Hour fast ball. We begin with what may be the end of the war in afghanistan. For u. S. Troops, families, country. The battle has been waged for more than a dozen years. Three times longer than world war ii. President obama announced his lodgeawaited exit plan. Reporter appearing in the rose garden president obama made the announcement on. Its time to turn the page on more than a decade in which Foreign Policy was focussed on the wars in iran, iraq and afghanistan. Reporter the president promised the end the role of americans, but what is unclear is the numbers staying in afghanistan and their mission. At the height of the surge, the u. S. Had 100,000 troops on the ground. By the time of his surprise visit to bagram on sunday, the number was 32,000. President obama says at the beginning of next year therell be 9,800 mens left. That number cut in half by the end of the year and at the end of 2016. The president says the u. S. Will have an embassy present. At the end of the war, more than 2,000 americans have died in afghanistan. In his sunday visit to american troops, the president told them their mission was near complace. Afghanistan is on its heels in this part of the world. Thats because of you. The American Forces that remain will focus op operations in relation to al qaeda, and training of troops. For months outgoing President Hamid karzai refused to sign the deal, the latest in a longline of disputes. But hamid karzai is on his way out. And the two candidates that replace him in a june 14th runoff say theyll sign. Hanging over the talks with afghanistan . A. A failure to reach a political deal with iraq. In afghanistan the president says the future is now in the hands of its citizens. We have to realise that afghanistan is not a perfect place. It is not americas responsibility to make it one. The future of afghanistan must be decided by afghans. The chief of staff ask the for an investigation to find out how the white house blew the cover of a top c. I. A. Official. Happening ahead of the trip to bagram by president obama. His name was included on a list given to reporters. The white house realised the mistake, retracted the list. The map had to man had to be pulled from his post. For the last three days the Isla Vista Community has been reeling after the murder of six students. A Memorial Service was held on campus tonight, and joined was in jennifer london was in. Reporter for that that witnessed the killing rampage leaving six dead and seven wounded and those returning to campus for the first time after the long holiday weekend, it was a day of mourning and reflection. George chen. Katherine cooper. James huang. Christopher Ross Michaels martinez. David wang. Veronica wysse. Reporter late in the afternoon an inner faith memorial helped to start the healing process. Earlier many students and residents spent the day visiting makeshift memorials. Therapy jobs were there. Students went around offering hugs. Elliot rodger, the 22yearold identified by police as the killer made his motives for carrying out the mass murder known in a wordy document, as well as a youtube video. He expressed anger. He talked about making women pay after being rented. Three men were killed. It was rommingerss rodgers scripted plan to kill the women that wronged him that sparked off a conversation about violence on women at college. We cant go about our daily life acting like nothing happened. Its not okay. As a woman on the camp us, i feel attacked and anyone, if you identify with the female gender or not is feeling this now. With that in mind, the president of the asserted students on campus says she does not want to turn the tragedy to a political flash point. This is not something we are taking action on. We are mourning for those we have lost. This is not political. We are trying to heel. Theres a time and place, its not now. On campus as the community deals with grief and disbelief, theres frustration that rodgers online postings and videos are accessible. People effectively continue to post the blogs. By sharing it people see it, and they share it, its not what we want. We dont want him remembered at all. That was really what todays interfaith memorial was about, remembering the victims, honouring the victims, giving a voice to the victims. Do we have an update on those injured in. Yes, in addition to six killed several others were injured. All but three were released. Those in the hospital two are in good company. One is in fair condition. Jennifer london out in california. Thank you. A major ruling on the Death Penalty from the supreme court. It says states cannot only rely on iq test scores to show that inmates are eligible for execution. It focuses on a rule that anyone with an iq score over 70 cannot claim disability. Justice kennedy said the rule created a risk that people with intellectual disability will be executed and that it is unconstitutional. A computer hacker turned enforcement avoids prison time. Instead, he was praised by a judge for helping the fbi foil hundreds of cyber attacks. Reporter hector spent the last three years helping the fbi arrest people that used to be his friends. Now he appears in court to collect his reward. A short sentence of time served. Known as sabu. He was a leading member of anonymous, and another group. They are groups of sophisticated hackers, usiing knowledge to infiltrate governments and other areas around the world. Lawyers say this man helped the government for the sake of his two young cousins. He placed his family first. The judge recognised that. His commitment as a foster father was enormous. The choice to put his family first was not a difficult decision. Inside the court the judge used the word extraordinary to describe the cooperation. Prosecutors say he helped to prevent more than 300 cyber attacks. Including one on the water system of a major u. S. City. He gathered information leading to the arrest of eight hackers, drawing them out in online chats and sharing information with the fbi. His case also raised question about the governments conduct. One hacker serving a 10year sentence says sabu encouraged him to collect information from foreign governments and he told the judge he was not the same person. His lawyers say the information he helped gather could lead to more arrests. Michigan is raising the minimum wage. The governor signed the law today. The Republican Legislature passed the law. In detroit saving the city means tearing it down. Thats the corner stop of a plan to combat decades of deck a. Its extreme, the question is will it work. Bisi onileere reports. Detroits Blight Task Force spent eight months analysing and reaching every property in the city. The conclusion demolishing or dismantling all abandoned or decrepit buildings could cost up to 2 billion. Of 387,000 real estate parcels, 84,000 weres described as blit. This is unprecedented. The issue of blight has been coming to us since the depression. Reporter the cost is enormous. The bankruptcy plan will not cover it all. Well have to attack this with a lot of strategies. Well go after private business openers with deep pockets. Longtime residents have been fighting blight for years. Mark covington watched his Community Fill with decay. He decided to do something about it. I said i wanted to shine the most positive light on my neighbourhood. He started to mow the grass. He built ab abandoned building and built a farm yard and community garden. What do you have. Broccoli, kale, Brussel Sprouts and let us. Its a small enclave known as the georgia Street Community collective. Idea is for the neighbour to take what you want to take, and have whatever they want to have, and get help if they need it. In a bankrupt city with many abandoned structures, covington is an innovator. Wayne State University urban developer says the plan is a step in the right direction, but there are more hurdles ahead. The biggest challenge after eliminating blight is to begin to assemble the land for reuse. That will have to wait. In a city pushing for a comeback, demolition and rehabilitation have to come first. In colorado, authorities are responding the search for three men missing after the mud slide. Foot searches for the men were called off after the area was too dangerous and unstable. The path of the site ran three miles long, covering 700 acres. Kevin corriveau is here with more. Thats right. This is a picture from google othered of what it looked like before the slide. Shaped like a bull. This area over here, this is the area that collapsed, the debris pushing more down into the open area. Only three people died in this. They are looking at what caused this. Here is the up to here, the area that was affected was just towards the east there. They are now looking at what is called the grand messa, receiving a lot of rain. They tink it caused and had app effect of what happened here to the north. Afghanistan occurred this month. 300, 500 dead. India, 570 people. China, 1287 people are casualties there. Across north dakota, a tornado pushed through. Lets take a look on the satellite image. What happened was one system pushed through. This is what it looked like from the trailer park of the city. These men, who are workers in the up to, living it up, living in trailers supplied by the mining company. This is what they caught on tape. They did not leave, but its interesting and very amazing footage there. The assistant pushed through. Many buildings were destroyed, but no casualties there. When you see a situation like this, you want to get to an inside room, basement or shelter. Get away from it. Thats a remarkable picture. The wildfire in arizona has been blazing for a week. Investigators from the Law Enforcement wing are figuring out a cause. In central california, a fastmoving brush fire is threatening homes and evacuations. One home has been destroyed. The fire started yesterday as a structure fire that spread to surrounding bush. Californias drought is so serious, some are taking a 95 cut in water delivers. Farms and others try to get to the water that they want free. Stephanie stanton reports. Reporter in the middle of the desert, 60 miles outside los angeles, water is plentiful and farmers flourishing. Eugene owns this lush 680 acre alfalfa farm, a far cry from drought stricken farms north, where water is a scarce commodity. I wish they didnt have have to go through this. Californians have been fighting for water rite, a battle between have and have not thanks to designations by the state dating to the late 1800s, some landowners have unlimited access, and others have been required to conserve. These have been established for a long time. People that own the right invested a lot of money in the operations. I dont think they should be cut off. 3800 entities have senior water right. Half are major corporations, including the states biggest utility pacific gas and electric. It cut water delivers to farms and cities by 95 . Senior right owners are exempt. People there first have a prior claim to the water that is allocated. Add to that senior water rite holders are allowed to estimate how much water they use, so the state doesnt have an accurate picture of how much water they consume. This is one of four pumps that pull water from an underground well to irrigate crops. With an unlimited water force, the farm has been unaffected by the drought. Eugene, selfreporting, welcomes stricter monitoring. In times of drought its logical that we know how much water is use. With the drought continuing, the battle over the Precious Resource will rage on. Coming up, flight protection the new steps to reduce the threat of bird strikes. Plus, stoned to death. The shocking story out of pakistan where a pregnant woman is killed by her own family. Tonight a warning from washington to americans in libya. The state Department Says they should leave immediately. The uss petanne is in the east med ter yanian sea with a thousand soldiers on board. President obama is planning to meet with ukraines new president in europe. There was more fighting in the eastern ukraine, dozens of rebels dead after a government attack on donetsk. Hoda abdelhamid is there with this story. Reporter the road to the airport shows signs of a fierce battle. Not something the prorussian gunmen expected when they tried to seize donetsk airport. Judging by the dozens of bodies in the morgue, they could not withstand the power the Ukrainian Forces used. Maybe were part of the military arm of the peoples donetsk republic. Among them fighters that crossed the border according to a separatist leader. The Defence Ministry says it issued an automate um after which it warned it would unleash its power, and is did. From the ground and from the air. But the separatist gunmen are defiant, with further reinforcements arriving. A second ultimatum given by the government to evacuate the airport. They are not gone. Now, the road block on the road leading to the airport moved closer to the city center. Theres fear among people here and some are taking precautionsism. Especially those that lived close to the battlefield. The mayor of donetsk urged people to stay home. Everyone in the city of one million heeded his call. The battle over the airport marks a dangerous escalation in this conflict. So far fighting was restricted from the outskirts of the city, mainly a checkpoint. Many fear that war could reach the doorstep. A disturbing story out of pakistan. A woman three months pregnant was stoned to death by her family. The woman was waiting outside a courthouse with her new husband to register her marriage. She was attacked by a gang of relatives. They beat her with battans and bricks. Her father was arrested. He said it was an honour killing. She mar idea without onsent. More than 800 women in pakistan died. The author of red, white and muslim joins us from denver, colorado. Welcome. Thank you, good evening. Give me your reaction to this story. Im shocked and does gusted. Im horrified by this. Im familiar with the area. Its amazing that Something Like this could happen. It is surprising the numbers here. 800 women killed in this manner just last year. Yes, unfortunately. There is a tribal attitude about women and who they can marry, and with the familys consent. Unfortunately we have this unfortunate practice of honour killings that seems to be escalating. And normally you see, unfortunately, acid attacks. This was different for the levels of violence. Gruesome. Its different with the stoning of this woman, under law, in some of these crimes, arent the women whipped 400 times, or get 100 lashes . Well, Different Countries have different laws. I believe in pakistan, you know, i am unfamiliar if there is a flogging or whipping. However, i think that core thing to remember is that technically what this young woman did was not against the law. Actually, what the her father did was against the law, and her family members, and its important that it be prosecuted. So what we are dealing with is tradition, culture that is so hard to fight. What happens is when this young woman did a marriage of her own consent the family is worried it will affect their reputation in the community. They are under social pressure to convey that they do not approve of her behaviour, and it results in what we saw, which is very sad. I guess the question is why dont more women and men in pakistan and other countries, where this sort of activity, horrible activity exists, dont stand up and say and do something about it . We do see people standing up and protesting against this. Probably in pakistan we havent seen a reaction immediately right now because last night was the night of power for muslims, and most muslims thats the night its believed the prophet mohammed went on the night journey to heaven and visited others. Most last night were in an allnight prayer vigil and probably were finding out the news similar to when we found it out. I believe once things settle down youll see a big outcry. In the past pakistanis condemned these types of things. We need to come up with a plan on how to engage with the people that are believing in these practices. I think you see it more amongst rural population, lower income, or middle class. We need to engage pakistanis to figure out, and people like myself, how do we stop the attitude and move to a different view of what women do. Thats what i was going to ask you. I mean its not an isolated incident. You had 800 killed in pakistan alone. Its not like just getting upset about this issue. How do you change the views . Well its a very complex and difficult problem. You are dealing with the law, where some legislative reform is needed, such that the family cannot get away with dealing with this. You are dealing with the prosecution of it, and an educational issue. A lot of acts are performed under the disguise of islam. You see people doing it that belong to other religions, there needs to be education, and that islam is against these things. You are dealing with multilevel issue, and system wide across the community. We had a lot of success in other countries relating to the issue of female circumcision, and the model engaging with local people, and talking to them about their culture, and it takes a brave father to say this is not going to happen to my daughter are, ill be the first. We see the news, but its isolated. It happens, but there has been 800 reported cases, which means there may be more unreported. Theres many good individuals that this will shock them, and i hope that this will, as other incidents spark outrage. Its good that we are discussing this. Attention in the west brings attention to this issue. We all hope that this practice end, and ends soon. Great to have you on the programme. Thank you. The state Department Says it cannot confirm nigerias claim that it knows location of the kidnapped school girls, the announcement after a new attack in nigeria, leaving 55 dead. Its the latest violence in nigeria, believed to be the work of boko haram. Reporter Security Officials and residents tell al jazeera that gunmen suspected to be members of boko haram arrived at the town, attacking a military facility and a police station. They killed many. A fire fight ensued between the two sides. Security forces and the attackers. It lasted three hours. This is not the first time boko haram attacked the town. They attacked a federal Government Institution and College Killin