Armored russian personnel carriers. The red cross is looking at those truck to say make sure they contain only humanitarian supplies. Flash flooding leads to a dangerous mud slide in nevada. The streets in one community turned into rocky, muddy rivers. Good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. There is a new calm in ferguson, missouri. Protestors were out in force last night but it was very different from the explosive scenes we saw on wednesday. The Missouri State police in charge of security, taking off their gas masks, walking with the demonstrators. In new york, boston and other cities, thousands gathered to protest the killing of Michael Brown and protest the Police Tactics in ferguson. Diane he is at her brook is live there for us. Why that this shift in tone in the protests yesterday . It was really incredible. I was out here until 10 00 last night. It was almost like a festival. This was by far the largest protest weve seen all week. In spite of that, we really didnt see that many Police Officers. What a difference 24 hours makes. Thursday night saw peaceful protests in ferguson, missouri, cars honked support as thousands marched in the streets. Gone were the police, with their military style weapons and Armored Vehicles. Im standing in the median. There are people behind me, people to my right. Everything has been peaceful so far. The scene was very different from the three previous nights, when protests over the police smoothing of an unarmed black teen got out of control. The change in tone came after the governor put the state lease in charge. Lately, its been looking like a war zone and thats unacceptable. Were going to need to rejoin hands and rebuild the trust that was lost. This was the war zone, Police Firing rubber bullets and tear gas at crowds of demonstrators. Our own aljazeera journalists were caught in the middle of all of it. A reporter was about to file a report when a tear gas fired near him. A couple of journalist covering the protest were arrested. Journalists should not be arrested trying to do their jobs and report to the American People what they see on the ground. The new man in charge of keeping the peace walked with protestors himself. Captain Ronald Johnson of the Highway Patrol group up in ferguson. Thursday he ordered the towns police to remove their gas masks. I think the American People realize weve got some wounds to hell. Theres a community that have some issues that they feel that havent been addressed. One of those issues is the name of the Police Officer who killed 18yearold Michael Brown. Police have not released it, saying the officer has received death threats. Captain johnson says that may soon change. I do believe that those dynamics will change within the next 24 hours. There is some discussion in at a arena talking about how to disseminate and put that information out. Of course, johnson and other Law Enforcement are hoping that they can keep that peaceful momentum carried through the weekend. Police said they are going to reveal the name of the officer involved in that shooting. Is there any indication of when exactly that will be happening today . We dont know, stephanie. Weve heard reports that i had could be today, tomorrow, its a very fluid situation. Police chief jackson in ferguson said he is taking that on a day by day basis. We really dont know when at this point that might happen. Diane estherbrook in ferguson. We are live in miami, one of 90 cities that held vigils last night. What was the mood at the rally in miami last night . Well, dell, its clear that the death of Michael Brown has touched a nerve across the country and that was quite evident here in miami yesterday. Community organizers say eight people were arrested. People were not only protesting the death of Michael Brown, they were protesting the death of eric garner, the stanton island man placed in a chokehold by the nypd during an attempted arrest and died and they are also very upset about the death of an 18yearold graffiti artist killed by a miami Police Officer last august. This artist is israel hernandez, he was caught spray painting an abandoned mcdonalds. Police chase him and he was tasered and died. Protestors have been upset throughout the year, because no charges have been filed that in case. They actually marshed to the u. S. Attorneys Office Demand to go meet with the u. S. Attorney. They didnt get that meeting. As i said, an estimated eight people were arrested. We can see from the video from the rally that people are holding their hands up in the air. Explain to our audience what that means. Just to recab, brown and a friend were walking from a convenience store, walking in the middle of the street when an officer asked them to get on the sidewalk. Now, what happens next is a big question but what were hearing from a friend and a witness is that brown actually had his hands up when a Police Officer shot and killed him. The Ferguson Police chief has said that brown attacked the officer involved and he has a swollen face to show for it. Police and protestors clashing in ferguson as we have seen earlier in the week, 90 rallies yesterday. Any violence at any of those other protests . You know, just as it seems that there was a turning point last night in ferguson, things were peaceful, as diane mentioned. It appears that things were peaceful throughout the country last night, but keep in mind, tomorrow is the one week anniversary of browns death and there is expected to be a rally in ferguson and perhaps protests elsewhere this weekend. Live in miami this morning, thank you very much. Coming up, well go back to ferguson and talk to a resident there who has been at those protests all week long. This morning, iraqi lawmakers setting up a new government as almalaki steps down. We are in washington with lisa stark. Whats next or iraqs new Prime Minister . He now has to pick his cabinet, form his own government. He has promised it will be an inclusive government and the u. S. Has made it clear they think that is critical. Under the iraqi constitution, he now has 30 days to put his government together. After weeks of refusing to step aside, iraqi Prime Minister almalaki has resigned. Im withdrawing my nomination for the post of Prime Minister in favor of the dear brother for the sake of the best interests of the country. Malaki has been under intense pressure to step down. President obama said the yazidis stranded on the mountain were faced with a terrible choice, starve or be slaughtered. He believes u. S. Military airstrikes and drops of food and water made the difference. We broke the isil siege of mount sinjar, we helped people reached safety and helped save main innocent lives. President obama said the situation on mount sinjar is greatly improving. The u. S. Estimates there are 4,000 to 5,000 refugees still trapped on the mountainside. The president said u. S. Aid drops will stop and military advisors will leave iraq, but the u. S. Mission is not over. We will continue airstrikes to protect our people and facilities in iraq. U. S. Jets continued to pound Islamic State targets. The turks hope to drive the Islamic State fighters out of heavily Populated Areas in northern iraq. These airstrikes have been very effective, although they are limited, but we are grateful for what has taken place and hope it will continue. While they will continue, the pentagon says its up to the iraqis to face the Islamic State fighters. We stand by and were willing to help and coordinate a little bit with them but were as the president said, we are not going to become the iraqi air force. The u. S. Has launched more than two dozen airstrikes so far. As the president said, they will continue. Their stated mission now Going Forward is just to protect u. S. Personnel and fashion sits. That is in erbil, the kurdish capital and baghdad. What can you tell us about the growing humanitarian crisis in iraq . Well, the u. N. Estimates that there are over a million. In fact, 1. 2 million persons are replaced. Refugees in their own country. Theyve been driven out of their cities by the advance of the Islamic State fighters, declared a level three humanitarian emergency, the highest level. I should say that even though the white house in hi insists te siege of mount sinjar is over, there is dispute about that. Well have to see how that plays out in the days ahead. As you heard lisa say the new prime is inheriting a deeply divided country. We report on what its going to take to unify the country. Maliki has stepped aside, paving the way for a peaceful transition of power. There was a dangerous political standoff in baghdad and a lot of fears that violence could be used, but now maliki is stepping aside, realizing that hes increasingly isolated. He wont be able to govern, even his own community, the shia have turned against him. The Political Parties have thrown their weights behind the newly nominated Prime Minister, but there are a lot of challenges ahead for the Prime Minister. Hes going to have to create a broad based government, inclusive government where all of iraqs political factions are represented. Its not just a question of representation. It is also a question of giving these different iraqi communities a real voice, a real voice in governing their country and. If you talk to iraqi sunnis, a lot of them who have been involved in the protest movement months before the Islamic State group took over territory, they will tell you they wanted to see a regime change. They believe policies were sectarian, the Security Forces of the army were not loyal to the iraqi state, but loyal to one man and one sect, so a lot of challenges ahead. This is a good beginning, positive step. Iraqis are welcoming this. After they formed this inclusive government, there is a war. Iraqis are now seeing the Islamic State group as a threat. There is no other way to fight this group unless they unit. Even the kurds in the force are at war, facing the same threat from the Islamic State group. Even though maliki is stepping aside, he will still be a member of parliament. Political analysts say he will remain involved in iraqi politics. Thousands of israelis taking to the streets, demanding the Israeli Government not end its offensive against gaza. There is caution optimism that a long term peace can be reached. A russian aid convoy is right now being inspected on the ukrainian border. Russian armored personnel carriers have been spotted nearby, as well. They want to make sure the trucks are loaded with humanitarian supplies, not weapons or Russian Troops for an invasion. The physical damage of war around slovyansk is obvious. All of this can be radar in time. What wont be easy to fix are all the broken lives. This is boreries and his wife maria and this picture is of their son. He disappeared several weeks ago when the separatists arrested him. They said he was stealing. Some say he executed them in a crude type of justice. Maria has been looking for him everywhere. She said she saw him in her dreams last night and believes he must be alive. When the separatists were in charge, this building was their military headquarters. It was partially destroyed in the fighting, but we were allowed inside. This was the office of their commander, Igor Strelkov and these are the cellars where he kept his prisoners. Slovyansk was a city of fear and what people dreaded above all was being brought to these rooms where people were held at hostages and interrogated. On the wall, traces of what looked like blood and here, marks, perhaps where someone has been counting off the days. A pro ukrainian activist was held in that cellar for 10 days and thought he would die there. They tied my hands together and blindfolded me. They beat me with a rubber stick. They kicked me. They put a bucket over my head and i struggled to breathe. This man told me his friend was murdered by separatists because they discovered he was giving information to the ukrainian army. At first i hoped they would be punished but i lose hope every day. Police didnt do anything when the separatists were in charge and still dont do anything. We went to the farm where he said his friend was murdered. Neighbors confirmed the story, but his family did not want to talk to us. Back in slovyansk, 14 bodies were found in this grave. Only four have been identified, apparently killed because a separatist leader wants to take over their business. We dont know who the other 10 bodies belong to, but this is a town where many are still looking for answers. Aljazeera, slovyansk. Sue turtin joins us from brussels, where the European Union is holding that emergency meeting this morning. The eu slapping russia with the tough sanctions this month. How do they plan on dealing with russia this time . Well, the European Union countries are calling for russia to have some sort of meaningful dialogue both with the e. U. And also with kiev, with the ukrainian government, but theyre saying at the same time that theyre not seeing that from russia. Theyre seeing russia isolated itself politically and economically. On the back of the sanctions imposed in the past week, russia has itself banned food coming out of the e. U. , which is having quite an impact here on member countries and their farmers who send many, many products into russia, so its really affecting the marketplace. We just heard from the Swedish Foreign minister saying he believes that russia is escalating the crisis at the same time that those humanitarian aid food convoys, trucks are on the way down to the border there, we were seeing pictures of trucks going in crossing the border. He said there is evidence that those trucks were carrying weapons. The message from the e. U. Is you have to stop arming the russian accept and come to the negotiating table. Lets switch gears to iraq, pressure mounting for the 28 member block to supply the peshmerga with european weapons. Which countries have begun arming the peshmerga . The french are leading the charge on this, the French Foreign minister was in here last sunday. He came out guns blazing, if you like, saying we really now need to arm the perk mega. Indeed, there was a meeting in brussels early in the week when they said its up to individual countries, the french came out straight away and said in the coming hours, we will send lethal weapons into the kurdish fighters. The rest of the European Countries have been dragging their heels behind this push. They all say they very much support the u. S. Airstrikes in various degrees. Were hearing that the germans are sending nonlethal assistance, flak jackets and Armored Vehicles and the germans various weapons to the peshmerga, although theyre not willing to back the actual buying and purchasing and selling of weapons. Were seeing a difference in different countries, some really are backing this push to arm them, others standing back a little, worrying, really, where the end user is to where these weapons might end up and in whos hands. Sue, thank you very much. You see that multilateral approach to iraq. Back in this country, the monsoon flow is again causing trouble in the west. Lets bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. Good morning, nicole. Good morning. Overall, the rain has been beneficial but sometimes when storms set up, depending where and how long, and the geography of the area, they cause problems. Yesterday as this moved through nevada and well see this more across the four Corners Region today, this is boulder city, just outside of las vegas near lake immediate. This is a street. The lake is a recreation area, the waters been in places like that. The other thing we are seeing is more pull out from the north. Weve had a system moving through into the midsection of the country. Some places we are going to get heavy rain, dakotas starting to push down later in the day. Northern parts of missouri could pick up a couple of inches as this moves through, so changes in what has been a pleasant forecast. Heres the core of that rain that moves through. On the backside, its been pleasant in chicago that that that could change this. Thats the core that have cooler air. Ill talk about that little built of cool air in just a few minutes. Ok, nicole mitchell, thank you. What a difference a day makes. A very different night in ferguson, missouri. Protests were peaceful after state police took over patrols. Well talk to a local resident who has been watching the demonstration. The latest ceasefire in gaza, Holding Steady in day two, but protests are being held on both sides of the border. Why some are saying the extended peace is actually a bad thing. A fire engine red ferrari sets a record at auction. Well tell you about the cars past and how much someone shelled out for it. 2,150,000,000. What that very large figure has to do with two soft drink powerhouses. Todays big number, pretty big. 2,150,000,000. That is much cocacola is paying for a piece of monster beverage. 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