>> the u.s. is offering to help broker a ceasefire, but neither side is budging. >> the homeland security secretary is touring the u.s.-mexico border after there is little money left to help undocumented children. >> a baby cured of h.i.v.,

doctors reveal she has tested positive again for the virus. the major effect on aids research. >> a thing called the decision part two, sports fans burning up social media wondering will lebron james say goodbye to south beach and head home to cleveland. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. an unexpected new development in israel this morning, the defense ministry saying a small rebel group in lebanon fired rockets into northern israel. >> no injuries were reported. israel responded withar tilly fire. president obama is telling strehl prime minister benjamin netanyahu the u.s. is willing to broker a ceasefire with gaza. >> both sides continue to exchange rocket fire today. palestinian officials say the death toll in gaza is now 100. >> nick schiffron joining us now. good morning. what is the surveying on the ground there right now?

>> >> the streets of gaza city of practically deserted, so many afraid of what's coming next. they worry the escalation can come from troops and tanks coming through the border. >> people in gaza feel the war is already four days old, the israeli military striking 400 locations, buildings, buildings and cars, all night and all morning, israel bombs echo through gaza. strehl feels it's fighting on multiple fronts. in the occupied west bank, israeli police clashed with protestors. in northern israel for the first time in more than a year, a missile from lebanon targeted an israeli farm. across the country, more rockets from gaza are finding targets than ever before, one directly hit a gas station. they're flying deeper into

israel and aiming for its most sensitive locations, include be tel aviv. >> until now, we have hit hamas and the terror organizations hard and as the battle continues, we will increase our strikes. >> as that happens, more in gaza will be affected. for the second time in two nights, an israeli air strike killed an entire family. a missile gutted their house. more than half those killed were children. >> it was an earthquake, the house full of children, eight of them. what did these children do strong. >> for the first time, wounded gazaens can leave for egypt. >> she was unconscious for three days and had surgery, but it hasn't helped. egypt should have opened this border early peppe.

the hospital it is are strogering. >> the u.s. offered to broker a ceasefire. analysts question whether that's really feasible. there's no intermedary. the other two candidates will step into a ceasefire and benjamin netanyahu making very clear yesterday that he has no intention for a ceasefire. every indication is that this violence will only escalate. >> speaking of escalation, how concerning is this rocket fired from lebanon this morning? >> the israeli officials don't want another front opened. they're clear when anything comes from the north of israel, they respond quickly and that's what they did with artillery fire. they do not feel like this is hezbollah rocket, that this is

the start of a trend coming from the north. so far, this seems to be one small group firing one rocket, but of course israeli officials concerned if that increases, they'll be fighting in the south and in the north. >> thank you. the fighting between israel and hamas took center stage at the u.n. thursday with both the palestinian and israeli ambassadors making their cases. >> 15 seconds, that's how much time you have to run for your life. >> it takes to react to an incoming rocket, how many seconds does it take to react to a raiding aircraft over the heads of our people in the gaza strip, i assure you it doesn't take more than one or two seconds. it is death for sure. >> ban ki-moon told the security council it's imperative both seeds agree to a ceasefire. >> the president is willing to

northbound a ceasefire but what leverage does the u.s. have to get israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu do anything and do we see secretary of state john kerry on the ground? >> america has a large deal of leverage, israel is the largest recipient which u.s. aid, notwithstanding sometimes the rocky relationship that this president, president obama has had over the last several years with prime minister netanyahu. two men spoke over the phone late yesterday. we understand that the president once again offered to facilitate a cessation of hostilities between the palestinians and israelis. would the israelis be satisfied with that or do they want to dismantle hamas' ability to launch rockets? the u.s. has continually condemned those launchings from the gaza strip into israel. >> the situation with immigration, the president said he needs $7 billion in emergency funding with that here was house

disappear john boehner on thursday. >> this is a president of the president's own making. he's been president for five and a half years. when his he going to take responsibility for something? >> has there been a response from the white house? >> there has. there's been a back and forth. john boehner is once again trying to sue the president and house republicans for going around them, this at the same time that john boehner said the president needs take responsibility for something. we've entered the political realm with this request and a lot of things are not going to add up in terms of logic. it's a very emotional issue where republicans are not unified. here's president obama yesterday in texas. >> there's some republicans in the senate who actually worked with democrats, passed a bill, would strengthen the borders, when house republicans haven't even called the bill. they won't even take a vote on the bill. >> meanwhile, the homeland

security secretary jay johnson was on the hill yesterday. a new figure, we've heard about the stream of unaccompanied minors. he said by october 1, 90,000 unaccompanied children at the u.s. border with mexico. >> before i let you go, there's talk on capitol hill about changing that 2008 law designed to protect children from human trafficking. what would that do? >> it's being applied in this case because central american children cannot simply be turned around and sent back home because of that law. this is something the administration says that they want to change, that they're going to work with congress to do. meanwhile, now we have two members of the arizona delegations, two prominent members from the senate coming up with their own bill to do that. this is an issue that divides democrats, as well. they don't want to crack down on these children. they call this a humanitarian crisis. there are a lot of political

hurdles to clear before anything gets done on this issue in washington. >> mike, thank you very much. >> jonathan martin is in mcallen texas on the u.s. border this morning. governor rick perry paid a visit to the border without president obama, pointedly. what does perry want the federal government to do? >> good morning, stephanie. governor perry wants the federal government and president to act immediately. he said really the first thing the president can do is direct the department of defense to put national guard troops on the border. he believes that would send a strong message to the people in central america and anyone really looking to cross over the border. >> along the rio grande in south texas, another busy day for border agents, camping and detaining this group of undocumented immigrants, including young children crossing into the u.s. from mexico. a few miles away, texas governor

was given a boat tour to get a firsthand look at an area inundated with the flow of those entering the state every day. it's the visit he wanted president obama to make. a few miles away, the president delivered a message to republicans in austin who blamed him for the immigration crisis. >> rather than wage another political stunt that wastes time and taxpayers' money, i've got a better idea. do something. if you're mad at me for helping people on my own, let's team up. >> team up, the president hopes, with congress as they debate his request for almost $4 billion in emergency funding to deal with the in flux of migrants. >> doing nothing is not an option. >> before he tours the border for a sixth time today, homeland secretary jay johnson was lobbying congress to pass the spending measure saying it's a race against time and money. >> given the added

transportation costs, given the added enforcement costs, customs and border patrol will run out of money by mid september. >> as for the thousands of children entering the country alone and flooding detention centers. >> there are three variables, number of kids, number of beds, speeds with which h.h.s. can move the children. in august, if we continue on the may-june trajectory, they will be backed up at the borders. >> which means overwhelming border towns like here in mcallen. >> we didn't expect people at the bus station dropped off by border control. the people are being released from federal custody, so they're technically on their own. >> despite a lot of attention placed on cities like mcallen, a lot of the politics surrounding this city, the immigrants coming here are continuing to get a warm reception, help from the charities and the mayor. a lot of them after they are

detained and released end up catching the bus at this bus station and go visit family members who are elsewhere in the united states. coming up, we'll talk to an undocumented immigrant who crossed the border 10 years ago and he and others have come back to this town to tell their story in a rally that was held yesterday to really send a message and to give hope, they say, to some of of the younger undocumented immigrants that were here and the conditions they are facing. >> we'll watch for that. jonathan martin, thank you. >> undocumented immigrants in new york city will soon be able to apply for a municipal i.d. card. the mayor signed a bill on thursday establishing the city's new i.d. program. applicants will not be asked about their immigration status. >> the president took jabs at

republicans threatening to sue him. >> you hear some of them, all right, sue him, impeach him. >> yeah! >> really? [ laughter ] >> really? for what? you're going to sue me for doing my job? >> house speaker john boehner said his lawsuit against the president will focus on changes to the health care law. the speaker saying the president should ever consulted congress before taking executive action to delay implementing the employer mandate. >> u.s. military officers say they had no orders to stand down on the night an american diplomatic outpost in benghazi libya was attacked. in testimony now made public, the officers say some special operations troops were told not to fly to benghazi and remain in tripoli to help evacuees instead. they say there was no general order not to help. four americans died in that

attack. >> a houston man accused of killing six in an execution style attack is expected in court this morning. police say ron haskell went to a home looking for his ex-wife. when he couldn't find her, he tied up the people inside before killing four children and two adults. only one girl survived. a 15-year-old girl who made a critical call to 911, her grandparents are speaking out. >> i'm so sorry, cassidy about everything that happened, but i'm thankful you're still here with us. >> she is in critical condition. her grandparents say she is expected to make a full recovery. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the deadliest fire in massachusetts in 20 years. seven people were killed when flames swept through a three story apartment building in lowell. some residents had to cover out of windows to escape the fire. the believe has smoke detectors. it's not clear if it was

working. >> crews in washington state struggling to contain wildfires there, one fire scorching 28 square miles in the past two days and another start to go erupt. dozens of residents in the center of the state have been evacuated, no injuries reported. >> is there any relief in sight? that's the question for these drought stricken areas. >> we turn to the person with answers, our meteorologist nicole mitchell, good morning, nicole. >> good morning, it depends which area you are in. some relief in some places not into the northwest for now. where you see the red, it is hard to see near the sound area, the higher the heat, the more it dries out the vegetation. that's not good. the other reds from oregon into california are the red flag warnings for fire conditions. in seattle, if you're in the south, you don't think this is impressive, north northwest, this is impressive temperatures, into the 90's the next few days. that's why excessive heat is issued.

if you're not used to that heat, it can be very oppressive. until we get more southward, it is dry. the four corners region has had that monsoon flow and it has kicked up dust storms. this little bit of moisture this time of year is at least helpful. one other side of the country is the storms there have been causing problems. up and down the east coast with that boundary still lingering, that front that went through is causing wind damage. that's been our big problem with this storm in the virginia beach area. 100 reports up and down the coast of wind damage. not as much as a couple of days ago, but you can see a lot of trees down in this area. still a slight chance for that today. into the midwest would be our other spot we could see rain. the mississippi is still trying to get those floodwaters down, we'll watch that as well. >> it was thought to be a huge break through at one time in h.i.v. research.

>> a baby was born with the virus, then believed to be cured. we're going to tell you about a big setback in the case and what it means for the hunt for a cure. >> amazon sued the internet giant saddling moms and dads with millions of dollars of purchases. we'll tell you what their kids bought without parental permission. >> for lebron james, the question isn't can he go home again, but will he. we'll have the latest on his latest big decision. >> today's big number, 130 million. >> what it has to do with people exercising their rights. @

>> indonesia's presidential election is over, the turnout staggering. that is today's big number, 130 million. >> it is the amount of ballots local election officials have to count. officials say the outcome won't be known for 10 days. >> jakarta's governor with a slight lead over the former general.

also, secretary of state john kerry heading to afghanistan today, hope to go break that country's election stalemate there. the country's election chief order a review. abdullah abdullah complained of election fraud. what is kerries plan on the ground in afghanistan? >> del, right today, easy going through meetings and meetings and meetings, starting with the u.s. representative here. he met with the outgoing president, hamid karzai and is meeting with the two candidates to try basically a lot of listening today to try and make sure he understands what the candidates want. there is a u.n. proposal on the ground to review 8,000 ballot boxes. that's about 43% of the vote from last month's runoff election. abdullah abdullah alleging

widespread fraud. >> if he is victorious in the recount, is it likely then ghani will request a recount? >> it's really a review. both sides agreed there will be a review of the ballots. they're trying to agree to a process both candidates agree, fair and whatever that number is at the end is the number, whoever emerges is the winner. there's wiggle room now, agreeing to the proposal of 8,000, abdullah would like to see 11,000 reviewed for possible fraud. he had like to see the head of the elections complaint division step down. john kerry is trying to find something that is acceptable to everybody. >> the group battling for control of iraq, the islamic

state obtaining nuclear materials. the group tookure rain yes, ma'am a unirsity in mosul. there are fears they could use those weapons to create weapons of mass destruction. u.s. officials say it is low grade and does not pose a significant threat. >> a mississippi baby born with h.i.v., then declared cured after an aggressive form of therapy tested positive again for the virus that causes aids. erika, some call this a devastating development. >> doctors say the fact that the mississippi baby had been virus owe free for two years was unprecedented. normally, it rebounds in weeks. the pediatrician who put the child on triple dose anti viral drugs when she was a newborn called that a blow to the cute before a big blow to researchers. last year, a mississippi child born from a mother infected with the virus made headlines when

therapy as an infant seemed to cure her. >> they looked for the virus in a baby. they couldn't find any virus in the baby, indicating that perhaps that initial 18 months of therapy, which would be very unusual actually eliminated the virus from the baby. >> the doctor who once said this baby is proof of early concept treatment is admitting that was not the case. the baby, now four years old, just tested positive for h.i.v. >> the virus rebounded, essentially hiding completely undetectable for 27 months without there being any therapy at all and unfortunately rebounded, which is obviously disappointing. >> how could this happen? >> experts say it's a very tricky virus and it's the reason it's ban long time to find a cure. this can hide in little reservoirs in the body and that

seems to be what happened here. >> the baby is not the only infant who appeared cured after therapy. this past march, another baby in long beach also seemed to be virus-free after undergoing a similar aggressive treatment. so far, no change in that case. while this might seem devastating, doctors say it should not dash hopes for a cure, even though that is likely years away. >> i wouldn't say we've come close to a cure, but the optimistic view is we have to learn what doesn't work before we learn what does. >> the mississippi chide is back on medication and doing well. this discovery is a setback for a word wide clinical trial that was going to involve 450 babies. doctors say the child has trial has now been put on hold. >> first apple, now amazon, the federal trade commission suing amazon alleging it improperly build customers for purchase's made by kids without their parents consent.

apple settled a sued in january and paid $32.5 billion in refunds. >> the connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant after malled by a friend's pet children is urging congressional action to prevent it happening to anyone else. she was pushing for passage of the captive pry mate safety act, banning the sale of prime mates across state lines. >> practice advice was purchased in missouri and brought back to connecticut. had this law been in effect, this would have never been as it is. >> about 25 states have outlawed keeping some or all prime mates as pets, but the animals can still be purchased through out of state dealers at auctions or on line. >> from that nationally televised decision in 2010 to what you might call indecision of 2014, the question gripping basketball fancy everywhere is the same, where will lebron

james go next. >> john henry smith is in the crow's nest with the latest. there's so much chatter on the internet, i wonder if it's crashed yet. >> not to worry, twitter and facebook are still alive and very much working. lebron james.com had an episode thursday when it was taken down temporarily. word has gotten out he will make his announcement at 3:30 p.m. on his website. when that didn't happen, lebron fever got hard jeer lebron james might be thinking about a return to cleveland. >> on the streets. >> i'm from akron, onboard for lebron james. >> sports fans just can't wait to find out if lebron james is staying in miami or if he's coming back home to ohio, four years after every made his decision to leave the cleveland cavaliers. >> i'm going to go to south beach and join the miami heat.

>> fans burned his jersey in anger then. >> lebron, come back home, man. >> fans camped out in front of his mansion in ohio to let him know they care. >> we came by his house to show support. >> if james is stressing as much as his fans are, he didn't show it playing pickup ball thursday. according to reports, james met thursday with heat president pat riley for an hour. james' only known personal meeting so far with the team during free agency, he then flew back to meme with heat teammate dwyane wade. the longer he takes to decide, the more confident cavs fans are that he's coming home despite the fact that the he's won to titles with the heat and they can offer him more money. >> he makes everywhere the buzz,

it's good for business. i hope he comes back. >> yahoo is reporting that lebron plans on being in brazil sunday to watch the world cup final and then its thought is that he will likely make a decision before he leaves for that game, but that's been the thought all week, stephanie, that any second now, lebron is about to make his decision. >> i wonder if he'll be mobbed by questions in brazil. >> what happens if he doesn't go back to cleveland after getting their homes up? >> hopes dashed again. >> we'll talk to a sports journalist about what he might be thinking about his next destination. >> first, temperatures across the nation today. >> good morning. >> good morning, we are starting across the country with a lot of 70's out there out the door. anywhere from new york 72 and billings at 70 and much warmer in phoenix, 91 in the morning, i can't even imagine. as we get through the rest of the day, the heat will start to

rachet up into the northwest. today in the 80's for seattle, tomorrow in the 90's. that's going to be one of our big stories ahead. chicago at 81. this is going to help fuel storms today and into tomorrow that we're going to be watching in the midwest. i want to mention those temperatures are going to be dropping into next week. some really cooler air, possibly even some 60 said. people are bandying about the word polar vortex. that's an exaggeration, but it does have an impact from that typhoon in japan. >> a mini vortex. thank you. >> israel attacks on a new front, a rocket now being fired from lebanon. >> we'll have a live report coming up from beirut. >> we'll tell you why the big typhoon that drenched japan accounted impact the cleanup of the fukushima nuclear plant. >> back in the news, he got fired.

the details are next when we check our headlines around the world.

>> taking a live look at the falls in patterson, no jersey. what a pretty shot. >> white sox. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. ahead, 1 million gallons of salt water leaking from a pipeline. we'll talk about the threat to people in north dakota. >> the top c.i.a. official in germany kicked out after the latest spy scandal. what does it mean between the relationship between the two allies. >> amazon is looking to expand its drone program. >> a look at top stories. homeland secretary said the border patrol is weeks away from running out of money. he visited the area without

president obama. >> a heatwave this weekend could make things worse for crews battling raging wildfires in washington state, one fire torching 28 square miles, another just now breaking out. >> president obama says the u.s. is willing to broker a ceasefire between israel and hamas, but israeli prime minister netanyahu said no. earlier today, israel said a rocked was fired into the northern city of galilee. just to be clear, this was one rocket fired from lebanon this morning? >> well be the lebanese army say three rockets were fired and when they searched the place, they found another two that were not fired. they found the rocket launchers, dismantled them and have already arrested one suspect in relation to the firing of these rockets. no injuries on both sides of the

border when israel retaliated with 25 shells into lebanese lands. for now, the border area is quiet. >> do they know who fired the rockets and is there a chance this could explode into a similar conflict like in gaza? not for now. there is concern here that there might be ramifications for what's happening in gaza, but for now it seems contained. these rockets were very basic and it seems it's a very small group behind the firing, not hezbollah. the lebanese army, along with the united nations interim forces in the area, for now, that border area is quiet. >> thank you. in our next half hour, we will see the situation in gaza. nick schiffron is there and he'll join us live at 8:00. >> eight children are among the dead after a school bus crashed

in nine chai's southern province taking kindergarten students home. it went off a narrow dirt road into a reservoir. all 11 were killed, including two teachers and a driver. the victims' bodies have all been recovered. >> this week marking the anniversary of a devastating train accident in quebec, wiping out an entire town. despite the accident, little has been done to protect the communities in the path of oil trains. >> they died without warning. 47 men, women and children, all victims of a catastrophic oil train explosion in a tiny town in canada. the fireball erupted when a 74 car freight train derailed, incinerating the town and dozens who called it home. that was july 6, 2013.

one year later, a community in albany new york gathered to remember the victims. >> we want to let them know we mourn with them and also to let our people know here in the united states that we have to do something about it. >> with so much flammable liquid on the nation's rails, federal regulators are struggling to improve safety. according to a department of transportation spokesperson, in the last year, the agency has issued emergency orders and safety advisories, conducted special exceptions and brought together railroad companies to reach an agreement on a series of immediate actions they can take to improve safety, reducing speeds, new brake technology and investing in first responder training. the most recent accident, the april derailment in downtown lynchberg, virginia. the department of transportation responded one week later with an emergency order, requiring railroads to give state

emergency teams advance notice of oil shipments carrying 1 million-gallons or more of crude. regulators asked oil shippers to stop using the old single hold tank cars. >> the railroad industry petitioned the federal government three years ago to raise standards. >> the railroads are only part of the oil transport equation. while they in the rail lines, refineries own most tank fleets. in a may, 2030 report, a group defended the tankers writing even the older cars are built with a wide margin of safety relative to the pressures that rail tanks may experience transporting crude oil. senator heidi hide camp lashed out at industry representatives appearing before a senate subcommittee. >> there is problem taig. the public is expects that we're

going to make decisions and they're going to be fact-based. >> for now, the department of transportation said all options remain on the table. david souterrer, aljazeera. >> the environmental cleanup from the disaster could cost $200 million to $5 million. crews tried to clean up salt water. the brain a byproduct of fracking and spilled from a pipeline last weeks, salt water destroying 200 yards of vegetation inside an indian reservevasion. there are concerns that brian could contaminate the drink watering. is this considered a health threat? >> at this point, it's not considered a health threat. i talked to the north dakota department of health yesterday. they said that brian water has been contained. it did make its way into a creek that feeds into the lake but has not gotten into the lake and is not contaminating ground water. that was a huge concern.

this is a byproduct of drilling. they do a significant amount of oil drilling on the indian reservation, accounting for a third of all the oil produced in the state of north dakota that. it was carrying that brian water off the reservation to a containment area. the company is investigating what happened. it did say we are taking all precautionary measures necessary to ensure that this process will be complete and thorough and continue to work with the three affiliate tribes and federal and local authorities. there is an investigation. it is unsure how it happened. it could be a lightning strike, corrosion, they are investigating. this will take weeks, perhaps announce clean up.

>> that this raises the questions, aren't there sensors on these pipe lines to alert authorities of a leak? >> some do have sensors, this particular one did not. crestwood acquired this pipeline from another company last fall. it did not have a sensor. the company was looking to put a sensor in but hadn't gotten around to it yet. >> live in chicago, thank you very much. >> a tropical storm is slamming japan. seven have been killed, 50 injured. the storm first hit land as a typhoon. now as it brushes through fukushima, many worry it makes it harder to clean up the nuclear disaster. >> the typhoon made landfall in western japan on thursday, bringing torrential rains, massive floodings and landslides. as the slow moving storm churns north, there are fears of an even greater danger.

rain could further bedevil the cleanup of fukushima. >> a the temporary fix was to build thousands of tanks to store the flood of radioactive water. >> what's the long term strategy for dealing with this? >> one of our aims is to reduce the source of the contaminated water. >> it planned to bailed massive ice wall around the plant to freeze soil and prevent ground water from ever coming into contact with the radioactive fuel. just this tuesday, the japanese media was allowed in to witness the beginning of the ice wall

construction. they will begin freezing the ground next march. serious questions are being raised about the technology itself, which has never been tested for this purpose and never on this scale. two months ago, a smaller scale version of the ice wall was deployed in a tunnel between reactors two and three to halt the flow of con dominated water, but the water has yet to grease. if the ice wall fails, not only will the company have wasted half a billion dollars, but will consider a step unthinkable. >> will you ever to dump water into the pacific? >> we are doing initial testing of a filtering system. our policy is to decontaminate the water to a sufficiently safe and harmless level in order to reduce the risk it poses. >> david mcneil, a journalist who has covered the fukushima disaster from day one believes

the release of some water in inevitable. >> once they got the water decontaminated to a level people can accept, they have to dump it into the ocean. there's no way they can not do it. >> a radiation expert i spoke to worries about what happens if they fail to filter out for dangerous forms of radiation. >> long term worries as the typhoon rages on. >> clearly the risks are there, but japanese officials say the storm today has had little impact on the fukushima plant. >> let's look at headlines making news around the world. the first legal pot sold in spokane washington cost the first buyer more than he

bargained for, mike fired from his job. his employer gave him his job back. you can see him in the newspaper. they saw him on television. the boss said wow, that's my worker, fired him and thought about it more and said ok, he wasn't on the job smoking pot, therefore, i'll give him his job back. he also paid him the day's lost wages. >> it brings up interesting questions about even though this is pot legalized in some states, employers haven't necessarily changed their policies to allow they are employees -- >> and the federal laws haven't changed either, it is confusing. >> in oregon, a man was busted after barking up the wrong tree. michael was accused of running and illegal towing operation. he towed an undercover police car. it turns out he had failed to register as a sex offender, that he had violated his parole. it went way beyond not getting the proper certification for towing. >> so he's back on the hook.

>> in copenhagen, 50% of people ride their bikes to school and work every day. they are offering free bike repairs to get commuters pedaling to work. they show up at housing complexes saying i'll fix your bike if you decide to use it. it's better for the environment, your health and overall. >> critics say it's a bad use of taxpayer dollars. >> another embarrassing spy scandal in germany. >> how it affects the relationship with a very important ally. we're in berlin with reaction to the story. >> hold the anchovies. where this massive school of fish unexpectedly turned up. ahead, in today's discovery of the day. >> al jazeera america presents a self portrait of generation now... >> so many of my friends is pregnant... >> i feel so utterly alone...

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>> straight ahead, a new u.s. spying scandal creating tensions with an important american ally. >> first, let's check in with nicole mitchell, back with a look at tropical weather in the pacific. >> we are getting rid of one system and already eyeing another. the formerly typhoon, then tropical storm impacting northern islands of japan and the islands disputed between japan and russia. the storm is causing enough of a surge in the jetstream, upper level winds that that will ripple and be part of the impact for that cooler air over the great lakes next week. that world weather really does impact everyone. it dumped heavy rain, these are images from the landslides over parts of japan. as this system moves away, we're already seeing another one. you can clearly pick out this

tropical storm, and as it moves along, it will intensify to a typhoon, impact the philippines. the reason this is significant is this would be the first major storm since remember that monster typhoon haiyan that hit the philippines last year. some areas recovering, they will be watching this area closely. >> germany's foreign minister said it was unavoidable, ordering the top u.s. official in berlin to leave the country. this is the latest twist in a growing spy scandal. >> a closed meeting on thursday weighed the latest evidence of american spying. after private talks, a very clear public announcement. >> the federal government has asked the u.s. intelligence services representative here in germany to leave the country in reaction to a continuous lack of cooperation rewarding the investigations into various accusations starting with the n.s.a. after the latest issues.

the german public was enraged to discover last october to the chancellor's cell phone had been tapped pi the national security agency. germany pushed hard for better information sharing and a promise that americans would end their spying here. months of efforts failed. >> with one of her ministers saying she was not amused, merkel on thursday questioned what the american efforts were worth. >> if what we hear right now is true, i have to say from my point of view, spying on allies is a waste of energy in the end. we have so many problems. we should focus on the porn things. look at challenges in syria rewarding the islamic state. the fight against terrorism, there are huge problems. that is the highest priority from my point of view and not spying among allies. >> the american embassy said it doesn't comment on security mattedders but that the security

relationship between germany and the united states was very important to keeping americans and germans safer. the problem is many german citizens and increasingly their government question whether that is really true and if so, at what costs for their privacy and freedom. >> joining us now is lindsey moran, a former c.i.a. operative, here in new york. a reporter with the wall street journal joins us from berlin. thank you both for being with us. anton, thanks for being with us. how significant is it that the station chief has been expelled from berlin. the german foreign minister said taking action was unavoidable. we need an expect a relationship built on trust. >> that's right. i mean, i think there's no question at this point that the relationship between washington and berlin is at its lowest

point since it's been -- since germany publicly opposed the iraq war more than a decade ago, the question now is how far -- yeah, go ahead. >> i want to get back to that. first, i want to talk about these allegations. if they are true, is it a waste of energy for the u.s. to spy on germany, one of its biggest allies or is it standard operating procedure? >> it's certainly a waste of energy if we get caught, to say the least. when i first heard about this, i thought that's egg on our face. i think that as merkel made a good point, there are a lot of efforts that we work on together and that we cooperate on together. now, that said, if these alleged spies were volunteers, we're not going to turn them away and not at that timele on them to the german government. we just don't do that. >> anton, mistakes and

embarrassment for the c.i.a. aside, if this is true, are the germans genuinely shocked that the u.s. has continued to conduct intelligence operations or are we seeing political bluster from german politicians? i know you've interviewed some of them. >> right, well there's no question, too, that chancellor merkel has been under pressure at home to offer a response to these allegations. last year after the first n.s.a. leaks came out and news of her cell phone monitoring came out, part of this is a political response. part of it is true frustration on the part of the german government that the u.s. despite being a close ally isn't more open about what it's doing here. >> lindsey, can you be open about spying with allies? >> here's the problem.

the c.i.a., whether or not these were actual spies for the u.s., for the c.i.a., or informants, the c.i.a. is never going to admit to that, because we're in the business of stealing secrets, we rely on human sources of information, and we do that everywhere. you know, we do, we spy against allied countries and against enemy countries, you have to decide whether or not it's worth it. what idiot in langly thought that it was -- that the germans had secrets that were worth stealing, considering the political backlash. >> anton interviewed somebody, former german foreign minister who said this is so much stupidity, it makes one want to cry. the question is are we talking about high level deeply classified material and is this going to damage u.s.-german relations in any real way?

>> it's not clear what sort of material was actually stolen and the sense so far that is this was actually not particularly sensitive material, which is why that was actually the current finance minister that said that, there is so much stupidity here, because this is stuff the germans may have given the americans if they asked for it, it's not from -- >> quickly -- >> right now. >> so quickly, who should be held accountable for this odiocy. >> first, it's embarrassing to have the chief sent home. what the c.i.a. should ask itself are what kind of trade crafts are spies using anywhere and everywhere that they are getting caught. that's a real problem for the c.i.a. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> it is time for our discovery

of the day and these amazing pictures from lahoya, california, that black cloud is a swarm of more than a million anchovies. swimmers venturing out to get a view of their own. swimming away within a few hours, scientists never know what causes it. they tend to prefer the cooler waters but may have been looking for new places to live as the anchovy population grows. i guess they say laughter is the best medicine. >> yoga a great tension buster. what happens when you combine the two? workers in hong kong tried laughter yoga. according to the instructor, the goal is to help stressed out people relax. >> the whole concept of laughter yoga is you laugh for no reason,

fake it until you make it and your body doesn't recognize or your mind doesn't recognize whether you're laughing for a reason or not, you're entire body is exercised. >> the center for disease control said laughing can boost the immune system, lower blood pressure and burn calories. >> at the end of our first hour, dozens have been evacuated in washington state at intense wildfires there he isen hundreds of homes. >> secretary of state john kerry landing in afghanistan is trying to help end a presidential election stalemate there. >> new rocket attacks in israel, this time coming from lebanon. the u.s. is offering to broker a ceasefire between israel and gaza. >> she survived civil war in sudan to become one of the most south after models in the world. she is turning her attention back to her home land and its current refugee crisis. >> a fight shaping up in nevada,

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going to see the situation for himself first hand as the border patrol warns it is running out of money. >> amazon appealing to the federal government, want to go speed up the process of allowing delivery by drone. >> lebron james could be home ward bound back to cleveland to the cavaliers, but is the city ready to welcome back the man who broke thousands of hearts when he left? good morning, and yankees. >> a new development in israel this morning, the defense ministry saying a small rebel group in lebanon fired several rockets into northern israel. >> no injuries were reported. israel saying it did responsibility with artillery fire of its own. president obama is telling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the u.s. is willing to broker a ceasefire with gaza. >> both fires continued to exchange fire. the death toll in gaza now tops 100. >> nick schiffron is in gaza this morning.

what you are seeing on the ground? >> you're seeing empty streets. there are very, very few people out this afternoon. it's about 3:00 p.m. here local time. that is because of fear, there is a huge fear of the israel campaign because of the size, the capacity of these strikes are massive. some bombs two or 300 pounds, the israel military has dropped more than a thousand of them. on the other side, as you said, more than 100 people killed here in gaza during this campaign. for the second time in two days, we had an entire family killed, according to the surviving members of the extended family, this morning, when a bomb dropped on a house killing eight people, more than half of them children here in gaza. there's a sense here that the escalation will continue. the u.s. has offered to mediate.

they need a third intermediary who can talk to hamas and no country is in the capacity of doing that now. every indication is that the escalation will continue and now especially that israel is openly talk about a ground invasion. >> the sirens have been constant all week long. how are people there dealing with it? >> you spend enough time along the border in israel and feel the panic among the residents when those sirens go off, missiles fly. there's an effort to distract everyone and especially to distract the children. >> in the closest israeli town to the gaza border, the day care is a bomb shelter. here, there are thick concrete walls and the sounds of kids wearing kids. little girls practiced their drawing. there's games, including the israeli version of monopoly and

what every kid wants, chocolate sandwiches. this little boy's father is the deputy mayor. he doesn't care that dad is busy. >> my work is 24/7. i don't see the kids, so my son here gives me a sense of security. >> out of fear of rockets, the israeli army ordered local schools and summer camps closed, so the parents need somewhere to bring the kids. next week, this father enters the reserves. >> i am willing to do anything that lets me live in this town. >> here the air raid sirens only wail for a few seconds before the rockets fly. this noise has become the city's sound track. those are israeli missiles trying to intercept palestinian rockets. children in conflict areas need to do normal things to avoid

trauma. the outside isn't normal. just a few feet away inside the shelter, this 11-year-old, nicole is allowed to do what she loves motor, caring for kids smaller than her. >> it's fun and we watch movies. >> that doesn't mean the children are unaware of the war or free of bias. >> the people in gaza are trying to hurt us and that's very scary. they are trying to get us out of israel. >> outside the shelter, felix walks me through the streets he grew up on, but today it doesn't feel like home especially for his family. >> my son is suffering. he was holding his head and said it's in my head, it's in my head. i can't get the code red out of my head. >> he sent his son and daughter north, presumably where it's safer, so they wouldn't have to go through this. this is the second code red in less than an hour.

no matter how many rockets target this town, running into their safe room is always stressful. >> you immediately start calling everyone to check in with your parents and family. >> once the scare ended, we said goodbye. the kids and most of their belongings wait for a bus. >> we cannot live like this. the child don't live out. they're afraid. we don't want to go to sleep here. >> her bus tickets are one way. she's taking her family anywhere but here. >> and here on this side, you can't get on a bus and leave gaza because of the israeli and egyptian blockades, there are few if any bomb shelters. >> we go now to washington. mic, good morning to you. president obama says the u.s. is willing to help negotiate a

ceasefire. does the u.s. have the leverage to make that happen at this point? >> there's no question that the u.s. has the leverage with israel. it is the palestinians that are the question. after the peace initiative by as he is tear kerry, the back and forth in secretary kerry's words went poof a couple of months ago. now we see increased violence, the insistent rocket attacks from gaza back and forth now. the american president, president obama had a conversation with benjamin netanyahu yesterday afternoon. he pledged to make every effort to facilitate a cessation, a ceasefire. the question is will the israelis be happy with that. american officials have continued to strongly condemn the attacks coming out of gaza. >> ok, mike, let's turn to

immigration. home land security secretary jay johnson heads to the border with mexico today. >> they are trying to sell the spending bill the president wants congress to approve. jay johnson testified on capitol hill yesterday. 90,000 unaccompanied children are expected to be apprehended at the bored every. it is 57,000 now. those in detention numbered 2600. jay johnson is going to tour enforcement centers in texas. the administration wants to send in more border patrol among the many other things it wants with that $3.7 billion. that flee $.7 billion is serving a cool reception on capitol

hill. jay johnson warrants his money in his department to deal with the crisis is running out. >> secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan, trying to find a diplomatic solution to that country's election stalemate. he appeared to have won the runoff, but the foreign minister is complaining of ballot fraud, secretary of state john kerry holding separate meetings with them today. >> we're lurk details about a deadly shooting in a houston suburb. ron haskell is expected in court today. police say he was looking for his ex-wife when he tied up her relatives, killing four children and two duties. they were shot. a 15-year-old shot and critically hurt survived and made the 911 call that helped police find the suspect. her grandparents are speaking out. >> we're so sorry, cassidy about

everything that's happened, but i'm so thankful you are still here with us. >> the girl is expected to make a full recovery. >> 28 square miles in washington are burning in millings was not i don't know. another fire starting to erupt. dozens of residents have had to be evacuated, no injuries reported. we are looking at a very dry season out there and it is fueling wildfires. they seem never to want to stop. >> it is the season. let's get a check of this morning's national forecast, bringing in meteorologist nicole mitchell now. nicole, i see a lot of red areas still on that map. >> they mean two different things out there, none of them good for the fire situation. if you get toward washington, that darker color of red is actually excessive heat advisories. that means temperatures in the 80's and 90's, it's exceptional

for this region. the hotter the temperatures, the more it dries out vegetation, wimp primes it at fuel for fire. we also have the red flag advisories from oregon into california and that's because we do have the conditions for those fires. you can see really very dry into this region. the one place in the drought area is farther to the south. we've had that monsoon flow popping up showers and storms but really not the help where we're having the fires right now. the other place with stronger storms, the east coast where that frontal boundary has been lingering, a lot of reports of wind damage, yesterday again as storms rolled through. here's a look at the virginia beach area, a lot of trees and debris down. it's going to be another morning of power outages as all of this gets cleaned up. that front is slowly moving off the coastline. there could be storms into this afternoon, not as many as a couple of days ago, so we've had

slow improvement here. >> it is a big day for detroit today, deadline today for the retirees and creditors to vote on a bankruptcy reconstruction plan. it could reduce their pension payments, but might save the city. we are in detroit with exactly what is at stake. good morning. >> good morning. this plan if approved would law the city to eliminate billions of dollars in debt and also would give the city the opportunity to reinvest in essential services. all of this would come at a cost. >> thousands of detroit city workers, retirees and other creditors have had months to voted on the city's $18 billion debt cutting plan. now it all comes down to a yes or no vote. the results will play a pivotal role in what lies ahead for detroit's future, determining how a once-thriving city will emerge from bankruptcy. >> it's a huge deal for the

pensioners as to whether or not they are accepting of what's been proposed by that the city. >> the plan calls for cutting non-uniform retire repensions by over 4%, reducing health care coverage and reducing cost of living increases for retired police officers and firefighters. if the deal is approved, the state would kick in hundred was millions of dollars. it's money that could help offset pension cuts and protect a collection of prized artwork at the city's renowned museum. >> there's been nothing proposed like it anywhere, and then granted, there haven't been many municipal bankruptcies, but nobody's come up with this idea and the creativity itself is somewhat fascinating and incredible. >> ross worked for the city for 15 years. >> are you worried? >> i'm not. i'm not going to worry. >> he says his pension check already doesn't amount to very much, so for him, the decision to vote no was easy.

>> i came to the conclusion that no self-respecting person votes to give up their rights with a gun to their head. >> there are those who feel what is offered is fair. detroit's two retirement systems urge employees to approve the plan. pension cuts could go 30% or more. a proposal to save the art would be withdrawn, straining the entire bankruptcy pros. if approved, the city will have crossed a major hurdle moving ahead. >> voters were required to mail ballots to a california consulting firm. the deadline is today. the city has up until july 21 to release results. >> thank you very much. >> a setback in the cure for the aids virus. a baby born and believed to be

free of the disease is showing signs of it again. the 4-year-old is back on medication, responding well. she had no detectable levels in her blood tests for two years and the case considered groundbreaking with doctors aggressively treating the baby a day after she was born. the world health organization is expressing concern about the number of new infections, seeing a spike in cases among men who have sex with men. the agency is now backing the treatment known as prep for uninfected gay men at high risk. earlier this year, the c.d.c. backed daily use of the drug, saying it is 99% effective in preventing h.i.v. >> we're going to switch gears, is king james ready to make his return to cleveland? >> better yet, will cleveland welcome back their prodigal son? >> we're smelling and seeing dead bodies and people

disappearing, it was really terrifying as a young person. >> from war torn sudan to cat walks around the world, a fashion model making it her job to help other refugees displaced in africa. >> secretary of state john kerry displaying a hidden talent. that and other videos from our citizen journalists around the world.

>> taking a look at videos from citizen journalists around the world. a fire in massachusetts, several died in the fire, four duties, three children. investigators are looking for the cause. >> afternoon storms are common during the summer in florida and so are these, that's a water spout captured offer cocoa beach near patrick air force base. it formed as powerful storms rolled across the central part of the sunshine state. >> secretary of state john kerry, played the guitar for the vice president of china. he was attending a lunch in beijing when he was urged to

pick up one of the six strings off a musician on hand. his performance, let's listen for a second. >> very pretty. >> not bad. >> considered a success, apparently. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> up next, we'll talk about the city of cleaved and whether they are ready to welcome back king james, lebron james. >> first a lawsuit filed against amazon, the f.c.c. suing, saying amazon let kids make millions of dollars of app purchases caught parental consent. apple settled a similar suit, paying $32 million in refunds. >> amazon is pushing ahead to deliver with drones. it is asking the f.a.a. if it can test prototypes nary seattle. >> when most of us think of drones, we're used to the military type, but now seeing the pop up in the regular world. >> exactly.

last weekend during the fourth of july, someone through a zone through their city's firework celebration and now amazon moving full steam ahead with its plan. amazon is working on a model of its unmanned drone. before testing, the company needs permission so is petitioning the f.a.a. hammond prime air will get package to say customers in 30 minutes or less. the test would be done on company property and under the control of a licensed pilot or someone who has passed f.a.a. training required for pilots. >> in a statement, the company said one day, seeing amazon prime air will be as normal as mail trucks on the road today, resulting in enormous benefits for consumers. back in january, the f.a.a. announced six testing sites that would help determine safety guidelines. the sites stretch across the

country in new york, virginia, north dakota, texas, nevada and alaska. seattle washington, where amazon is based, not on that map. >> interesting, thanks so much. >> for the second time, four years, lebron james, huge decision to make and fans waiting with baited breath for him to make it. he is now trying to decide whether to stay in miami where he has won two tights or go back to cleaved four years after he made that televised decision to leave. fans have been keeping a vigil at his ohio mansion. this morning, no decision yet from king james. >> let's dig into the options for lebron james. jared joins us this morning. reading the tea leaves here, what evidence do we have that he may go to cleveland? >> low flying drones. >> that's what we should do to

get the in tell. >> this has dominated for the last 10 days since players were able to declare that they could go to another team and lebron has dominated the news. it's a friday night, saturday night, you're in college, where is the big tart taking place, where are the cool people going. sometimes people don't make a decision on a commitment until they find out what that person's going to do. lebron james holding up nba free agency, as everybody waits to see where does he go and maybe if they tag along with him. >> back to high school, you got rejected by the prom queen and now she wants to go out with you? lebron james had an ugly exit from cleveland, now cleveland's ready to welcome him back with open arms? >> can you imagine a what cleveland has been doing to roll out the carpet for lebron, if he does not go back. >> they don't have jerseys left to burn! >> he was number 23 in cleveland and now number six in miami.

>> they have new jerseys they can burn. >> well, they'll find something. you think in terms of lebron james, there's nobody like him in the national basketball association who could command this type of attention. >> he's still the prom queen, but like you were saying, trying to check out where the cool kids are going. >> it's a matter of where the cool kids want to know where the coolest kid is going, that would be lebron james. whether this would be other premier players who would get together with them in sam larr fashion to moving to miami. >> what about the other cool kids, dwyane wade, they put together the super team down there. >> he is older than other players in cleveland. kyrie erving is the number one player. they got the overall draft pick. more than anything, i would think there's a great void. how many voids might he have in his life? one might be that he's from akron, left ohio. there was a nasty letter written by the owner of the team which

stayed on the cavalier website for four years and only now taken off. >> is there any evidence that cleveland is freeing funds to pay his salary? >> they have been freeing up funds. >> that's a sign. >> yes, that is a sign. they've brought in other players and trying to make a trade for kevin love from the minnesota timberwolves. if that works out, all the positions are in place for lebron to go back to cleveland. if i had to pick, you think he goes back to cleveland. >> give him his own wing at the rock and roll hall of fame. >> let's get a look now at what temperatures we can expect across the nation today. meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. >> talking about a different type of heat this morning as we get across the country, we already have warm temperatures, 91 in knee nix, a lot of 70s out there, 78 in memphis. for the rest of the day, up and down the coastline, 80's for the east coast, central portion of

the u.s. as warm as 91 for denver. i want to point out the pacific northwest, 87 in seattle, today, we get into the 90's it looks like as we get into the weekend. some parts of the country, this is pretty typical. this is really exceptionally warm weather for the pacific northwest. be prepared for it as you're outside. warm this weekend into the midwest, but cooler air, 70's, possibly 60's by the time we get to next week around the great lakes region. >> nicole mitchell, thanks. >> terrifying stories from child migrants fleeing to america. >> it's very depressing when a smuggler wakes you up at 2:00 in the morning with a gun in his hand and a little girl is screaming because she's being raped and you can't do anything about it. >> why so many are willing to risk it all for an uncertain future in the u.s. >> from a refugee fleeing deadly violence in sudan to walking cat

walks around the world. the high fashion model is making her cause to help people fleeing violencener homeland. >> ranchers in nevada versus las vegas, accusing sin city of stealing their water. >> hot air balloons filling the skies near barcelona, 30 balloons taking part in the annual event. this year, it was cut short due to windy weather.

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report saying colleges turned a blind eye to sex assaults on campus. >> we'll hear from a fashion model that said the best thing to happened to her was ending up in a refugee camp. >> president obama is offering to negotiate a ceasefire, israel key lined. >> we explain how the iron dome works and why israel thinks it's so important. >> i'm here in san francisco, wimp in terms of population density is comparable to both tel aviv and gaza city. israel protects itself with the iron dome, a system of batteries of missiles, 20 in each battery, about 10 feet long apiece, each costing over $60,000.

they are designed to intercept incoming short range missiles. it's very hard to do this. let me explain the math to you for a moment. the five rocket, the kind that hamas uses flies a speed of 2,200 miles per hour, over mach2 with a range of 46 miles. that gives the iron dome only 71 seconds in which to track the missile, activate its own battery that intercepters and fire one to blow it up. you don't have 71 seconds. you only have a fraction of that time, because you need to blow up the missile before it can reach a population center. it's a complicate technical challenge. from a logistical standpoint, it's the equivalent of somebody throwing a rock and you trying to hit it with a second rock. it raises ethical issues. aside from the obvious one of being terrible that there's this exchange of rockets between two

centers of civilization, people living their lives, there's the issue of software making a military decision for human beings. in order for the rockets to be launched within that 71 second window, in fact within only a few seconds, you need to act faster than a human can make a decision. you need the software to take the decision making out of human hands and extinguish between an incoming rocket and commercial jet. the iron dome does all that, which makes it the future of warfare. both sides are under terrible threat but because of the iron dome, israel is in ways immune to what the enemy is throwing at them. >> eight in 10 missiles are stopped before reaching their target. >> unaccompanied children have been picked up at the u.s. border, the number staggering. it's a journey central american children have been make forego decades. we are on the border this morning in mcallen, texas.

they've been making that journey for decades but why have so many kids been crossing the border in the last few months? >> there's been a whole lot stephanie and what we're hearing is a lot of them are crossing to flee violence. this has become the hot spot, mcallen texas, for undocumented immigrants, specifically children crossing the border, sometimes 200 or 300 families a day. we've seen a lot of undocumented immigrants, some who crossed the border 10 or 12 years ago coming back ting community trying to rise awareness, sharing their story about their journey to america. we spoke to one young man a short time ago. >> i migrated. >> at just 13 years old, he started a dangerous and desperate journey, all alone, leaving his family in the violent city in honduras for the

u.s.-mexico border. >> gang violence is something tremendous in honduras. i became a victim of it. i was tired. i was desperate, so i made the journey to the united states, not thinking that i was breaking the law, but because i wanted to find my mother and wanted to reunite with my younger sister. >> during the 45 day trip, he was forced to rely on strangers and faced gangs and drug smugglers. >> it's very disappointing when a smuggler wakes you up at 2:00 in the morning with a gun his hand and a little girl is screaming being raped, you can't do anything about it, because they say whoever does something is going to be next. it's frustrating as a child having to go through those circumstances and also knowing that your mother and father is not there to protect you. >> after these other deals, he was detained at the border and spent two months in a detention center facing deportation. instead, he was released to his family in the u.s. >> i am, too, a migrant child. >> 14 years later, he has

traveled to mcallen, texas to be a voice for the wave of undocumented children entering the united states. >> we need to look at it from a morality perspective. what are we doing to a child running from violence. where are we deporting them to, sending them back to? are we going to give them a death sentence and send them back to where they're running from? >> he said the immediate need is the care for unaccompanied children. the centers are full and they are facing delays. >> there's a lot of sickness these children are sharing in their cells, because treated as prisoners, criminals. >> he said politics should be set aside to address the crisis. he is allowed to remain in the u.s. while he works toward a p.h.d. and sees himself as an example of what undocumented children can accomplish if allowed to remain in the u.s. >> those children coming here,

those undocumented children are held in detention centers until their europe is decided, whether they're deported or granted political asylum or refugee stat sus. for those who come with their parents are held at the border and reds, most of them end up catching a bus. the bus station behind me, to go visit family and relatives and stay with them in other parts of the country. here in mcallen, texas in this community, those people have been well received and welcomed by the community here, including the mayor. >> thanks, jonathan. >> eric olson is at the wilson center, thanks for being with us. a lot of these children coming from el salvador, guatemala and honduras, there are reports they are trying to escape deadly gang violence. you were there on the ground for six days. are those reports true?

>> they're absolutely true. i've been unall three of the northern triangle countries, they all have serious problems with gang violence. you go to the communities, people are facing a variety of problems. one, gangs that are involved in extortion and the constant threat that if you don't pay, you'll possibly face death. they also live in extreme poverty, with very little opportunities, education systems that don't work for them, no jobs. making money by selling things on the streets and every time they try to sell something, they're being extorted, so it's a desperate situation. >> is the problem getting -- >> no. >> we're seeing to spike since october. what changed between two years ago and october to see these numbers go so drastically high? >> no, it's not new. it's been going on for sometime. this is not a new phenomenon.

it's been growing. it's accumulation of all these factors that don't get better, but constantly are getting worse. the one element that may be new is a perception, rumors that the united states has changed its policy and is allowing young children to stay in the country, and reunite with their families, but the coyotes -- >> you were -- >> on him sorry? >> you were on the ground for six days. where do those rumors start? >> they come from the coyotes, the traffickers, people making money by convincing people to go and pay them and trust their lives in their hands. the problem is that they don't necessarily tell the truth. what they're not telling people is that they will have to go before some kind of a judge and prove that they have a reason to stay in the united states. that's much more ditch. they're not held to truth in advertising. they're interested in making the

money, exploiting the fear and desperation of people trying to get into the united states. >> the television air waivers in the u.s. have been bombarded with stories pro and con about this situation. when you were on the ground, did you see any evidence that the authorities or honduras, in el salvador and guatemala are taking this problem as seriously down there as we are up here, and why don't they consider this to be their problem? >> it depends which country you're talking about, but overall, those countries have been unable to safeguard their own people. remember that this is the most violent part of the world, honduras has the highest murder rate of any country in the word, so they have not been able to provide the safety and security of their own citizens and as much have failed to stop people fleeing. they haven't been able to provide economically for them, either, so there's a lot of ways in which the governments have

failed. the u.s. has tried to support and fund programs along those lines, but those haven't really been very successful, either. >> eric olson, associate director of the latin american program, thanks for being with us this morning. sunday, the former attorney general of the u.s. will join to us discuss the immigration crisis. he's going to offer his thoughts on what he believes the white house can do to stem the tide of undocumented migrants coming into the u.s. >> germany expelled the c.i.a. station chief in berlin amid allegations the u.s. recruited german government workers to spy. >> eight children among the dead after a school bus crashed in china. that bus taking kindergarten students home on thursday went off a narrow dirt road into a

reservoir. all 11 onboard were killed, two teachers and the driver, as well. the victims' bodies have been recovered. >> much of the western u.s. is trapped in a serious drought. las vegas has come up with an ambitious plan for what would be the biggest ground water pumping project in the u.s. northern nevada is not so willing to cooperate. >> home on the range, and the skies are not cloudy all day in nevada's cowboy country. a few hundred people living an old fashioned life, ranching and farming in snake valley. >> in addition to raising livestock, tom baker's family gross alfalfa, bay, wheat and oat. he said the challenge is taking limited resources to produce as much as possible. >> water is the limiting factor to any kind of growth, whether agriculture or the city's or any industrial growth. if our water resources are

depleted, we'll lose things like this pretty meadow and a lot of the economic viewability of the area. >> what tom baker worries about is this, 300 miles away, a dehydrated las vegas has plan to say build a pipeline running north that would access ground water in snake valley and suck the water out from under residents' very feet. >> we are the economic engine of the state of nevada, so it is a balance that you have to have between where you're going to allocate resources with where they're going to get the most benefit. >> locals consider this a water grab, taking from rural nevada to support urban nevada. at a cost of $15 billion, some call it a vegas pipe dream. >> southern nevada believes northeastern nevada could provide about a third of its current water supply. farmers fret about depleted wore searses and say they don't have as much water as las vegas

believes. >> this is an area when the wind blows, you see the dust blowing. you can see where it's made dunes. >> when an earlier generation drained this place dry, it killed vegetation and wildlife. >> baker ranch is not alone in its fight. the entire community has come together in snake valley against the southern nevada water authority. the biggest event of the year raises money for legal fees. rural people in nevada believe the best way to win the battle will be in court. >> we are in court at the state level and at the federal level, and we feel we have a very good chance in both areas. >> the environmentalists and ranchers generally aren't on the same page a lot of times. so we've had -- it's brought us all together. >> the southern nevada water authority has spent millions of

dollars buying up nearby ranches and they're accompanies water rights. the bakers decided not to sell. >> we could make a lot of money, but we don't know what we'd do with it. the thought of selling, we really don't want to do that. >> away from the glitz and glamour, the bright lights have las vegas lice the rest of nevada, also arid and dry. the people here will fight to keep their water before letting the desert swallow them up. >> this week, the water level in lake immediate dropped to levels never seen in history. >> the two living popes agree on a lot of things, but the world cup finals, not one of them. >> deep rooted problems, an many college campuses in america, it has to do with protecting students. @jvé

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>> this is a live look at jordan this morning, the city carved into the cliff is known as the rose city because of the color of the stones. the world heritage site said this site is most recognized by fans of indiana jones. we were trying to remember if it was the last crusade, the movie. >> i can't remember, but such a beautiful, well preserved site. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> just ahead, she survived civil war in sudan to become one of the most south-after fashion models in the world. >> first, there's a disturbing study, new attention on the problem of sexual assault on college campuses. a report by congress finds many schools vital federal laws in how they handle sex crimes complaints. we have a look at one school accused of not doing enough. >> the college in los angeles, private and pricey with a

postcard-perfect is known for its commitment to social justice. it is more striking that this campus has reports of rape and sexual assault, much of it allegedly committed by repeat offenders. >> i ended up walking back to his place with him. once we were there, he raped me. >> in the shadows, two students who asked us to hide father faces told us they were raped not by strangers, but by men hiding in plain sight, their fellow students. >> you clearly said no. >> yep. >> and he kept forcing himself on you. >> yep. >> this woman, now a junior, says she was raped in her first year. her outrage grew after learning the college had already disciplined her attacker for a similar offense. >> months before he raped me, he had been sanctioned by the college for a sexual assault. clearly the sanctions were not serious enough that he was removed from campus. >> what was that sanction?

>> i think it involved writing a paper of some kind, some kind of like research reflection. >> he wasn't suspended. >>? >> he wasn't expelled. >> no. >> we have numerous cases with three or four women coming forward and alleging that the same man has raped or sexually assaulted them. >> associate professor had been teaching at the campus for several years. along with fellow faculty member, the two have become activists for sexual assault victims. they say they did not intend to do so, but students started coming to them and pouring their hearts out. >> i've been here since 2011. over that time, i've talked with i would say dozens of young men and women who have been raped, sexually assaulted, battered, intimidated, cyber harassed. all of these things. >> last april, they filed a federal complaint with the department of education.

in it, 42 students alleged they were raped or sexually assaulted since 2009. officials site recent changes in policy, including a 24 sexual assault hot line and a professional advocate to help students who report rape and sex crimes. >> a former top official here told us colleges like this don't have the expertise to investigate sex crimes that very often confound police and prosecutors. the voices here suggest that far too often, sexual predators on campus get away with it. >> even more troubling, the research suggests they do it again and again. >> sabrina was sexually assaulted as a college student in new york and now talks about it. thanks for being with us. we featured that one college. according to the report, 40% of colleges have not investigated

sexual assault on their campuses in the last five years, despite reports of sexual assault. what to you as a survivor of sexual assault was most glaring about this new report? >> i think it's very truthful. from my experiences of what i've seen talking with other survivors and my own experiences in dealing with my college, i've seen that schools often try to push the issue under the rug. they don't want those numbers showing up in their crime statistics. they discourage survivors from coming fort with their stories. >> that's important to mention, that survivors don't feel they can come forward. according to this report, one in five women that experience sexual violence while in college, that's the statistic that they say is out there, but less than 5% of campus rate victims, less than 5% report their attack to law enforcement. based on your own experience, after a person is sexually

assaulted, what keeps them from reporting the crime? >> i personally did report to the police and when i went there, it was a retraumatization, they were callus. there was questions what i was wearing, what i had done to provoke this attack and that's often how it's treated by both police and school officials, wimp is very discouraging for students. they are not going to come fort with information. >> did you know whether to go to school officials, campus police, city police? >> no. originally i had gone to the campus police and was turned away by them. >> you were turned away by the campus police. on what grounds. >> that we were both students, it did not technically happen on campus. it was nearby. >> what happened with the perpetrator. >> nothing, they never found him. >> that in and of itself might

discourage sexual assault victim to come forward, knowing they have to possibly be retraumatized and still nothing gets resolved. >> yes. >> how do we solve this? what are we missing here as society that would prevent this or allow abuse victims to feel they could come forward? >> one of the biggest things to focus on is shifting away from victim blaming. rather than asking what was the victim wearing, what was the victim doing that night, were they drinking, we need to focus more on the rapist. we need to look at teaching people not to rape, not teaching girls not to get raped. >> this report offers solutions to that, but it's clearer that a lot of colleges have a ways to go. thanks for joining us this morning and sharing your story. >> we want to talk sports for a moment. pope against pope, pope francis from argentina, pope den detect

from germany. the vatican saying neither is likely to watch the game, because they aren't big sports fans. pope francis already saying that he won't pray for his team to win, but he has been seen sporting the argentinean jersey. >> the fashion world losing an icon. eileen ford was 92 when she died. it was her eye that introduced us to legendary faces, including martha stewart. the agency is a $40 million a year empire. >> we are talking about fashion model, one of the world's most beautiful people gracing elle, glamour and cosmopolitan. she signs spotlight on the cries back home. >> anywhere she goes, the cameras are never far behind.

one of the most successful models of the past two decades, she has walked the runway for leading design houses. the fashion word opened many doors. life wasn't always this glamorous. civil war in sudan shattered an otherwise peaceful childhood, her family forced to flee like so many other refugees, witness to the horrors of conflict. >> we were forced to leave our home with thousands of other locals in the small town to just literally walk toward the for you, seek safety, also going to fetch water at the pump where we normally get clean water, would start smelling, seeing dead bodies and people disappearing, my neighbors. it was really terrifying as a young person. >> the family was able to escape the violence, but her father fell ill and died, never making

it out of sudan. decades later, the world's youngest nation, south sudan is crumbling back to a dark part, marred by war. >> it's very sad, breaks my heart, because it really brings it home and i still have family there, too. >> she remembers the days as a former refugee, wearing the title as a proud badge of honor. >> i wouldn't be where i am if i wasn't a refugee once. it's given me a lot of strength. it's given me a different outlook in life, and education has given me a platform to be able to make certain decisions. >> that connection to her homeland pulled her back to south sudan as a good will ambassador to the u.n. it was a bittersweet homecoming. >> it was very emotional, because it wasn't just going home, it was bringing memories back. it was very overwhelming. >> the current conflict in south sudan that ha created a massive

humanitarian crisis. the statistics are staggering. >> since violence erupted in december last year, has created an exodus of 1.5 million internally displaced persons to date. 400,000 plus people have become refugees again in a neighboring country. >> she continues to crusade, embracing a cause close to her heart, education. >> nobody can take your mind away, and your mind is your freedom. i think that the direction for the younger generation, if you don't want to get that hand out but want that human being to fend for themselves. >> she is now using the cat walk to shine the spotlight on refugee rights, giving hope a nation that desperately needs it. >> what a great example of beauty on the inside and out. she has been chosen for a new ad campaign by the major british

department store. >> she will serve them well. >> let's look at weather we might see across the country today. >> meteorologist nick mitch is back. >> i'm going overseas and it will relate back to our weather here. that former typhoon that kind of is falling apart now and last advisory written on it, strong enough to impact the jetstream. it will enhance us seeing cold air in the midwest next week. those patterns do cause an impact. we are watching a tropical storm in this part of the world that next week could impact the philippines. we have another system moving through the next couple days, watch for strong storms and definitely more of that heavy rain. >> thank you very much. >> coming up this weekend on aljazeera america, more extensive coverage on the debate over immigration. >> we're going to talk about to alberto gonzalez to talk about the politics and policies behind

the outrage and to offer his thoughts on what the white house can do to fix the problem of undocumented immigrants coming into the u.s.

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