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>> israel and hamas trade rocket fire ahead of a funeral for a murdered palestinian teen. the boy's grieving mother talking about to aljazeera america about her loss. >> we are taking this storm very seriously. i ask that all coastal residents and visitors do the same. >> bracing for arthur, the storm turning into a hurricane overnight, threatening to make landfall and spoil the holiday weekend. >> stepping up airport security at the height of the summer
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travel season, why homeland security is sounding the alarm on flights heading to the u.s. from overseas. >> i was born an alcoholic, i'm going to diane alcoholic. >> toronto mayor rob ford opening up about his drinking and drug problems, telling about what he's done and how he's trying to move on after rehab. gavin newsom, i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. tropical storm arthur has been upgraded to a hurricane. >> it is picking up speed and setting its sights on north carolina banks. >> funeral services are expected to take place today for a palestinian teenager who may have been killed in retaliation for the murders of three israeli teens early neither week. >> a rocket launched from gaza struck in southern israel overnight. the military bombing several target in gaza this morning, come ago day after sevens were
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injured in fighting in east jerusalem. nick schiffron is in jerusalem right now. are we expecting more clashes there today? >> del, the police are trying to seal off that whole area, but there may still be clashes, because that community is still filled with hostility, this morning still filled with anger and it's still filled with grief for a palestinian teenager an the family. >> the anger is scolderring. in a few hours, this community wilbury a 17-year-old killed to avenge the murder of three israeli teenagers. the tension hangs in the air here. outside, nothing's been cleaned up and inside, a mother surrounded by her family says there's a hole inside of her. >> i feel, she says, like my heart's been ripped out. >> the family lives here in east jerusalem.
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this is their house right there. they say muhammed was taken right next to their house, right in front of these shops. when the news spread of his death, this neighborhood exploded. this is a garbage dumpster that his neighbors use, the palestinian protestors used to fight police yesterday. the two sides fought for more than 12 hours. >> today's violence has two fronts, in southern israel on the gaza border, palestinian rockets are beginning to find their target. last night and this morning, two rockets slammed this neighborhood, apartments hit directly, but luckily no injuries, because the families are hiding in safe rooms, just like this one. we spent a day with this family, four kids, age four to 16 have grown up with a rocket threat and they've memorized a 15 second song, 15 seconds, because that's how long they have to run to a shelter before a missile could hit. >> we can't normalize like any
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other teenager in israel. it's our normal, our routine. >> i sleep in the bomb shelter, so yes, i do hear them and it wakes me up a lot, but you get used to it. >> behind their fence is the army's fence and behind that less than a mile away is gaza. every night, gaza's going feel like a war zone. in responsibility to rockets, israel military unleashed 15 strikes on rocket launchers and training grounds. palestinian medical officials say at least 10 were wounded. despite the terrifying sound of f16's in the air, 2500 people of gaza were in solid dart with a mother. her son wanted to be an electrician, just like his father. >> my son was burned, she says. i hope the people who did this
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burn, too. >> such pain and such anger felt by so many palestinians in jerusalem, stephanie, and del. the fear is that as they bury muhammed, that fury will increase. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu pledging to investigate the murder of that palestinian teen, but also calling on both sides not to take the law into their own hands. what has been the reaction to that by palestinians? >> well, i think what palestinians would say is that the israelis have not done enough to respect the lives of palestinians and they would say that whether it's in gaza or east jerusalem, israel police, israeli soldiers are unnecessarily aggressive against palestinians. it's really a question of leadership at this point. can the israeli leaders, can prime minister benjamin netanyahu calm israelis calling for revenge, can the israeli
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police come out and actually prove they will catch the killers of muhammed and can palestinian prosecute convince his people not to take to the streets orr take the law into their own hands. >> nick as i have with our coverage in jerusalem live, thank you very much. >> u.s. officials are condemning the abduction and murder of the teen, secretary of state john kerry releasing a statement that reads: >> libby casey joins us from washington. how concerned are officials? >> the statehouse and white house addressed this yesterday,
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the top item on the agenda, both condemning the murder and pointing out the prime minister has called for swift justice. the white house spokesman called on israeli and palestinian governments to prevent an atmosphere of revenge and retribution and hope that the situation calls down. >> the israeli prime minister netanyahu has called on authorities to identify the perpetrators and motives behind this heinous act and we hope to swiftly see the parties brought to justice. we call on the government of israel to take necessary steps to prevent an atmosphere of revenge and retribution. >> american officials say there's no u.s. investigation going on. they're waiting to see the results of what's happening on the ground with law enforcement there. josh ernest talked about how all sides are talking with their counterparts. the state department says secretary kerry spoke with prime
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minister netanyahu yesterday. >> is the u.s. planning to send anyone to mediate in the current situation. >> there is an acting special envoy, frank lowenstein is stepping into the role somewhat. u.s. officials describe negotiations on the ground in the middle east as in pause mode and there are no plans right now to appoint an official envoy, someone to take that position permanently while negotiations suspended, however officials say that there are people on the ground talking to both sides, and hoping that parties will come back to the table. >> libby casey for us in washington, thank you. >> coming up, a jerusalem journalist who sat in on the state department meeting yesterday discusses the tensions in the middle east and whether or not the u.s. should intervene. >> also in that region, a 19-year-old from denver arrested
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for allegedly trying to become a fighter in iraq. federal officials say she was trying to travel to syria to join the islamic state. john henry smith joins us with the details. >> that woman's name, she's 19-year-old shannon conley. court documents reveal she was arrested at denver international airport in april trying to board a plane to turkey and her father tipped off authorities to her travel plans. law enforcement officials and her pants have been trying poor months starting in the fall of 2013 out of fighting in extremist causes. during nine separate interviews, conley made in as i understandary remarks despite told she could get her in trouble. she was communicate, a man from
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tunisia. agents asked her why she appeared to be taking notes at a church. she replied i hate those people and if they think i'm a terrorist, i'll give them something to think i am. >> we would ask her can you show us the notebook and then she didn't want to do that at all. there were several responses back to hour pastors, who would confront her and try to talk to her where we know there was some hostility there. >> conley is currently in the custody of law enforcement, charged with trying support a designated terrorist organization. she could face up to 15 years in prison and or a $250,000 fine. >> this morning, saudi arabia is
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sending 30,000 troops to protect its border with iraq. the two countries share a bored their runs roughly 500 miles in southwestern iraq. as many as 45 people were killed wednesday in the holy city in clashes between security forces. what is the significance of the saudi arabian troops on the border? >> well, it just goes to show you that there are more regional concerns over the islamic state, the group that has taken over parts of northwest iraq. what the military spokesman here in iraq said, that they hadn't moved their troops from the border, that their troops were still there, but that was not the case with saudi arabia. saudi arabia said the iraqis had moved their troops, therefore to defend their borders had to move
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troops there. all of the countries in the region are beginning to strengthen their bored persons they've seen what the islamic state can do and it's making them nervous. >> tell us what's going on with the shia cleric. >> the shia cleric is very, very controversial. he has been an outspoken critic. a couple of nights ago, they tried to go to take over the holy shrines in the city. the iraqi authorities tried to arrest him. he escaped. he i see still allegedly on the run. that there's a curfew, violence continues there and it's spreading. he is a very controversial figure, always has been, and so the arrest of him means there could be instability.
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>> yet more fracturing in iran. >> pakistan's new law allows government troops to shoot suspects on sight and withhold information about detainees. the rules are intended to help security forces battle the taliban. critics of the measure say it is a blatant violation of human rights. >> the libyan government has reached a deal to regain control of that countries oil ports. a rebel leader agreed to hand over the last two terminals that have crippled the oil industries in the country. the release of the two ports marks the end of libya's oil crisis. >> former french penalty nicholas sarkozy is defending himself against corruption charges. he called the allegations grotesque, adding the judges are biased and trying to destroy him. >> i've never committed any act
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contrary to the principles of the republic or rule of law. >> prosecutors allege sarkozy accepted $67 million in a legal campaign funds in 2007 from libya's muammar gaddafi. this could be a setback for sarkozy who was considering running in the 2017 presidential election. >> to the weather, tropical storm arthur was upgraded, now a hurricane gaining strength as it bears down on the east coast. this is a picture from space showing the size of the storm. the hurricane is expected to hit the carolina's later today. evacuation orders are in effect in the outer banks. we are in north carolina. are residents heeding those evacuation warnings? >> the areas with mandatory evacuations, the national park and sea shore, they've moved
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out. take a look at conditions. you can't tell there is a storm on the way, calm, beautiful sunrise, waves are fine, wind minimal. you can't really see anything here. still, many here and along the eastern seaboard are preparing for arthur, an unwelcome visitor this holiday weekend. >> overnight, the coast showed few clues that arthur is growing a few hundred miles away pushing toward the shore. >> we are taking this storm very seriously. i asked all coastal residents and visitors to do the same. >> the current forecast shows the storm will brush the east coast over the next few days. the outer banks of the carolinas likely getting the worst of it at the worst possible time, the long holiday weekend. beach traffic is building, hotels filling with vacationers watching the weather. >> i hope and of course safety. >> most at this point aren't planning to bail on their holiday plans just yet.
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>> this is something we plan every year, like i said, unless it gets really bad or they make us leave, we'll stay. >> visitors can't stay on hatteras island. there's a mandatory evacuation order. dozens left the state park as the hurricane plan forced campers to clear out. >> i'm never mad at mother nature. she can do what she wants and she always does. you just have to roll with the punches. >> and hope that arthur just delivers a glancing blow. >> now, ahead of the storm, several cities in the potential strike zone including boston are moving up their annual fourth of july fireworks, celebrating the holiday this evening. >> thank you very much for being with us. yesterday i heard one of the reasons there is no many spanish
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galleons sunk off the coast of north carolina, when the hurricane was approaching, they couldn't see the storm, as you could see there. >> they keep sailing right into it. our meteorologist has been tracking the storm. >> dave, what's the latest? >> the latest on the hurricane, the storm is continuing to intensify. that was the forecast and that's happening now. it is expected to turn to the northeast, but now just moving north. these tropical storm force winds extend 95 miles to the center of the storm. that area could grow. the biggest impact is tonight and to really in north carolina. winds 75 miles an hour, 300 fort five miles southwest of cape hatteras, the storm moving north, picking up speed a little bit up to nine miles an hour and expected to turn to the northeast. anywhere in this area, this is the track from the national hurricane center is where the storm could go. it's beginning to be more focused across north carolina. it will be friday manager as it's passing by the coast there.
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that's where we see the biggest wind increase coming from the southeast now. coastal flooding will be a big problem along with hurricane forced wind and very heavy rain inland. this is three ok in the morning friday, by friday mid-day, it is pushing off the coast. that is the peek time. >> we have to be careful with these storms. sandy and irene, cat ones, a lot of damage. >> if the area expands, that could be a big problem with the flooding. >> stay with aljazeera america for continuing coverage of hurricane arthur. coming up in five minutes, we'll talk about how this storm compares to others that have hit the outer banks and the impact on the northeast. >> still ahead, we'll talk about the unrest in the middle east and how it has u.s. officials now on high alert. >> why travelers coming to america will be facing titler security at airports overseas. >> a small town in california now the focus of a vocal and heated debate over immigration in america. why protestors there won't be taking a break to celebrate the
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fourth of july. >> caught on camera, a driver who knows a thing or two about racing speeds away from a traffic stop dragging an officer behind him. >> 9 million, it is our big number of the day. >> it's the number that many americans would rather not be a part of. rt of.
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>> well, it is a sign the u.s. economy is finally bouncing back. >> today's big number is 9 million. >> that's the number of jobs america lost during the recession, but now they are back. >> government data shows totally unemployment is at the same level as before the economic down town. >> even though the nation is improving, 32 states have fewer jobs. >> the worst state find a job, nevada, jobs down 6% from 2007. >> the energy boom helping north dakota add jobs, employment up 28%. the monthly job reports coming out in about an hour.
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we'll brake down details live. >> the u.s. is ramping up overseas airport security. counter terrorism officials are worried al-qaeda groups in the middle east could be developing explosives that will be able to slip past airport screeners. the department of airport security are calling on better security around the world for passengers coming to the u.s. what sparked this concern? >> the government got information that these extremists specifically fighting in syria could be trying to board a u.s. bound flight coming from the middle east, europe for north africa. they're worried because there has been information that they are trying to develop a bomb that can evade detection. that is prompts calls for added security. >> it's a credible threat. what does this mean for passengers? >> what it means is that we're
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going to see things like increased random patdowns, more screening of carry on items, also additional jabbing and scrutiny of electronics. those are the things we've noted. there will be efforts behind the scenes that passengers won't notice to ensure safety. >> how will the u.s. ensure that overseas airports are vigilant in their screenings of passengers coming to this country. >> well, you know, they're offering to help implement changes to help these foreign airports bring these standards basically up to par and so they're going to be watching closely to make sure these are kept and enforced before these passengers make it to the u.s. >> danielle lee live for us in washington, thank you. >> evacuations are underway for parts of north carolina's outer banks ahead of hurricane arthur. for cape hatteras, that evacuation order is mandatory. residents and tourists in other areas along beaches are asked to leave voluntarily.
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tourists are there for the holiday. while people in the area are used to cat one hurricanes and the damage they cause, hurricane irene, back in 2001 was a cat one storm, devastating to the outer banks. how similar is this storm and what effect could arthur have? >> well, thanks a lot. take a look back to irene. irene formed deep in the tropics and then worked its way up across the island chain. it was a slow-mover and it was a large storm with very low pressure. as it came from the south and hit the outer banks of north carolina, it was kind of worst case scenario and dumped the rain over the area and there was quite a bit of flooding. this storm is what we call a homegrown system developing off the southeast coast. pressures now are starting to drop. it's going to be a stronger system as it works its way up to
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north carolina during the overnight hours. it still that the potential for flooding, there's going to be a water surge here. this is going to get picked up and accelerate to the northeast. it's going to be in and out of here in a hurry, so looks like tonight, the hurricane force winds and seas moving into northeastern carolina. it's going to be a lot of problems with the sounds with flooding. there you can see the eye. taking a jog to the east, so the system should turn northeast and the path should bring it right up into the outer banks late tonight and early on friday. already, rough surf along the coast, dangerous conditions, close to center, you can see three to six inches of rain winds 80 miles an hour tonight and tomorrow in east carolina. the outer banks, the system could get stronger and winds close to 100 miles an hour. >> ok. >> as i mentioned, flooding will be a problem.
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>> mark, thank you very much. a remind tore stay with aljazeera america for continuing coverage of arthur as she makes her way ashore. we're going to have live reports from the outer banks coming up in our next hour. >> i'm pretty sure arthurs a he. anyway, let's get a look at the weather across the rest of the country with our meteorologist dave warren. >> who is a he, by the way. >> i think it's an it. >> storms, well, i'll get out of this as well as i can. i'm getting out. >> causing a big problem across the southeast, but the big picture across the entire country is this warm air still in place. a front coming through by a storm approaching from the south, this front slows down, another hot, humid day, temperatures into the 70's, heading for the 80's and 90's, not as hot as yesterday but still a hot and muggy day, heat continuing to build there, phoenix 109, los angeles at 79 degrees. >> i was thinking of bea arthur
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to tell you the truth. good recovery, thank you. >> peace in the middle east seeming as far away as it ever has. >> tensions there actually leading the secretary of state john kerry to get involved, we'll talk to the washington bureau chief about the u.s. response. >> a police officer accused of some hot-headed behavior. what happened that led him to shove a paraplegic man right out of his wheelchair. >> it was not an option to try to have 14 more, but we've loved her enough to choose life for her by embryo reduction. >> the adoption process that allows mom to say give birth themselves with someone else's embryo. >> their logo maybe a bullseye, but target is telling customer to say leave their guns at home. it's one of the headlines around the world.
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>> that is a live look at nags head north carolina. the clouds are moving in. that is the calm before the storm but also looks like the storm is starting to storm. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> ahead, infertile couples turning to embryo adoption, the serious issues and questions it raises. >> 100 earthquakes rocking the midwest in just one month. some say fracking is to blame. the problems caused for the people who live there. what one man is doing about it. >> in our next hour, the latest unemployment numbers as soon as the report is reds. we'll explain what the numbers mean for the state of the american economy. >> let's look at top stories. saudi arabia said to be amassing troops along the border with iraq, 30,000 deployed to an area running key soldiers have abandoned. the move ordered to protect the 500-mile border with iraq. members of the the islamic state continue to seize towns. >> a colorado woman faces
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charges she tried to travel to syria to join the islamic state. f.b.i. agents arrested her trying to board a flight in april. they say the muslim condition vert wanted too meet up with asouter she met on line. she is charged with trying to help a foreign terrorist organization. >> funeral services set to take place today for a palestinian teenager. he may have been killed in retaliation for the murder of three israeli teens earlier in the week. a rocket from gaza struck a house in israeli. 15 hamas targets were bombed this morning. >> for more on the increasing tensions, we're joined we the washington bureau chief for the jerusalem post in washington this morning. you sat in on a state department briefing yesterday with regard to the situation in israeli. what happened in that meeting? >> the latest developments, overnight, there were 14
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rockets, a 15th actually just landed in southern israel from gaza. one of those allegedly hit a nursery for infants, it was empty, luckily. >> and israeli that responded with it's own air strikes. about the meeting yesterday, what happened in that state department meeting? >> well, the state department has come out strongly condemning the killing of both the arab teenager in jerusalem and obviously the three israeli teenagers who were in the west bank at the time that they were abducted and killed. the asks has come out very strongly against it, against both acts. the national security advisor, susan rice has called boat heinous acts. at the same time, neither have pointed the finger definitively at any party, although the state department has said that they have seen intelligence from a
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jointly israeli-palestinian investigation that point to hamas as culpable or at minimum involved in the capture and the killing of these three israelis. >> how are the israeli officials reacting to what you describe as strongly worded condemnation from john kerry and others over the killing of muhammed abu khdair. >> yesterday be a phone call with the secretary of state, he said he personally ordered an investigation into that murder. netanyahu wants it to be swift, wants justice to be severe, as it was put by the state department and he has told the israelis that they are not to take the law into their own
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hands. >> thank you. coming up in our next hour, a live report from jerusalem and we'll speak with a palestinian american journalist to get his thoughts. >> important to get both sides. >> ukraine and russia plan to begin peace talks saturday. foreign ministers want to create a ceasefire agreement. fighting still continues to tear apart the eastern part of the country. >> this was the scene kiev says ukrainian troops launched a brought offensive against pro russian gunman, five ukrainian troops and accept are a activities have been killed. >> it's been three months since 276 school girls were kidnapped by boko haram. there have been daily protests for their rescue. >> demonstrators say the
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nigerian president needs to step up efforts to free those girls. they'll continue to hold demonstration to say give the girls strength. >> our hope is diminishing but our spirits are keeping us to stay stronger. we have to stay put for these girls to have a kind of positive energy for them to be strong in the enemy camp. >> meanwhile, boko haram has continued to say they will sell the girls into marriage and slavery if the government does not exchange them for detained rebels. >> in south africa, new testimony focusing on oscar pistorius' state of mind the night he shot and killed his girlfriend. his doctor testifying for the defense said the former olympic swimmer was always age husband and hyper vigilant especially hearing loud noise's. he claims he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder. >> a small city in california is tackling the big issue of
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immigration. erica pitzi joins us now. emotions running high. >> more buses of undocumented immigrants are schedule would to arrive in murietta tomorrow on america's independence day. vocal residents on both sides of the issue and area police are preparing for confrontations. >> they're not born here. they need to go back to mexico. >> tensionses are mounting in southern california where migrants are being sent because of overcrudding border facilities in texas. >> illegal aliens. they came across illegally. >> wednesday night, hundreds packed a town hall in murietta, california demanding answers. >> is there another bus coming to our city? >> we will receive one airplane every 72 hours. >> less than 24 hours earlier, many of these same residents were part of an angry road block that forced three buses full of central american migrants away from the murietta border patrol
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station. they ended up 60 miles away, where 140 undocumented immigrants mostly women and children walked into an uncertain future. >> it's heartbreaking to see this happening coming from the land of opportunity. >> the man in the middle of the murietta controversy is the city's mayor. he initially sparked the stand out of calling on residents to complain. speaking to aljazeera correspondent jennifer london, the mayor said he doesn't blame the immigrants, he blamed the system. >> we have a federal policy that's not being enforced and is broken. it's not efficient. we're really standing up against the federal policy or the lack there of. >> the white house says it is working on that policy. >> this is about balancing our responsibility to treat in humane way those attempting to enter this country, also send ago clear signal to everybody inside this country and to others contemplating making the very dangerous trip that the law will be enforced.
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>> the u.s. government is driving that point home in television ads that start running on monday in key central american countries. >> the t.v. ad was in spanish and specifically warning parents against the misinformation their hearing about children who illegally cross the border alone can become u.s. citizens. the u.s. government is also taking out hundreds of print and billboard ads in those countries, as well. >> thank you. >> japan now saying that it is going to ease some of its tensions against north korea, some of the anxious there is. it comes in return for the reopening of an investigation into the fate of dozens of japanese nationals kidnapped during the cold war after new reports found some of them may still be alive. japan will lift travel restrictions to and from north korea and money to answer percent. it won't affect u.s. sanctions aimed at stopping the nuclear
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program. >> china's president is on his first official visit to south korea, a signal of changing relationships. it's the first time a chinese leader has visited there. early in his presidency, what is he hope to go accomplish with this visit? >> i think a couple of things. the economy obviously is an important one. he says that he wants to increase trade from the current $230 billion a year to $300 billion a year. both he and the south korean president were talking about trying to conclude a free trade agreement between south korea and china by the end of this year, but also, there is a wider strategic game played here. both countries upset by japan's recent change to its constitution, perhaps a change by the president to disrupt
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relations. both key u.s. allies, so a potential plan to peel south korea away to some extent. >> china is usually an ally of north korea. what is the current state of relations between those two countries? >> i think it shows that the chinese president is pretty unhappy with north korea's recent actions in carrying out a third nuclear test last year, threatening to carry out a fourth at the beginning of this year, executing a man who is seen as the key man of the front of the relationship between northee and nine in a, thing of the kim i don't think unlast year. i think coming here shows a pretty clear signal that china isn't happy. the south korea president saying this was a signal for north korea that it needs to
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denuclearize and show stat. >> health officials in haiti struggling to contain a mosquito borne virus mainly spreading in poor areas where people are packed together with poor sanitation. health officials believe the virus started to spread in the caribbean in september. it's rarely fatal but painful and symptoms can last for months or years. 250,000 people have been affected. no vaccine or treatment so far. >> for families battling fertility issues, adoption is often the very first solution they turn to. now there's a new treatment allowing them to adopt an embryo from another couple and still give birth to the child they always wanted. why couples are now opting to this alternative. >> linda and chip call 17-month-old cali their dream baby. after two unsuccessful attempts at invitro fertilization, they turned to a new form of adoption. >> we always knew that even if it meant taking another
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non-traditional route that we wanted children. >> what made this exciting was not only would web giving an embryo life, but linda would have the experience of being pregnant. >> cali tame from frozen embryos they received from a couple in fort worth texas. after conceiving twins and a son, the eagleton's decided their family was complete, but didn't know what to do to the unused embryos. they didn't want to destroy them but didn't want to donate anonymously. >> they wanted to make sure that our children knew that they had biological siblings. >> they turned to a non-profit adoption agency, night light christian adoptions has assessed in what it calls embryo adoptions since 1997, resulting in nearly 400 babies. only 37% of prosen embryos result in actual births. at roughly $15,000, it's about half as much as traditional
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adoption and takes less time. >> our matching time is usually only a couple months, where as in domestic adoption, the matching phase could be two years. >> agreements signed by parents are written as property contracts, because most states don't recognize embryos as people. that's part of the reason the american society of reproductive medicine doesn't support the term embryo adoption. >> adoption really does confer to transferring parental rights to a child, a person. embryos have not achieved that, although they certainly have that potential. >> night light matches donors with respective parents based on religion, family values and common interests. >> they like baseball, going out on boats, football. this is everything we liked, they like. >> did you see her blow you kisses? >> contracts spell out contact donor parents get with the child. cali is getting to know them
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through video chats and phone calls once a month. she's met them twice. >> this is cali? >> no, brennan. >> melissa is happy with her decision, but looking at her son reminds her of the little girl she won't be raising and questions to come. >> why did you give cali up or from cali, why did you give me up. >> yes, it was not an option to try to have 14 more, but we've loved her enough to choose life for her by embryo adoption. >> chip and linda hope at some point to have another baby with the remaining embryos. aljazeera. >> 7 million women in the u.s. struggle with infer tilt. >> incredible however science has come. >> an indiana community is outraged after a police officer is caught on tape toppling a man over in his wheelchair.
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it happened last october outside a school in lafayette. 25-year-old nicholas kinkaid is shown accidentally running over the officer's feet and that's when he was shoved. sending him and the wheelchair into the street. the officer will serve a 30 day unpaid suspension. >> hey, stop! stop! >> another police officer caught on video, but this one was the victim. it happened sunday night in florida when a deputy police officer stopped a local horse jockey as the officer attempted to cuff him, the jockey tried to drive on that. the driver was charged with resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license, the reason he was pulled over. >> good to see both sides of the spectrum there. officers have it rough sometimes. >> toronto's mayor speaking out for the first time since rehab,
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rob ford admits he covered up his substance abuse problem and his drug use ran the gamut. >> there's marijuana, mushrooms, there's everything you can think of. >> the canadian mayor says he was under the influence when he made homophobic and as he cannist comments. he was stripped of his power when he admit he smoked crack cocaine in a drunken stupor. he wants to be reelected and is running this fall. >> other head lines making news around the world, european food watchdogs are raising that red flag with a chem cull found in brown foods, anything roasted, baked, cooked in dry heat, including fried foods. the european food safety authority said a chemical is a cancer risk. this has been in the research. the important thing is that all the animals in which it led to too many morse were in animals, so hasn't been confirmed in humans. >> as we go into the grilling season on the fourth of july they warn overcooked mates,
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burned meat is a carcinogen. be careful. >> target asking customers to leave their guns outside before shopping in their stores. the wall street journal says that the retail giant is making the request in communities where it is permitted by law to carry a gun. the problem is that the other side argues how are you going to enforce this? ask store clerk to say tell people to remove their guns or put metal detectors in place. >> it doesn't sound like they want to enforce it, they recommend don't bring your firearms to target. >> a woman said she doesn't want to see a rifle where she buys diapers. >> two tour buses for 1980's bands styx went up in flames this afternoon. no one was inside either bus when they went up into flames. it's not clear at this point how those fires started, but the show did go on. of course, mr. roboto, one of
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del's favorite songs. >> i remember that. i used to play the drums in the car when nobody was looking. >> the practice of fracking may be connected to earthquakes around the country. >> we'll talk about how one man is taking on the oil industry and calling for a more foreyum on fracking. we'll talk to him about his concerns. >> wild weather creating a spectacular scene over lower manhattan. the towering one world trade center taking a direct lightning strike. >> one fish, two fish, red fish, bluefish, how certain real fish are able to remember that classic dr. seuss poem more so than the words from dr. row botho -- mr. roboto. rr time.
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>> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> it is time now for our discovery of the day. the african cichlid maybe
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smarter than you think. they have a memory that can last 12 days. >> it's typically thought the memory span of a fish is minute or seconds. when they put food in one area of the fish tank, 12 days later they would return to the spot. even if they were totally removed from that tank environment, this suggests that they are remembering. they do have bigger brains, it appears than other fish. >> bigger fish giants a county in south florida taking on fracking. they say the state is allowing the process despite health risks. acid breaks down bedrock to break down natural gas, similar to hydraulic fracturing. there's been apostate wide moratorium on the extraction method for a few years. protestors lobbying for communities to ban the practice in case the state allows it to
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take place. >> while many believe fracking is causing earthquakes. in oklahoma, almost 100 quakes in the past month. a resident of payne county oklahoma is calling for a one year ban, a one year moratorium on fracking. he joins us from tulsa this morning. how many earthquakes have you experienced? >> well, i mean, since the start of january, we've had around 700 earthquakes in oklahoma. >> when you say 700 earthquakes, are we talking about the ground shaking, the china falling off the wall, or just a slight tremor? >> well, slight tremors in various parts of north central oklahoma. we have had home damage across that area of the state.
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people are waking up in the middle of the night more than once in a lot of cases. >> now you went to a town meeting recently. what is the feeling among your neighbors there in edmond, oklahoma about fracking itself? >> well, in edmond, and the people that came from payne county and other counties where this is happening is they want it to stop. >> i want to ask you what some say is the flip side of this controversy. a lot of people say ok, a few cracks in my home, but a lot of jobs and a lot of money in my wallet. is it worth the tradeoff? >> not if you're having cracks in your home. who's going to pay for that? the insurance companies up until very, very recently and maybe still are, some of them, have
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had a moratorium on homeowners being able to purchase earthquake insurance, so my point of view and the point of ve of many, many others is if the insurance companies are allowed to have a moratorium on selling us earthquake insurance, then we should be able to have a moratorium on earthquakes. >> ok. you're point is well taken, we thank you for being with us this morning. that is earl hali, thank you very much, joining us from tulsa. >> strong thunderstorms soaked new york overnight and in a freak accident, part of the stonewall on the landmark brooklyn bridge came crashing down. officials say a 25-foot wide section of facade crashed in the underpass. five people were injured and they are investigating the cause. >> i live under the bridge.
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this was louder that there. that storm was intense. >> meteorologist dave warren is here with more on what to expect. >> it could be more of the same today. the front coming through causing that is slowing down. these storms yesterday moved through. we'll have a repeat of that today, likely could be severe again, but the problem is a lot of moisture in the air, very muggy across the northeast, so flash flooding could be a problem where you get a a lot of rain at once. if you're driving in these storms, watch, because flooding could happen quickly. very heavy rain expected from new jersey up to new york and parts of new england drying out in western pennsylvania toward the great lakes. this is moving through and pushing east. what's slowing it down is what's happening across the southeast. hurricane arthur, warnings in effect across north carolina, rip currents are a problem from florida to north carolina. the tracking from the hurricane center, right over eastern north carolina with 85-mile an hour
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wind expected at the center which could happen anywhere in the red area. this will be a problem overnight and early tomorrow. you can see the forecast strengthening this storm through south carolina and north carolina. this is happening tonight pushing to the northeast by tomorrow morning. >> thank you very much. >> facebook is apologizing for that psychological experiment it conducted on users without their consent. in 2012, facebook manipulated the time lines of 700,000 users. some were shown only positive information, others given strictly negative updates. facebook's c.e.o. addressing the issue wednesday during a speaking engagement in india. >> this was part of an ongoing research companies do to test different products and that was what it was and it was just poorly communicated. we take privacy and security at facebook really seriously, because it's the thing that allows people to share. >> facebook's 2012 psychological
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experiment is now under investigation in the united kingdom. >> the world's largest claims flying the skies over the twin cities, the jet owned by ukrainian airline took off from minneapolis-st. paul airport. it is 275 feet long and uses six engines, three on each wing. the plane was made by russia and meant to launch space shuttles. it handles extra large cargo and is headed to the middle east. >> you still to have pay for your carry on. israeli and hamas traded rocket fire overnight ahead of that funeral for a palestinian teen, his death believed to be in retaliation for the kidnap and murder of three israeli teenagers. >> a colorado woman tried to fly to syria to join the islamic state and wage jihad after converting to islam. >> a hurricane expected to pass north carolina's outer banks today. >> we are roughly 30 minutes
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in the debate over immigration. >> residents along the eastern seaboard are bracing forar sure strengthening into a hurricane overnight. >> spending a month under the sea to get a better sense of how ocean life works. the mission carried out by jack cousteau's grandson. >> we'll have much more on the hurricane and how it may affect your fourth of july plans in a few minutes. >> first, israeli police are preparing for a fresh round of violence coming as funeral services will take place for a palestinian teenager who may have been killed in retaliation for the murders of three israeli teens. >> u.s. officials condemning the murder, urging both sides not to retaliate. the u.s. military bombed several targets in gaza this morning in
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retaliation for a rocket that struck israeli overnight. nick schiffron is in jerusalem, but we begin with libby casey in washington, d.c. how concerned are u.s. officials about this latest unrest in israel? >> it was a top agenda item brought up at state department and white house briefings yesterday. the white house calling on both the israeli and palestinian governments to prevent an atmosphere of revenge and retribution. the state department says u.s. officials are speaking with counterparts, secretary of state john kerry spoke with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister yesterday with that state spokeswoman says u.s. officials emphasize hopes that people don't take the allow into their own hands and hope the situation calls down. >> there has to be an amendmentive path forward. violence is not the answer. we've been in touch with both side to say convey that strongly, as well. there's no question there are strong emotions on the ground,
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that's understandable given the circumstances, but we are encouraging parties to continue to cooperate an security measures and continue to dialogue, as well. >> american officials are not involved in the investigation and are watching to see what local law enforcement does and says on the ground and they'll see how authorities proceed there. >> moving forward, is the u.s. planning on sending an envoy to mediate the current situation there? >> we saw the resignation of special envoy just last week, he's back at the brookings institute here in washington d.c. his replacement is frank lowenstein. he worked for john kerry in the u.s. senate, but is serving as an acting special envoy. u.s. officials describe negotiations in the middle east as being in a pause mode. they are not moving forward to have a permanent replacement named with negotiations suspended. no plans as of last week to get
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that officially named, but they say that they are talking to both sides on the ground. >> libby casey beginning our coverage from washington this morning, thank you very much. >> let's turn to nick schiffron in jerusalem. nick, good morning to you. what is the latest on the funeral for muhammed khadir? >> the family is waiting for the body to be reds. the autopsy is being done with a palestinian doctor there. at some point today, that body will be released to the family and very quickly thereafter, that funeral will take place. i just came from there just about an hour ago or so. there's a large tent set up by the family, people are waiting, expecting that body in the next few hours. also inside, just really heartbreaking, i spoke with the mother of muhammed and she's surrounded by so many family members there. there's a lot of grief in that family and community, but there
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is also that anger and that fury and police and certainly the neighborhood is expecting more clashes sometime after that funeral. >> nick, what is going on with rocket fire in israel? >> this is increasing. we've seen higher numbers before, but this is the highest numbers we've seen in certainly over a year. we are talking about a few dozen rockets every day or every 36 hours. most of them falling into empty fields, but in the last 24 hours, three have hit a certain city in israel, in southern israel, and those three have hit buildings. they've hit a kindergarten and they've taken out some of the electricity from that neighborhood, and so what israeli officials are deciding is how to escalate. they tell me that they don't necessarily want to escalate
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into gaza, but that song as these rockets are falling in empty feeds, they will bomb empty militant training grounds. if the rockets start hitting towns or god forbid would harm or injure somebody, that would escalate things. >> coming up at 8:30 eastern time, we'll look at the ongoing violence for both sides and peace process in that region. >> saudi arabia is beefing up security with its iraq border sending in 30,000 troops. the border runs 500 miles in southwestern iraq. we are in baghdad right now. what prompted saudi arabia to send so many troops to the border? 30,000 is a lot. >> concern is the big reasons
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why they've sent troops to the border. they are very worried about the islamic state. this is triggered by the fact that the so you had des said the rack keys have abandoned their border posts. the military spokesman for the iraqis said they haven't done that, they were still on the border, but it's not just saudi arabia. take a look at turkey, iran, jordan, all taking a close look at border security and at what they can do to help the iraqi government. the islamic state has got everybody worried. they are worried about their capability and what they might do next. everybody's looking at border security and beefing up troops. whether the iraqis are there or not, most countries are looking at border security. >> the president of kurdistan is pressing parliament for a referendum on independence from iraq. what kind of blow would that be
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if kurdistan breaks away? >> before i answer that, let me explain quickly, kurdistan is de facto independent. to go into kurdistan from baghdad, if you're an arab one have to go through what amount to say a border crossing. if you hold a british or american passport, you can land and walk straight out of the airport without a visa. you can't do that in baghdad. kurdistan is effectively independent. they are looking to solidify that independence. the problem is right now you have isil on the border,s islamic state on the border with them. that has driven the latest round of do they want to be independent with all the cries going on right now. >> thank you. >> as organizations like isil and al-qaeda continue their fight, we are hearing more and more about americans who now want to join their ranks.
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>> we're learning of a colorado woman defind by officials for making plans to do exactly that. john henry smith is here with more. good morning, john henry. >> good morning. the woman is charged with conspiring to help a foreign terrorist organization. court documents show the f.b.i. afforded conleys alleged attempt by arresting her before she boarded a flight in april add denver international airport. a local passenger was among the first to sound the alarm. >> after george morrison said he became increasingly concerned as he observed 19-year-old shannon conley wandering around his church during successive sunday in october of 2013. >> she did wear a longer type dress with a head dress, and carried a backpack. that was one thing she always carried and she had a notepad always out. >> that notebook particularly worried the staff at faith bible chapel, the scene of a double
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shooting in 2007. >> we would ask her, could you show us the notebook. then she didn't want to do that at all. there were several responses back to our pastors, who would confront her, try to talk to her, where we know there was some hostility there. >> he reported the incident to california police and in meeting with the f.b.i. over the next several months, she freely admitted that she wanted to wage jihad and would like to go overseas to fight. agents asked her why she appeared to be taking notes at the chapel. she replied i hate those people and if they think i'm a terrorist, i'll give them something to think i am. investigators say she told them she was in a relationship with an isis fighter in syria she met on line and identified as a 32-year-old man from tunisia. after her arrest, a search of her home and luggage revealed cd's and dvd's related to al-qaeda tactics and philosophy.
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>> conley is currently in the custody of law enforcement charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization. she faces up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine. >> the u.s. now calling for stepped up security at international airports intelligence officials concerned about a new al-qaeda effort to create a non-metallic bomb they say would be able to pass air line security undetected. the fear is americans or westerners might smuggle one on to a plane headed to the u.s. >> we are focused on this trying to track those going and who might come back. >> there's been no word which airports those fighters might try to smuggle the device into and which have been asked to fighten security. 250 airports around the world offer non-stop service to the
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u.s. >> one day after that security warning from the obama administration, a specific airport threat in uganda, warned of a possible terrorists attack on the airport. the warning came from police in uganda and based on intelligence forces. >> a controversial contract awarded by the federal government, the security firm that vetted n.s.a. leaker edward snowden is being paid $190 million to operate the countries immigration system. u.s. investigation services l.l.c. was never blocked from working with the government. the justice department accused the company of fraud while carrying out background checks, which included snowdens. home land security said after an 18 month review it is satisfied with the changes the company has made. >> the first hurricane of the atlantic season bearing down on the east coast overnight. tropical storm arthur has been upgraded. it is now a hurricane and expected to hit the carolina's
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early friday. evacuation orders are in effect for the outer banks and that is where we find jay gray. are residents heeding the warnings? >> yeah, especially in the areas where there are mandatory evacuations now, hatteras island and of course on the cape lookout national park and national shoreline. it's beautiful here now. we've had a good sunrise, the waves of calm, the wind not really here at all. that's going to change obviously dramatically, the conditions will deter 80 throughout the day here. we expect by the evening and into the night to see strong winds and heavy rains. within the last 20 minutes, the national hurricane center saying this storm is building, intense filing, it's much stronger than it was overnight, up to 80-mile an hour sustained winds. it looks like a pattern that's going to continue moving closer to the coastline. >> what you are hearing down
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there as what other cities might be endanger this weekend? >> hatteras island, all of the islands out here in the outer banks are kind of on their own. they're out and they're barrier islands, they really brace the mainland against storms like this. they're all going to take a beating here and that's something that officials are stressing to visitors who are here, many who maybe haven't been involved in a system like this. they are coming in for the fourth of july weekend, facing this hurricane. they're saying today's's the day you pack up and get to higher ground or make sure you have enough provisions, be prepared to be without power for a couple of days and most of all, stay away from the water. the rip current here, the rip tides going to be very dangerous and that's where a lot of people run into trouble, those who have never been this before. >> joining us live, thanks very
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much. >> for more on the storm and where it's headed, lets bring in meteorologist dave warren. the timing on this could not be worse. >> it's hitting overnight tonight and tomorrow. the latest with the storm shows that the center of the storm clearly pushing to the north and now starting to turn to the northeast. these outer bands are heading north and south carolina now strengthening to 80 miles an hour. the tropical storm force winds extends 95 miles from the center of the storm and the outer bands approaching southern north carolina. the wind 80 miles an hour moving at nine miles an hour, turning to the north northeast and this is the latest information with the address i see visery at 8:00 in the morning. here with the warnings and watches in effect, north carolina now and rip currents, that's a big problem from florida up through georgia, south carolina. the track has it going anywhere in this area, but a big impact
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across eastern north carolina, the wind 85 miles an hour and the storm will continue to turn to the northeast. here's the peak of the storm, overnight thursday to early friday and the track could take it right over north carolina with that wind continue to go pound the coast for at least 12 hours with tropical storm forced winds. >> fireworks in boston tonight instead of tomorrow. >> that's a good idea. >> thank you very much. >> new jersey governor chris christie reduced with a bill rounds from 15 to 10 with ammunition. he said reducing the number of bullets will not eradicate or reduce mass shootings in the future. >> the veterans anniversary medical director stepping down. it follows a report that discovered his office, the inspector's office down played complaints about problems at v.a. hospitals. a half dozen high ranking officials have resigned from the v., including the former v. secretary. the president nominated the
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proctor and gamble c.e.o. to take over os the new v.a. secretary. >> more buses of undocumented immigrants are scheduled to arrive in southern california tomorrow on america's independence day. >> they are supposed to be processed at a center in murietta, 70 miles north of the mexican border. we are joined now by erica pitzi. this small city has become a focal point. >> emotions running high there, because you have local residents on both sides of the issue. they've clashed outside the border patrol station earlier this week, which is why area police are preparing for confrontations there again tomorrow. >> use the word illegal aliens. they came across here illegally. >> it was a fiery town hall meeting last night. residents demanded answers from officials. border patrol agents said to expect more buses of undocumented immigrants, and day before that meeting, anti immigration protestors caused a road block for three buses
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carrying undocumented women and children, forcing the vehicles to find another facility. protests went on throughout the night. >> it's children, like it's not their fault, their parents sent them here. >> they're coming for free food, free housing, free medical. our hospitals already overburdened. >> that's the reason migrants are being sent to california from texas, over burdening, a facilities too full. the u.s. government will start airing t.v. ads in central american countries to warn parents against the misinformation they may be hearing about kids who cross the border illegally and alone, becoming u.s. citizens. that's of course not true. the u.s. government is taking out hundreds of print and billboard ads in those countries, as well. >> trying to reverse the trend, thank you. >> the monthly jobs report is just minutes away and one day
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early. we will break down the numbers and what they might mean for main street and wall street. >> a visit by china's president to south korea some say aimed at undermining the united states. up next, the motivation behind beijing's court ship of seoul. >> police and protestors coming to blows in brazil, that video and others captured by our citizen journalists around the world.
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>> taking a look at the videos captured by citizen journalists around the world. violent clashes between protestors and police in brazil. more than a dozen people took to the streets in some cases taking over government buildings to call on leaders to provide more funding for social programs. >> they're used to catching criminals, but two officers captured a meteor shooting across the sky. the clip from the dash cam, you can see it falling from the sky. the meteor was visible in the
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western england skies and skies of wales. >> a group of friends on a kayaking trip stumbling upon a ghost ship with a bit of history stashed in the waters of the ohio river. the 186 steam powered vessel has been in the same spot for 30 years. the think originally named the kelt served in both world wars and used by com mass edison to transport government funded experiments. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. in just a moment, we'll talk about a meeting between two asian leaders that could have a huge effect on the u.s. influence in that region. >> japan will ease sanctions against north korea in return for the reopening of an investigation into the fate of dozens of japanese nationals kidnapped during the cold war after new reports found some may be alive. japan will lift travel restrictions to and from north korea and end limits on money transfers.
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it will not affect u.s. sanctions to stop nuclear programs. >> china's president visiting south korea, shaking up american allies. it's the first time a chinese leader visited south korea. we have more from seoul. >> a state visit to south korea reflects the importance of the economic relationship between southee and china. 25% of south korean exports go to china these days and both here are talking about concluding talks for a free today agreement by the end of this year. it also, i think shows something about the way that china sees the future of this region. both seoul and beijing are upset with japan's recent walking away from juan part of its constitution, allowing japanese soldiers to fight abroad in defensen of anologically,
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bringing up the 1940's and before in this part of the world. the idea that china would be able to successfully peel south korea away from a relationship which involves japan and the united states is viewed with skepticism here. while saying trust is deepening, also aware of what china would like to see and south korea depends very much on the united states for its security. 30,000 u.s. troops here in this country. >> that is a report from seoul. >> ukraine and russia plan to restart peace talks saturday. foreign ministers want to create a new ceasefire agreement. fighting is tearing apart east he were ukraine. kiev said ukrainian troops launched a brought offensive against pro-russian separatists. there have been more than 100 clashes since the 10 day ceasefire ended monday. five ukrainian troops and hundreds of separatists have
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been killed. >> former french president is defending himself against corruption charges, sarkozy calling the accusations grotesque, adding the judges are biased and trying to destroy him. >> i've never committed any act contrary to the principles of the republic or rule of law. >> prosecutors allege he accepted $67 million in illegal campaign funds back in 2007 from libya's muammar gaddafi. this could be a setback for him, he was thinking about running for the presidential election in 2017. >> let's look at temperatures across the nation today. dave warren is back. >> more of the heat and humidity across the northeast and the eastern united states here. the radar shows it's clear, but this is a front pushing through. that's the cooler air moving in, slowed down by what's happening off the southeast coast. that hurricane slowing down the front as it moves to the east. temperatures are into the 70's now, but by this afternoon, maybe not quite as hot as yesterday, but still 90 in
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philadelphia, washington, d.c. at 92. with has humidity, it will feel warmer than that. the heat advisories remain in effect, temperatures above 100 degrees in phoenix. mid 70's minneapolis and chicago. >> still dry out west, as well. wildfire burning in napa county california has spread to 3800 acres, fire crews reporting 30% containment. evacuation orders remain in effect. almost 300 structures are threatened. 100 firefighters work to go put down the flames. >> israel is ramping up security along the bored werth gaza strip as violence intensifies overnight. a live report from jerusalem and fallout on both sides. >> we'll be talking about egypt's military coup one year later. the day that sparked widespread violence and forever changed the
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countries direction. >> days after president obama's call for rares to america's roads and bridges, a large chunk of one iconic new york city bridge comes crashing down. >> a look northbound at hour images of the day taking us inside london's digital revolution exhibit. the exhibition brings together artists, designers, filmmakers and architects who push creativity that digital technology offers.
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>> this is a live look right now at north carolina, you can see already hurricane arthur's force starting to be felt. if you saw dave warren satellite images, you saw one of those large outer bands spread out. there's the radar images. you can see one of those bands
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making landfall and some of the storm's well inland in south car cline in a and the rain is start to go fall. sometimes a picture is worth a thousand weather forecasts. >> i'm stephanie sy. ahead in our next half hour, we are minutes away from the monthly jobs report. patricia will break down the numbers. >> a study shows a few beers or glasses of wine may do your heart good. >> a summer storm sparking intense lightning. it lit up the night skies over new york city. >> u.s. officials are condemning the abduction and murder of a palestinian teen in israel. the body of 17-year-old muhammed khd a. ir was found partially burned and beaten. washington warns both sides not to retaliate. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for
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investigators to identify the perpetrators of the act. we call on that israel and palestinian authority to take all necessary steps to prevent an atmosphere of revenge and rhetoric. >> israeli police are preparing for a fresh round of violence today. it comes as funeral services are expected to take place for the palestinian teen who may have been killed in retaliation for the murders of three israeli teenagers. let's bring back nick schiffron in jerusalem. how tense is the situation on the ground right now? >> we just walked through that neighborhood and no one's cleaning it up. that's a sign that everyone is expecting there to be more violence, expecting more clashes between palestinian protestors who are really the teen's neighbors. it's that neighborhood that erupted in anger and nerve throwing rocks at israeli
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police, who have been firing fear gas in response. now the fear is that at some point today, the teen's body will be delivered to the family, they'll have a funeral and at that point, the rage will spike again. that's when the protests will begin again, but right now at this current moment, it's actually quiet. >> both sides have been entangled overnight in rocket fire exchanges in southern israel. what does one have to do with the other? are they connected? >> we don't know what the motives are for the people who fire rockets, other than what they say publicly, which is that they want to cause terror inside israel. whether it's connected, you can make any guess basically. what has clearly happened in the last few days and week or so is that those rockets are increasing and increasingly they are hitting their targets, two
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rocket strikes in the town hitting buildings, and those buildings were luckily evacuated because the families were living in bomb shelters in general, so they are staying away from their own homes. israel has moved troops to the border, so the fear is there could be escalation, but israel defense officials telling me that they are right now defenseless. >> nick schiffron in jerusalem, thank you. >> a palestinian american journalist and contributor to 972 magazine is in washington, d.c. this morning, thanks for being with us. you said that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is using the kidnappings as an excuse to undermine hamas and his aim was not to recover the boys. do you stand by that? >> absolutely i stand by it. now whether or not netanyahu ultimately wanted to recover the boys is not the issue, the issue is the timing and the way he chose to go about it. tapes have been released within the last couple of days in israel of the first phone call
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made by one of these young men, who is kidnapped and unfortunately murdered. in those thames, you can hear clearly that there's a scuffle and it was apparent to many who have heard it both within israel and outside that it was quite possible that those kids unfortunately were killed right there and then -- >> i want to make this clear before you continue. you believe that the israel prime minister intentionally did not try to find those boys because he wanted basically for the tensions in the middle east to escalate. >> i think it's curious that a country with the largest secret service perhaps in the middle east with the largest military in the middle east, with all those drones, f-16s and the capability to spy on palestinians, 4 million of them in the occupied territories was unable to find these three victims of violence for two weeks. i also find it curious that throughout this time, the
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israeli government chose to attack both gaza and the west bank in a way that was absolutely furious and ferocious and had nothing to do ultimately with recovery of the bodies. we're talking about an arrest campaign of more than 400 palestinians in the course of mere days. we're talking about killing 10 palestinians, who are also innocent within that time period. >> this is the debate that has been going on for the last four decades. what is the signal that is sent to the rest of the world that neither side in this dispute, israeli or palestinian waited until the evidence was collected to retaliate? i use by example the benghazi killing. four years later an arrest was made by the u.s. and now that suspect is on trial in the u.s. in washington, d.c., what if the rest of the international community acts in the same manner as the israelis and palestinians, and is that a fair comparison? >> i think when you talk about
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retaliation, your correspondent said nobody knows why rockets are being fired in gaza. is there no can text here? no understanding that the 1.7 million palestinians in gaza have been cut off from the world since 2006 by virtue of an israel policy that condemns them to living in what the u.n. has called the large open air prison, no access to the outside world by land, by air, by sea, and the possibility of being bombed by f-16s and apache helicopters whenever the israeli's see fit. that is the context. this isn't about retaliation. the people have been under occupation for four decades and a country that has the largest military in the middle east and nuclear weapons, to boot. >> we also spoke to an israel
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uni have the this morning, that you can very much. >> it has been a year since the former egyptian general al sisi deposed mohamed morsi as president. since then, al sisi has been elected president and morsi's party the muslim brotherhood outlawed. mores supporters are calling for his return. >> july 3, the day many egyptians will remember for generations. the defense minister surrounded by secular leftists and religious leaders makes what many consider a stunning declaration. >> this roadmap includes suspending the constitution, holding early presidential and parliamentary elections and formation of a national reconciliation committee that will include young people. >> it was a decision welcomes by this crowd of army supporters
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that chanted it's a new revolution. the shocked supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi called it a coup. there in 2012 when mothers see was elected president, he appointed al sisi defense minister in a sweeping overhaul of the military. at the time, egyptians had high hopes that their new president would introduce political reforms and build a strong economy. instead, the opposition and the christian minority became increasingly concerned about the rise of political islam. anti morsi protests gained momentum. people said his group, the muslim brotherhood threatened their young democracy. after morsi was deposed, supporters set up protest camps and promised to stay for as long as it took for their leader to be returned to office. egyptian forces stormed those camps. hundreds of people were killed
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according to human rights organizations, and attacks targeting security forces were on the rise. leaders of the muslim brotherhood were put in jail, some now days death sentences. seen by many supporters as a savior, al sisi was elected president in june. the vote had to be extended because of a low turnout. his rival said the election was flawed. during his inauguration, egypt's oh new president promised a prosperous future. >> we will establish a strong republic that will be just, safe and stable, prosperous and blessed. >> he rejected calls for reconciliation with the beened muslim brotherhood, raising concerns about more clamp downs in egypt.
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>> the muslim brotherhood is calling for a day of anger in egypt today to mark the first anniversary of the coup that drove morsi from power. >> the monthly job reports for june coming out. good morning, patricia. >> it was a very big headline number today. in june, the economy added 288,000 jobs. that was way ahead of what most analysts were looking for. the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1% for the right reason, because the labor force participation rate, the number of people working or actively looking for a job helped steady it's 62.8%. i want to jump to another number. this contains a lot of information and that is average hourly wages. they ticked up to $24.45 an hour, up about 6 cents. we've got a fantastic headline number, but it looks like
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average hourly wages not growing as much as we'd like to see. >> if you talk to anybody out there, they say i'm hitting the road for the july 4 weekend, gas up 20 cents a gallon, bread, milk, meat, everything else, inflation out of control. >> you just completely hit on it. our wages growing enough to keep pace with inflation, now we have to see some more inflation data down the line, but march, april and may, wages adjusted for inflation, what we'll call real inflation, this is what people deal with in their real lives is how much a dollar can buy, real wages went down. this is the tension we're seeing. we're getting job growth in the right direction, the fifth straight month of more than 200,000 jobs added. it's the quality of jobs we need to look at and also importantly, are americans making enough and we really want to see a big are increase in average hourly wages. >> let's talk about the quality of jobs for a second and which sectors are growing according to this latest report. >> ok. we've had a lot in business
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services, retail, a decent number off manufacturing, but construction was pretty much unchanged. it didn't move terribly. construction is extremely important, because housing is such a big driver of the economy, because every construction job on a single family home creates three or four jobs in turn, because people need to furnish that home and buy things for. it again, we're getting jobs, moving in the right direction, but i would say that the one sting in the tail is we want to see hourly wages moving more. >> patricia has five things written down on a notepad. >> all in that huge brain of hers. coming up, more on how these numbers factor into the overall strength of the u.s. economy. >> we're going to talk about the brazilian government helping the word cup, says it's going to bring economic benefits after the country long after the
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tournament ends. the critics say the games have only increased divisions between the haves and have notes there. >> brazil, surfing capitol, a hot spot for tourists who want the beaches of the wild northeast coastline. there's another side to the city where not everything is riding a wave of prosperity, where deep economic and social divisions remain hidden in the shadows. sabrina knows it. she lives it in the impoverished community she's called home her entire life. raw sewage runs through the streets, rats are common and dengue fever widespread. families have few options. >> the majority of people who live here are people who are in need. we can't afford to live anywhere better. nobody lives somewhere where there's open, raw sewage because they want to. >> this community was one of
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those slated for demolition to make way for a light rail line, part of the world cup urban mobility project. manures dent didn't move, saying the roughly $30,000 being offered by the government to each family was not enough. new condos right across the street sell for more than $400,000 each. >> the light rail line was never completed, and and its unfinished. the community now left half destroyed, residents tell us it's worse off than before. >> this is the part of the city that officials don't want you to see. it's in humane conditions here. it really looks like a war zone in some parts. the city has destroyed more than 90 homes in an attempt to evictim people from this community. >> the federal government says its social inclusion programs over the past decade have lifted more than 36 million people out of extreme poverty, a sign their
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policies are working, they say. it may have a new multi-million dollar stadium, but researcher mendez said it's come at a cost. >> the world cup has amplified the contrast between rich and poor, where there are selective improvements in areas with real estate speculation but at the same time have neglected areas where poor people live, where it's not a priority. >> it's a tale of two cities, one with an undeniably beautiful picture postcard image, but also one with a much darker side. aljazeera, brazil. >> it is the fifth largest city in brazil. there are more than 400 slums in that city. >> chrysler's jeep recall is moving too slowly according to the national highway savings
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administration. the recall for older model jeeps was announced a year ago. the s.u.v.s have gas tanks that could rupture in a rear collision and spark a fire. the government agency wants to know why the fix is take to go long. >> target plan to say ask customer to say leave guns at home. the retailer became embroiled in the debate earlier this year when a guns rights group showed individuals carrying guns in dallas. that led to a call to ban them, forgets c.e.o. saying guns are at odds with its family friendly environment. >> the family name is synonymous with discovery. >> mother nature putting on a light show over the big apple.
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inside battle torn iraq. as those on all sides of the violence flee for their lives. >> we're seeing family after family just hoping for an escape. a first hand look at the people, politics, and the future of iraq. >> the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. >> don't miss america tonight exclusive reports front line iraq only on al jazeera america
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>> it's insane... >> the borderland marathon only at al jazeera america
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>> take a look at this incredible video that we haven't been able to take our eyes off of that thunderstorm hitting new york city overnight. the lightning is striking one word trade center. it knocked out electricity for 400,000 customers. >> a 25 food wide section of facade on the brooklyn bridge crumbled. five were injured by the falling debris, they are looking into what caused that. >> in a moment, the underwater mission carried out by the grandson of the legendary jack
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cousteau. >> >> the president didn't offer specific changes with you suggested congress needs to act. fed chair janet yellen said it would be a bad idea to raise interest rates to deal with financial bubble, saying good regulations are a better way to make sure it did not have a ripple effect. she admits money tear policies have a limited effect. >> we want to turn to the economic numbers out, almost 300,000 people were added to payrolls loft month, well ahead of predictions. joining us to discuss it is neela richardson. she joins us from maryland. thanks for being with us. the headline obviously from the jobs report, 288,000 new jobs, what's behind the headlines? >> well, it is a great headline,
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but i think what you hit upon in the last segment is the quality, not just the quantity. we have to remember where we are at this point in the recession and the recovery, the recession ended in 2009. we're now six years beyond that and back to normal increase in jobs growth. the jobs created are part time and low paying sectors. >> let's talk about the wages, as well. i'm looking at the report and it's showing a slight drop between march to april and may in hourly earnings for all employees, falling .2%. how concerned should web about the fact that wages aren't growing along with jobs? >> incomes have declined, growth declined 40% since the end of the recession. we should all be very concerned. a 6% increase in average hourly wages, that's not paying for the increase in gas prices we saw
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recently. without a return to income growth, we're not going to get a resilient economy. >> in may, we talked about about the 9 million jobs that have disappeared in the recession and that they were back in may, but 32 states still have fewer jobs than before 2007. what does that say about the state of the economy? >> 9 million jobs came back, but you to have remember that also we had an increase in the working age population in this country. on that, we are not back where we were. we're still in a hole when you account for population growth. what we're seeing is that this is a very lopsided increase in the jobs market, i'd like to see the unemployment rate go up, that means people are coming back in the labor market seeing opportunities. they are still staying on the
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sidelines. >> thanks so much. >> a new study finds good reason to eat dark chocolate. eating it can improve your blood flow especially in older adults. those who ate chocolate with more than ate 5% cocoa was able to walk longer and further than people who eat milk chocolate. it can fight off inflammation and improve vascular health. >> a casual glass of wine could help keep a healthy heart. two new studies conclude moderate drinking lower the risk of a heart attack with 13% lower risk. heavy drinking discretions the risk of heart symptoms. too much drivenning can show then your life. >> let's get the latest on hurricane arthur's track. dave, what can you tell us? >> it was headed for north
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carolina and the outer bands are starting to impact the area there. watching the northeast for more severe weather today, so pretty active day southeast all the way up the mid atlantic coast. flash flood watches are still in effect as well as heat advisories, the hurricane slowing down the front which will move through and clear moisture out. today, another day with heavy rain. could get a brief burst of rain with these thunderstorms today, leading to flash flooding. a rip current warning or advisories are in effect here as well as hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings. the storm gets closer to the coast. here's the track, anywhere in this area, focused over the same region, right along the coast of north carolina, could make landfall there, could stay off the coast, either way, wind and rain will lead to a storm surge when it passes by north carolina. >> we all remember jack cousteau
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growing up, a remarkable achievement, spending an entire month 60 feet below the surface of the ocean. we report from the florida keys on the underwater lab. >> this is the first time in weeks he has breathed fresh air and seen open skies. since the beginning of june he has worked below the surface in a laboratory. long stays living underwater are viable using techniques that his grandfather helped develop. the entire mission was broadcast via the internet, something he says his grandfather would have enjoyed. >> he would have loved being able to talk with people, whether they were students, young, young at heart or the news or other scientists around the world from aquarius.
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>> advances in research make this significant. while scientists are living underwater, they don't need to go through the long process of decompression meaning research can be done in weeks. >> they can put in a full workday outside. they can stay six to eight hours out there and they really only need to go back to the habitat to get food and sleep at night. >> it is the only laboratory of its kind in the u.s. and expensive to run. scientists say the benefits outweigh the costs. >> in one month they will produce significant findings where under normal circumstances would take years. their research focused on environmental changes. that research could make all the difference in the keys. >> less than 10% have the world says oceans have been explored. it's hope this crew will change perceptions as humidity ventures
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into the last unknown. >> it is air conditioned and has internet access, a shower, bathroom, six bunk and windows for views of marine life. >> president obama taking time to congratulate team u.s.a. for the world cup in brazil. he spoke with tim howard and clint dempsey. >> we heard you were watching and we know how big a supporter you are. hopefully we made you proud. it is our honor to represent our country. >> you guys all did us proud, not just by how hard you played and how well you did, but also, you guys carry yourselves with a lot of class. >> president obama telling them despite being eliminated by belgium, they unified the country and sparked interest in soccer for a new generation. he offered a visit to the white house, too. >> tomorrow morning, we're tracking hurricane arthur, not only threatening to wash out
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fourth of july plans, could do damage with heavy rain and winds. thanks for joining us. >> in two minutes, we're going to be live in iraq with the latest on the violence there. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime.
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>> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people,
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and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> welcome to the news hour from doha. the top stories: ready for a referendum, the kurdish penalty said it's time for iraqi kurds to ever their own independent state. >> jerusalem palestinians prepare to bur teenage victim of the violence. >> the