We start with breaking news involving edward snowden. His lawyer reveals snowden has been granted a threeyear extension for residency in russia. This sdbt mean he has political asylum. That still has to be decided as a separate matter altogether. Well continue to follow that right here on nbc. Back to back hurricanes are expected to make landfall in hawaii in the next 24 hours. Hurricane julio was upgraded to category two today, now packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles an hour. Its expected to hit hawaii tomorrow. Meanwhile, forecasters say hurricane iselle will touch down tonight. Schools are closed, and people are emptying the supermarkets as they hunker down. Its been 22 years since a hurricane has hit the aloha state. Reporter residents are preparing for what could be a devastating blow. Two hurricanes churning out in the pacific aiming directly at the Hawaiian Islands. Its very rare and its the onetwo punch were worried about. I dont think either of the storms are going to
Separatists and prorussian troops resume in the east of the country. First, israels bombardment of the gaza strip by hair and sea goes on. Five are dead after 25 shells hit the alaxa hospital. There were scenes of chaos as patients and doctors crowded into the corridor. One of the shells hit the third floor, damaging the operating theatres and the intensive care unit. Doctors are struggling to move patients to other hospitals. The directorgeneral at the alaxa hospital joins me on the line. Were you at the hospital when the shells started to hit . Im at the hospital to solve a problem, and my hospital was targeted. Did the hospital receive any warning . No, nothing. Not at all. Just without any warning. And is there did you see or did any of your staff see any military activity at the hospital or near the hospital . No, there was nothing. Maybe not far from the hospital, almost a kilometre far. They were attacking the town, all the people have left the camp, escaped and run away to come
Government and prorussian separatists forces. A young man died after taken down in an apparent choke hold by new york police. The medical findings. Towing away a disaster, the Costa Concordia on the move for the first time in two years. How the where he could cruise ship has changed the island where it sank. Some residents want it to stay. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. It was a bloody weekend in gas. The fighting showed no sign of slowing down. Bombs falling in gaza, more than 100 palestinians killed in the Ground Fighting on sunday alone. The death toll for israeli troops standing at 18. Hamas claims it has captured and israeli soldier, that is something the israeli ambassador to the u. N. Denies. Calling for an immediate cessation of has stilt, secretary of state john kerry is now heading to egypt for ceasefire talks, but right now, there is no sign either israeli or hamas is backing down. Let us go straight to nick schiffron in gaza. Nick, there are
1,000 National Guard troops to help deal with the border crisis in its state. We take you inside the immigration patrols to see the struggles Law Enforcement face every day. 200 homes burn and 300,000acres scorched. Firefighters trying to get the upper hand on Washington States largest wildfire ever. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Israels bombing of gas, the death toll topping 600. Attacks hit dozens of targets, including five mosques. A missing soldier in gaza is dead. 27 others have been killed since Ground Fighting began. Secretary of state john kerry is trying to broker a ceasefire in egypt. Our team of reporters are tracking the fighting. We begin with nick schiffron in gaza. In gaza, nobody is sleeping these days. All night, the military bombards the strip. This morning, strikes come from f16s, that black cloud is in the middle of gazas most densely populated area. When residents see the aftermath of a destroyed mosque, the gas station next to it acknowledge Tower B
Political unrest Prime Minister says he will dissolve parliament and call for early elections. Netanyahu fires two of his ministers saying there was opposition within his own government. Andrew simmons with more now from jerusalem. What he is trying to get out of this is a cabinet that can agree on things. He has effectively made the sackingses after the event. Because it was monday night that he confronted in the first time, he wasnt even speaking to the finance minister, they wrote down all together in terms of very real dialog. He had a meeting with him on monday night, listed five demands a range of issues from a bill which was really intended a jewish state bill, which has been heavily criticized both internationally and israel because it effectively makes palestinian citizens second class citizens, that bill was controversial, he wanted support on that, from la pead, and la pead did want that sort of bill, but not under the terms that the Prime Minister was suggested. Beyond that