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matters to the economy. time and talent. practice makes perfect - what does the latest science say? we begin with the crisis in gaza and israel. we have been following the conflict since erupting more than two weeks ago. today was supposed to be the start of a ceasefire. there you see instead within hours new violence, rockets from gaza and israeli air strikes. israel's campaign in the palestinian territory killed 202 people and wounded 1500. on the israeli side one civilian was killed at a rocket strike at a border strike into gaza. it was the first israeli debt. 16 others have been injured. the military will intensify attacks in gaza.

binyamin netanyahu says he has no choice because hamas refused to commit to a proposed accuracy fire. we have reports from both sides. the coverage begens with ross shimabuku in jerusalem. >> -- with nisreen el-shamayleh in israel. ushes following the death of an israeli we heard statements that could indicate that things may move towards further escalation. according to israeli media, the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu who convened a security cabinet meeting in tela vooef on tuesday -- tela vooef said that hamas will pay the price for continuing with the escalation, and israel will continue to strike until it could bring quiet to israeli civilians. sentiments were echoed by the defence minister. who said that israel is determined to continue its

action, and it would never compromise when it comes to israel's security. at the same time we are hearing statements from the white house, from washington dv, where a government official was quoted as saying rocket attacks on innocent individuals is unacceptable and israel will take necessary actions in toward to ensure the safety of individual. this executives israeli governments a sense of legitimacy in toward to widen military provisions and intensify it. >> inside gaza the death toll is mounting. stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: there has been more air strikes overnight. we are hearing resident at the border areas have been getting recorded messages from their

phone telling them to leave their homes. many people had left their homes following that kind of announcement a couple of days ago aring moving inland to gaza city to schools that are run. they had returned because they thought things would calm down. once again the people moving. it highlights an example of the siege here. that is that people have nowhere to go. they are not in charge of their borders and they don't believe gaza. they are interstate. they want it to end. there is a siege on gaza, and the economy is under a dire situation. salaries haven't been paid. the workers in the hospitals, ambulance drivers have not been paid. their situation is difficult. they want things to improve. with that news coming from the

israeli army, worried about how things will play out. nick schifrin is in gaza, i asked him about how people were reacting to the failure of the ceasefire. >> good evening. a ceasefire needs two sides, and on the ground either israel nor hamas are willing to suspend their strikes. you know, the gazans and the israelis we speak to feel the same way. >> reporter: across the street from the elementary school it's easy to lean out the windows, there's no window pains. last week they were blown out by an israeli air strike creating a 100 foot tall cloud the family says it's not worth fixing them. mohammed survived three conflict in six years. >> translation: for a long time there has been war between

muslims and jews. when we ask for our land they hit us. >> reporter: his 9-year-old reflects his father's foolings. >> they hit us with -- feelings. >> they hit us with mess isles and kill us. in town has been targeted by palestinian rockets for 12 years. never as many as in the last week. >> translation: to say you get used to it - we don't. it's a fear that comes back. >>. >> reporter: on the same day there was supposed to be a ceasefire the town was targeted 1 is times. they run into the bomb shelter. 11-year-old nicole echos the adults' fear. interest. s it's scary and --. >> translation: it's skaivy and difficult -- scary and difficult. difficult to sit at home, we can't go out.

there's a u.s. funded state of the art defense system in israel called the iron dome. in gaza there's no iron dome, no bomb shelters. all this family has is a ground floor apartment. this is the only room where this man thinks his children are protected. >> it's more safe than upstairs, where you can hear booms. and the view of the rack et cetera frightens my children. >> despite the risks of conflict families in gaza and israel argue against a ceasefire. they want the enemies disarmed once and for all. >> translation: why agree to a ceasefire when we are at a point where hamas is defeated and scared. >> this war will make our life better. israel will take the weapons from our fighters. it the war is two months or a

year. i am in flavour. by 3:00 pm. israeli military started strikes and leaders on both sides are feeling pressure from their people to keep fighting. >> that fighting continues. for the first time we see a new tactic by israel. israeli air strikes destroyed the homs of senior members of hamas's political wing. those officials from not in the home, trying to send a message and you can hear that outgoing rocket fire coming from a few blocks from here. going out into israel. that will give me a sense of how embedded the rockets are. this is an example of the failed ceasefire. what are people saying. >> ith people are hoping for peace, and not to be woken up at 3 o'clock in the morning by the

sound or on israel's side, by the sound of a red alert siren or a rocket incoming which will be followed. i'll pause, they are loud. each of the rockets will be followed by something inside israel, by the red alert siren going off. one seem to be an israeli strike. no one wants these attacks tore sound at three in the morning. a lot of people want peace much the two people who you saw in the package reflects a bit of israel and gaza. a lot of people don't want this to keep going appeared. israelis feel that the military has to go into gaza, and gazans feel they have to fight israel. there's a lot of pressure on hamas and the israeli government to keep up the streaks. >> nick schifrin reporting earlier. it's the civilians, the people

far from power who are suffering on both sides of the flight. are leaders paying attention to what they want. will public opinion affect the strategies. david shuster is here to talk about that. >> in order for a ceasefire to gape traction, both sides need both seeds to get more standing. with each attack, public opinion in israel or gaza is moving to the extreme, strengthening the position of those that want to escalate the conflict. we spoke to the u.s. senator, and we spoke with foreign policy analyst. >> reporter: as rockets and bombs fall polls suggest israeli public opinion is pushing to the right. >> people are fed up with the rocket attacks. gip the fact that is -- given the fact that israel engaged in these attacks, there's a desire

to have this thing over. >> in gaza hamas is supposed to share governing power with the moderate fatah. >> at this point hamas is more straight. they are willing to play the card, telling israel "we never accept ceasefire, come in and ipp vade us." . >> reporter: over the last two weeks 200 palestinians have been killed in gaza and 1500 injured. the tragedy is garnering sympathy for hamas, and putting binyamin netanyahu in a tight political spot. >> public opinion is not happy with his performance. a few polls were released showing most people are not happy with the fact that israel agreed to a ceasefire. if binyamin netanyahu is perceived week, if hamas is not subdued, then in the long term

he could face a challenge from the right and perhaps lose his seat. >> an invasion might not be in the prime minister's best interests either. >> binyamin netanyahu doesn't want to invade and enter gaza. he knows it's ricky, and he may -- risky, and he may lose a lot of sold years. >> a simple ceasefire would help binyamin netanyahu the most, which is why many numbers say hamas rejected it. that rejection is putting pressure on binyamin netanyahu to deliver a forceful reply. >> there'll be a strong response, air response after hamas refused to accept the ceasefire. israel will make a show of force. among other things, to avoid a ground operation. >> some analysts say hamas will keep pushing regardless of the palestinian deaths. the ruler says that will not hurt hamas, but it could

generate empathy, in a time when egypt's government treated hamas with distain. three years ago a border cozing with gaza -- crossing with gaza was closed by egypt. hamas has been eager to reopen it. >> for them, it's a survival moment. they could disappearing as a political movement. it is dangerous for his rail. whoever takes -- for his rail. whoever fakes their place, they are more extreme. it's a balancing able to. which is why the ceasefire option keeping hamas in power and check is inviting. >> there's a lot of things going on behind the scenes, including efforts. i'm not sure that we should resign ourselves to this fighting going on for days. it could be over as abruptly as

it started. >> palestinian and israeli analysts say public opinion and the political calculus could change if an israeli bomb kills a large group or a hamas bomb feepd a target -- finds a target killing israelis. a ceasefire could hurt hamas. many are infuriated the ceasefire was related. >> politics plays into this and public relations when each side tries to make a point. >> if you look at binyamin netanyahu, he has said for months that he's angry that hamas is part of the government. many say he was looking for an excuse to ratchet up the wash and he got it when hamas fired the rog et cetera. >> -- rockets. >> some say hamas is waiting for an opportunity to stick it to

israel because it puts israel in a position to make a choice. >> and hamas are back on the map. they have lost allies in syria and egypt. a way to do that is to start up a war with a larger power. they have done that. a car attack with explosives went off in a busy marketplace. 89 are dead. dozens are injured and destroyed. in moscow a deadly subway derailment happened in rush hour. 2 killed, so injured. the typhoon made land fall in the philippines, the storm is losing strength but continues to slam the central and northern parts of the country. one is dead. thousands of homs damaged. kevin corriveau is here with that.

>> we are watching the typhoon come to the western side. look at some areas. it's a category 3 equivalent. he made land fall. 150 thoz people were evacuated across the region. schools, businesses. they were closed in parts of manila. we are not going to see much of a change. we are seeing the backside of the storm as it makes its way into the south china sea. >> this is a new track that came out 20 minutes ago. not much challenged. here is the tif oop as it stands obvious the last couple of hours. the big problem sa major storm surge into manila. we have counterclockwise circulation pushing the water into the closed area. there's still a lot of flooding in terms of a low-hiding area. especially in manila, below sea level. not too much of a change.

we'll see an intensivic agency. there's much more in the water, getting the fuel we need. it will affect parts of china. we have a code of uncertainty. we are still going to see heavy rain showers, and flooding. this is expected to be equivalent to a category 4 hurricane. then to northern parts of vietnam. back to you. >> we'll continue to watch it. coming up, taken into custody. why former journalist and outspoken immigration activist was detained by border control ates. and a crisis in haiti became a personal issue for the secretary-general. how it began - and our award winning

a devastating cholera outbreak is unfolding in haiti. ban ki-moon is visiting haiti saying there's a moral dil emma to eliminate the disease. more than 8,000 haitians died after the 2010 earthquake.

u.n. peacekeepers may have introduced the disease during their deployment. al jazeera's "faultline" covered haiti and the pei body award-winning report shows how it affects people years later. >> reporter: a new fight for justice has began. mario is the most famous lawyer in haiti, winning landmark victories for people of pertion accusation. he's collecting medical records. he is representing thousands of hatians farkted by color -- affected by cholera. it's the case of their life. they are trying to sue the united nations. >> it's a lot of money. we don't have it. they have hundreds of thousands.

we have 12. . >> reporter: the lawsuit, filed in november 2011, claims that u.n. failures to screen soldiers for cholera and follow international rules on waste disposal constitute nehms. based on the -- negligence, based on the u.n.'s investigation. claiming that the nepalese base leaking sewerage into the riff was a likely source of the outbreak. it's composed of thousands of stories of personal loss. each documented by mario and his team. >> joining us is fault line's correspondent, and he covered the story in 2010, joining us from washington d.c.

we learnt your peace was nominated for an emmy. congratulations. tell us about haiti. what is the situation when it comes to cholera in haiti today. >> thank you. there's no doubt that the situation on the ground has vastly improved from the early days. we were there at the time. in the first few weeks of the outbreak it seemed to be as bad as we have seen. people were dying everywhere you looked. in the hospitals, in the rural part of the haiti where the disease was centered. now the rate have gone down. the situation is better. it improves the the controversy is really about the people who side. many have been killed as a result of the disease.

that's why there's so much anning are. >> you press the u.n. an the story. how significant is the visit? >> it's the first time he has come face to face with victims of the disease, he sat with families, has been speaking to journalists and talking about how he feels about the exact he's had on hatians. he feels sad for the outbreak, and that the u.n. has a moral responsibility to eliminate cholera from haiti. liability has not been accepted. that's what the haitian families are demanding. that they pay a level of compensation for the damages they incurred. the offenconsequences of a deata loved one can be monumental. this is a poor country.

if the breadwhener dies as a result of my disease, the families are forced into a bad situation. what they are asking for is compensation from the u.n. what about the fact to this. the conflict began so long ago. why has it taken the un until now to have a visit like this. it's a good question. it's something a lot of haitians asked through my time. it took the u.n. two years to get the initiative together, to raise the profile. it has an initiative of $2.2 million. they implemented raising money for infrastructure. the u.n. struggled to raise cash for that initiative. they struggled to raise the first 400 million.

definitely there's a lot of anger about the pace of the organization in which it comes to grips with the crisis. a lot of harns i speak to say -- hatians i speak to say it's too little too late. >> you have been on the programme to talk about your hist to haiti at the height of the epidemic. compare that time to today. >> it's a different time. this is the world's worst cholera epidemic. it's nearly four years sense the disease broke out. cholera is easily treatable if there's adequate supplies of treatable water. it can help to bring down the death rate and eradicate the disease. it's something that haiti is struggling in. and the last time we were there it was a time whenle mortality rate was down. if you visit the rural

communities, and the valleys where the disease was centered, families suffer every day. people get sick, and people are dying. when you visit these places you get a sense that the scale of the disaster so bigger than the official toll suggests. many of the health officials say the real death rate could be 2-3 times higher than what we hear because some of these people die in large numbers. >> i know you'll update the story. sebastian walker. atlantic's casinos fall hard, and what could be killing the gambling industry. and high-tech contact lenses that could make a difference for millions of people.

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tapped out - a drought in california, and residents facing fines for using too much water. summer shortage - why pools and beaches nationwide are struggling to find life guards. the border battle is heating up. the waves of immigrant children trying to cross the u.s.-mexico border and to combat the humanitarian issue two texas lawmakers introducing a bipartisan bill. the legislation amending a current law preventing migrant children entering america, making it easier to send them back to their homes allowing faster deportations.

this assist obama administration asks congress to approve a $3.7 million in aid. the southern border is often where people make their way that the u.s. mexico's initiative says it will cut down on crime and improve intelligence. anoutspok anoutspoken advocate was free. a pulitzer prize-winning journalist was arrested today. heidi zhou-castro is in texas with more. >> he as detained this morning trying to fly out of the airport using his filipino passport. he arrived when he was 12, and did not realise until he was 16 that he left illegally without

documents. the airport is different to most airports across the country, here border patrol agents stand side by side at the t.s.a. that is where vargas was handcuffed and detained. six then he has been released to appear before a judge. it highlights how difficult it is for a person without documents to get out of the rio grand region after success fully crossing the border. every highway has border patrol staffed there. the only option would be to walk around on hoot. that's what they do, mile after mile. more than 100 degrees. it's because of this that? brooks county, north of here, the sheriff's department

discovered 37 bodies this year alone. >> you spent a long day on the border, and night on the border. what did you see? >> a lot of activity, this is a militarized zone. that is what it seems leek. four helicopters -- leek. four helicopters in the air. patrol votes, border control agents and their vehicles. despite that, in the broad daylight i saw two young me sprinting past border patrol disappearing into the brush. before we pulled up here, agents apprehended a woman, a child and two teenagers, it's obvious despite erts the border is very porous. the agents here are understaffed and the criminals on the other side those that transport the immigrants are sophisticated in adapting to the situation.

it appears that more immigrants are trying to flee border patrol, changing tactics than turning themselves in as we have seen in the past book, probably because the deport agencies have started to escalate. even though the situation on the border is changing. the crisis conditions and the desperation will continue as well. >> heidi zhou-castro reporting from texas. many people in central america are desperate to escape because of violence. one of the most dangerous places is san pedro sulo in hopped where gages carry more -- gangs carry more weight than the government. yesterday a group of 40 mothers and children were deported back. it was the first group of central american children sent home as the u.s. cracks down on undocumented immigrants. paul beban returned from honduras and has been cog this

story about the children who made it to the u.s. from san pedro sulo and joins us in the studio. after being in honduras and watching what is going on, the violence that is occurring has been happening for weeks and weeks. it continues to drive people into the united states. it's been happening for years and goes back to happened in the 1990s, as the u.s. worked the drug trade. what happened is it shifted to central america. honduras, a country the size of tep. a country coming into the u.s. goes through honduras, it's a country the seize of tennessee, larger than a gross national product. at the salt the u.s. was deporting gang members back to central america. the gangs, m.s. 13, they started

in los angeles. they asked why there was armed guards because gangs come in to finish someone off who survived shooting. they have the highest murder rate. it's not aring an immigration crisis. >> when you did your reporting on this youed about rumours, that the people in honduras could get permits if their children came, they could get permits to get in. where did it start? >> it started with a document that people are given when they ask in the u.s. it's an order to appear in an immigration court in 30 days. well, that's been widely misinterpreted as a permit to stay. because that 30 subsidies the beginning of a -- 30 days is the beginning of a long process. it feels great, like they'll stay for a long time. they'll be in the country. the coyotes exploited this, they use it to drum of business.

the coy oat yes are run by the drug cartels and the gangs. >> you talked about the violence in san pedro sulo. you compared it to the violence in iraq. what is daily life like. >> when you talk to regular people, a crime photographer at the local paper. he said he is concerned about doing his job well. he knows the images that he's putting on the front page is traumatising people. this is someone that has gotten death threats. we spoke to the forensic pathologist, seeing 25-30 bodies coming in. and we spoke to a mother of a boy saying if he returns, he'll be killed. >> how af is it for people -- safe is it for people to travel

around san pedro, hopped ? >> we had an armed security with us. inside the downtown area, there's an armed guard on every street corner, it's not as bad. it's the outlying areas. >> thank you for your inseeghts. appreciate it. tomorrow we talk about the bipartisan immigration reform proposal you see the interview coming up tomorrow morning. >> members of the house voted to free up to keep mummies and roads and transit projects funded. $11 billion keeps the highway trust fund flush. the president says congress is only kicking the can down the road. "real money"'s ali velshi explains why the fund is close to running on empty. >> the federal highway trust fund was established by an act of congress in 1956.

it was a key part of president eisenhower's plan to connect the country with an elaborate system of highway, and contake place the 4 r programme - reconstruction, resurfacing, restore decision and rehabilitation of the country's highways and is funded by the federal gasoline tax, that all motorists pay. congress raised the tax from $0.02 a galon to the current 18.4 cents a gallon set back in 1993. 21 years later the tax is flat. >> we have not raised the tam on the federal level. not each to keep pace with inflation. >> the cost of roadway instruction, labour and materials went up a third. the gas tax stayed the same. the highway trust fund spends

$35 billion on projects across the country. states receive a third of the transportation money from the fund. in 2008 congress dipped into general funds, money that congress gets from elsewhere because not enough tax was collected to pay for repairs and expansions. >> money coming in to the federal government, going up and up started to decline. americans are driving less. we have less money to go around. >> not everyone thinks the trust fund deserves more money from congress. >> 18% goes to inner city, the pension funds paying off retired unionized workers from metro and subways. why are people who drive cars paying for the subway, ridiculous contract. just build roads.

problem-solved. no reason to raise taxes to pay for waste. >> it helps state support transportation progress. if congress fails to fund it, it runs out of money, putting 700,000 jobs at rec, including 17,000 in virginia. in california a severe drought plagued that state. water usage has not gone down. the state's environmental application as si is responding to the issue by passing a measure fining people up to $500 for overusing water. it's the first measure of its kind. melissa chan is there for more. >> for a number of months cities and towns are self regulating. in the state there's a patch work. some places are doing a better job at conserving than others of

the that's why the state has the idea of stepping in to get better results. >> californians who want to spray down their walks and driveways, water their lawns or wash their cars will have to keep an eye on how much water they use. starting august 1st. police officers can fine them for wasting water. the new restrictions are not a ban, they repeat is step in estate-wide efforts. >> one of the things with droughts is you are not sure when it will pd. you know with a flood it will epd in a few hours or days, or an quake in a few minutes. with a draught you nef know when d will end. >> earlier the governor asked citizens to voluntary cut consumes. it fell flat.

so they decided to act tough. >> i think it's a good idea. >> i have been concerned about my water usage. i grow up in a suburban setting, southern california. we went through droughts there. i took 2 minute showers, and not run the water while i did the dishes. >> californians must get by with a third less water. hardest hit are the farmers. half a million acres are fallow. >> you in washington and elsewhere will get your fruits, nuts, race jips, vegetables and wipe. -- raisins, vegetables and wine, but there are pockets that are out of water and jobs. >> rain will be seen next year, an el nino year, but experts

warn it the fall short. california needs more rainy seeps before the worst -- seasons before the worst drought in a century becomes a memory. to a $38 billion industry. gambling in new jersey is a bad bet - at least for some. jonathan betz joins you. >> atlantic city had 12 casinos, by the summer it may have eight. >> it's a reversal of fortune. a fourth atlantic city hotel and casino revealing it will shut down. trump plaza sent notices to 1,100 workers saying it will close its doors. >> i'm disappointed. my daughter brings he here for my birthday. >> rebel is in bankruptcy. showboat is closing.

a third of atlantic city's hotels are closing, leaving 8,000 without jobs. >> we know it will be a difficult time for the employees losing their jobs. the properties that are closing are not totally unexpected. >> atlantic city struggled to shift economic reliance away from gambling the the casinos had a hard time. donald trump released his dealings. slimming down. in a statement he said many mistakes were made by government, tremendous mistakes including no investment in town. >> they would take revenue and put it in pleas. >> for years, it was the only place to go. analysts say these businesses are shutting down because of a crowded market. >> gamblers in neighbouring

states have no choices and have gambling choices closer to home. >> travelling to atlantic recollects it's a meeting for convention. anything offered outside the casino. a 5-year plan was announced. the plan includes a convention center and funny to clean up the board walk. it has rich offer the last two years. >> gambling is down across the country, suffering a $1.3 billion loss. harr odds and mississippi, the largest casino closed. it's a changing casino culture. >> thank you. >> we are in the middle of the summer. pools are at full capacity. there's a shortage of life

guards, fewer young people are applying for the job. gabe kept watch over these waters since he was a teenager. while the pay is good, he feels the personal rewards of saving lies are immeasurable. >> it's a job where you don't say "i don't want to go to it. at 22, he is among a shrinking pool. because of the shortage one park - there has been a 70% decrease in some applications. it's harder to find the applicants we need. this year it was a significant

shortage that we were not expecting. >> reporter: becoming a life guard can take 25 hours of training. some instructors believe the time and expps and water safety programs are leaving the service and hot water. >> high schoolers, and college aid, our germ employment market tend to seem busier. there was a large emphasise on sports, internship. extracurriculars. >> reporter: one coveted, the popularity is drying up. a recent college rad could have choseen to spend his summer in the sup, instead he decided to get a jumpstart in his career. as an intern at a mortgage center, he's today a full-time

employee. >> an ininterpretship used to be unique. it's not any more. >> it's felt by gabe that he need to keep the pool open. they are trying to stay competitive by offering free life guard training and above minimum pay. but they know it may be barely enough to keep staffing numbers afloat. coming up, our picture of the day, and becoming the best - why practice doesn't always make perfect.

across the north-east of the united states it was a very rainy and wet day. let's look at the radar, you can see all the way from maine. we were hooking at heavy rain. in new york city, this is what people were dealing with this

afternoon when showers passed through the city. it stopped traffic, causing problems at the airports. as we go through the rest of the evening, showers passed through. there were warnings and watchers, whether for flooding or storms. this will continue in the obvious night hours as well. we'll see the heavy showers causing problems, if you have an early flight in the morning. as we make our way towards wps, things will improve for much of the area. people will be triing out and temperatures will fluctuate. the next chance of rain showers on sunday, across the south-west. that's a look at your weather. your news is next.

happy people and a lot of

them. many visiting the german soccer team. they camp out for hours, welcoming the team. it's the first time a reunified germany has been the world champ. germany's soccer champs spent years on the field before reaching the pinnacle of their sport. when it comes to success practice only matters so much. a comprehensive review looked at 88 study. music - practice makes a difference about 21% of the time. scientists found that practice is less important for education in srn perfections. we have a physician and author joining us from washington. welcome. >> thank you. how are you doing? >> i'm great. what do you make of this study? >> i thought it was a

fascinating study. in 1993 they did a study saying practice makes perfect. we grew up hearing that phrase. this study came up saying practice doesn't necessarily make it perfect. when i found out about the study, i thought it was interesting. you had to look at what does it look at. as mentioned earlier. it looked at different metrics - music, sport and games. it would get 21% improvement. it was an interesting part of the study. i was going to say we heard this discussion about taking 10,000 hours to become good at something. and the real question is is it genetic, is it just gep et ecks at work, and the people have good genesment they are going to be the ones that do the things that are great. >> well, you know, i wish i had

good genes like lebron james to play basketball. i don't have the hands he has. gooeps makes a difference in terms of body habit issues, height, waste. all of that plays into the big picture in terms of performance and practice. in addition to this, you look at other factors. when you mentioned 10,000 hours, what quality do you get in those practice hours. it's about quality, not just quantity. are you getting the right coaching and supervision. it's an important part of the practice. you don't want to develop bad habits. >> i can hear the parent out there, and when my sop was younger -- son was younger as well, the whole idea of how much activity do you put them into. is it nature versus nurture. are we overloading our kids with

so many activities that they may never be successle. >> i'm a parent. i totally get it. there's a high inspection, parents hoping to have the next olympian, professional athlete. it's important for parents to t are the expectations -- to temper the expectations and look at the positive. so as parent and myself being a parent, it's important to temper the expectations, and the point of introducing active yes is a great idea. overloading can be stressful for a child. once you find something that they are suck assistful in -- successful in, nurt them. if they -- nurture them. >> maybe the parent need to back off and smell the flowers as well. good to have you on the programme. thank you very much.

>> now for the picture of the day, from minneapolis, where derek jeter gave his final quarter call. set to retire at the end of the season of the fans and players showed their respect with a standing ovation as he was removed in the fourth iping. see you tomorrow. paul beban has the headlines after this.

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now welcome to al jazeera america. i'm paul beban with the top stories. the israeli prime minister will intensify attacks on the gaza strip. binyamin netanyahu says he has no choice after hamas refused to commit to a ceasefire. more than 202 palestinians died. an israeli killed today by rocket fire. a car packed with explosives in eastern afghanistan went off. 89 are dead.

50 injured, and dozens of vehicles and shops destroyed. no one claimed responsibility. in this country the highway trust fund it almost out of cash. house members voted to give it a boost. and it will keep road and transill projects going, keeping hundreds of thousands of jobs safe. >> two texas lawmakers introduced a bill to ease the immigration crisis at the border. it would amend a law applying to children entering the u.s. from central america, speeding up the deportation process, to return them to their home countries. >> in california residents face a fine of up to 500 for overusing water. regulators passed the restrictions tonight. despite the trout making the -- drought plaguing the state, the water usage has not gone down. it will be the first of its kind

in this state. that's are the headlines. i'm paul beban, "america tonight" is up next with julie chen. you cap get the latest news online at aljazeera.com. on "america tonight" - trouble where you'd least expect to find it. >> i remember growing up in miami, every school i went to was in fested in gangs. it's not something i considered would be a problem up here, gang violence. it was a huge eye opener. >> violence and gang crime in a place known for another kind of wildlife. michael oku finds alaska's wide-open spaces a welcome new threat. al a