>> cl cl >> announcer: this is al jazeera. good to have your company. welcome to the newshour with me david foster, and these are some of the stories we'll cover in deail in the next 60 minutes. the death toll in gaza more than 200 as israel warped people to get out, as its bombardment intensified. bashar al-assad sworn in for a third 7-year term as president of syria. tens of thousands forced to

flee as a typhoon hits the philippines. it is 200 days and counting. al jazeera staff imprisoned in egypt reach a grim milestone. >> and i'm robin adams with all the sports. including... >> it's not that we found a reason to bash qatar, we'll find another reason to bash qatar. qatar speaks about the criticism of their hosting the 2022 world cup. tense of thousands of palestinians are fleeing their home, desperate to escape as israel intensified their assault on gaza. they gathered up their belongings as israel dropped

leaflets about air strikes. human rights watch has been watching. one israeli has been killed by a rocket fired from gaza. palestinian death toll is rising, 208 have been killed. 39 are children, aged 16 or younger. so for on the ninth day of the assault, 1,530 palestinians have been wounded. we talk about the supposed military targets that israel has chosen, but the political targets, so if you take a look behind you you can show what the damage can be. >> this is what is left of a man's home, one of the 40 struck last night. it's part of an israely campaign. this is striking the home of military official, he was a

top-level political aid. the israelis hit his first house, killed one of his children, wounding him and his wife. another son was killed in another confrontation. this is a guy who has a long and winding tail. nevertheless the argument that you hear from people in gaza is that these are political officials. they are not targeted with air strikes. israel called places like this military command centers. 400 homes have been destroyed. 4,000 like the one away from me destroyed. a new tactic increasingly used. >> many people told to get out of their homes have moved down close to where they were, you were talking to some of them a few hours ago.

what are the difficulties, if they manage to escape what is potentially a war zone. >> you are right. this is the notice many of them got dropped in the air saying by 8 o'clock be out of your homes. >> we saw some in a local school. the problem is they were told to get out of their homes. they came downtown to gaza city, and there were ceasefire talks. they wept home, many of them, by the thousands, and told to leave again. they did. then they came back. now there's so many people coming here that there isn't enough room. a lot of them are staying outside. here is a city where a lot of people are doing without water, some for two weeks. you only have eight hours of electricity a day. they can't pump the water up to the top of these homes. because of the blockade around gaza, and the conflict, the

banks are closed and people that have money can't get it out in order to get food. the united nations and other groups are giving food to 80% of the population of this place of 1.8 million. they warp this could humanitarian catastrophe. >> undoubtedly, you are talking about self hundred, if not thousands of people. we are talking about tens of thousands fleeing their homes. up to 100,000 are told they should get out. where are they going to stay? >> that is the big question. you have asked it. nobody here answered it. they are coming here. many will stay at the schools. we saw two hours after the deadline people forced to stay outdoors. lord knows how many days they'll do that. if this drags out we'll have people overflowing the outdoor

areas, and who knows. maybe they'll buping up in people -- bunking up in people's homes or in the street. the problem is feeding them, giving them the water they need, especially at the end of a long ramadan day. none of these questions have been aped to date -- answered to date. >> you talk about the power and the water. in terms of the movement of the people, how are they getting down from the north into gaza city. are you seeing roads jam-packed with vehicles, people on foot carrying belongings. how is it working? >> we have seen pick-up trucks, full of people and their belong oings, none have an illusion that much will be left. we talked to a woman whose home was levelled, she says, by an f-16 strike. you are right, some of these people cannot afford the fuel, don't have the vehicles to get

here. the leaflet the australian military sends out tells them to take a specific route to the nearby town. and the rest of them - the lucky one, have come here to where they may have hope of getting a better treatment. really there isn't enough room for all these people. >> thank you very much, indeed, reporting live from gaza city on the exodus of hundreds if not thousands from the north of the gaza strip during the israeli bombardment. you can keep up to date on the development of what is happening in gaza on the website videos. analysis behind the scenes. reports by our correspondents and blogs. that's all at aljazeera.com. >> syria's president bashar al-assad is being sworn in for another seven years in office of the the inauguration which we

see pictures of taking place at the presidential palace north of the capital damascus. [ ♪ music ] . >> the opposition condemned last month, three years into a civil war, calling it a charade, the election several thousands were unable to vote. the victory gives his leadership fresh legitimacy, and the president talking to the invited audience right now. joining us in the studio, political analyst for the doha institute, arab center for research. this is a president who possibility a year ago could not have imagined he would be in a strong pos right now, no -- position right now, no matter what people say about the legitimacy of the vote. is that right. >> his speech today was like a declaration of victory.

he was telling everyone "here i am, i'm still here. i survived what has happened over the past three years. you have failed to bring me down, i'll serve as the president for the next seven years. i have a popular mandate. the election gives me legitimacy", and that was the main message in his speech. >> is there any way he could find ims upseated from -- himself unseated from power. >> it's a rarer possibility. today we know that most of the regional and international players are getting less interested in - especially i'm talking about the united states. indeed, russia and iran, of course, are supporting the regime. the united states is becoming interested in having a desize

ivictory by the opposition of the regime. president obama was clear when he said there should be no illusion that this fragmented opposition in a way would be - would remove the regime of bashar al-assad. >> and bashar al-assad will say to the people, if he hasn't said so in his address "this war shouldn't go on for this hang, i can offer you some stability, even if it's more of what you had before." they are wary of the conflict. >> most syrians would like the conflict to end. they'd like to go back to stability. the president was trying to say that this is the end of the geneva process, there'll be no talk about a transitional government formed from both the opposition and the regime as the geneva one declaration of

june 30th, 2012, says. i think he's going to propose something like a unity government formed from, perhaps, what we call loyal potential in the country, in order to say that here is my plan to restore peace and order and security to the country. >> thank you very much, indeed. we are looking at pictures out of damascus from the presidential palace in syria. the president bashar al-assad now being sworn in, already sworn in for a third term as president. worth perhaps listening to a few of his word before we move on. >> translation: we see in iraq and lebanon, and in syria and all the nations that this false arab spring, and it's the credibility of what we warned

about. we should soon see that all the arab nations that have supported terrorism will pay the price dearly, and many are backward and very late, and after so late. the battle of syrian people are fighting to defend his sovereignty, will stand beyond the borders of many peoples who have suffered sooner or later this terrorism. >> president bashar al-assad talking at this moment in the syrian capital damascus. putting forward his vision three years into the country's civil war, having been elected. many said the election was fraudulent, a chaar ard, but having been elected for a third 7-year term. now, there are to be vigils

in the next few hours for the three al jazeera journalists you saw on your screen who have spent 200 days in an egyptian prison. they have been sentenced for allegedly helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera rejected. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy from given seven years. baher mohamed was given seven and three added on because he had in his possession a spent bullet casing which he picked up at a protest. al jazeera continues to demand the journalists be freed. >> well, on this 200th day thousands called for their release on social media. here is a tweet from anthea - 2 200 wasted days. we need them back. >> this is something of a command:.

>> and the uk's channel 4 team in gaza, jonathan miller says: the activist group has been campaigning for the release of our producer mohamed fadel fahmy, an egyptian and canadian citizen and pulled together 47,000 citizens calling on the canadian prime minister steven harper to take urgent action. >> the executive director of the international press institute joins us from vienna. you would expect us here to be partisan to call for their release. why should the outside world be concerned? >> well, if you silence the voce of a journalist, you silence a community. that is really not part of democracy. that's not part of engaging the

community in the political process. that is why it's important. that is why you have a lot of citizens - members of civil society, regular citizens joining in the international solidarity among media, to call for the release of the journalists. >> and yet there are many hundreds of thousands of people imprisoned for what they describe as their conscience. that is what happened to our three. they don't get the headlines, do they? >> no, they don't. unfortunately, not enough. there are a lot of people, as you mentioned, who are in gaol on a number of trumped up charges, or because they've participated in a rally that is deemed anti-government. and yet, you know, we focus at the weres institute on the meed -- press institute on the media, because we think the media holds a special pleas in

society. we are aware, and add our voice behind those that call for people who are arrested because of their freedom of expression, what they expressed. we recognise that. and i am sure that there are a lot of people saying, you know, there are three journalists and they are in gaol around the world. of course, we are encouraging all the people in the world, when they talk about freeing the al jazeera journalist to not forget all of the journalists in gaol in ethiopia and vietnam and the other major countries. 200 days is a long time. >> it is a very, very long time. here we follow every twist and turn in this story. we know what is being said and rumoured. from your point of view, just give people out there an idea of what sort of noises are coming

from the egyptian authorities about the possibility of their release. >> yes, you know, we were encouraged maybe a little by what the president - the egyptian president said recently, but, you know, of course, our comment has been let's pardon them, pardon them so they can be released. we understand from some of our colleagues that the appeals process might need to be exhausted before a pardon will be considered. then, of course, we have heard from our media colleagues in australia, that the egyptian ambassador in australia had said that it is unlikely that they - the journalists can expect a pardon. so we are not sure what to believe. this is why we think it's important not just today, but every day to keep up the noise about the imprisoned journalist

and to send out tweets and facebook postings et cetera asking for the release of these journalists, and bringing it to the attention of the public at large. i liked the tweet you read that said let my people go. exactly. let our people go. don't forget fro - hashtag free aj staff. >> we will not forget. let's hope everyone remembers. that's the three al jazeera journalist, 200 days in prison. more to come - the world's top five emerging economies agree to create a new bank. and why many are trying to escape honduras and start a new life in the united states.

a man leading germany to a series of titles. details coming up. china said it ended drilling operations near the parasol islands. they have been the scene of a number of clashes between the chinese and vietnam he is ships. les go to rob mcbride. i should add that china ended it, having found gas and oil. >> that's right. it says that its exploratory rig will be there for two months. it's two months. it's withdrawing its rig. it said it has found traces of oil and gas. what needs to be done is assess whether it will lead to deposits to make them viable. if they are economically viable.

the next question is will china make the decision to place permanent rigs down there to create a new oil field in the disputed aparts. that would take the whole dispute to a new level. these are waters that vietnam claims it has seoul economic interest. if there are deposits, vietnam should exploit them. it's part of the process of making a permanent presence by china in the parasol islands. last month they announced they were setting up a school for children of soldiers, and workme based on the island. and this group of islands has been turned into an effective administrative center for more remote groups of islands throughout the whole south china sea. >> help us with where the islands are in relation to china and vietnam. they are not very close to china

itself. >> they fall pretty much equal distance between china and vietnam. they are pretty remote. they have been fought over for decades between the two countries, there was a bloody encounter in 1974, 40 years ago, when china asserted its control offer the islands and occupied them. both vietnam and china claimed them for hundreds of years, vietnam saying it's been demrating the islands -- adminize traiting them for hun dreads of years. as in all of these disputes, possession is nine tenths of the law and china is very much in possession. it seems difficult, hard to see a scenario when china would agree to withdraw from them. there's oil, gas. china wants them, vietnam wants them, we have seen ugly scenes. give us a sense of the

confrontation that there is between the two countries over the islands. >> it has been very tough for vietnam, for various historical reasons. vietnam is a country in south-east asia, finding itself with few friends. one of the biggest is bigger neighbour china, upon which it depends for trade. vietnam has been exposed. it hasn't had an alliance with the united states to fall back on, which the philippines and jaban has. they've been isolated. they have taken their cause to the international media, they have invited foreign journal lifts like ourselves, to be embedded. they are in a weak position. rather like a number of other countries, neighbours of the china, finding themselves the weaker partner in their disputes

with and assertive china and their disputes throughout the south china sea and east china sea. >> at least 10 have decide as a power of the typhoon moves across the philippines. warnings of surges and floods has brought hundreds of thousands trying to find safe ground. >> the typhoon battered the area for a few hours. in that time it caused damage. drng winds blue down the lines, leaving a third of the ski without power. several areas have been flooded and roads closed. the government says it is working overtime to get life back to normal. >> looep up operations is -- clean-up operations is number one. restoration of facilities is a

priority. >> over 50,000 people have been told to evacuate homes and businesses. many are stranded. some people say the government could have been better prepared and should have learnt its lessons a long time ago. >> this is the biggest storm to hit the country since the typhoon last year. >> the government said it is improving the did asker prepare -- disaster preparedness programme. this is one of hundreds living in disaster zones. they are the most vulnerable in the philippines. this man says he's been through this many times before, so he braces for the worst. >> what else can we do, when a typhoon hits, we suffer, endure. when it's over, we fix our

homes. it's all right like that. >> people say help from the government is too slow in coming. so they rebuild on their own. doing the best they can, with what little they have. >> as they were talking there, our meteorologist - talking about the storm surge, rising waters. is it as bad there as it was where the pictures were taken, or what? >> it's calming down. the worst is over. if we look at the satellite we see where it's going next. you can see the storm working across the area. and it's covering a huge area, and doesn't have a well-dephotocopied eye. it gives you an idea that it was disruptive. the sea is the energy source. once it goes across land it doesn't lose its strength. having said that, it has not completely lost its strength.

sustained wind are 165 canadiens, making the the equif -- 165 k/hr. what will happen now is it will run its way across the seas. this is the energy source so it can gain strength. there's strong wened, stopping it gaping too much strength. it will strengthen, but only a fraction, and run towards land. >> because it covers a huge area, when it gets near land we'll see it has for example. it will ease off again. by the time it makes land fall in southern china, it will have winds about the same as at the moment. the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane. >> thank you very much indeed. a u.s. missile strike in

pakistan killed 18 suspected taliban fighters. it struck a down in north waziristan. the pakistani millry is involved in an offensive in that area. drone strikes beginning in june. we go live to islamabad. the details are what. >> the details that we are getting is the u.s. drone strike fired four missiles, one on a house. and the reports are coming from spell gent sources. it must be understood that there is nobody in that area except military sources. they are conducting a large-scale operation. the military said it's own fixed wing aircraft attacked an area in which 35 fighters fleeing across the border were killed. there is no independent

confirmation on the exact number of those killed in the u.s. drone strike. there were fears that the death toll may rise. >> thank you, indeed. news out of pakistan. over the border word from the united nations security council is that it is strongly condemning a huge car bomb in eastern afghanistan. at least 89 people were killed in the blast. jennifer glasse reports from the afghan capital kabul much. >> reporter: it's one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the u.s.-led invasion in 2001. the market was crowded with shoppers when the massive car bomb exploded. dead and injured were everywhere. shops and buildings collapsed. some of the casualties ended up in kabul's emergency hospital, an 8 hour drive over rough roads. >> we first went to the

provincial capital. they gave us first aid but didn't have the right quip. they told us to go to kabul. >> we lost family members. young men. all of them dead in the same day. >> reporter: in the hospital's intentionive care unit, this 5-year-old is fighting for his life. he has serious head injuries, there's not more the doctors can do. the injuries range from shrapnel. one said it threw him. it's made worse by the need to travel so far for treatment. >> we provide basic care. anything serious or complex, they need to go elsewhere. >> reporter: this hospital is struggling to cope. it has 100 beds. >> all the beds in the hospital

are full. this bed is waiting for a parp to come out of surgery. it had to move patient into the louptry room -- laundry room in case more arrive. >> civilian casualties in 2014 are higher than in the same time last year. the latest attack is a reminder of dangers in daily life. so far no one claimed responsibility. stay with us. we have this coming up, while a canadian revival - look at the billionaire behind a record bid for a team. that's the wrong story, sorry. this is the story about the billionaire bidding for the basketball. we are going to canada to look at a community helped by another wealthy person.

you're watching the al jazeera newshour, i'm david foster, these are the headlines. the conflict in gaza appears to be escalating as israel's bombardment conditions for a ninth day. palestinians are warned to get out of their homes. the death toll is over 200. right now the syrian president bashar al-assad talking at his inauguration - saying western and arab states will pay the price for supporting terrorism. he is being sworn in for a third

7-year term after last month's disputed election. at least 10 died in a typhoon moving across the philippines. warnings of storm surges and floods forced hundreds of thousands to find safety away from their homes. the crisis in gaza. more on that. israel says it will intensify attacks. hamas say it will carry on fighting. the residents say they see no end to the violence. >> reporter: there's no truce. no truce at all. hamas want a separate truce. they say we live in a prison. there'll be no truce unless they open the crossings, free the prisoner. >> they have everything, tanks and aircraft. what do we have - fighting. it is a nation that has nothing, a poor nation. what can we do. >> translation: where can we go? we can't leave the area. where can we go? where? we

have no means to go. >> let's bring in a businessman, philanthropist. joining me new. i understand that president abbas is in cairo, trying to get a consensus for a ceasefire. we know that you are at another middle east location, you asked us not to say where, trying to drum up support. what are the chances of reaching a deal? >> i think the chances are hopeful and good. if israel will stop this madness and we sit down and say what is the reason for all this violence and aggression every two years or every year. i think the time is appropriate. people are alert.

>> it's interesting that they have president abbas in cairo talking to a government outlawing the muslim brotherhood, which would have been hand in glove with hamas. can you get the right deal with that support? >> of course. i think president abdul fatah al-sisi is serious about stopping the - this tsunami, this volcano which i predicted from a long time. what trigger is is they went mad because of what happened with the reconciliation. the palestinians cleaned their home and house. they have one word, president, government, which i think everybody should support, to go ahead and start doing, clearing out to say israel, i'm putting out. i will help palestinians to build their own state, a palestinian state will live side by side by israel.

i hope they'll come to their senses. i tell the israelis, please wake up before the tsunami is bigger and bigger. >> would you say the same thing to the people firing rockets out of gaza. >> the people are doing it out of self-defence. i bean in gaza and watching rockets from the see and air and ground. it's a big gaol. everyone living in gaol. i think everybody don't like the violence. i don't like people killed. i feel sorry for mothers from both sides, but the region for this is the israeli occupation. let's sit and talk about it. >> that is so much bigger than saying to both sides let's have a ceasefire and then we can talk about it. are you talking about a peace deal or something that could last until people sit in cairo,

both sides, and talk properly? >> i support the ceasefire, the people sitting down. but we need to say what is after sitting down, what is after the ceasefire, we want a package deal to say we want to end occupation. palestinians are tired of the occupation. the longest and the ugliest occupation that the world has experience the. israel, wake up and start doing something. i agree with mr abbas. i think he wants to find a way to sit down. he's been trying his best. egypt is trying their best, i think. secretary kerry tried. i think the israelis must say are we willing to sit down and talk about a 2-state solution, which is a palestinian state existing on the border. >> you are a highly respected and influential member of the palestinian community.

you are trying to find ways to put together a temporary ceasefire or peace deal. you condemn the rockets and the missiles fired into gaza by israel. will you ask the people whether they be members of islamic jihad, hamas. will you ask them to stop firing from gaza if that might bring peace. >> yes, i think if we have a deal, we should sit and say let's have a ceasefire that will lead to a long period of peace, and the palestinian state is born. we have to sit down and say - we cannot sit down and say let's have a ceasefire and talk. let's have a ceasefire and talk. israel must come to its senses and say yes, the whole thing causing this is occupation. israel has started this and

should stop the madness. i would ask hamas to stop sending rockets when they know, when they know there is a result for this. i have to respect these people who are fighting for the dignity and independence. these people are not terrorists. they are freedom fighters like anywhere else, where you want dignity, and your honour and freedom. we want to be free and live with israel, and living as good neighbours. the world has to realise that this cake has to be split. i accept 22% out of 100%. let's sit and talk. since oslo we have been trying, the palestinians have been trying, but until now mahmoud abbas is a partner, we are looking for an israeli partner. >> we have to leave it. >> find a partner so we can sit.

>> we have to leave it. thank you, talking to us about efforts to find an end to the fighting in gaza and israel. each week hundreds of people from honduras flee the violence and poverty and are deported back from the u.s. and mexico. more and more children are being detained as they try to get sank tu airy. our correspondent in san pedro sulea, a sit with some of the highest crime rates where children as young as six are recruited into gangs. >> reporter: in a country with the world's highest murder rate luca only is safe inside the main church. ever since her husband was killed drug gangs are after her children. they want to recruit the 6-year-old and have him train his baby brother. >> translation: they say we will

recruit him and take him. they don't ask the mother for permission. they come and go as they please. >> louisa admits the can gave her money and she is forced to do what they say. they are the de facto authority. they know where all her relatives live. the drug gangs have been feared. they are becoming more powerful. tattoos and initiation are a thing of the past, experts say. the gangs are more business like, willing to invest in youngsters that they indeed to recruit for a life of crime. >> translation: they said to me we need you to spend the money on your boys. we want them to have everything. we don't want them walking around without proper shoes. they'll form part of your group. >> risking the journey to the united states is better than staying here. she allowed us to film her as she visited the graveyard where her husband is buried.

she comes here when she needs to make a decision. we saw the cemetery was abandoned. we were told that this is where gangs bury their members, and that's the reason there are no names on the graves. rival groups vandalize the tombs. today she knows her husband was a member of an illegal group. she didn't know. more bodies are likely to be buried here too. for lisa, survival is escape. she doesn't want the children to face that kind of future. five of the world's most powerful emerging economies struck a deal to create a new development bank. china, brazil, russia, india and south africa will play equal amounts to set up an institute that could be worth $100 billion. what will to do.

let's hear. >> reporter: it was all smiles for the leaders of the world said leading developing economies, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa, the brics alliance announcing they agreed to start a new development bank. hours after hammering out the details, they announced the headquarters would be to shangh shanghai. the new bank would have plenty of cash at its disposal. this is an historic decision to create a bank of large scale. it may go to $100 billion. the first stage $50 billion. we are talking about a large-scale institution that we'll be able to operate $500 billion. brazilian president says the

creation of the bank is a sign of the times. the brics countries overcame challenges to reach this point to announce it, and now the hard part implementing it. one official told me it might take as long as two years before the new development bank starts lending. >> but are the brics countries ready for a massive multilateral undertaking? >> not everyone is convinced. >> they are not ready. they are risking a lot and the progress that they have in the last 10 years for a project that will not render the benefits they think they'll have. the bricks leaders disagree and see the bangs as leverage. >> it will put pressure on i.m.f. and world bank to reform quicker. unless they reform and take brics nations into account.

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robin. a senior official for the qatar 2022 world cup told al jazeera that they are not concerned by an investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournament. qatar has been the subject of criticism since being awarded the world cup. nasr al-katter spoke to willy we'llings as part of our interview. >> how difficult is it for you to deal with public relations, surely a part of qatar having and hosting the world cup is the imaging of qatar. if you criticise, you can't defeat the object in one aspect of this. >> in the short term yes, in the long term the phase we have been going through since 2010 - i think it will be important. because it brings attention to something that we have said from the beginning. it's changing the perception. it's bridging differences and in

my belief it is magnified now. if this was not magnified we wouldn't be able to achieve the goal. people talk about qatar in the world cup in isolation. we talked about an afghan tournament. brazil talked about a south american tournament. people talked about qatar and forget the aspect of the first world cup in the middle east. the head of the asian federation say some of the attacks on qatar are racist. what is your view on that? >> i pose this question back to the people who have been continuously attacking and open reply undermining our bid and the world cup in the middle east. they have the changes to the laws on migrant workers. are they making progress. >> i think the progress is

tremendous. people need to keep in kind qatar and the evolution of qatar. in the past 30 years, what qatar achieved is what western countries achieved. including labour laws. with that you'll get imbalances. some things don't progress, and some things need to catch up. and some laws need to progress and catch up with other developments. this is a natural evolution. we welcome the headlines. we welcome the pressure. it has to be construct if. it's not just we found a reason to bash guitar. if this reason doesn't exist. we find another reason. >> people are embracing it. what makes the headlines is not the good stuff. a lot of people embrace it. i witnessed it first hand during

the world cup. we launched the first open-air cool fan zone to broadcast the world cup, and broadcast from around 16 onwards. it was amazing. i can't describe it. the amount of people there. it was a test site for us, open round, cooling technology, and our test was fabulous. 13 degrees on average, less inside than it is outside humidity outside in the range of 85 on average. inside was about 60 to 65. these are perfect conditions to watch the game. there's a lot of anticipation for the world cup in qatar. there's a lot of people that are positive and a lot of people that are excited. in your heart and in your head, did you feel 100% certain that qatar will host the 2022 world

cup? >> yes. >> thanks for speaking to us. >> thank you. >> lee wellings speaking to qatar 2022 committee member. watch the interview on aljazeera.com/sport. i can't tell you the man that led the italian juventus left the club by mutual concept. the announcement was made. he played 500 times for juve ept us, returning as manager. he won three serie a titles. unbeaten and led the club to two wins. it's linked to the italy job. >> the los angeles clippers sail saga continues with the n b axe saying they can't guarantee that the froon chis will be -- fr

franchise will be sold. rob reynolds reports on the billionaire businessman behind the bid. >> steve balmer is a wealthy man, and wealthy me can buy expensive toys. >> he really wants to own a basketball team. when you are worth $20 billion, maybe $2 billion doesn't strike him evening absurd. a lot of people think it's over the top. >> he's a basketball fanatic with an sized parent yip. >> he loves basketball. he's very, very excitable about the game. >> balmer is a businessman. many question his decisions as c.e.o. of microsoft. ignoring the smartphone revolution, analysts believe he'll turn the clippers into a money maker.

>> at $2 billion, it's a bargain price for a team like the clippers in a hot league. >> they are coming off a hot season, due to renegotiate tv rights. it could triple to $60 million. and the global growth potential. >> there's more basketball players in china than people in the united states. 350 million play basketball in china. it is globally accessible. the clippers have a budding star in blake griffin, and he is 23 years old and set up for big things in the future. >> whatever plans may be for a $2 billion team, he may have to put them on hold for a while. >> disgraced long-time clippers owner sterling is fighting the sale in court. he is suing the number of ba for

banning him from the game. sterling, who is 80, says he'll fight until his dying day. turning our attention to golf and tiger woods makes a return to major accident as he attempts to win a fourth open championship. the former world number one plays the first major of the year. the tournament which begins on thursday is being played at the royal liverpool club where woods won the open in 2006. commentators say tiger's injury problems make the chance of him beating jack nicholas's record of 18 major titles unlikely. that's the sport. thank you for watching. >> no problem. thank you very much. people living up in canada's atlantic communities are struggling to survive after the terrible decline of the fishing industry. let's join daniel lack, who went

north to newfoundland. >> at the edge of canada where the icy atlantic washes the shore, fogo island is home. >> i grew out of these rocks, i think. there's nothing that i know that i didn't learn from the rocks somehow. >> reporter: zeta was born here 55 years ago and left in her teens, and became one of the country's top business women. while away fishing collapsed. she invests her wealth in the community. >> the only way to combat unemployment is to build economies based on culture, care and craft. that's what we tried to do. >> reporter: culture and craft shape the fogo island inn, a mix of contemporary design and local

touches. the sea looms through every window. mott ifs drawn from the self-reliance of island life is a backdrop. the idea is known as quilts and fab rigs. cobb's foundation helps local makers transfer craft. >> i've been developing this message over the period that i have been here on residency. it seemed like oh, this is the perfect home for the message in the quilt. >> international artists are part of the mix, drawn by the setting. fully paid for residencies. they work in studios around the island. taking full advantage from land and sea. rural communities have cultural and human capital.

you can't put that in a bank. the challenge is to create jobs and businesses to support the assetsment to get outsiders to come, appreciate and invest in what is here. >> it's a patchwork quilt. it's one that will patch. toronto is a bigger patch. neither on its own will keep us warm. but what is exciting is the ability to stitch the paps so you have a quilt. >> she hopes to share her philosophy and ideas with other dying rural areas. for now it's all about fogo island. that communities exist at all in a harsh environment like this is determination. keeping them here, viable, in a fast-moving world will take more than that. that's it from me, david foster and the newshour team.

>> 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. >> a buildup on the border as the civilian death toll rises on both sides. israel vowing to punish hamas, telling civilians to evacuate now. >> it happened at the border. they are entitled to due process but will not be welcomed to this country with open arms. >> tough talk from the white