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We have a report from Juliet Bremner of independent television news. Reporter the iraqi flag once again flys over ramadi, but this is victory at a terrible cost. Homes and businesses are reduced to lit moral than rubble in what seems to be a ghost town. Initial claims of victory came on state television this monk, as soldiers took control of the key government complex. The jihadi who took ramadi in may used propaganda pictures to demonstrate their welcome. In truth, many sunnis who lived here have more sympathy with i. S. Than the shia directed iraqi army. Regaining control of the streets of ramadi is a significant victory, depriving the militants of one of their greatist prizes, the capital of Anbar Province an hour and a halfs drive away from baghdad. There was a warning to leave ramadi before the final assault. Now a warweary population must be encouraged to return. Brown meanwhile, in afghanistan, a taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person today and wounded 33, many of them children. The attack struck near a school close to the kabul airport and damaged shops, homes and vehicles in the mostly civilian area. translated i was standing near my shop when suddenly i heard a huge explosion and everything became dark around me, shuttered pieces of iron came over to me. I was some three meters away from this explosion. I saw a teenager boy was killed on the ground, it was really terrible. Brown the taliban said the target was a convoy of Foreign Forces passing through the area. The islamist militants of boko haram launched attacks across two cities in nigeria today, leaving 80 people dead. Suicide bombers struck in maidugori, killing 30 people overnight. 20 more died in an explosion outside a mosque at dawn. Nearly 100 miles away, the town of madagali was rocked by twin suicide bombings, killing 30 people there. Just last week, nigerias president claimed boko haram is no longer capable of such attacks. South korea and japan reached a landmark agreement today in a longstanding dispute over so called comfort women. They were koreans used as sex slaves for japanese soldiers during world war two. The new agreement includes an apology from japan and a promise of more than 8 million. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe said he hopes it ends decades of animosity over the issue. translated from today, japan and south korea will enter into a new era. I hope this agreement will serve as a momentum for japan and south korea to put their hands together and open up the new era. Brown only 46 of the comfort women still survive, many now in their 80s and 90s. Some said today they support the south korean governments efforts. Others complained the money will create a foundation for the victims, but will not be paid directly to them as formal compensation. Back in this country, the incidence of asthma in children appears to be declining for the first time in decades. That finding, by the National Centers for health statistics, appears in the journal pediatrics. The study covered 2001 to 2013, asthma rates began to fall toward the end of that period. Researchers suggest declines in air pollution could be a factor. Wall street dipped today after a new drop in Oil Prices Hurt energy stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost about 24 points to close at 17,528. The nasdaq fell seven points, and the s p 500 slipped four. And the man who was clown prince of the Harlem Globetrotters has died. Meadowlark lemon passed away sunday in scottsdale, arizona. He spent nearly 25 years with the globetrotters, entertaining crowds with his nonstop comic chatter, trick plays and antics on the court. In his prime, he was one of the most popular athletes in the world. Meadowlark lemon was 83 years old. Brown still to come on the newshour no charges in cleveland for the killing of tamir rice. Extreme weather ravages the south and midwest. How people with gluten allergies can check their food on the fly. And much more. Brown a pair of cases involving Police Shootings is again focusing much attention on the way Law Enforcement responds to calls or threats in African American communities, and whether justice is being served. William brangham begins our report with the latest from cleveland. Based on the evidence they heard, and the law as it applies to police use of deadly force, the grand jury declined to bring criminal charges. Brangham the announcement today came from Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy Mcginty that the officers involved in the shooting death of tamir rice wont be charged with any crime. Back in 2014, Police Officers crossed paths with rice, a black 12yearold boy, while responding to 911 calls of a man with a gun in a public park, reports that later proved to be inaccurate. Mcginty said that as officers arrived at the scene, rice reached for something that looked like a gun. One officer jumped out of the car and shot the boy. It turned out rice had a toy gun. His death sparked local and national protests. But today, prosecutor mcginty said he agreed with the decision not to indict the police. Given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Brangham the cleveland decision follows yet another weekend of tension over Police Shootings in another midwestern city chicago. Yesterday, friends and family of two black chicago residents killed Early Saturday Morning gathered to voice their grief in song. They huddled outside the chicago home where the shootings occurred. Chicago police say they were responding to a domestic disturbance report called in by the father of one of those killed 19yearold quintonio legrier. Police said the officers fired at legrier after they were, quote, confronted by a combative subject. Legrier, who was holding a baseball bat at the time, died at the scene. But so did 55yearold bettie jones, who lived on the homes ground floor and had just finished hosting family for the holiday. Police said jones, who was known in her neighborhood for working to curb violence, was accidentally struck. For jones family and friends, the big question was how a woman who was essentially a bystander, ended up being killed. Why you got to shoot first and ask questions later . Its ridiculous. Somebody got to do something about this. On christmas night this is a loving family. Everybody was playing spades, drinking, having fun. Celebrating christmas. Like many chicago families, across the country. She should not have to come outside, open her door and be shot down by a police officer. Brangham and for legriers mother, the question was why lethal force was used against her son. What happened to tasers . Seven times my son was shot. Something just needs to be done. I use to watch the news daily and i would grieve for other mothers and now today, im grieving myself. Brangham Chicago Police havent identified the officers involved. But, as part of a new departmental policy, theyll be put on desk duty for 30 days. This weekends killings are yet another black eye for a department thats already at the center of a citywide uproar, and whose practices are currently under federal investigation. Protests have occurred regularly since last month, when the city released video of the 2014 Police Shooting death of 17 yearold Laquan Mcdonald. Since then, the officer in that case, jason van dyke, was charged with firstdegree murder. The citys police commissioner, garry mccarthy, resigned. And pressure has mounted on mayor rahm emanuel to resign as well. Back in cleveland, that citys mayor Frank Jackson called for calm as news spread about the decision in the tamir rice case. Rices family called for calm as well. They said they were saddened about the outcome but not surprised and accused prosecutor mcginty of abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to orchestrate a vote against indictment. Lets get a pair of reports from both cities about the latest starting with the tamer tamir rn cleveland. I spoke with Kris Wernowsky who has been following the case and the Community Reaction. Hes with cleveland. Com part of the northeast Ohio Media Group and the cleveland plain dealer. Kris, thanks for joining us. Can you tell me what has been the initial reaction to this decision not to indict the officers . I think youre seeing a lot of outrage on social media right now. I think twitter and facebook have blown up, i think, from a national perspective. Things in the city are pretty quiet. There is a march going on right now from the kuddo rec regulational center where tamir was shot, to the Justice Center which houses the courthouse and jail. Brangham prosecutor mcginty said in his comments today the Video Evidence proved indisputably in his mind that a crime had not been committed. Obviously, the family doesnt seem to see it the same way. Yeah, youre right. I think that its i think that the family is still griefstricken and still upset and, frankly, i dont think there is much anybody could say that would convince the family that this was the right decision to make. Brangham on that video, i know there was some question about how long the officers actually had to warn tamir to put the gun down, before they opened fire. Has that been part of the discussion you have been hearing in cleveland . I think there is a lot of dispute over the warning that the Police Department said that officer loehmann had given to tamir. I think people have done their own counting to see if its possible to give so many warnings as they were speeding up to the scene where the young boy was shot. So, you know, i hesitate to speculate because its difficult to say exactly what happened because there is no audio on the video. I think thats a missing component that i think would have helped clarify a lot of the things that are still lingering as questions. Brangham prosecutor mcginty has been criticized throughout the process of this grand jury for putting out dribs and drabs of the evidence that seems to bolster the case not to indict the officers. Do you think todays decision is going to quell any of those criticisms . No, i think hes going to carry this criticism with him i mean, hes got an election coming up and i think, you know i think hes going to feel this for a long time and, you know, i think the decision for him to put out the information in bits and pieces i think was a response to how the ferguson grand jury was handled, and i believe that i mean, its unusual. Its not something you see every day in the criminal justice system, and i think part of the reason is the sort of response youre seeing today. You know, were not seeing a lot of uproar right now, and i think that it sort of helped ease people into what, you know, a lot of people already knew the decision was going to be. Brangham Kris Wernowsky, thank you very much for joining us. Now lets go back to chicago where the conduct of its Department Remains front and center. Eddie aruzza of pbs station wttw and the news Program Chicago tonight spoke with us earlier. Eddie, can you give us a sense this is a lot of protest we have been seeing in chicago and now another tragic shooting happening over the weekend. Whats the Community Reaction been like . Well, william, so far, there havent been any kind of demonstrations like the kind weve seen in the wake of the Laquan Mcdonald video. So far, it has been very peaceful. The only show of force, show of support that has happened so far has been a Community Gathering outside the house where this latest shooting took place. Among the Community Leaders and activists was the reverend jesse jackson, sr. So, right now, its been pretty calm in the wake of that, but that doesnt mean that there isnt a lot of anger and frustration in the community with this latest shooting. Shooting. Brangham i mean, obviously, there was the one, the tragedy of what seemed to be a bystander being killed by police bullets, but then apparently the shooting of this young man who reportedly had some mental problems, and i understand in the wake of this most recent event, there is been talk of changes Police Procedures as to how police deal with someone with mental problems. What has been that discussion . Well, thats right. In the wake of this shooting, the Police Department admitted that one of the victims was accidentally shot. Now, the circumstances surrounding the shooting of 19yearold quinntonio lagreer are murky but the mayor ordered a review of crisis intervention training that deals with how officers deal with calls surrounding Mental Health crisis issues. Whether this young man was suffering from come some sort of mental illness, his father reported he was irate. His mother said he had lingering issues from his youth when he was in th foster care for a whi. The situation is not clear. Nevertheless, the mayor called for a review of the procedures in handling these kind of calls. Brangham was there a sense of whether police had been told this was someone who might have emotional problems or this was just a domestic disturbance complaint . We heard what they responded to was a call of domestic disturbance and thats what weve gotten so far. When they arrived we are told this young man allegedly came down the stairs from a second floor apartment and he was holding a baseball bat and presumably the officers felt threatened and presumably that is why they opened fire, at least one officer opened fire, from what we have been told so far, but we still dont have any clear answers. Brangham obviously, this comes after long protests in chicago after other Police Protest actions. Since then you have a new police chief, the new head to have the review board but there are still calls for the mayor to step down. Are those continuing after this weekend . They are. There are a number of petitions asking for his resignation. We do not have recall petitions available here in illinois yet, although that law has been proposed in springfield. But there is still a lot of frustration and anger at how the mayor and his administration have handled first the Laquan Mcdonald incident and that video, and now the mayor is out of the country. Hes vacationing in cuba. We have been told he is cutting that vacation short, that he will be returning to chicago tomorrow, although we really dont know how long the va vacan was supposed to last or when he left because city hall has not give unus that information. But there is a lot of frustration. It should be pointed out the head of the Police Department now is only the interim head and the head of the Police Review board also is only there in an interim capacity. So these individuals are tasked with heading these organizations at a very rough time. Whether they will remain in those positions remains to be seen. But, yes, there remains a lot of frustration. Brangham , eddie aruzza of wttw. Thanks so much. Thank you. Brown the death toll rose to 44 today from violent weather thats battered the south and midwest with tornadoes and floods, since wednesday. Some of the worst came saturday, in texas, in a barrage of deadly storms. Where there had been homes, shattered piles of sticks stretched across the north texas landscape today. And survivors were still trying to tally their losses. Brown at least nine tornadoes swept through communities around dallas on saturday. They blasted some neighborhoods with winds of about 200 miles an hour, and damaged or destroyed nearly 1,500 homes. We all ran into the rooms, get into the closet, everything, and next thing i know lights went out, then the ceiling come off the house. Woosh, ceiling come off. And then it was gone. I mean, just like that. Just went through, tore up everything, went through. Brown in neighboring oklahoma, snow and ice punished the western and central parts of the state over the weekend, and up to a foot of rain hit the east. In all, some 175,000 customers lost power. Farther north, heavy rain triggered deadly flooding in missouri. The victims included four soldiers from other countries, temporarily stationed at a u. S. Army base. They died when they drove into a flooded roadway. Its a small dark highway, it was raining very hard, it was 8 22, it was dark at night time, they probably dont know what hit them until they hit the water. Brown in southern illinois, five more people drowned late saturday when their car was swept away in a rainswollen creek. The same storm system that generated that deadly weather kept moving today, eastward across the nations midsection. It brought snow and ice in parts of 11 states an