>> but until someone is able to reform the way this law is used many more innocent people are likely to suffer. >> this is al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey, live in new york city. these are the top stories - president obama talks to binyamin netanyahu by known and urges an immediate ceasefire. the us state department stays these satellite images are proof that russia is firing missiles in eastern ukraine. and the worst ever outbreak of eb bowla and how to -- ebola and how to contain it

the tigers that could be extinct from this world in a decade - raising their plight. we begin with the cries kiss in gaza. -- crisis in gaza, president obama urges binyamin netanyahu to accept a ceasefire. in a tefl call obama -- telephone call obama says there must be lasting peace. neither is accepting a truce. fighting resumed in gaza. the palestinian fighters exchanged fire throughout the day. the numbers of palestinians killed since the assault began 20 days ago is 1,031, most are civilians. 6,000 have been injured. 43 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed in the same period. nicole johnson reports from gaza. >> reporter: people have been using the break in fighting to

get money. banks were closed tore days. now the atms are open again, but not for long. israel proposed a 12-hour extension of saturday's ceasefire. however, they wanted to keep the soldiers in gaza, destroying tunnels. hamas said no. the accuracy fire fell apart. a few hours later, there was another plan. this time from hamas. >> in response to the assessment of the u.n., and taking into consideration the condition of our people in gaza, and light of the coming eid holiday, there were discussions between the factions. they have reached on agreement to accept the offer of a 24 hour calm from 2 o'clock op sunday -- on sunday. >> reporter: during the first hour, israel carried out at least five air strikes. in the middle of all the confusion about a ceasefire people are in limbo. they don't know if israel will

expand its ground operation or when. >> translation: how long will be suffer like this. a 12 hour ceasefire is not long enough, only enough to see your house destroyed and break your heart. >> reporter: despite the uncertainty, some pd wonder around the streets. everywhere is sick of being in their homes without electricity. >> translation: i believe there should be a ceasefire to enable people to live their life during eid, and pick up the bodies of the dead, and let the children feel there's an atmosphere of eid. neither israel nor hamas want the other side to dictate how the war is carried out. they want to control when there's fighting and when there isn't. that moons for the people in -- means for the people in gaza, that's not a break. >> there's pressure on hamas and the palestinian assistance.

we need an immediate ceasefire to be able to deal with our destruction, to be able to deal with our daily life, which has been shattered by israel over the past 20 days. normally in summer the beaches are full, families enjoying a breeze and children playing in the water. people want those days back. there's no sign it will happen soon. secretary of state john kerry is back in the u.s. after he and other world leaders failed to negotiate a longer truce. it's unclear when talks of a ceasefire will resume. james bays is in jerusalem with the latest on the diplomatic front. >> reporter: over the last week we have seen unprecedented diplomatic activity. it's rare that you see shuttle diplomacy by the u.s. secretary of state and the u.n. secretary-general, working the region, going to various capitals, numerous meetings and

phone calls, a big meeting in cairo, a meeting in paris. all we have to show for all of that, now that ban ki-moon and john kerry return to the united states, was a 12-hour ceasefire taking place on saturday. no one has been able to agree an extension. ceasefire. now, from afar, i think, ban ki-moon and john kerry will continue their efforts. there'll be other communications. robert serie, the u.n. special coordinator will speak to both sides. the view at the moment is that for now israel will continue its military option. all along they said they'll destroy the rockets, find hamas's tunnels. they'll do it by diplomatic means, disarming hamas. if that is not possible, they'll take the military option. that looks the most likely scenario for the coming hours. this is a spokesman for the palestinian foreign ministry.

we asked him what the plainian leadership is doing to broker a ceasefire. >> the president travelled to all neighbouring countries trying to impose a ceasefire, a humanitarian ceasefire that will deal with the core elements, and the root causes of the conflict, which is the seem, the inhuman 7-year siege going on against our people in gaza. the problem of all of this, going for 47 years now, of occupation, is that international community has been treating israeli in a way that is above the international law, and it is allowed to do things that all other civilized nations are not allowed to do. this is the problem, not the problem that the palestinian leadership is not doing enough. we are doing everything in our effort. joining us via skype is al jazeera's international affairs contributor in ann arbor, michigan. this afternoon, rather. let's pick up on that. is the palestinian leadership

doing everything they cap? >> the palestinian leadership is putting pressure on israel to go beyond a ceasefire and return to the status quo. they want an end, as your interviewee said, to this blockade which is a blockade of civilians, and is illegal in international law. >> how realistic is that, that this blockade would be removed? >> well, elements of the blockade are likely to remain because israel believes that it's in its security interest to have them. other elements of the blockade are, frankly, mean spirited or an attempt to use the blockade to pressure the population of gaza for political purposes. friendships, the israelis don't let the people in gaza export most of what they produce. this has thrown them into dire poverty and unemployment, as you

would expect. that export ban, that's not security, there's nothing that that does to israeli security. of course, binyamin netanyahu would say that all of this, the bigger picture is about the security. let's listen to a bit of what he said today. >> we have to imaginement united states having -- imagine the united states having 80% of population under rocket fire and 80% of your people going to a bomb shelter within 60 or 90 seconds. that's unsustainable. imagine the united states having terror tunnels dug under your border in order to come in and explode your kindergartens or murder and kidnap your citizens. >> does binyamin netanyahu have a point there, that israel should be able to deal with the tunnels? >> well, the tunnels into israel from gaza - if they are the problem, there's no reason the israelis couldn't stop that on their side of the border. they don't need to destroy the

buildings in gaza to get at those tunnels. the egyptians got rid of many tunnels going into the sinai and didn't harm a single palestinian. with regard to the rockets, most are small. >> they are rockets nonetheless. >> they are rockets nonetheless saying they are rockets is propaganda. they do little damage, and to justify this massive military operation, which is dropping 500 pound bombs on apartments, it's nuts. so hamas has called on palestinians in the west bank to stage on uprising, another intifada. can you put into context how that would complicate ut situation, or would it? >> definitely. the wong -- west bank is a security problem, were it to explode in anger and have big

demonstrations, and this past week we see demonstrations as large as 10,000 at israeli checkpoints, it will put pressure on the israeli ability to pursue a 2-front struggle. >> what role does secretary kerry play in this, and other countries play in this, and let's step back. who is to blame for how this has escalated? >> you know, i really resist putting blame. i think it's important for commissions later on to decide. i think the immediate issue is we have a lot of suffering people. how could you go forward. secretary kerry is trying to negotiate indirectly with hamas. he's talking to turkey and qatar. that's what he was doing in paris. i think it's the best thing that could be done. it's made the israelis angry, and there has been mutterings from the xet that -- cabinet that kerry is incompetent.

you can't have a political settlement unless you talk to the combatants, and hamas is one of them. the israeli refusal to deal with the leadership in gaza from 2006 forward is one. problems here, and you'll never get an end to the military violence until you have a political settlement. >> the million dollar question before i let you go, how long do you see this current eruption lasting? >> what do you see as the end game here? >> when israel begins the cam pawns, it understands the world community will pressure it to stop. it is costly in civilian lives. over 1,000 palestinians killed are women and children, old me and so forth. it's coming under substantial international pressure. what they'll try to do is accomplish the technical goals, destroy as many tunnels and kill

the leaders before they withdraw. if that's all that happens, it buys them a year, it's not a proper settlement. >> of course, of course, that's what we are all looking for. thank you so much israel's government acknowledged firing a more tar shell into you u.n. shelter but said the shelter was empty. palestinians say it killed 16 and injured many others taking shelter there. the state department released evidence showing russia helping separatists in eastern ukraine. look at the satellite, taken over the last week. they show blast marks where rockets were launched on the side of the border. american officials say the pictures say russia directly helps the separatists after the separatists were accused of downing malaysia.

kerr y spoke to lavrov. they denied the shelling. >> reporter: unguided rockets hit a town. grads are notoriously inaccurate. under humanitarian law they should not be used in populated areas. this is why. these people were running from the fighting. medical workers say it's. >> dangerous to get to the dead and injured. the ukrainians and the separatists both deny responsibility. there is fear in villages and downs across this rijon. people -- region, people here gathering to find out how close the fighting is. >> we don't know what will happen to us.

i'm an 80-year-old grandmother. i'm scared for my family. >> ukranian forces are determined to retake the region, and are advancing in big numbers. one of their aims is to cut off supply routes from russia. >> the ukranian convoy is trying to take control of the crash site area. it's been on the territory of the pro-russian separatists, in the past few months and it's a separatist accused of bringing down the malaysian airliner mh17. >> investigators can't confirm until they have full access to the wreckage. australian and dutch police are now in the country. they can't reach the site because of the fighting. the separatists have retreated in some areas. the pro-russian checkpoint is empty. they control much of the border with russia and key cities in the region. this is a civil war na is

splitting -- war that is splitting families, dividing a nation and claiming many innocent lives. information on the investigation into the flight of - the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. the black box contains data consistent with a misil attack. european investigators are writing for a close look at all of the wreckage. in the netherlands, family members are mourning their lose of david chater went to a hindu memorial service in the hague. >> reporter: this is it a tragedy reaching into every home in the netherlands. here a ceremony of condolence in a hindu temple in the hague. the mourners came to remember

the dead on board flight 17, but they lost a bride and groom from their own community. she had married four days before boarding the doomed aircraft for a long-planned honeymoon in kuala lumpur. they spent one night together in their new marital home. outside a service attended by friend and members of their families. the parents stayed away. too weak with grief to show their faces in public. the bandit who conducted the ceremony told us what it might achieve. "i hope it will bring peace for the souls of the deceased and support for these that knew them." across the netsed and across the -- netherlands, and across the world, families and communities like this are suffering the same. the first of the victims brought back to the netherlands has been

positively identified, and the family has been informed. funeral arrangements have been made. more remains of the victims lie scattered over the battlefields of eastern ukraine, where mh17 was shot down. this is a hindu tradition, lighting a candle for each of the dead. from mortality to immortality, from darkness to light. from untruth to truth. a second american has contracted the ebola virus in liberia. nancy from north carolina tested positive. we spoke about a doctor in intensive care. that's him on the right. contracting while treating patients in west africa, working for samaritan's purse, a charity. more than 670 have died in

the ebola outbreak, making it the worst ever. the majority of cases are in gipee, sierra lee i don't know -- guinea, sierra leone and nigeria. it is contagious and can kill victims within days. there's no known cure or vaccines. next - another twist in the legal battle over handguns in d.c. a plan in place to pull detroit out of bankruptcy. and a surprise show of support for majorca. -- for marijuana.

washington d.c. officials say they'll appeal a gun rule. a judge saying people may carry guns outside the home, saying the ban is unconstitutional. it's the latest step in a gun law battle going on since 2008. it resolves a lawsuit filed in 2009 by several people who wanted to carry guns for application. detroit's bankruptcy case appears to be nearing the end. there's a plan to get the city

out of crippling debt. it's not a done deal, we have more from detroit. >> reporter: to remake an ailing city, first you have to tear some down. derelict building are part of the problem. the city council trying to restructure 18 billion of debt with the bankruptcy deal. that has not pleased everyone. >> a good friend of ours lived here. >> reporter: for 23 years david soul worked for the water department. he voted against the deal because his pension will be slashed. he sees what is wrong in his neighbour hood - half the homes abandoned by owners. detroit's debt shouldn't have to be paid by pensioners and the poor. a lot of people are choosing between food, rent or medicine. who will make the choices. what did we do wrong. that's the question. did we do something wrong? >> most pensioners voted for detroit's bargain, however

reluctantly. it is due to be presented in court next month. it's the biggest prupsy ever in the -- bankruptcy ever in the u.s. not all that different granted to anyone looking for legal application from their creditors. >> honest debt or a fresh start, all the financial problems are behind you, and you move forward. same thing is true with the city of detroit. lawyer douglas bernstein netted hundreds of feels -- negotiated hundreds of deals. >> it's a start. we have to go through the confirmation, which in essence is a trial. it gives detroit moment up, but not necessarily a sure thing that it will be confirmed. >> a place that has seen so much decline will welcome the chance to reinvent itself under bankruptcy protection. this city will need more than positive thinking and legal manoeuvres to keep momentum it

might have. after the phuoc schema -- phuoco seema nuclear reactor problem, many more rules have been put in place. some changes are being made to prevent disasters like fukushima. >> this leads to the reactor core. >> reporter: you may not have heard of the watts bar nuclear power plant. >> this is the site of the plant that makes electricity. >> reporter: but this 1700 acre site in tennessee is 90% complete. >> nuclear power you can't hear it, see it or smell it. >> reporter: yet it's the pow that creates -- power that creates heat and electricity for 20% of the population in the u.s. >> it's a turban loophole tank. it is scheduled to go online in december of next year.

after about a year of delays for safety changes. >> two cooling towers have been renovated. it had to be. after the nuclear disaster in phuoca shooema brought the industry to its nees. >> -- knees. >> reporter: a lot of safety precautions were put in place because of fukushima cost you millions. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: were they necessary. >> orders and measures taken were based on probabilities of an occurrence or event like fukushima. our job is to implement orders issued. plants are required to install or improve venting systems to limit damage in the core. it is the life line of the facilities and the most dangerous area. our cameras were allowed in before the nuclear fuel was

loaded. most people who work at nuclear face illies never get to see the inside of a reactor head before it goes live. it's nearly 100 degrees. the reactor head goes on top. reactor vessel, and the plant will create energy for over 1 million people. >> as the plant gears up, others across the country are shutting down. the cost to comply with the standards are too much for some energy companies. they also still have to deal with radioactive waste and the price tag of managing and securing it. >> we can take the fuel and put it in a cannister designed to withstand floods, wind, earthquakes. seismic event. >> they will be stored underground, maintained by the company for the 40-60 year life of the plant at an annual cost of $10 million. with the waste radio active, the nuclear industry and the

government are trying to figure out who picks up the tab in the future. up next on al jazeera america - muslims around the world prepare for the end of ramadan. for those in gaza, there's little to celebrate. plus coping day to day with the refugee crisis along the mexican border.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. president obama has urged binyamin netanyahu to anticipate a ceasefire with gaza. he said they must be disarmed to achieve a peace, both sides. more than 1,000 palestinians have died in the violence. the u.s. releases satellite pictures, officials say, showing russia helping separatists in eastern ukraine. government troops are on the offensive, trying to take back

the city of donetsk and secure the flight 17 crash site. a second american citizen tested positive to ebola. a doctor contracted the disease in liberia, and a mission airy is confirmed to have attracted the disease. there's no known cure. muslims around the world are celebrating the eid holiday. the timing is based on sighting of a moon, so it can vary from country to country. for many of the world muslims, it's expected to last until tomorrow. it marks the end of ramadan. pew research says there's 1.6 billion in the world. 248 million are in subsar haran africa, and 985 million in asia and pacific nation much the tradition involves charitable giving and prayers followed by a feast. muslims in iraq spent the day in

shops and markets preparing for the festival. many women are out shopping. a 5-day holiday has been declared. security is in some spots, battling the islamic state for territory. women in pakistan packed markets and baz areas. they are getting henna tattoos and buying new clothes and jewellery. some say they have cut back because of rising prices. >> and in nigeria they are observing eid. five were killed in a bombing, five injured when a female bomber blew herself up. police foiled an attack meant to target eid prayers. >> reporter: in africa's largest muslim community they gathered in their thousands. the holiday at the end of the fasting month comes at a

turbulent time here. violence blamed on boko haram left dozens dead in the past few days, that did not stop the faithful from showing up. this man came with his six children. he said it's more important now than ever. >> many people are in fear. due to insecurity, people are crying. they don't have money at home, at hand. so all this - that's why we come for the prayer. we pray for allah to bring changes. >> security was stepped up across the country. 50,000 troops, including counterterrorism troops were deployed. in a message to the nation president goodluck jonathan urged nigerians to stay resolute and united against those that are terrorist and pur veyors of

anarchy. he assured nigerians obvious his government's commitment. the instability put a damper on sala fest visities that would have been lavish. >> it was resolved the sala should be low key. all this has to do with the security situation. >> reporter: the emir called off the festival. the rulers led the prayers himself. he addressed the crowds instead of a gathering at his palace. with violence ripping many parts of the muslim world, the message of the second to the faithful - pray for peace and stability not just in nigeria, but across the muslim nation. in the west bank questions are raised about the palestinian authority's response to the violence. we have that sorry from ramallah. >> reporter: when this man arrived at ramallah hospital

doctors didn't think he would survive. he was shot in the heard during a protest at a checkpoint, in protest for the attacks on gaza. >> translation: if we don't go, who will. >> reporter: this man is recovering. he was shot in the lung by israeli troops after having been hit with a tear gas cannister by palestinian security poreses. he -- forces. he thinks pa forces shouldn't defend israeli settlements. i look at the palestinian security forces and see anguish. he sa human being like me, we are like each other. how is he different. both believe the protest at kallam bia marks the beginning of the end of the occupation. that's without a push. few agree the current demonstrations will turn into a popular uprising. >> the pa, the governs body and the biggest employer is coming

under criticism. some believe it should do more to present a united front with hamas, and mobilize people to protest. >> this is a former pa minister. he thinks pa troops are part of the reason why the authority is losing support. >> security forces need to refrain from stopping people from protesting, which is what they've been doing. >> the pa says it's doing everything they can. >> it is a united front with all sectors of the palestinian people. the pa is not in the business of showing or trying to prove to anyone what it is doing for the sake of the people. >> on the streets of ramallah, where life continues as normal, support is growing. hamas won elections in 2006 before the violent divide, which saw hamas take control of gaza. many she it as gaining leverage

that the pm has failed to achieve, as they watch the bloody conflict. in afghanistan demonstrators marched through kabul protesting violence. hundreds of people attended the anti-taliban protest. taliban gunmen this week shot and killed 14 people west of kabul. the government is to blame for the lack of security, partly. >> i want the government to see that they are responsible for what is happening in afghanistan, and this is a huge matter for the government. they should not ask for things. they put people at risk and don't take care of people. similar antiviolence protests were held in other provinces. the british and frexg governments are telling -- french governments are telling citizens to leave libya. it comes a day after the american embassy was evacuated. and to leave the country.

dramatic footage shows rebels fighting over the airport in the capital. look at this. a plane was destroyed on the tarmac, leaving nothing but black smoke. the fighting has government offices closed. 38 were killed in the clashes today. there has been more boko haram attacks. this time in cameroon. three were killed, and the wife of the vice prime minister was kidnapped. the attacks happened in the northern town. the nigerian-based group has been going in to cameroon. the town's mayor, a religious leader, was kidnapped in a second assault. the final journey of the "costa concordia", is over. it was brought from giglio where

it capsized years ago. >> translation: we know that what happened took place due to an error someone made. it was a tragic ech, and we are not -- event and we are not here to celebrate. >> over the next few months crews will remove furniture and other heavy items. in the mediterranean the italian coast guard g rescued migrants from a small boat. officials are among thousands fleeing north africa. 500 died in the mediterranean in the past six months. asylum seekers who tried to enter australia by boat are and sri lanka. it stirred controversy after australian authorities held them for weeks. the deportees are back at square one. >> reporter: glad to be alive. this 30-year-old is back in sri

lanka after a failed attempt to hake it to new zealand -- make it to new zealand by boat. >> translation: we ran out of fuel. we ended up in australia. we got caught in storms, and we are all crying, but had no one to turn to. >> the group was picked up by australian authorities, who held them at sea and handed them back to the sri lankan navy. al jazeera filmed their arrival at court. the youngest on board was two months old. the organizers promised an easy way. >> the people that took us told us that if we make it to new zealand territory, someone would get us. that because the country needs labour, we would be allowed to stay, unlike in australia. >> 10 people from this rural village were on the boat, which

set sail from the eastern coast. thousands of sri lankans braved rickety boats, rough seas and baengs continues to chase a dream. like the group sent back, many find things worse than before. this couple hoped for greener past u but ended with nothing - a plastic id tag all that is left from their failed journey. >> i know how to pay doubling. the debts i had, and what i took to go on this trip. >> this man appears in many boat people cases and said some crews have been to australia 14 times without detection", another passenger has been arrested on three different boats. cases are slow and seldom involve the king pins behind the

racket. >> it's a situation in sri lanka, mote of the org facers are not arrested. normally they are arrested in the skates, the supporters and the passengers. >> reporter: he must wait a year before his case is call. with no job, mounting debts and income, he's trying to grow fruits and vegetables to okay out a living. immigration is front and center on the talk shows. representative paul ryan were pushing for a change in the 2008 law signed by president bush, allowing the u.s. to accept minors from central american countries. >> i do believe we need to amend this law, which never intended for this to happen, to make sure that you can treat people in noncontiguous countries, to stop this crisis. >> we are at the epicentre and have been working with the men

and women at the border control. the folks at the community deal with this on a day-to-day basis. we need the resources and a policy change. more than 57,000 undocumented children across the border without their parents in october. we met up with two children who reunited with their mother, as reported, the future is far from certain. kora leana left her two daughters behind when she left honduras to find work in los angeles, back in 2007. recently conditions in honduras became so bad she was forced to make a terrifying decision. >> i had all the fears of the world. while they travelled i couldn't sleep or eat. i thought about what could happen. there's just as much danger if they were to stay at honduras with the gang violence. katherine, aged 13, says murderous gangs turned her

neighbourhood into a killing zone. >> translation: one time we played soccer with my uncle. gang members turned up. they killed a girl while we were there, where we were playing. >> you saw that. >> yes. >> translation: she paid a human smuggler, a coy oata to bring them to the u.s. -- coy oata. they crossed the barter and were released to their mother's custody. it was the first time she had seep them in seven years much. >> translation: when i saw them, it was as if i was reborn. there was nothing more i could do than to thank god. >> this in my opinion-year-old summed up how she feels to be back with hor mother. their -- with her mother. their troubles are not over. both girls have orders to report

in imitations court. >> what will you do if your daughters are kent back? >> i will go with them -- are sent back? >> i will go with them. i can't bear to be away from them. >> reporter: for now they waiting, and enjoying life in the u.s. as others died their fate. a fight for marijuana - the "new york times" calling for the end to a federal ban. saying pot is less dangerous to alcohol and compares it to prohibition, pointing to crime in that period, and said young black men are disproportionately gaoled for possession. the paper said there should be restrictions for those selling pot. in northern california, a fire forcing hundreds of evacuations. and we look at one of the biggest cats in the world, and why wildlife researchers say the

tiger could become extinct in the next decade. @jvé

we could be a decade away interest a world without tigers. the world wildlife fund says there's as few as 3200 left in the wild. beautiful animals. activists have been trying to raise awareness about the threat to animals ahead of international tiger day. poaching and habitat pushed tigers to the brink of extinction. the vast area has been decimated. tiger populations are in the double digits in some countries. andrea joins us to talk about this. the vice president of a charitable organization devoted to preserving big cats and their ecosystems. we were talking during the break, because people find the

numbers so shocking. in the early 1900s, there was 100,000 tigers in the wild. now 3200. we touched on the reasons. you pick up ou this apped. >> absolutely rights. it's not well-known. fewer than 32 hund, that swifts -- 3 #00 that exists in the wild. there's eight countries in asia that have verified breathing populations. the biggest driver to extinction is because of poaching. because of the high demand that sadly their body parts... >> what do poachers get out of this? >> highly insent viced networks of criminals are out there targetting areas where tigers live. out there day and night, setting traps, poison, using guns to kill these animals, to sell on

the wildlife markets. >> have programs along the way not been effective to stop this? how did this happen so quickly? are we aware of it too late? >> that's a good question. for many years there was a battle cry to save the child. in 2006 an initiative was launched called tigers forever, and it was the first time a concerted effort was placed on are we doing the right thing to save the tigers in the wild and measure and monitor the knack, making sure the efforts were working to stablilize and increase tigers in some cases. >> what is being done? >> the good news is we know what is killing the animals, we know how to save them. the immediate needs are well-trained booth on the ground -- boots on the ground, law enforcement groups in the

areas and protecting the tigers, and that they are trained to meet the - how do you say - the poachers, who are well outfitted. that the guards are equally so, and the boots on the ground are one step ahead. >> when money is the motivators, it will be difficult to stop the peachers. >> that's right. and in some of the places park guards have not been trained and don't have the gear or tools to protect them. >> this may be an obvious question, but why is it important to have animals in the wild as opposed to zoos and other places and sanctuaries and stuff like that. >> it caps - they are apex predators, the top of the food chain. we see their presence indicating healthy forests. they are easy to rally behind. >> they are gorgeous. >> charismatic. heads of states, prime ministers

don't want this them to go on their watch. they are easy to rally around. they are eco system guardians. >> are you optimistic? >> i am. >> props frustrated at times, i imagine, but optimistic. >> i don't think we could do what we do if we didn't realise that there was hope, that we are seeing positive changes, it's not too late. we know how to save them, they know what to do, and hope absolutely remains. >> where can i tell the viewers to go for more information. absolutely pansara.org. >> thank you for coming in, it's an important topic. thank you. >> thank you for having me. 500 homes have been evacuated in northern california as a fire continues to spread. 750 fled the wildfire east of

sacramento. 780 acres have been destroyed. a vehicle driving over dry vegetation caused the fire. severe weather in california is causing dangerous situations. seven people were hit by lightening on the boardwalk at venice beach. it happened an hour ago. no confirmation on their condition. and time to check in with rebecca stevenson, who has been following the weather. there's been a series of storms rolling up from monsoonal moisture. the winds have been coming up out of the south, south-west. bring the the moisture over hot dry desert areas. we don't get lightening strike deaths. when we look at statistics, all of lightening related deaths happened in texas and florida. the lightening capital of the united states.

the deaths this year when it comes to lightening is 15, and most of the them are in places like florida, texas, minnesota and parts of colorado. today, venice beech, we had a swirl of systems. if you look, you see counter clockwise motion coming opposite of the normal flow of weather - usually going from west to east. this rolled from the east to the west, up over venice beach. a large population. there were storms, but the load that one of these -- likelihood that one of these lightening strikes would impact that area. that's low. it makes it a unique rare incident. the pacific ocean is a cooler current. it stabilizes things. you don't get a lot of thunder storms. all the way up the coast it's unique. the winds - well, let's

translate all this up to winds and the storms coming through, the ones in the south-west causing custodies 25-30 miles per hour. causing problems for wildfires, and the winds and storms around chicago are intense. we have a big cool down. in the next 6-10 days temperatures will drop. already the deviation you can see, only 77 for you, and we see temperatures drop 13 degrees cooler for fargo, meaning storms, wind gusts, 60 to 70 men's , and hail up to the size of a hen egg. that's bigger than the ping-pong ball. impressive. >> a lot of weather to keep track of. thank you so much. it's a big down in coopers town new york, home of the national baseball hall of fame. the annual induction took place, and welcomed six members, sluger

it frank thomas, tom gavin, managers tony lar uso and others. thousands of fans were in coopers town for the ceremony. yesterday there was an event in denver, baseball had a treat for fan, it the didn't go as planned. >> it's spelt wrong. there's a, "t" missing. >> spelling counts. especially a jersey honouring your best player. the rockies handed out 15,000 t-shirts, but they left out the "t" in the last name pt the team will order new shirts and exchange them and get a free ticket to another game. ahead, find out how you ka see the security lines at the

airport and earn cash. and a unique spin on art. that is coming up on al jazeera america.

it's been more than a year since edward snowden's dramatic leaks about the n.s.a.'s proum. he was given asylum in washington after leaking his documents. this week on thursday, asylum papers expire. he's asking for a year's extension. what impact did the releases that snowed n make, what -- snowden make, what impact did it have and what challenges has he made. that in "the week ahead". . >> sometimes chance brings people together to create something unique. that is happening where an artist and a businessman struck a deal. it's explained in the first person report. >> i'm david ellis, i'm from the rouse corner store. we are finishing a mural, art

installation revamp of a store that's been here for 40 years. >> i'm ralph. we are about to open. we look forward to seeing everybody back in the store. i used to live on the black. i was on the block 12 years ago. i'd come and buy the newspaper. i was doing papers. ralph opened up. >> i saw an article about him. i said "this is dave, the guy that rides the bike, the crazy guy." he called me saying, "let me paint", i said "i'll thing about it." he says let's do a trade. my deal is $20-$25 a day, or juice, copy or newspapers for the rest of my life. in a way it's the most expense of pointing have sold. it's called flow. it's like you threw a stop in the water, the way the ripples

will go. or lava flows. ralph gave me the canvas. that tree is ralph, and it's the roots going down into the histories of brooklyn, the people here, who have moved op, who died. and there's the trunk, him and his father, and the leaves are the community that they have helped enrich for 40 years. trying to conjure that energy for ralph. because he's a living, breathing relic. and his father is too. i believe in this place, like sacred grouped. if i can -- sacred ground. if i can bless it, i'm there. the csa is offering a reward for anyone that can speed up security lines. up to $15,000 is available for people that come up with new ideas. the t.s.a. admits with so many

passengers, the counter process is not working. ideas can be submitted online, 200 have come in so far. i'm richelle carey, i'll be back. thomas drayton will be back with a newshour at 8:00 pm eastern. keep it here on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight": the weekend edition, the nation's largest care taker of the mentally ill with a tab picked up by the taxpayer. >> if you keep somebody with severe mental illness for a year, that's g going to cost about $65,000. the most intensive community treatment is going to cost between 20 to 25,000. >> correspondent michael okwu, los angeles county jail, whe