>> the intersection of the sciences and the arts was very attractive to me... >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city with a look at today's top stories. as the fighting in gaza stretches into a third week, u.s. tells airliners to stay out of israel. >> the chance for a skis fire with a legal showdown for the affordable care act, dueling rulings that strike at the heart of the health care allow. >> american investigators stepping in to help piece together the evidence from the attack on malaysia airlines flight 17.

>> as the fighting rages in gaza, the u.s. ordered a stop to commercial flights into israel. most airlines canceled flights until further notice. it comes after a rocket fired from gaza landed close to tel aviv's main airport. nick, tell us more about the suspension of flights into the international airport there in tel aviv. >> this is this afternoon, a rocket fired from gaza into israel came closer to the airport than any rocket of the more than thousand that have flown from here into israel has come before it largely destroyed a house. israeli officials saying this ban is unnecessary, call the airport safe and guarded and say don't hand terror a prize by restricting flights into that airport. prime minister netanyahu

specifically asking john kerry, the secretary of state for that. that airport closed and we saw people running for cover, running in panic as those air sirens went off. those are the images that the u.s. airlines are responding to, people not feeling inside the airport that they were safe this afternoon. nonetheless, israel says they're going forward, that airport will be secure. >> let's bring it back to where you are, gaza. people are looking for a applies to hide. where are they going? >> just to give you a sense, this place, gaza strip is half the size of washington, d.c. but double the population. it is extremely crowded already. when you eliminate 60% of the area, that is where the u.s. estimates all the fighting ising, those people have to cram in places like this around us in gas city, the main citien gaza. we've seen two places where

people are going, one is u.n. schools. these are absolutely packed. tens of thousands of people are crowding into little class rooms, basically and sleeping there. one classroom i was in 200 square feet or so, 29 people sleeping there. the other half, they go where you'd expect them to go, friends or family's houses. that has meant a huge overcrowding in lots of houses here in gaza city. we were at one particular house today that had about eight families, 20 children, 50 people. this is a house that normally sleeps five. that will give you a sense, there's a real exodus into the main cities. >> we are talking about scary moments for everyone, wean people like you who are reporting there in gaza. talk to us about what happened at the bureau there in gaza. >> this is a 12 hours ago now. it was about 9:00 a.m. or so local time when all of a sudden,

two projectiles entered through the window into our bureau. the bullets were about that size or so, just to give you a sense of how big these were. they didn't hurt anyone, they didn't injury anyone. where they came in, no one was standing or sitting. this is a tactic that the israel military has used, something in between what's called a flash bang designed to scare people and what they call a knock on the roof, basically a warning sign. i've asked the israeli military. they say they have no confirmation this was fired by israeli soldiers or any kind of warning shot. as of now, all we have is two shots fired into the aljazeera bureau, comes one day after israel's top diplomat, foreign minister liner man said aljazeera should be banned from reporting in israel and called aljazeera a mouthpiece for

hamas. right now, the aljazeera bureau in gaza i see evacuated. >> when you described the size of the bullets fired into the bureau, we were looking at your colleague and the team there, again, what was the size of the bullets fired there into the bureau in gaza? >> the size was about that big, and again, this was not any kind of project i'll designed to explode. nor was it a traditional but the leep. this was something in between a flash bang to create panic, chaos, not actually injure anyone, more than 2500 air and

naval strikes have been launched. israeli strikes have killed more than 6030 palestinians, more than 3700 people have been injured. on the israeli side, officials say 27 soldiers and two civilians have died, israel says one soldier was killed today, at least 143 israelis, mostly soldiers have been wounded. the israeli army says hamas has fired nearly 2200 rockets into israel since fighting began. israeli's iron dome defense system independent said about 400 rockets heading toward populated areas. some of the thousands of palestinians injured in gaza have arrived in israel for medical treatment. we visited with some of them at a hospital in east jerusalem. >> she can't believe her youngest son may never see again. she said he was playing at his cousin's house when the israel army shelled their

neighborhoods. head trauma could affect his brain function and eyesight. they came to the hospital in east jerusalem for treatment. he's been unconscious for days. >> he was so looking forward to celebrating day after ramadan, but now, it will come and he'll still be unconscious. hopefully one day, children will be able to play and have rights like other children. i just don't understand what he did to deserve this. >> in the intensive care unit, her uncle brought her here for treatment. her doctor said some of the brain damage is irreversible. >> the israeli government's ongoing aggression highlights

how little the palestinian authority in the west bank can do for people in the gaza strip. not a single person has arrived in the west bank for treatment, because none of the hospitals there are equipped to treat serious wounds. >> in another hospital room, we found a boy at 21. the explosion called by an air strikes he couldn't hear threw him 20 meters. they blame politicians. >> the palestinian authority has by all means failed the people in gaza. the most basic life requirements disappeared because it's you should siege and because palestinian authority did nothing. >> at the hospital in east jerusalem, free treatment is offered to palestinians suffering from any injury inflicted by the state of

israel. >> we have to do something for them. >> what isn't helping is the intense fighting that seems endless. while the israeli government insists it's not targeting civilians in gaza, innocent people are still hurt or killed by the hundreds. aljazeera, east jerusalem. >> mourners gathered today for the funeral of an israeli soldier killed sunday, killed with six other soldiers when hamas fighters attacked their personnel carrier. it is 23 miles north of gaza and has been seeing a number of rocket attacks over the years. two federal appeals courts, two contradictory rulings on the legality of the affordable care act. the judges were considering whether the federal government can help people pay for insurance bought through health care exchanges. today, they came to very different conclusions. libby casey is in washington for us, break it down, what exactly do these rulings mean?

>> the decisions deal with the millions of americans who get subsidies or tax credits to buy health insurance under the affordable care act. now many americans got insurance through state run exchanges, but in 36 states, people signed up for health care by using the federally run exchange, healthcare.gov. the question is whether or not people who use healthcare.gov use the federal system can get these subs decease. the first decision that came down today looked like bad news for the obama administration. it kim from the d.c. circuit court and said that americans getting insurance through the federal exchange cannot get these subs decease. a three judge panel made that decision. shortly later, a different court, the fourth circuit court in richmond, virginia verge said americans can qualify whether they're getting health insurance through a state or federal exchange. both panels of judge little said the law is fairly vague. it's not very clear. and that's because the obama

administration thought many states would set up their own exchanges. they didn't expect so many republican governors to say we are not going to do that. we'll rely on the federal system, creating a built of a gray area. >> how will these rulings impact americans? i would imagine it won't impact them at all for a while here. >> that's right. i mentioned that the first decision was bad news for the obama administration, but the second decision that came out was really in the democrats' favor. nothing happens for now. the white house is going back to the d.c. circuit court, that decided against the obama administration basically and ask them to have the whole panel of judges look at it, not just a three judge panel. white house spokesman had this to say today. >> you don't need a fancy legal degree to understand that congress intended for every eligible american to have access to tax credits that willower their health care costs, regardless of whether it was

state officials or federal officials who are running the marketplace. that is a pretty clear in tent of the congressional law. this will work through the legal process and we are confident in the legal case that the department of justice will be making. >> republicans are saying the d.c. circuit court decision today was proof that the law is flawed. here's republican senator of wyoming, a doctor. it is time to repeal and replace this health care law with real reforms. i call on the supreme court to take up this case about the issue of subs decease and finally come to a conclusion so people understand what is in the law. >> nothing changes for now. people getting sub subsidies wil continue to get them as this works through the court. you see the political battle unfolding again. >> the concern for the obama administration is what happens

when it gets to the supreme court. thank you. >> now that the latest on malaysia airlines flight 17. u.s. intelligence officials held a closed door briefing this evening. briefing this evening. reports say they repeated the u.s. position that the plane was shot down by separatists. they have no hard evidence that russia was involved but was responsible for creating the conditions that led to the plane being shot down. we have more on the investigation. >> the first crash investigators have finally been able to arrive on the site. they have started taking a look at the crash debris. they are from malaysia. the bodies of those onboard are starting to be examined. those bodies have arrived in the ukraine. at least 31 international experts are helping with the identification there and will be moved to the netherlands for final identification and released to their families. a spokesman for the forensic

investigative team says they have what they are calling 80 family detectives, talking to the family members of those onboard this jetliner. they are asking them about tattoos, scars or getting dental records and d.n.a. samples to help identify the victims. >> when the bodies arrive from the ukraine and we start to examine the bodies and we describe what we see of the bodies and also take d.n.a. samples, dental status and everything, that is the post mortem file. these two will also go in the computer system and then we'll compare all the details identifying bodies could take weeks. we are looking for investigative clues to see if there might be shrapnel wounds that could provide further bodies the evidence the plane was brought down by a missile.

the bodies are expected to arrive in the netherlands. the black boxes will arrive in the u.k. the president of the united states, barack obama paid his respects at the dutch embassy. >> extend on behalf of all the american people our deepest condolences over the loss of family and friends, to express our solidarity with the people of the netherlands with whom we can friends -- >> the u.s. is committed to assuring there is a full investigation and insuring justice is done. >> new pictures of the wreckage out today could shed light on the crash. take a look. the images of the new york times appears to show damage caused by

shrapnel, showing a missile from a buk launcher was fired and detonated 100 feet to 300 feet away from the plane. the missile was designed to explode before impact and release a cloud of shrapnel. i spoke with a defense analyst, reed foster with ish james. he analyzed the pictures away i asked him what he learned about the weapons that destroyed the airliner. >> the way these work is they detonate from the proximity of 50 meters away from the aircraft. the affect is like a shotgun, creating hundreds of small fragments. their in tent is to do as much damage to the air frame as possible, knocking out control surfaces, hydraulic lines, engines. all these small frogments are not large in size, it doesn't take very much obviously to do

damage to an air frame traveling at speed especially an engine which really isn't designed to take that kind of damage. when you see a piece of aircraft with several patterned holes, that would be indicative of the debt nation of a surface air missile, especially within the proximity that is assumed that the engagement occurred within. >> this is interesting. if you would, take a moment and talk to us more about what you've learned about the missile system that was probably used here to destroy this plane, and again, it sounds like what you're describing here is kind of a textbook example of a destruction these kind of missiles and system can cause. >> that's correct. these systems were actually designed to engage everything from high speed fighter aircraft to transports, even platforms, so the engagement of this aircraft was well within its

exhibits. these things are actually designed to try to take out much smaller aircraft traveling much greater speed, possibly turning at a much higher rate. therefore, civilian airliner wht speed and altitude were within the capability of these types which we assume engaged the aircraft, within its capabilities to do catastrophic damage. >> that was analyst reed foster. >> the bodies of the 298 killed in the crash are a step closer to being returned to their families. a frayn carrying the remains left the town. after a 17 hour journey, it arrived today. >> finally out of the battle zone, the battled remains of the bodies arrived. now that they arrived in the factory, the process to get them out of ukraine has begun.

there are many steps in that process. they expect it to take at least a day. wednesday, it is expected they will be loaded on to the aircraft bound for the netherlands. >> processing the victims won't take time. they won't all be transported together. the dutch prime is calling for more european pressure to end the fighting in eastern ukraine where the plane was shot down. >> the netherlands has stressed that we want the european union to be unanimous to call for russia to do more to calm the unrest. as far as we are concerned, something has fundamentally changed since last thursday. >> malaysian airline officials joined investigators at the crash site. as they comb through the wreckage, it is spread through 25 kilometers. >> we have respective guarantees that our movements should be without trouble. >> the fighting nearby

continues, so there is still a risk. the teams need to focus on their investigation and not their security. >> we have seen some ugly primary fights that run on to the mid term elections and the gop contest in georgia is one of the ugliest. david shuster is next with today's power politics. we told you about conflicting rulings. up next, ali velshi is in to explain how it could impact you.

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>> established by the state, established by the state. ok, the interpretation of those four words is at the heart of a legal battle that could actually threaten the future of obamacare and send the law back to the supreme court. we have more on this story. how much of an impact could these cases have? >> it's pretty serious. this is going to have to work itself through a couple of stages. the first thing i guess the

obama administration is asking the d.c. circuit court to have the whole court, 11 judges look at it, not just the three that came tole ruling. if that doesn't work, two courts disagreeing probably means a fast track to the supreme court. let's assume the ruling says if you do not live in a state with state care exchanges, you may not be eligible for the tax subsidy can be this is a very big deal. in mississippi, 96% of the people depend on this. this is a big issue for them. the issue here is that if you take those people who depended on those subsidies out of the mix, if they don't get the subsidies, the cost of their health care goes up to a point where many of them may choose not to buy obamacare. there could be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, possibly millions who elect not to have insurance. you can imagine the economic consequence of that. these are people that could

otherwise get into financial trouble because of health care. when you take them out of the mix, the pool of people gets smaller and premiums could go up for those who remain insured. there are a lot of economic consequences to this. again, it's got a few appeals it's got to go through, nothing may change in the end. it hangs on the government's intention, for you to be able to get the tax break. in the end, it may be a wash. if it were to happen, there would be an economic impact. >> that's interesting. i know you just mentioned some of the things that can happen. is there anything else out there that can happen here if the administration loses, something else we're not talking about yet? >> they've got to figure out whether or not they have to rewrite. they will need to be rewritten along the road. it became so partisan that there's pretty much zero chance of anything getting written. it's a little error. it could be fixed white easily, but that's not the politics we

live in. >> what else are you working on? >> cities. we're giving up on federal government because they don't get anything done. from income inequality, turn to our city to say make a difference and the argument in favor of it. >> cities as the incubator, right? >> that's right. >> real money tonight right here on aljazeera america. >> in today's power politics, this is primary day in georgia, marking the end of a nasty campaign between republicans. david shuster has more. >> in the senate race, the republican versus republican primary has been brutal. georgia voters ar are selectinga republican senate nominee between david perdue, a former c.e.o. of dollar general stores and jack kingston, who has the financial support of republican groups, but the negative effects

have been rough. >> perdue promoted amnesty for illegal immigrants and made anti american statements. >> we see the world through the ugly american's eyes. the rest of the world gets it. >> unfit for georgia. >> unfit. perdue has been hitting kingston with this. >> jack voted to raises the debt ceiling repeatedly, adding trillions to the national debt. he spent our tax dollars and thousands of wasteful earmarks all while vote to go raise his own pay seven times. his years of liberal spending has to be stopped. >> the winner of today's republican primary will take on democratic michelle knop, the daughter of sam nun. she has not yet felt the pressure of a general election race and all the money that will come against her in that. this is key, because it's a seat

the democrats are targeting. a nun victory would assure the democrats keep control of the senate. >> another crucial senate battle is in iowa. that race is already set and today the democratic senator yell campaign committee launched a half million dollars t.v. ad attack against republican candidate joni earnst. >> she proposed privatizing social security. experts say that could be a windfall for wall street by a wipeout for us. >> you're going to know who i am and what i stand for. >> her ideas are too extreme for iowa. >> the campaign calls that ad misleading. >> in presidential politics, texas governor rick perry announced his effort to stop illegal immigration yesterday. >> today i am using my executive

authority as governor of texas and activating the national guard. >> activating the national guard, perry plans to send up to 1,000 guard troops to the u.s. mexican border. a week ago, it was fox news that reminded perry of all people that u.s. law prevents the national guardsmen and women from making arrests or shooting weapons. >> they are not under the law allowed to apprehend any of these children that are crossing, are they? >> well, the issue is with being able to send that message, because it's the visual of it i think that is the most important. >> it's the visual of it. well, when he was asked what the national guard would be doing other than the visual of it, standing there, he couldn't say. when asked this week why he didn't do this a month ago if it was such a good idea, the texas governor refused to answer. tony, it's the visual of it. >> it's the visual. >> not a good position. we'll scare these kids back across the border. >> if they've made the trip

thousands of miles, they're not going to be stopped by some guy standing there who looks ominous but can't arrest them. >> floor fleeing gang members who are actually shooting. david, thank you. david shuster, today's power politics. >> diplomats scrambling to stop the violence in gaza. we talk about what needs to happen to end the fighting. >> someone replaced two american flags on top of the brooklyn bridge, but their motive is unclear. unclear.

>> as israel and hamas stretch their fight into a third week, we saw a couple of big meetings today on the diplomatic front, secretary of state john kerry trying to make way in egypt and qatari emir going to discuss the

case. >> it is potentially very important. it's been described as a surprise meeting, and it happened in the saudi arabia city of jetta. the two sat down and talked about, the primary focus the situation in gaza. let me explain why this is significant. the only ceasefire on the table right now is the egyptian-backed one and there is really a sense of tense relationships between hamas and cairo right now. they're not really getting along. hamas is actually rejecting the ceasefire as it stands now. it is hoped by many that maybe qatar or saudi arabia might be able to put some influence on hamas and actually get them to the table and start to talk about some substantive way of actually stopping the shooting. >> ok. secretary of state john kerry is

in cairo, making his push for peace. any movement there? >> no real movement there, but a very busy day for the secretary of state. he met with the palestinian security intelligence chief, with the president of egypt, al sisi, he met with the foreign minister. after the meeting with the egyptian president, this is what secretary of state john kerry had to say. >> just reaching a ceasefire clearly is not enough. it is imperative that there be a serious engagement, discussion, negotiation, rewarding the underlying issues and addressing all of the concerns that have brought us to where we are today. >> now, of course, that is important. everybody recognizes it around the world that there has to be more substantive talks about

what brought us here. it is hoped it might get these people to put down the weapons and actually start to talk. >> earlier i spoke with a spokesman for the israeli foreign minister and asked him if he was encouraged by diplomatic talks and if a ceasefire is possible. >> i think it's known that we are there at the tail, we're interested. three ceasefire proposals came up, from the egyptians, the united nations, the international red contract, there are two problems on the side of hamas. the one is that we don't particularly trust them. they haven't shown that they are trustworthy, as you've seen through these past three ceasefires and the other is not

coming to the tail. they are not saying yes to anything. >> the stories coming back from the soldiers notwithstanding, i wonder if they are being trumped in any way by the social media campaign that seems to be going on all over the world now with all kinds of hash tags which feature pretty horrific images of dead and wounded women and children in gaza. >> what we are seeing, what you're talking about on the social media is really kind of a child pornography, horrific pictures. by the way, a little bit less right now, but last week, any credible number of the pictures that we were seeing on the social media weren't from gaza, they were from syria. we were putting those pictures into google images and getting an enormously high number of them were pictures from syria.

it's true that it's lesser this week, because since the ground operation began, the civilian population is paying a much higher price, and it's horrendous scene that is we're seeing there, which is all the more reason for us to move forward toward a ceasefire. >> secretary ban ki-moon said today it is time for both sides to stop fighting and start talking. isn't it true they can't destroy each other, doesn't israel have to give something in order to get a ceasefire, some kind of ultimate peace arrangement, something on prisoners, something on the blockade? >> let me, again, i want to go down two routes over here from your question brings up a few things. the one is that i disagree with you, israel can destroy hamas. the israeli military has activated in all honesty the

relevant amount of force to address what is a stark threat against the public. >> is that the end game, destroying hamas? and if that is the end game, what would that mean. >> no, it isn't. >>--in terms of civilian deaths in gaza. >> destroying hamas is not the end game. the israeli government has said very clearly the goal is to bring back a sense of quiet and calm and normalcy to the civilian population of israel and in the course of which to deplete the terror machine and infrastructure that has been built up over the years. the prime minister has said that he believes that gaza should be demilitarized. >> i spoke with a palestinian journalist living in spain. i asked him if hamas would accept a ceasefire that does not include an easing of the blockade in gaza. >> it was somewhat achieved under the government of morsi in

egypt. it was, you know, somewhat of a dignified ceasefire for the palestinians. >> are you talking about the 2012 agreement? >> the november, 2012 agreement that was negotiated by mohamed morsi and his government. compare this to the so-called ceasefire proposal by al sisi. one they didn't bother to communicate to hamas. they said you want to read it, go to our website and read the provisions of the ceasefire. it was more of an insult really than a ceasefire agreement. hamas understands that if they adhere to a ceasefire that is proposed under these unsubtling and dehumanizing conditions, it is going to be seen as a major defeat for hamas and a major victory railroad al sisi. >> you wrote that the destruction in gaza i see

overwhelming and everywhere. >> the war this time did not aim for the resistance. i would say the resistance was not on their targets. the main target has been the infrastructure of the gaza strip. we know that the gaza strip is already very, very impoverished place under heavy siege, very tight siege by the egyptians and israelis. we also know by united nations estimates that gaza is not going to be livable by 2020. imagine under these circumstances for israel to come and to destroy whatever remains of the structure of the gaza strip. now palestinians in gaza have no freedom. they cannot escape. at least before they had taxes jordan and turkey. now they have nothing, nowhere. basically, they are running in circles, being bombarded and running in circles.

they are told their houses are going to be shelled and they are sent a warning missile. your home is being blown up by a smaller missile before being pull veryized. this is happening in gaza. >> how does this end, what does hamas have to give up, what does israel have to give up to achieve a ceasefire? >> israel needs to understand that gaza is not an experiment or israeli military adventures anymore. the seize has to be lifted if that gaza has to have access to the outside world, whether through a port in the sea or through israel or egypt. the whole issue of let's go back to a ceasefire in which gaza is still under siege is completely unacceptable. >> nigeria's president met with the parents of the kidnapped school girls. fifty girls escaped boko haram.

critics say the president has not done enough to secure against boko haram attacks. a spokesman for the military said soldiers are patrolling the air, land and sea to stop the fighters but says removing boko haram will take time. >> >> patrols on foot, on land, on air with aircrafts flying every moment, we've been mobilizing the necessary intelligence, interacting with our partners and exchanging ideas and views on how to achieve these and making conformity with our desire to have the girls back alive and well. the situation is a war and terrorism in particular. it's not often that very precise

to manage gets quick result. like i told you earlier, we got to deploy the best of our ability to achieve the desired result of having the girls back alive and well. that calls for some extreme and extraordinary caution and that could be what you're interpreting that, but hopeful nevertheless. >> police identified the body of the owner of that ferry that sank earlier this year. police found remains in an orchard a month ago. the i.d. brings the countries biggest manhunt ever to an end. he was found with a book he had written, bottles of alcohol. his company owned the ferry that sank, more than 400 people died and are still missing. >> in bangladesh, a judge sentenced people for producing toxic drugs. children died in 1991 and 1992 after taking the contaminated medicine. the convictions had done little

to stop the problem. >> every time lol. >> plays with her grandson, she feels pain. he is the same age as her son when he died at two and a half years old after he was given contaminated medicine. 73 others were killed by the same poisoning in 1991 and 1992. >> as soon as he took the medicine, it became difficult for him to urinate. suddenly, he couldn't at all. we didn't realize why has happened. the doctor later said it was because of the medicine. >> today, more than 20 years later, this woman is about to be sentenced on charges of contaminating medicine with a toxic compound used in brake fluid. >> this is the court where five people are being tried for making the counterfeit medicine. the state doesn't involve charges related to the

children's deaths, instead tried for making fake drugs, carrying a lighter sentence than charges related to killing someone. >> three were given the maximum senior sentence. no family members of the victims were present at court, nor did they offer testimony in this trial. family members we spoke to said they were scared that the before you go manufacturers would seek revenge. the defense attorney dismisses these claims. >> none of the families came forward as witnesses in front of the court. the prosecution could not bring any one of them to court. i never heard of anyone. >> loli thinks it happened to her again. >> a while back, my grandchild had a fever. i both the medication and his urination stopped immediately. he couldn't urinate all night. i became scared and stopped giving the medicine, the next day, it was better.

>> she faces the same tough decision every time someone in her family gets sick, can she prust the medicine. she said at least some justice has been served with the court decision. >> a federal judge hears arguments over colorado same-sex marriage ban. we have that story and other headlines making news across america today. >> attorneys for six gay couples are making their case before a federal judge today. they want the court to declare the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional, allowing colorado clerks to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. if the judge blocks the law, colorado's attorney general will ask the u.s. supreme court to settle the issue. >> in pennsylvania, a former in his guard was granted bail while he awaits the outcome of an extradition fight. the 89-year-old is waiting for word on whether he'll be extradited to germany. he has lived in philadelphia since 1952. he admits serving as an

auschwitz guard in 1944 but denies killing anyone. the german government wants to try him on charges of aiding the deaths of 200,000 jews killed at the death camp. >> search crews believe they have found the last body in the rubble of the march mud slide in washington. workers have been screening debris and watching for the body of the 44-year-old woman. 42 other people died in the mud slide. all the other remains have been found. >> voters in oregon will decide whether to legalize marijuana in their state. a proposal qualified for the november ballot. only washington and colorado allow recreational marijuana. voters in or gone shot down a similar measure two years ago. >> new york police are trying to figure out who placed two white flags on to want of brooklyn bridge. it is landmark is constantly monitored by cameras. surveillance video shows four or

five people walking on to the bridge around 3:30 a.m. this morning. police still don't know how the white flags got there or why, and they think that whoever did this had some type of experience with climbing, getting on platforms. >> is the person supposed to be watching the surveillance camera, was that person asleep at the switch? that was the case when the 15-year-old kid walked to the top of one freedom tower. appreciate it, thank you. >> coming up on aljazeera america, reaction to the death of a new york man in police custody is really picking up steam now. we will have more as people demand justice for eric. we're back in a moment.

>> as undocumented children cross into the united states, texas officials are sending a symbolic message to the federal government. commissioners east of dallas ever approved a resolution saying they don't want any illegal immigrants housed in their communities. the resolution was the idea of a local tea party leader. behind the politics, there are families, parents, separated from their children for years. rob reynolds met one mother reunited with her daughter. >> cora padilla left her two daughters behind in honduras, but recently, conditions became so bad she was forced to make a terrifying decision. >> i had all the fears of the world while they traveled. i couldn't sleep. i couldn't eat. i thought about what could happen, but there's just as much danger if they were to stay in honduras with the gang violence.

>> catherine, age 13 says murderous gangs turned her neighborhood into a killing zone. >> one final playing soccer with my uncle, some gang members showed up. they killed a girl that was there right where we were playing. >> you saw that? >> yes. >> she paid a human smuggler known as a coyote $16,000 to bring them to the u.s. they crossed the border illegally in texas. they turned themselves in to u.s. authorities and were released into their mother's custody. it was the first time she'd seen them in seven years. >> when i saw them, it was as if i was reborn. there was nothing more than i could do than to thank god. >> 9-year-old dianna summed up how she feels to be back with her mother. >> i'm happy. >> their troubles are not over. both girls have orders to appear in immigration court.

carolina herself is an undocumented immigrant. >> what would you do if your daughters were sent back? >> i will go with them. now that we are together, i can't bear to be separated from them. >> for now, the family is safe and they are adjusting to life in the u.s. as they wait for others to decide their fate. >> rob reynolds, aljazeera, los angeles. >> a vigil and a funeral are planned for the stanton island man who died after put in a choke hold by police. the nypd said officers were trying to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes. video shot by a bystander shows the officer putting the 350-pound man put in a choke hold and taken to the ground. he is later heard saying "i can't breathe." >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe. >> he died moments later. the officer who appears to put him in a choke hold is now on

desk adult pending two investigations. we've been seeing reaction on social media to this. >> there are still so many questions to be answered here. two investigations are underway. choke holds are not allowed by the nypd, prompting filmmaker spike lee to say brother eric gardner no longer believes courtesy of banned nypd choke hold, rest in power. he links it to the image with the words underneath "i can't breathe." >> several people have put up pictures of themselves with the #i can't breathe. >> rest in peace, eric, we need to do better as the human race. 200,000 people have signed a petition on line. >> coming up, a plan to wire

much of new york city for wi-fi using some 20th century relics. we will show you what some companies have planned.

>> it's made land fall in taiwan and now the storm heading to china. the typhoon swept through the region last week, hitting the philippines, china and vietnam, the second strongest storm to hit china in decades. >> we are talking about a different typhoon, this one made landfall in taiwan. this is 12 to 18 hours before it made landfall. right now, the wind speeds are 90 miles per hour, a category one hurricane if it were in the

atlantic. we are see ago lot of rain out of this storm. this is the latest advisory. they had it in the middle of the country, but since the advisory, the storm is making its way toward the western shore. it's going to cross the taiwan strait and is expected to make a second landfall here, it won't be as strong. the amount of rain we are seeing coming out of the storm is the biggest concern. weather service, take a look on the backside, these rain bands. that is the big problem, incredible amounts of rain coming out of the storm. here on the coast, this small village saw five inches of rain in one hour, 18 inches of rain in five hours. you can imagine the flooding and flash flooding across taiwan for the next couple of hours.

>> mobile devices have just about made pay phones obsolete, right? a relic of the past. google may have a hand in changing that. we have been following this. >> i checked how to say mobile on line. mobile. >> mow bile? >> most people never use the pay phones. the city is now trying to change that. >> they are old and neglected. now new york city plans to transform these relics into tools of the future, turning pay phones into free wi-fi hot spots with phone charging stations. more than 7,000 pay phones are spread across the city's five borrows, the city wants one company to run the whole system. google might be it. it was one of 60 companies at a meeting with city officials this year. goggle has been looking at new ways to provide internet access

around the word. >> in some places, no one's on line at all. >> take the project to connect balloons to the internet. >> that's right, balloons. >> given its reach and goals, google is likely in the running to transform the pay phones in new york city. >> if they got the partnership of google, this could work, a way to get its citizens more internet speeds. >> the idea is for new yorkers to get free wi-fi within 85 feet of public phone booths. they'll still be able to make free 911 calls. the money will make money off advertising. >> the demand is growing for wi-fi across the country and word. cisco systems says by the end of this year, mobile corrective devices will outnumber the number of people on earth. >> there's a huge demand for it. everybody is looking for ways to

add spectrum. >> we reached out to google and i.b.m. to see if they sent proposals to the city and both would not comment. >> there's money to be made here, got to go. "real money" is next. >> four simple words have the future of obamacare hanging in the balance. i'll break down two complicated court rulings and what they mean for the millions of americans who signed up for coverage, and also, aljazeera journalists in gaza, and i'll give you my take and plus, boom towns on the bayou, how fracking is creating both opportunity and challenges. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money."