>> and his post university plans >> 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. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top story, secretary of state, john kerry. helloas and israel have agreed to a interhalt. approach the bench meets with leaders of central america to stop the flow of young mig i can't want into the united states.

>> a ceasefire is still out of reach, but secretary of state john kerry says it's possible for israelis and palestinians to make a deal. according to u.s. officials t. israel that's agreed to a 12 hour humanitarian truce and hamas has agreed to hold its fire as well. there has been no real movement on the ceasefire agreement. secretary kerry has been working on the two step plan, but israel has rejected some of the language in it. more than 30 airstrikes today, where a 12 hour pause will happen. and nick schiffrin t. what affect will this truce, should it come to pass, actually have? >> well, the fear is that this truce is not going to happen. u.n. officials had not even been

told. and that gives you a sense how seat of the pants this diplomacy is having right now, and it can have a humanitarian ceasefire, but what is a humanitarian crisis? the united nations doesn't know, and you're not coordinating to bring in the food and the water and the medicine and all of the supplies that the 240,000 gazans who have fled their homes need in the next 24 hours. secretary of state john kerry has very aggressive in thinking that in a day and a half they could get to the point to have a more solid short-term ceasefire, more like five or six days, enough time for them to negotiate and hammer out a permanent ceasefire. but this is a 12-hour, at best ceasefire, and they have negotiated in the past 24 hours,

all of them have been broken. >> let's listen to secretarykeri, as he was trying to negotiate in the day to get to what you just mentioned, a longer ceasefire of five to 7 days. >> specifically, here's what we have been working to try to bring about. at this moment, we're working towards a brief seven days of peace. seven days of a humanitarian ceasefire in order to be able to bring poem together, to work to try to create a more durable, sustainable ceasefire in the long run, and to work to create the plans for the long haul. >> and the secretary is still working on that as we speak. so nick, back to what's happening on the ground there in gaza, where you are, and how would you describe it? >> well, as you mentioned, some 30 airplane strikes today, and

actually, the number is closer to 70 or 80 according to palestinian officials. one of the strikes hit the home of a senior member of the militant group, islamic jihad. and many of them hit homes. one of them about a block and a half away from here, and hamas operative, according to the israeli military, injured people in the apartment below him. and the fighting continues, and i can hear multiple israeli drones above me, and now we're getting reports from the north, shelling in and around a hospital. and that's right next to the school that was struck yesterday, killing some 16 people. >> okay, nick schiffrin in gaza, and now events outside of gaza drive home the need for a solution. the palestinian leadership to support gazans [ audio difficulties ]

there have been about 2300 men here. the police arrested this man. they moved in very quickly. a wall of police, followed by special police. if you take a look down there way, you can see the water cannon there. and hundreds were angry and they were not able to get into the mosque because of the security restricts. the police were very very prepared however. they came with some grenades, and they were met were protesters throwing fireworks. so they moved in fairly quickly and have already begun making arrests. >> some perspective on the scale of this conflict. israel has uncovered 31 hamas smuggling tunnels and launched strikes in gaza.

but 868 palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians. and the united nations said more than 141,000 people in gaza are looking for u.n. shelters. on the israeli side now, 38 people have died since the fighting began. and at least 170 israelis have been injured. and most of israel's dead and wounded are soldiers. and the army said that hamas has fired only 23 rockets into israel since it began. iron dome has intercepted 437 rock he wants. teams arrived in the netherlands today. the 298 people who died when the plane went down last thursday, bodies continue to be found. and meanwhile, flight data is being sent to the netherlands,

and david sheider has more. >> the weapons that they use in the netherlands, known as royal marshals, their job is to guard the borders of the countries. they were dermoid in afghanistan to train the police. the first phase of their mission this time will be a purely humanitarian role, with the task of finding the victims and the body parts that still remain where they fell one week ago when malaysian airlines flight 17 was shot down. debating with the prime minister whether to launch a second mission which is to send in armed teams, to protect investigators, and collect evidence from the wreckage, which will show once and for all who is to blame for shooting down the plain. >> at this moment, parties are

not fighting but there has been a ceasefire. and the ukrainian army is promising a ceasefire around the crash site. organizing for cooperation in europe with both parties. >> reporter: there are reports that all meetings have been canceled [ audio difficulties ] sending forces to the area. >> public opinion in the netherlands might be behind such a move, but analysts are citing caution. >> i think it's a very risky operation indeed. but at the same time, i think there are some assurances which have been secured by the dutch government all around. >> as more bodies arrive each

day at the military base, carrying victims, grief is being recommended by anger here. demands for justice and a demand that no one should be left behind on the battle fields of ukraine. day of the shada, aljazeera, ukraine. >> meanwhile, the fighting between ukraine and russian separatists continues. russia has deployed 15,000 troops on the borders of ukraine, said to have heavy weapons, from multibarreled launchers, and he's not using [ audio difficulties ] missiles yet. president obama met with three central america countries today it to discuss the migrants coming to the united states. >> we have to deter the continued influx of children putting themselves at great

risk, and the families putting the children at great risk. >> while most of the children tum from gate guat, han duress and el salvador, the largest share came from honduras, which has the highest murder rate in the world. what came out of today's meeting between the president and the central america an leaders? >> president obama said that they are trying to work with the facilities to work with the children and try to get more resources. to deal with the court system. and the president talk about the generous americans trying to help kids who arrived in the country, whether they be churches to assist, and he said that the kids will be

repatriated and sent back to their home countries. >> we're a nation of laws, and if you have a disorderly invasion, it not only puts the children at risk, but it asks the question, the legal immigration process of those applying and trying to enter into our country. >> and tony, president obama talked about addressing the root of the problem, not kids crossing the border but why they're coming to the u.s. in the first place. in danger to them and their family's lives, and all of these together in the last couple of days, what the white house can be doing, and what the u.s. can be doing, and what can happen in the country. president obama talking about trying to deal with arms trafficking and drug trafficking and helping in some way.

that will come with the help of congress, because it's going to take [ audio difficulties ] >> congress has what, a week left before it leaves for its august recess. >> democrats have put forward their proposals of what president obama has called for, but republicans are coming up with their own ideas, and they met behind closed doors this morning. i want to give you an idea of what they said afterwards. >> we all know that the president caused this issue, and he has failed to lead on this issue. and there's nothing for congress to step in and fix this issue. and doing nothing i think is a good approach. >> you hear two things there, finger pointing and blaming the

president, but also acknowledging that congress needs to do something. and if republicans leave town, they will leave the white house to fill the pr value in washington and blame them for some of these issues, so to that end, the republicans are talking about trying to change this 2008 law that deals with child trafficking, and more judges to deal with cases, but they're not going [ audio difficulties ] >> maybe you'll have an executive order from the president. who knows. >> many children are having second thoughts about coming to the united states, and heidi castro is in dallas for us. [ audio difficulties ]

>> this moment, he's probably either at a house [ audio difficulties ] he made the decision without anyone able to change his mind. >> he is steps away, so close, yet so far away. >> you're so close to your

dreams. >> and it makes him happy, he says, but he's sad because there's no one in the united states to receive him. he's trying to decide whether to cross or to return to his parents and seven siblings in honduras. he was 14 when he left his one room house with the ambition of finding a job in the u.s. and sending money home. he's alone, carrying nothing but two changes of clothes, and 50 cents from selling wild hare. that was two months ago, and since then, he has had a birthday, one that he had forgotten about until his mother called to remind him. [ audio difficulties ] witnessed the murder of a pregnant girl over what migrants call the train. i jumped off just in time, he says. the girl wouldn't let the

gangsters take her. they pushed her off the train. he cried and asked god for help. he still sees it in his mind. now solare wonders if it was all for nothing. he heard that the u.s. border patrol is no longer helping to take you north. and he attempted to venture out of the protective walls of the shelter to find someone. cartel violence killed 64 people in april. human smuggling is a thriving operation here in renosa. we can only stay here for a few more minutes, but when brian is log for his smuggler, he'll be coming here alone. our camera is still rolling when mexican soldiers order us to leave. they don't want trouble from the cartel, they tell us.

he's afraid that he'll be kidnapped and trafficked. i tell him the bodies of two migrants were found in this part this week, and three more bodies were recovered from the nearby desert, [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: he says yes, it's worth it, because he wants to help his family, and because he has already come this far. now, it is just heartbreaking, tony. i asked him as well, what do you do on this journey? and his answer is just two words. and i want to emphasize this child, he's just 15 years old. there was nothing to be said to turn him around. all i could do is tell him to call 9-1-1 if he's in trouble

and hope that he'll be safe, tony. >> heidi, appreciate it. thank you. [ audio difficulties ]

>> since then, the staff have deported thousands of children with their families. they said they were going to the u.s. to find jobs. few knew about the dangers of crossing mexico before leaving, but for some, that has changed. >> a girl i was detained with told me that a friend of hers was drone off, and her body was cut in half. i warned my friend how dangerous it can be.

>> parents are waiting for their children to be released. and as more try to cross, seems like this one is becoming more and more complicated. but far worse than waiting is not knowing. [ audio difficulties ] >> for thousands of others, hopes for a better life. the journey north is just beginning. david meritser, aljazeera, guatemala. >> coming up, results of a

troubling new survey, one out of 30 veterans, the numbers are not that surprising.

>> in today's power politics, just four months before the midterm election, several republican lawmakers are working on economic inequality. and tony joins us. >> [ audio difficulties ] just unveiled a sweeping promotional [ audio difficulties ]

one stream of funding to participating states. the idea would be to give states different ways of providing aid. in short, more flexibility. >> the appropriate al ha proposl [ audio difficulties ] when it comes to the political hot potato of obamacare, the democrats are accusing republicans of hypocrisy on steroids. many republican lawmakers have pledged to repeal and replace the healthcare law and exchange. house speaker, john boehner, said there are no plans before the elections. >> the discussions about

obamacare continue. obamacare continue.

they're announcing this in iowa, and can republicans have it both ways? blaming them for the problem, though some of the roots of it go back to the bush law in 2008? and blamed for the recent mess

in august without doing anything meaningful to address this problem. >> again, can they leave in august with getting nothing? i don't think so. back to their districts, with this problem right now. and the politics -- he ran an unsuccessful campaign, and he's going to have to sharpen his bonified as a tough border state governor, which he got from a lot of conservatives. and this is a way to burnish that image for him. >> . >> for the president to do something down here, i'm wondering, do we get an administration pass, an

executive order to do something when congress is doing something? >> the opportunity, it's a win-win for the democrats, and you know the republicans don't see that happen. even if it's not an actual win, the chance to approve something from the president, even go halfway, it's going to be a big failure on their part. and the president will do something, and he's talking about doing it now. >> you know, michael, i'm always aware of the fact that we have an international audience, and from the outside looking in, -- in a way, in their own country, or to countries with bad or non-en existent care? >> i think that we have to be

careful in going to the extremes. how they have been viewed, from right or wrong, they have been viewed as a country where you get due process, so that all of these people coming over here wouldn't get that process, and it's incessence, looking at this issue, it's a new problem for america. this influx of children, 60,000, it's a lot more than it has ever been, and i think it's america learning to deal with this problem, and i don't think we want them to take the child and send them back, which is why they're talking about doing some of this. going to honduras and processing children on that end.

>> man, i gave you a load of questions, and you just knocked it out of the park. well done. >> tony, happy birthday. >> more from michael. in mali, french soldiers have recovered the algiers plane, french troops have been sent to recover the it the black box from the crash site. in turkey, eight police officers are being taken into custody for spying. they decided to keep the officers under arrest. but released others.

health experts say the number of hiv cases have reached epidemic levels in their country. a 79% increase from 2014 from 2012. and they hope that the activists meeting in australia can meet the biggest challenges in the fight against hiv infection, now manila. >> this may look like an obscure office from downtown man ill a. but it's a lifeline. those diagnosed with hiv. those who work here are also infected. 20 years ago, others with a

disease have been growing, and so too have their frustration was the government. >> we have the medical assist. and then the involvement of the community. and involvement of the -- >> he provides the assistance in counseling to victims, and some have been abandoned by friends' families. the philippines is one of the nine countries where hiv-aids is still growing, and what has added to the concern for many here, most of the new victims are teenagers, some as young as 15. >> this government hospital provides free hiv screening and medications for those who need it. and though the government has fallen behind in creating

policies,. >> the problems with hiv,. >> the group is financing the treatment here. the resources remain scarce. one hiv case -- only 1% of the country's population is infected. fears that this may turn into an epidemic keeps growing by the day. aljazeera, manila. >> gay marriage banned, and maria has that headline.

>> gay marriage unconstitutional, and it applies only in miami beach county. the ruling for the judge to judge to

>> she was just getting out of the bathroom at that time. and the police department going, you know, hey, this is what happened. >> the parents weren't home at the time of the accident. a 22-year-old, who was watching the toddler, was cited for

failing to supervise him, tony. apparently she had been sleeping and woke up and didn't even know what happened. >> has no fun -- >> and then he walked back. >> a bunch of rug rats. >> luckily nobody was hurt. >> the stories in your segment. all right, maria, thank you. it has been nearly two decades since a nuclear reactor went online in the united states, and that's about to change in a nuclear facility in tennessee. robert was able to get extraordinary access to this. >> this is the power plant that makes the electricity. >> but this 1700-acre site in tennessee is now 90% complete. >> nuclear power, you can't hear it, see it, and you can't smell it. >> yet it's the power that

creates heat and electricity for 20 perfection of the population in the u.s. >> this is a turban tank on the left. >> watts is scheduled to go online in december of next year. after about a year of delays for safety changes. >> the two towers have been completely renovated. >> and it had to be. after the nuclear disaster in fukushima, japan, brought the nuclear industry to its knees. >> all of the things that you had to put in place because of fukushima cost you millions. were they all necessary >> so the orders or measures that we have taken were based on probabilities of the occurrence of an event similar to that, fukushima, and in the case where our job is to implement the actions that the regulatory commission issues. >> the plants are now required to install venting systems in the event of a nuclear disaster.

the core is the lifeline of the facility. our cameras were allowed in before the nuclear fuel was loaded. most people who work in a nuclear facility never get to see the reactor head before it goes live. nearly 100° in this giant room right now, and the reactor head goes on top of the reactor vessel here. and 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 costs to comply with the new standards are too much for some of the energy companies. and they still have to 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, earthquakes, seismic events. >> those will be stored in the

ground, maintained by the company for the 40-60 year life of the plant at the cost of $40 million. but with some of the plants for industries, aljazeera, spring city, tennessee.

an american tonight investigative report only on al jazeera america well, abortion clinics across the south are closing down because of legislation in louisiana, texas, mississippi and alabama. the laws require doctors at the clinics to have admitting privileges. we catch up with a woman fighting to keep it that way.

>> death is in health care. >> don't go in there and kill your baby. >> tasha is protesting outside a clinic and has for the last 8 months. for her it's a personal issue. when she was 18 and 12 weeks pregnant her family pressured her to have an abortion. >> the worst thing you can do is murder a baby. i did that. >> reporter: then, five years ago she met pastor bill shanks and worked with operation save america. she was welcomed and counselled. >> i had to come to terms with that. god set me free from that when i let the lord in and asked for forgiveness. >> none of you want to support the killing of an innocent baby. >> for 15 years members staged

rallies like this in new orleans. most took a week off from work to protest. they are picketing outside two clinics that provide abortions. what do you hope to accomplish by holding up the signs and shouting at people going into the clinic. what does that do? >> i think they are hearing the words and the truth. >> do the right thing. >> they are hard-heart. some are pressured to coming in. women shouldn't have the right today, that you have and had when you were 18. >> exactly, and i wish i didn't have the right and choice to make. it was the wrong one. i know i was 18 and had the right, but i wasn't old enough to make the decision. >> during every demonstration the group is armed with signs, some with pictures of an unborn foetus, others with scripture. during this demonstration the french held a memorial. >> i believe babies deserve a

funeral, and to show people, yes, this is what is doing on. >> a wusz would do something like this. >> reporter: the pastor says the tactics may be aggressive, but not extreme. >> that's normal christianity. we have fallen so far below the norm, being normal seems to be extreme. >> reporter: he plans to travel with operation save america to the next big protest. the goal is for abortion to come to an end. this woman feels her voice is key to the mission. a new study reveals more about the challenges facing veterans. a group called iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, surveyed 2,000 members deployed during the conflicts. half say they know at least one iraq or afghanistan veteran who attempted suicide. 40% say they knew someone who committed suicide, and nearly a third say they have thought about taking their own life.

i spoke to matt howard, a retired marine who served in iraq and asked if he is seeing some symptoms outlined in the study among his fellow veterans. >> one of the thing we notice is lots of folks have suicide ideaiations or carry it out. i think maybe the fact that it's been reported as high as it is, because there's a tendency to not want to talk about that stuff. >> yes. what are you hearing as - you're a veteran, you speak with veterans in your work. what do you here as the main reasons behind the suicidal thoughts. >> in our community, a word or a term that we have put out there more and more is injury. >> what does that many? >> it's something that mental health professionals are grappling with, the idea that when put in a combat zone, and dealing with - and, you know, morally dubious situations, differing from p t.s.c. where

someone is in a car accident, placing in positions where they have to do actions to violate the moral coat. >> that is a heavy stressor as you go through and for years to come. what is available to the veterans to help them deal with what they are dealing with. >> i many, in our community, in - the ability to work towards remeedating some things that are dubious helped a lot in a lot of various ways. there's something that has come up is looking at the various techniques that fall outside of talk therapy, which has approach to be kind of so, so when dealing with things like p.t.s.d. and looking at things like cognitive processing therapy. things like cannabis. >> really? >> yes, absolutely. >> because i like you, and you

have been here a few times, i feel i can ask you this question - have you suffered from these things that we have been talking about, suicide thoughts. >> suicide ideations. i have never gone all the way down with... >> an attempt. >> no. and what i experience is significantly less than a lot of my good friends. but i think when people are dealing with, you know the implications and the role that they play, it gets to be something that bears hard on you. >> that was iraq war veteran matt howard. >> coming up, an online push to help a polar bear builds up steam. maria is back with the look at the campaign to free arturo. plus "real money" tonight on seven.

well, wikipedia is blocking some members of congress from making edits to the site. this may be one of my favourite story of the day. it says disruptive changes to pages led to the decision. roxanne has been following the disrupted changes and has examples. >> some are a little strange and a little funny. anyone can write, as you know, or edit entries on wikipedia. someone or some people in the house of representatives went rogue. >> reporter: wikipedia calls itself a free encyclopedia that

anyone can right and edit. >> it was written by peep like you. >> some abuse the freedom. take the page for former defense secretary donald rumsfeld. the original entry says: someone edited it calling him an alien lizrd and added: the page for john f kennedy's assassination was changed. it said: the edited version says oswald: it proved too much for a volunteer administrator chosen to monitor the site. the administrator blocked the ip address used to make disruptive edits, leading to the house of representatives. >> ip addresses are infrequent. the community takes them seriously, it's a reason they do

things like issue notifications. >> an ip address can be used by many. it's not clear how many in congress are affected. an ip address, or when a user does vandalism, that's what we call it - if that happens a user gets a warning and then banned. so it's not unusual, but it's funny that it's happened to congress. >> reporter: not everyone is laughing. this user wrote:. >> only anonymous edits are banned. we reached to congress to see how many were affected by the ban. we did not get a response. the ban lasts 10 days. >> no response. you reached out to congress. >> called, emailed. >> wholly predictable. there is a whole social media

campaign happening for bear - all about animal rights. former speaker of the house newt gingrich and cher have thrown their weight behind the cause. >> thousands feel the same about this cam tape. arturo has been here for 20 years, and is showing what animal experts say are signs of depression, and the possibility that he is losing his mind, by the back and forth movements he's making. his partner died 2 years ago during a heatwave. the zoo reiterated that he will stay there. the zoo says he's too old to be moved safely. he's 29 years old. former speaker of the house newt gingrich came out in support of arturo and asks people to sign a petition to move him possibly to canada. cher tweeted to the president of the argentina:

over the last 24 hours hundreds post picture of pets with a signs. >> i like there. >> this is from brazil. one animal expert told me that male polar bears live a maximum of 20-25 years in the wildlife. this one has outlived his life. more than 700,000 signed a petition to put him in better conditions or send him to canada. this is a 29-year-old polar bear. >> can we agitate to get something done. the power of the media and a chapel like this. can we -- channel like this. can we agitate. >> free artruro. 29 - it's not as hold as you. it's your birthday. did you turn 30 or 40? we wanted to wish you a happy birthday, tony. there's tony harris, and there's

our boss paul and alissa and joe. happy birthday from all of us. >> you will be dealt with later. >> oh, yeah. >> "real money" with ali velshi is up next. thank you. [ laughs ] tens of thousands of children crossed the border into america without mum or dad in the past year. i'll tell you where the immigrant kids are coming from and the economic factors that are driving them here. also, utility companies raking in big profits at the expense of cop assumers like you -- consumers like you. i talk to a pults ser prize winner, and how tine which windmills could be the future of energy. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money".