>> our community cites darwin . . . >> all right. on that note, thanks to all of our guests. until next time, waj and i will see you online at aljazeera.com/ajamstream. welcome to am al jazeera america, these are the stories we are following for you. from the deep south to the northeast, tornadoes and torrential rains leaving behind a sea of nba owners are now starting talking about the next move for the league. >> also, the taliban's campaign to destroy

schools in pakistan. and the danger, it isn't over. river overflowing cresting three feet above flood stage. we are also learning that as many as 65 tornadoes touched down across the u.s. this week, they were followed by those rains that swamped florida's coast, and then traveled north. stranding drivers and flooding homes.

>> we have been through hurricanes, like ivan and dennis back to back, and 2004 and 5, and we still did not have this much water. >> 20-inches of rain hit the area in just 24 hours. some people ditched their cars for canoes rescuers pulled people from roof tops. children saves by boat. >> everybody i own is gone. >> firefighters carried an elderly woman to safety after her car got stuck, and it was a similar scene moving north where another driver got trapped he had to be rescued by raft. the rain proved too much for an entire block of a street, that collapsed. sending several parked cars into a ravine. the sidewalk is gone, is everything just felt, it was like someone ripped off the side of the road.

fist spottedders took to the street to help more. residents of queens are drowning with flooded baitments and streets. >> the whole street was flooded in like three or four seconds flat, it was flood p p i have no electric, everything went out, i had to get out. >> al jazeera how bad did bad get? >> there are with more inches of rain that accumulated very quickly, definitely an emergency situation, and our first responders up to the task. but it is on going to clean up and arecess. >> sara, we are looking at the roads there, they have been washed out completely, the rains fell. they fell for quite some time, what happens now to those people who are left without a home? >> there is definitely folks displace who'd are at shelters.

the national guard is in town today, helping with efforts, and we are just trying to clean up as quickly as possible. sara have you seen anything like this before? >> i have not. no. this is definitely an eye opening experience. people are prepared and we are going the best we can. >> how difficult was it for your rescue workers to get around with all of the roads being washed out? >> they brought in boats it's been a community effort, and many folks were rescued in different ways including on their roof tops. is it was not expected. sara, thank you. >> thank you.

severe weather may have been a factor in a deadly overnight explosion at a jail in florida. two inmates were killed and three others are still missing. 150 people both inmates and guards hurt when part of that building collapsed. firefighters say it appears that a natural gas line ruptured has been inundated by rain, but investigators say it is too soon to find out whether the nodding caused that explosion. this same front has also given us dramatic changes. that could even fuel more

thunderstorms today, but a lot of this continues to clear out, so anything for today will be more spotty. you can see kind of where that layed across florida. and into central florida tomorrow, and of course, we have had some much rain, some parts of that coastline, up to two feet over two days. any more rain will certainly cause additional flooding.

in mississippi some neighborhoods are gone, some return to find nothing. robert gray was with one family, and watch as the only thing they could do was cry. for the first time, michelle botts is seeing what 200 mile-an-hour winds can do. michelle was set to return from a contract job in alaska, this weekend. her family was planning to welcome her home with a party, instead, five bedrooms gone, three generations homeless. officials in winston county, still don't know how many homes were damage, the destruction rolls on for miles the result of a storm system that killed nine people, in this town alone.

michelle's drown son was sleeping when the storm struck. he is in the hospital, still, he has -- he survived afghanistan, and he survived -- he's been out two years july will be two years. and then this he survived this. >> i have to ask, how do you pull it together to be able to say i'm going to rebuild and stay in mississippi after this? >> mississippi is isny home. ly be 46 years old tomorrow, this is my home. my family is here, and i have always dreamed of having a house that had everybody in it.

and i lost everything but we can get it back. >> a family determined not to pull up stakes because their roots are so firmly planted here. robert gray, al jazeera, lewisville mississippi. forcing sterling to get rid of his team. john henry smith has more. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life donald sterling may be banned for life, but for now, the billionaire still owns the clippers. now some heavy hitters may be interested in a piece of the franchise should the remaining 29 miami clubs force him to sell. a trio comprised of former talk show queen oprah winfrey, music mogul and oracle founder and ceo larry eliason confirmed their interest in buying

the organization. he says he and eliason would run the team, something he says winfrey has no interest in doing. but she has expressed one motive for her involvement. "she thinks it would be a great thing for an important black american to own another franchise." they will face some stiff competition from a host of other bidders including champion boxer floyd mayweather. >> me and my team do want to buy the clippers and we can afford it. >> another potential owner is donald sterile's wife, but court documents in a lawsuit have is surfaced in recent days detailing her own history of racists remarks and actions. yahoo sports is reporting the players union is not in favor of mrs. sterling taking over for her husband. >> this one is about as great as they come. >> the clippers, valued by forbes at over $575 million they suddenly be a hot commodity, but first, 75% of nba team owners need to

vote sterling out. something kings owner expects will happen. these teams really belong to the fans and to the players. we owners are simply custodians. and so i fully expect that commissioner silver will get the support that he seeks. the violence continues today in ukraine, they are trying to break kiev's grip on the eastern part of

ukraine, they petted them with rocks and stones and eventually the police had a hurries retreat, and many cases they have their shields and helmets taken by the crowd, who are chanting shame, and they are chanting fascist. and this is another graphic example of how the authority of the government in kiev is collapsing here in eastern ukraine. separatist are still holding military on servers hostage, taking those seven europeans last friday. they work for the organization for security and cooperation, negotiators are now, ownerring toward their release. and israel benjamin says he wants it to be official, he wants israel to be declare add jewish nation state.

nick, some would say this is salt on a very fresh wound, so why now? what benjamin would say, is exactly what you say about those peace talks. they collapsed are or certainly on a pause, and during those, they demanded the palestinians recognize israel as a jewish state. that is something the palestinians refuse to do, also something that the arab league refused to do. and so that's why they are saying that he came out and said that some are trying to undermine israel's jewish app, and that's why he is propose had is called a basic clause. an equivalent of an amendment in the u.s. israeli law split into 2. that's the fund mental aspects of israeli law, the legal foundation, so that's

why, dale, that he pushes this kind of fundamental very basic motion that israel declearing itself a jewish state. >> nick, i am curious, have we had any reaction from palestinians in the region? well, this is going to be very con ten, just to give you perspective, there are more palestinian citizens living in israel than in the u.s. there are african-americans in terms of percentage. that's 20% of the population, african persons are about 15 or 14% of the u.s. population. and they say that will relegate them to kind of official second class citizen ship, and they say this is a slippery slope, if you pass this law, you may be able to pass other laws that disenfranchise them. they also say if you pass this law, that will remove

permanently, their right to return to homes that they had before 1948, before the country of israel existed and they would be accepting the israeli narrative for what happened in the last 60 years. in response says look, we aren't going that far at all, all we are doing is deareaing basic law a jewish state, we will also promote, and respect, and adhere to everyone's civil rights and personal rights in the state of israel, regardless of whether they are jewish or not. >> like in jerusalem today, thank you very much. well, still ahead, we will take you to may day rallies around the world, including for the first time in more than 20 years moscow. we have new developments on that issue, framing may day protests and celebrations that story just ahead.

at the alter of profit.iced >> the service employees international june i don't know active the campaign last fall that brought a $15 minimum wage to about 1500 workers in suburban is also the major organizing force behind the campaign. in both cases the union keeping a low profile preferring a more grass roots movement. and perhaps as missed opportunity for labor. says author and professor jake rosen felt. >> there's always a grass roots component, at the same time, it takes support and it takes resources to do these things. and there's no shame and coming out and saying that

was us. >> at workers rally it is no surprise that here in seattle, the voices for 15 now will be among the loudest. >> i think the 15-dollar an hour idea make as great slogan, but doesn't necessarily make great policy. will likely go before voters in some form this fall. seattle with a booming business sector and a long history of labor battles and compromises is a city that can afford to have the debate. i think that -- i don't think most people in seattle are socialist, like shamas. but i do think they think capitalism can be a lot farrer. >> we will see what kind of

an impact it has on the events of the day. we have workers right rallies and marchs plan, these have evolved spirals into confrontation, violence, vandalism, and arrests in the past, we will see what happens today, all of it framed by the political debate over raising the minimum wage. >> allen for us live, thank you very much. meanwhile, protestors are taking to the streets around the world, from indonesia to istanbul, hundreds of thousands are demanding access to jobs and higher wages. in russia, tens of thousands marching through red square. it is the first such display of the soviet era ceremony. may day protestors also in

the streets of indonesia. demonstrators say the peers in thailand have better living standards than they do. and in istanbul turkey, demonstrators clashing with police, police fired tier gas at the crowd near the historic square. protestors wanted to hold their rallies there, but were told no. more on the violence that followed. >> demonstrators and police have clashed in several neighborhoods. demonstrators tried to march to the square, the police prevented them using tier gas and water call nones. the government is preventing unions from using squares that a venue for the may day rally. distake right to demonstrateever and whenever they want. this is part of an on going

struggle in this. there is not just about a may day rally, the government does have it's critics. it was democratically elected, it has won the local elections but it's critics believe it has been abusing it's power. nose who have taken to the streets feel they are being silenced. they want to feel they can express their demands. yes, this was supposed to be a day when workers mark labor day, but it is showing really that the growing divide, the polarization in turkish society, but the security forces are out in force, more than 30,000 police officers deployed all roads leading to the square have been sealed. so the government is went on preventing any may day rally here, and really this is a symbolic square for the unions it is traditional, rallying point

burr really after the profests last year, where we saw an antigovernment protest movement, for the government it is a symbol of authority. >> iraq's prime minister is praising yesterday's high election turn out. he says it is the slap in the face of terrorist. those results are expected at the end of the month. when the taliban controlled parts of pakistan, more than 400 schools were destroyed. catering mostly to girls in the valley. more than 300 of them have

been rebuilt. details. the ploy marry institutions were providing education that was too western and nonislamic. today the situation is very different. after the taliban was pushed out of the area by the military in 2009, more than 350 schools have been reconstructed with the help of foreign governments and international aid agencies. in the 10th grade, she says she is happy to be back in the classroom. >> i didn't go to school for two years, now they are

gone, and we can get an education without fear. but the taliban isn't entirely gone, and it hasn't stopped targeting girls that want to learn. activists was shot in the head on her way home from school. in the main town, the armed group said it attacks her because she was anti-taliban, and secular. the other obstacles preventing all children in the valley from getting an education, although the schools have been rebuilt, there still isn't something for all students. there are so many we just can't cope with the demand. all the though the threats and violence is very real, the facts so many young people come to classes, is a sign of just how much has

changed in the valley, since the end of the rule. al jazeera, northern pakistan.

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welcome back to al jazeera america. dozens of tornadoes and rain taking a toll on the south and east coast, hundreds of families now homeless. rescue efforts are upway, and the areas that are still flooded. nba owners are said to talk shortly after forcing donald sterling to sell the clip errs. he has said he will not go down without a fight. theysy the prosecutor is too cozy with kiev that has western backing. they fell short, but the owner stepped in agreeing to sell part of the plant next stop for all of those

rosies, a museum. that's going to do it for al jazeera america, i'll dell walters talk to al jazeera is next, we want to leave you with something you haven't seen in quite some time, the sun is shining in new york city, 75 expected high. >> i do get angry when i think of, you know, the unsustainable lifestyle of so many of the materialistic culture. >> jane goodall is famous for her trailblazing o with champ pan zees. the subject of her latest book isler love ofnator chimpanzees. >> she has been called the woman