spent years on their feet delivering letters, nalcrest, florida, you have to be retired to go there and finds more on our website and the usual address to click on to is al jazeera.com, al jazeera.com. gunfire at rallies in ferguson cast a shadow do over today's demonstrations to mark one year since the death of michael brown. six children shot to death in a houston apartment, a suspect in custody is now facing murder charges. and under fire in istanbul, the u.s. consulate and turkey's largest city is attacked and police officers killed in

separate incidents. ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city, i'm erica and we begin with the continued tensions in ferguson, missouri, more protests are planned there today to mark one year since the death of michael brown. some organizers are calling for civil disobedience and comes after a night of gun violence following demonstrations. [gunfire] two teens shot near a memorial to brown and one man is in critical condition after police say he shot a plain clothes officer and diane has more. >> about 2:00 this morning two teenagers walking by the apartment complex near the site where michael brown was shot last year.

someone from a back of a vehicle fired at those two teenagers and the two teenagers were struck but sustained nonlife threatening injuries. a few hours before that at about 11:00 shots rang out near a protest on west floricent avenue just as the police chief andre anderson was talking to reporters and it happened when they fired at police and the chief belmar describes what happens. >> the suspect engages them with gunfire at the grill of the car and strike the hood and i don't know if you have seen pictures of it yet, three or four times strike the windshield four or five times and the plain clothes detectives return fire from the inside of the van but they don't know if they hit him or not and 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: now the victim in

that incident has not been identified. he remains in critical condition. diane es teshgs erbooq in ferguson, missouri, a manmade a court appearance this morning with deaths of eight people including six children at a home in houston and david is charged with several counts of capitol murder and prosecutors say they have not decided if he should face the death penalty and we have more on the investigation and as anyword on a motive here. >> the suspect was in a dispute with one of the victims, a 40-year-old woman and prosecutors say he broke in the home through an unlocked window and shot the victims. 48-year-old david conlly charged with shooting a family of eight and the youngest is six years old. >> i cannot comprehend who would take the lives of so many people especially the lives of the

young ones. >> reporter: the motive says police may have been domestic dispute between the police and jackson his former partner and they received a call from a relative asking them to make a welfare check on the home. >> a male was in the home that had a warrant for an aggravated assault on a family member. >> reporter: that is when an officer spotted the body of a child through a window. >> deputies on scene forced entry into the home and were immediately met with gunfire. >> reporter: after calling for backup and several hours of a standoff the suspects surrendered, upon entering the home police discovered the jackson and the six children dead. >> victims found in each of the three bedrooms. >> reporter: charged with three counts of capitol murder. >> burglary along with murdering valorie, and 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 13-year-old was the suspect's own child. and one of the capitol murder counts includes killing multiple people in one instance. the suspect's criminal history dates back more than 20 years, the most resent incident was last month when he was charged with assault. >> thank you so much. more american military jets and nearly 300 troops arriving in turkey to join the fight against i.s.i.l., six f-16s arrived at the air base near the first u.s. to launch strikes from turkey since it began one year ago and last month turkey allowed the u.s. to carry out strikes near the syrian border. arrest one suspect and searching for another after a pair of attackers opened fire on the u.s. consulate in istanbul today on the other side of the city and officials say at least three

police officers were injured when a police station was bombed and bernard has more from istanbul. >> reporter: an attack at a consulate and security post connected to the building and it's heavily fortified as you can see built on a hill top in a suburb out of the very center of istanbul. now, in a shootout after that the police shot and injured one woman who was heard to shout on a video we have seen that was filmed by a witness saying it was happening and said i did it for my party. the area around here has has been reopened, the roads reopened and in the early hours of this morning, on the other side of istanbul, on the asia side there was an explosion at a police station, ten people injured there, three police officers and after that explosion as a forensic team and bomb squads descended to check the scene there was a gun fight and two attackers attacking the

people who came to the scene, those two attackers killed and a police officer also killed. >> it's been particularly resting in the southeast in the province, this is where the last couple of weeks the turkish security forces have been involved in fighting with fighters from the kurdistan workers party, separatist p.k.k. 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 moving troops and four police officers were killed when their seek hit a roadside bomb. both of these incidents happened in the province near to the border with iraq and at the center of attentions where the fighting is going on between some members of the p.k.k. and the turkish security forces, turkish security forces as we know have been involved in air strikes on p.k.k. positions in the last couple of weeks in iraq

and parts of southeast turkey. >> bernard smith reporting from istanbul. the u.s. consulate will remain closed until further nothing and no staff members injured in the attack. wildfi wildfires in california claimed another life, a firefighter was killed by a falling tree near lake tahoe an ordered flags to be flown at half staff and the massive rocky fire is now 70% contained the jerusalem fire in northern california lake county grew this morning. the fast-growing wildfire burning north of napa grew to 5,000 acres prompting evacuations for residents in the area. a state of emergency in parts of colorado right now where officials are trying to contain dangerous levels of metal that spilled in a river. 3 million gallons of waste from an abandon mine in silverton

leaked into a creek and filled the river in the county and turned the water orange and three times originally believed and the mine is still dumping 500 gallons a minute and epa says they are treating the polluted water and show high levels of arsenic and lead and it's dangerous if people are exposed to them, the epa inspectors triggered the spill investigating pollutants at the mine. today al jazeera is looking at this summer's rise in gun violence and police say they are making progress battling the problem in one los angeles neighborhood and residents there disagree and plus how the so called iron pipeline is helping to deliver illegal weapons up and down the east coast. stay with us.

texas police say the unarmed black teenagers who officers shot to death last week refused to surrender and a college football died on friday and he crashed his car in the showroom before police arrived and footage released over the weekend appears to corroborate

police reports of the incident but it does not show the actual shooting. [gunfire] all day today al jazeera america is taking a closer look at the rise in gun violence across the country. southern states tend to have fewer restrictions on weapon sales than northern states and as robert ray reports from georgia guns bought in the south regularly make their way north up the show called iron pipeline. >> hello, how are you? >> reporter: this is little's bait and tackle shop in the small town of perry, georgia, one of nearly 4,000 licensed gun dealers in the state. and little is the owner. >> what town are you in? >> al jazeera america. >> reporter: little is the source of the gun that was used to kill new york city police officer brian moore in may. it was stolen from the pawn shop in 2011. this c.c.t.v. video caught the

masked they'ves in action and took 23 weapons, nine ended up in new york city. >> and the police never caught the guys that robbed your store. >> they had hoodies and ski masks and gloves. no. they never caught anybody. >> reporter: the guns make their way up what is known as the iron pipeline, an illegal trade route that goes from 95 from southern states to new york. >> there is an awful lot of gun violence in the country. >> reporter: despite trying to shut it down it is open and georgia is ground zero. >> freeze. >> reporter: two new york city officers ambushed in their police cruiser in december were also killed by a georgia gun. what do you say to some politicians up north, in the northeast like new york city that say, you know, these southern laws are way too lax

and that is why our police officers in the north are getting shot and that's why bad guys are trading guns? >> well, i want to tell you something. they got the same laws here as they do in new york about purchasing a gun. >> reporter: well, they are definitely more lax down here. >> why are they lax here? >> reporter: well, the gun laws down here are lax because when you go to purchase a gun you can carry it anywhere you like if you have the proper permits, you can't do that in new york or chicago or anything like that. >> i tell you what, here we believe in protecting yourself. >> reporter: purchasing a tire arm in the state of georgia is quite simple. all you need is a georgia state i.d. or driver's license, you go through a background check which takes about 20-30 minutes and you can also obtain a gun online with no background check at all. georgia leads the country as a source of firearms used in

crimes in other states. in 2013, 3,000 guns purchased legally in georgia were confiscated outside the state by police. with florida running just behind according to data from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and we received out to atf but they did not respond to our request for an interview. >> i was shocked when i heard what happened and it was one of our guns. >> reporter: upset it was a local gun that killed perry in new york the captain says law enforcement needs more funding to fight gun running. >> what the heck can be done to stop that because it's clearly an issue? >> yeah, well, i mean, you know, other than putting, you know, we have drug interdiction on the interstate that look for drugs and basically stop cars and try to deter drug trafficking and people transporting large amounts of money and narcotics

back and forth. those same units are looking for weapons and it's not focused on drugs. >> reporter: is there enough of them? >> well, in my opinion there are not enough police officers. >> reporter: georgia state representative rick jaspers is the author of the safe carry protection law which passed in april of 2014. it allows any georgia resident without a criminal record to purchase a firearm, obtain a permit and carry the weapon in almost all public places across the state. critics have called it the guns everywhere law. >> there are some people that compare this gun trade up north to drug trafficking. would you say it's on that level? >> i don't know anything about it. you know, it's fortunate to say i've never been to new york city and i don't know anything and i have not investigated or try and look at what goes on in the northeastern corridor. the bills that i sponsored have all been around georgia and how we can strengthen our law and make it fair for individuals.

but most of it make it effective and the law we have is easy to understand and effective and maybe that is something they need a state legislature up in new york to work on theirs too. >> reporter: and jaspers says the iron pipeline and the gun running is just media hype. >> i don't know that there is a barrage of weapons. i think that is another little tidbit throughout out there but consultants and other people trying to make something out of it and the weapons were unfortunately used recently were bought years ago legally and they had lost track of them as you do and we know who bought it initially but the subsequent owners you don't know. >> reporter: according to one report nearly 2800 firearms recovered in the new york bureaus have been traced back to georgia from 2005-2014. clarence little says he wants to sell his pawn shop and since the robbery he has set up better

cameras in his store. >> i mean i don't want anyone hurt with any of my guns but there is nothing that we can really do about it. and the cops here in town, if they would spend more time in these areas where they sell guns then you wouldn't have near the break-ins you are having. >> reporter: georgia law does not require the reporting of stolen guns, making it easy for people to buy guns and sell them to criminals and later claim the guns were stolen and making the iron pipeline more difficult to clog and shut down. robert ray, al jazeera perry, georgia. earlier today we talked with former nra political director richard feldman and he says gun laws are not necessarily the primary reason for the rise in violence. >> we certainly need to enforce the law and make sure that the law works better than it's working today so the real problem there with the mass

shooters are mental health laws and a completely failed mental health system in this country that will require billions of dollars if we are serious about the problem. focusing on legitimate gun owners who don't misuse their guns will never fix the problem with those who do because we are looking in the wrong place. to los angeles where police are taughting statistics showing crime rates falling across the city but people living in more dangerous areas saying they are not seeing a drop in crime and jennifer has more from los angeles. >> reporter: people in south l.a. are living in fear and gang violence is a way of life for people in this neighborhood there has been a spike in shootings this summer with 11 in one weekend. mothers like adriana are struggling to keep their children from becoming a statistics. >> it saddens me because they are not free and not like other children in different areas, i

do not permit them to go outside and walk up and down the street and when he wants to play he is in the paved backyard or air conditioning of the house and it saddens me. my 18-year-old i just learned how to get over all l allowing him to go to the market for me. >> this is an event at a local police station. neighbo neighbors, community leaders and police mingle together and ask for calm the street. >> be vocal and visible and we are not locked in our houses and not give in to fear. >> reporter: we go to l.a. and a gang worker killed in the cross fire and spend the evening with former gang bangers and community activists working to end the violence on the streets. you will also hear more from concerned residents and what community leaders are doing to foster peace.

and reminder watch our special coverage throughout the day today on the summer of the gun right here on al jazeera america. still to come today an american journalist jailed in iran is waiting to learn his fate and on this world lion day how the death of one lion may have changed the public's awareness of endangered species.

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this morning the sports world is remembering football legend frank gifford and he died from natural causes in connecticut and he spent a dozen years on the football field before moving to broadcasting and jason may get a verdict within a week according to his lawyer and he has been in an iran jail more than a year and the final closed

door hearing took place today in court and kimberly reports. >> reporter: for more than a year he has been held in the country's prison in solitary confinement. he and his journalist wife were arrested in july 2014, a long with two photo journalists and all eventually we released except jason who was charged with espionage and his family says he is incents and sent and appealing for his release. >> every day he is there is a dark day for the family and iran. >> reporter: he holds dual iran and united states citizenship and moved there in 2008 and joined the washington post as the tehran correspondent in 2012 and his family says he faced health problems from lack of care in prison and called his imprisonment an abonisment. >> the trial and conditions of

his imprisonment has been a disgraceful violation of human rights. >> reporter: the newspaper appealed to a u.n. human rights panel for help securing the release and almost 450,000 people have also signed an online petition calling for an end to his detainment and urging press freedom with the hash tag free jason. at a resent black tie dinner in washington the president of the united states spoke of his imprisonment. >> for nine months jason has been in prison in tehran for nothing more about writing of the hopes and fears of the iran people and we will not rest until we bring him home to his family. >> reporter: the obama administration failed to make his release and that of three other americans held in iran part of a resent agreement to limit the nuclear program and 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 doesn't include the bringing home of our hostages. >> reporter: but that is exactly what has occurred leaving his fate now in the hands of the iranian court and i'm kimberly in washington. >> reporter: today is world lion day and several airlines say they will no longer transport animal trophies from endangered species and it's not a decision that is is unanimously appreciated and we have more. >> reporter: the african savana home to breathtaking creatures both beautiful and deadly. while there are preserves and sanctuaries to stave off the loss of land in nature there is big game hunting that draws hundreds of millions in revenue

and thousands of americans every year. after walter palmer a 55-year-old american dentist mistakenly killed zimbabwe prize lion named cecil the media exploded it into the spotlight and palmer allegedly paid $50,000 for the kill and delta airlines will no longer transport trophies such as lions, elephants and rhinos and others have similar bans and they announced the disappointment and released a statement that said the decision by delta airlines to enforce a blanket ban fails to distinguish between the trade-in and transportation of legally acquired wildlife specimens and the illegal exploitation and trade-in wildlife specimens. and that hunting is a major source of south africa socio

economic with social up lifting and theodore roosevelt set out to hunt big game and killed 512 animals and elephants and lions and collected 110 scientific specimens and published books in history and said to be a visionary conservationist. these days animal rights activists argued that it leads to illegal activity including poaching and u.s. used to be the center of the trade and times square aims to bring attention to the plight of elephants killed for tusks. >> there were 1.2 and now there are less than 500,000 and everyday 96 elephants are killed, that is one every 15 minutes and that is 35,000 a year and at this rate elephants will go extinct. >> everybody has to become

actors somehow. >> reporter: release a documentary in the fall called race and extinction. ♪ the goal of his resent art event a video projection covering 33 floors of the empire state building was to draw attention to the many species facing mass extinction. >> there are millions of animals that have gone through history to be here as us and one species is causing them to go extinct so i want them to look at in the eyes of these beautiful animals and just see the beauty of them and fall in love with them. >> reporter: court any with al jazeera. thanks for joining us. i'm erica and the news continues next live from london and remember for the latest headlines you can go to our website al jazeera.com. take care.

>> four attacks across turkey target security forces and the u.s. consulate in istanbul. hello there i'm felicity barr. and this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: syrian rebels say they've made more advances against government forces. the man who led the hunt for the 43 missing mexican students is himself shot dead.