israel continues to shell gaza after efforts to stop the fighting collapse. al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, china's worst industrial accident in a year. a factory blast killed 68 people. the world health organization warns west african leaders of catastrophic consequences if they fail to control ebola. . >> we look at the plans to build a new port in malaysia that's

disrupting grain. israeli shelling continues to pummel gaza a day after a humanitarian cease-fire collapsed. the 72-hour truce lasted 19 minutes. 1 tent palestinians have died in the last 24 hours. two israeli soldiers were killed in the hard-hit city of rafah in gaza and israelis are search oning for a soldier. hamas says it has no information k say if they captured him, they were probably all killed by israeli shopping. >> the islamic university in gaza city, at least five people were killed, all members of the same family. live in gaza city.

imtiaz, i can see the destruction behind you looks like the mosque and university were completely destroyed. >> reporter: that's right. i am here at the mosque which is one -- or was one of the largest mosques here in the gaza strip. in fact, at peak prayer times, close to 3,000 people could pray here if you look over my shoulder, you can see what's left. very little. the destruction, the devastation caused by that israeli a airstrike, plain to see. i have been speaking to the people who were running this mosque. they were telling me that it took them years to raise money to build this mosque and within seconds, it was reduced to just rubble. >> it seems as though the israelis are targeting anything which is governed by hamas, not just things which they are saying are military target did. why were those buildings targeted? >> reporter: at this stage, we just don't know. all i can really say is that

over the past several days, it's become very clear there are no red lines. in fact, let me pan over my shoulder here you can see what was once the minurets of this mosque. no red lines. hospitals had been targeted. at least six hospitals have been targeted. we know that u.n. schools where people have been sheltering have been targeted. in fact, i have driven all over the gaza strip over the past several days that i have been here and in many neighborhoods we have seen some of the heaviest fighting, you will see ambulances which have been shelled as well, and if you can imagine, these ambulance are used by first responders, people who have come in to help those people who have been caught up in attacks and in shelling and in airstrikes. and they, too, have been losing their lives. so, again it's hard to know why certain areas have been targeted, why places like this have been targeted. but as we have been seeing over the past 24 hours, a number of sites have been leveled just like this. >> yeah.

particularly heavy activity in rafah at the moment. largely because the israelis are searching for their missing soldier. what's been happening down there? >> we know that intention shelling goes on rafah. we know there have been several airstrikes in rafah, a very chaotic and, indeed, violent situation there. but it's really hard to get a true sense of what's happening there because rafah is sealed. no one can get in but perhaps more crucially, people can't get out. over 100,000 peel call rafah and the surrounding areas home. they are effectively trapped in this fighting. although we know around 120 people have been killed within the last 24 hours, what we don't know is what's happened in the last few hours as this fighting continues, as the intensity of the bombardment continues, all we really know is that number will very likely increase. >> thank you for that update. in gaza city for us. as the obama administration

pushes for a diplomatic solution in congress, the u.s. congress has approved more military aid for israel. the measure passed by a large margin late on friday gives israel $225 million for the iron dome defense stem. the israeli army confirmed it intercepted two rockets over tel aviv and another over bershega. is. 68 people are dead. more than 180 injured in then an explosion at a chinese car parts factory. it's the country's worst industrial accident in a year. our correspondent, adrienne brown has more. >> reporter: it was a huge explosion. amateur video showed smoke billowing from an industrial complex in the city of kunsha, in the eastern professor. testimony to the power of the blauth blast, the death toll. pictures show badly burned survivors sitting outside the factory. the plant makes automobile

parts. according to state television, it's foreign-owned and employs more than 400 workers and specialize ins alume num products. the cause of the explosion is not yet known. but industrial accidents occur frequently china where work safety standards are often lax. on average, 200 people are killed in workplace accidents every day. zaing su is a manufacturing hub. adrienne brown, al jazeera, beijing. in taiwan, clean-up has begun at the site of severalplosions. the blasts caused by a gas leak killed 27 people and injured more than 280 in the country's kowsun. flames were sent 15 stories into air setting entire residential blocks on fire. the dubai based airlines

emirats is suspending flights to guinea. they have announced a $100 million plan to stem the virus. >> uniting against ebola. business leaders in siera leone's capital are on a campaign to spread the word. >> we need to join together to make sure we fight against the ebola. it has no remedy. >> a killer that's now taken more than 700 lives in sierra leone, liberia and begin knee. the heads of those nations active agreed to create an isolation zone. they have been meeting the world health organization chief who made this appeal to the international community. >> you must support the extra ordinary measures by providing experts, laboratory capacity, protective clothing and other

resources including financial resources. this is the largest outbreak since ebola was identified in 1976. some medical staff treating victims have, themselves, become infected. two sickened aid workers in liberia have been flown to atlanta for treatment, the first time an infected victim has entered the united states. >> they have become infected through medical care and we feel that we have the environment and expertise to savely care for these patients and offer them the maximum opportunity for recovery from these infections. >> ebola is highly contagious and spreads through direct contact. yet outbreaks have largely been restricted africa. >> it's really on a threat to countries that ve -- might not have the sort of infection control practices and materials and the surveillance systems that can lock an outbreak down.

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hello. welcome back. israeli shelling continues top pummel gaza. a mosque and university were destroyed in gaza city. at least five people were killed, all members of the same family. israel is looking for one of its soldiers it claims hamas has captured him. hamas says it doesn't know where the officer is. 68 people have died and more than 150 have been injured after an explosion at a car parts manufacturer in eastern china. back to gaza now. at least 1,655 palestinians have

been killed. more than 8,900 234r7b8ingd since the offensive began. 63 have been killed with two others. more than 225,000 pal is stennians have taken shelter in u.n. shelters. scan sglufrnz 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 ambulance waiting to ferry the dead and injured out could get no further blocked by a pile of rubble and a crater created by an israeli shell. people were walking across no man's land carrying bodies on stretchers. >> it looked 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. >> we pushed forward as the tanks continued fire from our left towards the south. one 4-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. bill dozers need to get in to try to clear the rubble. >> we stopped in the road as we moved forward. we heard reports two people ventured into the land either side had been hit by snippers. what remained of people's homes lined the road into the village. groups of men ran past us carrying dead on stretchers. one group told us not to film as they -- we saw the green man was wearing the green fatigues of a palestinian fighter. men pulled a body from the concrete, another wrapped in a cloth to their 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. there are many dead bodies around. the smell of death is overpowering. >> a woman raced past us praying, rush to go get as far away from the tanks as possible. we headed to the barrier where a bulldozer tried to clear an entrance. families gathered up their belongings and were leaving their homes. the cease-fire was over. there was no choice but to go. charles stratford, al jazeera, huzar, gaza. >> hospitals in gaza are overflowing with the injured. but they desperately need supplies. we have got dr. yaggi on the line, the director of the palestinian medical relief society. thank you for speaking to us, doctor. first of all, can you tell us what is the situation regarding giving all of these people medical assistance? >> it is too bad.

the hospitals are overcrowded. there are no free beds to receive any more injured ones. speaking about until today, there are in the bombing and killing everywhere. a number centers simply are also closed. the israeli army attack medical teams. medical personell and there are injuries 15 ambulance are destroyed. despite in the, the shortage of medication and staff and medical supplies, the medical teams in

the hospital, in this at the hospital, the situation is too bad and, of course, our teams are doing what they can to manage and to respond for this crisis. >> doctor, can i ask you very few people have been allowed through the rafah cross to go get treatment in egypt. haven't they? how important is it that that crossing is open for longer and that egypt takes more people for treatment? >> until today, until today, there are only one 26 patients to trav to the rafah border to treatment in egypt. too bad and both borders are

closed. it is not safe even to access the rafah border. now, they are shutting everywhere in rafah and why it is so difficult for our teams for medical teams to access for the injured people who are in the eastern of rafah area. >> can i also ask you, you were talking about hospitals being targeted by israel's bombings. israel says ham as is using hospitals to store weapons and to build bunkers under the hospitals using the hospitals as their headquarters. what can you tell us about that? have you seen any evidence of that? >> it is not true. the hospital, we are serving our civilian people. inside the hospital, we are receiving our injured people. they don't respect any

humanitarian law. >> israel says al shifa hospital was bombed because hamas is using it as a headquarters. are you saying that's not true? >> of course, it's not true because the hospital are now in this moment now, there are thousands of people who are evacuated from their houses. they are living at the shifa in the hospital. >> how long can you continue and other medical doctors continue at this level of injured and dead? >> the problem is not how much we can. we can -- we can stand for people because israel decides they want to kill each pal stunian here in gaza. palestinians here in gaza. but we urge all international

community to stop this destru destructive war again palestinians, civilians living in gaza. of course, there are a lot of shortage in medication, in disposables and now is 5th day for no electricity here in gaza. all of the hospital, especially the sh i have a hospital, running on generators. for a long time, 24 hours daily, the generators working and we are worried about maybe spare parts. we are worried about the spare parts in generators. >> doctor, it is an appalling situation. thank you very much indeed for taking the time out to describe that to us. doctor aed yaghai speaking to us from gaza. in syria, these pictures purportedly show the aftermath of a government headquarter dropping a barrel bottom.

activists say six people were killed and several residential buildings were destroyed. i had moscow housing is disappearing. they were built in the 1950s and '60s to solve the housing crisis but the buildings have outlived their intended life span. >> the digger savages concrete walls. bedrooms and bathrooms are exposed. their modesty torn away by metal teeth. these are the last moments of a khrushchevki, a dying architectural pieces did he ha have. >> two of my children were born here we lived here for 20 years. we will remember it forever and we will miss it. >> valerie is about to be relocated from his flat in a condemned moscow khrushevka.

they are pretty much the last ones left in the block. he did you not want to go. >> this is near the forest. there are shops and markets. what we are offered is an industrial area with windows facing a power plant. there isn't a snoop nearby. it's far from the metro and the area has high crime. >> valerie's complaints will make little difference, though. a push to replace moscow's khrusvkis stalled but now moscow is tearing down these tired buildings with renewed vigor. 257 remain after 1,722. . >> the program is called a wave program where residents are relocated to new housing and on the site of their demolished building, a new block is destroyed. people from 5 story buildings moved in. we build schools, kinder departens and sports complexes:

they got their nickname from nita crut nita khruschef. they were cheaply made. they had no elevators and the flats were cramped. defects quickly became apparent, but the war and rapid urbanization created an acute housing crisis. >> you have to understand now people complain about this, but at the time, it was a social revolution. my friends who stayed in a house with five other families suddenly got their own 2-bedroom flat with a bathroom. can you imagine that? and most importantly, it was free. >> housing is primarily a practical problem requiring practical solutions. the needs of 1955 are different from those of today. for hundreds of thousands of people, these buildings have been home. it's obvious from the things

left in these abandoned apartments like this old soviet textbook, for example, that whole lives have been lived in these blocks. they may have been cheaply constructed and not much love, but with every khrufsheka that has been demolished, a piece of russian history goes with it. more human remains in the from the mh-17 crash site are being sent in refrigerated train cars, to be flown to the netherlands for identification. dutch investigators arrived at the crash site. 298 people were killed when the flight was shot down. the ukrainian army says pro-russia fighters have attacked the eastern most part of the country. the fightersshelled the airport with missiles and tank fire. the ukrainian army controls the airport butl luhansk lihad youak

is a stronghold. >> the iraqi government's launch renewed airstrikes he is against ramadi and hadifa. 87 people are reported to have died. at least six are dead after at that car bach bomb exploded in the eastern habibia neighborhood. >> eight people dived in a massive landslide in nepal that blocked the river that has turned into a lake threatening to burst and flood villages. the death toll is expected to increase. a man executed in the state of arizona was injected with doses 15 times higher than the officially approved amount. this was revealed by the state department of corrections. he spent 90 minutes gaspings for air as he was put to death on july 23 july 23rdrd. he was convicted. this is the third botched execution in the u.s. this year.

arizona suspended all executions pending a review of the latest incident. . >> citizens imprisoned in north korea have pleaded for help. matthew todd miller and jeffrey edward foul were detained more than three months ago for allegedly committing hostile acts which violated the status of tourists. north korea has yet to specify what they did to break the law. >> a court in uganda has struck down a controversial anti-gay law. the court cited procedural irregularities. under the law, those convicted of so-called aggravated homosexuality face life in prison. a massive oil and gas project that will cover 8,000 hechtors and create thousands of jobs has gun in southern malaysia. as stefanie reports, not everyone is happy. >> as he offers a prayer to his dead aunt, he wonders how many times he will be able to visit

her grave. this cemetery, along with four others falls within the boundaries of a new oil and gas project. developers say it will include a port so big it will turn jahor in southern malaysia into the rotterdam of the east. >> i am very, very angry because our ancestors have been buried here for generations. we welcome petronas, when they came to develop. but why don't they segregate the area? >> he is so upset by the development work, he walked 500 kilometers from his home to the capitol kuala lumpur to deliver a petition to parliament. he said the cemetery represents the history and culture of the chinese who moved here to develop the area 20 years ago. the jehor petroleum development corporation which is over seeing the multi-billion dollar project says the graves must be moved because the planned refinery needs to be surrounded by a

buffer zone for safety and security. around a thousand families will be moved from their homes as the project develops. there wi they will be offered new homes in the area at a discounted price. >> there is no way of avoiding this because you would imagine for any petro chemical industry, there will be lots of fas and amenities above as well as underground. >> of the five affected grave yards, it's thought over 3 and a half though,000 people are buried. with apparently work for the oil refinery and port terminal underway, all of these graves will be gone by september. >> in their their place, jpdc has started constructing a new graveyard. company officials consulted at to make sure the new site is loaned for chinese culture and provide a new coffin and granite. but he feels the loss of the grave goes much deeper.

his ancestors' roots are being taken away and the next generation won't stay because there is nothing to keep them here. stefanie skalan, al jazeera, southern malaysia. >> keep up-to-date with all of the day's news at aljazeera.com. ♪ gaza rocked by shell fire from and civilians caught in the middle of the fighting remain on edge. hunting for one of their own. the israeli military claims ham as has captured one of their soldiers. ham as says they don't know where he is. an explosion rips through a factory in china killing nearly seventy people.

heading home, one of two american aid workers is due to arrive back in the united states for treatment of the potentially deadly virus. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "al jazeera america." i am david shuster. at search is underway for a missing israeli soldier in gaza. overnight, israel launched more airstrikes. palestinian officials say dozens of people have been killed during today's bombardment. israel alleges hamas captured the soldier during clashes on friday. hamas says it has nothing to do with the sold's disappearance. the fighting erupted shortly after a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire began. israeli and palestinian delegations were expected to have talks but those efforts are in doubt. the death toll continues to arise. more than 1600 palestinians and 66 israelis have been killed. we have team coverage tracking the conflict. we begin this morning with

imtiz. hundreds of people were out ahead of the cease-fire, desperate for supplies. what is it like there now? >> reporter: frankly a seen of utter devastation where i am standing now. i am in gaza city. and i am standing in front of what was the imman mosque. this mosque used to be one of the largest mosques in the gaza strip. at peak prayer times, around 3,000 people could pray here now, as you can see, it's a scene of utter destruction and in a matter of seconds, it's pretty much leveled, pretty much gone. i was talking with the mosen of the mosque, the man who called to prayer, five times a day. he was telling me that the community spent years fundraising for this mosque, that dollar by dollar, they managed to save the $3 million that they needed in order to

build this mosque. but again, as we have been saying, in a matter of seconds, completely wiped out by israeli airstrike. >> tell us about the nows that we are hearing behind you. and i understand that it looked like there was some sort of a flash or something that went off right before your live report. >> reporter: yeah. just before we spoke, literally a few seconds, there was a very loud bang. it could have either been an airstrike or more tar shell. >> kind of sound punk waits daily life here in gaza. people just don't know when they will be struck next, what neighborhoods will be struck next. it really just under scores just the uneasy and the fear that people have here that they will be next, that they will join the some 1600 people who have lost their lives in the last 26 days, that they will join the nearly 9,000 people who have been injured. some seriously and that's

perhaps more acutely where they will also join the over quarter million people who are now displaced. so again, a real sense of unease here on the gaza strip as the violence continues. >> sounds like somebody is hammering or perhaps trying to remove some of the debris. some of the heaviest fight something in rafah, near the egyptian border. tell us about the significance of the fighting there. >> reporter: the situation in rafah is terrible. it's extremely bad right now. we understand that that area where around 100,000 people are living has been bombarded, almost relengthlessly for the past several hours. at this stage, we know about 120 people have been killed. but that number is only likely to rise with the violence continuing. rafah, of course, is sealed off. people cannot get in but perhaps most crucially, people cannot get out. so, it really just

underscores the situation that many civilians are being caught in. now, i mentioned just the death toll and the shear volume of injured. the sdprdisproportionately, it' civilians. all agree it's civilians that are sdprdisproportionately caugn the violence that continues and it seems rafah is seeing worst of it. >> thank you so much for the latest report. we appreciate it. lifts let's move to west jerusalem where an israeli soldier's disappearance is property, the israeli army to carry out a search operation in gaza as the fighting continues. james bays explains. >> reporter: a great deal of concern about the fate of second lieutenant golden. the official line from the israeli military is that they extensive searches in the area continue. now, i know his fate would have been discussed at a security cabinet meeting that took place late into the night. they sat for five hours until after 1:00 o'clock in the morning. they sat during shabat, the

jewish sabbath. >> that's why, i think, we haven't had any statement at the end of that meeting. you don't tend to get israeli officials making any public statements during that one day of observance. i think we will expect to hear an update from israeli officials at sun down or soon after sun down this evening when shabat is over to give us more of an undata. certainly the operations on the ground, the israeli military don't stop for shackat. they continue operations as you are seeing with your report. >> james bays reporting from jerusalem. before breaking from summer recess, the u.s. congress approved $225 million. the funds will go towards restocking the country's missile defense system known as "the iron dome." kimberly halken has more now from washington. >> reporter: the u.s. congress has just passed 225 million in emergency funding at the request of the israeli government for

israel's ooirnl dome did he hahave defense system that shoots down rockets that are fired at israeli systems. this passed in the senate. it passed overwhelmingly with an overwhelming majority in the house of representatives. to give you a sense of the level of support that tisrael receive when the name of the legislation was being read out in the house of representatives, there were cheers and so it was no surprise that this legislation passed without any difficulty. it now does move to the president's desk to be signed into law. this is the amount of money: 225 million, that is being given in addition to the support that has been given to the israeli army by the u.s. pentagon. the pentagon confirming in recent days it has supplied fresh supplies of ammunition, mortar rounds for tanks as well assem in addition for grenade launchers. again, this is in addition to the 3.1 billion that is given annually to the state of israel

by the united states government. the u.s. tact pairs fund roughly 25% of the israeli army military budget since the founding of israel. it's been some $121,000,000,000. so some mixed messages being sent by the united states right now. it is providing around enormous amount of funding and military supplies, the u.s. president also criticizing the high number of palestinian casualties, saying that israel needs to do more to protect palestinian civilians that are being caught in this conflict. but it is very -- suave of a dichotomy, if you will, given the fact that there are these mixed messages being sent at the same time that theomewhat of a dichotomy, if you will, given the fact that there are these mixed messages being sent at the same time that the high number of casualties, it is sending theitsis army tools. >> kimberly halkett, the violence in gaza, there were deadly clashes in the other palestinian territory, the west

bank. those clashes turned deadly. tens of thousands of palestinians took to the streets to protest israel's offensive, the biggest demonstration took place in hebron where the crowd, as welled to about 30,000 people, as welledcrowdswelled t peopleswell peopleswelled. two palestinians were killed and more than 120 people were injured. in our next hour, we will take a closer look at the cease-fire efforts in the region and speak with a professor from american university in beirut about why it may be tough for the united states to be involved in negotiating piece in the middle east. an explosion in eastern china has killed at least 68 people. chinese state television says the blast took place in the each earn punshan region not far from shanghai. at least 187 people have been injured. the company manufactured metal products for general motor and other american companies. officials say they are investigating the cause. in washington, house

republicans have managed to overcome deep divisions within the g.o.p. to pass controversial legislation addressing the border crisis. the bill would provide $694 million until emergency funding. it would speed up the deportation of migrant children. the white house and immigration advocates strongly oppose key parts of the proposal. president obama's preparing to introduce new counter measures of his own allowing millions of immigrants to stay in the country. we will have much more on this story coming up in the 8:00 o'clock hour. the world health organization has now issued a new warning about the spread of ebola in africa. the agency says it is spreading faster than the efforts to contain it. there have been more than 700 deaths and 1300 suspected cases in guinea, sierra leone and liberia. the director of the world health organization is warning it could spread into neighboring countries. it is the worst outbreak since ebola was considered in 1976.

two american aid workers infected with the ebola virus will be back in the united states. kent brantley and worker nancy writebol will be treated at, at lanta's emery hospital. it is the first time anyone infected with the diseased has been brought into this country. emery officials say they are equipped to treat the patients safely and without danger to anybody else. >> the reason our facility was chosen for this is because we are one of only four instittoxins in the united states capable of handling patients of this nature. we have a special containment unit which has been developed with the assistance of the subject experts at the center for disease control and prevention and, together with them, we have developed the unit which can safely care for a patient with a serious communecable disease delivering

the highest level of care required including intensive care unit. the u.s. health officials are warning people not to travel to west africa. the reaming on hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. coming up at 8:30 we will talk to an infenning, disease physician about the implications of bringing patients here to the united states. in uganda, an anti-gay law con determined by the u.s. and other countries has been overturned. a constitutional court ruled the law was passed illegally during a parliamentary session where not number members were present. under the law, people convicted of engaging in gay sex could have received live sentences. the ugandan government has not decide of the it will appeal the government. president obama on friday gave his most blunt and extensive comments to date about america's use of torture following 9-11. in a news briefing with reporters, mr. obama referred to an upcoming senate report on the cia's enhanced teinterrogation

practices and expects to reveal some methods were har shirr than thought. >> in the immediately aftermath of 9-11, we did some things that were wrong. we did a whole lot of things that were wrong but we tortured some folks. we did dom things that were contrary to our values. >> the president said he believes the mistreatment took plates because national security officials under pressure -- were under pressure to prevent another attack during the bush administration. president obama banned the controversial techniques in 2009. while new york city's medical examiner ruled a police officer's choke hold caused the death of 43-year-old eric gardner. >> i can't breathe. i can't growbreathe. >> his arrest and death sparked

national outrage last month when this video went viral. on friday, the examiner called his death a homicide. police say this confronted gardner for selling untaxed cigarettes and that he resisted arrest. >> the ruling comes as another video has surfaced showing new york city police dragging a naked brooklyn woman into a building hallway. the new york daily news got a hold of this footage from july 13th. it shows a dozen or so male officers yanking the woman outside. she is then handcuffed and sits unclothed for over two minutes before a female officer covers her up. police say they weresponding to a domestic disturbance. >> a mini tornado known as a dust devil is being blamed for a fatal skydiving accident on long island new york. a corrections officer died on wednesday when heavy winds created by the funnel caused the tandem instructor to lose control of the parachute.

the man was sell brailleding his 26th birthday. his instructor is in critical condition t tropical storm bertha is making its way across the caribbean. let's get a check on the forecast with meteorologist dave warren. >> we are watching that closely. new information coming in. right now, it's a tropical storm, really not increasing in intensity but maintaining that 50-mile-an-hour wind speed there. here is the cluster of clouds as it moves across the caribbean towards puerto rico, about 165 miles south, southeast of puerto rico with 50 miles an hour. moving west slay northwest. here is the track for the national hurricane center. no doubt a turn to the north and northeast. the question is how close to the coast is it by tuesday and wednesday. could get rain and rough surface along the mid atlantic coast as it pushes off to the northeast. we are seeing a lot of rain, flooding still a big problem from the carolinas up to new england. >> dave warren, thank you. general motor is facing anon

slaught of claims connected to the deadly ignition switch defect. but the fund set up by the company may not cover all of them. we will tell you who may be left behi behind. an unfit finding. a judge has now weighed in on one of the pre-teen suspects slanderman stabbing case. lining up for the ids in colorado. the state is getting ready to provide documentation for undocumented immigrants.

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terrified swimmers frantically made a dash out of the water to save themselves. the man talking the video says the shark swam around for about 10 or 15 minutes before retreating back in to the sea. good morning and welcome back to "al jazeera america." i am david shuster. in wisconsin, a judge has found a 12-year-old stabbing suspect unfit to stand trial. morgan guyse is one of two girls accused of luring another girl into the woods near milwaukee and repeatedly stabbing her. the girl said it was to please a fictional internet character known as "slenderman." ach an 11 month old girl is dead after being left the in a car in southern utah, found strapped in her car seat as temperatures reached into the 90s. invet gators say a relative left the little girl there for a substantial period of time. no one has been arrested.

20 children have died this year in the united states after being left inside cars in the heat with no or little ventilation. gm's compensation fund for victims of its faulty ignition switches is open for claims. as sh i want a ratanzy reports, it is unclear if all of those who suffered will be compensated. >> she says general minnesota killed her brother on this roadway. >> the airbag did deploy but there is several other accidents where the airbags have deployed. >> gm argues because it was apparently set off the airbag, it's not to blame. under the terms of the compensation program, only crashes in which the airbag diagnose not deploy are eligible for compensation. for a decade, gm knew a heavy key chain could switch off a car's power.

the company didn't order a recall. internal documents shows gm felt they were controllable as engine can be restarted after shifting to neutral. >> that's what amador's mother feels happened before her son's crash. he managed to switch the car back on only to be hit by an oncoming vehicle. >> i could see that he would have tried to turn that vehicle on or shift it or do something. >> but gm says? >> gm says, no, but, also think about who is saying that: the people who hid this for a decade. you know, how credible are they? >> they will pay it but there are doubts about the fund announce add month ago and not just the terms of elgibility but the burden of proof for victims. g has announced it expects to pay out a total of between 400 and $600 million and also claims there is no cap on compensation. the car industry's watchdog says

only criminal prosecution will change gm's ways. >> they get out the checkbook and say, how big a check do you want to keep our executives out of jail? >> that's a view shared by amador's mother. >> i know i lost my son because of their greediness because they could have repaired it and they could have fixed all of this with just at few cents. >> since the chevy co ballot recall was announced, many have been recalled because of a problem with ig sfwhichingsz but sales remain brisk and gm says there is no conclusive evidence that this latest problem has caused any crashes. al jazeera, idaho. the faulty switch defect has been blamed for at least 13 deaths. in colorado, there is a long waiting list for immigrants signing up to get driver's licenses. they are taking advantage of a law that allows them to get permits and id cards.

about 9500 people have signed up for appointments in the next 90 days. legal and illegal residents qualify for the documents. just ahead: hanging then haiti but in this case, it's about a lot more than just riding the waves. how surfing is helping the i am pa i impoverished nation. >> the neverland ranch is about to hit the market. we will tell you who is selling the mansion. here is a clue: it is not a member of the jackson family.

real understanding... >> where you scared when you hear the bombs? >> al jazeera america real... news... >> water spouts offshore. they appear to be stationary. forecasters warn they could move closer to land. they are tornados which form over water. welcome black to "al jazeera america." straight ahead, catching a wave to boost haiti's economy but first, another look at the weather. dave warren is here. >> we are looking at rate out here. >> could be flood can. the big problem could be the southwest. you get this moisture in the

air, uponsomonsoon season here that leads to showers and possibly floods. a flash flood watch remains in effect. rain across the mid atlantic states moving north. across the coast, pushing to the north. the heaviest in north carolina and the southern tip of the del mar pec mar peninsula. >> the country haiti is trying to double it's tourism budget. on the southern coast, there is one problem that may help the country ride the waves to tourism prosperity. andy gallacher reports. >> reporter: the southern coast serves as an unusual site these days. a few months', some of these boys couldn't even swim. now, look at them. they are all part of surf haiti, an ambitious project aimed at

bringing tourists and their money to the beaches. sean says surfing here is about more than just catching waves they come here. here, there are lots of people. >> a place where most people live on $2 a day, that sense of community is vital. the boys are taught about the environment, and they are plans to show them how to make surface boards instruct and eventually run surf haiti, themselves. >> samson julys, one of the first boys to learn to surf here says it can change the lives of his entire community but it's not going to be an easy road. >> i have traveled all over haiti and been to various tourist destinations but for surf with a sense of adventure t doesn't get much better than this. the biggest challenge this project faces is getting people

to come to haiti in the first place. for many tourists, haiti is pur received as being dangerous and dirty. the culturalka capital, the beaches aren't exactly pristine. a passion from these young haitians is unmistakenable. it's a chance to be part of the lives like sansom and hopes will draw people to the waves and help tour touchily grow. >> i would love there tore a haitian representation in the international circuit. but then once they announce, this kid is from haiti and he is ripping it. all-star people go haiti surfing and the whole industry pays attention. surface haiti remains a small project with few customers. you did it's hoped that will soon change. andy gallagher, al jazeera,

haiti. >> tourism officials say the company is investing in new airports, hotels andina hospitality school. michael jackson's neverland ranch is about to be placed on the market. forbes magazine said it is being sold by real estate firm, colony capital. the firm bought equity in never land in 2008 as part after deal with jackson to manage the estate. forbes says neverland has brought in more than $750 million since jacksonts death in 2009. at the end of our first hour, here is what we are following this morning: israel continues pounding gaza with airstrikes and tank shells. the fighting amid accusations that hamas captured one of israel's soldiers. there was a large and deadly explosion in eastern china. nearly cent people are dead. more than 120 have been injured. one of two american aid workers infected with ebola is due to arrive in the united states later today. they will be treated at a

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i israel continues shelling gaza. house republicans have passed a boarder bill to address the immigration crisis but their actions are not sitting well with colleagues across the aisle or at the whitehouse. the world health organization is sounding the

alarm about ebola in africa as medical officials struggle to keep up with the outbreak. back here in new york city. >> i can't breathe. 8 breathe i can't growth. >> the new york medical examiner's office confirms what protesters have been claiming for weeks: a man caught in the clutches of an officer's confrontation died because of the officer's chokehold. >> i am david shuster. welcome to "al jazeera america." tensions escalate in gaza has israel embarks on a massive search for a missing soldier. overnight, there were another round of airstrikes that bombarded the enclave. hamas says it had nothing to do with the soldier's disappearance. fighting erupted shortly after a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire began on friday.

delegations were sexpected to hold talks in cairo. those talks are in doubt. >> the death toll continues to rice. more than 1600 palestinians and 66 israelis have been killed. we have team coverage tracking the conflict. we begin in gaza. imtiz, we want to start off by referencing something that happened to you during the last broadcast. let's take a look. do you know what happened there? >> reporter: i do. in fact, since we last spoke, we heard that sound several times since. >> that's what's called an air burst. it's effectively an israeli shell that exploits. it has a timer on it. it detnatures before hitting a target. >> spreads happennell as far as you can. normally, the target did are roof tops. as i have been saying, since we

last spoke around 30 minutes ago, we have heard that sound several times. >> tell us where you are right now and what your feeling and -- what you're feeling and seeing out there. >> reporter: i am standing at the iman shashafi mosque. let me show awe scene of utter devastation. this was once gaza's largest mosque at peak prayer times, around 3,000 people could worship here but in a matter of seconds, it was reduced to near rubble. i was speaking to the mosyan of the mosque >> the man who calls prayer five times a day. he was telling me that the community here spent years raising money for this mosque, dollar by dollar, he said, to raise the $3 million to build this large facility and again as

we have been saying, in a matter of minutes, a matter of seconds, reduced to rubble. >> do they get in the warning and israel has been claiming that when they hit mosques and schools, it's because rockets have been fired from there. what are the people that mosque saying about the claims that hamas may have been using it to store or launch weapons? >> people here categorically deny any such thing, but perhaps more importantly i should point out that it seems that in the past several days there are no red lines here in gaza anymore. we have seen hospitals struck now six times. we have seen schools where people have been sheltering struck two times. since i was in gaza, i have traveled to many parts of the strip. everywhere you go, you see ambulances just bombed completely, warped completely and that tells you when first

responders go to areas that have been shelled, go to areas which have seen violence, they, too, are struck as well. and all of that lends to the bigger issue here. the violence and death is serious there is so little water. the power stage was destroyed. in gaza, no power means no water. this is a very water-scarce area. it's an area that requires pumps to get water out of the ground. people haven't had water to drink or to bathe in. this burst water main has really been in a very morbid way a life line for this community because they have been able to come here and have at least some water.

many people without water for days. president obama is calling on hamas to release an israeli soldier who went miss okay friday. israeli army is searching for 23-year-old hadar golden. he disappeared soon after a cease-fire began, attacked a group of israeli soldiers preparing to destroy a tunnel. hamas deniescam capturing olden saying the claims are meant to divert public opinion. after another day of heavy fighting t appears unlikely both sides will meet for talks in egypt this weekend. as james bay reports, some negotiators are hopeful. >> despite the 72-hour cease-fire collapse sod quickly, there is some talk about possible talks in cairo. some egyptian officials saying that possibly these talks could be salvaged. the palestinians saying that they still have a delegation

that can be in cairo to take part in talks. it's not clear, though, what the position is from theitsisi side. they met late into the night which is rare because right now, it is shabat. we have always known that the israeli delegation was unlikely to go to cairo before shackbad ends. the original plan for this was a 72-hour humanitarian pause to give space for diplomacy. there is no pause now and that begs the question whether there will be any diplomacy at all. yesterday should have been the first day of vacation for the u.s. congress. house lawmakers worked into the night on a deal to provide $225 million in military aid to israel. an explosion in a factory in

china has left 68 people dead and 187 others injured. state t.v. says the blast happened in eastern kushan region not far from shanghai. most of the victims suffered burns over 80% of their bodies. a adrian brown has been following developments. >> reporter: we don't know what caused the explosion. it happened at a metals factory. this metals factory is part of a vast industrial complex and there were several hundred people in the factory. pictures circulate okay wavo, china's equivalent of twitter show badly burned survivors in groups outside the victory and pictures of charred torsos in the back of a pick-up truck. most are being treated for burns in local hospitals.

strully accidenindustrial accid 200 a day. the reason for this, say unions, is safety standards are lax, they lag behind economic growth. in fact, in the same province just a few months ago, several people were killed in an explosion at a chemicals factory. zaing su is a center for electronics and manufacturing and these goods are exported all over the world. it is a key comic hub and a scene of a truly horrific industrial accident. >> adrienne brown report from beijing house republicans have managed to overcome republican differences and pass controversial legislation aimed at slowing the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border. the late vote on two bills would provide $694 million in emergency funding but the legislation also includes provisions that immigration

advocates detest. president obama yesterday criticized theian action calling it an extreme partisan bill that has no chance of passing the u.s. senate. john terrett joins us from washington. republicans were very divided on this issue. how did they manage to work it all out? >> good morning, david of the the so-called do-nothing house as they are fond of referring to it in this town has managed to come up with a scald go-nowhere bills. the trouble is that the language in these two bills is so skewed in favor of hard right conservatives that they are unlikely ever to see the light of day outside the house. >> motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> before heading off for five weeks' vacation, the house

mostly along party lines. >> doing something is better than doing nothing. >> it's far less that president obama requested for healthcare, temporary housing and the hiring of more judges to process migrants flooding across the border. >> the president says give me $3.7 billion but don't do anything to address the real problem on the border. just throw more money at it. i think that's totally irresponsible. >> the legislation would allow for the immediate deportation of migrant children without a hearing. but it also includes companion bill that would deport those brought here as children and who know no other life other than living in america. many of who have been granted work permits under president obama's 2012 executive order known as daca. the house hispanic caucus is denouncing it? >> they continue to use the crisis at the border to push forward their extreme agenda. >> the rush to pass the bill shows a deep divide.

>> people who came here seeking refuge in this country deserve a fair adjudication not to be met with the barrel of a gun and a one-way ticket back. >> send the message this administration has been unwilling to send, if you come here illegally, you will be deported. >> p >> president obama said congress is doing nothing to deal with the real problem and again threatening to invoke the executive right to do something, himself. >> i am going to have to act alone because we don't have enough resources. we have been very clear. we run out of money. we are going to have to allocate resources. >> the thinking in the house was that it would be bet ater for tm to go back to their constitwe want and be able to say, look. at least we did something. david. >> john, that statement from president obama about going alone on immigration reform comes just literally days after

the house began a lawsuit voted to approve a lawsuit for him going alone in making changes to the healthcare law. in reaction from house republicans to the president's statement yesterday about immigration reform? >> he has tough thinking. he is not going to rest on this issue. it's something he is determined to act upon even if down the road it gets him into trouble. there hasn't been much re, from republicans but the president's feathers are most certainly ruffled. i mean he has said, look, republicans are unable compromise. they are unable or unwilling to allow me any kind of victory or any kind of perceived victory. and he said even though they turn around and sue me when i do act on my own, i am determined to move ahead on this. but he also said in a written statement that came out after the vote last night that executive action or administration action is no

substitute whatsoever for congressional action. bi-partisan lemminglation to immigration. as they did, john, thank you. the world health organization says ebola in africa is spreading faster than efforts to contain it. there have been more than 700 deaths and 1300 suspected cases in guinea, sierra leone and liberia alone. it is warned it could spread into neighboring countries. doctors say this is the worst e bob bowl a outbreak since the decease was discovered in 1976. two american aid workers infected with ebola will be back in the united states. kent brantley and aid worker, nancy wrightbol will be treated at emery university hospital. it is the first time anyone infected with the disease has been brought into the united

states emery officials say they are equipped to treat the patients safely and without danger to anybody else. >> the reason our facility was chosen for this is because we are only -- we are one of online four institutions in the united states capable of handlingly patients of this nature. we have a special containment unit which has been developed with the assistance of the subject experts at the centers for disease control and prevention. and together with them, we have developed the unit which can safely care for a patient with a serious communecable disease delivering the highest level of care required including intensive care unit. u.s. health officials are warning americans not to travel to the countries in west africa impacted by the outbreak. coming up in just a few minutes, we will talk to an infectious disease physician about the

ebola outbreak and the risk of bringing those patients back to the united states. time now for a check on the national forecast. for that, we turn to dave lauren. dave? >> we are looking at flooding occurring here across the southwest. these are showers and storms that pop up across the southwest especially across many of the desert areas. >> would lead to flash flooding. that is something that we have been watching here. in particular flood watch remains in effect. warnings there still seeing flooding happening and a potential for more to occur later today. satellite picture of bertha moving tort puerto rico and the latest to from the hurricane center. 50 miles an hour, not intensifying but not weakening much. an expected turn could impact the east coast by the middle of the week. >> dave, thank you very much, al jazeera meteorologist dave

warren. just ahead, a since of normalcy. we will show you why in some areas of gaza it's hard to tell that a war is underway. also, turning in early, the city of baltimore is imposing a new curfew for thousands of city teenagers. it means no more late nights. and the pacaderm push, that is forcing some zoos to increase their herds or eliminate elephant exhibitions all together.

wrecking back to "al jazeera america.". i am david shuster our special "witness to war" nick has been in the region. reports now in the middle of an endless cycle of violence and death, some palestinians are clinging to the promise of a normal life. on the streets of gaza, you might not know there was a war if you walked through one of the

main markets. and met the particularly enthusiastic man who sells grapes. at this market where the bread is hot and fresh and the radios are cheap and chinese, you can buy your mangos from osama. he admits business isn't great. he survived three wars which means he celebrated three cease-fires. >> we hope the siege will be broken and the borders open so people can work. that's all we hope. >> you can get your haircut from mohammed hasin. if barber shops are a house scar, consider him the town crier. >> we want just one thing. we want safety. we want this. >> there are the children. they are able to play even though so many have been died

and wounded in a month of war which makes this little girl part of a miracle. her 23-year-old mother wasn't apparently conceive so she had in vitro fertilizathes and she ended up with a brother, mohammed. well, actually, she ended up with three brothers. meet the alarga quad rup let's. they are two days old. in a normal and peaceful place," rup let's have increased chances of abnormalities. this is not a peaceful place but they are all just fine and so is the mother, a reminder that even in the darket days, a people at war can create life and hope. >> rami chouri at the university of beirut and editor at large for the daily star newspapers. he joins us via skype from beirut. great to see that at least for some palestinians, life is

somewhat normal. as far as the violence is concerned, president obama squarely blamed hamas for the breakdown of the cease-fire yesterday. do you agree? >> well are the fact is we don't really know the details quite enough. and the most important thing we don't know is was the cease-fire agreement that hamas accepted the same one as the cease-fire agreement who se terms john kery r read out to the press in india. kerry said the israeli army in gaza could hold positions and continue its operations against the tunnel and that was not in the other cease-fire agreement. there may have been two versions of the cease-fire agreement. there may have been duplicity. there may have been incompetence. there may have been miscommunications. i don't know what it was, but it's impossible right now to say if the israeli or the hamas

version is the correct one. >> speaking of the tunnel, it's now pretty clear that hamas took hundreds of thousands of tons of concrete to construct these tunnels over the last several years. what's been your reaction to what you have been seeing and what the world has been seeing about what hamas is up to? >> well, hamas is up to what any occupied subject jsubjugated me are. they are doing what

. there have been numerous reports that say these countries, at least their leadership hate hamas more than

they dislike israel. how has that changed this conflict this time around? >> well, i wouldn't agree with exactly that phrasing they put. but it's absolutely true that the arab governments have been pretty quiet and they don't mind seeing hamas being beaten up. the reality is that the majority of people in those countries are much more leaning towards hamas and the freedom of the palestinians from israeli occupation and siege. what you have is a terrible split in the arab world between the governments that are non-democratic, non-elected, non-accountable and mantles of the people. they just had resolutions in so seven or eight countries to overthrow these rege-mails. if you are going to stick with what the rege-mails say, stick with what putin says in russia and what people say in other autocratic countries. >> i think that's a bizarre way for a democratic country like the united states to judge these countries. so the leaders have a viewpoint which is completely -- >> you say nobody is judging the -- the united states is not judging the conflict based upon

that but i think what a lot of people are saying is that the dine amics of this conflict are a bit different this time because saudi arabia, egypt and jordan seem to be taking israeli snide trying to destroy hamas. >> they are. the vast majority of people are not of that at tut. >> that's what i am saying. so, you know, you can either go with what the oughtcratic non-democratic leaderships are saying or what public opinion is saying so you have a terrible situation there where there are leaders and the people in the leaderships are very much divergent. they are not speaking with a samedivous. the governments clearly dislike hamas. they don't like revolutionary islamic movements that fight for people's freedoms and for people's self determination and this is what you have just seen in egypt or the egyptian government, the people have elected the former army command tory bring back the military to rule egypt essentially. >> we've got to leave it there. ramni khorri, for the institute

of public policy at the american university of beirut. thank you for joining us. just ahead, the ebola outbreak, health officials say the virus is spreading faster than they can keep up with it. we will apply why and we will take a closer look at the risk of ebola spreading to the united states. and fearing for safety >> the jewish community in france is facing a new and disstucking rise in anti-semitic attacks.

well, back, everybody. i am david shuster. here are our top stories at this hour. the world health organization is warn warning of catastrophic consequences if the ebola virus is not contained in west africa.

as of this past week, the disease had resulted in 729 deaths. 909 cases have been confirmed as ebola. gerald tan reports on the efforts to stop the spread. uniting against ebola. business leaders are on a campaign to spread the word. >> we need to join together to make sure we fight against ebola. it has no remedy. >> a killer that's now taken more than 700 lives in see aier leone, lineria and begin any. the heads of those nations have agreed to create an isolation zone at the heart of the outbreak. they make this appeal to the international community. >> you must support the extraordinary measures by providing experts, laboratory

capacity, protective clothing and other resources including financial resources. >> this is the largest outbreak since ebola was identified in 1976. some medical staff treating victims have themselves become infected. two sickened aid workers in lineria are being flown to atlanta for treatment. the first time an infected victim is entering the united states. >> they have become infected through medical care and we feel that we have the environment and expertise to safely care for these patients and offer them the maximum opportunity for recovery from these infections. >> ebola is highly contagion and spreads through direct contact yet outbreaks have largely been restricted to africa. >> it's reallioma threat to countries that have weak health systems that might not have the sort of infection control practices and materials and the

sort of disease surveillance systems that can lock an outbreak down. >> ebola is one of the most life-threatening disease to see humans and attacks almost every cell in the body. there is currentlying no cucurr no cure of vaccine. fa it's one they say needs to be addressed. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> here to discuss this outbreak and the implications sin februar -- infectious disease expert sallim. >> the mortality rate can range from 90% down to 30%. what we are seeing on the ground with this current outbreak is about 60%. but again, with icu level care that we have in the united states, we could half that mortality rate. >> it depends upon timing. how quickly they have caught it. there has been some criticism that they are being brought one at a time.

we have learned that apparently, the aircraft is only equipped to handle one patient. is it because of the dangers and the risks of sort of infection that the people are being so careful? >> absolutely. again, these are very specialized medical evacuation planes. they have been outfitted for this purpose. they are small planes, not 747s. they can only safely transport one person at a time in each of these planes. >> the cdc says this isn't the first time somebody infected with ebola has been brought to the united states. is there much of a risk? do we think down in atlanta all of the precautions in place to really probate people? >> absolutely. there is a separate facility within emery hospital, separate from other patient care areas that will be used to contain these patients. the united states and other developed countries have different health infrastructure from these developing countries where we are seeing the outbreak. we have measures where the possibility ofspread is very low. even a regular hospital, we have isolation rooms. we have what are called negative

pressure rooms which prevent air from inside the patient's room from leaking out. now, remember, ebola is not transmitted by air but we have the kinds of the kinds of measures. why is the world health organization so concerned about this strain? >> it's the context in which its spreading. these are developing countries that had been racked by several

war. they don't have enough healthcare providers to manage the situation. they are completely overwhelmed. they don't have the protective gear that's necessary to prevent transmission. and there is tremendous stigna in these areas where people are essentially not coming to medical attention because they are so afraid of the disease. >> for american aid workers or others who are headed to west africa, what are some of the symptoms or some of the signs that they should be able to see in somebody who has ebola? >> well, unfortunately, the early signs and symptoms are very non-specific. it's really flu-like symptoms, fever, headache, nausea, those kind of things. it's not until later in the course of disease that you develop more typical symptoms of ebola like some of the oozing blood from needle stick sites and those kinds of things. it's important the cdc is coming in with thefts, diagnostic testing expertise and supplies which will allow more specific and rapid diagnosis of ebola. >> there seems to be a divide between the medical community which is like, of course we

should bring americans back and treat them and some americans who are so fearful that we are taking risks. are those fears unfounded? >> i would say they are. and, you know, this actually reminds me. i don't know if you remember a little boy, ryan white who got hiv from a blood trans fusion. even at that time, we knew in a hiv could not be transmitted through direct contact. and yet this little boy had to sue for his right to attend school. people didn't want to share water fountains with this kid as well as other hiv patients. a lot of it came down to at that time we did not have an effective treatment for this disease and it was stig matized and people are afraid. >> as far as the doctors who are treating these two americans who are coming back, are there things that the medical community has learned about ebola, say, over the last year or two that's been different from the traditional understanding of this? >> well, essentially ebola kids by dropping your blern, weakening your immune system and causing multi-stem organ failure. to treat somebody who is very sick with ebola, you need not

just iv fluids which is what they arable to do there. icu level care, intensive care allows to you monitor how much fluid you need to give. does somebody have, for example, kidney failure where they need dialysis? have they developed secondary infections that need to be treated with other antibiotics? and so those are the kind of things we can offer here that they just don't have over there in country. >> dr. sal e-mail gounder, thank you. we appreciate it? >> you are welcome. the war between israel and hamas is having a ripple effect in parts of europe. anti-semitic attacks have been on the rides in france as david schader reports, many jewish people there say they don't feel safe anymore. . >> french jews outside the israeli embassy in paris this week, estimated by police to be more than 4,000 strong. the loudest shouts, hamas terrorists, hamas murderers.

stop the rockets. people here describe the military operation in gaza as a legitimate defense of israel. but ever since the conflict began, there has been a marked increase in anti-jewish attacks in france. at proceed palestinian demonstrations mournltd in the french capital,nted in the french capital,. >> chants have been heard. >> i want to tell you, we will fight, in europe and in france. >> the french national anthem was being sung with enthusiasm here that many will soon be replacing it with the national anthem of israel. >> the immigration of french jews to israel has reached a record high. as taken as 5 -- as many as 5,000 people are expected to make the journey to a country on a war footing. >> that's their fear is what they say is the rising tide of

anti-semittism here in france and across europe as a whole. >> four people were shot dead in the jewish museum of belgian. the man arrested was a frenchman with al engineer origin. in a paris suburb known as little jerusalem, synagogues and shops selling kosher food have come under attack. >> i am now month more worried of going outside with my children. i stay within the neighborhood where people share the same fate because i am afraid to go too far away. i went to the shopping center. you can feel people are looking at you in a different way. it's not the same as before. >> at the grand mosque in paris, a leading member of the muslim community said racism was a fact of life in france no matter what your religion. >> in france, you are a france search have complained of anti-setittic attacks but this has been happening for a very long time in france.

today, people are complaining of anti-i seelam attacks. >> jewish suburbs in the french capitol are marked out by the presence of vans full of riot police. the tensions here will only increase as the blood shed in gaza continues. david schader, al jazeera, paris. >> france is home to western europe's largest jewish population. >> in new york, the city's medical examiner ruled a police officer's choke hold caused the death of 43-year-old eric gardner. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> gardner's arrest and death sparked national outrage last month when this video went viral. on friday, the examiner called his death a homicide. police say they had confronted gardner for selling untaxed cigarettes and that he resisted arrest. a new report shows executioners went too far in the

rebate botched execution of an arizona inmate. records show convicted murderer joseph woods was injected with 15 times the amount of drugs normally used in executions. arizona's protocol calls for 50 milligrams of each part of the drug cocktail. woods received 750 milligrams of each during the two hours it took him to die. coyotes are terrorismu rising a california neighborhood and animal control officials are blaming a drought. take a look at this surveillance video captured at a burbank man's home. a pack of coyotes are seen running on his front lawn. police say this is becoming more common because of the lack of food and water. the owner describes a terrify experience he had while out walking his dog. >> as i was walking, i sphere to five coyotes coming at me. i started pausing. right after that. sc scan. they were coming out like a areho movie. >> he used a shovel to chase off

the coyotes. officials are warning residence to never leave pets or small children outside unattended. they are also reminding people to secure their trash bags. america's zoo elephant population is dwindling. of the 224 zoos in the united states, only 66 have herds. tonya moseley shows us how one zoo in seattle is making some tough decisions as it figures out the best ways to save one of its most popular exhibits. >> these people are about to get closer than they have before to an 8 pound giant. >> at 4 certainly years old, he is the oldest elephant at woodland park zoo. >> hi, suiteie pie. >> she shares this space with 35-year-old chai and 44-year-old toto. all have spent their lives here you will never see all three interact at the same time.

watoto is unpredictable and aggressive towards bam boo. >> when we have he will facts sharing space, they oftentimes choose to share the opposite ends of the exhibit. the association of zoos says a growing body of evidence shows that zoo elephants thrive when they are able to socialize with each other in a herd of three or more. the aza is requiring all accredited zoos with less than three elephants increase their herds or phase out their programs and donate their elephants to other zoos. because of her aggressive nature, that's what woodland park may son do with watoto. it on would allow the zoo to acquire another elephant who would get along better with the rest of the herd. animal rights advocates say that's not enough. >> when i see the he will facts, i think it's a sad commentary on our humanity. >> she says the elephants are screesed -- stressed with highway knows behind them and less than an acre to roam?

>> i would like to see them retired to a sanctuary where they can roam on vast acres of acres of land. >> given a choice, i would say the elephants will be safer in a zoo because they don't have the threats they face in the wild. >> there you go. perfect. >> ramirez hopes that providing an up close and personal

experience will inspire everyone to join the effort to save the elephants up. tanya mosley, seattle. >> more than two-thirds of elephants at zoos are over the age of 30. growing herds is proving to be quite difficult . >> calling it a night, baltimore is set to rein in the current curfew for a harsher one. some say the new one is too strict. we will talk with a youth advocate who says it's not a blanket solution to a bigger problem. turning trash into treasurer. how workers are crafting career opportunities for themselves by recycling old items. did he have

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an earlier curfew for kids in baltimore. why it's drawing criticism from many people. >> that's ahead. let's get a look at where the rain may fall. dave warren is here with that. >> talking about quite a bit of rain either coast dealing with showers and storms and we are also watching the twoing tropics. this is bertha, tropical storm near port reek on wi50 miles an hour, 22 miles an hour. this will bring some moisture close to the east coast by tuesday and wednesday. out ahead of that, we are dealing with more rain. here is heavy rain through north care lo carolina staying along the cody coast and moving up through through virginia. an area of rain pushed off of the coast of maryland and new jersey. pushing to the east. here is the heaviest rain today. >> line of heavy rain off of the coast coming across north and south carolina that will moves off to the north. this could lead to blooding. risk for flash flooding with these thunderstorms popping up again. >> a lot of rain coming.

thank you. baltimore is about to enforce one of the strictest curfews in the country in an effort to combat youth violence across the city. others like philadelphia and kansas city have adopted curfews to crack down on violent craw. here is what the baltimore law outlin outlines, teens age 14 to 16 have to be in their homes by 10:00 p.m. on school nights and must be in by 11:00 on the weekends and during summer break. those who are 14 and under must be in by 9:00 p.m. every night. controversial measure has divided city residents. >> if a child is in distress and they leave the home or the place where they live, wherever it may be they have no where to go, isn't it a compassionate and a good thing that those centers exist to care for the needs of the child and in distress? >> a lot of young kids in the cities are going to suffer from it. couldn't come up with the money to keep the recreation center open but we can keep them open to house these kids when you

take them off of the street. i don't understand that. >> a juvenile justice director at ad vo cats for children and youth in baltimore. he joins us for our weekend conversation. jason, good morning. thank you for joining united states. i notice you are not in favor of the curfew changes. explain why. thank you and good morning. our opposition to the curfew is that we think discussions started from a positive place but the outcome is misguided. we think it's unenforceable and we think that curfew laws aren't the way to combat youth violence and public safety. >> what are those ways if it's not taking kids off the street, what would you do? >> well, the a lot ten tive is to have a targeted enforcement approach. the problem with curfews is they assume that all kids after a certain hour are -- have the same prop presencety to commit a crime. >> that's not the case. within any jurisdiction putting up a curfew that many 1% of

those kids taken in for an offense were trying to commit an actual crime we know what's going on there. we have programs like that in baltimore city, but the city decided to go an opposite direction. >> given the direction that the city has decided to go, do you think it will have any incentive on any kids to stay off of the streets? it looks like that? a $500 fine that could be pretty hefty for kids who are caught. it will affect many kids around the city. the question still becomes: is this the way to go about it? >> noug good happens after 9:00 p.m. while that very well might be true, it's the best solution then to try to make police officers social workers and pick

these kids up and take them farther away from this other their homes to curfew vecenters? we don't think that's the solution. >> baltimore is severing with a pretty severe budget crisis. there is not money to keep centers open or programs that might take kids off of the street. is this the most cost effective way? it sounds like they don't have an alternative? >> i want to go to the crux of that question. there seems to be this belief that there is some kind of youth violence crime wave in baltimore city. >> that's not the case. youth make up 7% of all arrests in baltimore city and of that 7%, 90% are for misdemeanors and property crimes. 10% are felonies. so thinking that this is a solution to some kind of large crime wave being committed by youth is simply not backed up by the data we have from the city.

last year, the mayor closed 20 different rec centers and if you look at the time of day, it's after school. 50% of youth arrested in baltimore city in 2013v happened after school outside of the curfew period. it's a misguided approach. >> do you think the solution then is -- i don't know, a way to figure to raise money to keep those youth centers open? and do you know how much that would cost? >> i don't know what the price would be off the top of my head. but i do know that the may ors office put aside $200,000 to open up two new curfew cities. if we had enough money to do that, i don't see why we can't have more money for youth basketball leagues or for programs like the drop-in center which helps homeless youth throughout the city sflfrn thank you for joining us this morning and good luck to you. >> thank you very much.

>> an ancient form of art is giving some down on their luck americans a second chance as al jazeera's tom ackerman shows us, they are weaving a future with the help of at that company in georgia. >> it's a tool that's become a quite curiosity item to most americans, the hand-powered loom. at the weave house, the workers turn out thousands of elegant products for customers looking for something that stands out from the conventional. >> we can have a bag done in two hours. if we are doing a rug, we would say a day. custom pieces take a little bit longer. >> all of the material here comes through donations and more than 90% of the finished pieces are composed of recycled plastic and cloth. >> this is one of the worn-out work safety vests donated by delta airlines a major atlanta employer. all of this raw material recycled into product like these, computer cases, wallets,

credit card holders. >> lela wright has been working here for four years in a job she learned from scratch. >> when i first came over here, only thing i seen was a lot of materials and yarn. >> but la sanal brought with her skills including design that her family has been carrying on for generations. the weave house began as a project to employ some of the homeless in the atlanta area. most of them single women with children as well as people like frederick brown. >> you know, i understand that i was staying in abandoned housing. i tried hard to get a job. >> the non-profit initiative for affordable project calls this a social enterprise motivated by charity but applying commercial strategies to provide people with steady employment. >> as they grow and they want to go into other market places, they can take the jobs that they have learned here and the foundational skills but also the

soft skills that they could then transfer to another market site. >> beside the pay and benefits, the workers here can acquire something more valuable in the long run: skills that have been learned just a few stitches at a time. tom ackerman, al jazeera, decatur georgia. >> the weave house has benefited from emery university. >> tomorrow morning, republican house lauck makers voted to move ahead with a lawsuit against pompom. are they suing him because of principles about the use of executi executive, or is this all about politics ahead of the important mid-term election? that will just about do it for us and this edition of al jazeera. we leave you with a live look now at gaza and the reminder, of course, that this has been another deadly day of the conflict between hamas and israel. it comes at a time when there are some new diplomatic efforts involved with some palestinian

negotiators in egypt trying to hammer out some potential cease-fire even though a cease-fire is something that president obama is saying will be very difficult to put back together. the news continues from our headquarters in doha. i am david shuster. thanks for watching.

>> hello there and welcome to the news hour. we're live from our headquarters in doha. coming up over the next 60 minutes israel continues its strikes on gaza after attempts to stop the fighting collapsed. hopes of a diplomatic solution fade and israel won't be attending talks in egypt. >> catastrophic consequences if they fail to control