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>> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at the top stories. a 72-hour cease-fire broken in two hours. israel and hamas blame one another. now israel moving deeper in gaza searching for a soldier they say was abducted. two american aid workers who contracted ebola is heading back to the united states. and the white house dealing with
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the immigration crisis at the border. >> gaza was supposed to be quiet right now but a cease-fire ended two hours after it began. israel and hamas accuse each other of breaking the truce which was arranged by the united states and the united nations. official says more than 1600 people in israel has died since the offensive began in july. israel said one of its soldiers was capture today during it's fighting. and president obama reiterate his support for secretary of state john kerry's negotiating a cease-fire. >> we should be supporting him. we should not be issuing complaints abou that it haven't
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happened yet nitpicking before he has had a chance to finish his efforts 37. >> nicole johnston with the failure of the truce. >> reporter: as soon as the cease-fire started there were dozens of fishing boats for the first time out inside the support trying to fish going a few money meters out from shore. that's the first time we've seen that for a few weeks. there was a sense of optimism here. but as we've seen the events of the day have willingly changed things dramatically on the ground. 120 people have been killed across gaza today. it's a very high loss of life. and in rafa, fighting between the israelis and the palestinian factions, more than 65 people have been killed. we know that the area is still being heavily sheffield united. that people have been told by the israeli army to stay in the
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houses, not to go out on the streets, not to drive their cars. communication now is very difficult. we have not been able to get through on the phones. there is no electricity, so it's a terrible situation. reports as well that one of the hospitals, the front of it, the entrance, had also been hit. so it's going to be a very difficult night ahead i would imagine in gaza. >> when the truce collapsed the majority of the fighting happened in gaza, and it's been very difficult for emergency cruis crews to reach the injured there. [ sirens ] >> 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 go ferry the dead and injured out could get no further. and a crater created by an israeli shell. people were walking across no man's land carrying the bodies
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on stretchers. >> it looks like an earthquake has 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: the firing from the left towards the south. one four wheel drive ambulance tried to get through but soon turned around unable to go further. >> the area is complet completely sealed off. we're trying to get in to get to the bodies but it's just too dangerous. bulldozers need to get in to try to clear the republic. >> reporter: we heard reports two people had ventured into the land either side but had been hit by snipers. what remained of people's homes line the road into the village. men carries the dead on
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stretchers. one group asked us not to film them. one man was wearing the green fatigues of a palestinian body. another body layed wrapped in a cloth to the side. this was as far as we could go. we pushed a far forward as we can to the front line. people are running out of the village. there are plan many dead bodies around. the smell of the dead is overwhelming. >> reporter: we headed back to the barrier where a bulldozer tried to clear an entrance for the ambulances. families gathered up their belongings and were leaving their homes. the cease-fire was over oh. there was no choice but to go. al jazeera, gaza. >> here's a look at the total of the conflict. 1600 palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians. more than 8800 people have been injured. that surpasses the death toll from israel's last ground
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offensive. the united nations said 240,000 displaced palestinians are staying at u.n. facilities in gaza. now on the israeli side at least 66 people have been killed, most of them are israeli soldiers. thousands of people came out on to the streets in the west bank to support palestinians and gazaens. proesters clashed with police and some were killed. >> reporter: palestinian factions calling pool to come out on the streets, and they did more than 10,000 people across the west bank took part to show solidarity with palestinians in gaza and anger over israel's continuing bombardment of gaza. the biggest protest that we saw was in hebron. 36 people were injured by live ammunition. some 7,000 people attended another protest where one person
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was killed. a 23-year-old who was shot through the heart. and another 19-year-old was killed near ramallah. and just west of ramallah another flash point for violen violence. there, there were protests, people throwing stones, fireworks and security was responding with tear gas and rubber-coated bullets and life ammunition. the protests quickly spread to villages and 100 people have been wounded. >> israel has called up tens of thousands of reservists, but a spokesman denied occupying gaza. >> we're in the middle of a military operation.
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we have two different paths a diplomatic path, and that is the preferred root, but hamas has rolled over that, and then the military to bring a sense of calm and pharmacy to the population of israel. >> and a negotiator said that the palestinians are united in their goals for any cease-fire negotiations. >> the negotiating team found a really very unity led by president abbas, and that is to obtain an end of this holocaust in gaza and end the israeli aggression, through a cease-fire and allowing the people of gaza to live safely. >> since the start of the conflict in gaza, nick schifrin
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has put himself in harm's way to bring us the latest. two days ago he witnessed this missile hitting an open field. but last night the danger got a little closer than usual. take a look. [ explosion ] >> nick said the strike was 400 feet from the location. it was the third time that particular building had been hit by israeli missiles. and nick said he had seen hamas rockets fired from that location. nick will have much more on his experiences from gaza in his report" gaza: witness to war" right here on al jazeera america. >> emergency aid today the house is expected to approve the bill
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before it leaves for the august recess. the lights are still on in congress tonight. here is a look at the house floor. there it is. so house republicans are in the final hours of debate over their retooled version of an emergency immigration bill. john terrett is live for us in washington, john, the facts are these: there is no way this house bill can become law. it has to go over to the senate. there has to be a reconciliation process between the two various bills. none of this could possibly happen before the summer break. am i right or wrong in sayin saying that? >> reporter: as you so often are, are absolutely spot on. you're absolutely right. we have two bills to talk about in just a second. none of them stand a cat in hell's chance to make it through the senate. the reason because they're so
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fractured urgent now they've spent the last 24 hours trying to reword yesterday's biblical and they came up a bill that really satisfies the tea party and conservatives. it can't pass the senate, and in the extremely unlikely event that it would pass the senate then the president would veto it in the white house. what we have an is window dressing and a chance for the members of the house to go back to their con sit went constituency and say we have done something. there are two bills. one is to end daca, the 2012 policy from president obama which is called the path to citizenship. well, that bill will end that policy, and a new bill rewriting from yesterday, they added 35 million bringing a grand told of $600 million let's go back to
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the house once more. there is the house that's what's happening at the moment. there will be an hours debate on both sides, and we expect to vote at 10:00 p.m. tonight. but remember this is a puny bill. $694million compared to the $2.7 billion that was on the table in the senate and $3.7 billion that have been asked for by president obama. tony. >> so president obama spoke about the level of dysfunction leading to all these extra hours and then working until 10:00 and maybe beyond. he spoke about this earlier today. how is he reacting to these maneuvers in congress? >> well, that's right. he did. there was a news conference, an impromptu news correspondence. the president's line is, look there, is bipartisan agreement on this border issue. there just is. he pointed to a bill coming out of the senate as proof to that. but he said the republicans
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simply won't compromise, and they're unwilling to allow for an obama victory, as they see it. they're inviting in the house and the senate. for the first time president obama gave a very strong hint that the country is running out of money on this issue, and someone will have to act on it, if it's not congress physical be him and i has hard thinking to do about this issue over the summer holiday. >> we'll have to reallocate resources to make sure that 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
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resources. >> and tony, the president also lamenting the fact that he has to act alone on this issue, and that republicans call upon him to act alone almost every day, he says, and yet when he does act alone they sue him. >> john terrett for us in washington, d.c. the "world health organization" said that the ebola outbreak is moving faster than efforts to control it. the agency will launch a plan in response to the outbreak. meanwhile two american aid workers infected with ebola head back to the united states. robert ray, do we know when these aid workers will arrive in the country and then to atlanta? >> reporter: well, we are told that the first aid workers could arrive as early as this weekend. now if that happens the private chartered plane will turn around. they'll land at the air force base just northwest here of the city, but that's plane is then
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going to turn around and head back to africa to get the second aid worker with weather that aid worker will arrive a day or so after. earlier day behind me at emory university here the two dollars who spoke to the press gave us a lot of information. here's what they said. >> the reason why our facility was chosen for this was because we have only one of four institutions in the united states capable of handling patients of this nature. we have a special containment unit. we have been informed that there will be, in fact, two patients ultimately come to go emory. the first will come in the next several days, and then the second patient will be coming a few days after that. >> reporter: tony, you know, to sum up how fast-moving the story is on the ground here and also in africa, at the beginning of the press conference one doctor
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came out and said one patient was on his way here to atlanta. and then a second daughter came out and said patients. a second patient is coming. one question came up, one doctor or two doctors? they said yes, it is the two aid workers are on their way. this shows you how fast moving the story is. >> robert, where are the two doctors, the american aid workers, where are they now? >> reporter: well, we're told they are in africa. now we're also told that the one first aid worker could arrive in the u.s. as early as this weekend. so we're guessing that that is happening perhaps they're preparing to take off at some point in the middle of the night tonight. perhaps tomorrow morning. we're told they are in africa. >> all right, that could be in the infected areas. that could be liberia, sierra
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leone for all we know. what is their prognosis? >> reporter: the prognosis is that right now they're in stable but serious condition. they were clear to fly, so i guess they're healthy enough according to health officials to get on this airplane and come here to atlanta. but when they get here they'll be put in the isolation unit. and according to officials today at the press conference they are working with the fda to look at what they call experimental protocols. not quite sure what that means but it's treatment of some sort to try to get them out of this, but they feel confident that these two patients will climb out of this ebola infection. >> robert way for us. robert, good to see you, thank you. earlier i spoke with william shatter nery from vanderbilt university and i asked him if there wit was any risk bringing the two doctors back for treatment. >> there is essentially no risk to the general population, which
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is difficult for the average person to grasp, but this is a virus no matter our deadly is hard to transmit. you have to have intimate contact. those at risk will be the healthcare workers who will touch the patients. that's why they wear personal protection equipment. they know how to use it, they'll doing it rigorously, i think the risk of transmission is zero. >> how close is the world--not just the united states working on a vaccine on this, but other nations as well. how close are we with some sort of a vaccine to treat this? >> they're more optimistic because people have been working in academic research laboratories to evaluate vaccine candidates. this outbreak, no doubt about it, has focused attention, so the food and drug administration and nih are working with vaccine
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manufacturing so that i hope we will initiate trials in human beings to see if the vaccine candidates are effective and safe. >> and how concerned are you about essentially this virus traveling? we just received word fairly recently of border closures, and some of these west africa nations, sierra leone and 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 nigeria and some are suggesting if it gets to nigeria it might be all bets off. >> i'm afraid my concern is large there. this is at the moment an uncontrolled epidemic, and it could spread to neighboring countries. and that's why the cdc is sending 50 more people over there to help them try to contain it from a public health
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perspective, just as you suggest. >> that was dr. william schaffner from vanderbilt university. up next we'll hear from one of the law agencies who says that one of the agencies director's should leave their post. and little later. [♪ music ] >> senior citizens with a great reminder you're never too old to be happy.
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>> american employers are still creating jobs at a pretty good clip. the labor department reporting adding 209,000 jobs by the end of july. the economy is adding an average of 244,000 jobs a month since february. former house majority leader erik can for will resign his seat. he announced he's leaving the
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house august 18th. he said he would serve out his term and help candidates win election this is fall. he was first elected to congress in 2000. 95 days until the primary. as we were discussing with john terrett, congress isn't doing much, they're trying to get something done. it's just a question whether or not they will get something done. and some lawmakers are getting tricked on trying to blame the other size. david shuster is here to explain. >> tony, last night when the house republican leadership abandoned their initial immigration bill they issued a statement saying, quote: >> the iron is on wes they voted for a lawsuit against president obama for taking steps without congressional action on healthcare.
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one spokesman said that they tried to bring the hypocrisy to john boehner. >> you can't say on the one hand that 9 president is overreaching and then refuse to give him legislative authority and direction. >> there has been some hypocrisy on the democratic side as well. democratic congressman sheila jackson lee said that the republican lawsuit against president obama goes beyond any democrats sought against president bush. >> historical fact president bush pushed this nation into a war that had little to do with apprehending terrorists. we did not seek an impeachment of president bush. because he had the authority. >> we did not seek an impeachment of president bush. actually in 2008 a few house democrats did introduce legislation to impeach president bush. and one of the cosponsors of that legislation was
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congresswoman sheila jackson lee. lee's office said she misspoke. whoops. in a battle for control of the u.s. senate mark udahl below is facing a tough re-election fight in colorado wasted no time calling for the resignation of the c.i.a. director just minutes after the closed door briefing of a report about the c.i.a. intruding in the senate computers. he said that john brennan should resign. his statement came before the media before his opponent even learned about the report. for months the allegations against the c.i.a. were described as diane feinstein, but now others are demanding brennan's resignation. >> we learned that feinstein was being very accurate and forthright with the american people and what brennan was
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saying in march when he said nothing could be further from the truth that we would hack into the oversight committee's computers, it turned out those statements were patently false, and i think there has to be consequences for the actions and lack of leadership that's been shown throughout this situation. >> this afternoon president obama despite the senators calling for brennan's resignation said that he has full confidence in the director. finally there are just six months until republican michele bachmann is out of congress, but she appears to be making every day count. she just told a conservative radio station that children crossing the border illegally are wards of the government and could be subject to medical experiments. >> if you have a hospital and they are going to get millions of dollars in government grants that they can conduct medical research on somebody and a ward
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of the state can't say no. a little kid can't say no. if they're a ward of the state. so here you could have this institution getting millions of dollars from our government to do medical experiments and a kid could not say no, it's sick. >> well, it would be sick if it was true but there are laws against that sort of thing. but still, michele bachmann has been called a bit unique and better or for worse i suppose she'll be missed. >> have a great weekend. david shuster. the latest cease-fire between israel and hamas, we'll have the latest fromga stand and talk about what, if anything, the united states can could for help. and a huge gas explosion, that's next.
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>> israeli forces push deeper into gaza after a humanitarian cease-fire fell apart two hours after it started. dozens of people were killed in gaza today. israel said two soldiers were killed and another is missing. both sides accuse each other of violating the truce negotiated by the u.s. and the united nations. nicole johnston, there are different stories between israel and hamas about who broke the cease-fire. can you clarify about what happened to the cease-fire? >> reporter: no, i can't clarify it. we have two conflicting stories, and nobody can get to the bottom of it. both sides are pointing the finger at each other. hamas released a timeline of what they say happened.
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they say attacks from israel started before the cease-fire and continued well after the cease-fire. we know that israel is saying that from their perspective the capturing of the israeli soldier by palestinian groups which have not been confirmed or denied at this stage by those groups, there has been confusion of "b about that. the cease-fire quickly turned apart and it's turning out to be a long day in gaza with 120 people killed. >> nicole, as you know israel has put out another warning telling gaza to stay in their homes. i'm not sure that there are any areas, homes, u.n. facilities that are safe in gaza main more. what is the latest on the growing humanitarian crisis and people displaced by the fighting?
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>> reporter: tony, that's absolutely right. there isn't where in gaza that's safe at the moment. just to make that clearer we've heard from here, three to four airstrikes in the last 45 minutes that heading southeast of gaza. we heard of a report of a mosque hit within gaza. we heard that 20 people who have been killed in this southern area of rafa. just to bring people up to speed right now the most fighting that is going on is taking place in the south in rafa. the reports are that around 80 people have been killed over the last 24 hours. there are airstrikes going on. we spoke to people going on. they're terrified. they, too, have received warnings from the israeli apparentl military not to go out in the streets, not to drive their cars.
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it will be a difficult night in rafa. airstrikes are going on and shelling as well. >> thank you. earlier i spoke with james jeffrey, the former u.s. ambassador to turkey. i asked him how disappointing it was that this latest cease-fire ended almost as quickly as it began. >> it's disappointing for two reasons. first of all any cease-fire would have given both populations focus in terms of death on death for the palestinian population, a chance to sift through the ruins, recover bodies, administer to the injured, and also secretary kerry's strategy to build on these temporary cease-fires and to put together a temporary cease-fire. >> as you know, a soldier has been captured, and it looks like
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hamas has achieved one of its goals. it has what it would call a bargaining chip. and one of its objectives have been met. >> reporter: that was traditionally the case. i think that the israeli public is looking at this differently for two reasons. first of all, there has been some questioning even before this conflict on israel's policy of making major concessions to get individual prisoners of war back. secondly, the israelis this time as we can see by the poll numbers think that they're in a fight for their very existence given the iron dome situation. the extraordinary oh effect that a rain of rockets has on an you were ban society, and given that the tunnels and offensive capability for essentially hamas to infiltrate into areas. this is seen as an extensio
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existential threat for israel. they'll be less moved by the capture of one soldier than in other conflicts. >> i wonder what the matrix is for diplomat movin diplomacy moving forward. this is your expertise. this is your life's work. talks between palestinian and israeli negotiating teams in cairo. they arrived today to negotiate a longer term cease-fire. those talks were postponed. how do you see the diplomatic track moving forward? >> yes, it's very important to understand, tony, and we have a lot of confusion in the current u.s. government on this. diplomacy is not an alternative track to say military activities or economic sanctions or financial pressure. it basically is the inter gamut of two countries working together or working against each other on a set of issues.
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and it encompasses military action and encompasses economic action and encompasses political discussion. so the first thing that has to happen is for a diplomatic discourse, negotiations to succeed you have to understand the situation. the situation right now is one where both hamas and israel are trying to achieve military success. they will either achieve that success in which case the side that whoa does that they have to stop and be willing to talk and both achieve it, which is hard to do. both will talk or both will conclude that they have done as much as they can, and further fighting will be counterproductive. the diplomacy cannot change thatcathat calculous. what it can do is lubricate that discussion and help people see ways out but it can't lead to
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war and continues to war. >> that was former ambassador james jeffrey. now the conflict between israelis and palestinians have repeatedly been inflated with anti-semitism. a record number of jews are considering leaving europe because they claim there is a rise in anti-jewish sentiment there. we have that story from paris. >> reporter: french jews outside of the israeli embassy in paris estimate to be 4,000 strong. they chant hamas terrorists, hamas murderers stop the rockets. they call the liberation of gaza as a defense of israel, but there has been a marked increase of anti-jewish attacks in france. and chants of gas the jews and death to the jews have been heard. >> as a young man, young
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european jew we will fight, especially in europe and especially in france. >> reporter: the french national anthem was being sung with enthusiasm here that many will be replacing it with the national anthem of israel. >> the immigration of french to israel has now reached a record high. the 5,000 people are expected to make the journey this year to a country which is effectively, they fear the rising tide of anti-semitism not just here in france but across europe as a whole. >> reporter: this year four people were shot dead in a jewish museum of belgium. in a paris suburb known as little jerusalem has come under attack. >> i am now more worried of
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going out with my children. i stay within the neighborhood where people share the same faith because i'm afraid to go too far away. i went to the shopping center, and you can feel people looking at new a different way. it's not the same as before. >> reporter: at the grand mosque the leading member of the muslim community said racism was a fact of life in france no matter what your religion. >> in france, the french citizen has complained of anti-semitism attacks but there have been for a very long time in france. just today others are complaining of anti-islam attacks. >> reporter: areas are marked out with riot police. the bloodshed will only increase. paris. >> in ukraine dozens of dutch
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experts who begin the adopting task of he recovering the remains of 80 victims. officials in donetsk has called a stop of siege. ibarnaby phillips has the latest. >> reporter: the aftermath of an ambush. pictures show what was left of an army convoy after separatest attacks east of donetsk. several ukrainian soldiers were killed. in donetsk they're waiting outside of the few banks still working. this woman fears being deaths institute and reduced to begging. >> reporter: on the edge of the city and in surrounding villages
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they're not able to move because they're too frightened or they don't have the means to travel. you this man would not show his face. he can't reach her. her name is maria. she's in her 80's and blind. >> i cannot sleep. i cannot eat. i wake up at night. i'm always worried about maria. there is no one else who can help her here. >> reporter: phone calls are made. arrangements are made to take maria through the check points. we meet her later at the train station. she wants to travel to russia. >> i had water but no light, no electricity. i prayed. what else could i do. >> reporter: the train to russia is full. maria will try to leave donetsk again tomorrow. meanwhile, more in thissers were
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able to travel to the site where the malaysian airlines plane were shut down. dutch and australian forensic exert polic expert police believe that 80 boyd could still be scattered among the fields. >> a law passed illegally during a parliamentary session where not enough members were present. under the law people convicted of engaging in gay sex could receive life sentences. the ugandan president will decide if it will be appealed. thailand considering train cars for women and children. in taiwan dozens of people
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are dead after a series of gas explosions. have a look. [ screaming ] >> this surveillance she's explosions another a market where people were shopping. caroline malone with more. >> reporter: an inferno caused by one of the worst gas accidents to hit the area. shops and homes went up in flames after powerful explosions in taiwan's second largest city. emergency services had responded to reports of a gas leak just a few hours earlier. and security cameras caught this explosion. terrified people ran out into the streets. some tried to help the injured. the military has sent 1400 soldiers to take part in a recovery effort. with many lives lost, relatives of those killed came to the hospital shortly after hearing the devastating news.
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>> reporter: six seriously injured people are being monitored in intensive care unite. one has suffered a fracture of the spine. the other has suffered a brain hemorrhage. >> this is what they saw in the morning. some say that it looked like an earthquake had hit. the explosion became even clearer in the daylight. >> i live nearby and i heard a loud explosion. i was shocked when i saw the street here. it was a mess. >> reporter: hundreds of people have evacuated from the affected areas. >> we've brought heavy equipment to search light pro texters and search dogs. we will search for those who are trapped under the debris. >> reporter: officials say the explosion was likely caused by a gas used for manufacturing. there were a number of petrol companies operating in the area. the company supplying gas to households say that it's gas was
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unaffected. >> a death of a man in police custody has been ruled a homicide. maria ines ferre has the latest on that and other headlines making news across america. >> reporter: tony, in the autopsy report it showed that erik gardner died in new york from a chokehold. the 43-year-old is heard saying, i can't breathe. i can't breathe in this video. he was being detained for selling untaxed cigarettes. the video shows an officer putting garner into a chokehold just before he died. a judge has found a 12-year-old girl unfit to stand trial. one of two girls accused of luring her friend into the woods and repeatedly stabbing her. the girl said that the attack was to please an internet fictional character known as slender man. opening statements in the trial of three people from a
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peanut plant in georgia. they were indicted last year charged with selling sal them la -tainted peanuts. and covering up the reports of the bacteria. two dogs that killed a michigan jogger will be euthanized. the dog's owners were charged with second-degree murder after their two dogs fatally mauled a jogger outside of detroit. they were held along with eight puppies that will be released to an animal rescue group. taking valuable of a law that allows them to get permits and i.d. cards beginning today. 9500 people have signed up for appointments for the next 90 days. those people who reside slowly and illegally qualify for the documents. more work for firefighters
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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 battle the wildfires. >> you can see the winds there. that's not helping the situation at all. marie y you're back with one of the best pieces in the show. >> reporter: i sure am, and it will make you happy. >> well done. >> reporter: yes. >> new numbers from google breaking down just how many people are taking advantage of the right to be forgotten. erasing parts of their online history. also after years of hiding and delayed, gm has started the process of paying out settlements for its faulty vehicles. that's next. @j
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america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> a new report shows that google is getting a lot of ask you from europeans who want to be forgotten. this is for people who want part of their online identity to be erased. what a concept. roxana saberi with the requests google is receiving. >> reporter: it has received a lot of requests, more tha to remove 300 links so far. but google admits it's proving difficult and controversial. google said finding the balance between people's right to
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privacy and the people's right to know is getting harder. europeans can ask search engines to remove information that is no longer relevant or excessive. google has received 91,000 asks. half came from three countries, france, germany and the united kingdom. people can make the requests online on google's right to be forgotten form. the search engine said it's sifting through all the requests it has received. but of the ones it has studied it has removed just half the links. experts not computers determine which links should stay and which should go. google removed a link to a news article about a man who was requested about a crime of which he was never charged, and a mother whose daughter was named as victim of abuse. google said we generally have to rely on the request for
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information. >> google is having a big problem determining 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 may not include all the relevant facts. >> google has turned down requests that does not tell the whole story. it refused to remove an article of a person who was convicted of a crime as a teenager because that same person was convicted of similar crimes as an adult. google reinstated links and said the process is difficult. many experts agree. >> it's hard for the google to make it happen and it's hard for customers to get the result they want. >> reporter: google said that it bases its decisions on factor like how recent the article is and if it's important to consumers. the n is only disappearing from searches made in europe.
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searches made in america still show the results. >> still do, roxana saberi, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> a general motors compensation plan for victims of its igniti faulty ignition switches continue. at least 13 deaths are blamed on the switch defect. a federal judge criticized argentina's decision to default on $29 billion of debt this week. the judge said nothing will eliminate argentina's obligations to pay american bondholders. argentina entered into default yesterday after the judge blocked the toronto from making interest payments to creditors until it settled with u.s. hedge funds. those funds claim they are owed $1.5 billion. the government of greece is being regarded for a projected decline of the national debt. movie credit agency as udebt.
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moody's improved grease's credit rating. coming up on al jazeera america. senior citizens around the world getting in on the happy dance crazy. the viral videos next. then "real money." >> reporter: some employers believe no one's salary should be a secret in the office. i'll talk about how too much transparency can lead to trouble. how far would you stick your neck out for a boss. those who are risking their own jobs for a ceo who just got fired. all that and more on real money.
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>> an american tonight investigative report >> i never would have thought this would happen to us >> athletes going for the gold >> i've had a lot of people ask me... why didn't you scream?... why didn't you yell?...kick... why didn't you go tell your mom? >> betrayed by those they believed in the most >> there's bad people out there in youth sports >> could this happen to your child? >> my sole purpose in coming forward, is to help change the culture of sports >> an america tonight
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investigative report only on al jazeera america >> scientists now say they know what causes those huge, look at that, those huge gaping sinkholes in northern siberia. this is siberia that we're talking about. reindeer herders stumbled upon a crater 260 feet wide. since then two new gaping craters formed including another one, look at this, that big. now people theorize all sorts of things, the end of the world, meteorites, but scientists it's
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likely methane gas exploding as per ma frost melted away and it's caused by global warmin warming{^l" ^}. the song happy has gone viral. >> reporter: you're never too old to dance or be happy. and wrong writer feral williams said, wow, 80-odd years of happiness. he's talking about this video. take a look. [♪ music ] they got rhythm, 60 residents and staff at a retirement home in new zealand took part of this video, more than two million people have viewed this since it was released. comments like, when i'm ready to retire i want my kids to send me to this place. >> right. >> this group is known for its dancing. they've done this before. look at the following video.
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they recently took part in a flash mob at a mall. they practiced for six weeks and the youngest dancers, is 79. the oldest 92. and they're not the only ones doing this, though. here in the u.s. a retirement home right up by los angeles released this video. >> she's feeling it. >> reporter: the photographer was asked to film this for a friend working at this retirement home, and one of the women dancing just turned 100 years old. and the songwriter for "happy" tweeted saying never too old to be happy. >> love it, love it, love it. so here's the thing. this is the song, the huge hit. >> reporter: huge, all over the world people have been dancing to this. >> and people will be making these videos for the next 80 years because the music is so good, infectious. >> reporter: it's catchy, and it's liked by all ages.
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senior citizens are getting into it. >> we should end the show on it. let's go and get out of here and start the weekend. that's all the time for this news hour. "real money with ali velshi," ali velshi is next. [♪ music ] >> the jobs market is on a winning streak. sixth straight months of 200,000 plus jobs being created, the unemployment rate actually picked up in july, but i'll tell you why that's good news. plus no more salary secrets. imagine working for a cop where you know how much money all of your colleagues make. and standing up for the boss. a group of workers walk off the job after the ceo is fired. talk about bizarro world, i'm ali velshi, and this