>> overknight, an israeli strike hits what was supposed to be a safe haven in gaza, more than a dozen palestinians are killed, all of them seeking shelter at a u.n. run school. >> leaders cracking down on russia imposing stiffer new sanctions in europe, saying moscow's gone too far in ukraine. >> the cleanup after an aging water main floods a campus at

ucla. >> lay the corpses president at the border, maybe they'll see we're serious about stopping immigration. >> undocumented immigrants president border, ku klux klan saying they should be shot. >> up to a million people may have been buried alive by a massive landslide. >> east of mum bay, india, it is an extremely rugged area and difficult to access the terrain. >> no word on whether the u.s. will offer assistance, but secretary of state john kerry is heading to india this morning on a mission to improve diplomatic ties. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> overnight in gaza, israeli shelling another u.n. safe haven. >> displaced palestinians were seeking shelter from the intense fighting. >> this is the second time in less than a week a shelter has been hit.

fifty people died when a u.n. school was struck last thursday. >> hamas rejected the latest ceasefire proposal pushed by other palestinians. let's go to nick schiffron, who's been reporting from gaza. what do you hear about the latest u.n. school attack? >> good morning, that u.n. school full of displaced families. there's only a couple of miles behind me. the israeli army is accused of shelling the school with no warning. >> a family inside this room slept. it was a classroom that became a shelter, supports to be safe, a thin pad is now stained with blood. >> the shells appear to have come through the wall right there and exploded right in the middle of the room. you can see still the remnants of the family who was here, the food that they were eating, some of the clothes they were wearing. you have to remember that this was a school, had become a

shelter and the black board still has the lessons on it. >> 3,000 people fled shelling and moved to a u.n. facility they were told would be secure. at 5:00 a.m., three loud booms were heard. a rock flew into this woman's back. >> do you feel safe enough to stay? where will you go now? >> nowhere is safe. i have no home. where can i go? everywhere is unsafe. >> at the nearby hospital, the youngest victims take little comfort from their parents. the wounded wait altogether for treatment by doctors who are overwhelmed. >> they told us to take shelter at the school and they attacked us while all of us were sleeping. >> both my husband and i are disabled, but if we have the option to join the resistance, we will definitely do so. >> the u.n. says it gave the israeli military this school's location. today, even the people who work

here don't know what to say. >> when people today after this attack ask you where should i go, what do you tell them? >> the people will come here. their homes are already destroyed. they have nowhere to go. >> the israeli military says it's been targeted by fighters next to these schools. the children who once studied here and now live here, this is no longer safe. they have to move and become homeless again. >> in all, the u.n. says nearly 200,000 people have fled their homes and gone to more than 80 schools that have become shelters even before this strike. there was clearly a big problem in terms of supplies at each of those schools. the u.n. are not sure where people will go or if they have the capacity if more people arrive.

>> we are talking about two school talks now in a week. >> israel has not responded to this specific strike. they say they are investigating what happened, if their forces were involved at all. what they say is that they have been fired upon right next to u.n. schools that have become shelters in the past and not only that, on three separate occasions, palestinian fighters have hidden rockets inside of u.n. schools. the u.n. has discovered those rockets three times and published details of that incident. israel argues that that is proof that the fighters here will use civilian areas, u.n. schools, anywhere to hide themselves as well as the rockets they use to fire into israel. >> nick schiffron reporting from gaza, thank you. >> chinese hackers have apparently in illustrated israel's iron dome missile defense system. a u.s. cyber security firm said the hackers stole hundreds of documents from three israeli defense contractors, linked to

the chinese government. >> there is new video showing hamas fighters using tunnels trying to get into israel. israel said its main goal is to wipe those ton else out. >> this is what israel says it's out to stop once and for all, hamas using a tunnel to strike inside israel. the nearly four minutes of footage begins with fighters climbing from underground and running across an open field heading toward an israeli army position. they shoot through a gate. later they appear to beat and shoot men on the ground before returning to the tunnel. the video ends with hamas fighters showing the serial number for authenticity of captured weapons. five israelis were killed in the battle. another hamas attack through a

tunnel killed four israeli soldiers last week. israel has known about the tunnels for years but is said to be stunned by the size and complexity of the network. as deep as 90 feet underground, reinforced with concrete, wired for electricity the and communications. the day before it began ground operation, the israeli military released this video, saying it showed more than a dozen hamas fighters coming out of a tunnel in israel ahead of a planned attack before they and the tunnel entrance were hit by an air strike. appeal beban, aljazeera. >> coming up, a live report from the israeli side of the border. we'll talk to the former israeli consul general. >> in you a crane, 19 people were killed in fighting between government forces and pro-russian separatists. we are in donetsk, which bother the brunt of the violence. >> this is a brutal and dirty war that's not just fought in the fields and hills in eastern

ukraine, but also now in heavily populated areas. both sides have heavy artillery and weapons and are using them. the ukrainians have been accused of shelling at donetsk just yesterday and also shelling at a town 40 kilometers away from here. they are determined to take back many of these towns and strongholds from the separatists. now the ukrainians on their side are blaming the separatists for the heavy shelling and loss of civilian lives. 19 people have been killed in the past 24 hours in this area. of course, there is still heavy fighting on going around the crash site of m.h.17. >> the u.s. and e.u. hitting russia with a new round of sanctions over moscow's role in the ukrainian crisis, the strongest yet, aimed at energy and defense sectors. libby casey is in washington this morning. what is the difference between

these sanctions and the earlier ones? >> they've arched up, now hitting five out of russia's six largest banks, reached through a have a right of sectors and have a goal of long term pain. the biggest difference, it involves the e.u., now done in coordination between the u.s. and european union. president obama announced the sanctions yesterday, and he said this close coordination will give them a bigger bite. >> if russia continues on its current path, the cost on russia will continue to grow. today is a reminder that the united states means what it says and we will rally the international community in standing up for the rights and freedom of people around the world. >> president obama says the sanctions will continue to rachet up, putting further pressure on russia. >> german chancellor angela merkel calling this latest round of sanctions unavoidable.

what else are european union saying? >> european countries have 10 times more trade with rush than the west. the main difference is the downing of the malaysian airliner, the killing of more than 200 european citizens. europe is now onboard. u.k. prime minister david cameron spoke yesterday and talked about how the pain of these sanctions will send a message to russia. >> obviously the sanctions really relate to vladimir putin and russia's behavior. we want to make it absolutely clear that russia's behavior in destabilizing another country, ukraine, is unacceptable. >> arms and energy are ways that this will hurt russia, also potentially hurt the e.u., but they are now onboard anyway. >> which begs the question, what is russia saying about these new anxiouses. >> they are down playing what this is going to do. we see a blame game going fort, sergey lavrov saying what is

happening in ukraine is the west's fault. there are repercussions that russia's trying to do, for example, they are no longer going to accept produce, vegetables and fruit from poland, hoping to have a bit of retribution. that's a sign that russia is going to feel some of this pain and they are trying to lash out. >> libby, thank you very much. >> coming up, we're going to be speaking with an activist about the sanctions and ongoing fighting in ukraine. >> a major army base is overrun in benghazi, special forces group abandoning the group after coming under attack from a coalition of rebel groups. it was heavily struck by rockets and war planes, 30 were killed. >> no video out this morning from the group calling itself the islamic state blowing up several shrines in iraq. it shows brutal executions. the video warns soldiers they'll be executed if they continue

trying to stop the group. its fighters are responsible for the worst sectarian violence in iraq since 2007. >> all flights into liberia and sierra leone as that area grouples with the ebola outbreak. a top doctor leading the fight came down with the disease. he has been praised as a national hero. he contracted the disease last week. two american health workers also in the hospital. those two americans, a doctor and a missionary worked for samaritan's purse. the north carolina based group is pulling staff out of liberia. they are hopeful the doctor will recover. >> he is in very serious condition. he is stable. ebola takes 10-14 days to run its course. the mortality rate for people with ebola is 57% in liberia. we pray that he will survive. we are giving him around the

clock medical treatment and doing all that we can for him. >> samaritan's purse said it will watch its staff and their families for the next three weeks. they want to make sure they don't show any signs of ebola. >> a massive clean up in los angeles where a major water main break supplied water on to a famous road. >> it is a mess out there. all of this happening right next to a very major and famous college campus. >> this was a real mess. in the middle of iconic sunset boulevard in los angeles, a water main break sent water shooting 30 feet into the air. thankfully, no one was hurt, but it sure is causing a lot of problems particularly for ucla. >> look at that water pressure, it is still blasting out of there. >> first a water main pipe ruptured underground, then in sense water pressure blew out a 10-foot wide section of sunset

boulevard and water gushed out at 75,000-gallons per minute. >> show you just how close that is to the campus. >> it descended on to the nearby campus, flooding athletic feeds and underground parking garages. in some areas, the floodwaters were two pete high. >> when you have this amount of water, it's like a flash flood. you never know what's going to happen. >> emergency crews helped drivers caught in the mud and water. >> we've had five individuals who had to be rescued in that area. >> no one got hurt, but some students took advantage of a boogie boarding break between classes. four university buildings were damaged, including home to the ucla basketball team, recently renovated in 2012 for $133 million. on tuesday, it looked more like a fountain with water cascading down the steps. >> i didn't really know how bad it was until i saw it for

myself. >> the water kept flowing for more than three hours before officials got it under control. >> look at that. >> between 8 million to 10 million gallons escaped before the main was shut down. now the cleanup begins. for the university, that could take some time. >> ucla was the sink for this water source. we have no reported injuries, so the most important thing is everybody's safe. >> that section of busted water main dates back to 1921. while no cause has been determined yet, the l.a. area has seen numerous water main breaks in recent years due to aging infrastructure. >> thank you very much. >> california's largest electricity provider faces charges it lied to federal regulators. obstruction charges were handed to pacific gas and electric on tuesday related to a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight people in northern california. it faces 27 counts, including

felonies connected to safety practices. >> on the weather front, flooding is a major concern in several cities today. >> we're not talking about another water main break. let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell with details. >> this is courtesy of her versus the infrastructure. look back to the starting frames and moisture you see in the four corners region. in the afternoon hours, we have that monsoon flow that has been causing problems for us. places like oklahoma, a lot of this is in the drought, so it's beneficial, but three or four inches of rain widespread not out of the question for today could cause flooding concerns. with the monsoon, we saw that yesterday, places like colorado dealing with it, new mexico. this is a look at -- this is why we say turn around, don't drown in the water, not only you having to be rescued, it does a number on your car that you're not going to want to recover

for, so bad news right there. here's that flow. we have that frontal boundary that's gone through, cool air all the way through the south. on the backside, not only is that a firing line, but that flow we've talked about, kicking up the afternoon showers and thunderstorms, that has been much more spotty, so sometimes it's so heavy, it causes the flash flooding, but it's also causing lightning in fire prone areas. we'll talk more about that and temperatures causing that. >> there has been a deadly attack in one of syria's most fiercely fought-over cities. >> the tunnel blast that killed more than a dozen soldiers. a plea to help syrians with war injuries. >> your message is full of hate. >> we go by the bible. there ain't nothing i just said full of hate. >> we talk to the k.k.k. and their members about their tough new stance on immigration. they want to law that would let

them shoot to kill. >> running for cover with nowhere to go. what happened when two women found themselves on a bridge with a freight train barreling down on them. >> 120 million, that is our big number of the day. we'll tell you the crimes putting money in the pockets of putting money in the pockets of al-qaeda linked terror groups. ♪

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>> today's big number is $120 million. >> that's much al-qaeda linked groups have collected in kidnapping ransoms. >> the money is funding for groups in yemen, north africa, syria and iraq. since 2012, yemen has collected $20 million in ransoms. >> "the new york times" saying al-qaeda groups received $66 million in 2013 alone. >> a house panel has condemned president obama for the prisoner swap that led to the release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl. all republicans on the armed services in itee and two democrats voted for the resolution. it phots the president for not

notifying congress that five taliban members would be exchanged for bergdahl. it could hilt the floor in september. >> rampant fraud to hide long delays for veterans getting medical care is out there. reports were falsified at more than 100 medical centers, some reporting fear of retaliation if they didn't hide the delays. the scandal led to the resignation of erik shinseki in may. >> congress is looking at a $17 billion bill to overhaul the agency. >> opposition forces in syria killed 13 soldiers in a massive bomb attack overnight with explosives planted in tunnels under ancient buildings in aleppo. that city is hotly contested between bashar al assad's government and those want to go overthrow him. >> an estimated 170,000 people

have been killed since that war began three years ago. more than a half million have been injured. >> we met a young syrian facing the possibility she might never walk again. >> nadia became paralyzed from the waist down at only 12 years of age. she was thought by a sniper in the spine while fleeing her hometown. she came to jordan with her family two years ago, seeking treatment. a physical therapist visits her at home once a week for a rehabilitation session. the treatment is meant to prevent permanent disability and make her only semi independent, but doctors say her injury is so severe, she could never walk again. >> i can't walk anymore. i've been deprived of my childhood at only 12 years old. >> there's no sensation in her lower body and she needs these braces to treat leg deformity caused by being confined to a

bed. she complains of boredom and being deprived of going to school. her life changing injury has also devastated her parents. >> my heart is aching for my daughter. she was only 12 when she was injured and now she's 14. i call on all countries to look at my child and help her and other injured children like her. >> thousands suffer from war injuries, some more treatable than others. muhammed is six. he comes here for physical therapy after a shrapnel injury. the same rocket attack on their home in syria killed his father and two sisters and also injured his mother. she, too, is being treated after being bedridden for a year. >> one in 20 syrian refugees suffers injury with around 80% as a direct result of war. according to a recent survey by the ngo handicap international, bombings, gunshots, shrapnel and living in homes damaged by war

were the main reasons for the severe injuries. >> handy cop international which provides treatment and aid said the needs of these syrians are immense. >> we recommend all actors providing the humanitarian aid to do their best and really include these people with specific needs into their programs. >> back at nadia's house, her parents say no child in the world should dream of what she wants had it not been for the war in syria. >> there's nothing i want more than to be able to walk again. >> this may only be a distant dream. aljazeera. >> many injured and many displaced, in fact, the united nations estimates 2.5 million syrians have fled their homes, another 6.5 displaced within the country. >> that 9-year-old girl hit by that plane on a florida beach has died from her injuries. she was in venice, florida when

she and her father were hit by a plane forced to make an emergency landing. the pilot and his passenger were not injured in that crash. >> u.s. military are trying to figure out how a stowaway got into the wheel well of a cargo plane. his body wasn't found until the plane landed in germany he was an adolescent blackmail. the aircraft just returned from supporting africa air command operations with stops in a few countries. >> they are trying to determine the exact cause of death. >> a wildfire is threatening yosemite's national park. the fire has scorched more than 3500 acres since saturday. firefighters limited access to the park, the fire is quickly moving on to historic a sequoia

trees. >> some parts of northern california, southern oregon in the hundreds today, drying out all the vegetation. we have a ridge in the west allowing the heat to bubble up, versus a trough in the east. that means exceptionally cool temperatures this morning. record low temperatures in places like atlanta, the record was 61, now it's 60, parts of town in the 50's. i actually saw a viewer on facebook saying the dog was so excited to have the cool air and lack of humidity, he was rolling around on the grass and she was tempted to join him. that's how much more comfortable it is in the south this morning. through the rest of the day, 70's around the great lakes. this is the heat i was talking about in the west. redford at 104 degrees. it dries out the vegetation even more. >> the dog days of august are almost upon us, the dogs are confused. >> enjoy the cool weather. >> overnight, gaza rocks with new airstrikes and another united nations school was

shelled. >> a report from the israeli side of the border, plus live from tel-aviv. >> they are criminals to begin with when they come to our country. when they get in here and cross our borders, they are breaking the law. >> k.k.k. members explain their controversial plan to stop the flood of migrants coming across from mexico. >> an out of control car plows right through and auto body shop. >> women in turkey of having a laugh at one top lawmakers suggestion. it's one of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> in gaza, the latest israeli air strike has hit. that is a huge plume of smoke out of the center of gaza. we'll go live to israeli in just a moment. coming up, the coo collection clan weighing in on immigration. robert ray spoke to two members

about why they want the right to shoot and kill undocumented immigrants. >> millions of americans could be defaulting on their bills and not know about it. we'll take you inside the debt collection industry. >> we sit down with a c.e.o. of a hospital accused of defrauding would-be parents. >> a major clean up in l.a. after a water main break, sending a geyser into the air. millions of gallons of water and mud on the campus. >> up to 150 people may have been buried by a landslide in india. mud, rocks and trees cascaded over a town. it's an extremely rugged area. access to the terrain is difficult. >> palestinians officials saying israeli shells hit another school in gaza, a u.n. run school. 19 people died. the girls school, palestinians

families using it as a shelter. james bays joins us live from jerusalem. has israel responded to this latest shelling at a u.n. run school? >> >> israel say militants fired mortars towards the position of the israeli army, their sell injuries then fired back to the vicinity of the school, towards the origin of the fire. they add that the incident is still being examined and investigated by the israel military. >> james, the u.n. saying that the g.p.s. coordinates have been sent to the israeli military. have we heard anything else from the u.n. so far? >> the u.n. said they've been sent on this particular school 17 times and the last time at

8:48 local time, several hours before this incident took place. the u.n. said it's sure that it was israeli artillery that was responsible for the attack on the school. they say that this is a breach of international humanitarian law and they're demanding accountability and international political action. now, del, as you know, my normal station is at the u.n. in new york. that is code for action by the security counsel. until now, it hasn't passed a resolution on the situation, because the u.s. have been there and said they don't want a resolution and they have a veto. that might change in the coming hours. we'll to have watch it closely. >> any reaction from israel since hamas rejected that latest ceasefire proposal from the palestinian authority? >> the u.n. separately is trying to get both sides to come up with a pause for 24 hours. a long time ceasefire would require negotiations, but

something to stop the fighting for now. we know that the israeli security cabinet is meeting as we speak and i'm sure it will be discussing both these things, the idea of a humanitarian pause, but also how to respond to this attack on the school. >> let's talk with ambassador pinkiss. he joins us from new york. always good to have you with us here on aljazeera. i want to get your comment about another school she would, the second time in a week that a u.n. shelter has been she would. has the israeli army done irreparable harm to its international standing? >> you make it sound very bad, and it is indeed bad, but you have to put it in context of the israeli intelligence and indeed

israeli air force intelligence finding out unfortunately, tragically, that on three separate occasions, rockets and explosives have been hidden under or inside u.n. schools, and while these schools should never be targets for any kind of hostilities, not to mention in the context of war, israel did warn in advance the palestinians working and moving around that area to stay away from that school, to stay away from two schools in three separate incidents, so again, you know, it never looks good on television. it never looks good in terms of public standing, as you suggested, stephanie, but the cumulative intelligence data shows almost unequivocally that rockets and explosives have been stashed in those schools. >> let's move on to the

diplomatic discussion that is continue. hamas disavow that had ceasefire announced by the leader of the p.l.o. does this indicate a significant break down between these two palestinian factions? >> absolutely, it's not just a breakdown. let's remind our viewers that by virtue of the peace agreements between israel and the palestinians, which led to the formation and establishment of the palestinian authority, gaza and parts of the west bank were under palestinian control. then there were elections in 2006 in which hamas gained a majority. i don't want to get into the question of whether they were rigged or not, but by 2007, hamas morals in a mini civil war ousted the palestinians authority and fatah/p.l.o.

pure contracts and politicians and leaders from gaza. what we have seen since in the last seven years, since 2007 is effectively and essentially two states, a palestinian gaza and a quasi palestinian gaza. no one is better equipped and positioned to be an mediator between style and hamas in terms of a ceasefire than the palestinian authority, than abbas. his call is not heeded by hamas in gaza. we in israeli and anyone else interested in a ceasefire is left somewhat confounded by these rival palestinian factions. >> ambassador, thank you for your time. >> coming up in the next hour, a

live report from gaza, plus we're following one family living without power and trying to stay safe from the violence. >> speaking of violence, a woman who's son was shot and killed by u.s. border patrol agent now taking the agency to court. jose rodriguez was killed in 2012, shot seven times from behind. in her lawsuit, the mother says the agent's violated her son's constitutional rights by firing those shots across the border. there i see a new poll finding 62% of americans say that immigration is an important issue for them. that is up 10 points since march, just 31% of those surveyed approve of the president's handling of the immigration. >> one group in particular is using the i am allegation debate to rally its base, the k.k.k. >> in the 1980's, the refugees

were from vietnam. some say that is happening again with the latest immigration debate. >> we got an inside look at the k.k.k. in atlanta. do the numbers match the rhetoric? >> it's tough to say, because we can't get concrete numbers from the k.k.k. all there is is rhetoric, nothing factual or statistical. we were given the opportunity to go up there to north carolina, pellham oh on the border with virginia, where they occupy that surrounding area and they're focusing on a series of familiar threat retreats, dropping on cars and at homes in places like here and atlanta. we drove up there a couple of days ago. we wanted an inside look and here's what they said. watch this. >> the k.k.k. has been around since the 1860's, promoting

white supremacy, classified as a hate group by the f.b.i., some members are accused and convicted of murder, arson and racial intimidation. they're hear to talk about immigrants crossing the border. >> i'm going to pull up over here and we'll get out. >> this group is north carolina is called the loyal white knights and claims to be the largest active k.k.k. operation in america. its members led us to a field with thousands of sun flowers, a place where they say the klan gathers and burns crosses and recruits. now they have a new call to arms. >> the immigration crisis on our borders right now, we call the hot line for the k.k.k., there was a call for a shoot to kill law. how do you describe that?

that seems incredibly full of hate. >> they are criminals to begin with when they come to our country. they come in here and get here and cross our borders illegally and their crossing the law. once they cross, what makes you think they are going to quit breaking the law? they bring third world diseases. >> these are little kids and you're calling for a shoot to kill, little kids? >> to me, they're break be the law when they come here. if we can't keep them from coming here, we pop a couple of them off and put them at the border to see that we're serious. >> the klan members listed blacks, jews a understand guys as their usual grievances and now immigrants. yet they said they were christians. they insist they are not a hate group, but simply white separatists. the fab r. f.b.i. said the klan is responsible for terrorism and

crime. >> the only thing acceptable to you is if you have european descent. >> yes, awhite homeland. >> this is not the united states of america. >> you are starting to see more and more people going into the klan. >> you only have 8,000 members where you used to have millions. how are you on the rise? >> that's picking up every day. we're going out and recruitment drives, doing t.v. interviews. >> they insist the current immigration in flux is precisely what they need to recruit new members but have no proof. >> you realize the perception of most people in america and around the world when they see the hoods and listen to some of the things that you guys say, that they think it's pure idiocy. you do know that. what is it, a mental problem? >> depends where you're coming from. like i said, you all guys are doing one side of the view. we get thousands of people that

send in money and donations and want morel rallies, are begging us to come to their town. >> again, we asked for details. they offered none. a lot of terrible rhetoric said by that gentleman there. it's tough to say whether thousands of people are actually calling them or whether anything they say is true about their uptick in their campaign or new members. we do know the southern poverty law center said there are about 150 groups associated with the k.k.k., but the particular group we talked to, they claimed to be the biggest in the country. >> the last grand dog gone from north carolina was a filling station attendant. as they go across the country trying to rally their base, how are they being received? >> not well, at least here in

atlanta. we visit add couple of neighborhoods about two weeks ago when they first started dropping their pamphlets and believe it or not, bags with the candy with their pamphlets. people were that disgusted and shocked in the neighborhoods. you get to certain parts in the deep south, and there are still these beliefs of racism and anti immigration. that's america. it's a free country, but it certainly hurts and stabs into the heart when you hear some of the things these guys are spouting out of their mouths. >> i could see you trying to reason with them. how was this whole experience with you meeting up with those guys? it seemed they were being somewhat threatening to you at the end of their piece. >> you know, they were not being threatening to me. they could never even remotely come close to that, but in tougher situations, my special

view on this is these guys pulled up in their vehicle in pellham, north carolina, acted very swift, follow us, five minutes down the road, we went into a back road and talked to them. they get this persona trying to be tough and act intimidating. to be honest with you, my personal opinion, they're injury unintelligent, don't have a lot to offer except terrible things. >> live in atlanta, thank you very much. >> forensics could put thousands of criminal convictions into question. the washington post said a review showed an f.b.i. lab misanalyzed hair samples and drew conclusions that were not supported by science. 45 of the cases involved death row inmates. >> a major victory or abortion advocates, the state's one remaining clinic could keep its doors open. the law stops politicians from

now from passing any abortion restrictions in that state. >> a narrow escape in indiana, women walking on railroad traction near bloomington when they noticed a train. the pair laid down between the rails. seconds later, the train passed over them. officials say the women were trespassing, something that led to 900 deaths in the u.s. last year. >> a close call in florida, out of control car narrowly misses the shop owner and another man who seconds earlier was standing right in front. the passenger in the out of control car did die. the 88-year-old driver is in critical condition. >> let's look at other headlines making news around the world. the president enjoying ribs and conversation at a barbeque restaurant tuesday night, the city star saying he greeted the patrons before dinner. this is the bone of contention among people in kansas city and i know this, i lived there. he stopped at arthur bryant's

barbecue, which jimmy carter loved. >> according to the herald, the prime minister of turkey said women should not laugh loud in public. women are literally laughing in his face. they are tweeting videos to that turkish deputy prime minister in defiance. >> i don't think he realizes l.o.l. means lots of luck. >> western culture is seeping into turkey. >> there's nothing more deadly than a smile. >> prince harry attempting to steal the photo bomb crown from the queen. he gave a royal thumbs up in the background of a selfie taken at the new zealand commonwealth games. it seems that prince harry is

stealing, i think, he has a big, big battle right now with prince george as to who is probably the most popular, but photo bombs like that help. >> before we go to break, we are following breaking news out of israel, tel-aviv announce add four hour ceasefire that begins in about 13 minutes. we have a live report from the region coming up. >> a staggering number of americans have debt collectors coming after them. >> some of those people saying they don't even know it. >> we're going to talk about the reasons some people say they just can't get ahead. >> activists are applauding a ruling by the nlrb. it could open up a lot of lawsuits against mcdonald's. >> sizing up the galaxy, why the milky way doesn't weigh as much at other galaxies is our discovery of the day. >> this.

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>> it's time now for our discovery of the day. you might want to call it gal action eye envy, ours is much smaller than we once thought. >> the milky way is home to billions of stars and appeals in comparison to our nearest neighbor. >> that is twice the size and has far more dark matter that pulls all the planets and stars together. >> this could help us learn more about how they are created. >> we're looking at a startling number we first reported yesterday. >> 35% of americans are delinquent on their bills. as real money tells us, many may not even know it. >> the number of americans with debt in collection is shocking. that number includes credit card holders well past due on their payments, generally more than 180 days. even worse, many of these consumers don't even realize

they owe money. >> it could be anything from a magazine subscription to a gym membership, to any one of the number of recurring payments we have set up on auto pay and if you change bank accounts or credit cards and don't realize that that account's been on there, it could easily fall into collections. >> student loans and hospital bills are frequently overlooked, especially co payments or other bills a patient believes insurance covered. on average, the debt owed is just over $5,000 but varies widely from less $225 to more than $125,000. often the amounts are so small, collection agencies will let them go, but they are trouble on credit reports. >> it is used to determine insure rates, the interest rates you'll pay on a loan, whether you'll be extended a loan at all, and some employers use it.

it makes it more difficult if you don't have a good cyd score and having things in collections drags things down significantly. >> delinquent debt is concentrated in the south where 45% of those are in collection. this kind of financial spiral can be devastating for a family and a community. the good news, consumers can learn what's on their credit report before it's too late. >> once a year, every consumer in the united states is entitled to a credit report through credit report.com. that's the only sanctioned site by the government. >> let's dive deeper into those numbers with max wolf. thanks for being with us this morning. one i three americans not just in debt, but dead beats. what type of debt are we talking

about and what does that number say to you? >> it shows us what we already knew, but another powerful reminder, middle class jobs don't pay enough to have middle class lives and people try to fill in the gaps for whatever reason they occur. they can't make the payments and complexity of a out of control taking on of debt to buy things leaves things to fall through the cracks. >> the debt collection industry is a multi-billion dollars business. the industry he ploys 140,000 workers. they take in $50 billion every year. they employ more people than google and make almost as much money. how did debt collection become such a big business and who are the people behind the collectors? >> it's been a business in evolution, it was a bit of a swamp, had bad actors in it.

after the 2008-2009 period of the coming on of the consumer protection bureau, we did see it coming on. if people are borrowing to buy a house, because of unemployment, you have a big business. debtors can buy uncollected death fairly cheap and it's a giant american version of the story in argentina where people buy the defaulted debt and try to squeeze the blood from the rock. >> are the banks to blame? my parents generation has pass book savings accounts and then all of a sudden we started seeing commercials saying travel to europe and switzerland by laying a card down, don't leave home without it. they didn't and now they're paying the price. >> people have more and more financial options, a dizzying

array. there are spend thrifts and folks who buy certain things. we know it's prolonged illness and unemployment that causes people to buy medical care or going through a divers. >> why should wall street get a pass as we've seen after the financial meltdown and yet main street is getting something completely different. >> perhaps main street needs more lobbyists in the financial industry. it's a bigger problem than just the banks or individuals. it's a social problem. americans want and need a middle class life purchase wise and their wages haven't given them that in 25 to 40 years. >> a major ruling is opening mcdonald's up to claims its franchisees mistreated workers. the company's corporate offices can be named in complaints. in the past, only franchisees have been held liable.

thousands of workers said they were fired or disciplined for participating in wage protests. >> ignition and takeoff. seven tons of food, water, clothing, scientific gear headed to the international space station right now on a french rocket, the final manned cargo ship left the launch pad overnight. >> let's get another check of our weather with nicole mitchell. >> one of the big stories of the day will be the areas of heavy rain already seen this morning especially over oklahoma through the course of the day and that man soon flow will kick back up into the four corners region. something we've been monitoring, obviously a lot of flood concerns in this area, but there is a little disturbance that's been making its way across the atlantic. right now kind of in an

unfavorable condition, but we'll monitor it for movement toward land. back to you. >> the last surviving member of the crew that dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima has died. in a 2005 interview, he said his experience showed wars and bombs don't solve anything. he wanted them abolished. >> in israel, an apparent ceasefire at this hour. we'll have the details just ahead. >> the u.s. and european union hitting russia with new sanctions for its role in the crisis in ukraine targeting the banking and defense industries. >> a raging wildfire threatening yosemite. >> a hospital c.e.o. bilking parents out of their money,

promptses babies. the client said he got nothing. we have a sit down with the head of planet hospital. >> we are back with you in two minutes with more aljazeera america. a america. >> a shocking america tonight investigative report... >> you take someones hopes and dreams of childhood, and then out right steal their money >> wishing to start a family >> we lost over $20,000 trying to do surrogacy in mexico >> but left with broken hearts and empty pockets >> how much money do you owe people >> around $350,000 >> praying on the vulnerable >> i have nothing to hide, if i was a scam artist, i would have cut and run from here >> surrogacy inc. an american tonight investigative report only on al jazeera america

>> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli / palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america, your global news leader.

>> a humanitarian ceasefire taking effect in gaza right now after a fresh round of shelling hit a u.n. school used to shelter families. at least 19 people died. >> if russia continues on its current path, the cost on russia will continue to grow. >> moscow slammed with sanctions from the west over its ukraine role. now putin firing back with restrictions. >> underwater, the streets of los angeles submerged after a

massive water main blowout. this morning, the city looks to clean up the mess. >> the c.e.o. of a hospital sitting down with aljazeera america, defending himself after clients at a clinic were left without children or their money. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. right now, a four hour humanitarian ceasefire is taking effect in gaza, but it has conditions and may not stop all the fighting. >> this comes after overnight strikes hit a safe haven in gaza, a u.n. school. 19 people were killed. >> let's go straight to nick schiffron in gaza. good morning. tell us what you know about the ceasefire. >> good morning. good morning, dell, the ceasefire is taking place now with four and you say from 8:00 a.m. eastern to 12 a.m.

eastern. all of those areas that we've seen these attacks, including u.n. school we just mentioned, north gaza, a couple of miles behind me, east gaza, a couple miles that way, doesn't really apply there. not only that, the israeli army warned residents not to return to their homes. there is a ceasefire for four hours. the red crescent will try and collect some of the wounded they haven't been able to reach, but are where israel is operating most violently now, the israelis right now, from is no ceasefire. >> what is the latest on the u.n. school strike? i interviewed former u.n. ambassador. he said that the israeli army would have given warning about an attack on this school. >> what the u.n. says is there was no warning, and the u.n. spokesman saying this morning

that he actually gave the israel army the coordinates on the school 17 different times. now the israeli army has just released a statement about the incident. that statement reads an initial inquiry indicated that soldiers came under attack when mortars were fired from the vicinity of the school, they responded by investigating the incident. the school is supposed to be a safe haven. the israeli military knew about it. this is the sixth occasion when the israeli military has fired on a school. we should say that in the first occasion when more than 15 people died when a shell hit the middle of the school, the israeli military says that shell that hit the school was israeli, but according to them, there was nobody killed by that shell. the u.n. says they were being evacuated at the moment. there was a warning in that case. this morning, there was no warning, according to the u.n. and that's why we saw so many

people die in a single strike on that school. >> thank you for clarify that go point. i want to ask you about a firsthand view you got of a rocket strike. what did you see? >> for the last few days, the israeli shelling has been relentless. tens of thousands of gasses are seeing and hearing these strikes. i think it's an opportunity to show everyone watching just what it feels like and what it sounds like when you're close to a strike and this about 150 feet behind me. the sound you're hearing, the chink-chink-chink i go shrapnel

lands in the hotel, just one of many strikes gazes are close to. that's why you see many people hiding in their homes, simply scared of the next strike. >> nick schiffron in gaza, thank you. >> israel on the verge of receiving more support for its iron dome defense system, congress close to approving a missile package. lawmakers say that should be approved before their recess. >> the iron dome missile system has been apparently hacked by the chinese. hackers stole documents from three israeli defense contractors, including missile plans. they are said to have ties to the chinese government. >> in ukraine, russia responding to the latest sanctions imposed, announcing its own ban from poland. these sanctions are the toughest numbers yet since the cries

began, aimed squarely at russias banking and energy sectors. >> up to now, europe had been hesitant to impose sakes. what made it change its tune? >> tensions have been high between russia and the rest of europe and the u.s. since the annexation of crimea in march. that's deepened with what's happening in ukraine, however it was the downing of the malaysia airlines flight 172 weeks ago that finally pushed the e.u. to act. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> president obama and the european union announced wednesday their toughest sanctions against russia sparked by what they call moscow said on going intervention in ukraine and the do you think of malaysia airlines flight 17. >> we are announcing sanctions to the energy sector, more russian banks and defense companies and we're form ally suspending credit that encourages exports to russia and

financing for economic development projects in russia. >> those projects include blocking future technology to russia's oil sector, the second largest exporter in the world. >> this makes it harder for russia to play in energy markets going forward. >> by targeting five of its six largest banks, the white house said sanctions have hit 30% of russian banking assets, consequences, president obama has said of vladimir putin's continued involvement in ukraine, which includes arming accept are a activities, who have been at war with ukraine's military. >> it didn't have to come to this. it does not have to be this way. this is a choice that russia and president putin in particular has made. their continues to be a better choice. >> in recent days, moscow has shown no signs of backing down. the u.s. state democratic

declassified satellite images it says shows russian forces launching artillery strikes into ukraine as it buildses forces in the border. the e.u. sanctions includes an arms embargo and will hurt their own countries economic well being. >> we are united in sending that very tougher message, but it's a message backed by tough action. >> these sanctions will be reviewed in three months to see its impact on russia and the e.u. economy. >> what has been the reaction out of moscow. >> we heard from president putin this week as the sanctions were pending. he said it will make russia more self reliability. that may not be the case given the interwoven nature of the global economy. it is banning imports of fruits and vegetables from poland, a $2.6 billion business. the russians say this is for

sanitary reasons, however, poland says not the case, this is in their view clearly a pushback on the sanctions. >> libby, thank you very much. >> at least 19 people have been killed in the latest round of fighting in eastern ukraine. this is the first time a target in the center of donetsk was hit. aljazeera is there. bring us up to speed with what's happening there on the ground right now. >> this is turning into a dirty and brutal civil war, which is not just being played out in the fields of east he were ukraine, but also in populated areas. both sides have heavy weaponry and they are using it. the ukrainians have been accused of shelling and also using artillery, but also rockets as well on populated areas, including here in donetsk where we are, as well as towns around. ukrainians accuse the separatists of doing exactly the

same thing. le civilians are caught up in the middle of it, not only losing lives, but having to leave this area in the hundreds of thousands, but of course, the elderly and the children who may not be able to leave are finding it very, very difficult. we understand that some orphanages and homes for the elderly are being evacuated right now. >> meanwhile, the monitors that are trying to get to that malaysian plane crash site haven't been able to because of fighting. any word of progress on that front today? >> there's absolutely no progress, unfortunately. the really key point to this is the investigators that are sitting in hotels from netherlands and australia need to get to the scene to start trying to work out from the debris and the wreckage what kind of surface to air missile brought down the malaysian airline. the longer they stay here in donetsk and are not at the

scene, the more difficult it becomes for them to try to come up with a conclusive report as to what happened. the black boxes and information from that is not enough. they need the actual evidence of shrapnel and explosive remnants from that debris. at the moment, they are getting nowhere close to the site. >> that evidence is degrading every day. reporting to us from eastern ukraine, donetsk, thank you. >> coming up, we'll speak with an activist about the fighting in ukraine and the new sanctions against russia. >> opposition forces in syria have killed 13 soldiers in a massive bomb attack overnight. they planted explosives in tunnels under the ancient buildings of aleppo. that city is contested between bashar al assad's government and those who want to overthrow him. >> a leading doctor fighting ebola has now lost his life to the virus. the doctor had been called a national hero in sierra leone.

>> this is another live claimed by this deadly virus. now the man in charge of the campaign to stop it has himself succumbed to it. the doctor was praised as a national hero for his efforts to contain ebola, but on tuesday, it killed him. he was treated at a hospital. the doctors and nurses are at the forefront of the battle against ebola. it's a battle they think they're losing. >> this is the first time i've treated an ebola epidemic. there are hundreds of death. we can't control it. it's going in all directions and we have few resources. >> what makes the problem worse in places is that some people fear wrongly that if they seek medical help, they might not survive the treatment. >> they are frightened to say

that they're ill. they're frightened to consult medical facilities compass tated to treat owe bowl la. it's one of the big challenges we're facing in response to this outbreak. >> another growing concern for health experts and governments across west africa is a combination of a highly infectious, highly lethal virus, insufficient resources and porous borders. one airline stopped flights as a preventative measure, because people who are in could you baiting ebola are well enough to travel, but when symptoms develop, they expose their friends and relatives to the virus. medics and emergency crews seem to be particularly at risk. that is how two u.s. aid workers are believed to have contracted it. two of the many hundred was people that this outbreak has

now touched. it's the worst ever recorded and there's no sign that it's under control. dominic cain, aljazeera. >> ebola has no secure and kills up to 90% of people infected with us. 672 lives have been claimed by the virus. >> it is a mess in l.a., officials trying to clean up a massive water main break, the rupture 10ing a geyser 30 feet in the air near ucla. the ucla was the sink for this water source. we have no reported injuries, so the most important thing is everybody's safe. >> the city says water service and quality not affected by the break. these are live images out of l.a. which is still facing a lot of criticism for how long it took to shut the water off. officials have no word on what caused the pipeline to fail.

it was built in 1921. >> a fast moving wildfire threatens yosemite national park, scorching 3500 acres so far. the flames are quickly moving toward historic sequoia trees. two homes have been destroyed by the fire. >> while california deals with wildfires and scorching heat, other parts of the country are being bell luged with wet weather. >> it's part of the same pattern, giving to some and taking away from others. definitely a lot of rain this morning in places like oklahoma. what we have going through this area is a frontal boundary and then on one side, high pressure, the other side low pressure. between those, the circulation with each side funnels moisture up toward the north of that, also higher temperatures to the north of that. what we've been looking at especially near the gulf slow

and boundary, heavier areas of rain continuing to the monsoon flow. in earlier frames, it had popped up in the latter part of the day, because this loop goes back 12 hours. that's something we'll watch for again today, the boundary, heavy rain, some places getting three or four inks. it's shooting the heat northward, drying things out significantly, so really excessive temperatures in the places with some of the fires, and that is causing a problem. >> couples looking to start a family instead leaving themselves broken hearted. >> the whole process unraveled completely. >> we'll tell you about the surrogacy service that cost them thousands of dollars. >> there's a very flawed perception, look, how nice you look, you're tan. how relaxed you look.

>> an animated warning drop the surgeon general, alerting americans about the dangers of too much tanning. >> hundreds of christians in iraq taking total streets to protest the islamic state grooms it's latest ultimatum. @j

>> it's also impossible to see... >> israeli aggression... >> coverage of the middle east conflict continues al jazeera america >> taking to the streets in iraq's kurdish region, protesting the islamic state group to convert to islam or face a tax. those who don't comply may face execution. thousands have fled the northern province in fear for their lives. >> flash flood warning as a tropical storm passes guam. hundreds of families are seeking shelter. it is expected to get stronger moving north. >> supplies on their way to the international space station. a rocket loaded with 20 tons of

material for the astronauts is expected to dock august 12. >> the hospital c.e.o. who promised his clients babies and now defending himself against accusations he's a wind leer. >> an appeals court in mississippi blocking a 2012 law that would have shot down the state's only abortion clinic. >> a few months ago, aljazeera first reported on an international surrogacy clinic called planet hospital that was under federal investigation. >> couples who wanted babies said plan net hospital left them with empty promises and wallets. >> the c.e.o. admitted mistakes, but claims he's not a criminal. >> some of your former clients have called you a scam artist. >> yeah. i'm sorry that they feel that way. if i was them, i would probably

think of myself that way, too, but i'm not. if i was a scam artist, you would have cut and run from here. i'd be living in another country. >> rudy breaks his silence, months after an america tonight investigation first revealed his international surrogacy company, planet hospital, took hundreds of thousands of dollars from dozens of couples, but never delivered their babies. >> how much money do you owe people? >> around $350,000. >> to how many different clients? >> a total of about 16 to 17. >> can you write these people checks right now? >> i cannot. i'm sorry to say that i cannot. >> it closed shop at the beginning of this year. fertility doctors and other vendors quit providing services because they weren't getting paid. >> there was a disaster, an absolute disaster. >> it just unraveled, the whole process unraveled completely. >> chris and jonah from new

mexico signed up in may, 2013 with the hospital. >> the clinic pulled out and we had to switch clinics and then ended up with a u.s. egg donor who turned out to be homophobic and basically left us in a lunch. we lost over $20,000 from planet hospital trying to do surrogacy in mexico. >> this is a copy of the contract that you have with chris and jonah. >> yes. >> on the top of page seven, could you read the first couple of lines? >> >> did chris and jonah have an embryo transfer? >> they did not. >> you have a list of all the people you want to give money back to. they are not on the list, this

$16,000 check is not on that list. >> right. >> are you going to change that? >> i feel there are others who need the money back first. these are people who have no services, almost or just partial services, but at least take care of them before i can deem with the jonahs of the world. >> adam may joins us from baltimore with more on this story. adam, thanks for getting up early and being on our morning program today. what did he mean, the jonah's of the world and have you spoken to jonah and chris? >> good morning. we have spoke to chris and jonah. they would like to see rudy rupok go to jail, believe is a wind leer. he was at times very apologetic but at other times defiant claiming couples did get services rendered and he did z. not owe them, however the contract seems to suggest something different. that is what an investigation

right now is trying to figure out. >> you've been tracking this company for months. what is the status of the federal investigation at this point? >> the f.b.i. will not comment on this investigation at this time. we have spoke to another man who claims he lost $37,000, jonathan daily. he showed us a cope of his grand jury subpoena. rudy rupoc himself told me he did meet with federal investigators. he would not go into the details of that meeting, but did show me the business card from an f.b.i. agent in san diego currently looking into this. the big question is they are trying to figure out is he simply a bad businessman or a scam artist like many former clients are claiming. >> how many people have lost money? >> that is a complicated question. rudy claims that he owes around 16 people money right now, but he also told me there are 33 couples that signed up to do surrogacy in mexico that did not

get babies, and the jonathan daley, a man who cost $37,000, a d.c. trial lawyer, leading the charge, is compiling his own list of people, so a lot to figure out here. when it comes down to it, we are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars that disappeared and no one can explain where that money went except rudy, who said it was a bad business decision. >> is the potential for fraud, if that's what this is, does that go beyond this one company and what about mexican surrogacy overall, is it safe physically or in a financial sense? >> this opens up a whole can of worms. what we're talking about is a very unregulated business. here in the u.s., domestic surrogacy is practically unregulated and there are even fewer regulations when you go to mexico. for the most part, surrogacy is illegal in mexico. it is only legal in one state,

tabasco, but many companies are operating out of cancun, mexico, because they offer this as a destination, sun, surf, babies, if you will, so the regulations are minimal right now. there are other companies popping up and people involved in the surrogacy business here in the u.s., although they be competitors are warning, saying you need to do your homework before signing up with one of these companies. >> adam, thanks so much. you can see the full interview with planet hospital's c.e.o. this evening at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "america tonight." >> speaking of sun, not much of it, kind of cool this morning. let's look at temperatures across the nation today. for that, we turn as always to nicole mitchell. >> usually you hear record low temperatures and it gives people a continuing. not this time of year, especially not in the south. places like atlanta, 63 right

now, but with that front that went through, not only did it really drop the temperatures, but it dropped the humidity. in the south this time of year in overnight early morning period, thursday, you can have 80 degrees first thing in the morning, high humidity, like walking out the doors to a blast furnace. atlanta, people are loving the record low this morning. the rest of the country, cool air around the great lakes, chicago at 77 degrees. >> the gun involved in the shooting death of a young woman in detroit taking center stage in court. why one expert says the owner fighting to prove his in sense didn't accidentally fire it. >> in the workplace, our growing quest for efficiency could cost you your job. >> one wildlife organization is turning to adorable kitten to say raise awareness about the issues facing the tiger.

>> thousands of soldiers pledging to insure security during the youth olympic games in managing china. it will feature 168 countries and olympic sports. those games set to begin august 16. gust 16. and empty pockets >> how much money do you owe people >> around $350,000 >> praying on the vulnerable >> i have nothing to hide, if i was a scam artist, i would have cut and run from here >> surrogacy inc. an american tonight investigative report only on al jazeera america

>> al jazeera america >> this is the very tail section it was burning when we got here >> unbiased reporting... >> the violence has continued >> the violence has continued just a couple of miles from here >> in depth coverage... >> we've got a military escort allowing us to feel a further than everyone else... >> real global perspective >> this was clearly an attack against them... >> from around the world, to the issues right here at home >> ...shouldn't been brought here in the first place... >> we're not here to take over >> real stories... real people... real understanding... >> where you scared when you hear the bombs? >> al jazeera america real... news... >> you are looking at a live shot have gaza. an hour ago when we showed you this shot. there was a plume of smoke. israel has put a four hour conditional ceasefire into effect. overnight, strikes hit a u.n. shelter. >> the u.s. and europe putting pressure on russia with

sanctions. we're going to look at results this will yield. >> the u.s. surgeon general is calling on americans to stop tanning a understand prevent skin cancer. it's the first of a kind move. >> she is a captivating wanderer, this woman, dressed in black walking the roadways across parts of the country. >> first, though, a screen door and shotgun are focal points in the trial of theodore wafer, on trial for shooting and killing an unarmed woman on his porch. it's a murder case riddled with racial undertones. we are covering it from detroit. ahead of day five testimony, what can we expect? >> throughout this trial, the defense has questioned the integrity of the police investigation. wafer's lawyers have gone so far as to say those who investigated did not do a thorough job. this morning, the jury will

again hear from the lead detective on this case. >> a .12 gauge shotgun, a dislodged front door screen, testimony centered on these two pieces of evidence during day four of theodore wafer's murder trial. >> in these examinations, the conclusion that i was able to reach is what we would call a close range shot. >> eight feet is the distance this forensic firearms examiner said stood between wafer and 19-year-old ranisha mcbride when he shot her. it was around 4:30 a.m. the defense said mcbride was banging on the door of his home when he fired a shot through his screen. testifying for the prosecution, state police detective said it took at least six pounds and five-ounces of pressure to pull the trigger, and firing it would have been no accident. >> if i had my finger on this

trigger, i had better be ready to shoot something. >> wafer initially told authorities the shooting was an accident, now claims self defense. his attorney has tried to attack the quality of the police investigation. >> would you agree with me that your office and your investigators are kind of hamstringed by the lack of resources? >> yes. >> ok. do you wish your office could get more money so you could do more on these cases? >> i do. >> you wish you had more investigators working with you? >> i do. >> according to earlier testimony, mcbride spent the afternoon before her death smoking marijuana and drinking vodka with a friend. she later ran her vehicle into a parked car, and hours later, wound up on wafer's door step. the defense argues waiver believed someone was trying to break into his home. the prosecution challenged that theory, while questioning the lead democrats. >> did you observe any pry marks

to either the screen door or main door to the side door on the house? >> no, i did not. >> did you observe any kick marks? >> no. >> yesterday, the lead detective testified that some of the evidence in this case wasn't collected until days after mcbride was killed. other evidence wasn't collected until requested by the prosecution or defense. also today, the jury's expected to hear from the medical examiner on this case. wafer is facing a number of charges, including second degree murder. >> interesting to see how detroit's finances are being brought into the trial. thank you. >> another trial getting a lot of attention in virginia, the troubled marriage of that state's former governor is playing a central role in the corruption trial. arriving at court separately for tuesdays opening statements, both are charged with accepting money from the head of a diet

supplement company. the former governor's which is accused of having a crush on that c.e.o. both attorneys argue that they could not be scheming together, because they barely spoke. >> former prisoner of war bowe bergdahl will be questioned next week by army investigators. the then private was captured by the taliban in 2009. investigators are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. his lawyers said he will be questioned in texas. >> that controversial swap that sent bowe bergdahl free has president obama in hot water. a house panel voled tuesday to condemn the president for not notifying congress about plans to exchange five taliban fighters for bergdahl. the resolution could hit the house floor in september. >> a humanitarian ceasefire in effect in gaza. it began a few moments ago and will last until noon. across gaza, families are trying

to cope with the fighting. entire neighborhoods have been destroyed. the power plant went up in smoke and nearly everyone loft lost electricity. gazaens are left in the dark. >> the power stays off until they turn on the generator. this family lives rely actively comfortably. above the daughter's bed, disney princesses, above the son's bed, hollywood posters. these days, they feel nothing is worth celebrating. >> you can't smile and others are crying. you can't live and others are dying. >> her 15-year-old son calls himself fox. i first met him four weeks ago. that's him and the flag cheering the u.s. soccer team. >> i love the united states, but what the government do, what's happening, the white house and the they keep saying ok, do whatever, i feel shame sometimes. >> this fall, he'll study in the

u.s. he was hope to go teach american kids he was just like them but posted this photo on facebook to acknowledge after three wars in six years, he's seen things nobody should have see. >> i see children getting killed, women, mostly. i have guys like me getting murdered, bombed in their houses, so i ask myself will in next? it's tougher. it's tough. >> music provides an provides a. it also helps his 12-year-old sister, dana. she plays when the bombs get loud. >> they bomb here, near us.

a bomb and the house was shaking. >> do you feel safe leaving your house? >> no. >> no, she says. i asked her why. >> she starts to say when my brother and i leave the house... she can't finish. >> like all gasses today, this family stays inside to stay safe. to pass the time, they watch the news. on this day, they learn about the deaths of nine children. dana looks away. she wonders whether it might be better if the power had stayed off. >> the u.n. reacting to today's school attack in gaza, u.n.

humanitarian statement saying. they hope to agree on a lasting ceasefire and bring this conflict to an end. >> the pentagon saying that russia continues to supply anti aircraft weapon to say separatists accused of shooting malaysia airlines flight 17 out of the sky. the u.s. says it has evidence that high powered missiles are moving throughout the border into eastern ukraine, saying 10,000 russian troops gathered at that border. this evidence is part of the reason the u.s. and its european allies are now imposing strict sanctions against russia, but they are coming at a cost. >> we report on their economic impact in the netherlands. >> the export of cut flowers brings a multi-billion dollar

bloom to the economy each year. russia was a part of it, but the business is blighted with the trade for the last 300 years. brokers in this high tech august room are find be the falling ruble and rising energy cost for producers are pricing them out of moscow's market. this giant warehouse is only down the road from the airport where the doomed flight mh17 began its fateful journey. this businessman believes after the death of so many innocent civilians, russia must be forced to pay the price. >> on one side, you want to hurt russia, but on the other side one also shoot yourself in your feet. >> the aimses are designed to have a strong impact on the russian economy, limiting the damage to european industries. what businessman most fear is a retaliatory strike by the kremlin in the start of this economic cold war.

>> this dutch site is set to become part of the biggest story of the facility for russian gas in europe. it's part owned by moscow's megafirm. the european union buys 76% of russias gas exports. the biggest consumer is germany. it will remain untouched by the sanctions. >> here, the classical clash between moral principles, between human concerns which are very obvious in the aftermath of these terrible downing of the airplane of malaysian airways and of course the geopolitical considerations that are at play. >> record rainfall in southern holland this week had everybody scrambling to rare the dikes, but an economic storm could yet lie ahead for a europe just struggle its way out of recession. the crisis in ukraine is

impacting far and wide. aljazeera, the hague. >> we're joined bibi an executive board member for the ukrainian congress committee of america. thanks for being with us. this is an old saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a new reaction. should we expect vladimir putin to react differently? >> we are looking for really how the russian market is going to react, as well as properly the london market, as well. these targeted sanctions are now more looking at sectors of the economy, specifically the finance part, because the largest banks in russia are finally targeted. i'm very grateful these sanctions are in place now. it would have been better to have them after the attack of crimea in march. >> the president claiming the past ones were also successful.

>> russia's actions in ukraine and the sanctions that we've already imposed have made a weak russian economy weaker. foreign investors are increasingly staying away. even before our actions today, nearly $100 billion in capital was expected to flee russia. russia's energy, financial and defense sectors are feeling the pain. >> the question has to be asked, what is the west missing when it comes to vladimir putin? is his desire to reform the glory of the old soviet union, is that greater in the mind and are people in russia willing to make the sacrifice on behalf of future glory? >> i think it's depending how much capital is going to have an outflow in russia now. what is going to be very important is the timing of having sanctions happen in the middle of summer, which is not russia's prime season. their main export in obviously

oil and that will be winter. it will be interesting to see what happens in the rest of the year. >> seven months ago, we were talking about russia being the home of the olympics, one of their shining moments in the sun. two weeks after a plane goes down, we are still talking about economic sanctions and vladimir putin seems to be defiant, saying the west will suffer, as well. what will make a difference? what is the united states and the european union missing? >> they're missing actually getting into the ground there. that means providing help for the ukrainian army. there are bills in the congress right now in the united states. what's happening right now from the president is he's listening to what congress said weeks ago, senators menendez and fine stein saying we need economic sanctions on the banks, on the weapons department, as well as -- >> he said that, too and said the european union is slow to react.

>> europe did act. if you look at the fine details, there are ways around getting really hurt by russia. they have access to derivative markets. while they can't get actual funds maturing past 90 days, they can use derivatives. they have sanctions against the arms -- sorry, economy in europe. >> thanks for being with us. >> president obama is in kansas city this morning where he will talk about the economy and this news just in, g.d.p. grew 4% last quarter. the president in kansas taking in some local eats after arriving last night. he head he had straight for a k.c. barbecue joint and dined with residents who had written letters to him about their personal struggles. >> mr. obama with half a slab of ribs, french fries and a but the

light. >> the all electric car has been named the top safety pick. >> why the insurance institute for highway safety, it beat out 11 other cars in crashes. >> technology is making our lives more efficient every day. how soon until that efficiency begins to make certain jobs unnecessary? we report on two industries which may disappear as robots take on more responsibilities. >> every day, approximately 3 billion people go to some form of work, bringing human boots with them, their experience, compassion, manual dexterity. in a generation, how many of these jobs will be done bay machine? >> several industries teeter righten oh the edge of full automation. >> one industry is dry cleaning. at the moment, it takes how many dexterity and experience to know how to deal with the sheer variety and complexity of the closed we wear. a robot can't look at this, know what it is and feed it through a

standardized machine that can handle all other pieces of clothing. >> as soon as i was born, my parents would have me on the backs working the machines. by the age of seven, i was putting stoppings on hangers and taking intake at the counter at the age of 12. by 15, i was working on saturdays so they could have a day off. my whole life has been pretty much working at dry cleaners. >> robots can handle and fold towels. here's footage of a million dollars robot sped up 50 times. it takes more than six minutes to fold a single towel. right now, that takes human experience. >> my dad will look at it and say ok, we can get that out for sure, guaranteed. that's years of knowledge of being in the industry. >> we still need human to say drive us around in taxis, too. >> already google's self driving

car and other automatic technologies are changing the world. we need to know when to proceed through the intersection and dangerous stuff, like when the person in front of us are drunk. >> they are a matter of time and effort and with enough of both, robots will take over these tasks. >> let's look at how many people would be affected by this automation. out of a total workforce of 155.7 million people, 210,700 work in the dry cleaning laundry industry, another drives of tack cease and limousine, almost half a million people'd be in need of totally new lines of work in just those two industries. >> conventional wisdom is doing away with those jobs will create new jobs for skilled workers. some suggest that the future of work may be a patch work of part time employment and perhaps that

will be enough. >> one of the effects of technological change is consumers goods are cheaper. you can be employed part time and still have a great smart phone. you can choose to work fewer hours. >> is any job sacred? much of our food supply is automated, but the chef job is a booming area of employment, perhaps robots will never sell taste, the stuff of the tongue and eyes and brain. aljazeera, san francisco. >> can you imagine if robots replaced us? >> oxford university researchers said 47% of all the jobs in the u.s. are at risk from robots. >> but not us? >> you never know. >> the nation's top doctor out with a very serious warning.

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>> a warning going out to florida beach goers about a deadly flesh eating bacteria thriving in warm salt water. health officials say since 2013, more than 50 people contracted the bacteria, 13 died. the cdc recommends people with open wounds and compromised immune systems avoid the sea water. >> we'll talk about a video looking to raise the awareness of a serious issue facing one of nation's greatest predators but first a warning from a top doctor in the u.s., stop worshiping the sun. his advice comes after a spike in skin cancer cases. we have the details. stay out of the sun. >> this is going to be a hard sell to beach lovers, as well as tanning bed addicts, but vital,

cases of deadly melanoma have increased 200% since 1970. nearly 5 million people in the u.s. are treated for skin cancers each year. the treatment for all forms of the disease cost $8.1 billion. the acting surgeon general is calling on states to help people cover up with more shade at parks and sporting events. kids should be encouraged to wear hats and sun vein. he said americans need to change their mindset about being tanned. >> there's a flawed perception, look how nice you look, you're tanned. how relaxed you look. no, the answer is how damaged you look. that's the reality. that's what goes on in the skin. tanned skin is damaged skin. >> 9,000 people die each year from melanoma, the most preventable form of cancer. doctors urge regular checkups

and to watch for any changes on the skin. they say to use sunscreen s.p.f.30 or higher. >> thank you very much. >> joining us to talk is dr. sayed. thanks for being with us this morning. why are we seeing a skin cancer spike in cases? >> we're getting for educated, so part of this is the fact we're finding it more often. if you look at the numbers, the highest proportion is attributable to people young, wealthy and most likely to tan. this suggests to us that this real worshiping of the sun may be a part of it. >> it's still happening. how big a deal is the acting surgeon general made such a strong statement and congress passed a bill monday to

streamline the viewing of sun vein products? >> when he comes out about something like this, this is a serious issue and preventable. we know we can decrease lung canner by decreasing smoking, similarly melanoma can be decreased by reducing this obsession in tanning. him coming out and saying that is a great first step. >> with all the warnings on cigarettes, people still smoke. doctors at johns hopkins university have developed a blood test that can predict a person's risk of being suicidal, saying the test can detect the mutation of a single gene that controls stress levels. is this a groundbreaking discovery? >> it absolutely is. i want to step back and introduce a term that is very important, epigenetics, about how genes are turned on or off

that create the machinery that operate in a cell. this shows us important modifications, the turning off of certain cellar machinery in the case of suicide that we can identify and group people as people with high risk or low risk. >> what does this mean for suicide prevention? >> we can imagine a lot of uses in a test like this. you can think about in the psychiatric emergency room where you have to make a decision whether or not somebody might go at risk for hurting themselves or can be let go. we can think about really highly stressed personnel, such as the military. this could be used -- exactly. this is a good use of the test to be able to run a test on people exposed to really high violence or drama. >> and then mediate. >> exactly. >> thank you. >> social media lining up over a dark and mysterious woman spotted along rural roads in

georgia, tennessee, ohio, virginia and west virginia. this facebook page is devoted to her following her trek around the country. >> using feline star power to mark international tiger day. there are only 3,000 tigers left in the wild. 95% of the population has disdisappeared and three species have gone is stings. >> coming up in two minutes from doha, the latest on what is happening in gaza and whether that limited ceasefire will last. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern.

>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm sammy at al jazeera's headquarters in doha. israel says it will slow down attacks in if gaza for a few hours to allow for humanitarian aid. we'll look at what this means. more palestinian civilians killed and injured, the un says an israeli attack on one of its facilities is a serious