>> 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. >> a barrage of air strikes hitting gaza overnight, possibly targeting masks. as the death toll climbs. the u.s. seeking a ceasefire. >> the black boxes from mh17 are in malaysian hands. international cooperation in finding out just who shot the plane down. >> the governor of texas calling

1,000 national guard troops to help deal with the border crisis in its state. we take you inside the immigration patrols to see the struggles law enforcement face every day. >> 200 homes burn and 300,000-acres scorched. firefighters trying to get the upper hand on washington state's largest wildfire ever. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. >> israel's bombing of gas, the death toll topping 600. >> attacks hit dozens of targets, including five mosques. a missing soldier in gaza is dead. 27 others have been killed since ground fighting began. >> secretary of state john kerry is trying to broker a ceasefire in egypt. our team of reporters are tracking the fighting. we begin with nick schiffron in gaza. >> in gaza, nobody is sleeping

these days. all night, the military bombards the strip. this morning, strikes come from f-16s, that black cloud is in the middle of gaza's most densely populated area. when residents see the aftermath of a destroyed mosque, the gas station next to it acknowledge tower building split in half, they ask where they can go that is secure. >> they kill innocent children, women and elders using the building as shelter. they thought this building was safe. >> in israel, soldiers fire at palestinian fighters who try to infiltrate the underground tunnels. israel said it is destroying those tunnels to keep its citizens safe. >> we have a preodors plan and we are prepared to do everything

needed in the gas strip in order to protect the state of israel. >> back in gaza, this is the hospital. an israel shell went straight through the roof and caused chaos. >> we cannot care for anyone or take care of any patients. >> the doctor takes us on a tour of the damage. he has practiced for 20 years and survived three wars since 2008. he said israel's never been this aggressive. the medical staff were injured. the hospital should be the safest place in the world.

when people know their houses are not safe, they come to the hospital seeking safety. >> this room is, was in the post surgical ward. israel said the target was a nearby cache of tank weapons. gaza respondents with a question that has no answer. if their hospitals aren't safe, if their homes aren't safe, where are they supposed to go. >> we should point out the two shells landed inside our offices in gaza this morning. our nick schiffron was forced to move. >> thankfully, no one was injured. this morning, the efforts and fighting ramp up, as well. secretary of state john kerry is in cairo, pushing for a ceasefire. mike viqueira is following the trip from washington. how much hope is there that these talks could actually lead to progress? >> even administration officials acknowledge that this could take a while. clearly secretary kerry is frustrated, we saw that on

sunday. he wanted to get there to make an effort to reinstitute the egyptian ceasefire of 2012. obviously a lot has changed on the ground since then. secretary of state john kerry expects to be in cairo, and meet with the new presidential sisi within the coming hours. he'll be there at least until wednesday morning. where he goes from there still up in the air. whether or not secretary kerry is going to be make headway, still very much an open question with now israel fully committed to shutting down those ton else, one of its primary objectives there and hamas having previously rejected an egyptian initiative for a ceasefire, saying a blockade must end. it simply cannot be a truce that maintains the status quo. secretary kerry talked about the prospects for peace. >> it is important for all of us to try to make certain that we do everything possible. hamas now has a decision.

only hamas is out there awaiting the decision. we hope they will make the right decision. >> am mass rejected the previous egyptian brokered effort. any ceasefire is going to cement in place the status quo, that is what they are fighting against. >> u.s. officials have made a big announcement about helping those affected by the blasts on the gaza strip, can you tell us more. >> humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza, the death toll above 600 according to palestinian authorities. $47 million the u.s. has pledged in humanitarian aid. in the larger scheme of things, not a lot of money when you look at what the federal government dolls out on a daily basis. this is a start, partially a response to much of the criticism now coming worldwide including domestically in the united states against the killing of civilians. industrial defends itself saying hamas has used the civilians as

human shields. mike, thank you. >> nick schiffron is in gaza. tell us about that israel soldier who is now being confirmed dead at least on the israeli side. >> this is someone who hamas a few nights ago on live television claimed that they had captured. they gave his name, his military i.d. number. israel has now confirmed that that person is dead, the same name that hamas used on t.v. with a slightly different spelling. there were celebrations here after hamas announced they captured him alive, obviously disappointment for those celebrating that he is in fact dead and a sigh of relief for israel. the last time an israeli soldier was captured by hamas, he would held for five years and exchanged for more than a thousand prisoners. that is a concern, having

soldiers kidnapped. it is confirmed he is now dead. >> two projectiles landing inside your offices in gaza. tell us is everybody safe and ok and what happened. >> thanks, del for asking. everyone is safe. it seems to have appeared to be a very targeted, perhaps some kind of warning shot, although the israeli military is not saying that. two projectiles not explosive came in over a shot. for anybody who's been watching us, the spot we've been standing on, it came over that spot into the office and into a lounge area. they did not explode. no one was injured, but we have evacuated the office. now that comes a day after israel's top diplomat, the foreign minister lieberman gave a statement saying, criticized aljazeera, saying qatar has turned into a global problem,

aljazeera is a central pillar of the pop began da apparatus of hamas. it compromises the economic backbone of terrorist groups aiming to destabilize the world in general and middle east in particular. we have asked about foreign minister lieberman's comments. one said the foreign minister is entitled to his own opinion. lieberman has called for a reoccupation of the gaza strip. that is nothing to the prime minister supports at all. >> nick schiffron live in gaza, thank you very much. >> secretary of state john kerry made headlines for calling the israeli offensive hell of a pinpoint operation. aljazeera spoke to the israeli army spokesman last night and asked him about that. >> we have a huge effort going on, trying to strike the terrorists in their hiding places when they are plan to go carry out further attacks. i would say yes, we do have

precision capabilities, extensive operational, extensive intelligence. we know where they're hiding, we know where they're going. >> more than 600 palestinians and 27 israeli soldiers have been killed since the violence began two weeks ago. >> coming up in our next half hour, a breakdown of u.s. aid a israel, plus rating america's response to the situation in gaza. >> new developments into the investigation of the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17, black boxes turned over to the malaysian authorities after the u.n. council unanimously approved an international investigation. activity around the crash site would give investigators unfettered access to the area. a train with the remakes of the victims arriving to a plane to fly them home to amsterdam.

>> a train has arrived here. what's going to happen is these bodies will be processed, prepared for a flight to the netherlands. that's probably not going to happen until wednesday, because each body takes about 30 minutes to make sure it's secure. they're going to be scanned in these body bags, put on the aircraft, forwarded on to the netherlands, where there will be identification process and there, there will be the bodies origin, sent on to the countries of their origin. >> the family members can finally receive the bodies and have a little bit of closure, most likely on what has happened over the last couple of days. >> lisa stark is covering the investigation. joining us from washington this morning, lisa good morning. >> good morning. >> what happens now that the black boxes are now in the hands of malaysian officials? the officials say those boxes appear to be in good condition,

the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. they will keep them in their possession until an international investigation team is formalized, then turn them over to that team for analysis. >> u.s. officials have been saying for the last 48 hours that they have evidence that flight mh17 was hit by a missile fired pry pro-russian separatists. what evidence are they actually siting? >> the russians have really been pushing back on this, saying show us this evidence. the state department has said there is some evidence in the public domain, social media postings saying we've shot down a plane, which were then taken down as soon as it was realized it was a civilian jetliner. beyond that, the u.s. has satellite information which shows the trajectory of this missile. the state department indicated it is working to try to release some of that information without compromising national security but so far have not shown that

satellite data publicly. >> lisa stark for us in washington with the latest on the investigation. thank you. >> coming up, we'll be speaking with a former russian official about the kremlin says perspective on the crash of flight 17. del. >> nigerias president to meet with the parents of school girls abducted by boko haram, hundreds taken from the boarding school in april. those kidnappings sparking international outrage and fierce criticism of the government. >> texas governor rick perry is ordering a thousand national guard troops to the skate border with mexico to assess the border patrol in apprehending human smugglers and drug traffickers. perry said the recent wave of migrant children crossing has prevented the border patrol from stopping criminals. >> our citizens are under assault and little children from central america are detained in

squall lower. that is why today, i am using my executive authority as governor of texas in activating the nothing guard. >> the white house calls the move nothing but a symbolic statement. it will cost the state of texas $12 million a month to post those troops at the border. as we report, law enforcement throughout texas is affected. >> a land rover. >> a dispatch call on a remote stretch of highway, 70 miles north of the border. >> the vehicle is dropped off. >> they're coming up on 755. >> this is a typical night in brooks county texas, a corridor of human smuggling where 300 migrants pass through daily. >> our deputy has just pulled over a suspected smuggler. he has gotten a call that just a few miles up the road at a

border control checkpoint that car was seen dropping a group of migrants. >> they don't often stop smugglers, coyotes, especially here where 944 square miles is patrolled, an area nearly the size of rhode island. deputy george spars works for no pay. catching coyotes is his favorite part of the job. >> i tell you right now, i know what you're doing down here. >> this suspected coyote will get away. he tells police he took out the back seat to haul a washing machine and those foot prints, they could be anybody. >> he's done it before. you can tell he's cool about it, and he knows that i really don't have anything to, unless i get -- unless we find some illegals and they put him as the driver, that's about the only

thing. >> you just have to let him go. >> yeah. >> must be frustrating. >> a little bit. >> a more common call is to pick up bodies from immigrants that died under the sun. the 403 deaths since 2009 aren't accidents. he blames the smugglers. >> they'll promise you the world, that they'll get you to your loved ones. they don't. if you're not fast enough, if you fall asleep, they'll leave you behind. they don't care. >> the deployment of national guardsmen to the border brings hope that fewer smugglers will make it to the county. for the deputy, that brings hope for fewer bodies. >> most of the people coming through your county, do you think they have any criminal elements? >> i'm sure they do, but the ones that have criminal elements, that's not the ones we're finding. we're finding those that don't.

>> the criminals get away and the weak ones die. >> absolutely. we need to concentrate on those type of people, instead of doing what we're doing, taking our time and gathering. >> gathering the aftermath. seen here as the product of a broken border. aljazeera, brooks county texas. >> 1,000 national guard troops are headed to that border with texas now. >> coming up at 7:50, we'll hear from the national border patrol union about governor perry's decision. >> this morning, asia bracing for yet another typhoon just days after being battered by a typhoon in japan and china. >> this one not as strong as last week but definitely a potent storm. you can pick it out skirting north of the philippines headed toward taiwan.

already outer bands and the actual landfall within the next few hours. so right now, this is what we would consider in the united states a category two storm, winds to 100 miles per hour over the next couple days. this skirts over taiwan and continues into china, diminishing along the way as it moves over land. that is good news. in the meantime, we'll have those impacts. >> this time of year, we look across the seas over to the atlantic. it's been quiet since the storm system around the fourth of july weekend. this broad picture, you can see one little system well to the south. a lot of times systems this far to the south don't develop, but this is a tropical depression that will go towards the islands. doesn't look favorable for development, but we keep our eye on everything out there.

>> what can only be described as shack and grief in the netherlands after the crash of flight 17. >> we'll take you to one small town feeling the pain of losing a lot of residents. >> it's called the grand bargain, a plan to get detroit out of bankruptcy. we'll have a live report from the motor city taking a huge step forward toward that. >> i've got you on video. >> dueling cameras catch road rage. the video going viral. >> $190 million is today's big number. >> the major hospital paying the price for what one doctor did to thousands of patients.

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gynecologist, the doctor used a pen like camera to take hundreds of videos and photographs of patients during exams. >> many victims are so traumatized, they've stopped seeing any doctors. >> these women were and are extraordinarily upset, in fear, dismayed, angry and anxious. >> doctor levy committed suicide last year before being charged. children were among his victims. >> several victims aboard flight mh17 came from the same town in amsterdam outside the city there. they are now banding together to mourn their losses. [ bell tolling ] >> in holland, the dutch are known for carrying on with life, business as usual, even when

tragedy strikes. ♪ ♪ >> in this city of just over 85,000 people, the ache is especially raw. >> it's more than that, it's beyond all nightmares. >> the missile that took down malaysian airlines flight 17 completely wiped out three families and another boy, neighbors have already transformed the victims' front porches into shrines. >> they bring flowers because they know the families left the houses and the they know they wl never come home again. >> grieving families live just

miles apart. >> it seems this is a tight knit community. >> it is. pretty much everybody you meet on the street will know somebody affected by the disaster. >> everyone is in shock. it's incredible what happened. whole families are died. >> helping to lay flowers on the front lawn of the school where he works, two victims were students there. over the weekend, groups of the boys friends already out of school for the summer returned to campus to grieve. >> there are no words for it. it's such a big tragedy, and it's almost -- can't almost believe that it happened. >> for many, comfort may never come, but the father is doing his best to guide people through their grief. >> say i'm sorry, make peace again before going to sleep.

>> they will heal, he says. >> the dutch prime minister saying that attitudes towards russia have changed fundamentally since that crash. >> they have such a strong trading relationship with russia raising questions. >> south korean police say they identified the body of a fugitive who fled in the aftermath of april's ferry crash and sinking. the body of the ferry owner was originally found june 12. officials say d.n.a. sentenced fingerprint evidence proved it was him. the crash left more than 300 dead or missing. >> italian officials have delayed the departure of the costa concordia, the wrecked former cruise ship which was refloated was supposed to leave today. salvage teams will try to move the ship wednesday. it will travel 150 miles north of genoa to be scrapped. >> a friend of dzhokar tsarnaev

was found guilty in his role of the boston marathon bombings. >> defense attorneys are surprised. >> they thought they had an objective jury, but say the injured shows jurors condemned the college student simply for being friends with the accused killer. the 20-year-old seen in this surveillance video heading to the gym with his friend the day after the bombings is now likely heading to prison. the jury deliberated for three days and decided he was part of a conspiracy to height incriminating evidence in the days right after the marathon bombings. prosecutors say he removed a backpack from tsarnaev's dorm room full of fireworks and threw it away. the defense is appealing the verdict, calling out the jury for letting their emotions decide this case. >> we understand that when your city has been through a traumatic event, the jurors come in with a certain bias. we did our best in selecting a jury, but it's hard to put those

things aside, the. >> is under a certain pressure by the community to possibly render a certain verdict. >> even though he faces 25 years in prison, most legal observers do not think he'll get the max, because he does not have a prior record. that is up to the judge sometime in october. >> a major challenge for firefighters in washington state as they battle the largest wildfire in the state's history. the flames have burned an area more than four times the size of seattle. the fire is 2% contained. temperatures are expected to cool down, helping firefighters make headway. >> it is still dry as a bone out there. let's turn to meteorologist nicole mitchell right now. it is tough for firefighters. >> it definitely is. we haven't had a lot of moisture that would help with all of that. you were just talking about the fire in washington state, but washington, oregon through the northwest corridor, over 30

different large fires are uncontained right now. a lot of area and real estate covered with all of this, and that fire danger extends all the way into places like utah, so a broad area is under the risk. we don't really have a lot of rain in the forecast for today. we had a front go through this area, cool things slightly, which is good, because temperatures in the 70s are better than the 80's and 90 said we had earlier into the month. better chances for rain into tomorrow. that would help as well, but not great chances, so little improvement. >> nicole, thank you. >> the bombing continues, dozens more air strikes hitting gaza overnight, the death toll rising. >> secretary of state john kerry tries to reach a ceasefire. we take a closer look at how billions in international aid impacted the region. >> my immediate feeling is to kill him so he will never hurt anybody again. >> a father's rage after witnessing a terrifying attack. what he did and why he will not be charged.

>> one of the world's richest men, calling for a change to a three day work week. we'll have details and other stories making headlines around the world.

>> this is a live look at gaza right now. you can see the smoke rising from the ground. the air strikes and ground attacks continue there this morning. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. turning offer the water in detroit, the city taking a hard line against residents not paying their bills. some call the action in humane. >> a teenager snuck across the border after he journeyed from el salvador looking for a better life. >> we're going to shine the spotlight on gun violence in chicago. the city tough as nails mayor, rahm emanuel catching a lot of people by surprise with an emotional reaction to the shooting of an 11-year-old girl. >> it was not a small choke up,

it was a rather sizeable choke up. >> the black boxes from the downed flight mh17 now in the hands of malaysian authorities, pro-russian separatists handing them over after hours of negotiations. the bodies on a train will soon be flown to amsterdam. >> the former university of massachusetts student was found guilty of obstructing justice, he removed a backpack containing fireworks from dzhokar tsarnaev's dorm room after the attack. >> israel ground attacks hitting dozens of hamas targets. the missing soldier in gaza confirmed dead. >> for years, the u.s. and other governments provided aid to israel and the palestinians.

real money's reporting on what effect the main has had on the region. >> israel's dome anti missile system, build and maintained with u.s. taxpayer funds, just one example of u.s. aid in action in the gaza crisis. since world war ii, the u.s. government has given $121 billion in aid to israel, more than any other country. the lions share, $70 billion has gone to military assistance. this year, the u.s. gave israel $3.1 billion in military grants, a portion which can be spent on arms, making israel the only aid allowed to purchase weapons from its own defense firms. >> israel is considered a major strategic partner of the united states and since the late 1970's, u.s. aid has been characterized in washington as in investment in peace, the

description the u.s. has also applied to aid it gives to the palestinians. >> in 2012, the palestinians received over $2 billion in official development assistance from 15 countries, the largest donor was the united states at $283 million. money is aimed at humanitarian relief, curbing militants' activity toward israel and promoting a two state solution. >> when the west bank palestinian authorities split from hamas in gaza, u.s. aid has largely focused on isolating gaza economically. with the goal of pushing hamas, which the u.s. considers a terrorist organization out of power. >> blockades from israel and egypt added to gaza's economic pain, but hamas had other funding channels, including taxes on goods smug would in through tunnels, charities and iran which reportedly gave it

millions of dollars a month through, 11. earlier this year, hamas reconciled with the pa to form a unity government. refuse to go negotiate with hamas, israel suspended brokered peace talks, setting the stage for this volatile area to spiral back into its tragic pattern of recontinual nation and bloodshed. >> we want to turn to guy, an assistant profess off are international relations in washington, d.c. this morning. thank you for being with us this morning. the president sending john kerry to egypt to broker a ceasefire. do you think the u.s. response so far has been adequate? >> president obama has repeatedly emphasized that israel has a right to defend itself against rocket attacks from hamas and from the gaza

incursions from the tunnels gaza has built. the president's views are in synch with the views of the american people. a hugh poll showed the majority of the american people, 51% sympathize more with israel. a poll released yesterday by a rival network showed that 57% of the american public believes that israel is justified. >> should this boil down to an issue of polls or an issue of right and wrong? in that case, do you think the united states efforts so far have been adequate? >> i do. i think that most reasonable people believe that every nation has a right to defend itself, and in this case, israel was responding to attacks on its civilians. these are attacks that have been going on for a long time. residents of southern israel in particular have incurred

hundreds, maybe thousands of rocket attacks over the years. >> but the body count is different. the civilian death toll is climbing now. a hospital has been bombed. i guess the question is is enough being done on both sides to protect innocent lives and israel claims hamas is using human shields. >> the staggering loss of life in gaza, in particular the death of children is absolutely abominable and should be condemned. i don't think israel is the culprit here. israel is doing what it needs to do to defend itself and is not targeting civilians. it is targeting hamas, terrorists and the terrorist infrastructure. the culprit here is hamas, which is using, putting its own people in harm's way to using its own civilians, it's own residents at human shields, shooting rockets -- >> that narrative has been used, but the bottom line is this is a

conflict that began with the kidnapping of three israeli teens and one palestinian teen. what do you say to those that would argue that this conflict is a way for both sides to do what they wanted to do for quite some time, which is actually fight? >> grow agree. i don't think israel had any intention whatsoever of fighting. prime minister netanyahu, and by the way i'm a critic of netanyahu who is very reluctant to enter the gaza strip by air or ground and the latest ground incursion only happened because the i.d.f. caught 13 hamas gunmen who went to israel, arrived in israel through tunnels in order to carry out a massacre one mile away from where they were caught. this is definitely not something israel wanted at all, but, you know, israel does have a right to defend itself. >> professor from american university, thanks for being with us this morning. >> coming up, the latest on the fighting in gaza.

nick schiffron will join us live. >> the father of an 11-year-old boy who was allegedly raped by a close family friend said he did what he had to do. the daytona beach dad said he beat the 18-year-old after walking in on the assault and creditedding his son for stopping him from killing the attacker. >> my son saved raymond. i went for a butcher knife when he was unconscious on the floor. my son stepped in front of me and saved his attacker's life. >> the father of the victim will not be charged. >> the city of detroit taking a major step towards coming out of bankruptcy, city workers and retirees voting to slash their own payouts. the city cut loose the famed art museum. that should boost the coughers by $7 billion. we are live in detroit, bisi, how will the vote affect the city's bankruptcy case? >> del, considering that the city is facing $18 billion in

long term debt, this is a very huge development that will likely play a pivotal role in just how fast the city of detroit will emerge from bankruptcy. the vote shows there is a level of agreement among all the stake holders involved in the case and now that the city of detroit knows where the city workers as well as the retirees stand, it will be the bankruptcy judge that will have the final say on this bankruptcy plan. >> detroit will keep the taps flowing for people behind on water bills. this caused a huge controversy when they shut off the water for people who owed thousands in money. why the reversal? >> last week, the bankruptcy judge had some really harsh words for the water department, in which the way that it's handled the matter of the shutoffs, the bankruptcy judge saying that the water department was really putting the city of detroit in a bad light, considering that it's going

through all of this bankruptcy issues. the water officials say that the next two weeks, that they'll spend this time educating people who are behind on bills to reach out and get help. this is a 15 day hold and water shutoffs are expected to resume after that. >> up until now, thousands of delinquent customers face this. with a few turns of a wrench, water was cut to dozens of detroit homes last week. this was the new aggressive approach the bankrupt city was take to go collect $90 million in unpaid bills. while it could take less than 10 minutes to shut service, the anger from frustrated residents lasted far longer. >> if you can't brush your teeth or wash up, what is that? >> 57-year-old bonita faces the choice, pay up or risk losing running water.

she owes over $800, living on a fixed in come and caring for three teenage grandchildren, she says it's money she doesn't have and her faucets drive. >> you got to pick gas or light, which one you got to do without, you know. it's just -- it's really terrible. >> in detroit, nearly 40% of the population lives below the poverty line. that's more than double the national average. the united nations and several city leaders have called the shutoffs inhumane, sparking protests. >> who's water? >> our water! >> this is about our life. >> our water is under attack! what do we do? >> fight back! >> long time resident barbara said this is about priorities, and not human rights. >> i have budget out everything, everything is like water, lights, gas, phone, even my

food, car payments, insurance, and everything, so that's how i feel about it. if you pay one bill, you pay them all. >> for those who can't, the city recently made about a million dollars available to help. >> while we ourselves are a social service agency, we can at least provide this help and direct folks to get help. >> bonita has been relying on faith. >> right now, i'm counting on the lord to help me. >> as for the water department, it will pour its energy into in forming residents of all options before cutting water to homes and businesses again. >> the bankruptcy judge likelihooden impact. a group of residents filed a lawsuit in federal court asking the bankruptcy judge to intervene in this matter. >> bisi, thank you very much. >> a fight between drivers on a busy california street is caught

on camera. the video shot by tom piri show two cars traveling down the street. it seems all is normal until one changes lanes in front of the other vehicle. the passenger of that black ford, gets out of the truck, snaps a picture of his license plate and the fight begins. >> i got you on video. take a look here, take a look here. >> you almost killed my dog! >> a snapshot of road rage. he said he has the camera mounted on his back window for insurance purposes. >> what do you think they are saying under those bleeps? >> things we can't air on television. >> in california, this accident happened monday with an s.u.v. crashed into a triple-a office. seven people were hurt. it drove right under that sign

that says join triple-a. >> the video shows the car came to a stop sign under that sign. >> the woman was 66 years old. she said she accidentally accelerated. >> an investigation is ongoing. >> the associated press said raising beef for the american dinner table causes more pollution to the environment than pork or poultry. we were talking about how it is to be viewed as the bigger polluter, but take six times as much water polluting nitrogen to produce beef than pork or chicken. >> there's evidence that finds a four day work week increases productivity, but what about working three days? according to mexican billionaire, he says that as the population gross older and has

to work older, when you're 70 and 75 years of age, you may not mind working three days a week. >> i wouldn't mind, either. clearly he knows what he's doing. >> the governor of texas, firing the latest shot in the immigration battle. >> we'll hear from a salvadoren teenager who made the dangerous trek to the united states. >> we'll also have our discovery of the day. >> 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.

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>> crossing the border into the united states, why are they coming? >> we have one teenager's story. >> it's really interesting, good morning to you both. daniel was 17 when he left el salvador searching for a better, safer life in the united states. his mother and uncles paid a smuggler called a coyote $3,000 to get him across the u.s. border. he made the journey alone, no family, no friends. >> we met up with daniel to hear his story, but we've changed his name to protect his identity. >> it was a long journey through

mexico and guatemala. >> he traveled 1500 miles, all with a group of strangers just to get close to the united states border. >> we arrived at a really big river. there they told us to take off our clothes, that we were all going to cross. >> he's talking about the rio grande, the border between texas and mexico. it can be a treacherous swim, but the group made it across. >> then there was a light and they ordered everyone to go to the ground. another guy started running and then the police said nobody move. >> i asked him why he left el salvador. >> i didn't get along well with my dad, the gangs forced me to join them and do bad things to other people and sell their drugs. i was scared. >> daniel entered the u.s. in early february, 2013. he lived in a youth hostel in

bay town, texas for six weeks before sent to live with his mother's brother in new york city. he enrolled in school while seeking asylum. >> this is just what the judge looks at? immigration attorney agreed to help him for flee. >> these chirp are fleeing terrible conditions. >> in daniel's case, the gangs were terrible, but his father might have been worse. >> he had lots of details about when he would be abused by his father, how he would be abused, the things that his father would use to actually beat him. everyone could tell that he was really being truthful and the pain he suffered. >> domestic violence is a fairly new reason for granting a child asylum. 14 months after he was caught at the border, the teen learned he could stay in the united states legally. >> i felt so happy. >> daniel can apply for permanent resident status, which is a green card after one full

year in the u.s. >> i asked him if he wanted citizenship. >> yes, if they can give it to me. i would be able to work better, get around easier. i'd be able to visit my family, my mom. everything would be different. >> daniel has some catching up to do in school. he'll be a junior in high school this fall and has a part time job at a manhattan restaurant, a new beginning at the end of a long road to a normal life in the united states. >> his case is unique and his attorney wouldn't recommend the trip because of the dangers involved. the majority of immigrants smug would by coyotes get sent right back. >> how important was it that in this case he had an attorney. >> very. because what happens, in only

25-30% of asylum seekers get asylum. if you have a lawyer, chances increase. human rights pay pro bono lawyers with asylum seekers with a 90% success rate. >> texas governor rick perry is out with his own plan to try to stop undocumented migrants from crossing the border. he will send 1,000 national guard troops to the rio grande valley where they will work alongside straight troopers to try and catch drug traffickers and smugglers. the soldiers cannot detain migrants, only turn them over to border patrol. joining us now is guy pacheco. a pleasure to have you with us. what can these national guard troops add to enforcement efforts at the border? >> actually, what they can add is support roles for the border patrol. i know that we have them here in

california doing jobs that were taking border patrol, so it's going to be a force multiplier, a national guardsmen able to do those jobs, helping out areas where they need support and put them on the border where they need to be at. >> last few weeks have seen fewer migrants trying to cross the border through texas. are these troops really needed at this point or is governor perry simply making a political play here? >> i don't know the reason why the governor is doing what he's doing, but border patrol willfully support any type of support coming from the national guardsmen at this time right now. we know the flow is trickling or diminishing a little bit, but, you know, sometimes that number will go someplace else to the border, easier to cross. >> are border control agents that you've been speaking to,

and i know you have a lot of friends that do these jobs in texas having trouble processing the unaccompanied minors crossing or has that wave passed. >> it hasn't stopped. these people are coming across, looking for anybody in a uniform to turn themselves over to, to basically be apprehended and turned over to the border patrol specifically because they know there is a chance that they could possibly stay in the country basically for a lifetime and make that move to be legalized into the country. >> we have talked about funding and where it should go to really address the underlying issues in this crisis. the extra border patrol truce will be costing texas $12 million a month. do you think that is a good use of the texan taxpayer money? >> you know, i can't speak about for what the governor is deciding to do with that. he's deciding to actually go out there and do something, and we

really appreciate that. there's a couple of things that we need to caution. back in 1997, there was he seal yell hernandez, jr. killed. sometimes guardsmen are exposed to enforcement along the border and they can a succumb to corruption going on. just as a precautionary measure, people do want to stem the flow of illegal aliens coming across the border, but we know they're coming across seeking asylum or some kind of relief from the countries in places they're leaving. we know it's difficult for their lives, but what do you do, you know, you put more people out there, support them, allow them to do their jobs. i think it would be a big welcome to have the guardsman working alongside with the state officials. >> right, but that hernandez case, a cautionary tale. thanks for reminding us of that. gabe pacheco, thanks a lot.

>> a look at hot weather across the nation today. >> i guess the reprieve is over. >> it depends where you are. some has shifted. when we get to the midsection of the country, you can pick a boundary that has gone through a little wet weather, slightly cooler temperatures for northern parts of the midwest, south of this hot and humid, but far go at eye one degrees yesterday into the 90's, day before into the 90's. this is oppressive heat, a lot of people hitting the pool. all of that heat shifted southward with a lot of hazards today if you're outside for any period of time. >> taking a look at our next hour, a former advicer to boris yeltsin about the growing pressure vladimir putin faces over the downing of malaysian

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>> pro-russian separatists handed over the bodies of the dead from malaysian airlines flight 17 as russia's president faces growing pressure for answers. has the attitude towards value pot now changed? >> >> a wildfire in washington

state growing to the large effort in state history. can mother nature help crews battling the blaze. >> it's about where the guns are coming from, where the law enforcement is. >> chicago's mayor trying to stop the gun violence plaguing his city. overnight, more shootings and another death. what can he do to make chicago safe. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. major developments overnight as israel continues its military operations there. the palestinian death toll has now topped 600 and israel soldier missing now confirmed dead, raising the number of israeli soldiers killed to 28. >> overnight, shots fired at aljazeera colleagues who are reporting within gaza. we'll have the very latest on all the fighting. >> we start with new developments into the investigation of the downing of malaysian flight 17.

>> a city under government control have received the bodies. >> it took hours of negotiations, but pro-russian separatists turned the black boxes over to malaysian officials. >> russian president vladimir putin promises to work with the separatists to ensure the investigation is complete. >> we have the latest developments. >> more than 12 hours after the train carrying 282 bodies of the victims, they have arrived here. they will be processed, prepared for a flight to the netherlands. that's probably not going to happen until wednesday, because each body takes 30 minutes to be secured. they're going to be scanned in these body bags, then put on the aircraft, forwarded on to the netherlands for the identification process. from there, the bodies that aren't dutch will be sent on to the countries of their origins.

the families will receive the bodies and have closure over what has happened the last couple of days. >> let's go live to lisa stark in washington, d.c. is the u.s. involved in any of the investigations related to the crash? >> the u.s. sent two f.b.i. agents and one member of the ntsb to ukraine to help assess in the investigation. there is some indication that those two f.b.i. agents have gone to where the bodies are located to help process initially process the bodies. >> u.s. officials saying there is growing evidence that flight mh17 was hit by that missile fire by pro russian release. what evidence are they citing? >> secretary of state john kerry has said there is a growing body of circumstantial evidence pointing towards this missile launch coming from the rebel area. they have satellite imagery, intercepted phone conversations,

they have video of a missile launcher minus one missile heading from the suspected launch area. the russians have been saying show us this evidence, especially the imagery the u.s. says it has. the state department has indicated it is working to see what evidence is can release without compromising national security. >> in the meantime on monday, the u.n. security council demanding international investigators allowed access to the crash site. has there been movement on that front? >> you have reported some progress overall with the bodies released with the black boxes turned over to the malaysians and yesterday, for the first time, international investigators were allowed better access to the site. there's a lot more that needs to be done to get enough investigators there to truly look at this debris and see what they can find. >> aljazeera's lisa stark for us in washington, d.c. this morning, thank you very much. >> speaking of satellite imagery, we are now getting a new look at the scope of the crash site in eastern ukraine. these satellite images showing

debris from mh17 scattered over several miles. a colorado based company, digital globe trained three satellites on the area after the plane went down, these were taken sunday. >> we go live to phil ittner in london. we'll talk to a former russian official for his perspective on what president putin needs to do. >> israel confirmed one of its soldiers missing in gaza i see dead. hamas claimed the soldier had been captured, but the israeli army said he was killed with six other soldiers on sunday. dozens of targets are hit in gaza overnight. more than 600 palestinians and 28 israeli soldiers have died since the fighting began. let's go to nick schiffron on the ground in gaza. good morning, what are you hearing about this israel soldier now confirmed to have been killed?

>> >> he was announced to have been captured alive by hamas. the israeli military had not given details about him. anytime we called any military official, they said no comment, i can neither confirm nor deny reports. what happened on sunday was that there was a huge operation east of here, east of gaza city where some of the deadliest clashes we've seen in that operation, fighters fired some kind of anti tank weapon at a relatively old armored personnel carryery. six of those soldiers were announced dead almost immediately, the seventh had not been and that's the confirmation we are just getting now in the last few minutes, all seven in fact died from that hit. that was that seventh person that ham mat had claimed that it captured alive. >> we reported earlier that two projectiles landed inside

aljazeera's office in gaza this morning. what is the latest there? >> >> it was a little after 9:00 local time when two projectiles came in over where we usually do our live shots. they entered the office, very small explosions, not really proper explosions, just baseman what some military people call flash bangs. we don't know why that happened, the military is not commenting on that. the military has used similar techniques in order to warn residents of homes that are later destroyed or bombed. also just simply to send a message of some kind of warning to other people. >> now this comes one day after the foreign minister of israel said that hamas was using aljazeera network as a propaganda tool, and officials that i speak to about that comment from the foreign minister say look, the foreign minister has the right to his

own opinion, and they point out that lieberman, the foreign minister has advocated for a reoccupation of gaza, and that is not something that any of the rest of the government around prime minister bennett is supporting. >> nick, i'm sure glad you weren't standing in that live shot position when those projectiles were fired. thank you. >> secretary of state john kerry in cairo this morning, pushing again for a diplomatic effort to a ceasefire. mike viqueira following his trip from washington. how much hope is there that these talks will lead to progress? >> it was two days after secretary kerry expressed frustration with israel, saying hell of a pinpoint operation in the wake of the mounting death toll in gaza. the secretary headed to the region in cairo to broker a temporary truce. aids can see there is no certainty of success. >> two days after an open mic caught his frustration with the rising death toll in gaza. >> we've got to get over there.

we've got to go tonight. i think it's crazy to be sitting around. >> secretary of state john kerry is in cairo this morning with no scheduled end to his mideast trip. >> it is important for all of us to try to make certain that we do everything possible. hamas now has a decision. only hamas is out there awaiting the decision. we hope they will make the right decision. >> that decision, kerry hopes to agree to a ceasefire. last week it was accepted by israel, rejected by hamas. >> hamas could have supported it. i think john kerry will come here and i think he'll -- he should stand behind this initiative. if people want to end it, it could end. >> kerry met with u.n. secretary ban ki-moon to discuss the crisis. the crisis growing ever more violent with israel's military taking more losses monday and the number of dead gazes, mostly

civilians reaching 600. >> israel has to respond militarily, but there is a proportionality and most of the palestinian people have been -- most of the toll, death toll, palestinian people. >> last night, kerry announced $4,017,000,000 in american humanitarian aid for tens of thousands of palestinians displaced in shelling. president obama called for an immediate end to hostilities on both sides. >> it now has to be our focus on the focus of the international community to bring about a ceasefire that ends the fighting, that can stop the deaths of innocent civilians, both in gaza and israel. >> this is very much an open-ended commitment by secretary kerry. he'll meet with presidential

sisi. where he gross from there is very much up in the air. >> mike, thank you very much. >> a series of rapidly spreading wildfires are plaguing the northwestern united states, the largest fire big are than all but 10 american cities. >> an army of firefighters having little luck containing the flames but help could be on the way, because there is some rain in the forecast. >> let's hope the rain gets here, because certainly this fire is very, verge. the fires are burning across almost 1 million-acres in oregon and washington state, the biggest in washington where lightning sparked a series of small fires that combined into one monster blaze. >> it's the largest fire in washington state's history. the 379 square mile carlton complex fire is more than four times the size of seattle. together with fires burning in oregon, these fires are producing thick smoke dropping

ash particles as far away as new england. a force of 3500 firefighters grappling with the washington monster only had 2% contained at last estimate. >> between motor nature and the lack of resources with everything going on in the region, very challenging. >> 200 homes have been lost including a dream house just bath three weeks ago. >> living room, dining room, kitchen, 90% of everything moved in. i've been in tears. >> another 1200 homes have been evacuated. authorities say thousands of homes not burned to the ground are without power and will be for weeks. >> when we had power, everything was fine, we could pump water. without power now, we're at a legal disadvantage. >> the national weather service said there are calmer winds and cooler temperatures in store for today, maybe even rain. if the rain is accompanied by lightning, it might not be that much help after all.

>> in the washington fire, a 57-year-old suffered a heart attack trying to protect his home. two men have been arrested for setting back burn fires to protect their homes. >> for more on the conditions that fair crews in washington face, let's bring in our meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> we've had definitely a rough july in terms of conditions for fires. look at how many, this is washington and oregon and over 30 uncontained, large fires, that doesn't include smaller scale ones, you can see all the pings through the map here, a lot of the problem has been so much of the month well above average temperatures, drying out the vegetation. we've seen many cities through the northwest from as little as zero of normal rainfall to maybe only 25%, nowhere close to normel rainfall. this extends to nevada and utah, but you the northwest has had a little relief recently. one front that went through that

was mostly dry cooled the temperatures for us, so that already has given us some relief out here, a lot of temperatures, 60's this morning, will be highs in the 70's later on. first it's 80's and 90's earlier in the month, but this next system has some chances for rain starting tomorrow. not a lot, but at this point, any little bit will help. >> thank you very much. >> a new warning from the group tasked with investigating the 9/11 attacks. what they say washington needs to be on the lookout for to keep the u.s. safe. >> chicago's mayor rahm emanuel working with community leaderrers to stop the violence. the challenges they face in stopping the blood shut. >> a great white shark getting close to beachgoers in australia. that is close. that video and the others captured by our citizen journalists around the world.

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>> taking to the streets for the second day in cambodia. the protests taking place outside the vietnamese embassy in phnom penh with residents demanding an apology for the loss of the area held. >> a great white shark a little too close for comfort at a beach in australia, switching into the shallow waters and then got stuck, flailing around, you'll notice nobody is coming to the shark's rescue. you're on your own. >> having trouble there. in just a moment, the latest wave of violence to hit chicago and what the city's mayor is trying to do about it. >> there is more gun violence in chicago overnight, shootings leaving at least one dead, six others wounded. it comes one day after mayor rahm emanuel met with law enforcement and school leaders to end the violence.

>> in chicago's englewood neighborhood, just playing ball in the street can be a deadly game. edwin williams said there have been so many shootings nearby, he won't let his 8-year-old daughter leave the block without him. >> if she goes to the park, it's only going to be for a couple hours with one of us with her here. >> four people were killed in chicago over the weekend. this girl was killed by a stray bullet. monday, mayor rahm emanuel desperate for solutions met with community leaders, the clergy and federal agents on way to say stop the violence. >> it's about where the guns coming from, where the law enforcement is, where our neighborhood and our communities are, where our parents are, where are our investments. >> some community activists were encouraged. >> it gave me hope that they're

working together. they're all listening about the community. >> people hering englewood say guns and gangs have been a part of the fabric of the neighborhood for generations, but the violence is out of control and they're not sure if more cops and stricter gun laws are the answer. >> rahm emanuel said the answer is education and jobs. the city will use $10 million in federal money to expand mentoring and tutoring programs for kids. it's also looking for way to say bring businesses to neighborhoods where there are hardly any. jobs might be a way to get some criminals off the streets. >> we're going to have to do other things, like hustle and steal to take their of their families. >> for residents like williams, that is becoming increasingly difficult in neighborhoods like his. >> aljazeera, chicago. >> gun violence in chicago peeked two years ago, 500

homicides recorded in 2012 and despite a decline last year, chicago did remain the murder capitol of the u.s. >> coming up, we're going to dive deeper into chicago's violence problem and talk about what the mayor needs to do to find a solution. >> a friend of accused boston marathon bomber has been found guilty of trying to cover up the crime. he faces 25 years in prison on obstruction of justice charges. federal prosecutors say he threw away a backpack from tsarnaev's dorm room that was full of fireworks. there will be an appeal. >> there is a brand new report on the threat of terrorism in the united states. >> it comes from the 9/11 commission who released its first report on the subject a decade ago. the commission is concerned about public fatigue on this issue, right? >> that's right. former commission members say that's a serious concern, adding the reality is the terrorist

threat remains grave. trend lines are pointing in the wrong direction. reflections on the 10t 10th anniversary of the commission report, former members report many americans think that the terrorist threat is waning, that we can turn back to other concerns. they are wrong. they point to the 10,000 foreign fighters that have traveled to syria, many hold european passports which would allow them to enter the united states. more than 100 american citizens also fought in syria. when these battle hardened radicalized fighters return to their countries, they will pose a serious threat to the united states and europe. the new report calls cyberspace the battlefield of the future. they urge congress to pass cyber security legislation to let private companies work with the government to counter threats. they expressed support for data collection, saying it leads to counter terrorism breakthroughs. >> others in the intelligence

community saying the very same thing. thank you very much. >> the billionaire owner of the south korean ferry that sank killing hundreds is dead. police identified the body found in june. dna and fingerprints proved it was him. they did not reveal how he died. >> the costa concordia is going to stay off the island for another day as italian officials delay moving the ship until tomorrow. it sank two years ago, leaving 32 dead. salvage teams plan to remove it to be scrapped. >> temperatures we can expect to see today, nicole mitchell is back. >> we talked earlier about the front that brought relief to the northwest. all those heat advisories we had in the northern tier and the midwest is impacting our temperatures, kind of in a beneficial way.

as we continue out and look at the region, more 80's versus the 90's yesterday. just south of this region where the front hasn't gone through, chicago at 91, denver 97. this doesn't reflect the humid level, which is very high, so those heat indexes, what it feels like to you is more into the hundreds. omaha at 95 today, but heat indexes in the hundreds. it's going to be another one of those oppressive days out there. the reason this is such a problem for you, is that especially when the humidity is high, your body isn't able to cool at efficiently. you get advisories, not wanting to be outside especially when you have an elderly neighbor, you want to check on him. >> getting into the day tomorrow, northern tier, relief, minneapolis at 80, chicago drops to 75, memphis still at 92. still a lot of heat. july is typically our hottest month of the year.

we'll get relief. >> this is when we start to see blackouts. >> russian penalty vladimir putin firing back at accusations over russians role in the downing of the malaysian plane. we have more on the finger pointing taking place around the world. >> israel's military rains dozens of bombs on gaza. secretary of state john kerry works to get both side to say put their weapons down. >> this is a domestic terrorism issue. they are captive in their community. >> leaders making a plea to lawmakers in washington to help keep residents safe in florida where they say a police presence is lacking. >> israel troops patrolling the town after a group of hamas fighter infiltrated the area through underground tunnels. israel air strikes and artillery continue to hammer down on gaza where the death toll has risen to over 600.

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>> you're taking a live look now at gaza as israeli military operations continue for another day. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> ahead, secretary of state john kerry now in egypt this morning trying to broker a ceasefire between hamas and israel. overnight, the death toll in gaza rose to more than 600. 27 israeli soldiers are dead. we'll have the latest. >> back in the u.s., chicago mayor rahm emanuel letting his emotions show following another bloody weekend in the city streets. we have a side of emanuel we have rarely seen in public. >> a large group trying to hit the right note and land in the record books because of musical talents, something lighter than

the fare we've followed today. >> five days after malaysia flight 17 was shot down over eastern ukraine, victims' remains are in the hands of the international community, a train according the bodies arrived in a territory held by the ukraine again government. outrage against russia is growing louder by the minute. phil ittner joins us live from london. much of the world has been calling on russian president vladimir putin to flex his muscles with the pro-russian separatists. how is he responding? >> just moments ago, vladimir putin made a statement saying there is a need for increased dialogue between the west and russia to deal with the conflict inside ukraine. he also said that no outside nation should be meddling in the internal affairs of russia. all of that comes about 24 hours after a taped message in which vladimir putin condemned the violence, but refused to take

any responsibility for the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17. >> a recorded message from moscow, russia's president vladimir putin responding to a chorus of international outrage over the downing of malaysia flight 17. >> we have called to stop the bloodshed and begin negotiations. >> word leaders and diplomats demanding safe access to the crash site for dozens of investigators seeking the truth about what really happened. president obama directly calling on his russian counterpart to step in. >> the pro-russian separatists continue to block the operation, russia and president putin has direct responsibility to compel them to cooperate with the investigation. that is least that they can do. >> the u.n. security council adopted a resolution calling for

unfettered access to the wreckage. >> to my dying day, i will not understand that it took so much time for the rescue workers to be allowed to do their difficult jobs and that human remains should be used in the political game. somebody here around the table talks about political gain, this is the political gain has been played with human remains and it is despicable. >> president putin called or separatists to allow the investigation to move forward. hours later, rebel commanders handed over flight data recorders to malaysia airlines. this morning, a train if i am would with the bodies are all 298 victims arrived. senior russian officials insist it was actually the ukrainian military that shot the plane down. >> blaming someone and accusing some parties without any evidence, we are not doing that. >> vladimir putin rejecting claims that russia is directly responsible for the tragedy.

>> nobody should or does have a right to use this tragedy to asleeve their own selfish political objectives. >> the european union meets for a fresh round of sanctions against russia. russia expanded an existing list have sanctions against key economic sectors, targeting russian business tie coons in putin's inner circle. >> for quite some time, washington has been urging the europeans to follow suit with similar sanctions, sanctions against parts of the russian economy and trade sector. there is a divide within the european 18 with trade and economic ties with russia, other countries now saying that there has to be a response and a strong one from europe. all of this taking into account the fact that it's going to be very hard for those european foreign ministers to be sitting around the table with in particular the dutch and to come out of that meeting saying well,

we're just not going to do anything. we'll keep on eye on what's happening in brussels today. >> let's go to the director of the incidents tuesday for democracy and cooperation and former member of the presidential council. the united states is accusing russia of providing that surface to air missile and also the train that go brought down the jet. what is your response to that? >> yesterday, general of russia made the announcement that practically all this accusations against russia are groundless because they didn't provide any buk surface to air missiles to the forces in donetsk re. and the tape intercepted and used by john kerry as a source

for blaming was fabricated by ukrainian special services. >> i'm curious about something. no group of accept that are a activities anywhere in the world has an air force, so why would ukraine need to shoot anything out of the sky as opposed to separatists who were shooting at ukrainian air strikes? >> you have to ask them, because this is exactly one of the questions -- >> but i'm asking you -- >> no, i -- >> does that make sense to you? >> of course. this is the same question raised in moscow,y ukrainian military took three batteries of surface to air missiles in donetsk area right where the plane was crashed. >> what were they shooting at? >> they threatened russia, they were afraid it might be moscow, there was pressure on putin to

declare non-flight zones over the territories where ukraine was using its air forces bombarding the civilians over there. >> if you believe that the united states fabricated evidence about this buk missile fired from pro russian territory. >> listen, i am talking about audio tape. audio tape was fabricated and even videotape when they showed the buk missile, russians proved that this was under the control of forces, but in -- >> in order for the audio tape to be fabricated, people with accents made up an and you had toe tape -- >> no, no, no. russian specialists proved this was composed of two parts. first part of conversation was taped on previous day on 16t 16th and second part on 17t 17th and they put together in

order to show that this is the same conversation -- >> let me ask you this. >> are you prepared if the international community proves that russia had fingerprints all over this operation, to come back on to the show and say i was wrong? >> sure. by the way, this is the position of russian government, open for partial -- >> who would that be? >> you know what is the problem, what really makes all this situation very tense, because everybody's jumping here in this country, in america to a conclusion -- >> well then -- >> that russia is guilty. somebody is appointed as guilty. where is, you know,s presumption of in sense? >> let's go to something that i think all sides would agree on. do you believe that there are

pro russian elements operating independent of russia in ukraine right now? >> nobody knows, because they are volunteers. was, and by the way, nobody is hiding that. in russian media, you can find that a lot of people are going there because in that area, we are witnessing a human catastrophe, much bigger cats agree than gaza strip, hundreds killed, thousands wounded, several hundred thousand ukrainian citizens crossed the border. the kiev government is committing large scale atrocities, a large scale civil war is going on. two months, western media just ignored what's going on over there and now after shotting down there plane, everybody is blaming russia. >> we've been there since november. again, we are going to vital you back to see these developments. >> i remember -- >> i've got to go. thanks for being with us. he is the director of the

institute for democracy and cooperation. thank you for being with us this morning. >> turning to israel where military officials confirmed a missing soldier has been found dead, the israeli army said he was killed with six others on sunday. at least 27 israeli troops have been killed since fighting began. the palestinian death toll now tops five -- excuse me, 600, 600, mostly civilians. james bays joins us from jerusalem. james, good morning. what has been the official response from israel rewarding this soldier. >> there's been away great deal of confusion over the last couple of days since this incident took place sunday, initially the israelis saying there were seven soldiers hit by an explosive device in an armored personnel carrier. hamas said they captured a

soldier. the israel officials said no troops were missing. they checked and came back saying yes, one of their soldiers is missing. the presumption it appears when he speak off the record is that he is dead. one source telling aljazeera that we expect to find a body to be dealing with a body in this case. i have to tell you in these circumstances, of course the family of the soldier are facing a very difficult time. they have told me in a number of interviews that they will consider that he is alive until it is proved conclusively otherwise. >> there is the diplomatic talks that continue. secretary of state john kerry and u.n. chief ban ki-moon are meeting with egyptian leaders today to try to find a solution. what are they hoping to accomplish and how long i guess the summit expected to last?

>> i think they hope to bring an end to the bloodshed and very large civilian death toll that has now occurred on the ground in gaza. as you say, the focus right now in cairo, the secretary of state is there, sue is u.n. secretary ban ki-moon, he is leaving cairo now and heading towards tel aviv to speak to the israelis. this is quite a jigsaw to put together here. last time around in 2012, the egyptians were able to broker a ceasefire. they spoke to hamas and the israelis. it's different this time around, because the current israel administration is not nearly as friendly with hamas, in fact quite hostile toward hamas, compared with president morsi's government in 2012. >> thank you. >> aljazeera is commenting on our offices being shot at in gaza, releasing a statement that

says in part our correspondents have collected large bullets from around the building with other nearby buildings left untouched. the attack comes after israel foreign minister incendiary and threatening comments about aljazeera yesterday. >> as she considers a presidential run, a new poll shows majority of americans are not impressed with hillary clinton. she traveled the country promoting her new memoir "heart choices." 14% rated excellent, 28% thought she did a good job, 28% a fair performance, 32% said she did a poor job leading the state department. >> hecklers for chris christie, protestors saying they were angry over a recent veto over new jersey bill that would ban

magazines containing more than 10 rounds. >> up to 1,000 national guard troops will soon head to texas' border with mexico. governor rick perry is ordering the move, saying the border patrol has been overwhelmed dealing with undocumented children and needs help stopping real criminals. >> our citizens are under assault and little children from central america are detained in squall lower. that is why today i am using my check authority as the accident governor and activating the national guard. >> drug busts along the mexican border have dropped significantly in the past year. some adjustment government officials want to know the story behind the fall off.

>> it is a startling correlation as the number of undocumented children hitting would border has soared, the number of drug busts has plummeted. the most recent data from the d.e.a. shows seizures of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and met amethamphetamine are down. they won't say why seizures of falling, but governor rick perry suggest the current wave of undocumented immigrants is to blame, saying the border patrol is stretched too then, agents are distracted and that the drug cartels are exploiting the opportunity. perry's solution, send in the national guard. analysts we spoke to say that won't stop the flow of immigrants. >> sending the national guard to the border will certainly not do anything to change the immigration crisis we have with

unaccompanied minors. >> for the most part, the immigrants want to be caught, actually looking for border agents to detain them so they can make a legal case to stay in the u.s. the national guard won't stop the flood of immigrants and says former d.e.a. agents, it won't stop the drugs, either. >> sending more troops to the u.s.-mexico border is not going to have a discernible impact on the drug train. military forces are not trained to do counter efforts. >> the drug cartels use tunnels to go under the border or cars and trucks with false compartment to say drive the drugs right through border crossings, such as tijuana and el paso. >> we need to focus resources where the risks really are. the bigger risks are at the

ports of entry. half of the unauthorized immigrant population in the united states came in with a valid or fraudulent visa crossing through the official crossing point. >> what will dough ploying the national guard along the rio grande or desert to. analysts say not much, except maybe make governor perry look like he's trying to do something. >> the border patrol has doubled in size, now the largest law enforcement agency in the country, busts along the border are near 40 year lows. >> it appears that donald sterling may try to side step the courts and his estranged wife trying to broker a sale of the l.a. clippers on his own. lawyers for both sides who attended the meeting say no settlement was reached. they are back in court today to continue the trial over who controls the team.

ballmer has offered $2 billion to buy the clippers. >> time warner c.e.o. rick parsons dragged into the sterling standoff. he will be called as a witness in court today. he is expected to support shelly sterlings $2 billion sale to steve ballmer. he took over the clippers after donald sterling was kicked out of the league because of racist comments. >> violence in chicago. >> mayor rahm emanuel showing his emotions. what the violence means for him and his legacy. >> you've heard of singing for your supper. how strumming for a record? the thousands are ukulele players that did just that.

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tuesday morning. it's 75 degrees across the up and down. welcome back. the growing frustration over chicago's ongoing violence taking a toll on the city's mayor. >> a neighborhood in miami struggling with gun crime. liberty city that 21,000 residents, 41 shootings this year, nine people killed, including a pastor. we are live in liberty city. what are officials saying about the city's efforts to keep them safe? >> city officials are calling the violence domestic terrorism. let me give you an example. a booed up windows here, memorials mark the spot where people were enjoying a summer evening. two men pulled up, began shooting, two died, seven were injured. >> this grandmother tells people a bullet has no eyes. if they did, she feels surely they wouldn't have pierced the walls of this house and killed

her 24-year-old granddaughter and her 2-year-old great grandson while they slept. >> how could this happen, when she at home in her own bed? >> bullets sprayed, a youth baseball game, he was shot and his friend died next to him. >> a.k.47 come in, that's the type of gun that you have nightmares about. >> miami city commissioner grew up on these streets. his cousin was shot, his friends have died. he says people here aren't apathetic, they are living in terror. >> this is a domestic terrorism issue. they are captive in that their community, and that is what makes this a violation of our u.s. patriot act. >> he demands the u.s. government provide resource to say stop the killing. one complaint here is about the lack of police presence. in three days of reporting, we never so you a police car.

sergeant javier ortiz, president of the miami fraternal order of police says there are fewer patrols because the democratic reduced pay and benefits and can't recruit enough officers. while the department has been authorized to add 100 recruits, they've only hired 48 so far. >> they just aren't receiving -- >> while we spoke to the sergeant, we heard gunshots. >> that second gunshot, we're not happy that we're standing here. >> as i said earlier, there's a reason why i have a vest on. >> the miami police department didn't respond to our interview request but tells local reporters he's added additional patrols and moving in officers from less crime ridden areas. neighborhood groups are combating the violence on their own, looking to improve economic development and offering educational and recreational programs for children. >> after raising nine kids and help to go raise two dozen

children and great grant children, gram mother ella doesn't know how to keep them safe. >> i don't know anything we can do. i wish i did have an answer that would help me to be at ease. >> on the streets and inside the homes of liberty city, it seems no one is at reside. >> they team to accept this is just the way life is here. at one month leader told me in tears, that's the real tragedy. >> the crime stats, how do they compare to other cities? >> nine murders so far this year in a neighborhood of 22,000 people means that liberty city has a higher crime rate than chicago. >> life in liberty city, florida, thank you very much. >> speaking of chicago, there was more gun violence overnight, at least one person killed, six wounded in shootings throughout the city.

this after a weekend of gunfire took four lives, including that of an 11-year-old girl, shamia adams, struck by a spray bullet while at a slumber party. chicago mayor rahm emanuel broke down about the 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. we're a better city than that. >> joining us now to discuss this outpouring of emotion we saw from the city's mayor rahm emanuel is professor of campaign management at new york university, jeannie, thanks for being with us. this was a rare show of emotion for a guy while in congress and at the white house was called rahmbo. how surprising was it? >> it was shocking for many of us who know rahm emanuel as this

tough talking guy in control. i think when he ran for office and won handily in 2011, many thought he was going to come in and the city was going to change overnight. it was suffering from gun violence at the time and many other factors. that hasn't happened. to see him as you just showed emoating publicly has raised questions about what's going on here. >> do people question whether he is genuine? >> when men emote publicly, going back to the days of he had muskie in maine, that was quite a problem for him and ended his presidential bid. flash forward, you see bill clinton, john boehner has been able to emote publicly. the problem for rahm emanuel, the questions raised, this is so far afield from his public persona. you wouldn't expect rahm emanuel as you mentioned, this really

tough guy to be emoting like this. certainly he has every right to be very emotional about the number of shootings and this poor 11-year-old girl. he's facing a lot of criticism about the fact that this looks potentially staged. that's not to say it is, but those are questions raised. >> it's coupled with continuing negative statistics when it comes to the homicide rate in chicago, despite the gun crime rate has come down. he is looking toward reelection next year. what does the polling show as far as what chicagoans think about the job he's doing in reigning in the violence. >> the polling is not good for rahm emanuel at this point. he has two potential contenders, two women and both are polling better. the head of the teachers union who he fought with during the strike in closing of the public schools ahead nine points in the poll, another ahead 24 points.

he's doing poorly in african-american and minority communities. the 308s do not look good. by april, more people had died of gun violence in chicago than had died in iraq. >> how much responsibility should the mayor bear for the lack of being the policing able to reign in huge sections of this city? >> he bears responsibility. you are in charge, you're the mayor, you have to take responsibility. there is some policy decisions he has made people are questioning, shutting down and moving some of the detective units. he promised during the campaign to increase the number of police officers on the street by 1,000. that did not happen. in his defense, he he has had severe economic pressures and budget cuts. that's been a problem. he cut back on gang related investigative units. >> he has made investments in other areas and has tried to do more gun control in that city. how much does that image of him

breaking down at that press conference affect and define his legacy as chicago's mayor? >> it makes it tough, because people do want a mayor and a leader who is empathetic but more importantly a safe city, a safe place to live. you don't get the sense watching this video that he is in control. his policies don't reflect it and what his emotions don't reflect it. if he was to emote and offer solutions, that would be one thing. we are not seeing them out of rahm emanuel at this point, so he's got to reign this in and take control of the city, because he will bear responsibility. >> we want to show he live images out of cairo with secretary of state john kerry is holding a news conference with his egyptian counter part there. the secretary traveled to egypt to push for a ceasefire, a similar proposal was rejected last week by hamas. turkey and qatar working on that proposal. we'll have more on this coming

up at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ >> something a lot lighter. that could be the sound of a record more than 2300 people, most children playing ukuleles in south hampton, england, trying to earn a place in the guinness book of word records. the old mark was just above 2100. officials have yet to verify the total. that could take up to six weeks. that is a lot of ukuleles. >> tomorrow in the morning,s israel's offensive against gaza escalates, they say hamas is using tunnels to bring weapons into the territory. >> a man accused of murdering a woman in detroit, we will have reports on his trial tomorrow morning. >> coming up, from our newsroom in doha, more on the conflict

between israel and gaza, including the escalating violence on the ground.

♪ >> access to food and water and their entire way of life. >> $47 million in humanitarian aid and, yes, we know that much more will be needed from us and from the international community. we know that much more will be needed from us and the international community. >> $7 million until humanitarian aid and we know that we, together with the international community have to do more. >> we also understand the importance of long-term