>> lost lives are relived. >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> will there differences bring them together or tear them apart? >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland, tomorrow at 9 eastern, only on al jazeera america. scomplafrnlings. is this "al jazeera america" live from new york still. i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories. the israeli prime minister says the fight over gaza is not over yet. the american doctor affected while treating ebola ask being treated himself at a hospital in atlanta. will the victims and flaws in general motors cars get the compensation they are expecting. zoos are having to make a tough choice when it comes to

elephants. in gaza, a cease-fire off the fabling for now. israeli forces started pull some tables. they >> the israeli army continues to work with full effectiveness to complete the objectives of the operation which are the return of long-term calm and security for the itself of israel while causing severe damage to the foundations of ter error. force devon did he hater force devon did he hateror. force devon ter. they have disabled dozens. this harms the strategic infrastructure to which hamas has invested an incredible amount of effort. >> israeli said they will not participate. shelling continued across gaza despite ainsurance people could return to their home.

225,000 palestinians are displaced after nearly a month of fighting more than 1600 palestinians are dead. 66 israelis have beg killed. this report from gaza. >> reporter: people from the area had received word from the israeli army that they could now move back to their homes. we were just at a united nations school right on the outskirts, and there were thousands of people there and they said they would not be returning back to their houses just yet. they didn't believe t they don't think it's safe and where we were, we could still hear the shelling of tanks. so certainly people are very nervous. we have had cease-fires come and go. people have thought that they would be safe to return home at various times and people have been injured or killed as they have done so. so at this stage, the people there, around 4 and a half thousand of them, they said as much as they desperately want to go home, they have been living

in this u.n. school for 17 days. they are not prepared to risk it at this stage. we are starting to get word from various areas inside gaza about israeli tanks starting to pull back from the areas that they have been in. in all areas except for the extreme north, military operations are continuing there. our sources inside gaza are telling us that israeli tanks in other areas of gaza are starting to pull back closer and closer to towards the israeli border. >> live from gaza. nicole, mixed signals from israeli officials today. there are reports that prime minister netanyahu told the u.s. to back off and don't second-guess me. then he has this speech a little while ago where he basically talked about what a great ally the has been. the nexted signals continue.

>> reporter: that's right. from here inside gaza, people were hoping that the speech would give them a little bit more direction about what the next phase is, what is to come there have been rumors thattis would call for a unilateral, one-sided cease-fire. >> has not e vent weighted. on one side e. just in the last hour. there is a heavy military operation you going on in the southern part of gaza, in rafah, been going on for 24 hours now. now, we are hearing in other parts of gaza, israel has said that people can return back to their homes, that israeli tanks are starting to pull out of certain areas but still, no real cease-fire, no real political

move or change. so people don't know inside gaza what to expect, what's to come next. >> nicole, let's pick up on that point that some people have been told they can go back to their homes. are they actually doing that, or are they too scared to be sure of the information, too unsure of the situation? >> reporter: that's >> reporter: that's

. told the white house not to second-guess him on dealing with hamas. let's turn to john terrett in washington. john, i am sure you washed that speech as well. any surprises? >> reporter: richelle, good afternoon. there were some surprises, but not in the way that we were expecting. i should explain to our viewers that behind the scenes and not reported on "al jazeera america," there was a feeling

that the israeli prime minister was about to come out and address the nation and talk about the end of the offensive in gaza or at least the partial pulling back, and this was exacerbated by reports that israeli tanks were withdrawing away from gaza back across the border into israel as nicole was referencing just now in her reporting. well, if in the end, the message from the israeli prime minister was that the operation in gaza continues. so, if there is any kind of cease-fire coming or even a partial ending of the operation, it's it certainly hasn't been formally announced just yet. in fact, prime minister netanyahu said it doesn't matter how long it takes to achieve our goals. he did, however, say that we regret every civilian killed, and, richelle, in the past couple -- past couple of minutes we have heard from hamas who

issued a response to what prime minister netanyahu had to say and they said his words were nothing more than a morale boosting operation to boost the flagging morale of the israeli army. >> let's go back to the story the associated is reporting that benjamin netanyahu needs to back off, needs to not second-guess why he is doing what he is doing. >> right. >> has the u.s. or israel responded to that? what is the state of affairs between the united states andis right now? >> well, prime minister netanyahu addressed this directly in his speech. he said reports emanating from the associated press were wrong in substance and wrong in tone. let me just remind you of what the reports were. according to the associated press, in a telephone conversation, either with the u.s. ambassador to israel, that may or may not have included secretary kerry and another senior administration official,

prime minister netanyahu is said to have said, don't ever second-guess me on hamas. and stop calling for a truce. well, he said that was wrong in substance and tone. what he did go on to say was that the united states had provided terrific, terrific support for israel, he said. he thanked john kerry and president obama for recognizing that hamas broke the cease-fire, and he said that he prefers a diplomatic solution but that all options remain on the table, richelle. >> people, here in washington, what is the reaction that you are seeing from people there in washington about the gaza situation? >> no response to any of this at the moment from the state department or from any other department of the administration. however, we have seen today, we have some pictures of this, i think, of a very, very large pro-palestinian demonstration in washington, d.c. now, this was thousands of

people who turned out in intermittent rain here to send a message that these are americans who are saying: we are not happy with the unswerving support of the united states gives to israel. we are not happy that our tax dollars are given to israel in an unfeterred fashion. and this is americans from every race and religion and ethnic background. they rallied in front of the white house and then they marched down the streets of washington, d.c. to "the washington post" to complain about press coverage and to the headquarters of cater pilar who have been providing the earth movers that israel is using. richelle. >> dramatic pictures there, john terrett reporting from washington. we will check back in about you. we will have more on the situation in gaza in a few moments. we want to turn to the latest on the outbreak of ebola. for the first time, a patient with ebola is receiving treatment in the united states.

dr. kent brantley left west africa this morning on a specially equipped private plane. a little after noon eastern time, an ambulance took brantley from dobbins university to emery university hospital. that's where he will be treated in a special quarantine unit. robert ray is at the hospital in atlanta. so, robert, tell us why this particular hospital was picked. >> reporter: good afternoon, richelle. emery university hospital is just one of four in the entire country that has the special isolation you units. there is one in montana, one at university of nebraska and one in the d.c. areas. but atlanta-based emery hospital is just a couple of blocks away from the centers for disease control and prevention, literally just down the hill over there, and they work together about 12 years ago to build this isolation room in conjunction. no period, there has been a patient treated for sars, avian flu. though as you say they have never had anyone come into the

united states or even the western hemisphere, according to officials, with the ebola infection. but indeed, this morning at 11:20 a.m., dr. kent brantley, 33 years old from texas did land here and was transported to this hospital. now, yesterday, we talked to one of the infectious disease doctors that will treat dr. brantly inside. here is what he had to say. >> 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 strewnn unit which can safely care for a patient with a serious communecable disease delivering the highest level of care required, including intensive care unit. >> now, we just got a statement from dr. ken brantley's family. in fact, his wife literally just sent out this e-mail just moments ago. i am going to read it for you

off of my iphone. apologize but it says it was a relief to welcome kent home today. i spoke with him and glad he is back in the united states. i am thankful to god for his safe transport and for giving him the strength to walk into the hospital. so clearly, a very, very happy wife of this doctor that is back. now, we are also told this. the second aid worker who will be treated here at emery hospital, the airplane that landed at dobbins air force base earlier today took off almost immediately, went up to maine to refuel, the state of maine and is now back on its way over to liberia to get that second aid worker, nancy writebol. we are told she is expected here likelihood on monday where she will then be brought to this hospit hospital, again, emery, and put inside that unit with her colleag colleague, and be treated. >> robert ray, live at emery hospital in atlanta a robert, thank you so much. the world health organization is warning of dire consequences if the e bowl al virus isn't

contained in west africa. there are a total of 1,323 suspected cases of ebola. >> makes it the largest outbreak ever recorded. as of this past week, the disease has resulted in 729 deaths. of the 1300 cases, 909 have been confirmed as ebola. al jazeera's gerald tan reports on the efforts to stop the outbreak. >> reporter: united against ebola. business leaders in sierra leone's capital, freetown are on a campaign to spread the word. >> we need to join together to make sure the fight against ebola. it has no remedy. >> a killer that has taken more than 700 lives in sierra leone, liberia and guinea this year. the heads of those west african nations have agreed to create an isolation zone at the heart of the outbreak. they have been leading the world

health organization chief who made this appeal. >> you must supreme court the extraordinary measures, the laboratory capacity at this, protective clothing and other resources including financial resources. >> this is the largest outbreak since ebola was identified in 1976. he bowl a is highly contagion and spread through direct contact yet outbreaks have largely been restricted to africa. >> it's really only a threat to countries that have whooeblth systems that might not have the sort of infection control practices and materials and the sort of disease surveillance systems that may can lock a an outbreak down. >> it affects almost every cell in the body. there is currently no cure or vaccine, a problem some blame with the lack of financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop and one that they say needs to be

addressed. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> now for more on the story is infectious disease dr. sali salim gounder. doctor brantly was able to walk off of the ambulance. should we be surprised of that? is that indicative of how he is doing? >> i was rather surprised but at the same time, not everybody process progress with their ebola symptoms as quickly as others. it can be anywhere from two days to a couple of weeks. and so he may be in the earlier stages of infection and he may have responded to some of the treatment he's already received. >> that would be wonderful if that was the case. let's talk about the fact that he is here now. is there any reason to be concerned that ebola is actually being treated in the united states right now? >> i would say, no. now, yes, brantly was a healthcare worker. he did get ebola but he was working in very different circumstances on the ground in liberia, completely different healthcare systems, infra structures available.

here in the united states, we have very good infectious control measures even the at a regular hospital. at your regular hospital you have negative pressure rooms that would allow you to contain someone with tuberculosis. he was working in an environment and the people that will treat him will be in completely differently conditions. >> precisely. they will only be responsible for him and writebol. other countries you havefications working gruelling others with 115 degree temperatures in their suits, they are having to attend to 50 patients each and they have limited resources. so, it's completely different situation. >> can you tell us how this outbreak, how this outbreak -- pardon me -- spread so quickly? is it because of some of the conditions you just talked being? >> yes. that's part of the issue. these are also countries that have been racked by civil war, poor goverance, porous borders between the countries. ni nigeria out of that because there is only one-indicates

there. there is a lot of trade between the country. the other issue that has led to increased transmission is stigma and that's what we are dealing with here as well. but, you know, people are not coming, you know, forward for medical attention because they are so afraid. >> the name does strike fear in people for sure. how have some people been able to survive? i realize the survival rate is very low but people do survive. what's different about them than other people. >> some has to do with how quickly you come forward for medical attention. those who are coming later because of stigma, it's sad because they are missing out on some of the potential benefits they could be receiving. but the way ebola kills somebody is it drops your blood pressure so you are not getting adequate perfusion blood to the organs so then, you develop organ fairly. in addition t weak edges your immune system to get other back teerm infections, fungal infections on top of that. you know, so in those countries, we can provide iv fluids to support their blood pressure but we are very limited. here, there is so much more we can offer. >> why don't we have a cure yet?

>> part is it's a rare, deadly disease. to studay drug or a vaccine, you know, you need a patient population and people at risk. it's really hard to do that under normal circumstances. and there is ethical issues of doing that in the context of an outbreak as well. >> does money have anything to do with it? >> of course, it's a disease that affects a developing country and it's not affecting 30% of americans. so -- >> we probably have a cure. thank you so much? >> thank you. >> for the information. we appreciate it. join us to take a differently look at the ebola outbreak in west africa and the efforts to contain it at 8 p.m. eastern, fiche p.m. pacific. the continuing filth from the cia's admission that it spied on the u.s. senate. also: sglt. >> get out the checkbook and say, how big a check do you want to keep our executives out of jail? >> how broadly will general

motors compensation fund apply? those stories coming up on "al jazeera america."

a. cia director has admitted his agency hacked into the e-mails of several senators. with me is janie dana a provensor of political science and a professor of campaign management at nyu. wow. >> that's right. stri striking revelation. >> let's break this down. the senate was actually investigating the cia's interrogation program. what were they looking for? >> this does date back to the bush administration. john brennan worked for clinton. he worked in the cia under bush and was in charge of some of the secret prisons and enhanced interrogation techniques. when president obama came in and cancelled those enhanced interrogation practices, the senate intelligence committee began investigating. next week, the report you mentioned is the report that is set to be released on what the cia was doing. >> they were trying to get a look? >> trying to get a look at that.

and that has precipitated this enormous tension between the cia director, john brennan, and the senate intelligence committee. and what happened really was that in a very public statement, dianne feinstein, who is the head of the committee from camera, came out and said -- this was last ma, we believe that the cia is hacking into the senate computers. and it was a shocking public statement and then the next thing we know, john brennan, the cia director says absolutely not. at a time never happened. denies it completely and then this week, we find out there was an investigation, and it was found to be true and he was forced to apologize or chose to apologize to the senate, to the intelligence committee, but now the fallout is coming. calls for his resignation and efforts to find out what is going on in the cia, why this effort to try. is it to whitewash this report is going to say which we is he still don't have yet. >> unclearly clearly now, it has more people curious than they

were before. they want to know what is this report all about. and brennan claimed u.s. drones were not killing civilians overseas. the president has since acknowledged that that has happened. so this is a second time on record that brennan has been basically caught in a lie. what might the potential consequences be for this? >> it's an excellent point. here is when i was watching his testimony before he was being nominated and he promised to be truthful, promised to smooth relations which are always tense between the senate and the cia and yet, here we go, as you mentioned, the second time he has either lied, misled or unknowingly in this case -- we don't know yet -- unknowingly, perhaps his staffers did it and he didn't know misled but had a culture of this kind of thing going on at the cia and james clapper made the statement about americans and the nsa. so, you know, there is a history here, and in terms of the consequences, you know, we now have at least three senators, two democrats, one republican, rand paul who you remember

famously about john brennan, his nomination. >> this could cross party lines? >> strange bed fellows in this case. you seep them calling for his resignation. one senator is calling for criminal charges not necessarily against brennan. >> let me ask you that: so is this a political problem, a legal problem, a constitutional problem or all three? >> it is absolutely.

>> thank you. we appreciate your insight. the wreckage site of flight mh 17 in ukraine continues to be a battlefield. residents are continuing to leave the eastern part of the country. separatists say they have pushed back government troops. they say reports killed 10 government pair atroopers yesterday. >> a factory has left 69 people dead. the blast happened not far from shanghai. most of the victims suffered burns over 80% of their bodies. al jazeera's adrienne brown has been following developments there. >> reporter: earlier today, local government officials gave a media conference and they said that a preliminarykunshan showed that perhaps at a time explosion was caused by a flame being

ignited naw dust-filled room, which made it highly combustible, and it was enough to send this huge fireball tearing through the workshop. now, it was a huge explosion. it was heard several kilometers away. the bodies of many of the dead have been charred beyond recognition. the bodies of many of the survivors have 80% burns to them. >> that's testimony to the power of this explosion. now, many of the dead were poor my grant workers from far away prove convinces. they were working a saturday shift to earn extra money to send home to their families. now, china's president has ordered a full-scale investigation. he sent his vice premier here to oversee the rescue operation, to oversee the inquiry and it's said no stone be left unturn today find out what truly happened here. >> adrienne brown reporting there. coming up, the economy may be improving but the number of americans going hungry, that is

on the rise. >> since 2008, we have doubled, more than doubled, the number of meals that we serve. >> we will tell you about the struggle to feed the poor ain te nation's wealthiest cities. despite defense fighting, life in gaza goes on. so does hope for a better future. you are watching "al jazeera america."

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>> experience illegal immigration up close and personal. >> it's overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. >> lost lives are relived. >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> will there differences bring them together or tear them apart? >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland, tomorrow at 9 eastern, only on al jazeera america. scomplofrnling. we know back to "al jazeera america." here is a look at the top stories. an american doctrine ed with ebola is back in the united states. dr. kent brantly arrived in georgia just before noon. he will be treated at a warranty at emery hospital in atlanta. in gaza, cease-fire is off of the table for now. israel is telling some gaza residents it's safe to go home and army tanks in some areas. the prime primary insisting they are not backing off of hamas. join us from hebron in the west bank via skype is an associate professor of international studies at marymount manhattan

college. we appreciate your time. a cease-fire is off of the table for now. israeli forces have started pulling back towards the border, but prime minister netanyahu insists they are not backing off hamas. what is the international community to make of this response? what are the palestinians to make of that? >> many things actually. since the beginning, we saw a total absence on the question of israel, hamas. basically we haven't seen any real involvement by anybody, and we have seen that the international committee gave israel a freehand in gaza. >> that's why we see that inflew pension so far has been there to influence or impact or enforce a cease-fire between hamas and the state of israel. we all know that israel has all. equipment. we know that it has the heavy gear. we also know that it has the air force that can destroy gaza 20

times over. so far, israel has used a lot of force against gazans and we so far see that we have 1700 dead individuals in gaza while the israelis have only suffered 63 deaths. all of them are soldiers. on the other side, we see almost 15 or 1600 of the 1700 to be civilians. >> so what do you think is the objective of israel right now? >> actually, israel has not set an objective so far. >> they said it's about the tunnels. >> now, it is about the tunnels but from the beginning, they said that they wanted to end hamas firing rockets on to israel. then they said that they wanted to take hamas's military and equipment and guns and then said that they would destroy the tunnels. today, prime minister netanyahu in his press con fence said,

yes, the tunnels but we maintain a presence to make sure israel would always be there. i think what i have for the prime minister is if you want israel to be quiet, sit with ma'am mahmoud abbas, the pal stunian president a& strike dea with him and a deal based upon the american outline and the parameters mean that israel must go back to the 1967 boundaries and borders. israel must recognize an independent palestinian state. israel must represent the blockade of gaza and redeploy from gaza. >> let me stop you now because we all know those are things that are probably not going to happen right now at this moment to accomplish some sort of cease-fire. having said that, the e job descriptions propose add cease-fire that really didn't go anywhere. what do you make of that? >> it didn't go anywhere because they have taken the israeli version fully and totaly and --

>> why is that? >> that's the problem because hamas is considered a continuation of the brotherhood and as you know, the current president of egypt is against mohamed morsi who was a brotherhood president in egypt. so hamas and mohamed morsi, the brotherhood in egypt are one and the same in the eyes of it sisi. if the he hammers hamas, that means he is hammering on the brotherhood inside egypt. for him to -- he's hitting two bears with one stone meaning that he is hitting hard at hamas. it is a brotherhood and, also, he is hitting hard at the brotherhood inside egypt and that's why hamas was not consulted. however, he consulted the palestinian president, but it was on a later day and a later notice rather than bringing him from the beginning to see the cease-fire details and to consult with other palestinian

faxes. >> let me ask you this. you had said that netanyahu should speak with mahmoud abbas. >> doesn't seem like it's going to happen is there. any arab nation that could step up and make a difference and do what israel has been able to do in the past that -- i'm sorry. he script has been able to do in the past but doesn't have the same stature that it used to? >> actually, the only -- the only power that can talk to israel at this stage is egypt. jordan has a peace agreement with israel, but it does not have the leverage that egypt has. he script, you know, 90 million people until israel, an american ally has signed a peace agreement with israel since 1979. all of those factors makes egypt an asset and strategic ally to israel and the united states saudi arabia has the same leverage and influence but not the peace agreement with israel. >> that's the difference between saudi arabia and egypt at this stage.

thus, we see that egypt always is asked to intervene whenever there is a conflict or there is a difficulty between the palestinians and the israelis. yes see the egyptians are taking the israel's side against hamas. >> that's why we are having an impasse and not moving anywhere. hamas would like to see a cease-fire agreement or a cease-fire proposal that will meet the following: they need a seaport. they need an airport and, also, they need an influence entrance to egypt and palestinian territories without israeli president. israel is refusing to allow any of the above at this stage. >> yes, of course, saying none of that will happen unless the rockets stop coming from hamas. >> was ghassan shabaghni. last night, we took an in-depth look with our special gaza

witness to war hosted by nick schifrin. nick has been in the region since the fighting began. as he reports now in the middle of this cycle of violence and death, some are clinging to the promise of a normal life. >> on the streets of gaza, you might not he 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 makeos from him. sure, he admits these days business isn't great, but he is hopeful. he survived flea 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 hair cut from mohammed hasanin. if barber ships are a modern day

town square, consider him the town cryer. >> we want just one thing. we want safety. we want peace. >> there are the children. they are still able to play even though so many have died. so many have been wounded in a month of war, which makes this little girl part of a miracle. her 23-year-old mother wasn't able to conceive. so she had in vitro fertilization and he lahala ended up with a brother, mohammed. actually, she ended up with three brothers. meet the quad ruplets. mohammed, ajae ab, yasin and ahala. two days old in a normal and peaceful day, they have increased chances of abnormalalties. this is not a peaceful place. but they are all just fine and so is the mother. a reminder that en in the darkest days people at war can

create life and hope. . >> precious babies, nick schifrin reporting there. house republicans have passed legislation aimed at slowing the flow of illegal my grants across the border. if passed by the senate, two bills would provide $694 million in emergency funding but the laws include provisions that would allow the government to deport migrant children without a hearing as well as remove undocumented migrants who live in the u.s. and are now adults. >> children who came here seeking refuge in this country at least deserve a fair adjudication, not to be met with the barrel of a gun and a one-way ticket back. >> the president says give me $37,000,000,000, 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. >> president obama yesterday criticized the legislation calling it an extreme partisan bill that he says has no chance of passing the u.s. senate.

although job numbers are improving, many are finding it hard to put money on the table. mary snow reports even people in one of the wealthiest cities in the country, they are fighting hunger. >> it's a week day morning in new york city and a line forms well before doors open at this east harlem food pantry. the people waiting for food range from young mothers to older people on fixed income and they belie the signs of comic growth surrounding them like the high-rise residential building that went up in recent years. inside the pantry, the number of people needing food is only growing. deborah chapman, for one, says she has seen a difference in the four years she has been coming here. >> this year, instead of coming, you know, half an hour before, i should really come an hour or two before. >> one big reason more people are relying on charities like this one to eat is because they have their food stamps cut. congress cut $5,000,000,000 from snap or the supplemental

nutrition assistance flam late 2013. because of that, the new york common pantry, one of the largest in new york serving 3 million meals annually reports a 26% increase in recipients in the last year. but executive director steven grahamaledi said snap cuts are just part of the story. he says the bigger story is the number of people coming to the pantry have swelled since the recession began. >> since 2008, we have doubled, more than doubled the number of meals that we serve. >> the biggest jump, he says, is the number of people who are working. >> we have people that are home attendants, home health aides, individuals that just can't make enough to make ends meet in our city because of the cost of living. and as a result, they are coming to us. >> it comes as the overall wealth of new york city, the world's financial capital, is growing. new york ranks 4 in a recent survey of cities around the globe with the highest percentage of millionaires.

joel berg says as the city gets wealthier, demand at the 1,000 plus food kitchen edges he represents is only increasing. >> when neighborhoods general tr trivfy, the demand goes up because rent is the single greatest cost. if they can't afford rent, they can't afford to buy food. >> he finds that one in six new yorkers live in homes where they can't afford enough food. >> the economy has been recovering at the top, but there has never been in modern american history a bigger disconnect between how wall street is doing and how main street's doing. >> with less government aid for food, the strain is on charities to fill the void and depend on donations to keep feeding new york's hungry. mary snow, al jazeera. >> according to the u.s. department of agriculture, 18 million homes in america don't have enough money to put food on their tables. the 400,000 residents of toledo, ohio, are being warned not to drunk water from their tap.

officials say there are dangerous levels of a toxin in the water supply. the government has -- the governor has declared a state of emergency. state agencies in the ohio national guard are helping to bring in clean water. gm's compensation fund is now open for claims. at it's unclear all of those who suffered will be compensated. >> general motor is said to have killed her brother, amador on her road. >> the airbag did deploy. it did. but there is several other accidents where the airbags have sgloid deployed. >> gm argues because the coba cobalt's car set off the airbag, it's not to blame. under the terms of the compensation program, only crashes in which the airbag did not deploy are eligible for compensation. >> for a decade, gm engineers on

new a heavy key change could switch off the car's power. however the company didn't order a recall. internal documents show gm felt the cars were still controllable as the 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 ongoing 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. how credible are they? >> they will pay it. >> there are already doubts about the fund announce add month ago and not just the terms of elgibility but the burden of proof for vickims. gm has announced it expects to pay out a total between 400 and

$600 million and claims there is no cap on compensation. the watchdog argues only criminal prosecution will cham gm's ways? >> corporations just get out the checkbook and they say, how big a check do you want to keep our executive did out of jail? >> that's a view shared by @jam,

available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now my son. north tern columbia, unusual hot and dry season is destroying crops, killing livestock and leaving communities without water. the government declared a state

of emergency. a report from the worst hit regions where thousands of cows have already died. >> cattle carcases are scattered over what would be a greenfield. this used to be called the blessing. now t seems to be cursed. there used to be 70 cows here over 200 have died. the rest were sold or moved before more could perish. >> all of these years raising cattle, i have never seen anything like this. we didn't receive a drop of rain. usually, it would rain in march and april until june now, we should be at the top of our milk production. even the stream is dead. >> drought and extreme heat are affecting huge swaths of northern columbia. experts say this is just the

beginning of a dry season that could continue until next april lea leaving communities at risk. >> 90% of this year's harvest is gone because they are expecting a longer drought, they won't even plant a new crop. >> we farm with loans we get from bangs and agricultural institute but we don't know how to pay they can bam. we are bankruptcy with no options left but waiting for governmentts health. water tankers. >> mrooetsz and the army have been distributing water from town to town for almost a month now. and while people say this is a relief it's obviously not enough. >> the water we get, we use to wash the rice. them we use the same water to

wash the dishes or go to the bathroom and then we use it for the flaplats. i pray to god every day. >> the residents know they will need more than prayers. the national government anoujszed over $100 million in emergency funds and a long-term plan to drill water wells. hot dry weather still ahead. many are bracing for even more devastation. al jazeera, columbia. >> coyotes are terrorizing a neighborhood in california. animal control is blaming the drought there. at bur bankman's home, a pack of coyotes running across his lawn. police say this is becoming more common. the same hormone described the experience he had while he was out walking his dog. >> four to five coyotes and i

started pausing. right after that, i saw about 10 or more coming out. they were just coming out like a horror movie. >> that homeowner used a shovel to chase off the coyotes. he is warning homeowners to never leave pets or small children unattended outside. and warning to secure trash bags. >> plenty of rain to the caribbean this weekend. meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with the details. >> that of thedraft dramatic. i would watch what i would do with my pets. >> this rain we are getting is much needed rain. we have had a slow start to the hurricane season. because of that, a lot of these islands down here are sperpings can a drought situation. we will talk about that in a moment. i want to tell you what bertha is doing now. see right here to the south of puerto rico, they are getting plenty of rain right now. winds for the system are about

52 miles per hour. >> makes it a tropical storm. the system is moving quickly to the northwest about 20 to 21 miles per hour. it's going to be pushing through quite quickly. we are seeing quite a bit of much needed rain. we do have the potential flooding across puerto rico. after puerto rico, it's going to be the dominican republic as well as the turks and kakos. i mentioned the drought here in puerto rico. see yellows and oranges, those are indicating the drought areas. we are looking at a serious drought situation and again, this time of year, normally we have plenty of tropical moisture. we haven't had that because the hurricane season has been so slow. t these are what we call the spag etty plot models. as you can see, it is going to make its way to the northwest but we don't expect it to make a landfall in the united states. it's going to stay and make it pretty messy across parts of the

turks and kakos. across the united states, it is quite wet across the northeast as well as the eastern seaboard. we will see plenty of rain. we had a break across new jersey. toward the south, along part of virginia, north carolina, a lot more rain is coming into play. we are watching flood watches, advisories in effect. so, if you have plans for the beach maybe tomorrow, it's going to be rainy in the morning. we expect to see maybe going to be breaking out, richelle, by the time we get to the afternoon. but our beautiful cool summer that we have had is about to end. >> great. >> going to be hot? >> bye, kevin. all right. some american zoos are facing a tough sdweings that will have a dramatic effect on the lives of their elephants. >> story just ahead on "al jazeera america."

get out of the water! >> dramatic. right?

beach goers in florida got a scare after that. >> that's a hammerhead shark that came right up to shore, terrified swimmers near pensacola, frantically got out of the water to save themselves the man taking the video say the sharks swam around 10 to 15 minutes before retreating back into the sea. pretty excited there. american zoo elephant population is dwindling. of the 224 zoos, only 66 have herds. how one zoo in seattle is making some tough decisions as it figures out the best ways to save on a popular exhibit. >> all of these people eagerly waiting in line are about to get closee they ever have aboutr before to afternoon 8,000 point giant at 47 years old the oldest elephant at the zoo sharing with

two other elephants. all have spent their lives here you will never see all three interact at the same time. watoto is unpredictable and aggressive towards bamboo. >> even when we have elephants sharing the same space together, they oftentimes choose just to show the opposite end of the exhibit. a growing body of evidence shows that zoo elephants thrive when they are is able to socialize with each other in a herd of three or more. the aza is requiring all of its 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 soon do with watoto. it would allow the zoo to acquire another elephant who will get along better with the rest of the herd. animal rights advocates say that's not enough. >> when i look at the elephants and see the elephants, i think it's a very sad commentary on our human terri. >> alene says the elephants are

stressed with highway noise behind them and less than an acre to roam. >> what would you like to see for these elephants. >> i would like to see them transpired a sanctuary where they can roam on vast acres of land where they can heel from the arthritis and lameness as they can and become. breed something difficult to do. unsuccessfully tried to artificially you know sem nature chai 112 times. she says with 96 he will facts poached for their ivory each day. >> if given the choice:

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