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>> a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in gaza was supposed to begin today, but the pause in fighting ended about two ours after it began. officials say more than 1500 people in gaza have died and israel said one of its soldiers was captured during fighting in southern gaza. a short time ago president obama reiterated his support for secretary of state john kerry's efforts to negotiate a cease-fire. >> when i see john kerry going out there brokering a cease-fire we should all be supporting him. this should not be a bunch of complaints and second guessing

well, it hasn't happened yet and nitpicking before he has had a chance to complete his efforts. >> nicole johnston is live for us in gaza, and nicole, good to see you again. now a lot of back and forth from--you're looking around. what's going on, first, let's start there. >> reporter: i'm just keeping an eye for things. nothing specific. >> what do we know about what happened this morning in gaza? >> reporter: there's two very different stories of what has happened. they say they had a suicide bomber go into a tunnel, emerge on the other side, kill two israeli soldiers and capture a soldier, however they say this all took place before the cease-fire formerly came into

effect. this is being totally disputed by israel and backed up by the usa. they say this happened after the cease-fire started and for that reason the cease-fire and the humanitarian pause became null and void so to speak. they say it was a very heavy situation in gaza. most of it is concentrated in the southern area of rafa. it's during the three weeks of fighting that it has come from the town of rafa. very heavy tank shelling has been going on all day. people receiving messages saying they should not leave their house or get in a car. it's give to know what is going on. we heard of gellin shelling at

one of the hospitals in rafa. and it's obviously coming up against quite a lot of resistence of palestinian factions there. >> nicole, there is a warning, and this warning telling gazaens to stay in their homes. i'm not sure that there are any safe zones in gaza any more, but what is the latest on the humanitarian crisis and people displaced by this fighting? >> reporter: well, there are reports that 300 people to 400 people have moved out in gaza. we know there with be 50, 70 people crammed in these apartments because they're trying to look after their extended family. united nations, every day it comes up with a high figure of number of people it's looking after, well over 200,000 people in some 80 different u.n.

shelters. we've had numerous examples of these shelters being struck as we had a couple of days ago in the north of gaza, and 19 people were killed. many people think there is nowhere that is really safe so they'll stay in their house. where else can they go. we see airstrikes, shelling from the scene, tanks all over the gaza strip. we have not come one part of it that is safe. >> last one for you nicole, has hamas said anything about the israeli soldier that was captu captured? >> the only thing hamas has said from one of its senior spokes people is to release this sort of detailed timeline about. other than that we have not had any other information. when news came out from the

israeli side we had conflicting reports with some people inside hamas and some people remember that hamas was based outside of gaza denying that it had taken place at all. since then as i said we've had a senior spokesman come out with a detail timeline but as for where this soldier is and exactly what is going on, hamas is not saying anything. >> nicole johnston is in gaza, thank you. when the truce cease-fire collapsed the majority happened in southern gaza. as charles stratford reports for us, it's been very difficult for crews to reach the injured there. >> reporter: we arrived near the border around two and a half hours after the cease-fire started. already the tank shelling had begun. most of the ambulances wait to ferry the dead and injure out could get no further. blocked by a pile of republic

and a crater created b by by an israeli shell. people were walking across no-man's land carrying the bodies on stretchers. >> it looks like an earthquake happened here. houses are completely destroyed. there is no organization to try to get the ambulances in and the dead and injured out. the bodies are decomposing in the heat. >> reporter: we push forward. one four wheel drive ambulance go through but soon unable to go any further. >> the area is completely sealed off. we're trying to get in to get to the bodies, but it's just too dangerous. we need to get in and clear the republic. >> reporter: we start the road as we move forward. we heard reports as people venture to either side was hit by snipers. what remains in people's homes line the village.

groups run by us with stretchers. one group asked us not to film. one man was wearing the green fatigues of a palestinian fighter. one body was laid wrapped in a cloth. this was as far as we could go. we pushed as far forward as we can to the front line now. people are running out of the village. there are many dead bodies around. the smell of death is overpowering. a woman raced past us praying, a sudden rush to get as far away from the tax tanks as possible. we head back where there is a bulldozer trying to clear an entrance. families are leaving their homes. the cease-fire was over. there was no choice but to go. charles stratford, al jazeera. >> more than 1600 palestinians have been killed. most of them civilians.

near 8800 people have been injured. that surpasses the death toll from the last ground offensive in 2008-2009. over 200,000 palestinians are displaced, and on the israeli side 66 have been killed, most of them are israeli soldiers. they have called up reservist as the offensive continues. but they deny that israel wants to reoccupy gaza. >> there is no talk of reoccupation of gaza. it's easy to throw that around. we're in the middle of a military operation. hamas have shot out of the sky and rolled over with all forces as possibly can. and the military route. there is only one goal we're interested in, that is to bring back a sense of calm and

normalcy to the civilian population. >> a seen negotiator said that the palestinians are united in their goals for any cease-fire negotiations. >> the negotiating team shows a really unique unity between all the palestinian factions led by president abbas. that is to obtain an end of this holocaust in gaza and israeli aggression, and this is an opportunity for the people of gaza to live safely. >> so since the start of the conflict in gaza our nick schifrin has put himself in harm's way to bring us the latest. just two days ago he witnessed this missile hitting an open field about 1,000 feet from this location. last night the danger got a little closer than usual.

[bleep] [ explosion ] >> nick said the strike was about 400 feet from his location. he said no one was injured. it was the third time that particular building had been hit by israeli missiles. nick also says he had seen hamas rockets fired from that location. he'll have much more on his experiences from gaza in his report tonight "gaza: witness to war" that airs at 11:00 p.m. eastern and 8:00 p.m. pacific. money for israel's emergency aid. it will help to restock its iron dome. in washington house republicans appear to have a deal to deal with the flood of immigrants crossing the border, and they could pass it as early as tonight. john terrett, the president addressed this issue just a short time ago. >> reporter: tony, he sure did. this was a very very

wide-ranging press conference that the president gave, over 50 minutes in the briefing room behind me. tough subjects as diverse as gaza and the ukraine and the economy. he put on 209,000 new jobs and attacked the republicans and said more can be done on border structure, student debt, i said the republicans can't compromise they will not allow an obama victory. it's exactly the same with the emergency funding to end or try to ease the border crisis in the southern part of the united states. he said there is bipartisan agreement on that issue but the problem is the republicans are at war with themselves in the house, in the senate, with the business community, with evangelicals. take a look. >> they say we need more resources. we need tougher border security

in this area where these u unaccompanied children are showing up. we agree. we put forward a supplemental to give the additional resources and funding to do exactly what they say we should be doing. and they can't pass the bill. they can't even pass their own version of the bill. >> reporter: that's the president reporting to aid that was on the table yesterday but not on the table now. the republicans rewriting the bill. no word when there will be a vote on that today or possibly tomorrow. tony? >> well, john, so what happens next? >> reporter: well, that's very interesting, indeed. mr. obama said every time the republicans ask him to act alone, he does, they threat to

sue limb, and he is being sued at the moment. he lamented that fact. but regarding the border crisis the country is running out of money. he has some very tough decisions to make in the summer months while congress is out of town for five weeks, and he said for the first time he will act on his own on this issue. here's what he had to say. >> i'm going to have to act alone because we don't have enough resources. we've been clear, we've run out of money. you we have to reallocate resources just to make sure that some of the basic functions that have to take place down there, whether it's making sure that these children are properly housed or making sure that we have enough immigration judges to process their cases, that those things get done. we have to reallocate some resources. >> reporter: so we wait to see whether there will be a vote in the house today or not.

and if there is, whether the senate will be able to endorse it or pull back for special session or leave the whole thing until september. >> there is a lot to do to get this done before the recess. it doesn't look likely. john, thank you. the who said that the ebola outbreak is spreading faster than they can control it. twthere will be experts send to africa to stop the spread of the virus. we're outside of the emory university hospital where doctors just updated us on the situation, robert? >> reporter: indeed, tony, we just got an update in every hospital behind me where they talked to a gaggle of reporters.

they talked for 20 minutes. they did tell us and confirm that there will be two patients on the way here to atlanta. they will land at the air force base and the first patient in a few days and the second patient right after that. he made interesting points during the press conference. he said this has never happened before. this will be the first patients to be treated for ebola in the united states. >> the reason our facility was chosen for this is because we're one of four institutions in the united states capable of handling patients of this nature. we have a special containment unite. we have been informed that there will be, in fact, two patients ultimately coming to emery. the first will come in the next several days and then the second patient will be coming a few days after that.

>> reporter: tony, another thing, if you want to know a little bit about the isolation unit, it's under 200,000 square feet, it will house the two patients. each one will be in its own glass contained unit where they will be able to talk to family members and others through this piece of glass on a speaker. they'll be able to pick up the phone and speak with nurses a and doctors who will come in and out. the hospital behind us, emory, told us they're working with the fda to look at experimental protocols of testing and exams and medicines they will give them. these patients have been looked at in west africa. they've been deemed safe to travel. they're stable but serious condition. the contractor of phoenix air has been hired. they'll be paid by samaritans

purse, an aid worker organization that the doctors work for. they'll pick up the emory health bill. >> i have to ask you, what is the prognosis for these two americans infected with the ebola. i have to tell you, and i'm sure you're aware of these numbers as well. the numbers coming out of west africa are not good. they're not encouraging at all. >> reporter: yes, no, they're not. that's why it was made in the press conference. the doctor said, you know, you look at some of these fatality rates, we hear 60% to 90% mortality for anyone infected with ebola, but the president of the united states addressed this. the facilities and medicines are not good enough to treat people with this disease. they are good enough here in the u.s. another thing that the president of the united states pointed out and the doctors here today is that ebola is not very easy to get. it's very similar to a.i.d.s. it works in the sense that human

body fluids have to come in very close contact to get this. they think these two patients who are coming here, they have a fighting chance. they feel good about it. >> robert ray in atlanta. good to see you, thank you. good news on jobs today. the labor department announced today the united states economy created 209,000 new jobs last month. president obama reacted to the news this afternoon. >> obama: the economy clearly is getting stronger, things are getting better. our engines are revving a little bit louder, and the decisions we make right now can sustain and keep that growth and momentum going. >> patricia joins us with more on that. good news, jobs report. >> well, tony, if the economy were on a treadmill it wouldn't be breaking much of a sweat. slow and steady is the operative word. now thanks to the economy adding 209,000 jobs in july, job creation has averaged 244,000

every month for the last six months. that's enough to keep up with population growth but not enough to kick the economy into high gear. now the unemployment rate edged up slightly to 6.2% but edged up for a positive reason. the labor force participation rate, the number of people actively looking for work increased slightly. the chief economist said that should help the labor market maintain it's strength. >> more and more people have become confident about their success of a job search. they're coming into the labor force looking for jobs. so in order for this kind of job growth to continue for an extended period you're going to seed entrance into the labor force as we go into the july release. >> another plus, the economy added a healthy number of a solid middle class jobs in july. 25,000 new construction jobs and

28,000 manufacturing. but despite this improvement in job call the, average hourly wages picked up t a penny. >> while we have you here. we've got a pretty decent jobs report, the treadmill not breaking a sweat, but slow and steady often wins the race. i was talking and not referring to the board. so we've got the numbers. and we've got a down day on wall street. why do we have a down day on wall street when we have a pretty good jobs report? what is going on here? >> well, as you know we had a pretty big sell off. >> huge. >> everybody selling the gains for the year. explaining one reason is difficult, don't forget half the

trades made is done by computers which means it's not human beings making the decision. but one thing about this report, which actually heartened the market a little bit when we take a look at those average hourly wages, janet yellen and her team will continue. the unknown is what they fear. >> i think understand that. patty, thank you: coming up on al jazeera america. after admitting to spying on members of the senate we'll talk to one lawmaker who said he needs to go. that's next on power politics. and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. when you run a business, you can't settle for slow.

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blame the other side. david shuster is here with more. >> yes, tony, house republicans, and john pointed out, could pass something but it's going nowhere in the u.s. senate. but last night when the republican leadership abandoned their initial bill house speaker john boehner sent out a release stating, quote: >> the irony, john boehner is suing the president for not taking action. >> the point i made in conference, look, you can't say on one hand that the president is overreaching by acting without legislative authority and direction and then refuse to give him legislative authority and direction in this area. >> there has been hypecracy on the democratic side as well.

the republican lawsuit against president obama goes beyond what any democrat sought against president bush. >> the history cam fact that president bush pushed this nation into a war and had little to do with apprehending terrorists. we did not seek an impeachment of president bush because of his authority. president obama has authority. >> we did not seek impeachment of president bush? well actually, a few democrats did introduce legislation to impeach president bush and one of the sponsors was jackson-lee. her office said she misspoke, whoops. mark udahl is facing a tough re-election. just minutes after a closed door briefing on inspector general report about the c.i.a.

intruding on senate computers. udahl came to the media before they even learned about the report. that's changed yesterday, and now democrat senator is also demanding brennan's resignation. >> we learned yesterday that one of those people chair feinstein was being very accurate and forthright with the american people, and what director brennan was saying particularly back in march when he said nothing could be further from the truth that we'll hawk into the overwhite committee's computers, it turned out those statements from patently false, and i think there have to be consequences for the actions and lack of leadership that has been shown throughout this situation. >> despite the democratic calls for resignation this afternoon,

president obama said he has full confidence in the c.i.a. director. coming up at 6:00 you don't want to miss the latest of what michele bachmann said about immigrant children and they being exposed to medical experiments. >> an ebola outbreak the "world health organization" said it's moving faster than they can move to contain it. two americans infected with the disease are now headed back to the united states for treatment.

>> two aid workers were infect

infected. they work for samaritan's purse. more than 700 people have died. dr. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> it's a pleasure. how do you treat this? i don't think i've heard an explanation of how to treat ebola 5:00 how difficult it is to treat it. >> it's very difficult because we don't have an anti-viral drug against the virus itself. what we have to do is support the body. that's what we do in these intensive care units while the body fights off the infection. we monitor the body's chemistry. we make sure that all the organs are working well. we have specialists available and we have sophisticated testing that will provide a level of treatment for these two

people that they can't possibly receive in africa. >> you're saying that there is nothing you can give? you have to maintain the body and allow the body to fight it off itself? >> we do this with a lot of infections that we cannot treat directly, but we have very sophisticated ways to provide what we call supportive care. they are very good at that. we're the best in the word at that, as a matter of fact. >> so we've got two american doctors to be treated as emory university in atlanta. how good is this--the chances for survival? what is the prognosis of survival that we're talking about? >> just statistically 60% almost 70% of the people infected die, but of course they're in africa, they're not here. we don't know exactly how sick piece theme are because we don't see their medical records, but they're sick enough. so this remains a very serious

infection, but they have a fighting chance to survive. >> so there is a better way to ask this, i just haven't formulated this in my mind, so i'm just going to go for it, and i think you'll understand what i'm driving at here. this will be the first time that doctors treat an infected person right on american shores. how risky is it to essentially bring people--sorry to put it this way--who are sick with this ebola virus to the united states as patients? >> i can answer quickly. there is essentially no risk to the general population. which is very difficult for the average person to grasp, but this is a virus that no matter how deadly is hard to get. it's hard to transmit. you have to have genuinely intimate contact. the people of greatest risk already the healthcare workers who touch and treat the patient. that's why they wear very

elaborate infection-control personal protective equipment. they know how to use it. they'll do it ri rigorously. i think the amount of risk here is zero. >> what are your thoughts on how close the world might be to not just the united states who will be working on a vaccine. there will be other nations as well, but how close are we to a vaccine to treat this? >> they're a little more optimistic because people have been working in academic research laboratories to create vaccine candidates. this outbreak, no doubt about it, has focused attention so the food and drug administration, the nih are working with vaccine manufacturers such that we will, i hope, within a few months initiate trials in human beings to see whether the vaccine candidates are effective and safe. >> and how concerned are you about essentially this virus traveling?

we just received words fairly recently of border closures, so some of these west african nations, sierra leone, liberia, how concerned are you with the protocols in those countries to make sure what is in those countries essentially stays there and does not spread to, say, semi year i can't, and some suggesting if it gets to nigeria, it might be all bets off. >> i'm afraid my concern is large. this is at the moment an uncontrolled epidemic, and it could spread to neighboring countries. that's why the cdc is sending 50 more people to help contain it from a public health perspective, just as you sugge suggest. >> dr. william scheffner. thank you for your time. >> in ukraine dutch investigation experts have

aride. they have begin a daunting task. they have recovered 50 victims. this allows fighters to supply cars, construction materials and food. troops were killed overnight by pro russian separatists in an ambush attack in an eastern town of shakhtarsk. >> reporter: the aftermath of an ambush show all that was left of an army convoy after separatist attack in the town of shakhtarsk. this woman tells us she fears being destitute and reduced to begging. >> reporter: people are not able to move because they're too frightened or they don't have

the means to travel. this man would not show his face. his relative has been stuck in her apartment for many days as fighting rages nearby. he can't reach her. her name is maria. she's in her 80's and blind. >> i cannot eat. i can't sleep. i stay up at night. i worry about maria. there is no one to help her here. >> reporter: phone calls are made. arrangements made to take maria through the check points. we meet her later at the train station. they wants to travel to russia. >> i had no lights, no electricity. i prayed. what else could i do? >> reporter: the train to russia is full. maria will try to leave donetsk tomorrow. meanwhile, more arrive at the

site where the malaysian airplane was shot down. they believe 80 passengers could still be scattered around these fields. >> a sudanese woman once sentenced to die because of her christian faith is in her new home here in the united states. she wassured when she arrived in new hampshire. she was convicted of practicing christianity. she did not speak to reporters but her brother-in-law said the family is feeling a lot of happiness now. in uganda, an anti-gay bill was signed into law earlier this year. under the law people convicted of engaging in gay sex could have received life sentences. the ugandan government has not decided if it will appeal the verdict. in thailand officials are trying to make riding the rails safer for women.

railways have introduced cars just for women and children. the new carriages were introduced when a 13-year-old girl disappeared while traveling on by rail last month. her body was found two days later. and in taiwan, dozens of dead after a series of gas explosions. so this surveillance video shows the moment the explosions happened near market where people were shopping. the blast killed 24 people. caroline malone has more. >> reporter: an inferno caused by one of the worst gas accide accidents to hit. shops and homes went up in flames in taiwan's second largest city. emergency services responded to reports just a few months earlier. security cameras caught this explosion. terrified people ran out into the street.

some tried to help the injured, the military has sent 1400 soldiers to take part in the recovery effort. with many lives were lost. relatives wit came shortly after hearing the devastating news. >> six seriously injured people are being monitored. two are in surgery. one has suffered fracture of the spine and another a brain hemorrhage. >> reporter: this is what people saw in the morning. some said it looked like an earthquake hit. the forces of the explosion became clearer in the daylight. >> i live nearby. i heard a loud explosion last night. i was shocked when i heard the street here. it was a mess. >> reporter: hundreds of people have evacuated from the affected areas. >> we've brought heavy equipment to search, life detecters and search dogs. our priorities are to search for the those who are trapped under

the debris. >> reporter: they say its likely the explosions were caused by a gas used in manufacturing. there are a number of petrol gas companies operating in the area. a company that supplies gas to homes in the area said they were not affected. >> a man's death while in police custody has been ruled a homicide. >> reporter: tony, an autopsy report showed that he died in police custody from a chokehold. the 44-year-old is heard saying i can't breathe. i can't breathe. he was being detained for selling untaxed cigarettes. video shows an officer putting garner in a choke hold just before he died. a judge found a girl unfit

to stand trial. she lured her friend into the woods and attacked her. a judge ordered her to be committed to the department of health services. opening statements today in a trial of three people from a peanut plant in georgia charged in a deadly salmonella outbreak. the top executives were indicted last year. they're charged with shipping salmonella-tainted peanuts and covering up lab results showing that the plant tested positive for the bacteria. two dogs that killed a michigan jogger will be euthanized. the dog's owner were charged with second-degree murders after their dogs mauled a jogger. ththeir puppies will be offered to an animal rescue group. in colorado taking advantage of a law that allows them to get

permits and i.d. cards beginning today. 9500 people have signed up for appointment it's through the next 90 days. those people who reside legally and illegally qualify for the documents. more work for firefighters in northern california lightening sparked dozens of new wildfires. one of the fires is only 5% contained so far. crews are hampered by steep terrain and more firefighters are on the way to help battle those wildfires and 120 homes have been evacuated. >> you need the weather conditions to cooperate. you need rain but not winds. thank you. al jazeera natasha explains how this legal case could actually make history. >> reporter: nery is stuck in a relationship with a woman she says even a private investigator

can't find. she doesn't need to see or speak to her former partner, the woman seen in this blurry photo. she just wants her signature. so that their 2002 civil union in veer not could be dissolved. >> do you think she would intentionally disappear so you couldn't dissolve your civil union? >> i don't think she thought that far. i just think that who i was with and who left me were two different women. >> reporter: it's been four years since brassn er broke up with her ex, who then disappeared. now she has fallen in love again, she would like to marry her partner but first she needs paperwork to dissolve her civil union. other than that she has to move to vermont and live there for a

year. >> i feel like i have a string, and i would like to civil thi severe this string. >> brassner has already cleared requirements required of heterosection unions. >> she has already appeals pending in two recent cases challenging the state's gay marriage ban. >> reporter: she said an appeal is exactly what they want. >> we welcome that. because we want the florida supreme court to decide this case and i'm supremely confident that the florida supreme court when they get this case they will declare that this ban is unconstitutional. >> i hope that what i do here today has ever-lasting effects and moves florida forward in

protecting all of its citizens. >> reporter: she felt she needed to move this case, that they're entitled to the same federal benefits as straight couples. al jazeera, miami. >> new numbs for google breaking down just how many people are taking advantage of the righ right to be forgotten. erasing parts of their online history. that's next. 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

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we look at those who are making the requests. >> most of those requests are coming from france. but it's proving difficult and controversial. since fighting the balance between people's right of privacy and people's right to know is getting harder. that's because in may the european court of justice has ruled that people can ask search engines to remove information about them that is inadequate, irrelevant or excessive. requests came from france, germany and the united kingdom. people can make the request online. the search engine is still sifting through all the request that it received. but it has removed half the link. experts not computers determine which links should stay and which should go. for example, google removed a

link to a news article when a man was questioned about a crime he was never charged. the decisions are tough. in a letter published on thursday google said we generally have to rely on request for removal of information. >> google is having a big problem determining whether or not people who want information taken down have a good reason for it to be taken down. if you're going to ask someone to do that you might not include all of the relevant fact 12,348 google said it has turned down requests that don't tell the whole story. it refused to remove an article of a person convicted of crimes as a teenager because that person was convicted of similar crimes as an adult. google said the process is difficult.

>> it's hard for google to make it happen, and it's hard for customers to get the results that they want. >> reporter: google said it bases decisions on factors like how recent an article is and tony, the information is only disappearing from searches seen in europe. searches here in america still show those results. >> i want to know when we're going to be able to do here in the states. i know a lot of people will jump on board with that. >> i think if that were to happen, it would be a lot harder. have you heard about sinkholes? >> yes. >> scientists think they know what cause these things. look at this, they're gaping holes. again, this is siberia. last month look at that. reindeer herders stumbled across a crater, 260 feet wide. since then two new craters have

formed including another huge one. roxana, the theories have been all over the place as to what causes it. some people suggest it's the end of the world, aliens are responsible or meterites, but scientists say thermal gas. getting in on the happy dance crazy. the videos up next. >> the president also said it's going to be hard to put the cease-fire back together. on the program tonight we'll take a closer look at hamas, and where it stands in the border region. israel has more support than you think. we'll look at that at the top of the hour. join us for inside story.

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music superstar. we're talking about the movie on the life of james brown hitting theaters, and i can't wait. as sara tells us the movie shows the singer got down while breaking down social barriers. >> reporter: these moves and grooves laid the foundation for pretty much any soul, hip-hop song to follow. the bio pick starring chadwick boseman. legendary rock-n-roller mick jagger is one of the show's producers. >> the way he moves and the way he always gave his best. >> reporter: jagger first met brown in 1964 at the tammy show. an all-star concert filmed in california. the rolling stones took the

stage after brown. one of them later calling it the biggest mistake of their career. brown wasn't going to let a bunch of kids steal a show from him. this may be the james brown most people know, but brown's contributions went well beyond music. he was also a prominent social and political figure. those who knew him best said that legacy is one that should also be celebrated. who is james brown? >> well, it's a difficult question to answer because james brown had a lot of different person amounts. >> reporter: filmmaker thomas hart close friend of brown's produced the documentary, james brown, the man, the music, and the message. >> of course he expressed himself best on stage with the band leader, the music, charisma, style. off stage he was a different

guy. >> reporter: brown's influence on the back community is based on words and deeds. as the 1960's wore on brown ga became deeply involved in the human rights movement. after the assassination of martin luther king, mayors and even the president turned to brown for help. >> some of what we're looking at here is when he stopped the riots in boston. >> that's right. it was a very dramatic time in his life and in the life of the nation. urban centers all around the country blew up in flames. [♪ music ] >> reporter: in concert in boston took place the day after dr. king was killed. many urged brown to cancel it, but he insisted the show go on. it was put on tv and kept people at home and off the streets. boston was spared. washington, d.c.'s youth street corridor, historically black neighborhood wasn't as lucky as boston. it was the scene of intense

rioting. then brown showed up. >> then he came to washington, d.c. and did the same things by walking around the nation's capitol and telling people in the community to take the second thought, don't just react emotionally. don't destroy your community. rebuild your community. >> al jazeera, washington. >> i can't wait for this one. i can't wait. a video of senior citizen actually getting down to the song "happy" has gone viral. nies with that story. >> reporter: when senior citizens dance people attention. tweeting wow, 80 on years of happy, and he's referring to this video. take a look. [♪ music ]

>> reporter: 60 senior citizen residents from a community filmed this. tony, this group is known for its dancing. look at this video. they recently practiced for six weeks-- >> there's another one? >> reporter: yes, to take part of a flash mob at a mall. the oldest, 92 years old. >> have fun. enjoy yourself. >> reporter: that's right, be happy. >> be happy. >> reporter: they're not the only ones doing this. here in the u.s. a retirement shem in los angeles recently released this video. take a look. [♪ music ] a videographer was asked to film this for a friend working at a retirement home.

one of the women dancing had just turned 100 years old, and tweeted never too old to be happy. >> good stuff. thank you. inside story is next on al jazeera america. . >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell about 70 hours short. one again the two sides blame each other for the continuing fighting and dying. it's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. it was thursday evening eastern time in the united st