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and the most devastating earthquake in 25 years, napa, california trying to recover from what could be billions in damage. thousands of people packed in sane lewis church today to say goodbye to michael brown. brown s funeral took place more than two weeks after he was shot and killed by a police officer in nearby ferguson, the shooting triggered days of unrest. during the service, brown s stepmother recalled a conversation in which she said brown had predictedded hi predin death. said because i have been dreaming of death. i have been seeing pictures of death. he said i see blooding sheets hanging on a clothes line when i went out there and saw mike mike that s exactly what he was laying up under. he pretty much prophesied his own death and didn t realize it. diane estebrook is in missouri for us. as you know, diane the family has called for peace and calm and for a break of the demonstrations. is the community calm this evening? reporter: it has been calm all ....
california is in the billions. and we begin tonight in st. louis where activists and mourningers are gather to go look for a way forward after the police shooting that killed michael brown, a town hall meeting is going on right now. the event at the missouri history museum billed as a chance for young people to speak out and for adult to listen, earlier today thousands attended brown s funeral to honor the teenager s memory. but there were calls for justice, diana estebrook is outside the town meeting hall. diane. reporter: it is a packed house inside there. there is probably 300 people, black, white, young, old, talking about healing the community, but also talking about change and that is something that we heard over and over again to the at michael brown s tune funeral. paying the brown was laid to rest with prayers. got have place aid special calling on you are lives. reporter: songs. and cries for justice. no community in america would tolerate an ....
game changer for industry. plus eyes wide shut. kids in sleep and getting the right amount of rest is essential for everyone. and we begin tonight with the latest on u.s. plans to fight the islamic state group. according to the new york times the white house has approved the use of drones over syria. both manned and unmanned vehicles, kill senior leaders there. so far the u.s. has only conducted air strikes against the islamic state inside iraq. u.s. officials said the drones might fly into syrian air space without approval from the assad regime. jim walsh is a research studies associate at the mit program. what do you make of this move? well john i m not surprised because you had the president of the united states come out and remark to the american people saying, essentially, speaking with a new tone and a new emphasis, a new priority for the islamic state. and then the day after, you have secretary of defense hagel and a top ranked uniformed officer come out with ....
michael brown. this week, the grand jury looki looking at criminal charges against the police officer who killed the missouri teen. they have a lot of clean-up to do. a lot of people don t have anything to clean-up. shattered lives and livelihoods, the monument al clean-up. the full scope of the damage hits wallets out west. good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i am stephanie sy. i am del walters, the president authorizing surveillance flights over syria. could pave the way for u.s. air strikes against fighters from the islamic state group. group already in control of keyboarder crossings in syria and iraq. the pentagon says it will use drones and manned flights to collect intelligence on the islamic state group and will do it without the syrian president s approval. let s head to randall pinkston in washington this morning. randall could these flights be in danger because they are in syrian airspace without permission? it is quite likely u.s. ....
flash flooding and denver causes a mann hold to explode like a guyser. the mile-high city could be in for more severe weather. i m stephanie sy, and i m del walters. after 50 days of wore there s relative calm in gaza, israel and hamas agreeing to a ceasefire. there were celebrations in gaza with hamas declaring victory. details of that extended truce in a moment. we ll begin with two developing stories out of syria. opposition fighters have taken control over a border between syria and israel, and new details about an american killed fighting for the islamic state group. john terrett, what have we learnt about the american. his name is douglas mack karthier mccain. good morning. doug lace mcarthur mccain is the first american to die while fighting for the islamic state group. a spokeswoman confirmed his death, saying the u.s. was aware he was in syria. according reports he died in a fire fight with the free syrian army. the question is why did this young man ....