>> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >> tracking a tropical storm that's making its way up the east coast even as we speak. arthur expected to become a hurricane for fourth of july. >> violence erupts in jerusalem overnight after three style teens are laid to rest. now a palestinian teenager is dead in what his family believes is a revenge attack. >> in a ramadan address, the self proclaimed leader of the new islamic state urges muslims

to move to land now under the group's control and help them take over the world. >> team u.s.a. loses, dashing world cup hopes of u.s. soccer fans. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> the first storm of the hurricane season is here, just in time to ruin the fourth of july plans for a large section of the east coast. >> right now, tropical storm arthur is churning off the coast of east he were florida, but the national hurricane center says it is expected to strengthen. >> it could reach hurricane strength as it moves north. >> we are in miami with the latest on the storm, good morning, natasha. >> good morning, stephanie. people are worried about how this might impact their vacation plans. many people are headed to spots for fourth of july holiday.

that means -- >> as americans get ready to celebrate the holiday weekend, tropical storm arthur could be the uninvited guest, putting a damper on many fourth of july festivities. the storm is picking up steam and making its way up the east coast over the next several days. on flag leer beach, florida, the winds are picking up, the waves are getting higher and the ocean rescue team is getting ready. >> our concern is the offshore movement is going to create a lot of swells and disturbances in the water and make it a tough weekend for lifeguarding. >> tom gillian is the director of ocean rescue and said the tropical storm creates a big risk for both his life guards and swimmers. >> it's unpredictable and that creates a element of danger. we never know. >> the red flags are out, but that isn't stopping surfers from catching waves in brassard

county. >> the more waves you got, the more surfboards. >> in st. john's county, people are soaking up the sun, but beach-goers know this is likely the calm before the storm. >> it's a beautiful day, nice breeze, clear skies. you would never know there's a tropical storm out there. >> in north carolina, arthur could pack a punch thursday into friday. the mayor of atlantic beach in the outer banks knows the popular tourist area will be packed for the fourth of july. >> we err on the side of safety but don't want to overreact. it will be taking the trash cans off the beach, batten down the hatches a little bit. we've got to be open for business friday afternoon for the fourth of july weekend. >> in virginia, governor mcauliffe met with state leaders to hammer out preps. >> it's important to keep our citizens safe. >> natasha reporting from miami. let's get the latest on the track of the storm now.

>> ebony dionne is here now. this storm is expected to cause problems. >> it most certainly will especially in the form of rain and thunderstorm activity at a time we don't need it. right now, it's still off the coast of florida. it looks better than at this time yesterday. it has strengthened. winds are up to 60 miles per hour, still mainly just a rain event around florida, as most of the convection is further east and south of the center. we are going to get a few bands spiraling around into florida. we could get a gust or 215-20 miles an hour. winds at 60 miles an hour, strengthen is expected. the pressure has dropped to 996. yesterday it was a little above 1,000, so definitely an indication of strengthening. as we take you through today, we still do have tropical storm watches for coastal areas of florida, but now includes coastal areas of the carolinas. it will stay a tropical storm today, but within 36 hours, we

could be talking about our first weak hurricane of the season. >> class is breaking out in jerusalem overnight one tape after three teenagers were laid to rest. the body of a palestinian teenager has now been found, that discovery leading to more fighting in a city that is already tense. we report from east jerusalem. >> this is the area of east jerusalem. behind me, you can see a mosque where the 17-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped from in front of that mosque and this is his neighborhood. as you can see, in the background of this picture, you'll see some border police. they were closer to us just a few minutes ago, but palestinian protestors who are a bit farther away, we can't access that area. fireworks at the border police, so they went in an attacked with rubber and steel bullets and tear gas. they are getting closer to the

area where the protestors are based. people are blaming israeli settlers for the killing of the palestinian boy. earlier this morning, people are really angry and for the past two hours, this has been the scene. the protestors have been gathering here. their numbers are not very big, but they've been here for quite some time and the border police are trying to disperse them. now, this is happening as we've just heard some statesman from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who says he's called the killing of the boy a reprehensible crime that has to be investigated and that the authorities in israel have to find out whose responsible for it. he called on all sides to abide by the law in israel, and not take matters into their own hands. i think this was a specific message that was given to israeli settlers who are according to palestinians carrying out revenge attacks

across the west bank and in east jerusalem against palestinians to avenge the killing of the three israeli settlers. i think this is what everyone was afraid of. this is what everyone fears, israeli settlers to start a series of revenge attacks that would eventually perhaps even spiral out of control, so netanyahu's message to his people and to both sides was abide by the law. >> now we go to nick schiffron, who is live in gaza this morning. nick, the three israeli teenagers laid to rest tuesday, how has the country reacted to their deaths? >> israel's a small country that comes together in crisis. you really saw a national outpouring of grief throughout the country. you heard mothers, fathers talk as if those three teenagers were their children. what you saw last night was that

grief becoming anger. hundreds of right wing activists filled the center of jerusalem chanting death to arabs. there was an incident outside mcdonald's where police arrest dozens of activists trying to get into mcdonald's trying to find arab workers. that of the concern, that that grief is becoming anger and the fear of revenge attacks is increasing. >> a newly released tape said one of those teens called police for help on the night they disappeared. he made the call. let's listen to it. >> could israeli authorities have done more to find these teens while they were still alive? >> there is a call among israelis that maybe they should have done more. this is an unprecedented attack.

we've never seen three israelis abducted and murdered in the west bank. the police defend themselves saying look, they were actually killed in the seconds or minutes right after that call. some of the criticism on the police that they didn't take the call seriously, they didn't follow up for a couple of hours is true. they admit that they could have been better at that but also say that the fate of those teens probably wouldn't have changed, unfortunately. >> nick, thank you. >> coming up in our next half hour, a look at the issue from the israeli and palestinian points of view. we'll be joined live by former israeli action bass door and former palestinian advisor. >> in iraq, the new leader of the islamic state calling for holy war in the middle east, releasing an on-line audio tape asking all muslims to go to baghdad and jair to help build an empire and avenge the wrongdoing done against their

religion. >> the islamic state has to make a move. your brothers across the world or waiting for you to save them. we will take revenge. we promise there will. there will come a day when the muslim will walk on the street feeling safe and strong. >> calling for an escalation in fighting. we want to go live now to washington. libby, how is washington reacting to this latest wave of american troops that have arrived in baghdad and what else is the pentagon doing to help with the fight? >> well of course we'll be watching today to see the reaction from this audio tape but no reaction at this early hour. let's talk about what is happening with the american forces and assistants as iraq copes. the defense department spokesman admiral kirby extinguished between two different kinds of assistance the u.s. is providing. one security relates to the baghdad airport, that relates to

the american embassy in the iraqi capitol. then there's the separate mission, admiral kirby said that deals with assessment and assisting the iraqi set up this joint operation center. we're seeing equipment used by the americans, apache helicopters flown by american troops and drones. then we get to this third element, equipment and materials and weapons sold or given to the rack keys. so far, we've seen 400 of these hell fire missiles, air to ground missiles sent over there, another 100 in process. bloomberg news reports there is a consideration of selling 4,000 more hell fire missiles to iraq. while the u.s. government has said it still keeps the option open of providing air strikes, we're not seeing that yet and so the iraqis are looking to other countries for support. >> saudi arabia, pledging $500 million to help the displaced iraqis. are we seeing a stepping stone toward rebuilding the region? >> we saw an appreciative no

come out last night from secretary of state john kerry that so you had rain is providing that support, but iraq's ambassador to the u.s. spoke here in washington yesterday and he said frankly in his words that saudi arabia did not pull its weight in protecting the border and helping to try to prevent problems that are happening with the now-named islamic state moving between syria, between iraq. we are seeing other countries stepping in. ambassador said other countries like russia are providing some of the weapons, materials, jets that they are having to get help from. the question is will they also go to countries like iran. >> libby casey live in washington. thank you very much. coming up, we'll be on the ground focusing on another major group in that region, the kurds and see if the turmoil is their chance to gain independence. >> meanwhile, deadly clashes reignited in eastern ukraine after a 10 day ceasefire ended,

gunfire erupting this morning between government forces and pro-russian separatists in donetsk. officials have overrun the police headquarters in the city. the truce ended monday after each side blamed the other for violating the deal. >> a powerful explosion in a nigerian market killed 20, a car bomb went off shortly after the market opened. the northeastern city is the birth place of boko haram, blamed for the attack. nigeria's government has been under increasing criticism to reign in the armed group. 276 school girls abducted by boko haram in april of still mitting. >> nearly 200 million car safety seats are being recalled because of seat buckles. the seats that are made by greco have a harness that can get stuck in an emergency. parents had to cut the belts to get their kids out. earlier, the company recalled another 4 billion seats. this is the largest child safety seat recall in u.s. history.

>> millions of american soccer fans have been dreaming of world cup glory for team u.s.a., but a very talented belgium team that remained undefeated in world cup play squashed those hopes. it was a nail biter. >> we have the details of only -- we can only call it a heartbreaking dephoto for the u.s. squad that played until the last possible second. >> you're exactly right. when the final whistle blew tuesday in brazil, a group of eight, for the first time team u.s.a. had a chance but fell short despite great individual efforts. >> u.s.a.! >> american fans were optimistic as the men's national team got set to play a win or go home match with belgium. none more optimistic than the commander-in-chief. but president obama quickly realized that team u.s.a. was up

against it. >> it seems like the ball's on our side of the field a lot. >> team u.s.a. was under siege as the american goal was peppered with 27 shots to the americans' nine. >> somehow, coming up huge with plenty of saves. >> the thirst 6-year-old howard had 16 saves. no goalkeeper in world cup play has ever had more. >> none of that matters to me. i think that's what i signed up to do is put my face in front of balls. it's the job. it hurts when we lose. >> that's what team u.s.a. seemed destined to do when belgium had two quick goals in extra time. >> final 15 minutes were unbelievable. >> 19-year-old green came off the bench to become the youngest american ever to score a world cup goal. >> i scored the goal and i was thinking yes, we can make it. >> team u.s.a. had their chances

to make it, but couldn't get it done. they fall 2-1. >> it's a bummer. we were so close. i mean, i think we can all be very, very proud of this team. >> afterwards, americans were proud, and hopeful. >> we'll be back in four years better than ever. four years is a lot of time and this is just another stepping stone. >> while it is a disappointing and for the red, white and blue, the future does look bright for the u.s. men's team. young stars like julian green, players who could well be ready to lead the way in 2018. when i think about team u.s.a.'s world cup run, i'll remember tim howard. he's overcome tourettes syndrome to be president game. >> you see a player go down, get hurt, you see another player, i can't remember which player it was, but one got hit in the face

and the other player called for the ref to come over. >> the belgian player. >> made him stay down because he was hurt. >> i remember that ear biter from the uruguayan team. i'll remember that, too. >> we'll have much more on the reaction to the game coming up, including a live report from brazil and a chat with a former world cup player. >> a soccer referee punched in the face during a game has died. the 44-year-old was officiating an adult league match in the detroit area on sunday. witnesses say he was knocked unconscious when he tried to eject a player who had been complaining about a call. police have filed charges against the player. he is facing assault charges and held on $500,000 bail. >> people in one california town saying the bus stops here. >> immigration protestors turn back buses loaded with migrants

from central america. more than 100 now left in limbo with no place to go. >> hundreds of people under arrest in hong kong. police swooping in on their peaceful protest, demanding rights that many americans take for granted. >> caught on camera, a food truck explodes into a fireball in philadelphia. we'll tell you what caused the blast that injured nearly a dozen people. >> $447 billion, it is our big number of the day. >> it is the cost of trying to jump start struggling economies in europe. in europe.

>> it is enough to buy more than 47 nuclear aircraft carriers. >> more than $69 billion going to power companies there. >> and more than $63 billion to telecommunications. the construction sector borrowed $45 million. >> most leans are for

refinancing. that trend started when the european central bank lowered interest rates to spark economic growth. >> president obama is urging congress to fund highway and transit programs saying hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake if they don't. he spoke at washington's key bridge, saying infrastructure is crucial for economic growth. he called out republican leaders, saying that instead of doing their jobs, they are threatening to sue him over executive orders. >> middle class families can't wait for republicans in congress to do stuff. so sue me. as long as they're doing nothing, i'm not going to apologize for trying to do something. >> the president says if the highway trust fund is not renewed by congress, the u.s. could lose 700,000 jobs. coming up, we'll be speaking with an attorney who has successfully represented dozens of plaintiffs in one of the worst bridge disasters in u.s. history. we'll ask him if he thinks the nation's bridges are safe today. >> stephanie, a very sad story.

the mother that have guatemalan boy who's body was found in the desert south of texas said she begged him not to go. the badly decomposed body was found two weeks ago in mexico's rio grande valley. his mother is bedridden with epilepsy. her son wanted to earn money to help her get better. the boy was 11 years old. his father said he is actually 15. >> this morning, the government now trying to figure out what to do with hundred was women and children who were actually blocked trying to get into a processing center in california. this was the work of protestors there. >> yeah, that's right. del, an angry confrontation with anti immigration protestors forced a car van of buses full of undocumented immigrants to turn away from a southern california border patrol station. >> nearly 150 protestors swarmed the street bringing three buses

to a standstill on tuesday. inside the vehicles, 140 women and children from central america. they arrived in san diego earlier in the day by government plane, traveling from texas where authorities caught them trying to illegally cross the u.s. mexico border. standing next to the anti immigration protestors, other americans who supposed up to support the migrants. >> u.s. citizens have to pay taxes, higher taxes in order to support these people. it's just not fair. we can't take care of our own. >> he says we are your cooks, we are your babysitters. was he is in support of the migrant workers. now, as the standoff in california came after the city's mayor urged residents to complain to their elected officials about the plan to transfer the immigrantses from overcrowded facilities on the texas border. coming up in our next hour,

we'll tell you what the secretary of state john kerry is doing to try to stop the surge of children trying to illegally cross the border alone. >> a march for democracy led to the arrest of 500 people in hong kong overnight. nearly half a million demonstrators demanded better voting rights. >> we all here have the right to vote for whoever we like to rule hong kong, to make hong kong improve. >> there is growing discontent in hong kong with china's communist rule. beijing said they can vote but it will not allow the public to name candidates insisting they be vetted bay china friendly committee. >> hopes of a political comeback are taking a hit this morning for the former president of france. nicholas sarkozy was questioned by anti corruption police in paris. it's part of a probe into his

2007 presidential campaign. there are allegations he accepted millions of dollars from the late libyan dictator muammar gaddafi. sarkozy is the first president taken into custody in france. he denies wrongdoing. >> a fast moving wildfire now burning through 2700-acres in northern california. it started about noon on tuesday in the pope valley area of napa county. the fire threatens 200 homes, prompting mandatory evacuations. crews report its 30% contained. the cause still under investigation. >> let's look at temperatures we can expect to see across the country today. >> we turn to he knee dionne. >> it is going to be a sultry day, already very warm across much of the eastern u.s. in d.c., 81 degrees as you step outside. it is 77 degrees in new york and we're already feeling that heat index rising. it feels like we're in the low 80's across most areas. we do have heat advisories in place across the philadelphia area. d.c. and baltimore, he expect

the heat index making it feel 100-105 this evening. >> it's going to be wet, hot and miserable. >> yes, all of that. >> thank you very much. >> 54-year-old michelle howard is the first woman to reach the rank of four star admiral in the u.s. navy. admiral howard was sworn in tuesday in a ceremony overseen by the navy secretary. her promotion makes howard the first female vice chief of naval operations. howard was one of the first women to attended the u.s. naval academy. >> congratulations to her. >> hope amid the eight i don't say in iraq. >> we talk with kurds in country. many hold the turmoil would lead to their independence. our security expert jim walsh discusses the potential future of the divided nation. >> i'm tom ackermann in mississippi, where the black civil rights movement faced one of its toughest challenges 50 years ago. the story of freedom summer and its legacy, coming up.

>> 4-3-2-engines start. >> how the launch of this rocket will keep an eye on earth from outer space. >> a new way to spend your time commuting. the train where riders can sit and soak. it's one of the stories making headlines around the world. nd the world.

>> you're looking live at sunset beach in florida where the camera moves and says take a look at this fisherman. that its the gulf coast side, may not get soaked with the rains. >> tensions on the rise following the murders of three israeli teens. we will get the palestinian and the israeli points of view. >> nasa launching a rocket overnight. how it could help scientists understand climate change on earth. >> an outbreak of ebola in africa, we look at efforts to

step in and help. >> first a look at top stories. tropical storm arthur poised to become a hurricane during the next few days. the storm is spinning off the florida coast. it should frack north this week. it's expected to wash out fourth of july plans up and down the east coast. >> israelis and palestinians clashing overnight, the fighting following the murder of anar ran teenager. it's believed he was kidnapped and killed in retaliation for the death of the three israeli teens. the israeli boys were buried yesterday in a funeral attended by thousands of mourners. >> the leader of the new islamic state calling for a holy war, releasing a recording asking all muslims to go a baghdad and syria to help build an islamic empire, calling on rebels to escalate fire. >> one group of people in iraq is seeing the on going turmoil as an opportunity. the kurds who live in the north have long wanted an independent

country. as america tonight reports, many of them see the fight as a chance to make that dream a reality. >> this probably isn't the image most americans have of iraq. this is a mostly secure and thriving city in the northern part of the country, literally rising up out of the desert. it is the capitol of what people call kurdistan, a semi you a to know moss region of iraq with its own ghost, military force and border called a security line separating it from the rest of the country. >> the lt. general and spokesman for the kurdish security forces spoke. he is careful to acknowledge that for now, the kurdish north is still technically a part of iraq. like most officials, his criticism of the iraqi government and its armed forces is growing by the day.

>> i mentioned the main reason the iraqi army is weak. there is huge financial corruption, corruption between the sheeties and kurds which affects the strength of the army. >> do you see this as an opportunity for kurdistan to declare full independence. >> every nation has that right. aren't you from an independent country? just like you're an american, i'm a occurred and we have a right to independence. >> the kurds have long had as operatingion of gaining independence from iraq, but the recent fighting on their doorstep may be creating their best yet to actually achieve it. >> we just passed the security line which for years separated the kurdish region from the rest of iraq. we're on our way to kirkuk, which was in the hands of the iraqi army up until a few weeks ago when they abandoned it as isil forces moved across the rest of the country. >> the major told us fighting had initially been intense here but that it's much calmer now. >> this is the security line.

we've got everything on this side is in control of the kurds and everything on this side in control of the isil. >> looking into the distance, we could see cars of people trying to flee isil territory. >> do you think that the kurds would ever desert like the iraqi army did? >> no, the iraqi soldiers in this city didn't fight any of the terrorists. the kurdish forces, we are different from them. we are faithful army that is prepared to die for the kurdish cause. >> less than 60 kilometers from the front lines, it's hard to believe there's a war going on at all. the streets and markets are crowded with people, men relax in cafes for hours and watch the world cup on t.v. >> how do you feel about the possibility of kurdistan gaining its independence. >> we want independence from iraq and we don't like -- we

love kurdistan. >> is kurdistan looking at this as a way to take advantage of the situation? >> of course. the tragedies of some work to the benefits of others. this is just a political reality. >> aljazeera, northern iraq. >> jim walsh is a research associate with m.i.f. security studies program. good morning, jim. the tragedies of some are the victories of others. you heard that kurdish man say. about 20 million kurds are spread across iraq. do you think this is the best chance for kurds to get a unified state? >> stephanie, yes. i think that's absolutely right and that's the way its played out. there's no way the government of iraq could fight isil and try to retake that kurdish territory at the same time. they'd be fighting two wars at a time. they're not going to do that.

the kurds have taken advantage, seized land and have functionally set up they're calling it semi autonomous. there are kurds throughout that region. if they announce they're going to set up an independent kurdistan, turkey, iran, others might react negatively to that. they're going to stay in iraq, but they've definitely taken advantage of this opportunity. >> the kurds are sunnis, but fighting the sunni rebels. how do they fit into what the islamic state is trying to do is iraq by establishing this caliphate? >> so the isil is fighting along secsectararian lines. the kurds are an ethnic group that have lived in that region forever, and so it's an ethnic versus religious distinction between the two. >> take a look at this map now

jim. it shows the divisions within iraq. with the kurds in the north, the sunnis in the west and shiites in the east. with the political situation in limbo, is allowing iraq, people are asking now to be divided a solution? >> you know, partition is always one of those foreign policy instruments that get discussed. we talked about it during the war inning. >> go laugh i can't, you'll remember and there are times when good fences do make good neighbors. sometimes the appropriate thing to do, although often costly, because it involves huge transfers of one group to the other part of the country, so there's a lot of cost there. i would say this, stephanie. if everyone could live within those borders, then that would be an alternative worth discussing. isil has no interest in staying within those borders. they specifically are targeting the shy right population. they have announced this month, again, that they want to destroy

shrines. i don't think their going to respect that. >> they're on the steps of baghdad. jim walsh, thank you. coming up in our next half hour, a live report from baghdad. >> scary moments in philadelphia with a propane tank exploding on a food truck. the security camera captured the blast. a mother and daughter were working inside the truck. they're in the hospital in critical condition. the fireball caused a utility pole on the other side of the street to cash fire, two passing cars also bursting into flames. >> kentucky striking down the ban on gay marriage, saying it violates the constitutional rights of same sex couples, but the decision put on hold pending appeal. that means gay couples still have to wait before any license can be issued. >> 50 years ago this week, three civil rights activists were murdered by the ku klux klan in mississippi. they were just some of the

casualties during a historic drive to register black voters. we look back at the episode and its lasting legacy. >> deborah delgado who sits on the city council of the town of hattiesburg was 12 when she spent the summer of 1964 in a mississippi freedom school. its purpose was to teach the basic tools required to bring racial justice to her state. >> to change things, to make -- to create a balance, you know, in our society, to make sure that the society was actually fair. >> in trying to register blacks to vote that summer, white volunteers from the north joined local activists. they suffered arrests, beatings, church burnings and murder, including the killings of volunteers james cheney, michael some warner and andrew goodman at the hands of the ku klux klan. the volunteers knew the risks they'd be taking in the belly of the white supremacist beast. >> mississippi was always

putting itself out there as well, the buck stops here. they had done that with the freedom rides, right? you can come in here, but you're not getting out. >> mows and his comrades are revered and honored in a 50t 50th anniversary exhibit at the state archives. >> it's crucial to understand that he is individuals who stood up for us when they didn't have to. many of them didn't have to. they made the choice. it's extremely important to give them that respect. >> this week, local high school students met with others visiting from the north at the old freedom summer headquarters. there they strategiesed on how they would have organized such a project today. before freedom summer, less than 7% of mississippi's voting age blacks were registered. thanks to enforcement of new federal civil rights laws, that right climbed to 67% within a couple of years. >> as a new civil rights museum

undergoes construction near the state capitol, mississippi tells itself and the world it's part of a just and bold new era. more blacks hold elected office here than any other state. even in black majority hattiesburg, whites still control the city council. >> when it comes to critical issues to our community, there are problems and these guys get together around redistricting time, everything and make sure that they maintain the status quo and they have the votes to do it. >> what some fear is that too many young blacks may take their hard won vote for granted, that they may decide that right will no longer fulfill the hopes their parents raised in fighting for it. tom ackermann, aljazeera, jackson, mississippi. >> such a dark time in our history. in our next hour, aljazeera's randall pinkston takes a closer look at efforts in congress 50 years ago to pass the landmarks civil rights act of 1964. >> there's a new report that

says mobile device use on airplanes from takeoff to touchdown barely budging. "u.s.a. today" saying there's only been a slight increase in flyers using their personal electronic devices since that new rule was allowed allowing in flight use. in 2014, it is 35.9, 201335.6. >> the new rule came into effect in october. it's possible people don't know the rule. >> people like their when time. it's the only place you can take a nap and not be bothered by electronics. >> in japan, passengers aboard the newest bullet train can treat their feet to a foot baath. the paper said a lounge car is connected for travelers to enjoy drinks after their -- my question is how often do they change that water. >> who's going to put their teeth in a tub with other people. >> they do that. bathing is a ritualistic community thing in asia, so they

have foot baaths and cushions are there so when the train sort of has jolts, the water doesn't come out. >> don't see it catching on on this country. >> north korea banning workers from receiving payments in chocolate snacks. south korean businessman no longer able to pay north korean workers with sweets. they were taking them home to family members. >> north koreans are worried about the propaganda value. >> have you ever had one? >> i haven't. south korean snacks are really yummy. >> just over an hour ago, nasa launched a rocket into space. it is carrying a satellite that will study carbon dikes side in the atmosphere for the first time. scientists say c.o2 levels have been rising on earth. they hope the mission will help them understand why. >> core ban dikes side levels have fluctuated in the past but

over the last 200 years, it has increased steadily. the last time we saw today's levels over 400 parts per million was 15 million years ago. that's why understanding how it behaves is critical. >> half of the carbon dikes side we're dumping into the atmosphere every year is disappearing somewhere. it's dissolving in the ocean waters, about a quarter is and the other quarter we assume is going somewhere into the lands, for evidents, trees abgrass lands somewhere, but we don't know where. >> to help answer the question, nasa launched its orbiting carbon observatory. there are already 150 ground base monitoring stations, but this satellite will let scientists map levels at every location on the planet every two weeks. it will provide 100 times more data than currently available. >> you can imagine the sun

shining, reflecting off the earth's surface and back up to our instrument. that's the light we receive to make measurements. we split that into a thousand small fractions of a wavelength of light in three different bands to see the unique fingerprint of the abassociation of carbon dikes side. >> the satellite advance sensors allow it to record unprecedented detail. it will provide 100 times more data than currently exists. it is hoped this will give a better in sight into human and natural sources of the gas, also about where and how it's absorbed, an important unsolved part of the climate change puzzle. aljazeera. >> nasa said the first scientific observations of carbon dikes side levels of earth will begin 45 days after the launching of the satellite. >> violence erupting in jerusalem after an apparently

retaliation murder. >> a palestinian teen found dead the same day israeli buried three kidnapped and killed teens. we'll have an interview with former israeli ambassador. >> he bent a door with his bare hands. >> a stranger showing super human strength. he rescued a man from a burning s.u.v. >> scientists reached a milestone deep under the ice in alaska. it may open doors to new space exploration.

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> the rising tenses in the middle east, clashes breaking out between israelis and palestinians following the discovery of the body of an arab

teenager in western jerusalem. it is believed that he was kidnapped and murdered in retaliation for the deaths of three style teenagers in hebron. joining us to discuss the situation is randall pinkiss. there are those who believe the killing of this palestinian teen is payback. if so, would an extreme response like that have some asking whether the israel side has gone too far? >> right. well, we don't know that yet. the police is investigating if this indeed is a retaliation if this is an act of revenge or some vigilante vengeance. if that is the case, things could quickly spiral out of control. >> should there be condemnation coming from the israeli side of this argument saying ok, cooler heads should preville at least when it comes to children, teenagers. >> start with children, but compassion and understanding should go all the way but yes, there have been condemnations

already in the political arena and in the media. i think it's reserved at this point, because the exact murders of the palestinian teenager -- >> 34 arab strikes launched into gaza. is this a measured, appropriate response in your opinion. >> i think the prime minister caught himself in a corner where he had to do something, and that something needed to be seen and heard, which is why the 34 strikes were conducted. i do think that escalation usually spirals out of control in these situations and you think you control it, but you don't. if you remember, with the two previous anti fates, this is how it started. >> part of the escalation on the israeli side involves the construction of new settlements in gaza. is that an escalation or taking advantage of a terrible national

tragedy? >> to begin with, it's silly. if you're building a settlement in an area designated to be part of a future palestinian state, then why the hell are you doing it? if you're building it in retaliation, you're basically usually, you know the cliche that you're going to cut off your nose to punish your face. it's self inflicted. i don't think that building a new settlement or expanding an existing settlement is retaliation in any way or form. >> what is the u.s. role in this latest tragedy and is there a fear in israel with its strong american support that with all the conflicts going on in the world, ukraine, iraq and africa and sudan, that the world will just throw up its hands and say what can we do in the entire region outside the borders of the u.s.? >> that is hopping lard -- >> you are seeing isolationism. >> not isolationism, but a

pivoting of emphasis to the far east. iraq has the potential to bring back america into some level of involvement. i don't see that happening in the sense that it happened a decade ago, but i do see the u.s. disengaging from the middle east. we don't have time to discuss this at length, but it has to do with energy independence, with a shifting or redefinition of american interests. there is nothingen it for america to stay in the middle east. it has to do with the fact that the middle east geopolitically is changing. the three most powerful countries are turkey, israel and american interests. >> -- and america is becoming more energy independent. >> exactly. >> thank you for being with us. >> here to provide the palestinian perception is the program director or civil society projects on middle east

democracy, joining us from washington this morning. thank you for being with us. should web asking whether the murders and now the death of a palestinian teen, could that be the match that is struck that leads to a con flagreaction? >> unfortunately yes, there is a lock of a credible political process. both sides are frustrated with the political situation. they feel their leaders have failed them, they're not going april with the political process. >> so they're taking matters into their own hands? >> i would say so, yes. people feel afraid, their lives are at stake and each party is trying to detour the other. unfortunately, there's this formula that the more violence

you use, the more scared the other side is, and it's of course a flawed perception, but that's unfortunately how people in the middle east -- >> help us understand, you heard netanyahu already condemn the possible retaliation kidnapping and murder of this palestinian teen. help us understand why hamas hasn't condemned these kidnappings and murders, how can it claim to be a legitimate state act or while condoning the murder of three teenagers. >> i don't think that has an impact on the ground. i don't think people on either side feel that that makes a difference. i think what makes a difference is feeling that the other side has been hurt more, is more scared, and that gives them the perception that they're somehow safer because the other side thinks if they try to escalate, they're going to get hurt worse. of course, that's a flawed perception. i don't think condemnations or words make much of a difference.

>> you have done research on the impact of settlements in the west bank in the past. can you put these murders of the teens in the context of the tensions that arise from illegal systemments. >> from the palestinian perspective, the building of settlements only indicates that israel has no intention of withdrawing from the west bank and therefore it has no intention of actually allowing palestinians to have full independence. when they see more settlements built, they feel that the israelis are not serious about negotiations and they're just wasting time, so that's what makes palestinians want to pressure the israelis to get out of the territories. >> a flawed argument and method. thank you for joining us.

coming up, we'll hear from our team of reporters live on the ground in jerusalem and gaza. >> both sides saying that people are now taking matters into their own hands. >> both agree that that is a bad idea. >> time to check what could be a very serious weather threat out there. >> meteorologist ebony dionne is back. >> we have a frontal boundary in the northeast, warm, moist air, watching out for strong to severe storms moving into the northeast, including new york city, around baltimore and d.c. as we get into the late afternoon and evening. we will continue to monitor tropical storm arthur, right now just a little rain along the immediate coast, but we expect to see the winds pick up and heavy rain showers as we get into the next few days right along the southeast coast. >> we'll keep watching. >> he was just seconds away from death until a man with super human strength stepped in. mike was driving his s.u.v. when an engine fire disabled the

automatic locking system. he was trapped inside the burning vehicle kicking at the doors and windows trying to get out. he said he had 30 seconds left before he was burned alive when incredibly, a good samaritan named bob spraining into action. >> he bent the door with his bare hands. that was him. that was no tool. he went like this and it shattered the glass and they were able to pull me out. >> you risked your life to save me, bob and i appreciate it. thank you. they could be planning my funeral today. >> mike thanking bob in an emotional phone call after the incident. bob is a former first sergeant with the air nothing guard but said he didn't do anything different than anybody else would have done. >> the search for life in outer space bringing nasa to alaska. it's our discovery of the day, an unmanned remote control oafer going under the surface of frozen lakes near the arctic circle. it's part of nasas program to

one day explore frozen oceans like on jupiter or gas filled cares on mars. scientists say living organisms may have survived harsh conditions. they are trying to identify life forms that thrive in similar surroundings on earth. >> tropical storm arthur spinning in the atlantic off the south florida coast is expected to become a hurricane as it moves up the coast over the fourth of july holiday. clashes breaking out in jerusalem overnight follow the murder of an arab teen this time believed to have been killed in retaliation for the deaths of the three israeli teenagers. the leader of a sunni rebel group now calling for action in a recording, for all muslims to rise up and build an islamic empire. >> a parachuter spinning out of control in the sky before losing

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>> violence erupts in israeli after a palestinian teen is killed. >> bracing for the storm, residents keeping their eyes on the atlantic as tropical storm arthur churning offer the east coast threatening to put a damper on fourth of july festivities. >> the immigration debate heating up in california as protestors force buses full of

undocumented migrants to turn around. >> it's over. team u.s.a.'s wild world cup ride coming to an end. we'll get a preview of who's left standing in the world cup from brazil. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. the first storm of the talent tic hurricane season is here, threatening fourth of july plans for millions of americans. >> tropical storm arthur churning off the coast of eastern florida and it's expected to strengthen as it heads north. >> in just a few minutes, we'll go live to florida. the residents in miami are already getting ready for the storm. ebony dionne is going to have the latest on where arthur may be headed. >> jerusalem is on high alert this morning, a city on the edge after intense clashes broke out there. >> we want to show you what it looked like in jerusalem earlier this morning. gunfire, explosions and chaos as israeli police confronted palestinian demonstrators.

the protest was a reaction to the death of a palestinian teen found in the woods today. that discovery coming just one day after three israeli teenagers were laid to rest. >> we have teen coverage this morning as the holy city simmers. nick schiffron is in gaza. let's begin in jerusalem. things have been very tense where you're standing. what's the situation like there now? >> for the past few hours, ever since residents of this neighborhood in east jerusalem found out that the 17-year-old boy was killed, they say was kidnapped from outside the mask use that behind me, and killed later, several hours later, they started protesting and taking their anger to the streets. that's when israel security forces and border police deployed to this area and around it in order to curb these angry

riots and protests. the border police have used tear gas and have also used robber coated steel bullets in order to disperse the protestors. the situation has been very tense. the people here in this neighborhood are very upset and angry about the death of this boy who is 17 whom they say settlers forced him into a car, kidnapped him and later killed him. >> can you tell us what else we see there behind you, behind that cordon? hearing shots. >> well, behavioral, i'm going to show you a little bit -- i'm going to show you the shot. maybe i can't, because these are fireworks. right now, the protestors you can't see in a back street behind us, they are not the people who are standing by the mask, these are people watching. the protestors are using fireworks against the forces.

now this happened a couple of hours ago, this same situation and immediately after the fireworks, the israel border police ran after the rioters and threw sound bombs, tear gas and used robber coated steel bullets against them, so that's the situation here. sometimes there's a lull, sometimes it intensifies as you can see what just happened, the protestors are trying to attack or try to upset the border police who are here by using fireworks, nothing more than that. >> ok. in east jerusalem, really in the thick of things, thank you. >> glad they are fireworks. let's go to nick schiffron in gaza. nick, funerals held on tuesday for those three slain israeli teenagers, prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling for calm, saying they will find the

killing of the teens. what can be done to defuse the tensions on the ground. >> in jerusalem, we saw a crowd of activists, hundreds chanting death to arabs. police had to arrest many of them when they tried to get into a mcdonald's. that's the scene before this morning, and those clashes in east jerusalem. since those clashes, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has come out with a statement calling on all sides not to take the law into their own hands. that, of course, is what everyone is fearing right now, that two people in the occupied west bank kidnapped and murdered three israeli teenagers and then we see this morning possibly some kind of revenge. police say they're still investigating, but a possible revenge attack, again, settlers possibly abducting a palestinian

teenager and murdering him, so the fear on the ground is that people are already taking the law into their own hands. >> now there is that tape, the tape of one of the three israel teenagers calling police the night they disappeared. what's happening now with the investigation into the tape itself? >> this is a tape that was sent by one of the three teenagers in the back of the car. he called police immediately after he was taken, whispering he was abducted. there is a big controversy in israel over whether police reacted quickly enough. on that tape, you can hear a shot. the israel government released the gag order. because of that, the police have been criticized, but police say they were killed in the minutes or hours after they were taken. we could have done nothing. the investigation continues, still looking for the two main suspects. >> nick schiffron live in gaza, thank you very much. we will continue to follow this story throughout the day especially with the ongoing

clashes and. >> i lens there. >> iraq is no longer waiting for u.s. military aid and turning elsewhere for help. iraq u.s. ambassador is criticizing washington for stalling with weapons, saying baghdad is working with iran, russia and syria. meanwhile, the state department said it plans to sell baghdad more hell fire missiles in addition to the 400 already delivered. we have team coverage tracking the situation in iraq. we are in baghdad, but lets begin in washington. libby casey, can you tell us more about the ambassadors comments? >> he called for more help from the united states, and said if the u.s. isn't able to help, the country will look elsewhere. we are talking about russian fighter planes and supplies. we're also talking about the possible involvement of iran. the u.s. has reserved the right at this point to launch air strikes, not doing it yet. that, even though the u.s. has upped its involvement in iraq

this week. >> hundreds of additional u.s. troops are now in baghdad, securing the american embassy and the city's airport in case the group calling itself the islamic state enters the capitol. >> if the security situation deteriorated rapidly, that a quick extraction of american personnel could be conducted in a way that secured their safety and security. >> with a steady increase of american forces arriving in iraq, now another kind of help may be coming from the air. bloomberg news reports that the obama administration wants to sell iraq 4,000 hell fire missiles in its fight against the sunni rebels in addition to the 400 missiles already delivered to baghdad, providing a boost to iraq's beleaguered military now aided by the hundred was military advisors in the country. >> when we have that assessment, that i think will make some decisions about whether there's other kinds of support that we could provide. >> back in washington, iraq's

ambassador to the united states says they need american help of a different kind. >> we believe that immediate and increased military assistance included tortsed air strikes are crucial to defeat this growing threat. time is not on our side. further delay benefits only the terrorists. >> with the u.s. still weighing air strikes and the promised deliver of f16's delayed, iraq is turning for help to russia, accepting a batch of used fighter jets. the islamic state is claim to go show off its own hardware, parading tanks and you asked missiles captured from the iraqi army. the convoy carrying fighters waving their flag drove along a street in syria, part of a border land with iraq that they claim and established a caliphate sunday. >> monday, the man who called himself the leader of the new

islamic state urged all muslim to say travel to iraq to fight and overthrow the iraqi government. >> u.s. officials saying there are two parallel missions happening in iraq, one security, the other assessment teams still trying to get a sense of what's happening on the ground. >> there have been calls for the u.s. to use unmanned drone strikes. what's the white house reaction been to that? >> once again, we are looking at reserving the right. that's the position of the u.s. government to launch attacks, but they do have manned drones that are circulating above baghdad. they say that it is for the security of u.s. forces on the ground, also to defend turf like the embassy, also the airport. we will see if things escalate to the point where strikes actually would happen. >> libby, thank you. >> our team coverage continues in baghdad. the prime minister al-malaki just addressing the political crisis in iraq. what did he have to say?

>> well, he was very critical firstly of the kurdish move to declare independence. he said there is article 140, we're not in the stage of splitting up the country yet, so why are people talking about that. his words were quite strong, perhaps stranger than ever before. he talked about the threat that the islamic state, the state posed not only to iraq and syria, but says to the whole region. he's really on the defensive here, really going after the kurds and saying look, you need to back baghdad and saying to the region really, we need help in this fight. >> is anybody listening? yesterday, iraq's parliament met for the first time, that july 1 session everybody was waiting on. the meeting ended with the two sides walking out altogether, the lawmakers failing to reach an agreement. what else happened? >> this was a procedural

session. all it had to do was pick a speaker of the house, so technically it was very simple. that is politically fraught. that position of speaker of the house is key. it's a very important position. they couldn't agree on the name, not even one name. they couldn't agree on any names to put forward. what's happening i go is iraqed political scene is so fragmented now that nobody can agree on anything. that's why they all walked out, that's why no agreement was made. the longer this goes on, the less help international communities are able to give iraq, because iraq doesn't have a government. >> seems they can't agree to disagree. thank you very much. >> the suspect charged in the deadly 2012 attack on a u.s. diplomatic facility in benghazi libya provided information corroborating key facts about the attack. federal court documents claim militia leader has been making volunteer statements to u.s. interrogators but don't reveal what he has been telling them.

prosecutors say he had been plotting attacks against the u.s. in recent months. >> prosecutors turning down a request to move the trial of the accused boston marathon bomber, dzhokar tsarnaev out of the city. his attorneys asking to move the trial out of the state hoping instead for another city with what they would believe to be less biased. it was ruled that the city has a large enough population to make an impartial injure the body of a boy found south of the texas border said she begged him not to go. the badly decomposed body of the teen was found two weeks ago in mexico's rio grande valley. his mother is bedridden with he lens and her son wanted to earn money to help her. the boy's birth certificate said he was 11 years old, his father claimed he was really 15. >> tensions along the u.s.-mexican border rising over issues following that angry confrontation with anti

immigration protestors. >> they forced a car van of bus us full of undocumented immigrants away from a u.s. border patrol station in a california city. erica pitzi join us now. things got heated. >> they certainly did. the anti immigration protestors were chanting return to sender as they stood in the middle of the street to block buses. the stand off involving 150 protestors in marietta california came after the mayor urged residents to complain to their elected officials about the plan to transfer the immigrants from overcrowded facilities on the texas border. >> with their signs held high, protestors swarmed the street, bringing the buses to a standstill. the buses carrying undocumented central american families were held to a u.s. border patrol station in southern california when they ran into this road block outside the facility. the children and their parents arrived by plane from texas

where authorities caught them trying to illegally cross the u.s.-mexico border. >> u.s. citizens have to pay taxes, higher taxes in order to support these people. it's not fair. we can't take care of our own. >> the people push to go keep the illegals out stood side by side with other americans, welcoming the undocumented immigrants to california. >> we are your cooks, we are your babysitters, says the man with the hat saying i'm legal oh who showed up to support the illegal immigrants. ultimately, the vehicles were force's to turn around leaving local officials scrambling to house the 140 women and children. in an effort to stem the surge of children from crossing the border alone, secretary of state john kerry asked central american leaders for help. >> the lives of children cannot be put at risk this way. >> when it comes to the kids, president obama vowed this week to take executive action. >> we can't wait for congress. >> as for the overall issue of

immigration, obama said he can only do so much on his own. >> whatever we do administratively is not going to be sufficient to solve a broken immigration system. >> the president is asking congress for $2 billion to have more immigration judges and more detention facilities. as for the children, more than 52,000 have been detained trying to cross the border alone since last october. >> it really is a staggering number of people. erica pitzi, thank you. >> residents bracing for a wet and windy fourth of july weekend, tropical storm arthur now moving up the atlantic coastline. >> what are florida officials saying about this storm? are they preparing? >> absolutely, we are in hurricane season. it began a month ago. this is the first storm of the season. the governor is monitoring

arthur. the area impacted is about four hours north of us, but what's interesting is that people are very concerned because this is a holiday weekend, and there are many people that are headed in the same direction as arthur. this is a really good reminder for people to be prepared for hurricanes. the governor was reminding people to get their canned goods and their batteries and what not packed and ready to go in the event of a hurricane. >> are you hearing anything about the effect this storm may has as it moves further north. >> well, it looks that if we're lucky that florida will be rid of arthur before it gains hurricane strength. right now there's a hurricane watch in effect for portion of north carolina. for us here in florida, about a four hour drive north of us, arthur is about 90 miles off the coast of say canaveral. we're dealing with a tropical

storm watch. >> ok, live in miami, tracking that storm. >> let's get the latest now with our meteorologist. >> we just got an intermediate advisory on this and it hasn't changed all that much. arthur remains just offshore in florida and we're start to go get a little rain in coastal areas of florida including around the cape. it won't be too long before we see light rain. winds not too much of an issue. a lot of energy is well offshore. we're going to find winds gusting to 20 miles per hour along coastal areas of florida. aside from that, it will continue to make its way northward, around six miles per hour. and eventually shift a little more toward the north and northeast as we get through the next 12-24 hours. we are expecting to see further strengthening with this system, possibly becoming a weak hurricane by thursday. it makes it way up the coastline toward the carolinas where we do

have the newly i should tropical storm watches in effect as well as a hurricane watch along the banks of north carolina. here's a closer view. we expect to see the rain pick up here along the coastal areas of the carolinas. really any plans along the coastline, beachgoers, just a good idea to stay out of the water altogether. >> hard to wrap my arms around a tropical storm named arthur. it reminds me of dudley moore movie. >> a u.s. cargo ship teaming up with a danish ship to destroy the last of the iraqi weapons. >> a food truck goes up in flames. >> a do not buggy driver's plan to drive up the hill doesn't go exactly as he wanted. that and other videos captured by our citizen journalists. [ grunting ]

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demonstrating against the arrest of two anti world cup protestors. 16 were arrested. >> this moment over the skies of utah part of a planned demonstration, shows a member of the u.s. army jump team cutting a faulty parachute during a dangerous spin. he was able to deploy a reserve chute and land safely. >> do not buggy makes it to the top of the hill, but in this case comes crashing down. the driver tipped his vehicle as he reached the top of a liveside. he walked away drop the crash without injury. >> up next, a look at the extensive operation to destroy chemical weapons in syria. >> deadly clashes reignited in eastern ukraine, gunfire between government forces and pro-russian separatists in cesarien.

officials say the rebels ever overrun the police headquarters in the city. it happened after a 10 day ceasefire ended monday. the truce crumbled after each side blamed the other for violating the deal. we are in eastern ukraine with the latest, the fighting continues across donetsk. tell us what you're hearing. >> what the army is surrounded by pro-russian separatists controlled areas, they are sitting ducks and that's what happened to that police headquarters. essentially, the pro-russian separatists had surrounded them and simply moved in and swept through. up to seven people were killed there. overall, the army has the wider area surrounded and the separatists penned in. the kiev government has said that in the last 24 hours, we've had 120 plagues mounted against what they call terrorist

targets. there have been casualties of an unintended nature. we've spoken to the red cross this afternoon or this morning and what they are saying is that in a place there was a bombing. there were 10 casualties and among them were some children. you can see the conflict is not neat. it can sometimes be very bloody and the outcome is still far from certain. >> is there a chance at this point that both sides will rekindle the ceasefire, will find a political solution here? >> >> there is still pressure. diplomatic efforts of parallel to the u.s. military operations the army has launched president the soldiers we've spoken to today as we've roamed behind the army lines are very confident, the soldiers are very confident they can be in donetsk within a week so long as the politicians let them proceed.

there are still diplomatic efforts and they may still yet bring both sides around the table. >> ok. paul, thank you. >> the violence vines in nigeria. a powerful explosion at a busy market killing 23 people there, car bomb going off just a short while ago after that market opened for business. it is the home of boko haram. nigeria is under increasing pressure to reign in the group. those 276 school girls abducted in april are still missing. >> we all here have the right to vote for whoever we like to rule hong kong to have a better land of hong kong, to make hong kong improve. >> a march for democracy ends with 500 people arrested in hong kong overnight. nearly half a million demonstrators gathered demanding greater electoral agree dom. beijing says residents can vote

but will not allow the public to name candidates insisting they be vetted by a chinese friendly committee. >> chemical weapons from syria, a danish ship transferred the weapons on to another vessel. residents in the italian town aren't hope about it. >> this woman said the only time she felt this scared was during world war ii, but these days, the threat comes from right next to her doorstep. her house overlooks the port where on wednesday, a ship laden with the most dangerous components from syria's chemical weapons stockpile will dock. >> i'm not afraid for myself. i am old, but for the young people here. i pray every day for them. i have two children who live up

north. i hope it's not the last time i speak to them. >> the chemical stockpile will be transferred on to the american vessel, cape ray, docked in the port. it will set sale for international waters where the chemical agents, including components from mustard gas and nerve agent sarin will be neutralized. the cape ray has been fitted with the field deployable hydraulic system capable of breaking down chemical agents into industrial waste. the agents will be pumped into a system of pipes, tubes and valves where they will be mixed with heated water and bleach. once the chemicals are neutralized, they will be stored in waste tanks, ready for disposal. >> this is what the port looked like tuesday. on one side, locals are just getting by every day life. on the other, the police created road blocks around the perimeter of the port, which was turned into a militarized zone.

>> access to the port is patrolled and details of the operation kept secret. the town's mayor even has been left in the dark. >> we were given reassurances, but those are only empty words. to this day, i still haven't been told what kind of substances are on that ship. >> to reassure the population, the mayor has paved the town with posters saying it is chemical agents and not weapons and set up a room in a town hall where locals will be able to follow the operation in life streaming. everybody's wish in this otherwise sleepy town is that this delicate operation will be fast and clean. aljazeera. >> the entire operation is expected to last about 20 hours. >> let's look at temperatures we can expect today. ebony deon is back. >> most of the country off to a

very warm start. the only exception here across parts of the upper midwest where we do have temperatures starting in the lower to mid 50's and we're only going to make it into the 70's. across the northeast, temperatures will rise once again into the 80's, even lower to mid 90's. right now, it already feels like we're in the mid 80's and in d.c., 95 degrees today, up to 90 on thursday. finally by the fourth of july, we start to cool just a bit. still on the warm side, mid 80's with a few showers early and across the southeast, it's going to be another hot, humidity day with high temperatures well into the 90's. >> steamy, thank you. >> the deadly ebola virus forcing african leaders to take action as they hold an emergency summit on the outbreak, the c.d.c. stepping in to help contain the spread of the virus. we have that story. >> because we are not spending enough on the things that help our economy grow. >> that's president obama urging congress to put more money into

the nation's crumbling roads and bridges. >> it is over, team u.s.a.'s world cup end coming to an end alleges the stage is set for the quarter finals. we are in before his still to let you know who is in and out. >> reunited and it feels so good. one man able to get his hands on the corvette stolen from him more than 30 years ago. >> a look now at hour images of the day as climbers admiring the sunrise from the summit of mount fuji taking advantage of the official climbing season.

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chance of thunderstorms. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. cab drivers around the world coming together to take a stand against uber. >> they are not too many about that. a major milestone for the civil rights movement. what's changed in the 50 years since president johnson signed the landmark legislation into law. >> a volcano in peru letting residents now it is very much active. >> ebola killing 67 in africa. health ministers are meeting in an emergency session about the disease right now in ghana. in the u.s. with that the c.d.c. doing its part to control the outbreak. we are in atlanta this morning. the biggest struggle here may be distrust on the part of governments in africa. >> good morning del. you are correct. the countries in west africa

have control of the governments local and national. they have distrust of western medical science and technology. that is fueling the surge in the numbers of the outbreak a understand we spent time with the centers for disease control prevention here at their atlanta headquarters this week looking at exactly what they're doing here and on the ground in west africa. >> officials in west africa are disposing of what they call bush meat, truth bats, monkeys, rats and burning it because they think the ebola virus could be affecting people who eat it. not everyone there agrees. distrust of doctors and government is widespread. >> we've been put out of business. if we can't sell our meat, our families will go hungry. we want our bush meat back. >> in atlanta, the c.d.c. said

the outbreak is the most serious they have ever faced. >> what's happened over the past few months is that the infection has spread to multiple areas in all three countries and there's now sustained transmission. >> the c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta does not have any ebola specimens from this particular outbreak in west africa. what they are doing is studying the fruit bat, which they think could be the host or reservoir for the virus and other fever-based diseases. >> the c.d.c. has had spans teams deployed in west africa since april, including fever virus scientists and epidemiologists, people who chase down and identify patients. >> we know what works to control these outbreaks and that is active identification of patients, getting them into proper isolation and treatment as soon as possible, and then importantly, following up all of the people that they've had contact with to monitor for symptoms to determine if they

will become patients. >> people need help. they need international help. >> as the death toll rises, the world health organization is urging drastic action. the c.d.c.s a massive effort is required in each of the affected regions to help identify the in texted and slow down the spread of the virus of which there is no vaccine and no cure. >> when we sat down to do the interview with the c.d.c. yet morning, they told us that the death toll was just over 350. that shows you exactly how much this is growing, how much the death toll is expanding. overnight, the who word health organization said the numbers went up 20% in the past week.

understanding how many people are infected and how many people are actually dead on the ground is on the up tick and confusing at best for folks up there. liberia officials have put out a statement to people living in that country saying if there's anyone that is holding anyone who is infected with the virus in their home or an area of player, that they will be prosecuted. many people do not trust the government and western technology. the situation is clearly on going. the largest outbreak since 1976, del. >> liberians have relatives here in the u.s. robert ray, thank you very much. >> in philadelphia, some scary moments when a propane tank exploded on a food truck. a security camera captured the blast which injured a dozen people, a mother and daughter working inside the truck are hospitalized in critical condition. the fireball caused a utility pole on the other side of the street to catch fire.

two passing cars also burst into flames. >> there was also a chlorine explosion at this plant in marion, indiana, one person now dead. a 48-year-old contractor was killed with the blast which forced the evacuation of the plant. four g.m. workers were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> two apps helping you order a cab coming to a halt, ceasing operations until they get proper credentials from the city. these apps are fighting an up hill battle across the globe. >> from washington to paris, now madrid, it's the threat that's united cabbies across the world. >> we will not accept a north american company that does not hire staff or buy vehicles. >> they're mad at ride sharing vehicles like lift, side car and uber. the popular services are changing the taxi industry by

letting regular people pick up paying passengers who summon them by smart phone apps. since launching in san francisco in 2010, uber's grown to 39 countries. its value exploded five fold in just a year, now worth nearly $18 billion. >> with just the press of a button. >> users power button to hire a car. the app works out the distance and calculates the cost. is the app a taxi meter? uber insists no. the taxi drivers say yes. they're angry the company isn't bound by the same insurance and traffic regulations they are. taxi owners point out they are undercutting traditional cab fairs. critics call them illegal taxi operation. many cab drivers are demanding uber drivers play by the same rules. >> it's a pirate transport

system that competes unfairly, because we pay taxes and have a transportation license. these people have no regulations. >> some states like new mexico have denied uber operating permits. colorado require drivers to submit background checks and show proof of insurance. uber did not return calls for comment. these services have global ambitions, and have no intention of hitting the brakes. >> last month, verge put a cease and desist order on uber. >> millions still crying in their beer, a dark day for the team u.s.a. the wave of victory at the world cup was cut short yesterday by belgium, losing 2-1 in a match that had a nail-biting extra time. the game moves to the quarter

finals. we go to brazil. how are fans reacting to what can only be described as a heartbreaking defeat? >> it really was, del. we were at the game last night. when it was over, the american fans leaving the stadium were devastated, as you can imagine, just like millions more back in the united states. the u.s. out numbered the belgian fans in the stadium at least 10-1, i would say, but in the end all that matters is what happens on the field and belgium got the victory. i will say that most of the u.s. fans as they left the stadium were fairly upbeat in the sense the u.s. played very hard and they played to the final of this game. they really tried to get a victory until the very end. most american fans say that we can leave with our heads held high. tim howard, the u.s. goalkeeper, phenomenal game with over 15 saves and that amazing goal by the 19-year-old julian green, so

there's a lot of upbeat devastation, but still a little bit of upbeat attitude by the americans as they leave salvador, knowing this world cup at least for the u.s. is now unfortunately over. >> they had two chances where they could have tied it in the final seconds. the next round begins friday. what do we have to look forward to? >> belgium goes on, they're going to play argentina. we've got another match between germany and france. we've got brazil playing columbia. that's the host brazil, going into a very tough colombian team and netherlands versus costa rica, the cinderella story. >> i can see why the fans didn't want to go home with the sun shining behind you. thanks for being with us today. >> tony is a retired pro soccer

player who played in every minute of every game for the u.s. world cup team in 2002. he is the president and check director of the foundation community support organization. thanks for being with us. what you were watching that match, what were you feeling for our players? you are just hoping that they produce and learn to close out the game. obviously, you know, i had a watch party, and it was really more about the people around me and support that the team was getting and how mainstream the u.s. team had become. >> goalie tim howard obviously had a big day, a huge number of saves. what does that tell you about the state of team u.s.a.'s defense that he had to do so many saves? >> you can look at it in different ways. goalkeeper has traditionally

been a strong spot for the u.s. team. passes are our job and he keeps the ball out of the goal. in hindsight, belgium is a very good team and had chances. overall, it ended up a tied game until the end. shots and difficult shots are two different things. u.s. could have scored five goals theoretically and so if we would have won 5-2, would it have been fair, maybe not. but we had five really good chances. >> all right, more than 25 million american viewers tuned in for last week's matchup between u.s.a. and portugal. we don't have the numbers for yesterday, but you, yourself had a watch party. last year's major league soccer finals between kansas city and salt lake averaged half a million viewers.

the average major league soccer game on espn draws 220,000 a year. i want to ask you where do you predict enthusiasm will be for professional soccer in this country in five years? well, i think it's, you know, it's going going the rise. it's starting to be on the mainstream t.v. we really have to capitalize on these opportunities. i think the u.s. fan base has now got to know the u.s. players, and the u.s. and the mls have done a good job bringing those stars back to america. now the american fan can continue to follow their favorite players in the mls. i think having a good, long story book run in the world cup is going to bring some loyalism to the teams and players. hopefully, people will continue to watch mls. >> all right, we hope so.

thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> we are two days away from americans celebrating the countries independence. the nation marks another landmark, the signing of the civil rights act of 1964. >> the law of course outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national or in. fifty years later, how much has changed? randall pinkston joins us this morning. however does the country still have to go to end racism? >> obviously we are a lot better off than we were 50 years ago and there's still work to be done. there are many ways to look at this. times are different. in washington, for example, unlike today's congress, 50 years later, republicans and democrats around cooperating too much but back then were united in the liberal cause of the day. they took racial in equity's to know fronting african-americans and a president from texas used his power to pass the civil rights act of 1964.

>> i urge every american to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people. >> july 2, 1964, president lyndon johnson surrounded by congressional leaders and civil rights legends signed to law that was supposed to fix what a civil war and constitutional amendments had left undone. >> prior to 1964, the united states lived with racial apartheid and particularly in the south, african-americans were not capable of enjoying the rights that all other americans enjoyed. in other words, they were second class citizens. >> the civil rights act of 1964 had 11 sections aimed at finally providing african-americans and other minorities legal quality. title two outlawed discrimination and public accommodations, hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, no more separate waiting rooms and water

fountains. title four gave the u.s. attorney general power to challenge racially segregated public schools. title seven outlawed employment discrimination. the battle for civil rights was long and often ugly, especially in the south where it was a life and death struggle. mississippi civil rights leader medgar evers assassinated, four innocent little girls killed in an alabama church targeted by the clue clubs clan. those crimes caused anger, frustration, outrage and brought more protestors to the streets. >> we face therefore a crisis as a country and people. we have a right to expect that the negro community to be responsible, uphold the law, but they have a right to expect the law will be fair, the constitution will be color blind. >> we have to think about the 1964 civil rights act, also as bought and paid for in blood. it was really only after the assassination of president

kennedy that action became possible. >> five months after kennedy proposed a new civil rights legislation, he was assassinated. seven months later, three civil rights workers were murdered in mississippi. they were trying to challenge unfair voting practices, a provision not included in the civil rights act of 1964. >> there was a provision that did deal with voting rights, but did not include that the federal government could intervene in states with discrimination. voter rights would be part of another civil rights bill in 1965. in 1968 after the assassination of dr. martin luther king, jr., congress enacted fair housing legislation. a lot of laws passed to make things better. >> our careers actually began as a result of that liberal move in the country. prior to that time, there were no african-americans or asians on television. >> there were social protest that pushed the legislation

along. >> it all happened quickly in the scheme of things. thank you very much. >> president obama drawing a line in the sand with congress over money to fix the nation's road and bridges. >> an attorney for the victims of one of the countries worst bridge disasters discusses who is to blame for america's drum bling infrastructure. >> g.m. help ago man get his corvette back 30 years after it was stolen. android mobile device. download it now to you.

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welcome to al jazeera america. just ahead, a man, his car and the reunion more than 30 years after being separated. >> the president urging congress to find a highway and transit programs. speaking of the key bridge in washington, he said infrastructure is crucial for economic growth. >> we are not spending enough on the things that help our economy grow, the things that help businesses move product, the things that help workers get to the job. >> the highway trust fund isn't renewed by congress. at least 700,000 jobs will be lost. >> last year, a report card on the infrastructure in the u.s., the u.s. scoring a d plus. must not findings, one in nine bridges in this country structurally deficient, meaning they need to be fixed or replaced. the roads are in poor or mediocre condition, costing the driver $67 billion a year just to fix your car and 45% of american households lack any

access to transit like bus us and subways and trains. an attorney who represented 34 plaintiffs in one of the nation's worst bridge disasters, that 2007 collapse of the i-35 bridge in minneapolis and that accident injured 145 others is in minneapolis this morning. jim, first of all, after that happened, i remember the collapse. washington vowed it would do something, seven years ago they vowed that. seven years later, did they? >> they really haven't. andy herman, the president of the american society of engineers just two years ago said the real problem is a lock of courage in cronk. the politicians always there for the ribbon cuttings, but when it comes to appropriating money, they just don't seem to have the votes to maintain the bridges. we had a problem in 2007 when the i-35w bridge collapsed and we have a critical problem today. >> last september, that report that said 65,000 bridges in the

u.s. in need of rare, on top of that, the highway trust fund running out of money, what in your opinion will it take for washington to wake up and do something about a problem that everybody on both sides of the i'll agrees is there and getting worse? >> well, obviously it takes leadership. i believe we now have that leadership with president obama's proposal. unfortunately, it also seems to take a certain amount of lives, a certain amount of victims, a certain amount of tragedies. the i-35w bridge collapse in 2007 was really an incredible embarrassment to this country. that bridge is part of the federal highway system. it was 40 years old, and it had undergone regular inspections and it had been classified as defective. there were buckling plates.

there were numerous problems singling the necessity of doing something with this bridge, yet the state's determination was it would do nothing until 2020, 15 years later -- >> i want to get to you won a huge settlement for the victims in this case. you dived deep into this. it is very personal for you. how safe do you think the bridges are in this country? >> if you look at the fact that over 50,000 bridges defined at structurally deficient, that's like a person going up a flight of stairs and panting hard. it just tells you you should look further and that's really the problem. the i-35w bridge had corrosion and buckling and they didn't look further at that time. had they looked further, they would have seen it was overloaded, not capable of bearing the dead weights it was carrying every day and they would have seen it was underdesigned. we have a lot of bridges that are panting, and nobody is doing

enough further investigation to go ahead and make the repairs. there's a saying in bridge failure analysis and that is that bridges don't just fail, they talk to you well in advance, forget about the signals and signs, they're in failure. >> they are talking loudly. thank you very much. >> the question is whether anyone in washington is listening. lets look at the tropical storm. >> we're start weight rain in the southwest. i've been watching heavy rainfall coming across new mexico into texas, following more storms into oklahoma. flooding will be a good possibility around oklahoma. arthur is parallelling the southeast coastline as we get through the next 24-36 hours. >> what was once old now new again. a man had his corvette stolen in detroit in 1979. last week, he got a call from

triple-a saying they found it in mississippi 33 years later with a little help from general motors, he got back behind the wheel of his car in the motor city and he is very happy. >> thanks for joining us. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow morning.

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