billion yuaan into money markets. they count the central market benchmarks. it's to stem the market since june but it hasn't been enough. >> i think given the fact they tried a number of times over the past few months really diminishes the impact. we had a slight bounce in markets but it's not really enough over the longer term. i suppose the big hope for markets is that maybe it sort of suggests moving towards another big interventionist move, monetary stimulus which hina arguably still needs. markus: they have fallen 40% since june and many smaller investors have seen their savings dwindle. chinese stock markets are unusual 80% of publicly traded shares are held by individuals. our team in beijing met with some that has been hard hit. >> air quality has been better in days. the fresh air hasn't made their work days better. the beijing central business has been soured by the recent market turmoil which is taking a toll on its portfolios. >> i heard some bat stories. people committing suicide. >> this is the second crisis now. i'm afraid the government can't do anything. >> we're worried. it will be hard for us individual investors. >> about 80% of market participants are retail investors many of whom have little financial knowledge or investment training. encouraged by the government, china's middle class workers invested heavily in the stock markets. but after months of -- they're suffering heavy losses. feeling helpless, many of them are trying to get out of the market altogether. >> i am a real estate agent, and i can say that a lot of my clients are trying to sell their shares to buy a house. >> and if the plunge continues, it could have huge consequences. having cut interest rates for the fifth time in the past 12 months, beijing has shown its determination to restore confidence for the millions of chinese retail investors. with more than 90 million individual shareholders, china's stock market directly impacts purchasing power. and without a national pension program, many chinese investors are counting on their stock investment for their retirement. >> we have seen those woes in chinese stock markets immigrate to other parts of the world in recent sessions. it was a similar story in europe during wednesday's session. we did see europe essentially taking a page out of china's playbook with the ftse down 1%. it was the biggest hit. let's talk you through whether the u.s. -- where the u.s. markets are this hour. we've seen some gains on durable goods orders in the united states. we did see a little bit of a wobble earlier when an official from the federal reserve warned that china's woes could spill over into the u.s. economy. that brought the markets down somewhat earlier, as i say. still though this hour we have seen those markets firing on all cylinder once again. the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p 500 trading higher. let's bring you up to date with a few other stories we're watching for you. the world's biggest advertising firm say he's upbeat on china despite the growth woes. the chief director expects the chinese market to rebound in the second half of the year. soros spoke after wpp posted rising earnings. and it has been outweighed by a strong performance of developed markets like the united states. a giant is in the making on the online gambling market. the two british base firms, patty power and bet fair are betting big is beautiful. they've agreed to merge and to create an annual revenue of more than 1 1/2 billion euros. it's the latest in the series of deals in the online gambling market, this as increased regulation and taxation have put the business under pressure. and home sharing has agreed to collect taxes on behalf of the companies. they will include a charge of 83 euro cents per person and per day on rental apartments in the french capital. they want airbnb to operate under the same provisions of parisian hotels. they have more than 50,000 visitors. finally in this business bulletin, could there be cease-fire on burger king and its arch rifle mcdonald's. the former has reached out to the latter regarding a peace offering in connection with the international day of peace on the 21st of september. burger king is offering to open up a joint restaurant with mcdonald's one day at one location. the restaurant would be serving macwhoppers using ingredients from the classic big mac and the whopper. burger king says it will be a symbolic move in favor of nonviolence and global unity. laura, burger king also added that let's settle the beef with beef. laura: oh, i like it. i never thought i'd see the day. you are making me a little bit hungier. markus: do you prefer big macs or whoppers? laura: i can't say. 08/26/15 08/26/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the story of necessity, building 200 units of low income housing is the first part of a conference of desegregation plan that was the result of a federal court in knockers, new york. they had taken federal housing daughters and used it to

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