hello, everybody, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off. just ahead, drone warfare, israel today intercepted and shot down an unmanned hamas aircraft, a new weapon on top of rocket attacks and israeli strikes, comes as diplomats push for a ceasefire. and the teen activist heads to nigeria. locker room investigation, the nfl reeling from allegations

it covered up concussions is now facing a federal oh probe over player abuse of prescription painkillers. and after the embrace. what life is really like for an undocumented teenager reunited with his family after more than seven years apart. ♪ >> tonight in the crisis between israel and hamas in gaza, there is a potential break through. multiple reports have emerged from the region, indicating that egypt is trying to broker a ceasefire. since last tuesday, virtually around the clock, hamas has been firing rockets into israel and israeli air strikes have been pounding garza. meanwhile the conflict today featured a new hamas weapon.

radical palestinian fighters sent a drone into israel where israeli forces shot it down. this is footage released from hamas. this is the first time hamas has tried to use a drone. meanwhile . . . in israel these air raid sirens and these scenes of people heading for bomb shelters has become a familiar routine. some rockets have hit as far away as haifa and tel-aviv. but the most destruction has come in gaza. the israeli military has targeted the narrow territory with more than 1400 air strikes. at least 185 people have been killed, including dozens of children. nick schifrin joins us live in gaza. nick what can you tell us about the reports of possible ceasefire?

>> david, good evening. the reports of the ceasefire are aimed towards some sort of diplomatic solution, and there is progress being made towards that, but there isn't actually a ceasefire or pause or truce yet agreed to. secretary of state john kerry has been in the middle of this just in the last minute or so. his spokes women put out a statement welcoming the egyptian proposal of a ceasefire, during this, quote, difficult period. the egyptian ceasefire isn't actually a proposal. it is a pause, a suggestion to say, okay. both sides can commitment to not commitment violence for 12 hours starting in six or seven hours from now, and then we can talk. that's all it is saying, and that's what secretary of state john kerry has been trying to get both sides to do. >> nick has today been any quieter for the people in gaza?

>> david if you look at the numbers, it's quieter, and if you feel around and look around it is much quieter. last night there was a barrage of firing from israeli ships as well as from the air, from drones. we had a huge number of rockets fired from gaza into israel. that has quieted down in the last few hours. but let's not just dismiss this. this is a very, very human story, and a lot of people are suffering especially here in gaza. here in north gaza, there is an area that has been abandoned. people have had to come here fleeing some of the violence. more than 12,000 people have come to un schools here desperate to escape all of the violence. >> reporter: in this conflict, the schools are dmou shelters. the children don't come here to

study. they come here to live. israel warned these people to leave to avoid air strikes. here each family's story is repeated time and time again. and each classroom is now a bedroom. this one is only 225 square feet, but hosts 29 people, including the auga family. the mother, grandfather, and two children. this boy has seen things that no one and no child should ever see. >> translator: look at us and give mercy. if god gave mercy. why can't men? >> reporter: this boy has been violently ill, but his mother can't help him. they left so quickly they brought nothing. >> translator: even if the bombs don't hit our houses, they will kill us from fear.

at night my children cling to me so tightly they won't even let me go to the bathroom. >> reporter: she shows me photos from a previous war. in 2008, she says the israelis bombed their house. this afternoon the air strikes eased, so she quickly returned home to gather supplies. the area is only four miles north, but she said she feels squared here. the home and neighborhood are eerily quiet. this is the bedroom she shares with her grandkids. she asked for help to grab a bag of clothes. how does it feel to be here? >> translator: people leave the area out of fear because israel strikes this neighborhood a lot from the sky and the sea. >> reporter: that's because palestinian fighters use it to launch rockets. the military wing of hamas released this video.

right outside the family's home you can really feel this neighborhood is absolutely abandoned. and each of these houses is 'emdy. but that doesn't mean that it's silent. we have heard two sounds, one palestinian fighters firing rockets into israel, and above the sound of israeli drones. that buzz of the drone fills residents with fear. so the few who stayed are now fleeing. as we left a family escaped with everything they could fit on a cart. they arrived at un school. israel vows to continue striking their neighborhood until the rockets stop or there is a ceasefire. until that happens, these families will be homeless. and we'll know a lot more about this ceasefire in the next five or six hours or so. that's the time when two things happen. one, the egyptian proposal for a pause takes effect, and the israeli cabinet meets at that

exact same time. but there's nocation of whether either side is willing to take the offer and stop the violence. >> nick thanks for that report. lincoln mitchell specializes in peace in the middle east. he joins us from san francisco. professor mitchell what do you think the israeli cabinet is going to do? as the time arrived to accept some sort of ceasefire? >> yes, a ceasefire does work for israel right now, if there's a guarantee that hamas will not continue to fire rockets into israel. and if they get that, i think they will support a ceasefire. >> what about hamas. they have demonstrated they have thousands of rockets. and they have certainly met their goal to amass sympathy. any motivation on their part to accept the ceasefire? >> as you say, hamas has met

their goal, which is to lose a few palestinian lives and gin up more anger and hatred towards israel. so they have achieved that goal. but neither side is driven entirely biological decision-making at that point. >> egypt brokers the last ceasefire in 2012. how do you see this taking shape? what should we be looking for over the next few days? >> well, this is a different egypt than in 2012. they are much less sympathetic towards hamas. but we use this term ceasefire, but every few years this conflict erupts, and there's no reason to think that this won't erupt again in a few years, and the motivations on both sides that lead to this conflict in 2012, and 2014, will likely

still be there in 2016 and 2017. so one thing to ask is there anything going on here that will disinsent vise -- getting back to this conflict in a few years? and i don't see anything. >> so it is true that israeli with say every few years we have to trim back hamas. and hamas has to gin up some political support away from israeli. >> israeli needs to defending itself. and mowing the lawn is a military term. but really what israel is doing is defending itself. when they feel rockets are being shot into israel, after a while they are going to shoot back. and much harder because they have the military superiority.

but they can't -- even though militarily they could, they are not really pursuing the goal of ending hamas. so nothing really ever changes. >> but in terms of perceptions hamas has essential i will won by drawing israel into the killing of palestinians, 185 who have been killed. haven't hamas achieved their goal? and hamas is still part of this unity government and they maintain their support. >> my sense is that hamas chived a lot of that before this conflict started. there are really only a few countries in the world that are strong supporters of israel. it's also a battle on that front within israel that isn't engaged. israel is not deeply concerned with public opinion. i think this is much more about the second half of what you

said, internal, within the palestinian authority, within gaza, keeping support for hamas high. ham hamas's support is around a goal that isn't plausible and isn't going to happen. so to take the focus away from that and focus on isn't israel very bad, every few years hamas has to do that. unfortunately the result is a predictable israeli response and the loss of palestinian lives. the internal political logic isn't there. >> lincoln mitchell, thanks for being on the program. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. for decades the two-state solution has been held up as the only hope for peace, but of course so far every attempt to forge such a solution has failed. paul beban joins us with more. >> the goal of dividing

palestine into two lands for two people has been around since the british controlled the rebefore world war ii. but then it was turned over to the arab nations. civil war quickly broke out. hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled, and it was never implemented. fast forward to 1967 the six-day war completely redrew the map. today israeli settlements especially in the west bank have further chewed away at a possible palestinian state. the latest efforts to bring the two sides together around this two-state solution failed in april, and now we're back to conflict. earlier today i spoke with an author who says it's time to give up on the idea.

>> as horrific as this latest round of violence between the israelis and the palestinians have been, and particularly the bombing of gaza, i think it's important to remember this is about the seventh time in which the israeli military has conducted a bombing campaign on gaza in the last ten years. so there's nothing new with regard to what is happening right now. i think what is new, is that with each one of these bombing campaigns, the possibility of a protracted peace agreement, certainly one that leads to anything akin to a two-state solution becomes more and more a distant possibility. >> ceasefire first, talk later. in the short-term how can the two sides even get to a ceasefire? >> as long as the two sides are willing to negotiate, and stop the indiscriminate rocket fire, there is every hope that at the

very lease we can have a temporary pause in the violence insofar as the medium or the long-range concerns go, that, as i say, is a little bit more of a pessimistic outlook. >> how much credibility does the u.s. have in this region now? >> that's a very good question. when it comes to the israeli palestinian conflict, the united states has very little credibility, indeed with both sides. of course the disfavorability rating of the united states, and particularly the obama administration and israel is about as high as it has ever been. you have a pretty clear rift between the government run by prime minister netenyahu, and the obama administration. let's just be frank. they do not like each other very much. and certainly the palestinians have no reason to trust the united states. >> do you think this -- this latest round of rocket fire and

incursions and missile air strikes presents possibility for moving the ball forward? or is the only hope for a ceasefire and then return to the status quo? >> this is one of those situations in which the status quo is anything but status. the fact of the matter is that we're in a situation whereby the rate of settlements and the occupation in the west bank is at record levels. 2014, the israeli government set a record in the number of settlements that they approved in the occupied territories. that record was beat by the record that was set last year by israel. so the settlement enterprise is increasing, not decreasing. so when we talk about status quo, what we mean is a steady progression whereby israel continues to gobble up any land that could possibly be set aside

for a future palestine. at this point the notion of a two-state area is a fantasy. you can't cut up a pizza as a country. >> if that is off of the table, as you said, there's going to be have to be a paradigm shift on both sides. do you think that's even a possibility? >> as difficult and as impossible to imagine as it may be right now, the fact of the matter is that we are already moving towards a single binational state. there are almost 600,000 israeli settlers in the occupied west bank. it seems very unlikely that these 600,000 are going to be removed. and the notion of switching land for peace, in other words giving the palestinians some dry

plateau in return for the most fertile lands of the best bank doesn't seem possible. there's no movement with the right of return, or no movement with regard with how to share jerusalem. i'll be about as blunt about this as i possibly can be, there is no longer any possibility for a two-state solution. that possibility came and went sometime ago. and you are talking about the current leadership, which the prime minister notwithstanding is adamantly against the possibility of a viable palestinian state. at a certain point we are all going to have to dig our heads out of the sand and come to the only realization that is possible now, which is that we are already living in a singling binational state. it is an unequal binational

state, and the only possibility now is to talk about how to create equal representation for the palestinians who are already living under israeli leadership, uner will the israeli government's whim. >> reza, a lot to chew on there. thank you very much for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> he is not alone in this. other analysts say that focusing on two states is hopeless. but of course, david going in a different direction is going to require leaders with a lot more imagination and perhaps willingness to make painful decisions like the ones we have to make right now. >> paul beban great interview. nick schifrin mentioned that secretary of state john kerry has essentially embraced the opportunity for egypt to get involved and perhaps broker some sort of ceasefire between israel and hamas.

we have gotten a little more language now. here is the official diplomatic language from the state department. we welcome egypt's call for a ceasefire and hope this will lead to the restoration of calm as soon as possible. further escalation benefits no one. the administration has been deeply engaged with their allies and partners out there this difficult period. and we'll do everything with can to facilitate a ceasefire. coming up next, the next journey, how a migrant child is adjusting here in the united states after being reunited with his family after eight years. plus citigroup is now paying up for its role in the u.s. financial crisis. the bank has agreed to a settlement of $7 billion. ♪

>> -- along the u.s. mexican border, more than 57,000 children have been found headed north alone since october. today an ambassador attended a conference hosted by mexico and the vatican. secretary of health and human services spoke with governors to

try to win their support. republican lawmakers are resisting the president's proposal to deal with the problem as of now. many migrants are being sent back to their homes by bus. monica reports from honduras. >> reporter: the bus you see behind me is transporting 18 mothers and their children that were just deported from the united states. this is the first group that is going to be deported. after a law in 2008 did not allow the united states to deport children until their cases were seen by an immigration court. now the obama administration is sending a clear signal to south american countries, that most of these minors who made it to the united states illegally, and

facing great risk are most likely going to be deported. so it's a sad homecoming here, this is one of the world's murder capitols. it's not very clear what future awaits these families and small children. since october, nearly 60,000 migrant children have been trying to cross the u.s./mexico border alone. that's more than twice as many as this time last year. morgan radford introduced us to one of those kids a 15 year old from honduras. and she is here with more. >> that's right. david. we have seen lots of stories of kids trying to cross the border. but what we don't often see is what happens next? what does that transition look like? those first days living in many america? i went to find out. [ sobbing ] [ applause ] >> reporter: an emotional reunion, this is the 15 year old

seeing his parents for the first time in a decade. one of thousands of children trying to cross the border alone. he got caught in texas and spent time in an detention center. two weeks later, i decided to go check on him. so right now we are driving two hours away, so go visit him. it has been a couple of weeks now since he has been home with his parents for the very first time after not seeing his father for eight whole years, his mother for seven. but when we got there, he didn't want to come out of his room. after the hugs and the happiness of that reunion, new realities are starting to set in. it was clear he was struggling to adjust to his new life. we're outside talking because he doesn't want to speak. why do you think he doesn't want

to talk? >> translator: i don't know why he doesn't want to talk. he's very timid >> reporter: do you think he is traumatized in some way? >> translator: well, i think he is. he does have some trauma from being cooped up for so long. >> reporter: still no one was entirely sure why he suddenly refused to speak. even his grandmother who had come all the way from honduras on a visit just to help her grand son adjust. do you think he has changed? >> translator: yes, he is happy. it's hard in honduras. the gangs kill them just for fun, just to watch them die. and then he was threatened over a cell phone, telling him he was going to die. he couldn't go out. even the birds rejoice when they are free. >> reporter: maybe it was

hearing his grandmother cry tears of joy that finally gave him the courage to come out. how do you feel being in the united states? >> reporter: very good. i feel happy to be with my parents again. when i was many immigration that was the worst thing that ever happened to me. i felt totally hopeless. it was only eight days but it felt like a year. >> reporter: and while he won't elaborate on what happened, he remains focused on the future. he plays basketball every day with his cousin and his dreams are as high as his jump shot. >> translator: i want to be a good person and have a good job to fight to support my parents like they have done for me. >> reporter: it is clear the real change has just begin. and to the courts he is one more

immigration case of the 50,000 already pending right here in new york state. this is a side of the immigration debate that we rarely see. child migrants face a host of other issues as they try to adjust to what they hope will be a better life here in the united states. >> thank you. >> any time. coming up an historic vote. plus the federal government is running a blitz on the national football league, and the nfl is now on its heels over prescription drug abuse. ♪ farm for my entire life. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america @

this is al jazeera america. i'm david shuster. and coming up, a conversation with the 17-year-old activist who survived being shot in the head with the taliban is in nigeria appealing for the release of the kidnapped schoolgirls. citigroup's role in the financial crisis has triggered a $7 billion settlement with the

u.s. government. and faster than speeding bullets, how a u.s. government agency is planning to monitor those millions of pieces of space junk circling the earth. ♪ pakistani education activist is in nigeria today where she met with president goodluck jonathan. she is working to draw attention to the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram. here is our story. >> reporter: she came to highlight their reality. from survivor to another. the pakistani activist who survived being shot in the head by the taliban. >> translator: they put us in classroom, beat us up, and when they were done they told us to

get in the cars or our lives would be over. >> reporter: she told them how we gunmen came when they were sleeping. it has been more than 90 days when these parents last saw their daughters. the abduction brought unprecedented international attention to the violence in northeast nigeria. and that's what she decided to focus on on her 17th birthday. but the president was not interested in speaking to the media. did you address with president johnson the criticism over the slow response. >> i told him there is a responsibility to listen to your people. he made two promises, and the first was he was definitely going to see the parentsover these girls, because these parents need his support. the second promise was that the

girls could soon be released and they had many, many solutions, but they would choose the best in which the girls would come home safely and early. i am trusting him and i believe that he will fulfill his promises. but i'm not waiting for -- for what he is going to do. i can take my responsibility to the [ inaudible ] campaign, and i will be counting the days until these girls are released. they are my sisters, and this is my campaign, and i will do it. i'm not going to wait for someone else. >> reporter: she also sought to draw attention to the girls that are out of school globally. boko haram's abdock shuns have kept these girls from school, putting at risk the future of not only those in captivity, but also those that are free. for the first time in its history, the church of england

will now allow women in the uk to become bishops. the national assembly approved the move today. >> reporter: within minutes of the result, there were celebrations. years of campaigning for equality finally paying off. less than two years after a previous attempt had failed. >> 20 months ago, the 12th of november, i was in tears, and the cameras caught me in tears. now i am delighted. i'm sure i will be in tears again in a moment, because i'm so happy. but tears are good. today tears are good. >> reporter: inside after more than five hours of debate, result many here had dared hope for, that women in the church of england would finally be allowed to become bishops. >> the motion has been carried in all three houses. [ applause ] >> reporter: nobody, though, has taken this outcome for granted.

the previous attempt failed in what some had called a crisis in the church. for many this is long overdue. this will be one of the biggest changes in the church of england for several hundred years. but it could be more than a year before we see a female bishop here in england. and it won't be too soon for the significant minority who in 2012 voted against change. >> it is always disappointing when a church makes decisions that seems to move away from the heart of what the bible teaches. >> reporter: but the measure will bring the church into line with other communities within the uk itself and further afield. it is being seen as an attempt to modernize the church and reflect modern society. >> when the women are bishops it will change the nature of the conversation. i think we see that already. >> reporter: 20 years after the first female priests were

ordained, a new generation is now looking forward to the future once again. now to syria, and what is being called a possible game changer for civilians trapped in that war-torn country. the un security council has passed a resolution allowing humanitarian groups to deliver aid across lines that are not held by the syrian government. >> will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s-2014-490 please raise their hand. >> reporter: a rare moment of unanimity on the security council. with the worsening crisis in syria, the council authorized

four boarder crossings in to syria. the resolution was authored by australia, jordan, and luxemburg. >> the council has been united in this decision because all of us recognize that every month, every day the situation on the ground in syria gets worse. 6,000, 7,000 new refugees every day. one syrian family is displaced every minute. >> reporter: the vote came amid reports from activists that the so-called is has ceased control of opposition areas. the amateur video here appears to show the aftermath of the fighting. >> translator: the phenomenon of refugees and displacement in

syria is due to the same reason, namely sponsored terrorism. >> reporter: but the number of syrians in need of aid is growing. >> we have a whole range of administrative procedures that we have to go through with the government in damascus. agreement as to when we can move, where we can go, how long it takes in terms of ensuring they know where we're going. all of these things can take a huge amount of time. >> reporter: and time is running out for many syrians. of course the resolution doesn't mean anything if it's not implemented on the ground. the united nations has promised to begin its work immediately. one of america's largest banks has agreed to pay a multi-billion dollars fine. citigroup is paying for its role

in the mortgage crisis that helped fuel the great recession. the bank and the u.s. justice department announced the $7 billion settlement today. ali velshi joins us now. eric holder called this a record civil penalty. how big of a deal is this? >> it's pretty big. citigroup had some time ago agreed they would probably say something. but they wanted to pay well una billion dollars because they said proportionately they had less to do with this than some of the bigger banks. the government said they were mixing bad mortgages in with mostly good more ages, and selling them off to investors as better quality than they were. and they knew this. and in the end the government wanted $12 billion. they ended up getting $7 billion, of which a big

portion is the civil penalty. and this is the government saying we've got some teeth. we're going to hold these banks to account. >> and will any average americans who were hurt in the financial crisis see any of this? >> well, it's made up of a bunch of different parts, and yes, in fact we don't know how it will be divided up. but some will go to the federal deposit insurance corporation, but the lion's share is expected to go towards reducing principal. but your principal that you owe on your mortgage could actually be reduced. now, again, this is yet to play out. we're going to have to see how this will be applied, but in theory it is supposed to help people who were affected by the misdeeds of the bank. >> jpmorgan paid a fine last year, but not as severe.

who is next? >> probably banc of america. the attorney general has made it clear they are going after to other banks in this. so you can expect those things to happen. the other thing is you'll remember, david in the old days people used to be able to pay these fines -- these corporations would pay these fines and not admit any guilt. in this case they have had to admit responsibility, and the attorney general has been very, very clear they are not absolved of criminal responsibility. these are civil fines. there are still a lot of people out there, david who feel that someone in a position of authority should go to jail for nearly sending the world into a financial tailspin. so they are keeping their options open. it's unclear if they have at that sights on anyone in particular. >> ali velshi, the host of "real money." ali thanks as always.

>> good to see you. >> you can catch ali velshi with "real money" every weeknight. the internal revenue service is pulling out its rubber stamp. it will not screen about 80% of the charities now seeking tax-exempt status. they say they are only have to pay a $400 fee and fill out a two-page form. how many of these groups exist out there that have less than $50,000 that are subject to this new stipulation? >> you could be looking at up to four in five of these charitable organizations that exist to ostensibly do good throughout the united states, but at the same time too, although it may be a boom for many of these

organizations that want the benefit of tax-exempt status, but the flip side is a lot of political observers are very concerned that this will be tantamount to corruption or tantamount to organizations coming in under the vail of being a tax-exempt corporation, because of the rules and regulations that will make this a very, very easy process. >> and a lot of them -- you can still cause a lot of damage in a local political election even if you have a small staff and a very small budget. >> absolutely. and we're coming out tomorrow morning with an investigative report six months in the works that details in painful detail how the irs has been losing staff, resources, really been gutted in a major way by -- by congress over the past many years, so really it's am at a

[ inaudible ] of its ability to be a policeman on the beat to go after organizations that are non-profit groups whether they are charitable or organizations that are supposed to operation in social welfare but have become very, very political in the last couple of years. when the irs can't do its job in this particular regard, it could be a bad thing for taxpayers. >> as far as the 501(c)(4)s which are supposed to support the social welfare, it is basically social gymnastics now. anything that is, quote unquote, supporting the electorate is supporting social welfare. >> if you want to operate as a political group, that's fine, but by law, you are supposed to

register as a political group. a super pac, and these groups in some cases can raise and spending unlimited amounts of money to advocate directly for and against candidates, but they don't get a tax break to do it. but these 501(c)(4) groups have been advocating sometimes to the tune of millions upon millions of dollars for political candidates. they are not supposed to operate with a primary purpose of engaging in politics, but the criticism is they have been doing that. and they don't have to disclose their donors and they get a tax break. >> dave great stuff. and we'll look forward to the report tomorrow. we appreciate it. the national football league, which has been under fire in washington over concussions and even the name of the franchise in d.c. is now facing a new threat. the federal go is investigating

the league over prescription drug abuse. jonathan betz has been following the story. >> the nfl is already facing that class action lawsuit, and now the feds appear to be interested in accusations of rampant painkiller accuse amongst players. >> reporter: the "new york daily news" reports the drug enforcement administrate is investigating the league for possible drug violations. it comes two months after hundreds of retires playered sued the nfl. accusing them of drugging it illegally with painkillers to keep them playing even while hurt. >> what you have is a bunch of an nest thiezed gladiators going out there every week. >> reporter: dozens of x players have described a free-wheeling culture where profits were put

before pain. >> if you are a player who can't play hurt, in all likelihood, you won't last. >> reporter: that pressure reggie jones told al jazeera in may kept him playing with injuries that lead to chronic pain. >> every sunday there was someone getting shot up. >> neither the nfl for the dea are commenting tonight, but that lawsuit has at least 750 players have signed on. >> jonathan thank you. in tennessee today family and friends of news man john siegenthaler, sr. celebrated his remarkable life. he died on friday. he is being remembered to his devotion to human rights and social justice. in the 1960s when much of the media ignored the growing resistance to social equality,

he lead his paper in an open and honest coverage of the civil rights movement. his son and our colleague read a letter at his funeral. >> who knows how much life is left. since that day, 50 years ago, this day, i have felt your every breath was mine, and mine yours. we fear not the future, you and i. when my breath is gone, it will still be yours. tomorrow is ours, because the past and the present has been and is with all these incredible years can mean, i love you. we love you, dad.

good evening, everyone. i'm going to take you towards

central siberia here in the central part of the country. i want to show you some video that came out. this was an amazing storm that pushed through the central siberian city. hail was about the size of golf balls or larger, unfortunately this particular storm was deadly. two children died because of the storm as some heavy winds also came with the thunderstorms involved. come back to the weather wall, i want to tell you about a different storm. we're looking at a typhoon approaching the philippines. it will be making landfall very, very soon. there are a lot of people in this area that experienced the typhoon of last november, where over 6300 people died that are still dealing with the cleanup going on in the area. we expect between 16 and 20 inches of rain falling over the next two days.

the storm is going to pass just to the south of manila on wednesday. and manila extremely susceptible to flooding. a lot of the city is below sea level. that's a look at your weather, your news is coming up right after this.

in italy the operation to refloat the costa concordia cruise line has now begun. the luxury liner has been sitting on a temporary platform since crews last year turned it up right. removing the ocean liner has been an intense effort, so far costing almost a billion dollars. the plan is to tow it to northern italy later this week where it will be scrapped. the u.s. government now has a plan to clean up some of the garbage in the upper part of the earth's atmosphere. the department of defense just signed a billion dollars to help

protect satellites from small pieces of debris. jacob ward is live tonight in san francisco. tell us more about the threat here. >> well, david, you and i are probably already familiar with the -- the opening from gravity in which a space collision basically wipes out the space shuttle and all ground communications. that's a real thing, it's called the kessler kas dade -- cascade. but it takes decades and decades to happen. but the dod, and the rest of the space-watching community has recognized we'll see more and more collisions. there was a collision in 2009 that produced 2,000 pieces of debris alone. so lockheed martin created this billion dollars system to detect space debris that just surfaced

from industrialia last week, this footage of russian rocket particles coming out of the sky. so it will be extraordinary. >> will this protect satellites against space debris? i mean how would sandra bullock handle it? this >> it would just give sandra bullock a better idea that it is coming. it's sensitivity allows it to see objects smaller than four inches across. that doesn't really solve the greater problem which is as the private space industry begins to poor satellites up into space, we'll have more and more junk, and the kessler cascade will continue. so people are investigating systems that will deorbit satellites. the japanese program has an

electric leash, a tether between two satellites that will s&p debris as it crosses it, and causes the debris to slow down and fall back into the atmosphere and basically die against our air. so you are going to need his active systems going forward, but this will at least give sandra bullock more warning. >> we're going to the movies together some day, my friend. >> let's go, man. >> thanks as always. coming up all new tonight on al jazeera america at 11:00 eastern, experiencing chicago's gun violence through the eyes of parent. one mother talks about her daily efforts to get police to investigator her son's death. these stories and much more tonight at 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pm pacific. and now a picture that caught our eye. tonight's freeze frame comes to

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