up. this is his 40th movie, and as soon as he is finished he will start on the next. >> malcolm web, al jazeera, uganda. >> great stuff. more on our website, aljazeera.com. p investigators concern malaysian flight was taken down by a missile, but what it is what they are not saying that is making headlines today police are calling today's attacks in jerusalem the worst yet prompting the prime minister to hold an emergency meeting. and it is debate day for the democrats what this saying the voters should try and win them over.

this is al jazeera america live. the families of the victims of malaysian airline flight 17 have finally received a long awaited report into the crash. this morning dutch investigators confirmed a russian made missile did bring down the plane in eastern ukraine. here is the thing. two report does not say who fired the missile. lisa stark has followed this since the crash, so what do we have here? a finding of fact, but not necessarily of fault? >> at the moment we have a finding of fact, and that is all the safety board the dutch safety board was tasked with doing. there is tony a separate criminal investigation. that is underway, it could come out with it's report later this year that is the

group that will be looking at assigning blame. they reconstructed part of this plane, they looked at hundreds of pieces of evidence. they did testing they found metal fragments they made it clear that it is a russian made missile, fired from eastern ukraine, that brought this plane down. and they also had to answer another question, why was the malaysian jet even there. over in this conflict this war zone. we, the safety board says perhaps it shouldn't have been, listen to this. >> in the opinion of the dutch safety board, the most center reason to close the air space has precaution. the cuffs satiety board says that was a mistake. there were 160 commercial

flight that is went through that region and three other jets up in the air, near mh 17 when it was shot out of the air. so clearly, no planes should have been in that air space. >> yeah, you know, i am thinking about your years of reporting on this sector, i bet you listened to tens of 20, 50, maybe 100 of these briefings anything stand out while you were listening to today's discussion of the report? from the dutch safety board? well, it was very precise. it was very detailed the report itself runs hundreds of pages. i also find it interesting the need to reconstruct can tock pit area. the only time they do big reconstruction, was the twa in hungary in there they were trying to rule out a missile. so they really needed to take a look at how this thing came apart and that's why the

dutch put this essentially put this plane back tot. the russian arms maker is contra digitting the findings. rory is in moscow with more on their preemptive strike. >> what is presented here was a count narrative. that by implication exonerates the rebels in eastern ukraine, and the russian government itself. we saw videos and graphs and animations and such, but it boils down to two central arguments. the first of these was that the missile could not have been launched from an area of eastern ukraine that was controlled by the rebels that

it was in fact launched from an area outside of rebel control an area that was controlled by the ukrainian military. the second argument was that the boot missile that was launched and they do acknowledge that it was pretty much a butamisole that the particular missile that was launched was not a modern version, it was a very ole version. and that's important because they say it is a version that has been long decommissioned by the russian military and there are is not part of their arsenal 43 of the 298 people on the flight bound for kuala lampur was malaysian. they want to prosecute the trigger happy criminals that shot down the jet. for the families of the victims went to the nether-lands to hear the report at first hand, some states back here in the

country, including the wife of one of the cockpit crews spoke to a local news agency, and said the report wouldn't give her any closure. and they would continue to pursue a u.n. backed tribunal, that would bring them those behind and responsible for bringing down to justice. they intentions to do that failed but they are not going to give up and the prime minister spoke to his dutch and australian counter parts. and also to hear the views about how they should move the investigation and potential tribune i will forward.

a flight bound for kuala lumpur to beijing. the airline itself shed nearly a third of the work force, restructure itself, and in coming months will see a rebranding of the airline further that changes perceptions of what the airline was about for the international traveler has yet to be seen but for the moment, with those two flights uppermost in people's minds and the consequences of what happened to them, foremost in people's minds it seems very hard to see how they can come back from this. >> . >> jerusalem's mayor is demanding the israeli government put palestinian neighborhoods on lock down after the latest attacks there. three israelis were killed today in five separate attacks. where police say he boarded a

bus and starting shooting passengers the funeral for one of the two men killed is underway, al jazeera andrew simmons filed this report from northern israel. >> this is a bedrock ever the the palestinian israelis. it is a town that symbolizes resistence, political resistant, peaceful most of the time, over the many years of palestinian descent and frustration israeli rule. what has been happening here is a very large rally. among them, members of the joint list that's a combination of parties. in the israeli parliament. 13 members at the high nest a long time, represented the third biggest block in that

parliament. now, this is important, because it is really a litmus test of political parameter if you will, on all that is happening right now. we have a situation that is out of control. netanyahu says he is taking new measures the ever the situation. i put to a number of members from here, from the joint list, what their standing was, they said peaceful resistence was the best way, but they refuse to condemn the attacks that have been going right across israel, particularly in occupied east jerusalem, and west of the city as well. what we are seeing here, real i will, is a rousing call for peaceful stage, the strikes that was called in this region, the northern region, is they say, 95% default. we went through the city earlier, and saw every single

shop was shut. but of course the palestinian authority, the strike doesn't call there, that is going on as normal in raman that, and also in occupied east jerusalem. it would seem. but the situation is one of resistence, one of fear, but right now, the security forces are not coming anywhere near this demonstration. if they did, it might be a different story. but right now, it is peaceful. >> andrew simmons, the taliban says it has pulled out of the afghan city after weeks of intense fighting there. the taliban spokesperson says it is withdrawing to prosect civilians. row call health officials say hundreds were injured in the fighting. turkey is warning the u.s. and russia over the support of rebels fighting in syria. officials say they will not tolerate kurdish territory gains close to it's border

with northwestern syria. >> some say the pressure may be the greatest on hillary clinton and the crucial early. no nation states of ireland and new hampshire polls suggest she has fallen behind. >> and nationally at least one poll indicate as majority of democrats view clinton as dishonest. recently clinton has begun to say she was wrong to use a private email system at secretary of state, though she has also been lashing out at congressional republicans for their investigation of

benghazi. >> this committee has set up for the purpose of making a partisan political issue out of the deaths of four americans. i would have never done that. >> strategists say she needs to fire up her party about republicans, while reend mooing voters of her government experience. bernie sappedders has captivessed the democratic parties left wing, thanks to his loud blast at wealth and inequality. greed is destroying the great middle class of this country. >> the challenge for sam drews is to make end roads with democratic moderates. many considers left wing policies too ex-stream and don't see sanderses as very presidential. former maryland governor is also to the left of hillary clinton, and when it comes to being presidential and hitting the political establishment strategist consider o'malley straight out of central casting.

the presidency of the united states is not some crown to be passed between two families. it is an awesome and sake yesterday trust. >> sacred trust. >> as they begin to look for an alternative, he could gain the most. former virginia senator, is also hoping to jump start his campaign, neither web nor rhode island senator are known for their public speaking. i enjoyening thats and certainly we have many. >> as it stands analysts say to keep an eye on clinton and sanders, watch to see if o'malley can somehow break through. >> david schuster, al jazeera. >> and tonight it is special coverage of the democratic debate. at 11:00 p.m. eastern, a wrap up focusing on the facts. who got it right, who got it wrong, and what the voters are saying, a u.n. report

find as global rise in violent extremism is leaving women as celtics times. crews in california continue to battle wild fires and they may be getting help from an unlikely source.

15 years ago, this month a u.n. security council adopted resolution 1325. it pledged for the first time to protect women in war, and get them more involved achieving peace u.n. women

has within tracking that promise and today it release add report it hopes will convince governments to give women more rights in peace, and in war roxanne that has more. >> they have killed men and rape and enslaved women. >> in northern nigeria, more than 200 girls remain missing. a year and a half after they were kidnapped by the rebel group boko haram. >> they are children. we need to be protected. they are vulnerable. now they are in the hands of muslims. >> . >> in 2000, the u.n. security council acknowledged the world needed to do more to protect women from this kind of violence. it adopted resolution 1325 calling on countries to include women in peace making and to prosecute people responsible for war crimes including rape. but 15 years late ear new

report just released by the united nations agency u.n. women finds the rise of violence extremism in many parts of the world has led to a real threat to the lives of women. and though there is a great deal of rhetoric supporting women, funding for programs remains a dismally low. the report says many have been sensitive to the violation of women's rights and more are becoming leaders at the u.n. and in their own communities. >> but much more must be done. >> the process has been too slow. and the result is a truly uninch. >> ban ki-moon has called for gender equality by the year 2030, but he too recognize it is challenges ahead. >> i am asking all the leaders to pull their political will, throughster row type traditions and men tailties. >> roxanne that al jazeera,

new york. >> wild fires are spreading across the rockies today, from colorado to wyoming, and idaho. fire burning about 40 miles northeast of boise idaho destroyed three homes and forced evacuation. now dozens more. there are more than 200 firefighters working to contain the fire, and helicopters are dropping water on the flames. california needs more help battling it's historic wild fire, so it is turning to even more prison inmates. jon henry smith take as closer look. inmates have been helping to fight fires since 1946. >> for us the priority has been the safety of the public, the safety of our own employees as well as being able to respond to natural disasters in the fire prevention work that these inmates do. on a daily basis. >> but now prison officials there are proposing to allow inmates convicted of assaults robberies and other violent crimes into the program. >> maybe we can include them,

because of their good behavior over the last ten years or so in prison. >> a shrinking prison population has contributed to significantly declining numbers of inmate firefighters. at a time when wild fires are burning more california acres than ever before. >> we have had a record year this year, that only eclipses the record of wild fires that we had last year. so if that's the trend for the future, we want to make sure that we have enough available to fight the fires. >> officials say arsonist, sex offenders kidnappers gang members and those serving life sentences for murder would still be excluded from the firefighter program. still, some professional firefighters are worried. >> my concern is the safety of our fire captains with one person managing a large group of inmates without any additional help. >> some residents are concerned too. >> that just worried me grately. i have two young kids and i

don't know what the crimes have been and what they are convicted of, and what they are capable of doing. >> and while only nonviolent offenders have been allowed in the inmate fire fighting program so far, there have been criminal incidents over the past ten years. most of which involved assaults among fellow prisoners. yet, some residents would welcome any help against the raging fires. >> i suppose in the moment of crisis i wouldn't be checking somebody's credential and thankful they are out there trying to protect our property and homes. >> and coming up on the program. you walk down the road, you wouldn't think you are living in america. >> l.a.'s homeless emergency, why the system is failing and what the city is planning next.

the world's two largestis? brewing companies can soon be getting even bigger. they have agreed in principle to a major deal, the $104 billion merger brings together the top u.s. brands. budweiser and miller. potentially under the same roof. can you believe it? if approved the new company would control almost a third of the world's beer. in los angeles, the city officials are taking a new approach to address homelessness. they are pledges tens of millions of additional dollars but critics wonder whether the new plan will

make a difference. jennifer london reports. >> on the destitute streets of skid row in los angeles this is a crime. these tents tarps and shopping carts mcremoved by 6:00 a.m. how many times have you been arrested for sleeping on the streets in. >> 13 on 14 times. >> other three years. >> he has lived on the streets for nine years but in the last few years he has seen more homeless, more arrests we said we aren't going to take our tents down. that's whyives constantly getting arrested. >> jimmy bennett has called skid row home for a year. they say police make life even harder. >> they have allowed speaker really noisy in the morning, and beat the horn and all that kind of stuff.

siren all that. >> they seem to want to give you a ticket. if you can't pay the ticket, well, they take you to jail. >> be in there for a few day as few weeks, they will do it every month. you won't find skid row an any official map, but it's boundaries are well known. right now i am driving on 7th f the highest concentration of homeless people in the country. >> still, it is a place that is largely been ignored by the city and county of l. a, but with homelessness up more than 10%, and $87 million a year spent on policing the streets, l.a. can't turn a blind eye to the growing crisis any longer. it's taking the unpress tented step of declaring a homeless state of emergency. >> if you walk down skid row, you wouldn't think you arelying in america. our past aetch pros have failed. a secure prize admission from

l.a. city council member. >> they are hoping that through a state of emergency, a local one, would allow us to expedite construction for necessary housing as downtown undergoes revitalization, the 50 block radius that make up skid row is shrinking and the homeless are being squeezed like never before the city is making a promise to tackle the ecdemic. >> some of it may be from this year's budget reserves. some of it may be allocations we make in next year's cycle. >> inside city council chamber as new pledge of $100 million with another 50 coming from the county, sounds like a strong commitment. but on the street, it means very little especially when you consider the city already spends close to that each year, with little to show for it. >> until community and others

apply it. when we talk about money, in dollars, instead of talking about this, we think it is important to talk about what is actually happening today with a room $100 million. >> and what is happening. >> so what is happening today with that $87 million the $100 million, is people are being arrested and cycled through jails. it has been an attempt to arrest their way out of poverty and homelessness. >> if you were given $100 million and say here you go, how would you spend it? and not abstract, but concrete things you would do to end homelesssomeness. >> i would never the lion's share in supportive housing. i would also build nonpermanent infrastructure, public health infrastructure, for poor people. that means mobile showers, mobile water stations, mobile

restrooms. >> joe joe smith is also skeptical that the city declaration will mean anything to those living on the streets. there's distrust in is system in l. a, because all the money that is going to law enforcement. >> for you what is the solution? how does the city of l.a. get you, joe joe, off the street. >> build houghing. >> >> house key not handcuffs an urgent plea from the streets. as homelessness in l.a. goes from being an epidemic to an emergency. jennifer london, skid row los angeles. >> boy, that was quite a piece. finally, the hubble space telescope has snapped some breathtaking images of the veil nebula. the colorful display is remanence of a destroyed star, the material is 110 light years wide, and lies over 2,000 light years from

earth. we will leave on these images. this is al al jazeera. >> hello there. this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. more bloodshed in israel in the palestinian territories now the israeli prime minister vows to use all means available to end the violence. the plane crash reports investigators found that it was downed by a missile and question ukrainian war space wasn't close