>>? this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at the top stories. it is now an hour into a new 3-day ceasefire between israel, hamas and gaza. the u.s. conducts a third day of air strikes on targets in islamic state. the state department removes some staff because of safety concerns. victory for turkey's prime minister in the presidential election. tensions are high in the st.

louis suburb after the fatal shooting of an unarmed team. an investigation is under way after nascar champion tony stewart kills another driver after on on-field argument. it's been one hour since a new truce took hold in gaza. the 3-day ceasefire is the second such deal brokered by egypt, following a weekend of violence in gaza. on sunday christians attended mass to pray for peace. there's hope that a ceasefire could paef the way for a longer truce between the palestinians and israeli. i spoke to jane ferguson about the ceasefire. >> so far it is holding. there are hopes it will hold for 72 hours. before the ceasefire came in effect, there was a barrage of

rocket fire. it's normal in this part of the world before a ceasefire takes effect - both sides really up tick their strikes against the other. as it stands, this ceasefire does seem to be holding true at the moment. what we are hearing from reports in the israeli media is if the yeahs fire holds throughout the -- ceasefire holds throughout the night the israeli delegates will return to cairo. they want to make sure it is honoured throughout the night before returning to negotiations. >> there's a lot of heavy lifting in cairo. what can you tell us about that? >> very much so. this is really the beginning, to get the two sides to come to cairo. they will not sit at a table. these are indirect talks. the subjects that have to be tackled are extremely weighty,

sucts that have been argued for years. the gazans want - hamas want the lifting of the blockade in gaza. it's been in place since 2007, since hamas was elected no 2006. shortly after the blockade was placed on, and the movement of goods and people in and out of gaza has been limited. they want it lifted. they want a seaport operational in gaza. the israelis want hamas disarmed. that will be obviously an incredibly contentious issue to be discussed. neither side is likely to come together, find a middle ground quickly. >> that was jane ferguson in jerusalem. for more on the rehabilitation to the temporary truce i spoke to gabriel via skype, the foreign media advisor to the deputy speaker in the kennes et and asked him about the

negotiations. >> hamas realised they weren't goings to get anything out of it. it's like grouped hog day again. how can you broker a ceasefire after they broke another. they were at ceasefire talks, they didn't like the way the negotiations were going so they chose to start firing rockets. >> is it realistic for his rail to insist that the rockets stop? what i mean by that is most people agree that hamas doesn't necessarily control all the factions that are launching the rockets. is it realistic to think that they'll stop, even if they should. is it realistic to expect they l. >> it is realistic. >> okay. >> hamas had a ceasefire for about 20 month: an israeli author said on charlie rows's show that hamas learnt they could get things in

response to their violence. in relation to the schille at case. -- schille add case. >> i consulted for the opposition. i'm not a spokesman for the government. my view and the view of the peace camp is israel has to stop giving in to demands of the terrorists. you can't negotiate under fire. hamas can hold down a ceasefire, they are prime ministering other factions to fire rocket, and i want to remind your viewers that this is not a conflict between palestinians and israelis. it's a conflict between extremists and moderates. and basically what has to happen it... >> the extremist being hamas. and the moderates being the palestinian authority. what has to happen is the extremists must be disarmed. like the plo in the 1980s, they need to swear violence as a political tool, and then a

long-term peace negotiation can take plus. >> israel wants a demilitarized gaza. since the fighting broke out a month ago 64 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed, including a thai national. for gaza for han 1900 are dead. -- more than 1900 are dead. charles stratford has this report. >> reporter: another funeral, another devastated family. this 35-year-old woman's was killed in an israeli air strike in khan younis in the southern gaza strip. close by in rafah children climbed over the rubble after more air strikes on homes. >> translation: when they said we have five minutes to leave, we run away. they attack two houses, mine and my brothers. we are residents and work all our life, and within a mnd they

destroy it. >> reporter: in a refugee camp is a body of a 13-year-old. another young life ended - her home hit, like a mosque that was attacked close by. >> translation: about 2am they told the people to love. when the people left they fired the warning missile. up to 45 minutes they fired two missiles toward the mosque and destroyed it. >> reporter: drones hovered over this residential area, built with money supplied by the arc imirates. >> thousands living in this building, residents say there was a drone strike as a warping, and -- as a warning and 10 minutes later an air strike. it was a miracle that no one was culled. not even the -- no one was killed. not all pleases are safe.

>> even cemeteries have been hit, graves destroyed. effort to secure lasting truce are as remote as ever. ceasefire after ceasefire failed, with both sides blaming the other for starting the violence again. >> the situation is terrible. there's no power, no water, no work. people are searching for gasoline and food. there is no life here at the moment. we have suffered weeks at this war. there are many displaced people, there's a water crisis, houses destroyed and pray that it will soon end. >> people of gaza have endured a month of not knowing where to run and where peace will come. the people exhausted and afraid. in iraq kurdish forces have taken two towns, northern iraq, back from the group calling itself the islamic state. it's the first victory by the

kurdish forces. fighter jets and drones target with a fourth round of strikes. they were firing on kurdish forces. in erbil thousands of displaced iraqis received a plane load of humanitarian aid from france. earlier the u.k. made its first aid drop to the earlier. many fled to the mountains while their homes and towns seized their towns. mosul is one of the biggest tonnes taken. the islamic state has taken the dam. >> reporter: the fathers of these peshmerga forces fought from the mountains for decades to get rid of saddam hussein. foreign fighters are helping the peshmerga to hold on to the gains they have made. it hasn't been fuf.

u.s. air strikes launched after the overwhelmed peshmerga withdrew are meant to stop the vans of the islamic state 40km away from erbil, and to stand up to a better armed enemy, knowning by -- known by some as i.s.i.s. >> they have a huge amount of modern weapons, munitions, tags, armoured humvees, long-range artillery pieces. you name it. in fact, there was no comparison between the fire power of i.s.i.s. and the peshmerga forces. yes, there has been some reverses by the pesh mergas and this organization. some in certain parts. but this is not a classical war. >> reporter: this conflict a spillover from the war in syria is one that no army has fought

here. the combination of islamic state fighters with suicide bombers and american weapons seized from iraqi forces made them difficult to stop. >> we need this to bide time. to regroup, to reorg face and to go on the offensive. >> a priority will be to retake the mosul dam. the biggest in the country, now fallen to islamic state fighters. >> at risk were oil fields which had been protected by ricky security forces, and now the peshmerga. >> mosul, a center of power for islamic state fighters is 60km from here. the city of erbil is the kurdish capital and a major economic hub, and a main tart of the group -- target of the group. the united states believes the air strikes will help to defend the city. propping up kurdish security forces will be a longer mission.

joining me now is christopher swift, an adjught professor of national -- adjunct professor of national studies. how did it happen, the progress of the islamic state group. where analysts not paying attention? how did it happen? >> it's not that analysts were not paying attention. i spend a lot of time talking to colleagues in the pent gone and other agencies. they have been following the advance of i.s.i.s. into syria and iraq and have been following. the big game changer was the seizure of mosul and their ability to get their hands on military equipment left behind. that's a game changer in the last few weeks. >> tell me about their recruiting efforts.

the islamic state or is sis recruits through a number of mechanisms. most of the recruiting in the left are targeted at arabic speaking individuals, mostly young men in the united states for the u.k. most of the recruiting is in the region at large, drawing people from egypt, jordan, out of the tribes in syria and iraq. it's a dynamic process, and a distributed one. they take resources from wherever they can get them. >> what is the pool. >> the opportunity to have a role in islamic history and engage in a campaign this will change the way the middle east is run. i.s.i.s. is after erasing the borders from the post world war i era, and establishing a

regional sunni super state. that appeals to a lot of people, especially in the wake of government crackdowns after the arab spring protest. >> what roles should arab nations have in denouncing the islamic state group. >> they need to draw distinctions between quietest forms of fundamentalism, and ordy islamic life, and the hard-core jihadi groups operating in northern iraq. one of the ways that the golf states can do that is by reaching out directly to the sunni tribes in north and west iraq, and convincing them that a short-term alliance with i.s.i.s. is not in their interests, notwithstanding the difficulties of the maliki regime in iraq. >> regardless of the military intervention, the air strikes come down to the iraqi people. what needs to happen, what

should happen? >> it depends on whether you are looking at the u.s. or the iraqi side. the iraqi side doubt date. >> you know what, let me drill down on that. nouri al-maliki. >> sure. it's not clear whether mr nouri al-maliki will be the head of the iraqi government for much longer. he's not able to form a coalition. he is aring dissent -- having dissent in his own party, has lost the support of the united states and other allies. even if the iraqis are able to form a new government and if it's a coalition government, it brings in sunnis and kurds and is an effective government. they are months away from making the changes in the iraqi military that they need to make in order to go after a ruthless, resilient adversary like i.s.i.s. it's likely that the united states will have a role to play in the crisis for weeks and months to come. >> christopher smith, adjunct

professor at george town. thank you. tensions are running high in st. louis after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed black youth on thursday. morgan radford as the details. >> reporter: angry residents rallied outside the police department in ferguson st. louie, chanting qub i'm black and proud, holding signs no justice, no peace. they are protesting the death of michael brown, who was shot and killed on saturday by a police officer at his grandmother's house. brown was inside a police car. it's unclear why, and somehow became involved in a struggle with an officer. >> it was a physical altercation within a police car by the police officers and the subject that extended into the street. that is, in fact, where the shooting occurred, the fatal shooting occurred, was in the street outside of the police car. >> asked how many times was he

shot. st. louis county she have said... >> it was more than a couple, but i don't think it was many more than that. >> brown was a high school graduate due to start college on monday. as word of his death spread through the community the reaction was shock and then anger. >> he didn't hurt nobody. he's 18, graduated high school. country officials took over the investigation from ferguson's police department. the officer is on paid administrative leave. the fbi has been called to be part of the investigation. speaking to the media belmar left over the possibility. joining he is areva martin, an attorney in los angeles. we have to talk about something like this again. so let's talk about it. there's a lot we don't know. a couple of things that we do

know are key. the police said mike brown was unarmed, and the police said he was running away. put those two things in context, we know those things. >> you know what, is troubling about the story,ing doctor the press conference by the chief of police, he said that mike brown ended up in the police car, there was a struggle in the police officer where mike grabbed the gun of the officer, end up outside the car and the fatal shot occurs. that may be as many as eight shots fired by the police officer. but we are hearing conflicting stories from witnesses who say that when michael was shot he had his hands up. i'm a little puzzled about how an unarmed teenager pushes his way into a police car, struggling to take a gun from an

armed police officer. something is not adding up with the version of stories we are hearing. >> at this point, police know why mike brown was in the car, why are they not saying so right now? >> absolutely. there's more to the story than the police know. they've had the opportunity to interview the police officer involved in the shooting. i think the police are concerned about tainting the investigation, we know that the st. louis county police chief said results would be turned over, and the police called on the fbi to get involved, and attorney-general eric holder said he will monitor or the civil rights decision will monitor what happens with regards to this case. thinking positively about what the police chief is saying, i think he's saying he doesn't want to leak too much information that may under mine the investigation, but the comment about the young man

pushing his young man into the car and struggling to get a gun when he knows he's unarmed left the community frustrated and angry. >> let's talk about that. you have kind of gone this way a little bit. how does the community get a thorough open investigation? how does that happen. it may be - maybe it is what you said, the justice department saying, you know, we'll keep an eye on this. the community obviously needs a thorough open investigation when an unarmed teenager is dead. >> absolutely. and already the ferguson police department, because we should note that this is an officer of the ferguson police department, a small municipality outside of st. louis, called on the st. louis county to take over the investigation. they are saying "we want to remove ourselves from the investigation to give it more objectivity by having the county

police get involved", having the justice don't with its eyes on the case is important, particularly in light of what happened in new york, with the choke hold case and the determination by the medical examiner that that was, in fact, a homicide. tensions are at a high in afghanistan can american communities, and the distrust for police officers when these cases happen can't be underestimated. >> areva martin, i am sure we'll continue to talk about this. >> thank you. still ahead on al jazeera america - celebrations in ankara. the turkish prime minister is now the president elect. we'll have a live report on that coming up next. police in eastern ukraine trying to keep order in a land torn apart by violence. new development in the global effort to stop the spread of the deadly bowl outbreak.

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vote. recep tayyip erdogan took 52% of the vote, meaning he avoids a run-off election. this is what he had to say to his supporters. >> translation: has the 12th president of the republic of turkey, i am thanking and offering my gratitude to my dear people for lecking me to this position. i'm thanking every brother and sister of mine who went to the vote, to the polling station to vote today. whether they voted for he or not. i'm thanking every single citizen who have contributed to this historic election. in ankara we go to our correspondent covering the election. jamal, he won with a good

margin, a decisive victory. what were some of the highlights, what was the theme of the victory speech? >> well, it was a conciliatory speech, indeed, particularly coming from a man known for his fiery nature and his divisive statements. this was one of reconciliation, an offer to the opposition to try to move forward as he said. he said that there was no real losers in the elections, that had was a testament to the democracy of turkey, but he had words of advice for the opposition saying they should anticipate the new status quo and reflect on their positions and accept the new era that turkey has entered. as we heard. he thanked everywhere for taking part, and a real undertone to the historic nature of the elections, the first time in

turkey's history that people directly elect their president. he made reference to the fact that the minorities in turkey partook in the elections. there was a kurdish candid, one of three contesting the election. a conciliatory tone. people will monitor to see what the first policies are. >> could you remind our viewers why turkey is so critical in the region? >> well, because of the geographic situation it is significant with the borders that it has, for example, with syria, that has seen a war raging for over three years. turkey had an influx of syrian refugees come through because of its relationship with iran, helping to play a mediating role between the west and the officials in tehran and the situation with the kurdish

community which overlaps with iraq, and the current situation there, and i.s.i.s. bear in mind it's important to know that there are 49 turkish analysals held -- nationals held hostage in iraq. geographically it's significant and is a powerhouse in the region, and culturally, historically, be it the old ottoman empire, a lot of the region's people relate to significance. for example, turkish drama is the most watched in egypt and syria. it has a lot of influence through trade, culture and through the geographic situation that it enjoys. it's very significant on all of those levels, and under recep tayyip erdogan's leadership he made sure that turkey is a lot more prominent than in the past, in terms of the international community. >> and the prime minister is now

the prime minister-elect. jamal in ankara, thank you. still ahead on al jazeera - how the spread of the ebola virus is affecting tourism in africa. it's been called a terrible accident. nascar drive kevin ward killed by fellow racer tony stewart. we discuss a legal consequence after the break.

welcome back to al jazeera america. here is the top stories - a new ceasefire appears to hold in gaza after an end of violence. the deal was brokered in cairo, where the israeli and palestinian sides agree to a 72 hour truce. egypt is urging both parties to negotiate a longer-termed solution to the conflict. kurdish forces have taken two towns in northern iraq back interest the group calling said the islamic state. fighter jets and drones are targetting the group with a fourth round of air strikes,

destroying an armed vehicle. >> tensions are running high in st. louize. after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black student. a full investigation is pending. one person is dead from fighting in the eastern ukranian city of donetsk. the ukranian military is advancing on the city trying to drive out pro-russian separatists. the rebels say they want a ceasefire, the ukranian government say they'll agree only if the separatists surrender their arms. we have more. >> a day after the offer of a ceasefire from the separatists the telekom center was on fire, hit by a shell - one of many buildings coming under fire from ukranian forces. >> translation: the ukranian telekom building is on fire. that's what it is. the shell exploded and set it on

fire. they are firing mortars. >> half of the cities one million strong population left. unable to cope with this, many are trying to get out. others are seeking shelter. even the maternity unit at the hospital is forced to go under ground to escape the violence. >> ukraine's military appears to have the upper hand - pushing forward and cutting off the enemy's supply routes, saying they will not stop fighting until they have driven out the separatists from the strongholds in the east. >> if there is an initiative it has to be shown with practical actions, not just words. if white flags come up and they lay down arms, nobody will interfere about them. we haven't seen practical steps, just a statement. >> ukranian forces are trying to build on the successors they made. in areas under their control,

they are leaving nothing to chance. all this as the people that live in the east try to find safety wherever they can. joining us later tonight as we examine the deteriorating relationship between russia and the united states on "the week ahead" - we'll look at the sanctions both nations impose on each other, together at 8:30 eastern on al jazeera america. a british drug maker is about to start human trial of an experimental ebola vaccine. officials at glaxo smith clin said it has produced positive results in animals. nancy writebol is said to be improving, after being treated at emory university hospital. her family said it will be a long road to recovery. >> she's doing well. unfortunately she has a long way to go at this point. the doctors are trying to care for her and keep or as

comfortable as possible. >> nancy writebol's colleague kent brantly is being treated. a quarantine area has been set up for health workers returning home. there's an explains why the experimental drug was given to two americans, and why it was not an option to hundreds in west africa. >> it's not prejudice, discrimination. the group that sent the two missionaries over tracked the drug down and asked. believe it or not, they asked first and the company said okay. >> are race and funny part of that. >> they had an advantage in having somebody behind them who would ask. there's no one in rural guinea that will have an organization looking for them. it would be useful if we had a

system, if there was a crisis, pandemic flu, ebola, to have rules and a system tore accessing experimental drugs. we don't have that. ebola looks unknown. how am i getting this? people are getting sick. we know it's blood born and you shouldn't eat the bush meat because it could be infected. it's contagious in an af way by being -- obvious way by being touched or splashed. to tell you the truth, because it has to come from other places. i'm not sure we worry about certain ceases. malaria kills a lot, but not coming to the u.s. or richer companies. there's probably class prejudice involved there. >> new york university's director of the the division of medical ethics. >> at the epicentre of the ebola outbreak the president of liberia is apologising to health care workers for not doing more. they face the highest risk of

catching the virus. the president pledges $8 million more to fight the december -- disease. they do not have enough ambulances. border crossings twine sierra leone, guinea and liberia is closed. the cost of food is escalating and traders in nigeria say supplies are running short. we have this report >> reporter: as west africa's largest fight on ebola outbreak, businesses are feeling the pinch. market in lagos aserve locals ad neighbouring countries. weak demands triggered by fears is taking its toll on businesses here. >> it's the small traders that

sell foodstuffs that are feeling the effect of the economic outbreak. some suppliers from the rural areas have been staying away. >> economists see mixed fortunes for the businesses. >> we lose the air line industry. nigeria has a huge population that travel in and out. the industry that we gain added sanitary industries. the business is booming. people are looking for hygiene products. >> liberia, sierra leone and guinea are the worst hit. all three are managed from internal conflict. they have been forced to revise economic growth rates as they struggle against the virus. in the libyan capital, residents say ebola has affected food

prices and everything. it's trade between the nations where the biggest blow is felt. >> african countries need to trade with each other. nigeria is 75% of the custom. it will be a disaster if the border are shut. >> reporter: despite a slowdown, ebola-affected countries have been fight the fight against ebola on their own. up to 12 million in government revenue has been lost in liberia since the emergency began. small money by international standards, but a huge figure for liberia and its neighbours. joop the world health organisation the world health organisation says it's the largest ebola outbreak recorded, taking 961 lives. more than 1800 are affected in four countries. guinea lost the highest number of people with 367 deaths.

>> 39 people are dead and nine others injured following a plane crash in iran. the jet went down shortly after taking off from an airport near tehran. reports say the engine unexpectedly shut down. iran had a series of plane crashes and local politicians say it's because the planes are old and poorly maintained. international sanctions prevent iran from buying new planes. search teams in bangladesh are looking for dozens of people missing since a ferry capsize. this is the seen of this accident. officials say the boat was overcrowded. we take a look at problems with the ferry system in bangladesh. >> people waiting for the bodies to be found. it's a familiar site in bangladesh. on average a ferry capsizes once a year killing hundreds. thousands died in the past 28

years. people have to wait for hours, days to get on the ships. that's one of the reasons that the ferries are overloaded with passengers and vehicles. government officials say a ferry that capsized this month carried close to 300 people. the registered capacity was 85. >> how many of our brothers, sisters, mothers must die before people do something. rich officials travel by plane, so they don't have to care about this. >> recovery operations are slow. over 100 passengers are missing. the same is true for a ferry. the water is bad in that area. our open vessels are thrown around. it's difficult for us to carry out the rescue operations smoothly. when they stay afloat, the ship caused problems for people. >> this is the ferry.

it's the longest root. it takes 3 hours to get from one port to the other. it's nothing compared to the waiting time to get on or off the vessels. >> sometimes the group will come with a dead body that they hope to bury in the home village. the court - that's the hardest thing. they can spend days waiting to board. it's not unusual for the load to go back. there's 60 to 70 trucks waiting in line to get to the ferry. i've been waiting for four days. >> it's the same story year after year. nothing gets done. most ferry passengers are some of the poorest people in the country. because of that many are convinced that nothing will cheap. >> still ahead. nascar fans - a horrific site as

a racer was struck and kill. next we talk about the consequences.

an investigation is underway after a nascar champion tony stewart killed another driver on the trackiest are day. the video shows kevin ward junior stepping on the track one car almost hits him. stewart's car does, courtney kealy has the latest. nascar star tony stewart will not face criminal charms at this time, according to the sheriff of ontario county in new york. the investigation is ongoing. >> mr stewart has been cooperative. he has given his account of the events to the police officers. he is extremely upset with this

crash. and has confirmed his continued cop operation in this investigation. this -- cooperation in this investigation. >> this shows the horrifying moment when a 20-year-old sprint car race driver was hit. ward swefb and hit the retaining wall. he got out of his car, walked on to the track, as the cars came around one car swerved to miss him. stewart's car struck hymn. ward was taken the hospital. he was pronounced dead >> the motor sports cooperated fully, and we want to make it known that they have expressed their support to the family of the driver. >> tony stewart released this statement:.

>> reporter: according to his bio-ward started racing goh carts at the aim of four, and spript cars four -- sprint cars four years ago. joining me now is robert ball, the chair of the sports management department at new york university. we appreciate you join us on short notice. this is an emotional issue and a 20-year-old man is dead. >> it's very sad, that's the first thing, and a tramming di that everywhere is -- tragedy that everywhere is looking at. >> there's a lot of the questions and investigation going on. language matters when talking about this. how would you characterise, describe, what happened? i don't mean in legal terms, this is not in the legal system right now. how would you describe what actually happened on that track? >> you asked a lawyer to not use legal terms, it's a terrifying

thoughts. >> if you want to, you can. >> there was a death. kevin ward was killed on the track at that moment. that's the question. i think the question from investigators and moving forward is what is the culpability involved in his death. did he contribute to it. was it an accident or some other act. that is the route of what everyone wants to know. let's talk about the charmed environment of nascar. it's an emotionally charmed environment. were drivers -- -- where drivers do often confront each other. >> it took part not in a nascar race, but another race on a dirt track. stewart has a particular history, which makes him popular and he is a good driver. he's temperamental. it's a charged environment, cars can be weapons, and you can put another driver into the wall as part of a strategy of the race. >> he has gotten out of his car

before and confronted someone. >> yes. >> why? >> he has had some dust-ups in the pits and out on the apron of the track. a key role is that you should never get out of your role on the track. which makes this complex. >> having said all that, is nascar going to obviously be investigating this as well. what role do they play in this. let me understand that. >> that is my point. >> that's car is executing that well. they race today. stewart didn't. they'll talk to stewart about staying out of the car for the closure of this investigation, and make sure that stewart is contrite about the fatality. any racer would be. >> how does this work through a legal system, investigation. it has a couple of permeations. the sheriff has the first blush of authority.

the new york state police has the ability to investigate. ontario is a small county. >> you've been a prosecutor, how would you... >> the da and county could empanel a grand jury if they feel that's necessity, even if the police - and it looks like the sheriff is treating it has a tragic accident as opposed to premedicated. most likely, given stewart's wealth and fame, there'll be a civil suit, another blush to this. that may or may not be successful as we go forward. >> no matter what, it's a gut-wrenching thing to see. >> it is a terrible thing to see, and one of the things that made nascar successful is the sport, while having crashes and excitement, most of the people walk away. that's one of the things that makes it successful. >> that's a remarkable thing for sure. we'll follow this, to be sure. thank you so much.

tony stewart released a statement talking about how scory and upset he was about -- sorry and upset he was. we need to be clear about that. coming up, fuel concerns for canada. it's trying to figure out how to build a pipeline without ruining the environment. that story is next.

rescue workers are on the scene of a roller-coaster stalled in maryland. they have been working for about four hours to remove riders stranded 45 feet in the air. it seems to keep happening. the jokers jinx ride stalled at the top. it goes up to 60 miles per hour, it turns upside down four times. officials are not clear on why it stopped, and added that the computerized safety system performed as expected. no injuries. canada has the third-largest oil reserves. getting that oil is the challenge. a pipeline project is supposed

to stay that. local landowners are say, "not so fast", we have the story >> reporter: from canada's land-locked oil sands to the shore, the pipeline is supposed to carry about bitumen to supertankers. it got a groan light from the federal government -- green light from the federal government in june. opposition is growing. protesters, rural indigenous, coastal commoupies, fisher -- communities, fishermen and tourist guides object. >> we have a sustainable fishery, blossoming tourism, and everything that northern gateway represents jeopardizes what we are talking about, depending on a product destroying the rest of the economy. >> that resonates at the port at the end of the pipeline. residents voted to relevant the project and town council followed suit. local business and unions whose

members benefit hold out hope. >> construction time will see thousands of workers here, but really what we are looking for is what is after the construction appeared. many jobs, and i think as far as projects go, it will bring 1,000 people full-time, well-paid drugs into the town. the thought of petroleum supertankers making their way through the waters horrifies many people. the fact remains canada needs to get the oil to market. and in the future it will be asia. that is why the northern gateway pipe line approved but beset with challenges is not alone. there are three other proposals, including one by an aboriginal entrepreneur who has already got approval. >> first nations people are not

opposed to development. it has to be done on their terms. and always the number one issue will be in the environment. >> whether it's northern gate way, the contentious keystone projects, or others, crude oil pipe lines are becoming more, not less controversial here. >> building pipe lines are a priority. part of the challenge is that we are not really having a national dialogue about it. we need to understand that the various groups that are involved all have valid interests. >> if ways are not found to balance the trucks to protect water and wildlife and win support from local communities, pipe lines may not be built for years, if at all. realising vast petroleum position is proving a challenge for canada. >> all right. rebecca steve son is here with the weather. i'm trying to get my open sneak peek. >> we are looking at the

temperatures deciding where is hot and where is the cooler side. looking at the u.s., you can see we are in the '80s, and low 90s. that's close to sea level. if you go up, you'll have cooler temperatures. for the first part of august we are getting to day 10, and we can see above the normal mark are places in the west. seattle - 3.5 inches above the normal mark. we get to the east coast. it's also wetter in the areas that are cooler. in large part thanks to cloud cover. but the warmer temperatures into the west, where we are dealing with drought and dry conditions going up in flames. this photo taken by a firefighter, looking at two different fires and the smoke plumes in the air. impressive. these have been contained at the

time. in washington state we have had the largest wildfire on record. this fire, the photo from this, is one that is just about 10 miles to the west of the fire. we are seeing a bit of smoke, impressive sunsets created by all that smoke, bending the rays of the sun as it comes down into sunset. now, we have showers and thunder storms tracking through parts of the area. of big concern are lightening streaks moving through northern california and oregon. we have concerns because the weather is ripe for more wildfire starts. here we go into the final day of a heatwave where high temperatures are 15 to 20 above the average. >> thank you so much. >> in south africa, ballet lessons are really expensive. a programme in soweto is trying to bring the dance to some of the poorest girls.

we met up with some young ladies dreaming of being future stars. [ ♪ music ] >>reporter: russian dancers brain an international player to the ballet enthusiasts. it's a rare treat for young people watching the performance. most come from poor neighbourhoods where poverty and violent crime is everywhere. for a few hours they are transported into a world of pirouettes, style, grace and beauty. a world where it's okay to dream. >> i love teaching and choreography. that's the best part, seeing what you have done on statement. it's lovely. >> reporter: the children practice afterschool. the lessons are free. they start with the basics. getting the moves rite can be difficult and pain: they number it. >> balance, stretch and i want to dance - i want to be a ballet girl. >> reporter: today there is a

special treat, a lesson from a russian choreographer. he wants them to learn about team work, discipline, focus and the courage to dream of becoming great dancers. >> i hope they will be happy. i hope our show will make them not just like ballet, i hope our show makes them love ballet, and hopefully after the shows, they start to work hard, work with the soul. >> ballet in south africa is predominantly white because the lesson are expensive. there are a few black dancers. some day the children hope to change that. we should check back with them in a few years. thank you for joining us, i'm richelle carey in new york. thomas drayton will be back at the top of the hour with another hour of news. stay tuned.

"america tonight" starts now. have a great evening. thank you for your time. on "america tonight", the weekend edugs - water so dangerous half a million were told not to turn on their taps. the bloom on lake erie, and the toxins in it. >> reporter: will things get worse? >> the treatment at the water facility is a band aid. the lake is not as healthy as it should be correspondent lori jane gliha discovers there's more to it. an indepth report on what poisoned the water, and why it's likely it spread. also