>> welcome to al jazeera ameri america. here are the stories we're following for you. >> the cycle of violence continues to ple to play out between the israelis and the palestinians. world cup fans are snapping up souvenirs. but some of the retailers are not getting the boost they expected.

>> a new wave of violence in jerusalem and gaza, israeli drones killed nine palestinians. hamas is vowing revenge and israel said it will continue attacks from gaza. >> presidenprime minister netanyahu sai told the father that the murder was reprehensible and vowed to bring the murderers to justice to the full extent of the law. it does see seem that tensions are very high.

>> reporter: israeli strikes escalated. for the first time in a current tensions the strikes killed multiple hamas fighters. hamas runs gaza and vows to further escalate. israel holds the group responsible for firing. >> israeli. it occasionally hit israeli homes including this man's bedroom. israel has flooded the area with soldiers but vows it does not want a wider war. >> experience proves as times we must act responsebly and not hastily. >> reporter: right now the tensions are impossible to control. overnight for the sixth straight day israeli police fight palestinian protesters. the family of mohammed said his

death in revenge for the death of three israeli teenagers. thethey have arrested three israelis who confessed to the death. the police abuse mohammed's cousin. this is how he looked before the beating, and this is how he looked after. israel accused him of attacking police. his father accuse police of attempted murder. >> anyone who sees this video says this boy is dying. >> reporter: he was released on bail still battered. >> i was watching the group of people. they came to the side of me. i tried to run away but they attacked me. >> reporter: the region is on edge and the hostility and fear are growing on multiple fronts.

>> those two fronts still very tense. right now there is not a lot of fighting on the streets. that gives a sense that this fighting and violence is not every day, every hour or every minute, but the tension is extremely high. the hostility is extremely high, and it does not seem that anything is calming. >> nick schifrin with that report. today we spoke wit with family of taurik. i suggested that he may have been throwing rocks protesting his cousin's death. >> i believe my nephew is completely innocent. what happened is typical casualty palestinian suffering daily, and i'm just pleased that's an u.s. citizen and he was able to escape from the brutality and this injustice. >> at least seven people were killed in a state of bombings

and baghdad this morning. we have this report on the fighting between iraqi government forces and the rebel group islamic state. >> reporter: the bomb took place just behind me, we heard it as we stood here, and then when i looked behind there was a big cloud of smoke where the bomb, to go place. it was at a check post where seven people died and others injured. there was another suicide-bomb on a motorcycle, which hit another neighborhood. now after that bombing very early in the morning the islamic state claimed responsibility for this they sent out a picture of the man they say was responsible for that particular attack. now this is slightly different tactic than we've seen before. we've seen bombs in baghdad for the last 18 months but now the islamic state are very quickly taking responsibility for it. they say it's part of the tit-for-tat that is going on.

the morwe may see more attacks like this in afghanistan. >> the electoral commission is admitting there may have been impropei improprieties. they say so far candidate abdullah abdullah has more than 3 million votes and the candidate gani has more than 4 million votes. >> an officials say 20-year-old removed a backpack and other items from tsarnaev's dorm room. he pleaded not guilty to the

conspiracy to bombings. at capitol hill immigration reform is expected to be a hot topic. many are calling for a system overhaul to deal with the flood of migrant children crossing the border into the united states. mike viqueira joins us live in washington. mike, tell us more about this battle over the board. >> reporter: john henry, this system overhaul you're talking about is a dead letter in the house of representatives after some version of the immigration reform passed the senate a year ago. what you're looking at is the sudden influx of humanitarian crisis. some 10,000 in may alone, unaccompanied children who have crossed the u.s. border and who have been apprehended. now the u.s. is trying to find a quicker, more efficient way to send these children back to their homes, even as they discourage them from coming in the first place. >> as the number of minors enter

the u.s. from central america swells past 50,000 there has been little agreement on what to do with them. >> we have to send them back. >> we cannot abandon these children. >> the thing this administration needs to do is immediately deport these families, these children. >> reporter: and when asked sunday if these children would be deported homeland security jay johnson provided few answers. >> i personally have encountered enough of them to know we have to do right by the children, but at the end of the day our border is not open for illegal migration, and we will stem the tide. >> what that means is those kids may spend years with u.s. families as they wait for their cases to be heard. but it's not just children. it's the border is overrun by adults. and meeting protesters like these in murrieta, california,

last week. and a firestorm from all political foes. >> this is a failure of diplomacy. this is failure of leadership from the washington, d.c. >> reporter: the president will be in texas on a fundraising trip but he is not scheduled to visit the border. >> what has to be addressed is the security of the border. you know that. i know that. the president of the united states knows that. i don't think he particularly cares whether or not the border of the united states is secure. >> reporter: but here in washington president obama will look to strengthen the border asking congress for $2 billion and a familiar fledge. >> there are a number of things that i president and i within the confines of existing law can do to fix the broken immigration system, and we will. if congress doesn't act, we will. >> reporter: so john henry, as matter of law, a 2008 law that dates from the waning days of the bush administration, all of these children and families that come from central america cannot be sent directly back. they have to go through the

judicial process, the deportation process. that takes time. and as a practical matter, many of those folks who are released into u.s. society under promise to return to court never show up. the president is going to do his own way and do what he can by the end of the summer by signing yet another executive order. >> no easy answer in this situation. >> reporter: no. >> thank you so much. german chancellor angela merkel is speaking out about a suspect who may have been a double agent working for the united states government. >> about the reports that a spy fo for the united states. if the allegations are true it would be for me a clear contradiction as to what i consider to be trusting

cooperation between agencies and partners. >> because of edward snowden that we know that the united states was spying on germany in the first place. well peter greste and his colleagues have been i in a cairo prison for 191 days. peter greste's family is taking the beginning steps of the appeals process. >> reporter: adam greste is heavily burdened. he just came bang from visiting his brother peter greste. the family plans to hire a new legal team in cairo. they set up a website, www www.freepetergreste.org to update people of the case and to receive donated funds. >> we figure regardless the cost

of it, we want an end to this. we've had enough. >> reporter: grest e and his two colleagues were convicted of aiding the muslim brotherhood. peter and bader were sentenced to seven years in prison. mohammed ten years because he had a spent bullet casing that he had picked up. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. the conviction triggered global condemnation with journalists and governments around the world calling for their freedom. president fatah al sisi said some of us look at we're interfering in the judicial system. the verdict from some journalists had a very negative

effect and we had nothing to do with it. he went on to say, i wish they were deported after their arrest, instead of being put on trial. >> but the cold hard truth is three men are behind bars for doing their jobs as journalists, convicted of false charges. their families suffer as well, but they're determined to do all they can to secure their freedom. al jazeera, utah. >> to learn more about the al jazeera journalists in prison in egypt you can check out our weekends at www.aljazeera.com and check out the website to help peter greste's family, www.freepetergreste.org . the pontiff apologied for the church's failure to response appropriately to cases of abuse. this morning the pope meant with six former abused. they hailed from germany and ireland. this is the pope's first direct

dialogue with victims since last year. he said he will show zero tolerance for anybody in the catholic church who abuse children. >> eduard shevar dnadze has died. he died after a long illness. he was 86 years old. coming up on al jazeera america, the world cup means big bucks for brazil but some local shops say they're not getting their fair share. meanwhile qatar is getting ready for the 2022 world cup. we'll show you how it's preparing.

>> at least three people are dead after an earthquake struck southern mexico and central america this morning. it was 6.9 magnitude quake. there are unconfirmed reports of 20 people injured. landslides have also been reported. no major damage has been reported. >> the world cup has brought hundreds of thousands of visiters to about still, some mainstream retailers say the surge in retailism has damaged their sales and livelihoods. we have reports from rio de janeiro. >> reporter: carnival is months away but not to the street band thanks to the world cup. flags from all the participating countries, the hot favorite bringing the sweet sound of

sales to the economy. but to the mainstream retail company the world cup has been a curse. >> we open at 9:00 and we've sold one handkerchief. the staff work on commission. it's been terrible since the world cup again. >> all over brazil it's a public holiday every time brazil plays, and in rio any time any plays one plays. >> it's not only just because of the extra holidays but especially because there is a dramatic shift in consumer's focus. no one is going to be a wedding dress, knew car or furniture because all they can think about is the world cup. >> in rio alone the chamber of commerce estimates a loss of $1 billion in sales before the cup is over. true the world cup does not attract hundreds of thousands of visiters, but not precisely the big spenders.

brazil is expensive, and they spend little on food and splurge on souvenirs like these. but rio de janeiro's state government argues in the long run the world cup will boost sales by increasing conventional tourism. >> brazil as a whole brings in 60 million tourists a year. this will help to receive more tourists in the future. >> reporter: small consolation for shop keepers like these who can't wait for the curtain to close on the world cup. l use cia newman, al jazeera, rio de janeiro. >> there are still four matches to be played before we know the winner of this world cup. but some are looking forward to the next world cups. qatar is getting ready for the world cups in 2022, and the country is wasting no time.

>> reporter: in eight years time the people of qatar don't plan to be watching the world cup on big screens. the gulf state is set to be football's home in 2022. right now the world is watching them, asking if they can be worthy hosts. qatar is keen to push the message there is a passing for and history of football here and if football is truly a global game they have every right to host a world cup. >> you know, it's going to train the footballers really well to show other countries that we actually have something. we have raw talent. >> reporter: qatar has just released plans for its world cup stadium and three jun venues are under construction. the work continues as the middle east's first world cup. >> the stadium and new

construction to welcome the world to the middle eastern world cup. it's an opportunity for the world to understand the middle eastern world. >> reporter: turning sleepy out posts into world cup venues, there is uncertainty. fifa has been investigating allegations of corruption. those findings should be released before this world cup in brazil. >> reporter: qatar insists they have nothing to hide and they have cooperated fully with the investigation but it's something they would rather not talk about just now. almost as hot a topic is the qatar weather. temperatures in the traditional world cup months of june and july can be oppressive. this outdoor viewing area is trying cooler technology that lowers temperatures by

10 degrees. >> we work intelligently in terms of design, dining wall heights, flow rates of air, studying crowd movement in and out of the venue that it's an achievable thing and it's really not science fiction by any means. >> reporter: the question is if the event can be moved to a cooler time of year will be announced by fifa in 2015. organizers are in doubt that the world cup is coming to qatar. >> coming up on al jazeera america. >> right here as you drove off on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. >> a community goes to court to find out what chemical companies were doing in their own backyard.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. here are today's headlines at this hour. hamas is vowing revenge after nine people were killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza. israel said the airstrikes are in response to continued rocketed attacks from gaza. these attacks come after six israeli suspects were arrested, accused of killing a palestinian teenager. prior to his death three israeli teens were also killed. in iraq seven people were killed by suicide bombs in baghdad. fierce fighting rages on in tikrit. government forces are working to recapture territory lost to the islamic state. the senate returns to capitol hill and immigration reform is expected to be a hot topic. many are calling for a system overhaul to deal with the migrant children crossing the border into the united states. some of the world's largest chemical companies are suing a small hawaiian community. they want to disclose what tox

tookic chemicals are being used near their homes. the chemical companies say that would release trade secrets. >> the majestic isolation of hawai'i and diverse micro climates has produced a climate described as paradise. this makes the hawaiian islands perfect for vast laboratories. here on hawai'i's garden island they do not grow food, they experiment with pesticides. they have sprayed tons of toxic chemicals as they test for market. hawai'i's climate means that multiple formulations can be

tested all year. the toil is loose from repeated tilling. this is what blows into adjacent neighborhoods. >> as you drive up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. the next house, colon cancer. >> reporter: this community has long suspected that the chemic chemicals is the cause for high rates of illness here. but the chemical companies say they were not praying anything unusual. a community banded together and using the freedom of information act they obtained the truth. >> the pesticides that are banned in other countries, and they cannot spray them in other countries. they're using it in our state and community. >> so they lied to you. >> repeatedly they lied to me. >> they won a battle to acquire the disclosure of chemicals used

an and required barriers from the communities. but that was too much for the companies who sued. >> this is not a lawsuit about the safety of genetically modified crops but the right to know what is being sprayed to help them grow and the impact on those living next door. al jazeera, kauai, hawai'i. >> i'm meteorologist dave warren. we're looking at the radar here with an active set up of severe weather. a line of clouds and showers to the midwest. south to missouri an then heading up to south dakota. we could see rain flooding, wind damage and possibly some of these storms could rotate.

so the risk of tornadoes as well. the heat is returning along with the humidity in the southeast and eastern united states and heating up out in the southwest. not much happening yet. just a cluster of showers and storms moving through nebraska and missouri. that wherever othere will be more severe warnings likely later this afternoon and this evening. there's that area of heavy rain forecast today. no rain out west. but the fire weather danger is there across much of northern california, a heat advisory in southwest oregon. the temperatures will climb into the 80s and triple temperatures where that heat and humidity could fire up more thunderstorms. it's pretty quiet now but we're watching this area for more storms later this afternoon.

>> thank you, dave. and thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. "inside story" is next. for new stories updates throughout the day head to www.aljazeera.com. who is heeding and who is is lagging behind, it is the inside story. hello, i'm ray swarez. june because the fifth straight month with more than 200,000 new jobs