i'm not disappointed because i love the film industry.... now, behind the scenes, i'm truly a filmmaker. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. torrential rains overnight in florida. the governor declaring a state of emergency. something goes terribly wrong with the execution of an oklahoma inmate. now there are new questions about the drug cocktail used on death row. and what is next for los angeles clippers owner donald sterling now that he has been banned from basketball for life.

>> well, first the winds, then the rains since sunday more 100 tornadoes touching down in the u.s. killing dozens of people. now parts of the country are dealing with massive flooding. a powerful storm flooding streets and roads. you can see the water serging over the main roads. that city forced to open storm shelters. in florida heavy rains turning into rivers overnight. this road in pensacola looking more like a pool. >> i declare a state of emergency for 26 counties. we're continue to go see bad weather. we have another four inches of rain coming. it's a slow moving pattern. we have shelters open. highway 10 has opened. 15 miles were closed this morning. as i talk to individuals there

is a lot of water on the grounded. we'll continue to see flash flooding. every family member needs to be careful. >> people are still recovering from the deadly tornadoes. the just one week ago the season had been calm but that changed in a weekend. >> reporter: a third straight night of violent tornadoes had 22 million people on high alert. this is spotted moving to eastern north carolina. and tornadoes touching down in georgia, leveling nearly a dozen homes. the deep south can't catch a break. more tornadoes in alabama and mississippi. >> still in somewhat of a search and can you mode because we still have people who have been unaccounted for. >> reporter: the deadly twitter

that ripped through tupelo, mississippi, had wind speed of 225 mph. a meteorologist was live on the air just before the tornado tore through town telling people to run for cover. then he ordered his own newsroom to do the same. >> let's go, now! >> reporter: the hard hit areas left hundreds of people distraught as they look at their destroyed homes. >> we don't have anything. >> reporter: yet, they are fortunate considering others are coping with the loss of loved ones. like the family of 31-year-old daniel, he was killed shielding his children from the debris. his wife and children survived. >> what great son he was. you couldn't ask for a better

son. >> i wish you knew him. >> reporter: al jazeera. >> for more details on the tornadoes and flooding we have in-depth people evacuating parts of san bernardino california fleeing a wildfire there. spreading quickly because of 60 mph winds.

>> the nba commissioner adam silver addressing the nation yesterday, banning sterling from all league activities for life and slapping him with a 2.5 million fine? >> now we've been following the developments.

>> adam silver is taking this all very personally. >> i'm personally di distraught came from within. an institution that has historically taken such a leadership role in matters of race relations. to question their very association with the league. >> all right, so two things have to happen for adam silver to be able to get the other people on board to force that, del. number one, he has to get 22 of the 29 owners of the nba to agree to this. he seemed to think that he had that kind of support in his remarks tuesday, and the owner

of the sacramento king seem to echo those sentiments. and they'll have to batten down the hatches and weather the storm if sterling decides to fight this legally. >> do you think he'll fight this legally? >> reporter: well it's been reported that sterling, indeed, has no intention at this time of selling the team, and certainly the nba is well aware that sterile something a formidable adversary in the courtroom. he spent much of his adult life in the courtroom trying cases as a lawyer or defending himself from various cases and he has billions of dollars in his war chest. many expect him to run an antitrust defense in as much saying you're keeping me from competing on a fair playing and

keeping me from getting the money in a fair market from the team should i sell. >> with that type of duress is the team going to be worth more or less if donald sterile something forced to sell? >> i would say both. i've seeing some estimates saying that sterile could go realize $600 million to $700 million. but here's the rub. he is if he's forced to sell instead of passing it on to his heirs, if he is forced to sell he has to pay capital gains tax, so i think he would would have an argument being forced to sell would decrease his profits. >> john henry smith, thank you very much. well shifting gears overseas the polls are closed in the first national election.

security today was extremely tight despite the violence there. many flocking to the polls. we went to a polling site in baghdad. >> reporter: this is a day that many will see historic. the polls have closed and it was closed without major incident. there has been violence, nine deaths and 12 people injured, but this is a day that many thought would never come. election day that would pass through without major incident. here in baghdad there were no incident at all. people have come out to vote. and what election groups are telling us turn out might be as high as 60%. that turn out is key. more people who turn out to vote, the more seats they'll get, the more they'll be able to form a government. that all happens within the next coming months. we won't get real results, actual results for the next

couple of weeks. once we get those results all the politicking begins. but for today today is a day where iraqis are smiling. they've come out, and they've voted. >> meanwhile, vote necessary thailand heading to polls on july 20th. government and election officials are hoping to end that country's political stalement. prime minister shinawatra, her party was expected to win, demonstrations have been taking place sin november accusing shinawatra of corruption. it was only a matter of time in the digital world. a mobile phone video of one of the teens who died in that south korea ferry disaster has been released to his family. he was one of hundreds who died. >> it's hard to watch, hard for listen to. the last 15 minutes of the mobile phone recording made by one of the teenage victims of

the disaster. it's tilting more, someone says. save me comes another voice. the loud speaker tells them to stay in their cabins. the tone is humor, not terror. children sit on their beds even though it still seems possible to move one boy is shown standing in the corridor outside. later one boy says we have to get out. it's met with laughter. life jackets are passed around. some of their zips don't work. wear your life jackets. that means we must be sinking, says a boy. again they're told by the crew to stay where you are. the video is recovered from the home. his father first released it to a local tv station on sunday when it was used in the form of

stills and audio. but now parents want the whole video to be shown to expose just how badly their children were served by the adult who is were supposed to protect them. it may well be used in the trial of the captain. all crew involved in navigating the ferry are now in custody. they're wondering if the personnel could have tried harder to get the victims out. the cost guard chief apologized to the families saying he would accept any criticism of the response. 70 of the 74 who made it out of the ferry have now been discharged from hospital. they paid tribute to their dead and missing classmates with a memorial set up nearby. a medical staff will monitor them who are dealing with so much loss at such a young age. >> and still ahead on al jazeera

america, expressing anger through art. syrians using graffiti to inspire activists.

>> in syria an airstrike leveled a school as security this is amateur video of the human rights saying the airstrike happened in the northern city of aleppo. the city has been under attack by government forces since december. now in the middle that have civil war there are pockets of hope in attempts of heal amid violence of war. artists' canvas that can capture good. >> it's hard to imagine people driven by much more than staying an i life. but the bombed out buildings have become this graffiti artist's canvas, his message to

people living under siege. >> when i read graffiti like that, i feel better. slogans shane something in us, and our determination only grows. >> the barrels he writes about are barrel bombs. the indiscriminate and hugely destructive weapon of choice by syrian forces in aleppo. the barrel bombs have terroristed people here, the crude bombs are dropped from helicopters. they're wildly inaccurate with little chance of ever hitting their targets, but they have hit and killed hundreds of civilians. jamal and his artist collected no, they can't beat the bomb, but they're determined to deal with the terror they generate. messages to encourage people in their third year of war not to give up. >> we're like any other media trying to convey a message to

the people and raise awareness. we write things that give clear ideas with the revolution. >> their work is on display throughout the neighborhoods. this reads aleppo more precious than gold. another, aleppo you're in our heart. the artists have had to contend to rebel fighters, painting over graffiti with their own slogans. but it says that syria's war can be as much about desolation as combat. the spray can is his most effective weapon. al jazeera. >> it starts as an up and counsel day on wall street. stocks staying mostly in the green. united technologies and ibm are showing some of the largest gains at this hour. a move to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 stopped cold a short

while ago. the senate refused to open debate on the bill. 60 votes were needed to move that measure ahead. disneyland in shanghai looking to expand $800 million on the table. holding 30% than it already holds. their goal to offer more rides and entertainment by 2015. take a look at these women behind me. they are part of an important part of american history. they're looking to save a building that played an important role in their lives during world war ii. >> cargo held up by labor shortage. >> reporter: during world war ii the plant in ips ypsilanti, michigan, women began moving on to the factory floor. this plant employed 40,000 workers at its peak. most of them women.

including one attached by hollywood. she became the working embodiment, rosy the riveter. a very special icon for the woman war workers at willow run. >> first it was my first real job. it was exciting. and we made good money. >> reporter: 91-year-old marjorie walters toiled on the lines in the 1940's. she returned to willow run to take part in the largest gathering of rosies every, clad in the poster's familiar blue jump chutes, red scarves with. white porka dots. for some the memories came flooding back. >> very exciting. i met a lot of people, i enjoyed working here and i really liked rivetting, it was a different

type of work and it was fun. >> reporter: for decades after the war this facility once the world's largest factory made cars. when general motors went bankrupt the plant was shut down. today it's in danger of being demolished to make way for an advance research center. but they're trying to save part of the plant to preserve a piece of history. >> it was a plant that was racially integrated, unionized, and where men and women got equal pay for equal work in the 1940's at a time when none of these things were the norm in american industry. it was in many ways the birthplace of modern america. >> reporter: last year the yankee raised money to purchase the 175,000 square feet of space. nearly $7 million has been raised in less than a year to repurpose part of this old

factor. if those behind the save the bomber plant campaign are successful they'll create a museum for all of those rosies who helped to spark social change. donations are pouring in, and it is hopeful to keep remains of the historic factory from the wrecking ball will soon take flight. ypsilanti, michigan. >> coming up on al jazeera america there is a new report that reveals a growing problem with people who are developing resistence to those antibiotics around the world. that mean terrible diseases could become killers.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines that the hour. tight security across baghdad as iraqis cast their ballot.

two people on their way to vote were killed with a car bombing. in oklahoma an execution went very wrong last night. the 38-year-old convict the murder died of a heart attack rather than experimental drug. there have been a string of similar incidents. severe storms are moving up the eastern seaboard. he'll have a string of deadly tornadoes. we've been hearing a lot of antibiotic resistence. something that everyone should be concerned about.

>> it revolutionized medicine. for furthers i diseases that kie for years suddenly became treatable. but we've taken antibiotics too often, now it has made deceases resistant. no new antibiotics are being produced. >> we've had resistence over many decades, and there is a harsh truth in all of this. the more you intensify the pressure on the organism such as antibiotics, the more quickly

will emerge resistence. that's the fundamental principle of natural selection. we can't get away from that. we have to live with it. that means we have to sensebly manage what we have, and we have to intensify our search for new products. >> reporter: the "world health organization" says the following needs to hoop now. antibiotics should only be given when absolutely necessary. more should be done to prevent people getting ill in the first place, and governments and industry need to do more to develop new drugs. the report is the most comprehensive study into this growing problem. it plunges the possibility of the future where minor infections could once more become life threatening, and an era in which medicine for the first time takes a huge leap backwards. al jazeera, london. >> and we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york.

fault lines is next, and a reminder you can always check us out by going to www.aljazeera.com where the news never stops. >> the united states is changing the way it operates in space. territory that was once largely monopolized by nasa has slowly been ceded to the private sector. >> like all good corporations, these companies are armed with slick promotional videos. and their excellent pr machines are generating hours of airtime, >> well i think we could probably send the first person