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the conflict is back in the u.s. he was beaten and jailed by police in israel. we are live in tampa and gaza this morning opinion. >> a violent bank robbery in california ends in a wild choice and shootout with police. a hostage and two armed gun men are now dead. >> my responsibility at this moment in history is to stand up for everybody out there who wants to stand up and be themselves emotionally. >> michael sam breaks down as he is honored at one of sports biggest nights. >> a ceasefire is in effect right now between israel and hamas. >> just a short time ago, israel officials say three mortars were fired from gaza. the u.n. requested a truce in order to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. >> that coming after an israeli shelling killed four palestinian

boys on a beach in gaza. >> meanwhile, the florida teen beaten by israel police is back in the u.s. >> we have teams covering all angles of the story. we begin with nick schiffron in gaza. there is one hour left in the ceasefire, what is the latest after mar tars were fired from gas and do we expect retaliation? >> i'm not wearing my flak jacket. this ceasefire is holding. it's moving perhaps toward longer ceasefire. the last couple hours, the israeli military said three mortars have been fired from here into israel, handing in open fields. they did not cause damage to property or cause casualties. there is some reports that israel has fired back, but even if that's true, this is a very small basically scrap between the two. if israel has fired back with the the fact is on the streets now, there is a lot of people,

the sense that the ceasefire is holding and officials are beginning to talk about perhaps the ceasefire extending longer. >> what about this humanitarian aid going into gaza? >> this has ban humanitarian crisis, according to the u.n., a shortage of medicine, needingout billion dollars to bring in electricity, food and water. some is coming in, but there's a lot of fear and tension. there's shortages, especially of money. we saw a long line outside a bank this money, basically a run on an a.t.m. these are people who haven't felt safe enough to leave home, in some cases, lining up to get salaries out of the bank. >> israel is still getting troops ready with its border near gaza. >> i think that the rhetoric from israel has been consistent,

that they are prepared, willing to escalate, even to a ground invasion, but i talked to senior officials this morning and they say nothing has changed in the last 24 hours. they now have 48,000 troops there. they're ready, but the political leadership has not decided on any escalation or any kind of ground invasion, even though the military is clearly ready for one if the political leadership decides that. >> nick schiffron live for us this morning, nick, thank you very much. also this morning, israel's investigation is investigating the shelling at the beach in gaza that left four palestinian boys dead. aljazeera was nearby when it happened. >> they had been playing near a shack on the beach and now the four cousins, an 11-year-old, 210-year-olds and 19-year-old are dead. >> my back is broken, he cries, the agony of a father.

>> the attack happened in broad daylight in front of our hotel. you can clearly see four boys running away, then there was another bang. this picture shows one body carried away from the shack. the other bodies were found up the beach where they had run for safety. >> god should punish israel, the mother cries. the boys were quickly buried, many asking why innocent children are being targeted by the israel army. they issued this statement, based on preliminary results, the target of this strike was hamas terrorist operatives. this is a tragic outcome, the investigation is ongoing. >> this strike took place near journalists. no one knows what was inside the shack, but there was no suggestion any weapons were kept

there. we witnessed children running from a strike and being killed anyway. >> a teenager caught up in the. >> i lens in the middle east is back in the u.s. he was greeted with cheers as he touched down in tampa late last night. >> the 15-year-old was thrust into the spotlight after seen on video being attacked by israeli police officers. >> we are live in tampa this morning. what has tariq said about his experience? >> he said the support of family and friends in tampa helped him get through a very difficult last few weeks. >> how does it feel to be home? >> it feels so good. >> a bittersweet homecoming came after his cousin was kidnapped

and killed in what police say was retaliation for the murders of three israeli teens. the deaths provided the catalyst for the current conflict. tariq made headlines after he was arrested and beaten following his cousin's funeral. he spent 10 days under house arrest. >> i'm only 15, but i will never think about freedom in the same way as i did two months ago. >> the bruises and swelling from the pummeling are now gone. the 15-year-old looks just like the tariq everyone knows, but he seems to be a changed young man. he briefly touched upon the terror and excruciating pain he endured at the hands of an israeli police officer who is now facing criminal charges. >> it was by far the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. >> instead, tariq spoke primarily about his murdered cousin.

the 16-year-old was in the east jerusalem neighborhood of his family before he died. he was kidnapped 30 minutes after they parted ways. >> he was a kid just like me and the whole thing started because he was killed. i know he must have been terrified, like i was. >> he was arrested after his cousin's death. he was never form ally charged but paid a charge and spent time under house arrest. he says he knows if he was american, there wouldn't have been the media attention and he might not have been released so quickly. tariq's uncle said the teen may be free, but other family members have been arrested without charges. >> they are taking everybody. they want to punish them for being outraged for killing in a

brutal way, in a savage way one of theirs, one of our kids. >> this kid is now home in america and safe. the teenager who came back says he now knows just how lucky he is. >> tariq just wants to rest and hang out with friends. his family wants to ensure he visits some doctors. an uncle told me he think tariq will continue to contend with trauma for a long time. >> what is next for his case? >> the ministry of justice, or the justice of ministry, i'm not sure which it is in strehl did launch an investigation after that investigation did determine that they were going to file criminal charges against the police officer involved. the family here says they don't have much faith that justice will truly prevail. >> live for us in tampa, thank you. >> the president making it clear that he wants the violence

between israel and gas to stop, but he is drawing criticism for what he said about the u.s. role overseas. we turn to randall pinkston in washington. the critics are lining up. >> good morning, del, they always do, don't they, some saying president obama should have made stronger sanctions against russia and there are always those who don't think he can be correct about any foreign policy issues such as the ones he addressed yesterday. >> we live in a complex world and at a challenging time. none of these challenges lend themselves to quick or easy solutions, but all of them require american leadership. >> speaking at the white house wednesday, president obama outlined america's role in a growing number of political and armed conflicts around the world, including 10 days of violence between israel and hamas. >> as i said repeatedly, israel has a right to defend itself from rocket attacks that

terrorize the israel people. >> the president praised israel's return. >> dome system financed in part by the u.s., but said he is heartbroken over the innocent loss of life that killed more than 200 in gaza, including children. >> that's why we have worked with our partners in the region to pursue a ceasefire, to protect civilians on both sides. >> that includes a ceasefire proposed by egypt and agreed to by strehl and hamas. >> we are going to protect civilians in gaza and israel and to avoid further escalation. >> another topic, ires nuclear program and lifting of the sanctions. the president might extend the july 20 deadline to reach an agreement. the president praised progress in afghanistan where secretary of state john kerry brokered an agreement between its two presidential candidates to allow and you had doors and international monitors to calculate who won the election.

>> afghanistan will witness the first department of power in the history of that nation if they keep their commitments. >> closing with the on going crisis in ukraine, president obama addressed tough new sanctions against russia, which he accused of sending weapons and fighters across the border, despite warnings to russian president vladimir putin. those sanctions target energy firms, banks, defense companies and four individuals. >> what we are expecting is that the russian leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences, including a weakening russian economy and increasing diplomatic isolation. >> overnight, russian fighter jets shot down a ukrainian plane in operations over eastern ukraine. ukrainian appearance hoped that president obama would announce that he would provide weapons and training to the ukrainian president. the president did not announce

yesterday. >> coming up at 730, we'll talk to a former member about the ceasefire and u.s. role in stopping the fighting there. >> immigration on the president's agenda wednesday met with members of the congressional hispanic caucus to talk about the crisis on the border. most came out against proposed changes to a 2008 law that makes it difficult to deport children from central america. >> i hope we will act immediately in order to change that law. nothing is going to improve until the plane loads of children return to the country they left. >> this country unwisely closed its borders to people who are fleeing the holocaust in germany. they came here, they were turned back, sent back, many of them to certain death. >> republicans in congress say they will not approve president obama's $3.7 billion request for emergency funding unless changes

are made to that 2008 human trafficking law. >> in afghanistan, all flights going into kabul diverted this morning a an attack on the airport. afghanistan officials say four men armed with rifles and grenades opened fire from a nearby roof. that attack lasted four hours. all four fighters were killed, no injuries reported. >> army sergeant bowe bergdahl now has an attorney, noted military law expert eugene fidel is representing him. he was set free in may. as the army investigates the circumstances of his capture. the attorney said no one should draw conclusions. ends the administration did the right thing striking a deal to set bergdahl free. >> it has long been american policy to not leave people in enemy hands if it's at all possible. that's not something that we debate. that's a given, and it was a given long before sergeant bergdahl entered the army.

>> fidel said bergdahl looks forward getting on had his life. >> it was ruled that california's death penalty was unconstitutional. most inmates die of natural causes before being executed. it follows a ruling suspending executions for eight years. california has held 19 executions since 1979. >> a deadly bank robbery in california is being investigated. it ended after a wild chase with two suspects and a hostage dead. >> all of this incredibly happening in the middle of the afternoon. >> that's right, del, the police chief called the scene chaotic as law enforcement officers chased down the suspects. they had ammo taped to their bodies and were constantly firing at police. this is what the vehicle looked

like at the end, riddled with more than 100 bullets. >> a gunfire filled police chase in northern california in broad daylight. inside the stolen s.u.v., three men armed with caught weapons and three women as hostages. it started with a robbery at a local bank, then the suspects took off with two bank employees and a customer at gunpoint. for nearly an hour, the chase practically brought the entire city to a standstill. >> the cop came flying down the intersection. we slammed on the brakes. >> with speeds up to 100 miles an hour, police say the suspects threw two of the hostages out of the moving car. the women are injured, but ok. one eyewitness shot this video from her car. >> the video was us driving by a big police s.u.v. type thing that was parked in the center divider and then in front of him on the ground was a girl who was turning over and her leg was

bloody. he was standing over here. they were waiting for help. >> to stop the chase, police shot out the tires, then another hail of gunfire between both sides. >> i could see the car getting blasted. i could feel the little sparks and everything off the car. >> the third hostage caught in the crossfire. >> at that point, the assailants yet again opened fire and there was a gunfire exchange. it appears that one of the gunman used the third and final hostage, the bank customer from earlier as a shield. >> that third hostage died on the scene. police arrested the 30 suspect who was also shot. while it is not clear who shot the hostage. >> it is clear that these gun men were trying to kill people and they put our nearby communities at risk for a very long time. >> the family of the third hostage blames the police for her death. police say the suspect's had massive amounts of ammunition with them and at least 14 patrol

cars were hit by bullets. >> also, federal government sending more help to chicago. the windy city has been battling a wave of shootings. seven more a.t.f. agents are heading to the city to work with police to reduce the illegal gun trafficking and gun crime. there have been more than 1200 shootings in chicago so far this year. >> a typhoon cuts a path of destruction in the philippines and the deadly storm headed for china. the latest on its track and a check of the weather in this country. >> the heads of the cdc on the hot seat, lawmakers want to know how deadly bacteria could have been sent out by labs. >> efforts underway to save a polar bear in a zoo, conditions causing it to go insane. >> $13 billion, keep the numbers going, that is our big number of the day. >> settling a federal lawsuit over bad mortgages.

>> the justice department is holding out for a bigger

settlement from bank of america, $13 billion. >> that is the bank's latest offer to settle it's case but federal regulators want more. the offer is a quin combinationf cash and relief. >> on wednesday, the bank settled a similar suit with a.i.g. buy google is now hiring hackers. >> a former act stress who sent letters laced with ricin has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. shannon richardson pleaded guilty in december, admitting sending the letters to the president and former new york mayor michael bloomberg. she blamed her estranged husband. >> a series of security lapses putting the c.d.c. under the microscope, facing questions from congress. a string of recent lab actions could be a sign of unsafe

practices for its workers. we are live outside the c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta. tell us more about the hearing. >> del, good morning, yeah. here's the thing. you hear the words like anthrax and bird flu, and you think well, scientists are taking care of that, they're not going to let those terrible words and bacteria and strains out into the general public or their coworkers, fellow scientists. that's what happened here in atlanta, and that's what caused dr. thomas friedan to head to washington, d.c. >> do they understand that the extent to which this went could have left them in a condition where they were charged with criminal negligence or next homicide or wreck lass endangerment? do they understand the seriousness of this, the american public health. >> staff need to feel comfortable anytime saying hey, there may be a problem here coming forward. at the same time, if our

investigation finds that there is negligence, that people knowingly failed to report or took actions that were likely to or should have been known to endanger themselves or others, then we will take appropriate action. >> when the anthrax samples not fully decontaminated by the scientists and then sent out to other labs went there, they felt perhaps other scientists may get infected with the anthrax bacteria. in fact, dozens of people here at the c.d.c. and other labs were told to get on medicine right away in case the infection spread. turns out no one was infected. the bird flu, that actual strain was contaminated by a higher strain of bird flu. the scientists here didn't realize that that occurred. they sent it off to the department of agriculture, believe it or not. they discovered that the bird flu was active, then told the

c.d.c. c.d.c. said we don't know how that happened. these guys are totally on the hot seat now. >> have they made the moves to make these labs any safer? >> they claim that they're making the moves, claim they're looking at overall safety changes, sweeping changes in the system. they admit failures inside the building there and at other labs across the country over the past decade. doctor thomas freidan said they are looking at the issue with the anthrax and burden flu. the general consensus is let's get it together, we're the biggest group of scientists that look at infectious diseases in the united states and we need to be safer for america. >> robert live for us in atlanta, thank you very much. >> the on going i.r.s. scandal will be the subject of a house hearing today as the justice department is set to announce that it will be looking into

missing emails from former i.r.s. official low is lerner. she was the head of the office that purposely held up tax exempt applications. >> sloan gibson said the agency needs $18 billion to fix systemic problems. testifying on capitol hill, gibson said without more doctors, staffers and beds, wait times in the v.a. will get longer. he said it's up to the agency to rare its stand, veterans. >> i think that is central to maintaining trust and the position that we're in right now, reestablishing trust. >> this is one of the central cultural issues that we have to deal with as an organization. >> gibson said the v.a. has taken more than 160,000 veterans off wait lists and gotten them into clinics. >> google is fighting hackers by giving them jobs, calling

systems more secure by revealing flaws in code. >> hundred was people in central washington state have evacuate add wildfire. 860 homes are threatened from the creek fire. so far, upwards of 1200 acres have been destroyed, the smoke can be seen in seattle, 70 miles away. >> a typhoon that barreled through the philippines killing at least 38 people now has its sights set on china. >> for more on the weather, we turn to our meteorologist, nicole mitchell. >> i'll have has typhoon forecast in a second. you mentioned the fires in washington state. no relieve in sight. those are the red flag danger areas, extremely dry conditions out here, the warm weather dries out vegetation even more and looking at the radar and satellite, really nothing in sight. that's one problem area.

through the midsection of the country today. the other area that we're watching for the opposite problem, oklahoma, texas tomorrow shifting into arkansas, this is part of the boundary that swept through the east coast a couple of days ago, low pressure, stationery boundary, all of that is slow-moving, so really gets a chance to dump a lot of rain. of course on the north side of that, cool temperatures more into the 70's. we mentioned the typhoon as we make our way around the world. this is definitely showing new signs of organization. see that in the last frame, picking out a little eye in the storm? a lot of video coming in. unfortunately that death toll has been going up as they're able to get in and do the recovery, but damage, trees down, power lines out, and certainly a lot of homes in this area not well built, so that's one of our problems. now, this storm is making its way over the next couple days, south china and into taiwan. right now, it's what we would consider a category one here.

looks like it could be a category two, organizing itself again as it hits this next landfall. >> secret underground tunnels across gaza. palestinians say they are necessary to stay alive. why israelis believe they're a place for terrorists to hide. >> what do you get when you put a polar bear in a hot climate? the answer making headlines around the world.

>> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. ahead in this half hour, a hollywood special effects artists giving amputees a new lease on life with the help of a 3-d printer. >> also ahead in our next hour, possible front runners for the 2016 presidential election. chris christie and hillary clinton try to position themselves for a white house run. >> we begin with breaking news

out of the middle east. israeli finishes say they have reached an agreement on a comprehensive ceasefire but hamas has not agreed to the deal. it would go into effect tomorrow in the morning. nick schiffron. >> actually -- >> has all of the developments on the ground. we are going to go to him shortly as soon as we find out exactly all of the details of this agreement. >> for now, let's bring in the doctor from tel aviv. let's get to the breaking news of the comprehensive ceasefire reported by israel officials. have you heard anything more about this ceasefire and what it would mean? >> >> at this point, this is news to all of us. certainly, the expectation beginning this morning with the

humanitarian size fire agreed to a understand let me remind you yesterday there was a ceasefire that israel great to and hamas rejected. the expectation was to continue the ceasefire to end the current operation. from the beginning, israel said that as soon as hamas ceased fire, israel will cease the operation. all with he seek for our civilians is merely to stop the rocket attacks. i don't think this is too much to ask. at this point, i assume and expect israel to support the ceasefire. it has done so on the previous two occasions. the first one hamas said no. for this morning, they said yes and let's hope that again they will say yes this afternoon, so that we can all go to a calm situation. >> i want to go back to an incident that happened yesterday on a beach in which four young

gassen boys were killed by israeli shells. what's your assessment of what happened on that beach? >> this is a tragic situation which israel has acknowledged. israel never, never target's civilians. israel never look to say hurt civilians intentionally, unlike hamas, that declares and works to kill civilians intentionally. israel is looking into what happened, into what went wrong. on the israeli side, when civilians are being killed, clearly something went wrong. on hamas side, when civilians are being killed, something goes right. this is what they want, this is what they're working on, that is what they expect. israel never targets civilians. we target military operations of hamas.

we do everything possible, no military in the world takes the measures that israel takes in order to prevent civilians' deaths. we try to minimize them while operating against the military infrastructure of hamas and we are looking into what happened. >> joins you go from tel aviv, thank you very much. >> we want to get back to the breaking news we are following at this hour, nick schiffron in gaza, concerning more about the ceasefire now signed off on both sides. nick. >> the information i have is actually not that there's any kind of permanent ceasefire being signed off on both sides. there is a temporary ceasefire that we are about 20 or 30 minutes away from ending right now and that is a u.n. sponsored humanitarian pause essentially that both sides agreed to. we have seen two cases of both sides breaking that.

you have three mortars flying from gaza into israel and israeli military firing back with artillery, essentially a tit for tat equivalent. right now, there's diplomacy in cairo, that is the intermediate-year, palestinian officials, u.s. officials talking to people and israel team on the ground in cairo. it does seem there has been some progress and officials believe there will be a permanent ceasefire perhaps starting tomorrow morning, but certainly neither side that definitely acknowledged that that is the case. there's a little brinksmanship here, so we don't really know exactly however along they are, but clearly the momentum is toward some kind of permanent ceasefire at some point in the future, but it's not clear whether either side has agreed to that. >> nick, thank you very much, clearly all the details are being worked out. >> the israel army said it foiled hamas plan to attack in southern israel, using a tunnel.

israel is trying to eliminate a series of tunnels there. they have provided a lifeline for civilians in gaza. >> israeli military footage, taking aim at targets deep underground. the israeli military said hamas uses them to smuggle weapons, rocket parts, ammunition, whatever etnies to fight. one goal of israel's current campaign is to take them out. >> the military mission is two fold, primarily to strike hamas. i would say there are other component, dealing with tore tunnels. >> israel accuses hamas of using the tunnels to launch rockets. gaza's people say they were built in response to the blockade of gaza, now stretching into its seventh year.

>> we didn't want to make tunnels. israel forced us to do it. we need food for our children. >> more than half of people rely on food aid, electricity is cut for hours at a time. building materials, medicine and other supplies have long been scarce. the problem has gotten worse since egyptian's military shut down scores of tunnels last year. >> destroying the ton them is really bad, because it's the only source of life for many workers. >> unemployment in gaza hovers around 40%. hamas and other groups say any deal to end the fighting must include the lifting of the blockade, but until then, the tunnels are likely to remain the underground supply route for daily needs and deadly weapons. aljazeera. >> attorneys for julian assange plan to appeal an decision to uphold and arrest warrant.

he be in ecuador to avoid extradition as part of a sex crime accusation. >accusation. >> >> the family of aljazeera journalist has released part of a letter he wrote from his cell. he writes: >> wednesday marked 200 days since the three journalists were jim prisoned in egypt. germany and london took part in a silent demand for their release. >> president obama is pushing for more private sector investment in america's bridges and highways. he's going to layout those plans

today in delaware. congress is having a hard time coming up with a long term infrastructure plan of its own. >> the proof is in the numbers. every year, 10,000 accidents are caused by inadequate roads and americans spend an average of 38 hours a year stuck in traffic. this week, the house approved $10.9 billion to keep the highway trust fund running. that would let 100,000 projects keep going and 700,000 people working. it's only temporary. >> under the current fix that they propose, we're looking at another shortfall just next year and being in exactly the same position as today. >> while democrats and republicans recognize the country needs a long term plan to improve the nation's roads, rails and waterways, they're stuck on how to pay for it. the gas tax provides $34 billion of the $50 billion a year the federal government spends on transportation projects. right now, it's 18.4 cents a

gallon, the same level since 1993. it has not kept up with rising expenses and more officials cars that use less gas. house speaker john boehner voted for the temporary fix. he said most republicans are not going to increase the gas tax in an election year. >> we're not going to get to a long term highway bill here over the next couple of months. >> lawmakers have cobbled together money for the temporary fix from various sources, like customs fees, a project that cleans leaking underground storage tanks and changing tax rules for corporate contributions to pension funds. another idea some republicans want is to cut the gas tax and leave paying for the roads up to the states. in the meantime, this short term solution is the only one with bipartisan support and in less than a year, the highway trust fund could be empty. david shuster, aljazeera. >> the white house is saying that president obama is going to announce a new executive action. he will do that during his appearance today in delaware.

>> negotiations will resume today between workers for the one of the countries biggest commuter rail ways and their bosses. union leaders and exception for the long island railroad met long into the night after the governor asked them to return to the bargaining table. workers are ready to walk out if a new deal is not in place by 12:01 sunday morning. >> what a year for michael sam, the first openly gay man to hear his name called in the draft. >> his acceptance speech really moved the crowd. >> two words come to mind, powerful, emotional. mike sell sam's acceptance speech after serving the courage award was both of those things. he made a point of making his speech inspirational to people struggling to be who they are, as he once did. >> michael sam posed for pictures on the red carpet with

his boyfriend, veto before continuing his epic march into history. from defensive end to first openly gay player drafted into the nfl to winner of the courage award. >> looking out on all these legends who already achieved so much is one of the thrills of my life. i plan to spend the rest of my life trying the best to live up to this honor. >> from that humility, sam spoke with his responsibility. >> the way i see it, my responsibility at this moment is to stand up for everybody out there who wants nothing more than to be themselves openly. recently, a friend asked me to talk to his sister, a young woman who was considering killing herself rather than accepting that sharing with her loved ones the fact that she was

gay. when we spoke, she told me that she would never consider hurting herself again and that somehow my example had helped her. [ applause ] >> before leaving the stage, he tried to inspire more michael sames. >> to anyone out there especially young people, feeling like they don't fit in and would never be accepted, please know this, great things -- i'm sorry -- great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself. thank you and god bless. >> while another espy stood out, it was the first pat tillman award for service, named for the nfl player who left football in the prime of his career to serve and died for his country. the winner is a former marine sergeant and current gold medal winner paralympic hockey player

who lost his legs fighting in afghanistan. >> del. >> thank you very much. >> let's look at some of the other headlines making news around the world. the pennsylvania capitol, you see portrait of former governor leaders hanging in the corridors. each of the four leaders shown here guilty of felony crimes. they've actually altered the plaques to reflect that information. in addition to saying the name of the former leaders, all of whom faced felony charges, that information is now in those plaques. >> the movement to save argentina's only polar bear spilling on to social media. this is batter, he endures

temperatures over 95 degrees and is slowly going in sane at the zoo. here's what happened. his long time mate died and he now is in mourning, but he's always overheating because it's so hot. he sprawls out on all fours. they say it's a terrible thing to watch. a lot of people say. >> they are trying to transport him to canada or somewhere cooler. >> scientists have created a mutant worm that could one day lead toe drugs that could treat alcoholics. researchers in vented a worm with an alcohol blocking molecule, basically changed the chemistry so that it was able to continue to squirm even under the influence of alcohol. it may lead to applications for humans way in the future. >> they say it could be the james bond effect, that a spy could drink and drink and drink and never be intoxicated. >> one of the world's richest

men has his eye on a new prize. >> richard murdoch is willing to shell out ate $5 million for time warner. >> a crater suddenly appears inside an area. what caused it to form is the subject of today's discovery of the day. >> next time on consider this:

fault lines the deported only on al jazeera america >> it is time for our discovery of the day, a 265 wide foot mystery. >> this crater was found in eye about her i can't in an area known as the end of the world. russian scientists are trying to determine what caused it. >> a meteor strike to a crater landing, perma frost melting releasing natural gas into the

air are some theories. >> helping trick ken children in sudan. >> first, rupert murdoch has his eyes on time warner. the company turned down a reported $80 billion deal. that's not stopping his drive to shape the media landscape. >> he built his global media empire starting with a single australian newspaper he inherited from his father 60 years ago. now at 83, rupert murdoch's companies have an estimated stock value of more than $80 billion, and he owns nearly 40%, according to foreign magazine. along the way, he gained a reputation for being ruthless and polarizing. he was asked last year to stir things up. >> i think it's great to be, if you are sure what you are doing, to be an agent of change. murdoch recently spurred his

country in two parts. the u.k.'s times and sunday times and new york post and wall street journal in the automatic, his other company is 21s 21st century fox, the movie studio, along with fox television. >> american idol helped fuel the channel's success, along with a show that helped put fox on the map in the 1990's. ♪ the simpsons >> there's fox sports and the fox news channel. >> the standoff bother obamacare -- >> murdoch gave voice to conservative commentators. not all venteddures have been truthful. he bought my space, but it was overshadowed by facebook. he recently said i think that was one of our great. >> ups of all time. in 2011, scandal rocked the empire after allegations that his tabloid "news of the world"

hacked the voice mail of a murder you had teenager. murdoch along had w. his son were called before a parliamentary committee in 2011. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> after he said that, an activist hurled a pie at him. murdoch's wife frowning help her husband. more dock has three children working with him. his daughter, elizabeth runs the publishing company. james is company chief operating officer, at 21st century fox. his sons are poised to take over when he retires. aljazeera. >> let's go to monica madof. people are watching now, the first question they have is will

this change the media landscape if he succeeds in taking over time warner? >> the landscape is changing, whether he's successful with this bid or not. cable companies are consolidating. no one likes their cable company. the best thing you can say is i'm indifferent about my cable company. providers are merging to keep up. >> what does that mean to my cable bill? >> it is likely to go up. as these different parties duke it out, you could see blackouts with different channels you enjoy. >> new football when you want it because there's a big fight between the cable companies. >> they are now headline stories. last year, cbs was unavailable in the new york metro area for almost a month. >> we've seen mergers, comcast agreeing to buy time warner for $45 billion, combining the two

largest cable companies already. some say rupe further murdoch wants to buy time warner cable to get cable providers to pay higher fees and that's going to hit us right in the wallet. >> that's true. he's looking to get leverage against these cable providers. as they get bigger and bigger, content providers thinking how am i going to stack up. it's strategic. it's about keeping up with these companies. >> $80 billion on the table right now. will he up the anti? >> they're going to have to. i think it's going to get done at 95 to $100 a share. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> let's get a quick look at the weather, again, meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. nicole. is nicole there? >> there shies here we are. just a second to get a camera in place. we still have the boundary

through the southern tier of the country. the moisture off the east coast moved off. now as we get to places where this low pressure area is developing somewhat and slowly moving, that's the more important part, is the slower a system moves, the more moisture it dumps. texas, oklahoma already getting some of that. you can see that will eventually tomorrow more places like arkansas, the core of this moisture, three, four, five inches, some localized places even higher and that's a flood concern for us. we'll have more on the typhoon coming up. >> a non-profit in california is using 3-d printing technology to give sad knees amputees a better chance at life. thousands of people r. affected by years of war. >> this is daniel omar, 16 and lives in the war ravaged

mountains of sudan. two years ago, an air strike severed both his arms. he was left helpless, unable to feed himself. he told his family he wished he'd died. this is nick in venice california. he runs a small non-profit organization called not impossible. >> we look at things that we consider to be almost borderline absurd that they haven't been solved, evaluate it and say that shouldn't be that way, let's change it. >> after reading about daniel, the father of three boys himself threw to sudan with lead to printers and plastic. his goal, build daniel an arm. >> lead to printing as an invention recently come to the mainstream, it's a massive, massive tool. >> he set up the equipment in a hospital run by an american

doctor. he modified a simple existing design for a prosthetic arm. it has no batteries, chips and can be radar if broken. appropriate technology for a remote african region, and it works. daniel said new arm has changed his life. for the first time in two years, he's able to feed himself. not impossible's motto is help one, help many. he taught local doctors an technicians how to operate the printers and left them behind when he returned to the u.s. now they are printing prosthetic arms for dozen was amputees. >> it's amazing what happens when you give stuff away. my whole goal was to try to leave a community and village with the tools, the technology and know how. >> technology, will, and compassion, a mixture that proves that many things are not impossible. rob reynolds, aljazeera, los

angeles. >> the cost of printing one of those limbs runs about $100. >> at the end of our first hour, here are stories we're following. the five hour humanitarian ceasefire between israel and gaza is set to expire in minutes. they may be heading toward a new ceasefire. >> no rounds of sanctions against russia, the president saying they are punishment for the on going crisis in ukraine. >> a bank robbery turns into a host acknowledge situation in california. a female hostage and two suspects are dead following a car chase and shoutout with police. >> new jersey's governor chris christie head to go iowa, adding fuel to the fire he is eyeing a white house run. we'll break down his chances and look at his competition. >> lawmakers in washington search for a solution to the immigration crisis, and a program that brought cuban kids into this country.

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israel. >> a possible presidential run, paying a visit to the first state to have a say in the run for the white house. >> reaping the rewards in the business of marijuana. a former teacher looking to selling pot her new career. >> we're getting conflicting reports from israel that a comprehensive ceasefire agreement may have been reached with gaza. >> a temporary humanitarian ceasefire was in place today, allowing aid to come into gaza. it did for a short while. israel officials say three mortars were fired from gaza. >> the development comes after an israeli shelling killed four palestinian boys on a beach in gaza yesterday. we have more now. nick, what are you hearing about the supposed ceasefire deal?

>> people say there is positive momentum, but no deal yesterday. people saying there is maybe a misunderstanding, a trial balloon, a leak. all sides are saying there is progress. everyone is in cairo, discussing demands moving tired ceasefire, but we do not have a permanent one yet. >> any word on whether talks between the palestinian authority president and authorities were productive yesterday. >> this is an international effort. abass is in cairo, american officials, israel finishes and hamas officials are there, as well.

the point here is to get to a point where both sides agree. both sides are publicly demanding the world. israel is demanding a complete and permanent demilitarization of gaza. that's not going to happen. hamas is asking for the lifting of the siege by israel of gaza. that's not going to happen. what both sides are dealing with is the fact neither one really wants to keep going, neither has seen the benefit of that kind of thing. israel will not get what it wants without a ground invasion. no one inside the circle is advicing that. hamas is not getting much, either. we have a point where all the officials are in cairo, discussing what they can do, trying to get to a size fire, positive momentum again, according to officials, but no deal quite yet. >> top white house officials

traveling to capitol hill wednesday, trying to cut down on the surge of children crossing the border. getting a deal in place is a top priority before cronk leaves washington for its august recess. the president says some of its heavy hitters went to the senate to make their case. how did they do? >> continues to press for the president's request of $3.7 billion for the crisis on the border, but no republican wants to give the president the money he wants, many don't want to give him anything at all. the problem is complex, the issues caused deep divisions. there's at least one republican who is hopeful. >> a bill presented by a pair of texas lawmakers would amend a 2008 law and created delays in

sending minors back to south america. how is that going? >> that was presented by congressman of texas and senator john cornyn of texas, making it easier to send those minors back. some do not want changes to that 2008 law. some republicans are saying that the law must be changed, among them is senator john mccain. >> live in washington, d.c., thank you very much. coming up in 30 minutes, we'll go live to a border town in texas where officials say they are overwhelmed by the surge in undocumented migrants. >> a nuclear agreement with iran could take longer than expected, the president might extend the deadline to get the deal done.

the president said there is a large gap between both sides. >> president obama announce ago new round of sanctions against russia for its role in the ukraine crisis. the new sanctions affect russian banks and defense companies. the russian government is warning that sanctions will backfire, calling the move unproductive. b.m.w. is the latest automakers to recall cars because of a serious air bag problem. they are pulling sedans offer the road, about a third here in the united states. the front passenger air bags can explode unexpectedly and injury passengers. at least seven different automakers have used the defective japanese airbags. morn 10 million of the airbags have been recalled worldwide. >> police rescued 450 boys and girls from a once well rewarded home in new mexico. parents complained they weren't allowed to take their children home. the scandal rocking the state.

>> parents suspected abuse for months and years. >> several times, i found her beaten. she had cuts on her hands and scar on her arm for being hit. she told me she had fallen. when we came to visit, they would have someone there to make sure she didn't tell us anything. my daughter would give me notebooks where she would secretly write things and tell me that way. yes, they were treated badly. >> about 600 people were freed in the police raid tuesday. among them, six babies, 154 girls, 278 boys, 50 women, and 109 men. these are the conditions they were living in. authorities say the house was infested with rats and children forced to eat rotten food. ten victims were so

malnourished, they couldn't tell how old they were. it wasn't just the equal lower. parents say children were held against their will, allegedly subjected to sexual abuse and some were forced to beg for money on the streets. >> the action of one person to another, actions where minors were treated like property, really it's a case that has had the greatest impact on me, revealing inhumane acts. >> the house of the big family had been running for around 40 years. it was highly rewarded and known locally as the home. >> housewives don't take care of the motor important thing, the house and kids. >> children were treated for

hyperactivity when families were unable to. >> this is something that had been known and denounced on multiple occasions over a long period of time and nothing done. we have to ask why nothing was done, who was protecting the owner and this home, and in whose interests. >> an investigation in underway, the owners held for questions. two days after the police raid, the sheer scale of the abuse is still only just sinking in. >> g.m. executives are back on capitol hill for more questions. >> there's allegations about what the company new about a dangerous defect. >> this all has to do with that faulty ignition switch linked to more than 50 accidents and the

deaths of at least 13. "the new york times" is reporting general motors executives were not forthcoming, and has documents showing g.m. came up with ways to avoid giving explanations, saying it had not assessed the cause of one crash or using attorney-client privilege to remain quiet about another wreck. the company said g.m. opts not to respond. in prepared remarks to congress c.e.o. mary barra insisted the company is taking an aggressive stance on dealing with recalls and safety. some senators are not counting on words of c.e.o.'s anymore, instead proposing legislation that sets criminal penalties for corporate executives who knowingly heidi effects from the public. >> concealment can kill. the corporate officers who engage in concealment must be held accountable. >> also expected to be grilled

is michael p. milliken, g.m.'s general counsel, whose legal staff fought ignition lawsuits for years despite knowing company engineers and investigators were aware of safety issues and related accidents. g.m. hired an outside law firm to review litigation practices in the wake of the delayed recall of 2.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches. thank you. >> that former actress who sent letters raced with ricin to president obama has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. the 36-year-old pleaded guilty in december. she admitted sending the letters to the president and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. she blamed those mailings on her estranged husband. >> another disturbing find by researchers at a federal laboratory, scientists discovered 300 vials of contagious virus us and bacteria, including dengue

fever. it is the same lab where forget that violation of small pox were found last month. >> the a.t.f. is putting more man power on the streets of chicago to reduce violence. the attorney general eric holder expected to make the announcement today that several additional agents will bring the total number of forces to more than fistfighting crime in chicago. that he met with rahm emanuel after 13 were killed and 58 others injured during a violent july 4 weekend. >> a fast moving wildfire forcing hundred was people in washington state to evacuate. 860 homes are under direct threat from the creek fire. as much as 1200-acres has been destroyed, that fire closing a 35-mile stretch of the highway through the cascade mountains. >> for more on the conditions firefighters are facing, let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> the on going fires and risk, for the next couple of days at least what we have going on is

the areas in red, the red flag warnings, the critical fire warning area is not just the fires we already have. we have stronger winds through friday night at least, the low humidity, which helps dry everything out, the temperatures dry everything out, that means the vegetation would be prime if anything gets going. the concern is it could spread quickly. that's the area we're looking at. part of the problem is the allow humidity, but we don't have rain in the forecast, very dry in this region, so that's going to stay a problem, as well. we have the opposite problem moving to another portion of the country, a large widespread boundary from the east coast and back into the central united states is where we have a low pressure area along all of this. this has been causing a slow moving area of rain, so oklahoma into texas, that's our big concern. thunderstorm warnings at times, but really, the flooding concern is going to be the big one with this. as things move slowly, they really get to dump a lot of

rain. you can see some of that heavy stuff along the oklahoma-texas border is where we're seeing that. that could be the core of our heaviest rain. as we look at some of these areas, we could see this just into tomorrow, this is 24 hours, by tomorrow, it's arc argue. along the border i talked about, some places could easily see three to four and five to six in areas. all those greens you see are places under the flood watches and then warnings out, as well for that. >> new jersey governor chris christie head to go america's heart land, fueling speculation about a presidential run, as eventures into iowa, we'll break down his chances of actually succeeding on the 2016 ballot. >> a high stakes bank robbery escalates into a shootout, taking a deadly turn. we'll talk about the steps the police took to bring the crisis to an end. >> one group of young men taking the slam dunk to dangerous new

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>> police in greece arresting a future guerilla leader following a shootout in athens. the leader was wearing a disguise and surrounded by officers when he opened fire. he has been on the run since 2012. >> strong storms causing flooding in idaho, including at brigham young university campus. this video is captured of the rushing waters going right over the stairs there. the waters climbed five feet in some parts. students were forced to evacuate dorms and apartments as a result. >> nba players, you have been warned, the slam dunk bar has been raised. a. >> of young men finish off a stunt with a member, watch this, leaping through a ring of fire, slamming the basketball through the hoop. no word on whether they are contained professionals for

suffered from 30-degree burns. >> a look at white house hope was. >> a ukrainian fighter plane has been shut down, ukraine's military saying it was hit bay probability from a russian military jet. we are live in moscow now. what is russia saying about this? >> russia is not saying anything at all at the moment. that is to be expected. there's been allegations made by kiev this week about increased russian military aggression in ukraine. the russian response to all of these allegations has been basically to ignore them. the latest allegation is that some point on wednesday evening, a jet was shot down and the ukrainians say it was a russian jet missile that downed it. out a cranes say the pilot parachuted down safely and no

one was hurt. the russian position is unchanged on this, and they ignore the allegations. the russians say there is no direct russian intervention in the conflict in ukraine, it's just not happening, according to the kremlin. they say yes, there might be fighters in ukraine, they might be russian, but they're under their own initiative, not commanded by moscow or the kremlin, not part of is this some wider campaign to influence or destabilize what's going on in ukraine. whether or not you believe that depends on which side of the conflict you're on. clearly ukraine doesn't believe it and there are many leaders in the west who don't believe it, either. >> a new round of sanctions on moscow by the u.s. and e.u. is it making an impact? >> well, this is the latest in a very long history of sanctions

that are being rolled out over the last few months or so. in totallity, there has been a significant impact on the russian economy. the latest sanctions unveiled have hit the russian stock exchanges today, maybe not quite as much as you would have expected. the main effect immediately is political. we've heard tough words from president putin and medved. medved said the russians are going to have to look carefully at defense spending, indicating that defense spending would be going up, indicating also that the relations between east and west are only going to get worse. >> live in moscow today, thank you very much. >> edward snowden is getting an endorsement from the u.n. human rights police, saying the admitted leaker deserves shielding from prosecution for outing the u.s. spy program.

the former south african judge stopped shy of saying president obama should parten snowden. >> the u.n. criticizing governments for spying on their citizens. a new report said the bulk collection of data is too brad and target the too many innocent people, saying tough laws are needed. >> the justice department plans to investigate missing emails from top i.r.s. officials. extra scrutiny was given to tax exempt applications from conservative groups president the emails were lost in a commuter crash. a house committee will meet to discuss the scandal. >> more money and resources is needed to fix the v.a. problems, testimony on capitol hill is asking for $18 billion to pay for doctors, staffers and beds. he said it's up to the agency to rare its standing with veterans.

>> i am not hold back asking for resources, because we have not been managing to requirements as a department. this would never happen in the private sector. you'd fail as a business if you did this. it makes no sense, and i'm not holding back now and won't hold back in the future, but i've also told folks that have worked these numbers, i don't want a penny in there that we can't justify, not 1 cent. >> gibson said the v.a. has already taken more than 160,000 veterans off the waiting lists and gotten them into clinics. >> senate republicans shot down a democratic backed bill that would have overturned a controversial supreme court decision. the bill would have banned for-profit companies from refusing to cover health benefits based on religious beliefs. the high court ruled companies like hobby lobby could refuse certain types of birth control coverage. >> new jersey chris christie is in iowa sparking speculation

that he could be looking at a 2016 presidential run. >> the person who could be his 2016 opponent and of course there are a lot of may bees right now is making a major media splash. former asks hillary clinton was on the daily show promoting her book and of course it led to the inevitable questions about her presidential plans. >> even though in 2014, here to talk about who is running in 2016 and who is not is the professor of campaign management at new york university. first, a lot of speculation, let's be realistic. no one announces this early if they've already locked up the fundraising and they're getting all kinds of media buzz, true? >> absolutely. it's really not a long ways ago, 18 months. to raise the money you need, you need to be out there now. it's not too early to talk about it and certainly not too early

for these candidates to be out there campaigning. >> christie is pointedly going to iowa. is this a sign he is setting his eyes on the house? is this a testing of the waters? >> it is. it's billed as a republican governors association event, and he's going to fundraise for the governor there. that said, he has been clear the last few days in things he has said about gay marriage, the veto of a gun bill in new jersey and many apologies show him leading the republican field at this point, unless you get somebody like mitt romney in there in which -- >> speaking of which, new hampshire the next stop on the primary road to the white house, the latest polls show mitt romney would get 39% of the voters if he decided to run. is it too soon to count out mitt? >> mitt romney said he is not running oh -- >> they always say that -- they also say that. the republican field is wide

open. you have unlike the democratic field where hillary clinton is running away with it, they are all bunched up here exempt for mitt romney in this poll. he may very well decide what does he have to lose to do it again. >> let's talk about the democratic field. senator elizabeth warren who now has a pack behind her that has raised $600,000 in the last quarter, is there a possibility she could challenge hillary? >> she said she's absolutely not running and hilly's $5 million compared to that in the last quarter, that said, elizabeth warren is incredibly popular in democratic circles. we've seen her fundraising in virginia and kentucky, places you wouldn't expect a liberal democratic to be popular. my guess is she won't run unless hillary clinton backs off, in which case we'll see listen beth warren to joe biden and everybody in between.

>> never too early. >> never too early, del. >> let's look at temperatures across the country today. nicole mitchell is back. >> starting out with 60s this morning all across the northern tier of the country, including up and down the east coast where after that front moved threw, a little cooler air moving in. getting to the rest of the day, temperatures staying in the 80's, all the way up and down the east coast through the south, not the 100s until we get to the southwest. we have that core of cooler air that's moderated over the great lakes region and parts of the midwest. look at these temperatures rebounding, bismarck 87 degrees while just a couple of mornings ago, we were starting in the 40's. those temperatures are starting to nudge back up for us and tomorrow, billings up to 91. summer has definitely not let go quite yet. >> a potential ceasefire between israel and hamas. we have been reporting about it this morning. we go live to gaza to find what

you the means and look at how the conflict is having a larger impact on the most vulnerable children. >> white house officials meeting face-to-face with lawmakers trying to find a solution to the currently in migrant children to the u.s. p.m. we'll go live to a texas border town where officials have reached a breaking point. >> the nfl's first openly gay player honored for his courage. the emotional challenge he made to young people. >> the world's most expensive aircraft, the b2 bomber turns 25 on july 17, 1989, the u.s. air force unveiling the stealth bomber. the jets are set to get $10 billion in upgrades over the next few years.

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>> i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> afghanistan's airport under attack at forces face off in a gun battle. >> as u.s. lawmakers deal with undocumented migrants, a program brought 14,000 cuban minors to this country 14 years ago. >> the barriers broken with captain america. >> first, there are initial reports of progress toward a permanent ceasefire between israel and hamas. a temporary ceasefire between the two sides ended moments ago. the u.n. requested the five hour pause to allow aid into gaza.

nick schiffron has more on how the history of violence between these two sides has impacted the children of gaza. >> jamal always surrounded by his children. every time he looks at the scar on his son's arm, he remembers one is missing. september 30, 2000, he and his son muhammed got caught in the crossfire between israeli forces and palestinian forces. muhammed was killed by an israel bullet. >> he was the life of the family, the one closest to me and the one dearest to my heart. >> this is the down stairs room. >> down stairs, shrines fill a wall. >> my parents say we act the same way.

>> this is the spot muhammed died. palestinian fighters were back there, muhammed and his father huddled against the wall back there. there's no sign of what happened. the wall's long been demolished. you can see this road today completely empty because people are scared of israeli air strikes. >> just a few seconds later, a mile away, the israel military struck a suspected rocket launcher. the air strikes have been closer, one was 70 feet away. after a boom in the distance, his daughter admits she's scared. >> are you used to it? >> this is the third conflict in six years. the home bears the scars. >> this whole area was demolished. >> during israel's 2008 com pained, his neighbor's house was bombed, his kitchen bombed out. he has rebuilt but is powerless to shield his children from

another war. >> this is the challenge our people face. every day, our people bleed. this is not the first time. >> he captain quite finish. he told me the wound created by his son's death bleeds at random moments and never heals. >> children are the most important thing to palestine. as long as there is occupation, there be killing. >> four palestinian children were killed by an israeli air strike for an image that may be as iconic and tragic as muhammed's. >> one in five killed in gaza are children. we want to talk about that and psychological scars.

thanks for being with us. we understand that you haven't left your home in days because of air strikes. are you safe and were you able to get out during the ceasefire this morning that lasted only a short period of time? >> this is true, i have been as the rest of the palestinians in gaza in my home for the last nine days. the question of am i safe is a very difficult question. there is no place safe in one of the most highly densely populated areas in earth. half of the residents are children. >> we had a guest on from the last half hour and she said israel goes out of its way to make sure there are no civilian casualties, is that possible in your opinion? >> the four boys killed on the beach were maybe the only four

out of 43 children killed caught on camera. we have 43 other children who have been killed during this military operation. we have over 400 children who have been injured, so any use of exclusive weapon in highly densely populated area like gaza, death is a result. we are calling for a long term end a violence in the region in order to help the palestinian children and their families and also southern israel to live peacefully and prosperity. >> on both sides, exactly. most of us grew up afraid of the clown or boogie man. what does it do to children, many living through three conflicts by the time they reach puberty? >> it is very difficult. we are speaking about if we have any child who is six years old now, that child actually lived through three military

operations while he or she is still six years old. it's very difficult for their future and means a lot of long term psychosocial intervention to be done by the humanitarian agencies in the field of the psychological support to the children. >> are we then raising another generation of children on the israeli side that hate palestinians and on the palestinians side that hate israelis? >> this is what the children are trained to avoid by the work here, we are working with the children after the military operation is over in order to express the relief in a peaceful manner, give them the opportunity to express anger in a peaceful manner and to raise them in a peaceful way. >> do you think you'll succeed? yes or no. >> we always hope and are optimistic that we will succeed.

>> there's a teen inge who found himself in the middle of this crisis who is now back home in the u.s. tariq touched down in tampa last night. his beating by the hands of israeli police was caught on video. we are live in tampa. what has tariq said about his experience? >> the facial bruises and swelling is gone, the 15-year-old looks much like the teen everyone knows, but it seems that after first losing his cousin muhammed, and then enduring arrested and beaten unconscious, this is a changed young man, tariq spoke about looking at freedom very differently, perhaps alluding to the fact that he spent 10 days under house arrest, so faces no formal charges. he also said he believes things may not have played out this way, had he not been an american.

>> you only know my story because i'm american. i hope you also remember my cousin. he was just a kid like me acknowledge whole thing started because he was killed. i know he must have been terrified like i was. >> tariq and muhammed were together the night that he was kidnapped and murdered, muhammed's murder was viewed to be in retaliation for the murders of the three israel teenagers. >> live in tampa, thank you. >> a pair of bank robbers leading police on a wild choice, the around suspects taking two bank employees and a customer hostage, the robbers fled, throwing hostages out of the car. when it was over, two suspects and a hostage were dead. >> california's death penalty

ruled unconstitutional, saying the lengthy process is cruel and unusual punishment since more die from natural causes before being executed. 13 out of 900 death row inmates has been executed. >> the president wants to get an immigration plan in place before congress leaves for recess. we are on the border now in mission-texas. what type of activities has been seen along the border in recent days? >> just recently, there seems to be a lowering of surrenders here on the border and up particular in pursuits, leading to forced on that apprehensions. we spent the day reduce the river yesterday, speaking to migrants preparing to cross.

they said the news of increased deportations has trickled down to them. that causes them to tell the migrants to run instead of turning themselves in. it's a dangerous journey. there are arrests here every hour, and this is the most trafficked crossing zone on the border. you mix that with the dangerous conditions and you get death. tuesday, police here in mission discovered the body of a young man from el salvador. he died from a severe dehydration. with this heat, the deadly conditions are expected to get worse. >> some caught crossing the border are being sent far from texas. how does that work? >> migrants are being transported by homeland security a all corners of the country. we know that for a fact.

in bristol county, massachusetts, the sheriff there is leading a call from other sheriffs from around the country, oregon, illinois, maryland, who are now on this border, taking a tour yesterday and today. they say even though they are from jurisdictions thousands of miles away, they feel like they, too, are border sheriffs and they all share the same complaint. >> we can't sustain it. we don't have the resources. you're having communities saying they are not coming here. we've had it, we're done and we can't have people flooding our communities without knowing the problems, the health issues, the potential public safety risks and think that we're going to be safe. >> six sheriffs want this border to be secured. they have stood here and seen this, and say this is nothing

close to secure. they want better communication if immigrants will be transferred to their back yard. they want to know about it beforehand and want to know about the people's criminal background. >> thank you very much. >> this is not the first time in u.s. history the country has been faced with an influx of undocumented children. >> there were 14,000 cuban children brought to miami in a program sparsely funded by the government. america tonight correspondent caught up with two people who made that journey. >> thousands of chirp sent to the u.s. alone by parents who feared the cuban government run by fidel castro would take them away and brainwash them. >> my parents got very desperate because they started i

indoctrination in schools. they started turning the children against the parents. >> part of a program was started in 1960. >> i traveled with my 5-year-old sister. it was very, very painful to leave, because she asked my mom, why do i to have leave? how could you explain to a 5-year-old child that she had to leave her mother and father, you know? >> everything little by little became government controlled. >> though she didn't know him then, alvarez's future husband, now a grammy winning latin music star in the united states was also boarding a plane as part of the operation. both used music to help themselves adjust to their new lives. >> i remember the first song i ever wrote. it was a song for cuba. >> can you sing it?

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"talk to al jazeera" saturday 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> scientists in california coming up with a biological pacemaker that may not need batteries. it is injected into the muscles and emits an electrical pulse. 300,000 americans get pacemakers each year. >> washington, d.c. has now officially decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. a new law took effect at midnight.

anyone carrying less than an ounce of pot will face a $25 fine and have the marijuana confiscated. anyone carrying on government property may face federal charges. >> making it easier for banks to handle money from legal marijuana sellers. making sure incidents substitution don't get in trouble for taking legal money. >> recreational pot became legal on january 1 and many looking to get their share of the pie desended on denver for a summit on getting into the cannabis business. aljazeera.com profiled many, including a former teacher who with her husband is planning to make selling pot possibly a new career. she joins us from denver this morning. thanks so much for being with us. you are a wife, a mom of three grown children and a former middle schoolteacher. what makes someone like you want

to make a switch to selling marijuana for a living? >> the switch is not so much to sell marijuana. what got is rolling is the economy affected us as it did negatively to so many people of our age range and we decided to look into other business opportunities. this presented itself as a potential interesting business, challenging business that we could make a difference in. >> that's so interesting. i didn't realize that. you had faced tough times economically and decided this could be lucrative. were you worried about how your friends and family would react? >> at first i did. i've been going to a lot of the conventions and other networking, and educational events in this industry. i've been very impressed with how professional people are in approaching this industry, and so i started feeling more and more comfortable to talk to my family and friends and i've had

a very good reception. >> a lot of profess and not a lot of shady hippies is what you've been dealing with. are the stereo types we have of people running these businesses unfair? >> i think it is very unfair, although i will admit to having that stereotype in my mind, as well initially. as i start immersing myself more and more in these meetings with people of like minds, professionals, honorable, law abiding citizens, i've seen that we're really hope to go make this change in people's perceptions of the industry. >> did you and your husband have to do any sort of reexamining of your own values when you decided to get into this business or had you always believe that had medical marijuana should be legalized? >> well, frankly, stephanie, it really wasn't on our radar. we are not marijuana users, but

in the past 10 years, or eight years, i started hearing people talk about the medical benefits that they were realizeing from ingesting the plant in various ways, but it was illegal at the time, so we didn't want to have anything to do with it. we were just talking to people because we were interested in hearing what they had to say, and as far as our perception goes, we're very, very committed to being law abiding, and so once it has become legal and it's becoming part of the mainstream discussions, our mindset's been opened up and we looked into it as a potential career move for us. >> a former schoolteacher, who is now planning to open a marijuana business, we wish you much luck, and thanks for being with us, linda. >> stephanie, a former dictator suing a video game maker for something he claims is harming his reputation.

manuel noriega said his image was used without his consent. the goal of the game is to capture him. noriega said he was portrayed as a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state. he wants his cut of the profits. >> a typhoon continues to cause problems in asia. for more, let's bring in nicole mitchell now. what can you tell us? >> we already saw this move through the philippines and watching that unfortunate death toll as the cleanup is done there. it has now moved into the south china sea. you can see a lot more organization, we're starting to get an eye, which means you have a wall of convention around that and quieter center. that is a sign of a storm system. cleanup is going on across the area with the downed trees, power outages, residences that are going to have to be rebuilt because of this, especially the

ones that weren't well built in the first place. as the system crosses the sea, it is targeting south china. it's moved into another warm water area, areas it can intensify, so over the next couple of days, we're going to see it make another land fall as in intense filing system. >> thanks a lot, nicole. >> we want to go back to breaking news this morning, the conflicting reports out of the middle east on whether there is a ceasefire deal being hammered out between israel and hamas. nick, what can you tell us? >> we have tenuous progress on a permanent ceasefire. there is no deal yet. nobody is saying they will hold fire permanently, but diplomats are meeting in cairo, the intermediary right now trying to hammer out what is going to

happen. it is tenuous and has been throughout. even during this temporary humanitarian pause that we had for a couple of hours that ended about almost two hours ago or so, about an hour ago, we had rockets, three rockets fired from gaza into israel, israel responded. just as that ceasefire ended, we had more rockets being fired into israel. israel has yet to respond. what is important here is that despite that little violence, the diplomats are trying to come to a conclusion, trying to find a permanent ceasefire. there is no guarantee both sides will get there, because neither side wants to give in to demands unless the u.s. is right in the middle really pushing both sides to come to a ceasefire as they did during the last conflict in gaza. >> reporting from gaza. >> we want to change gears now, the st. louis rams opening training camp in eight days and that is where the journey of the

nfl's first openly gay player will continue. >> last night, he received a big honor. john henry smith is here with more. >> well deserved honor, the espy's gives out an award for courage who worked firelessly for others. michael sam is the 2014 winner of the award, this year, was, the reigning southeastern conference player of the year announced he was gay and intended to play in the nfl. the rams picked him 249t 249th overall to play in a league where players in the past have expressed hostility toward having a gay teammate. in his emotional speech, he talked about the responsibility he now feels as a role model. >> the way i see it, my responsibility at this moment is history is to stand up for everybody out there who wants nothing more than to be themselves openly.

recently, a friend asked me to talk to his sister, a young woman, who was considering killing herself rather than accepting and sharing with her loved ones the fact that she was gay. when we spoke, she told me that she would never consider hurting herself again and that somehow my example helped her. >> a speech so many are talking about this morning. michael sam will be trying to win a spot on the defensive line. last night was a big moment for him. >> yesterday we told you about the first female thor, now another comic getting a makeover, the first black character to play captain america, part of the push for

diversity. >> we are following breaking news on microsoft wimp announce add major restructuring plan today. the software giant will cut 10% of its workforce, about 18,000 jobs. the strategy is connected to microsoft's acquisition of nokia. the restructuring will be completed by june, 2015. >> tomorrow on aljazeera america, refer jesus from iraq are now in america as the sunni and shia divide push that is country to the brink of all out war. we'll introduce you to a husband and wife trying to bridge the religious gap. >> that is it for now here in new york. >> coming up, the very latest on attempts to broker a ceasefire between the israelis and palestinians. >> we'll see you right back here again tomorrow at 7:00 a.m.

>> as fighting expires, a new ceasefire between hamas and israel are denied. the deaths of four palestinian children playing on a beach make tensions run high. >> the original break in attacks was brokered by the u.n. to allow supplies into gaza. what's next? this is the aljazeera news hour live from london. also coming up, the taliban launches a dawn raid at kabul airport forcing f