>> tomorrow, a life saving new drug... >> it blocks hiv from reproducing >> but some gay activists are opposed >> there's a potential the risk of infection increases... >> an america tonight special report only on al jazeera america > in is aljazeera.com. i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories of this hour. bracing for more destruction. rocket attack continues. gaza and israel offers to mediate a ceasefire is ignored. >> we have made some important headway in removing some of the misconceptions. >> iran sees progress at nuclear talks, but iran and five other

world powers are optimistic. german fans partied from brazil to berlin. they become the world cup champions. in "the week ahead" - what is being done to help end the crisis. [ siren ] sirens over israel warning residents to take shelteder. footage from hamas reportedly showing rockets launched at israel. rockets hit as far as tel aviv. in gaza the israeli bombing campaign is in its seventh day. the military is escalating its strike over the palestinian territory. you are been to look live.

it is just after 6 o'clock monday morning in the gaza strip. the crisis is escalating leading to more casualties. israel on one side and islamic jihad on the others continue to ignore international appeals to end the violence. israel warned thousands of people to leave their homes. sunday there was threats to the north of the early rockets from lebanon were fired into the country. israel responded by firing artillery into lebanon. since launching a military campaign in gaza, 890 rocket have been fired into israel. 172 were intercepted by the iron dome. israel launched 1400 air strikes into gaza. the casualties there are staggering. 172 have been killed. 32 are children.

1,200 others have been injured. on sunday, 17 palestinians died vault of israel's air strikes. on the israeli side there has been no depths. al jazeera's helped is in gaza with the latest. >> reporter: funeral processions are as common here as the pops and booms on the sky line. what is less common is the number of the dead - 18 men, women and children, all members of one family, killed in a single deadliest strike yet in this military campaign. the israeli attack that struck their home, was aimed at the police chief - in critical condition. the survivors were not military operatives. the police chief was not either. he just kept the piece.

>> translation: what happened here was an earthquake. it's a war crime. it didn't use to happen like this. they killed a pregnant woman, an unborn child. what can we say about people like that. gazans say civilian targets are being struck - many are affiliated with hamas. many do not have anything to do with rocket launchers. these are the still-smoking embers of what was a palestinian police station. the israeli police station seems to hit anything run by hamas. you can see the uniforms and kneepads left over. after the human losses are tallied, the palestinian authority will have to rebuild an entire infrastructure. there's the rising number of strikes on the homes of hamas members, sites called military operational centers. often the israeli give a warping call. palestinians say not always. when they don't the dead often

include the families of those targeted. islamic jihad is a group firing rockets, with members killed by israeli strikes. their leader wants egypt to mediate the ceasefire. >> translation: this aggression cannot continue. there needs to be an egyptian voice to stop the enemy. >> reporter: with gazans bracing for a ground war, many are worried unless there's a ceasefire there'll be an invasion of israeli troops on gazan soil. today israel's binyamin netanyahu defended the operations, saying it could take a long time. >> our goal is to achieve sustainable quite and security for our people. we are doing that by degrading hamas and other terror

capabilities. i will not say how and when that goal will be achieved, whether by diplomatic and military means, but that goal has to be achieved. >> israel is on alert. warning sirens rang out in tel aviv on sunday. bernard smith has more on that from jerusalem. >> reporter: sunday morning was the first occasion we know about where the israeli military entered gaza on the ground. according to gazan commandos entering the gaza strip by sea, and going up the beach, attacking what the israeli military called a long-raping missile launching site. they said three hamas fighters were killed in this assault, and the four israeli commanders were injured and were treated in hospital. on sunday the weekly cabinet

meeting in israel. for the first time the conthe tent held, embargoed. we don't know what the content is. we don't know what the details of that meeting - when it will be revealed. binyamin netanyahu took the opportunity before the meeting to have a go at old enemy iran and blame for a flare-up of fighting between israel and hamas. in the west bank, there has been a number of protests in support of gaza. people have not been going out in large numbers. for gazans living in the west bank, life for the past book has been anything but normal. every day heart and minds were with the family under israeli bombardment.

this is one of many skype sessions. she hasn't been able to sleep at night. >> she said the neighbourhood looks like it was hit by an earthquake or tsunami. i was thinking if it was a tsunami, the international community will need to move faster to save innocent lives. they joined a rally in ramallah to express solidarity. they and hundreds of protesters say that's the least they could do. >> reporter: there's a sense of helplessness here. palestinians feel there is not much they can do to stop the carnage in gaza. but there have been angry protests marred by violence.

hundreds of palestinians have been injured in skirmishes with the israeli army. the palestinian authority tried to contain protests. it didn't want the west bank dragged into violence. many agree an escalation is imminent. >> israelis retaliate with bullets and palestinians are killed for nothing. we showed solidarity. >> this is why palestinian cans try to go about their daily lives normally. many showed up to watch the world cup final. but stressed that doesn't mean gaza. >> we have been oppressed not for weeks, but decades. we have to do something to change the routine. they say the israeli occupation

left their hands tied, and they are looking for normalcy and hope some day their compatry yachts will have that too. >> the united nations is calling on both sides will end the fighting. a spokesperson for ban ki-moon says he hoped despite the bans cleared for ceasefire, the situation in and around gaza strip appears to be worsening. the growing crisis between israel and gaza is overshadowing talks. israel accuses rain of aiding fighters in gaza. james bays has more. >> reporter: foreign ministers arriving for a meeting for talks on the nuclear programme. a week left from a deadline. there was another pressing issue

on the agenda. >> translation: the absolute priority according to the french foreign minister, an immediate ceasefire. >> it's an opportunity to talk about the situation in the middle east and the violence in gaza. >> reporter: in between his meetings with britain's william hague and foreign ministers, secretary hague placed a phone call to binyamin netanyahu, informing him that he defended his right to defend himself, and but spoke about a ceasefire. the key difference appears to be one word. the u.s. are talking about a ceasefire, but not an immediate ceasefire, seems they are prepared to give the israeli military more time for the bombardment of gaza. negotiations with the iran nuclear programme, according to some diplomats would be useful.

those talks were linked to the situation in gaza. >> translation: i'm asking them to remind them that the run in hamas, the one training hamas and islamic jihad is iran. it is crucial that iran does not meet the ability to produce a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: john kerry after his meeting, and u.s. officials said iran's support for hamas would be discussed here. as you saw, secretary of state john kerry is in vienna for the nuclear talks with iran. britain, france, germany, russia - they want to restrict an ability. secretary of state john kerry said both sides are far from an agreement. >> they have significant gaps. we need to see if they can make

progress. i look forward to 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. >> secretary of state john kerry met with the jeman foreign minister over the issue of u.s. spying mission. a foreign intelligence worker in germany was arrested on suspicion of being a c.i.a. informant. german chancellor angela merkel said she doubts the u.s. will stop spying but it won't stop the foreign intelligence gatherings. >> it's not a matter of being angry, it's proof that intelligence agencies have different fews. they should concentrate on important things.

we work closely with the americans. i want that to continue. germany benefits from the cooperation. we do not live in a cold war period when everyone distrusts one another. the united nations is evacuating militia. at least seven were killed and 36 wounded. it is the worst fighting the capital city would see. the airport itself is shut down because of security concerns. the government has been unable to control rival groups. the violence comes as the country awaits the results of last month's parliamentary elections. ist the group called the islamic state, is claims to have taken the town. they claim to be fighting for control of the baiji oil

refinery. the government has not confirmed the flying. many see the conflict as sunni against nouri al-maliki and shia for him. it's not quite that simple. . >> reporter: this is one of the iran's well-known shia figures. he's controversial. that's because of how inclusive his message is. like others, he called on his followers to take up arms, fighting government forces in the north. sunnis and shi'as should unite to get rid of the problems - nouri al-maliki. >> translation: following ali al-sistani's decree that shia's must wage war, there was an attempt to add the name to that

call. he rejected this, saying he will never support a decision. to do so would send iraq into a deadly war. >> reporter: that's a dangerous position to take. on july the 1st, roquey forces stormed the home in the office compound. his followers were beaten, tortured and killed. in this video of the attack soldiers mocked this man. where is your imam now, they taupt. opposition to prime minister nouri al-maliki is portrayed at sectarian. pitched against nouri al-maliki's support base. however, for many in iraq, particularly among shias, the sectarian divide came about as a result of problems and is not the reason behind them.

strmpingts ali al-sistani believes that iraq's problems are not sectarian. just as there are sunnis, there are shia who oppose the government. they are brought subdivision and death to iraq. until a few days ago. this was the deputy governor. >> translation: through the past year in office, it became clear that nouri al-maliki's government was killing the people. as a politician i cannot be part of a government that kills its own people, or used to make our people suffer. >> he is in hiding following the destruction of his home. his followers belief this is outrage ours, and they say what he needs most more than ever is a leader that pulls for team

work. tensions are rising in eastern ukraine. russia is accusing ukraine of firing across the border and causing casualties, moscow says one of its citizens was killed. scott heidler reports from eastern ukraine. >> as the advance of the ukranian forces conditions, russia claims there are civilian casualties op their side of the border. a shell landed in the building, killing one man, injuring two. the russian foreign ministry called it an aggressive act and it will be dealt with accordingly. the attack was denied. we visited an or outside donetsk. the heart of the separatist movement. it was attacked on saturday. >> this is a we were suburb of donetsk, where six civilians were killed saturday. since being here in the last 90 minutes, we have seen and heard incoming more tar round.

you can see the plumes over my shoulder. >> fire was set to nearby wheat fields. some of the fighters in the area are expecting more. they ask not to be named. >> translation: the situation is difficult in donetsk. children are scared they will bear scars forever. what shall we do? we are waiting for them, it's our land. it wasn't us who came to them, they came here. the second day of attacks september more. it was terrible. words can't deny respect. i saw garages and factories burning. i saw buildings disturbed. i couldn't do it all. >> a fear that will spread to more people as both sides in the

conflict refuse to back down or talk. following a developing story, a plane has been forced to make an emergency landing. air flight 144 touched down, half an hour after leaving for mumbai. a speaks authority told al jazeera that the pilot flying the flame, a boeing 777 reported seeing smoke multiple tyres blowing out during the landing. there's no reports of injuries. the cause of the engine fire is under investigation. >> still ahead on al jazeera. what to do about tens of thousands of undocumented children crossing into the u.s. next - we look at how leaders south of the border are trying to tackle the problem. it is our sunday segment "the week ahead".

plus, we take you to berlin where fans celebrated a world cup win for the first time in a long time.

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[ ♪ theme ] what a site. a big celebration in rio de janeiro, as the new world cup champions are crowned. fireworks lit up the sky to honour germany's victory over argentina. on the streets of berlin, where it's just after 5am, the party continues, and why not. soccer fans besides themselves, as the team brings home the world cup for the first time in 24 years. it's been a month of breath taking action in world cup 2014. we have seen close finishes, penalty kicks going down to the

wire. the final delivered more drama. ross shimabuku has the highlights. >> germany establishing dom nants once again and they made history. you could argue that you had the best team. >> dig this, an estimated 800 million tuned in watching the final. so buckle up. this was a physical match-up. who says soccer is not a contact sport. kramer was levelled. he came back, but left with a concussion. we have seen nasty head injuries, and they continued in the final. this match scoreless in regulation, so we would head into extra time. both had their chances but in the 113th minute, germany on the attack, check out the finish by mario goete, he worked his

magic. germany go on to win 1-0, the fourth world cup title, the first since 1990. making history by becoming the first european team. with the victory germany joined italy. only brazil had more with five. >> ross shimabuku. it's the first time a unified germany celebrated a win. nick spicer watched the game at the brandenburg gate in berlin. the victory lit up the sky. it lifted the hearts of a nation. but there was a lot of angst. extra time. then the one goal of the game, the only one germany needed. when it was over many fans swore they were never in doubt.

a victory for a team and country. people are wary of showing too much national pride. not here. not now. not on this night. >> i'm so proud to be german. i'm so proud to be german. >> we'll party into the night in berlin, and well into the next day and week. on tuesday, the victoriaious team will be back in the capital on this fan mile, hundreds of thousands of supporters are expected to turn out. to celebrate the first victory of the reunified germany, the last victory was by west germany. this is a feel good moment that

people want to be a part of. over in argentina people ran afoul of police officers in buenos aires. riot place used tear gas and water canons to disperse crowds. this, in fact - you are looking at live pictures. it happened hours after thousands gathered and peacefully watched the match against germany as police took action. we understand a group of young people hurled rocks. eight police officers were injured in that violence. a number of people were detained as we look add live images of the people there acting up in argentina. fans running afoul of police officers. we'll keep monitoring the situation. in rio disappointed argentina fans streamed out of the maracana after the match. we were there. >> reporter: here at the fan

zone in copacabana beach it was packed. behind me there was more than 20,000 that watched the game. i would say 90 to 95% were argentines. obviously when the match ended they flooded out. they were sat. it was quite, quite scene as compared to earlier in the match when they were jeering, singing and what have you. outside of the fan zone there were tens of thousands of people, mostly argentines as well. they were cheering most of the game, but at the end were sad as well. now, for brazil the world cup ends. brazil, i can tell you is happy with how the organization of the world cup went. in the end i can tell you government officials are stead that they put on a good tournament from all of their stand point. i will say the party will go late into the night in rio de janeiro. the argentina fans, had they

left, they were sat bud cheering the national team. thousands of germany fans as well. the party will go late into the night in rio. thousands of undocumented children stream across the u.s.-mexican border. coming up next in "the week ahead" - what is being done to help solve the humanitarian crisis. >> we have a forecast with quite a few thunder storms. some coming in hot weather, bringing dangerous lightening. i'll show you where that happens now - next.

welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are following - the israeli military is pounding gaza with ai strikes. the death toll is climbing. neither hamas for his rail are heeding calls to -- israel are heeding calls to stop the violence. israel says his country will use any means necessary to stop

hamas's ability to launch rockets. secretary of state john kerry is in vienna for talks over the nuclear programme. world powers want to restrict an ability to make nuclear weapons, both sides are far from a deal. iran and the u.s. are trying to meet a final agreement by july the 20th. celebrations into the early morning hours. thousands watched as the german national team won the world cup final. the win came in dramatic fashion. mario goetze came on as a substitute. he did not disappoint. the finish gave germany their fourth world cup title. it is sunday night and time for a regular look. washington is struggling to come up with a plan to solve the humanitarian crisis of thousands

of children crossing the border. >> reporter: almost 60,000 unaccompanied and undocumented children from central america entered the u.s. a major reason - violence spreading in honduras, guatemala, and el salvador. a 17-year-old making the adjourny has a warning for parents. >> translation: i would advise people not to do this. >> reporter: the situation has become so dire, law makers south of the border are addressing the crisis. leaders recently met. mexico reiterates the decision to collaborate with the countries in the region, repatry kags and tackling the problems.

>> reporter: mexico shares a border, most unguarded. human traffickers use to to advantage. parties pay between $2,000-$4,000 to smuggle their children. >> i am sure we'll double our erts so as to -- efforts so as to guarantee the protection of our students. better security may be the first step. mexican roman catholic bishop works to host migrant children. the bad economy and increased gang violence was a route cause of migration. >> translation: now the results are affecting incident children. they are travelling in an inhumane way. this would continue growing, unless we stop the butchering of an international system. >> reporter: trying to stem the flow, president obama is sending a clear message. their parents need to know that this is a dangerous situation,

and it is unlikely that their children will be able to stay. >> reporter: a message that may not be served. attending the conference in washington, it was said that life is so tough, it was worth the risk. >> translation: when there's no work, no sources of work, what can a person do. they can't sit around with their arms crossed waiting for death. with no plan in place, hundreds of unaccompanied children arriving in the u.s. there was a sense of desperation as courtenay mentioned the journey is a dangerous one, last week the president agreed to make it safer and legal to pass through guatemala and mexico to the united states. it doesn't take into account

dozens. a governors association meeting was attended in nashville. state leaders want help to host the migrant children. the vatican discussed the issue with officials. including el salvador and honduras. they talk about protection for the migrants and protocols for the ones recorded. they are a senior application officer. the office of the u.n. high commissioner for refugees. paul beban was in honduras talking to people about what they are willing to risk, their lives to travel to the u.s. we asked how dire the situation is. i don't think it can be overstated. when president obama is talking about the likelihood that these kids will be sent back, the

parents and children are looking for any window, a chance to get away from where we are. san pedro sulu where we did the majority is the most dangerous city in the world. it is more dangerous to be in that city than iraq. i haven't reported from war zones, i'm not going to say it's a war zone, but it feels like a place in utter chaos. the state can't protect their own people. the police are as corrupt as the gangs and the drug cartels, who are running the country, the size of tennessee. half the cocaine that enters the u.s. passes through the country. >> when we reviewed the stories na 404 people shared, we identified almost 60% - 58% of

that presented strong indicators or a need for international protection. what that means for us is that they need to have their day to share stories. >> i want to go over statistics, troubling statistics. between object and may, more than 57,000 children were caught along the border. the majority came from el salvador. more than 13,000 honduras children were taken into custody. it was more than a 12-00% increase. increases of 700%, while mexico as the largest source of undocumented migrants to the u.s. the numbers taken into custody fell by 28% over the same period.

are the parents misinterpreting the law. >> there's understanding. but what it boils down to was a reported backlog. there's 376,000 cases waiting, and there's more than 500 day wait. if you are a child, a 15-year-old who arrives at the border, taken into custody and you have an undocumented father or mother or some other relative you'll be processed and released into the custody of that parent for at least a year and a half. for any family in honduras, that's a win. that's a safer year and a half in ta child's -- this that child adds life than they would have spent at home. most of the people i spoke to, whether they misunderstood the policy were not concerned about the time, they wanted to get the children out now. >> do parents understand u.s. law, and a further question. do you think the central american government understands u.s. law?

>> when we interviewed 404 children, only four, four out of 404 children expressed any knowledge whatsoever of immigration policies in the united states. so what we really found here is that, yes, it is a mixed flow. there are children coming for many reasons when we talk about the context of entrenched and crushing poverty. what is clear is that violence is a strong indicator in a bisplace. pattern. >> i want to talk about whether this is a question of morality. what is the journey like. >> it's extraordinary. for some of the children we spoke to and a child we followed, living with his father in houston. say you are leaving you'll take a bus to the border to guatemala. catch another or go on foot across guatemala. once you get to mexico, most head to the freight trains that

carry people 1200 miles from central american. people fell from the trainses lose limbs and die. we saw young women raped in front of them. they have all the power, and exploiting these people along the way. the people benefitting are the cartels and the people taken advantage of are the desperate young children travelling alone or mothers travelling with children and fathers travelling with daughters. to see what the people are going through, and see the scenes we have seen in california, science, not our children, not our problem. we have to ask ourselves tough questions as a nation who we are, and who we want to be. in the face of this wave of human tie. >> ultimately, where does the

responsibility lie, central american governments, what are they doing? >> the central american governments are challenged to offer protection to their own people. it is a clear message that we received from 58% of the people that we interviewed. and there is a shared responsibility in terms of, you know, any country to protect their own citizens. in a case where citizens suffer harm and are not able to access application from the government and crossed international borders, it triggers an international framework. >> do you feel the government grasped the situation? >> speaking about being back in honduras, they can barely handle the return of people caught in mexico. >> let alone those leaving. >> exactly. it's a situation where the governments are overwhelmed by their own domestic situation. for them it's a crisis, people leaving the country and often

returned and coming back with no resources. we are talking ba large number. 57,000 unaccompanied children since october. >> absolutely. where do we find the resources or get the help from. >> let's look at the 3.7 billion that president obama requested last week. i don't have the maths, but that's one tenth of one per crept of our budget. it's real money. when we are talking about - this is an immigration crisis, it's overwhelming us. i think there's a way to address it. it's obviously complicated. the politics were diff for republicans and democrats. i come back - i think we have to ask ourselves as a nation tough questions about our historic role in central america that we played in the region, and the role we continued to play, simply by the extraordinary appetite in this country for drugs from south america, which

is what continues to destabilize the corridor of the world. >> as we watched video we see the stories. do you feel the political calculus shifted at all? >> i hope the refugee dimension of what is a mixed flow is visable because there's so much at stake. what we learnt from the children is that they fear for their lives, their freedoms, and we just hope that that dimension is made more visible. to put if into perspective, we see it as a global refugee agency. not only are we willing to help, but 52,000-57,000 over the course of six months, i think the u.s. can meet that challenge. it can be easily controlled. when we look at by comparison, there's a flow of 10,000 a day leaving syria into jordan and lebanon. it's important to keep the numbers and perspective. as the u.n. refugee agency, it's

not something we shy away from, we are not afraid of the numbers. >> where do we go from here? >> push back is the real issues. the families are fleeing chaos. there's a question about their legal designation. they are not economic migrants. they are not migrants in the sense we think of. they are refugees from a crisis. these are children that have fear of being victims of crime if returned to their home countries. according to u.s. law that means we should give them humanitarian relief. >> of course, al jazeera's paul beban reporting. >> before we wrap up. let's look at the other ept. >> on monday the united nations group on sustainable development goal. tuesday marks the eighth anniversary of twitter being released to the public.

still to come, water wars. more on the two-states fighting for its farmers. mini hope helps to save the lives of homeless dogs.

o >> welcome back. a draught is leaving states to fight over scarce supplies of water. an example is the court fight between texas and new mexico. the area has been in drought forcing farmers to take desperate measures to survive. heidi zhou-castro reports. >> reporter: water in the desert. >> it's our source of living. and it's vanishing. the lapped was lush and green when this man's father started in farm 30 years ago. >> the flats from the river brought a lot of good soil to

it. >> reporter: after four years of drought it was a waist land. two-thirds are useless. in the dream of becoming a premier producer, it is crumbible, just as the voil. seeing it like this. what does that do to you. >> it hurts. >> delgado farms gets 100% of irrigation from here, the rio grand, which normally would be above my heads. now it's a strictle. nature is -- trickle. nature is only partly to blame. the explanation can be found 100 miles upstream in new mexico. the farmers also depend on the rio grarned, but they have a -- grand, but they have a distinct advantage. during the drought third generation farmer ken holbrook uses water pumped from his well

to irrigate his peckan trees. >> these trees are pumped, getting nothing but pump water. >> reporter: but hyde row geologists say the wells are drying up the aquifer, causing the river bread to soak up water. most of this reservoir is intended for farmers in texas. a 2013 study found less than 40% of it was reaching the state line. the district says nex can farmers pumped out 78 million gallons of water. >> i hope that they understand that we are here and would need the water. >> reporter: holbrook defends his wells. without them, he would lose his farm. >> we have water rights, you

know. when we bought the farm he bout the water rites. >> no, you don't have the right. just because it's your land, you dig wealth and dry up the land from the rest of the farmers downstream. >> texas is suing new mexico, citing the violation of a 76-year-old water sharing agreement. new mexico says the agreement doesn't cover private wells and holbrook agrees. >> texas has been after water in 30 years. as the worst drought in history conditions, the wells in new mexico are going dry. >> in texas, the desert is reclaiming the farms. >> reporter: have you accepted the realistic likelihood that you could lose the farm. >> no, definitely not. >> no, no. >> we are so attached. it's a way of leaving.

unless more water flows from the river or falls from the sky, the loss of a way of life was on the horizon. we have severe storms and a heatwave to talk about. rebecca stevenson is joining us. >> it's interesting to see the east coast, west coast, dealing with the heat and humidity. let's start in the north-east. a line of thunder storms has been working through parts of pennsylvania to delaware. we have been getting heavy rainfall with the storms. that's the primary threat. it will be the amount of rain fall, there's flash flood watches in effect through the new york area as we get into tuesday especially. now, we are looking at some participation of severe thunder storms in the north-east, into the overnight through the early morning. we are also watching the pacific

north-west. there's a cluster of lightening strikes with storms moving through eastern oregon. some of these storms produce lightening with no rain fall. that could lead to a wildfire start, and we are seeing several strikes into the washington cascades where we have been tracking a large fire in the u.s. this is the mills canyon fire, and we are seeing a lot of spoke come up. it's causing air quality problem. the fire itself is south, south-west. now confined west of the columbian river. it's dry, steep. we are seeing things like the fence, that cost a lot of money. it protects lives of drivers and the lives of wildlife down the hill. things like this cost a bit. we know how the weather pays a

factor into fighting the fires. countries representing two fifth of the people on earth are meeting on tuesday. they are known as the bric countries, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa was added. it's forecast. in 30 years they could overtake the six western economies. they announced the opening of the development bank and reserve fund. as an alternative to the west bank in international monetary funds. we spoke to a founder of the brics lab. martin stepped in. >> from 2001 to 2013, we had bricks as the engines of global

growth. it was more than an acronym. they are putting together a bank, a contingency agreement. that could bring life of its own. one positive thing about the summit is that it - the new financial institution is not being called the brics bank, but the new development bank which i believe leaves a door open for other imaginations like mexico or indonesia and nigeria to join in the structure of the bank. it's positive for global affairs. the i.m.f. and the west bank have a hard time modernizing. the international arena will be interesting with a new animal. the banks initial capital could be up to $50 billion. coming up after the break, a race against time. how one artist is trying to saved sheltered dogs before it's

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an artist in kentucky is working on an intense project. it's focussed around dogs in animal shelters that are on death row. here is the story. >> i'm mark, in louisville kentucky, at the 5500 shelter dogs, the numbers of dogs put down in this country. i'm doing 10 a day. that's what i average. the promote was designed to put faces to what was going on in the shelter. they have been great companions for so many people. it touched me. i thought maybe there was something i can do, that we can do to make a difference. that's when we started this. we set up a short yip. 100 -- charity.

100%. money went to the charity. the vision is to have a museum of tragedy. every picture, they know the fate. you can see it in their eyes much the imagery changed a bit. as i would expect. after 3.5 years of painting 12 hours a day, and 4800 paintings later, it's going to morph into something different. they are individual dogs. i have thought of this as one large work. it was one large statement. what we have done with this promote and the sacrifices we made is our philanthropy, our vision. we need other people to help us out and step up. we can't do it all ourselves. i hope they look at the shelters in their own community to get the dogs adopted and fostered. if i didn't think that these works were going to change anything, i never would have

done it. the idea of putting faces to the animals is important. they won't have die in vain. maybe the one that is did die would help to save the rest. >> making a difference. i'm thomas drayton in new york. thank you for watching. >> [gunshot]. >> there's a lot of very brave