Tennessee. They were killed today when an apparently lone gunman opened fire at two military facilities in chattanooga. The u. S. Attorney general said that the fbi is now leading the investigation, and we begin our coverage at the pentagon. National security, jamie is here with the latest. Reporter well, tony, the authorities are trying to figure out the motive for this shooting and they are treating it as a potential act of domestic terrorism. It started this morning at essentially a strip Shopping Center in chattanooga tennessee, the scene of an armed forces recruiting center, where the Marine Corp Recruit people. And according to witnesses a single gunman pulled up in a silver mustang convertible and popped 2 dozen shots through the plate glass at the front of the storefront. Officials at the pentagon said because the location had a back door, most of the people were able to get out of the back. It probably saved their lives. One marine was wounded at that location but no one was k
Says the city of aden is now under its control. And Memorial Services are held to remember the victims of flight mh 17 shot down in ukraine a year ago. Germany mps have backed a new bailout for greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was the last chance to solve the crisis. She told parliament it would be irresponsible to refuse to help greece. Our correspondent dominic kane live for us in berlin how did the vote go . Reporter on the face of it this was a resounding majority i would seem for the government proposal 439 in favor, 119 against, and 40 abstentions. But when you analyze the figures, its not quite such a clear picture, because of the no votes, 60 came from the conservative side of the grand coalition. Thats around 20 of Angela Merkels parliamentary supporters openly defying her and voting against the proposal and 69 all together including abstentions and votes from the junior partners in the coalition failing to vote in favor. In that gives you a sense of how the government
Well have all your sports including day two of the championship. We have big names washed away at st. Andrews. Hello, thank you for joining us. Germans lawmakers have given the go ahead to discuss a third bail out with greece despite the warning from its parliament. The german chancellor successfully argued that the alternative of an agreement is chaos with greeces exit from the euro. Al jazeera dominic kane has been following events in berlin. Less than a week after the marathon talks that paved the way for a third greek bail out ordinary narrowly the huge majority means legislation is easily passed but not this time. Friday was Angela Merkels 6 birthday, but publicly her thoughts were on the present and the potential for a rebellion of her own supporters. She sawed to soothe the fears of those who did not want more money to go to greece. I never had many doubts or worries that this path will be successful and that greece will have the strength to pursue this part. But one thing is my
Airliner shot down over ukraine a year ago. The Islamic State in iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility for a bomb in iraq that has killed more than 100 people including children. The car bomb exploded just outside of the town 30 kilometers northeast of the capital baghdad. The market was full of people celebrating the end of the muslim month of ramadan. A hundred people were also wounded in the attack. Isil issued a statement saying that the suicidebomber was armed with explosives. Imran khan spoke to us earlier about the attack. In 2008 when iraq was at the height of sectarian violence and al qaeda and iraq now isil. When isil would come under pressure which they are at the moment, what they would do is now mount attacks outside of the area that they were under pressure in to say we can still mount these kinds of attacks. Now the operation against them in Anbar Province is using Coalition Airstrikes that bring a tremendous amount of pressure. And saying we still have the capa
Severe weather in the midwest overnight. A storm chaser captured a monster tornado on camera southwest of chicago. Emergency authorities had enough notice ahead of time to mobilize resources diverting traffic and warning residents to hunker down. No injuries reported. The extent of the damage wont be determined till after daybreak. Stormy again for the great plains to the great lakes with powerful downpours, hail and tornadoes, heavy rain in parts of texas and new mexico from whats left of hurricane dolores. Storms along the eastern gulf coast. Red flag warningsing from nevada to washington state. The 80s in seattle, portland chicago and new york. 70sness los angeles and boston. 90s in denver dallas kansas city and memphis. 102 in phoenix. Pittsburgh big day. Usually its a big day whether he the pirates are playing or maybe the steelers g something going on. Today starts the first ever picklesburg festival to mark the big occasion theyve put up a big pickle balloon on the city bridge w