>> tonight, 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 >> israeli boots on the ground in gaza for the first time, as thousands flee trying to get out of the line of fire. >> happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remember to say turn on the light. >> a teen who survived a massacre of her entire family speaks out for the first time about what she's been through and what she's tankful for. >> two and a half years later,

raising the coast at a concordia from the coast of italy. what they may find inside. >> the world cup goes to germany. deutchland is celebrating. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. >> this morning, thousands are fleeing gaza as israel increases its air campaign in northern gaza. the fighting rages on despite calls for a ceasefire. >> overnight, more rockets flew into israel from southern lebanon. the death toll stands at 170. >> we are using missile defense to protect our civilians and they're using civilians to protect their missiles. >> palestinian president asking the u.n. for help.

>> this letter specifies that the palestinian government asks the u.n. secretary general to place the palestinian territories and the palestinian people under international protection. >> aljazeera's nick schiffron ron is live in gaza this morning. nick, what are you hearing? >> >> for the first time, we've seen drone fired by hamas into israel. the style military said it was shot down very quickly. we've seen hamas try and do that before, send an unhand aerial vehicle or drone into israel. these are for surveillance. israel has shot both down within seconds after they crossed into style air space. an offensive in northern gaza, and the people fleeing from it in panic.

>> in this conflict, the schools are now shelters and the children don't come here to study, they come here to live. more than 15,000 people from rural north gaza fled to gaza city. last night, israeli bombs light the sky. israel warned residents to leave. they feel they have no choice. each family's story is repeated a thousand times. each classroom is now a bedroom. 35-year-old woman arrived yesterday. that's her son, he's seen things that no one and no child should ever see. >> look at us and give mercy. if god gave mercy, why can't men? why us? why is this happening to us? where do you get food to feed my child? >> her 1-year-old son is

violently ill, but she has nothing to offer him. they fled so quickly they couldn't bring a single thing. they asked their neighbors for blankets and bread. >> even in the bombs don't hit our house, they'll kill is from fear, at night my children cling to me so tightly, they won't even let me go to the bathroom. >> this woman was so scared, she fled if the back of an ambulance. she's 50. her youngest daughter is three. >> we cannot return to our homes. we can't pray. we don't have water. we have no privacy to go to the bathroom, all in the million month of ramadan. my daughter gets scared when she sees her mother cry. what can i do? >> israel taxed their neighborhood because palestinian fighters use it to launch rockets. this is propaganda released by hamas. israel vow to say continue their

attacks until the rockets stop. until has happens, these families will be homeless. >> there are now 10 schools across gaza city filled with those families, as hamas continues to launch rockets into israel, the u.n. warns of a humanitarian crisis. $80 million are needed urgently, there is a big shortage in hospitals. >> let's turn to washington, randall, secretary of state john kerry says he is now ready to help broker a ceasefire in gaza. what can you tell us about the diplomatic efforts? >> all last week, the obama administration has been offering to broker a ceasefire. president obama spoke to prime minister netanyahu on thursday, secretary of state john kerry spoke to abass.

it's not certain how much power abass has. so far, neither israel nor hamas appear to be willing to cease hostilities right now. secretary of state john kerry is dealing with the iranian nuclear crisis today. perhaps there will be opportunity for back channel talks on the gaza crisis. >> today, the white house is send ago senior state department official mexico. what are they hope to go accomplish? >> that senior state department official they are sending is ambassador tom shannon, the assistant secretary of state for western hemispheric affairs to talk about mexico beefing up security to the south. they hope mexico can do whatever it can to help america stop the flood of children heading north.

>> >> it's a humanitarian crisis the white house said it needs $3.7 billion to fix. convincing congress to move on a supplemental appropriation with an august recess looming is no easy sale. >> house republicans are we are not going to write a blank check for over $4 billion. >> the obama administration is looking to other states for help. sunday, health and human services secretary headed to nashville, meeting behind closed doors with governors about housing some of the other 52,000 minors who have entered the country. with governments split on sheltering the children, other authorities are already taking action. >> the bottom line is the community doesn't want it. >> in maryland this weekend, lawmakers stopped undocumented children from being housed in a vacant army reserve building. >> the representatives from congress don't want it, the department of health and human services shouldn't be looking at

it. >> under current law, children from no one bordering countries are turned over to the department within 72 hours, often reunited with parents and relatives as their status lingers for years in a backed up court process. >> all we need to do is change the act, the traffic victims prevention act to treat these children the same way we do with canada and mexico. if you come to our country illegally, you will be sent back. >> last week, president obama stated that most of the children would be sent back home, but others in his own party on sunday were urging caution. >> we've got to be careful when we consider completely doing away with that law. these folks need a chance to go to court and argue their case. >> we have word that immigration and customs enforcement have been transferring had some of the people to other states, including massachusetts.

most of the people detained there are duties, they have not processed any children or adults who have come into the country. >> thank you very much. >> six weeks after released by the taliban, sergeant bowe bergdahl could be back on active duty today. "the new york times" said he is finished with therapy and counseling as an army hospital in san antonio and will be working at fort sam houston. bergdahl is he can specked to meet with the general investigating his 2009 disappearance in afghanistan. >> russia now warning ukraine that there will be "irreversible consequences" after a shell hit and killed a russian in a border town. forces are trying to retake part of the rebel held east. >> in day two for hammers to hammer out a deal with iran, secretary of state john kerry is said to be meeting with the iranian foreign minister. progress has been made, but the

deadline looming. word powers hope to strike a long term deal by july 20. >> three months after hundreds of school girls were cade napped in nigeria, the leader of boko haram mocking the bring back our girls social video campaign. >> >> in the video, as you can see, he taunts nigerias military and claims responsibility for that june bombing in the capitol which left 21 dead. pakistani activists in nigeria today, marking her 17t 17th birthday is meeting with the families of the missing girls to celebrate. her birthday wish is to see the girls returned. coming up, we'll hear from john campbell, the former u.n. ambassador to nigeria. >> it was a deadly deja vu in chicago this weekend, gunfire erupts in the streets for the second time in two weeks, two

dozen people were struck by bullets just a day after dozens more were shot over the fourth of july weekend and many have died. we join you from downtown chicago. two violent weekends in a row. what is being done in chicago to address this? >> the city has been putting more cops on the street, but it really doesn't seem to be stemming the violence here. for a second weekend in a row, violence rattles chicago. the first shooting happened friday evening just before community activists demanded peace, marching through a neighborhood scarred by gunfire. >> no more killing. peace! peace! >> i come out every friday night to the community sees a presence here. we want peace here and we're care. we're hopeful, but still want to make things change and we do positive things for the young

people here. >> the violence that we're facing now in america, particularly in chicago, this is our katrina. this is our katrina and how we handle it as a community as a city, state and country, how we handle this is going to be our legacy. >> powerful storms dropped more than three inches of rain on the city saturday evening, temporarily interrupting the bloodshed. there wasn't another shooting until early sunday morning. by this morning, four died and 29 others were wounded. >> save our community! >> chicago has been on edge after nine people were killed and more than 50 others wounded in shootings over the fourth of july weekend. >> put down the guns! >> on sunday, illinois governor pat quinn visited the family of

tanya gun who was killed over the weekend. >> we cannot forget the people across illinois who do the right thing have lost their lives. we've got to do something in their memory to protect the public safety. >> in just the first six months this year, the police department has confiscated 3200 firearms. the city said that is more than any other u.s. city. >> they already have a strict gun control in that city, diane, but are there new legislation that's being considered to further address the gun violence in chicago? >> yes, there was a bill that was introduced in the state senate this past spring that would ban assault rifles, assault weapons and the sale of ammunition, but it's only in the senate, so it could be months. it's unsure if that will even pass at all. >> coming up in our next half

hour, a law enforcement expert will talk about chicago's challenges and whether more extreme policing measures need to be put in place there. >> salvage crews are working to recognize the coast at a cone cord i can't. it will be towed 200 miles off the coast, where it will be scrapped. these are live images from italy. we have more on the largest salvage project in history. >> for two and a half years, this ship wreck has been an unwanted addition to the landscape. a reminder of the day in 2012 when so many people died. last september, it was hauled on to a platform to sit upright. over the next few days, it will be refloated, allowing for the ship to be towed away for scrapping. for the people, it will soon be no more than a memory. >> we will all be very happy when it goes away, for us, this is a moment of joy.

naturally, there is still the sorrow. we will never forget what happened, but the fact that the operation will be successful makes us happy. >> the operation is believed to be costing billions of dollars and is the largest maritime salvage in history. >> early they are month, the authorities released underwater footage of the vessel. the calmness of the submerged decks now belies the trauma of the moment it sank. the size of the task of refloating this wreck is clear from the damage done to its structure. >> we have been waiting for two years for this position. now the time has come, so monday, we will pick it up and move. >> the captain of the costa concordia is on trial for causing a ship wreck and abandoning ship. he denies the charges. some environmental groups expressed concerns that salvaging the vessel could

damage the eco systems here. the people just want it gone. aljazeera. >> 32 people were killed when it cop sized over the island just two years ago. >> it was a rough weather weekend across the country. >> there could be even more severe weather out there today. our meteorologist ebony dionne joins us now. >> already storms firing up and we're watching the same areas that dealt with the active area yesterday. the severe weather threat is further east today, parents of the lower mississippi valley into parts of indiana and ohio and the new york city area, as well as d.c. i want to take you back into ohio. just yesterday, we have video of very strong winds that actually tipped this trailer over. wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour, there were reports of several trees down, even a camp their rolled over.

one person actually injured because they were inside of that camper. today, more of the same is expected. that's going to hamper clean up efforts there with mainly a wind event yesterday, today is more of the same. as far as the rain coming down this morning, we're seeing heavy rain out of southeastern areas of missouri pushing new western kentucky. it's all right along this frontal boundary that will also be responsible for a big cool down in parts of the midwest. in advance that have front, we have warm moist air that will help trigger scattered showers and storms through the day. this morning, we're on the quiet side of things in the northeast after overnight storms put down heavy rainfall, but more rain is expected today. we're watching for the possibility of flash flooding. we have a flash flood watch all across these areas shaded in green, from early wednesday morning, we could see three to four inches of rain. >> lightning strikes in

colorado, two people dead. >> removing crosses from churches, even destroying houses of worship altogether. >> we're going to show you the country where christians say they're religion is increasingly under fire. >> a brazen shooting outside a nightclub caught on camera. why police say the suspected shooter opened fire. >> germany standing on top of the soccer world this morning. we'll have a full wrap up of their big world cup win. >> today's big number, $2 trillion. >> what it means for millions of americans graduating from college.

>> today's big number is $1.2 trillion. >> that is how much americans have accumulated in student debt. about 40 million americans share that burden. 7 million of those have defaulted on their loans. >> that's because they weren't able to pay about $100 billion worth of debt and there are tens of thousands defaulting each

month. >> many graduates falling victim to scams promising to help lower their debt. >> the state of illinois expected to file two lawsuits against debt consolidation countries. >> the vatican said it was miss quoted, the pope quoted as saying 2% of priests are pedophiles. the vatican said the pope's comments may have been deliberately misinterpreted. >> a movement threatens to divide the church over female clergy. women serve as bishops in the u.s. and australia. >> christians saying they are targeted because of they're beliefs, crosses removed and some churches torn down completely. >> in the village, the

congregation pray for the protection of the cross on top of their church from the local authorities. just to be sure, they also have tons of rock and two containers blocking the front gate. scores of people young and old sleep in the church around the clock. >> i don't know why we are a threat to them. we love our country. we love our church. we follow the law. the chinese constitution states we have freedom of religion. >> with churches nearby, there is evidence of crosses forcibly removed. go further and newly presented trees cover a mound of rubble where there was once a church, who's recent demolition brought the issue to international attention. >> the authorities denies accusations of religious persecution, for them it's a question of churches being built bigger than they are permitted. christians expect they are targeted because they're religion itself is becoming too

big. >> christians make up 15% of the population in this part of the province. con degreations are going 10% to 20% annually. >> they have been spenting more money on churches and bigger crosses in a country that is technically atheist. this cross was replaced in time for christmas. >> there was no reason given to us. they just came to see the provincial bosses wanted the cross to be removed. >> church leaders say it amounts to persecution. >> as chinese citizens, we are meant to have human rights, but we actually don't have any. they won't listen to us and do whatever they want. >> as this standoff continues, construction on many new church have been halted.

in those that have recently been completed, part of daily worship has become the evening vigil, wondering if the wrecking ball is on its way. rob mcbride, aljazeera, china. >> according to the chinese government, 31% of chinese duties are religious, more than 58 million are christian. >> a thrilling month of action was capped off by an equally exciting final game. >> 171 goals scored in brazil, but it was only one, the last one that sent the world cup trophy back to europe for a third straight thyme. i heard a woman say she was sad it was over, football had arrived. >> you mean south carolina, football, soccer. >> we will get with the world and call it football, absolutely and the world was captured by action in brazil. team germany came into the world

cup play with a reputation as talented underachievers, a great team that couldn't win the big one. you can't say in a anymore. the world cup tree fee is theirs, but not without a fight. >> it was a beehive as the first three to him world cup final opponents took to the pitch, despite chance after chance after chance, the ball never touched the back of the net, at least not officially. but in extra time, minute number 113, to be exact, the ball never touched the ground. mario, a 22-year-old that didn't start the game gave germany the goal that sent 1 million into

ecstasy, another into agony. just when the marriage of the germany and the world cup seemed inevitable, one last chance to speak now. his free kick was high, and soon the deutchlanders would be higher. much to the delight of their fans, including german chancellor angela merkel, germany would win 1-02 win the 2014 world cup in a game so close, it was a shame anyone had to lose. while germans celebrated, argentineans took to the streets to take out of the frustrations, both in brazil where piece met some of the estimated 100,000 who traveled to brazil with pepper spray. in buenos aires, reports say 20 officers were hurt and 60 fans arrested, no such negative activity among the german faithful as they celebrate being on top of the football world.

>> oh, my god, that was so amazing! i can't believe that we did it! number four! number four! >> he's happy, obviously argentina's not. in the entire month, the only time argentina trailed was at the end of the world cup final. at least one of the team members that have team do not go home empty handed. the superstar takes home the award for being the world cup's best player. >> well deserved, exactly. coming up, we'll talk about how fans from different countries celebrated the final game in brazil. my son-in-law tweeted a picture with the german flag hanging from my deck. >> of course he did. >> yes. >> let's look at temperatures we expect across the nation today. >> going to get colder. we turn to our meteorologist, ebony deon. >> should we break out the fire logs? >> across the midwest, temperatures start off in the 50's and 60's, slightly below

average. through the day, you'll notice we are not warming that much around the minneapolis area. chicago, we're still along at a frontal boundary, 78 degrees. tonight, near record lows as we drop into the 40's and 50's. tuesday, along the jetstream, further south will drop temperatures across the great likes, into parts of the mid south down into the 70's for highs. this is going to feel refreshing for this time of year. >> so no thermal underwear. >> not quite. >> from air and ground, israel's assault on gaza showing no signs of showing. >> we'll talk about the situation with the former israeli ambassador to the united states. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zack are in a much better place and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> the brave young survivor of a

deadly houston shooting speaks for the first time about the attack that took the lives of her entire family. >> a war over water, how farmers in two states are now fighting over the priceless commodity. >> it may just be the world's most dangerous selfie, why the guy who snapped a picture during the running of the bulls could pay the price for his photo.

>> taking a live look at the coast acostaconcordia off the cf italy. >> a girl talks about the loss of her siblings in what was a shooting massacre. >> the super moon, why this lunar siting is so special. >> it is fantastic. >> also in our next hour, it's

been three months since 300 school girls were kidnapped in nigeria. we'll talk about what else the united states condition do to at least try and help bring them back. >> first a look at our top stories. secretary of state john kerry is in vienna for nuclear talks with iran, set to speak with the countries foreign minister today. the u.s. along with britain, france, germany and china want iran to restrict makes weapon. they have until july 20 to make a deal. >> work underway to get the costa concordia off the shores, towing in 200 miles to be scrapped. >> 172 have been killed and more than 1,000 injured over the past week, both israel and hamas vowing to continue fighting despite international calls for a ceasefire. bernard smith joins us live from southern israel. what kind of military are you seeing where you are?

>> southern israel close to gaza, that's gaza right behind me, separatedding us are these fields. in less than five minutes, the air raid alert went off in the village behind me and 22 seconds later, rocket came in and burst into we saw black smoke rising behind us. clearly, still rockets coming in. we've seen, driven all around here all morning today, and we've seen pockets of military build up. we've seen material, tanks, armored personnel carrier, troops setting up camp and different sites around southern israel, farmers fields, those sorts of places. israel has called up 36,000 reservists. they now have to report for duty. these are the people who will be coming to this part of southern israel. that doesn't mean there's going to be a ground offensive, but

they're preparing should the order come from the government in jerusalem, tel aviv. >> meanwhile, germany's foreign minister is in the region to try to broker a ceasefire, what can he do to calm the situation? >> what we've seen from israel's allies initially was israel's right to defend itself, the united, britney, germany and france have backed israel's right to defend itself, but the european union, britain and france have all now started to express concerns about the levels of civilian casualties, the german foreign minister comes with that in mind. the hope is that there can be some sort of ceasefire agreed, but the problem for everybody involved in this is there's no immediate apparently mediator between two sides.

the difficulty is finding somebody to mediate. >> thank you. >> joining us from tel aviv is the former israel ambassador to the united states, thanks for being with us. let's begin looking at the this conflict by the numbers. more than 172 palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians, including women and children. by some estimates, a few dozen hamas have been killed. are you concerned how often this conflict, there could be thousands of relatives of those dead who will one day be seeking revenge against israel? >> absolutely. we have casualties on both sides. the casualties in israel are still mounting. there are still more rockets coming from gaza in discriminately on israel. 5 million people are in shelters. the problem here is that the hamas uses the human population

there, a civil population at human shields, so they are bearing responsibility, actually, they are perpetuating or perpetrating two crimes against humanity. one that is they are targeting civil populations on our side and using civil populations on their side to defend themselves. by that the way, you don't see the hamas terrorists or their leaders outside or on the rooftops. they are well hidden in bunkers underground, but they are calling for children and women to go up on the roofs and protect themselves by their own body. this is something that also has to be pointed out. was, the idea of i think also the israel air force, has learned from operations in the past, to use degraded munitions with more precision -- >> but mr. ambassador -- >> warning before they take on a terror target. >> if i could correct a number, though, the death toll now is

172 -- >> yes -- >> palestinian, one israeli has died. the question has to be asked is on the israeli side, they continue to talk about hamas, but it is the civilians that are dying. are you concerned that the israeli war is killing more civilians than hamas fighters? >> well, was. i'm not sure that the number's really accurate, because what we get out of gaza is not very well monitored and hamas has a very well oiled machine of propaganda, but this is not a match. this is not a scoring. this is not a game. if you count the 15,000 rockets from gaza on israel after israel evacuated, to the last inch, uprooting 21 settlements in gaza hope to go change the paradigm

for peace and incentivize the palestinians for peace, we have received 15,000 rockets, which could have caused havoc. the fact that we have a good defense, we should not be apologetic, but did we not have this iron dome, we could have had the numbers in hundreds. this is not the question. the question is how and when will hamas stop the firing and will it be after the operation and through the negotiations, which i hope will start soon, will be a newark texture, whereby hamas will forfeit its military capabilities, which are illegal anyway, and maybe let the palestinian authority take over from the political point of view. i'm sure if gas will demilitarize the same way syria got rid of all its chemicals weapons, i think that with this,

and a political moderation from abas. >> i wanted to ask you one more question, which is two things, one, do you believe that there is a ceasefire that can be negotiated, and that absent, do you believe that a ground invasion by israel into gaza is imminent? >> i think that a ground invasion is something not decided yet. there is no appetite in israel for any ground invasion, out we may have to do it if the firing will continue, because with ground invasion, you can seek all those bunkers which are underground, which we do not want to bomb from the air, because then the casualties will mount. at the end of the day, there will be i hope some earlier than

later negotiations, which will then bar or prevent a ground operations, but the most important thing is the regime, after the negotiations and after the ceasefire. we don't want to repeat what happened in the last few operations, where you reach a ceasefire and then hamas will start firing again. in order to do that, we need to neutralize hamas off its arms and off its military exhibits and then bring in a lot of economic assistance to the people of gaza, hopefully with the political cooperation of abas and the palestinian authority. >> daniel, the former israel ambassador to the united states joining us in tel aviv this morning, thank you very much. >> coming up, we'll go live to jerusalem. nick schiffron will have the latest on the fighting and the efforts to broker a ceasefire. >> we'll have the palestinian perspective coming up.

>> the u.n. security council is voting on how to get humanitarian aid into syria. the draft would let convoys in to hard to reach rebel areas without the government's consent. the u.n. said 10 million people in syria are in need of help. >> the v.a. is facing new questions about handling of benefits for veterans left injured or sick by their military service. the inspector general is set to testify today that the v.a. isn't prosing claims properly and developed a huge backlog of appeals. the v.a. is embroiled in a scandal about long waiting times for care. >> her entire family was shot and killed right in front of her. a courageous teenager who survived a massacre in houston is speaking out for the first time. >> we have her story. good morning. >> good morning to you. authorities say 15-year-old cassidy stay hut per hands over her face just before she was shot and somehow, the bullet grazed the side of her head. she played dead during her

uncle's shooting rampage, calling 911 in an effort to save his next possible target, her grandparents. >> blocks from her home where a family of seven was gunned down, hundreds of balloons released up into the sky in memory of the stay family. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zack are in a much better place and i'll see themian one day. >> cassidy is the sole survivor of the shooting rampage that killed her family. released from the hospital friday, she showed up for a memorial on saturday, smiling in front of hundreds of friends and neighbors. >> i'm really thankful for all of the people that have been operating for me and keeping me and my family in their thoughts. >> her family murdered execution style in her living room, police say the shooter ronald lee haskell was looking for his ex-wife where he broke into his sister in law's home and shot

five in cent children and their parents, cassidy only survived the attack by playing dead. she had been hailed as a hero for quickly calling 911 and alerting police to the gunman's next target, her grant parts. police intercepts the suspect and arrested haskell who now faces multiple murder charges. >> without her courage and quick-thinking. we might be mourning the deaths of 20 deaths, i said 20 people today, including myself. >> quoting her favorite character from the harry potter series. >> i really like harry potter. >> the young teen sends a message. >> happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remember to say turn on the light. >> she adds her own words at the end. >> stay strong. >> along with a gesture of love. >> the accused shooter, ronald lee has set collapsed in court friday when he heard the evidence against him.

he's charged with six counts of capitol murder. >> thank you very much. >> caught on camera, the chaotic scene after a shooting outside a connecticut nightclub. it happened early sunday morning in downtown stanford. a brawl inside the club spilled into the street. you can see the man with the red shirt pulling his gun and spraying bullets into the crowd. there he is right there, a 22-year-old has been arrested and charged in the shooting. >> an intense drought leaving many states in the west and south desperate for water. texas and new mexico taking their batting to the courts. farmers along the rio grande are taking desperate measures to survive. we have a report. >> water in the desert. >> it's our source of living. >> it's vanishing.

the land was lush and green when this man's father started this texas farm 30 years ago. >> the floods from the river brought a lot of good soil to it. >> after four years of drought, it's a waste land. two thirds of delgado's 120-acres are useless. the dream of becoming a premier producer of organic lamb is crumbling, just as the soil. >> delgado farms gets 100% of its irrigation water from the rio grande, which in normal years would be above my head. now, it's just a trickle, and delgado says that nature is only partly to blame. >> the explanation can be found 100 miles upstream in no mexico, farmers here also depend on the rio grande, but they have a distinct advantage. during the drought, third generation new mexican farmer uses water pumped from his wells

to irrigate his pecan trees. >> with these trees, these are pumped, these get pumped water. >> hollywood degree geologies say this is drying out the aquifer underground, causing the river bed to soak up water from the reservoir. most is intended for farmers in texas, but a 2013 study by the irrigation district found less than 40% of it is reaching the state line. the district says new mexican farmers along the rio grande pumped out 78 billion gallons of well water last year. holbrook defends his wells. >> we got water rights, you know, when we bought this farm, we bought the water rights. >> no, you don't have the right,

just 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. >> 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, they've been after our water for 30 years. >> as the worst drought in the region's history continues, even the wells in new mexico are going dry. in texas, the desert is reclaiming delgado farms. aljazeera, el paso, texas. >> some parts of texas, the reservoir is 20% of thor naturally roll capacity. >> let's look at headlines around the world. a profile of a stop cyber crime expert, the burlington county times saying that in this case, the super sleuth used to be a

furniture salesman, jay keith malarski in pittsburgh brought down a cyber crime ring out of china. he said it's neat doing this type of stuff. he really took to the fact that he was very good at computers and actually went on line one time as a cyber sleuth and he had a crafty nickname. >> some people are willing to risk their lives for a cool self area. at least this guy is. according to the international business times, one bull runner in pamplona wanted a picture with the charging beast. police are actually looking for him, because this is illegal. you're not supposed to be taking pictures while you're on the air, or while you're being chased by a bull. >> wait a minute, smile. you ready? a new quickie type of speed dating by the way. >> now you can do your joke. >> new type of speed dating has singles covering their face with

paper bags. the idea is to get love hopefuls to fall for someone's personality rather than looks, so love flutter hosted the event. sixty singles at the british science museum put paper bags over their head and made the bags special with their personalities. >> the event is coming to new york next, so you can sign up. >> violence has rocked the streets of chicago for the second weekend in a row. >> we'll look at the surge in gun related crimes. we'll talk to a law enforcement expert about what can be done to stop it. >> should you shell out more for organic foods? we'll have the answers ahead in our discovery of the detail.

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the day. they may be more expensive, but a new study find organic foods may be worth the extra money. >> researchers find that crops are more nutritious and have less toxins than foods grown with pesticides. they have higher levels of anti action dance. >> the study says pesticides were three to four times more likely to be found in conventional crops. >> buyar begannic. >> it's definitely going to be a day where we have to watch the skies as a cold front comes across the area, lots of moisture to tap into. we expect heavy downpours with stronger storms that develop. across the midwest, widely scattered showers and storms will be triggered. it's going to usher in cooler air. it's still warm across the northeast. we're quiet for now, but through

the day, showers and storms will be erepublicansing. >> cancer rates rising in young african-americans. white mails have the highest risk for testicular cancer. during that same period, the rate among young his manic men jumped 58%. the fda calling for new restrictions on a common procedure to remove fibroids. the main mali invasive technique is thought to cause the cancer to spread in some cases, the fda saying the procedure can be dangerous. still unclear when the agency might act on it. >> it was another deadly summer weekend in chicago. four people were killed, 29 others shot across the city. that comes on the heels of a july 4 weekend in chicago where dozens of people were shot,

including five by police, according to the chicago tribune, nine people were killed that weekend. the police superintendent now says lax state and federal gun laws have played a big role. leo mcguire, a former sheriff from new jersey joins us to talk about this. when we talk about chicago, which has the highest homicide rate in this country, should the police superintendent be focusing on gun control? chicago already has very strict gun control laws. >> it does. mayor emmanuel and gary mccarthy need to focus on gun control, crime in the streets, education, and the economy. it takes many, many layers of our community to make a difference. mayor emmanuel last year laid out a plan, prevention, policing, penalties, and parenting. >> so culture and parenting is

part of it, as well. there was a major protest led by the illinois governor last week. it is not just gang and drug related violence that we're talking about. people have been shot on their porch, children have been caught in the crossfire. do you think chicago is at the point where it needs to take more extreme policing measures? >> it certainly has to be on the table. >> what is that, what has to be on the table? >> you should know that last year at this very same time, the very same thing happened. it's time for chicago and other law enforcement agencies to put their collective heads together and say maybe we should do something a little bit differently, maybe we have to do something very extreme. >> like stop and terrific. >> stop and frisk, calm it what you will, but 20 particular neighborhoods in chicago where the most violence is, and yes, it is drugs and gang violence. some innocent people who live in

those areas still are caught in the crossfire. it's time to put more boots on the ground, maybe add more technology. chicago happens to be on the forefront of a lot of technology. >> right, well, that actually -- >> at this time. >> chicago has this technology where they can tell exactly where shots were fired and yet still police don't have control over parts of south chicago. does that tell you that perhaps community policing and some old fashioned police tactics need to be the focus again? >> that has to be part of the strategy, boots on the ground, engaging with the community and asking the community to rise up and pick up the phone. there were over 1800 shooting incidents last year in chicago alone. >> yeah. >> they just don't have enough cops to respond to all that have violence. we need a larger strategy involving the community and to have people care about their community and humidity. >> former sheriff from new jersey, thank you.

>> the marines testing a new type of robotic soldier called the l.s.3. looks like a dog, but and it is pack mule, designed to carry 400 pounds of gear and follow squads through rugged terrain. test devices are underway in hawaii. >> what a sight in the skies over the weekend, a look how big and bright the moon looked over greece. called a super moon, only happens when the moon is closest to the earth earth. if you missed it, the next time it will happen is august 10. >> here's what we're following at this hour, israel and gaza trading accusations and missile fire, rockets falling on israel again as israeli air strikes take down a drone. >> world powers making a deal with iran over its nuclear program just before the deadline. secretary of state john kerry he is spected to talk with iran's foreign minister. >> the costa concordia is being

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germany what it needs to become the world cup champion. >> going from splendid to scary, people looking to get rays in russia get ba bombarded instead with hail. >> thousands are fleeing gaza as israel increases its air campaign. >> more rockets flying overnight into israel and southern lebanon. israel fires back, taking down a drone. >> we have more on the people caught in the middle of this violence. >> funeral processions are now at common here as the lethal pops and booms on the gaza skyline. what is less common is the sheer number of the dead, 18 men, women and children, all members of the same family killed in the

single deadliest strike yet in this military campaign. the israeli attack that struck their block targeted the gaza police chief, still in critical condition. the survivors say they were not military operatives. the police chief, they say, wasn't, either. he just kept the peace. >> what happened here was an earthquake, it's a war crime. it didn't used to happen like this. they killed a pregnant woman, an unborn child. what can we say about people like that? >> they say the israelis are striking civilian targets, though many are affiliated with hamas. among them, dozens of buildings locals say ever nothing to do with rocket launches. >> these are the smoking embers of what was once a palestinian police station. the israeli military seems to be hitting anything that was run by hamas. you can see the uniforms and knee pads left over.

after the human losses tallied witness the palestinian authority will have to rebuild an entire infrastructure. >> then there is the rising number of strikes on the homes of hamas members and others, sites called military operational centers. often, the israeli's give a warning call, but palestinians say not always. the dead often include the families of those targeted. islamic jihad is one group firing rockets from gaza, with their members killed by israel strikes. their leader wants egypt to mediate the ceasefire. >> this aggression cannot continue to this degree. there needs to be an egyptian voice to stop this enemy and force them to stop the fire against the palestinian people. >> with gasses bracing for a ground war, many worry the alternatives are now a ceasefire or a prolonged invasion of

israeli troops on gazaen soil. >> >> main palestinians are fleeing hopes to avoid israeli air strikes now. where are they all going? they fled in tore roar and panic and grabbed anything they could to get here, gaza city, six miles south of their holes. we saw them arrive on donkey carts. one woman told me they jumped in the back of an ambulance they were so worried with air strikes. they fill schools, about 10 in this city. they are packed. we were in one school and one room, a classroom that became a bedroom, and there are over 20 people living in there, three different families. they all have unbelievable stories. you see the kids, who are there,

every one of them absolutely tom tides by what they've seen. >> nick, meanwhile, for the first time since the current offensives began, israeli boots were on the ground over the weekend in gaza. catch us up on what happened. >> this was a dramatic incursion from the strehl perspective into gaza. we had two or three dozen forces getting on to the beach, walking up the beach or running on the beach, apparently and that's about where hamas fighters spotted them. they opened fire. those command dose opened fire back, four of them were lightly wounded. they were treated down the beach and that's when israeli helicopter came in and according to the trial army, then killed those palestinian fighters and targeted the rocket launcher site that they were after. the point here is that in north gaza, that's where a lot of these rockets are being fired,

especially to tel aviv and that's why we saw that in curse in that spot over the weekend. >> palestinian authority is calling on the u.n. for help. let's listen. >> >> the secretary general is asked to place the palestinian territory and people under international protection. >> what else has president abass been saying? >> he has been talking about the humanitarian crisis, a huge shortage of medicine in the hospitals in addition to displaced people. he said this is part of a pattern by israel, there's been no accountability for israeli action. you heard him asking to place the palestinian people underpression. he doesn't have a lot of power. gaza is run by hamas.

there is a government to unifies hamas and abass. it is being controlled entirely by the fighting factions. >> let's go to randall pinkston in washington with more on what the u.s. is trying to do to resolve what is happening on the ground between israel and gaza on the 15 low mattic front. >> all week, the obama administration was offering its god office to say broker a ceasefire between israel and hamas. the president spoke to benjamin netanyahu thursday, secretary of state kerry spoke to abass and prime minister netanyahu. neither seem to be willing to end hostilities at this point. of course, this week, secretary kerry is in vienna dealing with

the iranian nuclear cries. perhaps there is a possibility of back channel talks taken there to deal with the gaza crisis. >> let's talk about the other big story in washington today, of course immigration, republicans now giving a thumbs down to president obama's request for billions in emergency funding. here's what con manage michael mccall had to say about it. >> house ups are saying we are not going to write a blank check for over $4 billion. >> has there been an administration response to all of this? >> first of all, the administration is saying that it's not a blank check, that in fact, they have spell would out exactly what they want to do with that money, most of the funds will go to the department of health -- to take care of the children. the other funds to homeland security, which it has to process and detain them. the administration has been looking for some help from governors in the states, some of

them are turning them down, and democrats, as well. >> randall pinkston live for us in washington today. in 30 minutes, we dive deeper into the on going israeli-palestinian conflict and look at the role the international community could play in an effort to end the violence. >> texas governor rick perry said he is not supporting president obama's plan to handle the surge of child migrants in the u.s. border. last week, the white house asked lawmakers to approve $3.7 billion in emergency funds to help solve the crisis. governor perry wants the president to beef up border guards instead of asking congress for a check. >> i think until he gets realistic about the problem and how you deal with the problem, and it is a border security issue, and we've got a track record now of five plus years of him disregarding what's going on on the border. here's his opportunity to truly lead. don't blame this on anyone. be a leader, layout a plan.

>> the president's proposal would help pay for housing, as well as child care for the thousands of children who cross the border. it would pay for faster deportations and legal help for immigrants. >> army sergeant bowe bergdahl could be back on active duty today. bergdahl has finished his counseling in san antonio. it is six weeks after he was released by the taliban. he will reportedly be working at fort sam houston and meet with the general investigating the circumstances of his capture. >> iraq's parliament is deadlocked again. lawmakers delayed the vote on a new speaker as more violence creeps into the capitol, baghdad. at least seven were killed in a car bombing. we are live in the iraqi capitol. good morning. parliament will meet again tomorrow. what are the prospects for any deal at this point?

>> they seem to be quite positive. you have to realize that iraq has a de facto congressional system. the president will always be a geoowe excuse me, the sunni mythical block nominate add con sense candidate for the other political blocks just have to accept that. that's the technical bit. that should be easy. however, this is iraq, nothing is that easy. as you say, there is a stalemate going on at the moment, and a lot of pressure from prime minister al-malaki to step down. a lot of people wonder what's going to happen next. we don't know whether iraq will get a deal, but on the surface, it seems simple. >> it does. meanwhile, the sights of islamic state are on baghdad. what is the capitol doing to

protect itself? >> the capitol is being protected by baghdad operations command, make announcements every so often saying we are doing this and this, now digging a trench to stop fighters from coming in. as they do, 17 miles away, just outside of a town, the islamic state has regained control of another town, the oil refinery has changed hands several times. there are more fierce clashes going on, both sides saying they are in control of that oil refinery, fierce clashes going on there. the islamic states are marching on towns where the kurdish forces are, so lots of movement, but no real building of forces, no real action towards trying to get rid of the islamic state and any territories they hold. that seems to be on hold because of this on going political crisis. that's what i mean when i say

there is a stalemate within the parliament. >> thank you. >> a u.s. brokered deal could end the stand off over choosing the next president of afghanistan. 8 million ballots to be counted. the former minister now complaining of fraud. >> russia is telling ukraine there will be consequences after the fighting in eastern ukraine seemed to cross the bored we are deadly results. we report from the city. >> as the advance continues, russia claims there are civilian casualties on their side of the border. they say a shell landed in a building court yard in the region, killing one man, injuring two. the russian foreign ministry called is an aggressive act and it will be dealt with accordingly. officials in kiev denied the attack. back in eastern ukraine, we visited an area at the heart of the separatist movement, attacked on saturday.

>> we were outside the suburb of donetsk where six civilians were killed early saturday morning. in the last 90 minute, we have seen and heard some incoming mortar rounds, you can see the plumes of smoke over my shoulder. wheat fields were set afire. they expect more attacks. they ask not to be named. >> the situation is difficult in donetsk now. 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 have set more civilians out of the area. >> it was terrible, words can't describe the depths of my despair. i saw pieces of houses filing,

factories building, buildings destroyed. i was in the middle of it. i couldn't do anything. everyone beside me was shaking from fear. >> a fear that will spread to more people in east he were ukraine as both sides refuse to back down and refuse to talk. aljazeera, ukraine. >> nearly 500 people have died since the fighting began there last april. >> a sharp earthquake off the coast of chile, the 6.1 magnitude struck before 5:00 p.m. local time yesterday. an 8.2 quake hit the area in april, forcing a million people to flee homes. >> fracking could be the small of 12 small earthquakes that have hit oklahoma, six quakes liting loafer the weekend, including 4.3 magnitude. tremors were felt, no injuries or damage reported. >> lightning, deadly weather out

west, lightning striking at least one person each day, two days, both at the same national park. >> there are several others hurt, as well. >> exactly. 11 people were injured when lightning struck inside rocky mountain national park in colorado on back-to-back days over the weekend. a 42-year-old was killed on friday and a 52-year-old man died saturday. both strikes hit people walking trills at elevations of more than 10,000 feet. the park, which is 75 miles from denver had not had a lightning death since 2000. nationwide since 2006, there have been 270 deaths from lightning strikes, nine this year. one man who survived one of the strikes over the weekend described a feeling of being hit in the head, then losing his hearing and his vision, and then he came to again. >> thank you. >> a lot of you right now wondering how do you stay safe outdoors when you see this type

of severe weather. >> for more, let's go to our meteorologist. >> really, the bottom line is there's no real safe place when you're outdoors. plan ahead and make sure you check the forecast before planning outdoor adventures. that of course you want to seek shelter immediately, don't try to stay out there. don't seek shelter under a tree. a lot of people do that shielding themselves from rain or hail. a lot of times if a tree is struck, you could get hit by the lightning, as well. you also of course don't want to stay on mountain tops, stay off peaks, get inside a sturdy shelter. stay inside. when you hear that last clap of thunder, wait 30 minutes to allow the storm to pass before going outside. today, we are watching out for that threat of strong to severe storms from the northeast into the delta mississippi. northern areas of mississippi getting in on that. this morning, it's not too active, but we do have heavy

rain that has pushed out of missouri on into kentucky and a lot of lightning strikes developing with those storms as well. it's right along a cold front that is going to usual irin cooler, drier air within along the front, it's warm and moist and we will see storms fire up to do into the ohio valley and parts of the northeast. >> it was a violent scene used connecticut nightclub. the incident all caught on camera. it ended with several people shot. >> crews are working to lift the costa concordia from its watery grave. you are looking live where this is happening today. a closer look at one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history going on right now. >> a race for one power boat driver takes sudden and scary turn. that video and others captured by citizen journalists around the world.

>> time now for a look at videos captured by citizen journalists

around the world. the on going israeli-palestinian conflict is felt around the world, here in paris, protests turned violent. this shows a group trying to break into two synagogs. police stopped them. >> nasa launch ago a spacecraft loaded with supplies heading to the international space station, taking off from virginia. it had food, hardware and scientific equipment onboard. it is expected to dock with the space station on wednesday. >> the driver of a power boat walking away unharmed after flipping during a detroit race. the video filmed from inside the wet shows it launching into the air before it crashes back into the water. there it is, launching, and wait for it, yeah. that happened. >> knocked exactly how want to do that. welcome to al jazeera america. we're going to talk about the steps that leaders in chicago are now taking to stop the

city's rash of deadly gun violence. >> gun violence was caught on camera outside a connecticut nightclub. [ gunfire ] >> this happened early sunday morning in downtown stanford. a brawl from inside the club spilled into the street. you can see a man in this video in a red shirt actually pull out his gun and spray bullets. you see him there, into the crowd. a 22-year-old has been arrested and charged in the shooting. >> in new jersey, people 14 the death of a young officer who may have been ambushed respond to go a robbery early sunday morning at a drug store. before the attack, a witness said the gunman told him to watch the news tonight, because i'm going to be famous. police shot the gunman who was wanted for another murder. >> nearly 100 wounded by gunfire since the fourth of july and we're not talking about the conflicts it is in ukraine or syria, the rash of deadly gun

violence has been taking place on the streets of chicago. we are joined live from the waterfront in the downtown part of the city. what are the latest numbers as of this morning? >> just over the weekend, we saw four dead and 29 others wounded. those numbers might have been a lot higher had it not been for a very violent thunderstorm that threw through the area saturday night. friday night, peace marchers hit the streets in one crime-plagued neighborhood and carried the message that these shootings have to stop. >> the violence that we're facing right now in america, and particularly in chicago, this is our katrina. this is our katrina, and how we handle it as a community, as a city, as a state, as a country, how we handle this is going to be our legacy.

>> now the city is addressing this situation putting more cops on the street. in just the first six months of the year, the police department confiscated 3200 firearms, saying that is more than any other u.s. city has confiscated. >> illinois governor pat quinn is pushing for tougher gun laws. what is he trying to do? >> he's supporting the ban on the sale of assault weapons and ammunition for those weapons. there is a bill introduced in the state senate, introduced this past spring. >> the same thing we covered last year, same time of year, summertime. why do police say these crimes happen when the weather turns hot? >> well, what happens is in the summer here in chicago, you have a lot of people on the streets. in the winter, we have very cold winters, as we saw last year, when the summer rolls around,

you have people out on the streets. situations heat up and that's when the violence starts. we saw a lot of people injured and shot last weekend and those numbers were similar to what we saw last year on the fourth of july weekend. >> ok, diane live for us in chicago, thank you. >> chicago not alone, the only survivor of that mass killing that took the lives of her parents and her siblings speaking out for the first time. at a memorial for her family, 15-year-old kass ski stay said she was feeling hopeful after a gunman forced his way into her home and killed her entire family. >> i know my family are in a much better place and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> authorities saying that cassidy put her hands over her face just before she was shot. the bullet grazed the side of her head, then she played dead during the shooting rampage.

she called 911 to save his next tarts, her grandparents. >> passengers were stranded in disney world on the monroe rail. officials say 120 people were on the train when the system lost power. the visitors had to climb out the top and cross several cars to safety. >> planes bound for india from new jersey forced to turn back after an engine fire. the flight taking off from newark airport sunday evening. the captain spotted flames, turned the jet back around. none of the 313 passengers onboard was injured. >> let's get a check at temperatures we can expect across the country today with ebony deon. what you see now is pretty much where we're going to be as we go through the day across the upper midwest where minneapolis, the high 64 degrees today.

that's typical for overnight low temperature. we rebound tuesday. >> today, watching out for storms, low 90's and dropping back a few degrees on tuesday with a high into the upper 80's, back to you. >> with both sides saying no to that ceasefire, the international community coming together to find a solution to the israeli-palestinians conflict. we'll talk about the role that palestinians leaders need to play in an effort to bring an end to the violence. >> the search for the nigerian school girls kidnapped hits the three month mark and still no sign of them. what america can do to help bring those girls home. >> ever you seen this man? we'll explain why he could be in trouble with the law for

capturing a selfie during the running of the bulls. >> a look now at hour images of the day, germany taking the world cup title in overtime with the game-winning goal over argentina's. it is germany's first world cup title in 24 years. we will have more on how fans celebrating in our next half hour. hour.

>> you are taking a live look at the raising of the costa concordia cruise ship off the coast of italy. we'll have a closer look at the extensive salvage operation underway to lift that sunken cruise ship. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. ahead in our next half hour, arab league members meet today to discuss the on going israeli-palestinian tan flick as

the death toll in gaza tops 170. we'll look at what it may or may not produce. >> india looking to make changes to better regulate the business of surrogacy. it is booming in india. >> wild weather in india, quickly ending a day of fun and sun in russia. >> the costa concordia once again above water, salvage crews work to go refloat the ship sitting off the coast of italy. those are live images. we turn now to john henry smith. this is called the largest salvage product in history. >> that is what they're saying, del, and quite a risky project, the cost is expected to run into the billions. those down sides are causing controversy, but not so much for people on the coast, who are beyond ready for this chapter to be over. the costa concordia has been stuck in the water for two years after it capsized, killing 32

and injuring 150. last september, the ship was rolled upright and the hull fitted with steel tanks to keep the hull from slipping again. cruise will pump tanks with air to make it float again to hook it to the tow. it's off to know a 200-mile trip where it will be scabbed for good. >> it's a day of great emotion fours. we hope that they can remove the wreck and move it slightly today. let's keep our fingers crossed. >> our hope is not 100%, but thee hundred% that everything goes well and they take this away successfully. >> it's not all smooth sailing for the crew. the wreck is in one of europe's largest marine sanctuaries for dolphins and whales. there's a chance chemicals, rotten food and other trash could seep out if any part of

the rusted hull cracks. environmental groups say that could be detrimental to the region. >> the captain of the ship is on trial because he ran it aground. how is his case progressing? >> the trial is still ongoing for the captain. he faces charges for manslaughter, causing a ship wreck and for abandoning ship. he's not only denied charges, he says that he's a scapegoat for carnival cruise lines. >> the vatican is taking issue with a comment attributed to pope francis about the number of feet piles in the priest hood. the pope is quoted as saying 2% of catholic clergy including bishops are pedophiles. the vatican said he was miss quoted. >> despite objections from some faithful, they say putting women in charge of the church is

against the bible. females have led since 1992, women serves at bishops in the u.s., canada and new zealand. >> the u.n. security council is voting today on humanitarian aid into syria in hard to reach rebel areas without the government's consent. the u.n. said 10 million people are in need of help. >> international negotiations including secretary of state john kerry are in vienna today. this is day two of their talks over a nuclear deal with iran. he is set to meet with his iranian counterpart. they hope to strike a long term deal by july 20. >> it has been a week since israel began its offensive in gaza, and overnight, there were more air strikes, as well as rocket attacks between two sides. veal prime minister blames hamas for the attacks and as aljazeera jonathan betz reports, any quick resolution could be hampered by

generations of mistrust. >> the scene has become all too familiar to far too many. rockets fired between israel and hamas. the latest round in a fight lasting decades. hamas officially launched in 1987, growing out of the first palestinian uprising against strehl. israel. that was followed by suicide bombings and other attacks. hamas led the way, encouraging followers to destroy the jewish state and free palestinian. the united states, israel and europe all consider hamas terrorists. when israel pulled out of gars, its borders became largely sealed. egypt opened its crossing days ago for the seriously hurt. israel's pullout left hamas that take over the strip and begin ruling the tiny slice of land as a de facto state government. it's leader lives in exile.

>> people make the mistake of thinking that hamas only has an agenda against israel. hamas has a domestic agenda. >> that includes running hospitals, and soup kitchens in an area where it's million plus people live in poverty. cut off from much of the world, food flies are expensive and hard to find. weapons and rockets are smuggled in, mainly from iran. since 2012, they've gotten powerful. relations with supporters like iran has been strained recently. >> hamas finds itself challenged internally, and has been very much economically weakened. >> jonathan betz, aljazeera america, new york. >> a palestinian american journalist and contributor to his magazine joins us this

morning. the arab league is meeting today to discuss the israeli-gaza conflict. does this group have any sway with hamas? >> it's hard to see how the arab league can end the violence, given the fact there are 10 million people in syria in need of dire food and humanitarian assistance right now. iraq, the northern third has been overtaken by militants. in egypt, there is an ongoing struggle against a regime that has handed down summary execution orders on hundreds and hundreds of people which hamas is derived from. >> let's keep the focus on egypt which has brokered truces in the past has that leverage anymore, given that the muslim brotherhood is now considered a

terrorist organization within israeli. who can leverage to stop the fighting here? >> well, i think that's really the main question here. it's because benjamin netanyahu himself has sort of painted himself into a corner. it's important to remember that six weeks before the kidnapping and murder of the three style teenagers in the west bank, netanyahu said that he would no longer cooperate with the palestinian authority due to the reconciliation agreement between hamas and fatah. netanyahu made it impossible to end the violence. >> has hamas painted itself into a corner? >> i'm not sure why analysts would say that. for one thing, the report, again, a few minutes ago said that there was an exchange of rockets between hamas and israel. it's not just an exchange of rockets. there are rockets fired by hamas into strehl, roughly three feet long in some cases.

israel is dropping u.s. made f16 bomb that is way roughly a ton on civilian population. there is no equivalent here. >> we are not trying to draw an equivalence in weaponry here, however the hamas rockets have been directed at civilian populations, which is considered a war crime. attention has been drown to the many civilian exacts being suffered, but there are reports that hamas fires rockets in civilian areas from houses, where they're, as you know, is an extremely dense population. is hamas putting its own population at risk here? >> it's hard to say how hamas can fire. ham mat does not have a command and control structure or military bases. if you look in tel aviv, the ministry of defense is based in the middle of the city. can we say then that the military is placing itself in the middle of its own civilian

population? how do you look at gaza with 2 million people in roughly twice the size of washington, d.c. which has half a million people and say they can avoid civilian populations. every part of gaza is arrive with civilians. this is completely sealed off by israel. israel created the siege and the conditions for the violence and made it impossible for this violence to end. >> joining us from washington, d.c. this morning, thank you. >> citigroup now agreeing this morning to pay a $7 billion settlement to settle an investigation into risky sub prime mortgages. $4 billion will go total justice democratic, $2.5 billion will go to consumer relief. the rest to settle litigation in five states. >> illinois now trying to stop

companies that prey on college graduates deep in debt. the state will file two lawsuits against debt settlement companies, accusing them of scamming. at least 30% have all government vehicles in china will be electric by the end of 2016. this according to chinese state run news agency. >> surrogacy has become big business in india. thousands of foreigners travel there every year to have babies. as we report, the service isn't open to everyone. >> sofia and graham are the doting parents. after years of trying to conceive naturally and cycles of failed treatment in britain, they finally have a baby boy. five months ago, an indian woman gave birth via surrogacy here in

deli. >> she's done a marvelous thing for us, to help us have a child is a gift that -- i'm sorry -- it's a gift that you just wouldn't expect someone else to give you. >> like the barkers, thousands of foreigners pay for surgery gas every year. in an attempt to better regulate the industry, india's prefers government announced rules to protect the rights of surrogates and parents, but some of the requirements are controversial. the regulations say that foreigners must be hetero sexual couples married for at least two years. this means gay couples and people who are single are banned. many rights activists and doctors say they are outraged. >> doctor rita has delivered

around 2,000 surrogate babies, many for foreign same-sex couples and single parents. she says the regulations are discriminatory. only foreigners are affected. they need to verify marital status while apply forego visas. >> there was a time we did not accept, i remember a gay parent walked in and i said what's that, you know. ed world is evolving, people are accepting. >> india's new government did not respond to our request for an interview. rights act visits say the party's conservative ideology means they are unlikely to reverse the rule. >> in reality, they have stood against on television with me, they have stood in the opposite side speaking against gay rights. >> for the barkers, india and

its thriving surrogacy business has made their dreams come true. many argue the country should be open to other loving parents. >> there are more than 3,000 fertility clinics across india, generating $400 million a year. >> this is a story people are going to be talking about. a colorado man has been diagnosed with a rare form of the playing, the life threatening disease as the state's first confirmed human case. the family's dog died from the same thing. the bacteria that causes the playing occurs naturally in the western parts of the u.s., specifically colorado and new mexico. >> an f.d.a. panel is calling for new restrictions on a procedure to remove fibroids or the bang of the procedure. the minimally invasive technique is thought to cause cancer to spread in some cases. the f.d.a. said the procedure can be dangerous. it's unclear when the agency

might act on the recommendations. >> the key to early detection of alzheimer's disease could be with your eyes. a simple eye test could determine if you have the disease, and is now in the works. two no studies found proteins and could be diagnosed decades before it appears. more than 4 million people suffer from alzheimer's in the u.s. >> it was the moment every german soccer fanatic was waiting for. germany took home the troughee 1-0 in a thrilling final match, as we report, the game was a nail-biter for fans on both sides. >> on this night, germany are the kings of south america after handing brazil that 7-1 defeat

on the host home territory, their fans now celebrate their victory over argentina to capture the world cup championship. >> everybody just asked me how i feel. i feel amazing. it's unbelievable. we just did it, and oh! >> the day started for argentina fan witness high hopes on their home continent, a long awaited chance to capture their third championship. >> we have finally reached the final after more than 24 years. people come here with loads of hope that we will have the trophy. we are 4 million to 5 millionar jen teens waiting with faith. lets go! >> if it felt like a home match, it pretty much was. more than 20,000 people packed this fan fest on the beach to watch the game. 95% were from argentina, many driving overnight to get here.

more than 100,000 fans flooded rio to be close to the game. it was a sea of blue and white. when the match started, it was all serious, down to business. >> it's the middle of the match now. it's quiet all of a sudden, everybody here is in tenty watching every second of the action. >> as for brazil, the host took no chances with security and put thousands of police on the streets in case there was a renewed wave of anti world cup protest. those protests did happen before the game, but only a few hundred people showed up. police eventually used tear gas to break it up. today was defined by football for the argentines in rio, facing the grief of coming up just short. when it ended, they clapped for their national team, and promised to party late into the

night. aljazeera, rio de janeiro. >> i can't imagine what it would have been like if argentina won on brazilian soil. this is germany's fourth world cup win. the last time they took the night was in 1990. >> in argentina, the fans kind of went wild in a public square. riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. it happened hours after thousands gathered peacefully and watched the match against germany. a couple of young people hurled rocks and vandalized stores. eight police officers were injured in the violence. a number of people were arrested. >> he's back, days after lebron james said he was returning to cleveland, carmelo anthony announced he is staying put in new york. anthony reportedly find a five

year deal worth $122 million. with that type of money, most of us would stay put, as well. that is $7 million less than the maximum deal reached. >> boko haram's leader making fun of efforts to rescue kidnapped school girls. >> we'll talk about whether anything now can be done to save them. >> we'll show you some very wicked weather that spoiled an otherwise normal beach day. amera

presents... holy money only on al jazeera america >> this is why a beach umbrella sometimes doesn't do the trick, hail taking people by surprise in russia, the temperature dropping from 105 degrees to 71 in just a matter of seconds, that storm dumping hailstones the size of golf balls on the

beach. local media say the storms killed two 3-year-old twins when a tree collapsed on their tent. we'll talk about the high price that one man will pay for snapping a selfie during the running of the bulls. >> three months after hundreds of school girls were kidnapped in nigeria, the leader of boko haram is mocking the bring back our girls social media campaign in a video. >> bring back our -- whoa, bring back. >> in the video, he taunts nigeria's military and claims responsibility for a june bombing in the capitol which left 21 dead. >> this comes as pakistani activist is now visiting nigeria, meeting with the families of those missing girls. it is her 17th birthday. she says all she wants for her birthday is to see the girls returned. we go to john campbell, the

former u.s. ambassador to nigeria. he joins us from washington, d.c., three months now since these girls were kidnapped. can you explain why more than three months after more than 200 girls were kidnapped in nigeria, they're still missing? >> they're still missing in part because they're almost certainly dispersed and dispersed over a very large piece of territory. a piece of territory as large as either all the new england states combined or possibly west virginia. >> can you imagine any other industrialized nation in the world where this would still be going on three months? a lot of people are asking just last week whether or not the girls were forgotten. >> i guess i would make two points, first, nigeria is not a large industrialized nation. it's very much a developing

nation, and where the kidnapping took place is the poorest part of the country, where there is very little infrastructure, the difficults are immense. >> with that said, the president goodluck jonathan under fire for spending $1.2 million on a public relations firm. is that the best use of resources as boko haram as you saw in that video is laughing. >> i would leave to president jonathan how he's going to spend nigerias revenue. that's now how i would have spent it. >> so, given that fact, should the international community conclude that nigeria cannot find these girls and fouls to stop boko haram? >> the international community has offered assistance to nigeria in finding the girls. the u.s. has sent an interagency team to nigeria to consult with the nigerians and the u.s.

provided certain surveillance capability to the nigerian government, finally, the responsibility for finding the girls rests with the nigerian government. outsiders can help only insofar as the nigerian government requests assistance. >> we hear it said now with the current immigration cries taking place in washington, d.c., the debate going on about the border situation, saying that this is an international problem on that front. is this now not an international crisis on the front of nigeria, that the world needs to say we need to help out, because obviously nigeria can't get it done? >> the border that is separate nigeria from cameroon and chad are little more than lines on a piece of paper drawn by the british, french and germans at the end of the 19th century, the area is a kind of

geographical and cultural unity, and operatives for boko haram, as well as perfectly legitimate traders pass back and forth across them. the french president held a meeting with heads of state in paris last month to work out what might be a better way for the states involved to coordinate. >> the pakistani school girl shot by the taliban saying what she wants for her 17t 17th birthday is for the girls to be brought back home. with that type of high profile attention brought to the cries, are you convinced it will once again go back on page one? >> it's very hard to know. page one is very crowded these days, particularly with isis and the palestinian or the gaza crisis involving palestine and

israel. this cries has gone on for a long time and there has been relatively little change in the situation. we know fundamentally little more than we knew six weeks ago. not much is changing. >> thank you very much from washington, d.c. >> we're going to change gears here. put this in the don't do this file. this man apparently trying to take a selfie while running with the bulls in spain, charging bulls just behind him. police want to know that who he is. they say he took a dangerous risk that is actually against the rules. the selfie could cost more than $4,000 in fines. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, the latest from israel and gaza, also thousands are fleeing as israeli air strikes pound the territory and rockets fly into israel from gaza and

lebanon. >> that will do it for us now. >> as always, go out and have a great morning. great morning.

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