♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera america and i'm del and stories we are following for you, new ceasefire agreement teenl -- between israelis and palestinians after violence on both sides. >> we have proved we will do what is necessary to capture those who harm americans. >> reporter: putting the islamic state group on notice as reports surface the united states is now preparing to send spy flights over syria. ♪

we begin with breaking news coming out of gaza where there are celebrations in the streets. after 50 days and more than 2000 deaths on both sides there is now hope for peace in the region. both hamas and israel say they have agreed to a long-term ceasefire, andrew similar monday is in gaza. >> the sky behind me has been certainly moved in essence by the iron dome weapon, the israelis use to counter rockets, at least three rockets have been fired and used to intercept them. we have had a lot of military activity intensifying over tuesday. at least half a dozen palestinian deaths. there has been a lot of mortar fire across the border into israel from the palestinian factions, at least 100 rockets fired. now whether this is just part of the patent there has been ten

ceasefires so far. there is, in fact, more hope here or not, it would appear there is more hope because it would see that this time there is an agreement to stick to the script. that there is going to be a phase process in which there is an opening of the borders and lessening of the whole pressure on those border posts with the amount of traffic, humanitarian traffic coming in doubled at least and then a phase process of the fishing rights, the extension of the fishing rights from three nautical up to 12 nautical miles and also aro ses in which the rebuilding of gazi which is absolutely colossal and the challenge to anybody will start and israel will be part of that process.

in fact, the main part of that process. furthermore the humanitarian effort will be increased by a very high degree. the main issues which is the sea port and the airport are going to be put off for at least a month, it would seem, that is a substantive part but it's unclear whether this will stick but it appears to be the best hope yet. >> again, these are live images coming out of gaza right now where celebrations go well in the evening considering specifically that news that is a blockade has been lifted on the israeli side allowing the imports and exports to reach gaza for the first time in years. after 50 days again and more than 2000 deaths there is hope in that region. tough talk today from president obama sounding a warning to those who murdered american journalist james foley, his fiery response coming after he addressed veterans in north carolina earlier today and john is joined with more and john very, very tough talk on the

part of the president. >> it was and far more than we expected. we have been expecting him to go to charlotte and to address the organization he was talking to which is the american legond and is the largest organization and we expected as he did later on in his speech to outline some executive orders regarding the scandal at the veterans association and how to fix that. before he got to that and because he was addressing veterans he came out with some pretty firing language regarding iraq and pointed out to the veterans that campaign has ended and in four month's time the campaign in afghanistan will end as well. then he made a direct and very sort of intimate appeal to the veterans and said look you are veterans and know what it's like in the world and know how bad it is in the world and referred to james foley the american reporter and he said we are all praying for his family after that brutal incident. and then he turned on what he calls isil which we at al

jazeera call the islamic state group. and he basically said, look, we are coming after you. here is what he said. >> our message to anyone who harms our people is simple. america does not forget, our reach is long, we are patient, justice will be done. we have proved time and time again we will do what's necessary to capture those who harm americans. [applause] to go after those who harm americans. [applause] and we will continue to take direct action where needed to protect our people. and to defend our home land. >> it was a direct message from the president of the united states delivered within the past hour. >> and direct message from the president of those who may do harm to veterans at the v.a. centers. >> we thought it would make news before the news on the islamic state group and we will take the viewers back a bit and remind how we got to this point.

in april a doctor who workd this the v.a. in phoenix, in arizona he thought there had been 40 deaths caused by a waiting list being manipulated and there has been a lot of investigation into this. the v.a. inspector has done one, d.o.j. funds to do one by the congress, white house and f.b.i. has done one and anyway it turns out as you know looks like there was cooking of the books as the president put it today regarding waiting list in v.a. and other issues and eric, the secretary lost his jock, bob mcdonald's took over and in north carolina today with the president. according to v.a. internal order something like 120,000 veterans may have had treatment either delayed or cancelled in some way. so it's pretty serious. today the president, he said he had a phone and a pen, he used it, 19 new executive orders to try and fix the v.a., the white house calling it a chronic system failure and a corrosive

culture and let's look on the screen of some of the things the president introduced today with those executive order, he is ordering a new recruiting campaign to fill shortages of doctors and nurses at v.a. hospitals, automatically enrolling military personnel receiving mental healthcare into mental health treatment programs, partnership with five national banks to help vets get lower mortgages in the future and to understand traumatic brain injuries that go on when you are involved in conflict including a suicide prevention study which will involve 1800 veterans and 29 v.a. hospitals. >> all of which badly needed. john kerry thank you very much. and as you heard john mention it was one week ago the world watched in horror as that videotape showed an american journalist being killed by the islamic state groups and there are media out that said the president gave go ahead for flights over syria, the target the islamic state group and

randall pinkston is in washington right now and randall if the reports are accurate could we see air strikes soon? >> actually that is a very good possibility, del and talk about the tough talk the president was making directly about strikes he already ordered to protect americans and american interests in iraq. he did not specify with respect to syria but doesn't take a policy analyst to read between the lines but the president attitude with someone who does something to america could apply to syria and military analysts are saying they are a first step that must be taken to identify possible islamic state targets. >> under the threat of u.s. air strikes for use of chemical weapons, syrian president bashar al-assad government could benefit from potential america strikes against islamic state fighters there and president obama is said to be considering whether to expand the current u.s. air war against the islamic

state group from iraq into their stronghold in syria. >> the department of defense has personnel who are responsible as they can tell you for ensuring the commander-in-chief has access to the kinds of plans and contingencies that he may need if necessary. >> reporter: president obama reportedly authorized u.s. manned and unmanned surveillance flights. "the wall street journal" reports those flights are underway over syria to gather intelligence on i.s. targets. >> the president will not hesitate to use his authority as he has already demonstrated to keep the american people safe. >> reporter: president obama vowed last woo ecc -- week to go against i.s. and now threatened to kill another american reporter and the move to monitor i.s. in syria comes after martin demean said they could not be defeated without taking the fight to

syria where militants are based and they are warning the u.s. not to strike without its consent saying that would be an act of aggression. president obama's decision to strike will be further complicated by any coordination with syria government which also opposes the islamic state group. >> we would not view it as being on the same side just because there is a common enemy. >> reporter: the president met with secretary of defense chuck hagel on monday, his regular weekly meeting but white house authorities would not say whether they discussed any specific military plans with respect to syria, del. >> in washington and thank you very much, fighting in ukraine and south of donsk controlled by pro-russian separatists and military saying they captured ten russian soldiers and they believe the russians are trying to control a strip of land annexed in march and a town on the southeast border came under heavy shelling and residents

there cannot tell which side is firing and ukraine officials say that artillery is coming from the russian side and leaders from the countries meeting face-to-face today, ukraine president poroshenko and putin meeting to shake hands and he had demands for ukraine military offensive and poroshenko called for an end as well. >> this meeting is well underway but the expectations are not particularly high because this isn't a peace negotiation. this is a meeting of the customs union which involves russia, bela-ruse and kazistan and opened up to ukraine president and the european union delegation that has come here too. so when the german chancellor, angela merkel said don't expect

a breakthrough and the european union has been saying what this is a chance for first serious contact, a chance to talk about humanitarian issues, security issues and political issues, but this isn't the conclusion of a process. it's the beginning of it. this is a chance for a political impetus to build for a negotiated settlement at some point for the war in ukraine. >> and coming up, on al jazeera america, violence continues across iraq today. iraqi forces making a daring rescue to save a woman and children in one small town. and iraqi christians on the run from islamic state group hoping for a new life in the west. ♪

>> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. ♪ 11 people are dead when a car bomb exploded in baghdad and it occurred in a busy shopping area

during morning rush and attack comes as they try to fight out islamic state group. humanitarian situation this iraq is growing worse by the day and rescuing a group of women and children in northern iraq and the town had been under siege by is fighters for months and we report. >> reporter: the iraqi army is only able to reach amarlee by air and it's in the hands of the islamic state group and other sunni armed factions. this is a besieged town and a province where the u.n. is warning of a possible massacre. there is also a humanitarian crisis in the town. the iraqi defense ministry released this video showing helicopters dropping aid supplies and evacuating people. [gunfire] some 12000 people live in this town under attack by the i.s. group for about two months now. the u.n. says the situation in

amerilee is desperate and running low on food and medical supplies and they are among the many minority groups who have been forced in large numbers from their homes in the north. some found their way to this camp on the outskirts of irbil. >> i have six children and life is difficult for us and would like to be back home, that is what we want. >> reporter: the fate of iraq's minorities just like the country is uncertain and people no longer feel safe unless they are among their own communities. this is a transit center where internally displaced families are waiting to be repatriated and not going home and waiting to be flown to baghdad and other shia areas where they say they will feel safe but life in the capitol is violent, a series of car bombs over the last few days killed dozens in the area and attacks keep happening despite tight security in and around the

ci city. >> translator: i saw fire erupt near our fire with a big plume of smoke and fire entered our home and protect us and only poor people are suffering continued violence. >> reporter: this is outside the control of the government, the government has been largely relying on air power to fight the islamic state group but more often than not civilians are dying and there are many front lines and battles across iraq and with less than two weeks before a constitutional deadline to form a government there are growing concerns that iraq is descending into all-out sectarian violence, al jazeera. and as you heard the report several minority groups are fleeing iraq and the danger posed by islamic state group and many are christians who fled to jordan. al jazeera's reports from amman. >> reporter: these helpless people are among the first iraqi christian refugees to arrive in jordan, all expelled from their

homes in mosul and all received death threats from the islamic state group just because they are christian. 72 people are now living in this church in amann but most afraid to be filmed. and he came here with his pregnant wife, their children and the elderly men and women in their family who were able to get out. what he wants is a basic human rig right. >> translator: we dream of security, stability, and freedom to live like normal human beings. without intolerance and without constraints and wish to live somewhere where people can relate to each other. >> reporter: they tell a story and most flee mosul on foot when fighters from the islamic state group took control of the city and say the group stole their homes, cars, shops and jewelry. george steven which is not his real name is afraid to show his face because he still has family members who are trying to leave iraq. >> translator: we want to live

in any country that accepts us and we have been under flet in iraq since 2003. no one is protecting rights and considered infidels. >> reporter: this is the oldest community in the world and it's hard to accept that mosul no longer has a christian presence. jordan has agreed to host up to 1,000 iraqi christians there arriving gradually at shelters across the country set up by the catholic church but jordan is only meant to be a transit.for iraqis whose plan is to request asylum and request settlement in other countries. and the catholic church is providing food, healthcare and lodging at churches and monistaries and can afford to do so for up to a year. >> for the future i don't know because we can come to something to interfere and to at least to

be able to have a sentiment in the near future. announcer: internally displaced in iraq, the u.n. refugee agency has been air lifting aid to albil to jordan and neighbors for refugees who fled to kurdish region, the fighting in iraq is leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless, desperate and shattered, i'm with al jazeera, amman. >> u.n. coordinator for ebola crisis saying it could take six more months to fight the out break and dr. david nabarro is coordinating it and warned of i ice -- isolating the countries and killed 1400 and 120 have been healthcare workers including a liberian doctor who died after receiving the drug and flights to liberia and sierra leone have been cancelled because of the out break but saying the flight restrictions are unnecessary. >> it's not an optimal measure for controlling the impact of

the ebola virus and does not reflect of the way in which the virus passes between people. ebola is not spread through airborne contact. in addition transmission is unlikely to occur through water or food. >> reporter: the u.n. saying the flight limitations could prevent medical supplies and healthcare workers getting to the area. coming up, on al jazeera america, after shocks shaking north california as residents there and business owners try to figure out how to rebuild their lives. ♪

♪ welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm del walters and these are the headlines at the hour, celebrations in gaza after two months of fighting and they agrees to a long-term ceasefire and talks brokered by egypt centered on travel and trade restrictions on gaza. and russia president and poroshenko and they shook hands before starts of talks and asked

him not to elevate this against separatist and poroshenko say they end shipments to rebels. media reports out today that indicate president obama has given the go ahead for surveillance flights over syria and also word the pentagon will use manned and unmanned flights to collect the surveillance and there is a fiery warning from president obama for the murder of james foley and he will do what is necessary to capture those who harm americans. the president speaking today at the american legion in charlotte, north carolina and talked about improved care for military vets. there have been more than 60 after shocks in northern california. they follow the area 6.0 magnitude earthquake over the weekend and officials say they will continue for several days and melissa has more. >> reporter: traces of the earthquake even in the city's

worst hit section will soon disappear, the faster downtown opens for business the faster tourist will return and they need customers badly. the owner of this antique shop says it probably has $25,000 in damage. >> it's kind of sad because a lot of it you cannot replace and this are things in here that are 100 years old or more. >> reporter: for some reopening isn't even an option. city workers decided one of michael holcomb's buildings is not safe. how long did the building inspectors take to make that determination? >> he sent an inspector out today and, again, it's not because of our building but it's because of this building and it's unforced masonary may fall this way. >> reporter: his building is fine, it's the one next door that might collapse on his. regardless, the coffee shop here is closed indefinitely. no tour of napa damage is complete without inspection of one of the 500 vineyards and

richard ward of st. berry winery shows us just how powerful the quake was. >> we got the shock waves coming this way and started moving and making the tanks sway and the wine inside was sloshing it and actually pushed each of these other tanks over and as you can see it moved about, you know, 14, 16". >> reporter: hundreds of his wine barrels also tumbled down in one dramatic jumble. they have to check each barrel for damage and preparing those in good condition to be put back into stacks. so about 500 bottles of wine were damaged at the vineyard and just to give you an idea of the value lost, this pino from 1985 is worth $450 u.s. dollars. this earthquake surprised many in napa and until it hit most people didn't know the valley had a fault line. and it's a quiet place and usually a destination for

relaxation and for the past few days it faced unusual stress. melissa khan in napa, california. >> as northern california has a massive cleanup job the southern is bracing for hurricane marie and swimmers were told to stay out of the ocean and they are preparing for flooding. the west has been in desperate need of rain but will that rain from the hurricane make it to land? david is here and where is marie as we speak. >> 500 miles off the coast of california and moving to the northwest and not expecting to make impact and swimmers out of the water and surfers are going there because the swells out of marie are about to hit the beaches in southern california. beach advisors and rip currents are in effect but the storm continues to move over colder water. this is the water temperature. here is colder water to the

north. the storm continues to weaken because of that reason. there is moisture in the southwest and could lead to thunderstorms there. we had severe storms across the northern plains and chicago yesterday, all looks pretty quiet for now. this is a front approaching from the north so we are dealing with a sweltering heat to the south, cooler weather to the north, again this is the focus for storms but it is also pushing to the east. so crystal ball and hurricane there in the atlantic well that will be steered out to sea and away from the atlantic coast, should pass between bermuda and the mid atlantic states there and cause problems from florida up to new england with the high surf in the atlantic coast just like pacific coast dealing with rip current risks as well and steers to the northeast. this is the heat we are talking about and the heat and humidity. temperatures are climbing in the mid 90s and these are numbers we show you with a dew point and measure of the moisture in the air above 70-75 it is sweltering

and well over 100 degrees because when you add the moisture to the air you cannot cool off like on a normal day and factoring temperatures in the 90s and you have excessive heat warning in effect but it will get cooler as the front moves to the south, maybe strong to severe storm today and the threat is there and it goes to parts of texas as it moves south, the southwest could deal with flash flooding from more storms over there. i was this houston and with the barbecue you didn't have to light the grill and thanks. you are about to see something no one has laid eyes on for 2000 years, an ancient tomb in greece and may be the largest discovered in the country and excavation will take weeks and trying to finds out who it belongs to and some think it may have a connection to alexander the great or a family member and the person in it has said nothing. we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america, i'm del in new york, earth rise featuring saving canada's amazon

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