>> snoo this is al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. israel launches more air strikes on morne gaza as the -- northern gaza as the death toll keeps rising. secretary of state john kerry is in austria hoping to solve stalled nuclear talks with iran. a two year drought in california has the states going to court for water. and a live look from berlin. german soccer fans celebrate as

they win the world cup. good to have you with us. we begin with the crisis between israel and gaza. it is monday morning, the 7th day of the latest condemrilent. israeli -- conflict. israeli ministry is launching for rockets and they are firing into israel. in gaza, tens of thousands of palestinians are fleeing their homes in search of safety, many of them are taking refuge in local schools. since israel launched its military campaign on tuesday, 890 rockets have been fired into israel. 172 intercepted by israel's iron dome. israel launched at least 1400 air strikes into gaza. the

casualties are staggering. at least 170 people have been killed, 32 of the dead are children. in more than 1,100 others have been injured. sunday alone 17 palestinians died as a result of israel's air strikes. on the israeli side there have been no deaths from palestinian rockets. six soldiers and 13 civilians have been injured. let's go to helped for the latest. >> it's been a heavy night of air strikes. recent strikes hitting the south, the center and the east of the gaza strip in rafa on the egyptian border and other areas. the cas uties have rich to 17 -- casualties have risen to 17, the number killed not including 18 members of this family on an attack on the police chief's home in gaza. we have seen a number of rocket

attacks come out of the horizon, and the air strikes continued through the night. there's usually a lull. there has been somewhat of one, but not as usual. this has been heavy, and we have heard heavy bombs and badderies from sea. that is the situation with air strikes, but the real concern people are worried about is a ground strike. we are told some palestinians are leaving the border areas. what is happening there? >> there are leaflets being distributed, this is what they look like, they urge people to get out of the area explaining that there'll be a powerful operation, they'll tart rocket launch -- targetting rocket launches and say if you stay you stay at your own risk. this is a dropped leaf the by israeli planes, and warns people

to get out of the area on the border and tells them routes to take so as not to be attacked. that drove thousands into the center of gaza city. it is not ready to accommodate that number of people. this campaign just keeps intensifying, it is intensified on both sides with little sign of ending. now the quayses tells us -- united nations tells us there could humanitarian crisis with thousands rushing to the interecenter of a renaling jan that cannot -- region that cannot cope with them. >> set the scene for us. >> we hear the pops and booms along the sky line. some of the shots along the sea shore have been attacked heavily from navy ships. increasingly the targets that are hit has anything to do with hamas. it was the police chief's home.

there was the police academy, police headquarters. i was at a police station earlier when there was nothing left but smoking embers from last night's attack. it is attacks on the homes that upset people. there has been women and children killed. the israelis warned people with phone calls and warning rockets on the roof. we see that has, indeed, happened. in some cases locals tell us there was no warning, and one doubt that there was a warning among the 18 people who were killed last night in that attack on the gaza police chief's home. that is what is really having people upset. people are talking about major civilian casualties, and the accusation here in gaza is that that is not allowed under international law. >> so many people living in fear. helped in gaza. be safe. thank you. hundreds of foreign

nationals and palestinians with dual nationally are being escorted out of gaza. nick schifrin met with some and september in this report. >> reporter: many people describe this as a prison. they can't leave because the israeli wall or the border with egypt that is closed or the mediterranean sea and the naval blockade that israel has out there. this morning there were a few people, very few people, able to leaf and they seized the opportunity. >> if you're lucky to have a foreign passport, the one-way bus left at dawn. hundreds of dual nationals escaping, hundreds of americans leaving. >> you feel afraid, that something will hit you at any moment. >> this man lives in new jersey. he was visiting family. they life in a neighbourhood that was bombarded. that was a few blocks from where he stayed with his 14-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter.

can you tell me what you heard? she's too traumatised to answer. ooep with coaching from dad -- even with coaching from dad. >> she is really - was very, very scared. >> when your kids ask you what is happening, what do you tell them? >> to be honest, it sounded like a joke to me. i tell them it's raping, don't be scared, it's raining. inside of me i'm scared. >> this man was here visiting family. he lived in florida for 17 years, he's as shaken up as his kids. >> we live in a community, we rarely see anything. but we hear. hearing it is the most fear you can get. this is what they heard last night. >> i'm glad i'm safe, and my kids. >> reporter: were you worried that you might not be? >> yes.

yes. we most afraid for our kids. >> reporter: and how do you feel right now? >> i'm so glad we are leaving, to be honest. . >> reporter: his son provides some support. >> just this morning before we left there was an air strike down the street. >> 22-year-old and 18-year-old girls love their extended family here. they have seen too much war. >> we think of ourselves as experts. we know the difference wean what the navy shelling sounds like, what an f-16 sounds like or an apache sounds like, and it's not something i ever wanted to know the difference between. >> or wanted to much.

>> the u.s. ex-courts the buses. the -- escorts the becauses. the drive is 30 minutes. after a weight, the only thing between them and freedom is a mile and a half-long tunnel. >> how do you feel? >> we hope to get through fast. we are ready to be ham. very ready to be home. >> i'm so glad. glad i'm going home. you know. it's peace. peaceful. >> they can leave. 1.8 million gazzans can't. 149 americans or palestinian-americans left and in total 500-600 dual or foreign nationals will leave by the end of the day, desperate to escape the violence and relieved once they saw the other side. >> nick schifrin reporting. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is defending israel's operation in gaza. he wept on men television -- wept on american television saying the operation could talk

a long time. >> our goal is to achieve sustainable quiet and security for our people. we are doing that by degrading hamas and other terror capabilities. i'm not going to say now how and when this goal will be achieved. whether by diplomatic or military means, but that goal has to be achieved. >> israel is alert for rocket fire from gaza. residents cover as warning sire eps rang out in tel aviv. four troops were killed in an attack in a rocket launch area in gaza. more on that from jerusalem and bernard smith. >> reporter: sunday morning was the first kags where we know the u.s. rail -- first occasion where we know the israeli commandos entered the gaza strip by sea, through the sea, up the beach to attack what the israeli military called a long-raping missile -- long-range missile launching site. three hamas fighters were

killed. four commandos were injured and have been treated in hospital. on sup, also the weekly -- sunday also the weekly cabinet meeting in israel. for the first time they were embargoed, and we don't know what the content of the meeting it. we are not going to be told when the details will be revealed. they had a go at iran, blaming it partly for the flare up in fighting between israel and hamas. strikes on gaza triggered protests in the middle east. in pakistan israeli and american flags were burnt. accusing the united states of fuelling israel's actions. the united nations calls on both sides to end the fighting. a spoebsman for general ban ki-moon says he is alarmed that

despite the security council's demand for a ceasefire, the situation in and around the gaza strip appears to be worsening. with grave implications for the safety of israeli and palestinian civilians. the growing crisis between israel and gaza is overshadowing talks on another issue. iran's nuclear programme. israel accuses iran of aiding fighters from hamas in gaza. we have more. >> we have been hearing from the french foreign minister and his british counterpart saying exactly the same thing - they want an immediate ceasefire in gaza. we are not hearing the same wording from the u.s. they talk about a ceasefire, but no time line for that ceasefire, suggesting that they are prepared to give the israeli military some time to continue their bombardment of gaza. what is clear here, covering the meeting that is taking place, which is supposed to be about

iran's nuclear programme and the deadline that is approaching a week away, to come up with a deal on that. the two issues on that, and gaza, are being discussed and are in some ways merging because u.s. officials tell us that they are very concerned that some of the rockets fired from gaza by hamas came from iran and suggested they'll be raising that with the iranians. secretary of state john kerry is in vienna for the nuclear talks with iranment the united states, britain, france, germany and russia and china want to restrict iran's ability to make nuclear weapons. both sides are far from agreement. >> we have significant gaps. we need to see if we can make progress. i look forward to a substantive and important set of meetings and dialogues. we obviously - this is an

important subject. it is vital to make certain that iran is not going to develop a nuclear weapon, that the programme is peaceful. >> while there secretary of state john kerry met with his german counterpart over spying allegations. germany found a u.s. spy working in the defense ministry and a foreign intelligence worker was arrested on suspicion of being a c.i.a. informant. german chancellor angela merkel doubts the u.s. will stop spying, but it will not impact joint intelligence programming of both countries. >> translation: it's not just a matter of being angry. for me it's proof that the intelligence agencies fundamentally different views. in the 21st century they should concentrate on important things. we work closely with the americans, i want that to continue. germany benefits from the cooperation when it comes to terrorism and other matters.

we do not live in a cold war period where everyone mistrusts one another. >> seven people were killed and 31 wounded at the tripoli airport. the fighting was the worst the capital city has seen. all flights have been halted from tripoli airport. it will stay closed for three days because of the security concerns. the government has been unable to control fighting between the rival groups since former leader muammar gaddafi was overtlop. the violence as they await the results of last month's presidential electionless. iraq's parliament failed to reach a consep us on the new government -- consensus on the new parliament. bad weather played a part. >> the parliamentary session that was to begin has been cancelled until tuesday. kurdish mps were not able to

make their flights because of the sand storm you see behind me. that parliamentary session postponed until tuesday. there's good news. it looks like there is agreement on the appointment of the speaker of the house. it's a key position. once they agree on the speaker of the house it kicks in a constitutional process allowing 45 days to choose the next prime minister of iraq. it has been controversial, but it looks like there is agreement that dr salem al-bajori may be the speaker of the house. we'll find out more on views when parliament meets. while this goes on, the islamic state made for gapes, taking obvious -- gapes, taking over a town 70km outside of baghdad. they blew up a brim. they are making problems for the iraqi army on pro-islamic media accounts they say there's a battle for the baiji oil

refinery waging and the islamic state have been able to take over some positions on the outskirts of that refinery. so far there's no word from the government on either of those attacks. activists report fighting between kurdish gun me and the islamic state in northern syria. consep traited in the region of cab arny. the two groups have been skirmishing since last year. fighting intensified when the self declared islamic state began to use weapons seized from government fors in iraq. >> in a new video the leader of boko haram claimed responsibility for recent attacks in the country. up to now most of the recent violence has been concentrated in the north. there are signs that it is changing. we have more from abuja. >> a clear indication by boko haram extending signals that it can and is expanding its reach. in the video, the leader of boko haram is saying he is

responsible for attacks at the heart of the capital in abuja in the key city lagos further south, sending a message to the government that they are expanding the reach beyond the north where they carried out their attacks, on june 25th, which they are claiming responsibility of, including in abuja, the bombing of the shopping plaza that killed 20, and an explosion at a fuel depot in lagos which the government said was the result of an industrial accident. >> in nigeria there's a new advocate for the group of kidnapped school girls. women's education activist malala yosafzai is in abuja. she was shot in the head by the taliban. today is malala day in honour of her visit. it's her 17th birthday and she wouldn't want to spend if any other way. >> it is my 17th birthday and last year when i celebrated it

it was in the u.n. and it was good that i went to nigeria, they are suffering and i need someone to raise their voice. i love education and i need to support them. >> on monday malala yosafzai will meet with president goodluck jonathan, and with some of the girls that escaped the attack. >> pope francis is saying that one in 50 members of the catholic clermgy are paedophiles. the numbers repeat 8 nouz priests in the church. in an arg published the pope hinted that the mandate of celibacy could be lifted in the future for freests and card analyse -- priests and card analyse. a vatican official denied that's what the pope said. >> composer lauren mosel has

died. [ ♪ music ] >> among the highlight a 2008 phil harmonic performance. he wielded the baton for many orgest recess, including the pittsburgh symphony. he died in virginia, after complications from nooum i hopia. >> -- pneumonia. >> still to come - more on the humanitarian crisis. the u.n.'s effort to reach children caught in the crossfire. the crisis in you crane - russia -- ukraine - russia claims it's reached the border. we'll take to you one of the most dangerous cities across the border on earth. @jvé

violence at home is a major reason why thousands of children are trying to dom the u.s. specifically the fear of gangs is driving the migration. the united nations reports that

nowhere is the problem worse than in honduras. paul beban filed this report. >> in honduras, el salvador, and guatemala - gangs and cartels are more powerful than governments. the carnage and chaos is driving the people out. the most dangerous place, according to a united nations report is san paid roe honduras. more than 2200 kids were caught travelling alone. 15 kids fleeing every day. i asked the people what it's like to live in the city known as the murder capital of the world? >> the fear of crime and violence here in san pedro sulea makes people afraid to go to work, fearful of opening businesses, afraid to take your kids to school. it's a place you see ugly things like bodies in pieces. waking up to a photo splashed

across the front of the newspaper - it affects you. crime and fear lead people to pack their bags and leave. >> reporter: we are driving on the outskirts of san pedro sulea, it's a dangerous part of the city. it's disputed gang territory. in the middle is a juvenile detention center where kids are serving times from homicide to rape and extortion. here we are, we'll go in the front gate. carlos, what options do kids this age have. is it either the gangs or head north. can they get jobs? are there other opportunities for the kids? >> the sad reality is the day they age out and step out the door of the facility, they'll find the same situation that put them here in the first place. >> what about the kids coming back. so many are deported from the u.s. what happens to them when they come back to honduras.

>> the future of those kids. if they have to come back, is worse. most, if not all have journeyed to jup item with fam -- unite with family in the north. they'll return to an empty house and end up in the streets. this is the autopsy room. >> reporter: is the morgue overwhelmed. can you handle the number of bodies you have to take care of here? . >> translation: there are times when during the fight there's so much crime we wake up to 20 cadd i'vers waiting to be processed and during the day there's four doctors. weekends are worse. when people are paid there's a lot of crime. it's rare. there's a few days with 25, 30 cadd i'vers. >> this is the cold room, where they store the corpses, there's 80 to 90 in there. they are stacked up. this room is full to capacity all the time. only once a month are they able to take out and bury the

unclaimed bodies. the smell is unbelievable. it's staggering. we have got to go. >> it is grizzly to think about. in the locker are the bodies of children, victims of voums in their home up to. many are teenage boys faced with the starkest of choices. join the gangs, be killed by it gangs or leave. for more on the crisis at the border i spoke with policy director for the american immigration council. i asked her what needs to happen with thousands of children entering the u.s. illegally and alone. >> you have to take a series of approaches to deal with this. the first and important thing is i think the president acknowledge that we have a humanitarian crisis and put f.e.m.a. in charge of coming up with a coordinated effort to recognise the humanitarian issues. the second approach was to ask for a $3.7 billion

supplemental increase in funding, some of which will go to care and housing of the children. some will go to providing attorneys so the children can have a day in court. a great deal going to border enforcement. not necessarily putting the funds in a place they can be effective. >> where does the responsibility fall on these countries like honduras? >> i think it's a shared responsibility, of course, the reason that these children are leaving is because there is a tremendous break down in civil society in those countries. of course there's a responsibility there. and the u.s. needs to act and use its diplomatic tools to try to encage the countries and finding ways to address their own economic and political situations leading to violence. i mean, the bottom line is we have these kids in the u.s. and we have to make sure that we are

providing them with appropriate housing and care, and that they get the appropriate adjudication to determine whether or not they should be allowed to stay. >> we invite you to stay with us. we'll look at the indepth cries assist on the border in the "the week ahead" segment. 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. next - getting aid to gaza. i spoke to a u.n. official about their concerns over the crisis. the violence that caused russia to issue a warning to the government of ukraine. water words - league at battles out west over the extended grought. - -

welcome back. here are the top stories we are tollioing. hours -- following. hours ago rockets from lebanon were fired in israel. one hit an empty field. they responded with artillery shots. deaths in gaza climb.

171 are dead. israel's prime minister says his country will use any means necessary to stop hamas's ability to launch rockets. the u.s. is housing more than 17,000 displaced palestinians in local shelters. ban ki-moon appealed for calm, calling on both sides to take immediate measures to end the fighting. >> for more on the impact, i spoke to the chief field officer for unicef in gaza. she spoke to us about the plight of the children caught in the crossfire. >> one of the biggest concerns is that chime are making up -- is that children are making up a fifth of the total fatalities and injuries amongst the casualties now. this is a high toll that children are paying. at the same time, the experience is terrifying.

there is an unpredictability and a relentlessness in terms of the barrage of air strikes and shelling. it's having a toll not only physically in terms of harming children, but on their mental distress. i have spoken to parents who were describing how their children are frightened at every souped. they are clin -- sound. they are clipping to them. they are not sleeping. some are not eating. and so this is causing tremendous profound discretion among children of all ages. >> ironside says it's the third time in less than six years that the children are experiencing these kunds of violence. -- kinds of violence. moscow say a shell fired by ukraine forces left a civilian dead on their territory.

ukraine denises targetting the border. >> reporter: as the advance of forces continues russia claims there are casualties on their side of the border. they claim a shell landed, killing one, ipp juring -- inju injurining two. it was called an aggressive attack. ukraine denies the attack. we visited an or outside of the donetsk. it was attacked on saturday. we are outside a western suburb of donetsk, where six civilians were killed. since being here in the last 90 minutes we have seen and heard incoming mortar rounds. you see the plumes of smoke over my shoulder. fire was set to nearby wheat fields. some of the separatist fighters manning the check points are expecting more. they ask not to be named.

>> translation: the situation is difficult in donetsk now. children are scared they will bear scars forever. what shall we do. we are weighing for them. it's our land. it wasn't us that came to them, they came here. >> reporter: the second day of attacks september more civilians out. >> translation: it was terrible, words can't describe the effect of my despair. i saw garages and factories burping. i was in the middle of it all. i couldn't do anything. i was shaking from fear. >> a fear spread to more people in this part of eastern ukraine as both sides refused to back down and refused to talk. >> earlier today the first president of georgia was laid to rest. he was the last soviet foreign minister. georgia's current president was on hand for the ser moby -- sare

mopey, including former secretary of state james baker. he served under michel gosha chof. he is recognised for coming up with liberalizing policies. he died on monday at the age of 86. >> the bric countries are meeting in brazil. the term was founded in 2001, referring to the economies of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa was added. they make up 45% of the world population. it's forecast they could overtake the six largest we were economies. brics announced an opening of a development bank and reserve fund by 2016 as an alternative to the west bank and international monetary found.

the cofound ir of the brics lab at columbia joins us, joining us from barcelona spain. good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> we have five major economies. brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. what do they hope to accomplish during the summit? >> i think we are witnessing what we could call brics 2.0. if, as you put from 2001 to 2013 which had bric thought of as the engine of global growth. now they are becoming more than an acronym, they are putting together a development bank, a doingensy agreement and it will bring life of its open. one thing about the summit is the new financial institution is not being called the brics bank, it's the new development bank

which i believe leaves a door open for other areas like mexico, indonesia and nigeria to join in the structure of the bank. this is all very positive for global affairs since the i.m.f. and the world bank had a hard time modernizing, bringing up to date and the international arena is interesting with a new animal. how much will the bank bring to the infrastructure party. >> the capital is a $50 billion. there's no limit to raising its capital structure. there's also the possibility for private corporations and other development banks to join in the different infrastructure projects. i understand that other others of investment such as research and development will be considered. this is a positive outcome for those nations that are considered to be the rising powers of the 21st century. >> do you think it limbing maces

the -- legitimizes the summit. some called it a talking club. >> if you compare the bric summit to the g7. they never wept beyond proto -- went beyond protocol meeting and exchanging view points on how the global economic structure works pt the brics travelled further than the g7 did. >> looking at the global partners, who has the most to gain? >> i think china has a lot of gain, not only from a perspective of a global status, becoming the second-largest economy in the world... (technical difficulties) ..in the past four years, and it needs good news, if you will, in international scope. there's an international agenda. bric may offer an important

platform. i believe russia, with all of the sanctions implemented as a result of russia's actions in the ukraine and the crimea, russia need to live many -- leave many doors open. it will try to accomplish that in the brics meeting. then you have south africa, consolidating as an african leader in the elite group of nations. >> as important as economic development issues are, do you think international affairs will be discussed at all? >> i think it will. i think it will. i believe the - as far as modernizing for example the united nations, there is going to be some element in the final statement. as you know, brazil and india want to become permanent members of the security council. russia and india - russia and china, permanent members, do not oppose it. if there's a mention there, i believe that is going be positive for the group.

i think the brics will attempt to be as politically correct as possible when it comes to thorny matters such as russia's status, vis-a-vis the ukrainian crisis. >> markus, the cofounder of the brics lab at comum bia university. thank you for joining us. hundreds gathered in washington at an anti-fracking protest. demonstrators were trghting a face ult -- targetting a facility in maryland. they are awaiting approve to export fracked gas, 1700 cubic feet. protesters say it will increase change where the pipe lines are built. rebecca stevenson with the forecast. >> a lot of energy outside. a line of showers and thunder storms stretching across the north-east into the mid west. that is going to bring the participation of severe weather into parts of the ohio and mississippi valley. there's other ways.

we look to the west. the big story is temperatures. 83 in seattle. keep in mind seattle this time of year, around low to mid '70s for a day time high. here you are bearing out the brument of heat -- brunt of heat that is enough. it's so far above normal there's a stretch of temperatures low to mid 80s, for the next 2-3 days. phoenix 10 #. we look at temperatures. new york 78. cooler air working to minneapolis. look at the north-west. when we should be heating up, we have dropped 18 degrees cooler in portland. the reason is thunder storms, big concern here because of the lightening and storms. hot, dry areas with erratic winds. wildfires in the north-west causing spreading of the wildfires. we have evacuations in place. parts of washington, which is in

central washington. there's a lot of smoke in the air. temperatures around 90 or so, working their way up to 108, it will not be comfortable as they deal with that. the big focus will be in the upper midwest where the cooler air is coming in. by the time we get to the middle part of the week, the cool air dropping temperatures 15-20 below normal interacts with the warm air to the east. that will cause storms. look for them around st. louis to nashville. the line is heading towards many areas now. we'll expect tomorrow for the storms to continue to head further south and east. once again we'llwith thunder storms. people we are watching out for lightening and wind in the east. >> despite the rain this we see, a lot of areas are dry. let's talk about that.

it's been two years since more than 1,000 countries spread over 26 states were declared natural disaster areas. it was a result of what was the worst drought in the u.s. in 26 years. the situation in some areas eyed up,the state of california is suffering. we look at the impact on farmers. >> diane friend inspects the wheat field on her # hup acre form -- 600 acre farm passed down to her by her father. >> it grabs you down deep and - you're making me cry - but when you see the soil and touch it and know that it may not be here for your next generation of family, that is big. >> reporter: she says she had hoped to plant punish tashio trees this season. without water she'll postpone

the plans. >> this was an orchard that was abandoned. >> reporter: friend is a director of the county form bureau and spent many afternoons assessing the effect of the drought. >> it will be dry like this all year. >> reporter: she stakes us to stopland -- takes us to stoneland farms. they have let land fallow because they don't have enough water. >> we are not spending money on growing the crops, because we don't have the water. everywhere else is affected. >> reporter: the farm is taking on few workers, smaller harvests means fewer migrant workers and higher unemployment in a depressed reason. >> i need water. without water there's no jobs. the water is important to keep it up. for people in the fields. they work but there's no water, no jobs. >> reporter: to properly understand the knack it's important to -- impact it's apparent to know the central valley had dry conditions for a few years.

the drought turned a bad situation worse. we met dan short as he unloaded food at a distribution center. his organization expects to give away 10 million pounds of food this year. california one of the bread baskets of the world is unable to feed itself. >> it's heart-breaking. and you are like i'm feeding the guys that grow the food. >> according to the california farm water coalition, the central valley could lose 2.2 million that year because of the drought. some farmers will go bankrupt. >> i heart the other day say what will i do, what will i become. the peach here tell us farming is not a job. it doesn't at five. it's not a small business. it's a lifestyle, culture. if if disappears, you are left with nothing. the drought is leaving states to fight over scarce

supplies of water. one example is the court fight between texas and new mexico. the area has been in drought for four years, forcing farmers to take measures to survive. we have this report. >> reporter: water in the desert. it's our source of living. >> reporter: and it's vanishing. the land was lush and green when this man's father start a texas farm 30 years ago. >> the flats from the river brought a lot of good soil to it. after four years of drought, it's a wasteland. two-thirds of the land is useless. >> and the dream of becoming a premiere producer of organic land is crumbling as the soil. >> seeing it like this - what does that do to you? >> it hurts.

farms get 100% of irrigation from rio grand. it would be above my head. now it's a trickle. nature is only partly to blame. the splauption can be found 100 miles upstream in new mexico. farmers here depend on the rio grand and they have a distinct advantage. considering the drought third-generation new mexican farmer ken holbrook uses water pumped from the wells to irrigate his peckan trees. >> these trees are pumped. these get nothing but pump water. >> but hydrogeologists say the new mexican wells are drying out the aquifer under the rio grand, causing the riverbed to soak up

watered from the reservoir. most of the reservoir is intpded for farmers in -- intended for formers in texas. a 2013 study by the irrigation district found less than 40% is reaching the state line. new mexican farmers pumped out 78 billion gallons of well water last year. >> i hope that they understand that we are here and need the water. >> holbrook defends his wells. without them, eade lose his farm too. >> we have water right. when we bought the farm we bought the water right. >> you don't have the right because it's your land to dig as many wells as you want and dry up the water for the rest of the farmers downstream. >> reporter: texas is suing new mexico before the u.s. supreme court citing the violation of a 76-year-old water sharing agreement between the states.

new mexico says the agreement doesn't cover private wells and holbrook agrees. >> texas have been after our water for 30 years. >> as the worst drought in the region's history conditions, the wells in new mexico are going dry. in texas the desert is reclaiming the farms. >> have you accepted the very realistic likelihood that you could lose the farm? >> no. definitely not. no. no. no. no. we are so attached. it's our way of living. >> unless more water flows from the river or falls from the sky, the loss of a way of life is on the horizon. next on al jazeera america - world champion - the dramatic finish to brazil 2014, and the

big party that's under way for fans in germany. and behind schedule and over bchbility. we -- budget, we look at the problems facing the 2018 world cup in russia.

life... >> killing the messenger on al jazeera america [ ♪ theme ] look at the crowd right there. the party is on in germany. this is a live look at berlin, the crowd will be there for some time. the germans are world champions after a drama-filled world cup final. it was a marquee time between two soccer powers of the world cup, germany taking on argentina at maracana stadium. ross shimabuku joins us with the

highlights. >> germany establishing dominance, they'll party all night long. you can argue the best team in germany versed the best player in lionel messi. it's the first time germany and argentina made the final. it was a physical match-up. who said soccer was not a contact sport. christoph kramer was levelled. kramer, believe it or not, came back. he would leave the match with a concussi concussion. and a whack in the head. nasty hits. scoreless in regulation. we were headed to extra time. both had their chances. in the 113th minute germany on the attack. check out the finish by goetze. coming off the bench, working his magic off the chest. let the celebration win.

germany won 1-0. it's the fourth world cup title, the first since 1990. germany made history becoming the first european team to win the world cup. nick spicer watched the match in berlin. >> the game ended. germany is world champion. the fans burst into applause. tears in some cases much the partying has begun. this is the first time germany won since 1990, when it played as west germany. this is the first victory for the new reunified germany, the fourth world cup victory for a nation that, is its safe to say -- it is safe to say, is generally football mad and now is more so. the partying is ongoing, and it's not going to stop until well into tuesday, perhaps later in the week. tuesday is when the team returns

here to berlin, when we are expecting hundreds of thousands to come out and celebrate the victory with the team. >> nick spicer reporting from berlin. they'll party all night long. 24 long years since they last won a world cup. >> what do we do now? >> wait for the n.f.l. football season. >> brazil's world cup ended. there are concerns the next world cup is behind schedule. we look ahead to russia 2018.

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of architect and -- minds of architects and designers. work has not starred on the site. it's a peninsula of grass and scrub. regional sports minister walked me through the waste ground. he is confident the stadium can be completed on time. it was needed and the people are delighted, he said. there were national celebrations when they were awarded the world cup in 2010. vladimir putin aware of the work ahead. four years later the coast overruns are rising and construction work is falling behind. russia's world cup dream is above budget and behind schedule. only three out of the 12 stadium needed to host the games are close to completion. work has not started on the other. average cost of the stadiums is now $577 million appease, 50% more than those in brazil. the projected costs of the individual russian stadiums in 2010 has overrun. in some cases by over 200%.

the basic cost of hosting the world cup was estimated at $20 billion last year, twice the time cost of brazil's world cup. it's ammunition to the critics of an expensive stadium, people like boris. >> this is like plastic spoon or plate. this is one of time use stadium. that's it. nobody uses it in the future. >> reporter: what about the football. new blood is badly needed. championship match between the youth teems from the premier league. russia never got past the first statement in brazil. hopes for the national team in 2018 rests with the young. the clock is up aring and russia has four -- clock is running and russia has four years. endless series of allegations involving the russian government after the socchi olympics and the russian football league.

vladimir putin has the people on his side. this is a nation of football fanatics, all passionate about what they regard as their world cup. all determined to make it happen. that'll do it for this hour. i'm thomas drayton in new york. we leave you with another look at berlin where fans are celebrating germany taking the world cup. >> on "america tonight": the weekend edition. a critical health alert for millions of american women. a routine surgical procedure, 100,000 women have it each year. and a warning: that it could spread cancer. >> the magnitude of this is not small. this is probably going to be a global epidemic, stage 4