>> for continuing coverage of the israeli - palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america your global news leader. >> a ceasefire plan is on the table after a week of air strikes between israel and gaza. streeisrael is onboard, now it'm to hamas. >> congress is taking step to say make it easier to send undocumented immigrants home. >> rebel attacks shuting down the main airport in libya, 90% of the planes have been destroyed.

the control tower was hit with a rocket. >> a $7 billion settlement between citigroup and the u.s. government over sub prime mortgages. only some of that money is going back to homeowners. we'll tell you where the rest of it is going. >> secretary of state john kerry speaking live in vienna austria is discussing iran's nuclear program there. he condemned the situation in the middle east. right now, he is talking about iran. >> the additional protocol needs to be adhered to and a specific set of verification and transparency measures need to be put in place, among other things that make the promises real. that's the nature, it's not specific to iran. any country would be in the same place and need to do the same thing as they do with respect to any kind of agreement.

libya, we are obviously deeply concerned about the level of violence in libya, and every single day in the state department, we make assessments about the level of violence, about our personnel who are there, about our embassy, about the overall nature of the violence, and that is why president obama has appointed a special envoy, david satterfield, diplomat with a great deal of experience who most recently filled in in egypt, and he has been working very closely with the british special envoy and other special envoy, france, italy, all focused on how we can transition libya away from this militia violence, which is what is threatening the airport at the moment. it is not violence that has broken out every single day all day, it's mostly fighting at night and it is not threatening

broadly every interest within libya, but it is dangerous, and it must stop and we are working very, very hard through our special envoys to find the political cohesion, the glue that can bring people together to create stronger capacity in the governance of libya so that this violence can end. we'll continue to stay very, very precisely focused on it. >> our final question is from bbcpersia. >> thank you very much, secretary kerry. many eye raines wonder, i would like to be very specific, why the u.s. and the world powers would not accept iran maintain say 10,000 centrifuges and i'm not tracking all the numbers, but if the other terms of the

deal are secure, numbers kept, degree of enrichment low, if trust is an issue, they say, both iran and the united states have the checkered history when it comes to nuclear capability. when you start asking about specific numbers of centrifuges and so fort, you get into a zone of public disclosure that is just not helpful to the negotiations at this point in time, so i'm not going to talk about a specific number, what number might work, not work, what we will accept, won't accept, all of those questions belong at the negotiating table

and that's where they are, but let me just say in general terms, this is not an issue of trust. this is an issue of factual process by which you can verify on a day to day basis what is happening. why do we need to do that. why are there p5 plus one at the table? why is china joining with russia, joining with the united states, joining with germany, france and britain, all of them together at the table demanding the same thing, as well as the rest of the world through the united nations security council and the resolutions. this is not a fabricated issue. >> you are watching secretary of state john kerry speaking live there in vienna where he has been attending talks between

multiple stake holders in negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. he said there is still very real gaps in the process that he will consult with the president and congress about whether to extend those talks beyond the july 20 deadline. he did not say anything about a proposed ceasefire deal between israel and hamas, which hangs in the balance this morning. israel today said it accepts a truce proposed by egypt but hamas appears divided over the deal. >> the military wing rejecting that plan, promising more attacks. meanwhile, the political leader of hamas says they are still debating the proposal. >> egypt's plan calls for a temporary ceasefire within 12 hours of unconditional acceptance by both sides, followed by the opening of gaza's border crossings and high level talks in cairo within two days. let's go to washington with randall pinkston. what is the u.s. saying about

egypt's ceasefire proposal? >> in fact, secretary kerry did speak about that proposal in the question and answer session from his news conference this morning in vienna, saying that the u.s. will continue to pursue negotiations and commenting that hamas so far has not accepted egypt's idea. >> i cannot condemn strongly enough the actions of hamas in so brazenly firing rockets in multiple numbers in the face of a good will effort to offer a ceasefire in which egypt and israel have joined together and the international community strongly supports the idea of a ceasefire, the need, the compelling need to have a ceasefire. at the same time, there are great risks in what is happening there and in the potential of a greater escalation of violence. we don't want to see that, number does.

>> of course, prime minister netanyahu is saying israel reserves the right to retaliate. last night, this is what the president had to say. >> i believe further escalation benefits no one, least of all, the israeli and palestinian people. we're going to continue doing everything we can to facilitate a return to the 2012 ceasefire. we are encouraged that egypt made a proposal to accomplish this goal, which we hope can restore the calm that we've been seeking. >> secretary kerry, who had been talking about a stop in the middle east has decided to return to washington to allow the ceasefire more time to come together. >> let's make a turn to immigration, because today, two texas lawmakers will introduce a

bipartisan plan to ease the crisis at the broader. border. what is in that bill? >> the bill would spees up the processing time, hiring more immigration judges who would have 72 hours of a request from a child to determine whether unaccompanied minors can remain in the u.s., those who are not would be returned to their home countries. >> 21 children deported from the u.s. arriving back in honduras, some stepping off a plane and into the arms of the country's first lady, who was there to greet them. they are the first wave sent back after president obama vowed the majority of undocumented children would be returned home. from the airport, the women and children, some as young as 18 months were processed back into their home country. >> they didn't give me any rights, lawyer nor an interview, nothing. they took us in in the morning and didn't tell us anything, if

we were going to be deported, nothing. >> today, republican senator and democratic senator from texas, their proposed law would amend the current law for children to go before a judge to hear their cases, something that can keep them here for years. white house pushes them to approve the supplemental appropriation they said is needed to tackle the crisis before congress leaves for august recess. monday, texas senator ted cruz was in his home state saying that spending measure comes up short. >> almost all of the funding goes to things other than border security. notably, the president does nothing address the underlying problem, nothing to address the lawlessness and amnesty that caused this problem. >> weaver seen a lot of talk from republicans about how

urgent and pressing the situation is but not a lot of action on the proposal the president put forward. >> a proposal for housing to 57,000 minors. today, some of those children will arrive at this youth facility in arizona, where hundreds are expected to protest. >> there are young adults that are not here just for a better life, they are involved in criminal activity, and they're going to bring that into the community. >> so far, no action in the congress, in the house or the senate on the presidential request for that emergency authorization. >> pope francis is speaking out about the border, calling it a humanitarian urgency and asking the u.s. and mexican authorities to protect the children. they want children warned about the dangers of migrating to the u.s. >> a federal appeals court

striking down two terrorism-related convictions against osama bin ladennen's former spokesman, a third conviction is going to stand. he could see his life sentence reduced as a result. the ruling could affect terror suspect facing similar charges. >> dozens are dead after a car bombing in afghanistan in a province south of kabul. 44 were killed, 50 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a vehicle near a mosque and a crowded market. >> army officials saying sergeant bowe bergdahl returning to regular duty, assigned to fort sam houston in texas, and will be doing administrative work. the army is investigating why he disappeared from his post five years ago in afghanistan. >> veterans affairs officials were on capitol hill into the early morning hours defending democratic's efforts to whittle

down a troubling backlog. they say they've made progress. lawmakers say it's not enough. >> erica pitzi joins us now. >> america's top leaders were back in the top seat for another grilling. the hearing went on five and a half hours, most aimed at the v.a. said under secretary for benefits. she admits it hit a tipping point with 600,000 open cases. she said the battle to cut that down has been a success, 55% handled since last year. according to some mid level managers, who also testified, they say those numbers are manipulated and veterans seeking care are still at risk. >> we've been told by the v.a. that the backlog has been worked on and really making progress, and from what you're telling me here today, that's all bologna and that they're all concerned about numbers and not veterans,

and that changing the date of a claim is common practice to reduce the backlog. >> the v.a. also addressed the problem of overspending. we'll explain how that happened in our next hour. >> in italy, the first phase of scrapping the costa concordia is complete. workers refloated the where he could cruise liner, turning it fully upright for the first time since it sank in 2012. later this week, it will be towed up the coast to be scrapped. >> it began as a lawsuit by former players, now grown into a federal drug investigation, authorities are now looking into allegation of rom pant pain killer abuse in the nfl. >> another potentially big hit for the nfl. the new york daily news reports the f.d.a. is investigating possible drug violations, coming

two months after retired players accused the nfl of drugging them illegally with pain killers to keep them playing while hurt. >> what you have in the nfl is a bunch of aanesthetized glad 80ors going out every week. >> with rewards to the nfl, if you're a a player who can't play hurt, in all likelihood, you won't last. >> that pressure former saint told aljazeera in may, kept this player playing with knee and shoulder injuries, decisions he said that led to chronic pain. >> when i played, it was very common, it was routine, every sunday, there was somebody getting shot up. >> serious allegations, now raising criminal concerns. jonathan betz, aljazeera, new york. >> so far, no comment from the

nfl or d.e.a. but that lawsuit sparking investigation is growing, 750 retired players now signing on to the class action suit. >> wild storms tore through the mid atlantic and northeast overnight. for more, let's bring in meteorologist eboni deon. >> it's going to be an active day with storms and some areas that saw it yesterday will see it again today. frontal boundary on the move and showers will be breaking out this afternoon into the evening back into the northeast. i have impressive video around the u.s. capitol. you can see the lightning strikes offer in the distance. official rainfall amounts, not that impressive, but really in and around the d.c. area, we saw a quarter inch of rain upwards to two and a half inches, so more rain is on the way. we could see localized flooding, so be on guard for that. in addition to the storms we are watching out for, anywhere from the northeast down into the mid atlantic states, at the back end of this front, we're going to

deal with an upper level disturbance and that will kick off more storms. mainly widely scattered activity, abundant moisture in place. once we get storms popping, drenching downpours will be a good bet. generally seeing one to three inches of rain, but some areas could see up wards of five inches in and around boston through the day. >> hamas is using a new weapon in its fight against israeli drones. >> some wonder if the u.s. set a dangerous precedent with its use of drones. >> new research finds alzheimer's disease may be preventable. the keys to improving your brain. >> a mother and child saved from a carjacker. the bystanders who stepped in, using brute force to end it all. >> today's big number is $92 million. >> we're going to tell you what

that has to do with one company's admission about defrauding its very own customers.

>> a natural truck stop chain avoid the government prosecution. today's big number, $92 million. >> that's much pilot flying j. agreed to pay over a scheme to defraud customers of rebates. >> they have admitted to defrauding customers of $56 million. >> the company agreeing to restitution and periodic reports. >> 10 employees have pleaded guilty in the case. >> chicago reeling from a week of gun violence, 13 dead, dozens wounded. residents are asking for more help to stop the shootings. the police are now struggling trying to keep up. >> a lot of people say he was an old soul, always nice and poll light. >> for nearly five years, tanya binge searched for the killer of her son, deonte smith. she's made little progress. >> how often do you call the investigators at the chicago police department about your son's case? >> often, because they wasn't calling me.

even when my son died, they never came to me. in my opinion, i think they solve the cases they really want to solve, but i make sure i call. >> why? >> because my son's case is unsolved and i think there's somebody out there that knows what happens. >> august 1, 2009, her son was leaving a block party here at 61 and green on the south side neighborhood. a fight broke out and someone started shooting. he was struck in the back. he managed to run a block before captaining at the intersection of south peoria and west 61s 61st street, where he died. >> how many people would have seen what happened that night? >> what i was told from the time i go out and pass out my flier, at least 150-200 people. >> of all those people, nobody came forward with information. >> not a one. no one came forward. >> police say oftentimes, witnesses and victims refuse to cooperate. a code of silence, no snitching.

according to chicago police, in 2012, there were over .500 murders in the city. of those, 130 were solved, which means 74% of the time, somebody got away with murder. >> it begs the question have why, because it used to be that homicide was the easiest crime to solve, but that's changed. >> in the absence of willing witnesses to come forward with information, i mean how much can police and prosecutors really do? >> without cooperation of witnesses or other people who might have information about the shooting, it's a challenge to the police. >> mothers who have lost children to chicago's violence refuse to give up. >> what lengths have you gone to to get more information about who shot and killed your son? >> i repeatedly still go out, i still ask questions, i still go out and pass out flyers. i have put up a billboard. >> you also raised a reward.

>> we did a ralph. >> how long are you going to continue to look for answers? >> as long as i'm on the earth. >> the governor and city leaders pushing for tighter gun laws that might keep assault weapons off the street. >> hamas rolling out a new weapon against israel, palestinian fighters releasing this video showing an unhand drone flying from gaza into israel monday. israeli forces shot it down. the video shows the drone armed with what looks like missiles, but no worth if they were real. this is the first time hamas has used a drone. a former director of the c.i.a.'s counter terrorism center, where he oversaw the drone program joins us this morning. sir, thanks for being with us. how long have we known that hamas has the capability to manufacture and deploy drones? >> we don't know that they have the ability to manufacture drones. all indications thus far is that

the drone in question here, the one that the israelis shot down was actually iranian made and probably smug would into the gaza strip. technological innovation being what it is and the cleverness of some of the highly educated people there in the gaza strip indicates that this may not be far outside of hamas' capabilities in the future. >> how big of a leap technically is it to go from a surveillance drone to having an armed drone that could actually attack? >> well, there's not much difference at all, particularly if it is used as essentially a flying bomb. it doesn't take a great deal to put explosives, depending on the lift capability of aircraft itself. it's a very small step to go from surveillance to actual military operations. >> a small step. israel is believed to have armed drones, and may even have used

them. what other countries have this capability besides the united states? >> there are literally dozen which is of countries now that have their own drone exhibits. as a matter of fact, pakistan just to cite one recent example is deploying drones in the tribal areas where they have been engaged in hostilities with militants there. the iranians have drones. switzerland the other day that just agreed to a deal to purchase drones. drone technology is becoming very, very widespread. >> has the u.s. in some ways using drones to tarts militants in pakistan and yemen opened up a pandora's box? >> well, the u.s. has employed drones in ungoverned spaces where people pose a direct threat to u.s. security who cannot otherwise be reached.

however, there are unintended consequences and some of those are legal. some other justifications that we have employed for our own use of drones in areas and countries with which we are not at war could very well be used in other context and ways that would not be welcome to us. >> former director of the c.i.a.'s counter terrorism center joining us this morning, thank you. >> coming up in just five minutes, a live report from jerusalem, plus why hamas has not yet agreed to the ceasefire deal. >> there is a new study out of finland claiming a healthy lifestyle could be the key to preventing always homer's decease. after eating healthy foot and brain exercises, mental function is improved. friends and family they say can help. the volunteers in the study were encouraged to socialize. >> the rate of alzheimer's disease and other forms have dementia is falling in the u.s. an average american over the age

of 60 now has a 44% lower chance of developing dementia than someone did 30 years ago. more than 5.4 million americans suffer from the disease. >> let's look at temperatures we can expect across the country today. >> we check in with our meteorologist, eboni deon. >> the cooldown taking parts over the midwest. temperatures five to 15 degrees cooler than this time yesterday has put us down into the 40's widespread across the dakotas, rapid city just missing a record. we are going to see high temperatures today staying 10 to 20 degrees below average only warming into the 70's. the air is drier, so it's going to have a comfortable feel. we will rub quickly here around minneapolis, only 70 today, 80 by thursday. >> we can't say polar vortex. >> no, not quite. >> retire that phrase, del. >> thank you very much. >> it's an opportunity to end

the violence between israel and gaza. >> a ceasefire proposal now on the table, israel saying yes, hamas saying not so fast. we are live in jerusalem with the very latest. >> at one time, it was one of the most popular summer jobs among teens, but today's, pools and lakes across the count require having a tough time hiring life guards. i'll have the story, straight ahead. >> a major highway bridge collapses into a river, sending cars into the water. we're finding out what caused it to plumb bell. >> they're calling is the lebron effect. how he could bring very big bucks with him to cleveland. it's one of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> good morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> ahead, a shortage of life guards putting summer water holes in jeopardy of closing. >> where the money from city

bank's justice department settlement will go and how it could help homeowners. >> ahead in our next hour, new steps parents can take to protect their kids from dozen infant death syndrome. >> dozens of migrants detained after illegally crossing the border into new mexico have been deported to honduras. 38 men, women and children were flown back. the first lady of honduras greeted them with balloons and holy pops while others called ate great tragedy. >> a grilling on capitol hill for the department of veterans affair, officials defending the massive bag logs of benefit claims. they say they've made progress. some lawmakers say that's not enough. >> egypt's proposed ceasefire between deal and gaza is in doubt. israel accepted the proposal, hamas appears divided over the deal. the military wing rejected the plan but hamas' leader is debating the proposal.

secretary of state john kerry is urging both sides to accept the deal. bernard smith joins us from jerusalem. good morning. has there been any reaction to the ceasefire deal where you are? >> good morning. well, this is a tough sell for israel prime minister bending knelt to the israeli public. they have been broadly supportive of the military action against hamas and military factions in gaza. the israelis are sick of rockets coming over from gaza. they have been well protected by the iron dome, no israelis killed but they want the rockets to stop. politically, therefore, it's difficult for netanyahu, internationally, has he been under enormous pressure. internationally, the concern has been for civilian casualties. 80% of the people killed by the air strikes in gaza have been civilians. it's that pressure that

netanyahu is trying to balance against a domestic desire to stop the rockets coming from gas. >> does this deal favor one party over the other? >> well, at the moment, hamas doesn't seem to be getting a lot of out of it. as you said, they are still deliberating their response, the ceasefire should have started at 9:00 local time. a deescalation, rather. then there was a 12 our window in which that deescalation became a full ceasefire, so there's still time for hamas to respond, but there's no immediate offer to hamas of the things they want. they wanted the border between israel, between gas and egypt to be relaxed border restrictions there to be relaxed. the egyptians at the moment choke that off. it's a major lifeline economically for hamas. they want to reopened. egypt has said that there will

be consideration that is that will be reopened once the security situation stabilizes, but not much on the table from hamas. >> you are referring to the crossing which remains closed to gaza right now. thank you. >> let's go now a to former advicer to palestinian negotiators with the middle east project on democracy in washington, d.c. thanks for being with us this morning, as we have reported, israel accepting the ceasefire, but so far, hamas not. what seems to be the holdup and is it what bernard was saying? >> it has to do with what each party wanted from this latest escalation, to degrade the exhibits of hamas and has to some extent, while hamas wants to do what it is good at, fight israel and its domestic agenda has been faltering and regional

demonstration was losing ground. the current state of violence helps hamas show the palestinian people that it is capable of fighting israel and capable of deterring israel's -- >> is there a message that is being lost among the palestinian people, because as you see the numbers, by the numbers, israel is winning this conflict, the iron dome stopping any hamas rockets fired into israel, and the death toll among the residents of gaza is growing. where is the disconnect? >> they may not be perceiving it that way. palestinians have always been the ones receiving most of the casualties, so that's not new to palestinians unfortunately. it's more about the symbolic actions like the drone or the sirens in haifa and tel aviv. to many palestinians, that is

important. they are striking fear in israel and hope that that fear is going to deter israel or the israeli government from further escalation or from -- >> but from a major international standpoint of diplomacy, did the palestinian authority lose support worldwide, because a week ago, the friday nations saying that the violence and bloodshed has to stop and united states was talking about israel, saying they went too far. now hamas is saying that they do not sign off on this. have they lost now the upper hand in the p.r. battle internationally. >> probably, and i think they don't care about it that much now. they're more concerned about the domestic situation and their domestic reputation. that is more what is the priority for them now and they'll deal with international situation later on, i think. >> thank you very much for being

with us. in our next hour, we're going back to gaza for more on the ceasefire proposal and what hamas is saying about it. >> in libya, attacks from rebel militias shut down tripoli international airport. rockets struck the control to your and 90% of the planes are destroyed. one was killed in the fighting. citing security concerns, the united nations pulled staff from tripoli. >> the ntsb is trying to figure out what caused a bridge to collapse in washington state, sending two vehicles in the water. in may of 2013, the early reports say a truck that carried an oversized load struck the top of the bridge. that bridge along interstate five is used by 71,000 drivers each day. >> being a lifeguard used tube big deal on the beach, but now the job is in decline across the country. from maybe to michigan, beaches, pools and ponds are opening later in the season and some

locked up altogether. we report from michigan just outside detroit. bisi, what's causing this shortage? >> good morning to you, stephanie. among many factors, lifeguard instructors here in metro detroit say more and more teens and young adults are going after summer jobs more aligned with their long time career goals. despite the popularity in lifeguard jobs, there are many lakes and pools like the one behind me that are still trying to remain competitive. >> gabe schmidt has kept watch over these waters since a teenager. while he says the pay is good, he feels that the personal rewards of saving a life are i aimmeasurable. >> at 22 years old, he is among a shrinking pool of life guards in michigan. because of the shortage, one

water park in suburban detroit was forced to delay its opening for the first time. the number of young recruits has dropped nationwide. the lifeguard time reports a 70% decrease in applications in some cities. >> we've noticed it seems harder and harder to find the applicants we need to staff our facility, but this year especially was just a significant shortage that we weren't quite expecting. >> becoming a lifeguard can take 25 hours of training and cost trainees $300. some instructors believe that time and expense, along with cuts to school swimming and water safety programs are leaving the service in hot water. >> high schoolers and college age people, which is kind of our general employment market tend to seem busier. there was a large emphasis on sports, internships, on extracurricular to say prepare them for college on the work field. >> once cover vetted, today the

popularity of lifeguard jobs is drying up. recent college grad chase fitzpatrick could ever spent his summers in the sun, instead decided to get a jump start on a career. >> as an intern at detroit based on line mortgage lender quicken loans, today at 22, he's a full time employee. >> an internship used to be something that was unique. it's not anymore. if you want a full time job after college, you have to have that experience while you're in college to remain competitive. >> gabe feels it's his duty to help keep the pool open for his neighbors. the managers at water park are trying to stay competitive by offering free lifeguard training and above minimum pay, yet know that facing a changing tide this officer, that may be basically enough to keep staffing numbers afloat. >> just a name some other cities facing shortages, they include

minneapolis as well as pennsylvania. they expect to face a similar situation next summer, so plan to be proactive. by that, they plan to get the word out earlier to avoid any delays or closures. >> that actually leads me to this question. is there anything detroit can do or is doing to get more guards on duty this summer? >> yes. when they realized there was an issue a few weeks ago, a few months ago, what they did here in detroit is held a two day training blitz. this was very extensive and intensive training, including 50 life guards. they got the word out through social media and said that that helps a whole lot this time around. >> so the pools are guarded in detroit. thanks, bisi. >> if you jumped in the middle of that and you saw them tossing that baby, that was -- >> that was not a real baby. >> no babies were harmed in the making of this story. >> beat down or citizens' arrest, a group in san diego

called heroes after saving a woman and child from a carjacking. >> here, hold the key. >> witnesses say the suspect you are looking at tried to drive away when the woman's husband went into the store. a bystander snatches the keys, another as you can see pulling hernandez out, a third attacking him from the back seat, the men pinned the suspect until police arrived. then he decided he wants to fight, hernandez charged with kidnapping and reckless driving. >> for the first time in its history, the church of england is going to allow women in the u.k. to become bishops, approving the change on monday. for some, the change couldn't come soon enough. >> within minutes of the result, there was celebrations outside the synod, paying off after two

years ago an attempt failing. >> 25th of november, i was in tears and the cameras caught me in tears. now i am delighted. i'm sure i'll be in tears again in a moment, because i'm relieved, because i'm so happy. tears are good. today, tears are good. >> inside, after more than five hours of debate, the 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. [ cheers and applause ] >> nobody had taken this outcome for granted. the previous attempt had 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 he can gland for several hundred years, but it could be more than a year before we see our first female bishop in england. >> it won't be too soon for the significant minority who in 2012

voted against change. they say it was on theological grounds. >> it's always disappointing when a church makes a decision that seems to move away from the heart of what the bible teaches. >> the measure will bring the church of england into line with otherrinother anglican communit. it is seen as an attempt to modernize the church and reflect modern society. >> when women are in the house of bishops, it will change the nature of the conversation. i think we see that already. >> 20 years after the first church of england female priests were ordained, they are looking to the future once again. >> the move must be approved by a parliamentary committee, but female bishops are already allowed in other anglican church, including the united states. >> we want to take you to the

homecoming welcome for the world cup champions. tens of thousands greeted the german national team after they landed in berlin today. they won 1-0 on sunday, capturing their fourth world cup title. fans lined the streets as the team took a victory tour. it is the large effort gathering the team has seen since 1990. these are live images out of berlin now. the last time that germany won was 1990, and this is the first time they won as a unified germany. >> it's a good thing they won, because germany's deutch took a gamble and it paid off. 5 million stamps were printed commemorating the world cup title before the match began, so these stamps were ready to go when they won on sunday. 5 million of them would have been wasted had they not won. i guess they were feeling pretty

confident there. >> lebron james' big announcement he's going back home to cleveland has many hoping he can bring money with him, time magazine saying the lebron effect could pump $500 million back into the economy. the stadiums are going to be selling out, higher ticket prices, as well, that means more vendors have to be hired, a trickle down effect. >> they said that $48 million was lost when he left for miami. they hope to get that back. >> i love this story. >> imagine spending a casual sunday evening eating ice cream with those two gentlemen, paul mccartney and warren buffet. that's what this kid did when his friend took this celebrity self area, not quite a picture, it's more a photo bomb, actually. mccartney had heard -- the kid heard paul mccartney was going to have ice cream so headed over

there. he hung out with him on a bench. >> they are sitting on the bench, neither surrounded by these huge entourages. this is a guy in the 1960's, when he got off a plane, fans throwing themselves at him. >> he still has one fan there. >> $7 billion, that's how much city bank agreed to pay in the mortgage mess. >> we will be breaking down all the money that might be added up. >> it's decision day for nba owners, voting on the fate of the clippers owner, donald sterling. >> a giraffic sized discovery, where creatures were discovered in today's discovery of the day.

fault lines the deported only on al jazeera america >> remnants of a jurasic park 40 miles south of san francisco,

that is our discovery of the day. prehistoric fossils being unearthed as crews replace the dam near san jose. >> giant teeth from a 40-foot long shark have been discovered, also teeth from an extinge hippo, along with dozens of marine life cell tons. >> we found vertebraettes and invertebraettes. >> 500 fossils have been found, 20 million years old. >> also found and old ipad. >> in just a moment, why city bank agreed to pay the government $7 billion and what it could mean for hundreds of thousands of people with underwater mortgages. >> first a check of our weather

with meteorologist eboni deon. >> we have a frontal boundary from the northeast back into the southwest. it's going to be an active one, lots of moisture in and around the front will trigger mar rain. this is an area we will have to be concerned for the threat of strong as to severe storms and that stretches from massachusetts all the way down into north carolina. today across the upper midwest, we are fairly dry and going to keep that it way. you can see that upper level spin in the atmosphere drawing in cooler and drier air mass. >> citigroup has agreed to pay a big price, $7 billion, to resolve a government probe into its mortgage security practices. as we show, not all of that money will go to the people citi is accused of hurting. >> of the $7 billion citigroup must pay as part of its settlement with the department of justice over risky mortgage practices, the largest chunk of it is a fine.

it will pay $4 billion to the u.s. justice department, $2.5 billion will go to consumer relief, principle reductions on mortgages, refinancing and investments in affordable housing. another $500 million will go to the several states. of the five states designated, california will get the most. that money can help consumers. >> citigroup is just the latest major bank to pay billions for actions leading up to the financial collapse of 2007. in late 2013, the department of justice and j.p. morgan chase reached a $13 billion settlement. in 2012, the d.o.j. settled with five bank and mortgage services for $20 billion. with those three combined, prosecutors can't say exactly how many homeowners stand to benefit. >> the potential certainly is for hundreds of thousands of homeowners and borrowers to be

helped by that the consumer relief that we have in these cases. >> first reports from banks involved in the $20 billion national mortgage settlement indicate roughly 600,000 homeowners received either loan modifications or refinancing, but that number has yet to be independently confirmed by a monitor overseeing the settlement. one housing advocate says not enough homeowners in trouble are getting help. >> on the ground, you're not seeing the benefit, and that's where we should see it. we should be see ago lot more people saying i had a principle reduction. a lot more people saying i've got the government benefit, but we're not seeing it. >> prosecutors are saying they are not done and there are several institutions they continue to investigate. attention is turning to bank of america to see if it will be the next big bang to settle with the department of justice. mary snow abaljazeera. >> to discuss how this settlement affects consumers is nela richardson.

thanks for being with us this morning. however, really can $2.5 billion go in helping consumers directly? >> well, it does put a dent into the problem that we have left over from the financial crisis, but let's be clear, there were 5 million foreclosures during the height of the foreclosure cries. these are people who have already lost their homes. if you've held on to your home for the last seven years, you're probably in a better position, and so however these funds can go to actually solve all the fallout of the crisis is very limited. >> a dent, as you say. what happens to the $4 billion in fines going into the justice department? >> well, often in cases like this, when one agency gets a large fine for a company, it goes back to the treasury, so we don't really know exactly how that fine is spent. where i'd like to see it spent is in increasing transparency

and disclosure so things like this don't happen again. investors should have a very clear understanding of what they're purchasing. >> do these sizeable fines act as a deterrent from repeating this behavior or do individuals need to be criminally liable before this type of activity stops? >> in a word, no, going after one single bank, even if the fine is enormous won't change the systemic problem that 50ed during the financial cries. there is a limit to what criminal pursuits can do for the government, unless you do them en masse. we are seven years post the cries, to come down on an individual probably wouldn't have the effect that a change in the system would have. >> don't they have to be careful about coming down too hard on

the risky behavior? >> we are in a different market than during the cries. basically, mortgages are not made at any rate that helps the middle class, so we're in a condition of tight credit markets, as opposed to loose underwriting standards that we had a few years ago. so, yes, if the government tightens levers too tightly, we will see a pull back in mortgages more than we are now. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> donald sterling could soon be out as the owner of the l.a. clippers. the nba's governing body is set to decide to do whether to tell the team to former microsoft owner for the $2 billion price tag. sterling was banned from the league for life for making racist comments. he said he will fight this case. >> france marking basstille day

with a bang. fireworks light the night sky, thousands gathering to commemorate the protest back in 1789 that helped launch the french revolution. this day coinciding with the 100th anniversary of world war i. >> egypt has proposed a ceasefire to end the violence between israel and gaza. israel accepted the truce, but hamas has rejected it. >> dozens of children and adults have been deported back to honduras from the u.s. two lawmakers from texas propose a bill that would make that process faster. >> a packed subway train derailed in moscow, killing a dozen people. officials say a power surge may have caused the crash. >> new research that parents with infants will want to pay close attention to, the simple steps experts say can protect kids from sids.

>> demonstrations in cambodia coming to a head as police and protestors clash. we'll bring you that video. >> we are back in two minutes with more aljazeera america. we will see you then. >> the violence has continued just a couple of miles from here >> just a short while ago we heard a large air strike very close by... >> people here are worried that this already serious situation may escalate. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli - palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america your global news leader.

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crossing the border. >> the health democratic and they were like yeah, that's not good. you need to get out of the house. >> hidden dangers in homes across america, homes once used as meth labs. the threat they are now presenting to their new owners. >> a welcome home fit for a champion, germany's world cup team back home now after that nail biting wind. we're going to take you live to berlin where the celebrations are still in full swing. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. the international community is calling on hamas to agree to a proposed ceasefire with israel. >> just a short while ago, secretary of state john kerry addressed the situation from vienna. he voiced displeasure with hamas that appears to be divided over the truce proposed by egypt. this morning, the military wing of hamas rejected the deal, promising more attacks. >> the group's political leader said they are still debating the proposal after israel accepted

the truce. we have team coverage in washington but we'll begin in gaza. why is hamas so divided over this ceasefire agreement? >> stephanie, good morning. hamas seems divided and it's fighters determined to keep making the point to both israelis and palestinians, as they will continue fighting until their demands are met. their demands are the release of prisoners, the opening of the egyptian corridor from gaza into egypt. until demands are met, and you can hear a boom, another rocket flying from gaza to israel, until those demands are met for those fighters. this deal was dead on arrival. >> if this is a ceasefire, it's awfully shaky. on the gaza border, israel troops are still poised. in gaza, the rockets that for weeks targeted israel cities are still flying. >> as the rockets continue to

fly, and israel responds, this is downtown gas city. this is a bustling part of gaza, it is relatively quiet. people are still scared to come out. >> the military wing of hamas mocks the proposed ceasefire as not worth the ink that wrote it. an analyst in gaza city speaks to us. >> hamas has not said its final word. second, part of this is directed toward public consumption. hamas is trying to tell the palestinian people that it's israel who asked for the ceasefire. >> israel accepting a ceasefire is not popular. rockets fired landed in the resort city, the most important tourist destination. the israeli government feels this deal works to its advantage. >> the main goal of this decision was to bring quietness back to the area.

>> the u.s. is pushing to end the conflict but won't impose piece. >> it is important for hamas not to be provoking and purposely trying to play politics in order to gain greater followers for its opposition. >> just as that package started, we had what was the obvious sound of an israeli strike. there was something that came from this side, israel fly above our head and land over there. we called the israeli military while we were running that package. they could not confirm that, but clearly signs that a 10ous ceasefire maybe unraveling. >> how aligned are the military and non-military factions of hamas and what is the possible fallout if they can't agree on this ceasefire? >> this is an important question. even if the israeli military is striking right now, the

ceasefire isn't dead, because the political wing of hamas is still discussing it. if they say that we accept this ceasefire, the analysts i'm speaking to here say that the military wing of the hamas will perhaps begrudgingly, but they will accept. it there's no way the military wing can break off from the political wing. if the political wing accepts it, the military wing will accept it, as well. >> nick schiffron in gaza, thank you. >> let's get the latest from washington. what are we hearing from the white house? >> what we're hearing from the white house is coming from vienna where secretary of state john kerry has been speaking about the issue. he is there for the iranian nuclear talks, saying the administration will continue diplomatic solutions, praising egypt for efforts to bring about a ceasefire and criticized hamas for not accepting it. >> i cannot condemn strongly

enough the action of hamas in so brazenly firing rockets in multiple numbers in the face of a good will effort to offer a ceasefire in which egypt and israel have joined together and the international community strongly supports the idea of a ceasefire. >> as we heard nick schiffron say, apparently israel has made good on its threat to retaliate, firing back for the first time since that ceasefire went into effect or was announced, at least overnight. >> with the issue of immigration, it seems the white house isn't the only with a plan in washington. what other plans on the table. >> there are three, the latest a bipartisan proposal from democratic congressman and senator from texas, they want

the processing sped up for those asking for asylum. last week, senators john mccain and another republican proposed a plan to tighten the rules to make sure minors who are awaiting court hearings do show up. they also want to increase refugee visas. >> the u.s. has now deported its first plane load of central american migrants who came to the u.s. without documentation. their plane touched down in honduras monday. many of those sent back are pledging to try and get to the u.s. again. >> a sad homecoming for these honduran mothers and children arriving back at the city they tried to escape. after risking it all to get to the u.s. the first lady greeted mothers and played games with the children. she can't afford to criticize

u.s. immigration policy. honduras needs american aid to battle drug violence and poverty. many of the returning mothers were angry. they cited a 2008 law granted protection to child migrants. they thought they would live with relatives in the u.s. while their cases were processed. >> i didn't have the right to a lawyer. they just made us leave at 3:00 a.m. we weren't told where we were headed. >> aside from the plane, there's also three buses of migrants arriving today. the united states government has made it clear it's going to keep sending the deportees to honduras, guatemala and el salvador. >> returning youngsters were treated with joy and relief. it cost around $5,000 to smuggal child. more than these families can afford, but at least they returned alive. the months long journey is increasingly dangerous. the 11-year-old was buried in

his native guatemala after reportedly dying of heat streak near the u.s.-mexico border. this family was thrilled to have their 13-year-old back. he left to the u.s. alone to join his parents, but was among the deportees. >> i won't go back. i tried to get to the u.s. twice. i'd rather stay in my country where i can move around freely. to my parents, i love you both and miss you, too. >> the honduran government has said they will help the families, but many say they will try to get back to the u.s. >> more than 57,000 unaccompanied minors that have crossed the border in recent months ever south permission to stay in the united states. >> secretary of state john kerry says he is now confident that a deal can be made to solve the dispute over iran's nuclear program. he talked about it last hour in vienna, saying world leaders are making progress on key points, but says there still are a great

number of gaps in the negotiations. >> it is clear that we still have more work to do. our team will continue working very hard to try to reach a comprehensive agreement that revolves the international communities concerns. >> he will coming back to washington today to talk to president obama. the p5 plus one has until july 20 strike a deal. >> prepared progress is how veterans affairs officials describe their attacking a backlog of claims involving 6,000 vets. >> they talked into the night last night. that hearing wrapped up at 1:00 a.m. >> yes. it was a long one, knife and a half hours with a sharp focus on the benefits backlog. the agency admits some vets got stuck in the system for months, sometimes years without treatment, and that's something the v.a. and congress are hoping to change. >> that is unacceptable. >> in the hot seat on the hill,

various veterans affairs employees questioned by a congressional committee. >> have you felt any of that change in culture in your department? >> no. >> first up, mid level managers explaining some of the problems particularly with the well known backlog. >> we have to click on a large amount of documents, sometimes hundreds that you need oh look at in the computer. >> i know that our employees need help with the work load that's out there. i do. >> retired general allison hickey is the undersecretary of v.a. benefits, she testified the v.a. is making a significant dent in the backlog, but these employees do not believe it, calling the new numbers manipulated. >> from what you're telling me here today, changing the date of a claim is common practice to reduce the backlog. it's absolutely unbelievable to me. >> i hear you loud and clear. i know that you don't trust what we're saying, so i went for the second time to another third party to ask for an independent

verification of the way in which we assess our quality. >> the v.a. admitted it reached a tipping point in march, 2013 with a backlog of 611,000 cases. this month, that number is at 274,000, decreasing the backlog by 55%. the general vowed to eliminate it altogether by 2015. >> i want every veteran in this country and all of you to believe us when we say we're making good decisions. >> now another issue the hearing touched on, overspending. a claim specialist testified that every week for two straight years, she found duplicate claims, meaning the same claim was paid out twice by accident. v.a. leaders say they are cracking down on these double payments. >> the president today is going to try to drum support to find the highway's, bridgion and other things crumbling around the nation, the highway trust fund running on e, just next month, just as congress begins a

month long summer recess. brian moore is in washington. what is the president up to today? >> del, today the president will be traveling on some of those roads and bridges to virginia just across the river where he will look at highway technology of the future, even as he tries to get money to fix the highways that are crumbling right now. >> president obama hits the road today to talk about highways and bridges. critical infrastructure and repairs won't get funded if congress doesn't act before summer break. >> that would put at risk seven hub thousand jobs across the nation, and many active highway and transit projects would be threatened. >> the fund runs dry next month. this bridge collapse in washington state is a cautionary tale. every pothole you hit, repairs needed for an aging system.

65% of roads are in less than good condition, 25% of bridges need rare. the white house wants $300 billion oh over four years. >> if we don't pass this transportation bill now, a lot of very bad things happen very soon. >> house speaker john boehner said the country doesn't have the money and he doesn't have the votes. >> we are not going to get to a long term highway bill here over the next couple months. >> the white house is backing a shorter term fix, $11 billion to fund projects over the next nine months, hope to go avoid gridlock on capitol hill and on america's highways. >> the white house is throwing its with the behind that short term republican plan, hope to go get a better deal next year after the election. del. >> what about the talk about that gas tax? could that be part of any long term agreement? >> it could be if things go the

democrats' way in the next election. president obama is willing to go along with the short term deal now, hoping if the next congress is more friendly to his ideas, he can get that long term spending bill in. >> crews are working to clean a spill after a train derailed inn virginia. it lamed yesterday night. 14 cars carrying cars and fingernail polish overturned. officials say there is no evidence of any chemical spill from the accident. >> at least 19 people are dead, dozens more injured after a derailment on moscow's subway. the accident happened during rush hour when the train suddenly stopped. officials believe it was triggered bay power surge that then set off an alarm. >> a strong cold front is making its way across the u.s. and creating severe weather along its path. >> we turn to our meteorologist ebony dionne for more. >> we are going to deal with

severe weather across parts of the southwest. this is an area where we have seen showers and storms as of late thanks to all the monsoonal moisture. some areas benefiting from the rain, in texas we have been dealing with the drought. this morning, things are on the quiet side, but we do have some rain around the southeastern area of colorado and also further south into arizona and new mexico. more storms are going to fire up as we go into the afternoon and early evening hours, so watch skies closely as storms could turn severe. i do have video out of colorado. this is an area that we got a little too much rain all at once, in less than 30 minutes, up to two-inch it is of rain fell in colorado. we could see that today. watching out for that causing flash flooding. be on guard for that, because we do have flash flood watches across the four corners region and also are going to be dealing with flash flooding in the

northeast where we'll see storms through the day. some areas could see one to three inches. it looks like localized areas could pick up four to five inges. on the atlantic, we are on the quiet side with that with daytime heating, storms will pop and more heavy downpours expected. >> thank you very much. >> shedding new light on sids, advice to help parents keep their babies out of harm's way. [ explosion ] >> clashes in ukraine coming dangerously close to aljazeera as leaders launch new allegations against russia. >> demonstrations turning violent in cambodia as protestors and police clash. that video and others captured by citizen journalists around the world. r

>> following breaking news in the middle east, the israel military said 47 rockets have been fired from gaza.

you're seeing a live picture of that right now, since military operations were halted at 9:00 a.m., local time. that's 2:00 a.m. eastern. in response, israel is now saying it has resumed its military air strikes against hamas. the egyptians yesterday proposed a ceasefire deal, but hamas has not agreed to it. >> we want to show you the chaos in cambodia, just one video captured by citizen journalists. this turned violent today, several police and security guards were severely beaten at what was a rally, the demonstrators were demanding free access to the park. >> thousands living along the coastline in the philippines evacuating to hire ground at a typhoon makes landfall. wind gusts approaching 100 miles an hour slamming the island nation. dozens of flights have been canceled and schools closed. >> they are calling it dry july in the land down under. this is the world's largest smoothie fresh out of the

blender in sydney, australia, containing 200 gallons of blueberry yogurt, 100-gallons of coconut water and 200 gallons of honey, all part of an alcohol awareness campaign. >> where do you get a blender that big? why parents may think twice before sharing a bed with their baby. >> the costa concordia in italy once again above water, an effort to scrap the cruise liner. 32 died when it ran aground two years ago. later this week, it will be toed to genoa to be scrapped. >> ban ki-moon has appointed mary robinson to serve as special envoy for climate change in the u.n. a summit comes up in september. the u.n. is working to put an agreement in place next year. >> trying to stem an outbreak of

cholera in tate tee, the disease spread after the massive earthquake in 2010. cholera has killed more than 8,000 people in haiti. >> parents who have lost a child to sids know that lives can change in an instant. >> a new study finds as her simple steps parents can take will protect their children. we have a new report that parents want to pay close attention to. >> new parents need to know that sudden infant death syndrome i guess the leading cause for infants between one and 12 months old. according to the u.s. national institutes of health more than 2,000 babies nicewide died of sids in 2010, the last year for which date that was available. a newly released study analyzed over 8,000sids deaths in 24 states. 90% of the deaths occurred before six months of age, and 70% of babies killed by sids

were sleeping on or near another person. this is bed sharing. that was particularly lethal for in factuals three months old or younger. for older infants, sids victims, the study found a higher incident of items in the crib with them when they passed away. to keep your baby safe. the national institutes of health said only put your baby to sleep alone in an empty crib, free of is to or even crib bumpers. place a baby on his or her back dressed in one piece sleep clothing in lieu of a blanket. experts emphasize do not sleep with your newborn in your bed. the american academy of pediatrics reported last year in the number of parents who do that has doubled over the last 20 years. >> the numbers of disturbing. thank you very much. tougher as a parent, because the children are crying. it's almost a natural response.

thank you very much. >> what you think is a medical emergency ants always for the e.r. hitting to the hospital for minor problems drivers up the price of health care. an unusual partnership in seattle is presenting alternative solutions. >> heart palpitations put this patient in the emergency room, we should be, getting a thorough evaluation from e.r. doctors and nurses. >> i'm joe, nice to meet you. is it chris or christopher? >> next door, a patient with an infected toe is where he should be, as a walk-in community clinic, receiving treatment from a nurse practice i guesser. >> it is taking the two entities and putting them together. >> hope to go cut down an expensive e.r. visits, they have created the program.

>> you don't always need to go into a full emergency room. >> a study by the washington state hospital association defines more than 11% of e.r. visits as potentially avoidable. >> the law requires that anybody coming to an emergency room receive treatment, no matter what it's for. emergency room personnel are not allowed to suggest that there might be alternatives that they could say go to the clinic just down the way and receive a more appropriate level of care for cheaper. they just can't suggest that, but patients coming to the emergency room here might just walking by the after hour clinic sign and get the hint. >> hopefully, that might draw somebody's attention to say ok, maybe that's really what i need. maybe i really don't need to go in where all the ambulance traffic is. >> the after hours clinic supported by grants and federal money pays the hospital a dollar a year in rent, and shares space used for other purposes during the day.

the seven-month-old partnership benefits both entities. the e.r. is right there in case walk-in clinic patients have serious problems, and the clinic gets to see more people who they can help get into the health care system. >> we are helping keep people out of the e.r. that don't need to use those resources, and we are getting people into our organization into health care, which is what we want to do. >> it's a partnership both partners hope can be a model for others. >> follow us, we've worked out kinks, see if you can apply it in your region, because we think you can be successful. >> community clinic and major hospital both hope to go provide the right care at the pride place at the right price. aljazeera, seattle. >> that hospital is hoping that their partnership will be replicated in other cities. >> let's look at temperatures and they are changing, that we can expect across the nation today. for that we turn to eboni deon.

>> it is a jacket kind of morning across the dakotas and minnesota starting in the 40's and 50's, typically we see in fall. that's where we'll be today, a very fall-like afternoon as temperatures will rise only 10 to 20 degrees below average. chicago only 69 degrees, but we are going to eventually rebound later into the work week and into the weekend with temperatures getting into the low 80's, still below average but not as cool as low 70's. into the deep south, dallas, we started the work week at 101. the cool down will slide into the southern plains, dropping temperatures into the low 80s. >> 70 in fargo, still a heatwave. thank you very much. >> a proposed deal between israel and hamas to end violence between the two sides is short lived. israel just resumed air strikes after hamas fired dozens of rockets across the border. coming up, we'll look at the

growing humanitarian crisis that has been created as a result of this conflict, and bernard smith will have the latest from jerusalem. >> we've gone in some homes that you would not believe that there was meth there. >> the dangers of meth production, sticking around long after the job is done in some homes. we're going to talk to a man help to go get rid of very, very dangerous chemicals. >> legends of the investing and music world coming together in america's hard land and captured in a selfie by one lucky teen. >> a look at our images of the day in japan, carrying 12100 torches up and down 133 steps. they're purifying the passage of portable shoe ryes that lead to the falls. the 1500-year-old event attracts more than 10,000 people every year.

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>> we have been keeping a close watch on gaza all morning long. these are live images coming now, israel resuming air strikes a short while ago after am mass fired dozens of rockets across the border, according to the israeli government. nick schiffron saw the rockets fired and heard the explosions that he said were produced probably by the israeli military, no israeli official comment yet. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. homes across the united states facing a hidden danger thanks to meth. a family got sick because of their house. >> germany getting a warm welcome home from their fellow countrymen after winning the world cup. we'll go live to berlin. first, new fighting in eastern ukraine, a ukrainian military

transport plane shot down monday night. rebel forces say they've taken five members of the crew hostage. aljazeera reports. >> smoldering evidence of the heavy fighting, this attack killed at least three soldiers, a separatist fighter shows that the dead were from the army. just down the road on the way to the city center, separatist positions with russian made anti tank rockets brace for more attacks. >> we're waiting for the war to be finished and we want to be an independent republic. >> the conflict here is far from over. >> we are 11 kilometers south of the city. this is key to the ukrainian army. they say they've taken over a pocket around the airport that they have in control. >> the attacks are hitting civilian areas in the city center. ar tilly fell.

[ explosion ] >> as we were filming, landing less than 100 meters from us. this woman living across the street tells me sunday she was shopping, now she's terrified. later in the day, ukraine's government confirmed one of their military transport planes was brought down just a few kilometers from the russian border. they point the finger at russia saying the missiles probably came from there, adding more tension between the neighbors. the separatists on the ground insist their fat fight is homeg. >> russia doesn't help us with weapons or people. everyone is from here. >> they are emboldened by their hold of the city for three months. >> ukrainian army soldiers are coward, sitting in the bushes and shooting with the help of

artillery. >> with at least 30 separatist fighters and three civilians killed monday, it could come down to weaponry, not bravery. aljazeera, ukraine. >> russia has not commented about the downed plane. nato said russia has deployed 12,000 soldiers to the border region. >> in israel, military officials are saying israel resumed a irstrikes on the gaza strip, the israeli military saying 45 rockets have been fired since military operations were halted. now the proposed ceasefire deal appears to have fully collapsed. we are joined live from yes, ma'am. what are the israelis saying about resuming the air strikes? >> the israeli military said they waited six hours before

resuming air strikes in gaza. as you just said, nearly 50 rockets coming into israel from gaza, that was a lot by any comparison over the last week or so, so they resumed those strikes. it was always a gamble. hamas still saying officially that they're in consultations about whether to accept this ceasefire. this was supposed to be a deescalation period with a full ceasefire taking place 12 hours after 9:00 in the morning local time. instead of a deescalation, we seem to be getting an escalation. always a political gamble anyway or benjamin netanyahu agreeing to a ceasefire. the israeli public wants the rockets to stop and in favor of israel's military action in gaza and in favor of the potential of a ground invasion. it was international pressure, international concern about civilian casualties that was pushing israel towards accepting

this egyptian ceasefire. >> and you say mentioned, israel initially signing off on the ceasefire, but now it appears has any ceasefire itself has been scrapped or done away with altogether. are the israelis now back out of those bomb shelters? >> i think the difficulty has been since this latest escalation in trouble erupted is finding a mediator. egypt used to be the traditional mediator. mohamed morsi when he was president was sympathetic to the hamas led government in gaza. al sisi has no sympathy at all, so they are not natural mediators anymore, even though stepping in now. hamas is saying that egypt never bothered to contact them in the first place, so why should they bother to a ceasefire. >> live in jerusalem, following all the developments, thank you very much. >> it could a game changer for

civilians in war torn syria. the security council is allowing u.n. agency to say deliver humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines not held by the syrian government. >> will those in favor of the draft resolution containing document s/2014/490 please raise their hand. >> a wear moment on the security council, with the worsening humanitarian crisis, cross border aid shipments were authorized at four crossing pings. the crossing with jordan controlled on the syrian side by the free syrian army, the crossing in aleppo province controlled by the turnish government to the north and islamic front on the syrian side and the crossing into iraq controlled by kurdish groups, the resolution was authored by australia, jordan and

luxembourg. >> the counsel is united in this, unanimous 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. >> the vote came amid reports from activists that the islamic state group has seized control of opposition areas. the amateur video here appears to show the aftermath of the fighting. syria opposed the resolution. >> the phenomenon of refugees and displacement in syria is due to the same reason, namely externally sponsored terrorism. >> the number of syrians in need of aid has been growing, despite a demand from the council in february that the government provide better access. >> we have a whole range of

administrative procedures that we have to go through with the government in damascus, agreement is to when we can move, where we can go, and how long it takes in terms of insuring that they know where we're going, all of these things can take a huge amount of time. >> and time is running out for many syrians. >> of course the resolution doesn't mean anything if not implemented on the ground. the united nations promised to begin its work immediately and the council threatened syria that it will take further measures if the government doesn't comply. >> aljazeera, the united nations. >> the resolution adopted monday will give u.n. agencies six months to load up eight convoys in neighboring countries and send them over the border into syria. >> the situation in gaza is a humanitarian emergency, as well with 77% of fatalities there civilians. 600,000 people at risk for contaminated water and 17,000

palestinians are fleeing north in search of shelter. we want to turn to the middle east researcher for human rights watch in jerusalem this morning. bill, it is day eight of the bombings and at least 17,000 people have been displaced. how is this affecting living conditions? >> the living conditions in gaza were pretty grim even before this started. the medical system was in such bad shape that there were emergency meetings between the gaza health ministry and the world health organization a week before this started. as gaza has been under blockade since 2007, there is just really no capacity for a crisis like we're seeing now. >> we were seeing reports yesterday that the main hospital treating injured and wounded was running out of medical supplies. is there a fear now that the people who are wounded will have no morphine and other types of medicine needed to treat very

serious and grave injuries? >> a lot of the medicines, anesthetics are as no stock or low stock. some hospitals have dipped into emergency supplies. those will only last a few days. there was a shipment of medical supplies that came in a few days ago. they need more than that. they need fuel to run the hospital generators, given all of the electricity outages that last for hours and hours at a time in gaza. those hospitals have got to ever generators with enough fuel to perform emergency surgeries. >> the psychology needs for children in some cases are five or six years old, and this is the third war that they have seen. what kind of mental damage are we talking about?

>> that's right. there was what the israeli military called operation cast lead in 2008 and 2009, hundreds of civilians killed and massive bombings. then there was the israeli operation pillar of defense in 2012 and now there's this. children who have seen these three wars, the levels of post traumatic stress disorder are really going through the roof. there's an urgent call from the u.n. for emergency psycho social support for more than 20,000 children. the mental condition of somebody so young and who has seen so much is in very critical shape. >> what happens when they grow up? joined live from jerusalem this morning, thank you very much. >> ahead of the federal reserve is set to talk money today on capitol hill, janet yellen addressing the state of the economy. the fed plans to end its stimulus programs in october, but for now has not revealed

when it might begin raising interest rates. >> microsoft is preparing for its biggest round of job cuts in five years, bloomberg reporting the lay your could be announced this week. many jobs affected would be in the company's nokia hand set unit. microsoft acquired nokia in april. >> the nba will decide today whether to out of the donald sterling as owner of the l.a. clippers, voting on whether to sell the team to former microsoft owner for a record with it billion dollars. sterling was banned for life for making racist comments. >> the german soccer team bringing home the world cup, arriving in berlin to huge crowds. thousands gathering to see their favorite players in front of the brandenburg gate. how is it feeling there? it looks like the celebrations continue. >> it's ban fantastic atmosphere here. the crowd was kept waiting six hours from the point where the

early effort arrivals came here to the team actually arriving. their plane leaving rio de janeiro was delayed by an hour and a half. they've been waiting in germany 24 years since their last world cup victory. the crowd has a steady diet of music and promotional giveaways. the team clowned around on the stage, showed off the trophy, the world cup trophy itself, led the song in a sing song and let their hair down. certainly, the crowd here, tens of thousands, coming out an what is ordinarily a working day. >> i saw a stein of beer held high. that tells us a lot. the team is correct operating the victory. what about the regular germ nance, what does this win mean for the country as a whole?

>> there's been talk about whether it will give an economic boost. it certainly has given a boost to the team's sponsor, the sports wear manufacture. their share on the german stock market went up 3% monday, presumably as a result that the national team kilt sold out within 12 hours and a whole new batch with the four stars now is going to ever to be ordered up. as far as a wider impact, frankly, the german economy is in very good shape. apart from the two days of lost productivity from people not going to work, i think they are just going to enjoy the sentiment as opposed to a long term economic boost. >> you might want to tack on another few days there. >> nowhere was world cup fever hotter than here in the u.s. sunday's final match racked up an average of 17.3 million viewers on abc and 9.2 million

spanish language fan tuned into univision. that makes the match the third most watched in u.s. history. >> there is now a german flag hanging from my deck. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> would-be homeowners face a new threat in meth. >> the byproducts from the drug creating for potential homebuyers. >> a young nebraska kidnaps up the ultimate selfie. take a look at the background, featuring some serious power brokers. >> the violence has continued just a couple of miles from here >> just a short while ago we heard a large air strike very close by... >> people here are worried that this already serious situation may escalate. >> for continuing coverage

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>> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> those are not bonbons, very unusual cargo in lax, 70 giant snails from nigeria, very much alive. they are prohibited in the u.s. they can grow up to eight inches long, considered a delicacy in some parts of the world but

carry harmful prosecutor sites and can carry meningitis and destroy crops. >> how one young man's self area features a business icon and superstar legend. >> a new threat for homebuyers beyond anything a home inspector might look for, the toxic gases from meth amphetamine in if i am traits, the walls and ceilings. once meth has been made there, it's very difficult to make a home safe again. >> we did a full inspection, did the water, the inside termite, lead, ray don. >> what they didn't test for: meth. >> the health department and they were like yeah, that's not

good. you need to get out of the house. >> last year where chris and jenny and their three children moved into their dream house on a secluded two and a half acres west of indianapolis, they had no idea the home was contaminated with meth, in some places 18 times the maximum safe level. >> what were symptoms your family was going through. >> the main ones for us were basically short of breath, the wheezing, and then we had a lot of headaches, and then the other problem that we noticed as well as the children are die jessive issues. our youngest actually back in august had diarrhea for a month and a half, almost. >> how much has this put you under? >> we've lost everything. >> the nugents fear long term health problems especially from

their youngest. >> it is not obvious, because motor of the contamination is created by a gas. >> first sergeant runs the indiana state police meth suppression unit. for every meth lab, the indiana state please busts, crawford estimates three go un detected. >> the house itself is very toxic, making the home very sick with the toxic chemicals on the wall and carpet and through the ventilation system. >> cries cleaning is headquartered in southern indiana. >> we've gone in some beautiful, high dollar, half million dollars homes that you would not believe that there was meth here and there is. >> the cost of decontaminating a home can range $10,000 or more. there are no hard figures on how many homes are contaminated with meth amphetamines, the website

estimates 2.5 million in the united states. there is a son-in-law precaution homebuyers can take, a $50 meth test. >> it saves you the nightmare they are going through. >> should people do the meth test? >> i probably would. >> where do we go from here? what do you want to have happen? >> i want my life back. i want my kids' life back. i want them to feel stable. i feel horrible every time they cry and we are so stressed out. i want stability back in our lives. >> sarah hoye, aljazeera, indiana. >> the chief foreman for bio recovery corporation has been called in to clean a lot of homes contaminated with meth and he joins us this morning. mr. payne, thanks for being with us. are there telltale signs of meth contamination when someone is looking at a home. >> there are. thank you so much for having me

on today. everything, you can go into a home and find things from pink spores on the walls wimp would mostly go unpassed by most. if you're not looking for it, you wouldn't see it, tiny little pink spores could be a telltale sign there is something going on in the house. a lot of times, you'll have on the ceilings, when you're cooking meth or actually smoking the meth, there's two different types of tells. a laboratory that is a shake 'n bake, you may see signs of wear and tear in the toilet or shower. a lot of times they empty containers or beakers or bottles inside those places, the toilet, the showers, and it will be acid inside of the batteries will cause the tub or the toilet to rot. the chemicals that they have in the meth amphetamine are so powerful, they eat away at enamel on baath tubs. >> that's great advice. you can get a kit, test for meth, then contact a company like yours. how do you know if the company

is letting, there's no real licensing for this. >> even the e.p.a., wimp is the first and mother most place you would go don't have any regulations, and that's the government. at this point, you have to trust a company that has the most experience. we've been doing this now for 30 years, we've been in the industry of hazardous waste and 10 years of methamphetamine clean ups. it's tough one have to look on line, better business bureau to find the companies with the most experience. >> i have read that it is difficult to completely get rid of the cox ins from meth. at what point do you know you've reach safe levels to be able to live there? >> each state has their own regulations at this point, almost all states having onboard with .05 to .15 as a regulation. it cannot be any hirer. the kits we sell are test to go at least .05 or less. if our test cannot register it, it is such a minute amount of .5

mike chrons me million, means it's virtually undetectable by any methodology. >> thank you for joining us. >> the peace corps getting an overhaul, first time for the organization, allowing volunteers to choose the country they want to serve in. they are trying to be more flexible and get the best recruits, making it easier to apply on line. the old paper flicks, 60 pages long, talk about your government processing. it could take eight ours to fill out. let's look at wet weather across the u.s. today with eboni deon. >> it's going to be wet and stormy. we're talking just about anywhere along the frontal boundary we have from the northeast back into the four corners region where yesterday, strong winds ripped through colorado. we have video to show you of impressive hail that came down with the severe storm that blew through the area, kicking winds

up to 60 miles an hour and putting down nickel to quarter sized hail. this looked like but no, it is all hail. i'm sure it did damage on that vehicle and other surrounding areas. we have reports of flash flooding within this county. more storms are expected today in additional to the threat of strong to severe weather. we're going to watch for heavy rainfall threat through the day. we're going to be dealing with the threat of storms across the four corners also do you know into the souther plains. right along that front is where we'll have the active weather. >> how do you take a photo with two of the most famous men in the world? a couple of kids in nebraska did. they grabbed their cell phones and snapped this picture. you recognize him, warren buffet on the left, beatles front man paul mccartney on the right, the two men outside an ice cream shop in omaha, of course, mr. buffet's hometown. the celebrity said they would

not sign auto graphs, but the kids could take all the pictures they wanted. >> this man lost both legs in the boston marathon bombing. he announced the birth of his daughter with his fiancee. he had waited to finish the marathon when those bombs went off. you see the photo of him rushed from the blast site, one of the most iconic images of that day. now he is a happy dad. >> what a beautiful baby that is, congratulations to him. it's so good to see him have his life back. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, we're keeping a close eye on the rapidly changing situation between israel and gaza and whether the international community can get a ceasefire. this looks like attacks by israel, hamas has fired dozen was rockets according to the israeli military. >> we'll follow the developments through the day. that is it for us here in new

york. i'm del walters. >> i am stephanie sy.

>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello, welcome to another news hour from al jazeera at our headquarters in the doha. i'm adreeian finnegan, the top stories, israel accepts proposals for a ceasefire, but there is no end to the rockets. a state of insecurity dozens of afghans are killed in two explosions as a dispute over the presidency