>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm david shuster with a look at today's top stories. senior israeli military officials now say they will agree to a temporary cease-fire. but they say the likelihood of a ground invasion of gaza if the cease-fire does not old is now very high. all of this as the hamas rocket attacks and israeli airstrikes continue. and one airstrike in the gaza beach killed four palestinian children. back in washington, d.c. america's immigration crisis

took center stage in congressional hearings. as young migrants try to cross the border. >> we begin this hour with the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. an israeli military official said that they will stop a few strikes following an united nations question for a hu humanitarian effort. let's go to james bays. what can you tell us about the cease-fire for com tomorrow.

>> they're calling this a humanitarian pause or truce to try to get vital supplies into the gaza strip. let me tell you how this came about. and it's not fully greed yet, but it came about because the special coordinating ban ki-moon, the u.n. special coordinator, robert said we've got to get supplies in to help the people. the humanitarian situation is getting desperate, and we need a period where there is calm, where we can bring supplies and assistance into gaza.

and he made that request, and israel has agreed with request. as i understand it it is local time there with gaza from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m. the u.n. making it clear that they also, after they got that israeli acceptance will approach the other side, hamas, and ask them to stop firing about what hamas is saying about their humanitarian pause that they're trying to agree to right now. >> james bays in brussels working srces. thank you for that update. the israeli military called unreservists today and told tens of thousands of people.

they dropped leaflets to wash people in several areas around gaza city to leave immediately. israel said much of the hamas rocket fire has come from those areas and plans to forcefully attack them. the question is from the air and ground invasion as they are advocating. what is your understanding about the humanitarian cease-fire and the further need possibl for escalation possible on the ground? >> reporter: as james said there will be a cease-fire agreed upon now passed on to the israeli military. there will be no airstrikes, no artillery, and no firing by israeli naval ships that we've

seen today for oh those five or six hours during the day tomorrow and what we will likely see as james hinted at is the u.n. moving in, other groups moving in to feel a humanitarian crisis. there has been a shortage of medicine here. and the u.n. has been talking about needing 60, 70, $80 million of supplies desperately. we don't know yet if the u.n. has gone to hamas or whether hamas has agreed to hold its fire from gaza into israel. that is much needed for the people of gaza. in terms of whether the israeli military will escalate things on the border there have been officials in the government and in the military who have been advocating for the last few weeks for a crushing of hamas to use one of them--to use one of their words, they've advocated to remove anybody's ability to fire rockets from gaza once and for all.

one source close to prime minister netanyahu told me that. they have the capacity to do that, to move towards the border, but they have not said that they're interested in doing that because if you do that you're going to risk quite a few civilian casualties in gaza and in the israeli military, and it's not clear if the israeli public would accept that. >> what are you seeing as far as rockets from hamas and the airstrikes from their reported positions. >> yes, well, these strikes continue from both sides. we were down south, actually, today, 45 minutes to the south. within 30, 40 minutes of getting there we heard a couple of large explosions. one that was relatively close to us. it seems that the target continued to be-- >> that was a little satellite interference with nick schifrin.

we will' keep you up-to-date wit live with gaza. israel has launched 1900 airstrikes on gaza since the hamas rocket attacks began last week. gaza health ministry said that those israeli airstrikes have killed 222 palestinians and injured nearly 1700 more. on the israeli side officials say one person has been killed from a hamas rocket attack on tuesday and at least 26 israelis have been injured. israeli army says since the conflict began two weeks ago, hamas has fired 1400 rockets in israel. israel's iron dome defense system has intercepted 300 of those rockets headed towards populated areas. the targets of their airstrikes

are hamas leaders. >> reporter: what is behind me is what remains of the senior political leader of hamas and one of 40 people, all of them officials whose homes were targeted overnight. let me take you on a walking tour. it turns out there is something like 400 homes that have been targeted like this. 4,000 have been partially damaged. 400 of them totally destroyed, and again one of 40 overnight. this is what his front porch looked like. this was part of a four-story building that was his home. his tale is a long and winding one. in 2004 israelis destroyed one of his previous homes, killing one of his children. one of his children was killed in an offensive by the israelis and this is the second time around for this official. it's particularly interesting

because groups like human watch rights say targeting civilian homes is a violation of international law. targeting military sites is acceptable, and the israelis have been very careful to call targeting homes of leaders as military strikes. down here in downtown gaza city there are also tens of thousand of people rushing in because of air dropped leaflets like this telling them to get out of the northern areas, telling them to come into the center of the city because the israelis are coming in to starting rocket launchers, and the fear is that they will launch a grouped war. a lot of fear and a lot of

damage. >> each side is blaming the other for causing this conflict and each side insists it will not stop until the other does. president shimon perez said hamas will not win. >> i think hamas itself will reach its end. >> it said that hamas is to blame for this fighting. al jazeera reports now from are ramallah. >> reporter: this is the most she can do here to help palestinian under woma

bombardment along the gaza strip. they send supplies to gaza, but some people feel neglected by the palestinian authority. >> we are on the right path. we are an oppressed people. >> reporter: part of a national government since june. it expects the authority in the west bank to be the first to help. some palestinians say even though hamas and fattah share an unity government they stand for different things. >> the leadership in ramallah thinks it's solutions are better, and the best solution is to resist until we all die or live like human beings. >> reporter: palestinian authorities showed up, they

attacked the van saying it arrived too late. when egypt offered a cease-fire arrangement palestinian president mahmood abbas welcomed it whereas hamas said it was not consulted about the plan and fattah acknowledges it. >> there is no division in ending the aggression. there is no division in our right to resist. the question is how some people in hamas see this as the end of the war. >> reporter: while fattah wants an immediate end of the fighting hamas said it won't accept the truce unless israel ends its siege on gaza.

>> reporter: al jazeera. >> an american teen was beated by israeli police caught on tape is scheduled to return to the united states. the 15-year-old is set to arrive in florida tonight early this month police beat him in jerusalem as he protested his cousin as abduction and murder. it caused outrage around the world. he was not charged with a crime but he was put under house arrest. >> bashar al-assad was sworn in for a third seven-year term today. the laughic inauguration ceremony that has killed more than 17 170,000 people. it was used as an inauguration speech to declare victory over

terror, and said that opposition will pay a high price. now to washington, d.c. where congressional lawmakers intensified their debate over the illegal immigration crisis. democrats and republicans are trying to find a bipartisan compromise that will tighten border security and help care for underage migrants who were intercepted at a border patrol. several witnesses tried to explain why so many children are traveling alone and risking their lives to make the dangerous trek to the border just with the possibility of getting across. >> 60% cited violence as the primary reason for leaving. only one mentioned anything relevant to u.s. law and could recognize what that was.

>> as we're reporting the obama administration is seeking $3.7 billion to address the crisis but it's another part of the president's plan to expedite the deportation of immigrants that is drawing very heavy fire from key democrats. mike viqueira is in washington. mike, is it a rebellion from key democrats? >> reporter: yes, the president hathis was not part of the $3.7 billion.

>> reporter: today we saw the top democrat in the house of representatives. the white house in his skwaup they've had discussion, sharp words exchanged with the top white house aide. o'malley said it would be inhumane to send them back. and the liberal lyon from vermont putt leahy with remarkable comments. >> i also remind people of a time in the past around world war ii where this country unwisely closed it's borders to

people fleeing the holocaust in germany. they were turned back, and many to certain death. >> the white house is telling many in that meeting. he said i'm going to be enacting executive orders to ease some of these deportations but for now the white house has a very tough line. >> any indications at the white house that the $3.7 billion requested is making any head way at capitol hill? >> reporter: we do know that the house of representatives will take up a version of what the president has put forward. as you know that's not likely to match very closely with what the president wants to do. the president wants to beef up board security. that's not going to be enough for house republicans. the white house points out as they did several times if the house republicans were serious about beefing up border security they would have taken up the senate bill that would have sent 20,000 extra border patrol to

the border. that was passed a year ago in the senate and it has gone nowhere in the house. >> mike viqueira at the house. mike, thanks as always. many in the honduras say they're desperately escaping violence in their country. they said they would rather take their chances coming north than staying home. >> reporter: with the country's with the world's highest murder rate, louisa only feels safe inside the church. ever since her husband was killed eight months ago drug gangs are after they are children. they want to recruit the six-year-old and have him train his baby brother. >> they certainly say we'll recruit him and take him with us. they don't ask the mother for permission for anything. they come and go as they please. >> reporter: she admits the

gangs gave her money. and she's forced to do what they say. they're the de facto authority in her neighborhood, and they know where all her relatives live. the drug gangs of central america have always been feared, and they're only becoming more powerful. tattoos and initiation rituals are a thing of the past, experts say. the gangs now are more business-like willing to invest in youngsters that they intend to recruit for a life of crime. >> they said to me, we need you to spend the money on your boys. we want these kids to have everything they need. we don't want them walking around with no proper shoes. they will form part of our group later on. >> reporter: for louisa risking the long dangerous journey to the united states as an illegal migrant 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 big decision. >> well, when we got here we

thought the cemetery was abandoned. it looks that way. this is where the gangs bury their members. this is why you don't see names on the graves: she didn't know that her husband was an illegal group. he never told her. his body is among three stacked up inside this mausoleum. and more bodies are likely to be buried here, too. for louisa survival means escape. she doesn't want her children to face this kind of future. al jazeera, honduras. >> the u.s. department of veterans affairs says it needs more than $17 billion to slash what wait times for veteran who is need healthcare. the acting secretary of the v.a. sloane gibson told senators that the agency needs more money to hire more doctors. it said the v.a. has reached out

to 160,000 veterans to get them off waitlists and into clinics. senate republicans blocked a democratic bill to restore free contraception plan under most healthcare plan. the ruling allowed certain companies to deny contraception coverage if it conflicts with the owner's religious beliefs. republicans called the bill today a political stunt aimed at helping vulnerable democrats in november's midterm elections. hillary clinton is still playing coy for a possible run for president. leave it up to jon stewart to get a fe few clues out of her.

>> on wall street stocks rose today after good news on a number of fronts including better than expected earnings reports. the dow gained 77 points reaching another new record. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 were also higher.

apple has agreed to a settlement to resolve claims that conspire to fix the books of ebooks. announced today that apple could pay consumers up to $400 million. the actual settlement amount depends on what happens in apple's appeal of the 2013 court ruling which found that the company violated antitrust laws by conspiring with publishers to raise the price of ebooks. in today's power politics former secretary of state hillary clinton has not officially declared that she's running for president, but last night on the dail the daily show with jon stewart she gave a hint of her intentions. >> do you like commuting to work or do you like a home office. >> i spent so many years commuting i kind of previe prefer a home office. that's where i wrote my book. >> would you like it to have corners or not to have corners? >> you know, i think that the

world is so complicated the fewer corners-- [ cheering ] >> despite the campaign juggernaut that clinton is building her cast of the democratic nomination may not be so smooth. many progressives are not clinton fans and one group has launched a political website encouraging elizabeth warren to run, warren run. >> the way i see this citibank, goldman sachs, all those guys on wall street, they've got plenty of folks in the united states senate who are willing to work on their side. we need more people willing to work on the side of american families. >> warren has dismissed the ready for warren website, although she has raised more money for democratic desands

other than president obama, and hillary clinton is not even close. in ey iowa where the senate race could determine which party controls the chamber in washington outside partisan groups are now pouring money into attack ads. conservative organization americans for prosperity bought nearly $1 million of ad time to highlight a comment braley made about senator chuck grassley that offended some farmers. >> if you you're looking out for iowa or washington specialists. >> you might have a farmer from iowa who never went to law school serving as the next chair of the senate judiciary committee. >> in arizona a republican congressional candidate is now eating crow after a protest he led yesterday against migrant children. he faces a republican primary next month was speaking against migrants being moved into his district when he got word that a bus was heading down the road. he got a first-hand look and then tweeted at the scene, pus

coming in. this is not compassion. this is abrogation of law. he included a photo of the yellow school bus. >> i was able to actually see some of the children in the buses in the fear in their faces. this is not compassion. >> yes, the problem is those weren't migrant children on the school bus. they were ymca campers from the local school district. after being corrected he said, those kids were sad, too. later he apologized. corruption laws are getting attention in kentucky. >> listening to my constituents, legislating, these are things that i don't do. what i do is spend about 70% of my time raising funds for re-election. i do anything to stay in office. my name is gill fullbrighton,

but hell, i'll change my name. >> the group has already cleared it's $20,000 find raising goal. they plan to have more ad and have him show up at actual kentucky senate campaign events. that's today's power politics. coming up, the chemical spill that left hundreds of thousands of people without water in west virginia may have been more dangerous than previously thought. we speak with a local who still refuses to turn on her tap. also, the maiden voyage was supposed to end. the casino boat who oh ran aground and the people stuck on board. that's next.

>> in west virginia

investigators with the chemical safety board have released their findings on a toxic chemical spill that tainted the water for thousands of people in january. it found visible failures in the bottom of the tanks. the holes were likely caused by corrosion of water pooling. they found no record of inspections on the tank's prior to january 9th. the leak left 300,000 people without water for several days. some residents in charleston, west virginia, are still refuse to go drink the tap water. joining us now from charleston is carolyn ireland. she is a resident, and says she's still not using the tap water. why not many of your neighbors say they're using the tap water and say everything is fine. >> well, a lot of us are not using it. there are a lot of people who feel like there wasn't enough information about the chemical to assure us that we were safe to going back to drinking it.

especially when we lifted the do not use ban. there was a very low threshold chemical smell, people were getting sick and there was an increase in er visit. a lot of us have reason to doubt and worry about what is in our water. >> what do you make of the report that found there was no record of inspections in any of these crucial tanks before january 9th. >> it doesn't surprise me at all. we live in a culture here that is very much anti-regulation, and we rely on industry to self-report and self regulate, and that clearly does not work. it does not work for the citizens. >> what sort of inconvenience is it on you to make the decision that you're not going to drink the tap water? >> well, it's an inconvenience in so many ways. i have a little bit of a coffee

addiction. when i want to get coffee through a drive through i have to consider whether i'm risking my health. long term i have a teenage son who does not understand, you know, my kids here, that the message is that the water is safe to use so it's a bit of an argument to try to plain why i doubt that. you know, i'm not saying that i believe it's unsafe, but i simply--i think there is not enough information, and now, you know, there was more chemical than reported, and that's a problem. >> i understand that there was a problem where you got sick. explain what kind of impacts that had on you. >> on january 7th i took a hot shower. we had a really cold winter, and i took a long hot shower in the

morning. i had smelled what i later knew to be the smell of mchm upstairs in my bathroom. i didn't know what it was or where it was coming from. i didn't necessarily associate it with the water. it's just a lingering odor. i showered and quickly became ill with flu-like symptoms, chills, deep cough, and i was still in bed on the morning of the 9th when i started seeing official media posts about what is the odor particularly in my neighborhood, and ultimately we got the report from the water company that, in fact, there had been a leak. >> here we are six months, seven months later. what would you like the federal government and the state government to do at this point? >> i would like the state government to expand it's inin

home water testing. i would like the federal government to provide some assistance with testing the health effects of the chemical. >> carolyn ireland from west virginia who is still not drinking the water after a chemical spill and leak. good luck to you, and thanks for coming on al jazeera america. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> you're welcome. the uneven implementation of the affordable care act has made people make very tough choices. tennessee's refusal to expand medicaid has caused one couple to chose their marriage or healthcare. >> reporter: they have been married and in love for 30 years but now they're forced to live apart in the name of healthcare. >> i don't like it a bit.

neither one of us do. we both want to be together. >> linda, who has life-threaten epilepsy has been living in local shelters. >> i hope you will pray for us. >> their coverage problem started when larry at age 62 opted for an early social security payout last year. >> shortly after i started getting requirement social security called us in and explained to us that we may way too much money. >> reporter: they fall in a coverage gap. as a couple their income is too high to qualify for the tennessee public programs, and too low for obamacare. combined they make $21,000. their separation now allows them to keep the care they need. >> so if tennessee had expanded medicaid, then the wife would have continued to be eligible for health insurance regardless of whether they lived together or apart. >> reporter: in a statement to al jazeera the tennessee's

governor's office wrote:: this coverage gaps affects residents in 24 states. so far only two southern states have opted for the obamacare expansion. >> why have so many southern states decided not to expand medicaid? >> part of it has to do with the politics of the situation. the south is a hotbed of opposition to the obama administration. >> policies and politics have taken an emotional drain. larry has asked the tennessee governor for help. his message: >> you have a chance to do good. you have a chance to help a whole lot of people. >> they fear they may spend their golden years facing a

major dilemma, stay apart and keep the insurance that provide medication. or stay together and risk losing coverage and the medication that doctors say is keeping linda alive. >> i can't let her die. whatever else has to happen, i can't let her die. you know, whatever it takes. i can't let her die. the law does not protect us. the law attacks us. >> an uncertain future for this couple and thousands of americans who are falling through the gap. robert ray al jazeera, tennessee. >> now, to overseas in russia two moscow subway workers have been arrested in connection with yesterday's derailment. a train came off the trucks during the morning russia hour killing 22 people. the police reportedly detained the track foreman and his assistant. investigators are blaming a new track switch that was not properly install: russia's transportation system has been targeted for attacks in the

past, but they insist this was a safety issue and not a terror attack. in ukraine, the pentagon said russia has moved as many as 12,000 troops to its border with ukraine. in the last hour the white house announced sanctions of russia's banking and energy industries along with several top russian officials. the western nations believe that russia is giving heavy weapons to separatist fighters. in mali the government is close to signing a military deal with france to help secure the country from rebels. mali just gun peace talks with rebels in algeria. tourigs accuse the government of excluding them from power. some 3,000 french troops could be left in mali as part of the new agreement. and in central africa republic new report shows the

extent of the violence there. according to the french aid organization doctors without borders one-third of families have lost at least one family member since december. muslim fighters allied with the seleka government fighting christian militias for the past seven months. the study paints a very grim picture for the country's future. we have more now from paris. >> the new finding finds a country steeped in extreme violence. doctors without borders spoke to 3500 families who escaped to chad. they reported killings, a disturbingly high proportion of bloodshed. the refugee stories tell of mass murders of men, women and children, many killed while trying to flee the country.

>> the level of violence during the exodus of these people. >> reporter: the chaotic situation across the central african republic has made it very difficult to know exactly how many people are dying and how many people are being killed. the research conducted by doctors without borders is a grim snapshot of what happened to one community. painting the impression of violence on a massive scale nationwide. when muslims seleka rebels seized control last year it plunged the country into a religious conflict between the muslim minority and christian majority. the rebels have been locked in a vicious cycle of attacks and counter attacks with christian militias. but ordinary civilians are suffering in their thousands. many are living in protected

enclaves. others are desperate to flee. despite the presence of french and africaen sources the violence moves on. for now the cycle of sectarian violence claims innocent lives. al jazeera, paris. >> back in the united states a texas woman has now learned her sentence for sending a rici ricin-laced letter to president obama. we have more on that and more news around america. >> reporter: the judge sentenced the woman to 18 years in prison. the 36-year-old sent the ricin-laced letters to president obama and former new york mayor michael bloomberg. she pled guilty. she said richardson mailed the three letters and then claimed her estrange husband had done it. jurors heard arguments in the trial of the friend of the marathon bombing suspect. they say the 20-year-old was

trying to protect tsarnaev. you. a casino boat has run aground, no injuries have been reported of the passengers. pennsylvania girl is home from the hospital after being swept through a flooded drain pipe. the 12-year-old said she was checking out the flooding at the drain pik pipe and was pulled in. she was swept several hundred yards before emerging into a creek. >> i didn't know there was a drop in the ground there, and i went under, and i was trying to get up and my friends tried helping me. they couldn't.

it was just scary dark. scary. my mom helped me through, though. i was thinking of everybody, my mom, dad, my new mom. my sister, my brothers. i was just praying that i would make it through. >> she came back from the hospital with some bumps and bruises and so lucky she's alive. >> what a great kid. we had a storm drain by our house but we knew never to play there after a rain because it gets wild in there. >> reporter: yes. >> thank you. coming up, rupert murdoch gets rejected. time warner turned down a huge buyout offer from the media mogul. but the talk of the bid sent stock soaring. that is next. also, why alaska is seeing a problem usually associated with the lower 48. the gangs of anchorage still ahead. @

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>> time warner rejected a huge takeover bid today to the tune of $80 billion. the media giant rebuffed the offer from another giant rupert murdoch's 20th century fox. this merger would have opened up all kinds of antitrust issues likely forcing fox to divest itself of cnn if fox wanted to keep fox news. pore all of this let's bring nadia, given the anticipate trust issues why would rupert murdoch attempt to make this play? >> reporter: hi, david, nice to talk to you. well, of course we've seen a number of major cable mergers and acquisitions in the last 12 months. we saw at&t in the process of buying directv. we've seen comcast come in for tim time warner cable. so of course rupert murdoch is looking at this as an

opportunistic area to get more in the cable industry. this is an $80 billion. they want to add a number of platforms and hbo is one of the jewels of that particular acquisition that are yo rupert is looking at. >> time warner is attractive not only because of the programming, but also because of the distribution of time warner cable and the rest. is that part of what makes time warner attractive to others beyond rupert murdoch. >> there are very few players that could bid the way 21st century fox can, and rupert murdoch has a number of banks lined up including goldman sachs, so i think it will be difficult for other firms to jump in. i do think as you talk about cnn i believe that is an asset that they would look to divest. there will be interesting buyers for cnn, but i think for the entire time warner that would be

difficult to see a number of rival suiters. i've covered m & a for a number of years, merger and acquisitions, time warner is telling us that they believe a dill could happe--a deal could happen, and it's a stock and cash deal, 60% stock and 40% cash. shareholders want more cash on the table. so this is just a start of where we could see rupert murdoch take this bid. >> what is in it for rupert murdoch? what is fox missing that would benefit his company by acquiring tim time warner. >> i believe from what our sources are telling us is that rupert is not going away. this is just the beginning of a prolonged process. if you go back and look how see comcast wooed time warner cable,

they just got the deal struck at the beginning of this year. this could be a several-month play. we're seeing the ceos announce today that the rebuff is happening, this is a little bit of a dance, but definitely we have seen rupert murdoch in other acquisitions, they'll stick with it. >> thank you. >> thank you, david. anchorage is home to a diverse population, and some have turned to crime. america tonight's michael opuu went to file this amazing report. >> i guess i'm supposing to code 3 on the south side. so we're going to go a little faster here. >> reporter: lately every night in the land of the midnight sun has been a busy one for this officer. this evening he has been on

patrol for a near half hour when a report of a possible stabbing crackles through the radio. during his nine-hour shift he will respond to as many as 15 separate incidents. >> anybody who comes up here to visit, if they did ride along with the police department they would get a rude awakening. >> reporter: there are more than 60 street gangs in alaska. >> over the past few months there has been one stabbing each weekend, i remember growing up in miami every school i went to was infested with gangs. it's not something that i would associate being up here with gang violence. it's an eye opener. >> reporter: it's a trend that plays out long the ai alleys and roadways. >> why do you think your peers find the gang lifestyle

attractive. >> the way they look, the clothes think wear, the way they speak. >> reporter: why have gangs taken root? mountain view is not only poor but the most diverse population in america. thnowhe grew up here and is a hometown hero. >> a lot of kids live in these trailer parks here. one trailer probably five families. >> reporter: in the early 2000 after a short career with the nfl arizona cardinal, tosi returned to mountain view. he now runs a group that encourages kids to channel their ethnic pride through music and dance. [ haka ] >> reporter: today they're performing at a local festival celebrating the neighborhood's diversity. [ cheering ] >> we're here to increase the

chances of success. the kids see it, and they see that we're working hard for them, how we do that is we use what we love, music, art, dance, athletics. if there is something that we can do more of, we're trying. >> reporter: michael okuu, al jazeera. >> half a million people are running for cover as another deadly storm hits the philippines. we'll get the latest. and a new player on the global seen as they create a world imf. >> the new development bank will have $100 billion in commitments when it starts handing out loans in 2016. the bricks nations behind it said they could not get a loud enough voice in the international lending even though they're a huge contributor to the economy. we'll look at this live at the

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only on al jazeera america >> yothe storm has killed at least 20 people. it brings back memories of the typhoon haiyan. the storm is now headed to china to the west and vietnam. for that and more we turn to nicole mitchell with the latest. >> yes, the tolls have gone up through the course of the day now that the storm has moved over land and the recovery is getting here. what happens is that is now reemerging as a category one storm. but now it's back in this warm water, and a light wind area. that means as the storms develop in the atmosphere there is not that wind shear to knock it

down. this is a good development area that could return to an intense storm over the next couple of days as it tracks to the china vietnam area. and expected to do that into what we would say friday this side of the world already with the time zone changes into the day on saturday. something we're watching very closely now that this is already caused a lot of problems in this side of the world not done quite yet. a little different story in the united states. the front that caused problems in the east coast has been moving throughout the course of the day. the cool air in the midsection of the country is moderated. a few more 70s versus the 60s around it's drier air as well. i would say that those 70s and sunshine this time of year. that's pretty comfortable. >> thank you. it's been 200 days since three al jazeera journalists were arrested and detained mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are all the falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in a letter given to his family,

mohammed fahmy highlights the importance of free press. news organizations around the world are speaking out against the imprisonment of our journals. >> journalists from news rooms worldwide are asking for the release of journalists in egypt. including this journalist who said 200 days counting, john snow from channel four writes al jazeera journalists 200 days in jail.

egypt, journalism is not a crime. five news sent this message out. journalism is not a crime. and bbc gathered outside of their building with signs saying free aj staff. as for these journalists they're asking for the release of al jazeera's journalists. and this video take a look. they gathered more than 100 of its employees, many of them holds signs over their mouths with the words "free aj staff." they say journalism is not a crime. you can also find a bunch of petitions online so get involved. free aj staff. >> thank you very much. i'm david shuster. "inside story" is next. for news updates around the world head to www.aljazeera.com. stand by, we're getting word that president obama may come into the briefing room in the next 30 minutes, and a lot on his plate, and including an

apparent problem with the iran nuclear talks and the ongoing situation with israel and gaza, and a meetings involving the immigration progress. we'll keep you posted on whatever he has to stay. i'm david shuster, right here on al jazeera. . >> they are the emerging world powers and they're combining their economic hats. the bricks alliance hopes to challenge the western dominated world bank and international monetary fund. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm a he libby casey. brazil