Governor rick perry saying his indictment is outrageous and politically motivated. Good to have you with us. Our stop story, a state of emergency has been declared in ferguson, missouri, a city still reeling from the Police Shooting of an unarmed teenager. Police are moving into position, trying to prevent another night of violence. The governor imposed a curfew after friday night protest turned into looting of several businesses. Last night, except for a very few, the folks on the streets of ferguson last night were peaceful demonstrators, but we saw a pattern develop where after hours of peaceful protesting, small groups took to the streets with the in tent of committing crimes and endangering citizens. That is unacceptable. To protect the people and property of ferguson today, i signed an order declaring a safety emergency and ordering the implementation of a curfew. One of the stores attacked, a videotape the Justice Department asked the police not to release. F. B. I. Presence is now visible on the streets of ferguson. The department of justice is moving forward with its own federal investigation. Lets get right out to ferguson now. We understand police, we see it in the background, are blocking off roads . Im going to give you the lay of the land as night is falling over here in ferguson. To my left is the liquor store youve been referencessing. You can see a small contingency of police on both sides of that parking lot right now. We are in the main drag, where youve seen the honking and the cars coming through here traveling a half mile down the road to the epicenter of violence erupting last sunday. Im going to point behind me. You can see that the police have blocked this street. They were letting vehicles in here after the Missouri StateHighway Patrol took over securing this area, but thats not happening anymore. Theres a bus right behind this line, loaded with Police Officers. We assume theyre going to come in this way. We hear from police one of the reasons theyre not allowing vehicular traffic in this area, while they are still allowing foot traffic, they are not allowing cars in here because of what they understand, intelligence telling them weapons might be coming into this area in those cars. This is a return to strategy wed seen in days to previous when the Missouri StateHighway Patrol had been easing up on this area. The big question is how will this curfew hold. How will this go into effect. Superintendent ron johnson said they would not be deploying vehicles or tear gas, but would have officers here. The question is if this is going to erupt into a chaotic, violent night. There are several Community Members concerned and worried the media wont be able to relay information with respect to the occur fee in place. Have you been given special instructions. We were told that we would be allowed into the area, but of course if things get out of hand, it becomes much more fluid. Were understanding that the police will work with us and will allow us in here. The governor earlier today said this has to be given the kind of attention that the media has free access to to ensure that its a transparent operation in place here. The question obviously becomes how transparent will it become if things erupt into violence and tear gas is fired and rubber bullets. They say thats not going to happen. But we did see Police Officers earlier prepping, putting on gas masks, so its a very fluid, fluid situation. Well be back with you in a few moments, when we take a deeper look at the crisis in ferguson. Were going to talk about the investigation into Michael Browns death and the response by police. Turning our attention to iraq where a humanitarian crisis continues among fierce tighting. Islamic state fighters stormed a northern village killing men and kidnapping their wives and children. This os mommy almaliki steps aside. The United States may give more aid if they have a more inclusive government. Fresh airstrikes aimed to drive back the group. U. S. Military targeted Islamic State group positions in sinjar, as well as around the mosul dam, but the Islamic State group still controls the territory. Up to 15 fighters were killed in those attacks, but the Peshmerga Forces on the ground have not been able to advance to recapture this territory. This is not going to be an easy fight. The Islamic State group is well armed, well trained and the u. S. Airstrikes really, the objective is to weaken the group, to defend the kurdish region, as well as to protect minorities, not to defeat them. This is going to require a whole new plan. Theyre going to need international partners. Theyre going to need partners on the ground, but the airstrikes have not prevented what officials here are calling a new massacre against the minority of yazidis. Up to 80 men were executed by the Islamic State group and they captured and unknown number of women and children, so the humanitarian crisis is continuing. The u. S. Administration as well as International Community pressuring the new Prime Minister and iraq to form an in cluesive and broad based government as soon as possible. Unless the factions unit, it will be very hard to defeat the islamic straight group. There has ban lot of attention on the persecution of yazidis by Islamic State fighter, but they arent the only minorities facing a threat. Iraqi christies also being hunted. One group fled to lebanon. Desperate Iraqi Christians line up on a hot august day to receive food rations. The church is organizing the Food Distribution to those who fled the violence in that you are country years ago and those who just arrived from northern iraq. This woman arrived in lebanon three days ago. We were scared. Its very hard to leave everything behind and just flee. They all tell of the same stories. This man has been here over a month and living off charity. A Christian Lebanese family pays his rent for this small amount, where he lives with his wife and three girls. They threatened us with our children, our muslim neighbors said you better run, before they come and kill you. Johnny says he was scared, and left everything he owned behind. They uprooted us from our own land, his wife says, referring to the armed group the Islamic State that forced them out of iraq. These are not muslims. We dont know where they came from. They have no religion. Weve lived with muslims for over 40 years. This group has nothing to do with islam. This priest is helping Iraqi Christians who manage to get to lebanon. He is frustrated. Whats happening in mosul is the original people are uprooted from their land. Whats just as worrying is the International Community silence, so far very shy voices. We demand they be stopped. This family came from near mosul. Now under Islamic States full control. This one room apartment became home for this family of six after they ran away from thunder shower tone. He says there is no more room for christians to live in iraq anymore. We never imagined anything like this would happen. Nobody expect there had. It was like a horror move view, he tells me, everyone was terrified. His children cry every day, wanting to go back to their home in iraq, but he says he is not going back, no matter what. We want security and stability for our children. We need a break. His girls spend the day lying on these beds, waiting for something to change. Aljazeera, beirut. In texas, governor rick perry appeared before cameras today defiantly rejects the indictment brought against him. The president ial hopeful called the prosecution of the case a fafarce. It is outrageous that some would use partisan theatrics to rip away at our constitutional rights. He says he will prevail and the case revealed for what it is, partisan politics. Mike viqueira has followed this story from washington. We dont settle political differences with indictments in this country. He is charged with abuse of official capacity. Youve been arrested for d. W. I. The threat of events a that led to the charges began last year when a democratic was arrested for drunk driving. Lenburg pled guilty and served 45 days in prison. That led perito declare her unfit for office. Unless she resigned, he vowed to veto money for the funding. That led to his charge of abuse of power. He was defiant. I said early on that i was going to clearly veto those dollars as long as they had someone in that office who id lost confidence in, and i did exactly what i said i would do. Perry hasnt ruled out another run for president in 2016. After his 2012 run collapsed after a series of gaffes. Lets see, i cant. I cant, sorry. Oops. The question now, will the endictments hurt his chances for next time. Many see the charges as political, brought bay prosecutor and grand jury in austin, liberal island in a sea of republican red and even David Axelrod has doubts, tweeting that the charges seem pretty sketchy. Even if the charges dont stick, the democrats will be given an avenue of attack if he runs in 2016. Hes going to go through very embarrassing events, getting arraigned, having to appear in court is going to be damaging just visually. For texass longest serving governor, a political future that is suddenly more cloudy. Dave leventhal weighs in on perries chances of surviving this political scandal. Yes, its entirely possible that he can go forward, still have a political career. Of course, he is not going to run for governor again, but everyone pretty much has rick perry on their short list. There could be a Silver Lining to this, republicans really can see this as a democratic witch hunt and get behind rick perry in a way they might not be right now. Make no mistake, this is not a situation for him in the here and now. He is going to face embarrassing situations over the next many weeks and months. This is not going to be something to help his credibility among independents. Its going to be a rocky road. If you play the long game and look down the road pretty long, pretty far a couple of years from now, this is survivable for him. The 2016 field is still wide open and there could still be major hurdles for over contender to say overcome. A fragile ceasefire in gas, ahead, the negotiations for a long term truce. Then our coverage continues on the shooting death of missouri teen michael brown. Were going to take a deeper look at the racial makeup of the police force in ferguson. Why some say recruiting more black officers may not help improve race relations. This is a live look at ferguson, missouri, were going there straight ahead. Stay with us. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. You are looking live at ferguson, missouri. You see a crowd of citizens there in the streets protesting the Police Shooting of unarmed teenage are michael brown. This comes before a midnight curfew set by the governor of missouri. It is saturday night, good to have you with us once again. Were going to take a deeper look at the issues raised by the shooting death of missouri teenager michael brown. Emotions are running high in a town that is no stranger to racial tensions. Andrew jackson has lived in st. Louis most of her life. Tension between the police and young people here have been simmering. To police, this is a new game, treating me like your better than me and you have a badge and you have authority. No. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. That kind of anger has played out in the streets this week after a Police Officer killed an unharmed black teenager. Many say the police force has a history of targeting blacks. Im troubled by every shooting, by the shoot, the Police Officer, by the shooting after that occurred. Black on black crime, im tired of all the killings. I dont understand at all why this is happening. Still, residents commented the police for the handling of the volatile atmosphere. I saw a lot of cops show a lot of restraints. The cops need to hear that, too. Its a two way street to make our community better. The mayor outlined some of the challenges. Africanamerican officers are not a dime a dozen. They are it is hard to go out and get africanamericans who want to be in police work. We talked about tonight the divide between young africanamericans and Law Enforcement. You dont see young africanamericans coming you the in droves looking for careers in Law Enforcement. The st. Louis remains segregated, making it prone to crime rate. Apparently this has bubbled to the surface and its our First Priority address it, to fix whats wrong. I guarantee you st. Louis will not be the same as it is, because there are so many people and im one of them that is not going to stand down from this issue because it could have been my nephew. People say transparency would be a first step toward mending a long history of racial tension. Once again, the protests continue in ferguson, missouri. Lets go out for the latest developments. Hello, just in the last few moments, were right here at the intersection of west florissant avenue and ferguson avenue. This is a procession that has come from what was the epicenter of much of the protests. They have continued this way and now stopped and surrounded. What is happening behind me, theres a bus in the distance full of Police Officers and now basically surrounded by these protestors who have come this way and continue to shout and protest and demonstrate here at this intersection, where much of the violence took place last night with looting. This is the same intersection where that Beauty Supply shop was looted, as well as the liquor store. Right now, the police cant make it further. Youre seeing a line. I dont know if you can see this now. The police are now spreading out, leaving the bus and they are basically creating a line and they are just, you know, pretty much facetoface with these demonstrators at this point. Again, this street has been completely closed off to traffic, at least going one way, Police Telling us they were afraid of the possibility that vehicles would be turning weapons into the area. Now as you can see, foot traffic has moved further on and is basically up against the police line thats basically here at this intersection. Stand by for just a moment as i have it the former Police Officer. What do you make of the situation as a former Police Officer . I think its going to take a lot of professionalism from the police to keep things under control there. I think most people out there, the overwhelming majority of people out there are expressing their First Amendment right and out there peacefully, but i think the police and the Public Officials are looking out for whats best in the community. I think thats why the governor declared a state of emergency. Can you understand the state of emergency and how it got to the boil point . I dont know the community. I can speak from the communities that ive worked, which would be washington, d. C. Here in new york. Oftentimes, i think what happens is something tragic, which is as this, very tragic happens and theres a lot of people make pretty good judgments. The Police Officer who was involved in this shooting, we dont know the fact. He may very well have used excessive force. We dont know. I would caution people not to jump to conclusions until our justice system, the process works. Wave justice system, and people need to let the system work. I want to talk more about the actions of the Police Department in just a moment. Stand by, if you will, because another concern is the militarization of the Police Officers across the country. Millions of surplus equipment have been given to police, making officers look more like soldiers going to war with the communities theyre supposed to be protecting and serving. Paul beban has more. For days, its looked like a war zone, but its ferguson, missouri. Tear gas, rubber bullets, flash grenades, all used against american civilians, police confronting protestors in full battle gear. This kind of force that was once reserved for emergency situations, when youre talking about hostage takings or active shooters is spread all over the country because a number of these federal policies, and its become the default use of force in far too many situations. The federal policy is the defense departments 1033 program. It moves surplus war equipment to americas local Police Departments, the program started small. In the early 1990s, it supplied a Million Dollars worth of equipment to forces each year. So far this year, the value is already 752 million, and some 4. 3 billion overall. It has supplied machine guns to helicopters, grenade launchers and heavy 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, but now lawmakers from both sides are calling for the program to be reigned in. Republican senator rand paul called Police Militarization a very serious problem, saying democratic representative hank johnson proposed new legislation to demilitarize Police Forces. He wrote to his colleagues our maybe streets should be a place for business, families a