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. That will give it a 15. 7 stakes in monster, a bigger share of the growing energy drink market. Investors pleads with the news, shares shot up 20 in after hours trading. Up about 1 . The Word Health Organization saying the Ebola Outbreak in west africa vastly underestimated. More than a thousand people they say died from the virus but say thousands more are infected. The world Health Organization say it may take announce slow the outbreak. The u. S. Has begun evacuating families in sierra leone. Two missing am issue sisters have been found. They were 12 and six, miss forego more than 24 hours before someone just dropped them off and then the girls asked a stranger for help. They were healthy. They were returned to their families. Ferguson, missouri waking up after another night of protest, but this time no reports of violence. The missouri Highway Patrol is in charge of security. Officers were told to put down those gas masks. Some walked with the demonstrators, including the new police commander. Joe harris is the Midwest Bureau chief for Courthouse News Service and joins us now from ferguson, missouri. Thanks so much for being with us. I understand that you grew up about an hour from ferguson. What has it been like for you to witness what has happened . Unreal, youre in the middle of america, and growing up, i heard about i saw the 1992 riots in los angeles. We think thats an east or west coast thing and all of a sudden its in your hometown. Its been a very surreal week. We have some video, joe, that you shot last night, which depict as really different mood than the previous night when tear gas and rubber bullets were fired by police. Can you describe the atmosphere last night . It was festive. I mean, it was almost one big party. The mood was completely different. When we got here on wednesday night, you could cut the tension in the air with a knife, you know, it was just a matter of when, not if something would happen. Last night was completely different, and you know, the police were marshing with the protestors. The police were mingling with the protestorses, talking to them, listening to them and they were actually talking to the media, too. It was a shocking turn of events. What shifted, joe . I thought it was very what changed . Well, the shift, the shift was governor jay nixon stepping in and putting the Highway Patrol in, and, you know, putting in new leadership, specifically africanamerican leadership. I talked to several members of the several protestors and members of this community and i asked them about that. They said yes, you know, we feel more comfortable with an africanamerican Police Officer, because they look like us, they understand where were coming from and, you know, we understand where theyre coming from. They know our culture. It was very apparent last night and the crowd really took pride in police be itself last night. Who are these protestors that youre meeting and are they all local residents and is there a racial divide that is evident among the protestors . Almost to a man, the protestors have told me this s a race issue, this is an us versus the police issue. Ive had several people tell me that the Ferguson Police department is an equal opportunity harasser, they harass, blacks, whites la teen knows. They want to make sure that the word knows its not a racial issue, its a police issue. Last night was the most Diverse Group of protestors that weve seen this week. There were people of all different nationalities, ages, religions, ethnicities, side by side, peacefully protesting, and the run image that ill take from the night are the black panthers in the middle of the road directing traffic, keeping traffic flowing, helping police to protest. It was very eye opening and much a lot better than the night before. Really interesting snapshot youre providing us. Joe harris with courthouse news it was in ferguson. Thanks a lot. Tony stewart not going to be on the track this weekend. He will skip sundays race, after he struck and killed a fellow driver, kevin ward, jr. , stewart has not been charged with any crime. A state of emergency this morning in New Hampshire over synthetic marijuana being sold in convenience stores. At least 44 people now overdosing on the product that is called smack. Most of them just this week, none has died. The order gives the state Health Officials fewer confiscate the drug. It looks like kids bubble gum. Thats part of the problem. We have unusual weather lately. It feels like fall right now, even though were in the middle of august. You might want that light sweater heading into work this morning, for example. You can drop it by the end of the day, but in chicago, 53, detroit 50s. A lot of these temperatures are 10 degrees below average and through the rest of the day. Chicagos average high is 82, not too far off. The next round of storms comes in and then a little cooler after that one. Most of the day time temperatures feel not too bad. We have more of that northerly flow. Even place like new york, below average, 75 degrees, still comfortable. Sweater weather, nicole thanks. A change of tactics overnight in ferguson. You heard it, black panthers helping police direct traffic. Police join them. What the man in charge of security says is needed to keep the peace. Two dozen miners underground in china, the race to drain the mine and lift them to safety. The panama canal celebrating 100 years today. Well show you a new project that could threaten its future. One restaurant says no sharing. Whats behind that new call in our headlines from around the world. Coming up in this half hour, protesting the ceasefire. Some people on both sides of the israelgaza border of uneasy about the extended truce. A surprising revelation about Robin Williams and his health and how it contributed to his suicide. Residents living near a massive sinkhole. A scientist will explain if you can tell if there is one lurking near your home. A look at top stories this morning, iraqi lawmakers putting together a new government now a Prime Minister almaliki agreed to step down. The u. S. Is dropping aid to northern iraq, the u. N. Saying 1. 2 million iraqis have fled their homes. Inspectors in ukraine pouring over a russian convoy. There are reports in brussels that weapons have been found on some trucks crossing the border. Russian armored personnel carriers also have been spotted nearby. Moscow insisted it only sent humanitarian aid for eastern cities. Police plan to release the name of an officer who shot and killed an unarmed man in ferguson, missouri. Police were told to take off their gas masks, leading the way. Robert johnson said growing up in ferguson made a difference. Im hope that go my words would provide a sense of calmness. When i got down to the crowd and had the opportunity to talk to the crowd and saw a bunch of friendly faces, a bunch of faces that i knew, we started seeing friends and people that youve seen in a community, there are Community Leaders there, i fold really relaxed from the onset. We need to continue to have open lines of communication, continue to be honest and clear in our mission here and questions that are being asked, we have to provide answers. I think its important that africanamericans and hispanics and other races that we get into Law Enforcement and become a part of the community that we serve. I think its important to Law Enforcement that we reach out to all the different communities and do a better job of recruiting, starting in our grade schools and asking young men and women to join this profession of Law Enforcement, because i do think that race place an important part of me having the ability today to connect with the crowd out here. In our next hour, were going to go back to ferguson for the latest on the pro tests there. Well also talk to one of the marchers. It is also calm in gaza this morning, a from this jail ceasefire entering its second day. Some hope for a long term peace deal, others are skeptical. More than 10,000 israelis gathering in telaviv to protest the truce. They want israel to restart its offensive. This man and his family drove from their home in southern israel to telaviv to deliver a message to their Prime Minister. Rockets from gaza must stop. For the past month, were getting on a daily basis missiles on our house. He and thousands of protestors are angry with the new five day truce currently in place between israel and hamas. They say any agreement with the palestinians cant be trusted. I dont believe in their agreements. We had so many agreements with the palestinians, with the hamas, especially, but every agreement was then broken. Residents of israels southern communities say thief endured years of rocket fire and silence repeatedly interrupting their lives. They say they no longer want to live with rockets landing in their playgrounds, schools and businesses. Some of the demonstrators here say theyre unhappy with the extended truce. They say now is the time for israel to show strength, and any diplomatic break through is a sign of weakness. Most here are opposed to any dialogue with the palestinians. They dont think a longterm mess agreement will ensure independence or justice from either side. Their placards say israel should show no mercy and say the high civilian casualties is regrettable and only can be continued with a continued blockade with gaza. They wont have any choice but giving up. He hopes this demonstration will pressure the Israeli Government to continue its offense on gaza. He said israels only strategy should be a military and not diplomatic one. Aljazeera, telaviv. More than 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis have been killed since the conflict began. Clashes have been reported in pakistan, after shots were fired at government Opposition Leader happening during a massive protest marsh that toward islamabad. Opposition groups are calling on the current prime to resign. Our colleague was arrested last august, jailed without charges for more than 10 months, reds in june after he started a Hunger Strike in january. He kits the International Outrage over his arrest for his freedom. If it was not because of the support of people for this aspect, the freedom of press, it wouldnt have been possible for me to get out of jail and im looking at fact that so many other people are on Hunger Strike in egypt and people have been detained every day. He said hell dedicate his life to freedom of the press. Three other colleagues are still in prison in egypt. Aljazeera america rejects all the charges against them and demand their immediate release. Pope francis celebrated mass at a south korean stadium today. In attendance, survivors and family members of those who died in that terrible ferry accident. The leader of the Catholic Church also met with young people as a local shrine. There is as revelation from the widow of Robin Williams over what she says may have been troubling him in the days leading up to his suicide. She said her husband was not just suffering from repeated bouts of depression. We have the details. People like michael j. Fox, muhammed ali have more in common with Robin Williams than celebrity. According had williams widow, they also shared parkinsons disease. According to his widow, his suicide could have been more than his struggle to depression and substance abuse, saying parkinsons disease is an incurable brain disregard that causes muscle tremors and causes using the arms and legs more difficult. More than 1 million americans currently live with the disease. Experts say depression and parkinsons exist in the same position, the two maladies could make each other worse. The link is not fully understood from a pathologic standpoint, however we do know theyre clearly linked, that the rate of depression in people with parkinsons disease is far higher than the general population. Actor michael j. Fox was a long time friend of williams and lived with parkinsons for more than 20 years. He tweeted the following williams youngest son tweeted this on thursday Susan Schneider ended her statement with this del and steph. John henry smith, thank you. Rescue workers in china trying to save 16 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine. According to Chinese State media, the crews pulled more than 40 workers out. There are no details at this hour as to what caused that flooding. A utah family is asking how someone made a potentially fatal mistake as a restaurant. Jen harding is in critical condition. She drank lye that had been mixed into herrized tea supposed to suburbs of Salt Lake City. She took a sip and immediately coughed it out and spat it out. Her first words to her husband, she said i think i just drank acid. Either the store manager or the employee put six cups of this white powder substance into thized tea mixer. The powder looks like sugar. Police are treating what happened as an accident. The Restaurant Owner is cooperating with the investigation. Lets look at other headlines making news around the world. An arizona prison inmate making headlines. He has filed over 5,000 lawsuits about the prison food, asking for a trillion dollars in damage. Gold or cold hard cash would be good. He said the food stinks. I wonder what he was expecting the food would taste like in prison. Steeple chase winner in the european athletics championships was stripped of his gold medal. The french man was disequal filed for performing a shirtless celebration. He actually took off his shirt in the final leg of the race. That is against the rules. He has a history of sort of acting out. He once punched a mascot on the track. It was a 14yearold wearing a costume. I would take off my shirt, as well. Please dont. I would be penalized or exactly the opposite reason. Restaurants are fed up with people sharing meals. According to mashable, the patrons are taking up space and eating away their profits, the problem is, a lot of couples, myself included, we order one meal because the meals are so large and we share them. They say whats happening is people are coming in, getting a glass of water and dessert and taking up space. I am definitely guilty of just ordering tap water at many restaurants. I am, too. Profits are down and sales slumping at walmart. We ask about whether or not the retail giants problems affected the rest of the economy. A San Francisco treat, the last show ever at Candlestick Park, courtesy of beatles legend, paul mccartney. Millions use anti perspirants to hide odor, but is it doing more harm than good . Surprising answers in our discovery of the day. Great video. [ laughter ] j this, is what we do. Al jazeera america. Time now for our discovery of the day, anti perspirants are supposed to make you smell better, but a new study finds they may have the opposite effect. Researchers found roll ons and sprays can change the bacteria in your arm pits, so the number of odor causing bacteria jumped dramatically. They tested deodorants that mask the smell and dont prevent sweating. It was found those were not a problem. Today is the 100 anniversary of the panama canal. It changed trade around the globe creating a short cut between the atlantic and pacific. Here is a live look at the revamped panama canal. It has undergone an expansion to accommodate larger ships. The more than 5 billion project has been marred with a series of problems. We look at a new canal in nicaragua that could create competition. For a century, the two great cab nationals, panama and suez have Global Economy possible. Shipping goods cheap. Before the canals, products being moved had to go around the capes at the bottom of south africa through some of the roughest seas in the word. Panama hopes to open a third parallel route by 2013, sending ships through a series of locks. Each vessel can only be 1200 feet long. The suez canal is egypts primary source of income and egypt will try to double capacity next year. It is flat and can hold ships of any length no deeper man 65 feet. Nicaragua announced a 100 Year Partnership with a Chinese Company to build the words biggest canal for the biggest ships. The canal, three times longer than the panama could cost 49 billion when it opens in september of 2019. It could change the cost of everything from diaper to say diesel fuel. Lets look at how big these ships. Behind me in the port of oakland is a container ship that weighs 22,500 tons. That means that it can move into almost any canal in the world. Now, the panama canal can hold ships a lot larger, as large as 70,000 tons, but the thing is, the new Nicaragua Canal will in theory be able to hold socalled cape sized ships which can way as much as 400,000 tons. What no one knows is what effect these big ships might have. Time is money in this business. The port of rotterdam, europes largest, unloads ships using robots. Size is also money. The canals determine that, as well. Ships are categorized panamaics or suez nacs depending which they can fit through. The distance is roughly the same. Any ship losing port typically chooses the suez leaving hong kong. A chinese operated canal will likely discount for ships. Most are so big they go around the capes. If the new canal allows them through, that could drive down oil prices around the world. The biggest Container Shipping Company abandoned the panama in 2013 for the suez, because the egyptian canal carries bigger ships. If the nicaraguan can move larger shies, thats the end of a century old battle or perhaps the beginning of a new one. In our next hour, well introduce to you a woman who helps guide some of the worlds biggest ships through the panama canal. Walmart sales were sluggish for the year. Walmart has lowered its profit text. There are concerns that the woes could be contagious. Whats going on at walmart . Other things have not necessarily gone walmarts way. They had a triumphant run from the 1960s to the 1990s, but the center of buying moved urban and theyre not really an urban story. We saw the rise of the dollar store. We saw heavy pressure come on the loafer income folks that never ended. You said they didnt embrace the on line consumer boom. They watched the first two generations come out and dance on their wind pipes and theyve moved into the space aggressively. They made smart movers recently. You mentioned dollar store. Why is it particularly a problem for walmart . Walmart has had big box formats, Dollar Stores are small, urban and young people like the dollar store and its convenient. You dont have to drive there, park there and wander. You can go around and everything in there is cheap and they have a cool merchandising mix. These various things came together with the shift back to urban areas that really hurt walmart, who will by the way be rolling out a smaller format which we think will be good to the company. What happened to brand loyalty, my mother and father shopped at walmart, is that a thing of the past . A lot of folks are under pressure to make the paycheck go as far as they can. Which can cut into loyalty. Walmart hasnt always made the most delightful experience for folks. Is it contagious . Are we going to see similar problems at target, for instance. Target has really gone a different route. Theyve had their own serious traveils. There are places you go when you need a deal or want to deal. Walmarts just a place you go when you want and you have to get the deal. I dont think that browsing walmart scene ever took off. Are we then seeing the early stages of the death of walmart . I think were seeing a troubling pattern. I think walmart will have a second or third act here. It is a big well capitalized company with good folks behind the drivers seat. Until real wages go up in america and they havent in a long time, walmart is going to remain under huge pressure in its operations. Thank you very much. Baseball owners selected league executive rob manfred to become the games new commissioner. Hess experience is Labor Relations and he has taken a strong stance against p. E. D. s. He replaces bud selig, leaving after 22 years at the post. I have to say im tremendously honored by the confidence that the owners showed in me today, electing me to be the 10th commissioner of baseball. I agree with bill. I have very big shoes to fill in following commissioner selig. The 55yearold beat out red sox chairman to become the new commissioner. Paul mccartney, giving San Franciscos Candlestick Park a final farewell. The stadium closed for good last night after mccartneys performance. Close your eyes and ill kiss you, tomorrow ill miss you, remember ill also be true love that song. The beatles played the final show of their last tour at candlestick. It was back in 1966. You probably remember it, del, as the stadium opened in 1960 and it was home to the citys beloved baseball giants and later the 49ers. Its where a sellout crowd was rocked by an earthquake during the 1989 world series. The story venued as the stick. It will be demolished to make way for a housing and retail development. What a sign of the times. What is sad is all of those things, the beatles arriving in the United States and who can forget joe montegna and the catches referred to in football. So many memories of that park, back to willie mays. A storied history. It will be missed. Nicole mitchell back with another check of the weather. We made to it friday. There you go. [ laughter ] so a little bit of a weekend forecast, as we get you out the door and we do have more moisture coming into the midsection of the country. The drier weather for the northeast will abate today into tomorrow. Still good points as we head toward the weekend. The core every possible heavier rain today and tomorrow, too, from the dakotas to missouri, tomorrow that shifts more into illinois, then a boundary through the south. Places like florida, especially of the popup afternoon showers possible, still very dry for the northeast. Tomorrow, some spottier moisture culls in. This isnt a washout, but watch for that a little more. Weve been talking about that front that recently cleared through the east coast. That has kept temperatures cool. A few degrees below average, the core of the least, the southwest, phoenix 103 agrees. The entire nation feels like San Francisco today, talking about candlestick. Not too bad in some places. Nicole mitchell, thanks. Lift off for a Space Shuttle replica, a giant crane lifting the mock shutting on top of a real 747 at space center houston. The bowing jet was actually carrying shuttles back and forth to florida when they landed in other places. Have ors will be able to board the shuttle to see what is inside. It went to new york city. A sweet ride with a not so sweet price tag. This 1952 ferrari set an auction record last night, selling for 38 million. Its one of only three dozen that were made. The car built to be raced and it was actually involved in a crash in 1962 that killed the driver. The classic car was then pain stainingingly rebuilt by got factory. Do you drive it . I dont know. I think you leave it as a museum piece. Local Police Departments armed to the teeth. A look into the federal prom providing them with military style equipment. A lawsuit filed by Louisiana Residents impacted by a huge sinkhole. Well have details. 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Download it now a night of peace and calm replacing outrage and violence in ferguson, missouri as people show solidarity and take to the streets. Agents inspecting a cob vow in ukraine of what was supposed to be russian humanitarian aid. A state of emergency in New Hampshire. More than 40 overdoses just this week linked to a synthetic marijuana like drug. State officials are sounding health alarms. Buffets bonanza, Berkshire Hathaway stock closing above 200,000 a share. Putting buffet in an exclusive club of one. What a difference a day makes. 24 hours ago, fergusons police chief described his city streets as a war zone. Now exactly one day later, calm replacing tensions and tear gas. State troopers with soft hats replacing police decked out in all that military gear. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. After days of unrest, calm returns to ferguson, missouri. In part thanks to one man, an africanamerican state Highway Patrol captain, ron johnson, who is now in charge of security. He marshed along with the crowds protesting the Police Shooting death of Michael Brown. Today we expect to learn the identity of the officer who shot the unarmed 18yearold last saturday. Browns death and the subsequent protests have now led from rallies from coasttocoast. We are in miami where one of those 90 rallies was held. We begin with diane h in missou. What is the situation now . Its very quiet, but it was a Seismic Shift last night from the prefer previous days. My colleagues likened it to mardi gras. This were thousands of people in the street, driving up and down the streets, honking their horns. There were people protesting i wouldnt say protesting, but rallying on the sidewalks. It was a dramatic shift. Over the last 24 hours, i would say the change occurred in the last within a few hours. I was out in the afternoon across from the Ferguson Police department looking live shots all afternoon. There were protestors there and they were very angry about the way the brown investigation had been handled. By the time we got here in the evening, the mood had changed 180 degrees. It was really, really amazing. It was more bouyant, a spirit of cooperation. Just within a few hours, the spirit changed here in ferguson. Are they more confident this morning that theyre going to learn the name of the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown . We believe so. We just put a call into the Ferguson Police department and they said that the name was going to be released sometime this morning. Weve heard other media saying it was going to be at 8 00. They are telling us sometime this morning. Captain johnson indicated the name would be released sooner versus later. Lets talk about captain johnson. How big a difference is it that the man the governor put in charge is from ferguson and he is also a father . Youre right. He grew up in the community. He knows the neighborhood. He was out and about last night talking people, shaking hands with people, telling the Police Officers to take their gas masks off and work with the community. Youre right, being a father, i think has a lot to do with his acceptance here. When you see a picture like that, it reminds you sometimes it takes you back to your own kids and i have a son and it kind of took me back. I wanted to make sure that wasnt lost today, that the focus wasnt on me, the focus wasnt necessarily on the big crowds that were there, and, you know, just maybe michaels mom and dad and family members are watching and let them know that thats not forgotten. So very quiet here this morning and police, including captain johnson are hope that have that peace carries through the weekend. Live in ferguson, missouri this morning, diane, thank you very much. Natasha is live in miami, one of the 90 cities that held vigils last night. What wad mood at last nights rally there . Good morning. People are reacting not only to the death of Michael Brown but to the deaths involving Police Officers in their own cities. Here on miami beach, that death is of a man named 18yearold israel hernandez, he is a fra feet tee artist whoo was tasered and killed by miami police last year during an attempted arrest. In that last year, there has been a lot of anger and yesterday, protestors marshed to the u. S. Attorneys office. Demonstrators called for an end to police brutality. There is no time like now. In washington, d. C. , chants of hands up, dont shoot reverb rate the through the crowds. In chicago, demonstrators carried posters reading we stand with ferguson. I think its beautiful that everybody gathered here in solidarity, however i feel as though its not really going to bring much of a change. In new york, thousands marshed to times square where barricades were set up. The vigil began peacefully, but there was a tussle as protestors pushed against police. Hundreds more gathered in portland oregon, forming a circle and holding hands. In new orleans. They raised voices in protest, and under the arch in st. Louis, just north of ferguson, hundreds rallied with a group of clergy. Smaller Groups Joined in in places likemont g. M. Ary, alabama where they held a vigil to remember brown. Back in miami, many refused to leave as they marshed to the federal building. Organizers say at least eight people were arrested. Protestors are upset because the officer in the graffiti case has not been investigated. One protestor vow that had their fight to bring awareness to this case will continue. Are there morales planned nationwide . President obama responded after our crews were arrested in ferguson. In iraqi, a new government set up this morning. Almaliki has stepped down at Prime Minister. It follows weeks of political turmoil in iraq as they try to fight off the Islamic State group. Lisa is live in washington for us this morning. This is the day the u. S. Has been waiting for. What are we hearing from the Obama Administration this morning . Absolutely, del, the u. S. Has made no secret of the fact that it wanted maliki to go. They saw him as a very divisive figure under intense pressure from both the United States and former allies both internationally and even internally. Secretary of state john kerry this morning is saying in a statement that malikis decision will set the stage for an historic and peaceful transition of power in iraq. President obama was speaking yesterday before maliki announced that he was stepping down, and he continued to push for a new government under the nominee for the Prime Minister,al abadi. We are urging iraqis to come together to turn the tide against isil above all by seizing the enormous opportunity of forming a new inclusive government under the leadership of Prime Minister designate abadi. The white house has said that about this new inclusive government is formed, it will offer more help to iraq, including militarily. What is ahead now for iraqs new Prime Minister . He was officially nominated monday, a few days ago, he has third days to put together his cabinet. He is a shiite and theres a lot of distrust among the sunnis and kurds. He has a big job ahead of him to try to unit the country. The president announced that the u. S. Is ending that humanitarian aid. The u. N. Saying more than 1 million iraqis are forced from their home and sinjar is not over. Exactly. The humanitarian crisis definitely continuesen iraq and the president acknowledged that, saying the u. S. Will help with humanitarian aid where it can, but the u. N. Declared this a 113 humanitarian emergency. Its highest level, as you said, more than a Million People displaced from their homes in iraq. There is sharp agreement about whats going on on the mountain, the white house saying the yazidis are in good shape. The u. N. Disagree witness that. Lisa, thank you very much. Lets go now to sue turtan in brussels where an emergency meeting is being held on iraq this morning. Youre getting information about that Russian Military convoy in the border of ukraine. Whats the latest that youre hearing . Were hearing that the e. U. Foreign ministers are all talking about it, because the Swedish Foreign minister when he arrived here for the emergency meeting in brussels, he came in saying we believe that the russians have been sending in a military convoy into ukraine all right this week, saying they have photographic evidence. Weve seen some of the British Press have photographs, and the reporters are talking about seeing this convoy. I should stress that this convoy is completely separately to the one of the 250 or so refrigerated trucks that were heading towards the border into ukraine and were held at the border and we believe are still held at the border carrying aid, this aid that president Vladimir Putin has made such a big deal of, saying the people in ukraine are desperate for. The british reports are saying this is a completely separate convoy theyre seeing and believe it may be made up of armored personnel carriers and soft skinned military vehicles. The suspicion is that they were carrying weapons. How are european leaders in brussels reacting to this, what do they want to do about it . They are really calling for a deescalation of the crisis, and especially after the last three days when weve seen over 70 People Killed in the donetsk area and over 120 or 130 or so injured. It really is a call for things are well be calmed down in the region. Theyre looking at the president to taking the lead at least on his side on this. Theyre seeing that hes isolating himself politically and economically. On the back of sanctions put on russia, russia has know imposed an agricultural food bans of imposed into russia from the e. U. Countries and others, also. Really we are seeing a tit for tat on that side of things. This is thinking that russia was taking to softer approach, Vladimir Putin saying he didnt want to isolate russia. Thats what hes saying in public, but not what is happening on the roads from russia to ukraine according to the British Press. Dramatic fight in the ukrainian parliament, two lawmakers coming to blows because one promoted his nationalist ties. He got punched in the face. Hes gotten into fights with several other lawmakers before. Rallies in telaviv where thousands of israelis demanded the Israeli Government not end its offensive against hamas in gaza. Negotiators trying to reach a deal on a longer term peace. No reports out of nigeria about boko haram abductions, residents saying fighters attacked a town killing six more people. They reportedly also kidnapped about 100 men and boys. The majority of the 200 girls abducted in april are still missing. Back in the u. S. , Rainy Weather is heading for the midwest this weekend. For more, we turn to our meteorologist nicole mitchell. Good morning. Good morning. Already starting to see a little bit that have, its been quiet recently, so this area thats weather pulling out of the rockies, all right showers this morning in applies like the dakotas that were dealing with. As you can see, into iowa, later into the day. More into northern parts of missouri could be the core of heavier rain, places seeing an inch or two in this direction and anywhere up from the dakotas southward, thats where were going to monitor that. As we get to the rest of the country today, thats the core of it, the east coast is still pretty much quiet, a little boundary over florida and that spotty area of the monsoon flow over the four Corners Region in parts of the west. The next couple days, it stays stuck. Saturday, similar area, more rain moves into illinois, but this will be the core of our best chance for heavier rain. Thats how we look as we get into saturday, light stuff up into the northeast that we might be dealing with. That means chicago, thats been cooler and sunny, well today, still more of that, but changing into some of those chances for thunderstorms, unfortunately right in time for the weekend. New hampshire, cracking down on synthetic marijuana declaring a state of emergency. 44 people overdosed on a product called smack, most of them just this week. None that died. The order gives state Health Officials the power to confiscate those drugs. The widow of Robin Williams is shedding new light on his final days, saying williams hanged himself in his home tuesday. He had suffered severe depression. Health experts say a diagnosis such as parkinsons could have worsened the effects of his depression. Local Police Departments some say are armed for war. Are they too quick to deploy resource he is. A look at why the mill stare style gear is needed in local communities and when it should be used. Retired lieutenant will join us. The coast guard making a rescue at sea. What happened to this sea turtle, a video from citizen journalists. The scene in chicago that has caught everyones attention. Ve our uniforms have the same look at military uniforms, so they do have that look, but those are the uniforms we wear to protect our citizens when we have high risk operations. When you look at the times that were in today, i can see the perceptions as looking like a military. Speaking there, missouri Highway Patrol captain ron johnson, who is now in charge of security in ferguson, missouri. He is talking about that major question that has come out of the protests, a lot of people who saw wednesdays Police Reaction to the protestors want to know why small time Police Departments are outfitted with what appears to be riot gear in Armored Vehicles. A lot of Police Departments across the country are getting their supplies from the military. It looks like a war zone, but this was ferguson, missouri on wednesday night. Tear gas, rubber bullets, smoke and flash grenades, all used against civilians, police confronting protestors in full battle gear. This kind of force once reserved for emergency situations when youre talking about hostage takings or active shooters has spread all over the country because a number of these federal policies and has become the default use of force in far too many situations. The federal policy is the defendant democratics 1033 program, moving surplus war equipment to americas local Police Departments. The program started small. In the early 1990s, it supplied about a Million Dollars worth of equipment to forces each year, but it has exploded. So far this year, the value is already about 752 million, some 4. 3 billion overall since 1997. The 1033 program supplied police with machine guns to helicopters, grenade launchers and heavily Armored Vehicles. St. Louis county Law Enforcement agencies, those working in ferguson are among the more than 8,000 that have received equipment through the defense department. Now, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for the program to be reigned in. In an op ed, republican senator rand paul called Police Militarization a very serious problem. Democratic representative hank johnson proposed new legislation to demilitarize police forces. He wrote to his colleagues the act would stop the pentagon from giving police automatic weapons, Armored Vehicles, drones and other equipment. The bill will be form ally introduced in september, too late to change whats going on in ferguson. Russell is a retired army general. You may recall in 2005, he commanded joint Task Force Katrina coordinating military relief efforts after that storm. He joins us from louisiana. Good morning, general. Good morning, how are you this morning . Not too bad. First of all, your response to what you saw in ferguson. Well, in the heat of the incidents the two previous nights, extreme use of what appeared to be the shock and awe of nonlethal weapons. I think people have come to realize that nonlethal weapons can appear and are lethal. They may not kill you but cause serious damage and harm, and they can actually incite people to almost panic and terrorize people and that was the purpose of these weapons. They are all over the country now in small Police Departments and they are available through grants that are given out through the department of Homeland Security. When those grants given, congressman and senators come to town and take the picture with the police chief, giving them a grant from home land security to buy stun grenades, to buy body armor. 30 years ago, the Standard Police issue weapon was a. 38 snubnosed resolver, now glocks, uzi sub machine guns. Where does it stop . There were a couple of incidents over the year where gunman and Bank Robberies showed up and at some drug events and that equipment basically went to swat teams. As you can see over the last few days, you have entire police force outfitted in what was one time swat uniforms. Since when did we put swat on the front end of a crowd control . I mean, their tactics, there are procedures that many Law Enforcement officers around the country would question, but the availability of these items theyre using is enhanced through grants from Homeland Security and through the 1033 program. I think the legislators at the state and federal level are going to have to go back and look at building. They are the ones that authorized this. This didnt happen without their approval and theyre going to have to roll this back. The departments keep asking for these. Yesterday, the police chief said over and over again, he needs to protect his officers. Are police now afraid of the public and putting their safety ahead of Public Safety . I dont know. You know, im not a Law Enforcement expert but i do know the impact of the weapons, i know the impact having taught Supervisors Program and the joint chiefs of staff civil support that there are a lot of things that you can do in your attitude when youre dealing with a crowd that can make the situation worse by inciting emotional response. In this particular case, i think two experts that has come on that have dealt with this and police chiefs, theyve all agreed that this could have been handled differently and may have not incite the amount of emotional response and the negative response in reflection on a Police Department. Is the difference in ferguson, missouri from last night to the night before a difference in good policing versus bad policing . I think its the tactics that they were used, you know, tactics come from a greek word wimp is the arrangement of forces and the procedures that one might use. I think from an observer, a keen observer, who is trained in this, most of these experienced Police Captains are, they needed to use different tactics, change of tactics, embrace the people, show them that you are there to protect and serve, youre not there to intimidate them and telling them what to do for no apparent reason, like they dealt with the people from the press. If you deem with the press that way, you can imagine what they were doing with the people on the street. This Police Department, i can tell you, i saw the same thing in new orleans, theyre probably running two or three days on very little street, highly stressed out, probably would reflect now and not do the same thing again, i hope they would not do the same thing again. Thank you very much. Coming up later in this hour, he is going to take us on a tour of the louisiana bayou, why he thinks industries there are destroying that areas natural beauty. These images we showed you in an earlier report and they are unforgettable. Final military armies for an army general killed in afghanistan. Major general harold green was laid to rest at Arlington National cemetery. He was ambushed by an afghan soldier as a Training Center near kabul. He is the highest ranking military officer killed in having a. People swept off their feet, a tical coverage. Thats a river, people on the walk way obviously knocked to the ground, unexpected. Its the shape of the river that often causes these surges, some waves up to nine feet. This looks like something went wrong, crowds fleeing the fireworks. Look again, they are cheering and dancing around the fireworks. The annual festival in mexico celebrating the festive use of fireworks. It was quite the celebration. A different kind of rescue for the coast guard off the cape of new jersey, freeing an 800pound sea turtle entangled in fishing gear. This actually happens often. The giant turtle swam away unharmed after being freed. Lets get a look at the forecast across the nation, for that we turn to nicole mitchell. You can see they had nice sunny skies for the rescue out there. This morning, Cool Temperatures in chicago into the 50s. Thats the cool air behind the front we saw recently that swept into portions of the east coast. Its comfortable, doesnt have a lot of humidity, but with 50s and as far north at 40s, you might want to light sweater heading out the door. Eightys and 90s where that front didnt go through through the south, still humid. Back to you. Freedom of the press called into question in ferguson, missouri. Two print reporters, and aljazeera journalists hit with tear gas. The disturbing cases that have gained the attention of president obama. This is certainly left over from an era of abundance and we dont live in that era anymore and frankly havent in several decades. California facing one of the worst droughts in history, yet the state doesnt know how much water every household uses. The efforts to fix that. One of the seven wonders of the world marking its 100th affairs, the panama canal paved the way for Economic Development across the globe. India celebrating independence day. Young children paint their faces, and light candles to observe the countries breaking away from colonial britain. Coming back with a live look at the panama canal, which celebrates its 100th anniversary today. Well have a story about the people who keep the canal running. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Ahead in this next half hour, instability in the earth, what causes sink holes. Its not always just force of nature. Also, the all black Little League team from chicago south side now turning heads at the Little League world series in pennsylvania. Everybody loves those kids. Yeah. We begin this half hour with the situation in ferguson, missouri, specifically questions about the reaction by Police Wednesday night. It wasnt just protestors they appear to target, but journalists, as well. The treatment of the press even getting the attention of the president. An aljazeera crew in ferguson, missouri running from Police Tear Gas wednesday night. We dont know if police targeted them, but we do know that police at times have it true r. Tried to put a tight leash on the coverage of the unrest. Two print journalists were arrested, wesley law reof the Washington Post recorded his interaction with police after he says they ordered him to leave a Mcdonalds Restaurant where he was charging his cell phone. Lets go, you can move. They threw me up against the soda machine and put me in handcuffs or plastic restraints. A letter of protest was sent to the police chief of ferguson, saying both of the journalists taken into custody at the mcdonalds were later released without charge. The action against journalists in ferguson has caught the president s attention. Here in the United States of america, police should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobs and report to the American People on what they see on the ground. Missouri governor jay nixon weighed in, as well. The voices should be heard and we want to make sure it is heard. Doesnt matter to me how respectful it is, its got to be safe. If people have things to say, how to ought to say them and if news wants to cover stuff, they should do it. We live in a free country. Thomas jackson said the ferguson p. D. Is evaluating the democratics tactics and how to facilitate protests while protecting the community. Lets go live to ferguson. We are expecting to find the name of the officer who shot Michael Brown today. What do we know about the timing of that announcement . We spoke to the Ferguson Police department about 45 minutes ago. They said that they expected the name to be released sometime this morning. We really dont know when thats going to be, and captain ron johnson from the Highway Patrol told aljazeera last night that one of the issues is finding a way to disseminate that information. I believe there is discussion in that arena, talking about how to disseminate and put that information out, and at this point, i think well see some dynamics change within the next 24 hours. One of the issues that ferguson p. D. Is they have Public Information officer, who has been flooded with media requests, and weve been calling him and hes been sort of slow to get back to us. Thats one of the issues theyre confronting. This is a small Police Department thats not used to this amount of media attention. There certainly is a lot of attention there. Based on the way journalists were treated on wednesday, have you noticed a discernible difference this morning in the way police are treating you guys out there . Well, i wouldnt say since ive been here that weve been treated badly or mistreated by Law Enforcement. Last night during the protests, there was an awful lot of media, a crush of media here. We were free to do our reporting. I did not encounter any Police Officers telling us that we had to get out of the way or get out of the street or move along. We were pretty much free saturday our jobs. I really didnt notice anything last night. I have not had any issues with Law Enforcement since ive been in town and ive been here sings monday. Thank you. Vastly underestimated is the word from the world Health Organization concerning the Ebola Outbreak, the death toll of more than 1,000 may not be telling the entire story. They say it will take months to slow the outbreak. The u. S. Has started to evacuate embass families in sierra leone. Experimental drugs will be given to the patients. A woman was eating at a dickies barbecue near Salt Lake City and someone used lye in her drink. She took a sip and immediately coughed it out and spat it out and her first words to her husband, she turned to him and said i think i just drank acid. Either the store manager or employee put six cups of this white powder substance into the iced tea mixer. Police are treating what happened as an accident. The owner of the restaurant is cooperating with the investigation. Clashes in the streets, supporters of the former haitian president have been fighting with u. N. Peacekeepers. They burned tires outside his home. They are trying to stop his arrest for defying a court order, stemming from a criminal investigation in portauprince. Today is the 100 anniversary of the panama canal. That canal one of the seven wonders of the world creating a short cut between the atlantic and pacific oceans. Theres a live look of it. We bring you the story of the people who help keep the canal running smoothly every day. Climbing aboard another ship is the least challenging part of her day. After she checks in, she literally takes command and begins plotting the and a halfation of the 10,000ton vessel. The panama canal is the only place in the world where captains have to turn over control to canal pilots. 16 years ago, she made history by becoming the first panamaen woman to steer these ships through these waters. Many times the captain said this is my first time working with a female pilot. We are not too many around the world. When its range, visibility is diminished and when its windy, you to have fight the wind or work with the wind, looking at the side of the ship, just calculating. After the lines are cast and engines cut, she commands the crew. There are three narrow locks to be navigated on the journey. Its a delicate task with tug boats pulling and guiding the ship. This is the most difficult part of the journey, cargo ships carrying millions of dollars of goods have to pass through these narrow locks with inches to spare. For pilots, there is no room for error. Operating the canal and getting the ships safely from the atlantic to the pacific is handled by the pilots. It took 40 years to build, 20,000 workers died, mainly from diseases like malaria. When complete, it changed International Trade forever. Now a no era beckon cons. Panama is spending 6. 5 billion to widen the canal and double its capacity. Back onboard, she has a long journey ahead, but she loves the challenge and the adrenaline. I am doing a little bit good that panamanian shows to the world that we can handle this. We have done a pretty good job. For her and her thousands of colleagues, canal is a National Symbol not just of great success, but great sacrifice by those who built it and changed the world. Youre looking live at the panama canal. It was given back to the panamanian government on september 7, 1977 by the carter administration. More than a million ships have passed through it over the past century. A new milestone for warren buffets stock crossing the 200,000 mark for the first time on thursday. Thats about the same cost as a four year College Education as a lot of private universities for one stock. He has never split the stock, but created more affordable class b shares. As we have reported, california facing one of its worst droughts ever in modern history. The state is cracking down on the unnecessary use of water. There are some places they cant even guess how much water people are using. The effort to change that may be too late for this drought. California is running out of water, and yet, the state is grappling with a problem over the most basic tool to monitor water use, water meters. This is a neighborhood where there are no water meters. Were in the State Capitol in one of the worst droughts ever seen and there are areas no one is keeping track of how much water theyre using. Changing that is a multiperson, multimachine operation. All this man power just to install one meter to measure water consumption in one house. They have about 66,000 to go. A project that has already taken 10 years and expected to take another 10. Now you can measure your conservation. If you have a water meter, you can track and adjust your usage. Sacramento has an outdated city charter that decreed for a flat rate, everyone should ever unmetered, limitless water. That finally changed in 2004 with the passage of a statewide bill. Now the city is playing catch up, at a cost of about 400 million. Its going to be too late, right . I mean 2025 is going to be too late to deep with this drought. Our water meters is a long term project, however, weve looked for opportunities and this drought presents additional opportunities for funding. The problem is a result of the states dysfunctional water system. Nineteenth century and early 20th Century Water rights granted to some, denied to others. Every town, city and county with a different water deal. As the State Capitol, sacramento knows it has to set a better example. We really emphasize cutting back on outdoor watering. You can see, you know, some of the lawns in the neighborhood here are really taking heart with that statement, and, you know, turning that water off to conserve water. This is certainly left over from an era of abundance and we dont live in that era anymore and havent in several decades. Much attention has focused on these missing water meters, but the good news is most businesses and homes in the state are in fact metered. Its a precondition antfirst step for water conservation. You saw that brown lawn, one of the booming businesses in california now, painting lawns green. The other thing you can do is plant cactus. That would work better. Yeah. Major League Baseball getting a new commissioner, rob manfred was the leagues chief operating officer. He has taken a strong stance against p. E. D. s. Bud selig leaves in september after spending 22 years on the job. The breakout stars in the Little League world series, the Jacki Robinson team from chicagos south side. They havent made it to the world series since 1983. Last night, they beat a team from Washington State to advance to the next round. Win or lose, a lot of people proud about these guys. They came back and they won. They won i never imagined being here in the Little League world series and then for my son to make it is just awesome. The team named after Jacki Robinson, who broke the racial barrier in major League Baseball and yes, they do know exactly how much pressure is on them and the fact that they are representing, they say the city of chicago. Great kids, great spirit. Good for those boys. From streets in major cities to the bayou of louisiana, sinkholes continue to fascinate and terrify. Its not always Mother Nature behind them. Sometimes man is to blame. We look closer at what causes the ground to give way. Real reporting from around the world. This is what we do. Al jazeera america. Paul mccartney closing the curtain on San Franciscos Candlestick Park, playing the last show at the park known as the stick. Fifty years ago, the beatles played their final show of their final tour in the u. S. There. The stadium will be demolished. Old fashioned brain games that have people putting down their ipads and smart phones. The settlement for families in the louisiana bayou. It stems from the sinkhole that opened up in a bayou two years ago. It has swallowed land and trees and is blamed on salt mines. We got a tour of the region. A million tears. A remote stretch of southern louisiana is deep in cajun country. Its residents have been known to call it home a little slice of heaven. Heaven is not the word that comes to mind. As in much of southern louisiana, great wealth lies beneath the surface. Oil, natural gas, and right below here, the napoleon salt dome. There are 53 wells. This well was drilled by texas brian in 1982 and sealed in 2011. At some point after that, the side wall of the cavern began a collapse. Gas bubbled up in the bayous, the commander of joint Task Force Katrina, responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for the hurricane battered gulf coast, widely considered a hero has become an outspoken advocate for these communities. He and a few residents took you the on a boat to show us the beauty of this place and the hazards they are facing. This is incredibly beautiful, general. Thats why i wanted you to see it. The general believes with all that mining and activity going on below, state regulators have in the been tough enough. The natural tendency when you approach a lawmaker is oh, yeah, with you we cannot live without this industry. Texas brian spokesman believes existing regulations adequate. These regulations are pretty strong and certainly the local regulators and state regulator who are watching this operation, we had no event for 28 years. Wilma is an environment scientist and mcarthur fellow who has dedicated her life to helping southern louisiana communities affected by industry. Theres a need for one more regulation, stricter regulations and theres a need for two, enforcement of those regulations. The petro Chemical Industry has hundreds of accidents every year in louisiana, many minor, but each increases fears that the longterm health and safety of these communities are in jeopardy. In 1998, a 36 years old with a 3yearold child, i was diagnosed with breast cancer. We built this home in 1999. A dream home in bayou corner, once a little slice of heaven, mostly barren. So, could you be living over a sinkhole . Joining us to discuss how they form is pat abbot, professor of geology. That sinkhole in louisiana currently covers 38 acres and it wont stop growing. How did it get so big . Well, beneath the ground is an ancient salt layer and that over time has risen kind of like when you see an afternoon thunderstorm rise up into the air in the atmosphere, so that salt dome rising up wil trapp oil and natural gas and also the salt can be dissolved. Its not table salt, but other salts can be dissolved and used in the petro Chemical Industry. Is it a natural phenomenon or is it man made in this case . The salt dome rising up is totally natural, but theres no caverns in that. Its drilling the wells down, dissolving the salts and pumping them out, thats what makes the caverns. The caverns are human made. Sink holes of this kind that we saw in louisiana, where else might we see that . Sinkhole is a general term describing when the surface of the earth drops vertically. We have salt domes around the edge of the gulf of mexico. In land throughout the eatern United States, theres limestone, you think of mammoth carves in kentucky where nature has carved out cave systems below the ground and those can collapse, too. In this case, nature made the caves. A lot of times, though, humans will trigger a collapse pumping out ground water. A cave filled with ground water is a lot stronger than after you pump the water out and its just air, now its weaker and can collapse like the Corvette Museum did in bowling green, kentucky here. You list add couple of places vulnerable to sink holes. Youre watching that video of the Corvette Museum in kentucky. Is there a way for builders to know that the ground is vulnerable for sink holes before they build . Its a very difficult thing to do. Really, the only way you would actually know how to do that is if before you built, you drilled lots of holes to see whether you were encountering solid rock or whether there were camps there. Thats a lot of expense, so these things are not done. For kentucky, when the ground water is evacuated. You dont know the cave is below you and dont know the roof is about ready to collapse, so we get these stunning events. A bit of a crap shoot, although rare, we should say. Thanks so much. The weekend is upon us. Lets get a look at whether or not it is going to rain, shine, smile, frown. Depends on where you are. Weve been looking at wet weather, still that moist flow in areas like the southwest. One other area that well monitor everything is more rain pulling in from the dakotas into missouri today, a little bit more into illinois tomorrow. Thats where were watching it, a lot of sunshine in places like the southeast. I want to make a quick mention. We do have something were monitoring coming off of africa. Im looking extra close now. I leave for my military hurricane duty today. I will see you in a couple of weeks, unless theres a storm, you might hear from me a he reallier. Have a good trip. In london, a competition for the title of best puzzle solver. Those taking part arent using smart phones or computers, relying on pen and a piece of paper. We will start in 321. Start. Its not everyones idea of fun, sitting in the hall of a suburban london hotel, effectively taking an exam. Everyone is here voluntarily trying to be champion of the word as solving puzzles. Moments earlier in a gloomy lobby, the contestants gather, collecting their thoughts and checking out the competition. The one thing that all competitors share is nerves. On paper, some puzzles look deceptively simple, but some defy the logic of even the most experienced competitor. Whats the attraction of tackling puzzles all on paper with names like slither link, tapper and hitori . A group of contestants, a computer programmer, an engineer and a doctor from greece and china explain. I think what i like the most about puzzles, mainly because there are so many varieties and i can always try new things. Its easier to work on paper. You can make notes, erase, write whatever you like. You are not con strained about what you can write on the puzzle. When i am frustrated or just want to take a break, get off things, i will start solving some puzzles and then after i finish, i realize that i have spent one and a half hours, maybe more. The organizers say theres a natural high when you crack a puzzle. When you set yourself challenge to complete a problem, a task, at end of that, theres a reward center in your brain that releases indoor 15s and you get that buzz. Thats what we get after every single puzzle we complete. Does everyone have a booklet . The competitors filing in for another round, life really is a potential puzzle. Its the most civilized competition in the word according to organizers. Thats it for us. Coming up, word of a deadly air strike that may have killed children in iraq. The latest in two minutes from our newsroom in doha. Have a good weekend