that's the best option. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> hi, everyone, this is aljazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york. new sanctions, why president obama said they will make russia weaker. treaty violation, the u.s. claims russia's cruise missile test vitals an arms control agreement. >> . >> going underground, dramatic new video those how hamas used underground tunnels to carry out attacks on israelis. ceasefire of violations. a pause in the fighting and hamas leaders say that it didn't come from them. and robots, why these are about

to significantly change the way it some industries do business. >> question begin with u.s. rush 'relations, under the greatest strain since the cold war. tonight, a nuclear arms deal on the brink, and in eastern ukraine, mike viqueira has more on that. >> reporter: john, after months of trying to cajole and convince european leaders, it took the downed malaysian airliner 17 and continued destabilization of the ukraine an republic. president obama announced a new round of sanctions, escalating

the other sanctions against arms industries, and financial interests, and the energy sector in russia. now, president obama said the actions that the administration has already taken have taken a bite out of the russian economy. let's listen. >> now, russia's actions in ukraine, and the sanctions that we have already imposed have made a weak russian economy even weaker. foreign investors already are increasingly staying away, and even before our actions today, $100 billion in capital was expected to flee russia. russia's energy, financial sectors are feeling the pain. >> now, president obama and top officials say that the u.s. and european union have imposed sanctions on five of the six top russian banks, covering the total assets, and they're blocking technology transfers in the energy sector. they said that russia is very interested in energy explosion,

and deep water explosion, and the companies will not be able to sell the gear and equipment that the russian companies need to take the oil out of the earth. >> mike, there have been plenty of questions about whether the russians are really feeling the pain, and why are these sanctions different? >> well, you have to look at this two ways. is the goal to deter russian aggression, to get vladimir putin to reverse course in and the white house said that vladimir putin is not backing down, he's doubling down, armaments and fuel funds continue to pour over the border and there were 15,000 russian troops amassed on the ukrainian border, and they have violated a 1987 test ban treaty struck between gorbachev and ronald reagan. so it's problematic because vladimir putin's interest in doing this are about his geo political sphere of influence,

not just about the economic damage that he's going to be doing, but it's expected that these sanctions will indeed have a bit, though they fall somewhat short of what president obama wanted the europeans to go along with. >> there are new doubts tonight about a nuclear arms agreement with russia since the cold warp. today, kremlin violating that treaty. >> reporter: john, this is a landmark arms control treaty that the u.s. said that russia has broken. gorbachev signed it in 1987, and it helped to install the end of the cold war by eliminating an entire class of weapons. it's called the inf treaty. and by 1981, it forced the u.s. and soviet union to destroy 3,000 missiles. only the ones launched from land, and not similar misses from ships or planes, but after

eliminating them years ago, russia has been reportedly testing them once again, possibly since 2008. they are medium range, and both sides are still allowed missiles that can fly further. and these can only reach russia's neighbors and allies, but not really hit the united states. russian leaders have hinted for years they want out of the treaty, calling it unfair because other countries, like china and pakistan, also have these missiles. the u.s. said that russia doesn't need them as much because they have better bombers, and some call it serious, saying that it may trigger another arms race, and it could be another sign of crumbling relations between rush and america. >> jonathan bett, thank you. and in the middle east, most of gaza is out tonight. they took out gaza's only power plant, leaving the people

without electricity, running water or sewage. israel has hit dozens of major targets, including the home of hamas' leader. the three-week-old defensive is on the ground. new video of soldiers on the move in northern gaza. our nick schifrin is in northern gaza with more on that. >> john, good evening, the soldiers are on the move tonight. and you can hear the drones and f-16s above me. they're flying tonight across gaza city. and as you see, there's a huge blackout. and you can probably see no lights behind me, not because there's nothing there, but because there's no electricity across this entire city. so many residents in fear, simply hunkering down, hiding in their own homes. after the 24 hours of bombing have been relentless. today in gaza, airstrikes pulverized hamas leader's homes,

a tank shell gutted a mask that the israeli military said hid weapons, and a power plant went up in smoke. nearly everyone here has lost electricity, as a baby cries in the background, the family prepares dinner by flashlight. before today's explosion, gazans only had three hours of power a day. and now the children may have to play in the dark for up to a year. if the power stays off only until they get a generator. this family lives fairly comfortable. above the daughter's bed, disney princesses, and above the son's bed, post-,. they feel there's nothing worth celebrating. >> the two kids and mine are crying, and you can't live while others are dying. >> the 15-year-old son, fox, i first met him four weeks ago, he

was cheering for the world soccer team. >> i love the united states, but what the government do, and what's happening, think keep saying, it's okay, do whatever, and i feel shame sometimes. >> this fall, he'll study in the u.s. he was hoping to teach american students just like then. he put on facebook, after three wars in be six years, he has seen things that nobody should have to see. >> and i see children getting killed, women, mostly. guys like me, getting murdered, bombed in their houses. so i ask myself, will i be next? it's tough. it's tough. ♪ you can burn up our mosques

and our homes and our schools... >> music provides an escape, and it also helps his 12-year-old sister, dana. she plays when the bombs get loud. >> they bomb here. bomb in the houses shaking. >> do you feel safe leaving your house? >> no. >> no, she says. i asked her daughter. she starts to say, when my brother and i leave the house -- she can't finish. like all gazans today, this family stays inside to stay safe. to pass the time, they watch the news. on this day, she learns about the deaths of nine children.

dana looks away. she wonders when the power will stay off. >> that image of a family watching tv, hiding, essentially in their home, too scared to go outside. it's playing out across the gaza strip. whether we're talking about a relatively elite family, speaking english, still in their home, or thousands of palestinians who have lost their homes and are spending the night in u.n. shelters. >> nick, there are reports of heavy rocket fire in israel today. and what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, in the last couple of hours, we have seen at least two rockets from palestinian fighters from gaza toward tel aviv, which is 70 miles north of here, and both of them were intercepted by israel's iron dome, and that's the system by the united states that has blocked so many of those

missiles here from residential neighborhoods. in all, the u.s. or rather the israeli military said that over 2,000 rockets have been flying from here into israel over the last few months, but they do say that only about 3 or 4% of them actually land in or come close to landing in residential neighborhoods. >> all right, nick, thank you. diplomats are still trying for a ceasefire, and today the palestinian authority proposed a 24-hour break in the fighting, but hamas rejected it. >> reporter: on tuesday night, the leader of the hamas military wing spoke in a prerecorded televised statement and said that there will be no ceasefire until the blockade, the siege of gaza, is lifted. and that had been a key demand of hamas all along. and it could well continue to be the sticking point in terms of negotiations and possible

ceasefire. also, on tuesday, the palestine liberation organization held a committee meeting, and as a result of that meeting, the negotiations with hamas and jihad are ongoing to try to reach a final ceasefire agreement that could be put to israel for its response earlier. the secretary general of the plo had already been agreed on by all of the palestinian sections, but later, it emerged that the relations are ongoing. israel, for its part, has not yet responded formally to the ceasefire talks from the plo, hamas and islamic jihad. but sources are telling us that they are moving to the ceasefire direction, so at least the talks are ongoing, and we understand that they're continuing to be

mediated, and all of this. >> negotiating with palestinians can be complicated. the largest faction of the plo in the west bank, until hamas takes control of the strip in 2007. hamas is lined with the jihad faction. most reasonable in april, and last morning the two groups announced a unity government. but new they appear to be unable it make an agreement over the ceasefire deal. now professor at woodrow wilson school, ambassador, good to see you. >> thank you. >> how significant are these factions westbound the palestinian leadership. and how does that affect the negotiations? >> well, it's debilitating politically. because you have the blo, the

palestine liberation organization, which is supposed to represent all palestinians, but does not represent hamas and jihad. so periodically, they try to arrange negotiation, and they seemed to come close in may, but as you see in the ceasefire, the plo speaks, and hamas doesn't listen, and that's going to make it hard to find a unified palestinian position. >> is this about political power or ideals? >> well, it's a little bit of everything. hamas is now fighting for its political life. they did not do a good job of governing gaza before this war. they ended up fairly bankrupt. and that's what threw them into the arms of the plo in the reconciliation agreement. and they wanted to rid

themselves, but now there's a war going on, and they need to prove that they can remain the resistance organization of the palestinians, but they're getting pommeled and the people they represent the most, it's very difficult. it's political, prestige, and a bit ofigo and it's a mess inside of the palestinian camp. >> so hamas wants open borders, and israel says absolutely not. where does it go from there? >> well, the israelis believe that they have this offensive tunnel operation, and they're not going to let go very easily. as we see the scope of these tunnels and the degree to which they are sophisticated and they allow for the masses of palestinian fighters to enter israel subterranean fashion, israelis believe that they are going to have to destroy these

tunnels before they will consider what the conditions are for ceasefire. they certainly would not allow for the kind of open border to give ham as the opportunity to rearm. so if there's international real supervision of a border, perhaps we can find formulas, but hamas may be asking for something that's not achievable 23 they're seeking credit for opening up gaza in a situation which israel will not permit. >> you were an ambassador for israel during this, and how does that affect what's going on today? >> it was a popular uprising, that's the meaning of the word. and after many years of frustration by the palestinians, they wanted to throw off the occupation, and they had tried in the first through largely

non-violent means, and then they resorted to violence, including suicide bombing in the second -- it's interesting because right now, you have a faction of the palestinian movement fighting while the rest of the palestinian movement is sitting on the sidelines. they're upset about the human dimensions here and the humanitarian tragedy, but you don't see the mass uprising against the israeli occupation. some israelis believe that it's possible, that there's enough frustration building in the west bank, but so far, it's been hamas. >> can i ask you about the criticism, secretary john kerry, and the concession was that john kerry was biased toward hamas in his proposed deal for a ceasefire agreement. what are the israelis trying to

do with this criticism? >> well, the charge is absurd. whether or not kerney's diplomacy succeeded, he was not comp plating anything that would at all impinge on the u.s.-israeli relationship. he's trying for a ceasefire, and the united states is taking up an amendment that would add $700 million to the iron dome research and development process. so to cues kerry of taking a political position, it's moved by a faction in israel. and it makes no sense. but the israeli government was not happy that kerry walked away from the egyptian ceasefire initiative that israel had previously accepted, and was talking to qatar and turkey, which have of better relations with hamas, and the israelis

wanted to signal kerry, and the problem is that hamas has rejected it, so we're almost back to square one. >> am was dor, thank you for being on the program. and thank you very much. >> thank you, john. >> coming up next, the debris field from malaysian an flight 17, wide open to the public. and a new video of hamas fighters, how they used tunnels to attack israel.

>> two things about them are really big. one is that the u.s. and the ueu did them together. and they're considerably more than the european union was willing to go. their trade is ten times as big as the u.s. trade with russia, though these are going to bite much more. >> can i stop you there? because the obama administration said the previous sanctions were going to bite. and were going to hurt. but i'm not sure that, based on russia's activities, that they had that impact, or did they?

>> well, there's hurt, and then there's immediately fix the problem. and you see from the anxiety of russians and the cash flow numbers that you all reported in the broadcast, they are biting and they're changing the behavior of russian business, and changing the behavior of global business in dealing with russia. has that been enough to convince putin that he wants to back down? no, not yet. so the president said that they're doubling down, and now they're going to go after russia in the energy sector, which is the main source of income for russia, and they're going after the russian defense sector, which is very carefully thought through. because who is pushing the hardest for russia to be more aggressive in ukraine? it's the russian military establishment and if they're being told that some of the things they like to import are cut off, does that change things more quickly? >> if the u.s. goes after energy

with russia, doesn't that really threaten europe? >> well, they have been very careful and they're going after oil, and not gas. so the europeans are saying, they're not ready to deal with gas with russia. and they're going after oil, and it makes it harder for russia to play going forward. they can't explore in the arctic and in the sea around crimea, that they just snatched. so the country economically is falling off the cliff, and the question is at what point? i don't think that we know the answer, and at what forces in russian society do they look at the three, five year trajectory and say this is not a country that we want to live in. >> the arms control treaty between the usb and russia, how significant is ratcheting up

when it comes to this? >> this is really letting moscow know that the u.s. is not messing around anymore. this has been quietly under discussion for about six months, and the u.s. had hoped to resolve it quietly and had thought that it was possible to make progress on reducing the weapons with russia while they deteriorated in other areas. this is saying to moscow, you may think that the u.s. nuclear achievements are something that you can monkey around with, and they're not, and the president has been able to push on that. it's real, and it was not a new development. the test was detected six months ago, but it's a new signal to russia that some of the places that they have over washington don't apply. >> all right, heather, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> in ukraine, fighting in

donetsk is still keeping the investigators away from the crash site. and 12 days later, evidence on the ground remains undetected. >> reporter: the damage to the first class cabin and the cockpit has been appalling. you can see that the bits of metal have been torn part and falling in on themselves, and there are papers strewn all over the place, from the pilot's cases, the flight plans, just blowing in the wind. this place is completely unguarded. the ukrainians and the separatists are battling close by. we have heard shelling in the distance. the investigators have been unable to get here so far, but when they do, they will find evidence. we have seen holes in the metal of the aircraft, which appear to show that shrapnel did hit the aircraft in places and they will

be interested in looking at that further. and remnants of explosives expls well, which tame from a missile. they will need that to figure out what kind of missile brought down the airliner, mh17. >> the tragedy raises new question about how to keep commercial aircraft out of danger, and airline managers met today to talk about that. >> reporter: the tragedy of mh17 has focused world attention on war zones, and the skies above them, when it was shot down, the boeing 777 was in touch with the air traffic control, just above a no-fly zone, which should have protected it. and how to keep it from happening again. >> i would anticipate that this meeting will say what people have always known, don't fly

across war zones where people are likely to shoot at you. >> it has already begun. over unique, almost entirely clear of air traffic, and how many are avoiding crossing iraq and other areas. even if it lengthens risk and lowers fuel. 8 million people fly every day, and crashes are extremely rare, and that's why an incident like this, a deliberate downing of a civil jet is causing concern. they recommended to pilots, and not regulating air spice that belongs to sovereign countries. that's likely going to change, but to reassure a nervous public. >> it took several years before air travel got back to where it was before 9-1-1. and we might see the same thing happen now, because people will

be scared. and they don't know what they're scared about. >> flying is safer than it has ever been before, despite a recent spate of tragic accidents and the loss of 17, and the passengers need more than statistics or brand assurances to be sure of that. aljazeera, toronto. >> and coming up next, despite the u.s. pressure, the gaza ceasefire talks coming up empty. a look at u.s.-israeli realizations, and protecting college athletes, the fight to stop concussions.

>> this is as bad as it gets for the gaza lect supply. the power station up in smoke. no one has ever seen anything like this before. it has been burning out of control for hours. too dangerous to send crews in to try to put it out. >> they have been shelling around the power station for days, and now it has taken another direct hit. but trying to repair this could take months. all of the fuel is burning.

>> for the last couple of days, we have informed all, everybody about the shelling, and they told us, it's a mistake. i don't know, this has been repeated several times. >> aljazeera also visited it the power plant a few days ago, and then one of its four generators had been hit. and the main office. even still, the workers showed up to try to keep the place running, but they were nervous. >> it's death. this is dangerous. what can we do? this is our work. >> there has been no electricity in east gaza since the ground invasions startled. >> it's a difficult situation, we have no water, no hospital, no supply. >> it the shop rise on a generator for all electricity. but the cost of running it is so

expensive. >> after destroying the power plant in gaza, we suffer a lot from the loss of electricity and we just use our generators for eight to ten hours a day. >> and now it's going to get much worse for the rest of gaza. with the electricity shut down, people will be lucky to get power for one or two hours a day. >> meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry's efforts have led to harsh criticism with israel. increasing pressure on an already strained diplomatic relationship. >> reporter: facing scathing criticism by some in israel, secretary of state john kerry defending his report. >> i had a 100% voting record

pro israel. and i will not take second seat to anybody in my devotion to protecting the state of israel. >> reporter: kerry was attacked by the israeli media, the allegation, his last ceasefire proposal was biased in favor of hamas, negotiates accused them of plotting to make kerry look bad. >> people saying things that are misinformed. >> it's not the way that partners and allies treat each other. >> the rift with israel, though brief, was rare for washington. >> we can do better, and we need to go further in protecting israel. >> as for public opinion, a poll on monday asked americans, who is most responsible for the current violence? 30% say hamas and 19%, israel. but criticism of israel is

mounding. a u.n. panel voted 29-1 to launch an inquiry into possible human rights of violations into gaza by israel. >> we're a nation that objected to this resolution, which i think should make every decent person in the world feel the shame of the united nations. >> in an interview with aljazeera, in the wake of the controversy, a kerry spokesman was careful not to further anger israel critics. >> would you like to take this opportunity on aljazeera and call for an end t to the siege n is it normal? >> it's not the question. what the secretary has been committed to is working toward the peace process in the last year, where be we could have

states living side by side in peace and security. >> when the ground invasion of gaza began almost two weeks ago, israel said that a primary goal was to take out hamas' network, and right now, there's video reportedly showing hamas gas underground, stabling a deadly surprise attack. >> this video was up loaded to youtube by hamas yesterday. and it shows hamas fighters coming out of a tunnel and assaulting an israeli outpost near the border with gaza, and we want to warn you that the video is graphic. this is what israel said it's out to stop once and for all. hamas using a tunnel to strike inside of israel. the nearly 4 minutes of footage begins with fighters climbing up from underground and running across a field to the israeli position.

they shoot through a gate. and later, they appear to beat and shoot men on the ground before returning to the tunnel. the video ends with hamas fighters holding captured israeli weapons showing the serial number for authenticity. five israeli it soldiers were killed in the battle. and shortly after, benjamin netanyahu went on israeli television, saying that the operation in gaza would not end until all of the tunnels were wiped out. the purpose, he said, the protection of israel citizens he showed a map of the tunnels into gaza, some extended more than a mile inside of israeli. another tunnel killed four israeli soldiers last week. israeli has known about the tunnels for years, but is stunned by the complexity.

as deep as 90 feet underground. and reinforced with concrete. and fired for communications. the day before it began the ground operations, they released this video. showing more than a dogsen fighters coming out ahead of the attack, and at the tunnel entrance, they were hit by an airstrike. the tunnels are not new. they date back to ancient times. and former ambassador to the u.s. has called them a medieval tactic that israel may have to counter with medieval technology. his idea is to dig a moat, 85 feet deep, all the way around gaza. >> on other news, ebola has claimed the life of the doctor leading the fight against the vir in sierra leone.

the worst outbreak on record. 700 people have died since february, according to the world health organization, and 1,000 are infected. two in liberia have tested positive for the disease. new crimes are coming to light from the kosevo war at the end of the 90s. a special prosecutor said that he has evidence that the members of the kosevo army harvested organs from the captives and sold them. >> wanted mass graves held the victims' bodies, but how many died as a result of a horrific trade in body parts? for years, it was claimed that the civilians were killed so their organs could be sold. years later, on tuesday, the lead prosecutor backed that theory. >> i can say at this point that there are compelling indications

that this practice did occur on a very limited scale. and that a small number of individuals were killed for the purpose of extracting and trafficking their organs. a handful of individuals were subjected to this crime. >> more than 3,000 people disappeared during the conflict, which began in february of 1998 and ended in june the following year. the claim was that the organs were sold on behalf of the kla, the kosevo liberation army, and documents have been prepared against senior political officials. i think it is confirmed that war crimes did happen. he mentioned indication, and he said strong indications. he didn't say proof. let's wait for the indict to see what it actually means. this house was raided by the urine many years ago, and one of

the properties being used to carry out the operations. traces of blood and medicine bottles and other paraphernalia were found. but the owner still insists that this house had no part to play in organ removals. >> we continue to demand moral compensation because of this injustice. they brought the international investigators into our house and threw us out. we had to sleep in snow. >> for those who lost family members, the news is unlikely to bring much peace, but they will keep searching for answers and for jess. justice. >> and now a once powerful politician is the center of a corruption investigation. it could change way that china and the u.s. do business. the latest from beijing. >> until two years ago, he was undeniably, the most powerful politician in this country.

the reason? he was in charge of the vast domestic security apparatus. he had files on everyone. last year, his family have been detained by communist party investigators, and they haven't been seen since. they confirmed that jou is being investigated. and if convicted, they would be the most senior party official to be found guilty since the founding of the people's republic of china. so his trial will be a sensitive one. the reason that it sends shock waves, so many politicians and so many businessmen in this country owe their success to his success. others believe that he was

involved with zhou in a plot that would have prevented the president from becoming president. >> time to head to washington d.c. and joie. >> on the program tonight, students who misbehavesent to detention, but what about teachers? teacher jail, where they watch the clock for an hour, for a variety of infractions, looking at the teachers, saying there was no reason to send them into exile and push them right to the edge. >> i saw many teachers in teacher jail, broken, depressed and suicidal. >> tonight, inside of teacher jail. that's coming up at the top of

the hour. join us then. >> all right, joie, thank you. and today, the ncaa agreed to settle a class action lawsuit, a head injury lawsuit. it's a multimillion-dollar deal. some are pleasing and others saying that they didn't do enough. jessica. >> reporter: the good news, the ncaa is taking notice that this is a big issue, and the bad news, the number is kind of a drop-in the bucket when you look at it. $70 million not a lot of money. if you're one person holding a powerball ticket, not when there are 4.2 million holding a ticket in the case. this is not the lottery, but long-term health issues that they will always end up footing being the bill for. it's going to establish a medical fund similar to the one proposed by the nfl. and today give all former college threats to see if they

had brain damage. and also the right to sue the ncaa. normal doubt, the ncaa is going to want to fight that part. if the judge does approve the deal, they will receive a letter to get that free evaluation, which normally runs $4,000. >> some say that it's not enough. and what sort of pushback. >> the biggest issue, unlike the nfl settlement, they have to pay their own. if they have any medical treatment afterwards, they have to foot the bill for that. you were talking about 4.2 million athletes, and some of them are going to need treatment. one kid said that he dropped out of school at 2 2, felt like he had alzheimer's. and another player passed out on the floor after he concussed and he couldn't recognize his parents when they came m. and he has had seizures that come with that, the bill, the aftermath. >> it's not going to be the end of it. thank you very much. >> . >> a huge water main break in

southern california, flash flooding the streets near ucla's campus. water had been spewing into the air, and cars have been stranded. those are the live pictures that you see now, and the police say that the water flooded the campus athletic fields, and it's a mess. no word on what caused that break. coming up next, the next wave of jobs that could be taken over by robots and computers. and hang ten in haiti. how the government is trying to make the beaches a surfer's paradise.

>> good evening, and i'm meteorologist, kevin corvelle. we are looking at beautiful weather in the northeast. and look at how far down it's extendition, but anything to the north is much drier and cool for this time of year. of drier, and chicago, 75°.

we do expect those temperatures to stay quite cool over the next four days. in portland, maine, 6 in the morning, and we're seeing more of the same. not a lot of clouds to talk about. we have rain showers in the lower part of the great lakes, and 54 in albany. here in new york, the average high is 84°. and we have a few showers coming in. looking to the weekend, below average, 84 on saturday. and 83 on sunday. out tote west, talking about the monsoon, and the amazing rain that we're having in parts of denver. flood warnings and watches are in many places. the news is next.

>> technology has made our lives of easier and safer, and efficient, but that could make some american's jobs obsolete. >> every day, approximately 3 billion people go to some form of work. bringing with them all of their human abilities. their acts, and compassion and manual dexterity. but how many of these jobs will be done by a machine? one of the jobs is dry-cleaning. at the moment, it takes human

dexterity and experience to deal with the variety of the clothes we wear. no robot looka at and can feed it through a standardized machine. >> as soon as i was born, my parents would have me on their backs, working the machines, and by the age of seven, i was putting sponges on hangers and taking the intake at the counter, and by the age of 15, i was working on saturday so they could have a day off. my whole life is pretty much working at the dry-cleaners. >> robots have already shown that they can fold towels. very slowly. it takes more than six minutes to fold a single towel. and maybe someday they will be able to do that while sizing up a stain, but right now, it's human experience. >> my dad can say, we can get that out for sure, and that's guaranteed. that's after years of knowledging in the industry.

>> we still need humans to drive us around in taxis too. already, google is pushing us toward a world where humans not be necessary, but right now, we need to know dangerous stuff, like when the person in front of us is drunk. >> these are logistical difficulties. enough time and effort, and with both, robots will be able to take over these tasks. let's tike a look at how many people would be affected by this automation. in a total u.s. workforce, 210,700 of them work in dry-cleaning. and 133,000 of them work in taxis and drivers. and that means half a million people would be in new lines of work some of just those two industries. they would create new jobs, but

some economists believe that the future of work will be a patchwork. >> one of the effects, you can be employed part-time, and still have a great smart phone. anybody will be able to reap the fruits of that technological change though they work less hours. >> is any job sacred? the job of chef is a booming area of employment. and perhaps that's what robots will never replace. our ability to sell taste, visual pleasure, emotion, the stuff of the tongue, the eyes and brain. >> all right, new order in, table 63! >> john, as you can see, there's a lot of room for interpretation, and economists don't agree on what's going to happen, but they agree that there's a structural change in the nature of employment. >> i'm still trying to figure

out how you put the graphics on the window of the car, maybe you had the robots do it. but if a robot can't fold a towel in under 6 minutes, are humans really at risk when it comes to their jobs. >> well, we're already seeing industries create efficiency using software, even if not fully auto maintained. the trucking industry, they're using software to tell fleet managers how many trips to the store to know how much to stock the store, and they're beginning to reduce the active drivers in their employees. we're beginning to feel that already. but economists say that there are new positions but everything is about to change. >> thank you very much. and coming up tonight on the newscast newscast, 11:00 eastern time, the kkk's disturbing new tactic to recruit members. >> they come here, and they pop

a couple of them off and leave their corporations on the border. >> spreading racism and hate. targeting illegal immigrants. that's the message. that's tonight at 11:y. and plus, many see it as the next revolution in sales. amazon, launching it's new 3-d printing store, selling everything from home jewelry and decorations. all of that coming up at 11:00,. haiti is trying to a rebrand itself. the government has doubled it's tourism budget and they want to turn the attention away from poverty and insecurity, and turn to its shores. >> reporter: on haiti's southern coast, surfers aren't an unusual sight these days. just a few months ago, some of these boys couldn't even swim. and now look at them.

they're all part of surf haiti, an ambitious project aimed at bringing tourists to the beaches. he says that surfing here is about more than just catching waves. >> you have to take pleasure, to take some waves. but i it's to share the life of people. >> and at a place where most people live to $10 a day, that sense of community is vital. the boys are taught about the environment and he plans to show them how to make surfboards, and eventually run surf haiti themselves. sampson jewels, one of the first boys to learn to surf here, tells us that the project has the potential to change the lives of the entire community. but it's not going to be an easy road. i've traveled all over haiti and the various tourist

destinations, but for surfers, it doesn't get much better than this. the biggest project that they face is trying to get people to come to haiti in the first place. for many tourists, haiti is perceived as being dangerous and dirty. the beaches aren't exactly pristine. the passion from these young haitians is unmistakable, and it's the chance to be part of the lives of people like sampson. with the waves, and ultimately help tourism grow. >> i would love for there to be a haitian representation in the international surfing profession. he would really, really, because then, once they announce, he came from haiti, then all of a sudden, people go haiti surfing? and the whole industry pays attention. >> since haiti remains for now a small project with few customers, they hope that that

will soon change. aljazeera, haiti. >> and tonight's fre freeze fre comes from north korea, children in other countries including ireland and tansnia. see you at 1:00. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america the ne

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