>> on the stream, >> from schools collecting data on your kids, to skyrocketing child identity theft, we'll show you, your kid's digital footprint, that's leaving an easy trail for criminals >> the stream on al jazeera america >> rye lens on the other side of israel, protestors angry about the invasion of gaza clash with israeli special forces if the west bank. >> trying to stem the wave of undocumented children into the u.s. >> they opened the door, saw him pointing a gun at the doctor. >> scary moments at a suburban philadelphia hospital. how a doctor armed with his own

gun stopped a deadly rampage. >> an audience with the pope, a sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to christianity visits the vatican. >> sirens blaring across israel's second largest city this morning as a new wave of rocket attacks take aim at tel-aviv. good morning, and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> israel saying it's iron dome system intercepted those two rockets, but people had to be evacuated from airport and nearby, coming days after the u.s. banned passenger jets from flying there because of a similar rocket attack. >> deadly clashes leave two dead in the west bank following a bombing as a u.n. shelter in gaza that killed at least 15 people. >> secretary of state john kerry urging israel and hamas to accept that knee ceasefire proposal, trying to end the bloodshed. >> nick schiffron is reporting for us from gaza.

what is the latest on the rockets fired near the airport in tel-aviv? good morning. those rockets were fired in the last couple hours, hamas actually announcing on radio that it targeted the airport right on the edge of tel-aviv. israel american league saying two rockets were intercepted. those rockets are flying from here almost every day and many of them are pointing now at tel-aviv. the violence is very intense. we have heard constant barrage of israeli strikes. there were two rockets fired from here again into israel. all of this violence is parking anger for palestinians 60 miles away. >> the main road in jerusalem became a battle ground, rocks and molotov cocktails thrown at

israeli police. at first, the police fired back with rubber bullets and stun grenades, then used live fire, killing multiple protestors. the demonstrations were expected, but the scale indicates massive anger. 10,000 palestinians filled these streets and today the palestinian leadership calls for larger protests in solidarity with gaza. >> we are here to defend our people in gaza. today is the beginning of a new incident fad da. >> that rage comes from a place palestinians are supposed to be place. yesterday, devastated families in a hospital filled with confusion and chaos.

>> i don't understand how i survived or why i'm alive. >> upstairs, his brother is prepping for surgery, shrapnel cut through his leg. >> are you nervous? >> he's so nervous, he can't really speak. >> just outside the hospital, the school area is empty. >> this is only a mile and a half from the israeli border, and it iser reto be here. it is completely silent, the streets desolate. this neighborhood has been abandoned and everywhere you look, you see the scars of the fighting at the residential apartment complex. >> the israeli military is warning residents to stay away. >> that is just one of the neighborhoods that israel has struck this morning across gaza strip, some 30 houses have been destroyed and the militant leader of the islamic jihad movement has been killed. >> what can you tell us about secretary kerry's attempts as a

ceasefire and whether they're making headway. >> so u.s. officials tell me they are trying to find a temporary ceasefire because a permanent ceasefire are too difficult. as they have a temporary ceasefire, they will negotiate some kind of permanent pact. what hamas is asking for are guarantees from the united states, the united nations and the european union, assuring hamas that in the future, any kind of ceasefire will come with two things, the opening of the borders into gaza and the lessening of the restriction to say materials, food, water and basic splice coming into gaza. israel is asking for the complete demilitarization of gaza so all those rockets stop once and for all. both sides really sticking to their guns right now, officials telling me there's no real progress that this piece of paper, this draft proposal has been given to both sides but

neither has accepted. >> i didn't see you flinch, but i'm hearing what sounds like rocket fire or perhaps more bombs coming from the sky. do you know what's happening there right now as far as the violence? >> >> for better or worse, after a while here, you can actually tell the difference between something incoming or outgoing. we are hearing a drone, an israeli drone flying up above and that is a constant sound in all of these neighborhoods in the east, especially just a couple of miles that way and in north gaza, a few miles that way. residents are hearing that buzz all the time, day and night. we heard a very large noise, just a couple minute before we went on the air, that's outgoing fire, a rocket fired from gaza into israel. we are not sure of the target yet and the big booms, the shods that really shake our hotel or office are dropped by f16's, so

you really get a sense of all the violence happening across gaza right now. >> >> in tehran, muslims are marching in protest of the offensive in gaza. today marks the last friday of ramadan. iran created the event in 1979 to show solidarity with the palestinian people. >> protests by christians, as well, in iraq. >> hundreds taking to the streets outside the u.n. headquarters, calling on the u.n. to protect them from sectarian violence. christians are targeted by the islamic state group, calling it a crime

crimes against humanity. >> france will help with the investigation of do you understand algiers flight. >> the flight left the airport in the early hours of thursday morning. bound for the algerian captain with one hen passengers and six crew aboard, the weather conditions were so bad that the crew asked permission to change the flight plan to avoid them. from then on, contact was lost. for hours, search efforts were focused on the border area with mali, then the worst possible news. >> we have found the algerian plane, the wreck has been located. we sent a scouting team. we do not have details on what they have found there, but i can

guarantee we have found the plane. >> the majority of passengers aboard the flight were french citizens. france has a long history in this part of africa, both as the former colonial power and the more recently with its military intervention in mali. >> we can't establish the cause but we'll have to. the crew signaled that it was changing route because of particularly difficult weather conditions. we'll find out the truth of everything that happened. >> the area where the plane came down has been fought over by rifle groups in recent years. the group al-qaeda has been prominent. there is no suggestion so far that they had any involvement in this incident. the flight should have finished its journey at algiers international airport. officials there suggest the most

likely reason why the plane came down seems to be the adverse weather conditions it encountered. >> in february, a military plane slammed into a mountain in algeria, killing all onboard. >> taiwan niece officials are turning to the black boxes into the investigation of a jet. a four minute gap between the pilot's request for a second approach and the plane going down is being ve viewed. >> australia is closer to sending troops to ukraine this morning. prime minister tony abbot saying his government is finalizing that deal for australian forces to help secure the malaysia airlines flight 17 crash site. pro-russian separatists control that area, blocking access. europe may be closer to imposing new sanctions on russia, as

well. >> it is likely it was shot down, and it is also likely that it was conducted by non-state actors that were provided incredibly powerful weapons by the russian government, all that, i think may stiffen the spine of our european partners moving forward. >> travel bans freezing more assets of key allies of vladimir putin are proposed. >> state officials in arizona are reviewing death penalty procedures following the execution of a convicted murderer. some witnesses say joseph wood watched for air for two hours before dining wednesday. the process is supposed to take 10 minutes. this was the third u.s. execution in six months to have problems. >> coming up in hour next hour, we will be speaking with the daughter and sister of the murder victim. she and her husband join us on this debate over lethal injection. they witnessed the execution.

>> the president welcoming three central american presidents to the white house. >> the leaders of honduras, guatemala and el salvador will be there to talk about the children crossing the border and what can be done to stop it. >> mike, what if anything do we expect to come out of today's meeting? >> president obama's under pressure from all sides and his $3.7 billion proposal to address this issue, the migrants streaming toward the border from these three countries is going nowhere in congress. these three leaders were visiting congress yesterday, meeting with the republican leader ship, john boehner, the speaker of the house, harry reid and nancy pelosi well. they are pointing the finger at the united states as well as asking for more money. they say look, it's a familiar argument, yes, but the law of supply and demand really feeds these drug cartels who are fostering this violence in our home countries and in particular

honduras. the administration are now talking about at least allowing some of these young people to be granted refugee status, particularly from honduras, that violence torn country with drug violence from these cartels, the administration announcing it will look into sending some national guard troops to the border. this has been a continuous represent call. >> the white house now saying that the number of children crossing the border in slowing substantially over the last month. are they giving any reason? >> the physician, they do this by fiscal year starting in october. the latest estimates, some 57,000 slovyansk children have been detained at the border. the latest estimate we did hear was that number was expected to reach 90,000 by october 1. yes, you're right, the white house is taking some credit for

at least jaw boning this problem, talking about their message that the children will be discouraged and deported, trying to counter misinformation fostered by criminal syndicates in this country and saying yes, the flow has slowed if not stopped somewhat. >> a patient is accused of opening fire in a pennsylvania psychiatric hospital, killing a case worker and injuring a doctor. >> authorities are saying the doctor had a gun of his own and actually stopped the shooter from hurting somebody else. >> that's right, del, authorities say a bullet grazed the side of that doctor's head prosecutor before he pulled out his own gun and fired at the patient. >> it was like panic out here. >> patients in a panic after a shooting in a psychiatric center just outside philadelphia. inside a private doctor's office, an argument erupted.

>> individuals heard yelling. >> the altercation between a patient, patient and case worker escalated quickly. nearby workers bolted into the room. >> they came in, saw him pointing a gun at the doctor. >> the workers immediately called 911. seconds later, gunfire, patients rushed to protect their loved ones. >> i rushed down flee flights to get my son. >> you wanted to be sure he was safe. >> yes. >> the place was on lockdown as swat team officers moved in to secure the area. before police arrived, the doctor took down the shooter himself, using his own revolver. the armed patient still managed to shoot and kill his case worker, teresa hunt. >> anytime you have an incident like this, it's certainly horrendous. >> the doctor suffered a graze wound to the head and is ok. police call him a hero.

>> this guy could have gone in the hallway until he ran out of ammunition. without a doubt, i mean, i believe the doctor saved lives. >> the d.a. says the patient was known for turbulent interactions with the staff and had issues with the doctor over his treatment plan. it's unclear if that's why the doctor was carrying a weapon, which is against hospital policy. >> an f1 tornado, two dead now after it tore through a busy camp ground in east issue virginia. >> how uncommon of tornadoes like this in virginia? >> certainly it's not tornado alley in the plains and geography plays an impact.

we definitely do get tornadoes as we head toward the east coast and an ef1 wouldn't be that uncommon, a particularly strong one would be less uncommon in this part of the country with that what was more uncommon was the time of day, that period from 8:00 to 9:00 in the morning, more of our activity happens in the afternoon and going into the evening hours when you get the heat of the day to fuel these storms, so this time of day, only 2% or 3% of tornadoes occur at that time of day, so that's a little bit more troublesome and this had moved over cooler waters, that usually takes fuel away. the tornado still made its way to the peninsula. that's a look at the radar at the time, as all of this moved through, pretty much looking like thunderstorms but did a lot of damage. a lot of trees came down. that was kind of the problem, because as people were camping,

there was a combination of hail, straight line winds and tornadic activity. you can see some of this damage across the area. if you're in remote areas, i camp a lot, there aren't the sirens. i don't know about this particular place. it's a good idea to have a weather radio or have your cell phone to get alerts where you are in case there's a quick warning like this there was with this one. >> she was sentenced to die for converting to christianity. >> now a sudanese woman is getting a personal meeting with pope francis. we'll tell you what the pontiff said to her. >> day two of the trial in michigan, the dramatic 911 calls after a man shot a young black woman on his front porch. >> yatsenyuk, why he's stepping down only months after assuming the position of prime minister of ukraine. >> $20 million. >> it is one family's price in

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shut the door and called police. >> the calls were played back in court thursday. what did they reveal? >> after shooting ranisha mcbride, he told the operator that he had just shot someone who was banging on his door. when police arrived on the scene, he told them, his gun, he thought it was unloaded and he had no idea that that was going to happen. he said it was an accident. during opening statements, wafer's attorney said that this was all about self defense. she made no mention of any accident. she said that her client was trying to defend himself. take a listen to a portion of that 911 call. >> what is your emergency? >> yes, i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> the jury heard from a woman

who saw mcbride shortly after she had gotten into a car accident later that evening. it was later revealed that mcbride had both alcohol and marijuana in her system. >> some people are likening this trial to the trayvon martin case. does michigan have a stand your ground law? >> yeah, del, michigan has a version of the stand your ground law, but the defense so far has made no mention of that law. wafer's lawyer said that this is a case of lawful defense, self defense. i want you to take a listen to what she said earlier this week in court. >> as horrible and sad as this case is, a 19-year-old woman is dead, the law said he was justified in what he did. >> clearly that is something that the prosecution is arguing against wafer. he faces life behind bars.

the trial will resume monday. >> thank you very much. >> she faced a death sentence for converting from islam to christianity, but today, a sudanese woman is enjoying her new found freedom in rome. >> she actually had a very emotional meeting with the pope. >> the vatican described the meeting as in affectionate, pope francis thanking her for her courage in the face of death. during the encounter, the mother of two held her newborn baby, a child born while she was behind bars in sudan, jailed under islamic bars. the 30 minute meeting took place hours after she was finally able to leave sudan. >> the government in italy worked with the government of sudan and the u.s. embassy to arrange for her departure. we'd been working on the travel documents for sometime and hoped to resolve this as quickly as

possible. >> the death sentence drew international outrage and was overturned last month. the family will spend a few days in rome before coming here. >> the family of our colleague launching an appeal of his seven year prison sentence in egypt, held since december 29 last year. his brother announced that appeal thursday at a news conference in australia. >> the family resolved to continue to work tirelessly toward securing peter's freedom and staunchly assert his in sense. we need to also recognize that there are still a long way to go in order to achieve our goals. >> along with two our aljazeera correspondents have been in prison now for 209 days. aljazeera ejects all charges against its journalists and is calling for their immediate

release. >> three americans are held right now in iran. the paper said he was picked up along with his iranian wife and two freelance journalists. it is unclear who detained them and why. cnn calling for the immediate release of a freelancer abducted in ukraine. the network said armed separatists grabbed the journalist outside a hotel in donetsk. the gunmen accused him of terrorism, saying he had worked just one day as an interpreter when he was taken. >> the remnants of the typhoon continue to pummel china, hitting today. since wednesday, it has flooded streets and caused trains to stop running. most affected cities have even water levels ecreed, a warning is still in effect for 10-foot waves in eastern china. >> we want to turn to nicole mitchell to check out the situation across the midwest.

>> i'll take a quick look at the typhoon you talked about. initial frames right here, you can see what was left of that and finally pulling off the coastline, still causing wind as it does that. temperatures are definitely going to be something remarkable over the next couple of days. we've cooled down in the east coast, more 60's today behind the front that caused the tornado we were talking about. the pattern behind that, it's cool around the great lakes with the high pressure, the next low coming in is if you know he will go the warm air and the humidity from the gulf of mexico. you get into the midsection and you can see that bubbling red, that core of the warmer temperatures. some of these temperatures will be in the hundreds, oklahoma city and you get right on kind of the nebraska border, some of those, 105, close to 110. heat indexes in the 110-115 range. really, very potent if you're outside at all and all of this area under those different heat

advisories as we head into the weekend. >> president obama is meeting today with his central american counter parts over immigration. >> he is criticized for how the u.s. is handling migrants coming to the united states. some say the problem lice in decisions made decades ago. >> it's a clean source of energy, but is it safe. our cameras take you inside the first new nuclear power plant to be built in the u in years. >> nasa says it's real, or almost being wiped out by a massive solar flare.

>> for the first time in years, there's a new nuclear power plant opening in the country. >> we have a rare look inside the facility that's trying to balance safety concerns with the

countries need for electricity. >> but first, top stories. more rockets tarting tel-aviv leading to evacuations at the airport, coming days after the u.s. lifted that flight ban for american passenger jets flying into the airport. overnight, two dead in the west bank. >> a deadly shooting at a suburban philadelphia hospital. a psychiatric patient killed one person and injured a doctor before the physician pulled out his own gun and fired back. the gunman is in custody. he and the doctor are both being treated for injuries. >> president obama meeting today with the presidents of guatemala, honduras and el salvador to help stop the crossing of undocumented children to cross the border. this meeting comes as many criticize the administration for its handling of those children. >> the roots may lie in decision

the u.s. made decades ago. >> civil wars raged across central america. fearing satisfactory jet influence, ronald reagan supported them. >> we gave them military support, gave them a lot of different things and that included turning our head the other way when they went about doing their death squads and killing innocent people. >> tens of thousands of suspected leftists and their sympathizers, mostly civilians were killed by soldiers and right wing death squads. many central american families tried to get away from the bloodshed seeking refuge in the u.s. >> we drove hundreds of thousands of people out of their countries during that time. >> their prime destination, los angeles. >> los angeles is the modern

ellis island for central americans. >> in the barrios of l.a., young refer gees encounter criminal gangs and formed gangs of their own. they include ms13 and the 18t 18th street gang, identified by their tattoos. they quickly became among the most lethal gangs. in the 1990s, thousands of convicted criminals were deported by u.s. authorities. >> they deported gang members, but exported american urban gang culture. >> gangs born in los angeles flourished in their countries. that he is gangs are among the most violent on earth. >> today, tens of thousands of central american children are leaving their home lands and coming to the u.s. the majority site fear of the gangs as their reason for

fleeing. >> the anti communist type of mentality we had especially during the reagan era came back to haunt us. this is part of a historical projectry. you do some negative, destructive things one think in the short run it's going to help. >> a legacy of violence rooted in the cold war poisoning the lives of children born decades later. aljazeera, los angeles. >> let's go live to brent wilks from the united american league of citizens. thanks for being with us. first, the president meeting today with the leaders of those three central american countries. what do you expect in the way of progress? >> what we're hoping for is to see not just a immediate, in addressing the immediate crisis on the border, but also talking about how we can help solve this problem for the long term. i think as your package just

outlined, this is a decades long issue. we've been involved beyond that for hundreds of years. we own this problem and we've got to fix it and do something as americans to set this right and create a plan where we help those central american nations deal with the violence and their economies to get back on their feet. i hope they discuss that today. >> how do you explain the stepped up rhetoric. we hang out a sign that says give us your poor huddled masses yearning to be free, then say you're not wanted and you carry disease. >> it's really disappointing that layer the rhetoric on capitol hill especially from conservative members about this being an immigration problem, we have to seal our borders and send children back where they may lose their lives. frankly, the american public doesn't really support that position. most of us are in agreement that we need to help the children.

we have a lot of compassion for them, want to provide assistance antdo the right thing. it's the politicians playing this ugly game. we've got to set them straight and say this is not american values. it's ugly and disappointing and i hope congress sees that we need to fix this problem, not use it as a political football. >> one of the reasons for the stepped up drug trafficking and violence in central america is the demand for drugs in the u.s. do you expect those central american leaders meeting with the president to address that and lay that on the table? >> absolutely. clearly, our drug demand is fueling the violence in central america, frankly in many parts of latin america and we have not been able to address that. we made it their problem when it's our problem. we've got to solve that in light of the states many states are legalizing marijuana, we're sending a mixed message to the central american leaders on is there a war on drugs or not. we need to step up and say it's time to tackle this problem in a

different way, it's not working and we've created all kinds of issues not just in these three nations, but other latin american countries and it's been very destabilizing. >> on the other side is the balance question. people say if they come into this country illegally, why should they be allowed to stay? >> that question presupposes the answer, why shouldn't we allow folks to come here legally in the first place if they are under a real threat from these gangs which everybody agrees there are. if there are terrible economic conditions, which everybody agrees there are, we can't we provide a solution. we've been part of the problem that created the situation, why can't we be part of the solution for them. let's do the right thing to fix the wrong in the past. not say they're breaking the law now and we can turn our backs on

them, close the borders, send children back to almost certain death, that is the wrong approach, not american. we've got to do something different and we can. these are not very big countries, frankly. the size of our economy, we can provide the assistance needed to make sure that these countries get back on their feet. we've got to change this focus of the united states. we don't provide a lot of assistance to this region and 90% of our foreign aid goes outside of this hemisphere. we've got to do something different. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> more than 800 african migrants have died this year attempting to cross the mediterranean into europe. the u.n. is asked to take action and reduce deaths. the committinger for refugees said swift asylum procedures are needed. more than 260 people ever died or are still missing in the past

few days, trying to get to europe. >> kiev's new government is on the verge of collapsing after the prime minister announced his resignation. >> it is raising concerns about fighting separatists on the new border. >> he was one of the new breed of ukrainian politicians forged in the fires of the revolution. yatsenyuk, a youthful, 40-year-old former banker, fluent in russian and english filled a key role in lesting support from governments across europe and america in their opposition to the government of yanukovych. >> how am i going to pay the army's salaries tomorrow? how can i find fuel for our

armored vehicles and how do i compensate the families of the fallen. the mood has been grim since the do you think of the makes airliner. now real shock at the loss of a much admired political leader. >> i wasn't to big fan at first but i've seen how he works and i would back him again. >> i was really shocked, and i hope he reconsiders his decision, because he is good for this country. >> he shouldn't have done this. who will we have now to take his place in this very tough time in our country? >> he served a turbulent four months in government as kiev came to terms with the loss of crimea and moscow fermenting unrest in the ease. >> this is a political crisis this country cannot afford. the government all but paralyzed as it's engaged in an increasingly bitter conflict with pro-russian separatists in

the east and a battered economy tilting toward recession. peter sharp, aljazeera in kiev. >> officials in kiev saying yatsenyuk's resignation is going to make it difficult to pass critical laws. >> a tuberculosis lab shut down at security lapses can reopen. the c.d.c. said the facility passed safety inspections and needs to operate because of crucial work. health officials imposed moratorium on labs across the country after two accidents exposed workers to anthrax and a lethal flu virus. >> fighting one of the world's most deadly diseases, european health officials are asked to approve the world's first vaccine for malaria. it in effects millions worldwide every year, killing more than 600,000 of them. >> a federal court giving the f.d.a. the green light to continue using antibiotics in

animal feed, allowing producers to use penicillin and tetrapsych lean. many believe that contributes to resistant super bugs and bacteria we are finding so much. >> a new nuclear power plant is getting ready to go on line in tennessee. >> this leads to the reactor core. >> right in here. >> you may not have heard of the nuclear power plant. >> this is the side of the plant that actually makes electricity. >> this 1700-acre site in tennessee is now 90% complete. >> nuclear power, you can't hear it, you can't see it, you can't smell it. >> yet it's the power that creates heat and electricity for nearly 20% of the population in

the u.s. >> this is a turbinion tanks on your left. >> it is scheduled to go on line in december of next year after a year of delays for safety changes. >> the unit too cooling to your's been renovated. >> it had to be. after the nuclear disaster in fukushima, japan brought the industry to its knees. >> the safety procedures cost you millions? >> yes, sir. >> were they necessary. >> they were based on probabilities of occurrence of an event similar to that fukushima, and you know in the case where we are, our job is to implement the actions or the orders that the nuclear regulatory commission issues. >> plants are now required to install or improve venting systems to limit damage in the nuclear core in the event of a disaster. the core is the lifeline of the facility and the most dangerous

area. our cameras were allowed in before the nuclear fuel was loaded. >> most people who work at nuclear facilities never see the inside of a reactor head in its final stages before going live. nearly 100 degrees in this giant room now in the final stages before it goes active next year. the reactor head goes on top of the vessel there. >> the entire plant will create energy for over 1 million people. >> but as this plant gears up, others across the country are shutting down. the cost to comply with the new standards are too much for some energy companies. they also still to have deal with radioactive waste and the major price tag of managing and securing it. >> we can take that fuel and put it in a canister that's designed to withstand floods, winds, earthquakes, seismic events. >> those will be stored underground, maintained by the company for the 40-60 year life

of the plant at an annual cost of $10 million. with the waste radioactive for centuries, the nuclear industry and the government are still trying to figure out who picks up that tab in the future. aljazeera, spring city, tennessee. >> tennessee also a nuclear disaster response center. the facility holds emergency equipment to help prevent a nuclear meltdown. >> ohio state university firing the director of its marching band for allegedly tolerating a culture of hazing. university investigation found a pattern of sexually explicit nicknames and rituals in the band, concluding it was done with the knowledge of the now former band director, jonathan waters. we will have more on this in our next hour. >> nfl running back ray race has been suspended for the first two games of the upcoming season. roger goodell handed down the suspension. he is accused of knocking his

then fiancee unconscious, caught on a hotel surveillance video dragging her out of an elevator. he will miss home games against the cincinnati bengals and pittsburgh steelers. >> their biggest game of the season. >> investigators solved the mystery, dolls turning up on the door steps of several southern california homes. parents were spooked, because the dolls had a creepy resemblance to their daughters. officers have found the woman who dropped the toys. she said she left the dolls as a good will gesture. >> a little creepy. >> mcdonalds restaurants in japan have taken chicken mcnuggets and other chicken products off the menu. expired meat was sold to the fast foot giant. mcdonald will instead use companies in thailand. >> headlines around the world, scientists say the earth narrowly missed a global catastrophe a few years ago, you

remember the reporting of solar flares, the new york post said recent revelations discovered our planet had a near miss with the solar flair that could have knocked us back to the dark ages. it would have missed us by about a week. >> a milwaukee barber sentenced to prison for playing a role in the theft of a 300-year-old violin. the man received prison time for applying the stun gun used in the crime. the violin was recovered undamaged nine days later in the attic of a milwaukee home. >> he is just sort of an accessory to the crime. the actual guy yet to go on trial. >> americans only take 25% of their allotted paid vacation time and over half still work while away. i don't know who they're talking about. we don't have this problem with that forbes gives pointers on

how to unplug from work. you have to be as methodical when you take vacation, set the parameters of checking your email, talk to your boss about how accessible you are before you leave. >> are you talking to me or management. >> to our boss. >> ok. >> that way you can fully unplug on vacation. it's strategy. >> i agree. >> three major air cats frees in a week. >> is it safe to fly especially overseas? we look at airline safety standards in other parts of the world. >> millions rely on it for water, now there's growing evidence a critical river basin maybe drying up. >> almost all of us learned about d.n.a. in high school classes. now there's a new revelation about the building blocks of life. that's ahead in our discovery of the day.

>> australian officials are preparing to send troops to secure the malaysia airlines flight 17 crash site. >> the dutch government confirmed they are sending a task force to the ukraine. the so-called royal marshalls are special police force, their job to protect the royal family, but they will be leaving from the military base this evening,

heading towards the ukraine. they are there in what is called chapter one of this operation. they are there to help the dutch-led investigators to comb through a 13 square mile area where the wreckage and the bodies landed to find the remains, the dismembered remains of those passengers who are still missing. now the second phase, chapter two of this operation is hotly debated in the house of representatives behind me here in the hague. this is whether to 10 another group of 40 so-called royal marshalls later on with heavy weapons, what kind of weapons, what kind of protection are they going to have, essentially they're there to try and protect the investigation to carry out their forensic task in the middle of a battle zone. this chapter two is not just to recover the bodies. this chapter two is to help the forensic investigation, to

collect fragments, to try and find out exactly what happened, to try and find out where the missile parts that were fired at the plane are still somewhere in that huge area. that will end in the painting of finger of blame. that will actually decide where the blame lies. now it's that second team, that second investigation which is going to be the most vulnerable. what will the pro-russian rebels decide to do. if they attack the teams, how big a force is needed to defend them. australians also going to come in on the side of the government here. they say they are ready to help out and protect that crash scene, but it's a very debatable point at the moment and still hasn't been decided. >> it's been a bad week for international air travel, air disasters over the last seven days left 500 dead. >> malaysia airlines flight 17 shot down over ukraine, killing 298 onboard. the air transasia jet kill

another 48 and then yesterday, an air algerie jet going down in mali. >> couple that with the suspension of flights to tel-aviv, many americans may be worried about traveling overseas. an aviation attorney joins us. mr. green, thanks for being with us. these crashes have, the roots of the problem were different. people were asking the question are there uniform international standards for airlines. >> yeah, there are. there's an international civil aviation organization based up in canada, it sets fort the rules. each country controls its own air space and sets its own rules. most countries have adopted the international standards, but some apply them rigorously and other countries less so. >> if we're on one of those international flights outside

the u.s., how do we know whether an airplane has met the same standards it might meet in the u.s. or whether or not the person in the cockpit is as qualified as an american pilot. >> what i did on the way in this morning was actually try to research the two airlines, air algeria and transasia to see whether there was information people could look at to say i shouldn't get on this flight. there really wasn't. both airlines listed on the international air transportation association compliant website, an operational safety audit. >> they both had good safety records. >> they both had relatively good safety records, they both did the international standards, the audit that is required in order to be a member of this international air transportation association, so there wouldn't be anything that would jump out as you and say don't get on

these flights. what's interesting in the algeria flight, an airline from spain, swift air was flying that, operating the flight for them. >> safe to fly or leap of faith? >> ultimately, it's usually safe to fly almost anywhere in the world. there are places, i'll tell that you it's all about money. if an airline has money to invest in safety, and they'll be able to have a safer airline. if you're operating on a very strict budget, then you're not going to have a safe airline. >> justin green, aviation disaster attorney, thanks for joining us. >> we have the front that moved through the east coast. it is still causing some problems as the boundary lingers through the south and then also into the midwest. those are our come areas. you can see that boundary in the south, more of a firing point

into the afternoon. the next system causing the heat in the plains, rain in minnesota and iowa dealing with that. i'll talk more about excessive heat coming up. back to you. >> there's a new study that says that 10% of human d.n.a. is functional. they found the other 90% junk. researchers looked at the gene activity in mandating back 100 million years, concluding that d.n.a. must show some important function that needs to be retained. >> president obama will meet today with the presidents of honduras, guatemala and el salvador. the summit will look at ways to end the flow of undocumented children into the u.s. >> two people were killed in clashes between israel police and palestinians protesting the invasion of gaza. >> getting to the crash site of

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>> coming to the u.s. without their parents, the white house looking to roll out the welcome mat to some migrants. >> palestinians clashed with israeli forces in the west bank as secretary of state john kerry puts forward a peace plan. >> a tornado tears through a virginia background, leaving death and construction in its wake. >> the royal snapshot, queen

elizabeth photo bomb ago selfie has gone viral. >> it could be a major day for the immigration crisis along the border. >> today, president obama welcomes the leader of three central american countries to the white house, the presidents of el salvador, honduras and el salvador will talk about stemming the tide have children crossing the border into the automatic. >> a plan would allow some children to legally enter the u.s., first filing for refugee status back at home in honduras. is there any indication of what those central american leaders will say to president obama? >> president obama is under pressure from all sides now to do something about this border crisis. his proposal in congress that $3.7 billion proposal is going nowhere. today the president sits down with those three leaders, whose citizens continue to stream to

the southern border in texas, to hear their side of the story. >> after promising to deport minors illegally coming to the u.s. from central america, president obama is reportedly considering a plan welcoming at least some of the migrants. under the proposal, some children and young adults from honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world could apply for refugee status, meaning they will be treated as if they are fleeing a war zone or disaster. it's a designation granted by the u.s. in the past to people fleeing asia after the vietnam war and the 1990's unrest in haiti. but allowing those children to apply for asylum, the white house hopes to stem the tide of migrants traveling alone from making the dangerous trip to the united states. the presidents of honduras and guatemala yesterday arrived in washington, meeting with congress. >> it's important for us to hear

from the presidents their perspective, especially on the migration issue, which has such an impact now, as we address the concerns that the american people have about the children at the border. >> the presidents are also pointing the finger at washington for the crisis. >> it has to do with the lack of clarity, only bigot that has become the policy of the hall marks and debates carried out on the question of immigration reform here in the united states. >> this afternoon, president obama and vice president biden will host the two central american leaders, along with the president of el salvador at the white thousand, discussing ways to curb the in flux of illegal border crossings by children. meanwhile, the president's request in emergency funding remains stuck in congress, while the administration will assess whether national guard can help.

>> expected to ask congress for more aid to try to do something about the economic and crime situation in their countries. pessimistic attitude in washington towards more money. the stream of migrants is slowing, after trying dispel the rumors, children told they would be allowed to stay in this country, the administration said that is having some effect at this point. >> congress has that very short window to pass new immigration bill before leaving for the august recess. what's happening on capitol hill? >> basically, there's a breakdown on both sides of the aisle. part of what the president wants to do is change the 2008 bush add ministration law so children can be sent from honduras.

meanwhile republicans are scaling back the president's proposal considerably. this division within the democratic party allows republicans to hide the deep divisions within their own party. it may not be any surprise that politics are very complicated. all these proposals face a limited prospect of success. >> no surprise at all. >> now israel, rockets have been flying in tel-aviv this morning, also in gaza. we will have a live report from there in just a second. they were blocked, the ones into tel-aviv by israel's iron dome system. >> as you can see from this footage, overnight, deadly clashes killed two people in the west bang after two people died hitting a shelter in gaza. we were there in the aftermath. >> they should have been safe, everyone left their homes to the supposed safety of a makeshift

u.n. shelter. >> all our children are in the school and us, too. she she would us with rockets. there are children's body parts. there is no safety, we have no security anywhere. >> close to the border with israel, it's been an area hit hard. when we drove here, there was heavy shelling president area. >> they told us to evacuate the school, because israel will hit it. ok, we will leave. how can we leave? every family with eight, nine, 10 children. they say we will bring buses. we waited for the buses, got our luggage and sat on the playground waiting when the shells fell. >> there is a steady stream of people arriving here and chaos and devastation. the people here are asking the question by does israel target a u.n. school if they know civilians have already had to flee their homes.

you can see people are extremely upset. they say israel knew this was a shelter for those who already had to flee the area because of israel's military campaign. >> israel says it may have been a rocket fired from one of the armed groups here that fell short. nobody believes that here. >> before the buses came, the israelis shelled the school. >> u.n. spokesman told us the u.n. had given the israeli army the exact location of the school, all the schools and four have been hit in the last days. >> most of the injuries are critical. they are being operated on. others we had to send to another hospital. this is a crime. what can we do? this is a crimes against humanity. >> there is a desperate fear fear. no one can make them feel safe

anymore. >> let's bring in nick schiffron now live from gaza. nick, i understand some rockets have landed near your position. tell us what's going on. >> i just want to show you exactly where we are. we're right by the mediterranean sea, and out at see are dozens of israel war ships. what they have been doing is shelling into gaza, miles away. one of the targets is right next to our hotel, this field and in particular, one charred building that used to always have a car that's there. that target has been fit at least five or six times in the last few days while we've been there. that is the field they've been hitting. we've seen no activity at all from that field, the israeli military said their targets in and around this area have been rocket launchers. >> a wave of rockets were fired

near the airport in tel-aviv that came out of gaza, presumably from the hamas side. what do we know? >> these were two rockets a couple of hours ago fired from here in gaza and hamas on radio, basically live as the rockets were flying, said that we targeted the tel-aviv airport, israel saying there were two rockets, both intercepted over tel-aviv. what's important to understand is some of the numbers about these rockets. we've asked the israel military about them. over the last eight days, 843 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel. it's about 100 a day or so, one every 15 minutes. only a quarter head to urban cities, this is one of the most key numbers, 3%, 3% of the rockets that have flown from here into israel actually fall in urban areas. they cause panic, a lot of concern both for israelis as

well as for the u.s. the f.a.a. canceled flights into the airport because of the rockets, but the actually risk of those rockets to urban areas in israel is 3% of the rockets falling in urban areas. >> they do have that iron dome defense system there. nick, thank you. >> in tehran and around the world, muslims are marching in protest again today against the israeli offensive in gaza. today marks the last friday of ramadan. the event was created by iran in 1979 to show solidarity with palestinians. >> algeria is trying to figure out what caused a flight crashing, all aboard killed, mostly french citizens. officials say the pilot reported weather problems and requested permission to change course before the crash.

france will assist in that investigation. >> a tuberculosis lab opening its doors after shutting down after security lapses. the c.d.c. passed the safety inspections. there were two accidents exposing workers to anthrax and a flu virus. >> doctors at temple university were able to remove h.i.v. from human cells in the lab. current treatments only suppress the virus. researchers are looking for a method that will work outside the lab. >> gunfire inside a psychiatric center outside philadelphia between a patient and doctor. >> a shooting left a case worker dead. the patient is in critical condition this morning. >> that's right, del, now this all started with an argument that quickly escalated thursday. nearby workers heard yelling in a doctor's private office. they rushed to the room, opened the door and saw the patient

pointing a gun at the doctor. the patient shot and killed his case worker in the office before he fired at the doctor. the bullet grazed the doctor's head. workers called police but before help arrived, the doctor pulled out his own gun and fired back at the armed patient, taking him down. >> without that firearm, this guy could have gone in the hallway and walked down the offices until he ran out of ammunition. without a doubt, i believe the doctor saved lives. >> the d.a. says the patient was known for turbulent interactions with the staff and had issues with the doctor over his treatment plan. it's unclear if that's why the doctor was carrying a weapon, which is against hospital policy. >> an f1 tornado causing death and destruction in virginia, two people dying. more than 30 others were injured at the cherry stone camp ground in cape charles, virginia. 1300 people were staying there when the tornado struck thursday morning. >> glass was flying everywhere.

i grabbed the kids and dogs and we went under the little dineette. >> more storms are expected in many parts of the country today. >> we are definitely watching for storms today. even more so into tomorrow, just south of the great lakes tomorrow, today hit and miss from the south and into the midwest with a couple of boundaries that we have out there. going back to what happened yesterday in this e.f.1, it was pretty fast moving system that moved through and hitting the peninsula here, but what happened is it moved through a camp grounds, so you don't have a lot of solid structures. the warning went out at 20 past the hour with the tornado hitting at 23 past the hour. 13 minutes is actually the average time for a tornado warning, but if you're not in an area where you can hear a siren, that's why we say make sure you

have a whether radio or alerts by text. >> out of step and marching to the beat of a different tune. the band director of ohio state celebrated marching band fired for allegedly ignoring a culture of sexualized rituals. >> the young teaching the old teaching reverse mentoring. >> sharing the wealth, a sister changes the fortune of her 17 siblings with one lucky lottery ticket. >> in cairo, secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon will address the growing crisis in gaza.

>> take a look at today's global videos, a daring rescue caught on camera in corn wall, england, a lifeguard saving a boy swept to sea by a rip current. the boy was screaming for help. he is ok. >> footage of a fire at a

plywood mill. fire badly damaging the complex, but no reported injuries. >> an east london native captured footage of police officers trying to grab two large boa constrictors located in bushes near a play ground. looks like they got them bagged and everything. >> do not try that at home. >> i would not. welcome back to aljazeera, still to come, the director of the acclaimed ohio state marching band is out. >> why the university said he was out of step with the culture of the school. >> immigration is the topic at the white house. >> the president will meet with leaders of three countries to find a solution to discourage children from crossing the u.s. border alone. we are in dallas. heidi, you traveled south of the border to mexico. for many children, that is the final stop before entering the

u.s. what did you see? >> that's right. indeed as you mentioned, those central american presidents are in d.c. today, expected to ask president obama for more economic assistance. in these countries, where thousands have children ever departed and gone where i was last week, there are so many central american migrants in that city that there are three migrant shelters specifically for central americans. that is where i met a 15-year-old boy, ryan solare. he traveled those miles completely alone. >> it's called to him, the united states. he is steps away from reaching his goal, so close, yet so far away. >> >> you're so close to your dream. >> it makes him happy, he says.

there is no one to receive him. he's trying to decide to cross or return to his parents and siblings in honduras. he was 14 when he left his family's one room house with the naive ambition of finding a job in the u.s. and sending money home. he struck off alone, carrying nothing but two changes of clothes and $9.50. that was two months ago. he had a birthday, one he'd forgotten about until his mother called to remind him. fresher on his mind are memories from his journey. he witnessed the murder of a pregnant girl aboard what migrants call the death train. >> i jumped off just in time, he says, the girl wouldn't let the gangsters take her so they pushed her off. the train ran her over. he cried and asked god for help,

he says. he still sees it in his mind. now he wonders if it was all for nothing. he's heard u.s. border patrol is no longer in his words helping to take you north. he's hesitant to venture out of the shelter's protective walls to find someone to help him cross. cartel violence in this mexican state killed 64 people in april. human smuggling is a thriving operation here in reynosa, now with the drug cartels controlling operations, we can only safely be here for a few minutes. when brian looks for his smuggler, he will be coming here alone. >> our camera was still rolling when mexican soldiers ordered us to leave. they won't want truly from the cartels, they tell us. >> he is worried he'll be kidnapped and tasked.

i tell him the bodies of two migrants were found in this part of the river this week and three more recovered from the nearby desert. yet, the american dream still beck consist. >> do you think that's worth risking your life for? he says yes, it's worth it. es doing this to help his family and because he's already come this far. >> a big update, brian has told me he plans to cross this very morning in the coming hours. he just turned 15. he has no family in the united states, and he just has a third grade education. i pleaded to him not to do this, but he tells me he is determined. >> we are now all hooked on his story. please let us know whether he gets her safely. thank you very much. >> the coast guard says it has found the wreckage of the plane

piloted by an indiana teenager, the 17-year-old and his father were flying around the world to raise money for charity. their plane crashed tuesday off american samoa. the crews are still searches for the body of his father, they recovered his. >> a high school state marching band earning the recognition as one of the best in the nation. >> the band's leader is out of a job among allegation of rampant hazing. >> marching bands at schools like florida and texas state have been accused of hazing new members in the past, now add the ohio state university marching band to the list. the program known for a dazzling performances on the field is under fire for bad behavior off of it. >> in 2012, the ohio tate marching band went from being known for its ohio formation for being renowned for superman, falling buildings and dazzling

on field feats. the band director took over in 2012 and used ipads to choreograph moves and the band was featured in an ipad commercial. >> the technology we used, i didn't expect to be this instrumental, pardon the pun, in our daily operation. just stay tuned and i know you are going to love what we're going to do next year. >> there will be no next year for waters. the university has fired him in the wake of apparent allegations that sexually charged hazing of new band members has been rampant. a subsequent two month investigation led to a university report. in it, the school found evidence of a tradition called midnight ramp during which band members marched late at night in their underwear. the report found evidence of newcomers ordered to perform simulated sex acts and of band members being referred to by sexually explicit nick nails. all of this behavior, according

to the report, occurred frequently with jonathan waters' knowledge and or presence. new university president michael drake on the job for just three weeks released a video statement summarizing the report's findings. >> very serious cultural issues and an environment conduce i have to sexual environment creating a hostile environment for students. we can and must do better. >> according to reports, waters says he's paying the price for things that happened before he took over. while the university's report does bear some of that out, it's also true that waters has been with the program for a decade. >> amazon's stock takes a beating in over hours trading after a second quarter loss, the company is warning it's third quarter could be even worse. >> cornell university president

is worried about the growing cost of college education. we asked him about rising tuition and who is suffering the most because of it. >> it has become too expensive. for schools that have substantial resources like cornell and many schools that have endowments, it's possible for us to help a lot of the families in america, because of very substantial financial aid. that's the so-called high price, high aid model or high tuition, high aid model. for those families, we can actually help them to get through, but the price tag is so scary to look at, that a lot of people don't even think they want to take a chance doing it. at the other end of the spectrum are people who make enough money who can afford to pay cash for their student's education. i think it's definitely worth it. in between those two parts of the socioeconomic spectrum, there's a lot of people being squeezed. you would know more and better

how to define that. it's the upper middle class within a certain income range where you make too much to be needy, but don't make enough to pay cash for an education that costs $60,000 a year with room and board and other things. >> the big debate in this country. you can see the full talk to aljazeera interview coming up at 5:00 p.m. eastern saturday and 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday. >> time to check the weather with our meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> we've made it to friday. have we mention that had yet? what is it going to look like as you head out. cooler and comfortable weather in the 60's around the great lakes and into the northeast. you can see this bubble of warms at 74 this morning. that's that next system. ahead that have, not only the heat from the south, but a flow of gulf moisture, meaning it's going to be very sticky and sultry in the central united states while still cooler. for now around the great lakes,

this weather will be migrating. the core of has hot stuff, we are going to head to oklahoma to nebraska, easily a lot of hundreds in fact, the nebraska kansas border, some 105, 110 and that is going to mean we are going to see heat advisories pretty widespread as we head into the weekend. back to you guys. >> we'll call it the dog days of july. >> parents in china spending big bucks to whip their kids into shape. >> it's a tough camp, turning little emprocedures into little soldiers. >> celebrating faith, a woman once given a death sentence for being a christian now given an audience with the pope. >> our images of the day, over 1 million sun flowers in full bloom. what a sight. local farmers in japan planted them in unused rice fields to attract tourists for the festival running through

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>> these are live i am ma'ams from cairo. we are waiting on a news conference involving secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon involving the latest peace proposal put on the table to solve the crisis in gaza between israel and hamas. the latest efforts might be a temporary ceasefire for humanitarian reasons. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> in our next hour, the environment -- next half hour, the hazard that is a threat to coastal livelihoods. the lion fish are concerned this invasive species could wipe out the fishing industry. >> the death toll is mounting in israel and gaza and see secretary of state john kerry tries to push for peace this morning.

>> violence again erupting overnight in the west bank. two people were killed. >> this morning, the airport in tel-aviv had to be evacuated when rockets fired from gaza came close. the iron dome system did stop those rockets. >> nick schiffron is live in gaza but we start in jerusalem. the israeli cabinet looking at the ceasefire proposal. how likely is it that it will be successful? >> we understand this cabinet meeting is now underway in tel-aviv. secretary of state john kerry has been shuttling around trying to get all of the major players onboard with this. he is now in cairo with ban ki-moon. we understand they will be giving aid to a press conference at some point today. what we understand is on the table with the ceasefire offer is this would be a one week

temporary ceasefire, and the israeli military would be allowed to stay in the gaza strip and to continue to destroy tunnels. secondly, during the ceasefire, talks would have to begin between strehl and hamas, mediated by egypt. there would be some international guarantees from the e.u., the u.s. and u.n. secretary general that both sides demands would be discussed during the ceasefire talks. these demands of course hamas on the one side very strongly saying that there must be a lifting of the blockade on gaza, because over the past several years, people have said that that's created a situation where some describe gaza as an open air prison. that's a very key demand there. the israelis are saying they muff guarantees that there will be no more rockets fired from gaza and that these network of

tunnels discovered in gaza must be destroyed. >> what is happening in jerusalem where you are after the huge protest near ramallah? >> we have seen some clashes here today, there is as lot of tension in the rare, this is a very important day, the last friday in the holy month of ramadan. the men under the age of 50 were prevented from going into the mosque, so outside the mosque outside the old city were clashes today. we know also from what we've seen in ramallah, tensions are high. the palestinian liberation organization has asked for palestinians everywhere to come out and show anger over what's happening in gaza. >> live in jerusalem, thank you very much. >> let's bring in nick schiffron now, live in gaza. nick, the last hour we talked about rockets landing relatively near to your camera position. how safe are you?

>> i don't think i'd be out here if we didn't feel our entire crew was safe, but we did have some rockets nearby. i want to show you the context of where these rockets are coming from. that is the mediterranean sea. out about a mile or so are a dozen israeli war ships and they deploy huge missiles into gaza. one of their targets has been this field right next to our hotel and one of the tares in particular seems to be this building. that has been hit at least eight times, showing you a little bit about the precision of these strikes. we have not seen any kind of activity from that field or building at all since we've been here, but the israeli military does say its targets in this area are rocket launchers and the people who fire them.

>> and the tunnels, as well as the rockets. talk about why the two sides, hamas and israel both seem reluctant to agree to a ceasefire, even a temporary ceasefire at this point. >> i think you said it right, the targets around here might be the rockets and rocket launchers but the main objective to the east, a couple miles that way has been those tunnels. it's a real red line for israel, the thought that palestinian fighters could sneak into a community along the border inside israel. we've seen fighters carry zip ties with them, some kind of tranquilizer drug, clearly signs they are trying to kidnap israelis to bring them back into gaza. that is why israel is focusing on those tunnels. about 50% or 60% have the tunnels they know exist have

been destroyed, and that's taken over a week. it will take days to actually finish the job. >> thank you. >> three u.s. citizens, includion a washington post correspondent apparently held in iran, the paper saying that jason was picked up in tehran along with his iranian wife and two freelance photographers. it's unclear who's holding them for why. >> the family of aljazeera reporter peter grefta is appealing his prison sentence. he has been detained since september 29 along with two our journalists. his brother said the family is taking his case to egypt's highest really appeals court. >> our family resolved to continue to work tirelessly toward securing peter's freedom and staunchly assert his in sense. we need to recognize that there is a long way to go in order to achieve our goals. >> peter along with aljazeera's two other reporters have been in prison for 209 days.

aljazeera rejects charges against its journalists and calls for their immediate release. >> the state attorney general in arizona now calling for a temporary ban on executions following the botched execution of a convict inmate this week. >> it's the third u.s. execution in six months to have problems. >> the execution of joseph wood in arizona's death chamber took so long, nearly two hours, miss lawyers filed an emergency appeal in vain to the u.s. supreme court. journalists who witnessed the execution said wood appeared to gasp for breath. >> for maybe the first seven minutes, he closed his eyes, went to sleep. then he started gasping and gasped for more than an hour and a half. when the doctor came in to check his consciousness, he would turn the mic on, you could hear a deep snoring, sucking air sound. >> joe wood is dead, but it took two hours for him to die. to watch for an hour and 40

minutes, gulping air, it's likened to catching a finish and throwing it on the shore. >> wood was put to death for killing his exgirlfriend and her father in 1989. >> it took too long. >> jeannie brown, the sister and daughter of the victims said he appeared to be snoring, not suffering. >> you don't know what excruciating is, seeing your dad lying there in a pool of blood, seeing your sister lying there in a pool of blood. that's excruciating. this man deserved it. >> wood's prolonged death is the latest in a string of executions as states have tried new deadly combinations because global pharmaceutical countries refuse to ship lethal drugs, the same two used on wood, the set active and pain killer are the same ones used during a botched execution in ohio. the first used that lethal

combination. in january, dennis mcguire took nearly 30 minutes to die struggling strapped into a gurnee. two months later in oklahoma, convicted killer clayton locket died of an apparent heart talk 42 minutes after a teeth that will combination failed to kill him. former texas governor mark white called for a national moratorium. >> some people call it a botched execution. that wasn't a botched execution. that was cruel and inhumane treatment. the spca does a better job than we're doing in oklahoma and some other states. >> in putting animals to death. >> that's right. >> opponents of capitol punishment say it is only the latest example of states experimenting on condemned prisoners because they are having trouble getting lethal drugs or executions. >> the white house has directed

the justice democratic to review how executions are conducted. president obama has called the latest episode deeply troubling. >> a sudanese woman who faced death for converting to christianity had a meeting of a lifetime, a personal audience with pope francis thursday. the vatican described it as effectuate, the pope blessing the mother and her 2-year-old baby. maya was born when her mother was in jail. her death sentence was overturned last month. the family will visit in rome before coming to the u.s. >> monitoring is taking on new meaning with companies. >> passing on knowledge to a new generation, we have more on a new trend. >> at 50 years old and the chief human resources officer at master scarred, ron is used to being in charge, except for one thing, social media. creating his professional

twitter account in december of 2013 was a milestone. to do it, he had to reverse the traditional mentor role and turn to 24-year-old rebecca coffman. >> i have children rebecca's age and probably as a father, you know, i feel like sometimes i know everything, and really, having rebecca mentor me, i almost felt stupid asking her to mentor me, but it's worked out really good. >> how did you feel? >> i was excited. >> excited, coffman says, but nervous at the thought of mentoring an executive far above her on the corporate ladder. >> it's definitely been a humbling experience that i started here two weeks after i graduated college and this kind of experience is really telling me that my opinions and my skills are valid. >> skills she started learning as a teenager by using facebook. >> now, she coaches him on sharing company information publicly. >> as an executive, i have

trained to be very careful in my communication, so now you're putting me on twitter with 140 characters and there's nobody approving this. it was very intimidating. >> while master card is embracing reverse monitoring, former g.e.o. had younger employees teach about the internet. one employee who studied reverse monitoring says these kind of programs are expanding through corporations and academia but they don't always work. >> since the reverse mentoring, you know, deals with the hierarchy or age gap, it kind of turns the table. i think generations need to be dealt with head on. >> she said mill len yells can learn leadership skills and

older workers new perspectives from a young generation. ron says being active on social media now allows him to connect directly with potential hires both inside and outside the company. >> generations in the workplace are changing. all right? this millennial generation is becoming a large part of our workforce, so we've got to shift with it. >> mary snow, aljazeera. >> reverse mentoring can help young employees move up the ladder. a study found that 11 of 12 such machine stores at the hartford financial services company wound up being promoted. >> a beijing boot camp, children in china learning discipline on their summer vacation. >> an invasive species in the oceans, why so many of afraid of the lion fish. we'll speak with an animal expert and t.v. host. host.

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>> you're looking at washington right now where congress is set to debate the immigration crisis as the president meets with leaders of three central american countries today. the presidents will meet with the president to discuss what to do. >> welcome to al jazeera america. straight ahead, a family's fortune changing. >> a photo bomb for the ages. who is getting in on the selfie crazy. >> it's an invasive species that has environmentalists on edge, called the -- my goodness. we'll wait for it to go away. a florida teen has been held for a breakthrough discovery concerning the lion fish. we had a talk about her work.

>> these fish are a favorite in aquarium, but it's the venomous spines that make the lion fish a deadly predator. she has speared them in florida. >> they're actually not super fast. >> think of lion fish as a vacuum cleaner sucking almost all the life on coral reefs. they swim toward small fish, then quickly swallow their prey hole. they appeared in florida in the 1980's, probably after someone dumped a pet fish in the ocean. they spread across the waters in the gulf of mexico and east coast. scientists say they kill 90% of native fish. >> we don't know what extent the damage that this lion fish has been causing, but eventually, we will know exactly what kind of damage they've been causing. >> they know the damage could be

much worse than they thought. her fascination with the fish led her to conduct a science project on them in sixth grade. >> it's really cool to me to be able to do something about lion fish that i love and that will affect the florida waters that i love to swim in. >> for years, scientists thought lion fish could only survive in salt water. they can survive in water with low levels of salt, such as bays and the mouths of rivers. researchers duplicated her work and she first cited in a scientific journal this year. >> i was showing my results because of the agonizing hours i spent confirming them. >> her results surprised and chagrined officials, who are battling the lion fish invasion in creative ways, from tournaments to kill them to a smart phone app. >> one way hopefully to kill off the lion fish population is getting people to eat it.

>> unless people start eating lion fish as much as tuna, it may be too late. once an invasive species gets a foot hold on an eco system, it's almost impossible to wipe out. aljazeera, miami. >> joining us via skype from hawaii is jeff corwin. thanks for being with us this morning. why are we so concerned about the lion fish in the atlantic ocean? >> they're such a huge challenge. they have no natural predator, so they come into our waters unfettered, predators don't know how to eat them. animals ever no defense of them. they can reproduce incredibly quickly. one female in her lifetime can

produce millions and millions of offspring. they've only been here for such a short period of time, 20 years, and every lion fish we see today in atlantic waters from off the coast of brazil to now off the coast of new york, millions and millions of these fish originate from six individuals. >> aren't we talking about deja vu all over again and isn't this similar to other species, the snake head a decade ago, the asian carp, so isn't this just mother nature? >> it isn't. this is very much a human made situation. you see when we take a creature from another eco system, a burmese python or a lion fish drop the indo pacific, they've evolved for millions of years. there's a balance set.

there are he bees and flows that keeps that in check. when they're in produced into a new frontier like waters offer the united states, they have no challenges from potential predators, and fish living there, which have evolved to meet the challenges of other species now have a new threat which they are ill equipped to deal with. the lion fish will come in and actually come face-to-face with one of its potential prey and actually stun it by the way it appears and then suck it up. one lion fish can consume in one day half its body weight. >> i remember diving 10 years ago, it was rare to see one of these and now you see them everywhere. are invasive species always bad? are there good examples? >> interesting question. unfortunately, there are very, very few good examples. there may be some benefits that humans get, but not necessarily

that nature gets. you can look at trout, for example, we've introduced american trout species to places like new zealand, providing millions of dollars for their economy, in the united states, brown trout. we're taking an invasive species, alien from another world, another eco system which comes in and outcompetes our wildlife. while new zealand might benefit when it comes to fly fisherman, they pay a huge price. here where i'm doing my story, there are 40 species of mammal, only two not alien. >> jeff, thanks for getting up to early this morning. >> the controversial practice of fracking is facing challenges

around the globe. there are concerns about its environmental impact. >> the technique is yielding big results in the search for hidden pockets of oil and natural gas. >> this is the face of new energy renaissance, ail rigs pump around the clock through fracking. water sand and chemicals are pumped into the ground at high pressure to break up shale rock formations. the u.s., latin america, north africa, europe and asia hold an estimated 335 billion-barrels of shale oil and 7,795,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas trapped in shale rock formations. on this the u.s. and canada are producing shale oil and gas in commercial quantities. the vast majority of the crude oil release on traditional drilling. the u.s. tracking 100 new wells

per day is producing so much shale oil it contributes 10% of the total global crude oil supply. analysts say conditions that make the u.s. success possible cannot always be replicated elsewhere. issues like access to mineral rights, higher taxes and oil and gas profits and stricter regulations in other countries make america more frack friendly. green groups have vowed to prevent it in europe, citing effects on air and water quality. that debate is raging in france, denmark and australia. >> if this shale fracking technique takes off, china and europe and africa, some other places, you could have an ocean of oil out there all of a sudden. >> that could change the math for companies investing in america's energy boom.

russia has the most by far in any nation. >> on thursday, a judge struck do you know voter approved fracking ban in longmont colorado. >> a new jersey family, the 17 member family sharing a $20 million jackpot. that amount to say $10 million after taxes. they won the june 16 pick six. four lottery members lost their homes during super storm sandy. >> in china, parents of one child, often called little emperors, some parents of sending them to camp for tough love. >> your parents can send you on the one week course for nearly

$500. if you're lucky or not so lucky, the full six weeks takes up your entire summer vacation. every moment is filled with activity. how to handle a knife attack, or handle the laundry. the first time with detergent can be a shock. it reminds this boy of home. >> i miss my mom's snacks, he says. >> they're on the go from 6:00 in the morning until 6:00 at night, seven days a week. even in the army, you get one day off. not here. >> when the day is done, it's sharing nine to a tent with little chance for these only children to feel lonely. run by former soldiers expertly trained even in falling over, the camp is the subject of rising somebody among parents wanting to in still a little military backbone. >> at home, they only have their computers and video games, but

here, they have to interact and work together. >> if you don't, you die. or at least get your lights flashed on and off by an electronic beam from aplastic gun during the highlight of the day, the war game. >> i'm already hit, he tells us, so now i'm just running around. >> well, at least he's not on the computer. aljazeera, beijing. >> the military style camps are operating in china to rid kids of on line addiction. >> the king of all photo bombs involves a queen. you see the smiling queen elizabeth in the background. the two young women are members of australia's hockey team. they said they did see the scene and snapped the photo. it went viral off the posting it on twitter. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> coming up, we are still

awaiting the news conference with secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon. >> trying to find a ceasefire in the middle east. we'll see you back here on monday at 7:00 a.m. thanks so much for watching, have a great weekend.

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