welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters and the stories we are following for you, an american general is dead after an attack in a military academy in afghanistan. a calm falls over gaza but making the cease fire last, it will be difficult at best and the second american aid worker diagnosed we -- with, ebola is back in the u.s. after having experimental cocktail. ♪

two-star u.s. army general is dead and shot and killed during an insider attack at a military academy at afghanistan and saying an afghan soldier opened fire on foreign troops at a training facility and heard from a spokesman a few minutes ago and highlights the on going threat that he faces with nato forces. >> afghanistan is still a war zone and impossible to eliminate completely eliminate that threat i think, particularly in a place like afghanistan but you can work hard to mitigate it and minimize it and we have done it. >> it was at the national defense university in kabul, the largest military training facility in afghanistan and we are joined live from kabul with more and what can you tell us about today's attack? >> what was happening in this academy today, nato senior

officers were having a meeting with afghan senior officers about the training of young forces, as soon as the nato officers arrived at the area we are hearing an afghan army soldier opened fire on the group. these officers were from different countries. there were american, german and british officers and that the attacker could manage to kill the two-star general believed to be the highest rank american officer since 2001 in this country. and another german general were injured and another afghan general which is at the height of the academy was also injured along with another 15 for nato officers and three other afghan officers were injured. now, no one has taken responsibility for this attack yet. >> and clearly a bloody attack and what does this mean for the future of nato and military

involvement in afghanistan? >> nato and u.s. supposed to change their mission in afghanistan from combat mission to training and supporting afghan forces. of course it will effect because the main mission behind 2014 will be trending which means they will work closely with afghan security forces. if they don't have trust with each other it will effect the training. >> and we are joined live from kabul afghanistan with more and thank you very much. there is calm in gaza, that 72-hour cease fire appears to be holding for now. israel and palestinian factions including hamas agreed to the three-day cease fire which was brokered in this case by egypt and palestinian are beginning indirect talks to workout a longer truce and james is in jerusalem with more. >> reporter: the truce is now in place and the next stage is going to cairo, the palestinian

delegation with hamas and jihad and members of palestinian authorities already there in place in cairo. israeli delegation will join them then in many ways the hard part starts because neither wants to go to status quo before the conflict. palestinian wants a lifting of the seize of gaza, israeli wants hamas demilitarized and they are talks, mediators and egyptians and going between the sides to get a deal and may well be a hard sell back home for prime minister benjamin netanyahu and he made the decision to go to cairo without a cabinet vote and we know that some of his cabinet ministers are opposed to that decision. >> meanwhile that israeli offensive destroyed a lot of infrastructure in gaza and bar gage piled up and not a way to

treat the wastewater and sewage and we in the story from gaza. >> sewage is is flowing in the mediterranean see and people go fishing but they have to try knee deep in filthy water. the smell is terrible. >> translator: we may get sick from the sea but what can we do? i want to help my family survive. we need to eat. >> reporter: even when gaza is not in a war it doesn't have enough electricity or infrastructure to treat all the waste produced by 1.8 million people. now it's even worse. the sewage pumping station was bombed, a pool of untreated waste blocks the road heading north and the overflow runs down to the sea. for the last two weeks, 30,000 cubic meters of raw sewage a day has flooded into the streets in northern and central gaza. >> it's different now and to take the sewage to the ocean

even if it's not treated but the problem is not we are not capable to bring the sewage from sea down to the facilities so sewage is now in the seas and it's flooding the nearby areas and going to make it bad here. >> reporter: in a refugee camp on the sea wastewater trickles through the streets. >> translator: children are playing in the sewage and now with fear all day and i can't start to describe how bad the smell is. i'm afraid we are killing more than us and a problem for the war and now it's worse. >> reporter: mounds of rubbish are getting bigger. another 200,000 people have moved into the center of gaza city since the war started. almost doubling the amount of rubbish to 700 tons a day and all of it is ending up here, right in the middle of the city. the mainland fill site is east gaza in the middle of fighting and there is no way the rubbish

can be sent there and gaza beaches are empty and cafes deserted and when the sea breeze comes in the stench of rotting garbage and sewage goes across the city. nicole john'ston. >> a sharp rebuke of israel because the growing number of casualties but the president signed a bill giving $225 million for the missile defense system and libby casey is in washington and the decision to grant the money a surprise so what prompted this move? >> not a surprise because we have given israel 235 million for the missile defense shield and because of the heavy use the system is under going israel came to the u.s. and asked for more and the pentagon supported it and asked congress to sign on. perhaps the surprise is in such

a congress that is divided members of house and senate agreed on the funding on friday and passed this sizable spending bill. now, you may imagine a giant shield when you hear the is phrase iron dome but it's a defense system that can travel 2 1/2 miles to 40 miles to shoot down rockets and israel claims 90% success rate right now at shooting down hamas rockets, del. >> the $225 million does this mean the u.s. is giving israel its full support? >> well, when the white house put out a statement last night in conjunction with the president's signing of this funding it expressed pride in being able to fund iron dome and it reiterated the u.s. support for israel's right to support itself against hamas rocket attacks but it said they had to respect humanitarian law and a

prod to israel and has not changed the position on israel defending itself but we heard a strengthening of tone when it comes to israel launching attacks in gaza. after israel hit a u.n. facility, the u.s. used words like appalled and disgraceful and also said that even targeting militants operating nearby did not justify hurting so many civilians and there is a new level of criticism from the u.s. when it comes to israel tactics. >> live in washington and thank you very much. the second american ebola patient arriving back in the u.s. today and this is video of nancy writebol and taken to emory hospital and was infected working as a missionary and it killed 900 people in western africa and we are live in atlanta and robert have we heard anything so far about nancy writebol's condition? >> good afternoon, del, if we

know one thing about her condition it's different from her colleague that was brought on saturday and he got out of the ambulance and walked into the hospital on his own will, she was just wheeled into the hospital on her back. so clearly she is in stable condition, enough to come from liberia to the u.s. but more serious condition than her colleague, dr. kent brantley and we will get more information at 2:00 with a press conference from them and they will tell us and update where she stands right now but we know this, she is inside emory hospital behind me in the first floor iso unit and she and the colleagues are in separate rooms and vital sign and have been given experimental drug that health officials will hope improve their condition and allow them to fight off this deadly infection over time, del. >> there is a controversy though, with arrival of the patients there is talk and

concern about an out break here in the u.s. are we in any danger of that happening? >> i'm no doctor but if you listen to the doctors here they will tell you, no, absolutely, no danger. this is a very actually difficult disease to contract. what is happening over in west africa, the reason they are seeing the numbers that we have experienced since this april is the fact that modern medicine does not exist on the ground and a lot of the social ability there as far as like burying the dead and the infected and maybe some of the diet and hygiene is causing this disease to spread around. but in the u.s. there is absolutely, according to the doctors, no risk for people to get this. it's not an air-born disease, it's only transferred through bodily fluid. >> we are live in atlanta and thank you very much. meanwhile health concerns about ebola to suspend flights to liberia and sierra leone until

the end of the month and concerned that the dee te -- deteriorating situation is getting worse and follows another carrier and stopped flights to guinea earlier this month. it's the second day of the summit in washington d.c. nearly 50 leaders gathering in washington to discuss the u.s. interest on the continent and they will talk about trade and financial partnerships between u.s. and africa and president obama is scheduled to give remarks at 2:45 this afternoon and you can join us, we will carry those remarks live. turning to ukraine where officials say 195 soldiers returned from rebel territory but fighting raises on in donsk and pictures of residents who were forced to spend the night in bomb shelters. they slept in winter clothes and on wooden planks about 200,000 people fleeing their homes further north ukraine forces have retaken the town of

slovonsk and mr. phillips reports. >> reporter: this is the hospital and i'm in the surgical ward. now when the separatist controlled the town they took over this ward by force and set up a roadblock the street outside and many of the hospital staff were so frightened they ran away. we are also told the separatists took over the hospital bomb shelter and stopped some patients and hospital staff from using it. now, in june this ward was hit by shell fire. a nurse was killed. and 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 ukraine's war. >> reporter: the biggest doping scandal in baseball history is growing, a-rod cousin has been

arrested along with several others accused of providing players with steroids and turning away from coal, why they are divided over the growing reliance on natural gas. ♪

♪ at least seven people arrested for allegedly supplying baseball players with performance-enhancing drugs and the founder of the florida group bio genesis was charged and clients are alex rodriguez and cousin arrested and high school students as young as 15 were recordly given those drugs. it was exactly one year ago that rodriguez and 12 other players were suspended for using steroids and appearing in a federal courtroom this afternoon. things are slowly getting back to normal in toledo and focusing on cleaning up lake eerie and ohio governor casey is watching a review of how the water supply in toledo became tainted and long warned that pollution

threatened the lake and supplies water to 11 million people and we report some residents say they are still concerned. >> reporter: for the first time in days the faucets inside the parker's house are running again, up until now she and her family's access to clean water came from a bottle. her description of the past few days stressful. >> kind of hectic, afraid to do anything with inside water, not even wash my hands. >> reporter: the harmful green bloom algae contaminated the water source saturday and calling the tap water unsafe and forced a massive ban leaving half a million residents dry. 72 hours later. >> a long night. [applause] here is to you toledo and you have done a great job. >> reporter: it's not 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. >> reporter: the city says forecasters predicted significant algae blooms in lake eerie this year but environmental pollutions like chemical runoffs from farms made the situation much worse and the city says in this case the toxins would have been hard to avoid. >> while we can't totally control algae blooms it is over our intake we are at its mercy but do have procedures in place. unfortunately this one didn't, it bloomed right over our intake and we were helpless and did everything we could. we brought it back online as soon as we could. >> reporter: long-time residents like jim reams believes there needs to be accountability. >> eliminate the pollution in the lake to keep it from going at this rate. >> reporter: toledo's water crisis may be over but the city is not in the clear, the algae bloom is not due to reach its peak until september, i'm with

al jazeera, toledo, ohio. >> obama administration is moving to speed up the shut down of coal-burning power plants to combat climate change but they are divided over natural gas to replace the coal and tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: by 2017 the last of the coal-fired plants in massachusetts will be out of business. the latest to close a 63-year-old operation whose chimney stacks spewed coal dust over the sea port town of salem and if it goes as planned it will be torn down and taking place on the site will be driven by cleaner, natural gas. under the deal the new plant will be shut down in just 35 years. by then enough non-fossil fuel energy sources will be available to replace it. environment groups reached that agreement with the utility in keeping with massachusetts official target of more than one

quarter of its electricity generated from renewable sources in the next five years. >> the settlement we reached in regard to the plant is a great example of how we can use natural gas in the near term to make sure we keep the lights on and create a very careful intentional transition to a clean energy future. >> reporter: to some local residents that deal is full of holes. >> we think that is a terrible idea. there is no way they will meet the mandated goals if they continue to burn carbon. the economics are such if you build this plant it's going to shut out the development of actual renewable energy like wind and solar and wind technology. >> reporter: massachusetts has plenty of wind and waves but it lags behind europe. off the massachusetts coast the first proposed commercial wind farm is still years away from construction and its promoters admit the price of electricity

would be double of now power on the grid. clean power advocates say they are quickly changing for the better. >> places on the country on shore wind and solar are reaching pardiy and competitive levels. >> reporter: they continue to wage their fight for their state to step off the natural gas pedal, tom ackerman, salem, massachusetts. >> president obama set to sign a bill revamping veterans affairs and do so on thursday and give vets the opportunity to find their own doctors without timely care and fund clinics and give the v.a. the opportunity to hire more doctors and nurses and southern california cleaning up from major mud slides and damaged homes and it could mean lives lost as crews in china work to remove victims from the

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welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm del walters and headlines of the hour, a two-star general was killed in a military training facility in afghanistan, an afghan soldier opened fire on foreign troops in kabul, a german army general was among 15 people who were wounded. a three-day pause of the fighting in gaza seems to be holding for now and israeli and palestinian factions including hamas agreed to the 72-hour cease fire brokered by egypt and talks continue today in cairo. two american ebola victims are now being treated in atlanta and nancy writebol jointed brantley at emory university and both infected treating victims in liberia and china they are digging people out of the rubble after a powerful earthquake struck thereand using their bare hands to save as many lives as possible after a 6.5 magnitude

quake happened on sunday and dugout people including a four-month-old baby and one man is dead and many wounded and the wall of mud is leaving behind destruction and the cleanup there is just beginning. >>. resident doug rose knows he is going to need more than just a shovel to dig out from the mud and debris that buried his front yard and part of his house but he gets to work anyway. rose was home alone sunday afternoon when a rare summer storm passed over the mountains near san bernidino and 4" of rain fell in an hour and triggered a massive mudslide that took out power lines and roads and they ran for higher ground. when you came out of the house after it started raining, what did you see?

>> 25 foot wall of debris, rocks the size of refrigerators, about 75 feet wide coming straight at me and my house so i ran for my life, i was careful, as i ran the debris hit my house, sheered off my propane tank and took my steps and retaining walls out. >> reporter: your house is standing. it saved the house. >> i'm guessing it's possible it saved the house because the out building is pushed up against the front door and deflected debris on both sides and washed everything away. >> reporter: rose and his girlfriend are counting their blessings and making plans. >> going to stay here? >> to be honest i was aware of the vulnerability of the spot when i moved in and just seeing mother nature in action, i don't believe i'll be staying here or my girlfriend. we probably will be looking for a new place because it's a dangerous spot. >> reporter: jennifer, al jazeera forest falls,

california. >> look at this, a daring rescue in las vegas and heavy rains causing flooding on roads and two cars were stuck in the mud and workers helping people escape from vehicles and you can see the moment when one worker was swept away and then pulled to safety. it happened just before another car floated dangerously by. dave war joins us with more on the conditions out west and dave these are the american monsoons, that is the moisture that gets pulled up and focus of the rain very heavy and leads to flooding and there is heavy rain and flooding risk but low pressure which pulled the moisture pushes to the north and beneficial rains over northern california and the entire state needs the rain but too much at once from the flood yesterday and still rain coming down today and there are flash flood watches still in effect as well as some advisories. so the risk is there for the flooding. the rain is needed but a little too much at once could lead to

flooding and what we see happening today. the area pushed to the north. temperatures are claim climbing in the 70s around los angeles and las vegas 85 so another hot day across the southwest, the area of rain pushing to the north and seeing it keep temperatures a little cooler. now the major hurricane and category three are to storms in the pacific we are watching closely because the track similar but going towards hawaii and last times we seen storms hit hawaii twice in five days was 1992. as usual the storms are expected to weaken as they move north but tropical storms likely to move across the hawaiian islands there and the rain needed a bit in some areas and it's dry and a moderate drought in some locations but the flooding risk is there and expecting quite a bit of rain over the weekend and the start of next week. this is now tropical storm bertha and really not impacting land directly but it continues to move off to the northeast and

these are the swells that are put out by the storm as it continues to track to the north. so from boston all the way down to north carolina we are seeing high surf and risk for rip currents and that of course will last throughout the day today and tomorrow as it continues to push to the northeast and accelerate and now a tropical storm though. one or two storms right around virginia and north carolina border is creating a marine warning and gusty wind with the risk for rip currents and in the middle we have hot and humid weather developing so it's not the risk from the coastal areas, it's the air quality is a problem. this is an air quality alert from boston and washington d.c. and the ground levels could increase because of the heat and humidity building up. >> thank you very much. in japan life is a beach and work is too because they decided to bring the beach indoors and the biz office decorating with a carpet of sand and 3d projector

to recreate the positions and wanted to lure employees and visitors saying life indeed can be a beach at work and thanks for watching al jazeera america and i'm del walters and people in power is next. ♪ >> the far north of europe - a place of extraordinary beauty - home to an astonishing array of plants and animals which have