... good afternoon to you. welcome to al jazeera america live from new york city. i am morgan radford. here are the stories we are following for you. >> these teenagers were kidnapping. and the kid naching was carried out by hamas members. >> as the search continues for three missing teens in the west bank, the israeli prime minister points the finger at hamas. plus the u.s. shifts military assets to the persian gulf. no plan to stop the violence bringing jobs back to america.

why some companies say it's actually cheaper to produce stateside. tensions are rising right now in the middle east over the fate of three missing teenagers israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blaming hamas. israeli soldiers are going house to house looking for them. speaking to cabinet members, he didn't mince words. >> the hamas terrorists carried out thursday's kidnapping of three israeli teenagers. we know that for a fact. these teenagers were kidnapped, and the kidnapping was carried out by hamas members. hamas's denials do not change this fact. >> hamas's spokesperson

dismissed netanyahu's accusations as being stupid intelligence-driven. jane ferguson is in ramal a with more. >> it's been going on for three days now across the west bank but it's very much so centered around hebron in the south of the west bank. it's near there where the three teenagers were certain from. we are hearing that city is on lockdown. there are so many checkpoints in and around that city, an intensive searching, house to house across the town of hebron r really searching for any clues here that's where a lot of arrests have taken place. >> seems unlikely to abate. as you have said, at least 80 people arrested so far. >> that's likely to rise. there is no indication that this operation across the west bank will reduce. now, sources in the palestinian security forces told al jazeera that in hebron, at least 2000 extra members of the israeli army had been moved in there and israel's prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu has also said that absolutely every option is on the table here. >> is presumed to include every military option. >> the mother of the kidnapped american teenager is speaking out about that ordeal and is hoping for a quick return of her son, nataly frankel. she spoke with reporters this morning. >> we trust the boys coming home and away from school. they were just on their way home will be with us here. we will hug them soon and really thank you all and god willing, we will all be able to celebrate their return safely. >> for more on the kidnapped teenagers, go to our website at aljazeera.com and click on "international" there you will find the latest details on that search and follow us on twitter at ajam. now, to iraq where fierce fighting between government forces and rebels is threatening

to tear the country apart. the iraqi army launched a counter offensive winning back some territory lost to the rebels who control much of the north. al jazeeras's omar osala has the latest from baghdad. >> we just got confirmation that medical sources there told al jazeera that at least 10 people are killed and 13 are wounded. they are from the government forces. they were killed in fighting around samara. that lies in the province of salahadin. it's capitol, tikrit is under the control of armed fighters from the islamic state of iraq in the lavant as well as other fighters. we also know that there is a shortage of food, fuel, and cooking gas. people there say the situation is tension. they are scared that the fighting between the government forces and the rebels could escalate.

in the capitol, baghdad, some of the local media outlets are reporting that the death toll for a suicide bomber at a gathering for local laborers has risen to 15 people killed. >> was earlier in the day. other developments north of the country, at the city of mosul, to the west of the city of mosul, rather, fighting is fierce between the government forces as well as the rebels in the town of telafa. it is predominantly shia. the fighting there is described by local as very fierce, very intense. people say they are really worried. the death toll from the fighting stands at 10, at least 10 people. but we do expect the death toll to rise because we are told that there are a lot of injured people with serious injuries. >> the pentagon now has three u.s. warships stationed in the arabian gulf after president

obama said there will be no u.s. troops sent to iraq. al jazeera al jazeera randall pinkston is life in washington with more on the white house's approach to the growing conflict in iraq. randall, good afternoon to you. first off, republicans are on a war path against president obama's decision to remove troops from iraq. so what exactly do they want him to do now? >> reporter: well, morgan, as you point out, they don't want troops on the ground but republicans are calling for decisive action by president obama to intervene in that crisis. they have expressed support for the u.s. of air power, but mostly, they are blaming the president for the crisis that is now engulfing iraq. >> they got what they wanted. the obama administration wanted to say, i ended the war in iraq. i am going to end the war in afghanistan. this was as predictable as the sunrising in the east. >> of course he's talking about the president's decision not to leave trees on the ground in iraq but what the critics don't

say is that the president was not able to do that because iraqi prime minister no uri al malika would not provide immunity. the troops came home. >> we just saw senator gram playing the president. does president obama have any support for his position? >> well, yes, he does. as a matter of fact, today, an iraqi war veteran now a member of congress said she not only supports the president's decision to withdraw the troops but she is skeptical about any current u.s. military intervention in the crisis there. >> you can't train away the core issue here which is that you have a sunni versus shia battle going on. we do have the fiercest, strongest military in the world. we also have a responsibility to be very careful about how and where we use that military force so that it achieves the objective of what is in the best u.s. interests. it is not in our u.s. interest

to go and involve ourselves in the middle of what is a religious civil war. >> another forceful defense of the president's decision coming from house speaker nancy pelosi who this past week said that the problem in iraq began in 2003, when president george w. bush decided to invade on the pretext of the presence of weapons of mass destruction. none were found. morgan? raj pinkston, live in washington, d.c. thank you for being with us this afternoon. meanwhile, the conflict has created a new humanitarian crisis inside the country where thousands of iraqis have fled their homes and cities have fallen all around them. al jazeera's hoda abdel hamin has their story. >> reporter: it's a melting pot of people who share the harsh reality of being refugees and facing a life of uncertainty. stuck beside a checkpoint between mosul and arbil, they have no where to go. >> am ill hatten has arrived. she was in hospital when mosul

fell to sunni rebels. when everyone around her fled, she had to follow. >> translator: there was no one to help. i am here with my children. i never imagined i would end up like this. without this camp, we would have nothing. >> the rapid fall of mosul created a swift mass exodus. it's a risk more people are already on the move as the sunni rebellion spreads throughout iraq. the u.n. says it's just the beginning. >> it's being really dramatic how events have unfolded at all kind of levels but particularly the humanitarian level. there is -- there is some displacement now happening in diala and people proving. we will probably see some in the south go towards baghdad. we are in the beginning, very much just at the tip of the

iceberg. >> when they first left, none of the people here realized the scale of the crisis. >> this camp is growing by the day, simply because a lot of people have run out of cash. many of those who are staying here are actually for the second time displaced. they come from other parts of iraq. in the past year, they move through mosul for safety. >> that's what happened to abduali. never thought he would have to find a new shelter for his family of 8. >> translator: we moved from tel afar to mosul where there was security and things got programs and i had to come here. i had about $200. we spent it all on hotels in the first days. i don't have anything left. so we are forced to come here. >> reporter: this man's story is even more telling about what iraqis have gone through in the aftermath of the u.s.-led invasion. he is too embarrassed to show his face? >> i have four children.

each time i start putting a life together, i have to abandoned everything. my children are all over the plates. i am here. >> the road to the kurdish region is choked with exhausted refugees. people flee mosul and surroundings as the sunni rebels consolidate power. many wonder if they will ever go home before. hoda, information northern iraq. >> in ukraine, it has been the bloodiest weekend in the least. the city of luhansk suffered two attacks. citizens are bracing for more. kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: here in luhansk, many support the pro-russian separatists. behind me is a sign that says, "no fascism here." that has been put up by the sep are thetists. on sunday, the govern of the u luhansk reported heavy losses on the separate separatist side, he said more than 100 people were killed to the north of luhansk.

he didn't clarify how many were fighters or civilians. we must take into account the announcement comes a day after separatists shat down a ukrainian military transport plane killing all 49 people on board. the streets here are somewhat quieter than they usually are. this is usually a very busy road, a main road. it's clear people here are expecting some sort of military attack in the coming days. >> meantime, ukraine says it expects to resume talks with russia tonight hoping to end a dispute over natural gas payments. russian gas exporter gazprom has given ukraine until monday to pay part of it's nearly $2 billion debt. otherwise the gas will get cut off which could disrupt the gas free to the entire european union since some come through ukraine. staying in europe, the italian coast quibbled has intercepted a wooden boat carrying 281 people.

93 children and six women allegedly were from syria and they were taken to southern italy. tens of thousands of my grantsz attempt to enter europe illegally each and every year traveling on dangerous boats that are hardly worthy foresee. >> stay tuned. coming up on al jazeera america.... >> "made in america" has always been important to us. what the country is realizing, it's important to all of us. >> bringing jobs back to the u.s. why more and more companies are choosing to make their products right here at home.

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comrade. a police procession for a police officer who was am busched what i mean eating lunch. he was killed by a couple with antipolice and anti-government views. he killed another before dying in a shootout with police. he be be groflown to his hometo for burial. just youises have to rule on 17 cases by the i need of this month. the religious rights of corporations, police searchingly through cell phones and broadcasting television on the internet. meanwhile, several big companies are bringing jobs back to america. they are transitioning from years of out sourcing and instead are doing what economists are calling "the process of reshoring. al jazeera jim hulli is joining a den ver company that's rejoining the trend. >> it's not a glamorous produces

but this is how a plastic launched rye bin you would by for your home is created before it's shipped to a store. >> you make so many things here? >> we make probably 200 different products. >> noel ginsburg is the ceo of intertech plastics. this will runs scenario days a week carrying out plastic products that carry familiar consumer names. >> the economics and manufacturing globally have begun to change about two years ago. prior to that, what we saw most of the time was that business was moving primarily to mexico or china. >> he decided to move production back home from asia to this sprawling plant on the east side of denver. >> if you manufacture everything overseas, we learned this when the economy collapsed, there is knock left for people to do. if you outsource all of your jobs. >> the reshoring at intertech created 200-plus positions. new jobs for workers like tool maker jerry miller? >> i saw small jobs starting to

open up again. we used to have a lot of jobs around. they dried up. >> it's not just those like here at intertech. high-tech companies are doing it as well. blast fall, apple announced it was moving some manufacture from asia to arizona, creating 2000 new jobs. according to the boston consulting group, more than half of the 200 u.s. companies with sales over $1,000,000,000 moved jobs back to the u.s. or are planning to over the next two years. >> overall, the cost of production has raised significantly. >> economists like alex podia said the cost of offshoring jobs that once made overseas manufacturing so attractive is becoming more expensive. >> what's happening is that those businesses bring back production. i have scene the wage rates in southeast asia raised.

>> the move to reshore production has led to the company doubling revenue over the past two years as it repositions itself as a truly american supplier. >> "made in america" has always been important to us. what the country is realizing, it's important to all of us. >> as the reshoring trend continues, some economists project as many as 5 million jobs will come back to the u.s. by the end of this decade. jim huli, al jazeera, denver. train workers in philadelphia back on the job after president obama stepped into end a strike. more than a dozen train lines shut down saturday. >> that's when negotiations broke down between transit officials and the union that's representing engineers and electricians. both have been at odds for four years over pensions and wages. president obama created a presidential emergency board just to help mediate. >> will then force the 400 workers to return to the job. people travel from all over the world to the philippines

just to swim alongside the world's biggest whale sharks. scientists are worried the tourist attraction might hurt those animals. al jazeera's jamil a al dogon is in the central philippines. >> they are called butin dings, the sea's gentle giants. tourists hope to catch a glimpse of the biggest whale sharks in the world. some grow as much as 14 meters. despite their size, though, they are not a threat to humans. classified as filter feeders living only on planktons and krills. visitors can snorkel and interact with them, all for $10. the fiphilippine government classified them as eng dangered species and remind would local establishments to make sure that the whale sharks are protected. >> there are guidelines for tourists before they can head into the water.

feeding and touching the what i will sharks are not allowed. but the concern here is proximity. tourists and boats are way too close to them, leading many of these creatures -- leaving many of these creatures vulnerable to injuries according to conservationists. >> environmental groups are concerned. >> feeding these juvenile whale sharks opening up them to vulnerability because they are juveniles and instead of them learning how to hunt in the wild, they are now being fed by people. this, alone, alters their behavior. this was once a sleepy town that relied on fishing for livelihood. since tourists started coming here more than two years ago, people say they have managed to earn a living through tourism. >> translator: i started with a tiny shop. because of all of the tourists who come, my business has grown.

i am thrilled. >> reporter: tourits who see the whales contribute to more than 90% of the eye land's economy. earnings that have managed to provide for basic social services to communities. the local government insists tourism practices are sustainable and says it is all about balance. >> they are policing this. anyone who is caught violating, they were penalized by a certain amount. so, in that way, we are protecting the whale shark. >> the philippines are signatory to international conventions that aim to protect these whale sharks and locals hearsay they are doing the best thing. but they admit that striking a balance is never easy because often, the demand to earn a living and provide for their families must always come first. jamal, al jazeera, oslob island, central philippines. >> coming up on al jazeera america, looking back at an icon. we can take a look at the life

of america's top 40 host, kas kasey sasem.

>> so far, just north of baghdad. crain expects to resume talks with russia tonight hoping to end a dispute over natural gas payments. russian gas exporter gazprom has given ukraine until monday to pay part of the nearly $2 billion debt. the voice of pop radio has been silenced. casey kasem, the iconic host has died at the age of 82. heard in everything from commercials to cartoons, here to look back at the moment when his life changed forever.

>> hello, again, and welcome to america top 40. >> he was an eye coiconic voice american 307 radio counting down hits in a show that was one of the favorites all across the country. >> these are radio's hottest hits. >> he was born kamal hamin caseon, the son of i am grafton parents. he started his career as a disk jockey in flint, michigan before being on armed forces radio in 1952. it was the radio show, "american top 40" that made him a household name to teens. his countdown of the best of billboard singles combined with song dead indications and simple stories about the stars ran from 1970 until 1988, reaching neil 1,000 radio outlets. he hosted another version from 1998 until 2004, when ryan sea crest took over. the television version casey's

top 40 ran for a decade. he had an extensive career in voiceovers. >> here he comes. an aerial attack. >> his best known was shaggy in the cartoon, scooby doo. he suffered from a neurological disease causing dementia leading to a family battle in court over his care. just last month, his daughter, kerry, his daughter was granted conservatorship. he told the "new york times" he developed his trademark sign-off because he never wanted to say goodbye to any station where he ever worked. so instead, he ended every single show with this: . >> keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. >> good sunday to you. happy father's day. it's turning out to be a stormy one into our nation's mid section where we had a lot of storms blow through this area, nebraska, into kansas and iowa earlier this morning. >> line has since fizzled out.

we are watching for the threat of strong to severe storms generally here across parts of the upper midwest, dealing with an area of low pressure that's going to continue to lift out toward the north and east. we have a cold front he knew tending from that. >> will be the focal point. while we still have the rain around, no thunderstorm activity as we speak. no severe thunderstorms. but the wind is really picking up. we have those winds gusting now up to 35 miles per hour in minneapolis. winds have been gusting off and on around chicago but now winds over 30 miles per hour. strong, damaging winds. some of the stronger storms develop through the late afternoon and early hours. we are dealing with the threat of large hail as well as some pretty heavy downpours. >> that's what we have seen already so far. a few areas have seen anywhere from 1 to 3 inches within the last 24 hours. we are going to add to that. this frontal boundary will push off to the east. >> that's going to keep the threat around, at least around st. louis into chicago through the late night hours and even on monday. now, by monday, we are going to

be watching a frontal boundary pushing through the pacific northwest into montana. >> that's going to bring more rain into parts of the midwest. for today, seattle into portland, it will be a wet go for you as clouds are in place. we have showers around the coast. the rain will pick up throughout much of the afternoon. it's going to be a so general contractor one for you there in that area. but further south, we are not seeing any rain. we can still use it. we have a number of areas here across the four corners where we are dealing with red flag warnings. the fire risk will continue through tuesday. morgan? >> thanks, eboni. a treasurer hunt that started west moved to the east. dozens scoured parts of brooklyn looking for the loot. that was 60 envelopes filled with $50 and $0.50. it comes from twitter user@hidden cash started by jason buzi. he says he started it all to encourage people to pay it forward. hidden cash has sparked a frenzy

in la and texas. thank you for watching al jazeera america. as casey would have said, keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars. i am morgan radford. in india, a woman's fate can take a cruel twist when her husband dies. >> they would beat me, both my daughter in law and my son would beat me. my brother in law tried to rape me but i fought back. i got him beaten up.