Washington monday. Bracing for what could be negative backlash from last week shotting deaths of five member of armed forces. I was just sitting there. I felt something grab like got stuck in my leg wrap. The amazing story of a World Championship surfer attacked by a shark that was all caught on tape. We begin this hour with the controversy surrounding donald trump. Tonight, he is under fire for saying senator john mccain status as a former p. O. W. Does not make him a war hero. The backlash has the political world buzzing. We start our coverage with the controversy. Im very disappointed in john mccain. Unapologetic, a defiant donald trump hit the sunday morning talk show circuit where he wassing to take back disparaging comments he made about senator john mccains war record. Do you owe john mccain an apology . Not at all. The firestorm erupted at a Republican Forum in iowa after the reality t. V. Star turned gop president ial hopeful questioned senator mccains status as a war hero. He easy not a war hero. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured ok . I hate to tell you. Hes a war hero because he was captured. A former Navy Fighter Pilot he was badly wounded when his aircraft was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. During his five and a half years as a prisoner of war he endured torture, but refused Early Release to show solidarity with other american p. O. W. s. A record of Service Trumps gop rifles were quick to defend. Donald trump owes very American Veteran and in particular john mccain an apology. John mccain is an american hero. Mccains friend, senator Lindsey Graham said trumps comments all but disqualifies him to be president. The Republican National committee distance themselves from him saying there i also no place in our port or our country for those who disparage those who served honorably. Hillary clinton took aim. There is nothing funny about the hate he is spewing at immigrants and their families and now the insults hes directed at a genuine war hero, senator journalist. Trump and mccain have been trading insults when the arizona senator accused trump of firing up the crazies in the party with anti immigration remarks. Mccain hasnt commented on the attack on his military record, but given the by partisan backlash against trump silence may well be mccains most effective weapon in this war of words. Al jazeera. Trump didnt serve a day in the military. Records on the smoking gun website showed he received four student deferments, then medical deferment after he graduated all of which kept him out of the vietnam war. Much more on this still developing political story coming up in our next hour of news. Political correspondent Michael Shure has been following trumps surge in the polls. He joins us at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Former president george h. W. Bush has been released from the hospital in maine. He fell at his Vacation Home last week. He broke a bone in his neck but was otherwise unhurt. Doctors expect the former president to make a full recovery from his injury, but say it will take three to four months for him to heal. The f. B. I. Is looking into a possible link between Islamic State of iraq and the levant and the gunman who killed four marines and a navy sailor in chattanooga, tennessee. They are looking into a 2014 trip to jordan. The family released a statement offering condolences to the victims families. They say he was not the son we knew and loved. Members of the Muslim Community are concerned about a backlash in the wake of a deadly shooting. For more, we go to chattanooga tennessee where bisi onileere has been following the story. The city of chattanooga has a reputation for welcoming all faiths, but since that deadly attack, there are many muslims who fear repeatry abuse. We have seen overwhelming support for the victims but we have also seen signs of anger. As the Chattanooga Community mourns the shooting deaths of five servicemen, the family of the gunman breaks their silence. In a written Statement Released this weekend, Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeezs family expressed their shock horror and grief at the tragic shooting, saying the person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved. For many years our son suffered from depression. It greece us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in this heinous act of violence. It can happen anywhere, tempt, anyplace. On the sunday talk shows today, members of congress discussed the killings in chattanooga. Appearing on a. B. C. s this week, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security said that the f. B. I. Zeroing in on Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeezs cell phone computer and trips to jordan for ties to rebel islamic groups. What keeps us up at night are really the ones that we dont know about. Im afraid that this case falls into that category. At the site of one of the shooting scenes, a memorial for those killed gross. Anger is building among some. Hamilton County District attorney steve smith posted this message on his facebook page. I cant agree that the best we can do is pray for chattanooga. I think the best thing we can do is ascertain who our enemies are, whether foreign or domestic. Dr. Ali is a leader in the local Muslim Community. Have you heard from area muslims who are a little bit concerned about their safety . Some people of justifiably afraid to a small extent. He said muslims for the most part have felt well cupped here and hopes that the sudden sense of fear brought on by a lone gunman wont last long. When you see facebook posts like that that are very, very negative, does that concern you . Negative facebook postles are just a part of social media. Theyre bog to exist. Considering that its coming from someone in a position of public defender, does that alarm you . I dont understand full lil what a. Defender is supposed to do, but in my imagination a public defender is defending the peace of the society and i am encouraging him to defend peace by the most positive and peaceful means. Its a message that resonates with some. You know, when i moved down here, you know, i taught my kids, you love everyone for who they are and one bad pepper cant change any of that. Right now, there is still little known about what motivated Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeez to attack. As authorities search for answers, support for the family of those who lost loved ones increases every day. The gunmans family said they will cooperate with authorities. Hundreds gathered here at this site, one of the shooting scenes last thursday, they gathered today and formed a procession to the other shooting scene. For the most part, it was a peaceful event however we did see some tempers flair. We know the governor wants to take steps to help protect military personnel. What are you hearing there . We heard from the governor today, and he is saying that he wants to order a review of the safety features at these military facilities in the state, and that is to make sure what happened last thursday doesnt happen again. All right, bisi onileere joining us live there in chattanooga, thank you so much. More reaction coming up. Al jazeera takes you to several events held today to honor the victims, one of them a colorful parade through town. Thats coming up live, 8 00 p. M. Eastern, five pacific. The Obama Administration continues its push to sell the iran nuclear deal. Secretary of state john kerry was on the sunday talk shows saying he hopes there are enough open minds out there to consider the deal on its merits. Kerry heads to capitol hill this week oh hoping to persuade lawmakers skeptical of the agreement. Congress has 60 days to decide whether or not to approve the deal. They are not the only ones who need convincing. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter is traveling to the middle east to vivid saudi arabia and jordan. He is bringing a message of reassurance. Saudi deputy crown prince getting a tour of the uss roosevelt off iran, his visit a few days before the nuclear deal with iran, another evident to reassure the saudis that their alliance with washington remains steadfast. Ashton carter stopped in saudi arabia in an attempt to reinforce the message. In the past your years the saudis have reached more than 90 billion in weapons deals with the u. S. , including war planes armored vehicles, missiles and bombs. Some of that hardware has been deployed by the saudisual with its gulf cooperation partners in their involvement in yemen says war. The u. S. Is providing intelligence and logistics in the fight against the houthi rebels, whom the saudis reward as irans proxies. We are supporting them there. The objective there is to restore a political process there in which a legitimate government can be established. That cooperation hasnt quieted saudi anxiety over what they call irans mischief across the region. In particular, tehrans financial and military life lines to syrias bashar al assad. So this comes back to iranian and saudis strategic rivalry and the idea that the u. S. Isnt pushing back hard enough on iranian influence in the gulf, in the he land, and elsewhere. Israel, which is developing advance Missile Defense weapons jointly with the pentagon, carter will follow up the message to Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Im prepared to go further than any administrations gone before in terms of providing them additional security assurances from the United States. Assurances, whose specifics for now remain unspoken, but not yet enough to keep netanyahu from giving up his appeal to the u. S. Congress to reject the deal. Tom ackermann, al jazeera washington. Be sure to tune in tonight for an ali velshi special report iran behind the deal. A busy weekend for u. S. Led Coalition Forces in the fight against isil. There were 16 military airstrikes in syria and iraq. Fighter jets his six isil targets in syria and 10 in iraq. Among the targets isil tactical units, tanks weapons facilities and tunnels. No word on how many peep were killed. Isil is claiming responsibility for four explosions in gaza city today. The attacks targeted six vehicles owned by hamas. Hamas has crackdown on isil supporters in gaza. We have a report from gaza. This car belonged to a hamas fighter. The bomb was placed under the fuel tank. There was a huge explosion that shook the neighborhood. First we thought it was israel attacking us. Then we realized its inside gaza. Thats scary. We should protect each other. Hamas leaders were quick to say all is under control and a number of arrests have been made but no specific group is being named. Its not the first time hamas has been targeted from within. Attacks over the past few months have often been claimed by groups who have work allegiance to Islamic State of iraq and the levant. It recently threatened to topple hamas. Hamas said isil is trying to destabilize gaza. Any instability in gaza will be seen as a weakness of hamas and these groups sometimes provoke israel by launching missiles against israel and any provocation against israel will cost hamas also some instability, because the israelis hold hamas as the responsible party for any missiles or mortar shells coming occupy gaza. The immediate anymore pact this is have gone i guess on the people here. Its a year since israel and palestinian factions led by hamas fought a 51 day war. Much of gaza has not been rebuilt. There is high unemployment and israel maintains its blocked cade on the strip. After that, attacks are coming from within. Im really afraid. What will be next . Now its a car. Maybe next its a mosque or hospital, you never know. Putting pressure on hamas to show they are in control hamas now faces a real challenge when it comes to maintaining security here, something its leaders have always said they could do. Its not the first attack by groups inside gaza, but is the biggest. Even though there were no fatalities, it is seen as a strong message and something that has hamas extremely concerned. Banks in greece are set to open monday. Capitol control limits will still be in place there. Germ chance Angela Merkel is pushing for quick bailout talks so those limits can be lifted soon. People have wanted the banks to be reopened. Theyve been closed for over three weeks now and theres been so much exhaustion here about all this debt deal drama. The government clearly trying to inspire more confidence in the greek citizenry. Clearly tryings to look, were going to get the economy back on track. They would like for people here to start depositing money back into the banks. They dont want a run on the banks, thats why theyre keeping the restrictions in place as far as a maximum limits of 60 euros a day that they can withdraw, though that has been relaxed now. Instead of taking out 420 euros a week, you can take it owl at once for one day. There is still anxiety here, people not having that much faith just yet in the Financial Institutions in the banks so there is concern about what will happen tomorrow, how greeks will react, but for most of the people weve spoken with today they believe this is a good thing, hope this will restore normalcy to a Greek Economy thats been flagging to a people who are so weary from the past few weeks. Still to come, we are hours away from an historic moment in u. S. Cuba relations. For the first time in 54 years embassies will open for business in both countries. That story is next. Also a bit later the mystery playing out in south korea after a man accused of being a spy is found dead. What do cubans think about the new relationship . We have more now mom havana. These fortified walls were built when cuba was still a spanish colony, a testament to a country that was born feeling under siege. In the 1700s, it was from europeans and pirate attacks and in more recent times from the United States. She remembers coming here with her students to help build this bomb shelter, one of hundreds constructed in havana in the last 20 years. The same way that he bombed iran and iraq, we felt we had to protect ourselves from possible attacks from the United States. Thats why the renewal of diplomatic relations with the enemy, as generations of cubans have seen the United States is a long awaited game changer. Its bringing us closer together after being separated so long. Every cuban has a friend or relative living in the United States, so whats happening now makes us feel very happy so that well never have to resort to this again. In historic terms, it was only yesterday that the deployment of soviet missiles to cuba at the height of the cold war brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. This was built in the 1960s, its all thats left of a lookout post used by cubas coast guard. They would stand watch here night and day in case there would be an invasion from the United States by sea. Now the only thing that you see are people looking towards the United States, but theyre just simply fishing. This weeks renewal of diplomatic relations does not erase political differences. Psychologically, its as though a curtain is being lifted for most oh cubans. Geographically, we are so close that probably there is no latin America Country better prepared to one day be real brothers. You will see. But forgetting 50 years of hostilities is not so easy, especially for people like this 79yearold president of his neighborhood c. D. R. Or committee for the defense of the revolution said that she doesnt trust the americans. To begin with, they havent lifted the embargo nor returned guantanamo to us, but here we are, renewing ties. After all, we are civilized people. Clearly turning this building into a u. S. Embassy does not mean that cuba has a friend across the florida straits but does mean that it no longer has an enemy. Al jazeera havana. Early they are year, Washington Post univision poll asked cubans what they thought of the improved ties with the u. S. Support was overwhelming, 97 in favor of it. The cuban government doesnt enjoy the same support less than 40 approve of the islands political system. 19 say theyre happy with the cuban economy. The president of the u. S. Cuba trade and Economic Council joins us via skype from buffalo, new york. Good to see you and thank you for being here. First, obviously an historic moment, an historic meeting happening on monday but in the Bigger Picture how significant is this . It is significant. I think three words sum it up, accountability aphrodisiac and bait. Accountability in that both countries will no longer be able to hide behind a lack of diplomatic relations in finding ways to speak about issues. It doesnt mean that theyre going to be able to solve issues, but it does mean that the texture the mechanisms now are formalized and with that comes a sense of permanence, so accountability is big. Aphrodisiac, because the embassy in havana will act as an aphrodisiac for democracy. What lucia talked about in terms of not necessarily being enemies, but the u. S. Government still wants to change cuba and cuba still doesnt want to change. Third, bait, the cuban government has benefited tremendously simply because of the announcement. Their cost of doing business has decreased, governments that werent looking at cuba are now providing cuba with credits. Government officials are going and companies in other countries are brushing off their cuba files, and theyre taking a dip because they sense that eventually the u. S. And cuba will have a normal commercial economic and political relationship. You just mentioned th