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>> mentioning them in the news conference, we're about to hear from, most of them say it's an experimental drug. and no one can say for sure if the drug is responsible.

more than 1300 people have died from ebola in west africa, and they're not able to use that experimental drug. and that is the fact that's very much on the line. in atlanta, georgia. the doctors and nurses who cared for him. >> today is a miraculous day. i am thrilled to be alive, to be well. and with my family. >> last month, when the aid workers arrived from west africa aid workers were wearing protective clothing to prevent it from spreading. the disease that nearly killed him.

nancy writebol was discharged on tuesday, and both brantly and writebol received an experimental drug that was not wadely available. the disease is still prevalent in west africa with more than 1300 people dead. >> these two individuals were able to walk out of the hospital healthy, and the ebola epidemic continues to rage on in africa. >> 576 have died in guinea and four in nigeria.

something that dr. kent brantly is all too aware of. >> please, continue to pray for liberia and the people of west africa and encourage those in leadership and influence to do everything possible to bring this ebola outbreak tan end. thank you. >> nancy writebol and dr. kent brantly have asked for prison see, and he will come back in a month. >> as the world condemns the killing of u.s. journalist, james foley, the islamic state has hit with more airstrikes. 20 airstrikes after the militants threatened to kill another hostage. yesterday, they hit near where they beheaded foley. they tried to free foley and

others, but failed. libby, what more do we know about this secret rescue attempt? >> well, it's a mission that the u.s. officials said that they had no plans to reveal. but imminent press reports forced their hand, that's according to a spokeswoman. the attorney general, eric holder, spoke about the killing of james foley and said that he was appalled. and they are actively pursuing justice and it's an open case. >> this justice department, this department of defense and this nation, we have long memories and our reach is very wide. we will not forget what happened. and people will be held accountable, one way or the other. >> the attorney general echoing comments said by president obama yesterday that the u.s. will be relentless in seeking justice for james foley.

condemnation. >> today the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of jim foley by the terrorist group, isil. >> and vowed by the president to vigorously pursue the islamic state, responsible for the killing of james foley. >> the united states will do what it must do to protect our people. we will be vigilant and relentless. >> that includes rescue operations of the group. they announced that earlier this month, they had a rescue attempt inside of syria, but the mission was unsuccessful. and the hostages were not at the targeted location. >location. in new hampshire, an outpouring of grief by james foley's parents, mourning the murder of their son. >> we believe our country is a great country. jim was a great american, and

he believed in the very best of our country. >> he was terrific, people with die in lots of different ways, but this was the most horrific, and it haunts me that he -- how much pain he was in. >> those feelings echoed across the atlantic as officials investigating whether his executioner is one of their own. >> without any justification, we have not identified the individual responsible from the video. but from what we have seen, it looks increasingly like that it is a british citizen. and this is deeply shocking. >> also, foley's employer reveals that his parents were contacted by the islamic state, and they received a chilling message. >> by wednesday night of last week, the foley family received an email from the kidnappers

that was full of rage against the united states for the bombing, and they stated that they would execute jim. >> reporter: but with the islamic state now threatening to kill another american journalist, miami based steven sotloff, ending the air campaign against those who murdered foley is not likely. >> governments across the middle east are asked to be in a common effort to extract this cancer so that it does not spread. >> reporter: to that end, morgan, continued airstrikes by the u.s. military, the ceo of the company that james foley was freelancing for, confirmed to aljazeera today that the kidnappers had asked for a ransom of $130 million last year, but however, the u.s. government does not pay ransoms, morgan. >> libby casey from the heart

of washington d.c.. speculation is growing about exactly who was involved in foley's killing, and british intelligence is also investigating since one of islamic state members seen in the video seems to be speaking with a british accent. we have more from london on that, and phil, what do we know about that investigation, and frankly, what are exactly are these investigators really looking for? >> morgan, they're looking at some evidence from the tape of the eyes, they're looking at vocal recognition. the date base here in the uk for 500 british citizens that are in the region, and traveled to and from the region, and they may have in fact joined the islamic state group. and they will be looking at that. it will be interesting to note that the accent used by the masked man who killed james

foley, is clearly a southern england accent, from around where we are now, from london and further south. and it's believed that this is one of those foreign fighters from the islamic communities here who traveled to take part in the fighting in the region. >> it sounds like this is not an isolated incident. and according to some, 500 british citizens have been recruited to fight for the islamic state. so what is the government doing to stem this tide? well, margaret, they are gravely concerned about this, and they have for quite some time been gravely concerned about the people going to the region, and they have made it illegal to join the islamic state group, and david cameron has made several comments, that this is the greatest threat to security in britain, saying that more has to be done to stop british citizens from going to the region.

>> for too many citizens have traveled to the region, and we have to redouble all of our efforts to stop people from going, to arrest and prosecute those that take part in this extremism and violence, to take extremist material off of the internet and do everything that we can to keep our people safe. and that's what this government will do. >> david cameron said that they will be doing more, and in particular, they have made it illegal, morgan, to distribute that video of the fe heading of james foley. >> certainly strong words, and they're calling it the greatest threat. phil joining us live from london. thank you so much. hamas said an israel airstrike killed three senior commanders in gaza today. and that's when a rocket hit the southern town of raza.

several thousand were participating in it, and the strike killed about 30 military since wednesday. nick, how significant is this attack? >> well, it's a significant attack, they have been after these three men for quite a while. and it's the equivalent of killing a two star general, a one star as well as a colonel. the lowest of the three was mohammed barhun, and he smuggled weapons into gaza, and also, in charge of rafah, where so much of the violence has happened in the last month and a half in southern gaza, and he constructed tunnels and launched rockets, but the real target was mohammed, the most senior military official in southern gaza, and he led almost all of hamas' military.

and with it 2006, he was responsible for more major attacks that killed nine soldiers and wounded 23. so they were on the hit list of israel, and proponents of these assassinations say that it reduces hamas' morale and it gives benjamin netanyahu tangible victory after five weeks of fighting. the proponents, of which many of the strikes, say that you kill one, another one pops up, and indeed, israel has assassinated many of these hamas commanders before, and all of them are replaced. >> i want to go back to what you said. and you mentioned this is a possible victory for netanyahu, especially getting -- and hamas has fired rockets toward israel. and can you tell us more about that? >> yeah, well, i think that the attempt to killer is level hamas leaders, israel says, is

a way to reduce the capacity of hamas and stop future attacks. those attacks that do continue, the rockets that israel believes hamas has, still believed to be 2,000,, they had 10,000, and israel destroyed about 3,000. and hamas and it's allies have fired 3,000, and that leaves between 2 and 3,000. and today we saw a barrage of mortars into gaza, 12 mortars hitting a small jewish cabuts on the border, and one man had his chest pierced with shrapnel, and he's in serious condition, and there was a rocket fired near the ben gurrian airport. and that landed 10 miles south of the airport and did not disrupt flights at all. >> we're talking about rockets and mortars back and forth, and then this wakamol that you

mentioned, given the current state of things, how likely are we to get back to diplomacy? >> they are choosing to fire rockets and mortars and send rockets in, nobody is talking now, but in the middle east, there's a prediction that sometime next week, the two sides will get back to cairo and back to the table and the indirect negotiations that they have had, trying to get both sides, with egyptian officials in the middle, trying to agree on something in the middle. israel wants to demilitarize hamas, and that's not going to happen and hamas wants the siege lifted and that's not going to happen. so both sides can go back and see, this is what we have gained and we have been through 11 ceasefires and all of them

have failed. and it's very difficult to get to the middle ground. the egyptians officials will try to get to it next week, but right now, there's no end in sight for fighting. >> nick schifrin, live from jerusalem. ukraine guards inspecting aid trucks stuck on the border for a week. they're expected to deliver the aid to a ukrainian town that's already facing a water and electricity shortage. trucks have been stuck at the border with fear that they are being used to shuttle weapons from the east. it's unclear when the convoy will be allowed to enter ukraine. peace overnight in ferguson, missouri. is it a turning point for the troubled st. louis suburb? and the justice department hammers bank of america with a

$15 billion fine.

>> a night of relative calm in ferguson, missouri, nearly two weeks after michael brown was shot dead by a police officer. demonstrations were smaller and more subdued than in previous days. no fires or shoots in the area, and they used pepper it spray on the crowd. meanwhile, 16 people were arrested. meanwhile, the situation in ferguson has finally turned a corner. >> what we have seen speaks to a mistrust in the situation that takes hold in the relationship between law enforcement and certain communities. i want them to know that though it may be uncertain, this attorney general and this department of justice stands with the people of ferguson.

he said that the department will be thorough and professional and competent, but it will take time to complete. natasha joins us, and good afternoon to you. some officials have suggested that last night was in fact a turning point. is that true, or is it just wishful thinking? >> definitely, it's wishful thinking. when this unrest began, governor said that he knew it wouldn't be one night for peace to be restored, but it would be two nights. relatives we spoke to said that they continue protesting and one of the key concerns remains. will there be a fair investigation into the shooting death of michael brown?

>> speaking of that, attorney general, eric holder said that he wanted to reassure the people of ferguson, and did he accomplish that? whawhat are you hearing from the people today? >> well, there's a rally breaking up behind me, and the community leader said that they gave holder a b minus. they are upset saying that he only met with a select few community leaders and not the leaders actually on the streets of ferguson. they actually, a little bit ago, submitted a petition with 70,000 signatures onto the st. louis county prosecutor, and they are demanding that due to county prosecutor's familiarial ties to the police department, that he be released from handling the case, he is not impartial. and darren wilson, the officer who shot michael brown be shot

immediately. and they're calling for the ferguson mayor, as well as the police chief, to resign. >> a failure of leadership in this time of crisis. and if they do not resign, we call on the people of ferguson to do a recall of the mayor of ferguson. >> so getting back to the county prosecutor who has recused himself from the case, he does not take the demands that he rekuss lightly, but he said i have a responsibility not only to the family of michael brown, but to the people of ferguson and the community. and he said that governor nixon does have, as a result of the emergency being declared, the right to remove him from the case, but with all of the back and forth, he has demanded that the governor not be indecisive, and he make a decision to

remove me from this office, or let's get on with things, and end this distraction. >> all right, so a petition with 70,000 signatures, speaking of what he said in terms of lets get on with things, and in looking ahead, what else is scheduled for the day? >> well, as i said, protesters are here in front of the st. louis county prosecutor's office. there was a rally earlier, but there are also protests, as i said on the streets of ferguson, there were protests when we arrived at 6:00. >> natasha on the streets of missouri, thank you for being with us. and as natasha mentioned, the reaction is not song in ferguson, and organizers are calling it a national day of rage. protests over the shooting death of michael brown. the rallies are being organized by the group, anonymous, and they want to see the police officer, darren wilson, who shot brown, arrested. and a california highway

patrol officer now facing charges after being caught on camera punching a woman in the head. this is officer daniel andrews seen here on july 1st, punching the woman over and over again, and you see her trying to protect her head. the investigations have been turned over to the los angeles district attorney for review, and andrew has been put on paid leave. the justice department is penalizing bank of america. it's the most significant penalty. and bank of america faces it because of countrywide and meryl lynch, all companies engaged in widespread mortgage securities fraud. >> these loans contain material underwriting defects. they were secured by properties with inflated appraisals, and they failed to comply with state and federal laws, and

they were insufficiently collateralized. but yet these financial institutions sold these loans as sound and financial investments. >> it does not stop there. chase and city group previously settled and the investigation into goldman sachs is ongoing. a victim of a major security breach. malware was discovered in cash registers in stores in 24 different states. customers who used debit and even credit cards between january and may may have had their information compromised. a volcano in iceland is on the verge of erupting. people are being told to evacuate the area near the volcano. all roads leading to the volcano are closed. they are warning about

increased seismic activity. and they are worried about a repeat of four years ago when millions of airline passengers were stranded for days by the enormous cloud of ash. don't go anywhere. when we come back, an update of the day's top stories, and plus, a baseball superstar asks for a second chance. you're watching aljazeera america.

>> welcome back to aljazeera, i'm morgan bradford and here are today's top stories. two americans treated for the ebola virus are finally reuniting with their families. they have been released from emery hospital in atlanta, georgia. and the centers for disease control said that the doctor brantly and nancy writebol no longer have the virus in their blood and no longer pose a danger to public health. the islamic state released a video of the beheading of james foley.

the militants have requested $132 million in ransom. in ferguson, missouri, a night of relative calm has officials hopes that it's over. they want a special prosecutor to investigate michael brown's death. pete rose looking for a second chance. it has been 25 years since he was banned for life in baseball. he was caught betting on the sport. but he hopes that the newest commissioner will welcome him back into the game. he told outside the lines, i have been led to believe that america is a forgiving country, and if you do the right thing, keep your nose clean and pay your taxes, eventually you'll get a second chance. rose is the all time hit leader but not in the hall of fame. a launch of the philadelphia flame thrower, mean a davis n. the world

series. she and her team got roughed up last night by nevada, 8-1, and just yesterday, she made the cover of sports illustrated and they will play in chicago for the world little league championship. i'm morgan bradford. ♪ i had the intuition about the fact that human beings could heal themselves. >> deepak chopra offers insight about coping with fear and anxiety? >> stress is the stress. i like to think of stress like an ocean. if you are a skillful surfer, every wave is joy. >> bringing about optimal health and wellbeing?