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why president obama renamed north america s tallest mountain, and why it s causing controversy. this is al jazeera america. good morning. live from new york city i m randall pinkston. the tekz texas man charged in the execution-style shooting of a houston area police officer is due in court this morning. police are trying to find a motive but think the officer may have been targeted because of his uniform. john henry smith here. what s the suspect s family saying? randall, the mother of suspect shannon miles says her son could not possibly be guilty of killing deputy darren goforth because he was shopping with her at the time according to her. authorities say the ten-year veteran of the force was gunned down around 8:30 p.m. friday night from behind at a gas station near houston. miles was taken into custody a half mile from the shooting scene. he has an extensive arrest record over the last decade, but there s no previous interactions between the suspect and the ....
this is aljazeera america, good morning, live from new york city, i m randall pinkston. thousands of firefighters are battling two of california s fastest burning fires in decades. the valley and butte fires consumed 115,000-acres. that is roughly the size of new orleans. now officials confirm at least one person has been killed. more than 4,000 firefighters have been battling the butte fire which is 25% contained after five days. the valley fire close to napa is still raging. it began over the weekend. strong winds and hot weather be making it difficult to stop. melissa chan is live for us this morning in middletown, california, close to that valley fire. how much progress is being made fighting that blaze? well, randall, the latest information that we have on this particular fire is it s 0% containment. that s the last figure we had. the valley fire has grown very quickly. in just the last 36 hours, it s gone to 50,000-acres and the deployment has been very fast i ....
injuring 36 palestinians. russia s president said his government will continue to provide military help to the syrian regime. just imagine never being see sick again. the doctors attempting to make motion illness a thing of the past. first, deep divisions are exposed at the very heart of the european union, as member states impose border controls amid arguing about how to cope with the refugee crisis. germany and austria have called for a special e.u. summit next week to tackle the growing crisis. at a joint news conference in berlin, chancellor merkel called for action. how can we better distribute refugees, handle the numbers in greece? it is urgent and we cannot wait until october. we had a very constructive conversation in austria and cooperated closely. germany, austria and sweden cannot solve the problem alone. hungary s declared a state of emergency in two border counties after detaining more than 9,000 refugees who were crossing in from serbia. it s im ....
visiting. the chinese president will spend the next seven days in the united states, including a state dinner. pope francis is in washington, d c, where he will give a speech to congress, followed by stops in new york and philadelphia. ofquestion to you is which these two momentous occasions will have the bigger long-term effect on american politics? phil: the white house feels like they can pin it off a lot of his issues. china is the second largest global economy and it is a very tense relationship right now. if the obama administration can figure out a broader deal on cyber security and how to deal with the east china sea, that sets us up longer-term than anything pope francis can see. john: that is why i brought you on the show, because you are a long in the extreme. you are right. hugeope s visit causes problems for republicans. you used to have conservative popes and now we have a liberal pope giving fits to republicans. they are out of step with the pope on clima ....
the chinese president will spend the next seven days in the united states. meanwhile, pope francis is in washington dc or he will give a speech to congress. on thursday, then he will step in new york and philadelphia over the course of the next six days. still, my question to you is which of these two occasions will have the bigger long-term effects on american politics? can did it.visit the chinese presidents visit is important. it is a very tense relationship right now. if the obama administration can figure out some type of broader deal on cyber security, as they can figure out how to deal with the east china sea, that sets us up better than anything the pope francis could say. in this case, unfortunately, you are right. in the short-term, politically, the pope s visit causes huge problems republicans. before, we had a conservative ite, and with it and with would be a problem for democrats. six there is a huge number, republican catholic presidential candidates. ....