>> 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 after fierce israeli bombardments palestinian factions agree to a ceasefire. >> hello there, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. i'm laura kyle. also coming up phone the programme - ukraine's army prepares to attack a separatist strong hold of donetsk. and the bangladeshi festival tradition causing long queues at

banks. so we begin in gaza where hamas and other palestinian groups have just announced that they will observe a 24 hour ceasefire. now, earlier on sunday israel declared its own ceasefire was over and resumed its bombardment, blaming hamas for continuing to fire rockets. the palestinian group fired several weapons into israel late on saturday, and into sunday. some of them from intercepted over the city of ash callon. five were killed on sunday, bringing the total of dead to 1,054. thousands more have been injured. our diplomatic editor james bays standing by in west jerusalem. let's cross to nicole johnson, live for us in gaza. so, nicole johnson, talk us through the latest call for a ceasefire, it's all palestinian

factions, and that's a significant point. >> well, that's right, but if there's a ceasefire going on, either israel has not heard or they are responding in their own way. activity has picked up in the last 10 minutes. we heard a number of air strikes carried out within a few blocks of here, and one a couple of minutes ago. also heavy - we are hearing heavy sounds, i can't differentiate whether it's shelling from the coast, tank shelling or artillery. our cameraman is pointing to the smoke. it's not far, just a few blocks away in the central western part of gaza city. i'm being told by our producer, we thick that that -- think that that particular strike came from the sea, from the draection of is -- direction of israeli naval vessels. it shows what a precarious situation it is. >> at the moment the palestinian

factions say they want a 24 hour ceasefire. israel wants 12 hours. both sides don't talk to each other. they are trying to control when the fighting happens, when the ceasefire happens. neither side wants the other side dictating the terms of this. they are coming up with different proposals at different times. >> in the meantime the people in gaza are unsure, probably, what to do next, whether they can leave their shelters, their homes as they were able to yesterday, or whether they have to stay indoors for yet another day of bombardment. >> earlier this morning the people that we spoke to said regardless of ceasefire or no ceasefire, they would stay out and get what they needed to get. get the supplies, water, money. the last 10-15 minutes would be giving people a lot of concern. air strikes in the middle of gaza city.

heavy shelling in all directions. so that would be enough for most people, i would imagine, to decide that it's not safe to hang around the streets of gaza for very long. >> yesterday when people left, not only did they go to the central business such as going to banks and getting supplies, we saw a lot of people returning to the villages, only to find their homes shattered, their animals star viping, and, indeed, many bodies buried under the rubble. >> that's right, and it's been very difficult for the authorities in gaza to deal with the number of bodies. almost 150 bodies were pulled out of different areas of gaza during the ceasefire period from the north, as well as dozens of bodies and out of hazar. trying to bury the body is a big problem for the authorities. they are full, overflowing.

what happens in gaza is - under normal circumstances, there would be large funerals for people. at the moment the bodies are wrapped in white cloth and buried as soon as the families manage it. >> at the moment, thank you. nicole johnson updating us on the situation in gaza, as that hamas-declared ceasefire comes nooelent five minutes ago. as nicole said, israel not responding in kind. before israel resumed its bombardment of gaza on sunday, we heard from the israeli foreign ministry. >> we have in the past agreed to the egyptian ceasefire plan. we have applied it, and immediately hamas has breached it by firing many rockets into israel. we - as agreed, two humanitarian ceasefires.

every time hamas reached them. >> diplomatic editor james bays life in west jerusalem. we wondered how israel would respond to the hamas led declaration of a ceasefire, which went into effect a few minutes ago. the immediate answer, what we heard from nicole is they are not responding to it. >> no formal statement by israel coming out either from the foreign ministry, the prime minister's office or the israeli military. i think you are getting the formal statement in terms of the event on the ground, and nicole is seeing it there for herself. the bombardment continuing beyond the top of the hour, and i think that probably is israel's responses. nicole says neither side want to respond to each other's ceasefire proposal. the original ceasefire, the 12 hours that was respected - that came from the international community. it came from secretary of state

john kerry, and the secretary-general of the united nations ban ki-moon. behind the scenes the u.n. are working hard to get another ceasefire. robert, ban ki-moon's man, the special coordinator from the middle east peace process, he's been involved with both sides. i think there's a difficulty after the ceasefire has been broken. it will be easier to extend the ceasefire, the 12 hour cease fire. now it's broken, getting it back together is harder. there's hard liners in the israeli political and military establishment who want to escalate the military operation. they believe the fact that hamas is asking for a ceasefire shows that hamas has been wounded, and it's the time now to escalate and try to, as they would say, finish the job. what they mean by that, if you read the israeli media, is to

dismantle the sophisticated tunnel and deal with the rockets coming from gaza. they want to remove the rocket launchers and the storage facilities and the production facilities. there's some talk of an expansion, phase three of the gaza operation pushing to new areas of the gaza strip , that the israeli military hasn't been to, and possibly targetting hamas's leadership. >> what are you hearing from ordinarily israelis about this? >> well, in many ways original israelis are the most important player in this, because prime minister binyamin netanyahu will listen to international pressure, he will listen to the u.n. and what the e.u. and other players will say, and, of course, the important ally, the u.s. in a time of war, what an israeli prime minister listens to is the voices at home, the political voices around him. this is a coalition system, and there are even in his government

very different views. more importantly, i think, the israeli public and still, for now, the israeli public and media which are, i think, supporting this operation. they are strongly behind it, and i think for now that is probably the most important factor in the political calculations and the military calculations that the prime minister and his advisors are making. >> thanks for bringing us the answers from west jerusalem. >> amar is a spokesman for the palestinian affairs. we asked what the palestinian authorities are doing to try to obtain a lasting ceasefire in the gaza strip. >> the president has travelled to all neighbouring countries trying to impose a ceasefire, a humanitarian ceasefire, dealing with the core elements, and root causes of the conflict, which is the siege, inhumane.

it's a 7-year siege against our people in gaza. >> the gaza blockade has been in place for eight years now. why hasn't more been done by the palestinian authority to try to get the siege lifted, which could have avoided hostilities today. there is nothing that it possible to be done, that the palestinian authority couldn't do. we resorted to the security council. we have gone to all, and knocked on each and every door of the international community, the problem, and the core problem of all of this, going for 47 years of occupation is the international community has been treating israelis in a way na is above international law and allowed to do things that all other civilized nations are not allowed to do. the battle for public opinion is being fought online. twitter hash tags have emerged to channel the conversations.

these three in particular have been trending around the world. it began with parents of three israeli settlers. the hashtag bring back our boys dominated the conversation. it was used to draw attention to the plight of palestinian gaols. on 8 july, israel launched a military offensive. soon the israel under fire hashtag appeared online. it's had more than 277,000 mentions on twitter. it's been dwarfed by the gaza under attack hashtag, which had more than 5.5 million measurements across contain ents. social media played a role in shaping public opinionment other factors are at play. >> social media allows people to

express thm and feelings -- themselves and feelings. the first structural factor, i think, is the growing movement and solidarity in pal stin, a -- palestine, a growing movement, and in other parts of the world where people are on the streets. there is a second important factor which reflects the changes in public opinion in israel. that is the revolution in the middle east. which has represented a critical change, compared to the situation as the last massacre in 2008. since then we have had the revolutions and many countries across the region, not only overthrowing the political order, but allowed us to imagine a different political solution for the region as such. >> well you can stay up to date with the situation in gaza around the clock by going to the

website. there you'll find a live blog with breaking news, videos and updates. go to aljazeera.com. still to come here on this programme - australian police arrive in ukraine to help secure the malaysia airlines crash site, but fighting nearby could keep them away an activist from outside thailand launches a campaign against the military leaders. details coming up. - -

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hour on al jazeera. hamas, along with other palestinian factions said it will observe a 24 hour truce in gaza. that game effect 10-15 minutes ago. there has been no official rehabilitation from the israeli army, but strikes on gaza have been ongoing over the past few minutes. earlier on sunday, israel resumed its military campaign after a pause in fighting on saturday. well, at least five palestinians have been killed in the latest round of violence, bringing the total number of dead to 1,054. three civilians in israel decide as well. the ukranian army says it's advancing towards the outskirts of donetsk. government troops have retaken other towns around the suburbs. heavy artillery forced more than

200,000 from their homes. more from barnaby phillips. what signs of the ukranian military advancing to the city? >> well, the signals we get are audible at the moment. we have heard artillery in the distance during last night. we have heard it many times in recent nights. that is consistent, at least, but what the ukranian military are telling us is there has been projects to the north and the north-east of donetsk, and they are getting closer. that has been confirmed by other journalists, including an al jazeera team, including my cole owing in the east. they were -- colleague in the east. they were trying to get closer to where the malaysian airlines plane mh17 was shot down, but

were not able to get to that fight because of fiing in the vicinity. they saw columns of ukranian army advancing in areas where they had not been before. it does feel as if the separatists are very much in control of the center of donetsk are on the back food. >> absolutely. talking about the crash site. the o.s.c. is cancelling a planned trip into the crash site. this is over a week on since the plane crashed, killing everyone on board. >> yes, that's right. the o.s.c.e. said a short time ago that they would try again tomorrow, that the information they had was that it wasn't safe. they have dutch and australian investigate juniors with them. you're absolutely right. what is it now. nine, 10 days. extremely difficult circumstances in which to carry out any form of forensic

investigation. and undoubtedly that area has become more dangerous today. having said that, hundreds of journalists have been able to travel to the site over the past week and a half. trampling all over the area, looking at the material themselves, so you have to say that the international rehabilitation - i'm not saying that these are easy circumstances in which to carry out an investigation, but you have to say the international rehabilitation has been tardy. >> okay. thank you very much for the update there from donetsk. at least 50 people have been killed in the libyan city of benghazi. two power stations were targeted in the latest round of violence. rival groups have been fighting for control of parts of the city for several months. libya's interim government warned of a break up if violence

continued. >> two soldiers have been killed in a car bomb attack in yemen, taking place on army check boasts in a volatile region. dozens of al qaeda affiliated fighters attacked the post. two car bombs exploded and a third went off at the gait of a base. >> three al jazeera journalists have intend 211 days in an egyptian prison. last month peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were given 7 year sentences, baher mohamed received 7 years and received an extra 3 years because he had a spent bullet that he picked up at a protest. they are falsely accused of helping muslim brotherhood. al jazeera demants that its journal -- demands that its journalists be freed. the ebola virus killed 620 people in the west countries. the republic of guinea has seen

314 deaths this year. the last fatalities in sierra leone rose to 219. liberia reported 127 deaths, and a liberian man decide in nigeria after arriving in lagos. nigeria strengthened controls at airports and land border crossings after the first case of ebola. they set up an merge which operation center to receive reports and send medical staff and experts to respond to cases. the virus is known to kill its victims within days and has no known cure or vaccine. now, muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate eid. shoppers packed into markets in karachi, ahead of the celebrations which marked the end of ramadan. women got their hands decorated and brought traditional bangles and jewellery. security measures have been

tightened, fearing a taliban backlash. police in nigerian city say they found a car laden with explosives outside eid prayer ground on saturday evening. more from our correspondent live in carr mow. must be difficult preparing to celebrate the festival when the threat of violence is so close. >> yes, it did start here on sunday, nigeria. in spite of the intense security concerns, thousands of people showed up earlier this morning. taking place a few days after deadly bombings killed 40 people. security forces across the country have been on high alert. 50,000 security forces deployed. including counterterrorism. as you mentioned here, they were

able to file and deploy a car bomb. where i am is outside the palace, a traditional ruling palace. you should have been seeing the amir. those have been cancelled and have been cancelled here and in other cities in nigeria. >> what message of support or encouragement have you getting from the government on this indicati indication? >> to mark the occasion nigerian president goodluck jonathan issued a statement to the nation urging nigerians to remain resolute and united in the face of those thee described as terrorists and pervezers of anarchy, a heart-stopping message made here during the prayers. the emir, the traditional ruler in leading the prayers urging nigerians not just to pray for

their country. but to pray for the wider muslim nation, because as he said, he is under going experiencing a turbulent violence. great to see you joining us there from northern nigeria. thank you very much. in bangladesh it's become an eed festival -- eid festival tradition to give bank notes to young folks. not everywhere is eager to spend hours waiting in line outside banks. this person has been waiting in the cashier line for hours. in the days before eid, hundred queue up to get their hands on bank notes. new notes belong to them. that's why i have come here, that's why i have been here for so long.

>> reporter: every eid people in bangladesh like to hand out bank notes to children and children of their relatives. it's a tradition for elders to give young people a total sum of money. for many bangladeshis like nee, a sadder thing about growing ordinarily is receiving less and handing out more. >> for many new bank notes add to the lustre of the gift. taking note of the fact that an enormous number of bank notes have been produced. >> translation: this year we produced up to $2.8 million. long lines turn many people away. this protects an opportunity. like others, he set up shop, buying up old money, selling bank notes at a premium. >> translation: if people go to

the central bank it's a hassle. they have to wait for hours, and may not get the money. they may have to come back the next day. people are happy to pay a little extra to us for the convenience. >> reporter: during other months rana exchanges new notes for torn notes. he said business is nowhere near as good as when it is through eid. and for these few days he's happy to share his joy with the people of bangladesh. in afghanistan six taliban fighters and a policeman have been killed in a suicide bomb attack and a gun battle. there has been heavy attacks another the border, the home of the provincial police commander of kandahar. >> u.n. peacekeepers recovered both fight recorders from the alalgeary flight as vote juniors arrived at the -- investigators arrived at the crash site.

the pilot had been advised to change route due to severe storms on the flight path. >> the "costa concordia" is about to end its final voyage two years after the cruise ship capsized. the wreck is being towed to a crash site. it's been the biggest salvage operation of its kind. >> the military government pushed forward with a reform agenda. members of the government ousted by the coup have begun a coup against it. what chance do they have against the military. scott heidler found out. >> soon after the cue day tar. some thats came to the streets to protest against military rules. quick laws imposed by the hutas

put a stop to that. since then nearly all opposition voices have been silenced. this man emerged as a critical voice, coming from outside thailand. he announced on youtube the creation of an aind coup movement. >> joining him is an aid to former prime minister. he fled the country in 2009 after being accused of insulting the monarchy. not everyone is thailand can lie down now. people are getting together slowly, it is under repressive regime. to voice out internationally and domestically, that we are fighting this back. >> he tells us that the free thai movement will welcome thaksin's involvement. he's taking his time in taking the decision. when asked the military refused

comment on the group. some feel the art that divided the country for the past decade is not changing. those that wanted the shinawatra government got what they wanted. the new mott will not help to bridge -- movement will not help to bridge the gap. >> i don't think the organization is clear on what it wants to do. it defined itself what it is not, not the beginning of a government in exile. the the name, free thai for democracy is difficult to define. >> they'll try to use outside leverage and will set up headquarters in a western country. if the leader tries to change the uniform form a suit. they'll appeal international lay. we'll campaign to in this not recognised by as many countries in the world as possible.

>> this will be difficult as the hewittie keeps a close eye on those outspoken against them and has revoked the passport of two public leaders of the free thai movement. you can keep up to date with the news on the website at aljazeera.com. a back and forth game in the middle east. hamas agrees to a 24 hour ceasefire hours after israel ends its truce. and on the move - the ukranian military pushes towards the scene of the malaysian plane crash. final voyage. two years after capsizing the "costa concordia" is toed do the -- towed to the scrap yard. the pontiff pays a lunchtime

surprise visit to workers. welcome to al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. a fragile calm in the gaza strip , where overnight the israeli army resumed attacks. a milt rit spokesperson says a ceasefire comes after calls. hamas says any extension of a ceasefire would be possible if and only if israeli tanks pulled out the palestinian yan territory. just a short while ago the group announced it will go for a truce extension. the few hours of calm allowed many gazans to return to what was left of their home, pick up their belongings and bury their dead. james bays is in west jerusalem, but we begin with nicole johnson in gaza. hamas's latest statement says there'll be a ceasefire

ex-pension which, by the group's plan, would have started half hour ago, but hasn't. >> that's right. both sides are coming up with all sorts of ceasefire plans at the moment. they don't speak to each other or coordinate with each other on in the front. it's a confusing situation. we had a ceasefire for 12 hours. it was extended by four. israel wanted it extended by another 12 hours. that was rejected by hamas. now hamas and the other factions came out and said they want a 24 hour ceasefire agreement, partly taking in the fact that from tomorrow it's expected to be the muslim religious holiday of eid, a time when people would get together with their families and celebrate. with the ceasefire, which was meant to have taken effect under

hamas's terms, well within a few blocks of our position here, we saw two air strikes and there has been heavy shelling and artillery fire all over gaza, and not just in the eastern flank which we hear about, but in the central part of gaza and in the pest, nooer the mediterranean sea. neither side seems to be sticking to either side's proposal in the ceasefire. to give you some background on why it should be. both are trying to control the terms. hamas kupt want to fight when israel says scpight and have a ceasefire when hamas says ceasefire. with both sides unable to reach agreement, it's a half-heart ceasefire. >> it's interesting. when you speak about controlling the terms and the power play. do they support hamas's latest

statement on the ceasefire? >> if depends on whether you are talking about a long-term accuracy fire or a short-term ceasefire. for the short term ceasefire, something na lasts for a couple of -- something that lasts for a coup of days, palestinians agree with hamas, it's not a real ceasefire if it allows israel and israeli troops to operate. hamas, it appeared, was trying to keep faith by refusing any israeli ceasefire on those terms. now it looks as though hamas is proposing is ceasefire, and hasn't mentioned the issue of israeli soldiers operating inside gaza, and we haven't had a response from the israelis on it. palestinians are adamant that they want a lifting of the siege on gaza. nothing else will satisfy them. they don't want an easing of the

seeing. they had claims been easing for years. they want a proper change and will not agree to a ceasefire long term until they see a real commitment to that. a delicate few hours ahead of us. thank you so much for being with us. >> let's turn to james bays who is following the story. good morning to you. this latest announcement from hamas. about having a truce extension after all. can it hold any weight without a response from israel. if it did, would israel accept it. >> no. it doesn't hold any weight unless israel it taking part in a ceasefire, and stop the violence. israelis say they had a ceasefire, and hamas and israel bombarding from the sea and air.

what is clear here is that none of this is what the u.s. secretary of state wanted. he wanted a 7-day ceasefire and intense negotiations. this was the proposal put to both sides in the region, a detailed document obtained by al jazeera. when that was put to both sides, it's worth reminding viewers that the israeli cabinet voted against the document. they didn't accept john kerry's 7-day ceasefire deal. when he spoke to reporters john kerry downplayed that. they had not at that stage accepted the deal. we are told they were inclined to accept it because the idea of those intense negotiations that john kerry proposed is to deal with some of the issues that hamas said should be dealt with, some underlying issues that would ease the siege of the gaza

strip. >> what is interesting, because israeli military have been reporting on a deeper operation inside of gaza. what does that entail? >> well, i think the other option for the israelis, if they can't get what they want by diplomacy, and they want, hamas wants the lifting of the siege, israel wants a way to get rid of the rockets, and they'll pursue diplomacy if the ceasefire allows the rockets and military capability of hamas to be dismantled. if they can't get it through diplomatic means, they'll escalate militarily. the air campaign, stage 2 was israeli soldiers on the grouped. stage 3 an expansion into the deproip , possibly target -- gaza strip , possibly targetting the gaza strip. >> international effort to broker peace in the middle east is under way in paris this weekend. secretary of state john kerry met with counterparts from

turkey and qatar well, the obama administration hopes to use international bodies such as the european union, the u.n. and the arab league to oversee gaza's economy once a ceasefire is in place. in the next hour, a closer look at developments out of israel and gaza, with retired army major mike lyons. first, 30 are dead from rebel fighting in libya, which is what led the united states to evacuate its embassy in libya. 150 documents and staffers were temporarily transferred to tunisia. the violence intensified in the past few weeks. the fighting for the rebel groups is for control of the airport in tripoli. both sides are pounding each other with rockets and artillery power. it's the worst fighting since

the fall of muammar gaddafi in 2011. the state department is vzing u.s. si -- advising u.s. citizens to leave libya. investigators will not travel to the malaysian aircraft site because of fighting. >> a heavily armed convoy of sources is heading to the crash site of malaysian airliner mh17 trying to secure the area. it's a sprawling site across 25 square kilometres. up until now it's been in the hands of the pro-russian separatists who are accused of actually bringing down the airliner using a surface to air missile. at the same time, the ukrainians are trying to clear the area, securing a path for investigators that arrived from australia. they are in kharkiv at the moment, and malaysian and dutch investigators.

up until now there has been no serious investigation as to what brought down the plane, and who brought it down. we also know that the ukrainians are starting a final push towards the city of donetsk. that would be a major coup for the ukranian forces. the city of one million residents is important in this economically and strategically crucial region. >> a solemn ceremony for the victims of the malaysia airlines flight mh17. the last of the remains arrived in the netherlands, and more than 200 forensic scientists are working to identify the bodies. words of praise from the ukraine president, petro porashenko, congratulated his troops for forcing pro-russian rebels. petro porashenko handed out rebels to members of the newly formed national guard. the fighting forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. barnaby phillips reports from

donetsk. >> the people from donetsk are abandoning their city. they feared the war. boarding the train for kiev, some, like tania, don't want to live under separatist control. >> this came to our town, just to occupy the territory, just to take our business, and to spoil our life. i want to continue my business in different cities, and leave to have a future. outside donetsk, they are also on the move. only these people are fleeing the government army. what they say is indiscriminate shelling. this is a tour on the edge of the city. shells have landed in its car park. everyone who lived here has gone. victor is still here. >> you've been here for some four years, i think. >> yes. maybe four. >> reporter: he sent his wife and children away weeks ago, and is trying to decide whether he

should go to. >> translation: my feelings are so complicated. on the one hand i want to leave. on the other hand this is my native city. i want to see the end of the situation. >> reporter: in central donetsk, empty malls, abandoned restaurants. donetsk is a dying city. the majority of shops and businesses and factories, and cinemas in the city center have closed. people have left because they fear the worst. some are going west to government controlled areas. some are going east to russia. these people are going to the russian city of rost of and say they'll come back when things are better. in kiev, an abandoned cement factory is a shelter for 200 people who fled. including this man who left for the sake of his tauter. >> translation: there's a real war, a lot of shelling. my daughter is disabled.

she's relaxed. over it. >> back at donetsk station, more goodbyes. nobody knows when they'll see friends and family. no one imagined ukraine's crisis would come to this. >> the u.n. peacekeeping mission in mali discovered the second black box from the alaljeery crash. it may hold information about the jet's final moment and information about why it went down. french soldiers arrived at the crash site. 118 on board the airliner were killed on tuesday. bad weather conditions factored into the crash. >> a u.s. doctor treated ebola. it has now attracted the virus. he is being treated in ha hospital. nigeria is on red alert. officials are stepping up surveillance to make sure no one else with ebola can enter the

country. a traveller died shortly after arriving in the nigerian capital. >> the outbreak spread throughout guinea, liberia and sierra leone. more than 670 have been killed. the "costa concordia" ends its voyage near the port of jennoa in italy. investigators will go over the wreckage one final time before it is dismantled and sent to the scrap happy. 32 were killed. more evacuations in northern california as a fire continues to spread. 750 people fled their homes south-east of sacramento and 1300 acres have been wiped out. hundreds of fire fighters are putting out the flames, investigators believe it was sparked by a car fire. with all the wild time, a check

on the forecast with meteorologist eboni deon. >> much of the west will stay on the dry side. no real help. we are expecting monsoonal moisture sparking showers and storm. the threat for weather, pushing across the mid-atlantic and the north-east. this is a storm system, continuing to go north, and an upper level behind it. it will trigger showers and storms. they were looking for the threat of winds, hail and tornadoes. back to you. >> coming up, simulating sunk holes, a system to save money and lives. using power - how a city in nepal is working to clear the air. the boy with the bionic amp, how college students use a computer to build him a prosthetic for a couple of hundred bucks.

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>> 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 . >> pope francis approved he's the people's pope. he showed up unannounced in the cafeteria. check it out. he waited in line with the rest of the employees. the cashier telling the vatican newspaper that she did not charge him. he didn't have the courage to hand him the bill. i can't imagine i would either. fast food workers in the u.s. fight for higher pay. more than 1,000 gather said in a chicago suburb. the workers are joined by activists demanding $15 minimum wage and the right to form a union. workers say they are willing to participate in sit-down strikes. >> 15,000 households in detroit

had no access to water. it's been cut off because residents haven't paid their bills. many residents have been protesting on the streets for weeks. public records show dozens of businesses have water despite owing $9.5 million for their bills. let's look at the worst offenders - a golf company. a warehouse equipment business, more than $180,000 behind. but number one on the list - it really isn't a business, it's the state of michigan itself. the city water department says it owes more than $5 million in unpaid bills. sink holes have appeared swallowing homes, cars and people. scientists are working on a way to predict sink holes activity.

sink holes fascinate. since one eight sports cars, the number of visitors in kentucky soared. but sink holes can devastate. 37-year-old jeffrey bush was swallowed as he slept in his home in florida. his body was never found. >> i thank the lord for not taking my daughter and the rest of my family. >> florida is a state where it create damage. heavy rain washes through the soil and dissolves soft rock. geologists have been mapping the state to find out where sink holes have happened. there's no database showing where they may open up. >> they are hard to predict and give little signature on the surface. >> researchers at the university of central florida say this minisink hole simulator may lead to an answer. at first glance it looks look something thrown together.

half of a 55 gallon drum with soil, pvc pipes. >> it's a cheap budget device, but gives a good, accurate result. >> that is the beauty of it. researchers say after two years, and hundreds of tests, the sink holes emerging shows changes in water levels are the key sign. they are hoping to develop software that will help to identify real sink holes long before they swallow property or people. >> with our model in the future they'll be a better, more, confident way of looking at certain areas, and saying not om is this a sink hole in the history of this area, but a likelihood that something is happening now. reachers hope that one day people won't wake up to scenes of sink hole destruction. coming up, a pollution

solution. how activists in nepal are cycling to battle dirty air, and let there be light. some of the priciest art in america. just ahead the work of jeff.

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check this out. a turtle can showed baby sea turtles moving to the sea. making their way to the ocean regarded by moon lie. using infrared light. good morning to you, welcome back to al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. an organization in nepal is taking a unique approach to kathmandu's problem. they are hoping to tackle the issue one cyclist at a time. >> cycling around kathmandu is dangerous. not only is the traffic chaotic, but the air is full of smoke, dust and dirt. people in the city is breathing air 20 times worth than what the world health organisation recommends. young people, the city is small enough to go biking. >> the life cycle that is brought in. it promotes.

it environments environmentally friendly practices. they are trying to promote cycling as a means of transport. they have been campaigning for cycle lanes. >> there's more than 3 million people. public transport is chaotic at its best. >> adding more dust on the dusty roads. >> even the widened roads were checked again. banks are getting cheaper loans. a bus cooperative has been trying to bring order to the chaos. we met money. the director. the cooperative had gone under. until it was taken over. the surface runs in two routes. but the demand is high. kathmandu is a green capital in terms of public transport. there will be a time when they

service electricity. they'll have electric vehicles and buses. for now, we cannot have high emissions. they'll go for large buses on large routes. there is more passengers carried by large buses. >> with good service delivery, he hopes that other bus companies will follow suit and regularize services. it will encourage people to use public transport rather than private cars. the company is looking into buses running on electricity and biogas. with a better political commitment many hope kathmandu can go back to fresh air again. the university of central florida students are providing a helping hand to a little boy born without a right arm. alison wanted nothing more than to helper 6-year-old son. after trying to build him an arm, she reached out online, and

reached a group of engineering students 44 miles away in orlando. >> i cried the first time he gave me a hug. it's something you never think would happen. >> the team has been impacted, seeing the emotion and helping someone. as opposed to working with old machines. >> speaking of machines, all the parts of this prosthetic arm were made using a 3d printer and cost 350 to build. check it out. did jeff coons is an influential and contemporary artist. now a comprehensive collection of his work is on splay at new york whitney's museum. >> reporter: think every day household objects. add light, glass cases and vacuum cleaners becomar. in 1980, this was one of the first big works by a man who has taken the art world by storm. >> jeff coons, i think, is one of the most important artists to emerge in the post war era.

he has done an amazing job of breaking boundaries in terms of art and culture. market, celebrity. he's pushed the limit and number of of what an artist can bep. 35 years into a remarkable career, a retrospective of his work takes over all four floors of the top contemporary art venue in the united states. never before has the museum done this for a single artist. there's few as influential as jeff coons, who mixes the mundane with the extraordinary. >> objects and images, they are metaphors for this, for self acceptance, and the acceptance of others. and so just to accept things as they are, perfect in their own being, for what they are as that being. >> it's not without controversy. a version of this aloom none dog that looks -- aluminum dog that looks like balloons sold for $58 million, making coons one of the wealthiest of contemporary

artists. the work can rarely be seen by the public. bobbles for millionaires. one thing is for certain. jeff coons never failed to generate strong reactions. the best modern artists. it provides decorations for or lives. sometimes they make us feel uncomfortable. >> at the age of 59. coons is planning to keep producing work like this, challenging, playful. provocative for another 30 years. >> the retro spent mfiruns until october 19th. >> i'm morgan radford. and i'm back with you in 2.5 minutes. first, a quick check of the weather. i'm tracking more storms moving to the midwest. severe weather made its way eastward. we'll watch out for storms across the midatlantic and the north-east. a cluster of storms and a lot of

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a fragile truce in the middle east just hours after hamas rejected a ceasefire. they are calling for another break in the bloodshed. [ singing [ singing ] an emotional goodbye to an 11-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet at a slumber party. a plan to combat a rash of deadly violence in chicago.

and talk about terrifying. a look inside a canadian commercial jet swarmed by a swat team after a bomb threat. fighting the flames, an aerial assault on a raging wildfire out west. you're looking live into gaza, a cloud of uncertainty is heading into the area now. >> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york. hamas has a 24 hour ceasefire. it's hours after the group rejected it. a military spokesperson say it was in response to 20 hamas rockets. throwing in israel, while the agreement was in effect. the truce allowing gassans to

return to their homes, picking up their belongings and the dead. they are in search of refuge, uncertain what what lies ahead. if there's a ceasefire going on. israel hasn't heard about it or are responding in their own way. activity picked up. we have heard a number of air strikes within a few blocks of here, and one a couple of minutes ago. also heavy - we are hearing heavy souped. i can't differentiate whether it's shelling from the coast, a tank shelling or artillery fire. our cameraman is now pointing towards the smoke that you can see. it's not far, just a few blocks away in the central part, central western part of gaza city. i'm being told by our producer we think that that particular strike came from the sea. came from the direction of an israeli naval vessel.

so it really goes to show what a precarious situation here it is. at the moment we have the palestinians - some saying they want a 24 hour ceasefire. israel wants a 12 hour ceasefire. both sides don't talk to each other. seems they are both trying to control when the fighting happened, when the ceasefire happened. neither wants the other side dictating the terms of this. they are coming up with different proposals at different times. this morning people we spoke to said regardless of ceasefire or no ceasefire, they'd stay out and get what they needed to get. i imagine the last 10-15 minutes will give people a lot of concerns. air strikes in the city, heavy shelling. is that would be enough for most people to decide. al jazeera's nicole johnson

reporting from gaza. [ chanting ] protesters took to the streets of san francisco to denounce the israeli incursion into gaza. it's one. many cities across the globe where aind war activists are calling for an end to the violence. ahead we ask a former united states neighbour whether the latest ceasefire has a chance of stopping the bloodshed. unimaginable devastation. al jazeera goes into a hard-hit neighbourhood in gaza, as residents returned during a break in the fighting. australian police join an investigate group in the ukraine, to investigate why the plane went down. we have a report on the ukranian soldiers trying to secure the site. >> reporter: the heavily armed convoy of ukranian forces is

heading to the crash site of mh17. it's trying to secure the area. it's a sprawling site across 25 square kilometres. up until now it's been in the hands of the pro-russian separatists, who are accused of bringing down the airliner using a surface to air missile. at the same time the ukrainians are trying to clear the area and secure a path for investigators that have arrived from australia. they are in kharkiv at the moment, as well as malaysian and dutch investigators. up until now there has been no serious investigation as to what brought down the plane, and who brought it down. we also know that ukrainians are starting their final push towards donetsk. that would be a major coup for the ukranian forces. the city of 1 million residents is important in this economically and strategically crucial region. >> that was nisreen el-shamayleh

reporting. residents of a down 45 miles west of luhansk are picking up the pieces after fierce fighting over the weekend ukranian forces drove out pro-russian rebels, regaining control of the city, and some other towns in east ukraine. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fled their homes in donetsk. some are headed west to government controlled areas and others east to russia. many don't want to leave but realise that it's not safe to stay. >> these people came to our town just to occupy the territory, just to take our business, and to spoil our life. and i want to continue my business in different city. i want to live, to have future. >> hundreds of people displaced are seeking shelter in an abandoned factory in kiev. 30 are dead from rebel fighting in benghazi libya. the violence led the united

states to evacuate its embassy in tripoli. more than 150 diplomats and staffers were temporarily transferred to tunisia. the violence intensified in the past few weeks. besides evacuating that facilities, the state department is advises united states citizens to leave libya. the fighting between rival rebel groups is for control of the airport in tripoli. both sides are pounding each other with rockets and artillery fire. this is the worst violence since the fall of muammar gaddafi. the "costa concordia" ends its voiage near the port city of genoa italy. it arrived four days after leaving giglio island. investigators will go over the wreckage a time time. 32 were killed when the ship capsized. the wreckage of the "costa

concordia" again arrived this morning four days after leaving the island. investigators will go over the wreckage one final time before it's dismantled. people italy remembers the tragedy of the "costa concordia" coming under fire. the captain was photographed partying with italian socialists. a nurp reports that -- newspaper reports that he was celebrating a book deal. hundreds turned out for a funeral of a little girl gunned down by a stray bullet. she was killed at a slumber party in chicago. [ singing ] chicago has been deal with a rash of gun violence. it's one of the city's most dangerous neighbourhoods.

cops are trying to prevent kids of choosing a life of violence. al jazeera's diane eastabrook takes a look at a programme promising an escape from troubled childhood. >> reporter: in chicago's inglewood neighbourhood gun violence claimed 21 lives, wouning more than 100 others this -- wounding more than 100 others. >> when you hang on the corner do you not make yourself a target. >> this chicago cop it trying to keep these 30 kids from becoming those statistics. >> he was just talking. >> why one. >> she runs a programme, warping them through role play, about what can happen if they hang out with gangs. >> what are you doing this to me for. >> it's my gun. >> or drug dealers. hold it. i'm over here. i don't see the plus. now i'm talking to my friends. this is what they do.

look, look, look. >> reporter: the troim is part of c a.p.s., alternative policing strategies, the idea to keep teens with nothing to do in summer off the streets and out of trouble. some are getting paid through a grant to attend. this boy is on probation for theft, and trying to avoid another brush with the law. >> you don't have to do anything in particular to find trouble. it seems to find you. >> in this neighbourhood? >> in the world. >> in neighbourhoods like inglewood please are seen as adverse air yours, and the c a.p.s. programme is trying to change that. >> have you made friend with the kid? >> we have broken a barrier. a lot of kids wouldn't talk, now they are talking. cory is helping the teens

learn about opportunities outside the neighbourhood. they tour a public radio station, and get the chance to escape the pressures faced daily. this is the last week of the programme. she hopes she's made an impression that will last. >> do you worry about them? >> yes, even when they are in the programme when they leave they go back into the neighbourhood. they do worry about them. the veteran cop hopes the odds are in her favour. she said all the kids in her programme stayed out of trouble so far. there has been 26 homicides in chicago this month alone. >> hands up. hands down. new video from inside an airlines plane forced to return to canada after a passenger started making threatening

comment. two u.s. fighter jets escorted the plane back to toronto where a heavily arm swat team escorted the man off the plane. it was travelling from canada to panama. evacuations in northern california. 750 people fled their homes east of sacramento. 1300 acres have been burnt. 1400 firefighters have been moving in. crews are fighting the flames from above. spraying it with retartant. investigators believe it was sparked from a car fire. >> time to look at the forecast with meteorologist eboni deon. >> it doesn't seem like we are getting help across the north-west. as far as the fires are concerned. the rain just really not enough to put out the fires. i want to show you video.

it's el-derado. it is 20% contained. it's showing a lot of areas, and 1400 acres have been burnt. 1500 firefighters have been assigned to the fire. it will blow across the area today and throughout the region. air quality on the downside. as we take you back to the map, it's going to be hot. temperatures will climb across the region, 5-10 degrees above average. a number of areas around redding, one in six, that's about 5 degrees above average. it will remain hot and dry. winds picking up. aside from that, we'll see a few thunder storms popping up across the four corners. the bulk of the activities will be here across the ohio valley into the mid-atlantic.

conditions going downhill. that is an area we'll watch for, a lot of warm moist air making its way north. one area of low pressure making its wait north of new england. there's an upper level low. spinning across the great lakes into the north-east. there'll be a lot of heavy rainfall, but once the storms are strong to severe, we'll have to deal with the threat of damaging wind. hail and ice caned be ruled out -- cannot be ruled out. storms have been rumbling to the south of indiana. down through ohio, as well as kentucky, and that's what we have been dealing with over 3,000 lightening tryings with the storm. active weather ongoing. we are expecting more as we go through the day. if you live in the area keep your eye to the sky if you have outdoor activities. surveying the smouldering

wreckage of their shattered lives. residents returning to gaza in the last temporary ceasefire and finding mountains of rubble where their homes stood. nick schifrin takes a look through the all the on hamas. this is where the refugees were headed before the coast guard picked them up. and do you notice anything wrong with these jerseys. you would if you were a colorado rockies fan. don't go anywhere.

a live look at gaza, where a ceasefire between hamas and israel is back in effect after being broken overnight. good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york, i'm morgan radford. during the original 12-hour truce many gazans returned to what was left of their homes. nick schifrin went to one of the hardest hit neighbourhoods where scenes of life were filled with reminders of death. >> reporter: for the first time in weeks the shajaiya neighbourhood filled with life.

gazan cowboys corralled their herds. residents collected food and supplying. and for a few hours kids were free to be kids. >> but these moments, these survivors are dwarfed by the destruction. streets close to the border are gan. this is the epicentre. bombs were dropped. palestinian fighters dropped troops. the green hamas flags fluttered from homes used as bases. countless homes are rubble. you can see where each room once stood. this used to be a bedroom. above the rubble, this family hunts for money or jewellery - anything of value that can be used to buy food. below the rebels the bodies of his father and three brothers are buried. >> translation: what we have

been through is overwhelming. the palestinian people must remain strong. we must be able to live like others do. >> reporter: this is where you entertained guests. his cousin lives next door. the same strike gutted his house. >> the blood of my sister. she's 25 years old. and the blood of my daughter. she is seven years old. >> reporter: he tries to open the kitchen door. it's blocked by debris. >> for arab people, our kitchen is the center for the house. we don't buy it from the market. we make it here, in the kip ep. today the plates, bowls and cups may be in place, but they are covered in dust, created by the wall that was blown occupant. it was great massacre. it was a great massacre. >> deep in the neighbourhood you can see how violent the fighting

was. this was a door, and shrapnel went through it. this is a store front or was, and a blast ripped through the front of it. this entire area has an acrid smell. the smell is of the blood that stained these roads. the aftermath is horrifying. this may be worse. when we arrived the damn was still smouldering. parents carried their children through streets that are now debris field. and nearby a family digs through what used to be their home. 11 bodies are trapped inside. in total medical officials discovered and buried 132 bodies, among the lines much old cement grave stones, a grave dug so quickly the name is written in pen. today, a little life returned to the war-torn neighbourhood. residents have seen too much

debt to stay. >> this man shows me the miss ail fragment that landed in his whom. he and his family grabbed whatever could fit in the taxi trunk, and for the second time in two weeks fled his home, going anywhere but here. the latest hamas announcement that the ceasefire is back in effect is putting the wrench in diplomatic efforts. diplomatic editor james bays explains. >> reporter: neither side wants to respond to each other's ceasefire proposal. the original, the 12 hours, that was respected, that came from the international community. it came from secretary of state john kerry, and ban ki-moon. i know behind the scenes the u.n. are working hard to get another ceasefire. robert, ban ki-moon's map, the special coordinator for the middle east peace process, he's

been involved with both sides. there's a difficulty here now, after the ceasefire has been broken. it would be easier to extend a ceasefire, a 12 hour ceasefire. now it's broken. getting it back together is harder. and there are certainly hard liners in the israeli political and military establishment who actually want to escalate the military operation. they believe the fact that hamas is asking for a ceasefire shows that hamas has been wounded and it's the time to escalate and try, as they would say, finish the job. what they mean by that, if you read the israeli media, is dismantle the tunnel network of hamas, and deal with the rockets coming from gaza, they want to remove the rocket launchers, and the storage facilities and the production facilities, there's talk here of an expansion, a phase 3 of the gaza operation

pushing to new areas of the gaza strip that the military hasn't been to and targetting hamas's leadership. in many ways ordinary israelis are the important player in this. the prime minister binyamin netanyahu will listen to international pressure, to the u.n., and listen to what the e.u. and others say. he will listen to his most important ally, the u.s. what, in a time of war, an israeli prime minister listens to more than anything else is the voices at home, the political voices around him, because it's a coalition system, and there are in his government different views. more importantly the israeli public, and for now the israeli public and media, which are, i think, supporting this operation. they are strongly behind it. for now, that is probably the most important factor in the political calculations and the military calculations that the prime minister and his advisor are making. that was james basein west

jerusalem. live in the studio to discuss the latest is mike lyons, a retired army major and fellow with the truman project. good morning. hamas reject a ceasefire, then they say no way, just kidding, back on. why the change of heart? >> obviously they have been wounded. they are trying to win the war of public opinion. if they ask for the ceasefire the rest of the world will come down against israel. i don't see it happening. the general officers are whispering in the ear of the prime minister saying we have to keep going. the breaks in the ceasefire, the breaks in the military hurts momentum, over the mission accomplishment. >> let's talk about a sticking point. one of the conditions was ending israel's blockade of the gaza strip. as long as hamas is in church, will it stay there. >> there's a blockade to the

south. they are isolated, gaza, and it look like - even if this ceasefire - israel agrees to some portion, or the air strikes coming from the air, they will not stop. that is keeping them up at night. >> is that the end goal, the tunnels. >> the tunnels are something definite and more sure. the issue with the rockets in gaza, they move around. is it likely will return. the tunnels no where they are, if they get them and destroy them, they'll be happy with that. >> we've been focussing on the attention in gaza. what about the west bank. hamas called on palestinians in the west bank to have another uprising. do you think a boss will be able to keep his people in check? we talk about this before, the fact

that the overall security is threatened. the whole country is mobilized. we are at war. if that happens, israel will have another 2-front law. that is the change, and the israeli general's concern is the ability to fight a 2-front war. it's a more complex military operation. >> you mentioned egypt and some other players. what about kerry, what is his role? >> he doesn't seem to have the influence that maybe former secretary of state's had at this point in time. his primary objective is for the fighting to stop. the 7-day proposal was completely roegeted. it makes assistance. you shut down the operation, it would be impossible to crapping it up after seven days. short of what israel has not accomplished, strategic act tists, they have not agreed with that.

secretary of states have gone here to broker a deal since 1948. will this be different? >> probably not. the egyptians get their government straight. all the other forces acting on the region make it unsure there'll be a solution any time soon. >> thank you, major mike lyons live in the studio, a pleasure to have you. president obama's economic solution to the immigration crisis. plus a potential 2016 white house contenders. my favourite "the week ahead" coming up next. plus... [ sings ] . >> we'll set out a structure and discipline to help you understand how to live your life. they say they were kidnapped for christ. inside a school for troubled teens on a caribbean island. we talk to a young woman whose class project turned into a documentary.

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zoorning to you. welcome -- good morning to you welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, these are the top stories - looking live into gaza, where israelis and palestinians are in limbo. a ceasefire into effect. rail re -- israel resumed attacks saying it was in response to hamas. the pentagon is developing plans allowing the u.s. to give ukraine the specific locations of surface to air missiles. according to the "new york times", this would allow the ukranian government to target the weapon. >> the u.s. temporarily closed the embassy in tripoli, where all the diplomats and staff have been transferred to tunisia for its own safety.

fighting has escalated as rebel groups battled for control. president obama is battling to curb the flood of migrants at the southern border. he sat with the president at the white house on friday, promising to boost economies in an effort to slow the mass exodus of people fleeing drug-related violence. central minister leaders share some of the blame for the rush. that's first up in the weekend politics segment. >> joining me a former senate aid to helicopter rsh, and bryan murray, campaign manager for bob turner and strategist. on friday top white house officials is barack obama would look to fix the imgraugs system. does it -- immigration system. does it surprise you that it would be mooed on before november? >> it does, but will anybody else move with him.

there's a lot of finger pointing, the president saying he wants to fix central american economies, my guess is the republicans will not go for that. >> you diplomat think so. >> they cut a billion from the 3.7 billion that the president proposed to fix the crisis. he believes that a part of this is related to sort of the violence and rape that's occurring in the countries. they push back and say it's in part because of the demand for drugs in the united states. i don't think there's a great solution to the problem. for whatever money that the president will get to fix this, it needs to happen right away. i don't know if a meaningful conclusion will take place before the end of sum are. >> what do you think, brian? >> which president are we talking about, the one for 5.5 years that said "i can't do anything, it has to be

congress." and the closer to that was playing golf. >> that wouldn't be as lasting. >> he claimed he had zero opportunity to do anything. he said i guess i can do something. he's panicking, realising what he's made to do. using a stick against congress. he's admitting his failure. >> is it a failure? >> i will say this - i think that the president as of late learnt the power of his office. i don't think it's a failure necessarily, but what i - we were talking about this earlier. i am concerned that this problem bubbled up for so long and got so bad that it's coming to light. i don't think it's a massive failure, but i think the president has the opportunity to fix it. the question is will congress go with it. >> i agree with it, it's a failure, not a massive failure. >> is it the failure of the office. if he goes through this, this could be undone by the next assessor. without going to congress, we

won't see the lasting reform. >> whether legislation is passed or not is not the issue. he's been missing on this for 5.5 years. he's stepped up to the plate. he took the country to the far left side. >> he is not doing that, taking the country so far left. he was at a meeting with - with immigration advocates and said that he will enforce the law. >> he's taken an executive order to a new level. because he's - he's taken the country to the far left where no one wants to go and will be related in the upcoming elections midterm will be a terrible election for the president. >> two people might think they'll do better. obama was talking about joe or hill lary running, he said:

does the president have a point? >> i said on this set, he is not for these two. >> she said she's not running, warren. >> because of the hillary clinton. she's sucking the air out of the democratic party. she's not saying everything. everyone else is sitting, and sitting, afraid to go against hillary clinton. all that money and power will go elsewhere if you go against hillary clinton today. >> we have an inside scoop, mr basil who worked for hillary. >> i haven't talked to her since... >> since probably monday. >> no one talks about joe biden in this mix. >> do you think he'll about a plaur? >> you can't count him out because he's tried so many times, and he'll never be closer than he sa now.

>> given all his gaffs in the last run. >> that humanizes him a bit. i think there's a progressive movement coming from the left. it's interesting to see how hillary oppositioned herself given that. it's been reported over the last couple of days that she said "we don't need to talk about ideology, we have to talk about what we can do." joe biden will have one issue, whint republican is 51 in the senate. he'll rush to the white house to rule the last vote. >> gruelling. >> he'll be tethered to the capital to break votes. >> we'll see. >> let's shift down south. i have georgia on my mind. it is set for david prideaux to face off against michelle nunn. how important is the race? >> it's very important. when the republicans get 51 seats and take over the senate. it's a key.

if this was not nun's daughter running, it would be a non matter. the republicans had a brutal primary season. they had to have a run off. it's behind us, rasmussen poll shows prideaux up four points. the republicans will hold the seat and the democrats best days in that seat are behind them. >> do you think georgia can go from red to blue? >> i think so, but not soon. you have jimmy carter's grandson on the ballot. >> a lot of legacy. >> there's conversation about how there's reverse migration. a lot moving. i think it will help the democratic candidates. it's hard to say. party id doesn't get it to the polls, you have to be motivate by the candidate. >> do you think nunn can pole the african-american vote. >> marginally, yes.

i don't think teleturn the state blue. >> it's a non-presidential few, to the minority will not come out in droves like it does. >> do you think the republicans could counter that a can american pull for the afghan american vote at a time when republicans are trying to redefine themselves. >> it's not a need to counter. what you look apt. we have done this before - where will i turn my vote out from. you turn it out from the base. the democrats will not turn out the base in georgia, nothing will drive them out. jimmy carder - how many voting today will pay attention to jimmy carter with a failed presidency. >> you don't think it's enough. >> there'll be a name id. when it comes to the tuesday in november, they will not show up to vote. >> i will say quickly, cochrane, did he use the african american

vote. that is the way african-americans make the difference. if they say okay. hour votes are available. what are you going to do for us. that's where the vote matters. i think it helps. there's an opportunity to show the black democratic vote. speaking of opportunities. what about kentucky. to the other race, is clinton enough to pull some weight. is that enough. >> i'm not sure kentucky is a tough state. >> there's a lot of opportunities now. there's mitch mcconnell saying that he wanted to make the president a one of had term president. as much as democrats hated the statement, yoeted the republicans can afford to lose

him. think about how many money the democrats will spend. every dollar, let the leader take on the money against him. it's less money they can spend to pick up a seat in kentucky. >> the point is mitch mcconnell will be the leader, and be the majority leader. grimes will spend a lot of money, wasting a lot of money. i don't think he is conservative enough. >> we can sit all day. you have other people there. the majority leader, not the minority leader. >> lots of opportunity. >> that was a former aid to hillary clinton, and bryan murray. thank you for being with us. >> the italian coast guard arrested more than 50 migrants. the travellers were on a rubber

boat near sicily. they were among thousands fleeing north africa to go to italy. 500 have died in the mediterranean in the past six months. this while many others have been arrested. >> asylum seekers attempting to enter australia by boat are back in sri lanka. australian authorities held the boat at sea for weeks. the deportees are back to square one. >> glad to be alive. >> translation: this. >> reporter: this 30-year-old is back in sri lanka after a failed attempt to make it to new zealand by boat. >> we ran out of food. we ended up in australian waters. we were caught in storms, and were all crying, but this no one to turn to. >> reporter: the group were pick the up by australian authorities who held them at sea and handed them back to the sri lankan

navy. al jazeera filmed the arrival at court. the youngest was 2- months-old. the organizers promised an easy way abroad. >> the people who took us told us if we make it to new zealand territory and call, someone would come and get us. because the country needs labour, we would be allowed to stay in australia. ten 10 from this rural village were on the boat, setting sail from the eastern coast. >> thousands of sri lankans braved rickety boats like these, rough seas and dangerous conditions to chase a dream of a better life. like the recent group sent back, many are finding things worse than before. they are looking for greener pastures, but ended up with nothing - a plastic id tag all that is left from a failed

journey. >> i know how to pay double. the debt i had, and what i took to go on the trip. >> that man appears in many boat people cases, and says some crews sailed to australia 14 times wowed detection. -- without detection. another passenger has been arrested on three different votes. cases are slow, and seldom involve the king pins behind the racket. >> most of the organizers are civil not arrested. normally they are arrested in the ski. the supporters and the passengers. >> they must wait a year before his case is called. with no job, mounting debts and no income, he is now trying to grow fruits and vegetables to eke out a living. muslims around the world are

getting ready to celebrate the holiday eid this week, which marks the end of ramadan, the month of fasting. streets of several cities are packed, and this was the scene in karachi pakistan, where residents shopped. stay tuned. it was supposed to be a school for troubled teens in the dominican republic. what was going on was disturbing. it's the topic of a new documentary. we'll speak to the film-maker in our weekend conversation next. crime and punishment on the deprid iron. while the -- grid iron. while the late et cetera disciplinary action is a slap in the face to women around the world. >> and weather bringing storms to the east. heavy rain and wind bringing strong winds and a heatwave.

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>> oh map, it's tough. when the bulls come, you have to get to the side. you don't know what to do. that's california's vrgs of the running -- version of the running of the bulls. 3,000 people participated on saturday, and about 1500 people watched on the sidelines. the event drew in animal rights activists saying the performance was unfair and unsafe for the bulls. >> good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. you're looking live in atlanta where it is hot to say the least. temperatures in the mid '90s. and in the triple digits. meteorologist deepwater horizon is here tracking the heat. what is going on south. >> we are getting a southerly flow. it's the warmth, the moisture. that's going to make it feel harder than the air

temperatures. we are expecting a high of 93. number it early on. we'll heat up quickly. across the south-east we are expecting widespread 90s, 95 in slooe port andmm fizz. heat advisees in place, not -- advisories in place. across southern areas of georgia, across florida and alabama to the carolinas. a warning in place for tulsa. temperatures around 100. now, where we have the heat advisories in space, we expect the heat indicis to climb to 115 across areas of southern texas. it's a dangerously hot day. you want to stay cool, limit your time outdoors. you don't want to spend a lot of time outside. if you work outside wear light coloured clothing. it's the opposite across the

midwest. a refreshing blast of cooler air. temperatures climbing to the '70s, grass the northern great lakes. chicago 82. we will drop back to the low '70s on monday, before temperatures rebound through the week. looks like nice days ahead. around shi town, 70s. in 2006 kate logan was an evangelical student looking to make a short film. she was gip access to a -- gip access to a christian boarding school for teens. it was billed as a rehabilitation center. kate discovered a behavioural programme. it's the subject of a documentary "kidnapped for christ." >> we will set out structure and discipline to help you understand... . >> they had to ask what we want them to do for everything.

a way to show them the amount of pain they put on everyone else is to put a bit of pain on them. >> joining us for our weekend conversation is kate logan, the film-maker. thank you for joining us from los angeles. >> good morning. >> how long were you at the school before you noticed something unusual was going on? >> it didn't take long. i was there for a total of the six weeks. within the first week of being there i noticed a lot of disturbing punishments that the student were subjected to. i questioned what was going on. >> what do you mean disturbing punishments? >> for example, they would hit kids on the butt with a badle. these are teenagers, and the imagery of a 30-year-old man doing this. teenage girls and boys, it struck me as inappropriate. it subjected the student to a

lot of competitive, physical labour punishments. i saw my first date scrubbing a step outdoors, and toiled that she wasn't allowed -- told that she wasn't allowed to rest her knees on the ground. there was a lot of things like that that seemed ipp appropriate and not they're -- inappropriate and not therapeutic. >> where are the kids' families. you say the student were kidnapped with their parents permission. what do you mean by that. most of the students at the school were taken by a company that the parents would hire, to come in and take their child in the middle of the night without warningar explanation, to transport them to the school in the dominican. as a teenager that doesn't know what is going on, strangers come into your room in the middle of the night and force you and restrain you, that is emotionally a kidnapping. legally it's fine because the

parents have given permission for these people to take the children. emotionally for the child they described it as like being kidnapped. >> it's an interesting distinction. an emotional kidnapping. you met david, a 17-year-old boy who was gay. you set out to help him escape. what was it about david in particular that made you want to help him? >> well, david - first of all, it was evident when we met him, this was not a juvenile delink went, he had not been in trouble before being sent to the school. it was because he reached out to me. he was brave enough to ask me to help get him out of the school. he had a network of people in his om town - eachers, teachers, parents, friend trying to rally to get him out of the school. >> with everything going on, scrubbing the steps, everything that david faced, why do you think you were granted

unfettered access to the school in the first place? >> i think it was key that i was a film student. they didn't see me as a journalist or a film-maker, just as a college student, which i was when i started the project. and it helped that i was an evangelical christian and they assumed that i would be on their side. how did they react when they found out you weren't. they did not react well. when they found i was involved. they did everything they could to shut the whole thing down and convince me that i didn't know what i had seen or know the story. basically i moved forward and continued to make the film. at that point there was no question that what they were doing was causing harm to the children. >> before we leave, where is david now? >> david now graduated college

and is applying to med school and is doing well, despite everything. >> kidnapper crisis airing on the showtime network. kate logan, documentary film-maker joining us from los angeles. the outcome of a domestic violence case involving an n.f.l. star is crating ways. >> ray rice is not the first, nor unfortunately will me be the last n.f.l. player to be guilty of domestic violence. we expect the governing bodies that presiffed over ath -- preside over athletes to hold them act ability. the feeling in this case is the national football league dropped the ball. the video is shocking. ray rice dragging his fiancee, jena palmer by the hair out of a casino elevator. what is more shocking is the n.f.l.'s response, a 2-game

suspension, a slap on the wrist by a commissioner known for no nonsense. the maths doesn't add up. >> in 2006 albert haipswords was hit for a 5-game suspension for stomping on a player. the commissioner called it ipp excusable. in may indiana colts robert math us tested positive for a fertility drug. the linebacker said he used it to conceive his daughter. it happens to be on the n.f.l. ban list. and the 2011 punishment of a player not in the league. terrell prior suspended five games for receiving improper benefits such as a free tattoo while plague at ohio state -- playing at ohio state. he had not been drafted. the weak response to the white incident is proof it does not

take domestic violence critically. he is coach defended him saying it was not a big deal, and stated ray is a had beening of a guy doing everything right sups. a report bip slate.com found 21 of 32 n.f.l. teams in 2012 had a player with a domestic roinls or assault charm on his record. as for wife, the n.f.l. star married his fiance a day after being indicted. charges were settled pre-trial. >> since the suspension, rice learnt from the experience. as for the growing number of female fans, the message is that the n.f.l. cares more about players smoking pot and free tattoos than it does about domestic violence. that was jessica taff reporting. the n.f.l. typically issues a 4-game suspension for most off the field incident. rice's wife appealed to the

commissioner on behalf of her now husband. >> you sigh it, it's spelt wrong. so, yes, indeed. spelling counts, especially if they are honouring the best player. the colorado rockies handed out 15,000 t-shirts as a tribute to a player, but left out the second t in his name. they'll be exchanged along with a free ticket to another game. a turtle cam recorded baby sea turtles leaving the next in florida keys. the lowinger heads made their way that the o, guided by moonlight. it uses upfrom red -- infrared light. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'll be back 1:00pm eastern. we'll leave you with a life look in gaza, where hamas is calling

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