>> gaza and israel, growing up under attack living with violence... the stories you haven't heard 30 days of war hosted by john seigenthaler only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> israel troops withdraw from gaza overnight as the ceasefire takes hold. new efforts underway to form a more permanent piece. >> ebola worries at a new york city hospital, awaiting test results to see if a patient is infected. now a second american aid worker with the virus is headed to atlanta for treatment. >> the big dig, southern california cleaning up from a major mud slide that destroyed dozens of homes, stranded

thousands of people. [ applause ] >> you did a great job. >> drinking the water restored to nearly half a million people in ohio, an algae bloom contaminated lake erie with toxins. the mayor said the water is safe, but is the problem fixed? >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. we are six hours into the ceasefire in gaza. this one appears to be holding. >> just before the ceasefire began early this morning, hamas shot a barrage of rockets into israel. zeal troops have taken up defensive positions on the israeli side of the border. >> this latest ceasefire was brokered by egypt. new talks are set to begin in cairo. >> israel soldiers have all but left the gaza strip, the forces pulled out off the the arm flat northbound the last of the 32 tunnels inside gaza.

military leaders said the troops will take up a defensive position. both sides agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire. an israeli spokesman questioned why hamas didn't agree to it earlier. >> hamas has to explain why they didn't accept the proposal three weeks ago. so many have suffered and for what? >> this is an important moment. we have agreed on a roadmap for ending the israeli attack against gaza. we hope that the israelis will be committed and accept the ceasefire. >> now the agreement to a more permanent piece begins. the palestinians want a full israeli withdrawal from gaza, an end to the israeli and egyptian blockade, a release of prisoners and international assistance to rebuild gaza. israel is demanding that gaza be completely demilitarized,

requiring hamas to give up its arsenals and weapons. israel wants to stop hamas from gaining more weapons in the future. so far, the nearly month long conflict has destroyed more than 3,000 homes in gaza. for palestinians, the three day ceasefire is providing a chance to get supplies. >> the ceasefire is good. we have come out to get food and water, to let the children go out. we don't have water. we don't have electricity, we drink the sea water in the beach camp and that's a miserable thing. >> we are live from rafa on the gaza strip. good morning, what's happening on the ground right now? >> >> i'm on the southern tip of the gaza tip. this area has been heavily hit over the last couple of days. there were a couple children that were killed in the final hours before the ceasefire was

started the personal story there typical of what we're hearing in rafah. a family of eight lived in that house. the tanks came from this eastern section here. israel is only two kilometers to my right. the tanks came through the town. this house was attacked. it's miraculous that no one was killed here. utter scenes of shock and devastation here in rafah, people picking through the rubble, trying to find any kind of remnants, anything they can salvage for their lives and still a lot of distrust over whether the ceasefire will hold. >> certainly seems like it is a busy street you're on. rafah is the place where an israeli air strike hit a u.n. school. the united states condemned that attack. how are the schools in the area

coping and where are people going now? they were going to the schools for shelter. >> this is exactly it, there are tens of schools in rafah, like the one where that attack happened a couple of days ago. whether there is space for the people to go, it's highly doubtful. you see a constant stream of people behind me, some on donkey carts, taking out possessions and heading to the schools, hoping that there is some sort of shelter. they have nowhere to go, their houses and lives are in complete ruin. there will be a dire situation certainly as we move into the night today in rafah as these people look for somewhere to bed down for the night. >> israeli forces are now out of gaza and there will be international talks for a more

lasting ceasefire. do the people you have spoken to in gaza have faith in the process? it's interesting. when we were driving down south from gaza city, it's very obvious that there were far more people on the streets that had come out than in previous ceasefire efforts. there was a sense, it was a lot more relaxed. there wasn't that tension. there weren't the great cues president banks we saw in previous ceasefire, that desperation to get as much food as they can before the bombs started again. but that moods changed quite quickly. hours ago, there were rumors as we were a little further east, a few hundred yards up the road, that mood changed quickly when there were rumors that there had been an air strike in the north. they were just rumors, but there was that sudden sent of fear,

we've got to get the stuff out as quickly as possible because the israeli army is coming back. no, there isn't much faith certainly as we stand here today in gaza, so far in this ceasefire. >> so many people still living in fear, unfortunately some have green used to it. charles, thank you. >> we're now getting a new look this morning, an amateur video showing the exact moment when that construction tractor hit a bus in jerusalem. israeli officials call it a terrorist attack. the driver stuck and killed a pedestrian before hitting that bus. police shot and killed the driver. officials say that driver had an extensive police record. in our next hour, we'll talk strategy with a former member of the jointly chiefs of staff. >> first we want to go to libby casey in washington. there are mixed signals out of washington over israel, strong words about gaza, but

$225 million from the white house. what is that money for? >> it was approved by congress on friday. yesterday, the president combined it into law. it's money to pay for israel's iron dome missile defense system. this will go for this. the white house statement emphasized u.s. pride in developing a system with israel and funding it, but it did come with a twist. it asked for all parties in this conflict to abide by international humanitarian law. >> what has been the reaction so far to the latest ceasefire in gaza. >> it expressing strong support, urging all to abide by it and work for a long term solution. >> that summit involving nearly 50 african leaders in washington, what is on the agenda? >> it's spread over the city, a big event for washington, d.c.

today is focused on business. president obama will speak later this afternoon and announce more than $14 billion in investments, ranging from industries from energy to i.t., construction and banking. more than 90 companies are present, they are working with african cross and we see the commerce department, the former mayor of new york on hand with his organization. we will see a lot of business deals taking place, and also the symbolism of that investment in africa. the president isn't doing one-on-ones with african leaders, but there is a big dinner that the white house is hosting tonight. we do see vice president biden and secretary kerry taking those meetings, vice president biden is meeting with president good luck jonathan. >> in new york city, this morning, doctors are testing a man to see if he might have

ebola, even though officials say it's unlikely. they have him in isolation. right now, a second american known to be infected is on her way back to the united states, as robert ray reports, nance is expected to arrive been the next few hours. >> undercover of night, american aid worker nance write boll left liberia. she will become only the second american to be treated or ebola on american soil. >> we are optimistic. we feel this is going to be a good thing for her and we're prayerful that she'll pull through. >> her colleague, dr. kent brantley made the same trip over the weekend. both are said to be improving after receiving an experimental drug. >> it really is a cocktail of

and the bodies, proteins that the body naturally makes in response to infection to ultimately help the body to clear the infection. >> the serum was harvested from lab animals and grown in tobacco leaves, first identified as a possible ebola treatment seven months ago. dr. brantley received his second dose yesterday at emery university hospital. writebol got her second dose this morning. beat appear to be suffering. >> by her suffering in this and going through it, she may help countless more through them being able to understand what's going on in her body and develop a cure. >> in new york city, a patient who recently traveled to west africa walked into a hospital showing symptoms of a possible ebola infection. doctors there think it's unlikely he'll test positive. >> using an abundance of

caution, we're going to work carefully with the c.d.c. to make sure this patient does not have the ebola virus disease. >> the world bank announced a $200 million emergency relief fund, money that will be district to liberia, guinea and sierra leone to pay doctors and educate locals on fighting the outbreak. meanwhile, volunteers from the u.s. and around the globe continue to suit up and head overseas to the front lines, where the virus has already claimed nearly 900 lives. >> my family has, of course, they're very unhappy that i would put myself at risk, but they know me. they know that this has been my passion, to help other people. >> and looking live now outside of emery university hospital in atlanta, dr. kent brantley is already being treated there, and aid worker nance writebol who is

on a plane will be transported there when she arrives in a few hours. we'll talk about the prognosis of these two americans and the serum they have been given. >> russia double its military presence near its eastern border, saying it is for training. they have moved 20,000 troops to the region and vastly expanded their fire power. the move comes amid heightened tensions in ukraine's east. >> this is the lennon hospital in slovyansk and i'm in the surgical ward. many of the hospital staff was frightened and ran away. the accept are activities took over the hospital bomb shelter and stopped some patients and hospital staff from using it. in june, this ward was hit by shell fire. a nurse was killed. the roof just above me was badly

damaged. we don't know who fired that shell, but one hospital official told me that he believes it would have been government forces. what we do know is that medical staff and medical premises are receiving very little protection in eastern on you cranes war. >> meanwhile, more than 300 ukrainian troops have crossed into russia, moscow say they are deserters giving them refuge. ukraine said they are trying to get those men back. >> video from nigeria shows the military committing atrocities against civilians. this is the government trying to crack down on boko haram. soldiers are seen slitting the throats of men and boys. the government said it's investigating the videos. >> strong currents are the cause of sinking a ferry in bangladesh. it is estimated there may have

been as many as 300 passengers and crew. forty people were able to swim to it. >> in california, residents are digging out from a mud slide. it may take days for crews to reach them. dozens of homes in los angeles and san bernadino counties were affected. >> it hit fast, within a couple of minutes. >> barely got my struck out and a wall of water, 20 feet of rocks and bolders came up and over the bank, took out everything i had here. >> at least four people and a dog rescued from those rushing waters. a man was killed when his car was washed away and then crashed into a creek. >> in california, crews are hopeful that the increasing humidity could help them get a better handle on two wildfires. hundreds of homes are

threatened. >> weather plays a key role in the ability of firefighters to maintain those fires. >> we turn to nicole mitchell. is the weather help org hurting the firefighting efforts? >> depends where you are. everything from the mud slide are part of the system. central california, northern california up through oregon and washington, those are 30 points that are large fires to are uncontained. that's a growth from what we had yesterday. there have been more fires in this area. we've watched a bit of an upper level spin enhancing the moon soon flow, bringing more moisture. the moisture making it to the ground in reno on the california-nevada border.

some of this doesn't make it to the ground, because the atmosphere is dry. when you get the thunderstorms in the area, but not the moisture making it to the ground, then you have these different areas with fire dangers because you have the lightning that can spark the fires without the benefits of rain. we're still seeing that, also seeing warm temperatures in the area through the week. that dries out the fuels for the fire even more. >> nicole, thanks. >> an ohio water ban lifted. >> the mayor is saying the drinking water is now safe days after tax ins made it undrinkable. bisi onile-ere is live with the city's handling of the water cries there. >> it was them or me. >> the man who shot an unarmed 19-year-old on the front porch takes the stand to defense his actions. why he said he was afraid for his life. >> a flooded nevada highway, an elderly couple was saved from this fast-moving water. >> today's big number,

$6 million. >> we'll tell you why one internet company had to pay that to hundreds of former and current employees. living with violence... the stories you haven't heard 30 days of war hosted by john seigenthaler only on al jazeera america

>> $6 million is today's big number. >> it's a settlement for the on line career networking site linked in. that money is going to 300 current and former employees, part of an agreement after an investigation found they violated the federal wage laws. >> good news for the residents of toledo, ohio, the water is once again safe to drink. mayor d. michael collins on monday lifting a long ban over the weekend, drinking it himself. it left nearly a half million people unable to turn on the tap. an algae bloom left the area with dangerous toxins in the water. residents must be relieved that

the ban has been lifted. >> good morning, stephanie. yes, certainly, a sense of relief. it's been nearly 24 hours since the water ban here in toledo was lifted and life is slowly getting back to normal for thousands of residents, although the mayor says that the water is safe, there is still growing concern this could happen again. for the first time in days, the faucets inside wiley parkers house are running again. up nothing now, she and her family's only access to clean water came from a bottle. her description of the past few days, stressful. >> kind of hectic. afraid to do anything with water, not even wash my hands. >> the harmful bloom contaminated the toledo area water source. a massive ban left nearly half a million residents dry.

72 hours later. [ applause ] >> here's to you, toledo, you did a great job. >> the mayor's confidence, however, isn't enough to sway residents like parker, who helps care for her grandchildren. >> i don't know. i just don't trust it. it's too quick. >> the city says forecasters predicted significant algae blooms in lake erie this year, but environmental pollutions, chemical run off from farms made the situation much worse. the city said in this case, the toxins would have been hard to avoid. >> while we can't control algae blooms, when it's right over our in take, we're at its merse. we do have procedures in place. this bloomed right over our intake. we were helpless. we did everything we could, we brought it back on line as soon as we could. >> long time residents like jim beliefs there needs to be accountability. >> we need to eliminate the

pollution going into the lake. >> toledo's water crisis maybe over, but the city may not be in the clear. the calendar gee bloom will reach its peak in september. >> algae blooms are not uncommon. they usually stay in deeper waters, but it was a mix of wind and current that pushed that to shallow waters, helping contribute to the water crisis here in toledo. >> i understand that lake erie could see more algae blooms next month. what's the long term plan for the city's water supply? >> yeah, the problems may not be over just yet for the city of toledo. city leaders met last night to discuss just that, some of the things that were talked about possibly reigning in farm pollution that runs off into lake erie. the mayor said this is an issue that isn't going away anytime soon and that federal funding is needed to really solve this

problem. he didn't give any examples as to what needs to take place but said federal funding i guess needed. >> bisi onile-ere live for us in ohio, thank you. >> the auto industry sells cars and does loans. there are accusations that some of those loans have high interest rates and the people they were given to can't afford them. >> the practice you are talking about is called sub prime auto lending. "the new york times" reports that federal prosecutors in new york subpoenaed g.m. financial, the sub as i had rather have general motors. two things prosecutors reportedly want to know, one, how have they determined who qualifies for a sub prime loan and two, was the company up front about how risky these loans were when they sold them to investors like pension funds and insurance companies. it is the first of many loans the department of justice will

investigate. sub prime loans has been a major growth sector, up 51% in the first quarter this year compared to last. loans to high credit score borers went down 7% over that same period. as for sub prime audit toe loan borers, they are charged higher interest rates. they can wind up paying three times what the car is worth. this all hearkens back to the financial meltdown of 2008, an event many believe was fueled by sub prime lending. >> a battle brewing between republicans for senate seats in mississippi. long time senator barely squeezed by the tea party challenger there. the vote was split by less than

2%. mcdaniel wants to stay to overturn that election. 15,000 suspicious ballots were found. that is enough to tip the win in his favor. >> a daring rescue in las vegas, heavy rain caused flooding and two cars became stuck in the mud. airmen were helping meme escape their vehicles. you can see one moment an airman was swept away and pulled to safety. it happened just before another car floats dangerously close by. >> our second named storm in the atlantic season, bertha losing steam. >> meteorologist nicole mitchell has a look at the tropical forecast. >> this one barely made it to hurricane and then right back town to tropical storm. as we've said for days, not expecting too many problems out of this. it's splitting land between the united states and bermuda, not causing too many problems. it will continue to accelerate as it loses that strength and heads northward. the one thing we will watch for

is right along the central eastern coast, small craft advisories are up in some areas. that's as close as it gets to a problem maker for us. we are watching a hurricane that is in the eastern pacific, moving toward the central pacific. the great thing about this is when these storms get closer to hawaii, there's colder water, more wind shear, they die out fast. could make rain and there is drought conditions, so that will be beneficial. >> that from this jail ceasefire 72 hours old holding right now in gaza. >> will this lead to a more permanent deal? we'll ask a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. >> i didn't want to be a victim. >> the michigan man who shot an unarmed woman in the face on his front porch, we'll explain why he felt he had the need to pull the trigger. >> a difficult search and rescue underway in china where a major

earthquake leveled homes. >> outrage over a gaming app about bombing gaza. it was one of the stories making headlines around the world.

>> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead, gripping testimony from the man who shot and killed an unarmed woman who was banging on his door for help. >> the newly released recordings of richard nixon, the personal conversations about the days leading up to his resignation. >> a family returning to their mud damaged home to see what's left. >> a second american worker infected with ebola is coming back from africa to be treated at emery university hospital for the virus. a new york city hospital testing a patient to see if he might have ebola, as well. >> russia nearly doubling the troops stationed along its

border with ukraine, saying it's for training. residents are asked to leave cities in the east. >> a ceasefire in gaza, israel has pulled its troops out, saying it achieved its mission of destroying hamas tunnels. talks are scheduled for peace talks. how are israeli officials reacting to this latest ceasefire? >> the government announced this ceasefire and announced that its troops have come out of gaza, but that doesn't mean that everyone in israel's government, though you have a coalition, is happy about this. this was a decision made by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it was not made by a cabinet vote. we understand there are some cabinet ministers that really didn't want to send this delegation for talks in cairo. they would have preferred a unilateral ceasefire and unilateral way to end the conflict. i think behind the scenes,

there's a little bit of a tension on the israeli side. >> james, what's happening now in the effort to secure a more permanent ceasefire? >> we'll get that israeli delegation, we believe, going to cairo in the coming hours, not before sun down here, because it's a religious holiday. but then, the real tough negotiations start. both sides don't want tag back to the status quo before this conflict. they both want something out of this. on the palestinian side, they want to lift the siege of gaza, on the other side they want a demilitarization of hamas. those are going to be very difficult negotiations. they will not be in the same room, mediators will speak to both sides. it's going to be the toughest part of the diplomatic negotiations. >> israel achieved its ground objective, destroying the tunnels hamas built. will it provide israel with more

leverage going into the ceasefire talks? certainly from the israeli side, yes, i think that is true, but as i said, israel wants the demilitarization of hamas and that has not been achieved. just before the ceasefire came into effect, we saw a barrage of rockets being fired in the last few minutes before the ceasefire started, so i think there will be concerns that benjamin netanyahu is going to face not just from those around him and his own party and cabinet, but the israeli public, which was led to believe that hamas as a threat was going to be neutralized by the operation in gaza. >> james bays live from jerusalem, thank you very much. >> a retired air force colonel joins us from washington this morning. thank you for being had us. israel claims it has achieved its goals and destroyed hamas tunnels. has it and at what cost?

>> well, i think they have achieved at least their short term military goals. the issue now is how many tunnels did they actually get and what percentage of the tunnels that they needed to get from a military and tactical standpoint, were they actually able to destroy. we don't have answers to those questions yet, but that's going to be really the key thing, will be their report card in essence and determine whether or not they were successful in a tactical sense. that's going to be, i think the yard stick by which we measure this. >> hamas were outgunned, outmanned, how were they able to continue the fight for as long as they did and survive? >> i think the one word or phrase would be popular support. they had the popular support of the people of gaza and they could very easily blend into the population within gaza. now there are a lot of reports that hamas did not exactly have

the same kind of popular support that it once enjoyed, but there's nothing like an attack from a foreign country to coalesce the support around a group like hamas, and that was the big difference. it provided them with a means to not only conduct their operations against israel, but also to continue those operations in spite of those heavy losses that you mentioned. >> colonel, some israel officials are saying it would take another year to totally destroy hamas. if israel considers hamas a threat to their existence, why didn't they completely crush it? >> a popular outcry on the part of world public opinion would have prevented them from crushing it. the other part is in spite of the estimates, it would take about a year to crush them militarily, i don't think even the israeli military could crush hamas in its entirety. it's difficult to crush a group that is in essence capable of mounting an insurgency.

if the israelis came in and occupied gaza like they once did, they would not be able to do so with the total elimination of hamas. they would not be able to eliminate to organization, because it's got that popular support and it really has some really deep roots within the political fabric of gaza and the rest of the palestinian state. >> do the actions of the israeli army in this conflict, given the high number of civilians killed warrant an international inquiry like the one we saw in 2009, the infamous gold stone report? >> i think it's very possible that there will be an international inquiry, the world is such nowadays that with media attention focused on civilian casualties, it's almost inevitable that there will be an international inquiry into something like this. with the advent of precision-guided munitions, it really becomes incumbent on all states that use military power you to combat any threat they

perceive to use proportionate attacks against that threat. a lot of people believe the attacks israel mounted amounted to disproportionate attacks. you are looking at laws of war, international law in general. there's going to be a huge outcry in europe for that kind of an international investigation. >> retired air force colonel layton, thank you for your insights this morning, sir. >> stay with us, we'll get an update on the ceasefire. >> there are reports of an attack at a military academy in kabul. it's a place where americans train afghan military officers. the reports are that u.s. soldiers may have been attacked by an afghan soldier, but aljazeera america has not been able to confirm that independently, but we can report, though, that seven people may have been injured.

>> war taking a toll on lebanon, thousands fleeing. that region is a hotbed for syrian fighters, 16 lebanese soldiers have been killed in recent days. >> in iraq, kurdish forces known as the peshmerga are going on the offense. security forces have fled, because the militants are better equipped. some residents who were displaced took to the streets, demanding more help stopping fighters. they want the kurdish military to retake the area. >> there are fears in china following a massive earthquake which killed 400 people, leaving thousands homeless. continuous rains downpours are

causing water in the lakes to rise, threatening the residents and a number of critical power stations. >> to a michigan man on trial for shooting and killing an unarmed teen. she showed up on his front porch in the middle of the night, apparently looking for help. >> theodore wafer faces cross examination this morning. erica pitzi joins us now. this comes after his emotional testimony. >> this is the first time we heard from the 55-year-old charged with second degree murder. he said it was self defense when he fired his .12 gauge shotgun at the teenager. he got emotional on the witness stand, but the prosecution was quick to try and discount that. >> on trial for second degree murder, accused of killing an unarmed 19-year-old girl, theodore wafer appears solemn on the stand. >> why did you pull the trigger? >> to protect and save myself,

to defend myself. it was -- it was them or me. >> before that fate have moment, he said he was asleep in his living room when intense pounding on his front door woke him at 4:00 in the morning. >> i can people the floor vibrating, windows rattling. >> he did not call 911. he says he couldn't find his cell phone, so he checked it out himself. >> i wasn't going to cower in my house. i didn't want to be a victim. i opened the door all the way as much as i could. this person came up from the side of my house so fast, i raised a gun and shot. >> the 19-year-old died on his porch. prosecutors say she knocked on his door for help after crashing her car nearby. her blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. wafer teared up on the stand saying he thinks about mcbride and her family every day. >> this poor girl. she had her whole life in front of her.

i took that from her. >> the prosecution challenged the authenticity of her emotions. >> do you ever remember crying within two and a half to three hours after you shot ar ranisha mced bride? >> i don't think i did. >> there was no jury there, right? >> many people are calling this case racially charged, drawing comparisons to the trayvon martin shooting. if convicted web faces life in prison. >> a federal judge has thrown out a controversial abortion restriction in alabama. the law required doctors performing abortion to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. the judge said that requirement put a unique burden on women and that lawmakers overstepped their authority. alabama's attorney general plans to appeal. abortion clinics in texas asking for a similar federal review.

they say requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals would force motor clinics to close. only seven clinics would be able to stay open december 1 when the law goes into effect. >> james brady survived an as nation attempt on his boss, president ronald reagan in 1981. he was seriously wounded, but went on to become a gun control advocate. a bill bearing his name requires a five day waiting period for gun buyers. we'll talk about his life and legacy coming up. >> 40 years after he resigned the ', we're hearing richard nixon's description of the days leading up to his departure. he talks openly with a former aide about what he was thinking in august of 1974. he reveals he made the decision to resign days before he went public. he had methodically made up a list of pros and cons.

>> i in my own mind decided well, there's no choice. the next day, on the first day of august, this was a week before i finally made my resignation speech, i got in hague and ziegler and told them i felt there was no choice but to resign. >> nixon said his wife wanted him to stay in the white house and fight the charges, but he says he decided he had to do the right thing for the country. >> it is a fascinating window into history. >> and to have them on videotape, even more special. >> let's look at other headlines making news around the world, google removing a game app called bomb gaza following a public outcry. that game was designed to imitate the on going israeli-gaza conflict. it was downloaded 1,000 times when it was released on july 29. people commenting on the line say that it is absolutely

disgusting and utterly shameful. a second game referencing the gaza assault, code red, also removed. >> google said that it did vital their policies. >> american airlines is switching to snacks and ditching their meals for the premium -- >> why did you say -- >> not even the first class and business class passengers can get snacks on flights. u.s. airways and american airlines want to make travel more consistent. >> 5,000 new words are being added to the scrabble bible. you can use worst like selfie, bromance, a couple of asian recipes added on there. >> don't you know what it is? come on, del.

>> it's called the secret serum, a vaccine used to treat ebola. >> why there's not a big appetite among drug companies to find a cure for this virus. we'll talk to a doctor who spent time in africa treating diseases. >> what happened at an ordinary news conference. >> a surprising way that horses talk to each other, the details straight ahead in our discovery of the day.

>> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> they don't talk like mr. ed, but horses communicate. >> new research published in the current biology journal show horses use their eyes and ears and talk amongst themselves. animals with large eyes and ears

often move them to send messages not just to see or hear better. >> scientists say they are just finding this out now, because human ears are not mobile. in the past, they haven't paid much attention to ears as a means of communication in other animals. >> this morning, a plane carrying and american aid worker with ebola is traveling to the united states. >> despite 40 years of research, there is still no ebola vaccine on the market. >> ebola has stayed pretty much the same as a virus since 1976. in theory, it should be a good target for vaccine. there are two candidates in the pipeline. they've gotten nih money, usually base said on a worry about the threat of an ebola based bio terror weapon and developed them to a pretty good extent, but they're not going to

get for market because of commercial reasons. this was explained to us by dr. michelle barry, a stanford university doctor. >> i think the reason why these vaccines which have been around for a while haven't been fast tracked is that ebola viruses actually, how shall i put it -- a disease of people living overseas, not in america. it's not going to be a very profitable vaccine. even in the travel medicine arena, not many people are going to be taking ebola vaccine, so it's not going to be very profitable. >> just like sars and mers, it came from animals. there needs to be a new way to fight those diseases. >> diseases that come from animals, pigs, where you see

swine flu, bats, where reservoirs of many of these hemorrhagic viruses are, all these emerging scary viruses have to do with paying attention to animal husbandry, taking good care of our annals and the interface between humans and animals. >> ebola presents many opportunities. it gives us an opportunity to look at the human-animal disease infection. it's similar to h.i.v. and could present research opportunities there. because it inflicts only 3,000 people in the poorest countries of the world, it's unlikely that pharmaceutical companies will take it to a full fledged private vaccine in our lifetime. >> a senior fellow at fort ham university joins us. he has treated diseases in africa. people want to know how doctors became infected. part of it is they are not familiar with the way diseases

are treated in africa and this particular hospital. tell us why this infected a doctor and aid worker that should have known better. >> it's very easy to have breaches of the protective clothing in the environments like africa. it's incredibly hot. they are extremely underresoared. they are working on shifts, they're tired when they start to make mistakes. they are wearing full protective gear, but are covered in blood and bodily fluids. in atlanta, where you're working short shifts, it's completely different. you can wipe your brow and your eye after 15 hours of looking after people. it's a totally different contamination risk than here. >> let's talk about experimental drug, secret serum given to dr. brantley and now given to nancy writebol.

>> it's a very interesting drug, a mixture of and the bodies, the proteins your body makes to fight disease. they've taken antibodies from a combination of plants, monkeys, combined them together and injected them into people. in the trials they did in 2012 with monkeys, they found given quickly after in effect, 100% of the monkeys survived. >> the death toll now 800. if it has worked in clinical trials and appears to be working in dr. brantley, should they move straight to africa to west africa and simply apply it if they can? >> i don't think so, or at least that probably isn't what we should be focusing on. it's very exciting, the idea that we have a therapy for ebola and exciting that we might have a vaccine coming on, but that

isn't the way of containing this epidemic. if we want to stop it spreading, we need contact tracing and figuring out who infected people. that's the way we'll stop the spread. >> that being said, there are reports that there may be another infected person here in new york city. how concerned should the public be? >> it's really important, the public should not be concerned at all about that. first of all, it's extremely unlikely this person has ebola. all the hospitals have a protocol if people from west africa have any symptoms of ebola, they should be tested. a lot of people have a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms getting off the plane from west trick at a k. that's common from wherever you've been traveling. it's unlikely he has got ebola. if he does, it will be straight forward to contain.

i would not be worried about going to that hospital today. >> doctor, thanks for being with us today, as always. we'll have an update in atlanta where doctors are preparing for the arrival of nancy writebol. >> police in houston arrested a man for child pornography after google scanned his email. this case is raising new questions about just how much privacy you have on the internet. >> police say google found pornographic images in an email that this man was sending to a friend. google alerted the center for missing and exploited children who told police. >> we got a search warrant for his residence and account. while police say google helped them, the company's report is stirring debate on internet freedom. >> it's both a good thing and raises issues about privacy. it has revealed to g mail users

that google is to some extent and we don't know what extent, reading the contents of their email. >> google automatically scans email accounts to target ads and block spam. the country won't tolerate child sexual abuse images, saying we will report it to the appropriate authorities. google uses technology known as hashing, each image giving a unique code. until now, google has never confirmed that it searches for these images in private accounts. >> nobody wants their stuff scanned, but if you're using a free service like google, i don't think you really ever the right to reasonably expect them to not scan your information. >> more than 400 million people use g mail around the world. aljazeera. >> more than 400 million people use g mail around the world and

google says its investing $2 million to create better software to search the web for child abuse images. >> let's get another look at our weather. >> we want to get a broad look to see what's going on around the country. as we do that, we've had that flow into the western portion of the country that stays in place. a disturbance out of the midwest could give showers and storms today and a front, you can pick out moisture through the great lakes coming through. that will bring changes through a few parts of the country. still the boundary in the south brought heavy rain yesterday. that will bring changes. i mentioned the temperature changes, a lot of 80's around the great lakes today, but tomorrow, a few more 70s getting behind that front. back to you. >> ok, thank you. >> it started as a prematch stair down and ended as a brawl between 2m.m.a. fighters, between the light heavyweight champ john jones and his

opponent daniel cornea. the two butted heads during the stair down and things escalated. both men were out of line and there will be ramifications. you would expect that to happen. they fight for a living. >> the 72 hour ceasefire holding in gaza now. direct talks involving israel and hamas are set to begin later today in egypt. >> an american aid worker infected with ebola is flying to atlanta this morning for treatment. in new york a patient is being tested after showing possible signs of bowl l.a. >> russian troops are building along the border with ukraine, moscow saying it's for training, on you crane telling people living in the east get out if they can. >> residents in california picking up the pieces following deadly mudslides that have left some with nothing. we talk with one family returning home to see if their home is still standing.

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>> a 72 hour ceasefire holding in gaza. israeli troops pull out as israel and hamas sit down for a new round of talks to end the violence. >> an ebola scare in new york city, officials at one hospital waiting for test results to see if a patient is infected. >> a second american aid worker with the virus is due back in the u.s. in a few hours. >> the person came up from the side of my house so fast, i raised a gun and shot.

>> coming to his own defense, a michigan man on trial for shooting an unarmed teenager offering testimony on what happened the night she knocked on his door. >> the battle over a special needs baby born to a surrogate mother igniting a debate over a ban in other countries. >> there is calm in gaza this morning. >> israeli forces pulled out, military officials saying they achieved their main objective, destroying the hamas ton else. >> the ceasefire is 72 hours and sets the stage for more indirect talks between israel and hamas in cairo. let's go to gaza. what's the situation on the ground? >> i'm in gaza city. i'm in the commercial center of

gaza city. to be perfectly honest, for the nearly four weeks of this conflict, this area has been a virtual ghost town. i'm going to step out of the frame and show you where i am right now. i'm standing outside the bank of approximately stein, this is the main bank in the gaza strip, as you can see, there's a bunch of people waiting in the line at the bank machine. they haven't been able to do this for weeks now. they haven't been able to get cash for weeks, and if you can imagine, these people are in the middle of a conflict, they need to get food, they need to get water when there's a lull in violence. many people just haven't been able to because they weren't able to access money. that has changed over the past hours. there are people waiting in this cue trying to get that money, but i should point out that the situation here in the gaza strip and indeed in gaza city is far from normal, but as the hours of the ceasefire are now ticking along, some people are coming out and trying to at least have

some sort of normalcy in their lives. >> your satellite shot is kind of going in and out. what are the people there saying about the possibility of this new ceasefire and whether a more permanent end to the fighting is on the horizon? >> people here are exhausted. they want this war to end. they want this conflict to end. it's nearing four weeks and the numbers speak for itself. you have well over 1700 dead, close to 10,000 injured, many badly. you have around 400,000 people who are displaced. the people caught up in this conflict really wanted it to end and they are breathing a sigh of relief that this ceasefire seems to be holding after several ended after a matter of hours. they are paying close attention to what is going on in cairo.

they do want to see some sort of agreement. perhaps one of the most important things that the people here in gaza have been telling us that they want to see, whatever agreement is reached with israel, is the end of the siege, the end of the blockades, the effectively being able to get goods into this area, which has been deprived for so long. >> the blockade has been in place since 2007. thank you. >> we're following breaking news out of afghanistan. there are reports of an attack at a military academy in kabul where americans train afghan military officers. the reports are that u.s. soldiers may have been attacked by a man, an afghan soldier, but aljazeera america has not been able to confirm that independently. we can report that seven people have been injured. >> right now, doctors in new york city are testing a man who recently traveled to west africa, to see if he may have the deadly ebola virus. they say it's unlikely, but they

do have him in isolation. >> we await the arrival of nance writebol in atlanta, the second american with a confirmed ebola diagnosis. we are outside emery university hospital in atlanta. nancy writebol left liberia early this morning. what can you tell us? >> she left liberia early this morning, africa time, 9:00 eastern standard time in the u.s. she is expected any hour now. she'll land at dobbins air force base, northwest of the city of atlanta, where she'll be transported in a very similar way her colleague was on saturday, via ambulance. she'll be put in an isolation unit right behind me on the first floor of emery hospital, different room than dr. kent brantley but the same isolation

unit that the c.d.c. and hospital built together 12 years ago. her son has been talking quite a bit in the past few days, very happy that she's coming back and very happy that she's perhaps stabilizing. here's what he said. >> by her suffering in this and her going through it, she may be able to help countless more through them being able to understand what's going on in her body and develop a cure and resources to help those suffering right now. i'm eager and hopeful for that. >> speaking of a cure, you know, there is a medicine, a serum given to dr. kent brantley just last week. he told his doctors that he felt he was dying. he was gravely ill. they gave him a serum that's never been used on human beings, it's been tested on monkeys with good results. it's not a vaccine or a cure, but it's simply a treatment that the f.d.a. has not approved, but

since it was given over in west africa, it was allowed. we were told the doctor was given that serum again in the past few days here at the hospital trough try and stabilize him even more. the hospital right now is looking at him and at his vitals, making sure his body is fighting off this deadly ebola infection and they are expecting the other aid worker to show up here this morning. they're going to treat her in the same capacity. >> nancy writebol is coming into dobbins air force base because there were concerns and fears about her flying to a civilian facility. are those fears starting to subside in atlanta? >> well, i think here in atlanta, indeed yes, the local media has done a really good job of telling people there's not really any fear on this ebola outbreak to spread into the population here. this is not an airborne infection. nationally, in new york, you

have a gentlemen there that claims that he may have some signs of it. doctors have said they don't think he's got it, but it's heightened sensitivity. everybody is on alert, ebola as we know has never been in the united states of america or the western hemisphere. this is the first time that anyone with this infection has ever set foot in the u.s. >> robert ray, live in atlanta, thank you very much. >> russia has doubled its military presence near ukraine. moss zero said it is only for training purposes. they have moved 20,000 troops to the region and vastly expanded their fire power. ukraine officials are asking civilians to leave the country's east. ramped up efforts to try to retake the separatist held city

of donetsk has killed many. >> the leaders of 50 african nations have gathered in washington for a major summit on the u.s. relationship with africa. today, president obama will address the summit and announce that u.s. businesses have committed over $14 billion worth of investments in africa. much of the continent is represented at the forum, the presidents of four countries were not invited. >> let's go live to washington. before we get to africa, there are mixed signals from the white thousand toward israel. it condemned the air strike on a u.n. school, with you now they are given funds. >> funding was authorized for the missile defense system iron dome.

this will stockpile interceptors as well as equipment and money israel asked the u.s. for for this fiscal year. while the white house statement that accompanied the bill expressed pride in developing and funding the system, it came with a twist, calling for all parties to comply with international humanitarian law. >> we will continue on the africa story. coming up in 25 minutes, we'll talk with the former ambassador to nigeria about the growing interest in investing in africa. >> first let's get to a controversial trial, cross examination underway for a michigan man on trial for shooting and killing an unarmed teen. >> the 19-year-old girl showed up on the front porch of theodore wafers home in the middle of the night. we're hearing from the accused shooter in his own words. >> that's right. he says he was scared for his life that night. he took the witness stand late yesterday. it was the first time we've

heard from the 55-year-old charged with second degree murder. under oath, he said it was self defense when he fired his .12 gauge shotgun at the teen who was on his front porch at 4:00 in the morning on november 2 last year. during his testimony, wafer became emotional at times but the prosecution was quick to try and discount that. >> it was devastating. this poor girl, she had her whole life in front of her. i took that from her. >> do you remember ever crying within two and a half to three hours after you shot mcbride? no, i don't think so. >> you didn't cry, right? >> i don't think i did. >> there was no jury there at the time you were talking to the lieutenant, right? >> she knocked on his door for

help after crashing her car. her blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. many call this case racially charged, comparing it to the trayvon martin shooting. >> convicted murderer jodi arias will serve as her own lawyer for the penalty phase of her trial. she clashed with her attorneys and asked the judge for permission to represent herself. she faces the death penalty for killing her exboyfriend if convicted. >> he says he is offering no excuses or apologies, a white supremacist convicted for a multi-state crime spree that left four dead, telling the court he couldn't sit by while in his words, western culture was being destroyed. under the plea deal, he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. >> in northern california, higher humidity is helping get a better handle on two raging wildfires north of as he can are a men toe. the fires have burned eight homes, hundreds more are threatened, and another fire

along the oregon border has now burned, some 72 squares miles of land. >> at least one person is killed, a man and dozens of lives shattered after this mud slide ripped through california. torrential rains softened hill sides that have been bone dry for months because of the on going drought. a mud slide cascaded over homes and cars. we are live in california not for from the scene. residents are cleaning up. what are they saying about what happened? >> residents are saying it is quite unusual to have rain in august in california, but this wasn't just any storm. a fire captain with the san bernadino fire department likened it to what you would expect to see during a massive hurricane, torrential rains, flash floods all hitting the mountain towns extremely hard. the work crews have made good progress clearing the roads, but for the residents, the hard work

is just beginning. >> forest falls resident doug needs more than just a shovel to dig out from the mud that buried his yard and house. he gets to work anyway. a rare summer storm passed over the mountains, four inches of rain fell in less than an hour, triggering a massive mud slide that blocked roads and left residents running for higher ground. >> when you came out of your house, after it started range, what did you see? >> there was a 25-foot wall of debris, rocks the size of refrigerators, about if he didn't five feet wide coming straight at me. i ran for my life. as i ran, the debris hit my house, sheered off my propane tank, took my steps out, my

retaining walls out. >> your house is standing, though. it saved the house. >> i'm guessing it's possible it saved the house, because the outbuilding is pushed up against my front door which deflected debris around both sides and it just washed everything i owned away. >> he and his girlfriend are counting their blessings and making plans. >> going to stay here? >> you know, to be honest, i was aware of the vulnerability of the spot when i moved in and just seeing motor nature in action, i don't believe i'll be staying here or my girlfriend. we'll probably be looking for a new place, because it is a very dangerous spot. >> the irony here and this is not lost on any of the residents i spoke with is that california is in the grips of a historic drought. in northern california, central california, more than a dozen fires are raging, and throughout cities and counties in the state of california, residents north only urged to conserve, but

there are water restrictions in place. clearly the west needs the wet weather, the rain, just not so much so fast. >> it is a mess out there. how long do they expect the clean up efforts to last? the work crews are making good progress clearing roads, but could be up there at least in the forest falls area for the next few days. one of the fire captains i spoke with said really a lot of the heavy lifting that the county can do is done. a lot of that is really going to fall on the shoulders of the homeowners. >> other parts of the country are dealing with heavy rain that has also led to flash flooding. >> we turn to nicole mitchell he will who has been tracking that this and warning this stuff is going to happen. >> we have seen this into the southwest, places like the four corners region, because of the

monsoon flow. we had an upper level spin that drew back moisture into southern california. still getting rain around the border, not all of it makes it to the ground. other places i was mentioning, nevada, one of them heavy rain, when you get under this flow and bands that don't move quickly, you can have floodings. we had flooding out of the outside of las vegas yesterday. that could be some of the core of our heavy rain, parts of nevada if you get into that. this is between two roads, that little dip, this is not a river. you can see when the water is able to funnel, how quick it can move. only six inches of this moving water can move you off your feet and two feet, and this is what starts happening to the cars. it doesn't take very much. back to you guys. >> nicole mitchell, thank you very much. >> residents in toledo, ohio given the green light to turn on the tap again after green algae made their drinking water dangerous.

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comcast business. built for business. >> time now for a look olt videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world. fire crews battled a blaze at apillary finery in china. it was put out after the fuel source was shut off. no one was hurt. >> russia is playing host to the tank biathlon world championship, just outside of moscow, yes, there is such a thing. the event features that country and allied nations competing in tanks in an obstacle course. russia showed off military aircraft. >> rain flooding in ontario,

canada. this shows the rotating water in the middle. the city got two months of rain in just one day. >> toledo's water is safe days after an algae bloom in lake erie filled it with toxins. [ applause ] >> here's to you, toledo. you did a great job. >> the mayor is still doing fine. forecasters predict that significant algae blooms will happen but runoff from nearby farms and other pollution made the situation worse. there's still a chance the algae could flare up again in the fall. >> washington is remembering james brady, the political insider who advocated for gun

control. >> he was 73 when he died on monday. brady was by president reagan's side. >> james brady had been ronald reagan's press sector for 59 days when he accompanied the president to a speech in a washington hotel. wards outside, a man opened fire with the handgun he bought at a pawn shop. bullets hit president reagan, a d.c. police officer, a secret service agent and brady. >> three men were lying on the ground, according to one dispatch i'm reading here now, only a few feet from where the president had been standing. >> brady was shot in the head, and in critical condition. shreported that he died. in fact, brady was in surgery for hours and defying expect is as, pulled through. his brain injuries left him with slurred speech and partially

paralyzed. still, brady and his wife sarah began a personal crusade for gun control. they lobbied for stricter limits on handguns and assault weapons and in 1993, a federal bill requiring a background check on handguns passed, bearing his name. >> i know i would not be sitting here in this damn wheelchair if we had common sense legislation. >> in 1996, president clinton honored brady with the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. even before taking over as white house secretary, he was popular among washington journalists. his sharp with it and boyish charm tended to divert con controversial. tributes poured in from

president obama and former presidents bill clinton, george h.w. bush and george w. bush. in the white house press briefing room which is named after brady, current secretary josh earnest. >> even after he was wounded in that attack on the president, he was somebody who showed his pay the are you familiar and commitment to the country by being very outspoken on abissue that was important to him and that he felt very strongly about. >> i'm not going to run away from this. >> his family said his zest for life was apparent to all who knew him and that despite his injuries and the pain he endured for so long, he will always be remembered for the with it and charm he used to make the world a better, safer place. >> let's go to alan vickman, a historian who joins us from washington, d.c. this morning. >> jim brady, 10 weeks on the job before being wounded, but

his legacy is going to live on, safe to say. >> absolutely right. you know, his life is an example of how you can turn adversity into triumph. ironically, his greatest days, his greatest fame, his most impact on the country came after he was nearly killed, disabled in that horrific attack on the president that also affected so many other lives. it's kind of like in a sense, franklin roosevelt, you know, afflicted with polio in middle age and using that experience to achieve ever greater heights. >> he never fully recovered, but he also never lost that with it that became his trademark in getting things done. >> it was absolutely extraordinary, despite his

slurred speech and lack of mobility, he maintained that spark within him, the good humor, self di deprecating mann. >> the gun that was used to shoot james brady and president reagan is now an antique. since the shooting, there has been a proliferation of high powered weapons and clips that hold dozens of rounds of ammunition, calling for it to be stopped. has the nation progressed or regressed when it comes to gun laws? >> it certainly progressed especially with the passage of the brady bill for background checks, but even all of jim brady's great efforts have not moved us forward. the assault ban, the ban on assault weapons has not been renewed. the lope hole in the brady bill has not been closed. you can still buy weapons

without background checks as gun shows. special interests have stymied, even in the wake of the killing of school children at newtown, connecticut, special interests and intineless politicians have stymied further progress in this direction. perhaps as sad as it is, the death of james brady may reignite his cause. >> professor, thanks for being with us this morning. >> let's look at temperatures across the nation today. nicole mitchell is back. >> pretty moderate for a lot of places, midwest, along the west coast, we are looking at more temperatures in the 60's, along the east and south, more in the 70's. for the course of the day today, still a bubble of warmth in the midsection of the country, denver at 84. we'll cool down slightly around the great lakes tomorrow by a few degrees as a cold front comes through, less humidity, as

well. today and tomorrow, still seeing the core of warmth into the midwest. the warm air, hot air is exacerbating the fire situation. anywhere from central california north into washington and now more into idaho. over 30 different large fires, so the heat doesn't help. we've got flooding in other places, a lot going on westward. >> that three day ceasefire between israel and hamas still holding in hour seven. we'll tell you what this could mean for talks over a longer term deal. we'll be live from jerusalem with the very latest. >> dawn playing revelations of yet another secret program in cuba, this one promoted a revolution. what that could mean for relations between the u.s. and cuba. >> a curious seal off the waters of england, all captured on camera. >> a look now at our images of the day, taking us to kruger national park in south africa

with scientists used darts to catch a bull elephant, taking blood samples. they are trying to confront a new poacher threat after finding a dead male bull with its tusks severed off. there are around 15,000 elephants in that national park.

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hamas, creating an anthem for fellow israelis about the violence. >> take a look at this equation. it could be the key to finding happiness. >> that's complicated. >> that is complicated. we'll explain why in our discovery that the scientists have made. >> gaza is quiet this morning, in the seventh hour of a three day ceasefire. israel removed ground troops and retains a defensive posture outside gaza. both sides are expected to begin talks in cairo about a comprehensive ceasefire agreement. we have more from jerusalem. >> the truce is now in place. the next stage is going to cairo. the palestinian delegation with hamas abislammic gentlemen had and members of the palestinian authorities are there in place in cairo. an israeli delegation will join them. in many ways, the hard part starts because neither side wants to go back to the status

quo before the conflict. the palestinians want a lifting of the siege of gaza, the israelis want hamas demilitarized. that's going to be very, very tough negotiations. they won't take place face-to-face. these are proximity talks, going between both sides trying to get a deal. it may well be a hard sell back home, particularly for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he made the decision to go to cairo without a cabinet vote and we know some of his cabinet ministers oppose that decision. >> there are new accusations of atrocities in nigeria. this video shows government soldiers and militia members slitting the throats of men and boys and beating civilians, this after the government goes after boko haram. nigeria is investigating the videos. >> leaders sitting down for peace talks in ethiopia.

talks have been on and off for months since fighting broke out in november. hundreds of thousands of people face severe hunger because of fighting. >> dozens of african leaders are in washington today. they'll dine later tonight with president obama after every announces millions of new investments. >> the business opportunities in africa are something china realized over a decade ago. >> a global race is on to strike lucrative trade deals with africa, a continent that boasts more than half of the world's fastest growing economies. the united states is playing catch up. >> in 2013, chinese trade was at $220 billion with the continent. the united states was $85 billion, so they are more than double getting on to triple our amount of trade. >> in 2009, as the u.s. fracking revolution reduced americas need for african oil, natural

resource hungry china eclipsed the united states as africas largest trading partner, a relationship that blossomed to include chinese exports of goods and services to africa's booming construction and manufacturing sector. china's success in africa didn't happen overnight, they boasted five summits to boast cooperation of african states and chinese businesses. extending a line of credit to african nations, it totaled third billion dollars. >> the embattled u.s. import, export bank authorized just over a billion dollars to finance imports to africa this year. the u.s. has its work cut out. >> the united states is not just looking at what the chinese have been doing, they're looking at the rest of the world, they're

waking up to africa as a continent of opportunity. we're slow to arrive, but finally starting. that's a good thing. >> aljazeera. >> joining us to discuss the u.s. africa summit is robin sanders, former u.s. ambassador to nigeria. thanks for being with us. many americans still associate africa with aid and not investment. does this summit in your mind signal a change in the u.s. approach to africa? >> yes, it's been a change that's been building for quite some time. i'm delighted that the summit i go happening. a summit like this is called for in the legislation in 2000, it's taken us 10 years to get there, but i think we're finally seeing that the return on investment, the people to people exchanges between the u.s. and africa and the investment opportunities that also create jobs in the united states, i think we're coming lately to the game, of course, but i think we're playing catch up pretty fast.

>> give examples of how trade with africa could benefit americans. >> you have a number of vehicles. you've got the african growth and opportunity act, i heard in your previous segment the bank mentioned and there's positive things the xm bank does to help create u.s. jobs, it creates export jobs here in terms of manufactured goods from the united states being exports, goods and services exported to the african continent from american sellers, small and medium sized businesses in particular and then the other thing is the procurement. we forget how much is procured to help exports go overseas. all of those create jobs here in the united states and i think that is part of the paradigm that people are not focused on. we've got great programs with what the president is doing with young african leaders, all positive things. >> what do african countries in

a general sense feel about the u.s. role on the continent and whether we are behind the ball when it comes to investment compared to countries like china. >> yes, i think they do recognize that we are behind the ball. i think that they also are delighted that we are finally playing catch up. i think they see american companies and our values are very important. we come in, we work with the communities, we have emphasis on good labor laws, we have emphasis on good human rights. these are positive things that they want to have for their countries as they try to move forward in the democracy process. >> our values are very different, i imagine than when china comes in and trades with africa and perhaps those human rights issues are not on the forefront. >> yes, i think that one of the big things we bring is sort of this belief in anti corruption, and that we do believe in best business practice.

we do believe in treating our workers right and those countries who are moving forward on the democracy front see those as values they want in their countries and want to work with us to achieve that through u.s. investment on the ground. >> i want to switch gears for a second and ask you about another story out of nigeria since you are a former ambassador to that country. a video appears to show the nigerian military was extra judicially executing suspected boko haram militants. how do you think the international community responds when the military, they're supposed to be the good guys. >> well, i think let's take a step back from that for a second, because i think we need to find out the verification of the military. you have something called a civilian defense force. it's like militia groups that have grown in libya, they're growing also in the areas of

security vacuums in northern nigeria, i talked about this in my testimony on the hill that we need to watch out for these groups that they don't turn into militia groups if that they are unabated, not sanctioned and they have taken other swaths of land in northern nigeria, not supported by the villagers, the government, the military. we need to find out whether this is the civilian j.t.f. we are talking about or the actual nigerian military. >> that's an important clarification. thank you so much for your insights this morning. >> federal prosecutors in new york looking closer at sub prime auto loans. those are high interest car loans given to people who can't afford them. prosecutors subpoenaed documents from g.m. financial, a subsidiary of general motors. other firms are also being investigated. >> president obama set to sign a new bill revamping the department of veteran anniversary thursday, giving veterans the ability to find their own doctors if they can't

get timely care at a v.a. center. we'll fund new clinics and give the v.a. money to hire more doctors and nurses. >> the federal government is shutting down three immigration shelters opened to deal with the kids coming from central america. the shelters house nearly 8,000 children. the department of health and human services says the emergency shelters are no longer needed, because the number of kids coming into the country has slowed. >> the obama administration is defending itself after revelations it sent young people undercover into cuba, reportedly trying to foster revolution. >> it is not the first time the u.s. has faced accusations of trying to influence human politics. >> cuba has been a thorn in the side of the u.s. administrations since 1959. the u.s. has tried many times to influence what cuban people think of their government. now an investigation by the

associated press shows that the u.s. agency for international development used young people from other latin american countries to recruit political activists in cuba. the report alleges that u.s. aid tried to use an h.i.v. workshop to gain intelligence. some students approached said they were disappointed by the revelation. >> how would you feel if you give sincere friendship and got this? in other words, i have never liked being manipulated. >> the u.s. government has denied the u.s. aid was involved in any wrongdoing. >> they're a range of programs that the contractor it's important to note was supporting, the h.i.v. prevention workshop was part of a broader attempt to work with people about things they care about, yet independent of the government. this was a small example among many, there were community clean ups, tree plantings, there was one h.i.v. workshop, and

information was provided which was a secondary benefit, an issue that people were concerned about. >> according to the a.p. report, the foreign recruiters were to use coded messages like i have a headache to signal that they were being monitored. president obama's administration is still facing questions over another project in cuba aimed at boosting political awareness. it launched a primitive social media program in 2009 using mobile phones, but this, too, was exposed this year. >> we've become more brazen or callous in the way we've gone about trying to effect policy there. it just doesn't work, and it simply jeopardizes our mission around the world. >> it isn't the first time the u.s. has used health care as a cover for secret operations. that critics of such actions say they undermine the good done by those who really do want to help people in need.

aljazeera. >> a scathing federal report is calling out a culture of joyce inside new york city's jails. the just democratic looked into guards slamming teens into walls and beating them. the report found more than 1,000 young prisoners were injured in the past two years. nearly half required medical care. >> state lawmakers in colorado now reaching a compromise with the governor over fracking. the governor has agreed to create a task force to issue recommendations on fracking policy in exchange, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreeing to put aside planned ballot measures over the controversial practice. >> a seven-month-old baby now at the center of a battle over international surrogacy laws. >> we'll talk to a lawyer who handled thousands of surrogacy cases about how the fate of this child could ever long lasting effects. >> the key to happiness, the

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only on al jazeera america >> forget a big smile or uncontrollable laughter. there is a better way to predict happiness. you're looking at it, this mathematical equation. >> they tested it on gamers. they said it could predict when they were doing well. it could one day be used to better understand mood disorders. >> understand? who could understand it? >> i don't get it. >> they'll figure it out, the university of london. >> the young woman using the power of her voice to give the israeli perspective in the conflict with hamas. >> it makes a huge difference where a woman delivers her baby. researchers finding that women who delivered at low performing hospitals were twice as likely

to suffer major complications during childbirth. the quality gap was wider for c-sections. >> officials are investigating a surrogate father caught in an international controversy. child protection services is looking into the man after it was revealed he was charged with child sex offenses in 1997. >> he and his wife are accused of abandoning a special needs baby after it was born in thailand. >> the case is raising questions about whether laws meant to protect kids are really working. >> giving birth to him, she cares for him as if he's her own, but he's not. she's a surrogate and the child abandoned when his biological parents realized he has down's syndrome. >> i have never been mad or hated him at all. we were always willing to forgive them. >> many others are not. the story ignited deep anger around the world and raced

questions about surgery gas among government leaders. >> it's a very, very sad story. i hate to think that, you know, a child could be abandoned like that. >> an australian couple hired the woman to carry their child. the 21-year-old thai worker gave birth to twins. they took the healthy girl. >> why does he have to be abandoned while the other baby has it easy? i feel sorry for him. >> the parents who have not been named publicly said they didn't realize their new daughter had a twin and denied he was theirs. >> the attending father did visit both children in hospital. that claim's hard to believe. >> much of australia banned commercial surrogacy, so many couples instead go over seas. some say the laws need to be changed. >> i think it's a wake up call to us, if you like, to just have another look at issues involved. >> hundreds of thousands of

dollars have been raised on line for the baby, now fighting a heart problem. abandoned by his parents, but not without a mother. >> an attorney joins us, she has worked on hundreds of surrogacy cases. thanks for being with us. what issues does this case bring up as far as international surrogacy, which more and more are turning to? >> it's a warning sign. coming to the united states is certainly much safer than going to a third world country. they don't have the regulations that we have, a lot of times the clinics are not regulated, so they don't have the f.d.a. standards. we don't know 100% that the d.n.a. that it's given from the intended parents is the d.n.a. that was put into the womb. there is no security that the baby is going to come home, so this just basically is a wake up call, do your homework before you go to a foreign country to have your baby. >> how are the surrogacy laws in

america different than in thailand or australia? >> in australia, surrogacy is not illegal, but you can't pay somebody. you could use a present or family member. that's why you have australians coming to the united states and thailand. thailand is cheaper. it was unregulated, but now because of this particular case, there's a huge crackdown and thailand is now changing laws to make commercial surrogacy illegal. unlike the united states, they could change their laws retroactively and leaves all these pregnant women in limbo and all these parents who now have pregnant surrogates over there doing an illegal activity retroactively and what's going to happen to those babies? >> the and you say usen couple who paid for the surrogate in

thailand claims they didn't know there was a twin, who should have been responsible for keeping them informed about the pregnancy and what was happening? >> well, the agency and surrogate. here in the united states and even with my children, i went to the doctor's points, spoke to the doctor, i spoke to the woman. i visited her family. i was in the delivery room. here, they take women who are impoverished, basically gather them all, impregnate them without meeting the parents. there are reports that the father that the pregnant woman in thailand met with wasn't even the real father, this they were shown different people. that's all entirely possible. >> these are the risks. as a free productive lawyer, i imagine you have clients that you give warnings to when it comes to international surrogacy. >> we give warnings, but if money is an issue and you just look at the bottom line, a lot of times it's very attractive to go to a foreign country.

what people aren't taking into account, if you have a baby six weeks early and to have stay in thailand three months because that baby can't fly, you have to house and feed yourself for three months, you're not going to be able to work for three months, getting citizenship and medical care may be an issue. all of these add up to costs and at the end of the day, it's not cheaper, just riskier. >> that's not to mention this scenario in which regulations don't exist at all. thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> the power of song, one song becoming an anthem for living under hamas rocket attacks. we introduce you to a young woman in israel and her message has gone viral. ♪ when she auditioned for the voice israel, the 22-year-old knew she was finally getting the chance to be heard.

>> what she didn't know was just how much. this music video vair recorded from inside a bomb shelter in the southern israel town has been viewed about 100,000 times on you tube. a hit song one day, the video features scenes including a gas station struck by a hamas rocket last month, and her boyfriend's family fleeing to a bomb shelter, amid rocket attacks. >> i have been seeing so much anti israel and negative comments on social media, about how nobody in israel is really dying and they must not be getting rockets to israel, it's completely, completely not the case, and i felt that it was my duty as somebody who could share what my experiences of what were happening.

>> sarah is from palm beach gardens florida, she first visited israel on 2010 for a free trip fo for young jews arod the world. >> i came to my country, thinking it was the land of moses with deserts and compels everywhere, but it really introduced me to these warm people that are surrounded by neighbors who hate them, but they still want peace with them and they try to hard. >> she went back to israel every summer and became a pro zeal activist in the university of florida. when she graduated, she moved to teach english. today, she lives life under the threat of hamas rockets. >> i spent my time inside my house, which i very, very rarely leave, just when there's an alarm down stairs. it's a scary thought to think this is happening and the iron dome doesn't intercept all the

rockets. they have no iron dome, this is what would happen every single time. there would be tentfuls of civilian casualties here, thousands upon thousands. no, i don't get sleep, because that rocket, maybe it will fall on my house and kill me. >> weeks after she first recorded the video, sarah is less certain that the one day she'sing ing about is coming soon. >> with every passing day of this war, i believe this one day is getting further and further away. still, she hopes the region will find peace in her lifetime, or her children's. ♪ one day, one day >> developing news out of afghanistan, there was an attack on a military academy in kabul. more than a dozen americans were among the victims. at least one was killed.

it happened at camp carga where training of military officers happens, the shooter was dressed in an afghan army uniform when he opened fire on local and international troops at the base. the gunman was killed in the attack. >> we'll continue to follow that story, coming up tomorrow, we'll have a full break down of the second day of testimony by theodore wafer over the night he shot and killed an unarmed teen on his front porch. >> more breaking news in england, royal air force fighter jets ever escorted a passenger plane to the airport in manchester. the pilot received information about a possible suspicious device onboard. police are swarming the plane right now. officials so far say there is no reason for concern, so we'll continue to follow that, as well. >> a very busy morning for us in new york. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy, coming up, the latest on the ceasefire

between israel and hamas. have a great morning. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m.

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