>> that's all for now. the conversation continues on aljazeera.com/considerthis, facebook, google+ and twitter. see you welcome to al jazerra america, i am del walters, these are the stories we are following for you. the death of a palestinian team prompts claims of revenge attack in east jerusalem. plus the battle over the border heating up in california. after anti-immigration protesters block a bus filled with undocumented migrants. and america, marking the 50th'50th anniversary of the cil rights amount that did away with

the separate but equal. ♪ ♪ we begin with fighting in east jerusalem. the latest clashes following reports of the abduction and killing of a palestinian teenager. fighting breaking out between israeli police and palestinians at least 30 people have now been injured. officials say they are looking in to claims the palestinian teen was killed in retaliation of the kidnapping and murder of three israel i teenagers, their bodies found monday. nick, tell us what is the situation now. >> reporter: yeah, del, the fighting and the rage on the streets in east i can't russ legal is absolutely continuing. israeli police say that at 200 protesters have been fighting with them all morning. they have been throwing rocks at the police in response the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. it has been happening this morning ever since you said the

family of mohamed says that there was a revenge killing for the death of those three israeli teenagers. the family said at about 4:00 a.m. mohamed was forced in to a car by israeli settlers, taking to a forest and that's where he was murdered. police cannot confirm that story they say they are still investigating and checking and identifying the body. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu said there has been a, quote, reprehensibly murder. the fear is both sides are taking matters in no their own hands this isn't normal violence between a government and fighting group, these are people on either side becoming vigilantes and the problem with that, of course, is that it's very difficult for either side to control it. >> nick, aside from that brief statement from prime minister ben men netanyahu what has been the response from both leaders

to the violence. >> reporter: the president released a quit statement blaming israel for the murders. that mirrors what netanyahu said. he has been quick also to release a statement trying to calm everyone's fears saying isreal is a nation of laws and everyone should follow the law. this is a leadership test everyone says, can he calm the calls for revenge that we saw on the streets last night among israeli protest nurse jerusalem. can israeli police find the killers and actually bring them to justice showing that they kill protect people in east jerusalem as they would protect anyone else and, with president abbas calm the balance stun vinnie range on the streets. del, of course that's complicated by the fact that he doesn't even have authority inside east jerusalem where all the protests are happening. >> nick schifrin live for news gaza today.

thank you very much, nick. earlier i talked to the former israeli council general in new york. i asked him if he thought benjamin netanyahu's reaction to the killing was appropriate? >> 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 think that escalation usually spirals out of control in these situations. and you think you control it, but you don't. now to iraq where iraq's prime minister warning that the fighting affects the entire middle east and urging the u.s. to help. john kerry leading with kurdish leaders in wash. libby casey is there. what is the u.s. commitment so

far? >> reporter: we see troops serving security. locations like the airport, the u.s. embassy another assessing the grounds and setting up a joint center. we see, of course, the u.s. with equipment there. apache helicopters manned by american troops and support given in terms of supplies to the iraqi government. hell fire missiles 400 sent so far. another 100 on the way. these are air to ground missiles. bloomberg news reporting today that another 4,000 are being requested to be sold. this despite the fact that they are not doing any kind of strikes yet to the american government. and that is not -- does not discounts the fact that the u.s. did increase its involvement 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 call itself the islamic state enters the capital. >> if a security situation -- the security situation

deteriorated rapidly, that a quick extraction of american personnel could be conducted. in a way that insured their safety and security. >> reporter: with a steady increase of american forces arriving in iraq, now another kind of help may be coming from the air. bloomberg news is reporting that the obamaed administration wants to sale iraq four through missiles, in addition to the 400 that have already been delivered to baghdad providing a boost to iraq's beleaguered military now being aided by the hundreds of u.s. military advisers in the country. >> when we have that assessment in hands we'll make decisions about whether there is other kind of support that we could provide. >> reporter: but 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 targeted air strikes are crucial to di defeat this swelling threat.

time is not on our side. further delay only benefits the terrorists. >> reporter: with the promise of f16s delayed, iraq is turn to go russia, accepting a second batch of used fighter jets. meanwhile, the islamic state is claim to go show off its own hardware, parading tanks and and you had missiles they say were 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 they claimed and where they established sunday. monday the man who calls himself the lead are of the new islamic state urged all muslims to travel to iraq to fight and overthrow the iraqi government. del, support coming from countries like saudi arabia in terms of money, the u.s. government is supportive of that, but there are a lot of questions and concerns about

just what support, equipment could mean from countries like iran and russia. and if they could fill a void when it comes to forming a new iraqi government and seeing the direction of the country. >> libby case any washington for us, thank you very much, libby. some iraqis saying this is a battle between factions not a government combating extremes. sunni and shia control waivers and the government launching an offensive trying to regain tikrit. >> reporter: on tuesday night supporters of the outspoken shia cleric tried to march on the holy sites. they were stopped by federal and local police who then start today clash with the supporters. the clashes we want for a few hours, the federal and local police were supported by helicopters and they were eventually beaten back. now, the cleric is allegedly hold up in his office near the holy shrines alongside his

supporters and a curfew has been put in place. he is a very continu controversl figure. for a very long time he has been a crit immaterial of the clerics within the city. particularly of the grand ayatollah the highest shia cleric in the country, saying that he is in effect an iranian and he is an arab and therefore he should be taken more seriously than he is. he has been a critic of the other shia clerics since 2,003 and the american invasion. this is the first time we have seen intense clashes like this. now there is a curfew in the city at the moment. but given the fact that he relose to his leave his office this situation is developing. >> imran kahn in bag dads. meanwhile iraqi iraqis displacey the fighting are getting help. the saudi arabian government is donating money saying it should be given to all iraqis regardless of relidge inning, o.

on the ground more fighting after a tenuous ceasefire ended in ukraine. kiev says ukrainian forces control two villages. this is a video of rebels being detains. ukrainian and russian foreign ministers meeting today in enter linberlin trying to jump start e peace process. the man accused leading attack on the american consulate in ben day benghazi. he's facing prosecution for the attack in libya. that killed the ambassador chris stevens. he said he provided information about the attacks but has not yet innin incriminated himself. 24 california tempers reached the boiling point. residents forcing the caravan of undocumented immigrants to turn away from a u.s. border patrol station. erica reports.

>> reporter: with their signs held high, protesters swarmed the street beginning the bus to his a standstill. the buses carrying undocumented central american families were headed to a u.s. border patrol station in southern california when they ran in to this road block outside the facility the my grandchildren and their parents arrived by plane to san diego from texas. where authorities caught them trying to illegally cross the u.s.-mexico border. >> u.s. citizens have to pay higher taxes in order to support these people. it's not fair. we can't take care of our own. >> reporter: the people pushing to keep the illegals out stood side by side with other americans welcoming the undocumented immigrants to california. >> translator: we are your cooks, we are your baby-sitters says the man with the hat that reads i am legal. who showed up to support the illegal immigrants. ultimately the vehicles were forced to turn around, leaving

local official officials scrambo find another facility 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. >> reporter: when if comes to the kids, president obama vowed this week to take executive action. >> we can't wait for congress. >> reporter: as for the overall issue of immigration, obama says that 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. >> reporter: erica, al jazerra. history being made in italy today. coming up on al jazerra america, a u.s. cargo ship joining forces with a danish freight tore destroy of last of syria's chemical weapons. the deadly ebola virus in three nation is his unprecedented we'll show you the latest effort to stop the out break.

well, the last of syria's declared chemical weapons are now out of that country. the weapons are at an italian port being transferred onto an american ship before they are destroyed totally. but the arrival of the weapons is concerning for the residents of an italian port town. claudio reports. >> reporter: a short stop over for syria's chemical weapons before they are finally destroyed. on wednesday more than 500-tons of deadly chemical agents seized in syria arrived at italian port. more than 70 containers carry mustard gas and components of the nerve gas sarin where it's unloaded carefully using cranes and then loaded on to the american vessel docked nearby. the use of a commercial port in the handling the deadly agents iced in chemical warfare is certainly unusual, but even more unusual was how close the operation was to a highly

populated residential area. residents of the neighboring town woke up at dawn to watch the ship arriving, many lost their sleep over the unusual cargo. >> translator: we are very worried. they do what they want, we have no say. this was decided from above and there is nothing we can do. >> translator: i don't feel safe. this kind of thing doesn't happen every day. i am afraid that something might happen. >> reporter: residents complain they were kept in the dark over the details of the operation. among them, the town's mayor. >> translator: they didn't allow us to follow the operation in live streaming as they promised something they would have reassured the population. that's a total lack of respect to us. >> reporter: the transfer of the dangerous cargo on the parade

will continue until the early hours of thursday. until then, locals will wait impatiently until the ships set sail for international water where the chemicals will be finally destroyed. claudia, al jazerra. a march for democracy led to the arrest of nearly 500 people in hong kong overnight. protesters were removed for occupying a street after they staged a sit in. >> we all here have the right to vote for whoever we like to rule hong kong to have. [ inaudible ] hong kong to make hong kong immaterial move. >> one lawyer not more than 500,000 protesters say 300 demonstrators have already been released yesterday. 10s of thousands taking to the streets calling for democracy. that demonstration, by the way, marking the anniversary of the city state being returned to chinese rule back in 1997. the world health organization is meeting today trying to discuss the spread of ebola in west africa. that region seeing its worst out

break since the deceased first appeared in central africa back in the 1970s, 467 have died. the out break beginning in guinea in march. it's since spread to liberia and sierra lyon. robber ray has more on the effort to stop an epidemic. >> reporter: officials are disposing of what they call bush meat. fruit bats, monkeys, rats and burning it because they think the ebola virus could be affecting people who eat it. but not everyone there agrees. and does trust of doctors and government is widespread. >> we have been put out of business. if we can't sale our meat our families will go hungry, we want our bush meat back. >> reporter: thousands of miles away in atlanta, the centers for disease control and prevention says the ebola out break in guinea, sierra lyon is liberia 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 is now sustained transmission. >> reporter: the cdc headquarters here in atlanta does not have any ebola specimens from this particular out break in west africa. though what they are doing is they are studying the fruit bat which they think could be the host or reservoir for the virus and other fever-based diseases. the cdc has had response teams deployed in west africa since april. including fever virus scientists and epidemiologists, those are people who chase down and identify patients. >> we know what works to control these out breaks and that is active identification of patients. getting them in to proper isolation and treatment as soon as possible. and then importantly, following up all of the people that they have had contact with to monitor for symptoms to determine if they will become patients. >> people are crying town.

they need help. they need the international help. everybody is. [ inaudible ] everyone, even the children. >> reporter: as the death toll rises the world health organization is urging drastic action and the dcd says a massive effort of multiple people on the ground is required and each of the affected regions to help identify the infected and slow down the spread of the ebola virus of which there is novak seen and no cure. robert ray, al jazerra, atlanta. remembering a major milestone in american history coming up on al jazerra america. the signing of the civil rights act of 1964 and what it means 50 years later. and people in japan paying tribute to the porcelain throne. é

welcome back to al jazerra america. i am del walters. these are your head lines at this hour. dozens of people have been injured following clashes in east jerusalem. the fighting breaking out

between israeli police and palestinians after the bo body a pal stun queen teenager was found in a forest. investigators are looking in to whether it was a retaliation for the three murdered teenagers whose bodies were found monday. looking to pardon anti-government fighters who haven't killed anyone. a holy site in car bola: tensions are rising over border issues in the u.s. a community in california holding a town hall meeting today, after residents of the town forced a caravan of buses filled with undocumented migrants to turn away from the u.s. border patrol station. well, july 2nd, 1964, that was the day that president lynn lindon johnson signed the saoeufl rights act in to law. made till legal to discriminate. but 50 years later, how much has changed? our randle pinkston joins us

now. i ask you the question, how much has changed and how far does this country still have to go? >> that's a short question with a very long answer, del. we are a lot better off today than we were 50 years ago when states and businesses and some states discriminated on the basis of race. it was a different time. but in some respects, it was a better time in washington. in congress where there was more unity than opposition instead of the decent and gridlock we see today 50 years ago, republicans and democrats joined together 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 2nd, 1964, president lindon johnson surrounded by congressional leaders and civil rights legends signed a law that was supposed today 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 equality. title two outlawed discrimination in 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 significant i gated schools. title seven out loud 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 ku klux klan, that caused anger and frustration and brought more civil rights protesters to the streets. >> it is a moral fight as a country and a people. we have a right to expect that the negro community to be responsible, to uphold the law, but they have a right to expect that the law will be fair, that the contusion will be color blind. >> we have to think about the 1964 civil rights act bought and paid for in blood. it was really only after the assassination of president kennedy that action became possible. >> reporter: five months after kennedy proposed 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. those three civil rights workers weren't the only ones killed in the long struggle to give african americans the right to vote. the following year a voting rights act was passed giving the

u.s. attorney general the authority to intervene in states which restricted voting rights. del. >> and we were talking a lot of those civil rights cold murder cases are still very cold. >> yes. >> randall tink stop, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: i am dave warren the latest information from the national hurricane center, the tropical storm arthur the speed is increasing and turning north at seven miles an hour. continue to go slowly drift north but continue to intensify. 260 miles south of charleston, south carolina, that is the present location it will downtown crease and turn to the northeast but it's going over some very warm water and continues are there for it to intensify so likely becoming a hurricane as it what preaches the coast of north and south carolina. watches and warnings have been upgraded now a tropical storm

warning in effect for north carolina, but that kurk watch remains in effect. this will be the brunt of the impacts from the storm here. right around north carolina and the outer banks, not the best timing, looks like it will be happening overnight thursday to friday, thursday to the fourth of july. here the storm intensifies and starts to turn to the northeast, this is just one computer forecast but really begins to intensify and brings winds and rain to north and south carolina thursday morning. thursday night cross is the border of north and south carolina still out over the ocean according to this computer forecast, this is where we see the winds continue to pound the coast right over north carolina. that's where coastal flooding will be the biggest problem. still intensifying likely a hurricane at this points. but by friday at noon just passing off the outer banks, there is that winds coming in for the northeast. so coastal flooding will be a big issue here. the forecast from the national hurricane center could be anywhere in this area, but this

zone will likely constrict a bit and start to focus on this region. that will be the exact track. again, still a lot of uncertainty as the exact location and the intensity, but this information coming in shows hurricane force winds 80 to 85 miles an hour thursday to early friday. and that winds direction, well, it continues to come from the southeast. so that's where we will see that coastal flooding because of that wind direction and the speed. then there is also a chance for isolated tornadoes as that storm passes by you get the bands of very heavy rain moving inland. the newest product for the national hurricane center shows about three feet above ground level for the storm surge and this is a large area of north carolina. del. >> dave warren, thank you very much. finally an exhibit. in japan taking people inside the world of toilets. a museum in tokyo teachers several attractions surrounding the porcelain throne. the main exhibit and a gigantic toilet that allows visitors to sly in to it to experience first hand the journal any to sewers,

the museum also showcases how different toilets are used around the world. and now you know. we are flush with excites. thanks for watching al jazerra america, i am del walters i in new york. "inside story" is next. >> are the roots of today's never-ending conflict in the middle east really growing out of a 1916 agreement between britain and france? iraq and syria, sykes, piko, the the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. in recent days the fighting men