>> 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. fireworks on the force as protesters clash over immigration at the border. [ gunfire ] meanwhile, the tension continues between palestinians and israeli police over the death of a teenage boy. and police under fire. a californian highway patrol officer under investigates for beating a woman along the side

of the freeway. brazil heads to the world cup finals, but without their number one star. >> it was so awesome. >> i could go on it again giving kids a chance to go to summer camp. a programme where all the kids have one thing in common. good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. this morning president obama is again threatening to take executive action to overhaul the nation's immigration system. he made a declaration at a white house naturalisation ceremony saying he wants smarter policies and will do it alone if congress doesn't help. dozens of residents spent their 4th of july in full force, protesting the arrival of immigrants. they turned away three full buses, but it was not enough to deter officials bringing

immigrants to the golden state. officials say it's what they are using to relieve overcrowded facility. >> reporter: for the second time in a week a plane from texas carries undocumented immigrants touched down in san diego. the migrants, many believed to be women and children, were transported to a border facility. officials with the u.s. customs and border protection were trying to avoid a repeat on anti-government protests. protesters kept three bus loads of migrants from reaching a border station. many showed up at the murrieta facility before dawn, not knowing when the buses would arrive. >> we argued about that. >> you don't want to lisp. >> later, as more showed up, demonstrators on both sides became more vocalful.

murrieta is the flashpoint of the debate, taking place across the country. >> raise your right hand. >> at the white house yesterday president obama provided over naturalisation ceremony, and urged congress to fix the broken system, and promises that his administration will do more. >> i'll do everything i can do to make the immigration system smarter and more efficient so hardworking men and women like all of you have the opportunity to join the american family and join the great nation so we can be strong, prosperous and whole. >> back in murrieta, six were arrested. the debate of immigration reform is not expected to die down soap. >> i'm here in support of children that have been brought to this country. >> you give them enough money, we cannot handle the invasion. >> this is not what the country is about. the children need a break.

they are not criminals. border officials say they will no longer publicise the time of immigrant transfers. later we'll speak to a border patrol agent who gives us unsight on what they face following an israeli autopsy report palestinian doctors say a teen was burnt alive. mohammed abukhdair burnt over 90% of his body. on friday thousands attended the procession for the palestinian teen and his family believes he was killed in revenge for the abduction and murder of three israeli teens. nick schifrin jones us from jerusalem. good morning to you. what is the situation where you are now? any reaction to the autopsy. >> yes, there's no official reaction to the autopsy report. it's not going to help. the fear is that the violence is

increasing and becoming vengeful. we had three israeli teenagers abducted and shot dead believed to be by palestinian militants. we had this teenager here in jerusalem, abducted and burnt alive by jewish extremists. the fear is the violence is spreading. we talked to police and a group of kids had been throwing rocks at cars and police. police responded by firing rubber bullets and began to close a few streets down. they say that they are closing a local market popular on saturdays, that is usually mixed because the two sides are violence. it's not that violence is everywhere, but the tension is high. nowhere is that more important than in the east jerusalem neighbourhood where mohammed abukhdair lived and was buried.

>> reporter: outside the house there's debris. no one cleaned or expects the authorities to stop. a tram station burnt or a traffic light was ripped down. a few feet away this man has a hole in his heart. "each time i see his photo i cry over him. our life is gone, it's devastated us. god will settle this." he watched israelis hand over his son's body. his grief is public. his son's death ignited anger in a neighbourhood that issuably calm. through the city they carried the 17-year-old's body. one family member said it was not a funeral, it was a wedding attended by thousand for a martyr. afterwards the grief and fury

erupted. these are not routine clashes. this is it usually a main thorough fair with jerusalem, and it is a middle class neighbourhood. israeli police are trying to find mohammed abukhdair's killers. >> we hope things will calm down. the main focus, which will have an effect on the ground level, is the investigation into it teenager's death which is continuing. >> the anger is burning. in bethlehem palestinian protesters and israeli soldiers firing back with rubber bullets. tension is not about the abduction and murders of israeli and palestinian teenagers, it's two sides whose fundamental divisions are growing. >> over the last few days we talked to many people talking about a third palestinian yap

uprising. most say it will probably not happen. the fear is that people are talking about it and the fact that some of the violence and tensions is spreading to the north. the chances of violence and continuation will increase as the days come by. >> speaking about talking about it, let's look down south to gaza. 36 hours ago israeli officials told resident to stay within 15 seconds of a bomb shelter. five hours ago the order was lived. does that mean that things are calming down? >> calming down is probably too strong, but if we step back and see what happened over the last week, dozens and dozens and dozens of rockets fired by palestinian fighting groups from gaz e to israel -- gaza to israel, dozens of strikes from the air and sea that shake gaza, i was there during the strike all of that has escalated. the numbers escalated.

most of that tit for tat, if you will, has not killed or injured anyone. because of that israeli officials say there's an understanding at this point between israel and hamas, that it will not escalate further. because of that the israeli army turned to the residents and said you don't have to be so close to bomb shelters. keep vige lant, we don't think therebe a war. it means slowly but surely the border with gaza is closing down, it's tense for residents, difficult on both sides. now it doesn't seem to be that anyone wants to escalate that situation. >> al jazeera nick schifrin joining us live from jerusalem. >> iraq's prime minister insists running for a third term, saying he won't give up. nouri al-maliki is aggravating the sectarian divide by marginalizing sunnis, nouri al-maliki promised to fight the

rebel group islamic state. people there are reports that an iranian pilot has been killed. this has thrown their role into the limelight. >> the reason the iranian role is secret is rainians are worried about -- iranians are worried about escalation, bringing them in will spark a further sectarian war than is already happening. that's the reason it's a secret. the real reason they are here is to protect the shia shreaps. iraq is home to -- shrines. iraq is home to some of the holiest shrines. it's a red-line protection. it is key. if they are not protect or hit by the islamic state, they want to the destroy them. it will spark a sectarian wore and close the region as well. >>ar being dropped for a week, a

group of indian nurses is home. the women, 50 of them, touching done after boarding a special flight an friday. the nurses were stranded at a hospital because of ongoing voms in iraq. the foreign ministry says 40 instruction workers are being held captive. in ukraine military officials are claiming a victory in the east. ukraine's defence minister said military forces defeated pro-russian rebels in slovyansk. more than 70 rebels were killed and 50 more captured. president aeguille pourrie gave orders to raise a flag in slovyansk, and rebel leaders deny they lost control of the city. germany is calling on the u.s. to take swift action to clear up new allegations of spying. a man was arrested on suspicion of spying for the united states. that man was reported by an

intelligence officer suspected of passing information signs 2012. u.s. officials have in the commented, but the incident is renewing tensions between washington and berlin. >> this is a serious incident, why the federal state prosecutor has become involved. espionage activity is not treated lightly. it's a matter for the federal prosecutor and federal criminal officer. it's in good hands. edward snowden revealed that washington was spying on berlin. the revelations included mass surveillance of german citizens, including monitoring german chancellor angela merkel's phone. brazil is celebrating after a 2-1 victory over columbia in the world cup. the host nation kept its hopes alive and will face germany next week. the victory came at a cost. as we are shape, they lost,

arguably their most important player. >> reporter: this is not the way brazil wanted to see their star striker leaving the pitch. an injury forcing the brazilian star off in pain. he was rushed to a hospital where a doctor confirmed he had a fractured vertebrae that will need a few weeks to heal. his world cup is over. brazilian fans were sad ned but not deterred by the news. >> we are sad. neymar represents the national team and we are dependent on him. >> translation: our number 10 neymar is important. we are confident we'll get to the time and raise the championship trophy even but him. >> i believe the team is united after the game and we can win without name or. >> after neymar was charged from the hospital, he was brought to the airport here where he

boarded a plane with his team-mates to go back to the training center in rio. with his tournament obvious, he'll only be able to supply emotional support. a tragic loss for the brazilian national team, considering how well the day was going until his injury. the atmosphere for the game was charged hours before kick-off. columbia brought thousands of supporters to cheer on the team. believing their team could pull off an upset. >> i cannot scribe what i feel. this is an historic day since supporting the team for the whole tournament. we are going to win. >> the home team taps packed into the -- fans packed into the stadium with energy that eclipped other games. when it was over columbian fans deflated in defeat. brazilians streamed out of the stadium full of joy and had not got the news about the severity

of neymar's injury. now they know their quest for another championship got harder, facing germany and hoping to cheer, even if playing without the star. well another favourite to win the world cup is argentina. not etch is so caught up in the excitement. we'll profile a few argentinians going against the grain. california's highway patrol is investigating a disturbing video of apparent police brutality. a driver recorded this on his cell phone on the l.a. freeway this week. here you can see an officer straddling a woman and pumping her in the head repeatedly. another man in plain clothes identified as an off-duty cop appears to help the officer handcuff the woman, the woman was walking on the highway, endangering herself. the officer and the video is on

leave while the investigation continues. tropical storm arted you are is making its -- arthur is making its way north, causing major flooding and power out ugements. the boston fire works spectacular was washed out by heavy lightening. it is expected to pass over nova scoshia. it's time for a check on the forecast. we are going to check out arthur, it's been downgraded but it's putting down a lot of main fall and wind are down to 70 miles per hour, and continues to move to the north-east, swiftly, but not as fast as yesterday. yesterday it moved or 30 miles per hour. and it's come down to 20 miles per hour. i want to show you video out of main, taking a look at the battering rain. still getting in the water -

although vuzed not to do it. high surf advisories remain. waves 5-8 feet. not a good idea, each as conditions improved, to get in the water. still dangerous beach conditions. there's a number of advisories in place, including threats and warnings and tropical storm warnings, especially as you get further out into the water. high pressure builds in as arthur pulls away. winds gusting 30-50 miles per hour, especially along the coastline. you want to keep that in mind. of course, you are not only watching the currents across the new england coastline, we'll watch for dangerous beach conditions into parts of the south-east, even to florida. >> thank you. health officials warn thousands of visitors from around the world trailing to ohio for a

festival, warning them about an ex-porch to measles. 300 aimish people have come down with the disease after they travelled overseas. al jazeera's tom ackerman has the story. >> reporter: the horse and buggy, a common sight on the roads of central ohio, home of the largest aimish community in the world. devout christian descendants, they avoid modern conveepss like motorized vehicles. that changing since a group of volunteers returned from philippines where measles claimed 70 lives this year. what the unvaccinated men brought back is a serious outbreak of the disease in the u.s. since 1994. the most vulnerable infants and

small chime. children in public schools were exempt from immunization if their parents hold religious or other objections. the aimish say trust in god provides application. several thousands showed up at clip ucks set up to -- clinics set up to handle the new demand, also ipp okayulating against mumps and rubella. the local officials are hearing aimish repeat the claims of antibacteria movements. vaccines are linked to autism and leukaemia and other resources they say. >> the link has been discredited between autism and measles. it has been heard by the aimish community and they are concerned about it. 90% of a population should

be vaccinated to provide it with immunity. >> susceptible people are protected because they are surroundedly immune people and break the train to the person to person transmission doesn't find them. >> reporter: local a health authorities hope this will persuade the aimish the higher the rates, the better the application. >> coming up in the next hour - we'll look at the measles crisis gripping pakistan, and what health officials are doing to reverse myths about vaccinations. criminal trials relying on doubt. >> those two people say na i was not guilty. they had doubt about the case. >> doubt doesn't always keep you out of prison. and check this out - a different kind much campaign for president. how a candidate in indonesia had

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there were fireworks across the country friday night for 4th of july celebrations, including in new york city. the massey's display brought a burst of cole tour the clear night -- colour to the clear night sky. good morning to you, thank you for joining us on al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford live from new york city. a summer camp for kids that typically can't go to camp. first a look at the temperatures this 4th of july weekend. it's shaping up to be very nice, especially across the next. it will be a bit breezy, the further north you go. as far as temperatures, very mild. we are in the mid'60s, around new york city. there's a few locations heating up. across the north-east temperatures will not make it out of the "7'70s and lower '80. take a look at the heat that

will build was you get into next week, we expect mid and upper 90s. the south-east will heat up. a high of 90 as you make your way around houston, and 90 in new orleans. >> thank you so much. >> it might cost an arm and a leg to hear hillary clinton speak, but she says it's for a good cause. the former secretary of state is defending her $200,000 speaking fee for university speeches, saying the money goes to charity, and her comments come as students at nevada los angeles are protesting an importance. wanting hillary clinton to forego the $245,000. >> there are two states where the jury doesn't need a unanimous conviction, louisiana and nevada. some argue that the laws are n constitutional. we dig into the criminal justice

story. >> i have been home now. >> reporter: glen davis spent 125 years in frin for second degree murder, a crime he didn't commit. >> when the verdict came back guilty, i went numb. >> reporter: in 1993 he was convicted based on the test moby of a man claiming to be an eyewitness. jurors found him guilty, two not guilty. it was to send him away. >> you see reasonable doubt. someone had doubt in there. those two people said i was not guilty, and they had doubt. >> louisiana and oregon are the only states where juries don't have to reach unanimous verdict, even in cases that carry a life sentence. 10-20 cap lead to a conviction. louisiana led the nation in incarceration and wrongful

conviction. louisiana's law dates back to a constitutional convention. at the time, some lawmakers tried to updo reform, put in place to protect blacks. >> the idea being if there were three minorities or less on a jury, if they came to a different verdict, the majority could ignore them. the group upheld the verdict, but it was a split decision. in the past 10 years more than a dozen petitions went before the supreme court seeking to have it overturned. the high court has not taken up the issue. in louisiana they said it is not to suppress the rites of min minorities. a prosecutor said: . >> i want say that i'm better. >> glen says his case is an example of why the system is

flawed. his conviction was overturned in 2006 after a nonprofit law office found a state hid evidence, including information that discredited the witness. >> louisiana should get on board with the ref. >> after years of trying those challenging the law saw a change, unlikely. for more on the criminal justice watch "the system" with jeo berlinger, sunday at 9:00pm here on al jazeera america. the immigration debate is heating up as immigrants continue to flood the border out west. we'll speak with a representative of the police union about why it's not so simple to send them back home. >> pretty happy. like seeing kids, who know what it's like going through what i have gone through and a special summer camp. we'll tell you how the kids here

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good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories - clashes overnight between palestinian and israeli soldiers after a newspaper. thousands attended and the boy's family says it's in revenge for murder of the three teenagers last week. critics say nouri al-maliki marginalized the sunni population. it inspired the rebel group to rise up. chances of winning the one took a blow on saturday.

neymar fractured the vertebrae during the victory over columbia. he'll miss the rest of the tournament next week. tensions are rising over what to do with a flood much immigrant families coming to the united states from central america. dozens of residents came out to block undocumented immigrants from coming to their home town. they success fully turned away three full buses of people. president obama is threatening to take action to overhaul the immigration system. he made the declaration while swearing foreign born members of the white house. >> i'll do everything i can do to make the immigration system smarter and more efficient. hard-working men and women like you have the opportunity to join the american family and serve the great nation so we can be stronger and prosperous and more whole. >> friday's white house event

marked the fifth year that president obama hosted a july 4th nationalization army. 15 members were sworn in at the united states. this is a representative for the border patrol union joining us from san diego. thank you for being with us. let's jump into it. you attended a murrieta town council meeting and mentioned that the residents have a fear. what do you think it is that they are afraid of. >> yes, the fear they were demonstrating was they would drop people into the communities who were having diseases. we know these people are coming from a third world country. we know that the medical system is not what it is. so, you know, there are serious concerns within the community. >> who exactly was on the buses. women, children, men, families? >> rite, the first bus turned

out to be 140 women and children. there were a few that were sick. we had a few with scabies, and one ate who constracted squabies. we are working on that. men and women are working hard to dam with the crisis. they are doing their best with what they have. you mentioned the children. you have 18 years as a border ate. do you see a rise and are they coming alone. >> some are coming alone, not all of them. i see a rise. this year they are expecting more. some, 130,000. >> and why exactly aren't people being sen back. what is the law there? >> well, what they are asking is

amnesty. some type of amnesty. you have to understand that those areas, the murder capital of the world, they were ruled by the gangs, and once they get to the border of texas and mexico, the drug cartels run the areas, and they are exploited by the system of criminal. once they have decided to nee the system of criminals -- to flee the system of criminals as you mentioned and they come to the united states, how are the areas chosen where we take people to? >> well, someone within the agency is dividing where they are being september to. we are trying our best with what we got logistically, using our resources on the ground with ates, and certain place -- agents, and certain places where we can get the job done. and the people of murrieta need to let us do our job. maybe not necessarily into the community, and wherever the

final situation might be. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. a pleasure to have you with us. moving to the justice system in greece where human rights groups are reporting appalling conditions at detention centers for undocumented migrants. greece is in hot water for detaining people longer than allowed. as part of our series escape route, we speak to some in the camps. >> reporter: on long distance calls that boy tells his mother everything is fine. he may have months to live. he was released from a greek detention center after he and another contracted hepatitis c. >> they said you are not ready to die, you have some months to go. when you are close to death we'll let you out. >> reporter: he learnt not to complain about the pore stan

saying. he explains what happens when they asked guards to remove a man who had scabies. >> translation: they beat us so badly a lot went out of their mind with fear. we realised if xip was sick and died we -- anyone was sick and died, we couldn't tell anyone. >> he spent 18 months at it detention center. 6,000 were in centers like in in greece. in some raw sewerage seeps through the floors in these photos tape by doctors without borders. people are confined indoors 22 hours a day without anything to do. the aid group says some tried to kill themselves. inhumane conditions were limited to periods of up to 18 months. now greece may be violating european law by keeping migrants in prison indefinitely employing an illegal slight of hand.

the government is relabelling them restraint. the policy kept 300 people behind bars for longer than 18 months. the government said he had limited resources to cope with 1500 new afbles of undocumented new migrants. it set up a new asylum service. it's basing long-term detention on an opinion. a greek court struck down the opinion. human right's group spec, but detention is about deterrence. >> translation: nationalities that may not be deported because of a situation in their country, are detained. this is an indication that detention it not to facilitate deportation, but other aims, such as discouragement. >> reporter: he has applied for political asylum, but it is

clear greece's days of tolerance are over. tipses are high -- tensions are high in macedonian as a court handed down six life sentences for six muslim albanians. you are watching as thousands of albanians took to the streets in protest. they were convicted of murdering five christian fishermen in a plot to destabilize the former yugoslav territory. a quarter of macedon's population is ethnic albanian. >> the u.n. says 75,000 people have been forced to flee their homes because of fighting in pakistan. soldiers are on a campaign to flush out soldiers. nicole johnson has more. >> this is not an easy place for pakistan's military to track down enemies.

north waziristan is remote and mountainous. it's a front for the pakistani war against taliban and fighters against uz becks, and chinese uyghurs. some are accused of backing some groups for years. the government says it has had enough and they'll be wiped out. >> the terrorists are not wearing different caps. this will be an ipp descriminate proigs. when the soldiers go there they'll eliminate everyone. >> some analysts argue it's time they were targeted. >> we raised them, trained them and now is the time bass it's just like sneaks, you keep snakes in the backyard. they'll bite you. the same happened to pakistan. >> north waziristan is a tribal area. long recorded as outside the control of the central

government. most of the fighting is in the towns close by. some fighters may have escaped across the border, along with half a million civilians who fled. up to 50,000 troops are in north waziristan. it's reported they are taking on more than 10,000 fighters. >> the military came with the intention of finding taliban. they didn't find any. they didn't hit their hideouts. they are killing innocent civilians. >> the military released pictures of troops searching for mines and what it says are bomb-making factories in the area. >> this former military commander says the army will try to secure north waziristan and move against the rest of pakistan. >> it is the hub of mill tansy, and therefore the pakistan army decided to drankulate and take

on and clear. after the operation is over, will the military subside in pakistan, that's a big question. >> special forces have been deployed across major cities. >> the battle in northern waziristan could last nor months. in the meantime security forces in cities like islamabad are on high alert, watching for attacks on the pakistani taliban. while there's strong support for the campaign against the taliban, everywhere is worried what price they'll have to pay for it. >> the world health organisation and other relief agencies are working to coordinate assistance by providing relief items to those forced to flee. >> in honduras, the search continues for workers trapped in a goldmine. rescuers were working to pull out three minors after an underground tunnel gave way.

eight are missing, more than 100 people in search teams are working to rescue them. >> there are new underwater video of the remains of the sunkan "costa concordia", furniture is in place, clothing and debris trapped. the shipwreck killed 32, and officials want to refloat the vessel by july 14th. less than two years ago indonesia was a dictatorship. now they are head toing the polls. candidates are compete of course,m race marked by theatrics and personal attacks, not unlike american elections. we have the latest. front runner joko widodo on the campaign trail, a man of the people. his popularity wept up in the last two years due to his personal touch much during the presidential campaign the governor has been struggling.

something that has been blamed on a lack of organise agency and a smear campaign against him. the world's largest muslim country, a tabloid country said joko widodo was not a muslim, but a chinese christian. the tabloid was banned but the damage was done. joko widodo has to prove that he's a real muslim. >> when i go to the people, i explain about the issue so after that i am sure that people know that i'm a muslim. >> it's not because he has a better campaign that he is getting closer to you. >> no, because there's no complaint. >> the other candidate, former general came under fire when a singer used the nazi uniform in

a campaign song. this was just a fashion statement. >> if we talk about a black campaign, we also have our portion of black campaign that aims to us. but - for example, prabowo subianto is going to kill joko widodo. there's a picture of the prabowo subianto depict as hitler. >> reporter: this campaign showed how indonesian elections are about parties rather than policy. issues have hardly been addressed. to most indonesians the choice is a choice between a firm president with links to the past or a new leader with a different style. on july 9, 147 million voters

will decide who will run the third-largest democracy. polls open wednesday at 500,000 faces across 33 provinces. a texas rancher says this was a big surprise. earlier this week he discovered more than 5,000 marijuana plants growing on his land. that cannabis is worth about $2 million, and the farmer says he leased the land to graze cattle. authorities are trying to figure out who did it. summer camp a place where kids learn skills and gain confidence. a camp in the woods of michigan is going that, for an exceptional group of young children. ashar quraishi explains. >> reporter: like most kids heading to camps, this boy is looking forward to new adventures. >> i want to do this work. >> and a little independence. >> i'm excited about being away

from my brother. >> reporter: but being away from home, like a lot of other activities has been out of the question. for as long as he remembered garrett's life has been resolved around doctors and medicine to treat congenital kidney disease. garrett received a kidney from his father. >> he had to take medication three or four times a day, hooked up to the pump at fight. so he never spent the night at a friend's house. it's very heart-breaking for my husband and i to hear that. >> now garrett is headed to sleep away camp for a week. in the woods north of ann arbor, kids from the great lakes have been invited. they have all had organ trans plants. doug arm strong has spent 13 years at the michigan training center and is the

camp's cofounder. >> the kids have had health conditions, relying on the family and medical system and physicians, so an opportunity to be a kid. it happens at camp. >> in its 12th season the camp is operated by north star reach and affiliated with 13 children's hospitals. everyone attends for free. >> all right. >> reporter: the all-volunteer staff and counsellors organised medications for the week. >> there are a few kids who negotiation to water replacement they get two feedings of formula. >> reporter: the ratio of staff to campers is almost one to one, in a place where meals are combined with pools. >> we talk about having spectacularly average experiences. we try to do typical things. so when they go back to school they can say they went to comp.

>> it's kind of happy, seeing kids who know what it's like going through what i have gone through. it was to awesome. i can go on it again. >> reporter: a chance to try new things, experience new highs or enjoy being a kid. >> more than 1800 children below the age of 18 underwent life-saving organ transplant surgery. the camp hosted 109 kids and raised funds to expand next year. it's one of the most photographed places in america and photographs that gets yosemite national park recognised by the government. the history of the park as seep through the lense. and baseball legend honoured seven decades after his death. how baseball players today paid

respect. and a few spots i'm monitoring for storm. as rth you are moves out. weekend weather moves in. i will have the details. >> and a live look at washington d.c. the news continues in 2 minutes, don't go anywhere. series: "collect it all".

tonight, 7 eastern. only on al jazeera america. . >> look at this. which would you consider at the highlight of his career to associate with dan freedman for a day. >> i'm lucky. >> i close in saying i might have been given a bad break, but i have a lot to live for. >> mijor league baseball players paying tribute. they recited his luckiest map speech. >> july 4th marked 75 years since garrett, 36 years old,

said farewell to baseball. the nation was stunned when he was diagnosed with als and rendered unable to play. he died two years later and players, coaches and um pirts wore a patch during the games to honour the man nicknamed the irp horse. good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. thank you for joinings us. ahead - one of our nation's first national parks captured through the lense of a photographer. first, let's look at where the rain will fall. >> over all we'll enjoy decent weather. there's a few areas of concern. we'll keep a close watch. also watching parts of the upper mid west where there's a patch of storms moving out of the nebraska and iowa. heavy rainfalling along. >> 29 and the possibility of flash flooding. be extra careful getting out of here. and across the northern area of

minnesota. keep an eye to the sky. high pressure building in and we'll see clearing skies as we go through the day. more in the way of sun shine as you start off early. we will not see the sun. across main where the rain will fall. some rain along the eastern portions of main, and we'll deal with the wind picking up until arthur moves out. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. across the south-east it's been quiet along the gulf coast. storms off the coast of texas, and with the misture in place, as we get into the peak heating, thunder storms popping, some of which could be strong. watch out for the heavy rainfall around daytona beech. >> it's a big year for one of america's treasures.

yosemite is celebrating its 150th anniversary. melissa chan takes a look back. >> they come from across the country and around the world to take in this view. yosemite with rock formations and deep green valley. so many people have taken photos at yosemite. millions, what is it that makes some photographers shine above the rest. we start at the beginning, and the name is carleton watkinsism mented the first trip is in 1851. he was not the first fefer, but his work set a standard for how to photograph it. >> carlton watkins images made their way to washington d.c. to president abe re ham lincoln who passed the grant to -- abraham lincoln who passed the grant to

turned yosemite into the park. >> there are two images, battlefield and yosemite, an eden. >> reporter: if carlton watkins made yosemite famous in americas, it was they are that drove it to international heights, ansel adams. >> it's dramatic. not with a you would see. ansel says i'm giving you what i want you to see, not what you will see in nature. ansel adams and his intense black and whites. he used this instrument and other things to increase light in one area, decrease in another to make the photograph more dramatic. his son was born in yosemite.

we took trips into the back country using borrows to carry the cameras and food and beds. >> no other artists would be inextricably tied in yosemite. as the park celebrates 150th birthday, a photograph shows there may be more variations on a theme. it's taken from the same spot where isn't sell adams stood decades earlier. >> it provide a yardstick against which you measure yourself and try to do some things that he hasn't done. yos 'em jipy's variety means that there'll be something new to discover here, and the place will remain for photographers, generations to come, in inspiration, so long as you are ready to get off the beaten track and explore. >> after more than a century of tourism yosemite is timely

undergoing a major renovation, one costing $36 million. what is the 4th of july without the nathan's hot dog eating contempt. for the eighth year in a row on copy island joey chestnut took home the top honours, eating 61, eight less than last year. it's not his only win. before taking the stage and consuming more than 20,000 calories, he programmed to his girl. she's a competitive eater, and she said yes. the end of our first hour, here is what we are following - ukraine's president says the military has retaken slovyansk from pro-russian rebels. rebels say the military left it in ruins. clashes continue in the middle east following the funeral of a palestinian teenibler, believed to be killed

in retaliation for the deaths of three teenagers in the west bank. nouri al-maliki says he'll run for a third term. there has been calls for him to step down. i'll be back in 2.5 minutes. don't leave.

a shift in power. ukraine's president saying pro-russian rebels have been run out of town. [ chanting ] fireworks on 4th of july as protesters and supporters clash over immigration. [ gunfire ] meanwhile the tension continues between palestinians and israeli police over the death of a teenage boy. police under fire.

a calve jp highway patrol caught beating a woman along the side of a highway. >> who tested. >> join. >> the f.d.a. doesn't test. >> he doesn't go whacko on it. >> and pot for your dog. why some pet openers are willing to give it a try. >> good morning to you, welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. president obama is hitting back at republicans for refusing to tackle immigration reform. the president is threatening to take executive action to overhaul the immigration system. he made the declaration at a white house ceremony on friday. out west in murrieta dozens of residents were out in full force on july the 4th holiday to protest the arrival of more immigrants to their home town. it was not enough to deter official for bringing more

migrants to the united states. >> reporter: for the second time in a week a plane from texas carrying undocumented immigrants from central america touched down in san diego on friday. the migrants, many believed to be women and children from transported to a border facility an hour south of san diego. officials with the u.s. customs and border protection were trying to avoid a repeat of anti-immigrant protests that had been playing out daily. protesters kept three bus loads of migrants from reaching a border area. many showed up before dawn, not knowing when the buses would arrive. >> we argued about that. >> as more showed up, demonstrators op both sides

became vocal. murrieta has become the flash point of the immigration debate, taking place across the country. >> raise your right hand. >> at the white house yesterday president obama presided over a naturalisation ceremony and urged congress to fix the broken immigration system and promised his administration will do more. >> i'm going to keep doing everything i can do to make the immigration system smarter and more efficient so hardworking men and women like all of you have the opportunity to join the american family and serve the great nation, so we can be stronger, more prosperous and whole. >> meanwhile, back in murrieta, six people were arrested. in the detail over immigration reform the immigration debate is not expected to die down. >> i'm in support of children brought to this county. >> we give them money, we cannot handle the invasion. >> this is not what the country is about. the children need a break.

because of murrieta protests border officials will no longer publicise the time or place of transfers. pro-russian rebels have been ousted from slovyansk. at the same time president petro porashenko was ordering troops to raise the flag in the city. >> ukrainian president petro porashenko says he wants the ukrainian flag flying over the stronghold of slovyansk. there has been fighting there. we are on the road towards don everybody, the largest city in eastern ukraine. we have seen these separatist pro-russian forces move down the road. i know that they're on the move and what we are preparing for is the last stand. that is left to be determined. they are on the move. the president said by 7am on sunday, local time, he wants the forces to lay down their weapon. if this is the last stand, or if

they are going to hold to the statement, it is left to be determined. we know for certain, that the rebel forces have been on the move. germany is calling on the crates to take swift action. german officials summoned after a man was arrested on suspicion of spying. that man is a german intelligence officer, suspected of passing assistancive information to the u.s. since 2012. u.s. officials have not commented on the situation, but the incident is renewing tensions between washington and berlin. >> this is a serious incident. that's why the federal state prosecutor has become involved. espionage activity is not something treated lately. it's a matter for the federal state prosecutor and the investigating federal criminal office and it's in good hands. >> edward snowden revealed that washington was, in fact, spying

on berlin. the revelations including mass surveillance of citizens and monitoring roger mercado's telephone. >> an autopsy report which israel yn doctors confirm that a plain yn teenager was burnt alive. he had burns over 90% of his body. thousands attended a procession for mohammed abukhdair, and his family believe he was killed in revenge for the abduction and murder of three israeli teens last month. we are joined from jerusalem by nick schifrin. what has been the rabz to this -- reaction to this autopsy report? >> i think it's an understatement if we say that it's not going to go down very well. the anger here, and the fury here, the hostility, the grief in east jerusalem is higher than it's been for a long time.

as this news spreads, according to palestinian officials, that he was burnt alive. it will inflame the situation more. what we see on the ground now in east jerusalem is a little bit of calm, almost the calm before the storm, but nonetheless there's calm outside the house of mohammed abukhdair. his family is in there receiving guests. outside there's debris from three days of conflict. no clashes. a fear that as the anger increases here, and as that tension still exists, especially with the report about how he died. those clashes could start at any moment. >> you mentioned grief and anger. and you have been there for a while. have you ever seen anger reach this type of fever pitch. and what about those residents who were worried that this could lead to the third

palestinianion. >> what is important to note on the first point is this is not in the occupied west bank. this is not a place like gepp een na has weekly clashes between israeli police and palestinian protesters. this is it east jerusalem, this is the middle of a palestinian middle class neighbourhood. there's international n.g.o.s half a block away from where the clashes are happening. this is effecting the city and it's effecting the country. and that is the difference that you do not see on any regular basis or a recent memory these clashes here in jerz. >> what about the authorities, are there leadsly police on who kidnapped and murdered the young men from either side? >> well, every day we ask israeli police whether there has been an update or suspects

arrested, anything moving on that investigation to who killed mohammed abukhdair. they say no, we are investigating. they won't admit that they what palestinians have been saying, na mohammed abukhdair was killed by israeli extremists. the two suspects that israel named publicly, two members of hamas, working in hebron, in the palestinian west bank, they have not been arrested and israeli authorities are not closer to finding them. >> i understand that you caught dramatic video of a car burping. can you tell me what you saw? we have a video playing. >> this sa reference, the third infat arda. this video is from northern israel the the fear is that the violence is spreading into northern israel. what we see is a car burning.

we had incidents in calouns, lway and towns around it. it's throwing rocks at cars and israeli soldiers and police. this is again not places that see this conflict and it shows not so much that there's violence. this is an euption, it shows the tension it there. it shows that the two sides are looking at each other with great hostility and doubt. right now the fear is that anything can strike a larger fight. senior officials are trying to clamp that down and prevent a third uprising, but on the ground level it's difficult to control the emotions. >> nick schifrin live from jerusalem. >> coming up at 8:30, we speak

with an analyst about what this could mean for the region. iraq's prime minister is aggravating the sectarian divide by marginalizing sunnis. he promised to fight the rebel group until it is defeated. imran khan joins us from baghdad. good morning to you. parliament has been deadlocked over who should leave iraq. what else is factoring into the decision on whether or not they'll chos malarky. >> certainly within nouri al-maliki's camp there are rising voices saying it doesn't matter if there's a deadlock k nouri al-maliki is the man for the job. everyone else is in disagreement. it's hard to find anyone from the potential that will support

nouri al-maliki. he is belligerent, determined to stay in power. it's creating a deadlock. the international community is finding it difficult to come in with more help. iraqis are saying something needs to move otherwise we will not be able to battle the islamic state or territories. what about the regional power, speaking of territory. there's reports an an iranian pilot was killed in north-western iraq. what role is iran playing in iraq right now? >> this was a pilot killed on the ground in north-western iraq, bringing into focus what the rainian roll is. here is what we know. the head of one of the major forces in iran has been in this country advising the military and the government. there were forces here in the

country, used as trainers vzing the military. same role the men's are playing. there are other ground forces from iran. they are keeping it quiet because they don't want it to spill over into a sectarian war. the iranians are here for one reasonably. ner to protect the holy shrines, tlooer of which are the holiest in the world. if they fall, it's not a problem for iraq, but will be a problem domestically in iran. that's why they are here. >> i'm ran kahn joining -- imran khan joining us from jerusalem. a suicide car bomb wept off outside the main gait of the parliament after a security guard shot at the attacker in somalia. al-shabab is suspected. and they have been responsible for multiple attacks. and has promised to address the

campaign of terror. tropical storm arthur is making its way up north. the storm has caused major floods. look at the man pushing his car. >> the boston pop spire works was washed out. the storm is expected to pass over nova scotia today. time for a look at that. time to look at that with meteorologist eboni deon. >> wind are at 65 miles per hour, heading to the north-east around 23 men's , and as mentioned it will be getting close to western areas of nova scotia. here is a look at the rain coming down. all cross maine. heavier downpours. and down to parts of massachusetts. we are not done with the wet weather. we are deal with flood watches

sh we are dealing with flash flooding. keep that in mind around portland, and further south there's concerns with the wind. i'll show you video out of new hampshire. conditions are improving. this is a water spout spun up, thanks to arthur, and we dealt with heavy rainfall, and winds gusting over 50 miles per hour. we dealt with a number of reports. today conditions improving, and we are going to see better weather, high pressure. giving way to sunshine. we'll still have the rain happening on through late today. it'll be a lot of sunshine. beautiful looking day. it is a holiday swnt. currents will be high through the first half of the day. a moderate rift of occurrence for the day and isn'ted.

health experts are saying the ebola outbreak in africa is likely to spread beyond the country. 50 people have died from the outbreak beginning in march. according to the world health organisation , there's 800 cases of the virus, and officials have been spread beyond the continent. health officials are worried it will spread. there's tight security in china ahead of a sensitive anniversary. it's been five years since clashes between han chinese and ethnic mus bim uyghurs left 200 dead. there has been mass arrests in the run-up to the anniversary. >> the wounds of five years ago are yet to heel. in a pure uyghur neighbourhood they say group of uyghurs hesitate before talking to us "i'm looking for a job.

they do not want me to talk to you, what can i do." by "they", he's referring to the police, who have been watching us and moving in as another man explained the mood today. as officers surround him, he says the atmosphere is getting better although not as good as it was in the past. he insists han chinese and uyghurs live together, but the only faces we see are those of the plus. they break up the gathering, herding the crowd away like cattle. today it is more tense than peaceful. this is the way it was five years ago, the ethnic violence as sudden as it was savage. it was the worst riots sense the foundation of the peep's republic of china. armed with what came to hand hahn chinese and uyghurs turned

on one another. it's been cited as a reason for flood shot. in may suicide bombers struck at a market killing more than 30 people. in response china's military cracked down, rounding up hundreds of suspects. uyghur groups say the response is playing into the hands of militants. it is highly unlikely that weeker people will accept the counter chinese rule, and out of disprals some may take matters into their hands and use political violence. >> china's government blames the violence on religious extremists with ties to overseas terrorist groups and says it's proof it's prepared to kill civilians. propaganda is the other weapon, state television has been showing images of courts

imposing death sentence, in one case 13 on the same day. security forces are nervous. this anniversary coincides with ram dan. now taking place against a bag drop much security and a fear in both communities of when the next attack could happen. allegations of police brutality against the californian highway patrol after an fore is caught an camera pumping a woman over and over again right beside a freeway. a modern day mystery, was it ha plane or train crash. it's difficult to tell what happened in western montana. >> can a final, $1,000 a year, and you think it's worth it. >> the preez pet owners are willing to pay for pet openers, for their dogs.

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figure out why a freight train derailed in montana. self cars heading into the river of the it was carries aircraft parts and boeing made fuse large. no chemicals leaked into the river, no one was hurt. thank you for joining us on al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. medical marijuana for man's best friend. first a look at the forecast. >> nice temperatures across the north-east. into the mid section where we'll have to watch the skies for storms. temperatures today will make it well into the mid and upper 90s, not quite a record. it's 106 and will get close. 10 degrees above average, up to 96 and 98. take a look at the weather they'll be in for. a little warmer than yesterday # 2 in new york.

84 in philadelphia. we'll see the heat in here, but not until next week. enjoy the whether while you can. nothing we can't handle. temperatures where we should be with highs peaking. >> ha hot one. >> california's highway patrol is investigating disturbing video of apparent police brutality. a driver recorded this on his cell phone whilst on the l.a. freeway. you can see an officer straddling a woman and punching her in the head. there's another man in plane clothes identified as an off duty cop appearing to help the officer handcuff the woman the the woman was walking on the highway endangering herself. the officer in the video is on leave while the investigation is under way. for humans medical marijuana

in legal in some states. there's an industry now aimed at medical marijuana for pets. >> pot for dogs. i don't know in that's a trade parkable name pupy pot. >> it sounds good. two years ago's human decided against surgery and turned to hemp-based capsules. >> it works for me. sfo they were not provided by a pet. roger ordered them online from cann-a-pet. >> reporter: do you know what's in those? >> medical marge warn yes with the thc out. >> reporter: who tests it? >> i don't know. >> reporter: the f.d.a. doesn't test it. >> the website for the medical cap bys made from hemp includes

test mopials and also includes a long list of benefits. thc the active ingredient can be danz in high doses for dogs and cats. the manufacturers of these products say they are membership schools amounts within federal guidelines. at the bottom of every page is a disclaimer. these statements have not been evaluated. the products and statements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or protect disease. medical cannabis for bets is unregulated and not well research. cap can-a-pet calls it naturalful. >> there are plenty of natural substances that are dangerous. >> dr lesry is skeptical about the value of hemp based cap bys products and wants to see more

serious research. >> there's no controlled studies using the products in companion animals. >> dr sara brapdon is a vet manufacturing and selling hemp-based supplements via her website, including the f.d.a. disclaimer. she wants for research demight most success stories are anecdotal. you told 1,000 cap tools today. >> just today. >> business is good. >> it is. can-a-pet - you think it's worth it. >> i think it's words it. >> whatever was the tail, proven or unproven. tested or untested driest the dollars. >> cannes-a-pet has only been selling to the public for eight months. it's shipping products to the united states and 23 other countries. >> help wanted.

the industry where there are more jobs than workers. he covered the dv crack epidemic as a journalist while being addicted to crack. all that coming up in our weekend conversation. >> you are bombarded by tv ads and the radio. everyone is talking about it. world cup overload. what do you do if you hive in a soccer crazed country but you hate the game?

good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm morgan radford, these are the top stories. military officials claim a major victory in the east, the country's defense minister says pro-russian rebels have been ousted in slovyansk. tensions between germany resurfaced again. the u.s. ambassador summoned by berlin after a man arrested on the submission of spying. jerly called on the u.s. to take correct action. clashes overnight between

palestinian youths and israeli soldiers after the funeral of a palestinian teenager thousands attended as murder for revenge for the killing of three israeli teens. >> the co-director of the middle east center for peace, culture and do. at north-east university. thank you so much for beep with us. have you seep anger reach this type of fever pitch in recent months. i want to ask you the same question that i asked our correspondent. do you think this could lead to the third palestinian infit arda. >> i have not seen anything like this. one of the things that is different about the current situation is this is not just anger and tension between gaza and israel, but within east jerusalem, within the west bank and israel itself. this is a situation we have not seen in a long time.

with regards to the possibility of a third infat arda. i think it is a distinct possibility. if we go back and look at the previous two ipp fat ardas, we see important similarities in the case of the first infat arda that broke out in 1987, it was a result of a traffic accident. palestinians believing that the deaths of palestinianians by an israeli truck driver was in retaliation for a palestinian killing. there's a similarity in terms of reven, and the second in the wake of the camp david summit and we are in an a situation where there's a failure and there are similarities and a danger are of this.

prime minister binyamin netanyahu had interesting words saying if it's quiet from gaza, and that hamas won't have to respond. they are signalling to hamas and the international community that israel is not interested. prime minister binyamin netanyahu has been resisting calls for an offensive into gaza. if you can stop the rocket, it's not just hamas, but other groups. what binyamin netanyahu is signalling, is he's interested in calming the situation. he doesn't want a warrar intensification of violence between israel and hamas. really quickly, before you leave us, after the three

israeli teens wept missing they detained over 500 palestinianians. is it the collective punishment and is this legal for them to detain all of these people? >> it certainly is seen as collective punishment and that is something that inflamed the situation. >> it's legal in terms of israeli laws. however, whether it's ethical to detain, particularly palestinian mine scores, without trial under administrative detention. israel has been doing it for a long time. this is australian underlying factor. palestinian prisoners have been in prison for a long period of time. >> thank you for being with us this morning. now, last hour we told you

about a concern from health officials about a measle outbreak in ohio as thousands of visitors visit the state this weekendment now we take you to pakistan where an anti-measle cam plain is plagued. health officials say they are being targeted. we have this report. >> reporter: this man's job is to immunize children. she is giving shots in a campaign to vaccinate 9.6 million children. it doesn't pay much and carries risk. >> translation: we have left the kids at home for the course. the government must ensure our community. we visit homes, schools and streets to vaccinate the interests. >> reporter: this is it swat valley where the military has tape back control from pal stan fighters. vaccinations haven't been

conducted. parents are also wary of side effects and syringes being swuffed. some in swat and other areas had to be tape to hospital after they got sick. seven children are believed to have decide. doctors insist the dapingers of the disease outweighed the rib of the side effects. measles is a dangerous virus. if left untreated it can be fatal. steams it can stop the growth. it's important that infants must be vaccinated. >> cultural taboos in some areas puts them at risk. hundreds of children are killed in the 2012 measles epidemic. since then the government and world health organisation stepped up vak signation efforts and made measles part of the

drive against diseases like polio. aid workers say there's not enough money. the campaign has been delayed until august this year. >> more than 320 children died of measles. 25,000 cases have been reported and vaccination programs lack quality. health experts are warning as more detentions are diverted, unless a wholistic approach is used to eradicate, millions of children will be at risk. as main as 53% of children in pakistan are not vaccinated because of a misconsense about vaccines. >> brazil's joy of joining the world cup is unmined by injury to a star player. what is the mood like after

finding their star player is out for the rest of the furniture? >> very, very worried, indeed, about the news. neymar junior is there. eight strikers, their star player, everywhere was counting on him to make it to the semifumes and the fumes. brazilians are dreaming of nothing else than having a sixth world cup one. with him out of the picture it's seen as difficult, not impossible, but very difficult. apart from the fact that they like him. he's an idol in this country. the way that he went out under excruciating pawn at the last minute of the game with columbia was traumatic for him and the taps in this country. >> given how deflated the fans were to use him. how good a chance do they stand against a powerful german side?

>> well, exactly it was going do be diff or it would be difficult to beat germany with or without neymar junior on the team. without him or another one of their important players who has now been banned because of the number of yellow cards that he received in the last few games from playing in the semipeoples, it's going to be an uphill battle for brazil no doubt. >> joining us live from brasilia, thank you for being with us. >> staying there in a few short hours argentina will face off against belgium. soccer matches served up fervor, daniel schweimler wept on a mission to find out what it must be like to be one of the few who couldn't care less. >> reporter: when argentina plays a match in the world cup, the nation pays attention. with crowds gathered to watch on

screens, or in bars or restaurants. anywhere they can find a tv screen. schools and offices closed, the streets are deserted. as the tournament progresses, the intipsity increases. everything is blue and white. well, maybe not quite everything. >> we have heard roum ours that there are some argentines, a rare few, for whom the world cup is no big deal. we'll find one and question him. well, they are not here. we won't find them here either. here is one. this is a writer and translator who is trying to stave off world cup fever. >> trying to be totally away from it. they bombarded by tv adds. everybody is talking about it. the way you get interested is not fully interested. >> what is it like growing up on

a country where football among me is the only topic of conversation. >> as a child, if you don't like soccer, you are called names, excluded. it's hard to fine your way through it and pretend to be a normal child. >> reporter: there are those for whom the world cup is an opportunity, an opportunity to do things unhindered by the crowd. >> it's good. i get to do the shopping i need and there's nobody there, no lines, no waiting. that is good about the world cup. >> reporter: i love football and the world cup. i must admit i find it hard to under those that resist the joys of the beautiful game. especially here in argentina, where evidence of that passion is everywhere you look and it seems is looking back at us everywhere you go. there are more tech jobs in

the united states than there are skilled workers. with so million unemployed workers some companies are filling the cap by offering online tech education to underemployed adults. mary snow explains why that has some people rethinking their careers. >> 20 something joe is a web developer at food concepts in rochester new york. >> i will get a design and have to code it. >> he started in march. he was working two jobs as a security guard. >> i was not passion at about security, it was a moons to make a living. >> i'll show you a simple example. >> joe signed up for free house, an online education site teaching courses in web develop, app design and computer rang ridges, within two months he applied for tech jobs. >> i did not think i would find

a job within three months, i knew that i wasn't where i needed to be. >> three months is a quicker turn around than normal says ryan carsons. >> if you have taken someone that has never written any code, it will take around six months to 12 months. the thing is that is working about 10-20 hours a day. we can take someone from 0 to job ready, $150. >> there are many tech jobs to be had. nationwide there are five job option for every unemployed computer worker, it's more that other fields like health care and science. there's 50 times more job opens for an unemployed computer work ir. freous is one of dozens of onlup

courses teaching coding. not every tech job rears higher education, it believes, or any higher education. >> i did take a web design course. it was subpar, didn't get you ready for the workforce. >> getting a tech job is not as oozy a joe makes it look. large tech companies require a college education or several years experience. a current employer saw a website he built and decided it was enough. >> companies that care more about any you are producing than your background, because if you can do the job, why not. >> tree house launched a campaign called code oregon, creating 10,000 free tree house accounts for unemployed resident

to learn tech jobs. >> the horrors of crack adebz from an addict himself. we talk to a journalist addicted to the drug. and kenya's booming flower industry, a maiming junior export. workers say everything on the inside is not so rosy. >> and storms are moving through parts of the midwest. we see the areas getting wet. and we have the risk of severe weather. i leave you with a live look at niagra falls, from the canadian side. the news continues in two minutes, don't go anywhere.

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channelel in britain, ending in par us. there's the duchess of cambridge, kate middleton and prince william entering the race and looking at the spectators, and prince harry following. let's look at that. a lot of excitement in england. very cool. welcome back do al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. a conversation with an author sharing his personal story of addiction. first the weather with meteorologist deepwater horizon we start to get moisture moving in. that is what weir finding. it hasn't seep rain in some time. the storms are starting to pop up. wr dealing with a bit of problems here across arizona. where we had a dust storm near phoenix. right now scattered, maim light

showers -- maug light showers. across the midwest, heavier rain along i-80 in line for the heavy rain. be careful. travelling to the west of dooum i know where we are finding it. we'll have to watch across the north, northern minnesota, that's an area where it could be hot and humid. arthur has been downgraded. we'll see the rain sticking around for a little longer. watch out for flooding. most of the moisture is offshore. as we go through the day, storm will fire up, more storms pushing across central florida as we head into this afternoon. >> troubled toronto mayor rob ford is not doing his re-election bid favors. he told a local radio station he

can't guarantee he'll stay sober. he said the people of toronto will have to trust him. he's returned after two months in rehab. he has admitted to use cocaine, hallucinogenic and crack. in the 1940s, a reporter for the post, while he covered crack, he was addicted to the truck. roo rooeben is coming clean in a new book. he joins us live from washington for our weekend conversation segment. it's a pleasure to have you with us. tell us about that first hit. you say you were 27, and clearly old enough to know better. what prompted you to try it? >> that's right. i took my first hit of crack in los angeles in september 1988.

i think i was just cocky. i didn't think that there would be any negative consequences. i didn't think i would or could become addicted. >> okay. so a year after trying crack for the first time in l.a. you get called for what you call the dream job at "the washington post" and you thought it would be a chance for you to get a fresh start and kick the habit. do you think you were working in the same drug infested streets and it made it too hard for you to escape from. >> i don't think that had anything to do with it. i tried to stop using crack when i moved to d.c. my pledge lasted four days after getting into the city. i picked up a young lady, a fellow crack user and directed me to where she made a guy on my behalf. i resumed using the drug.

>> when you look back at that time in your life, what do you make of your reporting while you were on crack. do you stand by the stories? >> yes, i did a lot of very good work on the night-time crime beat, responding quickly to shooting scenes, writing stories on an anything turn around and doing enterprise stories about how the violence affected certain neighbourhoods in the city. by the summer of 1991, as i was spiralling out of control, i did call in sick many times, probably more than a dozen times and there were other teems i showed up when i wasn't in any shape to do my best work. >> just to put into perspective how bad the epidemic was, you were there at the time marion barry was arrested. tell us about the night of jan 19th 1990. you were at the hotel the same

night marion barry was buffed. did you think you would be caught? >> you are talking about the night where i started out reporting on the arrest at the the vista hotel and i represented a room and tried to interview possible witnesses. i didn't get anywhere with that. i ordered room service and a couple of stiff drunks. so i had a really good buzz going by late that night, and i paged the young lady who had showed me where the buy crack on s street and summoned her to my room where we, as she put it, partied. >> after that, after a hectic night, what was the turning point. what made you want to get clean? >> there was - in my case i was fortunate that some washington post editors were concerned enough about me that they intervened and it was four days

before christmas 1991 where a post editor drove me to the rehab unit at the suburban hospital, and finally that got me on the right track. how did you stay on the right track. were you worried that writing the book might cause the demons to surface. have you come close to relapsing? >> i relapsed in march 1992, 77 days after i entered rehab. it was a terrifying experience, and i learned that the addiction never goes away. it's growing every day. i think of it as a monster that gets stronger with each passing day. what i need to do is stay on the rite path to not use and stay away from that. because if i were to use again. i wouldn't pick up where i left

off. it would be in a far, far worse place. >> wow. >> i don't want to give anyone the impression that i considered myself cured. there is no such thing as a cure for addiction. all i did was hold the mopster at bay. how do you think all this in the end changed you. i think i came a long way from the person i was back in the late '80s, and early '90s. i was reckless, i put myself in dangerous situations. i think now my friends would say i'm reliable, dependable, loyal. and each day i try to be the best version of myself rather that the worst. >> a former "the washington post" supporters and author of "crack, murder and redems in

washington dc." thank you are for joining us. scroo the flower industry is blot oming into a multibillion dollar business. with growth comes concerns over working conditions. katherine soy has this report. flower grors from across the world show beauty to participation buyers. where else to do it better that in kenya, the third-largest flower exporter. the country contributes 35% of the world's flours. >> we have developed a good name. we are the number one supplier to the japanese market of roses. number one supplier to the e.u. we are looking good, pretty. >> it's a labour intensive version. they rush to beat their

deadline. 250 thousand stems of roses have to be flown to europe. >> buyers raised concerns about the welfare of thousands of workers who helped to make sure that these flowers get to market. the industry in kenya, 100,000 people. this group asked us to hide the identity. they say they were forced to resign from a flower fund where they worked. most have been sickly. and that it causes long epormg to chemicals. >> translation: they don't care about us. when i was employed i had no problems. and now that i have these problem with my hand they set me aside. i'm blacklisted by other families. >> officials of the industry regulating coup told us that such cases are not common, but

when abusers happen, workers do not report. workers are not perhaps able to articulate it issues as well as they should be. >> how do we know this. we have been carrying out research to help develop a communication strategy. the weakest link is in terms of the way we communicate request workers. strict international regulation makes it difficult for employers to ignore work. the people say the regulation did not stop them from victimizing them. >> stay with us. tomorrow morning on al jazeera. one of the nation's largest groups making a controversial announcement about pelvic examples, one posing a decision for millions of women across the country. i'm morgan radford, thank you

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>> hello, welcome to the news hour live from our headquarters in doha. separatist fighters withdraw from slovyaansk. and an autopsy revealed that a 16-year-old palestinian boy kidnapped in jerusalem was burned alive. five killed in the parliament building of