Transcripts For ALJAZAM News 20140714

Celebrating. The team, once again, world cup champions. [ siren ] sirens over israel warning residents to take shelter as incoming missiles from gaza rain down on the country. Rockets hit as far as tel aviv. In gaza the israeli Bombing Campaign is in its seventh day. The military is escalating its air Strike Campaign over the palestinian territory. Tens of thous aned of palestinians in gaza thousands of palestinians in gaza have fled the fighting. Israel warned 100,000 people in northern gaza to leave their homes. Now a threat to the north as well. Hours ago rockets from lebanon were fired into the country. The Israeli Military responded by firing artillery into lebanon. Since israel launch the its military campaign in gaza 890 rockets have been fired into israel. 172 were intercepted by israels iron dome. Israel launched 1400 air strikes in the gaza. The casualties there are staggering. At least 172 people have been killed, 32 of the dead are children. In more than 1,200 others they have been injured. On sunday alone 17 palestinians died as a result of air strikes on the israeli side no deaths from palestinian rockets. Six soldiers and 13 civilians have been injured. Helped is in gaza with the latest. The military campaign showed no signs of wipnding down and shows every signs of accelerating. There has been strikes in the north, south, central and east portions of the gaza strip. There was a strike in nassr, injuring two in gaza city. 17 people were killed in the past 24 hours, not counting a strike killing 18 people, one night earlier, in the largest and deadliest single strike of this military campaign. The Israeli Military is dropping leaflets they look like this on people in the border areas, telling them to leave because the israelis are preparing a major campaign. The deadline for the campaign was at noon on sunday. Now, well past. The israelis say in this note, written in arabic, that the campaign will target rocket launchers and other alleged terrorists in the area and anyone remaining behind will be in daniger of losing their live. A lot of people have come into the town of gaza city. They are being housed in schools and areas set up. 800 people with duel citizenship have been allowed to leave the gaza strip , which is happening in the past 24 hours, and in the coming hours. The targets for the sites are increasingly police stations, anything associated with hamas, but the homs of officials involved in hamas or Islamic Jihad or any of those organizations. In several occasions there was no warning. The israelis say they often warn people. In several of those cases were there werent warnings we have been told of civilian casualties involving women and children. There is talk of a ceasefire. The leader of Islamic Jihad in gaza says egypt must be involved in order to broker a ceasefire to end the conflict. So far theres no agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu defended israels operations and on american tv this morning he said the operation could take a long time. Our goal is to achieve sustainable quiet and security for our people, and we do that by degrading hamas and other terror capabilities. Im not going to say how or when the goal will be achieved, whether by diplomatic or military means, but it has to be achieved. Israel is on alert for rocket fired from gaza. Residents took cover as firing took place in tel aviv. Israel says its forces attacked a rocketlaunch area inside gaza. Bernard smith has more from jerusalem. Reporter sunday morning was the first occasion we know about where the Israeli Military entered gaza on the ground. According to reports commandos entered the gaza strip by sea, through the sea, up the beach, to attack what the Israeli Military called a longrange missile launching site. Three were killed and four commandos were injured and treated in hospital. On sunday the weekly Cabinet Meeting in israel. For the first time the content of that meeting held embargoed. We dont know what the content of that Cabinet Meeting is, and we are not going be told when the details of that meeting will be revealed, but israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took the opportunity before the meeting to have a go at iran and blame it partly for the latest flareup in fighting between israel and hamas United Nations called on both sides to end the fighting. A spokesperson for secretarygeneral ban kimoon says the growing crisis between israel and gaza is overshadowing talks on another issue. Irans nuclear programme. Israel accuses iran of aiding fighters in hamas and gaza. James basehas more. A. James bays has more. Translation reporter Foreign Ministers arrived a week before a deadline with iran is to be reached. There are other matters on the agenda. The priority an immediate ceasefire, according to the french Prime Minister. Its an opportunity to talk about the situation in the middle east, and the violence in gaza. Reporter in between meetings with William Hague and fellow Foreign Ministers secretary kerry placed a phone call to Binyamin Netanyahu, telling him he supported israels right to defend himself, and offering the u. S. s help to try to start brokering a ceasefire. The key difference between the u. S. And european Foreign Ministers comments are one word the u. S. Are talking about a ceasefire, but not an immediate ceasefire. They are prepared to give the Israeli Military time for the bombardment of gaza. The negotiations here about Irans Nuclear programme, according to some diplomats, have been useful. For his part Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the talks are linked to the situation in gaza. Translation i am asking to remind them that one is financing hamas and Islamic Jihad is iran, they are a terrorist Power Funding arms and training organizations that we fight. Its crucial that iran does not reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon. John kerry after his meeting with Iranian Foreign minister. U. S. Officials says irans support for hamas will be discussed during the visit here. As you saw secretary of state john kerry is in vienna for the Nuclear Talks with iran. The united states, along with britain, france, germany, russia and china want to restrict irans ability to make nuclear weapons. Secretary of state john kerry says both sides are far from an agreement. We have very significant gaps still. We need to see if we can make some progress, and i look forward to a substantive and important meetings and dialogues its an important subject. It is vital to make certain that iran is not going to develop a nuclear weapon, that the programme is peaceful in vienna secretary of state john kerry met with his german counterpart over the issue of u. S. Spying. Last week germany found a suspected u. S. Spy working in its ministry, and the foreign intelligence worker was arrested on suspicion of being a c. I. A. Informant. Today german chancellor Angela Merkel says she doubts the u. S. Will stop spying, but it will not impact the bell gens gather intelligence gathering programs of both countries. Its not a matter of being angry. Its proof that the intelligence agencies have fundamentally different views. In the 21st century they should concentrate on important things. We wok closely with the americans, i work closely with the americans, i want that to continue. Germany benefits from the cooperation when it comes to terrorism. We do not live in a cold war period when everyone distrusts one another. [ theme ] now to brazil where germany is celebrating victory, defe defeating argentina scoring just one goal. It was enough in the brazilian heat. The team is celebrating together. [ cheering ] 200,000 fans watched in berlin, they are with them in spirit. You are looking at live pictures of celebrations coming out of berlin, expected to go into the night and perhaps for the rest of the week. We have lee wellings live at the heart of the action in rio de janeiro. Well check with him in moment. First, Ross Shimabuku joins us with the highlights. We have two soccer powerhouses at the world cup germany and argentina on one can be victorious. Thats right, and germany established dominance. They made history. It was the best team in germany versus the best player on planet earth, in lionel messi. 800 million tuned in to watch the world cup time. And its the third time argentina and germany had been in the files. This was a physical match up who said soccer was not a contest sport. Kramer was levelled. He came back but left with a concussion. We are seeing nasty head injuries in the world cup. It continued in the time. This match was scoreless in regulation. We headed to extra time. Both had chances but in the 113th minute germany check out the finish by mario goetze. Working his magic and off the chest with a kick let the celebration begin. Germany won it 10. Their fourth world cup title, but the first since 1990. Germany was the first European Team to win the one in the americas. And germany joins italy with the victory. Brazil has more. 32 days of action, here we go. Joining us. We are joined by lee wellings. Hes in rio de janeiro. Fans are gathering at this hour. Set the scenes for us. Well, there were so many argentinian fans across rio. Only the lucky ones, they thought they were lucky, could get into the maracana stadium. Many brazilians demonstrated not make the time. Here, many were disappointed by this defeat. Of course, what it does mean is that brazilians aghast at how things had gone in the tournament. Finally the consolation great rivals have been beaten. We are talking about argentina and brazil. This was germanys occasion. We talked how they were the first European Team to win a world cup in the americas. Thats an achievement beating brazil 71, getting past an Argentina Team that i felt were underrated. I felt they were solid defensively, and, lionel messi he could have had a better tournament, but what a player he is. It get past them, and their coach feels they can dominate football for years to come. This was a huge disappointment for argentina and lionel messi. How are fans reacting. They are so disappointed. The argentinan fans. The exuberance coming with winning a world cup, and to win in brazil, what an opportunity. I think lionel messi missed his big chance. Hes been the top player in world football, was incredible for his club in spain, barcelona. He had a glorious opportunity to win the match and take himself to legend status like maradona. They are not fond of lionel messi. He had four goals, five assists, and his big moment, and he missed it. And for irony, he was named player of the tournament. Many think that Hamas Rodriguez of columbia was better and lionel messi could have done better. And all the light behind you we see, what is the mood like now the tournament is over. It is quiet. I tell you why the argentinian fans would have had a huge party. We heard them. Theyve been keeping us up all night for the last 23 nights, they flooded into rio. This left them flat. There are german fans. Theyll have a wonderful night. The brazilians were pleased most of them to see germany win. Theyll now go and contemplate the failures of their own team. All good things come to an end. Nick spicer watched the game with 200,000 fans at the branden burg gate. Here is his report. The game is over. German World Champion for the fourth time. The first as a unified germany. Last time it was west germany, playing against argentina, in 1990. The fans were convinced theyd win because of a crushing defeat germany imposed on brazil in the semifinal, 71. It was an angstridden evening. Fans watching near goals, near misses and goals by argentina. Not sure of when and if germany was going to win. Then that one and only needed goal came near the end of time running out. There was an explosion of joy. The partying is really just beginning, so even though we are sunday night here, monday morning in berlin, the team is coming back tuesday on to this fan mile, to be welcomed by some 600,000 fans, to have their victory celebrated by them, and by the country. So the partying, i think, will go on for quite some time in a nation that is proud to once again be the football World Champions. More celebrations again. More news ahead on al Jazeera America. A setback in the mission to form a new iraqi government. Plus, thousands of undocumented children stream across the u. S. Mexican boarder. In our sunday segment the week ahead, what is being done to solve the crisis. And whether with rebecca. Yes, we are tracking a storm, temperatures 20 degrees above normal in spots. I show you why thunder storms are threatening wildfire participation coming up next. Al Jazeera America presents its a beginning of a new life for me. I cant keep running from everything. 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen coming september only on al Jazeera America welcome back. Moscow says a shell fired by Ukraine Forces left a man dead in their territory. Scott heidler reports from Eastern Ukraine. Reporter as the advance of the ukranian forces continues, russia claims casualties on their side of the border. A shell landed over the border, killing one, injuring two. Russia called it an aggressive abbing and it will be attempt with accordingly. Back in Eastern Ukraine we visited an area outside donetsk. It was the heart of separatist movement, attacked on tuesday. We are outside a western suburb of donetsk, where six civilians were killed on saturday morning. Since being here in the last 90 minutes weve seen and heard mortar rounds, and you see the smoke over my shoulder. Some of the fighters set fire to wheat fields. Separatist fighters man ing a checkpoint are expecting more, and they ask not to be named. Translation the situation is difficult in donetsk. Children are scared. They will bear scars forever. What shall we do . We are waiting for them. Its our land. It wasnt us that came to them. They came here. Reporter the second day of attacks sent more civilians out of the area. Translation it was terrible. Words cant describe the depth of my despair. I say mines exploding, pieces of houses on fire, garages and factories burning and buildings distri destroyed. I was in the middle of it all. I was shaking with fear. Reporter a fear spreading to more as both sides in the conflict refuse to back down or talk. Irans Parliament Fail to take concern sis on the new government. The kurdish representatives scheduled to fly to baghdad from erbil couldnt make it because of a sandstorm. The Parliament May have made a key step forward. Representatives agreed on a new speaker of the house. Once filled the iraq constitution says the parliament has 45 days to select a Prime Minister. The Group Calling themselves the Islamic State is making gains. They claim to have taken a town 70 miles from baghdad. They claim to a taken over part of baiji refinery. It has not been confirmed. Both afghani president ial candidates agreed to a revote. Secretary of state john kerry brokered the deal after there was deadlock over the results. Jennifer glasse reports from kabul. Reporter the breakthrough africans waited for. Abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani after weeks of stalemate timely in agreement on a process to evaluate the vote to decide the next president. In kabuls old city, the effect was almost immediate. Prices dropped a fraction, and the afghan currency strengthened against the dollar. The shopkeeper says people are more confident. Now that theres a political solution, are you happy . Translation people are happy. They want a unified government and peace. Our worry was security, and we were concerned the civil war would be repeated. Reporter at least for today that tension is gone. Theres renewed hope. This is where they come to buy staples of life, cooking oil, sugar. A few months after the deal things are stabilized. This man is unloading sugar, shipments slowed, but it seems to have changed. Translation it didnt just affect lie life, but all. We dont care who takes power, we want to know what the future will be. Reporter it will take a few weeks to review 8 million ballots. The inauguration has been delayed until august. After months, news of a deal to move forward is enough to give hope. 800 firefighters in Central Washington worked to contain a wildfire. It started five days ago, burning 21,000 acres and chilling county, midway between seattle and shocan. The fire is 25 contained. Rebecca stevenson joins us with a look at the forecast. I know lightening strikes is a concern. Its a big concern. The storms in northwest orgep are tracking to western oregon are tracking to we were washington and through the cascades to the east. And lake shalan through wikanachi and wakanaw is dry. They dont need more strikes, and the storms produce lotening. We have hot shots into the cascades looking for fire starts as the storms roll through. We are going to track a participation or the new fire starts, but as we go through the canyon fire. Because of the fire racing through a large area, north of rocky reach dam. Its expanded so quickly that they got on top of it yesterday. It was productive. Heat has built in. The storms dropped temperatures. Friendships, in portland as low as 22 degrees. Temperatures counterly in 84 at seattle. Seatac, and you move to Eastern Washington, and the temperatures are into the 90s. We expect them to climb to 108 degrees at the beginning of the week. Here is the visible satellite. You can see the white cloud tops popping up as it moves north, indicating where the storms are at. Earlier in the week we see a lot of flames leaping up down into the valley through the canyon. The lawns that are clean, beautiful homes, we have had vak evacuations and expect more to occur because of active weather. We reassess this tomorrow. As temperatures climb into the Pacific Northwest the the storm system moving out. Allowing the heat to track through. It will take time to get temperatures to cool off in Eastern Washington and oregon. When we look at seattle we have temperatures around 90 and a record nine days is the record that seattle had temperatures 85 and higher. And dealing with the dry conditions. Thank you. Still ahead what to do about tens of thousands of undocumented children crossing into the u. S. Next, we look at how leaders south of the border are trying to tackle the problem. Its our sunday segment the week ahead. Also the new blood tests that could give advance warning about alzheimers. Welcome back to al Jazeera America. Here are the top stories we are following now the Israeli Military is pounding gaza with air strikes. The death toll is climbing. 172 are dead. Israels Prime Minister says his country will use any means necessary to stop hamass ability to launch rockets. Secretary of state john kerry is in vienna for talks over Irans Nuclear weapon deal. Iran and the u. S. Are trying to reach an agreement by july 20th. You are watching live pictures from berlin, where it is 2 30 in the morning. Germany celebrates the world cup victory. They defeated argentina 10 in extra time. This is nations first world cup in 24 years. Its sunday night and time for the week ahead. Washington is struggling to come up with a plan to solve what president obama describes as a humanitarian crisis. A wave of undocumented often unaccompanied children crossing into the u. S. Meanwhile officials south of the border are meeting to come up with a solution. Almost 50,000 children have entered the american borders. People are told children who make it into the u. S. Will be g given permission to stay. A 17yearold has a warning for parents. Translation i would advise people not to do this. Babies suffer a lot along the way. Reporter the situation is so dire lawmakers south of the border are addressing the crisis. Mexican president and guatemala leader recently met. Translation mexico reiterates the decision to collaborate with the countries in the region to support them in a process of protection, repatriation and tackling the conditions that fuelled the migration phenomena. Reporter mexico shares a 600 mile border with guatemala, much unguarded. Human traffickers use it to their advantage. Parents reported paying between 2,000 4,000 to smuggle their children. Translation i am sure we will double our efforts, so as to guarantee the application of our children and resolve the current crisis. Reporter better security along the mexican southern border may be the first step. Mexican Roman Catholic bishop two, host migrant children. During a News Conference he said bad economy and increased Gang Violence is the root cause for the migration. Translation now the as a result are affecting innocent children travelling in an inhumane way without protection. This will grow unless we stop the butcher i of the system. Reporter trying to stop the flow, president obama sends a clear message. The parents need to know this is a dangerous situation. It is unlikely that their children will be unable to stay. Reporter a message that that not be heard. Tap taped attending the national conference, this man says life is so tough in the countries people feel its worth the risk. Translation when theres no work or sources of work what can a person do. They cant just sit around with their arms crossed waiting for death. In the meantime with no plan in place, hundreds of unaccompanied children arrive in the u. S. They are desperate. The journey is a dangerous one. Last week the president s of mexico and guatemala agreed to make it safer and legal for gauta mallans to mass through mexico to the united states. It doesnt take into account that theyll be entering the u. S. Illegally. Dozens of governors met privately with the help. Human secretary tapieineing attena meeting in nashville. The vatican is sending the secretary of state to mexico to discuss the issue with el salvador and honduras and other Central America countries, and they plan to talk about what causes the migration, protection for the migrants and protocol for they say deported. Paul beban was talking to the people with about why they are willing to risk their lives, and from washington leslie, a senior application officer with the u. N. Hcr, the office of the u. N. High commissioner for refugees. Paul, i want to start with you. I have been intrigued by your reporting. How dire is the situation now . I dont think it can be overstated. President obama is talking about the likelihood that these kids will be september back. These parents and children are looking for any window, a chaps to get away chance to get away from where they were. San pedro sulu is the most dangerous city in the world. Its more dangerous there than iraq. I havent reported from war zones, im not going to say its a war zone, but it feels like its a place in utter chaos. The state cant protect its own people or provide meaningful services. More often than not the police are as corrupt as the gang cartels, who are essentially running the country. Its the size of tennessee. Half of the cocaine entering the passes through here. What percentage of children qualifies as refugees . Thank you for having us. When we reviewed the stories of 404 children, that they shared, we identified that 58 presented strong indicators and a need for international application. What that means for us is that they need to have their day to share their stories with someone who is trained to hear that story and have access to asylum procedures. I want to go over troubling statistics. Between october and may of this year more than 57,000 children were caught along the u. S. Border. The majority came from el salvador. More than 13,000 honduran children were taken into custody, more than a 1200 increase from 2009. El salvador and guatemala saw increases of 700 and mexico was the highest. The number of mexican children fell by 28 over the same period. Are the parents misinterpreting the law that if they send children to the u. S. , they can stay . There is, as pointed out in the package, there is a misunderstanding about the permisso. What it boils down to is theres a backlog. We reported this in u. S. Immigration. Theres 376,000 cases waiting, and theres more than 500 day wait. If you are a child, a 15yearold arriving at the border, taken into custody and you have an undocumented father or mother in the country, youll be processed and released into the custody of that parent for a year and a half. For any family in honduras, that is a win. Thats a safer year and a half in that childs life than they would have spent at home. They are not concerned. Most of the people i talked to. Whether they misunderstood the policy were not concerned about the time. They wanted to get their children out now. I want to ask you the same question. Do parents understand u. S. Law and a further question. Do you think the Central American governments understand u. S. Law . When we interviewed 404 children only four four out of 404 children expressed any knowledge whatsoever of immigration policy in the united states. So what we really found here is that, yes, it is a mixed flow. There are children coming from many reasons when we talk about the context of crushing poverty. What has become clear is that violence is a strong indicator in the displacement patterns. As you pointed out 7012 agrees in rates of asylum. These are strong indicators that in the displacement dynamics, theres a valid refugee dimension, and what we are asking for, what we would ask of any government that is receiving individuals fearing harm, allowing them to have opportunity, to share the story and make clear what it is they fear before being september to serious harm. Once again you met with officials from the Central America government. What do they say about the crisis and what are they doing . In the context of a years worth of meetings, celebrating or commemorating the declaration, the meeting that we had in the last two days, it discussed displacement, forced displacement among other issues. The idea for the meetings was to talk about refugee protection and the plan to improve it over the next 10 years. Obviously this was an issue, and what we heard, the message was clear, that the region spoke in terms of shared responsibility, and solidarity and under scoring the need for action, especially when it comes to the application of so many children at this moment. I want to talk about whether this is a question of morality in a moment. Take us back, if you will. What is the journey like, paul . Its extraordinary. For some of the children we spoke to and one we followed, living with his father in houston. You take a bus to guatemala, catch another bus or go on foot across guatemala. In mexico most head for the notorious freight trains that carry people 1200 miles from Central America all the way north. The children we spoke to talked about seeing people fall, lose limbs and die. They saw women, young women raped in front of them. Nothing to do about it. The coy oaties have twer. Making the money. Absolutely and exploiting these people along the way. People benefitting are the cartels who un are the coyote networks, and the people taken advantage are are desperate Young Children or mothers with children. Fathers travelling with daughters. To see what these people are going through, and see some of the scenes we have seen in california, signs, not our children, not our problem, we have to ask ourselves tough questions as a nation, who we are and who we want to be in the face of this wave of humanity. We know theres a political divide. Is this a question of morality . Its a question of morality and a question of the legal framework. Since world war ii and the development of the Refugee Convention and following protocols, theres a strong commitment to refugee protection, and where the agency mandated to offer protection. Are the children classified as refugees yet. Thats right. Immigration judges and trained asylum officers. Ultimately, where does the responsibility lie. Central american governments, what are they doing . The Central American governments are challenged to offer protection to their own people. That is the clear message that we received. 58 of the children that we interviewed. There is a shared responsibility in terms of, you know, any country to protect their own citizens. In a case where citizens suffer harm and are not able to access application from their open government and crossed international borders, that triggers an ilframework. What an illegal framework. What we are asking here is the u. S. In particular, a Global Leader of alleviating humanitarian suffering, we are confident that theyll do the same in this region. You are shaking your head, do you feel the government grasped the situation . Well, speaking from again, being back in honduras, they can barely handle the return of people caught in mexico. Let alone those leaving. Exactly. Its a situation where the governments are overwhelmed by their own domestic situation, this for them its a crisis. People leaving their country at an extraordinary rate and returned and coming back with no resources and no place to go. The children who returned, where are they going to go. If they are trying to be reunited with a relative who has been gone, we are sending them back to a situation where they have little or no resources whatsoever. So its a question that needs that needs to be addressed from the standpoint of whose responsibility are these children and what are the governments doing to help solve the government. The u. S. Is the only country with the resources certainly in the region, and the record of humanitarian protection that i think can begin to address. We are talking about a large number 57,000 unaccompanied children since october. Where do we find the resources and get the help from . Lets look at the 3. 7 billion requested last week, i dont have the maths handy, but i think its onetenth of the annual budget. Its real money. When we talk about an immigration crisis, its overwhelming us. I think theres a way to address it, its obviously very complicated. The politics are difficult for republicans and democrats. I come back i think we have to ask ourselves as a nation tough questions about our historic role in Central America that we played in the region, and the roll we continue to play, simply by the extraordinary appetite in this country for drugs from south america, which is what continues to destabilize the corner of the world. Do you feel the political calculus shifted in the immigration debate at all . I hope that the refugee dimension of what is a mixed flow is more visible because theres much at stake. What we learned from the children is they fear for their lives, their freedoms. We hope that dimension is made more visible. To put them into perspective, we see it as a global rev any agency. 52, 57,000 over the course of six months i think the u. S. Can reach the challenge. It can be easily controlled. By comparison, theres a flow of 10,000 a day, leaving syria into jordan and lebanon. Its important to keep the numbers and perspective. Its not something that we shy away from. We are not afraid of the numbers and willing to support the u. S. Government and mexico and nicaragua that has seen an increase. As we work with our partners, what does real Immigration Reform look like . So Immigration Reform in this context, i doesnt change the country conditions on the ground. It will have it wont hurt this problem at all. Again, its not about reform. Its not only about factors. Even briefly, made clear to us that its a strong push and forced displacement rather than a pull factor. Will reform help. It wont hurt. It doesnt change the situation. Where do we go from here, paul. Its not the 64,000 question. Its a question beyond numbers and bond the extraordinary human dynamic. As leslie points out, the push factors are the real issues. The families are fleeing chaos. Theres a question about their legal designation. They are not migrants in the sense that we think of. They are refugees from a crisis. Thats a question that the Immigration Courts will have to april and the 58 number is something that i have mentioned in my own reporting as well. These are children that site fear of victims of crime, if they are returned to their home countries. According to u. S. Law, it means we should give them some kind of humanitarian relief. What may or may not happen to them when apprehended at the border, this is not a question that will go away. Its part of a request for funding including 25 more judges. I see estimates that the Immigration Court will double. We are a long way from taking a bite out of it. We will rethink the issue. A senior application officer with you and unhcr. Good to see you. Thank you. Before we wrap up. Lets take a look at other event. On monday, the United Nations group on Sustainable Development goals begins its 13th success yop. Tuesday an anniversary of twitter being released to the public. And an annual event in las vegas. When we come back, help for alzhiemers patients. It slows it down. Well explain the breakthrough. Its been two years since the worst drought. While the situation eased in some places, the state of california is suffering severe drought. Diane friend inspects the wheat field on the farm passed down to her by her father. The worst drought in her memory has her worried. It grabs you from down deep, and you are making me cry. Would you see the soil, and you such it, and you know that it may not be here for the next generation of family. That is big. She said she hoped to plant pistachio trees, but without water she will postpone those plans. Friend is a director of the county farm bureau and spent many afternoons assessing the memory of the drought. It will be dry like this all year. She takes us to stoneland farms, leaving land fallow because they dont have enough water. When we are not spending the money on growing the crop, we dont have the money to grow it. The farm is only taking on half the number of workers it usually hires. A smaller harvest means fewer workers in the field, and higher unemployment in a depressed region. I need water. Without water we dont have jobs. The water is important to keep it up. The people working in the fields, working because theres no water, theres no jobs. To under the droughts impact, its important to know the Central Valley has dry conditions for a few years, so the drought has turned a bad situation worse. We met dan short as he unloaded food at a distribution center. The organization will give away 10 Million Pounds of food, it is unable to feed itself. Its heart break, and you are like im feeding the guys that grow the food. According to the california farm collision, the Central Valley could lose 2. 2 billion because of the drought. Some farmers will go bankrupt. I heard a farmer say what will i do, what will i become. The people tell us that farming is nod a job it doesnt end at five, its not a small business, its a lifestyle and culture, if it disappears you are left with nothing. A major breakthrough in the fight against alzhiemers. They can develop a blood test to show who is vulnerable to getting the disease. Some would say derek is one of the lucky once. He was forgetting things, but at least he knew why. I feel i have gone the same. I have alzheimers. Dereks wife began fighting for drugs, and that diagnosis was crucial, leading to vital treatment. I have done i think i have done pretty well for six years. It slows it down. At times we would argue it is with us and we could take part in a lot of things. Its very nice. I have seen some of them. They are in homes, and its so sad. As with many illnesses theres no curing. Slowing it down is as close as doctors and scientists can get. An announce pt out of london, a crucial result about a critical test is giving hope. This research has taken a decade to get to this point. It concentrated on 10 proteins found in the blood. The test can predict whether alzhiemers is coming, and is 87 accurate. It could be on sale within two years, at anywhere between 50 and 200. That all depends on one crucial element. Scientists need more volunteers, or, in other words, more people willing to be tested and face being told they will develop an incurrable disease. Where some people would like to know and help the current drugdeveloping process, and some think if theres no cure, why would i want to know. We wont be able to do any of the work if we dont have samples from the people that are volunteered. For derek and yvonne early diagnosis has given them more years together. He insults her. I knew that was coming. Shes thank. He still can. Well be right rback. Pass. The u. S. Marines are trying out a newtype of soldier, and it doesnt need food for water. Its a robot called ellis iii. It follows squads through terrain. Just because they are up at the International Space station doesnt mean the astronauts on board have to miss the world cup action on earth. N. A. S. A. Tweeted out facts pt the outcome of the match especially exciting for the german crew member on board. That will do it for us at this hour im Thomas Drayton in new york. Al Jazeera America presents killing the messager starts right now. [gunshot]. Theres a lot of very brave