i'm john henry smith. "techknow" is next.head to al jazeera.com for updates. >> this is "techknow." a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a neuroscientist specializing in nicotine research. tonight, e-cigarettes. why they're so addicting to kids and what's really in those

i'm john henry smith. "inside story" is next. for new stories updates throughout the day head to www.aljazeera.com. who is heeding and who is is lagging behind, it is the inside story. hello, i'm ray swarez. june because the fifth straight month with more than 200,000 new jobs

i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm john henry smith. del walters has the morning off. violence erupting in jerusalem and gaza. >> attacks come after six israeli suspects were arrested, accused of killing a palestinian teenager. aljazeera's nick schiffron is in jerusalem this morning with the latest developments. nick, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke with the boy's father. what did he tell him? >> this is an unprecedented call with that the prime minister calling the father of the boy abducted and burned alive, believed to be by jewish extremists. netanyahu expressed his condolences, said the death was reprehensible and abhorrent and said israel reacted immediately to apprehend the murders and will bring them to trial. easy trying to calm some of the tension, trying to calm some of thatting or, but this morning, the anger and tension is increasing not only here but down in gaza, about 100 miles south. >> overnight in gaza, israeli strikes escalated. for the first time in the current tensions, the strikes killed multiple

i'm john henry smith. "techknow" is next. head to al jazeera.com for updates. >> this is "techknow." a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a neuroscientist specializing in nicotine research. tonight, e-cigarettes. why they're so addicting to kids and what's really in those fruity flavors. >> breathing particles cause people to die of heart attacks, plain and simple. >> i'm phil torres, an entomologist. tonight i meet the indiana jones of space technology, and discover -- >> we're the same people who. >> kosta grammatis. and lindsay moran. a former cia agent. that's our team. now let's do some science. ♪ >> hey guys, i'm phil torres. welcome to "techknow" i'm joined by are crystal dilworth, and kosta grammatis. and linda moran. - lindsay moran. >> let's take a look at the safety of e-cigarettes in general. >>>

i'm john henry smith. "inside story" is next. for new stories updates throughout the day head to www.aljazeera.com. who is heeding and who is is lagging behind, it is the inside story. hello, i'm ray swarez. june because the fifth straight month with more than 200,000 new jobs created. at 6.1%, the unemployment is the lowest it's been since the fall of 2008. those big economy at 35,000 feet statistics hook good, but they can obscure what is going on down behe. there are industries leading and lagging the recovery, there are regions doing better and regions doing worst. saw the country reach the employment levels we last saw before the recession began. finally are we on the verge of growth that gets the one back to even, but starts to build net growth. the headlines are encouraging. employers added 288,000 jobs and while the fifth straight month of employment gains above 200,000 is good news, the overall economic scenario has far to go in this recovery. the unemployment rate dropped .2 of a% to 6.1%, a sign some green chutes are a

john henry smith has more on the mania. >> on tv, lebron james might be returning about a return to cleveland>> and on the streets. >> i'm from akron, and i'm onboard for lebron james. >> sports fans can't wait to find out if lebron james is staying in miami or coming home to ohio, four years after he made his decision to leave the cleveland cavaliers. >> i am going to join the miami heat. >> fans burned his jersey in anger then. but now the move is forgiveness for their prodigal son. >> come back home, man. >> in township, ohio, they let him know they care. >> went to eat at reb lobster and came by his house so show my support. >> he didn't show it as he played pickup ball with high schoolers at his camp in las vegas on thursday. james met thursday with heat president, pat riley for an hour. james' only known personal meeting so far with the teams during free agency, and then james flew back to miami with heat teammate, dwyane wade. the longer james takes to decide, the more confident cavs fans seem to be that he's coming home, despite the fact that he has won two titles with the heat and th

john henry smith reports. the largest fire in washington state history, the carlton complex fire. it is more than four times the size of seattle. these fires are producing thick smoke that is dropping ash as far away as new england. grappling with the washington monster only had 2% of it contained at last estimate. >> between mother nature, and the resource, with everything going on in the region, very challenging. >> about 200 homes have been lost, including the dream house warn smithers just bought three weeks ago. >> living room, dining room, kitchen, 90% of everything moved in,le. >> another 1200 homes have been evacuated. authorities say nows of homes not burned to the ground are without father, and will be for weeks. >> when we had power everything was fine, would pat we are at a vale disadvantage. there are calmer winds for today, maybe even some rain. but if the rein is accompanied by lightening, it may not be that much help. al jazeera. >> here is is some light rain pushing up from the south. so the r

john henry smith is in the crow's nest with more. good morning. >> good morning. donald sterling's mastery of the persuasive argument is what made him rich enough to buy the team, but since his racial remarks became public, his gifts of speaking have failed him in the court of public opinion and now in a court of law. >> shelly sterling was all miles when a judge ruled she can sell the los angeles clippers. >> all i want to do now is get some sleep. i haven't slept in weeks. >> calling her testimony more credible, the judge ruled she acted out of concern for her husband and not some secret plan to seize the team when she had him removed from the family's trust ocean he is mentally incapacitated. defense attorneys tried to ban his mental status from being an issue. >> it was one woman who stood up against her husband and prevailed. >> donald sterling's side vow to say keep fighting. >> this is one battle, we had hoped for a different result, but this is not the end. >> actually the end is just what this seems to be. monday's ruling prevents donald sterling from see

john henry smith is here with more. good morning, john henry. >> good morning. the woman is charged with conspiring to help a foreign terrorist organization. court documents show the f.b.i. afforded conleys alleged attempt by arresting her before she boarded a flight in april add denver international airport. a local passenger was among the first to sound the alarm. >> after george morrison said he became increasingly concerned as he observed 19-year-old shannon conley wandering around his church during successive sunday in october of 2013. >> she did wear a longer type dress with a head dress, and carried a backpack. that was one thing she always carried and she had a notepad always out. >> that notebook particularly worried the staff at faith bible chapel, the scene of a double shooting in 2007. >> we would ask her, could you show us the notebook. then she didn't want to do that at all. there were several responses back to our pastors, who would confront her, try to talk to her, where we know there was some hostility there. >> he reported the incident to calif

. >> john henry smith is covering the story. you have disturbing details. >> absolutely. sunday started as a happy day for this father of three celebrating a special occasion. as they walked on a beach in florida, a small plane was losing power looking for a place to land. >> at 2:45 p.m. sunday, the pilot of this plane radioed the venice airport control to your he was having trouble and wouldn't make it back to the runway. >> there was a matter of minutes between the time that the tower was alerted, the sheriff's office alerted and venice police department, everybody en route to respond and the plane went down at the same time. >> i was not expecting to come to the beach and see a plane on the ground. the propel lower was bent pretty bad and there were dents on the wing. >> while the damage to the plane was minimal, it managed before coming to rest to hit a man and his daughter walking along the beach. >> they were performing c.p.r. on him. he had blood on his face. it looked like he wasn't breathing at all. >> the 36-year-old died from his injuries. his daughter, a 9-ye

john henry smith has more. good morning. >> good morning. those accusations against qatar's world cup effort are serious enough that fifa is questions their choice of qatar to host the games in eight years. in an exclusive aljazeera interview, the main in charge of communications set down to address the many issues and accusations. >> we're confident of how we've behaved. >> that's world cup communications director in qatar defending his organization to us. this in the wake of an investigation by football's governing body, fifa and by the f.b.i. into allegations that qatar didn't so much win the bid for the 2022 world cup as much as bought it. >> first it's an investigation into the bidding process of the 2018, 2022 world cup. russia is part of that, and others were part of that, it's unfortunate qatar is singled out. >> on the strength of $5 million in bribes paid to various officials by billionaire hamam. >> definitely there was engagement with him. was he part of our bid? did he represent us? not at all. >> qatar is under fire for mistrea

. >> we want to go live for more with john henry smith. >> this latest video was recorded at a harlem subway station on july 14. the video appears to show police punching 22-year-old ronald johns and placing him in a choke hold, a move that as we've heard often in the last week is against department policy. police say johns didn't pay his subway fare and resisted arrested. they also used pepper spray to subdue him. funeral services were held for 40 3-year-olderric garner, dying after a scuffle with police after an officer put him in a choke hold. the medical examiner that yet to rule on an official cause of death. a review of the democratic's training policy is ordered. the reverend al sharpton said he and the man's family will request a federal civil rights investigation. >> when you can in broad daylight choke one of god's children, god expects us to stand up and demand justice. >> eric garner will be laid to rest today. >> a federal judge now saying the colorado ban an same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but marriages won't resume there just yet. the judge stayed the ruling pend

. >> we have more with john henry smith. >> this past january, the judge gave the thumbs down to these $675 million settlement with the players. now at the time, she said she was worried, because the settlement was capped at that number and wouldn't be enough, she thought to compensate the nearly 20,000 players who could be eligible for these funds. since then, the nfl has uncapped that number and said that all valid claims would be paid in full for 65 years. that appears to have been enough to satisfactory the judge, who approved the preliminary settlement to the players class action lawsuit on monday. now, here is some heights of what the deal covers. $5 million will go to young retirees with lou gehrig's disease, $1.6 million will go to players over 50 suffering alzheimer's and $4 million will go to the families of players diagnosed with brain injuries after their deaths. >> the lead attorney for the players are christopher seger and sal weiss. they released a statement saying: >> the next step is for the plaintiffs in this case, former players like tony dorsett and exbears quarterb

john henry smith is here with more. >> well deserved honor, the espy's gives out an award for courageorked firelessly for others. michael sam is the 2014 winner of the award, this year, was, the reigning southeastern conference player of the year announced he was gay and intended to play in the nfl. the rams picked him 249t 249th overall to play in a league where players in the past have expressed hostility toward having a gay teammate. in his emotional speech, he talked about the responsibility he now feels as a role model. >> the way i see it, my responsibility at this moment is history is to stand up for everybody out there who wants nothing more than to be themselves openly. recently, a friend asked me to talk to his sister, a young woman, who was considering killing herself rather than accepting and sharing with her loved ones the fact that she was gay. when we spoke, she told me that she would never consider hurting herself again and that somehow my example helped her. >> a speech so many are talking about this morning. michael sam will be trying to win a spot on the defensive l

we turn now to john henry smith. this is called the largest salvage product in history. >> that is what they're saying, del, and quite a risky project, the cost is expected to run into the billions. those down sides are causing controversy, but not so much for people on the coast, who are beyond ready for this chapter to be over. the costa concordia has been stuck in the water for two years after it capsized, killing 32 and injuring 150. last september, the ship was rolled upright and the hull fitted with steel tanks to keep the hull from slipping again. cruise will pump tanks with air to make it float again to hook it to the tow. it's off to know a 200-mile trip where it will be scabbed for good. >> it's a day of great emotion fours. we hope that they can remove the wreck and move it slightly today. let's keep our fingers crossed. >> our hope is not 100%, but thee hundred% that everything goes well and they take this away successfully. >> it's not all smooth sailing for the crew. the wreck is in one of europe's larg

. >> john henry smith is in the crow's nest with the latest. there's so much chatter on the internet, i wonder if it's crashed yet. >> not to worry, twitter and facebook are still alive and very much working. lebron james.com had an episode thursday when it was taken down temporarily. word has gotten out he will make his announcement at 3:30 p.m. on his website. when that didn't happen, lebron fever got hard jeer lebron james might be thinking about a return to cleveland. >> on the streets. >> i'm from akron, onboard for lebron james. >> sports fans just can't wait to find out if lebron james is staying in miami or if he's coming back home to ohio, four years after every made his decision to leave the cleveland cavaliers. >> i'm going to go to south beach and join the miami heat. >> fans burned his jersey in anger then. >> lebron, come back home, man. >> fans camped out in front of his mansion in ohio to let him know they care. >> we came by his house to show support. >> if james is stressing as much as his fans are, he didn't show it playing p