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on the big screen. a look back at the contributions of the real james brown. tonight, there was supposed to be a ceasefire. a break in the fighting between israel and hamas. but the humanitarian truce only lasted 90 minutes. both sides blamed the other. hamas said once the ceasefire started, israel moved its forces into civilian areas. but hamas killed two and took two others captive. we bring our coverage with nicole johnston. >> the al kasam brigade, the military wing of hamas has released a statement saying they don't know where the soldier is

or anything about it. they did say however they had a mission which included a suicide bomber operating near rafah, after that team accomplished whatever it set out to do was hit by an israeli air strike. so if that team happened to have had an israeli soldier with them about al kasam brigade is saying he would have been killed by this israeli air strike. we have strikes carried out over different parts of the strip at least half a dozen inside gaza, a lot have been underway inside the southern town of rafah, more than 80 people have been killed there, a large mosque has been hit and a family of five have been killed. >> that's nicole johnston. the senate approved $225 million for weapons for iron

dome. house will take it up later tonight. hamas has fired nearly 3,000 rockets at israel since the fight began. jonathan betz has more. >> john, frustration grows in washington. on capitol support for israel and age are towards white house. >> and when i see john kerry going out there trying to broker a ceasefire we should all be supporting him. there shouldn't be a bunch of complaints and second-guessing. >> reporter: after a ceasefire quickly collapsed lawmakers aimed their criticism squarely at secretary of state john kerry. >> he's trying to make the world a better place but quite frankly he's tone-deaf at times. >> i think his first attempts by bringing in parties that are clearly not unbiased. was a predictable total failure.

>> reporter: the president was quick to defend efforts for peace despite several failures. but the president also questioned whether another truce is even possible at this time. >> i think it's going to be very hard to put a ceasefire back together again. if israelis and the international community can't feel confident that hamas can follow through on a ceasefire commitments. >> are meanwhile the senate passed a $225 million bill to restock israel's missile defense system. which it reliance on heavily to shoot down in-coming rockets at a cost of $100,000 apiece. >> we will stand with them and that we will provide them with what they need in order to defend themselves. >> reporter: the how is expected to soon approve -- the house is expected to soon approve that bill, john. >> thank you jonathan.

kurt volker has been involved with diplomacy for more than 20 years. thank you for joining us. >> john thanks. i think the leverage the u.s. has is very, very limited at this point. you have two sides, the israelis and the palestinians hamas who are interested in fighting right now. the palestinians feel they can now take a decisive step against hamas's military capabilities. hamas feels like now is the time to fight back against israel, you've seen the rockets fired, the infiltration of people the suicide bombsers they're both determined at this point. >> is the u.s.'s point that let them fight it out? >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been very courageous in going there. but if this humanitarian

ceasefire was not a serious end to the fighting. >> a dispute over the soldier but how does a cap tifer soldi soldier -- captive soldier from israel change things? >> i don't think it does. the palestinians don't want to give this valuable asset up easily now. you saw how long they held onto mr. giliad when he was a prisoner for a long time. in terms of strategic objectives now, israel will pursue their objectives independent of this soldier and so will hamas. >> if they go door to door trying to find this soldier couldn't that change the whole dynamic here? >> it's pretty awful as it is. i think going door to door may add another dimension, but it is pretty awful as it is. with the bomb and killing of children and people in the sheltered u.n. areas, it is pretty horrific, hamas storing

their munitions in these areas. even as this is going on. >> the ki kidnapped soldiers, is there a chance for ceasefire? >> i think there is chance of a ceasefire but israel is intent of pursuing strategic goals of weakening hamas. the most likely scenario is they're going to pursue that and pursue that until they say they have achieved their objectives and then start to wind down. >> 225 million from the united states to israel we believe. should the united states attach any strings to this money? >> i think this is a complicated one because these are defensive systems against these rockets that are being fired by hamas at israel. >> these are mixes for the iron dome? >> they are antimissile missiles if you will, they are not to

attack, they are to destroy the missiles that come in. you have to remember the context which is the u.s. israeli relationship has been really strained over the last few years and israel has lost a lot of trust in the united states in its commitment to israel's security. if we were not to provide this kind of backfill on the iron dome i think that trust would be even worse and if the goal was for the u.s. to have influence on israel's decision making about ratcheting down in gaza we've got to have that close relationship. >> we did hear from saudi arabia this week but why haven't more arab countries spoken out about this? >> my own view is i think they're quite happy for israel to take shots at hamas. hamas represents the violent islamist part, the egyptians have actually shot down some of the border crossings with gaza strip in order to help box in the hamas fighters. we see the same thing in syria

now with the islamist fighters now. i think some of these governments in the arab world are happy to see hamas taken down a bit. >> how long can this thing last? >> i think it will last a while. i think israelis have serious objectives they are going to pursue. >> a week, a month? >> oh more, several months in my view. there is a legitimate body which is the palestinian authority and fatah. they have been side lined up to this point. we've got to see them back in the forefront. >> so weeks in your opinion? >> stop and start efforts to have a ceasefire, have negotiation. but both sides right now are very, very determined. i think they're going to try pursue their objectives for weeks to come. >> ambassador volker, always a pleasure to have you. >> my pleasure.

thank you. >> new and violent protests. kim vanel has that story. >> palestinian factions called for people to come out on the street, they certainly did, 10,000 people across the west bank, to show solidarity for people in gaza and age are over israel's continuing bombardment of gaza. hebron, some 6,000 turned out there, 36 were injured by live ammunition. 7,000 people attended another protest, that's where one person was killed, a 2003-year-old was shot through the -- a 23-year-old was shot through the heart. another was killed near ra rah .

security forces were responding with tear gas, with rubber-coated bullets and live aammunition. s this protests quickly spread to villages. more than 100 people have been wounded. >> that's kim vanel reporting. in gaza, emergency workers say it's tough to reach the injured. charles stratford reports. >> we arrived near the border of hozah nearly two and a half hours after the ceasefire started. already the tank shelling had begun. most of the ambulances waiting to are ferry the dead and injured out could get no further. a crater was created by an israeli shell. people were walking against no man's land carrying the bodies on stretchers. >> it looks like an earthquake has happened here. houses are completely destroyed.

there is no organization to try and get the ambulances in and the dead and injured out. the bodies are decomposing in the heat. >> reporter: we pushed forward as the tanks continued firing from our left towards the south. one four wheel drive ambulance managed to get through but soon turned around unable to go any further. >> the area is completely sealed off, it is a total no-go zone. we are trying to get in to get the bodies but it is just too dangerous. bulldozers need to get in to try and clear the rubble. >> reporter: we stopped in the road as we heard that people on either side had been hit by snipers. groups of men ran past us carrying the dead on stretchers. one group told us not film. as they passed, we saw the dead man was wearing the fatigues of a palestinian fighter. one group struggled to pull a

body out. another laid wrapped with a cloth on the side. 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. the smell of death is overpowering. a woman raced past us praying, sudden rush to get as far away from the tanks as possible. 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 ceasefire was over. there was no choice but to go. charles stratford, al jazeera, hozah, gaza. >> and later on, a special report, goos gaza, witness to w, 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific time. the western ebola outbreak.

two americans infected with the virus will soon be flown to an atlanta hospital. we get more from robert ray. >> reporter: john, there has anyone never been an infected ebola patient treated in the united states. >> the reason our facility is chosen for this is because we're 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 coming to emory. the first will be coming in the next few days and the second patient will be coming a couple of days after that. >> reporter: now john, two doctors spoke at the press conference today, only one of

them knew that both american aid workers -- the doctors said, sure enough there is two. that puts a highlight on how fast-moving the situation is. a chartered private plane with an isolation tent inside took off, headed to west africa. both patients will arrive in the u.s. in the coming days but each at separate times. in the meantime, hospital officials are working with the fda looking at experimental protocols as they call it and new ways to treat these folks that are going to be in the isolation unit here at emory. john. >> robert ray reporting. president obama made more comments about the controversial interrogation program. following the 9/11 attacks. it is expected to say, techniques used on detainees were harsher than originally

thought. the president admitted the u.s. tortured detainees. >> in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 we did some things that were wrong. we did a whole lot of things that were right. but we tortured some folks. we did some things that were contrary to our values. >> mr. obama says he believes the mistreatment occurred because of pressure national security officials felt to prevent another attack. he banned controversial interrogation techniques after office. still ahead, the house looks to pass its version of the border bill. why it might not have a chance in the senate. and challenging the florida's same sex marriage law by filing for divorce. the controversial case that could change state law.

even if the house bill passes the president said he would veto them. more from john terret in washington. john, what's the latest? >> john, good evening. the thinking in the house is that they come back with some bill that they take back to their constituents during the long summer recess and say, add least we did something.

the republican caucus in the house has come up with not only one but two bills they are voiting on this evening. -- they are voting on this evening. the trouble is, it's very unlikely these two bills will ever leave the chamber. they certainly will never leave the senate and if they ever did the president would veto them. we have a graphic for the screen for the borders bill that is being voted on right now. border security. department of homeland security, customs and border protection. in central america there's funding on assistance programs. on screening procedures there will be changes to the methods of processing unaccompanied children. as we come back let's take you to the floor of the house where did voting is now taking -- where the voiting is now ataking place for this bill. that reason, it's actually quite puny with $35 million added so the states can reimburse themselves for using the

national guard, still comes to $694 million and that's way short of the $2.7 million in the senate that got voted down and the 3.7 million that the president has asked for. later tonight the house will vote on a separate bill to allow daca, the path to citizenship in 2012 which the president enacted by executive order. >> talk a little bit more about the president talking about the house wasting time. >> the president's view on this and he spoke out in an impromptu press conference in the white house briefing room. the president said there is bipartisanship on the border crisis but it's difficult for

the republicans who are rowing among themselves and they are even rowing with the evangelicals. take a look. >> i'm going to have to act alone because we don't have enough resources. we've been very clear. we've run out of money. and we are going to have to reallocate resources in order to just 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've got enough immigration judges to process their cases, that those things get done. we're going to have to reallocate some resources. >> reporter: and in that same news conference john, the president lamenting the fact he has to act alone and the republicans encourage him to act

alone almost every day and he says when he does act alone they sue him. john. >> thank you john. police admit it was a choke hold that killed a 43-year-old man. eric garner. today the examiner called it a homicide. garner resisted police say when they tried to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes. in florida a woman wants to marry her partner but first she has to dissolve her vermont civil union. the problem, florida doesn't recognize same sex unions. natasha guinane explains. >> reporter: bressner doesn't need to see or speak to her former partner.

she just wants her signature so their 2002 civil union in vermont can be dissolved. >> do you think she would intentionally disappear so that 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 brassner break up with her ex. now she's found love again, but the state of vermont requires her to sign paperwork, agreeing to dissolve their civil union first. barring that brassner would have to move to vermont and establish residency for a year. the 43-year-old can't afford that. >> i would like to severe that invisible string. >> same way he would treat a straight couple in the same

situation by dissolving her civil union. brassner has already cleared the civil hurdles required of same sex couples. the state attorney general is expected to appeal. she literacy has appeals pending in two recent cases challenging the state's gay marriage ban. brodski says they welcome that. >> i am 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 everlasting effects and moves florida forward, in helping to protect all of its citizens. >> brassner says she felt compelled to pursue this case

after the supreme court ruled last year that married same sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits as straight couples. natasha guinane, al jazeera, miami. hurricane season's second named storm. kevin corriveau is here. kevin. >> the conditions have not been right all the way through the season. we're on the 60th day of the official start which began june 1st. lesser ann 'ti antilles, going e turks and cacos. , i'll tell you what it is. since it has been a slow season, many of these islands have not received the amount of rain they have received by this time of

year. believe it or not, many of these islands are in a drought situation. bertha is going to give rain to lesser antilles. and parts of bahamas, if you are traveling here on a vacation, it's going to be quite messy, moving out after this, nothing else coming into play. we're also looking at this later on, i'll someho show you this ab later on. if you have travel plans all the way from massachusetts all the way down to carolinas i'll tell you little later on in the show what you can expenditure and how long it's going to last. john back to you. >> investigating the crash site, the wreckage is still in the midst of fighting. as investigators try to enter.

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flight 17 passengers lost in the debris. >> and american icon, we'll look at the life of james brown. and we begin this half hour in the middle east. a humanitarian truce between israel and gaza ended 90 minutes after it started. hamas said israel broke it by moving into civilian areas. israel blamed hamas saying fighters killed two israeli soldiers and injured a third. >> that soldier needs to be unconditionally released as soon as possible. >> the ceasefire lasted as long as scheduled last saturday for 12 hours.

the ceasefire comes from both sides, courtney keely, courtney. >> john, there is little doubt in their minds who broke this ceasefire. >> israel's informs were indeed participating in the ceasefire. and about 90 minutes into that ceasefire out comes a suicide bomber. out of a tunnel. and a gunman behind him. blew himself up killing two soldiers then a gun fight. in the aftermath of that they've abducted a soldier. >> learner said the israeli military held their line without firing, in the hopes of deescalating the situation. that claim was denied by hamas, i spoke with their official spokesperson. >> the israeli story, we were clear that hamas has no information yet about what had

happened. we can't deny, we can't confirm, that he was captured. let me say that israeli soldiers are being killed while they're attacking the civilians in palestine. they are killed while they are killing the civilians. the soldier that is missed, he is charged and responsible with killing more than 70 people today. >> john it is said the invitation is still open to israelis in cairo this weekend. >> thanks very much courtney. france is home to the largest, the abrupt collapse of the negotiated ceasefire left civilian of civilians in gaza -- let's start on this story. france is home to europe's largest jewish population. david chater has that story.

>> demonstrators outside paris, estimated to be more than 4,000 strong. the chants, hamas terrorists, hamas murderers stop the rockets. people describe the military operation in gaza as a legitimate defense of israel. but ever since the attacks began, there last been an anti-jewish demonstrations. the chants of gas the jews. >> i want to tell you, we will bring a jewish future in europe especially in france. >> the french national anthem was being sung with enthusiasm, in the hope that many will be replacing it with the national anthem of israel.

a record high. as many as 5,000 people are expected to make the journey this year to a country which is effectively such as their fear the rising tide of antisemitism not just here in france but across europe as well. this year four people were shot dead in the jewish museum of belgium. the man arrested was of algerian origin. a district called little jerusalem has also come under attack. >> i am now more worried of going outside 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 about. you can feel people are looking at new a different way. it is not the same as before. >> a leading member of the muslim community says racism was

an effective life in france no matter what your religion. >> just in france, antisemitic attacks. they have been happening for a very long time in france. just as the men today are complaining of anti-militia attacks. >> the tension here will only increase, as the bloodshed in gaza continues. david chater, al jazeera, paris. >> we take a look at the fast moving developments in the conflict between israel and hamas. 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. team members say they have begun finding more human remains in eastern ukraine. it's believed that 80 bodies have been in the field for the

past two weeks. the head of the dutch team calls covering the remains a top priority. the majority of the remains were transferred to the netherlands. still heavy fighting in the east. 21 marines were killed in the town of chatarsk. barnaby phillips reports. pictures from an ukrainian channel, apparently shows whatever is left. east of donetske, in donetske, they're waiting outside one of the few banks that is still working. this woman tells us she fears being destitute and reduced to begging. here in donetske we are hearing many stories of people who are trapped by fighting on the edge of the city and in surrounding villages. they're 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 is in her 80s and blind. >> translator: i cannot sleep. i cannot eat. i wake up at night. i'm always worried about maria. there's no one else who can help her here. >> phone calls are made. arrangements are made to take maria through the checkpoints. we meet her later at the train station. she wants to travel to russia. >> translator: i have had water but no light, no electricity. i prayed, what else can i do? >> reporter: but the train to russia is full. maria will try oleave donetske again tomorrow. -- try to leave donetske again tomorrow. meanwhile, dutch and australian

forensic experts and police, they believe the remains of as many as 80 passengers could still be scattered around these fields. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, donetske. the law had sentences up to life in prison for people engaging in gay sex. the judges said the law was invalid because uganda passed it without enough lawmakers present. legislators could reintroduce new anti-gay measures. in southern taiwan rescue crews spent the day searching for bodies after a series of overnight gas pipe explosions. 25 people killed more than 250 injured. the blast left huge trenches along underground appliance. more from caroline malone.

>> shops and homes went up in flames after several powerful explosions in taiwan's second largest city. emergency services had responded to reports of a gas leak just a few hours earlier and among those hit, 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. but many lives were lost. relatives of a firefighter came to the area after the devastating news. >> six seriously injured people are being monitored in the intensive care unit, two are in surgery. one has suffered a fracture of the spine and one has suffered a brain hemorrhage. >> some of them said it looked like an earthquake had hit. the force of the explosion became clearer in the daylight.

>> i live nearby and 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 areas. >> we brought heavy equipment to search, life detectors and search dogs. our priority is to search for firefighters who are trapped in the debris. >> there are a number of petr petrochemical companies operating in the area. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> there is new concern in china about the safety of food served at fast food chains. recent report uncovered unsafe practices. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> it's been almost two weeks since the biggest names in fast food found themselves caught up

in china's latest food constantly. time enough for them to decide whether they trust what's been served to them. >> translator: i certainly will avoid eating these foods. i don't trust them anymore. >> translator: i'm very concerned and now boycotting these fast food places, i won't eat them again. >> reporter: this is what exposed them all. it showed workers at an american fast food chain mixing new food with old. the message, not just chinese companies with poor hygiene standards. mcdonald's, as well as odors, have cut ties, and five have been arrested. global food chains are rushing to expand in china. a new outlet opens almost every day. it's clear that quality control

is struggling to keep up with that dramatic growth, raising serious questions whether every stage of the food supply chain is being effectively policed. food safety expert says western fast food companies need to invest more resources in quality control. >> translator: these western fast food brands have made great money in china but they're only going after the money and are unwilling to invest moor into food quality control and -- more into quality control. >> kfc admits sales are falling in a market where, on average, it opens two outlets every day. and this scandal could hurt some more. the chinese government is promising to impose harsher penalties for food safety violations. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> google has been getting thousands of requests from

europeans who want to be forgotten. people are asking for parts of their online identity to be erased. but forgetting someone is difficult and controversial. roxana saberi has the story. >> google says the people's right to privacy and the public's right to know is getting harder. people can ask search engines to remove information about them. google says it has received over 91,000 requests. from france germany and the united kingdom. google's right to be forgotten form. google says it's still sifting through all the requests it's received but of the ones it's studied it's removed half the links. for example google removed a link to a news article, about a man who was questioned on a

crime but never charged. a woman naming her daughter as a victim of abuse. google says we generally have to rely on the request for 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. because if you're going to ask someone to do that you might not include all the relevant facts. >> google says it doesn't tell whole story. the refusal to remove all the information, google has facecriticism for some of its decisions. earlier this month the bbc and the guardian newspaper reported that google hid some of their links to results. the process is difficult, many experts agree. >> it's hard for google the make it happen and it's hard for

customers to get the results that they want. >> the information is only disappearing from search results in new york. searches in america still show the results. roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> straight ahead. a relaxing summer vacation. one american teen's story about a stressful trip to israel during the conflict with hamas. and this. the godfather of soul hits the big screen. a look at the life of james brown and his contributions that transcended entertainment.

>> well, there has been no doubt that the northeast has seen an incredible summer so far. temperatures have been below average not a lot of rain but unfortunately things are going to change and it's all starting here across the coastal regions of the atlantic. take a look at the satellite closer in. all day long it's been raining, parts of north carolina and

virginia. now that rain is moving up you can see across parts of new jersey we are now getting the rain. it's going to be quite heavy. so here it is coming into play here. the rest of the weekend we're going to see this, a mix of rain and some sunshine on saturday. accumulations, minnesota and virginia, some could get six inches in the next 72 hours. this there could be localized flooding in those areas. at the beaches, hit and miss, morning showers breaking out in the afternoon. temperature wise for boston still well below average, 75° on saturday but those temperatures coming up to more like summertime temperatures, washington 78° tomorrow and we expect to see 90° as we go towards mid week there. still more rain across much of the southwest. we have been talking about the

flooding here for many, many days that is continuing, we are getting rain across parts of california. that's a look at national weather, news is coming up right after this.

>> and we have breaking news from capitol hill. the house has just passed the $694 million border security funding matter, but the immigration issue will still remain stalled in congress. the senate will not take up the matter before the senators leave for recess. now, the ceasefire in middle east left civilians run are for cover. one of the hardest hit areas between gaza city and the israeli border. >> reporter: taking stock of what's left, these residents returned to shujayea, people recovering whatever they could from their badly damaged homes. since july 20th, this area has been a no-go zone. that's when israeli bombs and ar

till reshells killed dozens of palestinians and injured dozens of. >> we returned, mosque and everything. >> reporter: less than an hours after residents returned this happened. an israeli air strike in the distance. those who came back hoping to reclaim what little is left of their lives had no choice but to turn back. the scene of chaos and anguish on the street of shujayea. as people flee more violence. we meet this woman, she terms us her tears are not of sadness but of anger. >> god punished the israelis. they destroy my home, god punish them. >> reporter: as we are

talking, she nearly faints. the stress of leefg her home again, is too much to bear. the u.n. brokered ceasefire dissolved so quickly. with the knowledge it will be a long time before they are able to rebuild their lives. al jazeera, shujayea, gaza. >> some of american jewish family send children to summer camp in israel every year. a 14-year-old girl from the new york area was one of them. shortly before she left three israeli teens were kidnapped and murdered which led to the violence in gaza. sophia returned home this morning now 15 years old. the family talks about her trip in tonight's first person report. >> i'm relieved, nail-biting. >> i remember on the top of the

stairs looking at my phone and getting a text. that said that the three israeli boys were found dead the day before sophia left. i said to myself, oh no, this is going to escalate. i was a little scared. >> it was never something that we discussed that she would not go. >> this is on top of the army tank at the tank museum. >> going to israel is really -- it was fun first of all and we did a lot of fun things like went on hikes which was rewarding at the end, saw really pretty places. >> it is our obligation as jewish parents to give our children a really strong sense of jewish identity. >> when you go to israel you visit or you live there you are jews amongst your own. >> everything resolves around the jewish sabbath. everything closes on friday and

saturday. it's so cool. >> not a lot of countries have to fight for their right to exist. >> we were actually out at a music festival on a saturday afternoon. i looked at my phone and i saw three phone calls from sophia and we found out that there was one of those air sirens. >> i thought it was a drill or something i didn't know and after a few seconds everyone started like getting up and sprinting through the tennis courts. tightly squeezed through door and run like through the dark to the bomb shelter. >> we thought that our daughter was going to be safe and it just did not occur to us or come upon us that we needed to get her yanked out. >> i really definitely feel like different about israel and my jewish identity, i feel like it strengthened my connection. >> we wanted our daughter to see israel even the ugly parts of it. it's not an easy place to live, it's a tough place to live.

with everything that goes on on a day-to-day basis it's a tough place to live. >> thousands of years this has been going on. >> welcome home. we missed you. >> sophia's older sister emma is heading off to israel in the next two weeks. she will spend the next nine months there, before heading off to college. for nearly a month our correspondents have been on the ground covering this latest conflict between israel and hamas, air strikes and rockets and ground invasion. tonight a look at their best report during the 25-day conflict. gaza witness to war will air 11:00 peer11:00 eastern, 8:00 p. the life and career of james brown, get on up, brown was an important part of the civil rights movement. sarah hoye reports.

>> these moves and grooves laid the foundation for pretty much every soul, rock 'n' roll and hip hop song to follow. james brown bio-pick, get on up, hits theaters this week. the film not only shines a spotlight on brown's chaotic life, it sparks memories from those who knew the legendary godfather of soul. mick jagger. >> the way he moved, the way he gave his best. >> jajagger met brown at the tay show, an all star benefit. the rolling stones took the stage after brown. he calls it the biggest mistake

of their career. brown wasn't going to let them upstage him. those who knew him best, say that legacy is one that also should be celebrated. ♪ ♪ >> who is james brown? >> well, it's a difficult question to answer because james brown had a lot of different personalities. >> film maker thomas hart, close friend of brown's produced the documentary, james brown, the man, the music, the message. >> the music, the band leader, the charisma, but offstage he was a different guy. >> brown's influence on the black community is based on words and deeds. as the 1960s wore on, brown became deeply involved in the civil rights movement m. in 1968, after the assassination

of dr. martin luther king, mayors turned to brown for help. >> 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. >> reporter: the 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. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: washington, d.c.'s u street corridor an historic 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. >> sarah hoye, al jazeera, washington. >> tonight's freeze frame is from south korea. a heavy metal version of king kong. junk art contest, al jazeera america presents is next. i'm john siegenthaler. have a great weekend. i'll see you back next week. his.

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