coming up friday on "consider this". the u.s. economy had a big second quarter, are the americans feeling the improvement. we ask the chief of white house advisors. and the consider conditions on aljazeera.com/considerthis, or facebook or google plus. you can find us on twitter at aj consider this. see you next time. hi everywhere, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. [ bleep ] close call, our nick schifrin witnesses a close rocket attack hours before a ceasefire begins in the middle east. travel warning. americans urged not to visit west africa because the raging ebola outbreak. chilling words from an american suicide bomber in syria. what we learn about his deadly

mission. black market pot may be legal in washington state, but there's a huge demand for the illegal marijuana. we begin tonight with gaza, and a glimmer of hope. the u.n. says israel and hamas agreed to a 3-day humanitarian truce. the ceasefire begins in two hours. the u.s. says this is no time for celebration. >> this is a respite. a moment of opportunity, not an end. it's not a solution. it's the opportunity to find a solution. and president obama hopes that all the parties will work diligently to do so. >> israeli troops will remain on the ground in gaza. ceasefire or not, the army will destroy hamas's tunnels. earlier a strike in gaza came

close to our nick schifrin. take a look. shit [ bleep ]. i spoke with nick moments after the blast. >> john, it was loud and incredibly close. just that building behind me, just a few minutes after you and i spoke at the top of the hour. and it is similar, that experience, to what so many in gaza had to experience over the last few weeks. the strikes from israel are extremely loud. they come very quickly. these are big bombs. in terms of the target, we have seen rocket launchers there, we have seen rockets launched from that field next to the building that you probably saw hit. and that has been the target. it's been targeted about three or four times. it will give you a sense of how close the rocket launchers are to residential neighbourhoods or civilian neighbourhoods.

from the edge of this hotel is 40 feet, and from where we are is 300 or 400. that gives you a sense hoy close it is and what the people of gaza have been experience. >> can you give us an idea what it looks like when the rocket comes in. you turn and look, something caps your eye. what do -- catches your eye, what do you see? >> you see a fireball coming through the sky. it's very dark, pretty much pitch-black, other are than hotel lights lit by a gerptor. so the sea is 300-400 that way, it's the mediterranean sea. they come from the boats. you see them fly. it's light enough to catch my eye and light up the area around it. it's slept before it hits and

slept -- silent before it hits and the delay, the sound that reaches your ear or my ear. you see it in your guy first, ut turn and look or i turn and look and see it come in. it hi, and then you only hear the sound of the explosion. you can't tell right now, but it caused a bit of a fire in the building behind me. that was 15 minutes ago. >> it's frightening to see the picture. do you have any idea what is in that building? >> we don't know what is in the building. again, the target has been the feel. you can't see it because it's too dark. the building is at one corner of a feel, probably about 50 or 100 feet long by 50 to 100 feet wide or so. from that field a few days ago we saw rockets launched towards israel. that is what we have seen a lot over the last few weeks, the rockets launched or embedded

within the neighbourhoods, and eventually almost every one is targeted by an israeli air strike. one bip the office we -- by the office we saw five, six, seven rocket launchers. four or five days later it is hit by a huge barrage of weapons, across gaza. the israeli intelligence gathering in location of each rocket launch, and eventually whether it's immediate or takes them days, for whatever reason, there's an air strike on the particular spot. >> nick schifrin, we are glad you are safe. thank you for your report. this programming note, nick schifrin has a social report gaza witness to war. the ceasefire should give gaza civilians an opportunity to receive humanitarian assistance as well as attend to the injured and the dead.

>> this could be the last night the skies of gaza will be filled with flares, fireballs and explosions, for three days or longer. >> secretary-general ban ki-moon and secretary of state john kerry announced special coordinator robert sarry that all parties have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire to commence 8am local time on friday. it will last for a period of 72 hours unless extended. >> the israeli troops that have been targetting hamas supply tunnels will stay in place. diplomats head for talks. hamas wants a lifting of the siege of gaza. negotiations will be exceedingly diff. the ceasefire comes as condemnation builds.

including at the white house. a day after an attack, u.s. officials said there was little doubt israel was responsible. >> the selling of a u.n. facility that is housing innocent civilians fleeing violence, is totally unacceptable and indefensible. >> reporter: now three days of quiet. >> this is not a time for congratulations and joy, or anything accept a serious determinati determination. a focus by everyone to figure out the road ahead. this is a respite, a moment of opportunity, not an end, or a solution. it's an opportunity to find a solution. and possibly a chance for long term peace, a chance to bury the dead. >> now, earlier i spoke to the

u.s. editor for the israeli newspaper hare et cetera, and i asked if he thinks the ceasefire will work. >> i'm assuming both sides have an interest in maining the ceasefire. i think binyamin netanyahu doesn't want to get more involved inside gaza. i think the hamas is on the ropes. both are looking for a respite. i think both sides have an interest, but there are a lot of pitfalls and the mutual suspicions is such that a small thing can break the accuracy fire apart. >> you heard the government say civilians casualties are too high. how does that impact the u.s. israeli relations. >> they have been under going a

rough pat. i thinkway you heard was a ratcheting up of pressure telling israel that the casualties were too high to taken. it may be a reason why prime minister binyamin netanyahu decided to get the ceasefire, so the american administration does not get cross with it. >> as a result of the comments, do you see an israeli change of vat any, or not. >> i think what we see now is israel - i don't know if it will blow up the tunnels in the next three days, the assumption that the ceasefire will hole, but it will be preparing to detonate them either when the ceasefire is over. or when there is a withdrawal of israeli forces. they'll be moving to the diplomatic arena.

is it talking to a unified palestinian investigation. is it negotiating with a hamas - which it hasn't until now. the focus will move this diplomatic drama that will play out in cairo, which is better than people shooting at each other. >> you can't answer the question about whether or not israel will continue to blow up tunnels. >> the word was deal with. when it was dealing with a ceasefire. it can be interpreted in many ways. i do not know if there'll be explosions that might bring down the ceasefire as well. but i can assure you that the troops, wherever they are will be preparing to detonate the tunnels at the first opportunity. >> the palestinian american teenager that said he was beaten by israeli soldiers will testify on capitol hill form.

andy gallagher has that story. >> back home safe and sound, tarek leeds a prayer at his house in tampa. his wounds have heeled, his cousin was burnt to death in what palestinians claim was a revenge killing over the death of three israeli teenagers. in the protests he was arrested by israeli security forces. this video shows teenagers brutally beaten. at one point he was blindfolded. >> my ribs hurt. i have a fractured rib. it hurts. i have a lot of headaches. i'm drowsy. i feel lie laying down and going to sleep. >> the video lead to demonstrations. tarek has been asked to speak to

officials in washington dc. something the teenager is looking forward to. >> i will try my best to make them think about it. that we are all humans, we should all have right. >> the family says without his status as an american citizens, things for tarek might have been different. many of tarek's friends and cousins are in gaol, and the family refutes claims that he resisted roast or was involved in violence. >> he cares about his family, it's not about himself, but his family that live there and here. he's a caring person, and wants to make a dense. >> for any teenager, this amount of attention is upsettling. tarek says he'll strive to speak on behalf of palestinians and send a message of peace. >> i want to make a challenge. i want the people over there to

understand that one day we'll second. one day you'll be happy one day. we have to wait for that day. >> the us state department is shocked at the treatment and called for an investigation. the teenager is planning to see his palestinian family in east jerusalem soon. >> other news to tell you about - a warning from the centers for disease control. americans should stay out of gipee, sierra leone, and liberia, because of the worst bowla outbreak on record. the national institute of health is working with the food and drug organization on an ebola vaccine, trials could start as early as september. one patient will be flown back to the u.s., treated at emery university hospital in atlant yep. the peace corp is evaluating hundreds of volunteers after two

workers had contact with someone who died from the virus. >> reporter: struggling to cope with an epidemic that killed 720 people so far. health workers treating ebola patients in hospital in sierra leone. it is a race against time. health workers feel the outbreak is getting out of control. >> if we listen to the instruction, where we go. if we don't it city with you u.s. >> reporter: alarm is spreading in other countries. the u.s. peace core is evacuating others. here in nigeria, where a liberia man died of the disease, the authorities are scram bhiping to deal with the situation -- scram bling to deal with the situation. they've within told to scrop

suspect -- screen suspected cases at the airlines. >> we guarantee the airlines -- quarantine the airlines from the point of departure to ensure patients on the flights are ebola free, and as soon as they are ready to take off, there's lists of the manifest to look at, and we have professionals on the ground looking at passengers from areas that are ebola infected. >> an outbreak in nigeria would have a huge impact not just in the country, but across the region. >> they'll have to stop the violence spreading in nigeria. a major outbreak can occur. >> reporter: some say dietary habits are helping to spread the

disease. here the treatment involves isolation, adding to the problem. they are concerned with what kind of opportunities they have to stay in contact with the families, they know they'll be is rated and understand why. but they are, of course, concerned about dying alone. >> that is complicating the effort to stop the disease. the outbreak in west africa is the worst the region has scene. government and medical experts are bracing themselves for more bad news. >> some gruesome images of syria's civil war on display on capitol hill. a syrian army photographer told a house committee that he smuggled thousands of the photographs out of the country, showing graphic images of people starved, tortured and killed. he goes by the code name caesar.

lawmakers said they were outraged and urged the u.s. to do more to stop the violence. . >> now, alarming information about the travel of an american suicide bomber, who carried out the attack in syria. paul beban has that story. we are talking about a man who drove a dump truck packed with explosives into a restaurant. the "new york times" is reporting that after travelling to syria for freak, came back to the united states for several months before returning to syria for the last time. before carrying out the suicide mission, he left behind a shiling message. it's called the story of the american muhaja and tells a tale of viry rage and bloody revenge. the video released by the rebel group begins with him ripping up his american passport of the

he'd been chewing pieces of it before setting it on fire. >> i'm abu, from america. 22 years old. my background is father is palestinian, and my mother is italian-american. >> reporter: after explaining who he is, he launches into a 30 minute rant saying is lal will never be defeated, vowing punishme punishment for non-believers. >> you will see the sun sweating from angles, knees, drowning in your sweat. >> he has a message for america. >> we are coming for you. >> reporter: later he is emotional, crying about his mother. >> i love you mum. stay strong. >> reporter: in another video released that week. he is seen praying. another video shows men loading

a truck with explosives. it is fest onned with flags and armoured. the tyres are also covered to prevent them being shot out on its way to its target. after shouting a few last words, abusal announced the farewell video, showing the truck driving off through a shattered landscape. it cuts to a cluster of buildings. it end with a massive ex-close. ju.a posed was a picture of him cradling is cat. >> another note, he said he entered syria through turkey. john, what this case shows is just how tough it is fork officials to track americans in and out of the country. >> thank you paul beban. the parents of gaoled al jazeera journalist peter greste

talked to journalists in nairobi today. >> we passionately and absolutely know that a grave and very serious injustice has taken place in peter's case. we won't shy away from professing that position as long as we can. >> their son, peter greste, and mohamed fadel fahmy received seven year sentence, another journalist, baher mohamed, received 10 years, all accused of helping the muslim brotherhood in egypt. al jazeera denies the charms, condemns the verdict and we demand their release. next - ilgrayings reform -- immigration reform op hold after republicans fail to reach a deal before the recess. plus, students caught in the middle of a common core controversy.

the ilgrayings debate -- immigration debate heated up on capitol hill. members postponed the summer recess for a day, they'll hold a meeting tomorrow to try to reach agreement an immigration. john terrett has more.

>> chaos on the floor of the house, would there be a vote on the issue addressing border security. they wanted to know. they have planes to catch to get away for the summers recess. we were told there would be no vote. at 3 o'clock it convened a behind stores meeting. darrell icer from california said they'd stay before they had a vote. members were brought back from the airport. including a bus load heading to tour the border region. there'll be a vote tomorrow. the measure on the table today was $654 billion. less than the amount called for by the president and $2.5 billion on the table from the senate. they'll burn the midmight. >> mr speaker, what is the plan, please. >> washing with our members.

>> into the night? >> oh, yes. >> "oh, yes", said the speaker. ted cruz, the junior minister had a hand in this, he healed a beer and pizza party trying to urge the caucus not to vote on any measure on the table today, but had his own. the rules committee met. what that allowed them to do was meet until saturday night. what we think will happen is the leadership will meet at 9am. house convening at 10am. there'll be a vote tomorrow on what, right now, we don't know. that's the bottom line. well have to wait and see. republicans in the senate rangting the 2.7 bill on on the table for the same idea in the senate. that was moray bund without the house. and republicans in the house said they wouldn't vote for it. >> eric cantor stepped downs from his house majority seat.

last month the environmentalinian republican was defeated by a tea party opponent in the primary. >> i have truly lived the american dream. that is what this country is supposed to be about. dreaming big. believing that each internation can do better than the last. now, unfortunately, we have seen that dream erode in recent years, and our nation faces many challenges. >> cantor says the u.s. needs to stand with its allies on foreign policy. >> a drastic change in california, officials saying the extreme draught is now worse. more than half the state is facing severe conditions. kevin corriveau is here with more on that. >> that's right. we have seen the umages. lakes, the agriculture faebd. what is happening here is getting worse. especially just in the last week. the u.s. draught monitor puts

out the weekly advisories. last week on july 22nd, where you see the exceptional drought in dark red, 36% of the skate was covered by that. in the last week, the last season days we saw an ex-participation of that of over 20 -- expansion of that over 20%, now we are talking about 58.4%, and it's moving to the north. one of reasons it's been bad is we have a weather pattern that is locked in place. across the west coast we are looking at a ridge of high pressure. underneath the ridge we see dry and warm conditions. textures on the west coast are reaching to the 80 degree mark or higher in parts of the seattle. we'll unfortunately not get a break. we are in the dry season, things will remain dry and the exceptional drought may increase over the next couple of weeks. towards the east a different scenario. we are looking at rain two states over, and this could

possibility lead to participation for a lot of flash flooding. >> thank you. coming up next, it's been a year since edward snowden was granted asylum in russia, it expired a few hours ago. now what. plus there's a huge demand for black market marijuana, even though it's legal in washington state.

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it was the biggest drop in the stock market in six months. the dow slipped 370 points, wiping out all gains for the year. analysts blame world news, including sanctions against russia and argentina's plunging credit rate. the black market is still thriving. allen schauffler took a ride along with one of seattle's illegal dealers who said the legal market may be better for his illegal business. rrments meet ben. >> big ben. >> reporter: ben agreed to take us for a ride and what a ride. >> so i've been representing cars and so forth to get my delivers meed. >> reporter: tonight you have a limo. >> together i have a limo. >> reporter: you are not worried about drawing attention or a crowd. he's not worried.

>> selling it in the black market is not legal. >> reporter: we watch as he sells pot on downtown street corners, door to door in residential neighbourhoods. >> the client i visited bought a substantial amount of the gummies, the edible dhc. >> in the university distribute parking lot. you don't think your business will go away because of legalized pot. >> it's not going to change anything, it may increase. >> reporter: if he is the little guys, this is the corporate giant of black marijuana. winter life with 60 employees working a dispatch line and taking up to 600 calls a day. >> dozens of drivers, as many as 16 or so. they driver their own cars. >> where do you go in the city.

>> we are shifting around. >> employees take animal names. in is jack rabbit making the rounds. customers have to prove they are 21 and say they get medical benefits from pye. >> it's a varnalt of a.t.f. >> reporter: buyers say there's no medical card required. the company sis there is, but the -- says there is, but the advertisement says there's not. >> do you get in trouble from the seattle police. >> no, we have had no trouble. >> spd made it clear selling pot outside of the law is a felon. they make it clear they will not vet the businesses unless there are complaint. >> i'm not a scholar or a law-maker. >> you are what we used to call a drug dealer. >> i suppose. >> you can browse the week lis for delivery, some medical, some

selling weed. you can find been on facebook with his menu. >> i sold $400 worth of product. >> for the small sellers and the big, business is good. sex figures good -- seven figures good says the boss. >> we are sa profitable company. >> did you sit and write out a business plan for the business? >> i have been meaning to do that. >> now i have to go and buy some more pot from one of my growers. >> along for a wild ride in seattle. >> also in seattle police are investigating a veteran fer who has written 80% of all the tickets for smoking marijuana this year much the police chief says the officer called the new pot laws silly. the officer is on desk duty. a report says the nation's suburbs are no longer immune to poverty in cities and rural

areas. coording to the brookers institution. 16.5 million americans are living beneath the po erty line. that's where the rate is growing the fastest. in 2000 the poverty rate was 9.1%. today it's up to 12.2%. we are joined by an associate professor from city college in new york. how did the u.s. miss the fact that we had 16 million people in poverty in the suburbs? >> part of it is when we walk about urban america and poverty, we think about the city. more people have been living and moving to the sub ubs, and with an economic downturn and ways in which ages are suppressed, people in the suburbs are trying to find ways to live and get buy. life in the city is often more expensive. >> how is suburban poverty

different to urban poverty. >> it's more spread out. suburban poverty doesn't have social services that urban policy does. the suburban landscape is meant for people with cars. if you live in the suburb, often you have to tral to a central si for use public transportation. >> what's? >> people are stranded. they try to find ways to make ends meet. >> are people older or younger. >> it doesn't matter. some live in suburban poverty because of the housing bubble. >> what impact does it have on school? >> it impacts schools. the schools historically have middle class clientele. they have clients across the socioeconomic spectrum. >> these are people you say are stranded. they can't afford to get out. >> oftentimes they can't.

the cost of the suburbs are higher. we need to think creatively about how to get resources to families. >> there's talk of a rising homeless problem, is that a result of this. >> absolutely. when people have private property and homeless shelters are not located. many communities have protested those for years on end. >> this is not to say that there is not a problem with urban poverty, rite. >> absolutely not. urban poverty is concentrated and present. we have missed half the picture. more than half. >> when you say missing. again, how was it missed? part of it is when we think about inner city areas and urban areas, we think of poverty stacked high. people have debt not allowing them to live the american dream. >> so states and cities have to

rething how the communities will be reached out. >> yes, there is a responsibility. they look different to the leave it to beaver world. people are struggling. >> they deal with the same problem as people in urban poverty. >> access to schools and municipal services are controlled. while people move to the suburbs to make the dream happen, the reality is the dream gets further and further away. >> good to see you. >> argentina faces an uncertain economic future. a day after failing to reach an agreement with major creditors for the second time in 13 years, argentina is in default on its debt. more from business journalist in buenos aires. a day like any other in buenos aires, it was the day after argentina's second default.

people are not sure what happened. many questions were left unanswered. >> reporter: we are still not in default. it will depend on the banks, if they pay the creditors or not. if we defaulted, it will affect us. it's nothing like the 2001 crisis when argentina said it could not and would not pay the $100 billion debt. >> reporter: since then argentina reached an agreement with 93% of bondholders, accepting a reduced payment, and has been paying them on time. at least until last month when a judge froze money in the bank of new york until argentina complied with the sentence. the judge recalled in favour of investorsing representing 1% of bond holders. they sued argentina to demand a pay out of $1.3 billion.

the deadline passed with argentina saying the offers were rejected. no one is sure what is will mean. it's the first time a country has the money is willing to pay. and yet the bondholders have not received that money. it's the first, if you will, court-induced default in history, i think. >> there are rumours that a group of brangs from argentina are negotiating with bondholders. how does that affect the observing citizens. >> in the short run it continues pretty much as they are. >> argentina faces recession, with a 2% drop in the gross domestic product. a decrease in the reserves and a

2% monthly rate. economy minister says the country is open to negotiations with creditors. when and how that will happen, nobody knows. >> the top court in wisconsin upheld the tough restrictions on public employee unions much the law known as act 10 limits bargaining for public workers. after it was passed in 2011. the blow is a plough to unions and a victory of scott walker. he supplied a recall election. school starts in louisiana in less than two weeks. teachers don't know what curriculum to use. the political squabble has teachers and parents on one side and governor on the other and students in the middle.

more from jonathan martin. with a little more than a week before her children go back to school. this mum is frustrated and worried with the louisiana education policy. >> will they be prepared? they are affected with the foundation. that's what i'm concerned about, is it laid out properly. it has gaps and holes. a change and an uproar. >> reporter: hill is one of the six parents, they joined a lawsuit. they claimed the executive order to pull the state out of common core threw chaos into the louisiana system. he'll worry switching standards. they leave teachers unprepared. he had all these years to prepare the curriculum. then there's an uproar and change. >> reporter: governor jinnedal is a potential candidate in 2016.

he was a strong supporter. he viewed common core as an intrusion. it was developed by the national governor's association and state educational officials across the u.s. >> the federal government would like to assert control and rush implementation of a one size fits all set of standards. >> most school districts are about to move forward. jinnedel has responded the outsourcing, so it's unsure what tests will be used. >> louisiana has a constitution giving the governor a lot of authority, but this is not part of that. he does not have the authority to go ahead and change substantive policy, or influence what's. >> jinnedel disagrees and filed

a counter suit aimed at cancelling a legal agreement. a judge is set to hear the case on august 18th. >> positive and correct decisions that they will be for the kids. >> by suing the governor, they are speaking up for other parents in louisiana, tired of seeing politics get in the way of chin's education. jonathan martin, al jazeera. >> edward snowden's asylum in russia expires tonight. the former n.s.a. contractor has been in the country since last june. edward snowden fled the u.s. after leaking security secrets. he was trying to make his way from hong kong to cuba. russia granted temporary asylum. jonathan betz is here with more. >> it's one of many sore poisonings between the white house -- points between the

white house and the kremlin. >> reporter: more than a year after edward snowden spilt sol of america's biggest secrets. russia is deciding whether to allow him to stay. edward snowden made clear whether he'd prefer to be. i don't think there's a question that he would like to go home. from day one he says i'm doing this to serve my country. >> instead is a coward, he is a traitor. >> and u.s. said amnexty is out of the -- amnest any is out of the question. leaks were explosive revealing eavesdropping. the scandal shocked politicians, angering foreign leaders and terrifying tech kls. there are people around the country refusing to by american tech products because they are not sure of privacy. >> two-thirds of americans say it's wrong for the government to monitor their communications. the president has promised other

reforms. we have to make some important decisions about how to protect ourselves and sustain our leadership in the world while upholding the civil liberties and privacy protections that are ideal. >> edward snowden considers the mission accomplished. >> my priority is not about myself, but making sure that the programs are reformed. >> he says he's handed over all his secrets to journalists, but has focussed on the future, wherever that might be. >> russian law requires edward snowden that temporary asylum be renewed every year. he'll be allowed to stay until a decision is made. there's little indication that it will not be renewed. >> there are calls for the c.i.a. director to resign. thissar an inspector general's report confirmed the agency spied on the senate intelligence

committee. it accessed committee computers during a probe of cua interrogation techniques. no criminal charges have been fired. the director apologised. several lawmakers call for his resignation. >> the baltimore ravens ray rice spoke out about the attack on his wife in an elevator. they announced they would suspend rice for two gamesment the league has been criticised for the indins to domestic violence. >> one thing that i wanted to do today was, you know, apologise to my wife. >> reporter: these are the images that got ray rice in trouble. video obtained by t.m.z. appears to show him during his phones ate out of an elevator from an atlantic casino. before that the two this hit each other. >> i want to apologise to any

woman involved in any domestic or any kind of violence. my sincere apologies go out to you. >> rice's public apology came a week after the n.f.l. running back was suspended and fined 58,000. the league will not tolerate violence to women. critics say the n.f.l. has to do more to condemn domestic violence. millions of fans are taking their cues from the n if will:. >> they point to statistics like these - one in every four women experience domestic violence, more than 1 million women are assaulted by an intimate partner, and most of the cases are never reported to the police. critics say athletes face longer suspensions for substance abuse and violence on the field.

when reporters asked rice what he thought of his punishment he said he felt he was punishedery day. >> my daughter will pick up the phone and google her father's name and it won't come up the touch downs i scored but the nept with her mother. i have to deal with that. >> rice was charged with aggravated assault and he did not contest the charge. he is seeing a counsellor, and when the time is right he and his wife will help others suffering domestic violence. >> extreme restaurant meals with the highest calories, fad and sodium, and why americans love that food.

ja i'll take you here towards india, we are looking at the full effect of the monsoon. that's the rainy season. while it's beneficial agriculturally and for energy it can be deadly. take a look over here. where too much rain causes devastating mudslides. 41 people have been confirmed dead. 100 people are missing across the region, and it's feared they will not be recovered. the death toll is expected to go between 100 and 150 when all is said and done. come back to the weather wall.

we are looking at heavy rain charts. now, i want to take you here to the east, to the pacific. we have seen typhoons and tomorrows. we are watching what is happening here. this storm - we don't expect it to be powerful, but we expect major flooding. that will saturate the area. behind it. the tropical storm is on its way, it is expected to make its way towards japan. that is a look at the weather, the news is next.

. >> the votes are in on what is the most fattening meal in the united states in the is center. science and public interest says it's the monster meal from reb robin. the french fries are only 370 calories, but come with unlimited servings the the burger is 1670 calories.

add a salted carmel milkshake, for 1500, putting you at a total of 3,540. nutritionist lisa young joins me to talk about the extreme haing award winners. hi. >> hi. >> it's shocking to see how many calories are in that meal. it's not just calories. the soviet content must be through the roof. >> so is the fat and the sugar. >> all burgers and flying. it's this specific. why is this meal so bad. >> it's trmedz. it's the equivalent of having seven cheeseburgers. that is shocking in and of itself. the portions are tremendous. it adds globs of fat. and the french fries is

unlimited. they start at 370. it gives you 330 calories. >> the prize didn't look like a tonne of fries. you can have unlimited. you can go back for more. what do you say to people. do you tell them to stay away from the restaurants. is that the way to do is. >> i share it with 3 or four other people. one meal is two days of food. >> how long would it take to exercise them away. >> couple of hours. prepare for a marathon. swim for a couple of hours. you couldn't burn it off. >> you can't burn off 3500 calories. are the portions bigger. >> yes, they are bigger over the years. i did research, the portions were getting bigger. over the years they have doubled

in size. why has that happened? >> value, food is cheap. americans want to deal. how do they count calories. >> you don't counselled calories. labelling, posting the call bris is a good idea. this is a portion for three people. you are not going to share it. there's a winner in the reece's peanut butter chocolate chase cake which is 15 uns. do you have the picture -- 1500. do you have the picture? no. there it is. that doesn't look like a huge piece of cake, maybe it is. >> it's a pound. more than a pound. 17 ounces. to put it in perspective. the equivalent of eating a sara lee cheese cake. >> oh, my goodness. it's not necessarily the biggest

piece, is it. i mean - what do they put into a peace of cake that is a pound. >> it's a - think about cutting, you know, eight slices, or six slices each person has a slice. this is one tremendous slice for one. >> you know - the mayor of new york tried to stop the super size drippings and -- drinks and eventually failed because the courts ruled you couldn't do that. how do you stop this stuff. >> people buy it. people should demand smaller portions or buy the big size, but by one and share it four ways. >> lisa young, good to see you. thank you for joining us. n.a.s.a. announced a new mission to mars, a trip that could put the agency closer to landing a human on the red

planet. "curiosity" landed in 2012. the new rover will carry hardware to verify sifference ability life. it will collect rock samples that do be brought to earth. >> the march 2020 rover will build on the science and the exploration and science we learnt from "curiosity," and other activity at mars. it's apaysing to think about the fact that "curiosity" had an habitable environment. the science behind the 2020 rover will extend that. >> "curiosity" recently completed a mart shan year on the surface. 687 earth days. there's three others orbiting before the 2020 rover lands. the freeze frame brings us to south korea, where the north korean defectors and activists release balloons into the north.

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