>> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli / palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america, your global news leader. >> the death toll rising right now as israeli troops battle with hamas forces after the deadly effort weekend yet in gaza, with the u.n. demanding peace. secretary of state john kerry is flying to egypt to broker a ceasefire. >> outrage around the world as pro-russian separatists keep investigators away from the airline crash in ukraine. fighting is nearby between

government and pro-russian separatists forces. >> a young man died after taken down in an apparent choke hold by new york police. the medical findings. >> towing away a disaster, the costa concordia on the move for the first time in two years. how the where he could cruise ship has changed the island where it sank. some residents want it to stay. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. it was a bloody weekend in gas. the fighting showed no sign of slowing down. >> bombs falling in gaza, more than 100 palestinians killed in the ground fighting on sunday alone. the death toll for israeli troops standing at 18. hamas claims it has captured and israeli soldier, that is something the israeli ambassador to the u.n. denies. >> calling for an immediate cessation of has stilt, secretary of state john kerry is now heading to egypt for ceasefire talks, but right now, there is no sign either israeli

or hamas is backing down. let us go straight to nick schiffron in gaza. nick, there are conflicting reports about that israeli soldier and whether hamas has captured him. what are you hearing? >> good morning, stephanie, good morning, del. i was on the phone with israeli officials and they are neither confirming or denying one of their own men happen captured by hamas. we heard hamas claim on t.v. last night. they try to control the information. there are strict gag orders on the israeli media when it comes to this kind of thing. they tell the israeli media not to report it and tell us they can neither confirm or deny. we still do not know the actual facts of what that soldier is. in gaza is a humanitarian crisis. the u.n. is calling for

$66 million and needs it by today, desperately needed food, medicine, blankets mostly for the almost one up hundred thousand gazes who ever fled their home, fear. of the israeli bombardment that continues and continues. because of that, this is now the largest movement of gasses from their home since the state of israel was created. >> nick, the u.n. saying that this humanitarian crisis is bound to get worse. where do these thousands of people go since there is a blockade in gaza? >> if you ask people in gaza, they say they have nowhere to go, calling gaza a prison. all the borders controlled by israel to the west, north, east and south by egypt blocking its border. they have nowhere to go. they have gone to u.n. schools,

schools that are usually for children, elementary or middle schools that the u.n. runs here for hundreds of thousands of kids here and they are filling those schools. we have been at many of those schools. one of them had a classroom of 200 square feet full of about 29 people. let me pause for a second, that was probably pretty loud, that was a rocket departing gaza leaving into israel. it gives you a sense of how close some of these attacks are and how they continue this morning. the effect really is on the gazans. they have had to deal with this every day, every night for two weeks now. >> that rocket fire continues out of gaza, as well. nick, thank you. >> another rocket. sunday by the way the deadliest day of fighting in gaza so far, more than 100 palestinians have been killed, at least 510 have died since those israeli air

strikes began two weeks ago. more than 3,160 palestinians have been injured. 18 israeli soldiers have been killed since ground operations began on thursday and two u.s. citizens, american citizens are among the israeli soldiers killed in that fighting. 24-year-old israeli sharpshooter max steinburg grew up in the san fernando valley, and a sergeant from texas originally from south padre island. the u.n. saying more than 83,000 palestinians have been displaced by fighting. they say this number continues to grow. >> aljazeera's mike viqueira is in washington this morning. secretary of state john kerry is heading to the region this morning. what is the aim of his trip? >> it was hours after secretary kerry was caught on on open mic expressing frustration with israel over the mountedding death toll in gaza, now on his

way to egypt to broker a ceasefire. >> it's a hell of a pinpoint operation. it's a hell of a pinpoint operation. we've got to go there. we've got to go tonight. i think it's crazy to be sitting around. >> secretary of state john kerry said sunday he was expressing in privately what he said in public all along. >> we support israel's right to defend itself against rockets that are, you know, continuing to come in. >> as he stated in that unguarded moment, secretary kerry is heading to the region as the civilian death toll rises. israel soldiers who lost 18 men over the weekend continued a ground offensive inside and under gaza in tunnelles said to be used by hamas. >> it is important for hamas to now step up and be reasonable and understand that you accept the ceasefire, you save lives. >> when he lands in cairo this morning, kerry will attempt to restore a 2012 ceasefire now rejected by hamas.

that is further complicated as benjamin netanyahu pledged sounds continue the campaign in gaza. >> i think we have to bring back, restore back reasonable sustained quiet and security and we'll take whatever action is necessary to achieve that. >> the white house said president obama spoke to netanyahu by phone sunday and expressed concern over the growing number of casualties. u.n. secretary ban ki-moon speaking in the east was more blunt. >> i condemn this atrocious action. israel must maximize restrained and do far more to protect the civilians. >> half a world away in new york, the u.n. security council held an emergency closed session last night, emerging no closer to a resolution but with strong words from palestinian and israeli representatives. >> there is no justification for this massacre committed against our people.

>> some international communities say that israel has a right to defend itself, but when we exercise that right to defend ourselves, we're being condemned. >> now that security council meeting went on until late last night. the u.s. representative to the united nations samantha power said the united nations and all parties involved need adhere to the egyptian proposal, an unconditional ceasefire. >> what does happen now that the u.n. security council has issued this call for a ceasefire? >> in and of itself, nothing really. the united nations i should several calls, all infectual and ignored by both parties involved. what has been expected all along is a mounting international pressure to get something done with a ceasefire. it's cumulative pressure built over days.

only then will this lag jam be broken. >> coming up, we'll take a closer look at just what secretary of state john kerry's hot mic incident could mean for his trip. >> strong emotions on the streets of ramallah overnight. palestinians celebrating, hamas claims it captured an israeli soldier, many protesting against the ongoing attacks in the gaza strip. >> demonstrations against those attacks taking place in this country as well over the weekend. these pictures come from houston, protestors demanding that israeli forces leave gaza. >> in louisville, kentucky, supporters on both sides taking their places on opposite sides of the street, arguing their positions for and against the israeli invasion. both sides, though, urged and end to the fighting and prayed for peace in that region. >> in ukraine fighting erupted not far from the crash silent of

malaysian airlines flight 17. forces are trying to retake control of donetsk. this is emergency crews pick through the wreckage at the crash site. more than 250 bodies have been recovered, but violence could threaten the investigation. >> a 31 member investigative team from several countries is here on the ground waiting for the next step. the next step is probably going to come in the form of those bodies that are now in refrigerated railway cars down by the crash site 15 kilometers from the main site of where this plane came down. they are waiting to leave. right now, they are under separatist control. there was a european monitoring commission that visited those bodies today. we are waiting for the investigative team saying those will be on the move at some point later in the day. that's going to be made much more difficult now because fighting has gone on now in donetsk, where this european monitoring mission is, impacting when and how this train leaves. we are hearing it will probably

come here. that's not confirmed. the prime minister of ukraine has said they are going to do everything they can to help with the investigation, including handing over the operations to a dutch delegation that's leading up this investigation. also, that the bodies will be transferred to the netherlands once they make it to a safer spot and transferred to the netherlands for d.n.a. analysis. it seems as though there are several more steps that need to happen for this identification process to go on. >> u.s. officials believe it was russia that flied rebels with those anti aircraft missiles. we turn live to washington. john, is there the evidence to back up the rhetoric? >> good morning, well certainly secretary of state kerry seems to think so, appearing on all the major broadcasts yesterday and said that overwhelmingly the evidence points to russian-backed separatists as having brought down night mh17. he uses as his evidence, u.s. in

tell which has focused on the region for months now, and social media. secretary of state john kerry spoke at length about this. here is what he had to say. when these missiles are fired, there is a heat signature that goes up and it's possible for intelligence satellites and radar to see that a missile has been fired. that is the main plank of evidence that they have, that a missile, a buk, sa11 was fired last thursday from areas on the eastern ukraine border controlled by russian separatists. >> over the weekend, secretary

kerry spoke and chuck hagel defense secretary having a conversation on the telephone again with his counterpart in the netherlands. the president of course has already touted the possibility of more sanctions, and it's worth making the point that trade with russia and the u.s. amounts to just 4% where as with europe, 50% and that is why america needs european help if these sanctions against moscow are to be really effective and why in part when the president talks about this being a wake up call for europe, that's actually what he's referring to. >> live in washington with the latest on those russian backed rebels, john, thank you very much. >> a new haven connecticut residents pausing to remember those who lost their lives aboard the malaysian flight. followers of several different

religions in the audience. many say the crash is a reminder of how bad things have become in their homeland. >> we'll have a live report from london on the international anger, plus a former ntsb member talks about the problems with the crash investigation. >> a big weather story, the strongest typhoon to hit china in 40 years are killing 18 people. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell for details of this deadly storm and what comes behind it. >> yes, we have something else we're watching for a different part of china and elsewhere. usually as a system gets to china, they weaken. this is the type of year, july and august where we tend to see more storms, but still a lot of recovery going on in china. that storm didn't weaken as much. it was a super typhoon, causing impacts in vietnam. the death toll you gave was china only, total over win

hundred lives loft with that. we can see the system behind this. this is skirting to the north, so missing the philippines, other than outer rain bands, it is headed toward taiwan. we are looking at what we would call a category one or two storm, but definitely before it makes that landfall into the day tomorrow, something that we'll need to monitor very closely out there. >> what's the strongest storm you've flown into? >> katrina is the one most people know and a few other cat fives. >> secretary of state john kerry on his way to egypt trying to broker a peace deal between israel and gaza. >> his comments made headlines, how they will impact peace efforts. >> what's behind israel's invasion tactics. >> it has been another deadly weekend in chicago, an

11-year-old girl shot during a slumber party. the wave of gun violence and what the city's doing to fight it. >> caught on camera, a hot air balloon disaster. the balloon crashes into power lines. >> today's big number is $23.6 billion. >> this verdict against a major tobacco company some say should be thrown out.

>> taking a live look at the capitol building in washington this monday morning, july 21. >> as we've reported, secretary of state john kerry heading to cairo this morning trying push for are a ceasefire in gaza. what he said off camera could temper the mission. >> as the fighting claims more lives, u.s. president barack obama talked to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu to express serious concern about the rising death toll on both sides. secretary of state john kerry is traveling to the region to work on a ceasefire, but first, he spent sunday defending israel,

saying this is israel doing what it needs to do to protect itself. >> israel -- >> we sport israel. >> that's what he said being watched. this is what happened when he didn't. >> it's a hell of a pinpoint abrasion. it's a hell of a pinpoint operation. >> it's escalating one of underscores the need for a ceasefire. >> we've got to get over there. thank you, john. i think, john, we ought to go tonight. i think it's crazy to be sitting around. >> asked about that, he again backed israel. >> war is tough. >> israeli prime minister appeared on t.v. going unchallenged on claims that people in gas ever ways to get out and said hamas wants a high death toll so the u.s. media will ask tough questions. >> this will be a devastating blow to the palestinian

authority, to president abass, a blow to the region where other terrorist groups will see this kind of criminal behavior is rewarded. >> the bam mat administration calls for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations. netanyahu has rebuked previous calls from the u.s. to ease the siege from gaza. they might not like what they are seeing, but on public not making demands on israel to make it stop. aljazeera, washington. >> let's turn to mike lyons. secretary of state john kerry saying it's a hell of a pinpoint operation. >> i think those words were probably meant for the israeli government to listen to. he could have said a lot worse, could have gone overboard. >> you think when a guy like secretary kerry no trainer to an

open mic and what can happen dating all the way back to the reagan administration when he said bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb iran, you think he was sending a message to israel. >> i think he was. i think given the amount of carnage we've seen out there, i think he was basically telling israel you've got to back down now at this point. >> casualties on both sides are mounting, the clock ticking on both sides, the international community calling for a ceasefire. who is the clock ticking loudest for, israel or hamas? >> i think israel. i think officers are telling netanyahu you've got to not going here, demilitarize gaza. the tunnels are destroyed, the rockets out there. i believe from the military's perspective they're going to keep going for another week to make sure that's the case. >> 18 israeli casualties, the numbers ticking up on the israeli side. they claim to have captured an

israeli soldier. how does that change the bored officer. >> israel's a the war, mobilized, they've got the northern border and the west. they still have the support of the israeli people. >> the u.n. security council hope to go broker a ceasefire. are you convinced at this point in time that either side wants that and is this all for naught? >> hamas gets attention when it fires rockets. israel wants the firing to stop. the question is whether egypt or the united states have anything to offer either side for them to stop firing at each other. >> is there another option that the world should look at with rewards to this particular crisis? >> this has been going on for thousands of years on some level. any intervention by the international community might take troops to be occupied, who knows. i think both of these sides if they're going to live in peace have got to figure out a way to do it with each other.

>> mike lyons, thanks for being with us this morning. coming up, we'll talk to doug waxman about the situation. >> in chicago, 32 people killed across the city since friday. the deaths include an 11-year-old girl hilt in the head by a stray bullet at a friend's slumber party. we are live in chicago. how is the city reacting after another violent weekend? >> good morning, stephanie. obviously this is front page news in chicago. as the chicago police superintendent gary mccarthy said following that blood why weekend over the july 4t july 4th weekend, it's groundhog day in chicago. these shootings happen every weekend. it's a repetition people are getting used to, becoming numb to, fart families of the victims, the pain is just

beginning. >> the 11-year-old's short life ended after a bullet struck her in the head at a sleepover with six other kids when the stray bullet whizzed through a window. she was the youngest victim of violence in chicago this weekend but not the only one. >> it's sad. it's sad. it's just devastating. beautiful, always had a smile on her face. >> bracing for the violence to erupt, it's sadly become a preweekend ritual for many residents here. within a 12 hour period friday, 20 shootings were reported. despite an action plan for more police over the weekend, the police surge has done little to prevent the gunfire. >> i got nothing left to say to these moms. i don't know where they find the strength to go on, put one foot in front of another. we're a better city than that.

we have better people. >> last week, attorney general eric holder announced seven more agents from the bureau of firearms and explosives would be assigned to the field office to assist chicago police, an effort to try to stem the tide of illegal firearms police say fuel the carnage. >> not every one of these people using these guns eligible to buy a gun. many of them have felony convictions, many of them are in eligible, so they have to get their guns from somewhere, and it's somewhere illegal. >> little solace for the wounded are the families of the murdered, who can only hold vigil and say goodbye. >> there is an $8,000 reward put forward for any information leading to the arrest of the individual or individuals who are responsible for the girl's shooting death, but police have no suspects in custody.

>> what really struck me about the piece you did was seeing mayor rahm emanuel break down basically at that press conference. what does that say about how seriously the city is taking the violence on the south side of chicago at this point? >> it's something that's an every day talking point, something that the city is under a lot of pressure to do something about. each week, the chicago police come out with the number of seized illegal firearms that they are recovering from the streets. last week on monday, it was over 3600 guns. that's something that they're saying is a big problem, one of the reasons the a.t.f. is assisting, the hope is that they'll be able to stem the tide of guns that have been trafficked into the city, the vast majority they believe comes from out of state. the city says that is at the crux of the problem when it comes to the large number of homicides they are dealing with each weekend. >> very personal issue for folks

in chicago. live from that city, thank you. >> the trial of theodore wafer gets underway in detroit, the 55-year-old who has admitted to killing a 19-year-old in november with a shotgun blast to the face. mcbride was apparently knocking on his front door for help from a car accident when he shot her. wafer pleaded not guilty, saying he was defending himself. >> one of the world's largest cigarette companies could pay billions, that is our big number today, $23.6 billion. >> a jury has ordered r.j. reynolds to pay that, plus $17 million in compensatory damages to a florida widow whose husband died from lung cancer. r.j. reynolds said the verdict is excessive and will appeal. >> paying out $114 million in other cases. the company is appealing $180 million in jury awarded damages. >> this week could bring a heatwave for a big part of the country. >> let's find out temperatures

we can expect across the nation today with our meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> we are already seeing heat right now as we start off the door. minneapolis as 75 is warmer than los angeles at 56 or atlanta at 73. that's part of the problem with one of these heat waves. when temperatures don't go down over night to cool things off, the heat of the day is more oppressive. this large area in orange are places under heat watches and warnings right around the twin cities area. last week, temperatures in the 60's, far go at 69, today 95 degrees, so that means we are not acclimated to the heat. elderly and infants, if you're outside, drink plenty of water and stay in the air conditioning or a cooling centered, because heat can cause large loss of life if people around prepared for it. >> the death toll is climbing in israel's invasion of gaza. >> dozens of people there killed

this weekend, many of them civilians, children, how much pressure is the u.s. putting on israel to stop the violence. >> moving a massive ship wreck. some are fighting the effort to tow away the costa concordia. >> just days after a man died in new york city, the fallout has begun in earnest. the police around the only ones who could face discipline. >> a sinkhole threaten to say swallow up homes in florida. one of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> towing the costa concordia, crews are close to moving the massive cruise ship from the waters where it's rested for two years. how that could impact the town where it sank. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. ahead, after the worst violence

we've seen in gaza, the international community calling for a ceasefire. what it would take to reach a deal. >> what he said causing a drop in h.i.v. infections. >> first, ukraine's prime minister saying he is ready to hand over the investigation into the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17 to european partners. prime minister yatsenyuk is ready to transfer the bodies to amsterdam, which are guarded by pro-russian separatists. could international involvement finally help kickstart this investigation? >> del, there's a lot of pressure on the eastern ukrainian separatists and a lot of pressure on value pood. we've been hearing very strong language out of the european union today saying that the possibility of further sanctions is still on the tail. we are hearing from the british

leadership in london calling for stronger reaction from the european union. there's going to be a european union foreign meeting tomorrow in brussels. the possibility of sanctions is a real serious one. we've heard from the head of the british economy, george osbourne who said behind the hit this might mean for the british economy that the possibility of letting planes get shot out of the sky is unacceptable so britain is willing to accept a hit from sanctions. >> phil, no ceasefire in the war of words at this point. yatsenyuk having hard worst for russia and the pro-russian separatists. how likely are they to cooperate with any investigation? >> we dew know there are

investigators in the ground in the crash site. they were delayed might some time in the region. yatsenyuk is very outspoken against what the separatists have been doing and like many in the ukrainian government in kiev, places the blame scarily on the kremlin. that is what he had to say today. >> i expect nothing from the russian government. what they can do, they can supply weapons, they can send well trained agents. they can support this guerilla, but they have to stop. >> kiev has very close ties with many western leaders, that is part of the problem, there is an awful lot of criticism out there that this divide between east and west is being supported by

the various powers, whether europeanors russians. vladimir putin putting out an announcement saying this is a tragedy for everyone and no one should capitollize for political gain. >> phil, thank you very much. >> coming up, we'll ask a former ntsb member just how compromised the crash site should be. >> secretary of state john kerry is flying to the egypt with hopes for a ceasefire in gaza. he called on both sides to reach a ceasefire. more than 100 palestinians were killed this weekend. 18 israel soldiers have died in the fighting so far. let's bring in professor doug waxman. he joins us from watertown, massachusetts this morning. professor, thank you for being with us. the death toll has risen

dramatically. does that give innocent i have to end the fighting or does it escalate the fighting? >> unfortunately, it escalates the fighting. i think from israel's point of view, the high number of israeli military casualties just yesterday is likely to harden the israeli position. i think it's going to increase demands within israel, particularly within the members of prime minister netanyahu's cabinet for israel to hit hamas hard. there's a growing demand for israel to reoccupy and canninger the gaza strip. i think israel's less inclined now to compromise and to meet some of hamas's demands. hamas are likely to feel emboldened by their recent successes, feeling that israel is being dragged deeper into the quick sand of gaza, if you like and likely to be in less of a position than they were already when they rejected the previous israeli ceasefire proposal. >> caught in the middle are all

the pictures we are seeing of innocent civilians in gaza that are being struck as collateral damage, i guess they would say by air strikes. behind the scenes, how much pressure do you think the u.s. is putting on netanyahu given the rising civilian death toll in gaza. >> i think the u.s. is telling prime minister netanyahu not to expand this operation, to not go into densely pop latelied areas in the gaza strip, to keep civilian casualties as low as possible. what they're trying to do is restrain the israeli government and provide that voice of moderation in netanyahu's ear to counter the more extreme voices he's hearing within his own cabinet. >> here's my question. even if the u.s. has leverage over israel and some analysts

question the leverage they have over israel, who can get hamas to agree not to fire rockets into israeli? >> well, that is a big question. i mean, hamas have not been particularly susceptible to outside influence. qatar is really the country that's best positioned to exercise influence with hamas, turkey also has influence. those are the two countries in the region that could play a role, egypt of course traditionally has done that, but as you know, egypt's relations with hamas today are bad, hamas doesn't trust egypt. it's really up to the qataris to put pressure on hamas. >> doug waxman from northeastern university, thanks for joining us. >> in our next hour, we'll go back live to gaza for the latest on the ground. >> this morning we're learning iran's enriched ukraine yum stockpile can no longer be converted into weapons, the

finding of the international nuclear watchdog agency. iran complied, paving the way for the release of funds frozen in western banks. six world powers now want iran to permanently limit its nuclear program, which tehran insists is only for peaceful purposes. >> in afghanistan, officials halted their audit of votes in the disputed election. 8 million votes were supposed to be checked again after presidential candidates accused each other of fraud but the election commission would the process will be suspended now because of a misunderstanding. >> there is a new round of fighting at libya's main airport overnight. the eu mission in libya urging rival militias to lay down their arms and spare civilians. >> the costa concordia will hit the seas again, crews making the final argument to toe the luxury

liner. the ship has had a major impact on the small island where it went down. >> the costa concordia is broken and become embedded in this island's story. >> in january, 2012, the mayor of the city found itself embroiled in the situation. since then, the island has been

transformed. >> not only psychologically, this matter affected our way of life over the past months. it strongly affected our economy and our way of living here. winters were very beautiful and silent, but today are very busy. the soul of the island has changed. >> it's crystal clear waters always brought the tourists, but intrigue attracted many, many more. the restaurants and hotels have been bolstered by salvage workers making this island their home, that is until the costa concordia leaves. >> some here want the local legacy of the ship wreck to be more than the dollars pumped into the economy. frank is collecting signatures calling for part of the structure used to secure the ship to be left and turned into

a dive site. >> these platforms give new life to the area. removing them would damage the environment. >> what happened here would have the potential to destroy the area. a new chapter will begin when the ship leaves, but this island will never forget what the costa concordia brought into its shores. >> it was a grueling process trying to lift that out of the sea. they say suitcases and clothing and furniture were spilling out, washing ashore. >> so interesting how it's affected that small town. >> your next plane ticket might be more expensive. the september 11 security fee on tickets will more than dowell. on non-stop round trip fares, it increases to $6. >> it has been a break for firefighters battling a fire in

washington state. the winds that helped fan flames this weekend are expected to die down, helping the 1600 firefighters get the upper hand. >> it's very, very hard to see families lose homes. >> those flames caused by lightning destroyed at least 150 homes. 5,000 homes are still under evacuation orders. >> in new york city, many are asking why after a man died following a police stop. >> that is a rising tide of public anger along with calls for justice. we have the latest developments. good morning, john. >> part of the anger is the non-violent nature of what this man was accused of. the police approached eric gardner, accusing him of selling untaxed individual cigarettes called lues, not a violent crime. since the video of his violent take down went viral last thursday, there have been growing calls for the officers involved to face consequences.

this morning, two of them have been stripped at least temporarily of badges, other emergency responders are impacted, as well. >> he didn't deserve to go like that. they literally jumped on this man and the one with the 99 on his shirt, i'm pretty sure that he crushed his windpipe. >> the medical examiner in new york city says veteran officer daniel, number 99 did not crush the 43-year-old's windpipe, nor did he asphyxiate him, but the video does appear that show him using a choke hold, a tactic the new york city police department prohibits. the nypd stripped the eight year veteran and his partner of their guns and badges, restricted to desk adult pending the outcome of the investigation into garner's death. other officers could be disciplined for piling on to garner, another violation of policy. the president of the police union pat lynch had this

response: >> he isn't the only one facing consequences. 4e.m.t.s who came to help are barred this morning with pay from responding to future emergency calls as new video surface showing garner laying unconscious for several minutes before receiving any medical attention. the public outcry reached fever pitch over the weekend when al sharpton led a rally accompanied by garner's widow. >> an unarmed man was subjected to a choke hold and the result is he is no longer with us. >> like many police departments across the country, the ncpd banned choke holds, doing it more than two decades ago.

a civilian review board revealed more than 1,000 choke hold complaints in the city since 2009, including 50 so far this year. >> thanks, john. >> in the netherlands, the dutch are mourning the victims from flight 17 crashed by posting messages on social media to lost loved ones. that grief now turning into rage, people say they are upset with the way things are handled on the ground. the headline on the telegraph reading this morning that enough is enough, that was sunday's front page headline. >> hearing so many reports about the indignities of the remains. >> several homes were evacuated in one florida neighborhood after a massive sinkhole. this sinkhole, actually, appeared saturday. florida today said the ground swallowed an entire intersection. it was 75 feet across, 30 feet

deep, overnight expanding to a width of 120 feet. >> it is growing. >> in ohio, veteran found violating a village order nan by owns ducks. he uses them for therapy after being wounded in iraq. he suffers from a major back injury and post traumatic stress disorder. he found the ducks calmed him, but the ordinance says no ducks allowed. >> if he is found guilty of violating the ordinance, it's $150 fine. i think he'll get to keep them. >> i have a feeling a lot of people will help him with that fine. >> a closer look into the downed malaysian airlines death. >> why some say the accident site in ukraine has been compromised. we'll talk about that next. >> anger over the israeli palestinian complex spilling over into a television studio. the live debate ends with 50's

and chairs flying. >> a spy station and nuclear weapons on the moon. we'll tell you who was thinking about those ideas. straight ahead in our discovery of the day. l jazeera.

>> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! >> pro-russian separatists keeping a watch over the refrigerated trains with the bodies of the victims. western leaders worry that could hamper the investigation.

an independent air safety consultant and former member of the ntsb joins us live this morning. thanks for being with us. the bottom line has that crash site in your opinion been compromised and if so, how bad? >> it has been grossly compromised. moving the airplanes, pieces, i earlier saw pictures of a crane taking the landing gear away. it has been compromised that it will take serious effort to get any information out of the crash. >> compromised, yes, but a lot of information concerning this particular incident is going to be coming from spy satellites that the united states has been looking at. in fact, there are images that the united states saw immediately after the rocket was launched, so the crash scene itself may be compromised but what will that mean to the overall outcome? >> it's pretty well determined that it was a missile that brought the airplane down.

i'm sure that people like john kerry and other leaders, political leaders would certainly like to know who's missile it was that brought it down, which particular missile, the physical evidence of the missile, its impact on the airplane, any bits and pieces may still be in the airplane, are very, very important and likely that that's all gone now. >> is there a feeling amongst people in the transportation industry that if the rebels didn't have anything to hide, they wouldn't be doing that what they're doing? >> of course that's the normal reaction when you see the efforts that they put forward to deny access to this area, allow people to compromise it by having average citizens and just go all over the scene. there's stories of the bodies being looted. >> it looks like a rebel is

holding one of the black boxes, which is actually orange. what does that say to you and what is the danger there? >> well, the box is pretty robust, so if the damage that any damage that was done to it has already been done, so that's not likely that they're going to do any additional damage, however, the black botches are probably not going to yield a lot of information, because if we believe the airplane was flying along, nothing wrong, that's what the reports are going to tell us. it's the voice recorder's likely to hear the explosion from the missile, but that's about all that we're going to get out of that, out of the recorders. >> is it already too late for an independent investigation? >> it's already too late for an effective investigation. >> so what do you think at this point in time russian president vladimir putin can say and should say concerning anything that he might be in control of on the ground in ukraine? >> well, i think by his action

of recent past says it all, you know, you're asking me a question outside of my area of expertise. >> i understand. but go ahead. >> it's clear that if you don't want to cooperate with something, it's an indication you may have something to hide. >> thank you. >> the crisis in gaza has tensions boiling over throughout the world and this televised report turned into a shoving match, one man trying to throw a chair at each other. the two fighting are a journalist and a lawyer. >> five people recovering this morning from a hot air balloon accident, a balloon crashing into the power lines in boston. it was flying low, it's passengers waving and chatting with the people below gathering

to watch. things dramatically changed when the balloon touched the power lines and caught fire. >> a big flash of red, i've never seen anything like it again. i'm still shaken from it. >> two people were treated for minor burns and scrapes, three others taken to the hospital. officials are looking into the cause of that accident. >> a beamed killer whale is back at sea after left stranded by a typhoon. the whale washed up near southern china. strong winds and waves kept push the whale back onshore. after three hours, the whale made its way back out to the south china sea. >> time to check the weather across the country again today. >> we are joined by our meteorologist nicole mitchell. those waves really pushing in that whale. >> i wouldn't want to swim against that. >> it got back out, good for him. >> that was a very dangerous

storm. we'll have more on the tropics coming up that i want to get back to the united states where the same area we have the heat, well, there is a boundary in this area, causing us problems for today. to the northern tear of all this, the flow ahead of that is the extreme heat for parts of the midwest, but the combination of heat and the boundary with these temperatures in the 90's, even a few hundred's possible is a fire line for possible strong storms. especially wind or hale with this into parts of north dakota and into minnesota, as well. also a little disturbed weather off to the southeast. very dry in the west. i'll have more with that fire danger in a little bit. >> time for our discovery of the day. it is out of this world. the u.s. has been spying for decades now. >> the military actually considered building a surveillance station on the moon. that was before the first astronaut had set foot there. according to a newly declassified report, it was

called project horizon. the military wanted to monitor the earth and create a system that could launch nuclear weapons from outer space. the documents were released this weekend on the 45t 45th anniversary of neal armstrong's historic moon walk. >> more than 500 palestinians killed in gas, 18 israeli's have died. >> three dutch investigators beginning to examine the victims of the malaysian airlines crash in ukraine. there is growing evidence that russia supplied the rebels with the weapon that brought down that plane last week, killing 300 onboard. >> chicago's mayor rahm emanuel getting emotional about the shooting of an 11-year-old girl in the city. she was killed in gun violence there this weekend. >> we'll look at a man considered to be the most powerful separatist in ukraine, the man referred to as igor the shooter. >> people are voicing support

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some groups don't seem to be getting the message about protecting themselves. >> my children are in american community, so their future i believe will be much better. >> seeking a new life in the u.s., two iraqi refugees fled the violence gripping their homeland in hopes of a better life. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. secretary of state john kerry travels to egypt to call for a stop to the fighting and stop the beats that seem to go up by the area. >> more than 100 palestinians were killed this weekend many in an israeli operation on one naked. 510 people have been killed since the fighting began two weeks ago. israeli's military saying 18 soldiers have died since forces were put on the ground. >> nick schiffron is in gaza. >> when we spoke to you an hour ago, you could hear a rocket, at least one from gaza into israel. what's happening there right

now? >> the bombardment now is from israel into gaza. if you look behind me, that is northeast gaza, a lot of rockets have been flying from there into israel. israel is focusing it's targets there. the last day and a half or so, such deadly clashes yesterday and the shelling and fighting continuing. i can now hear for the first time today, shelling off my right side, the mediterranean, so clearly the fighting is continuing to expand. a real humanitarian crisis, the u.n. needs $66 million desperately for food, shelter, medicine that it will run out of if it doesn't get it in the next day or so. you talk to all of these people forced to leave their homes. they will tell you they have nowhere to go.

>> in gone gaza this morning, thousands filled this road looking for cover. one mile from israel, they are in the middle of the bottom bartment. >> this family received a phone call and leaflets dropped from israel helicopters warning them to leave. they felt they had no choice. >> we left everything at home. we brought this bag, my phone and the clothes i'm wearing. >> are you scared when you hear the bombs in your neighborhood? >> terrible sounds, the bombs, she said. it's a terrible sound. we have no place to hide. >> as i'm talking to his son... >> i go to my father, he says, and he hugs me. they have no family or friends to take them in. the only place that's willing, a u.n. school already overcrowded and running short of supplies. palestinian fighters launch a barrage of rockets towards tel aviv. these kids cheer.

they tell me they hope the rockets land in the u.s. israel said it launched those wars because of rockets and because of tunnels palestinian fighters use to sneak into strehl. one tunnel was blown up. there are dozens more, so israelis are expanding their operation. tanks drove right up to the border this morning. they bam barred eastern gaza while air strikes are in southern gaza. an entire family was killed here as they slept. >> 22 people lived in this house. all of them were killed. only a 3-year-old child survived. >> the dead are mounting in israel. as many soldiers died just yesterday, as in the previous two gaza campaigns combined, they remembered a 20-year-old as a leader and despite their grief, are asking for the operation to continue. >> we need to finish, to clear

it, we need to give the palestinians a better view, better life. >> despite the desire to continue this fighting, we're in the middle of the largest bout of diplomacy we've seen since this conflict began, u.n. gentleman man and secretary of state john kerry in cairo trying to find a path toward a ceasefire. >> there are reports that an israel soldier has been captured, but israel has been denying those reports. what can you tell us about that? >> this was an announcement made by hamas last night on live television. they said they've captured a soldier, gave his name, his military i.d. number. right after this, we saw celebrations in the same neighborhoods that were grieving

such unbelievably difficult and violent days. they were celebrating, they were releasing fireworks, but israel says it does not confirm that at all. some israel officials denying it, but the military saying they can't confirm or deny whether one of those soldiers has been taken. >> nick schiffron in gaza for us, thank you. >> secretary of state john kerry is going to be meeting with others in egypt, hope to go broker a ceasefire. aljazeera's mike viqueira is in washington. are they optimistic ahead of that trip with both sides digging in? >> i think this is a trip born of frustration, frankly and we don't have to rely on unnamed sources within the u.s. government or speculate. secretary kerry said it himself yesterday in an unguarded open mic moment on one of those sunday talk shows news anniversary programs. during the commercial, he expressed frustration, talking to an aide sarcastically,

referring to the israel occupation as a hell of a pinpoint operation. later in that conversation, the secretary said we've got to get on a plane. this is crazy, we can't just be sitting around here. what is he doing? any moment now he should be wheels down in cairo. the idea is to get behind a previous proposal for an unconditional ceasefire. when confronted with his frustration, he stuck to the u.s. government line. let's listen. >> israel has seched a unilateral ceasefire, accepted the egyptian plan, which we also support, and little important for hamas to now step up and be reasonable and understand that you accept the ceasefire, you save lives. >> a lot of pressure on the u.s.

government to use its considerable influence with the israeli government to accept the ceasefire. israel accepted the ceasefire previously, accused palestinian of continuing to bomb israel out of gaza. >> what happens now that the u.n. has issued a call for a ceasefire? >> the u.n. has i should calls before and they've been largely in effectual. this is part and parcel of the mounting pressure, another log on the fire or finger on the scale. people look to the united nations, no question about it, to issue these calls, but ultimately it's up to the parties involved to get to their core influences and initiatives, what's driving them and compelling them to conduct this war to begin with. >> live in washington, thank you very much. >> the focus staying on gaza. sunday was the deadliest day of fighting so far for both sides. >> erica pitzi joins us with more on the death toll now

including two americans. >> both americans were in their early 20, joining the israeli army as volunteers, known as lone soldiers. first let's talk about the toll on the palestinian side. 100 palestinians were killed sunday, at least 510 have died since israeli air strikes began two weeks ago and more than 3,150 palestinians have been injured. israeli soldiers, 18 have been killed since ground operations began. two u.s. citizens are among them, sharpshooter max steinberg who grew up in the san fernandez valley of california and a sergeant from south padre island in texas. digging deeper into who these young men were after a trip to israel with his brother and sister, max wanted to go back and join the army. six months later, he started training in one of the most decorated units, and only 5'3", his brigade gave him the

nickname mighty max. he kept in constant communication with his family and talked to them 36 hours before he was killed. the other soldier was raised with parents who helped bring the first synagog to the texas community. he joined the israeli army four years ago. while he hurt his foot recently and superiors told him did he not need to be involved in the ground fight in gas, he insisted. he was killed in gaza city on sunday. his long time friend and rabbi reacted to his death saying "we loft a gem." sometime tailed the families of these american born soldiers will be in israel where they eventually plan to bury both young men. >> switching gears and talking about the situation in ukraine, emergency crews are picking through the wreck acknowledge of malaysian airline flight 17, 250 bodies recovered but no one can agree on where they should go. not far from the crash site is

fighting. we have the latest. >> a 31 member investigative team from several countries is here on the ground waiting for the next step. the next step is probably going to come in the form of bodies that are now in refrigerated railway cars down by the crash site, 15 kilometers from where the main site of this plane came down. they are waiting to leave, right now under separatist control. there was a european monitoring commission that visited the bodies today. we are waiting for the investigative team to say those will be on the move sometime later today. that's going to made more difficult because fighting has gone on now in donetsk where this european monitoring mission is, impacting when and how this train leaves. we're hearing it probably will come here. that's not confirmed. the prime minister of ukraine has said they are going to do everything they can to help with this investigation, including handing over the operations to a dutch delegation that's leading up this investigation.

the bodies will be transferred to the netherlands once they make i had to a safer spot for d.n.a. analysis. it seems as though there are several more steps that need to happen for this identification process to go on for the victims of this flight. >> u.s. officials believe it was russia that supplied the rebels with anti aircraft missiles. let's go live in washington. john, good morning. what kind of evidence are u.s. officials presenting? >> good morning, stephanie, good morning, del. the evidence was presented yesterday by secretary of state john kerry who does what they call in washington the full ginsburg, appearing on all the sunday broad casts sunday morning. secretary kerry said the evidence is pointing overwhelmingly toward russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine as having filed that missile thursday that brought down the flight. he used as his evidence u.s.

intelligence, which forces have been trained on that part of the world for months, and also social media. here he is on the fox news channel. >> within the last month, a major convoy of 150 vehicles, including tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launchers and armored personnel carriers all crossed over from russia into this area of ukraine. these things were turned over to the separatists. this is one instance. we know with certainty that the separatists have gained a pro efficiency in use be sophisticated surface to air missiles and have shot down 12 aircraft in the last months, including two transport planes. >> one of the main parts of the evidence is when the missiles are fired, they leave a heat signature, very easy for u.s. intelligence to pick up on satellite and radar systems. that's one key reason they know

this missile came out of eastern ukraine. >> what do u.s. leaders plan to do to further pressure russia to restrain the rebels. >> plenty of activity going on in the city. secretary of state john kerry having a conversation with his coupler part, concerned with bodies being removed and calling for an international body to be loud in for investigation. president obama spoke to tony abboth. president obama has threatened more sanctions. there's only 4% of trade between the u.s. and russia, 50 between the european union and russia. what the president talks about this being a wake up call for the europeans, this is what he means, looking for european help for the sanctions to actualliability. >> british prime minister david cameron is saying russia needs to stop supporting separatists in ukraine.

coming up at 8:30, we'll go live to london and take a closer look at the mysterious man considered one of the top separatist leaders. >> firefighters in washington state hope cooler temperatures will give them an edge on a wildfire that's burned 370 square miles. the flames have been fueled by winds and hot temperatures. rain is expected wednesday, but there are concerns lightning strikes could light more wildfires. >> for more on conditions fire crews are facing out west, let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> you said 370-acres or square miles out here, los angeles is 440, so this is almost the size of the entire city, putting it very close to a historic fire going back over a century. this is a very large piece of real estate. you can see that last boundary that went through didn't bring cooler temperatures with it. the concern, lightning,

sometimes the moisture hitting the ground because the area is so dry, but the lightning sparks more fires. it can be a detriment when you have storms come through if that is the case. temperatures warm, boise, 89 degrees, the state of washington, a few more 70s, so a little bit better. look at this, the month so far to date, a lot of these temperatures are five to 10 degrees above average and the percents, that's showing how much rain versus what we should have, 25% or less in a lot of cases. it's been very dry, the heat's dried everything out further. >> need the rain, but not the lightning. >> correct. >> nicole, thanks. >> another violent weekend rocking the streets of chicago and the city's mayor is showing his emotions. >> we are a better city than that. we have better people. >> what rahm emanuel and officials are doing to stop the shootings. >> major ground made in the battle against h.i.v. and aids.

what's behind a drop in the number of people infected with the virus. >> big problems for one soccer match overseas. that video and the others captured by our citizen journalists around the world.

will. >> our videos captured by citizen journalists around the world, hundreds in new york times square showing support for israel. the demonstration featured people carrying signs and playing music. >> in morocco, people lending support to the palestinian people with a demonstration dubbed the million man march, marching through the capitol, including a stop at the parliament building. >> mother nature bringing a quick end to a soccer match in england, rains forcing players to exit the field just past the halfway point. fans stuck around and some of them actually had fun on a rain soaked field. >> up next, what's behind the

dramatic drop in the number of people infected with h.i.v. >> first, the gun violence sending the city of chicago, 32 shot and wounded, four killed across that city since friday. those deaths include an 11-year-old girl hit in the head by a stray bullet at a friend's slumber party. how is the city feeling after yet another weekend? with more than 30 shootings over the weekend, this is dominating the headlines here in chicago. as you mentioned, the death of that 11-year-old girl so tragic and random seemingly increases the pressure on city officials to do more about what's happening here on the weekends. it's a recurring theme here over the last few weeks in particular since that very bloody violent weekend over the july 4 holiday. it's something becoming very difficult for city officials to talk about. this weekend, mayor rahm emanuel getting very emotional, talking

about the killings particularly related to the 11-year-old girl. >> i've got nothing left to say to these moms. i don't know where they find the strength to go on, put one foot in front of another. >> an $8,000 reward has been put forward for any information leading to the arrests of the individual or individuals who were responsible for the shooting death. that pressure continuing here on not only the mayor, but the chicago police department, as well. >> rahm emanuel known as one of the toughest politicians in town. city officials were out ting that crime rate this year. what are they doing about this latest wave of violence? >> shootings are up, homicides down. they are continuing to say that they need partnerships fighting the crime happening here on the south and west side, asking for community leaders, parents and

everybody that can get involved do something about this. they say they are stemming the tide of hopefully some guns, illegal guns seized this year and the a.t.f. dispatched additional agents to try to help keep those guns off the streets of chicago here. >> thank you very much. >> a major conference of aids researchers is remembering colleagues killed in the crash of malaysian air flight 17. they paused for a moment of silence during the opening ceremony in melbourne. five people on the flight were heading to this conference, including doctor lang. >> the rate of h.i.v. infection in this country falling by a third over the last decade. doctors say that is partly due to new drugs available. >> and thety retro viral drugs have downgraded a death sentence

to a once a day pill. >> suddenly, it became a chronic manageable illness. that's a whole different perspective, because now they tell you when you test positive that you can live a normal healthy life expectancy. >> i know people in their 70's who are survivors. >> with new you infections each year, scientists want to do better. this week's conference seeks to build on the success of these widely prescribed miracle drugs by discussing various ways of using them to make the infection permanently dormant in the body. head of the glasgow institute in san francisco and early pee near pursues the idea that the drugs could permanently interfere with the pathway to death that motor infected cells seem to follow. >> we are going to take advantage of the fact that there are specific enzymes in this

pathway of cell death and there are already safe and well tolerated drugs that have been in humans that interfere with this pathway. we would love to repurpose those types of drugs as a new host directive, rather than virus directed therapy for h.i.v./aids. >> just across the city, professor of medicine at u.v. san francisco and 30 year veterans aids researcher said suppression is not enough. he is trying to replicate the berlin patient, timothy brown, who seems to have a genetic mutation that let's him resist the infection. >> the genetic approach allows us to mimic timothy brown but in a way in which you can get more cells that are genetically changed and we think have a better chance of bringing about what would be a cure in which

the immune system is resistant. >> a few doctors are concerned about another challenge, worry that by suppressing h.i.v. in the body, existing anti viral medications could be causing the virus to develop a resistance to the drugs we have. scientists already struggling to contain the virus we know about, if that virus begins to change, we'll have to rethink our approach to a cure and to managing the 2.1 million people on the planet newly infected each year. aljazeera, san francisco. >> here now to talk about the fight against h.i.v. is a doctor from the n.c. school of medicine, joining us this morning in the studio. i really want to talk about the root of this drop in cases in the u.s. where the rate has fallen by a third. what is behind that. >> a lot is behind our efforts to educate people about being

safe or cautious. it's actually working, so people are more aware about the ways h.i.v. can be spread, through blood to blood contact, through sex, and are taking more precautions, causing the number of cases that are spreading to decrease. >> what are some of the different treatments and preventative measures out there. >> in terms of prevention, it's all about caution. you want to target specific groups so people who are gay or by sexual, that's one group to kind of be a little more cautious with. also in terms of condoms or other safer sex measures, in terms of i.v. drug abuse, you want people more careful about sharing needles. in terms of treatment, the hallmark is anti retro viral therapies. normally, you have genetic telephone and use genes to replicate to create for cells or virus. h.i.v. brings its own machinery with it, gets into your body and your cells and then basically

reef creates the genetic material, it's own genetic material, you act as a factory replicating the virus. >> there are concerns about mutation. >> exactly. >> and possible resistance. another interesting thing here, u.n. aids study recently stated that the aids epidemic could be wiped out by 2030. do you think that is realistic? >> well, it's idealistic. i'm not saying it's not realistic, but they are talking about a cure, which might be possible. the other thing is that we're having people not cured but with treatment living for longer. that's more in terms of treatment, living as though h.i.v. is a chronic disease. if we think about diabetes or heart disease, we don't have a cure, but people are doing well. >> what more needs to be done to make sure the numbers continue to drop? >> we're already making efforts in terms of educating people. that's one thing. the rest is really also mainly really to research.

people are working on vaccines to prevent the spread of h.i.v. we had the mississippi baby case where they thought she was cured but then in fact had the h.i.v. kind of what he said called in a reservoir, hiding in the body outside of the blood. at the terms of this international aids conference, the good thing is even though that was disheartening, it happened before the conference, so the researchers can talk about that and talk about targeting the virus as it hangs out in the bodies cells. >> still so hutch to be understood, but prevention seems to be working i guess the bottom line. doctor, thanks so much for coming in this morning. >> marijuana, we'll talk about that for a second, soon will be legal in illinois for children and adults with epilepsy. governor pat quinn signing the law, conditions can be legally treated with marijuana, that allow going into effect in january. >> let's look at temperatures we

can expect to see today. nicole mitchell is back. >> really comfortable in some places up and down the east coast, 60's, 70's into the northwest, 50's and 60's. very warm in the midwest, 24 in minneapolis, warmer than atlanta and minneapolis. that's the core of the heat. all these areas in orange and then the hot pinks are the warnings, the rested of the area, the watch is for excessive heat because of these high temperatures today into the 90's. this is quite the reversal, far go one week ago today, 69 was the high. trade we could reach 95, it's a dangerous situation outside. be sure if you ever an elderry neighbor without air condition, check in on them if you can. back to you guys. >> nicole mitchell, thank you. >> he has been called one of the most powerful separatists in ukraine. the man who knows by the nickname of igor the shooter and whether he played a role in bringing down flight 17.

>> big questions for new york city police and emergency workers after a man dice being restrained by officers, the growing anger from the public. >> there are lots of innocent people that are dying, suffering, and they are needing a help. >> making a plea to the president, two iraqi civilians, refugees, discussing the on going violence tearing their home land apart. >> memorial services as people gather to remember malaysian airlines flight 17, 298 passengers onboard killed. the u.s. says it was a russian-made missile that was responsible. responsible.

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now at a live shot of new york city on a beautiful sunny morning. it promises to go into the 80's today. it's going to be hot here and elsewhere throughout the week. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm dealt walt. israel's grounds operation in gaza showing no sign of letting up, the death toll rising. we'll have the latest as the rockets continue to go launch said. >> in new york city, anger is growing over the death of a man restrained by police. we have the details of the controversy and new calls for justice. >> it's not gold they are digging for, it's water. >> let's turn to ukraine where emergency crews recovered 250 bodies from the wreck acknowledge of malaysian flight 17. these bodies are guarded by pro-russian separatists and they are blamed for behinderring the

investigation. >> david cameron's been outspoken about what's been going on and he's been harsh on vladimir putin, saying the eyes of the world are on russia right now and that the russian government has to take that into account, moving forward and try and show that it's more proactive, more helpful than hindering any kind of investigation. there's been harsh language today on the possibility of harsher sanctions. he says he's spoken to angela merkel in germany and spoken to paris about the possibility of an e.u. foreign minister meeting schedule for tuesday to talk about that possibility of sanctions, and that the very real possibility does exist.

>> also, phil, prime minister yatsenyuk of ukraine had harsh words for the pro-russian separatists. could that put a damper on the investigation? >> to be out there with the entire international community, we will bring to justice everyone responsible, including the country which is behind the scene, but supplied illegal weapon, provided the financial support, trained these efforts and supported and even orchestrated. >> that's prime minister yatsenyuk speaking as he has done since this entire conflict began. he has been very outspoken that all of this is not an indigenous

uprising, that these separatists are not a natural occurrence, that it's the russians behind them. he said that those agent provocateurs trained by russia will be held accountable. for his part in russia, value food is saying that this is not the time for accusations, this is a time for mourning. stephanie. >> phil ittner for us in london with the international reaction. thank you. >> there is increasing evidence that it was the pro-russian separatists that shot down flight 17. we look at the man running the show in eastern ukraine. >> he is fearsome, usually seen in fatigues and a pencil mustache. igor the shooter is believed to be a former russian intelligence agent with an extensive resume of working and fighting in the shadows, a veteran of the post

soviet conflicts in serbia and chechnya, then in crimea and now commanding the pro-russian separatists in ukraine. >> he has a very prolific and long career as someone who's participated in a lot of wars an campaigns for russian causes. >> he once lived in moscow where his neighbors knew him at igor gerken, who always wore a tie and walked to work. some say that was that front for a much more complicated character. >> he's a historical reenactor, wrote a field of battlefield diaries for a far right russian newspaper. in some sense, he's this kind of very romantic, you know, nationalistic figure. >> a little more than a half hour after the malaysian airlines 777 plunged into a with

wheat field, links to a plane burning in the distance appeared on the russian social media site. there was a message which read in part, we warned them not to fly in our skies, the site belonged to igor. the post was deleted and there are questions about its authenticity. it has intensified the effort to bring down the person responsible for the do you think of the flight. >> who is this guy? >> he's something out of a cartoon, the amount of things that the package has talked about, the fact that he was involved in bosnia, chechnya before the conflict in eastern ukraine was one of the key

people that moscow sent into crimea to help take over that area. this is a man who you can't imagine the amount of warfare. every place he goes into ends up worse than before. >> is an independent character or somebody russia controls? >> he is a colonel in the special forces, once you're in special forces in russia, there's no going out. he is the old boys network, knows everybody. he's also a member of the russian military intelligence, deeply connected with people in the kremlin and if they want something to happen, they just tell him what to do. >> does he control the rebels? >> he has the ability to bring the hammer down on the rebels. just a month ago what we had -- >> when you say bring the hammer down, how do you bring the hammer down on the rebels. >> you bring in a force from russia. in slovyansk, he ordered the

former mayor which has now been liberated, to be arrested and he did that by calling in the battalion, a bunch of irregulars coming out of the the chechnyen wars. they brought him in and cleaned house. that's how you keep in charge. it's a russian irregular force, people who don't have a chain of command that's more in line of a military structure, however, you can bring in force on to them, as well. >> let's talk about the investigation. why would the rebels be blocking access to the crash site? >> well, we actually had some recordings of the rebels talking to people in moscow, and the recordings said that moscow's really interested in the black boxes. we need the black boxes. again, when you call rebels, i'm calling them terrorists, because i can't imagine these are farmers or villagers from the area going around looking for black boxes. >> vladimir putin said that he wants an independent investigation. >> any investigation that russia

undertakes is one that doesn't open the scope of truth to the world. there's a plane crash of the entire polish upper management. you've had the president, all of their military leaders, their clergy went down in russia in 2010. to this day, poland, the country has not received the black box. >> you don't they we'll get answers from the investigation. >> not if russia is anywhere near it. we need the west to take over the investigation. >> thanks for being with us today. >> more rocket fire this morning out and into gaza after one of the bloody effort weekends of the conflict with israel so far. now secretary of state john kerry is on his way to egypt, hope to go find a diplomatic solution. aljazeera's nick schiffron looks at the human toll. >> this is war and war spares no one, noted medic at the main

hospital. his colleague died when an israeli shell truck his ambulance. cameraman dying in the same strike, for the moment, they mourn them together. even caregivers today need to be given care. >> one hour before he died, his daughter called him and asked when will you be back. >> this war doesn't spare the 4-year-old who lost her uncle and hole. she and thousands fled to the hospital court yard, thinking it was the only place safe from israeli bombs. >> 14 relatives are being treated for wounds. >> when we die, god shows us hell, but we've seen hell while we were alive. >> it doesn't spare the mother who lost her husband. her arm is pierced with

shrapnel. she tries to tell her son not to be scared, but for her, it's overwhelming. ten feet away with the help of the hospital's administrator, a mother tells her son thank good you're alive. on the very next bed, muhammed holds up his younger brother. shrapnel is in his thigh. last night, they moved from house to house. they say each one was bombed. >> they began bombing near my uncle's house. we ran away and went to the neighbors. we got bombed there, too. >> during a brief ceasefire, we drove in, the deeper we went, the emptier the streets. only a few residents remain. >> this is in the middle of this neighborhood. this is a u.n. school that's been completely gutted by an israel strike. if you look down here, you can

see how empty this neighborhood is and actually hear the constant sound of israeli drones. just across the street from that school, you can see this, a house that's been destroyed. >> >> on our way out, we met this family. israel told everyone to leave days ago. some are just now heeding that call. >> we saw shelling and death. we saw the dead with our own eyes. >> these days, death comes often in gaza, and it doesn't discriminate. >> more than 510 palestinians and 18 israeli troops have been killed in the conflict so far. gaza again one of the most densely populated places on the planet. >> once again, calls for a ceasefire. >> iran's enriched uranium stockpile con no longer be weaponnized, iran has complied with terms of a tentative agreement reached last november, the first step in a larger plan

which now seems to be stalled. >> new york city agreed to pay the family of a former prison inmate. the 52-year-old died in 2012 at reicher's island prison, held down and beaten. one correction officer has been fired after his death. >> a new york city police officer was involved in an incident where a man died in police custody. several officers now and first responders have been stripped of their duties as the nypd investigates. >> we have the latest developments. good morning. >> good morning. this incident started last thursday when police approached eric garner accusing him of selling illegal cigarettes. two officers involved have been stripped at least temporarily of their guns and badges. eight year veteran, number 99

and his partner are placed on desk duty. the viral video of the confrontation appears to show officer pant leo use ago choke hold, a tactic predicted by the ncpd. other police officers could face discipline for piling on to garner, another violation of policy. also 4e.m.t.'s who came to help have been suspended with pay after new video surfaced showing garner laying unconscious for several minutes before serving any medical attention. police said they thought garner suffered a heart attack in the melee. the medical examiner has yet to rule on that. the funeral for eric garner, the father of six is wednesday. >> there is a new gold rush underway in california but

prospectors are digging more something more precious than metal. the search for water is taking farmers deeper underground. >> dead prematurely, an entire almond orchard, row after row of trees uprooted and dying in the sun. >> they are actually choosing to kill trees so they can actually have enough ground water for other farm sections because they don't have enough water to go around. >> it looks good, check the crop. >> with strawberries or lit at us, farmers can choose not to plant during a drought but can't do that with trees. >> when i grew up as a younger kid, farming used to be great, harvest would come around, once harvest is done, we'd get a lot of rain come through. >> now, jay must dig super wells, reaching 2,000 feet deep, longer that that the empire

state building. >> this is the only control we have in our tool box. >> until now, farm either have drilled wells of a few hundred feet, but that water has run out. the next opposite is to go down past a thick layer of clay that separates the central valley shell ground water from it's deeper ancient aquifer. >> farmers are pulling water faster than the aquifers can recharge. the new drilling means in some places the ground is actually sinking. he admits it's a short term solution that's producing long term damage but he doesn't know what else to do. >> what we should do or what's going to be here for the future or our kids or my grandkids, i would love for the operation to continue. we've built it up from where my

dad and grandfather and great grandfather had built it to. i hope my son and grandsons bill it to an even higher level than where we're at. >> critics say the state needs to step in and manage ground water before it's sucked dry. until then, the landscape across the central valley will be dotted not just with crops, but with drill rigs. aljazeera, california. >> just last week, california approved unprecedented $500 fines for anyone wasting water by washing cars or watering lawns. >> we'll talk about iraqis who fled their country watching the on going conflict from thousands of miles away. >> two refugees now in the u.s. say big changes are needed to save their home land. >> the father of pro golfer rory mcilroy is cashing in on his son's success all due to an unusual bet.

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>> coming back with a live look at gaza where the aerial bombardment of the gaza strip continues after the deadly effort weekend for both sides, the israelis suffering casualties among their military, the palestinians now the death toll at 510, most of them civilians. >> that plume of white smoke on the left, a bomb that just landed right before we came back to air. welcome to al jazeera america. just ahead, we'll talk about a bet that pro golfer rory mcilroy's father made and it is paying off in a big way. >> first, president obama will host the presidents of guatemala, el salvador and honduras at the white house as the u.s. tries to ease the flow of unaccompanied children crossinged botherrer, urging congress to pass his immigration

bill. since october, 57,000 children have crossed the border without their parents. >> tens of thousands of iraqis fleeing trying to escape violence that in country. may not have been watching the on going battle between the government and islamic state from here in the u.s. one iraqi family is happy to be here, but still thinking of home. >> the refugee family from iraq out for a stroll on a warm new york day, but something so simple now unthinkable for many iraqis facing bombs and violence as the islamic state battles forces for control of the country. >> when the iraqi forces give up in one night, people wake up in the morning and they just find the uniforms in the street, understand i have to say that there is something wrong. >> a million people have been forced to flee since the fighting began this year. this family escaped, but always think of those left behind.

>> every day when the phone ringing, i feel my heart will stop, because i just scared to pick up the phone, and maybe bad news. >> her husband omar is from baghdad. his family fears the ghosts of wars past are back to haunt them. a suicide bomber flew himself up outside american owned radio where he worked as a journalist. he lost his brother, who was kidnapped and killed in 2006. >> killed him why, because he used to work with american, first thing, second thing, because he's a sunni in shia neighborhood. >> as the conflict rages on, calls for iraq's president to step down are growing lloyder. joining the chorus is omar blaming al-malaki. >> that guy, he causes the

calamity that we face now. he causes the problem that we face, so and he ruled for like eight years, and that's enough for him, and we need a new man. >> someone who can set aside political differences and bridge the divide between sunni's and shias with something that does not exist for omar and his wife. >> the first time i heard about sunni and shia was when i was almost 10 years old and didn't understand what that means. i asked my father and he told me it's something you don't want to know about, do we have extremists? yes, we have extremists in the sunni side and the shia side. do they have the majority? i have to say no. >> omar wants to shield his children from the crisis back home. >> my children now are part of the american society, american

community. their future i believe will be much better than the kids who still live in baghdad. >> now on american soil, he has this message for president obama. >> there are a lot of innocent people. in iraq, they are dying, they are suffering and they are needing a help, so please help them. >> for years, the iraqi people have suffered a dark past. the hope now its for a brighter future. aljazeera, new york. >> congress passed it back in 2008, it is called the refugee crisis in iraq act. >> those are the lucky ones that are able to come to the u.s. >> let's get a look at where the wet weather will be across the u.s. today. nicole mitchell is back. >> we have a boundary, the same place we are going to see excessively hot weather today across the northern tier. the southerly flow turning those temperatures up, but as all of this develops over the course of

the day, that heat serves as fuel to all of that. this could be our risk for some moderate severe weather, watch especially for the wind and hail risk, isolated thread for tornadoes, but the heat and everything else is going to be a little bit of a rough day here. >> thank you. >> talk about your lucky family, big win at the british open for rory mcilroy, taking home the win for the weekend. his father and friends spent about a thousand dollars each, betting rory would win the open within 10 years. that bet just paid off about $300,000. congratulations, dad. >> tomorrow morning on aljazeera america, we'll have the latest on israel's on going military operation in gaza and see secretary of state john kerry works to try to get both side to say put down their weapons. >> we'll have the latest on the downed malaysian airlines plane with violence threatening that

investigation. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> coming up in two minutes, the latest on the israeli ground operation in gaza. >> have a great morning. orning. >> on techknow... >> we're heading towards the glaciers >> a global warning >> is there an environmental urgency? >> that is closer than you think... >> even a modest rise, have dramatic impacts on humankind. >> how is it changing the way you live today? techknow... every saturday, go where science meets humanity... >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done... even though i can't see. >> techknow... >> we're here in the vortex... only on al jazeera america

hello from al jazeera headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming in the next 60 minutes, reports emerging a hospital has been hit by an israeli tank shelling gaza has the bombardment enters its 14th day. fury grows over at the chaos and recovery effort at the seen at malaysian airlines crash in ukraine.