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>> an american general was shot and killed in afghanistan today in an apparent insider attack. the pentagon said a man dressed in an afghan army uniform fired at a group of international soldiers at a military base near kabul. the military has not released the general's name. he is believed to be the highest ranking officer killed in afghanistan or iraq wars. 15 other people were wounded. half of them were americans. we have more now from kabul. >> reporter: an afghan soldier open fired on a group of senior n.a.t.o. ache began officer in army academy here west of kabul. he managed to kill a two-star general an others were injured. now tall lan ar taliban are not taking responsibility for this

attack. the soldier open fired inside the building and through that group. later on he was killed by his own colleagues. >> we're keeping a close eye on the situation in afghanistan. rosalind jordan is in washington for us. roslind, what has been the reaction from the pentagon to this incident? >> reporter: well, obviously people at the pentagon are quite upset by this. the associated press is reported that the general killed was major general harold j. green, a professional systems engineer, and he had just arrived in kabul in the past several months in order to be the deputy commanding general of the combined security transition command. that's essentially the process of drawing u.s. forces out of their combat positions and inserting afghan soldiers into their place. we're still trying to get

independent confirmation of the general's name, but that said this would be a very significant loss. there are questions that have already come up whether the sow called green on blue or insider attacks have be prevented, and according to the pentagon spokes person, admiral kirby, it is not possible. >> the inside threat, it's a p pernicious threat and it's hard to ascertain and come to grips with the cope of it particularly where you are particularly places like afghanistan. and afghan is still a war zone. >> reporter: now of course its worth noting that there's also the question about what would be the overall role of the afghan military assuming that u.s. forces do leave the country by december 31st as is required

under current legal agreement. the pentagon does believe that the afghan military is capable of providing security. >> the afghan national security forces continue to perform at a very strong level of competence and confidence and warfare capability. they've had a good year securing not one but two national elections, and stopping or minimizing impact of countless numbers of attacks throughout the country even in kabul. >> and tony, command and afghan investigators are looking into the circumstances behind this attack. it's been awhile since this sort of insider attack had happened after a rash of them in 2012 a and 2013. one of the questions they'll have to answer is whether a number of the security precautions installed in order to ramp down the number of these sorts of attacks were relaxed in

any way. that would certainly raise some concerns given that u.s. forces are so close to pulling out of country in about eight months time. >> absolutely. ros, roslind jordan for us in washington, d.c. earlier i spoke with lawrence, the former u.s. assistance secretary of defense and senior fellow at american center of progress. we looked at the tragedy like this and the likelihood that it might happen again. >> well, no doubt about it, it peaked in 2012 when there were talks of the coalition force. there was a german general who was wounded today. and it seemed to have died down during the election season, but give the chaos of the election, the fact that we don't know how long the united states and it's n.a.t.o. allies are going to stay it's not surprising that you have someone who is un' about what is going on and could have been from a village where there was collateral damage to

the people that he knows. >> larry, i'm curious as to where the general security team was and how it is even deployed here. you know a little bit about this, and you've worked with generals in that space before. is there anything that you can tell us about how high ranking military officials might be protected? i know at some point some of these general just like to go and see and touch and be tactile on their own. >> reporter: well, it's really up to the general. when you have somebody like general mcchrystal who was over there, he went out to the front lines without body armor, and he was in many ways fearless. i think what happened here this was inside a base. you assume that this person, you know, was a member of the--you know he was a member of the afghan military, so you don't screen them. if outsiders come in, and we go through the bases we are frisked to make sure that we weren't bringing in anything. probably not. he might have been part of providing security for the

general. >> right, right, the taliban as you mentioned has not claimed responsibility, but it's important to know here, right, that the taliban isn't the only group that doesn't want coalition forces there. >> well, the fact that the taliban is thrilled about this. it's not just us who like these foreigners. there are many who see us as the second coming of the russians or the british trying to colonize them. it's not that widespread but it is still there. >> that was former assistant secretary of defense. in 2013 16 people were killed. compared that to 2012, where 32 were killed in insider attacks. for the first time in four weeks it was quiet in gaza.

a three-days cease-fire in israel took affect and israel withdrew from gaza border areas. egyptian mediators are trying to get both sides to agree for a longer truce. charles stratford joins us now from gaza. what has been the reaction to this cease-fire? are people optimistic that this might hold this time? >> reporter: well, we visited the south of the gaza strip and went down to rafa and headed down towards where the israeli troops were to the far east if you like, about two kilometers from the israeli border. and scenes of utter devastation, utter destruction. one palestinian man described it to me as looking at the aftermath of a tsunami. so incredible shock amongst the palestinians when returning to their home. now in as far as how much they trust this cease-fire or talks

of cease-fire, it seems to be holding at the moment, certainly down in rafa there was little trust as to whether this would continue. the day started okay. there was a sense of people being a little more relaxed as they came out to their homes and to try to pick through the rubble and try to pick up the pieces and salvage what they can. but just an indication of how fearful they were of the cease-fire breaking or there would be a break in the cease-fire. these were purely rumors but there was a great sense of fear and urgency for people to get as much as they could and get out. that's what they did. they piled as many of their belongings as they could on donkey carts and cars and left the area. so there is this sense of fear that the cease-fire might not hold. >> charles, is there any hope that talks in egypt will lead both sides to work out a deal

for longer, let's not call it a cease-fire. let's call it a truce. >> reporter: well, there are hopes certainly there. great efforts being made as you reported as israeli delegation now that there they will be participating in direct talks through egyptian mediators. they have same demands. they want the lifting--the hamas has had the same demands as they've always had. they want the lifting of the blockade on gaza. they want the port expanded. they want prisoners released and a number of other demands. we're hearing from sources in cairo that the israelis are going to be pushing the egyptians to push hamas and factions to hand over their weapons, in exchange so we hear from our sources for them guaranteeing--the israelis guaranteeing that they would rebuild gaza.

this is just reports, but it's a very interesting news and very interesting move by the israelis, seemingly. go around the back hamas, and try to pull away some of the support they have here in gaza, who are desperate for a cease-fire, and for their lives to be rebuilt. now it seems very remote that hamas would agree to something like that, but it shows just the amount of effort being put into these talks and how demands on both sides seem to be very high. >> okay, charles, appreciate it. charles stratford for us in gaza. thank you. here is a look at the toll of this conflict. nearly 1900 palestinians have been killed, mostly civilian. 270,000 palestinians are staying at u.n. facilities in gaza. on the israeli side, 67 people have been called and most of

them soldiers. chief palestinian negotiators talked with al jazeera about what needs to come next in the middle east. >> this status quo will not continue. the status quo no more. the day after the cease-fire, the humanitarian needs provided for gaza, do we have israeli occupation. do we have a time sealing of this israeli occupation. >> you can see the full interview at 10:00 on "consider this." be sure to join us for "30 days of war," a special look at life, death, and diplomacy in gaza during the latest conflict. it airs at 11:00 right here on al jazeera america. there are fears today that the ebola virus is spreading beyond west africa. british airways have canceled flights to sierra lean, until

the end of the month. nigeria said it now has two confirmed cases. authorities believe patrick sawyer passed the illness on to his doctor before he died last month. now anyone else who came into contact with the u.s. citizen has been quarantined. nigerian has eight others suspected cases. meanwhile the second american aid work with ebola has arrived. dr. bradley arrived three days ago. both of them are receiving treatment with an experimental drug. we have the latest from atlanta. >> reporter: as the battle from west arching conditions and they try to stop this surge of the ebola outbreak there is another war being fought behind me here at em ory hospital two american aid workers are being treated. american aid worker landed in atlanta in an airborne emergency room.

equipped with an isolation unit. as the plane flew in her concerned family offered a public message of support. >> i love you. and then i'm going to encourage her to--we know that god is good, and we trust him. >> reporter: the other patient her colleague dr. went brantley made the same trip from liberia over oh the weekend. the two missionaries are the first patients with ebola to be treated on american soil. both are said to be improving after receiving an experimental drug. >> what it is is a cocktail of antibodies which are proteins that the body makes to block the virus. >> the serum was harvested from lab animals and identified as a possible ebola treatment just months ago. dr. brantley received his second dose of the drug yesterday at emory university hospital. and the other aid worker got her

second dose just this morning. >> if they suffer through this, in order to see tens of thousands maybe more lives saved they would say i'm willing to go through what i've gone through. >> reporter: serving a mission is the organization that the ebola patient was working in liberia. this. >> nancy is still very weak. she shows signs of continued improvement. she's showing signs of progress and is moving in the right direction. >> reporter: the world bank announced a $200 million emergency relief fund. money that will be distributed to the governments of liberia, guinea and sierra leone to pay doctors and educate locals of how to fight the outbreak. meanwhile volunteers from the u.s. and around the world continue to suit up and fly

overseas to the front line where the virus has already claimed nearly 900 lives. at this point all the doctors can do is allow the two americans, allow their bodies to fight off this deadly ebola infection, keep them hydrated and monitor their vitals all the while taking this special si siderem. >> reporter: ebola would be a good target if we knew more about it. it has not changed the virus since 1976, and it's pretty well sounds in a lot of ways. the trouble is there is just really no market for it. and actually i asked this--i asked about this same issue in an interview with dr. michelle

berry, professor of tropical diseases and medicine in stanford university. >> these vaccines which have been around for a while, it has not been fast tracked because ebola virus is a disease of people living overseas, not 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. it's not going to be very profitable. >> you know, that's really the problem right there. there are only 3,000 people who have been affected by ebola, and they live in some of the poorest countries in the world, it's not a good target market for the pharmaceutical industry. >> and what about this sir rum being administered. is that something that we could see go into wider distribution. >> reporter: the problem is because this has been poorly

studied there is really no sense at all whether this sir rum has anything to do with dr. brantley's recovery. it's been tested on primates, it's never been tested on humans. we have no way of knowing. the thing about it, there is a lot of interesting tough you could learn about ebola. human disease and animal disease. you can learn more about h.i.v. a similar disease. 15% of the country of gabone seems to have a natural immunity to ebola. there could be promise of a vaccine if only the market would bear out the investment. >> terrific, jake ward, that needs to happen. thank you, and coming up on al jazeera america, today may be tea party's last chance to win some slots in the november election. the big primary is next with power politics.

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primary election day and missouri, michigan and kansas. across the nation the tea party has tried desperately to defeat establishment senators but the tea party conservatives have nothing to show for it, and tonight is their last serious shot. kansas senator pat robert has been in congress for 34 years. he has been hobbled with issues like his residentscy. he does have a resident in his home state because he rents a room from a support there are. and they will milton wolfe, he would be much better shape if he had not posted x-rays of his patients and joked about them in social media. >> in a race for u.s. senate. milton wolfe is now under official investigation because of his conduct as a doctor. wolfe exposed private patient's

x-rays on facebook. >> and the tea part challenge in tennessee, this will be the first election cycle since 2008 in which no incumbent senator lose as primary. and a general election battle, incumbent arkansas democrat mark prior is facing a tough general election challenge from tom cotton and cotton is now hammering prior over illegal immigration. >> southern border chaos and crime. washington made a mess. senator mark prior voted for amnesty. prior voted against a border fence three times now prior ignores the crisis. >> the problem is that independent fact check groups call the ad exceptionally misleading, and the surge of migrant children has not caused chaos. the demagoguery on immigration is ratcheting up. on a radio interview indiana congressman said that he and

another conservative recently discussed children immigrating from central america possibly having the ebola virus. >> look, we need to know just from a public health standpoint with the ebola circulating and everything else. that's my edition to it, not his, but listen, we need to know the conditions of these kids. >> reporter: for the record there have been zero cases of ebola documented in the western hemisphere, and none of the migrant children who have arrived in the united states have the disease despite what congress might argue. no. iowa steve king was just confronted about migrant bashing by two dreamers, people whose parents came to the united states illegally. watch the congressman's hand and listen to the remark. >> please, please. >> i was raised in the united states. >> you understand the english

language. you're saying that is not-- >> you understand the english language. you're very good at english. there's congressman steve king. and finally in minnesota, the loss of a third consecutive term, tuff is only five years old and his town has no former government. at an annual summer festival the mayor has drawn names from a hat. they took it in stride and said it was fun, but it's time to move on. he also said that maybe his younger brother should have a chance at mayor because the younger brother just turned two. that's the day's power politics. >> you got to wait your turn. j you have to take your nap. >> appreciate it. thank you. if a new poll is any indication members of congress may want to lie low during the august

recess. a poll finds 51% of people surveyed disapproved of the job their member of congress is doing right now. that is the highest in the poll's history. just 41% approved. the poll also finds 49% of those surveyed have a favorable view of democrats while 35% have a favorable view of republicans. >> listen, listen, listen, 21 century fox announced that it is dropping its bid for rival time warner. real money's ali velshi joins us. >> reporter: hold the phone. >> itself breaking news. >> reporter: is it possible that he wants to run for mayor of toronto? we're looking for somebody. >> nice, very nice. we'll have david's people get in touch with his people. >> reporter: that kid looked perfectly good. he would make a great mayor of toronto. let's talk about the deal you were just talking about. if it happened it would have been the media deal of a century.

last month rupert murdoch's bid to buy time warner for $80 billion in cash and stock more than the company was worth, but it was rebuffed. today fox decided to abandon its plans to create the mega media giant. time warner rejected it's original bid. most people assumed that murdoch would come back with a bigger offer. you saw time warner stock go up as a result. apparently not. fox said, quote, refused to engage with fox to explore an offer which was highly compelling, and so fox took its offer off the table. as you said this came out after the stock market closed today. time warner shares have fallen nearly 11% in after hours trading. fox shares have surged more than 8%. that's typically what happens when a potential or imagined deal falls apart. >> service i ask--before i ask

the next question you need to know that people are taking questions of the hook up this afternoon. well done. >> people wering can about my collar. >> look, i don't think this is the end of major merger in the media world. time cable is a different company that time warner, and regulators are looking at deals and fox will look at opportunities to combine with someone else. the way the media world is going, there will be big combination in the media landscape could likely mean consumers paying more for media content in the end. it's an interesting. ic. >> what else are you working on? >> we're looking at the shaky cease-fire. it's holding now. if it lasts, we're tallying up the dam. gaza's infrastructure could cost

$6 billion to repair. will they want to go in and make gaza a more economically viable place which could take it further away from violence. >> ali velshi at the top of the hour right here on al jazeera america. the cease-fire between israel and hamas seems to be holding for now. we look at what happens after the cease-fire ends. two buses crash as hundreds of people watch at times square.

>> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently.

>> for continuing coverage of the israeli / palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america, your global news leader. >> varlet's bombardment of gaza has destroyed some of the areas' most important infrastructure including it's only power station. now garbage is piling up, and there is not enough electricity to treat waste water and sewage. nicole johnston has more from gaza. >> reporter: untreated sewage is flowing into the mediterranean sea. they still go fishing though.

they have to try. knee deep in filthy water. the smell is terrible. >> what can we do? i want to help my family survive. we need to eat. >> reporter: even when gas isn't in a war it doesn't have enough electricity or infrastructure to reduce all the waste produced by the people. now it's worse. this pumping station was bombed. a pool. 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. >> to dig through the sewage to the ocean.

>> in a refugee camp right on the sea waste water trickles through the streets. >> now it's here all day, and i can't start to describe how bad the smell is. >> reporter: if that wasn't bad enough mounds of rubbish are getting bigger. 2 how soon thousand people have moved into the center of gaza city since the war started. all of the rubbish landing here in the middle of the city. >> reporter: it's in east gaza in the middle of the fighting so there is no way the rubbish can be sent there. the cafes are deserted and when the sea breeze comes in the stench of rotting garbage and sewage drifts across the city.

nicole johnston, al jazeera, gaza. >> the united nations has been criminal of the campaign's toll on the population. israel disputes the number and says more than half of those killed were from islamic jihad and hamas. 30% of gazaens have been forced to flee their homes. 65,000 of them have lost their homes entirely and have nowhere to go. and earlier i spoke with daniel kirtzer former ambassador to egypt. i asked him if unlike other crease fires if this cease-fire might actually hold? >> i think the cease-fire is likely hold in its largest dimensions. israel will announce it's accomplished its military objectives destroying the tunnels and fighting back against the rockets. we heard today that the external leader of hamas has announced that they achieved their military objectives. the problem is as the underlying

conflict goes on we're likely to see a recurrence of violence. this particular cease-fire may hold for a while. >> ambassador, what is the significance in your mind of egypt's role in the cease-fire? >> well, egypt has played quite a significant role. in the conflict they were able to gain israel's concurrence to a cease-fire. they were not able to get the same from hamas, and they continue to be engaged trying to find a way not only to stop the fighting but also to try to meet some of the immediate objectives of the two sides. the problem that egypt faces. they likely will have to go to other parties cutter or turkey to provide some assistance in getting a mass on board. but the egyptian role has proven to be quite vital up until now. >> would any discussion of a truss include talks on di di militarizing hamas and

lifting the bloc blockade of gaza, would that not have to be absolutely necessary? >> so far israel has made that demand but received silence in response. nobody is volunteering to do the demilitarization. there are other ideas, however, having the international community play the grater role both on the ground but also in terms of assuring that whatever does come to gaza by sea has been checked. whether it's through offshore customs checking or whatever. there may be room for creative ideas, but in the immediate term it's going to be very hard to meet that israeli requirement of the demilitarization of hamas. >> let me try this on you. does the palestinian authority ultimately have to become the government in gaza as well as the west bank? isn't that the ultimate path of any unity government there?

>> well, there's no question that that's the ultimate solution to at least part of the problem. since 2007 when hams took over in gaza its been a bifurcated government. so sure there has to be a way to bring back the palestinian authority to gaza. a couple of months ago hamas and the palestinian authority did reach an agreement on the government, and the question is whether that agreement will stand and the p.a. will be able to come back in and assume control over gaza. >> would israel be accepting of a p. a-led government with hamas involvement? could that lead to discussions ultimately about demilitarizing, i'm trying to stair-step this thing a bit. >> it could certainly pride an

opening. but until now israel has refused to accept any form of palestinian government that either includes hamas or to which hamas has associated itself. in fact, at the beginning of the current round of violence prime minister netanyahu said one of his objectives was to under cut that reconciliation agreement. so it's possible that that may go back on the table, that israel may turn a blind eye to hamas' support, but it would require a change in the israeli government position, which we have not yet seen. >> that was former ambassador to israel. the ukrainian military is pushing ahead with an offensive to take back rebel-held territory. these images from within the rebel stronghold of donetsk show the damage caused by the ongoing assault. ukraine is worried about military exerciserussian

military exercises being conducted across the border. you see the discussion of the humanitarian situation in ukraine. it's president said it has taken three-quarters of rebel-held territory back securing the region is proving very difficult. we go now outside of donetsk. >> reporter: this family walks to safety. they are from a suburb of donetsk where ukrainians are battling separatists. they have relatives and friends they could stay with, but they can't afford to reach them right now. the camp for the displaced is their home. >> the events that are happening now feel like a play, not real. one side pushes the other and thin the other pushes back. in this endless conflict a lot of civilians have been killed by shrapnel and gunfire.

>> reporter: but for a few hours a day people are allowed to leave donetsk. driving out of this corridor some have tied white flags to their cars, hoping that will be enough to protect them. ukrainians approve the orders. >> look how close the shell landed this is also a propaganda war. russia said these men are ukrainian deserters who crossed their border. ukraine said they are prisoners of war and should be returned. one thing is clear, many of these soldiers don't want to be here. >> you want to return to your families as soon as possible? >> as soon as possible. >> reporter: that is unlikely to happen. kiev said it won't stop until it

retakes this land. just after we left this ukrainian checkpoint was shelled again by straightists. causing people to turn back towards the fighting. but it is tearing apart their country. al jazeera, on the outskirts of donetsk. >> families of victims saying the government is not moving fast enough to find possible survivors. navy operations say they cannot find the ferry because they don't have the right equipment. 200 people were on board when the ferry capsized and at least 125 people are presumed dead. in turkey another round of police officers have been arrested for allegedly spying on the prime minister. 13 other provinces were raided about state media reports 13 state police officers were detained for conducting illegal

wiretaps and some 30 others are waiting for documents for spying. they say part of the police officers are behind a scandal. and in lebanon a 24 hour cease-fire between the army and rebel fighters have collapsed. lebanon has been trying to take back the city from fighters that came across the border from syria. the truce was supposed to get lebanon time to get aid into the city and negotiate for some 30 captured soldiers. >> reporter: they were quickly whisked out. three members of lebanon security forces were released were captivity on tuesday. they were among more than 30 being held by fighters linked to the self declared islamic state and syria's al-qaeda branch. their release was mediated by muslim clerics. it was called a good will measure. the lebanese army and government said they're not interested in

what they're calling terrorists. the only deal or solution they would be ready to accept is one of armed fighters releasing their captives and withdrawing. it is on lebanon's northeastern border with syria. the army has regained control of strategic hill tops. up to 3,000 fighters are believed to be hold up inside the city and it's surrounding regions. the only way out for them is to syria. but on that side of the border the syrian government and it's lebanese allies have been closing in on their position. this won't be an easy battle for either side. the lebanese army still has not stormed a town because it's want to avoid civilian casualties up to 100,000 civilian refugees live there. syria's war has spilled over into lebanon on several occasion over recent months. but the lebanese armies are describing this battle as the most serious yet. it is day four of what could

either be a pro longed and dea deadly conflict if a deal is not reached. >> protesters gather outside of an abortion law trial in texas. maria ines ferre has that story and other headlines across the u.s. >> reporter: 18 clinics in texas will close in august if a new state law takes effects. hundreds of protesters gathered outside of the state courthouse in austin. >> we fought against this bill last year, and we continue to fight it because nothing in hb 2 says anything to improve the health or safety of the probatioabortion procedure. >> reporter: it require all abortion clinics to meet the same standards as surgical standards. 14 people are injured after two double decker tour buses collided in heart of new york

city. the accident happened in time square closing down several streets. eight of the injured were performance-enhancing drugs. they were all taken to the hospital for treatment. crews are still clearing roadways following mudslides that left one person dead in southern california. some 2500 people were stranded after thunderstorms caused a mudslide on sunday. police are urging residents to stay in their homes while bulldozers cleared the road. and in massachusetts morallies in support of an ousted ceo. workers rallied the family-owned super mark chain. it's been in turmoil since it fired it's ceo. the company board stands by that decision. market basket worked to replace employees who skipped work to protest. it's a big family is aga because a cousin fired the ceo.

his own cousin fired him. >> that gets messy. we appreciate it. coming up, a security firm say russian hackers have stolen more than a billion internet user names and passwords that go with it. and this photo shoot was inspired by a gang rape. online reactions.

real understanding... >> where you scared when you hear the bombs? >> al jazeera america real... news... >> so a milwaukee security firm said that a russian crime ring has gathered 1.2 billion user names and pass ward information from hundreds of thousands of website that have been hacked. according to the firm the stolen information has not been sold yet. it's one of the largest ever and raises all kinds of security implications and questions to be sure. joining us now is the chief

information security--tom, what is your last name? >> it's pagler. he's the chief information security officer. and what is the name of your firm. docu sign, a digital security company. good to talk to you, sir. all right, do you expect that at some point this information will be sold? >> yes, i think anything taking like this in the hands of organized crime groups, the purpose is to make a profit off of it. yes, this data will be sold at some point. >> if you have this kind of information what kind of mayhem can you cause? >> you can do a lot of things. you can take over accounts. you can try to open up the worst-case scenario is open up bank accounts, things like that. it depends on what kind of data was taken. what type of accounts they have. even if you have e-mail addresses or access to e-mail

you can use that to a then kate something else. or to spread malware. >> so tell me how a russian gang becomes so prolific. this is a big number here. so prolific in cyber warfare. is this a new frontier in organized crime? >> i don't think it's a new frontier. i think it's been going on for a while. we're taking a lot of data and aggregating it. we're seeing smaller companies that can get breached. some of these fraudsters go out and scan the internet for vulnerabilities, they go out and pressure port to be something else and steal the data, and then the next thing you know you've got an e-mail address, some passwords. some of the passwords might work on other accounts. you start putting it together,

and you've got some really serious data to go and exploit. >> how does a company or an individual--we ask this question every time we have one of these big hacking episodes here. how does a company or individual go about protecting ones from this? >> well, i think its just having good security practices in place. the industry shows that using two password a then case. you have to have password, another e-mail account or phone, to have your system patched. if you're a company, make sure you have security tools that look line attack things such as unusual visit on your network. as an individual i recommend good password strength. different passwords. i personally. i have multiple passwords. i use a specific was potter for social media. another one for my banking, and different types of e-mails. so if my password is stolen they

can't get into every account that i have. >> is it possible that this was--it's such a big number is it possible that this was an inside job? >> i don't know if it's all coming from one source. it's a big number but this could be an aggregation of multiple sources. we've seen lately and this is my job at here at docu signs, to know the industry and what's going on. we've seen lately a lot of malware being out there on the weakest link, and breaking into smaller companies that might not have the biggest resources. then they pool the data together, and make big databases and sell it. we're seeing the drug runners. a little bit here and a little bit here and then all of a sudden you've got a bigger distribution network. >> we hustled to get you on. i'm so happy you could come on. tom pagler with docusign. thank you.

an update to a story we brought you yesterday. google clarifying its policy on scanning e-mail accounts. the police in webster, texas, arrested this man after finding illegal images in his g mail. google say it is important to remember that we only use this technology to identify child sexual abuse imagery, not other e-mail content that could be associated with criminal activity, for example, using e-mail to plot a burglary. coming up on al jazeera america, 40 years after he resigned from the presidency we're getting a look at tapes of richard nixon explaining what happened.

>> a fashion photo shoot is causing controversy because critics say it is i am spider by a fatal gang rape in new delhi, india. we're back with social media. >> reporter: let me show you these pictures. part of a shoot taken by a mumbai-based photographer, and the entire serious is called the wrong turn. it shows a woman who is fending off various men in the back of a bus. people are associating these pictures with the 2012 gang rape in new delhi that sparked massive protest across india india. critics say these images only

glamourize rape. sophia writes, disgusting fashion shoot gamerizing rape in india. now rapists will think they're fashionable studs. the photographer said it was not based on new delhi gang rape. he said this is his personal art work and it's non-commercial. he removed the website. one of the models apologized on twitter say the intention was not even remotely to glorify an intolerable act like rape. >> so it wasn't published in some fashion publication. this was just on this guy's website. >> reporter: on this person's website, and people saw it and they were really outraged to them because it resembles that incident from 2012. >> yes, okay. ines appreciate it. thank you. charges were filed against seven people at the center of a doping scandal involving suspended nfl player aaron

rodriguez. rodriguez was suspended for the entire 2014 season for doping. this week marks 40 years since president richard nixon resigned in the wake of the watergate scandal. we're getting a new look at richard's fall from grace from the former president himself. roxana saberi has been following this story for us. roxana. >> reporter: videos of nixon showing him sometimes emotional, describes the toll his resignation took on his family and the decisions he made in his last week in office. >> i didn't want to quit. i thought it would be the admission of guilty, which of course it was. >> reporter: in this interview richard nixon describes his fall from grace in his own words. >> i hope no other president resigns under any condition.

>> reporter: releasing 28 minutes of videotaped interviews of the former president this week. part of 30 hours nixon recorded with a former white house aide in 1983, nine years after he resigned the presidency. >> he is more pensive, more thoughtful and more reflective richard nixon, and he's beginning to talk and think in terms of his legacy with some distance from watergate. >> reporter: transcripts of the interviews have been available online but for the most part this footage has been sitting in the university of georgia archives and at the nixon library in california. now with their release on youtube the nixon brie hear hopes that americans with learn more about this part of american history, goals that nixon himself my have had when doing the interviews. >> i think this was his gamble fo are history. one day we would release them and maybe a younger generation who didn't live through watergate and vietnam could have fresh perspectives on nixon and

his presidency. >> reporter: he sometimes appears emotional. he read a letter his daughter left on his pillow. >> it says daddy, i love you. whatever you do i will support. >> reporter: when he decided to resign his wife pat was resistant. >> they came down very emphatically against resigning. >> reporter: historians say no other president has agreed to be interviewed in this way. so these videos may help change the image of nixon's administration as one of the most secretive in u.s. history. >> the true irony is the nixon administration will be studied so exhaustbly it may become one of the most transparent administrations in history. >> reporter: three segments are online. four more will be released this saturday which is august 9th. august 9th was nixon's last day in 1974.

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