the end. 15 stories, 1 incredible journey >> edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america >> china gets the opportunity to play a multilateral role. the question is if it's able to do so. then you look at the three others. for south africa it may be nice to be in a big group. it's not held in good regard. brazil and india - very few interests in common are russia and china. >> take us there - how will the countries benefit from the collaborative effort? >> i do think that every single country benefits from being at the brics. just to give you an example - we have to remember that the brics as a group was launched in 2009, one year after the russian intervention in georgia. and it was a clear sign of the dissatisfaction of the russians regarding the international order, and regarding the presence of n.a.t.o. or the e.u. at what they considered still being their zone of influence. brazil and south africa probably benefits from being a bric country. for all the lifestyle that the brics project over the east countries. in china, take the brics as a way to lose a little bit, its own foo

jazeera america presents... holy money only on al jazeera america china has never been under the imf program. it's exceptional in the developing world and they're the real powerhouse. i think for bricks to be effective they'll needs a leader. an until they see a country ready to step up in that leadership position they'll have a hard time accomplishing much. how are they going to deal with that that? >> yes, there are big problems here. iraq is the most anti-western country today. you could say that russia's primary interest is to stand up to the united states. it needs support and do something against the sanctions. china is in the big picture here. china has an opportunity to play multi lateral, and the question is whether it will be able to do as suggested. brazil and abou and india, they have very few interests in common with russia and china. >> how are these country going to benefit themselves with that lateral effort. >> i do think that every single country benefits from being at the bricks it was a clear sign of the >> china gets the opportunity to play a multilateral role. the questi

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jazeera america presents... holy money only on al jazeera america >> well, china's first quarter was disappointing so the governmentame up with a plan by spending lots of money. it appears to be working. the country's growth accelerated 7.5% compared to a year ago. beating expectation. tax breaks for small businesses and government were among the driving factors boosting the economy. china's labor ministry said that it needs growth of 7.5% in order to keep up with employment demands. viewers of this show know that i'm a frequent flyer and i take a keen interest in the ups and downs of the airline industry. that means people going from point a to point b and the fees they're charged to enjoy that experience. the 44-year-old airline and her new air space this month announcing it would fly outside of the united states to aruba, jamaica and the bahamas and turn 43 acres of leather collected from old seats into shoes and soccer balls in africa and other places. here to talk about that and the future of the airline industry is gary kelly. he has spent 28 years with the airline and he celebrates his 10th anniversary as th

jazeera america. >> michael: china's finance minister said that the united states must drive the economic recovery. secretary of state john kerry are in beijing this week. the top of the agenda are accusations of hacking and espionage, the two country's economic ties have never been stronger. >> reporter: we usually hear about u.s. dollars going to buy chinese goods, but chinese dollars are in the u.s. buying real estate. >> reporter: this new york real estate broker works in one of the hottest markets in the u.s. >> $3.25 million. >> reporter: . >> reporter: just under 1800 square feet of intear yes space plus a roof detective. he said most of his listings sell in the first month. >> reporter: what's an average price range, would you say? >> you're looking at the $1 million to $5 million price point. >> reporter: new york is in the mist of real estate boom with nosebleed prices fueled by foreign buyers. foreign buyers purchased $92 million in u.s. real estate, canadians bought the most, but chinese nationals spent the most on u.s. reality, shelling out $22 billion for single family homes. >> repor

and thank you for watching al jazeera america, one with 01 east, is next. china'shild policy has quoted controversy, from accusations of the state confiscating children, to forced abortions. today it is being blamed for a declining fertility rate and a major gender imbalance, with more than 30 million men, to women by 2020. i'm steve chow on this edition of 101 east, we ask if the days

and thank you for watching al jazeera america, one with 01 east is next. china's one child policy has quoted controversy, from accusations of the state confiscating children, to forced abortions. today it is being blamed for a declining fertility rate and a major gender imbalance with more than 30 million men, to women by 2020. i'm steve chow on this edition of 101 east, we ask if the days of china's one child polices is coming to an end. >> for 21-month-old lin jiahe, saturdays begins in with a menagerie of toys... ...under a shower of attention. >> little jiahe is an only child. he holds the most precious place in the household, with parents and grandparents catering to his every whim... and documenting his every move. >> "i am constantly writing to my son, telling him my thoughts and feelings in micro-blogs or postcards, which he will see in the future. i'm writing down the problems i have encountered and the way i have found to tackle them in the hope that they will be useful to my son when he grows up." >> jiahe and his parents are typical of the three-person

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. >>> and coming up on al jazeera america, in an effort to preserve its culture, children in china takingter stage at the opera in beijing. >>> and the costa concordia begins its final voyage. [are ma. romalia. are mall la roma la. romalia. so we're all set? yyyup. with xfinity internet your family can use all their devices at once. works anywhere in the house. even in the garage. max what's going on? we're doing a tech startup. we're streamlining an algorithm. what's grandpa doing? hi... sssh, grandpa you don't want to be an intern forever. sorry dad, we have to get back to work, we have a deadline. we're going public! [cheering] the fastest in-home wifi for your entire family. the x-1 entertainment operating system. only from xfinity. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at this hour. a trans-asia airplane making an emergency landing killing dozens of people on board. the plane was trying to make a second landing when the accident happened. at least 47 people are dead. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east at this hour tryin

jazeera america continues. >>> it probably will not surprise anyone to learn that the u.s. imports more than chinahan anywhere else in the world. america imported 440 billion in goods - electronics, toys, shoes up 331% since 2001. here is what is interesting - for years most of the goods were shipped to the west coast and trucked east. panama has a multi billion plan to shake up the shipping world. it is expanding the panama canal, making way for the bigger ships and u.s. ports are scrambling to keep up. we have our report. >> reporter: is the 6.8 billion and counting the panama canal expansion is an attempt to reshape global shipping routes. a century ago president teddy roosevelt was instrumental in opening the canal. a short cut between the atlantic and pacific ocean s. today it is too narrow, among them the ships used to move goods from asia to the united states. 18% is shipped through the canal. panama hopes to win more of that business with super sized lots. >> joe biden joined the panamanian president for a look at the work in progress. >> the arrival of the new ships presents an opportunit

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sixth annual conference of the brics group of nations, brazil, russian, india, china, and south america -- africa. al jazeera'sr us now. gabe the brics will be discussing what? formulating a new development bank. why? and how big of a step would that be? >> yeah, we're inside this convention center where the heads of states of all of the brics countries will be, and they will be discussing this primarily. this is the sixth summit that they have held, but this decision on this brics development bank by far if it happens would be the biggest development between this brics alliance since they started six years ago. why they are discussing it is because they feel that a brics development bank, a lending bank to the developing world could be a counter weight to what they call the washington consensus and the imf model of lending. they are talking about initially $50 million, increasing it perhaps to as much as $100 billion, it would be controlled by the brics countries, and they would be able to lend for infrastructures and other projects. >> now that is going to put some noses in the west out of joint. it's a huge

hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >>> it probably won't surprise anyone to learn that the u.s. imports more stuff from chinaywhere else in the world. in 2013 america imported more than $440 billion worth of chinese goods. everything from electronics to toys to shoes, that's up 3.5% from 2012, and a whopping 331% since 2001. for years most of those goods have been shipped to the west coast, then trucked to the east coast. but now panama has a multi-billion dollars plan to shake up the shipping world. it's expanding, making way for today's bigger ships, and u.s. ports are scrambling to keep up. >> reporter: at $6.8 billion and counting any panama canal expansion is an ambitious attempt to reshape global shipping routes. teddy roosevelt was instrumental in opening the canal. but today the canal is just too narrow for most commercial ships. among them the massive freighters used to move goods from asia to the united states. today only 19% are shipped through the canal. panama wants to win much more of that business with the super sized locks. joe biden joined the president for the progress. >> this allows an op

jazeera america real... news... >> microsoft will launch it's xbox one in china in september.this is significant because it's the first foreign company to start selling consoles in china after a ban on them was lifted this year. microsoft said the basic version of its xbox will cost $600, $200 more than it costs here in the united states. china is the world's third biggest gaming market with revenue of $14 billion last year. how about this for timing. the chinese government said that microsoft is the subject of an anti-monopoly over its window operating system. >>> and no car is safer than the chevy volt. that's accords to the institute of highway safety. the volt was the only car to earn its highest safety award. it was the top safety pick and plus because of its forward collision warning system. what could be safer than a vehicle that warns before a crash. >>> well, it's a pricey marriage between discount stores. i told but dollar tree's plan to buy family dollar to create north america's largest retailer. the finance editor for quarts and said this deal represents everythin

china admit an international spying drama. that story and more as "real money" continues. ♪ >> every saturday, al jazeera america brings you controversial>> both parties are owned by the corporations. >> ..entertaining >> it's fun to play with ideas. >> ...thought provoking >> get your damn education. >> ...surprising >> oh, absolutely! >> ...exclusive one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people of our time. >> you're listening because you want to see what's going to happen. >> i want to know what works what do you know works? >> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> tal >> tech giants including google, facebook and apple recently released internal employment data showing most of their employees are white or asian. o combat this problem, a small but growing number of business incubators and accelerators are helping people of color strengthen their companies. >> reporter: sue sawny fits right in the downtown work scene. stylish in that hip, nerdy sort of way, but unlike most people in his professional life, he is african american. >> the typical ceo doesn't look like me. >> reporter: you come to work here every mornin

jazeera america - an important trip to the far east. what a secretary of state john kerry visits means for the relationship between u.s. and china we explore the issues in our sunday segment "the week ahead". >>> 50 years after the passage of an important law, how the civil rights act changed the nights and what still needs to be done. >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for suvivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories we are followingoing. thousands of hamas supporters march in gaza demanding revenge for the palestinian boy abducted and murdered alive. israeli jet attacked 35 sites in gaza. the state of fallujah and anbar has been shelled. government forces dropped ba

jazeera america presents... holy money only on al jazeera america >> yothe storm has killed at least 20 people. it brings back memories of the typhoon haiyan. the storm is now headed to china to the west and vietnam. for that and more we turn to nicole mitchell with the latest. >> yes, the tolls have gone up through the course of the day now that the storm has moved over land and the recovery is getting here. what happens is that is now reemerging as a category one storm. but now it's back in this warm water, and a light wind area. that means as the storms develop in the atmosphere there is not that wind shear to knock it down. this is a good development area that could return to an intense storm over the next couple of days as it tracks to the china vietnam area. and expected to do that into what we would say friday this side of the world already with the time zone changes into the day on saturday. something we're watching very closely now that this is already caused a lot of problems in this side of the world not done quite yet. a little different story in the united states. the front that caused problems in the east coast has been moving throughout the course of the day

china, kevin, thanks a lot. still to come on al jazeera america. chicago is averaging one murder every day this year.'ll take a look at the factors behind the violence that has already left hundreds dead. also, google has a new defense in the works and it will fit in your eye. the smart context lens coming up. fault lines the deported only on al jazeera america >> chicago's spiraling gun violence. the officers can't close all the cases because residents refuse to help. ash har quaraishi reports. >> a lot of people say he was an old soul. he was always nice and polite. >> reporter: for nearly five years tonya has searched for the killer of her 19-year-old son deone smith. she has made little progress. >> how often do you call the officers at the chicago police department about your son's case? >> i was calling often because they were not calling me. even when my son died they never came to me. ii thought it was a case they didn't want to solve. so i call. >> why do you call? >> because my son's case is unsolved and i think somebody knows what happened. >> reporter: it was october 1 october 1, 2009, he

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we discuss us-china relations and some important issues on the table. tomorrow. >>> coming up next on al jazeera america - demonstrators protesting undocumented immigrants. i speak with a journalist there as the cites sis -- crisis on the border escalated. >>> welcome back. with immigration legislation stalled in congress, some men's are taking matters into their own hand. the result - a highly charged confrontation in a town caught in the middle of the immigration debate. as richelle carey reports, there seems to be little hope for a solution any time soon. >> buses in murrieta effectively at a dead end. more than 200 protesters turning away buses, carrying about 140 undocumented immigrants to a border control station. >> they shouldn't have been brought here in the first place. >> reporter: the city manager posted a message saying:. >> reporter: perhaps what happened in murrieta sa metaphor for the -- is a metaphor or the road brooks immigration encounters, with legislation stopped, tensions and emotions are reaching a bordering point. the murrieta scene shocked him. we saw the worse of the american s

jazeera america"." i am morgan rad fovrld. "101 east" is coming next. another look at the blast that brought down cooling you see towers in southern england. stay tuned to al jazeera. china's child policy has quoted controversy, from accusations of the state confiscating children, to forced abortions. today it is being blamed for a declining fertility rate and a major gender imbalance, with more than 30 million men,

jazeera america. coming up, capital punishment, an arizona inmate was executed last night. it took two hours for the inmate to die. fighting intensifies in ukraine as the countries prime minister resigns. >> china's spoiled generation, the tough love parents are using to fight that trend. >> we begin this half hour in the middle east. there have been demonstrations across it is occupied west bank against israeli's attacks on gaza. in the west bank, two people have been kid, dozens injured in violent clashes with israeli authority forces. we have a report. >> the violence in gaza, they are angry, they wanted an end to the israeli aggression. >> at one point, fire erupted. both claim the other shot first. a bullet hole clearly visible in a satellite truck parked a meter from where we were broadcasting. among the dead, dozens were injured in the clashes. protestors said they were unafraid. >> for 18 days, the people of gaza have been killed. we should ever started protesting from the very first day to end this aggression. >> we are hear to stand with our people in gaza. today is a new day. >> violence erupted in bethlehem and occupied east jerusalem. israeli police confronted palestinian protestors

china effect your cell phone bill? or, how a hospital in texas could drive up your health care premium. i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >> >>> this is al jazeera americathomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories of this hour. israel and hamas launch new attacks as the u.n. security council gets ready to meet in an emergency session, to call for an immediate ceasefire. >>> dutch investigators postpone their visit to the crash site baut of fighting in the -- because of fighting in the area. >>> two americans helping to battle the worst

live images out of beijing, china, secretary of state john kerry holding a news conference discussing trade and the climate situation. good morning, welcome to al jazeera americam del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. ahead in this half hour, the struggle to rebuild the crumbled infrastructure in detroit. >> we'll talk about the world said tallest water slide that opens today. not for the feint of heart. we'll tell you what went into believe and testing it. >> the doctor leading a fight to ban a device that could be spreading cancer. >> fears of a new ground invasion be gaza. this is air assaults, hundreds of rockets have been fired into israel over the past two days. israeli air strikes killing nearly 80 people in gaza. >> a father in texas accused of killing his own children. he surrendered after a three hour standoff in a houston suburb. his 15-year-old daughter called 911 after being shot in the head. >> homeland security chief jay johnson before a senate committee day as congress considers the president's request for billions in emergency immigration funding, texas governor rick merry asks president obama to visit the border. >> tens of thousands of young peo