Ali velshi, in this history making week. Nina simone. The legendary singer and civil rights activist. And we begin with the shootings in chattanooga and the intense focus on the young man the fbi says murdered four marines. A portrait is emerging of Mohammed Yousef abdulazeez. A portrait and a transformation that people describe as a agree gairs younggregarious and changed person. Hinted at the horror thatched that happened yesterday. Lisa stark is in washington. Lisa. Before yesterday Mohammed Abdulazeez was not on the Homeland Security radar. Part of a widespread investigation. Federal investigators are gathering every bit of information they can about Mohammed Yousef abdulazeez, to try to determine what turned a man described as nice and friendly into a murderer. They are treating this as a terrorist investigation. It would be premature to speculate on exactly why the shooter did what he did. However, we are conducting a thorough investigation to determine whether this person acted alone. Was inspired or directed. Agents have searched the family home, computers, cell phones. Any electronics will be analyzed for clues. Abdulazeez maintained a blog. The Site Intelligence Group which tracks suspects like this said he wrote two islam focused posts this last monday. In one he says, this life is short and bitter and the opportunity to submit toal to allah may pass you by. They believe he was inspired by the Islamic State. They are permeating this country through the net and social media. Its very, very difficult to stop it. I believe yesterday unfortunately we couldnt. The fbi says it has not paid any firm connection to Islamic State but say abdulazeez traveled overseas. We are inspecting all travel he has done and asking intelligence partners throughout world with any information they may have concerning his travel while overseas. Reporter the New York Times is reporting that abdulazeez spent seven months in jordan last year but wont confirm that. If this was an inspired lone wolf attack its the kind that authorities have been worried about. Loners to lions a cause greater than themselves. This ideology is winning. We dont have the counternarrative out there. There is a message that were not getting out there and theres a ideologic war were in. Reporter in this case, there were apparently no red flags. Abdulazeez only run in with police was in april he was arrested for drunk driving and was to appear in court later this month. And there are reports out from the Associated Press that back in 2003 abdulazeez applied to work for a Nuclear Power plant in ohio. He was brought in temporarily while they did a background check. The company says he failed that background check. They are not indicating why that was. John. Lisa thank you. And we are learning more about the lives lost. Four marines who gave a collective 35 years of service to this country. The oldest was 40 years old. The youngest 21. They are remembered for their courage and their sacrifice. Roxana saberi is here with that, roxana. John people have been sharing stories onsocial media. Onsocial media. On social media. Plagflag hangs over in Sergeant Sullivans honor. This one reads he was our hero and he will never be forgotten. Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you tommy for protecting us. Staffer Sergeant David wyatt was a Staff Sergeant, and won nearly 20 awards during his career. In one be post, a family members says there is no sleep tonight she responds, none. Photo hung on the wall of honor since he became a marine. Squire wells 21, was from the intushed offrom thesuburbs of atlanta. Friends called him skip. Dennis pettigo a Chattanooga Police officer was shot in the ankle and in stable condition. Pettigoe put himself between the gunman and Police Officers to keep them from getting hurt. Rox oofn, thank you. Hundreds packed a church in chattanooga to honor the fallen marines. More than 20 congregations were represented. Allen schauffler is there to tell us about it. Allen. Reporter john, more than a thousand people we figure here at olivette baptist church. Mayor of chattanooga as well. A smattering, a handful of representatives from the Muslim Community in this area as well. We talked to spoke around town and we heard sadness anger bewilderment, very much stunned doing whatever they can to find some way to get past it. One chattanooga mosque cancelled prayers today urgeing to attend a nondenominational service. We are here to show owrn eour condolences for these people. It is so sad. We have suffered a loss but all is not lost because we look to the lord for help. We are crying out to god for help for these families for community for the whole world. On the nearly empty summer campus of ut chattanooga, flags are at halfstaff. Students who might share a classroom with them, struggle why its happening and why it keeps happening. Its on everybodys minds but just a couple of weeks ago we were talking about south carolina. We have the sandy hooks the aurora colorados. Just any sin he committed wanted to kill, im sorry he had to go through that and felt like he wanted to do that. In the trim middle class neighborhood where abdulazeez grow upgrew up, in an all night session removing evidence with the shooters family. You can be anywhere, in a resort at a soccer game, theres no way you cant do anything about it. It just happens. Karen jones says Mohammed Abdulazeez, his parents and sisters lived next door for 14 years. Good neighbors. And a good kid. What he did shocked her. She says, the transformation to a killer shaking her confidence in her world. Our hearts broken. Theyre broken. And it just makes you want to hold onto your children a lot tighter. But this is the best place to live. Best place. Reporter the second shooting scene where 74 marines and the shooter died the Flag Memorial grows. A mourner leaves behind the lords prayer while across the street a hopeful sign proclaims, chattanooga strong. And we talked to person after person after person today who said this isnt chattanooga. Very concerned about the nature of their community. And the appearance of this community to the outside world just over and over and over again, this is not chattanooga. John a community very much stunned by what happened today. Allen schauffler, thank you. The pastor of eridge messed eridge methodists church,east ridgemethodists church, what are you concerned about tonight . I think what we need to think about and what we need to remember is this guy was just one guy. And out of a huge muslim population, i know many muslim people who are absolutely almost all of them are absolutely fantastic and completely dedicated to peace and love. And that most christians in this community are dedicated to peace and love. And dedicated to jeefts. Jesus christ and were called to pray for our enemies and for our loved ones who do us harm and this community is coming together, i think chattanooga strong means chattanooga for loving one another, for praying for one another, that is what these peace vigils are about. Not only are the people who got shot and killed victims the shooter got shot and killed too but hes a victim because of whatever it is that happened to him in his life that caused him to hate. And hate makes us victims. Were all victims of hate and were all lost and were all broken people and were all loved by god no matter who we are. And i think we have to remember that and i think thats what keeps us sane and i think thats what keeps us strong. A painful time for the people of chattanooga obviously. Can you talk about the emotions that youre hearing from your parishioners . The emotions im hearing from my parishioners are a combination of confusion much of frustration. But also people are sick and tired of people who hate. And they dont want to hate. And they dont want to be the haters. And so we are praying for peace. And were praying were praying for sanity. I mean when you think about it, james holmes, i dont think he was a muslim. Dylann roof, not a muslim. This person just one in a billion people. Just happened to be a muslim. So its not something its not a muslim problem i dont think. I think there is some sort of problem, were a broken and hurting people. Were a lost people and we need to remember, that were all human beings and the things that make the thing that makes us truly human beings is when we understand each other we get to accept each other and we learn to listen to one another once we get to know another person we learn to like them, we learn to love them and thats what i think its all about. Thats what makes chattanooga strong thats what makes america strong, people strong and christianity strong. Jesus did not discriminate. Jesus spent time with people who were the hated people of his time and those were the people that followed him and understood him best because the other people wanted to discriminate and jesus didnt discriminate and were not socalled to discriminate as well and thats what makes us strong. Reverend kenneth sawyer, good to have you on the program. While authorities are calling the attack an act of terrorism. Plus the mysterious case of san sandra bland pulled over by a Police Officer for a traffic violation, found dead in a prison cell three days later. And a wildfire, burning in california live pictures, well talk about that as well. And the california highway is at a standstill right now after a brush fire jumped a freeway highway 15 in hisperia, california near san bernardino. Major link between los angeles and las vegas. Nearly a dozen cars and trucks caught fire. Live pictures here. Authorities have shut down several tree way lanes causing traffic to back up about theyre trying to put the fire out dropping water from above but its still burning strong and the wildfire is going as well. Officials say it started has burned at least 500 acres. Now, to texas where what began as a traffic stop ended in tragedy. The driver a 28yearold woman was taken into police custody. Days later she was townd in found in a jail cell, dead. What happened and why, erica pitzi reports. Local Officials Say sandra bland killed herself in police custody. The medical examiner agrees. But her family says thats not possible. More than 100 protestors from hemple hempstead gather. Sandra bland just arrived to start work at her alma mater. Temple university. An officer stopped her for not using her signal. She became combative. At one point Police Filmed the witness, at the arrest. How bland ended up being thrown to the ground is unclear. Authorities found her dead in her cell. The medical examiner ruled it a suicide. The justice of the peace who was called to the scene said she used a plastic bag to hang are herself. I pronounced her dead. I did see a dark mark somewhere on the neck. But blands family questions that account. They said the sandra they knew would not have taken her life. Outgoing, truly filled with life and joy. And so when you think through circumstances that have been shared with us through this point it is unimaginable. Investigators in texas say they see no evidence of foul play. We have reviewed the video and at no point in the video does it appear that anyone goes into that cell and harms her in any way. The Waller CountyDistrict Attorney points to this video that bland said she made in march that shows she may be suicidal. Im suffering from what you may be suffering from now. A little bit of depression as well as st. Patricks day. Ptsd. Blands lawyers want to meet with investigators in texas. We dont want to demonize that community. What we want to do is understand what happened. The trooper who pulled bland over has been on desk duty for violatingviolating procedures. Be officials are investigating the incident. In houston keisha, why did you attend those protests . Well thank you so much for having me. And its important that the voices are heard. That somebody is standing up for what we find are these injustices that are happening. It is not okay to slam people down on the ground while theyre handcuffed and kneed in the back as we saw in the Pool Party Incident and other incidents that are happening around the country. So i know you participated in protests and you went to baltimore recently. And this you protested today. And youre an activist involved in this issue. But when you see the video of her talk about the fact she had depression and maybe ptsd, what runs through your mind . Well, a lot of things run through my mind. We all get depressed. This is a human condition. Depression just doesnt happen to some and not all. So as part of life, you have your ups and your downs. This depression happened in march and all of a sudden now when she is going back for a new job that you know her life is just falling apart because she got arrested . There were things that she was looking forward to. If you want to say about the depression then she was also outspoken about Police Brutality and things that were happening. Uhhuh but is it possible that she took her own life . I am not a medical examiner. I am not anywhere in that field. I wasnt there that day so im not going to answer that question. What do you want people to know about this case . I want people to know that there seems to be a trend going on right now. And it is where and im not going to say that its just a black issue or a white issue. Its a human rights issue. The police are here to protect and to serve. Not to abuse not to overstretch their power. And not to break a community or break a people down. Keisha, its good to have you on the program. Thank you again for sharing your insight. We appreciate it. Now to colorado and the trial of james holmes on thursday, the jury found him guilty of the mass shooting in 2012. Those same jurors will decide whether holmes gets life without parole or death. Paul beban is in colorado tonight. Paul. Its been a little more than 24 hours since that resounding guilty verdict 165 times we heard guilty read over and over in the courtroom. This is really the first time in three months of the trial and really three years since the crime itself that this community has had a chance to catch its breath and evaluate what has happened. I spent some time today with really truly inspiring people, sandy and lonnie phillips. Their daughter swres ca jessica was 24 when she was killed in the aurora theater. In order to attend the trial every single day they have been in the courtroom day after day. They are living in a camper not far from the crows courthouse in centennial. What it with was like to be there day after day and what it was like to be there for the verdict. When the first guilty came out it was like, you could hear the room just whoa and the tears started. And there was such a relief to just be able to take that first deep breath in three years. And first breath in three years . Yeah, it really svelte like the first deep breath in three years. Reporter was there ever a time when you had to leave the courtroom . Oh, many times i left the courtroom when it was jessies autopsy. I knew i didnt want to see that. I knew what her wounds were. Ness ironically, there was a break right i ron cli there was a break right afterironically therewas a break right after jessies autopsy, and even the hardened media were coming out broken. It became my daily job you go up you get to the courthouse, you have a cup of coffee, you go in the courtroom, that was it. You do it. You do it. Yep. In fact i cant imagine not doing it. Reporter and john holmes is of course facing a potential Death Penalty but interestingly pardon me, james holmes is now facing a potential Death Penalty but interestingly sandy is not concerned about the outcome. What she wanted was is thability, what she wanted was a guilty verdict. Lets take a listen. Knowing that the killer would never see the light of day again. No matter what, hes gone. Hes a dead man you know . For all intents and purposes, whether they give him a life sentence or death sentence hes a dead man. He will die in prison one way or the other. Reporter and sandy and lonnie plan to stay that camper on the road and travel to other communities that have been visited with this kind of trauma try counsel people and steer them towards activism, so no one else will have to walk in their shoes. Sentencing phase begins next wednesday in arapaho county. Its very, very difficult obviously, paul beban, thank you very much. Coming up next, the investigation into the chattanooga shootings. New details on the deadly shooting spree and the killers background. Plus irans new complicated relationship with the united states, where they can help each other and where deep divides remain. Hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. Im john siegenthaler. Chattanooga shootings. New details about the victims. The suspect. And clues about a possible motive. Irans influence. Will the nuclear deal bolster tehrans clout in the middle east and around the world . Plus, the spillover effect. The Company Responsible for an oil spill helps manage the cleanup. Why critics say its a dirty way to do business. We are getting a bit clearer picture tonight of Mohammed Yousef abdulazeez, and the four marines that federal Officials Say he gunned down in chattanooga yesterday. The investigation has turned to the alleged attackers background and the search for any clues on a possible motive. Bisi onileere is in chattanooga. Bisi. John, the gunman was not on any threat list, so authorities are digging deep to determine a motive. They are searching through phone records and others things searching for clues. Im told it could be a white before authorities have all a while before authorities have all the answers theyre looking for. 74 marines zed investigators provided more details about how the four marines dead. Vectors provided more details about the attack. Officers began searching and located the gunman driving down the highway. Chattanooga Police Officers immediately began following and chasing that vehicle between first and second locations. Eventually the officers encountered the suspect at the