discriminate against people based on their sexual aryan sayings. >> -- orientation. >> president obama visits kenya. on the agenda gay rights. is it falling on deaf ears. turkey launching attacks on two fronth - i.s.i.s. and kurdish worses in iraq. a louisiana theatre - set to reopen. the latest on the investigation into the deadly shooting. and the minimum wage $15 an hour. take a look at the push to raise the rates and what that means for workers and business. we begin in kenya, president obama wrapping up his first full day in the east african country, spending the day with their president. the two leaders breaking ground on economic and security yip.

the president raising eyebrows when he addressed corruption and gay rights. andrew simmonds has the details. >> president obama started his day in relaxed style, addressing the summit without a teleprompter notes or a speech. he did it ad lib and used kenyan-swahili slang, and praised them for the way they were doing business, encouraging entrepreneurs to do more, and to help them, and said that africa was open for business. the economy was doing so much better. he had these words. >> when i was here in nairobi 10 years ago, it looked different than it does today, and the incredible progress that has been made - imagine what could happen if more and more of our global business leaders, and

global capital paid a visit. and actually had a conversation as opposed to just being blinded by some of the stereotypes promoted. it could move faster. >> later it was on to state house and talks with kenyatta, the kenyan president. they want more help in the war against terror - meaning cash for security and training. obama said he'd do that but made a warning saying the government should not isolate the muslim community, didn't use those words, said a legitimate minority, saying there was danger, it would radicalize many people. he used u.s. as an example saying reaching out to the communities can help, rather than hinder the situation. kenyatta responded by saying he'd do more to include the minorities.

this is how he responded. >> we agreed together that we could build a future in which people of all faiths, cultures live peacefully together with the rights of individuals and minorities protect it. and those in power hold to - held to account by strong and inclusive institutions. the two presidents came over in a unified fashion. obama had a successful day here, very confident, riding high with his foreign policies now, and making it clear that he believes in africa, he wants to do more, making it clear that he's the only sitting u.s. president who made four trips to africa. there was one thing that was a difference that will not be bridged. an issue on gay rights. president obama calling for

more gay rights in kenya, and kenyatta said he couldn't impose such rights when people didn't want them. nothing happening there, and the issue of corruption remains to be seen of what will be done there. obama, if he carries on with the business president obama set to deliver a speech to the kenyan people, and it could draw tens of thousands and he'll head to ethiopia for two days there the pentagon says the u.s.-led destroyed two targets. this shows the destruction of a center used to make explosives among 31 air strikes carried out by coalition forces. i.s.i.l. detonated two suicide bombs near the turkish border activists saying it targeted turkish militia a village was taken back from i.s.i.l. last month, following a suicide bombing in turkey that killed 32

people on monday. that blast prompted turkey to launch an air strike against i.s.i.l., and launched an offensive against kurdish forces in iraq as well. >> zeina khodr has the latest. >> turkey is at war on two fronts. its jets are hitting targets across the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign in i.s.i.l. and syria, turkish jets began to hit p.k.k. or workers party conditions in the mountains. the p.k.k. declared the strained 2013 ceasefire with turkey dead. >> turkish officials are not faced and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or the vanishing of the threat of course we'll make a re assessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a shift m policy.

for turkey i.s.i.l. declared war when it bombed a cultural center. many believe that the decision to engage in the fight against the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government is concerned about i.s.i.l. threatening syrian opposition groups, in the stronghold in aleppo. and is worried about what it sees as a growing strength. syria's kurds, y.p.g. linked to the p.k.k. controls more than half of the border with turkey. it would be a red line if the kurds create a state. officials blame air strikes. now there are those who believe a deal with united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> translation: turkey doesn't want the y.p.g. to take more

territory. the u.s. supported the kurds. it withdrew support. it will not last forever, the u.s. and turkey are working together. >> turkey's fear is that syrian kurds or i.s.i.l. could drive out syrian opposition groups and control the border crossing. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted i.s.i.l. close to the front lines with turkish-backed rebels. they hope that a demand for the safe jon will emerge. -- zone will emerge. >> translation: our aim is to get rid of the i.s.i.l. threat in syria and iraq. >> this may come at a price. the peace process to stop a decades-long conflict with movement seems to have ended, and turkish police conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and i.s.i.l. sympathizers. it seems the government believes

there could be attempts to destabilize turkey from within. >> in u.s. - funerals are planned for the two women killed in the theatre shooting. police are thanking the public for tips and information about the subject. >> what can you tell us about the condition of the victims? >> good evening, we know that one of the wounded victims was released from the hospital. that means two remain in the hospital both in good condition. good news considering yesterday or a few hours ago one was listed in critical. police tell us tonight there's a whole lot they don't know they want to larch more about the gubbman, but their focus is on making sure the community has a sense of calm and comfort. saying that despite reports that the gunman acted alone and wants

to make sure there's no ongoing threat. >> reporter: detectives wrapped up the initial investigation into thursday's mass shooting at the grand theatre in lafayette. officers returned to the scene on saturday, taking another look at the evidence. >> we'll re-evaluate what we have done make sure we have not left a stone unturned. we are still speaking to victims and witnesses. >> reporter: for the first time officers allowed us behind the crime tape, walking to the theatre, showing the door with john russell howser tried to escape. after he fired more than a dozen rounds. >> he came out of the door. we suspect he saw the resonding officers arriving throught the parking lot and re-entered the area. >> reporter: state police and fbi are trying to track down people who knew or who came into contact with houser. >> we don't no why he came to lafayette.

>> no, it will be tough. i don't think we'll be 100% sure as to why what happened here at the grand theatre happened. >> reporter: do we know from his family - his mother i know you have spoken to. >> you know, we know that he had some mental issues. we know - based from what they are telling us. all of that will come out in due time. >> meantime there's a memorial outside the lafayette boutique jillian johnson owned her his -- husband. johnson and friend were killed in the shooting. jillian reed stopped to drop off flowers, saying she left the theatre an hour before the shooting. >> we have come together and shown support for the families and victims. lafayette is a great community. we'll stay strong. a lot of people are praying for us. we'll get through this. >> the community is taken back by it. we are in mourning, in the

healing process. >> police say the movie theatre could open on monday, a sign of the community moving forward. terry landry senior said part of that is talking about gun crime. the topic was avoided during a press conference. >> the cause and effect is people getting guns that shouldn't have guns. to have a debate about the cause and effect is now. it's not three months from now. >> reporter: today louisiana governor bobby jindal issued an order to keep protesters away from the funerals of the victims, two women aren killed. that's because the baptist church announced plans to protest the funerals, and the accused shooter, houser, in the past tweeted out his support for westborough church. >> thank you jonathan live in louisiana.

. >> administrations from the sheriff -- admissions from the sheriff saying that sandra bland should have been watched after her arrest. she revealed to them she tried to kill herself but was not placed on suicide watch. in illinois hundreds of friends and family gathered for her funeral. >> as sandra bland's casket was carried into a church. a friend insisted that the hundreds of people that showed up would have come for bland even if arrest had not touched off a fire storm. >> this is a devastating loss for everyone that has known her. >> the 28-year-old pulled over. she failed to signal a lane change. an argument ensued and she was arrested. the officer overreacted. dead in her gaol cell. the death was crueled a suicide. her family is demanding an

autopsy and stated critics say the officer overreacted. three days later bland was found dead in her cell. an autopsy ruled it a suicide. the family called upon an independent autopsy. >> when you are an activist and fighter you don't take your own life. what waller country is producing to the world defies logic. >> the service was closed, but her casket was open to those including her sister. she said she and her family were tired and frustrated and needed a day to mourn. they left bland's story to the church. >> she was positive, uplifting, empoweing young lady. that's the sandy bland we want the world to know. >> in addition to celebrating her life, there was a clear message. some wore t-shirts that read sandy speaks, a twitter hashtag used which friends of sandies in recent days. >> a funeral programme described

sandy as unapologetic in her confidence and committment to social justice issues. one of her friends told us about a social media campaign back in january. >> she stuck up for what she believed in. it's not fair to them. it's not fair to her family. >> mourners say as far as they are concerned, there's no period after waller county's investigation, only a khama, with more story to come. a wisconsin family bidding a fond farewell to a marine. sergeant carson homeexist was carried to his home down. the 25-year-old graduated at high school seven years ago, a viewing held there. all flags there lowered under sun set. he was one of for marines and a sailor killed. >> a federal judge ordering the release of immigrant families released from two detention centers. saying that they don't meet the legal requirements to house

children. children were held in widespread deplorable conditions and border patrol stations and said authorities failed to provide proper conditions required for children in temporary cells. more than 2600 people from inside the centers, 2,000 more than they were built to hold. donald trump was in iowa the presidential candidate holding a rally for more than 1,000 at the local high school, and wasted no time attacking his gop rival. trump accused walker of bad first call policies walker leads the polls in iowa and addressed hillary clinton and ongoing issues concerning benghazi. >> if the prosecutors are honourable. and they may be if they are fair if they are just. bad stuff has to happen. what she did is criminal and serious. i don't know how a person with a

crowd over their head could run for the auspices of president. you wouldn't think so. >> hillary clinton was in iowa for a third time this month, and has seven events over three days planned there. new jersey's governor returning for the first time since june. >> coming up on al jazeera america. $15 an hour the minimum wage is a reality in some cities. and now the trend is expected. how businesses will react. and will it mean pay for workers or business owners. we take a deeper look next. calls for change on the streets of newark new jersey. police brutality in the community must end. more on the million people march, ahead.

it's saturday night. tonight we look at the issue of the minimum wage president

barack obama acting congress could you live on $15 an hour. some larger businesses responded raising the minimum to $15, many are asking does this make a difference, can business afford it, or will they force to close their doors. melissa chan begins coverage with a look back. >> i move that we recommend that the minimum wage be raised to $15 for fast food employees. all in favour? >> thank you. >> new york and across the country in los angeles. a higher wage in this county. like in the city. it will trap the best workers. hardest working and distrang. >> cities are upping the middle wage. >> in california, where the state minimum is $9. los angeles joins san francisco in raising the minimum to $15.

this past week the university of california school system the third largest employer in the state matches that number. $15 an hour has become that magic target. jump started in seatac. >> it was first set what was then a national limit a year ago. many rallies have been led by fast food workers. in addition to minimum wage many want to union ice. >> sometimes i can't make it to work because i don't have enough money. >> it's apparent that they make a raise. it's not enough money. it's expensive to live here. >> the u.s. is moving into unknown waters. and the opinions paint a mixed picture.

the best research suggests workers in the job, and decrease turn over for those employees, and may damp down the number of jobs that are there because it it more expensive. >> critics are looking at numbers that might suggest that they offered fewer workers. proponents say it's too early to tell. it looks as though the momentum is doing. >> an economist, author and former president of bennett college for women, and gerard is a fellow at the manhattan clinic for research. both joining us from washington d.c. . >> i'll begin with you. according to fortune magazine, the average bonus for a broker was $172,600 last year. the average wage earner on main

streak making understand $46,000. -- making understand $46,000. why is that fair? >> i think the bigger question when looking at the minimum wage is who are we taking opportunities from. it's clear when we increase the minimum wage, especially in levels seen to $15, that's going to cut off a lot of opportunities for young people. over half of those earning the minimum wage are under 25. >> two-thirds work unsigned. you'd think with the political teaks this would be a major part of the workforce. it's 3%. i'm looking at the facts from the u.s. department of labour. increasing the minimum wage will cause people to lose their jobs. 600 economists, several nobel prize winners signed on to a letter supporting raising it to

1010. is the labour department lying. they say it doesn't make a difference or say what you say it says. >> well people... >> i'll let the doctor answer and you respond. >> first of all, the labour department is not lying. my colleague and i have different points of view. when he talks about people earning the minimum wage two-thirds are women, half are women of colour. a significant number as many as half have children. a woman with a child earning $0.75 is working than less than the poverty line. this is not an newer situation. the question that you posed about contrasting the bonuses to the average wage is a feared question. i dispute the fact that young people will be the primary losers. most workers are primary

winners, and every set of research ends up with mixed results about whether or not jobs will be lost. >> respond. >> if we look at the household income it's 53,000 in line with the u.s. average. what we see is there's a lot of middle glasshouseholds with the teenagers working in the jobs. some will get a raise sh i don't think it's a trade off policy makers should be making when it's undisputed that certain people will lose jobs. look at the report much some will get wages, but the wages and those skilled will lose the jobs. >> the minimum wage has not been raised - a quick second - for six years. before that it was at one level.

$5.15 from 1997 to 2007. it moved to $5.15 in three steps. no one, not even you would accept a position where there was no increases we have to look at what is fair and reasonable. people with money in the packets will spend if. >> if the numbers are so far apart, request is the debate entrenched. is there no wriggle room? the republicans by and large, i don't want to make it partisan, but it is. they are stuck on we don't want to raze. they want markets to decide what wages are. they are sponsored by, heavily subsidised by chambers of commerce, and many who are opposed. all the democrats are not in favour. they listen to the business

community and less to the working community. that's why it is important that the employees spear head the work. sponsoring other demands on their time. they are not able to do the organising. this is a political quagmire because some of the republicans who opposed the minimum wage represent people who earn it and want it to go up. on the republican side jed bush saying that people need to work longer. hillary clinton saying it's ridiculous. randall pinkston has more. [ chanting ] >> reporter: thousands of people repeatedly take to the street, drawing the attention of politicians every time. starting the most powerful politician. >> and every one in this congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, i say

this. if you believe you can work full time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year try it. if not vote to give millions of the hardest working people in america a raise. now the debate is a focal point. democrats and republicans gree the election will focus on number and equality and boosting the middle class. the debates are happening across the country. when workers earn more businesses have more customers, and it grows. this week a bill was introduced to raise the wage to $15. what we are saying is 7.25.

the current federal minimum wage is a living wage. while both parties gree families are suffering. scott walker is infamous for cutting back bargaining rights and believes higher wages are not the answer. >> claims that they are for men workers. they are lame ideas naed of focussing on that, we need to talk about how to get people the skills and qualifications. when asked about a plan to improve the economy. jed bush offered this. >> we have to be more productive. people need to work longer

longer hours.longer hours longer hours. that's the only way to get out of the rut. >> hoyne may have turned a gaff for bush. >> you may have heard jed bush say americans need to work longer hours. well, he must not have met very many american workers. >> reporter: on the campaign trail. she's been less clear on how wages have gone up. she supported the initiative. >> to get all incomes rising, we need to strike a better balance. >> if you work hard. it ought to be done fairly. >> voters are certain to demand candidates be specific. most importantly.

how to uplift families. >> mr myer. i'll start with you and my father. we talked about a time when businesses made money. what is wrong with the model. >> i think employees are treated fairly. if we look at it a lot of wage workers tuesday it. >> should you work and could you live on the minimum wage. >> no. my first is minimum wage. >> if you were the head of a household, could you life on the minimum wage. >> no. i can't imagine how hard it would be much less raise a family. people who are raising the family are n exception. not the form.

when we talk about the politics. it's important to keep in mind that they get exemptions so they don't have to pay the minimum wage we'll see if it happens in new york. where members push for an increase. >> doctor says we need to work longer is he right center. >> i think he's a comheedian. >> we have a labour force participation. we need jobs. you'll not have workers working longer. you need to expand opportunities and by giving people fair wages and opportunities. when i listening to mr bush, and

as i listen to jarrod. i wouldn't call him a comeidium. i think about the good things wage earners don't get. they often don't have health workers. sick days nearly half of our workers don't have sick days paid sick leave. vacation time. all the things that we who are middle classed take for granted. the people at the don't get. >> are we seeing a modern day horse and sparrow model introduced at the turn of the last. if you feed enough people oats soon enough things would be left behind. i think the question has to be asked. how long does the public have to bait for the trickle down. >> i guess what i have seen is pushes to increase the minimum

wage. hillary clinton hit on it. >> if we look at upstate new york, there are many cities where the minimum wage is under $16. how do we speck, when they single out one industry that this will be competitive. they'll provide the opportunities, who will move up the labour force and get the economy running. that's the way the economy will get. getting people into the labour force to have a strong growing robust economy. >> the final question, and i'll begin with you. wall street - why are they signing on. >> why do employers pay workers more than the minimum wage. that's what they have to do employees are not paid more than

the minimum wage out of the kindness of hearts. that's what they have to do to keep workers. it is for a lot of business models smart to pay people mar. you have less turn over happier employees. when we create something as they have done in new york where an unelected board picks on an industry that is politically popular to push book. it's not the wage growth to see. with wal-mart. if c.e.o. started, there's hope. >> i'll give you 30 seconds, that's all we have left. wall street are they doing it outed of the kindness of their heart or another reason. they are doing it for a long time. the united food and commercial workers - they talked about justice for the workers. wall street has been under pressure, it's about fairness and politics and the public

image. i say good for that. as they move, others move and those that don't move will attract public ire, and we may well punish those that refuse to pay the workers fairly. >> doctor, economist and arthur. and jared a fellow from the manhattan policy institute and research, thank you both for taking a deeper look. >> thank you. >> coming up hundreds of people coming together on the streets of newark new jersey demanding on end of police brute atties in their cities. and cause for concern in china, attorneys fighting human rights violations - detained by the government.

friend and family of joseph blandisi. the african -- sandra bland gathered for hur funeral in illinois, arrested on july 10th after failing to use a turn signal. three days later she was found dead in the cell her death

ruled a suicide. the death of sandra bland intensified calls for police reforms across the country. protesters taking to the streets newark new jersey. they struggled with tensions between the police and people they report for years. john terrett has the report. >> reporter: it's 150 years since slavery was abolished. this group of churchgoers, activists feel suppressed. they marched through the streets this afternoon not the million hoped for, but a large rally in the city for years. >> what we are hoping to achieve is continue the national spotlight on police brutality. >> there are three mums on the team that lost sons. one whose son went to visit his wife and child in irving tonne.

>> three officers shot at him 15 times. >> reporter: we reached out for a response from the bliss none was forthcoming. >> there was days of rioting after the arrest of a taxi driver. the irony of the old black and white news reel is lost on no one here, realising that the matters leading out of those events could have been written 48 minutes ago, never mind 48 years ago. >> we have to sustain the fight. what you saw 48 years ago was fight back. this is fight back. >> many signs of the rally evoked memories of michael brown from ferguson, eric garner from staten island. closer to home, arrest tactics and use of force are about to be scrutinized by authorities.

21 candidates up for the job. >> there's a selection process going on. we don't know how long that will be. >> we are not going to be paralyzed with fear. >> rally organiser larry ham says there's one thing that gives them hope that an end to brutality may be in sight. it's cell phone cameras. >> the demands and things that the black community has been saying is true that the police do act like an occupation force. that they do violate people's constitutional rights, and murder people unjustifiably. and there's institutional racism within many police forces around the country, and that's why rallies like this will continue even if the turn out is far short of a million prodemocracies protested on thursday against a crackdown on human rights lawyers. protests were held on the same

day as a trial that resumed in southern china. a hong kong law-maker saying this is an embarrassing back drop for the planned trip to the west in okay. >> now, this massive aggression and detention of human rights lawyers, showing how they disrespect the law and the constitution, and a failure to deliver democratic reform according to their promise. >> 255 people including human rights lawyers. this according to a hong kong based watchdog. sharon is the executive director. is the director of human rights research programme. thank you for being with us. how troubling is the crackdown. it's troubling, it's

unprecedented. clearly orchestrated before the top. and the numbers are - if you compare it to 2011. between 50 and 100, we are talking been a few weeks, over 255. >> after reading the arguments, we spent so much time, has china changed the landscape and taken advantage of the fact that the united states needed them as a partner in the dialogue. >> clearly both sides feel that i don't want to get into the politics of it. and the u.s.-china relationship is important. u.s. needs china for security reasons and trade. what is more important about this crackdown is that if we look at the internal picture, it's really coming from two

major impulses. for the president, he is having massive problems within the party. as you know this year the anticorruption campaign was going to route out big tigers and little tigers. what that resulted in is he has many enemies. he is at risk within the party of many. he is at risk within the chinese people. that is among the people. because of the crisis of the economy. and the other major social crisis. >> i remember teen amen square and when there was dissent in china, it was crushed literally. you say what is fascinating about the case the lawyers are not laying down and taking it they are fighting back. >> you are hearing that the tack bike in this crackdown is new

and echoing strategies and the tactic is two pronged. using or misusing the law to do the crackdowns using public security to hear about as targetting family members. the second is propaganda it was vicious, severe campaign. lawyers kwonning. it's attacking rights defense lawyers. they are labelled in the official propaganda. they are labelled a major criminal syndicate. >> what did the public do. what can they do to put pressure on china that so far over the decades showed no dire to change regardless of how much pressure is applied? >> the pressure come from internal bottom up and outside china. it is significant that many sectors outside china, in the international community,

including u.n. experts government and the international professional bar and other associations - lawyers and journalists, and including many many actions. you showed hong kong. clearly it has need to be concerned. >> is this a sign of a larger problem in china. we see the stock market seeing huge dives, 40% by some estimates, and last year over the election of the mayor are we seeing the hard line chinese government starting to show cracks. >> yes, that's an observation. we are seeing the vulnerability of a regime. it's not sustainable. and will in the end not be successful in addressing the major problems of the economy, environment and what we call the

ordinary lives of people thank you for being with us. >> planned parenthood under fire after a video surfaces of officials talking about selling tissue from aborted foetuses. >> we'll talk about the backlash, and what that could mean for the future of the organization. stay with us.

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planned parenthood is under attack by a group called the center for medical protest. the anti-abortionist act saying it has claims about them selling foetuses. >> they are a start up. they been a year in business. there's no company connecting them. >> posing as employees of a

medical tissue procurement company. activists from this group called the center for medical progress have been releasing secret recordings. the center describes itself as a nonprofit group and claims the video is profiting from the sale of foetal tissue. >> we had a look at the tissue. >> donating foetal tissue for medical use or research is legal in the u.s. selling tissue is not. planned parenthood denies it's doing anything illegal. i want to be clear. planned parenthood in any way, it is not true. the president of planned parenthood says it misrepresents what the organization had to do. an organization used secretly recorded heavily edited videos.

>> planned parenthood admits some of the language wij is alarming alarming alarmingoo in the video a staff member speaks in a way that does not reflect that compassion. >> in is unacceptable and i apologise for the tone and statements. >> capitol hill is reacting to the videos. senator rand paul introduced an amendment to cut off support. even though none of the $500 million funds abortions. minority realeder harry reed -- leader harry reed said they raise questions, but: person don't expect the video releases to stop soon. while the center for medical progress does not return the calls, the founder confirmed to

the "new york times" that there's enough footage to release a video for the next several months. planned parenthood saying it does not accept money for tissue donation, they do accept it, it's nominal to cover shipping and the use of centers. the californian attorney-general says she'll vet the group to see if it broke laws when it recorded the videos. >> francis is the president for center of health ethics and social policy and joins us from washington d.c. is there evidence that you have seen that would indicate that planned parenting made a profit off the sale of foetal tissue? >> absolutely not. we have to remember that planned hernt hood is a non profit organization and does not make profit from family planning from pap smears doesn't make

profit from any abortion. it's a nonprofit organization and i watched both tapes that have been released and in every instance, the tissue is donated and they receive, as the law permits, a reasonable amount and, in fact, small amount for the management and transport of the issue. let me arriving you this - is this a subject under the radar for the most start. prior to the controversy, do you think the public knew in this practice was taking place? >> i don't think the public focussed on this. i think the public is very much unaware of research-related to tissue. and org gans whether it realities to foetal or carr gans

that come from people. >> do you think this will pass the smell fest in. >> i think there has been for the past decade a concerted attack on planned parenthood. and a desire on the part of opponents of family planning and abortion to destroy the organization. i think it's a serious attack. there has been instances where planned parenthood at the state level lost money, and i think that people's views on this are governed by their believes about either planned parenthood or abortion. >> is this a grey area. can people say that they are in favour or supporting abortion right or be opposed to tissues being gathered from foetal harvesting. >> i think they could. >> it's unlikely that someone that supported the right to

choose abortion would not be supportive of scientific research including aborted, stillborn. we tend to be people that favour science and progress. the use of foetal tissue in research is very, very important for finding out how to cure alzhiemer's, researching childhood and infant diseases for figuring out foetal surgery. and i don't think we'd find in general people in favour of abortion. i think we could be in favour of abortion and research and disturbed as the president of planned parenthood was, by the way in which staff members talked about the process of tissue. being in favour of abortion does not mean that one losses sensibilities. >> if i'm against abortion, is there a use you can point to

that benefits society as a whole, including those on both sides of the abortion controversy. >> for the use of the foetal tissue? >> yes. >> i know there's a number of researches relating to in utero diseases and diseases in newborns that is working to find a way to enable foetuses to come to fruition and be healthy children. that would be something those would like to see all children born favour. there's research using foetal tissue around eye diseases and blindness. there's any number of experiments and research going on at prestigious institutions in this country. >> thank you, joining you from

washington d.c. we'll be right back.

investigators in las vegas are trying to determine the cause of this fire. battling it on the 14 floor cool deck on the cosmopolitan hotel, on the strip. one person was injured. kevin corriveau joins us. fires in vegas and flooding in florida. >> i came back from central gord rsh, and for three days it was raining -- florida your and for three days it was raining. let's go closer in and show you what we are looking at. look at the last several hours, the rain coming down. specifically towards the west. look at the video. i want to show you how deep some of the water has been in some of these communities. they've been seeing in some areas one inch per hour in some of the locations, and unfortunately, we are not going

to see much of a break over the next several days because the frontal boundary is staying in place across the region. let me show you the four cast. across central parts of florida. a little bit of a break towards the north. seeing rain to the south. we need the rain down here towards miami. we are talking about a drought situation. >> we are travelling to orlando. it will be miserable. the heat index - it could be 835 degrees, will be into the high 90s. we expect a couple of days of rain. as we two to the rest of the week, the sun shine is up. we'll look at better conditions for them. >> not what you expect in florida. thank you for joining us

i'm del walters. i'll be back with another hour of news. "america tonight" is next and a reminder you can check us out 24 hours a day at aljazeera.com. on "america tonight" the weekend edition - shots iraning out and the -- ring out and the debate for gun violence. and sara hoy considers the high cost of a gunshot. >> reporter: what would you say at the end of the day was the total bill, from start to now? >> almost $10 million. >> reporter: $10 million. >> on a lot of drugs, machinery, health care nurses. also highway robbery.