. >> reporter: to los angeles. >> we'll make a difference. >> reporter: since the protests began, workers filed 181 complaints alleging workers were fired or penalized for prolabour rallies. the nlrb ruled 43 complaints have merit. 68 have been dismissed and 64 are under investigation. for its part the company promised to contest the nlrb decision. in a statement published on their website a top human resources said: . >> the n step in this process -- next step in this process involves hearings before administrative law judges. >>> when the main corporation brings a franchise holder into the family, does he or she become a partner, an employee or take on the risk of an independent business person? is it the nature of being a franchise holder that tells the tale or in the specific case of mcdonald's, how headquarters relate to tells the tale. what does it mean for the workers? a general counsel joins u, and elizabeth carlson, sa partner in a law firm, specializing in employment war, and joseph mccartin is the director of george town universities initiative on labour and the working poor. >

. >> we end in los angeles, where a 93-year-old water main ruptured and flooded sunset boulevard near ucla. 75,000 gallons of water a minute shot as high as 30 feet into the air and ripped a 15 foot hole in the road. hundreds of cars and six buildings on ucla's campus were damaged and firefighters had to rescue five people from an underground parking structure. it will take days to repair the leak after discovering more damage in surrounding pipes. >>> that's what's happening around the world. >>> ukraine says pro-russian separatists are placing land mines around the area of the mh17 site. >>> tune of more than $100 million in ransom money is being spent to get hostages our social media producer, hermela aregawi. what's trending hermella? >> join the conversation on twitter @ajconsiderthis and on our facebook and google plus pages. >> al jazeera america presents >> i'm a big girl now. i know what i want, i know what i have to do to get it. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america >> ukrainian officials now say pro-russian separa

he joins us from los angeles this morning. thanks so much for getting up early with us. fifty shades of gray for anyone who doesn't know is a best selling rerottic novel, whose movie adaptation promises to be as graphic as the book. what determines whether it gets an railroad rating or n.c.17 rating. >> the motion picture association of america determines that. the film is submitted once completed to that organization in which at that point, it is going to be looked over by about 10 people, all of whom are supposed to be parents with kids between the ages of 5-17, and they're supposed to judge the film based on its own context and decide if it's r. or n.c.17 rating. if the studio gets a rating it doesn't like, it is free to trim it down for a more friendly rating. this is the kind of movie i predict will be r rated in theaters and on video with a cut, advertise it too sexy for theaters, that sort of thing. >> what our editorial on line suggests is that it's not always about the content which rating the movies get and sometimes it's about big movie studio politics. what a

utility crews in los angeles are working around the clock repairing damage from a ruptured 93-year-old water plain. the flooding occurred as california is suffering one of the most severe droughts ever on record. >>> it's a good day for fast food employees.the national labor relations board ruled that mcdonald's must take responsibility for all of its workers. the fast food giant would be jointly liable for wage and labor violations even if it's a franchise operations. the ruling could pave the way for unionizing. >>> weeks after the downing of mh17, there are concerns that some passengers will never be returned home. fighting among the ukrainians and pro-russian separatists , have prevented u.n. investigators from examining the crash scene. >>> some of the severe allegations against a group of police officers in philadelphia that have been busted by the fbi. following a two year investigation, agents arrested six narcotics officers, an unsealed indictment alleges, that the veteran officers routinely robbed the homes and cars of suspected dealers. >> i can say i've been a police office

. >> emergency crews are trying to stop a major water pipe break in los angeles for more than 24 hours. 24 million gallons of water has been released, 1,000 gallons a minute pill spilling on to sunset boulevard. officials say it could take up to two days to stop the leak from a pipe that is 100 years old. >> next - a major labour ruling against mcdonald's, and the consequences on small business owners >>> stefan a smith - temporarily tape off the air -- taken off the air for comments about domestic abuse. why some say the punishment does not go far enough. >>> in the battle over unions, a battle. the national labour relations board rules this monday -- mcdonald's could be responsible. paul miller is an attorney specialising in employment law, and he joins us. what does it mean for mcdonald's employees. >> this is a determination by general counsel to determine that yes, there's merit to the claim. there'll be a lot of litigation to follow. at the end of the press is the question of whether unions will grow the memberships by tens of thousands. >> the question of whether it's a joint em

. >>> in los angeles crews are cleaning up after a watermain broke and spilled eight million gallons of water in the street. it burst tuesday afternoon sending water 30 feet in the water. the rupture shut down the campus and closed nearby streets. the basketball arena which was recently renovated for $132 million had its floor sub merged in water. officials are assessing the damage and say it looks extensive. >> we basically have water all over the court. crews worked the night to get that water removed, and they're currently in the drying process. the court is showing buckling and expansion right now. whether we'll be able to save the court, i don't know. >> dave warren is here to talk about the watermain break. water is a precious commodity in california right now. 8million gallons wasted. >> meteorologist: to put that in perspective. that 8 to 10 million gallons from reports coming in throughout the day, that's ucla where the watermain break happened. 100 acres of land was affected by this. this is 100 acres of land, and now if you put that in perspective how much rain that would

al jazeera, on the island of crete. >> this is from los angeles. the a burst watermain which sent thousands liters of water shooting into the area. students are having to wade through that. all because of a burst pipe. that's the end of the news hour here on al jazeera america. back to regular programming for everyone else. we'll go to international news in just a moment. [[voiceover]] china's cities are booming.

. >>> and parts of los angeles are underwater, the culprit, a broken pipe spewing 30 million leet -- liters of water into the streets. >>> to gaza first of all. signs of more shelling. that's after the attacks earlier today just after dawn when israeli tank shells hit a un school in gaza. at least 19 were killed in that attack. that has brought the total number killed up past 1300. more than 7,000 others injured. let's take you to the latest. the impact of this latest israeli missile strike. there are reports that the university in gaza has been hit. hamas said it has hit an israeli tank as well. these pictures only -- i would say about ten or 15 minutes ago we got these. let's go to nicole johnson in ga gaza. >> yes, it hasn't turned out to be much of a ceasefire. the humanitarian pause as israel was calling it was in a very small part of gaza. just to update you, four people have been killed in central gaza from an ire strike. and four people were killed from tank shelling. we're getting reports just now of five people killed in the neighborhood east of the central part of gaza. th

in the middle of iconic sunset boulevard in los angeles, a water main break sent water shooting 30 feet into the air. thankfully, no one was hurt, but it sure is causing a lot of problems particularly for ucla. >> look at that water pressure, it is still blasting out of there. >> first a water main pipe ruptured underground, then in sense water pressure blew out a 10-foot wide section of sunset boulevard and water gushed out at 75,000-gallons per minute. >> show you just how close that is to the campus. >> it descended on to the nearby campus, flooding athletic feeds and underground parking garages. in some areas, the floodwaters were two pete high. >> when you have this amount of water, it's like a flash flood. you never know what's going to happen. >> emergency crews helped drivers caught in the mud and water. >> we've had five individuals who had to be rescued in that area. >> no one got hurt, but some students took advantage of a boogie boarding break between classes. four university buildings were damaged, including home to the ucla basketball team, recently renovated in 2012 for $

angeles clippers. >> the chicago white sox claimed an emphatic victory over the tigers in the opening match of their pre-game series, consecutive home runs from abreu and dunnn broke open what had been a close affair. abreu going on to secure the sox their 11-4 victory, a 2-run double in the 8th inning. >> meanwhile, the miami marlins have their 6th straight win, beating washington nationals. a double in the 8th inning and miami to victory. lots more sports on our website. check out aljazeera.com/sports. it is tells you how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. >> that's all for now. >> thank you rajul. you can follow all we are covering here on our main website with news, views and reviews. watching the newshour, please stay with us. >> overknight, an israeli strike hits what was supposed to be a safe haven in gaza, more than a dozen palestinians are killed, all of them seeking shelter at a u.n. run school. >> leaders cracking down on russia imposing stiffer new sanctions in europe, saying moscow's gone too far in ukraine. >> the cleanup after an aging water main

we began to sing. >> alex is the new president of united teachers los angeles. he says getting exact figures impossible. >> we have made did not requests to the district for demotraffic information, for -- demographic information, time information. we can ballpark it. we haven't got that information from the district. we have people in teacher gaol for over three years. without - without any completed that. >> reporter: that, say teachers, is where the injustice lies. what seems like an endless wait to investigate behaviour they say poses no danger to students. >> to be clear, no one is arguing that educators that are an imminent danger to kids should be out of classroom or school. i have a daughter and son, they go to these schools. many do not rise to the level of pulling someone out of a school and destabilizing programs, and the kids of iris steven son, she's a life line to kids. >> reporter: the district policy member calls for making any attempt to complete investigations been 120 working days, those that don't require law enforcement, 30 days. >> yet peop

we moved to los angeles we opened a discount shoe store. he was an effective salesman my mom used to say how do you think he caught to me. >> i heard he said two rules, don't force anything on anybody and nobody leaves without buying a pair of shoes? >> i talk to you too much stories. he used to say that. he said don't listen to what they want. and if you don't have it dorks don't push it but the last is nobody leaves here and i said how can you reconcile those? he said you are a big shot. you you are going to school. you figure it out. >> how will that help you in your job at the smithsonian do? >> the secretary is the ceo. i have to give a big disclaimer here i am a year out from this job. i don't know enough of the details to speak authoritatively about it but the current secretary, wave kluff, someone i admire in a prefers career was the president georgia tech university is doing a fantastic job, a fantastic job in making the smithsonians treasures available broadly around the world among many other things. he has launched a project to

well initially when you have large assets such as the los angeles clippers, to avoid certain taxes upon death they could be held inside of a trust. when donald sterling gets a little bit older incapacitated, he transfers that power over to his wife. that's what it was used for. but you see an extraordinary situation where she took the team from him and sold it to steve ballmer, former ceo of microsoft. >> will other nba owners be watching this? could they be worried that they could lose their teams and be kicked out of the nba. >> great question. i think owners are very worried about this situation. i don't think the owners will address in the nba by laws and constitution changing what is existing on the books to be able to make it easier for them to get kicked out of the league. i think it would an pr nightmare for them to take steps to make it harder for one of them to be kicked out of the league. i would be worried about managing books properly, manage what they're saying and what they're doing. >> we'll leave it there for now. xavier pope is a sports analyst from chicago. thanks so

. >> 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 seeking a court ordered delay of the sale while he appeals. that means nothing can stand in mrs. sterling's way of selling the clippers to former microsoft c.e.o. michael ballmer for a record $2 billion. the sale is expected to be finalized by august 15. >> i think we have the best new owner that anybody could ever find. >> although she's b

judge allows the wife of donald sterling to sell the los angeles clippers for $2 billion but the controversial owner says he will fight the decision. ♪ relentless israeli bombardment of the gaza strip is continuing. the israeli government kept its promise to pumpel them with missiles and shellsen israeli forces destroyed a depot at the station and say it was not a target but hit by a mistake and results can be seen by many kilometers away and large plumes of smoke are covering gaza skyline as you can see and we will go to nicole john'ston to gaza and west jerusalem james and first this report from charles stratford. [bomb sounds] flairs and explosions light up a night sky over a terrified population. another blast, more destruction, more death in gaza. the bombardment lasted all night, the most intense bombing of gaza city since the beginning of the war more than three weeks ago. air strikes like this, one of three targeting a building in the port, in the morning light fishermen went to inspect the destruction. it has been a constant bombardment in the area and various others in gaza and ear

. >> los angeles is the modern americans. this is the capitol of the central american diaspora in the world. >> former gang member alex sanchez's family fled central america at the time and settled in the pico neighborhood. >> central america is always going to be remembered as those dark ages. >> in the barrios of la young refugees encountered criminal gains and formed gangs of their own. sanchez formed a gang as a teenager. he now helps ex-gang members form new lives. >> i wanted to feel accepted. i wanted to feel acknowledged. irwanted to feel like i was valuable. >> reporter: the central american gangs include ms 13 and the 18th street gang identified by their tattoos. they quickly became among the most lethal gangs. >> they are violent, and they do scare people, and they do crazy kinds of things, very unorthodox even for gang members. >> sanchez and others did time in california prisons. >> i ended up going to prison three times for various reasons. and i -- it wasn't about learning a lesson. it was more about punishment

jennifer london has more from los angeles. >> reporter: each one of these files reepts child who crossed into the u.s. illegally, all came alone, all are facing deportation. one of them is 17-year-old jose from guatemala. he asks that we not use his last name or show his face. >> translator: it was very tough for me leaving my family. but i left the country because i wasn't safe. >> reporter: jose's been in the u.s. since february but still doesn't have a court date. stuck in the backlog of a system paralyzed by tens of thousands of new immigration cases. every few weeks his aunt calls the immigration court hot line and hears this. >> your case has not been filed with the immigration court. >> reporter: when jose and thousands of other migrant children are given a court date this is where they have to appear. cameras aren't allowed to record the proceedings, but we were given access on a day the court is not in session. we wanted to let you see inside. immigration court is rather intimate. right next to the judge you have a translator. this is where the attorney for the government will s

a non-profit based in los angeles, that gives free legal help to undocumented minors. >> i have been in court where you have a five year old sitting there with a highly trained government attorney arguing their case for why that five year old to should be deported. and the judge is asking them questions, and their feet don't even reach the floor. >> reporter: the agency that runs the court system would not speak with us on camera, but wrote . . . we email also said that the doj has recently launched a grant program to help provide legal services to children. she says that doesn't go far enough. >> ultimately i think the only way to resolve this is to have something like a public defender system for the minors. >> reporter: even though jose's case will take years, he knows he has a head start because he has an attorney. >> translator: i pray to god everything goes well, because i want to stay in this country to study, to be someone. >> reporter: but as he si sick -- sings of hope and never giving up, he also knows the longest part of his journey has just begun. i observed immigratione

thanks david. >>> a california judge ruled just a short time ago that the los angeles clippers can be sold to former microsoft ceo steve ballmer. the judge ruled against donald sterling. whose wife shelley sterling negotiated the sale on behalf of the family trust that owns the team. the doctors indicated that the 86-year-old billion air is incapable of handling trust affairs. >>> millions of americans depend on soarkts for their retirement. "real money"'s ali velshi joins us. ali, great to see you. gigantic programs. >> they make up a big portion of the federal budget. for now, those who are getting this, is fine. social security and medicare are headed for possible extinction unless congress does something. they make up 44% of all federal spending each year. social security and medicare benefits are funded out of payments from pay periods. revenues from those taxes won't be enough to fund 100% of medicare benefits starting in 2030. that doesn't mean it's all going to go away, that means medicare will only be able to pay out an estimated 85% of its benefits after that date. it will s

we've come to investigate one that took place in a rural town just north of los angeles. >> scared me so bad, they were so military and just huge guns and full gear, like huge puffed out like huge vest. it looked like they were going into a war. >> early morning on june 27, armed police from across la county converged on the property of eugene mallory and his wife, tonya pate. their warrant said the property was being used as an illegal methamphetamine lab. >> well the entire basis of the search warrant, was that the investigating officers says downwind from the property in spots he was with certainty to smell chemicals. >> this is where i was. i was inside here... >> tonya was inside a trailer on the property, and her son adrian was asleep in another trailer, when she heard the police. >> and it scared me, they scared me so bad that i said "adrian, come out!" and that's when that guy told her, "contain her!" so she shoved me into the car and then put the handcuffs on really, really tight and pushed me into the car, but i said, "but my son is in there." >> a thorough search of the pro

angeles. a single bolt of lightning killed one person and injured dozens of others. >> what sounded like a bomb turned out to be thunder that came right after a both of lightning hit the ocean, sending an electrical current across the water, shocking swimmers and surfers. >> you heard this crackle, this giant bolt up in the sky. i've never seen anything like that. i'm from the midwest, we've seen a lots of lightning. it was a scene out of jaws, all the mothers grabbing their kids. >> dozens of rescuers spraining into action, combing the water for victims. some felt the shock on the sand. >> all of a sudden, there was a big flash of light and a boom. i felt someone punched me in the back of my head. it went down the whole right side of my body and my calf locked up and i fell over. >> a young man in his 20's died. several others were hospitalized, including a 15-year-old boy. powerful storms plowed through several other states, too, large hail and high winds hit illinois and kentucky while torn

we don't have pictures of that but we do have pictures from elsewhere in los angeles and you can see the lightsingly with a burn there and another picture of a car that was struck as well. you can see the burn marks around the tires there and also doesn't look like it's going anywhere in a great hurry. in the next few days we will see more severe weather in the southwest parts of the u.s. and the reason is the southwest monsoon we have this time of year called the north american monsoon and what happens is the moistures are sucked in from the gulf of mexico and gives thunderstorms to the southwest which you might think is fairly unusual this time of year because certainly it's very hot there but as well as hot we see the thunderstorms and those usually last until mid september when they retreat southward again. on the same satellite picture you can see a loop of cloud here, this is a cold front and giving severe weather and hail around 5 centimeters in diameter and tornados as well and sweeping eastward but remainder of the day there is a risk we could see severe weather on the easte

los angeles, the biggest port, is spending 1.3 billion to protect market dominance. the suspending on both coasts may be a gamble. there's reason for optimism. with 1.5 million containers moving through the port, shipments are at a high. >>> the fiercest competition sparked by the expansion of the panama canal will be between east coast ports, battling to steal market share. among the biggest winners is you, the american consumer. they are among the conclusions of a transportation and infrastructure special of the. he calls this a true feel-good story. >> for the american consumer and businesses, there's upside. additional goods that reduce transportation costs means cheaper agriculture. electronics in the stores, and cheaper input products for business, they can export those advanced industrial products to other markets across the world. it's a bin win. the real question is between the ports, is it a zerosome games. how often is that different versus global economic forces and trade demands that may flat line or grow at a certain rate. different to what the panama c

the twin towers correctional facility, los angeles county's jail. l.a. different jacki jackie lacy heads the office that helped put these men behind bars. she is working to stop thing system's revolving door for the mentally ill. compared to 60% who are not mentally ill. >> in the criminal justice system it can seem like groundhog day. you can see the people in for the same low level offenses, same nonserious nonviolent ordinances, clearly due to them being mentally ill and in crisis on the streets and they're arrested and brought in here because there is no other place to take them. >> you're aa prosecutor. have you had a change of heart? >> i don't think it's a change of heart. i became a prosecutor 30 years ago. because i wanted to do justice. and it seemed to me it is the prosecutor who naturally must take the lead when we see an injustice. >> reporter: l.a. county has the largest jail system in the country with 19,000 inmates. more than 20% of them are mentally ill and more than a thousand are behind bars for nonviolent offenses such as drugs, petty

. >>> rare lightening strikes hit loss los angeles beaches, and power outages. >>> good to have you with us. we begin with a crisis in gaza. president obama urges israel to accept an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire. in a telephone call president obama said gaza must be disarmed in order to achieve a lasting peace. a united nations plan in time for eid has failed. hamas agreed to a 24 hour proposal, but israel did not accept it. israel says hamas is firing rockets into its territory. inside funerals were held for soldiers killed. one killed when hit by an antitank missile. binyamin netanyahu defended israel's rejection of the latest ceasefire. >> israel is not obliged and will not let a terrorist organization, a ruthless terror organization committed to our destruction to decide when it's convenient to stop and rearm. >>> the number of palestinians killed since israel began its assault on gaza 20 days ago. most are civilians. >>> 6,000 have been injured. 43 israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed in the same period. nicole johnson has the latest from gaza.

. >>> kora leana left her two daughters behind when she left honduras to find work in los angeles, back in 2007. recently conditions in honduras became so bad she was forced to make a terrifying decision. >> i had all the fears of the world. while they travelled i couldn't sleep or eat. i thought about what could happen. there's just as much danger if they were to stay at honduras with the gang violence. >>> katherine, aged 13, says murderous gangs turned her neighbourhood into a killing zone. >> translation: one time we played soccer with my uncle. gang members turned up. they killed a girl while we were there, where we were playing. >> you saw that. >> yes. >> translation: she paid a human smuggler, a coy oata to bring them to the u.s. -- coy oata. they crossed the barter and were released to their mother's custody. it was the first time she had seep them in seven years much. >> translation: when i saw them, it was as if i was reborn. there was nothing more i could do than to thank god. >> this in my opinion-year-old summed up how she feels to be back with hor mother. their -- with he

we introduce you to two young girls in los angeles, braving a journey to be reunited with her mother. how long will the reunion last. sank sri lankans were hoping to find a new life in new zealand, but their journey did not have a hopingnding. you're -- happy ending. you're watching al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is the top stories - fighting back on in gaza after israel rejected a 24 hour peace proposal. president obama spoke by phone with binyamin netanyahu, reiterating u.s. support, but urging him to seek an accuracy fire. ukrainian troops are moving towards the crash site of malaysia airlines flight mh17, trying to secure that area. the situation is too dangerous for investigators to get to the plane wreckage. more fears fighting in libya. video shows a group of fighters in an attack. the french foreign ministry told french nationals to leave libya because of the violence. u.s. embassies are closed. >>> immigration is front and center on talk shows. president obama set a deadline for the end of summer for possession options for immigration reform.

we met up with two such children who recently reunited with family in los angeles. as rob reynolds reports, their future is far from certain. >> corilina paid illa left her daughters behind when shet went to find work in 2007. recently, conditions in honduras became so bad, she was forced to make a terrifying decision. >> yeah. i had all of the fears of the world while they traveled. i couldn't sleep. i couldn't eat. i thought about what could happen, but there is just as much danger if they were to stay in honduras with the gang violence. >> catherine, age 13, says murderous gangs turned her neighborhood into a killing zone. >> translator: one time when we were playing soccer with my uncle, some gang member showed up and killed a girl right where we were playing. >> you saw that? >> yes. >> corilina paid a human smuggler $16,000 to bring them to the u.s. they crossed the border illegally in texas, turned themselves in to u.s. authorities and were released into their mother's custody. it was the first time she had seen them in seven years. >> translator: when i saw

thank you for joining us from los angeles. >> good morning. >> how long were you at the school before you noticed something unusual was going on? >> it didn't take long. i was there for a total of the six weeks. within the first week of being there i noticed a lot of disturbing punishments that the student were subjected to. i questioned what was going on. >> what do you mean disturbing punishments? >> for example, they would hit kids on the butt with a badle. these are teenagers, and the imagery of a 30-year-old man doing this. teenage girls and boys, it struck me as inappropriate. it subjected the student to a lot of competitive, physical labour punishments. i saw my first date scrubbing a step outdoors, and toiled that she wasn't allowed -- told that she wasn't allowed to rest her knees on the ground. there was a lot of things like that that seemed ipp appropriate and not they're -- inappropriate and not therapeutic. >> where are the kids' families. you say the student were kidnapped with their parents permission. what do you mean by that. most of the students at the school were ta

. >> for more on the migrant issue and the rest political news i am joined from los angeles by al jazerra america political contributor michael shore and bill schneider rez hasn't squalor at the think thank third way, good to have you on the show. bill start with you. senate democrats are asking for $2.7 billion think but the president wanted $3.7 billion. the house is only talking about $1.5 billion they all go on vacation next week. will anything get done? >> well, the question is are they able to separate the funding from the issue you of revising that 2008 law, that means that the child migrant have t migrantshave to be treated likes and given a hearing in court to see if they should, returned or not. president's basic point is do something this is an urgent crisis, you heard speaker boehner say that. do something and pass the money so we can deal with it right now. >> michael, as bill said, the senate bill doesn't including an amendment to the 2,008 law that allows deportation of central american kids more easily. barbara senator from maryland who chairs the appropriations committee

the immigrant as moocher on one hand and a maternity ward in los angeles versus the immigrant as contributor on the other hand, drywalling, landscaping, busing a table? >> well, you know, i work with a lot of immigrants in the foundation, my organization, where we do community organizing. i can assure you what they contribute is so much more than what they take out of the economy. when we think about it, you know, before we had the affordable care act, if you didn't have a healthcare plan, you probably didn't get great quality medical care. but we know right now even with the affordable care act that has been passed that people who are undocumented are excluded from the affordable care act. when we think of what they contribute and what they take out of the economy, i mean you talk about the equation, what they contribute is so much more than anything they take out. >> you are watching "talk to al jazeera" my guest this time on the program, delores huerta. she is one of the coach founders of the united farm workers and came to activist from workers' rights from being a schoolteacher after co

. >> joining us now from the studio in los angeles, is the council general of israel in l.a., david segal. the calls for a ceasefire were calls of screams after a u.n. area was hit. israel wants to ensure the tunnels are destroyed. israel has made a series of efforts in that regard. so why not agree to a longer caes fear. >> we are considering the ceasefire proposal, but it's important to understand that israel is facing clear and present dangers. both the rocket fire and the terror tunnels, the attack tunnels into israel, 31 of which are in our hands, and we are demolishing them. we are concerned about the infrastructure that needs to be dismantled as we work to a demill tarrizition of gaza. >> an opinion piece argued that israel's best weapon against hamas is to give palestinians hope. it said as effective as binyamin netanyahu has been at destroying palestinian rockets, he's been more effective at destroying hope and strengthening despair. point? >> israel is a robust democracy, and the newspaper has strong views, and they can be from right to middle to left. it's fine to have the fews

>> this particular demonstration happened in los angeles, and it included a pair service that drew several hundred people. then there was this one. this happened in new york on friday where more than 1,000 people marched straight past city hall and others gathered in times square. they wanted to call attention to u.s. political involvement in the conflict as well as america's financial support of israel's military. organizers read out loud the names of the nearly 200 children who have been killed since that fighting began. >>> you're looking live at london right now where there are massive protests underway in europe. we'll have a live report just ahead. >>> plus, refusing to be enem s enemies. some very touching images are part of a new twitter campaign designed to unite israelis and palestinians from all around the world. look at those two cuticuticutie. we'll speak with the people who started the online call for pea peace. >>> the rebel fighters seared mosul last month killing miernlts and destroying churching and shrines. despite this, some residents are supporting the movement. we rep

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