welcome to al jazeera america, these are the stories with refollowing for you. the white house gnaw saying it nears nearly $4 billion to deal with the influx of immigrants coming to america. a show or if, and continuing a ground offensive. also the legal sale of recreational marijuana, now underway in washington state.

we are going to begin with a number to deal with a crisis in seems to be growing by the hour. the white house now asking congress for close to $4 billion to deal with the growing immigration crisis at the border. and today they provided details about how that money would be used. thrive at the white house, and mike, tell us more about the proposal and exactly where that money would be spent. >> dale, it is an unfolding crisis. fear for their lives and safety driving many of these families and unaccompanied children to the border principally in the rio grande valley of texas. the administration has been struggling to cope. 50 go thousand unaccompanied children the vast majority of them from three central american countries. el salvador, hour door russ, and guatemala. today much more money than we were initially led to believe. $3.7 billion total, that's what the administration is asking congress to deal with this problem.

we have a break down, 8,079,000,000 of that for detention and removal of adults traveling with children. 364 million to beef up the border patrol. and $1.8 billion to the department of health and human services to provide care for unaccompanied children who are detained in this country. and also including in the request additional prosecution capacity for adults with children and that brings up another issue dell, one that is proven tor ml1 c^ controversial, and that is the administration plan to deport most of these children, as they made clear yesterday, they don't think many of them will qualify to stay in this country, the president says in an accompanied letter with the, can he is going to be sending working with the congress for additional authority to exercise discretion and processing and return and removal of unaccompanied miner children from these noncontiguous countries.

so the administration getting tough, as it asks for a whopping $4 billion to deal with this crisis. >> these were struggled the president had con under incredible criticism. intense criticism, they are not worried about the optics but not going to the border, well, overnight they layed on or at least anouned a new event, holding a round table in the dallas area. the governor of texas has been very critical also invited to talk about this unfolding crisis on texas' southern border.

after a tax in the gaza industrial by israeli forces. among the targets of the palestinian homes. spending the day searching for survivals in the rubble, stephanie decker is in gaza, she filed this report act an hour ago, as even more attacks were with upway. this is going on throughout the day. may will come in with the jets and strikes. this is just along towards the northern side of gaza, which is gaza city. so it's hard to keep track how many there are. and you just saw it happen it's been going on like this all day. people are telling you they are terrified what a night will bring.

so people are extremely. >> ands that our stephanie decker as the bombs were reigning down. the israeli cabinet authorized it's army to call up 40,000 reservists. now gathering along the border preparing for possible offensive. more from southern israel. >> what we are seeing is the preparations for a possible invasion. we have also seen personnel h carriers and artillery all moving towards gaza, and gaza is right there about half a mile behind me.

it is quiet right now -- actually before i said we just heard a boom. one hung 20 rockets have come from gaza into israel, many of them landing. so clearly here there's a sense that israel may escalate and may go to a groundic vagues, the last time israel moved this many troops and this many assets to the border, they chose not to. >> and president obama has also weighed in on the congress saying peace is possible. in an ad in an israeli newspaper, the peace is necessary. because it is the only way to ensure a secure and democratic future to the jewish state of israel. reaching a peace agreement he goes on to say, that also help turned the tide of international sentiments and sideline further bolstering israel. and the head of nato,

wiping down his term as nato secretary general. in ukraine, iraq, afghanistan and syria. the upcoming summit in whales in sent. there was a deadly suicide bombing in afghanistan today, 16 people killed several people among the dead. it happened about 40 miles north of kabul. the bomber targeted two afghan officers from the czech republic. the claiming responsibility. in iraq the battle for territory continues. officials say they will soon launch an assault. a closed door hearing on iraq and afghanistan, it comes as the parliament moves up it's plans to meet.

>> the political stalemate continues. the schedule for today didn't happen, they have instead rescheduled it for the 13th. very simple, technical procedure, is to choose a speaker of the house triggers an automatic process, the last 45 days and at the end of that, is supposed to be the election of a new prime minister. it's politically charged. the president should be or even indeed the speaker of the house. until the think teen. what is going on, a lot of negotiation as lot of talking but it seems that the division is not just political, but it is almost sectarian. the shiite process, say that he is the one to lead iraq out of this crisis. the crisis is partly his fault, he is the one that didn't reach out to the sunnies in the first place, and that's what's made them angry, and what has led to the current

placed here in iraq. and the feds say pretty much the same thing, but now they are talking about inspection. and they are saying we can't be part of an iraqi state. and be has a strangle hold. >> the parliamentary session meets on the 13th that may won't get another agreement and it will be postponed yet again. >> come to an agreement much less chooses that. >> in baghdad, in japan, they are under the innuance of a power typhoon and okinawa the winds were clocked around 150 miles an hour. 600,000 people were told to evacuate, but most of them stayed home. airports have been closed some aircrafts being moved nearby, roughly any fact thousand u.s. troops are stations in japan, okinawa.hem in and return now to dave

warren. big blooding. >> typhoon is weakening a little bit,s in nearly as powerful as it was. the wind of 125 miles an hour. 125 miles west, so it went to the south, and is now moving north. that is the satellite picture. >> the center of the storm here, the eye is fairly coherent here, with the circular there, the storms around it. you can see that is where it was powerful, and intense. over the last as it moves over some cooler water, as the shiite will show you it is moving to the north. here is the latest picture, it shows that is the eye. look at how it is falling apart. some dry air being pulled in and the atmosphere is not quite favorable for it to continue to develop, it is still a

typhoon, could be a minimal typhoon. as it impacts southern japan as it continues to move up the eastern coast. minimal typhoon there is still wind, rain, and strong waves there that will impact that region. the rain in these bands is moving over the yeahs. >> the season for storms is upon us. thank you very much. >> welcoming up on al jazeera, farmers from the mob in italy and they say they are very concerned. also, the first day that recreation gnat potted is legal in washington state, and suppliers are already running into a problem.

in the oscar pistoriusted murder trial. the court now adjourned until august 7th. 27-year-old olympic sprinter admits to fatally shooting his girlfriend.

pistorius said he mistook her for an intruder. the prosecution accusing of shooting her on purpose after they had an argument. he faces life in prison. it is a bold plan, living on land, and it's happening in italy. where co-ops have been formed to build farms on thousands of acres that were redistributed. dominic cane has our story from sicily. >> workers on the montana farm tend the land. but the farm itself is not typical. until a few years ago, this was owned be i the mafia. overseen -- >> initially people are suspicious with working with us on this hand. it is afraid of what has been happening to the families.

>> the law that allows this farm to operate was passed nearly 20 years ago, since then thousands of properties have been seized, and reallocated for lawful use. cooperatives are about reclaiming individual farms from the mafia, but there are other people on this island who want to reclaim the whole of sicily from it's influence. he refused. >> their response was violent. >> i found my sheep shot dead, and one had been detap tated and his head put in front of my house. that as clear sign of mafia intimidation. >> but he was not intimidated. instead, he and his friends form add network of young farmers determined to resist the

mafia. >> this thing happened to me that had been a very good upcontrol, this have been many arrests and where i was once alone, now we are a network of 20 farmers whose name is strong land. etch when they hope the rest of the island will follow, his example. dominic cane, al jazeera, sicily. >> announced the recall of more than 100,000 cars. the flex, the edge, an sent tor the problem include and an electric system that could short circuit causing a fire. a dozen for profit colleges will be closing. the colleges operate under the name of eve rest, the education

department putting on what they call the heightens financial monitors list. but the supplies can be tight in h the 24 stores that have retail licenses sonar. allen shoff her what is behind the shortage. >> . >> dale, first of all welcome to the street party that is day one of legal pot sales in the state of washington. this is the only store that will be open. is predicting is going to happen will happen for a variety of reasons. to get licensed and

inspected and approves for sale. a lot of them are still processing that so those are the two main reasons that we are going to see a shortage here. here is one reason we know there will be a shortage. all products will have tock tested for the retail market in the and i of seattle. laboratories.bra storie everything sold as recreational pot has to cook through and be tested for purity, and potentsy, and these folks just aren't busy. they are not seeing a lot of products cometh, they expect that to build considerably. as we move through this period of breaking in the recreational pot sellers and pot buyers. also some people predicting that this whole industry is going to face a bit of a bumpy road.

highly taxed the regulated. if you are not able to compete with the people that have been underground for decades, refining their products, then we will have a hard time throwing out recreational. >> . >> those people now operated on the black market, because there may be able to sell for a lot cheaper nan the 20 to 20,000 a gram.

>> protestors saying it makes it tougher for blacks and other minorities to vote. al jazeera robert gray is live in atlanta. what exactly is the law and what is the debate? >> it has been good for everyone, no complaints there is a really big overhaul in the year 2000. that helped barack obama to capture that state in his first term in 2008. but a republican majority house and senate came in, in 2012 and changed that, along with the governor pat mcrory they created a single bill that basically in one stroke, eliminated same day registration, for voters also reduced early voting days and if you are 16 or

17-year-old kid that is going to turn 18, you could do some preregistration, so you would be all set to do a vote. they are requiring everybody to have a state issued i.d. some elderly people don't have that. so groups like the naacp and student groups, are suing the state of north carolina. if they decide to hold off this voter i.d. law, this will go to trial in 2015. the president of the ncaa o naacp rather, north carolina spoke to about 1,000 people yesterday, winston salem, here is what he had to say. >> it is all out attack on the right to vote, and voter suppression, the worst that we with have seen since jim crow.

he had a statement for al jazeera america, i could not help but think how many of our fore fathers fought, hoping we would never have to fight for those rights again. if it is our time to fight then sobeit, because what we are fighting for came through blood, and we with can't give up now. so strong words as they want the right to vote across all spectrums of life. and coming up, on al jazeera america. >> i have this story, it is my story. i stay on it. >> while most of the attention in iraq has been focused on sunni and muslims, christians are being effected as well, we are talking about members of a village caught in a cross fire. [ grunting ]

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>> among the targets emergency workers here have been searching through the rubble all day for survivors. this time to try to form a new government. while most of the focus on the islamic state once known as i.s.i.l. and the group now controlled the chunk of that country setting up an islamic state. caught in the middle iraqi christians. more on their plight. >> christians in iraq are a small minority of the

mostly muslim population, and while they have little to do with the on going fight, they are suffering the con wednesdays. >> they have been launching into the city, and people are started to flee because it is unclear whether people are targeted individually because they are christian. >> a few brave residents were just starting to trickle back home. >> right now we are heading into the village. >> amir is returning home for the first time. >> the forces stepped in to make sure the fighters

in the islamic state did not occupy. still they remain poised outside the limit and they fear their next move. they are standing here 24 hours. it is our duty to protect. they are enemies all around us. muslims, who would hike to take our land. ice sis wants to occupy. as for the guards arch bishop and the precincts inside the church never fled. even as they were at their doorstep. what are you telling people who live here who are afraid. >> to stay on their land. >> i have this. i stay and we are in our land here. >> little by little

people are returning. most of those we spoke to do not kneel that resolve and faith in god alone will be enough to protect it. if the u.s. army comes again here. >> you want the americans to come here? >> yeah. >> i want. because -- they know how to eat like these people. >> krzysztof, al jazeera kerkush iraq. the mississippi river under november warnings now, it was up in

minneapolis, now this area is going down river right through st. louis missouri, all the way down through illinois. and now quincy illinois the river level above that falling. >> to the south downstream. and it's cresting this right in quincy, right at 26.8 feet, and that's just below the record stage, but it will stay above flood stage above major moderate miner flooding until at least thursday or friday of next week, this will take a while to drop. we are seeing showers and strong thunderstorms move through the area, these are all reports of flooding and severe weather, that is pushed south of the area, the severe weather developing a western with pennsylvania with a moderate risk of severe weather, and that will continue to push up through new england. so we will watch that area closely. >> what do we say from cairo egypt to cairo? >> all right, thank you very much. and thank you for watching al jazeera, i'll dell walters in new york,

101 east is next, as a reminder you can always neck us out. that is where the news never stops. 24 hour as day, seven day as week. >> the wonder of the world's force is often found in the creatures that live in them. but the rare and precious of animals are increasingly falling prey t to poachers. equal only in scale to the illegal drug trade. so vast and lucrative is this black market under world its driving more species than ever into extinction. while there have been seizures and arrests only one criminal kingpin has ever been caught,