>> al jazeera america presents >> yeah, i'm different. i wanna do what god asks of me... 15 stories, 1 incredible journey >> edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america >> we now have an actual humanitarian crisis on the border that underscores the need to drop the politics and fix our immigration system. >> the two faces of immigration as president obama prepares to swear in new immigrants at the white house. others are slamming the door on the faces of those still yearning free. >> the damage caused by the

hurricane traveling up the east coast and where it is headed now. >> tensions running high in jerusalem ahead of funeral services for a palestinian teen. >> we pretend we have it all. we pretend we can have it all. >> pepsi's c.e.o. reveals her personal struggle, can women really have it all? >> good morning. welcome to al jazeera america. >> hurricane arthur making landfall overnight slamming the outer banks with 100-mile per hour winds. a category two storm knocking out power to 20,000, forcing thousands to evacuate the east coast. >> arthur is now speeding up, moving offshore. we'll have more on that coming up. >> the president walking the tightrope over a surging migrant cries in the united states. >> he's dealing with a humanitarian emergency. since october, 52,000 people, mostly children from central

america crossing the border alone. >> the president also facing criticism over where to place them, process be centers in texas overcrowded. he now faces backlash from city's in new mexico and california from people who don't want the overglow. >> house republicans this week rejected his call for immigration reform. the president hit back, telling congress he'll fix the system on his own. >> with immigration in mind, the president will swear in foreign born service members to celebrate independence day. we have more. >> this issue is so pressing right now, the obama administration has talked about the topic every single day this week. the president is visiting texas next week. tensions are rising in some communities where border patrol stations are based as more busloads of undocumented immigrants are expected to roll into town. >> with signs in hand and folding chairs on the streets, some residents in muir yet at a, california are preparing to

spend the holiday busing immigrants heading their way, just as they did earlier this week. >> this is an invasion. why is the national guard not out there stopping them from coming in? >> some residents of a small california town to the governor of the state of texas calling for military muscle. >> it militarizes the border. i don't know whether we have asked or that is an answer to children. >> the homeland security committee heard testimony on the same day border patrol caught another group of immigrant families trying to cross the mexico-texas border. >> allowing them to remain here will only encourage the next group of kids to undertake this very, very dangerous and life-threatening journey. >> a massive deportation policy for children and a mandatory detaining for children is not a humane thing to do. >> with texas border facilities overwhelmed, governor rick perry is spending more than a million dollars a week to handle the

flood of migrant children arriving every day. he blames the president for not tackling the issue sooner. >> had we addressed this diplomatically, had we addressed in el salvador and honduras and guatemala and in mexico, as well as on the border with the securitization of this border, we would most likely not be here today. >> critics are calling out the confusing immigration policy just as a new ad campaign in central america set to start monday warns parents against sending kids to cross the border alone. >> we've been transparent about how the allow will be applied in these cases. it seems to me that those who might complain about the president's actions are more interested in landing political blows than trying to solve this problem. >> republicans are not the only

critics here. nearly 200 immigrant advocacy groups sent a letter to the president this week expressing concern the adding is placing too much emif a as i say on detouring migration than the importance of children seeking safety. >> coming up, we're going to talk about reuniting migrant children with their families sometimes years after separation. >> israel is beefing up security on gaza in response to a large number of rockets being fired into israel. the government says it doesn't want an escalation, but is willing to try and forcibly stop those rockets. things are still very tense in east jerusalem as palestinians prepare to bury a teenage boy killed earlier this week. his funeral coincides with

ramadan prayers. we have more on the ground. >> in jerusalem, what the palestinians want to say is the capitol of any future state, it's the first friday of ramadan, a day many muslims want to go pray at mosque just behind me. there's restrictions here because of the tensions, extra police deployment. let me show you what's happening. there in the back, because they've implemented restrictions on age, any fan under the age of 15 is not allowed to enter the mosque or go pray in the mosque. there are essential forces and they're keeping it very, very fight. things have been pretty calm, there's probably 100 people praying there. we have seen far more people here in past at times restrictions have been implemented.

people are very upset. they do want to go after prayers here to the funeral. i think also we need to highlight the significance of this area and of course what it plays in this conflict. over the past few weeks, it's the heart of the conflict, it's the conflict between jews abpalestinians, and conflict that comes down to jerusalem and about land and people who are prying there who are not allowed to access the third holiest site in islam. a lot of frustration. a lot of people stayed away here today because of the very heavy police presence. >> from stephanie, we go to nick schiffron run standing by live in jerusalem. tell us about the security measures in place in jerusalem. >> we've been out on the streets of jerusalem all morning. there are 5,000 israeli police

throughout this city, trying to keep calm especially around the old city, a lot of people trying to get in to the mosque to pray during these friday prayers, which are particularly important today during the holy month of ramadan, the first friday, a lot of people trying to get in and blocked by police. also a lot of security outside the funeral of the 17-year-old who's being buried within the next hour or so. he is the palestinian teenager who palestinians believe was killed in response to the abduction and murder of those three israel teenagers. the israel police have really flooded the scenes. we are seeing scenes of palestinians marching in the streets and so are expecting confrontations especially after that funeral. >> is israel beefing up its military presence along the border with gaza? >> this is really violence on

two fronts, what's going on now. in the last week or so, there have been more than 150 rockets fired from gaza into israel. israel has responded with dozens and dozens of strikes from the air and from the sea. what's happening right now is that israel troops have moved to the border with gaza, an hour and 15 minutes from here, giving israel the ability to escalate, step up, in void gaza. military officials hope not to escalate. they hope that the rockets stop. last night we heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying if the rockets stopped, those troops would leave, if they didn't, the troops could go in. it does seem now that both sides don't want it to escalate anymore than it has. >> thank you very much. >> the pentagon has grounded all f35 fighter jets. the navy and marines joining the air force saying the jet cannot fly until they take a closer

look at the engine. inspectors have been trying to pinpoint the cause of a fire for one preparing for takeoff just last week. that jet has been plagued with hardware and software issues since manufacturing began in 2006. >> foster farms voluntarily recalling chicken due to a salmonella outbreak. a california child got sick from eating it. 600 people in 27 states have been sickened since the outbreak began in 2013. the company was linked to other cases back in 2004 and 2012. >> a fast movie would fire threatens hundreds of california homes in san diego county. officials say the blaze started early thursday, destroying two homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate. fire crews are using air tankers and water dropping helicopters to battle flames. officials allowed residents to return home and the so far the fire is 15% contained. >> it is another problem on the east coast, the season's first

hurricane pounding north carolina this morning. the hurricane making landfall overnight. it is a category two storm and is now moving north, packing winds up to 100 miles an hour. thousands of residents there are fleeing the coastline, as are those on vacation. we are live in the middle of it all. what's the situation like where you are? >> is gone... far cry... north. >> after days of anticipation,ar sure crept ashore under the cover of darkness. the first hurricane of the season made land near cape lookout, north carolina near midnight, bagging 100 miles per

hour winds. officials urge people to stay safe. >> we don't know the extent of the damage until mid morning or later based upon the conditions. >> some parts of the outer banks were put under mandatory evacuation, but most areas, leaving remained voluntary. first responders tried again to get people to leave before the storm made landfall. 11 counties declared states of emergencies at arthur bother down. more than a dozen shelters opened across the state. it appeared many wanted to stay where they were, rolling the dice that arthur would be a minor inconvenience. >> we're going to stick it out. >> we've got a brick structure, i've got my kids and we're fine. >> good bet or bad bet, we'll find out soon as arthur heads out to sea. >> reporting live, we apologize for the signal. understandable, seeing as how the winds have been whipping up there all morning. >> more on those winds now.

>> just off the coast, moving across land, the impact will be across the northeast. here comes landfall at 11:15 last night, soon the eye wall crossed land near cape lookout, north carolina. it's close enough to the water where we're getting bands coming off that warm ocean temperature, so the storm maintained intensity category two and moving offshore to the northeast away from land. it will past south of cape cod tonight. along the coast, we have high rip currents and the gusty wind will continue, picking up across the northwest. it will dry later, but the wind will continue to gust. they are updating every hour. at 6:00, 40 miles east of kitty hawk, north carolina, winds at 100 miles an hour moving northeast at 21 miles an hour. the track from the national hurricane center, anywhere in this area is what we focus on. part of the clipping portions of

massachusetts there, but it looks like the track will be farther to the southeast, watching this area closely, though, 2:00 in the morning, wind 85 miles an hour. here's advisories and warnings coming in from the national weather service and hurricane center. we have a tropical storm warning along the coast there. flash flood watches still in effect because of this front moving through and slowing down thanks to the storm. the track of the storm, this is the wind beginning to gust. even though the wind is drying out, the wind at -- >> i was surprised that this was the first hurricane on fourth of july. >> i haven't heard that one. >> it's the first. >> iraq has hit a fork in the road. the northern occurred issue region is preparing for a

referendum. >> there's been angry reaction here from across the political spectrum about kurdish plans. people are saying that the kurds are taking advantage of iraq's current crisis, that now is not the time to take a look at independence in any way, shape or means that iraq must remain united in the face of the threat that they face from the islamic state. the other people are concerned about exactly what borders the new independent kurdistan would have, would it take over kirkuk? well, that's certainly something the kurds would like. what about mosul, currently under the control of the islamic state and other sunni rebels, what happens to that territory. is it worth having a kurdish state with the islamic state on the other side of the borders? finally, huge criticism from

religious quarters saying that this is an islamic state fueled problem we're having, they want to redraw the borders of the middle east. what the kurds are doing is in effect by calling for this referendum helping them to do exactly that. >> that was a report from baghdad. u.s. military officials gave their first assessment of the situation, saying the islamic state will be hard to contain and the u.s. will not launch a military assault unless there is a threat to the united states. >> we'll tell you about a group trying to take advantage of the fighting. >> a disaster in the world cup, an overpass collapses, leaving two dead and dozens injured. investigators are asking what went wrong. >> fighting for their own independence on july 4th. >> today's big number is

17 trillion $100 billion. >> that's a big nobody about recovery from our recession.

>> from bear to bull, the stock market rebounding from a march low to create huge gains for shrewd investors. >> $17.1 trillion. that is the amount the u.s. stock market returned over that five year period. >> will shire associates says that so far this year, the market has yielded a return of $1.6 trillion. >> $300 billion happening just this week. >> the supreme court wading into the debate over the affordable care act's mandate. the high court said that wheaton college, a christian school, could by pass federal rules when expressing religious objection to the mandate.

the court's female justice said the decision seems to cricket monday's hobby lobby ruling. meanwhile, colorado's attorney general is now suing a county clerk over giving marriage license to say same sex couples. colorado law prohibits same-sex marriage. the same ruling in utah applies in colorado too. the clerk said she really has no plans to stop. >> this fourth of july weekend, islanders in hawaii are questioning their own past. we report on how to build a native ho wine government and raising questions about whether the u.s. has claim to its 50t 50th state. ♪ >> hawaii's language and culture is widely celebrated on the islands now, however the teaching of hawaiian was banned after the kingdom of hawaii was

overthrown and the land annexed by the united states. it's this history that natives hope will be addressed by the formation of a native hawaiian government, similar to those of native american tribes in the mainland u.s. >> if you have a legal entity, it can pursue the rights that have been lost as a consequence of colonization. >> over a year and a half, tens of thousands of native has wines signed up on an electoral role that will elect that government. the entire framework of hawaiian determination of the u.s. was questioned by the head of the state agency administering the process. >> in a letter to the state department in may, the c.e.o. of the office of the hawaiian affairs questioned the international legality of hawaii as the u.s.'s 50th state and asked whether he had incurred criminal liability under international law. hawaii's queen was overthrown at

urging of the island's sugar bar robbed and help of washington but had been raised as a sovereign nation. no treaty was signed consenting to u.s. oversight and depends. for those who have long highlighted hawaii's distinct history of colonization. it has been welcomed. >> you are actually looking at the u.s. and the state of hawaii trying to pretend that none of this happened, that what we are as native people, the best that we can hope for is to be native americans under the governing power of the united states, and there is a growing number of hawaiians saying that's just not true. that's not who we are, that's not who we were then and we should and can have our country back. >> even for those determined to see a native governing entity formed within the u.s., the

recent rediscovery of hawaiian history is welcomed. >> our history had been written by westerners who would have had us all but forget that there was no annexation and that there was an illegal overthrow, so when you start to step into more of your population understanding their history, then they start to ask ok, so what are we going to do next. >> that's what worries bill fernandez who thought the time had come for hawaii self determination within the us.a. >> you have to accept the reality that you have been colonized. you must find a means to work within the existing system. >> in attempting to consolidate that system, an unprecedented discussion is now underway on its validity. aljazeera, hawaii. >> hawaii became the 50t 50th state back on august 21, 1959. i guess we should say so far.

>> so far. speaking of independence, there's a lot happening across the nation this independence day. let's bring in our meteorologist for a look at the national forecast. >> the southeast and southwest dealing with some types of weather that you don't normally see this time of year. here's storms developing right in the southwest. you've got these storms developing this time of year, the water evaporates and cools creating gusty wind creating dust storms across the southwest. this was yesterday in arizona, a wall of wind reducing visibilities, causing a lot of trouble there across the southwest. planes had to be grounded there as this dust rolled through. that's common this time of year. temperatures today climbing above 100 degrees in phoenix, 104 in las vegas. the northeast, hurricane arthur passes just south of cape cod, could see wind here picking up and some very heavy rain. tropical storm warning right in this one area, the storm

expected to stay off coast, but the wind will start to pick up and a lot of moisture coming into this front, which has slowed down thanks to this storm developing and intense filing. we have more flooding possible but this very strong rain and thunderstorms will be early this afternoon. tonight, storms just off the coast, here comes the dry air, but the wind will start to pick up. might be dry except for the rains coming down, but the wind could be gusty, 30 or 40 miles an hour. >> thanks so much, dave. >> as we have reported, it is a crisis. tens of thousands of migrant children crossing the american border. >> many making the dangerous journey all by themselves. how some of them are being reunited with their families after years of separation. >> fighting rages on in iraq, the kurds hope this may be their chance for independence. what they're pushing for and how it could affect the region. >> why some people living in

detroit aren't happy about it. >> the u.f.o. mystery solved more than half a century later, it is one of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> lady liberty will be surrounded by fireworks tonight during the annual display. there are concerns that in some parts of the country, the huddled masses are being turned away. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> ahead in this half hour, a major female c.e.o. questions whether or not women can really have it all. we'll talk about her personal struggle and the conversation that sparked. >> why one cop ditches his patrol car for a skateboard. >> is racism rampant in u.s. hospitals? there's a researcher that shares what she learned about how

patients are treated. >> first, a look at our top stories this morning. after repeated rocket attacks into israel, the military is increasing its presence on its border with gaza. meanwhile, security in and around jerusalem is tight as a family of a palestinian teen props bury him later today. the city has seen days of clashes as palestinian protestors blame the death as an act of revenge for the murder of three israel teens. >> hurricane arthur slamming into north carolina, winds topping 100 miles an hour and heavy rains. the storm knocked out power to 20,000 and forced thousands of vacationers to leave the coast. watches are all the way north to new england. >> president obama will swear in foreign born service members to celebrate independence day, as texas governor rick perry attacked the president, saying allowing undocumented youth to stay in the country adds to the

immigration crisis. >> more than 50,000 undocumented children continue to be crammed into border shelters in texas, but some of them are now being reunited with family members here. >> she's six and signing herself into the custody of her parents. parents this little girl hasn't seen for four years. it was anguish, her mother tells me. mom and dad left el salvador in 2010. they didn't have enough money to send for their daughter until now. >> how does it feel to finally have her in your arms? >> the father tells me his joy is beyond words. he always knew they'd be together again, he says. he's never allowed for doubt. call it blind faith, irresponsibility for determination, the parents' decision to send for their

daughter has for the moment paid off. the girl is meeting her brother for the first time. no one knows what happened to the aunt she traveled with. family members think she was immediately deported, but the girl stayed in detention, spending a month in a children's shelter in south texas. >> what did you have to go through? >> she says she was treated well, but had to sleep covered in nylon and it didn't cover her well. this is a border patrol station where kids spend the first days of detention. the little girl said the worst part was being alone. >> now that you're with your mommy and daddy, how is that? you're happy. >> the family's happiness may not last long. that's the reality migrants face even as they celebrate their temporary release. in a few months, an immigration

judge will decide their fate. more often than not, that's deportation. >> this 7-year-old and her this woman's 1-year-old son was released from custody. she is considering skipping court. she could be banned from the u.s. for 10 years if she does. she said that's why she will appear before a judge in september to plead for amnesty. she traveled alone with her son to escape a gang related death threat in honduras. she was sexually assaulted in mexico, shaken but undaunt, she held her son above waist high waters to cross the rio grande. the boy was so sick, he was hospitalized for a week. >> she tells me she was scared at first, but not anymore, because fear only breeds more

fear. >> a girl 17 years old with her own baby, doing this on her own. >> she and her son are in the care of this woman, a pastor and family friend living in dallas. >> if the migrants don't die in the dessert, they'll die at the hands of a criminal in honduras. they have two options, both risking death. facing an immigration judge doesn't seem quite as intimidating. she knows her and her son's future will be in the judges hands and the sacrifice to say arrive here may be for nothing. >> federal officials say the main reason for the migrant surge is the staggering crime rate in central america. we'll tell you why one group of republicans now calling for an end to a current immigration

program. >> we want to take you live to east jerusalem, that is the funeral for the 17-year-old who's badly burned body was found earlier this week. many believe his death was in retaliation for the murder of those three israel teens whose bodies were discovered earlier. the israeli prime minister saying it is a despicable act, the u.s. and palestinian authorities all condemning it. it was feared the funeral would lead to a mass demonstration and that appears to be the case. >> gold miners are trapped this morning, after a landslide caused the mine entrance to completely collapse. they've made contact with three workers, although eight are still missing and it's unclear if they are alive. >> the kurds are urged to stand with the national government, vice president joe biden meeting

with the kurds. the move has angered arabs who live in kirkuk. >> that he is traveling have to cross this check point guarded by the kurdish and iraqi police. there are two authorities here. it has been this way for years, but the balance of power seems to be shifting. >> you always needed an iraqi visa to enter kirkuk which lies outside the region governed by the kurds. the iraqi police at this check point didn't want to let us through, but we managed to enter kirkuk. the kurds have the final say here. >> this oil-rich province has long been disputed territory, claimed by baghdad and kurdish regional government. now the kurds no longer feel obliged to answer to the central government weakened by a sunni rebellion. they plan to hold a referendum for independence from iraq, but there is opposition not just from the shia led government.

kirkuks and the arabs say they won't accept a divided country. >> we want the government in baghdad to leave power but don't want iraq to collapse. state institutions should be preserved. the kurds don't have the right to decide our fate. >> but kirkuk has new borders, its arab districts in the hands of armed groups after they pushed the iraqi army out. kurdish forces moved into other areas once controlled by the government and their political leadership has made clear they have no intention of leaving. this has angered the arab members of kirkuk's council. they may not support al-malaki's government but don't want a divided iraq. >> yes, they are deployed on the front lines to protect these areas. that shouldn't mean anything has changed. >> but a lot has.

the government has lost influence here and the arab districts of this province are now on the other side of a new dividing line. the president of the kurdistan regional government may have been right when he said there is a new reality on the ground. aljazeera, kirkuk. >> mike lyons is a retired army major. the kurds making it clear that they want to break away the u.s. now saying that the iraqi government cannot hold on to the territories that have been lost. they say they might hold baghdad but regaining that was lost to the islamic state gone forever. are we seeing a completely divided iraq for forever. >> you are seeing the map being redrawn. this was likely. kurdistan have been autonomous since the first gulf war, they have resources. it's the largest group of people without a country.

this was going to be inevitable, they are taking advantage of the situation. >> when we talk about the military, it is not a battle where they are overwhelmed. they have superior force and man power. >> top to bottom, they just don't have the will to fight. they've been trained to be what they've called to be a check point army. i don't understand that. this army needs to go out and attack, i'm talking about the iraqi security forces if they want to get this ground back. the kurdish forces have figured out their boundary and are going to defend it. >> no one will be doing a victory lap at the white house. the vice president said a long time ago that this was going to be three separate countries and roundly criticized in washington. was he right? >> the question is where do you draw that third boundary. there's not the resources there for a sunni state. there is in the north, the kurdish control the oil fields in the south. if there's a separate state for the sunnis, what would be their resources? how could they maintain their country and their own defense?

>> the state department pushing for a referendum on a united iraq. is the state department behind the curve on this and if not, what are the u.s. options going forward? >> they're likely behind the curve, even though the kurds had been the glue between these groups, they're going to have to deal with a separate kurdistan, then decide whether they want to go back and gain back territory. >> even if the prime minister steps aside now and says ok, i am the reason for the problems, is it too late now for iraq as we know it? >> maybe not, it's just going to take a lot longer. time is on the side of isis, they have the land, have equipment, gaining more mome, anymore delay that the iraqi government makes toward that only gives them more power. >> a lot of people say post world war i, a lot of the boundaries were done and

european powers dividing them up for the wrong reasons. is this what we are teague playing out? >> possibly by tribes. these borders are just lines in the desert, not bounded by geography. they're not natural. i think this might be the way to redraw those boundaries in a way that makes more sense. >> thank you for being with us. >> now held without bond, a georgia father charged with leaving his son to die in a hot car alone. they say justin harris was busy secting while his son was dying. they say one of those women was just 17 years old. >> he was having up to six different conversations with different women. >> were these sexually involved

as well. >> they were. >> did she send him a picture that day? >> she did. >> he said he forget to drop his son at day care and didn't realize he was in the back seat. >> they call it the detroit equivalent of new york central park, bell island. the cash strapped city owned the island, but today, the city can't afford to maintain it. the state of michigan is now trying to bring it back to life, but not without pushback. >> chances are, if you're from detroit, you have a story about bell isle. >> you come out here, enjoy the scenery, the peacefulness, the nature. >> it is a place where memories are made, where this couple had their first date. >> lover's lane. >> with five miles are scenic court line, it was the largest city-owned island park in the united states, but for years, the bankrupt city of detroit has

struggled to maintain it, leaving parts of this 982-acre island to decay. many people were afraid to come here. >> the challenge and excitement is to bring back the things that were here. >> ronaldson calls it the reawakening. the state of michigan took ownership under a 30 year lease agreement. the state promises to restore and maintain main attractions, the takeover expected to save the cash strapped city $6 million a year. olson believes saving bell isle is an integral part of detroit's comeback story. >> this is a place where you could mark progress. you can say this this is a visible change. look what's happened since february 10. >> there is more than esthetic changes happening here. have ors will be required to pay for an $11 yearly pass. many feel there's an even greater price some detroiters will have to pay.

>> black people in particular are very animate about it. they see this as somebody taking something away again and that they don't want to be intimidated when they come out here. >> intimidated detroiter ron scott says by the constant presence of state police. since the state took over, police have made more than 800 traffic stops from speeding tickets to felony arrests. >> we want the police to be a presence, but not a omni present interest. >> the department of natural resources is working out way to say make the island safe and welcoming. >> our challenge is to try to find the balance. >> this couple are ready for a change. >> he calls it a diamond not rough. >> yeah, once it gets back to where it's going to be the diamond in the open, clean the rough edges, it's going to be be an international destination, i believe. >> also the hope it will

continue to be a welcoming place or all detroiters. >> an international destination. bell is land was settled by the french in the 18th century. >> the excitement of the world cup had a bridge collapse, two killed, 19 others injured. an unfinished overpass collapsed on thursday 270 miles north of rio. one victim was a female driver of a commuter bus. two other cars and a truck were trapped as well. team brazil making headlines, the u.s.a. saying the soccer players are somewhat stressed. the head coach called in reinforcements for another team member and there is a psych owe analyst assigned to the team. some players were crying before the shootout with chile. they are set to play colombia. they won two games and tied one. the stress of being the home city is weighing on the players. if they lose, how do you go

home? >> the coach said look as hosts, not only are we expected to win but at the vermin mum, that's demanded of us. so interesting. >> after 60 years, a norway u.f.o. mystery has been solved. the c.i.a. tweeted do you remember the reports of unusual activity in the sky in the 1950's? that was us. >> they say yeah, u2 spy plane was flying so high it cast a reflection down to the planes, they saw it as a silver light in the sky. the government said we did it. >> i wonder what other things are happening that we don't know about. the c.i.a. tweets now. >> the truth is out there. >> father and son meeting after 44 years, rod whittaker's life changed in a matter of seconds when he did this, hugged his son for the first time at san francisco's international airport. he left for vietnam, didn't know

that he had a child, his son using ancestry.com searched and searched and found him. >> can you imagine being reunited with family after that long. maybe you're part of my family. the question, can women have it all both at work and home? >> huge discussion taking place sparked by one of the most powerful women in the world. >> we plan our lives meticulously so we can be decent parents but if you ask our daughters, i'm not sure they will say i've been a good mom. i'm not sure. >> why the c.e.o. of pepsico is saying you can't be a good business woman and mom at the same time. >> a cop on a skateboard. >> how did the giraffe get its long neck. research sheds light on its

special sign, our discovery of the die. >> looking live into boston this morning where the city moved up its celebration because of hurricane arthur only to have the boston pops concert end early last night because of another storm. stay tuned.

>> this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america. >> it is time now for our discovery of the day. the secret behind a giraffe's unique shape. >> researchers in london figured out how they support all 2200 pounds of their body weight on those long, skinny legs. there is a special ligament in each knee. >> that is protected by a groove deeper than found in other animals and that stiffens the giraffes limbs without tiring

out the muscles. >> it could help them develop better prosthetic limbs for humans. >> can a woman and c.e.o. be a good mother at the same time? millions are wondering what the temperatures are going to be today. we turn to our mean for all of the answers. >> can't be any hotter than it was yesterday here across the northeast, hot and muggy. it is getting cooler, the air coming from minneapolis to chicago, push to go new york. the front slowed down a bit because of the hurricane, but will begin to push through, take out the rain, heat and humidity with it. it is dry and comfortable, much of the midwest here is drying out after all that rain. the only other showers across the southwest, we could see a repeat of that today. watch out for wind to pick up yesterday around phoenix. temperatures today climbing into the mid to low 80s, so a nice

change from yesterday. it's cooler, but there will be rain coming down especially in the morning. the highs in the northwest, 83 degrees in los angeles, 90's in houston. here's that cooler air, 70's, these cooler temperatures will spread east. the rain clears out by tomorrow, it's nice and comfortable. we are talking about flooding, rain coming down, could see more storms. as it clears tonight, look for cooler, drier air to come in nice and comfortable, it is here by tomorrow. >> rain in the northeast, a huge dust storm in phoenix. can't catch a break on either side of the country. >> for women, it's difficult balancing life and work, maintaining home life while climbing the corporate heard. c.e.o. is making headlines after sharing her own personal

struggle. >> i have great news for you, i have just been told i'm going to be president of the board of directors and all that you want me to do is go out and get the milk, what kind of a mom are you? she said to me when you enter this house, you're the wife, the daughter, the daughter-in-law, the mother, you're all of that. nobody else can take that place, so leave that damn crown in the garage. >> well, joining us via skype is sabrina par sons, cree o. of palo alto software and mother of three boys. thanks for being with us today. pepsi's c.e.o. said women cannot have it all. is she right? >> i think she's right today and in the corporate culture where she's working, fortune 500 companies, it's hard to rise to leadership and be mothers and

effectively have it all. i don't think that that has to be the future. >> do you think in any way there is a double standard? you know, matt lauer discussed recently this same topic with the c.e.o. of general motors. >> you're a mom, i mentioned, two kids. you said in an interview long ago that your kids said they are going to hold you accountable for one job and that is being a mom. >> correct. >> given the pressures of this job at general motors, can you do both well? >> you know, i think i can. >> some people said that that was really a gender question, that he wouldn't have asked that if the c.e.o. had been a man, but do you think that that discussion should change when addressing women or should web asking those same questions to men, too. >> i definitely think that we should be asking men those questions. i think being parents and if you have children, that is the most important job, but the whole point of matt asking only a woman c.e.o. is exactly what is

talked about happening in corporate america today. we don't look at that. we give men the priority to be at work and excuse their absence as parents and dads, and with women, i mean, look at hillary clinton getting asked can she run for president and be a grandmother, where, you know, how many presidents have been grand fathers and had, you know, we probably don't even know how many grandchildren. i think that's exactly what's wrong today, right? women are expected to be mothers first, men are expected to provide first. regardless, it's not really, you know, to me, what is it that you're supposed to do or not supposed to do, it's the fact that the corporate culture makes it very difficult for a woman to get to c.e.o. of pepsi, it's that you have to make these choices and we force women and men to make these choices about being parents, rather than sigh saying what can we change in the corporate culture and what can

we do differently so that you don't have to make those choices and women don't have to drop out. i think it's very difficult to rise to her level with kids, because just as you're rising through the ranks, your kids need you the most. i think it's time to look at, you know, how do we include children in a different way so that women don't get left out. >> interesting, making men the priority. thanks so much for being with us. >> speaking of a better work life balance, a city in sweden is getting praise and criticism for its new experiment limiting work days to only six hours. check that out. coming up, a closer look at the work hour debate. find out why some politics think it could have pretty serious economic ramifications. >> patrolling on wheels, how one wisconsin police officer is connecting with the kids.

he is a green bay police officer who skateboards on duty. he says the sight of him opens dialogue with children. he says he can be a tool to mend fences in this community. >> it's been decades of bad blood between skateboarders and police. it's not going to get fixed overnight. i would love if other agencies would catch on to this and see the impact it could make. >> he skates in parks and between his main duties, says no one has ever called the cops on him. >> a powerball winner in tennessee vowing to give most of his prize money to charity. the 58-year-old won $259 million, the largest prize won in that state. >> it's going to be my job to work very hard to make sure that everybody single penny of this prize is a blessing to whoever it touches.

>> he wants to use his winnings oh to support performing arts organizations around the country. >> at the end of our first hour, the immigration debate comes to the white house. president obama's set to swear in new citizens to mark today's independence as a professional showdown over immigration moved ahead. >> the palestinians bury a teenager abducted in retaliation for the murder of three israeli teens. israel is stepping up security along the gaza border. >> hurricane arthur hits the east coast forcing thousands from the outer banks. >> from the great plains to capitol hill, the push to get the bison overdue respect from congress. >> coming up at 8:00, they've wowed us for centuries, a look inside fireworks to see just how

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money, now the push is on to get congress to honor those very majestic animals. >> when i see them going to lunch, i'm going home. it's like bye-bye, see you tomorrow. >> testing out a new theory, can people be more productive in a six hour workday rather than eight. >> my message to president obama is to secure this border, mr. president, finally address this issue and secure this border. >> on this july 4, tired and huddled masses in some states being turned away. >> texas governor rick perry, one of many critics calling on president obama to take action against immigration. >> that call coming as the president prepared to host a naturalization ceremony for foreign born service members on what is called a border crisis, good morning,er extra. >> from texas to new mexico to california, tensions are rising

over what to do with the flood of immigrant families from north america, children making the treacherous trip across the border alone are of the utmost concern. 52,000 unaccompanied children have arrived in the u.s. illegally and according to federal authorities, most end up staying with relatives of the state as they wait for the government to make decisions about their future. some are protesting buses full that undocumented immigrants, the next expected to murietta california today. the border is a political war. >> some think allowing them to stay here, it's more humane. i assure you it's not. let me share with you why i think that. nobody's doing any of these children the slightest favor by delaying a rapid return to their countries of origin. >> we've been apparent about how the law will be applied in these

cases. those who might be complaining about the president's actions are more interested in landing political blows than trying to solve this problem. >> i think both political parties want to avoid immigration discussion prior to the mid terms. this makes it much for difficult for them to avoid the issue and to the extent immigration becomes part of the debate. >> the homeland security committee where governor perry was testifying yesterday has already passed a bipartisan border security bill but it's locked up in the house. people on both sides of the aisle are calling to get it passed. lax border security and confusing immigration policy is something that the white house is addressing by putting out this new campaign t.v. add in central american countries in spanish to urge parents do not

send your children over the border alone. this does not mean they will get citizenship here. >> we're going to talk to an immigration attorney about the road ahead for millions of migrants still coming into the u.s. illegally. >> iraq has hit a fork in the road, preparing for an independence referendum. vice president joe biden is considering iraq to remain united. we are live from baghdad. good morning to you. how soon could this referendum happen? >> the referendum's going to the local parliament, discussing in committee. there is a series of questions that need to be formulated. it could happen within a month, it could happen slightly later than that, but most of the current politicians want it pushed through quickly. what they're really trying to

decide is what form the referendum should take. it is a simple question or series of questions. that's really what we're discussing, but expect it within four to six weeks. >> even if yes or no or a series of questions, in reality, could this actually make it harder for iraq to combat the islamic states if they're not under one unified government? >> in some ways, that's absolutely right. the occurred issue forces are a formidable fighting force and managed to take kirkuk away drop the islamic states already, but there is divisiveness between the arabs and kurds, some are saying that actually it might make it easier, because you take them out of the equation. really depends who you talk to, kurds or arabs. >> you mentioned this divisiveness. what about allies? with america holding back decision military aid, is iraq then looking to other countries trying to gather support?

>> iraq is certainly looking at countries within the region. it's already taken help from iran, and looking at the russians, they have supplied planes. the iraqis are doing what they can to get help from our countries. the language coming out of the u.s. is not language that the kurds want to be hearing. it's equally not language that the iraqis want to be hearing. they want to hear we will help you, give you more weapons, f-16s we have promised you for a very long time. >> we will follow closely as these events continue. >> the top u.s. military official thinks that iraqi forces can defend baghdad.

martin dempsey told reporters he thinks troops will keep baghdad from falling. he says the iraqi forces aren't strong enough to win back the territories already captured. hundreds of military advices are in iraq assessing the situation. >> tendings high in and around jerusalem where the funeral of that palestinian teen is taking place now, carrying the boy's body through jerusalem where days of clashes have taken place. that death is blamed by some as an act of revenge for the murder of three israel teens. it coincides with ramadan and prayers. we are on the ground following the developments. we go go to him coming up in this hour. >> the season's first hurricane is now pounding the north carolina coast this morning. hurricane arthur made landfall near cape lookout just overnight. the storm is now moving north and packing winds of up to

100 miles per hour. look at that water. thousands of residents and vacationers now fleeing the coastline. we are live in the middle of it all. what is the situation like where you are right now. >> conditions have ready improved -- >> we are hearing you now, chris, go ahead. >> you guys hear me? one, two. >> sounds like we're having difficulty because of the weather where you are and we're watching the hurricane. >> the wind's continuing to gust, the storm just off the coast now continuing to move away. wind 100 miles an hour, and changed direction. this is where the storm made

landfall. this is just last night 11:15, but continues to move across north carolina, pulling in a lot of moisture there. the ocean maintained its intensity. off the coast, it's 105 miles east moving northeast, the wind at 100 miles an hour. the track will take it to the northeast, should stay southeast of cape cod. the track area, looking at this entire cone, not just the center, it could clip pores of massachusetts there, the winds at 85 miles an hour, downgraded to a category one, still a mid level hurricane not powerful and passing to the southeast. the wind will continue to gust on the northern side, but on the western side, we'll see that wind picking up out of the northwest, it will be a gusty need tonight especially along cities and coastal sections of the northeast and new england. flash flood watch in effect,

moisture was through this cold front slowly moving through now. more flooding is possible. we have rain in the area this morning. here's this front, the storm slowing it down. see how it bends to the west. now it will continue to push to the north. here's the latest forecast showing how intense the storm is, the wind continuing to pick up out of the northeast, by 9:00, then tonight, it is dry. there's that wind out of the northwest, 10-20 miles an hour, so that is the big story here there across the northeast. >> let's go back to chris, right there in the middle of it all. chris, good to have you back again. what exactly is the situation where you are? >> things are much better right now than just three or four hours ago when the bad luck of the storm, the eye wall came right over this area, the outer banks of north carolina. right now, we're getting wind

gusts, every now and then a sprinkle of rain, but this is the last remnants of arthur as it moves offshore. the storm came ashore 11:00 eastern time last night souther here and slowly meandered up the north carolina coast with 100-mile per hour winds, heavy rain and blowing sand. over the course of that time, it slowly moved over the area. now officials here in north carolina are going out to take a look and see what kind of damage there is. we've been told there is 25,000 power outages in the area or in the entire state, rather, so it's not a very large number for such a big storm. firms would like to reopen this area to tourists so they can bring their tourist dollars back with them for the lucrative fourth of july weekend. they are undergoing damage assessments now. we'll have a better idea of what happened overnight in just a few hours.

send it back to you. >> you mentioned the damage and a lot of people traveled said to the outer banks for the fourth of july weekend. what can they expect? will things have reopened by then or will they turn around and head back to where they're coming from. >> a lot of people did stay. this was not a mandatory evacuation. south of here it was mandatory evacuation. last night, tourists were here, restaurants full. i assume those who can enjoy the area today will continue to do so. the governor has said if people have plans to come here over the course of the weekend, there is a number people can call to get information to find whether they can get to their hotels are not. a few streets are covered with sand and need to be cleared. highway 12 is famous that often gets covered and needs work. other than that, once those damage assessments are done, they'll start to reopen these areas. >> those winds do look strong,

stay safe out there. >> in ukraine, intense clashes reigniting in that country, blaming pro-russian separatists for nine deaths thursday. the area has been a hotbed of firing since the ceasefire crumbled. >> donetsk is a city of a million people and the terrorists, there's 2,000, at the most, 5,000 of them. the million people don't want war. we've got to hunt down terrorists, so there's going to be civilian deaths. >> foreign ministers from russia, ukraine, france and germany calling for a new truce. officials say one could be in place by today. russian president vladimir putin is calling for new cooperation with the u.s., saying that he and his country and the u.s. are responsible for safeguarding international stability and should work together for the

sake of the entire world. >> the excitement at the world cup was dampened by a bridge collapse. officials say two people were killed and 19 injured when an unfinished overpass completely collapsed. it happened thursday in the host city 270 miles north of rio. one victim was a female driver of a commuter bus passing beneath the bridge. we have the details. >> the high level pass over a busy highway was under construction when it collapsed crushing at least four vehicles. among them, a commuter bus two construction trucks and a car. the woman driving the bus was apparently killed almost instantly. the bridge, which like many other projects was meant to be ready in time for the world cup was supposed to connect the airport to downtown. there is new explanation yet as to why vehicles not connected to

the construction project were allowed to get anywhere near the structure, which officials say is supposed to be ready by the end of the year. it will host its last world cup game next tuesday, the semifinal. while this accident is not directly related to or expected to effect the game, it does draw attention to the city who's airport terminal reconstruction raised eyebrows because of the poor quality. >> brazil has been plagued by fatal construction accidents leading up to the world cup. eight workers have died building stadiums in the 12 cities that hosted the games. >> there are new calls for immigration reform as thousands are blooding the border from central america. >> we'll talk about the road ahead for them and why it may be easier than returning to life in their home land. >> a healthier life, better life, more time with their family and other things to do

but also a way of sharing jobs. >> we'll tell you about the experiment underway in one european country with people having their workday cut to six hours to see if they become more productive. >> a dust up in phoenix literally, a look at the storm that swept through the city.

>> taking a look at videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world, a surprise hail storm brings madrid to a standstill as hail covers the city, causing damage to cars and buildings. that dropped hail in other spanish cities, as well. >> hundreds gathered to watch the by annual horse race in italy. riders compete on the short track, racing bare back. that dates back to mid evil times. >> in as her i can't, a sky dive with a go pro camera capturing the dissent. it is a hobby not for the feint

of heart. good morning within kathleen sebelius. >> up next, taking a look at weather people are actually more productive during a six hour versus an eight hour workday. >> president obama is praising the latest snapshot of the economy, employers adding 288,000 workers in june, for more than forecast. the president said there is more work to do but he is happy with the numbers. >> it gives you a sense that the economy has built momentum, that we are making progress, we've now seen almost 10 million jobs created over the course of the last 52 months. >> the strong news about the jobs helped push the dow into record territory, shortened trading because of the holiday, closing above 17,000 for the first time ever. >> do you think an eight hour workday is too long? a swedish city is experimenting with six our work days.

those who like the idea think productive will be boosted. not everyone is so sure. >> fancy working two hours less a day on the same pay, car technician magnus thought his boss was joking when he proposed the idea. the move has boosted efficiency and employee happiness. >> when i see them go to lunch, i'm going home. it's like bye-bye, see you tomorrow. obviously, they're annoyed sometimes, you might say. it's good fun for me. >> the theory is that humans work better in shorter bursts, longer hours don't necessarily mean better productivity. >> now, sweden's second largest city is launching a six month experiment, one group of municipal workers on six hours a day, the rest working normally.

it could result in shorter hours for all and more people employed. >> we think it's good, because people might get a healthier life, a better life, more time with their family and other things to do, but also a way of sharing jobs. >> you think everyone here would be celebrating the prospect of more time off, but nothing is that simple. some fear more pressured working with shorter shifts. >> nurse mariet. e believes cutting hours could have disastrous consequences. >> it's going to compromise medical safety and the people who live in elder care get less time. less time. >> who's right? academics have made a study of the complex issue.

>> there is surprise in terms of relatively lower consumption levels, but i think for rich countries like sweden, most people feel that higher consumption doesn't make them happier. it could be wise for the country to do this. >> politicians opposed say that it could cost the economy millions of dollars, but its supporters insist it's a plan with benefits all around. >> this experiment played out in another swede issue town. it gave up six hour work days in 2005 after workers complained that the shorter more intense days were making them even more stressed. >> there is a privacy group that claims facebook broke the allow conducting secret psychological experiments on users.

they filed a lawsuit. facebook didn't tell people it would share information with research. >> let's look at weather with our meteorologist dave warren. can we pull out the grills? >> might be windy, but the rain will be clearing out of the northeast, drying out a bit, the wind picking up. southwest, this happened yesterday, storms developed across the southwest. oftentimes when you get that this time of year, that rain as it evaporates cools and you get a gusty wind developing and a dust storm there, sand storm across the southwest. this is what it looked like around phoenix, a wall of wind here from these storms, wind blowing out 50-mile an hour wind gusts reduced advice bites, leading to problems especially with air travel. the wind was gusting and the visibility was down.

temperatures today there will climb above 100 degrees again. maybe these storms developing, it's common this time of year. >> northeast, flash flood watch in effect. by this afternoon, the rain clears out from the hurricane as it passes south of cape cod. the wind will pick up, the rain across new england. there's dry whether by this evening, the wind gusting out of the northwest 30-40 miles an hour, so a bit windy, but dry. >> we want to take you back live to jerusalem, the funeral for that palestinian teenager who may have been killed in retaliation for the deaths of those three israel teens underway. you see his body being carried there at the top of your screen through the streets. there were concerns that that funeral would lead to large protests was put off from when it was expected to take place yesterday. it is taking place today and security forces in jerusalem have been beefed up. a live report coming from that region coming up later in our

hour. >> excitement building in brazil. >> only eight teams remain. those games are getting underway today. look at them get ready. we bring you live to brazil for the very latest. >> they are like the symbol of america. they survived a lot. >> pushing for proper recognition, the effort to get congress to honor the bison who still roam the west. >> the way we ignite the fuse has changed. once we ignite the fuse and it goes inside, this has been happening for centuries. >> on this fourth of july, a look inside fireworks, we'll show you exactly how they work. >> fireworks exploding over the charles river in boston for the 41 annual boston pops fourth of july spectacular. they were held a day earlier because of hurricane arthur, but then had to be cut short because of rain from another storm. nother storm.

>> they're in songs, literature and coins, the push is on to get congress to honor the bison.

>> why patients are able to request a doctor or nurse based on race and there's nothing a hospital con do to stop it. this is the situation live right now in jerusalem this morning as palestinians prepare to bury the teenager who was killed this week in what some call a revenge attack. a large crowd carried the body through east jerusalem. there were a few skim minutes with israel soldiers. we're going to go live to jerusalem in a few minutes with more on what is becoming a very tense standoff. >> the president putting immigration front and center this independence day, set to swear in foreign born service members at the white house even as he faces sharp criticism over how he is handling the current migration situation at the border. joining us live from washington, d.c. with more on the story, good morning, tracy. >> hi, dell, good morning. for days, we've talked about these children in texas bussed to california where they were

turned around, some bussed to arizona. all of them in detention centers as the government tries to figure out what to do with them, a very different picture from the immigrants that we'll see at the white house today. >> the constitution of the united states. >> later today, president obama welcomes immigrant soldiers and reservists and their spouses at a naturalization ceremony at the white house. >> this independence day will be their first at american citizens. >> president obama is pressed to deal with the 52,000 immigrant children. the u.s. is spending a million dollars on an ad campaign in central america warning parents it's dangerous to send kids to the u.s. alone. so far this year, the government says 220 people have been found dead trying to cross the border. >> the message is if you come to the united states, this government is going to let you in and you're going to be able to stay there forever. that's not how our immigration laws are intended to work.

>> one california town plans to boss buses coming their way. >> this is an invasion. why is the national guard not out there stopping them from coming in? >> at a congressional hearing in texas thursday, governor rick perry offered a solution, send them home. >> nobody's doing any of these chirp the slightest favor by delaying return to their countries of origin. >> independence and freedom being celebrated today, for thousands of immigrant children, it's close, but not close enough. >> the ad campaign will also be run in immigrant cities with large populations hoping to help get the word back home. >> one flash point in the immigration debate is murietta, california where protestors

blocked buses full of migrants forcing them to turn around. joining us to discuss the latest development is immigration attorney michael wild. let's go to murietta. the protestors top priority was really to keep everyone safe, so the people on the buses and protestors were supposed to be kept safe, but what about protestors who stopped the buses. did they really act accordingly? >> this is the old story where parents go to the back yard and kids are fighting in the front yard. congress and our president have completely fallen asleep at the helm and right now the sit ins of this country are fighting against immigrants, a country based and as we celebrate our independence today on the legacy of strong immigration. all day long, i'm a second generation immigration lawyer. my father represented john lennon from the beatles and all day long we aid this greatest

experiment in democracy. immigration issue is very significant. we have a very broken system. right now, there is a huge crisis at the southern border and everyone saying we'll fix the border and deal with the immigration inside. it's an entire challenge to this country to get ourselves in order. homeland security and preparedness right now are not just our safety and security, it's our economic view tallty and safety. >> that's a pretty strong word, saying our congressman are asleep at the helm. >> if there is a devonning silence on washington over immigration. this president who has supported more people than any other people in our nation's history -- more and sending very confused messages out to the public, i want to fix this broken immigration system and if congress isn't going to do it, i'm going to do it. in the meantime, over 1 million people have been deported. how do we calibrate our nation's

humanitarianism, children coming to our shores, the hospitallalty we have rewarded and police type persona we have internationally with a sense of urgency about our safety, security and our labor concerns to make sure we don't take jobs from americans. i'm a former mayoren new jersey and understand the impact in our community, too. >> you describe the urgency, but house speaker john boehner said we are not going to bring this up this year. >> shame, shame, shame on him. i mean, this is it is people's house. the congress not to take up something as urgent as this is shameful. the last time we fixed our broken immigration system was president reagan in a more robust economy. it is entirely improper. it is not only poor judgment from a ministerial or legislative sense, but poor politics and poor governance to allow the local states to deal

with a federal machine date. we have foreign students, all sorts of wonderful, extraordinary people in this country. now is the time we should all put up our sleeves, getting to work righting this economic ship and making sure our homeland is safe. >> thank you so much. >> in england, migrants who can't find work could find themselves deported abwonderful part of a new proposal the british government is looking at. the plan will impact 200,000 migrants. they will be given six months to find a job or be expelled even if they do have a european passport. >> on this fourth of july, there's a movement underway in congress to name the bison as the national mammal of the united states. it doesn't mean the bald eagle is going to be replaced. it's about keeping more bison home on the range. we have the story from colorado. >> they are strong and sturdy, a real life representation of

american resilience. >> they're like the symbol of america. they survived a lot. he got a little banged up here. >> so has marty. >> we were herding buffalo and had about a foot on each side and she decided to tip the truck instead of going out the right side. >> marty understands bison, also known as buffalo. easy tended to this herd in the shadow of the rocky mountains 20 miles west of denver for the past 44 years. >> they're just an animal that really has survived mankind to tell you the truth. they've always been a symbol of the west since explorers came out here. they enteagued them and they intrigue people nowadays. >> the move to adopt bison as the national mammal has or begins in south dakota where thee 3,000 of the animals now

roam, a far cry from the tens of millions once populating the great plains in the midwest. by 89, that number was decimated through slaughter and countries westward expanse. today, it's estimated 400,000 to 500,000 bison live across every state in the u.s. >> this looks like a perfect place. >> this is a great part-ure, good green grass. we've had a great spring here. >> jim represents ranchers and farmers. >> it's a special animal that's incredibly hearty, resourceful. for these reasons, we think it would be a good fit for the national mammal. >> there are challenges. something needs to be done for the herd in yellow stone natural park. federal officials named 20 sites in 10 states where the animals could be relocated. for herders like marty, respect for bison is long overdo.

>> they've been on our money, on our coins. they're a good a symbol as the eagle. >> similar legislation stalled in congress two years ago. it's largely ceremonial and would not offer any additional protection. >> right now, the interior democratic said those herds are spread across 5 million-acres of federal lands. >> team u.s.a. is back from the world cup and fans greeted players yesterday at los angeles international airport where they signed autographs, smiled and posed for pictures. the goalie is proud of the performance in brazil despite an early exit after a loss to belgium. 22 million people watched the game on american television, and almost 2 million more watched it on line. >> it is do or die for the world cup remaining eight teams.

we are live in brazil. there are two big quarter final games today. what should fans, by wait, we don't have a national team to be rooting for, so what should we be looking for? >> we are down to the final eight teams here in the world cup. the early game today is france versus germany, two real soccer powerhouses traditionally. we're watching the afternoon game which could be an absolute classic as the host brazil take on colombia. there is a little worry here in brazil, because they're team hasn't been playing as well as a lot had hoped. they face a colombian team that hasn't lost yet in this tournament. there are tens of thousands of brazilian tour i have thes that have flooded into the city, thousands of colombian as well wanting to cheer on their team

in an amazing afternoon game here. >> in fact, the brazilian team hiring a psychologist, but the fans are a different story. are the fans of brazil and colombia a little more confident than the teams themselves? >> you would think that brazil would be the favorite here and they are technically, because they're playing in their home country, there's always pressure on brazil, they've won more world cups than any country in the world, however, brazilians are nervous, because this colombian team is playing very very well and led by a 22-year-old star, thomas rodriguez that has scored five goals. the colombian fans think they might have a chance to beat brazil. it's going to still be difficult, though, because brazil beating them anywhere especially in their home country is going to be tough. brazil drew against mexico and barely beat chile to get to this

point. brazil will need to play their best game to beat this very daunting colombian squad. >> that game is at 4:00. my german son-in-law called me to remind me france and germany is at noon. what about the french and german fans flooding brazil right now. >> that game is going to be happening in rio de janeiro. that's a big game. there are lots of french and german fans here. germany was actually considered one of the favorites of this tournament before it started. germany is probably the favorite against france, but these are two very, very good teams, really traditionally two of the best soccer teams in the world. germany probably has a little bit of an edge, but a few of their players have suffered from the flu in the last few days. the coach said they do not think

that will affect the game, that they should be ready 100%. that's going to be a real classic morning game, as well. >> thank you very much. >> now to the death and remembrances of an hearn hero. lewis zambrini was an olympic athlete whose bomber crashed in world war ii. he survived for seven days in a barrel raft living on water and fish. after that, he was captured by the japanese and became a prisoner of war. his life is the subject of a book about to become a hollywood movie. >> the supreme court's flee female justice issuing a sharp rebuke to their colleagues after the high court gave a christian school wheaton college a way to get around the affordable care act mandate on religious grounds, writing that the ruling contradicts hobby lobby decision and could undermine confidence in the court. >> one of the world's most powerful women has some advice for working moms.

stop with the mommy guilt and just cope. the chairman of pepsi said you cannot have it all. >> we pretend we have it all. we pretend we can have it all. my husband and i married for 34 years and we have two daughters, and every day you to have make a decision on whether you are going to be a wife or a mother. in fact, many times during the day one have to make those decisions, and you have to co opt a lot of people to help you. we co opted families to help us. we plan our lives meticulously so we can be decent parents, but i'm not sure my daughters would say i've been a good mom. i'm not sure. >> she shared personal stories about missing school events for work and trying to balance her role as a mother while running a fortune 500 company. >> studies show hospital

patients choose care based on race. >> why they're legally able to discriminate. >> this is the scene in jerusalem right now. the body of a 17-year-old being carried through the streets there on his way to his funeral. there were concerns of violence. there has been violence. we will take you to jerusalem live when we come back. with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> you are looking live at east jerusalem where things are tense. that is the funeral held right now for the 17-year-old whose badly burned body was found, many believe that was a revenge killing for the three israeli teenagers who disappeared and slain bodies were found. we want to go live to jerusalem

at the funeral of that teen. describe the scene for us, how tense are things there? >> >> it's so tense here, because of the fact that the body was found on wednesday morning and now it's friday, so the family had to wait for two days to get the body of their son back. it is tradition according to law to bury a dead person right away, so it's frustrated people even more not to be able to get the body back on the same day it was found dead, so people here are very angry, i can show you the shot here, the cemetery behind me way back at the end of the cemetery just in front of the olive grove is where they buried him. thousands of people attended, maybe you cannot all see them in the same shot, because there's

no room for everyone in the cemetery. as as you can see, the alley ways are narrow, but there are lots of people outside, not only from the neighborhood where the boy is from, but also from other parts of east jerusalem, from other neighborhoods, people came on foot. they walked to get here to participate in the funeral procession. as i said, lots of tension, very heartbreaking and painful for the parents not to be able to see the body, because the body -- the boy had been set on fire before he died. the body that the israel police found in the jerusalem forest wednesday morning was a charred body, so difficult to identify who the body belonged to, the israel authorities had to get d.n.a. samples from the family because the body was uneye did he understand final to confirm that the body was the body of the boy. very difficult for the parents not to be able to see their son

and say their final goodbyes and very tense here as well. clashes broke out since he was found dead. they continue, they spread out to wore parts of east jerusalem, not only in this neighborhood and maybe they will continue after the funeral is over. >> as you were getting ready to go on, we noticed a teenager, his face covered with a mask. that is indicative of the teens that we have seen throwing rocks at the israel police. is there any official israel presence there, and also is the young man that we're talking about just crossed behind you, how tense is it with rewards, are we expecting violence at that funeral itself? >> we don't know, that's anyone's guess at this time. this area has always been volatile, because little the part of what palestinians

consider their future capital, east jerusalem and there are israel settlers who live around and among them. this has always been a volatile and tense area. the clashes have been ongoing. it's anyone's guess if they will continue, but it's our understanding according to statement from the israel government that the especially from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu that maybe israel is not interested in an escalation right now. the prime minister did condemn the killing of this boy and wants an investigation into the circumstances of this killing. he says that the israel security authorities will definitely find out who the perpetrators are. that is little comfort for the people here, very angry who feel that the boy was killed in a revenge killing after the three bodies of the israel settlers were found in the west bank. they also feel he might not be the last palestinian victim of

the so-called revenge killings, what palestinians describe as revenge killings, so what could happen now is anyone's guess. clashes have continued from wednesday until now. >> thank you very much for being with us. she joins us live from east jerusalem. we should pointed out that the prime of israel as well as the united states and palestinian authority all condemning the kidnapping and killing of all four teenagers. >> when choosing a doctor, do you first look at experience or do you look at the doctor's race? >> there are actually a number of studies out that suggest a doctor's race is no you a major factor for patients. we have been digging into those numbers. >> on that question of whether or not patients are choosing doctors based on race, let's look at academic studies. johns hopkins performed a study in 2002. it indicated that patients would choose doctors of their own race

when given a choice and number two, the patients reported higher satisfaction when treated by same race physicians. findings held across multiple racial groups. if this is happening, the next question is why. much of the study evidence available seems to answer that question from the perspective of black people. a 2012 study found blacks nearly twice as likely as whites to report being treated by disrespect by doctors of a different race. the new england journal of medicine indicated something worse, finding that white men presenting chest pain received better care than women and blacks with the same symptoms. >> in 2012, medical news found two thirds of doctors spent less time and did less listening to black patients during office visits and the results of those studies could very well have led to this, a 2010 study published

in the journal of the national medical association saying black patients are more likely to perceive better care from black doctors than from white doctors. while we wouldn't want to pass the results of these studies off as a complete affirmation that race base doctor selection is widespread, they would seem to indicate where there's smoke there's fire type of scenario. >> lisa is a sociologist and author and joins us this morning. you studied the situation in phoenix, finding race was a factor in how doctors and nurses were treated and selected. >> i should be clear that my study focused primarily on nurses, not doctors. i looked at interactions between nurses and their patients. what i would argue is that while on one hand, we talk about care

or nursing care, if a nurse is caring as a personality characteristic, as some nurses have or don't have, i'm arguing this is a social interaction often loaded with racial biases or social genders. >> did the nurses give you examples? >> absolutely. i have so many. i should mention too, that the study was conducted over eight months, 800 hours in a hospital. it was a very long term study where i found these patterns. one of the patterns that i found is that nurses have color, including latina, african-american and asian american women were often symbolically demoted or just not recognized as the nurse and instead maybe treated as an aid or as a housekeeper.

another example would be imagine many nurses reported to me incidents of harassment or sexual harassment. it's one thing to negotiate social interactions, it's another when they include racial slurs. you can imagine a nurse walking into a patient's room, he is masturbating, percents and proceeds to call her a dirty foreigner or another nurse clearly speaking english and talking about inserting his i.v. antpatient says i want an american nurse, i want an american speaking nurse. many stories are in the book and many stories to tell led me to these conclusion that is race absolutely forms the interaction of care. >> there are cases nurses feel this is a problem. most people go to the hospital because they want to get better.

what concerns should patients have? >> i'm not sure i understand the question, what concerns, what do you mean what concerns should patients have. >> is there an indication because of the way nurses have been treated that that is leading to worse care for patients? >> great question. absolutely not. what i observed and argue is that nurses have color are doing extra labor in order to tolerate these interactions in order to ensure care. the larger argument of the book is that this kind of socially-loaded interactions are a part of care and much of the work nurses do is invisible labor. i'm saying that some of this labor is in tolerating and letting go of interaction so the patients can receive quality health care. it was interesting to talk to the nurses about their

experiences, there were so many experiences, but they always talked about how they kind of just sort of took it in, if that makes any sense. >> it does. thank you very much for being with us. >> it's time for another look at your fourth of july forecast with our meteorologist dave warren. what can we expect? >> still pretty active out there but getting calmer throughout the afternoon and evening. a little cooler and comfortable here across the midwest, drying out after all that rain we've had. still pretty warm and muggy and dealing with the hurricane and front that's approaching the northeast, everything slowing down a bit, but eventually, we'll be off the coast by this evening heating up across the southwest. thunderstorms caused a sand storm around phoenix but that was the active weather yesterday, calm weather across the midwest. of course we had the hurricane off the coast of north carolina now. that will start to increase the

wind here later today and this evening, temperatures are climbing not as high as yesterday, cooler, but we're drying out. the wind will be gusting out of the northwest 30-40 miles an hour. >> we told you about this story in march and the baby gorilla born via a cesarean section i guess healthy. she is on her mama's back. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera, he was a reporter and crack addict. reuben coming clean about his addiction while working for the washington post. he'll talk about his new book, his life and why he's making his history public now. >> thank you for joining us. >> live coverage of a funeral of a palestinian teenager murdered in what some are calling a revenge attack. >> we'll be back tomorrow morning. we leave you with last night's fireworks over boston cut short

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