coming september only on al jazeera america [ sirens ] >> fear in the streets of gaza, who's being asked to broker a ceasefire with israel. >> president obama rallies support for his immigration plan, but facing tougher questions about stopping the waivers of children crossing the border. >> the father accused of gang down his own children now in police custody.

one of the kids who was shot helped track him down. >> a massive cloud of dust enveloping phoenix. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will not consider a ceasefire. >> air strikes killed several in gaza. 78 people have been killed since the start of the conflict. no israelis have died. >> the united nations security council meeting toyoda discuss the on going violence and palestinian leaders are looking to egypt to broker a ceasefire. >> nick schiffron joining us from southern israel. any indication that israel is getting closer to a ground invasion. >> indications are that israel is reinforcing its presence on

the border. weaver seen more troops, and armored personnel carriers and tanks coming in. israel has called up 20,000 reservists to the border. up until yesterday, it was only 1500. prime minister benjamin netanyahu not discuss ago ceasefire. >> the explosions are incredibly close and extremely loud and they're in the middle of gas mistake neighborhoods. israel accuses hamas of hiding fighters inside these communities. israel said its trying to avoid killing civilians, but whether by day or by night, the toll is increasing. in the middle of last night, israel dropped a bomb that killed an entire family, seven civilians dead, according to palestinian medical officials,

five of them children. rescue workers picked through the rubble to try to save the wounded, bringing them to a hospital the u.n. said is running out of medical supplies. >> i think israel is going out of control. more than half of those killed, 60%, 70% even are innocent civilians who were killed in the process. >> israel is trying to stop this, hamas and other palestinian fighting groups have barraged israel with rocket after rocket after rocket, one every 10 minutes. never before have so many been fired from gaza and never before reached as far a tel aviv. that's why israel bolstered the border with more tanks and troops. israeli officials are talking about a ground invasion. >> first and foremost, the

rocket launches against israel citizens must end. no country could accept this. >> increasingly, israelis are spending time in underground garages that act as bomb smelters and people of gaza are carrying or mourning their dead. some predict this conflict is just beginning. >> israel maintains a blockade of gaza by sea and also with a wall around the entire area. up until today, egypt also blocked gazaens from crossing. earlier today, the crossing in southern gaza is opened for anyone wounded. the vast majority of them have nowhere to go. >> the opening that have crossing is a significant development. meanwhile, what kind of pressure is prime minister netanyahu under and can he balance that with u.s. ally to say broker a

truce? >> every indication is that he's had very little pressure on him to broker any kind of truce. the united states spokeswoman taking pains yesterday to defend netanyahu and israel's bombardment of gaza. other than the united states, netanyahu will not really listen to anyone. a lot of israelis pushing netanyahu for a more aggressive stance. a lot of israelis pushing the government toward a higher escalation, so therefore, there's not a lot of pressure on netanyahu to find a ceasefire. >> this is part of that pressure, hundreds of jordanians gathering in the capitol protesting air strikes on the

gaza strip, throwing stones at the building and then some tried to storm it. at least 10 people were arrested. ahead in our next half hour, we're going inside gaza to show you how people are affected by the israeli air strikes. we'll talk about whether the u.s. could help broker a piece fire. >> president obama is in texas trying to rally support for his immigration proposal. he dispatched homeland security secretary to capitol hill a day after meeting with one of his biggest critics on immigration, governor rick perry. mike viqueira is watching the debate in washington, but let's begin with jonathan martin in mcallen texas. what is happening along the border there with mexico? >> this is one of the border towns eight miles from the

border, undocumented immigrants continue to cross the border, sometimes 300 or 400 a day, some the unaccompanied minors. they get a pretty warm reception here from the mayor and churches that help them out after they've been detained and reds. critics say that's part of the problem and something the president needs to see firsthand. >> less than 500 miles of the humanitarian crisis, president obama arrived in dallas wednesday. there to greet him, texas governor rick perry. >> take some pictures. >> the president held a closed door meeting with the governor and dallas officials, who are dealing with thousands of unaccompanied minors inundating border facilities in the state. >> he called on people in the order he wanted to hear from them. the governor spoke last, and there was? back and forth questions there. >> including what the president will do to bolster security to

the border. >> he can pick up the phone and have 1,000 national guard troops temporarily assigned to the border and the message gets sent quickly. >> something the president is considering, as congress debates his request for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to deal with the cries, over 400 million dedicated to border enforcement alone. on the streets of dallas, another message, this one to the president by protestors saying shut the border, as he made his way to a democratic fundraiser where he delivered a message of his own. >> congress has the capacity to work with all parties concerned to directly address the situation. they've said they want to see a solution, the supplemental offers them the capacity to vote immediately to get it done. >> wednesday night, the president landed even closer to the border, in austin as the calls for him to visit the

border grow louder. austin for now is as close as he will get. >> this is a problem. i'm not interested in photo ops, i'm interested in solving a problem. >> a group called united we dream will be here in mcallen holding a protest or a rally. their message is that deporting these unaccompanied minors is not the answer. we'll hear from an organizer later in the next half hour. >> mike viqueira is in washington, d.c. now. how is the president's proposal, that $3.7 billion proposal being received on capitol hill. >> it's a very rocky reception. he's going to try to make this about congressional dysfunction and their refusal to act on immigration as a whole. the senate passed a bill more than a year ago that had

significant billions of dollars for more border enforcement, beefing up the border patrol. democrats, as well as republicans are very upset now with what the president wants to do. john boehner, of course, the speaker of the laws gave the president $3.7 billion request a very chilly reception yesterday. i sent a letter to the president more than two weeks ago outlining actions that he could take already under the law and yet he's not followed any of those recommendations. it's time for us to take a serious look at what needs to happen. >> the president said once again yesterday that most of those unaccompany the minors are going to be sent book and wants an expedited pros to do that. that's something that has democrats very upset. >> the accident governor rick perry asking the president to visit the border, the president saying that would be a photo on that. is that hurting him on capitol

hill. >> the battle lines are drawn, well defined. you remember president bush, of course the predecessor to president obama here had an immigration bill, divided republicans right down the middle. republicans don't want to vote on this issue at all and this is a very dicey position on them. you see the president from a political sense trying to put the onus back on them. >> mike, thank you very much. >> a father is in police custody near houston this morning, accused in a shooting rampage, taking aim at his own family. >> adults just held a news conference saying the man disguised himself as a fedex driver. >> we don't know exactly why he disguised himself, but you can clearly see the suspect wearing the familiar black and purple uniform in this picture, of the moment when he surrendered. authorities say ron lee haskell killed six, four his children,

two boys, four and 14, and two girls, ages seven and nine. >> it's just a terrible thing. >> neighbors are emotional after deputies respond to a shooting in this houston suburb and find two adults and three children dead. >> appears this could be somehow domestic dispute. >> two more injured children were flown to the hospital, one died when they got there. the suspect's 15-year-old daughter is in critical condition. >> two of the children may have been adopted by he and his estranged wife. >> despite shot in the head, the young teen manages to call 911 and tell the dispatcher the shooter is on his way to kill another relative who works as a nearby restaurant. squad cars choice him in a gray see dan, one throws spike sticks to slow him down. >> they're trying to stop the car. >> the suspect turns down a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac. within minutes, officers have him surrounded.

a swat truck rams his see dan while another armored vehicle comes from behind. the suspect reverses to get out of his car. >> he is holding a gun to his head now. >> after hours of negotiating, he emerges with his hands up. deputies arrest him. with that, the standoff comes to an end but the investigation into why several children were shot dead is just beginning. >> the suspect's 15-year-old daughter, who called 911 after she was shot seems to be the real hero in all this. her last tip to the dispatcher was that the accused shooter planned to go to her grant parents house and kill them. that's how authorities were able to intercept the suspect just blocks from the grandparents' house. >> a national guard soldier was fatally shot inside an armory west of nashville. a person of interest is in

custody. police aren't revealing a motive. it's not clear how the shooter got into the building. >> in iraq several people have been killed in mosul. mosul was taken last month by fighters from the islamic state. prime minister al-malaki saying the nearby kurdish controlled region for iraq is becoming a base for what he calls terrorists. we are in baghdad. tell us more about these attacks. >> the air strikes we're seeing by the accounting of most military experts are designed to try and hurt the enemy within their territory before any ground force gets ready to go in. that's the military strategy. however, we haven't seen any evidence of ground troops massing, ready to go into mosul and create where all these air strikes are happening. also, there's a question over what hardware's being used. the rack keys have two options what it comes to aerial hardware. it's either the american supplied as he is in as with

hell fire missiles or russian 225 jets with heavier weaponry. we are also hearing from multiple sources in mosul that armed drones are being used. when you think of drones, you normally think of the americans, they have that equipment and are indeed flying over baghdad for the protection of the american assets here, but these are likely iranian drones used in mosul. the air strikes are continuing, but don't seem to be getting the amassing of the ground forces together for that assault on mosul, which everybody is expecting at some point, but when, who knows. >> what is the reaction to prime minister al-malaki's statements that he believes the kurds are harboring the terrorists. is that only going to further divide the country? >> >> there was a very tough answer from the kurds, saying al-malaki

is hysterical and said he is out of his mind. very strong reaction from the kurds. also surprise here from western diplomats, one telling me we are surprised he went that far. sunni politicians are wondering what he means when he it is islamic state fighters are there, nobody has said that, nobody is saying that. they are wondering where that language is coming from, it's a thinly veiled warning to the kurds, who are pursuing this road to independence and al-malaki is lashing out using these words. >> >> france said it has foiled a plot to blow up it's most iconic monuments, including the eiffel tower. a 29-year-old algerian butcher

was stopped after intercepting his conversations with a high ranking al-qaeda member. >> new security checks are coming to u.s. airports, the t.s.a. planning to force some passengers on domestic flights to power on electronics before boarding. the program is in place on flights to the united states. intelligence officials worry an al-qaeda official in yemen is trying to hide a bomb in a cell phone or computer. >> a fast-growing wildfire threatens 200 homes this morning in central washington state. 250 firefighters are working on the blaze with support from air tankers and helicopters. so far, it has burned more than 6,000-acres. >> dry weather is also causing problems in other parts of the country. >> for more on that and your morning national forecast, we turn to nicole mitchell. good morning, nicole. >> good morning. we talk about the drought in california, but it's anywhere from texas to the west coast that we have those dry conditions, and this morning, taking a look at something called the water vapor, a little different than the normal radar.

this measures the moisture in the atmosphere. this time of year, that man soon flow turns on, getting moisture from the pacific that can help and can also cause big problems. here's a look at arizona. this has happened for a couple days near the phoenix area. this is time laps of a dust storm coming in. the airport has shut down at times and you can definitely see the lightning in all of this, and specifically, when you have a dust form that comes out of the a thunderstorm, and how does it do that, as the thunderstorm collapses or there's a micro burst, all that winds hits the ground, pushing out and that kicks up the dust. if it does that out of a thunderstorm, it's called a haboob. it can be a good thing, bringing moisture oh the area, but this area is very dry and can sometimes spark fires. temperatures in las vegas,

99 degrees. with all this going on, some of those downpours can be heavy at times, so already parts of utah and colorado, some flash flooding. if the heavy rain comes down, if it hits gullies, it can cause those concerns. >> the haboob. >> that's your word of the day. >> young immigrants are gathering in the bored tore hold a march where detained children are held. we're live in mcallen, texas with a young man who crossed the border with his sister when he was just nine years old. >> newly released video of a showdown in seattle, police and a suspect facing off. it ends with deadly gunfire. >> world cup is down to its final two, can argentina beat the mighty german machine and can brazil still get a measure of redemption? >> today's big number is $65 billion. >> why doctors are being rewarded with that rather

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>> health insurers are now rewarding hospitals when they improve care and lower costs. >> today's big number is $65 billion. that's how much blue cross blue shield gives annually in value based payments. >> 20% of reimbursements are rewards, the insurance groups trying to cut unnecessary medical treatments by encouraging high quality care. >> this model affects 2,000 physicians and 4 million members. >> the central bank plans to stop bond buying by november. the program has been in place since 2008. the fed says recent economic gains mean its no longer necessary. >> as we have reported this morning, the president is in texas as critics demand he do more about the thousands of undocumented migrants crossing the border. texas governor rick perry asking

the president to go there, visit the border, an invitation that he has so far turned down. jonathan martin is in the border town of mcallen texas where today the group united we dream is going to hold a vigil and protest march. jonathan, you are not alone. >> that's right. good morning to you. i'm here with 20-year-old abraham diaz, an undocumented, he came here as an undocumented immigrant when he was eight years old, crossed the border alone, wimp is something we're seeing with a lot of young children here. he's just organizers, what is your message. >> the message is that we're here for these children. >> they're going through

poverty, they're scared. it's ok to be scared, we're here to support them. >> there's been talk about president obama not coming to visit the border. is this something he needs to be. does he need to come here to understand what's going on? >> as a community member, we would love to have him here. we would welcome him here to see firsthand what's really going on at the border, what our town has done, what our community has done, how they come together to welcome these children and families. >> you said you came over, over 10 years ago from mexico alone to reunite with your family. a lot of children and their families are fleeing violence. is there also misinformation out there that's getting out to families or people in central america that is causing them to come to america to perhaps get some sort of handout or pass? that's something we've heard from a lot of people. >> well, i've spoken with these families personally, and they

haven't been told anything, that they will get a free pass, that they will get their status fixed. the reason they are fleeing is because of poverty, because of wars over there and everything. they're scared. >> tell us a little bit about the conditions that a lot of these children are facing when they come here to america. it's such a treacherous and dangerous journey, for some a month long journey here. they get here. what conditions do they face when they cross the bored jeer whenever they arrived, they keep them in border patrol stations. unfortunately, they are not fed. they are not given the proper conditions to stay human. they are not taken care of well. >> abraham diaz with the united foundation holding a rally here in texas later today. >> we're going to talk to a teen

about risking his life to cross the border and why some say this is not an immigrant problem, but a humanitarian crisis. >> the field for the world cup final is now set. the best of europe will take perhaps the best player in the world. >> a consolation gamen saturday promises more intrigue than usual. a lot of eyes going to be on that game. >> 200 million eyes in brazil to be exact. sunday, germany will have a rematch of the 1986 and 1990 finals and the first time two opponents have met three times in the championship final. argentina's semifinal wednesday marked the first time in world cup semifinals history that neither team could score.

the refuse ruled offsides and waived off a goal by argentina. argentina would hit all four to win the match and advance to the final in rio. brazilians are was bitter after their 7-1 flashing by germany. brazil's coach hopes for a measure of redemption in the consolation game against the netherlands. >> i know it is a stain. i know it is a shame. i know all this and i feel it, and it will never leave me. our primary objective is to win third place on saturday. >> as for history, germany has dominated argentina at the world cup, 4-1-1 all time. argentina's one win was for the 1986 word cup championship. germany should be hard to beat. >> thank you so much.

>> pope benedict is for germany, pope francis for argentina. >> let's look at temperatures across the nation today. >> meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. what have we got? >> definitely a few places pretty comfortable, 60s in minneapolis and chicago, the cooler air behind the front stalled out from the east coast to the south, so the couple places ahead of that front, it's still humid in atlanta, 78 degrees this morning. up and down the coastline, 80's, plus hot in the southwest. i would say the weather winner is still around the great lakes where comfortable 70's and sunshine, that to me sounds ideal. >> thank you very much. >> put ago real face on the immigration crisis. >> a teenaged boy who risked his life coming to america is going to talk about why he made the dangerous trip to cross the border. >> you're going to walk almost a i'm. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> to get to work on time. >> to get to work on time, yeah.

>> that detroit man waited for three hours for a bus that never came. we'll have a live report on how the bankruptcy crisis is impacting the motor city. >> get ready for one wet and wild ride. what it feels like to go 60 miles per hour plus down the world's tallest slide. >> free pot for the poor. where it's happening and why is just one of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> these are live images out of beijing, china, secretary of state john kerry holding a news conference discussing trade and the climate situation. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. ahead in this half hour, the struggle to rebuild the crumbled

infrastructure in detroit. >> we'll talk about the world said tallest water slide that opens today. not for the feint of heart. we'll tell you what went into believe and testing it. >> the doctor leading a fight to ban a device that could be spreading cancer. >> fears of a new ground invasion be gaza. this is air assaults, hundreds of rockets have been fired into israel over the past two days. israeli air strikes killing nearly 80 people in gaza. >> a father in texas accused of killing his own children. he surrendered after a three hour standoff in a houston suburb. his 15-year-old daughter called 911 after being shot in the head. >> homeland security chief jay johnson before a senate committee day as congress considers the president's request for billions in emergency immigration funding, texas governor rick merry asks

president obama to visit the border. >> tens of thousands of young people make the dangerous journey from mexico. we went to phoenix to ask one young migrant why he put his life at risk to come to america. >> each evening, this soccer field draws the guatemalan migrant community to play and relax. among the players and spectators are some of the unacood minors and women with children who have entered the u.s. in large numbers. eddie is suiting up for his game. the 17-year-old left guatemala on his own two months ago, fleeing rampant gang violence. he asked that his face not be shown because of his undocumented status. >> we are forced to leave because of all the criminality and also because of poverty. there's no jobs, nothing to eat. >> he says gang members tried to

recruit him. >> if you don't accept, they insist and insist, if you still don't, then they threaten you. >> eddie's journey took 25 days including many days and nights riding atop a mexican freight train. it's called the train of death because so many are killed or maimed en route. edibar said that was a risk he's willing to take. >> back there, they can kill you at any moment and in a horrible way, but this way, it's my decision. >> he was apprehended at the border, processed and released to the custody of his older brother, who is also undocumented. the obama administration wants $4 billion for more border security and to speed up deportations, saying all the unaccompanied minors will eventually be ordered to leave. long time guatemalan community leader an tone know velasquez se

to us. >> if they are returned, it would be certain death for them. >> young migrants from central america comes to the united states would face persecution in their home countries and should be given refugee status. >> he is waiting for a date to appear in court, so that he can make his case to stay. he has his own version of the american dream. >> to live here in peace, walk the street without fear. maybe i'll go to school and have a professional life. >> freedom from fear, freedom from want and the pursuit of happiness, the same thing that has drawn people to the u.s. for 238 years. >> let's talk about this now with brent wilks, executive

director of the league of united latin american citizens. thanks for being with us this morning. the president has called this a humanitarian situation. why is this a humanitarian cries and not an illegal immigrant problem? >> well, because the reason folks are coming is because they fear persecution in their home countries, the gang violence is incredible there. they fear their lives. the migrants have chief choices, join the gangs and be part of the violence, flee to the united states or send their kids to a funeral home. >> there is an asylum process in this country that does not involve parents or guardians sending unaccompanied children to the bored jeer clearly it's broken. we are trying to get congress to fix the broken immigration system. they don't listen. we do not have the house moving on a bill. everybody agrees we've got to fix the broken system. they are sending their kids to the border because the risk of staying home is much greater than the risk of the journey,

even though the journey is per i willous. they are not sneaking across the border. they are identifying themselves immediately. if it was immigration, they'd try to evade authorities. they are applying for asylum. >> they are in a way turning themselves in knowing they could be allowed to stay, right? >> well, yes, but if they don't have a case, if there's not persecution, they have no chance at all, so they would probably do what other migrants have done for dozens of years, cross the border without inspection. they're identifying themselves immediately. that's what's different. they identify themselves, saying i've got an asylum case, i want to apply for asylum and they're getting the regular process that is followed when that happens. that's what we have to remember. we have a law in place, the law's being followed. what we need is congress to act and provide humanitarian rance required for a cries of this proportion. >> thank you so much for joining

us this morning. national executive director of the league of united latin american citizens. >> in our next half hour, we will go back to the border and find just how mcallen texas is handling this in flux of undocumented immigrants. dell. >> dozens of los angeles residents protesting the release of the so-called pillowcase rapist. >> the taxpayers are going to get sick of you real quick! >> he admitted to raping 40 women in the 1970's and 1980s. he used the pillowcase to muscle their screams. he's been confined to a mental hospital -- >> the survival -- >> i feel uncomfortable with him coming because of his track record. >> he won't be integrated into our community, we won't allow it. he will have to go. >> he will wear an ankle bracelet and continue with treatment. >> moments before a 23-year-old man was shot by officers at a seattle train station, he'd been

asked to show his train ticket. he tried to fight. then the officers say he pulled a weapon. that's when the deputy opened fire. moments later, a second man comes into the scuffle before police aim a gun at him. that shooting under investigation. >> the bankrupt city of detroit is in the middle of a transportation cries. half the city's residents rely on public transportation. we report on what's being done. >> this is how troy sampson spends his weekday mornings, waiting to catch the bus to his job just outside of detroit. it's 10:00, but his shift doesn't start until 1:00. >> i have to leave this early just to make it to work. >> it's a nine-mile trip that should last 45 minute, but it will take sampson three hours. >> isn't that awful? >> dan hears stories like this every day. six months ago, he took on the job of fixing detroit's bus

system. he is the fourth transportation director here in three years. >> my theory is if you can start fixing these little problems, you're going to start to make the system better. >> in a city of more than 700,000 people, only 190 working buses, 300 others need repairs. at many bus stops in the city, this is what you see, crowds of people waiting for buses that show up late, if at all. >> even if we put out every single bus we have, it wouldn't be enough for the demand. >> just about all of the people tell us they have to plan their lives around the buses being late. the on time rate for detroit is 65%, the national average is 85%. >> some people have complained to the city that they've lost their jobs because they couldn't get to work in time. >> there's been employersive called to try to get the jobs back. >> dirk's office has applied for

grants requesting both city and federal funds to add buses and fix the old ones. he wants to do this all by the end of the year. >> we have to just wait and see. that's the only thing i can say is wait and see. >> as for troy sampson after waiting 20 minutes, his bus sped right past him. >> how often does this happen to you? >> all the time. >> he heads to another stop on a different route that will drop him off a mile away from where he works. >> you're going to walk almost a mile. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> to get to work on time. >> yeah. >> you have to get tired of this sometimes. >> it, you know, it is tiresome, but i got to do what i got to do. i got to keep on, because that ain't going to stop me from going to work, but this is what we have to go through. >> it's what thousands of detroiters have to endure until the city can fix its broken transit system. aljazeera, detroit. >> >> city workers in detroit have

until friday to decide if they want to cut their pensions to help save the city. will the results of this vote be a major turning point in the bankruptcy process? >> good morning, yes, this vote will play a pivotal role in detroit's recovery and determine just how fast the city will emerge from this bankruptcy. thousands of retirees as well as current city workers are being asked to vote yes or no on a proposal that ultimately cuts retiary pensions and reduced health care coverage. included in this deal is the grand bargain, including millions of dollars in state funding that will basically offset some retiree cuts as well as save a collection of artwork at the detroit institute of art. some retirees face a 4.5% cut to their pensions. i've had the opportunity over the past year and in several past weeks to talk to some

retirees. some say i'm going to vote yes on this proposal because i really don't have that many options. there are those who say no, i am opposed to this. i strongly believe that my pension is protected by the michigan state constitution. del. >> there is a new report that estimates detroit's art collection is worth more than $4.6 billion. that's much higher than first thought. is the city now considering selling or even leasing the art? >> yeah, that's the detroit institute art as a whole, that's what that figure is about. included in this grand bargain is money that would protect that art, but if this vote is shut down and voters don't agree with this, then this grand bargain is off the tail and potentially this art could be sold. the emergency manager has made

it very clear that everything is on the table. it really will determine how this vote goes will determine if art is indeed sold. >> thank you very much. >> a san francisco giants fan who was severely beaten outside dodgers stadium three years ago has won his legal case. a california jury awarded brian stowe $14 million, saying the stadium should have had better security. he suffered brain damage after attacked by dodgers fans on opening day. >> a war of words in the court battle over the los angeles clippers, co owner shelly sterling testifying that she doesn't believe her husband, donald is mentally competent to run the team. moments later, he lobbed an insult at her shouting stay away from me, you pig. she left the courtroom in tears. the judge called the comment disturbing. >> lets look at headlines around the world. operating can be hard on your niece.

muslims in the united knee emirates have more knee problems than most. it has to do with a lifetime of kneeling to pray along to rising obesity rates which could lead to to an increase in the number of knee surgeries. they say the knee begins to form early on because of the operating habits in muslim worlds. >> the anatomy of the knee actually changes from an early age. this is a very different kind of story. in derekly, california the cities with medical marijuana must offer free pot to the poor. free cannabis is mandated to low income residents. del, that means that 2% of the pot that every dispensary has will go to poor people in the city of berkeley. >> being poor is $32,000 a year for one person, $46,000 for a

family of four. >> marty mcfly's skateboard could be yours. also on the auction block, arnold schwarzenegger's leather outat this time from terminator two and the golden ticket from willie wonka and the chocolate family. >> i was going to get that for you. >> does it fly? >> it does. >> we'll talk about gaza and israel. we'll show you how people are now coping on the ground. >> new fallout from a super typhoon, soaking rains causing a deadly landslide in japan. >> sweating like a gorilla, the way big apes use their body

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>> deescalation ultimately is in the interest of all parties. >> that's secretary of state john kerry in beijing, just minutes ago calling on both the israelis and palestinians to pull back from escalating violence. israeli air strikes have killed seven more people in gaza today. 78 palestinians have been killed there since the start of the conflict. no israelis have died thus far. there are fears that constant aerial bombardment could erupt into a full scale ground war. we ever the latest. >> an ambulance here is never idle for long.

sometimes in gas city, there just aren't enough. >> where are the ambulances? we need ambulances. >> by air, land and sea, the israeli onslaught rains on gaza, striking hamas buildings and private homes. often first comes a several warning like the one this man got, giving him and his family time to escape. >> i work for an electric company. i wasn't expecting this. i work all day. i wasn't expecting my house to be hit. nothing is safe on the gaza strip. >> sometimes, the israelis don't call first. >> what did these kids do wrong that the house was hit while they were inside? if those kids are making rockets, the blood is not lost for nothing. it would be a shame if that blood was spent without retaliation. >> the latest victim, a 2-year-old girl in a refugee camp. for the second time, palestinian

frogmen were killed trying to infiltrate the military base from the sea. it was supposed to be a time of celebration. >> normally during ramadan in the evening, the shops would be open, the sidewalks full of people, the streets full of cars. now the bombings have shut gas down. >> now the word on many gazaen's lips is invasion. >> >> if they invade gaza, it will be their last option. >> with thousands of reservists called for duty, palestinians fear ramadan will begin with an air assault and end with a ground invasion. aljazeera, gaza. >> we want to go now to doug warmman, the co director for the middle east center.

you saw the images, a 2-year-old child, a baby being walked through the rubble. how long will the world watch those images before it demands some type of ceasefire? >> well, i think clearly the more palestinian civilian casualties beginning to grow, there will be mounding international pressure on israel and hamas for a ceasefire. there's little leverage that the united states has to bring such a ceasefire about. for the time being, i think many governments in europe and the american government are kind of taking a wait and see approach, and cautioning israel against any sort of ground invasion, and there's very little they can do, though, on either side to force or bring about a ceasefire. >> this morning, we heard israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying he is not going to entertain any talk of a ceasefire. with that being said, what role if any should the u.s. have in

the conflict in israel. >> at this point in time, what the u.s. is doing is really urging restraint, urging caution, in particular trying to counsel against a ground invasion. >> do you think it's going to work? do you think anybody in israel is listening to the united states, particularly secretary kerry? >> i think obviously the tensions and bad blood between the netanyahu government and president obama, they don't have the best relationship. israel would have to pay attention to that. >> is a ground invasion of gaza inevitable in your opinion? >> i think it's increasingly likely that some kind of ground in curse will take place. i don't think we're likely to see a full scale ground invasion, but i think given the continuing rocket fire and the fact that israel really cannot meet its military objectives solely from an aerial campaign, i think it's likely we will see

some sort of ground operation in the days ahead, but the intense will be to keep it short and limited and not a full scale ground occupation, let alone a reoccupation of the gaza strip. >> thanks for being with us. >> coming up, back to israel for what is happening on the ground right now. >> powerful land slide in central japan this morning, killing two people, including a 12-year-old boy. the rush of water and land ripped through the city, damaging bridges and train tracks. officials say more rain is expected over the weekend and could trigger more land slides and floods. >> let's check the weather with our meteorologist nicole mitchell, that storm now not what it used to be. >> of course, it had been a typhoon, right now a tropical storm, and becoming extra

tropical, losing it's tropical cashing san francisco. it is in southwestern japan. the convection is still ahead of it, causing hand slide and mud slide concerns. >> back in the united states, a frontal system causing problems. i'll have more on that coming up. >> it is the world's tallest water slide, higher than the niagara falls and statue of liberty. >> it opens in kansas city today. the ride is so extreme, they named it "insane." >> the name of this water slide means insane. it is 168 feet, seven inches tall. the process involves first sandbags go down. after the sandbags are done and we know how every weight affects the slide, we send people down the slide. we have a set of test riders that go down, generally with the

manufacturer and then test with our own operations folks. we do quite a bit of testing including with radar guns to make sure we know the effect on the guests. if you're afraid of heights, this is not going to be your water slide. >> when it tilts down, all of a sudden, you're facing down. it feels like you're actually in a freefall. i know if you've seen the profile, the profile does in the look like it's that steep, but it actually is. it feels like a total freefall going down. it's over so quick, you're over that freefall moment so quickly, you start to go on the second hill and that's when your mind starts working going oh, my gosh, i'm on a water slight. it is an amazing experience, water splashing everywhere. it overloads your senses. >> the ride is 17 stairs tall.

you have to climb 700 steps to make it to the top. >> male gorillas use their sense of smell to talk to other gorillas. they followed silver backs in africa discover they release a scent to show their dominance. when threatened, they sometimes turn off that smell as if they disappeared. the unusual form of communication helps cut through the thick forest where it's hard to hear and see other animals. >> i to have follow that? this hour, 78 people in gaza have now been killed as a result of israeli air strikes. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying a ceasefire with ham mat not on the agenda. >> a houston father accused of killing six people, four were his own children. >> homeland secretary pushing congress to pass the funding bill to deal with the immigration crisis. >> also at 8:00, the new york

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the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> are folks more interested in politics or solving the problem? >> putting the delay squarely on congress. >> there are concerns this morning that the middle east is closer in our to full scale war, as israel shoots down more rockets fired at its cities and more palestinian deaths reported in gaza. >> next time you fly within the u.s., you may face moor

scrutiny, why agents will be looking at your cell phone, ipad and laptop. >> i did not know initially. it's not something they tell you when your surgery went well. >> a doctor on a crusade to stop a common surgical procedure for women. some fear it could speed up the threat of uterine cancer. >> president obama is waking up in texas this morning. he is there to raise political money, but it is immigration front and center. >> the president meeting on wednesday with texas governor rick perry, but will not visit the bored jeer an immigration march takes place in mcallen today, while in washington, the hole land security secretary is talking to senators trying to bolter support for the $3.7 million immigration plan. >> we have team coverage on the story this morning. jonathan martin is in mcallen texas. we're going to start with mike

vick in washington and rick perry saying he wants the president to visit the border, but the president said he's not going. is that hurting him in congress? >> 57,000, that is the number of unaccompanied children. they are driven by desperation, but the politics are very complicated in washington on the day after president obama sent that $3.7 billion request to congress to try to do something to care for the children and beef up border patrol. the president was at a stop in texas raising money. rick perry, the governor had been critical. the white house backed into a corner arranged a meeting on immigration. after that, the president lashed republicans. >> this isn't theater. this is a problem. i'm not interested in photo ops,

i'm interested in solving a problem. >> governor perry said his home state is suffering bad policy. >> how is the president's $3.7 billion immigration plan received on capitol hill? >> you might not be surprised to hear that it's getting a rocky reception. john boehner yesterday was throwing cold water on it, saying beefing up security has to come first. there is $1 billion in the proposal to do that. the senate passed an immigration reform bill more than a year ago, beefing border security to the tune of billions of dollars. that has died in john boehner's

house. >> we are in mcallen texas. how is that city coping with the sheer number of migrants coming there? >> at least here, the undocumented immigrants coming in, three or 400 a day are met with aid, not anger. they are getting help from volunteers, churches, even the mayor of this city. >> sitting on the texas border, the small city of mcallen has become the center of a humanitarian effort. busloads of tired, hungry and frightened migrant families make their way to this church gymnasium with the clothes they're wearing and a a notice to appear in court. volunteers are waiting. >> they can get an opportunity to take a shower, an opportunity to eat, to see a doctor. >> the groups of mainly women with children come in after contained by border patrol

agents. most are from central america and caught crossing the border through the rio grande valley. sister maria opened the center after seeing so many with nowhere to turn. >> they have been detained, released and have a paper to travel in the united states. we are not aiding and abetting anybody. we're assisting folks that we see in our community that need care. so we're doing a humanitarian response, a care that anyone would do, even anyone that is protesting against it should see the face of a child and would help, as well, because it's a human being. >> for most families, the shelter is only a rest stop, a place to stay until they can catch a bus and reunite with other family in the u.s. their journey took almost two months. they were detained monday and set to appear in court next month. >> i want to find a job.

god gave me the opportunity. the same way he allowed me to get here, i will get work. there is a way to get a better future. >> border facilities in mcallen are flooded with families entering the u.s. illegally, as well as a growing number of children arriving alone. since october, 57,000 children have been detained. some brought their kid and their nephew and their nephew was removed and separated, because she is not the mom, so they became unaccompanied child. >> the result is overcrowded shelters. >> there is a rally in march planned for here in mcallen, a national advocacy group, united we dream are gathering today. their overall message is

deporting these undocumented children is not the answer and can lead to a death sentence to those fleeing violence in their home countries. >> that is actually a legal argument. many of the immigrants coming into the u.s. are children. we'll speak about the challenges they face with the leader of a non-profit legal service for unaccompanied minors. >> there is fear israel is preparing for a possible ground invasion in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu shutting talk of a ceasefire, saying he is not talking about it. it is not on the agenda. he's ordering more air strikes on the gaza strip. that development comes as palestinian leaders look to egypt to help end the conflict. secretary of state john kerry speaking in beijing china addressed what's been happening. >> no country can accept rocket fire aimed at civilians and we

support completely israel's right to defend itself against these vicious attacks, but deescalation ultimately is in the interest of all parties. >> we want to go live now to nick schiffron in southern israel. we just heard the secretary of state john kerry saying a truce is possible, but when you have benjamin netanyahu saying a ceasefire is not on the agenda, how possible is that truce? >> i think what john kerry just said was a green light to prime minister benjamin netanyahu to continue doing what he's doing and there isn't a lot of room for support or for a ceasefire benjamin netanyahu continues to say he doesn't want one. on the one hand, not a lot of pressure for netanyahu to deescalate. there's a question of who could do it.

the egyptians have traditionally been that intermediary, but hamas does not trust the egyptian government. it's not clear if turkey or qatar can step in to do the intermediary. >> images out of gaza being shown, how big is the pressure inside israel itself? >> there's a lot of pressure within israel to "finish the job" as one resident of the nearby community just said. that's what netanyahu should do. a lot of these communities and people whom i have talked to here and up in jerusalem, northern israel do want to see the end of these rockets once and for all, ustion that quote coming out of the government. on the other side, though, these rockets are not injuring anyone,

2% of actually reaching developed areas. on the other hand, you have american f16's bombarding gaza, over 80 dead, hundreds of people wounded, and those bombs are earth shattering, even here about a mile away from gaza, you can feel them. sometimes they are threw 200 or 300 pounds each. there is a lot of violence in gaza but not a lot of pressure on netanyahu to reduce it now. >> in jordan, hundreds gathered in front of the israeli embassy last night. they were protesting on going air strikes on the gaza strip. security forces say the protestors threw stones at the building and some tried to storm it. at least 10 people were arrested. >> next time you board a flight in this country, you might have to turn on your phone.

the t.s.a. is expanding a program first put in place overseas to screen for bombs that could be hidden inside electronic devices. we are joined live from washington with tracy. good morning. how widespread will the screenings be in the u.s. is this all of us? >> no, and not very widespread at all. we are talking about people on federal watch lists. that's obviously not the majority of us. if you are on a watch list or as some people have experienced, if you have a name that's similar to a name on the watch list and that becomes an issue when you go to the airport, then this could apply to you. the situation is this, the u.s. is concerned about isis, al-qaeda using electronic device to say detonate bombs. they want to make sure those devices what they appear to be and that's why they ask people to power up. >> can you remind us what

initially sparked this concern? >> initially what the t.s.a. said on monday was that they wanted foreign governments that run the screening to be on the lookout for these non-working electronic devices when people are flying out of their country and into the united states. now a few days later, they are expanding it to include domestic flights, so people flying within the u.s., but again, only if they are on those watch lists. a couple of things sparked that. monday, there was a detailed explanation of al-qaeda in yemen and how they believe intelligence is suggesting that they have been testing these types of devices for possible use. also, there's concern about isis, this group out of syria that has marched into iraq, that they may be testing these devices. >> if you are on a watch list and asked to turn on your phone, what happens if your electronic device is dead, not charged?

>> first of all, don't go to the airport with your device dead so you can avoid that situation is what they're advising people p.m. they will law you to pull out the cord, plug it into the wall and power it up. only five phones have been confiscated, in those case, they were stun guns disguised as cell phones. in one case, there was a knife hidden inside the device. it's not happening often, but they are finding is of concern and that's why they are stepping up security. >> tracy, thank you. >> edward snowden looking to extend his stay in russia. the former n.s.a. contractor looking to extend his asylum for

another year. leaving russia could risk extradition to the united states. >> for the second time in a week, german officials are investigating a case of spying reportedly involving the u.s. they searched the home of a man who worked in germany's defense ministry coming a another employee suspected of acting as a double agent for washington. >> air strikes have left seven dead in mosul, a city under the control of the islamic state. prime minister al-malaki accuses some in the kurdish controlled region of harboring what he calls terrorists. what can you tell us about these latest air strikes in mosul? >> the air strikes have continued for a few days, seem to be ramped up at the moment. i've spoken to military advices who suggest that the reason they

are ramped up is that iraq is preparing itself for a ground offensive into mosul, yet we've seen no evidence of that. we've seen no amassing of troops, no indication that that could be happening. there also is a question of what type of hardware is being used in the air. is it the cessnas or the s.u.25. if it is the hell fire missiles, the americans helped them with targeting those -- the americans helped with tarting and that's a real kind of issue for the iraqis who say that we want to be able to do this ourselves. >> the question really is, also, whether they could be drones and whether those are iranian

drones? >> people have seen drones fly over the city of mosul. there are american drones in this country flying over baghdad, but only in the country to protect american assets. it's likely that they are iranian drones flying over mosul and those drones are equipped with missiles. if there are drones, it's likely to be the iranian ones. >> thank you. >> it is now official, officials are confirming that was a tornado responsible for the damage in new york state. four people died in smithfield. tornadoes touched down in ohio and pennsylvania, as well. >> for more on this morning's market, let's bring in nicole mitchell. good morning. >> good morning. it's interesting from yesterday, the severe weather we had two

days ago, usually reports go down the day after, because as things, there are do thatly cases and they check everything out. you were talking about the tornado count. that actually went up, because all these dots, that was a straight line wind damage from tuesday night as reports were coming in. a couple of those when they looked at the damage on the ground, straight line winds leave a straight line of damage when tornadoes leave a twisting damage. they found a couple reports were actually tornadoes that went through, that particular tornado went about two and a half miles with winds over 110 miles per hour. the front is the firing lines for the wet weather today including the risk for severe in the northern plains. this is the moisture for today, parts of the northwest, a lot of the west coast is under dry conditions. that means we have fire situations in places like washington state. here's a look at some of this.

you can see not only do we have the fires, we have evacuations in the air. unfortunately as we look at the radar, looks like really nothing in terms of relief for this area, because the pattern is going to really keep it dry for the next calm days. here's that dry pattern. monsoon moisture to the south of all of that, we're talking about that earlier, not quite making it far enough north. >> all right, nicole mitchell, thank you. >> a deadly shooting rampage leaves at least six members of a family dead in houston. >> a man under arrest. new information coming in overnight on how police say he carried out this mass murder. >> after katrina, he became a household name because of his leadership, right now roy nagan going to prison. >> a massive glacier captured by

one of our citizen journalists.

>> some of the best known video game characters, drivers dress as super mario brothers, mario, and others among them. >> a rescue on camera. >> police in tennessee are questioning a person of interest after a national guard soldier was fatally shot inside an armory west of nashville. the victim had served in the guard for two decades. no motive has been revealed. >> a domestic dispute turns

deadly for six people in a texas home, four victims children. >> deputies just held a news conference. they say they had the alleged shooter in custody. >> they do. that's according to them. this morning, learning more details on who could be responsible for this mass murder in a houston suburb yesterday. this man is 33 ron lee haskell. he is accused of shooting seven people, five are his own children. deputies say he fired at the victims inside the house, then led police on a chase and ended up in a standoff after three hours of negotiating with police, he emerged with his hands up and they arrested him. deputies explained the moments leading up to the shooting. >> suspect ron haskell, who was taken into custody last night, came to this residence in the guise of a fedex worker, gathered the children that were

here, and awaited the arrival of the parents. sometime later, the victims were shot in this residence. >> the children who died are ages four, seven, nine, and 14. the seoul survivor is haskell's 15-year-old daughter in critical condition. she called 911 after she was shot in the head. she told the dispatcher the suspect planned to go to her grandparents house and kill them. deputies were able to intercept the suspect in his car just blocks away. >> we want to show you a dramatic rescue in houston. the van that you're seeing spun out of control, went right into the water as a construction site. rescue crews safely mud seven people out. >> they did a complete flip and landed right back on its wheels. had it been upside down, we would have seven fatalities now. >> authorities are trying to figure out what caused the

accident. >> the field for the 2014 world cup final is now set. the best of europe will take on perhaps the best player in the world. >> the consolation game saturday promises more intrigue than usual. we have more from brazil. >> pure party time for argentina fans after a penalty kick victim over holland. there was pure pandemonium outside the stadium. >> i am super happy, this man says, a message for all argentina people, we deserve this happiness. we have everything to be champions. the south american nation has waited a long time to get back to this point. >> argentina fans obviously ecstatic. they will be going back to the world cup final for the first time since 1990. >> for the dutch, it was so close, but if there was any consolation, it was this, at least it wasn't 7-1.

for brazilians, most of the fans pouring out of the stadium were subdued, the dutch for obvious reasons, but the brazilians sad because the vast majority wanted to see their arch rival lose. hours before kickoff, outside the stadium and that hot rivalry was on display. brazilians dressing in orange, hoping their support would will holland to victory. >> today holland is going to win. >> these fans counting one to seven, mocking brazil for their embarrassing loss 24 hours before. >> do you have any doubt that argentina's going to win this world cup? this is the only team that has the support of the pope. i have no doubt we will be champions. >> after the game, it was obvious argentina is just one win away, made all the sweeter for them that it could happen on

the land of their worst football enemy. aljazeera, sao paulo. >> mexican tradition bringing together man and crocodile in matrimony. the mayor walked through town showing off his crocodile bride. the pair danced in a party with the town's residents. residents believe the ritual help local fisherman get bigger catches. oh, i get it. >> lets look at temperatures across the nation today. >> you don't want to wake her up in the middle of the night. >> if she has a headache, trust me, she has a headache. >> we have cooler temperatures behind the front that's come through. the front i go lingering along the coast, that will be a firing line. behind this, cooler air, drier air, more comfortable, 65 now in

chicago. that's the more comfortable part of the country, into the 70's, places like chick at 78. the heat stays on into the southwest, where we've got that helping to kick up afternoon thunderstorms we were talking about, creating things haboob. >> asking price, $3.25 million. >> high price real estate in new york city snapped up by foreigners. the money may be helpful for americans looking to buy property themselves. >> individual patients are going to have to step up for themselves and say this is unsafe. >> a doctor taking on the medical system, the common procedure she and thousands of other women have had before them that she says spread her cancer.

>> a look at our images of the day after a scoreless day in sao paulo, argentina eliminates the dutch. >> the goalie saving two penalty kicks. this will be their fifth appearance in the world cup finals. they face germany for the title.

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the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> a live look at amsterdam where dutch soccer fans maybe crying in their amstel lights today. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. ahead, we'll talk about the effort to ban a common medical procedure for women. a woman said it caused her cancer to spread. >> a real estate boom hits new york city. foreigners are buying properties, but that may be a good thing for americans looking for homes. >> the president is in texas

today, talking about the $3.7 billion immigration plan. he still says he won't go to the border. he met with one of his toughest critics, governor rick perry, saying a trip to the border won't solve the problem of thousands of undocumented minors crossing into the u.s. >> those who say i should visit the border, when you ask them what should we be doing, they're giving suggestions that are embodied in legislation that i've already sent to congress. >> today, homeland security chief jay johnson set to appear before a senate committee trying to drum up support for the president's plan. the president of kids in need of defense or kind, providing free legal compensation for unaccompanied minor children is in washington, d.c. this morning. is this, in your opinion a humanitarian crisis or a national security threat

>> we're a country with a strong history of refugee protection, the world's leader. these are children, first and foremost. it's incumbent on us to offer protection. i'm not saying all the children of reef gees, but we need to figure out which children need protection and which can go safely home. >> i want to show you an image of a young man, elian gonzalez

fleeing cuba. what has changed in this country since then and what is different about this chimed as opposed to the children coming here now? >> honestly, i think what happened was that people were captured by the image are that very young, vulnerable boy. it's something we need to tune into here. we are talking about the children interns of the tens of thousands, but behind each number is a human face like his. we need to figure out what's happening in their lives and figure out whether they should be offered protection here or returned home, where they can reunify with family, if they have family to be reunionified with safely. we believe every child should have a full, fair and objective hearing with a counsel by their side. we partner with attorneys across the private sector who offer their time and expertise to represent these children for

free in their immigration proceedings. you cannot screen a child's case quickly at the border, as has been proposed by some and expect that child to be able to articulate, they need a hearing. >> there are calls to put the national guard on the border in places like texas. if a young person crosses into this country and the guards stops them, can a guardsman send them back or at that time are they part of the legal system, not national defense system? >> if they're on u.s. territory, other laws apply, including asylum laws, requiring us to adjudicate whether that child what a well founded fear of persecution. those hearings take time. it's highlighted that we have a very large case backlog in our immigration system. these cases should be adjudicated much more quickly, and in a timely fashion. it should be a full hearing

before a judge with the child assisted by counsel. >> thank you. >> secretary of state john kerry is in beijing this morning for annual talks with his counterpart, the u.s. and china agreeing to boost military ties and counter terrorism cooperation. kerry is encouraging china step back on the maritime disputes, while china says america should not take sides. >> chinese nationals are snatching up expensive american real estate. that's actually good news for sellers. >> 121 west 20th street. >> wow! >> new york real estate broker works in one of the hottest markets in america. >> asking price, $3.25 million. >> $3.25 million. >> correct. >> for a two bedroom, two baath apartment with 14-foot ceilings

and just under 1800 square feet of interior space plus a roof deck. most of his listings sell in the first month. >> you're looking at the one to $5 million price point. >> new york is in the midst of a real estate boom with tight supply, high demand and nose bleed prices fueled by foreign buyers, chinese nationals taking the lead. last march, foreign buyerers purchased in one year $92 billion of u.s. real estate. >> foreign buyers, including chinese nationals are driving demand for the tallest residential building in america. 432 park avenue, a 97 story tower where the starting price for a one bedroom unit is $7 million. >> going all the way up to

$95 million for the top floor pent house, but even at those stratospheric prices, recent is a bargain. >> the average price is $1,300 a foot, which is a pretty good bargain, considering the fact that sydney, london are at $2,100 a square foot and above. >> economists say chinese nationals are here to stay. >> this isn't a quick investment scheme. many of the chinese buyers actually want to put some money down into a property and rent it out over time if they're not using the property themselves. >> realtors who cater to foreign buyers say most don't use mortgages. >> almost 99.9%, all cash. >> all cash. >> all cash. >> effectively shutting out american buyers. >> you have an international buyer who comes in with cash and says i can close in two weeks, i can pay with cash, it definitely puts someone who needs financing

at a disadvantage. >> while chinese nationals and other foreign real estate investors put pressure on u.s. buyers, economists say they are also helping, because mortgages are funded by international investors. >> the chinese is one of the major investors that puts money into mortgage backed securities that keep interest rates low for the average american. >> most average americans aren't looking for places like these, but for those who are, no matter how low the interest rate, it's not low enough to compete with cash. aljazeera. >> asian buyers focusing primarily on los angeles, san francisco and las vegas. >> a new congressional report from senator claire mckass kell's office say not enough is being done to combat sexual violence. 42% didn't launch a single investigation in five years. only 5% of victims report their attack to police and 10% of

schools have followed the law and hired coordinators to comply with sexual harassment laws and crimes. senator mckass cell calls the numbers alarming. >> if they haven't had investigation, they are in denial, incompetent or not taking the problem seriously. finding there has been no investigations may seem to a parent reassuring, it should not be. >> she is working on new legislation. she hopes to put it before lawmakers by the time students head back to school this fall. >> pope france continues to shake things up, naming a new leader at the vatican bank. for years, the financial institution has been dogged by scandal. that hire is part of an effort to weed out years of corruption. >> a new move by the vatican to reform its primary financial institution, the vatican bank, it's been plagued by scandal and cloaked in secrets for decades.

its named outsider and french businessman to be the new head of the institute for works of religion as the bank has been formerly known. senior management is being replaced in the latest of a series of reforms. >> our ambition is to become something of a model of financial management, rather than a cause for occasional scandal. >> scandals like last year, when amon senior who was an accountant was accused of hiding millions for his wealthy friends to avoid paying taxes. in 2012, documents detailing alleged corruption were leaked to the italian media. pope benedict's personal butler was charged with the leak. in 1982, the body of an italian banker with close ties to the vatican was found hanging under a london bridge with more questions than answers about his death. in recent years, there's been pressure on the bank to comply

with international standards to prevent money laundering. pope francis has made it a priority to clean up the vatican bank that was folder in 1942 with lax oversight. >> it didn't take long for folks looking for a worldwide organization with very limited controls to start using it for reasons earn it was intended. >> the bank's original purpose was to send funds to church groups and missionaries around the world. in an effort to restore that, the bank closed roughly 2,000 accounts in the past year. as a result, it's taken huge write offs. its profits plunged in 2013 by more than 90% to roughly $4 million. the bank oversees roughly $8 billion in assets, and as part of reform dividing its investment business from its church payments. >> now that the bank is becoming more transparent, and looking at things more closely itself, they're lucky to uncover all kinds of abuse that has occurred

in past years and recent years, as well. it's almost inevitable. >> while pope francis once considered closing the bank, the aim now is to cut it down to size. >> the man who is mayor of new orleans when hurricane katrina hit is sentenced to 10 nears in prison, ray nagan convicted for taking thousands of dollars from businessmen to wanted to work with the city. >> the clippers owner, donald sterling battling his wife shelly for control of the team. she testified he is not competent to run the organization. donald sterling shouted stay away from me, you pig. the judge called that comment disturbing. >> a jury has found the los angeles dodgers partly liable for the beating of a san francisco giants stand. >> they're going to have to pay millions to the victim who has been in a wheelchair now for

three jeers i'm a former san francisco resident. back in 2011, two dodger fans beat and kick then 42-year-old giants fan brian stowe to severely that he'll probably need around the clack care for the rest of his life. the men are paying for it with their freedom. yesterday, a jury said they have to pay stowe millions of dollars and so will the l.a. dodgers. >> with the negligence of that party, a substantial factor in causing harm to brian michael stowe, los angeles dodgers l.l.c., yes. >> in a lawsuit by the stowe family, the jury found the dodgers 25% liable for his injuries, while assigning 75% of the blame to his two attackers. he will get $18 million. the dodgers will pay the lion's share because the two attackers are in prison. under california law, the dodgers will have to pay around $15 million of the judgment.

>> the motor important thing about this case, it's going to get some care to take some of the pressure off this mom and dad who could be the greatest two moms and dads who ever lived. since this accident, they have devoted their lives. >> we've followed this story for quite some time. earlier this year, i met had w. his parents and sisters. they were attending a benefit concert to help with his expenses and told me how hard it is to become full time caregivers. >> he's doing as good as he can. every day is a struggle for him, so it's a journey, and it's going to be a long journey. it's kind of hard, because we don't get to be just his parents. we're his caregivers now. >> while the $18 million award will be a big help to the stowes, doctors estimate totally cost of care could be more than double that over his lifetime. >> it's hard to put a price tag on how their lives have been changed. >> we want to show you now some

baseball memories that are about to hit the auction block. on saturday in baltimore, honoring the legendary babe ruth. >> it includes the first ball he hit over the fence at yankee stadium. he reached the right field stands in february of 1923, just as construction workers were putting the final touches on the house that ruth built. >> it's a common medical procedure for women some want banned. we'll meet a doctor who said it caused her cancer. she wants other doctors to stop doing it. >> we're going to show you a new thrill ride about to break records and get a lot of people wet. it's opening in the midwest. t. @

>> we are following a developing story this morning. part of the u.s. capitol has

been closed off because of an industrial incident. workers were removing asbestos this morning when something went wrong. haz-mat team are testing the air trying to determine if anyone may have been exposed. >> the f.d.a. is holding a hearing on whether to ban a device that may spread cancer in women. the procedure is used on tens of thousands of patients every year to remove uterine fibroids. we speak to a doctor with cancer now leading the fight. >> amy received the devastating news last fall, the successful boston anesthesiologist and mother of six had a rare form of cancer. >> how could it be possible? i'd been screened, had tests, spoken a all of the right people. >> amy did have cancer, an especially aggressive and hard to detect sarcoma with the

survival rate of three to five years. she underwent a hysterectomy to remove what she thought were benign fibroids growing in her uterus. amy and her husband, a heart surgeon have been waging war ever since, not only against the disease, but against a routine gynecological procedure performed on thousands of women during hysterectomies. >> when i found this was a routine standard of care, i knew we were dealing with a health hazard. >> this minutes the fibroids into small pieces, allowing small incisions in her abdomen. >> i did not know initially, that's not something they tell you when they say your surgery went well. they didn't say we shredded things up. >> if you disrupt the cancer, you take it from stage one to stage four cancer. >> he is telling anyone who

willis that there is no place for more salation during a hysterectomy. the couple took concerns to brigham women's hospital. >> we said this is happening, this is going on, what are you going to do about it. they basically told him don't come back to work. >> they did confirm in writing that they have stopped using power morcelation for the treatment of women with uterine fibroids. many surgeons stand by the procedure. the director of gynecologic robot surgery specializes in minimally invasive surgery, performing 300 procedures a year. she said it remains a valuable approach. >> it's not for everyone, but everything has its benefits and

it should be her right to choose whether she's going through minimally invasive surgery. >> they have taken their fight to the media and washington, d.c., including the f.d.a., which responded to within alert in april to the medical community. >> our hope is that the government will come in and say you as a specialty are failing to regulate yourself, we need to do so, until then, individual patients are going to have to step up for themselves and say this is unsafe, i don't want it. >> they are doing their best to make sure other women ever the chance to do that. aljazeera, boston. >> it's not just amy. cancer patient bonnie davis also calling for this procedure to be been banned. she joins us from pittsburgh. >> thank you for your time. i was reading the testimony going to the f.d.a. committee that you wrote today. you found you had cancer one

week after having the surgery for a hysterectomy. since then, you've had to undergo chemo twice, the cancer spreading to your throat and abdomen. did your doctor tell you any of these risks could happen? >> no, when i met with my gynecologist to discuss the hysterectomy, he did not talk about this risk. he recommended the surgery. we met with him and specifically asked him the risks of this procedure. we didn't know anything about it. he said that the risk was that it's a longer surgery time. >> and he -- >> sorry, continue. >> he said the benefits it's quicker healing, back to work sooner, it's just a tiny in christian. we thought ok, well that sounds good. we went along with it. >> a week later one get a call

saying this there is cancer in the tissues, right? >> correct. >> at what point were you told that the procedure you went through for the hysterectomy was the reason the cancer had spread? >> i wasn't told that was the reason. this past january when i went and had a thyroid nodule checked and it came back with the same cancer, and then they did a -- then i had to proceed, i was in the hospital, had my thyroid removed and they did a scan and discovered the same cancerous mass in my stomach. at that point, then there was a correlation that it was connected to the original cancer. >> so you submitted testimony to the committee meeting today. what do you want to come out of the hearings?

>> i want them, the procedure to be stopped when they do the procedure. it shouldn't be used. most women that i speak to, all the women i've spoken to, none of them know about the risk of spreading undetected cancer through the procedure. most women are not told of this risk, just as i was not told. >> you heard the doctor in the piece that we just showed saying that every procedure, medically has risks and benefits, the point is that women were not told about these risks, right? >> correct. that's even when i asked. i asked my gynecologist, my husband and i met with him and we specifically ask what are the risks. he never mentioned this risk, and we sat with the surgeon prior to the operation, and asked him the same question, and he never mentioned the risk of undetected cancer or the risk of it being spread through

morcelation. >> we are looking at pictures of you and your husband. this has been incredibly hard on your family. you are a mother, a spouse, you are a grandmother. who do you hold accountable for all this? >> i believe that i should have been informed by my doctors. i put my faith and the trust in my gynecologist and surgeon. they should have told me of this risk. cancer is not a little tiny risk. i think i should have been -- i hold them accountable for not telling me and hold them accountable the makers of the morcelation tool. they should make sure anyone who uses this tool is advised of the risk of it. had we been made aware of this risk, i would have never, never went with this type of procedure, ever. >> what do you want to say to

other women this morning that might be a similar position now looking at removing fibroids or hysterectomies or any women that visit a doctor and know they have a medical procedure that maybe aren't given all the information about? >> i do tell all the women i speak to now, do not have this procedure done. have the old fashioned surgery where everything is tone out in whole and it's just safer. we're now going through two years of torture. it's never-ending, just non-stop with the testing, and all the chemo and next i'm getting radiation for a month, and you don't know from day to day, i can't tell you what's going to happen in a month from now or in a year from now. >> you are still going through all of this treatment and you do a service to hour viewers but coming on here and just educating them about the

questions they should ask. thank you so much for joining us from pittsburgh this morning and good luck to you. >> let's look at weather across the country today. here's nicole mitchell again. >> we have good and bad today. the cooler pleasant area, watch for thunderstorms today and understand mitt we have had is the back of where we could see severe storms in portions of the northern plains. there's still a couple of things we have to monitor out there. >> a ride so extreme they called it insane. this is a video of the world's tallest water slide opening in cans city this week. the ride is 17 stories tall. you to have climb 264 steps to make it to the top. >> tomorrow morning, born in a war zone and a family forced to

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>> good to have you with us. this is the aljazeera news hour. these are some of the stories we're covering in detail in the next 60 minutes. continuing air strikes on gaza, 80 palestinians killed since the start of the offensive. >> iraq's military gets ready to attack mosul as the kurdish president hits back at the prime minister's claims that soon any fighters are in