>> massive flooding triggers thousands of landslides in the balkans, unearthing danger, land mines buried during the bosnian war. >> at&t's deal to buy direct t.v., what could stand in the way of the megamerger and how it could affect customers. >> i lost my ability to breathe. i felt like my chest was set on fire. my eyes was burning like hell. >> he said it's a miracle he survived a chemical weapons

attack in syria and then escaped the country. one man is sharing his personal story. >> hopes for a horse racing's triple crown in jeopardy. the device that could keep california chrome from running in the belmont stakes. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> massive flooding triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the balkans, destroying into your towns. 25,000 have been forced to evacuate homes. the flooding has disturbed land mines buried 20 years ago during the war in bosnia. >> three-inches of rain falling producing the worst flooding wins measurements began in the area 120 years ago. we look at the damage one official is describing as cots traffic. >> nat air and on the ground,

the mission i guess to get to the old and sick. we meet this woman after her rescue by the serbian army. her house was submerged underwater. she first alone for days without food and drinking water. this is a massive logistical operation, threatening to completely overwhelm serbia's emergency services. the damage will cost the country billions of dollars. volunteers have joined the operation here. this man is a personal trainer from belgrade. he's here to help rescue those left behind. it's not clear how many people died here. every official that we ask tells us that they have to wait for the waters to recede to see the

real damage that was done. as you can see, some of the water is actually pulling back, but there are still many houses completely submerged by the flooding, and there are still many people who are waiting to be rescued. this man wouldn't give us his name. easy seen dead bodies and is angry at authorities for not arriving earlier. >> they came too late. we had no warning, the town is destroyed. we have no food and nowhere to live. >> another menace is under the flood rubble, land mines from the war in the early 1990's. the fear is the floods are washing away river banks which will unearth unexploded booby traps. the countries biggest power station is under threat. the plant has already been cut.

waters have reached the basement of the plant, a total shutdown would black out most of the country. for now, it stopped range. the worry is there could be another surge from the river in bosnia. the ground is already saturated. people here are wondering where will all that water go. aljazeera, serbia. >> international aid is start to go reach the area's hard hit by that flooding. the u.n. flying in shipments of medical equipment with water into belgrade, serbia. >> the defense beginning its case today in the war crimes trial of former army chief milotovic, accused of aastros cities. he faces 11 charges for his role in the bosnia conflict in the 1990's, killing 100,000 people, leaving 200 million people

homeless. known as the butcher of bosnia, he ordered the massacre. >> atna struck a deal to buy direct tv, the two companies announcing the deal on sunday. >> the question asked right now is, is this a done deal? >> not quite yet. the fcc has to approve the deal first. that could take a while. comcast announced its deal with time warner in february and that has not been approved. with this deal, at&t would secure itself as a big player in the cable game. right now, it has 6 million subscribers through its own t.v. service called u verse. direct tv is the large have satellite provider with 25 million subscribers. merging would make it the second

biggest provider in the country. massif cell phone operations could make a bundle possible. some say this developing competition could bring costs down for consumers. >> we would like to see a company like atna with direct tv start providing more broad band alternative to say people on the local level. the dirty little secret with this industry is most americans don't have choice when it comes to cable and broad band. if they can provide that, it's good for consumers, because our bills will come down. >> that is only if this deal is approved. consolidation is usually opposed because it reduces competition. in this case with a potential cam cost-time warner merger, this could give more options. >> how does this deal differ from that comcast-time warner deal made in february?

>> when it comes to money, not much. the price tag is $45 billion various the $48.5 billion for this at&t deal. it has a telecom mobile component, so we're talking about different technologies at play here. this new deal will impact the approval process for the time warner deal by potentially taking months. >> we will break down this deal further and what it means for consumers and options for getting content. >> we want to get to the latest on the cries in ukraine, moscow ordering troops away from the border there, putin declare the spring phase complete, saying the troops should return to their bases, nato saying they haven't seen any significant withdrawals of those 40,000 soldiers they say have been poised on ukraine's border. vladimir putin is set to discuss

the situation in china with u.n.'s ban ki-moon. >> a charge of negligence after miners died. last week's mining disaster sparking protests in istanbul. >> south korea's president is apologizing for last month's deadly ferry accident in her first televised address since the accident. she issued a tearful apology, she is about to dismantle the countries coast guard over the failure to react quickly. >> rescue training was very much

insufficient. i judged if we let the structural problems ride, it will be unable to prevent another large scale disaster, therefore i concluded to break up the coast guard after much consideration. >> the head of south korea's coast guard said he will humbly embrace the plan and until then do our best until we find the very last missing passenger. more than 300 people are dead or missing, most of the victims students on a school trip. >> in a rare apology coming from north korean officials, following the collapse of an apartment building, hundreds of feared dead after the 23 story building under construction collapsed. 92 families had already moved into the unfinished building. >> the search for that missing makes airlines flight flee 70 in a new phase. china will begin mapping the sea bed this week.

a chinese ship will join the search hope to go reach depths of more than 23,000 feet. the unmanned navy. >> i submersible fall functioned last week. there's a new book out that suggests the plane was shot down during military training exercises between the u.s. and thailand. that missing jet with 239 onboard disappeared in early march. >> four people are dead in the wake of a suicide bombing in northern nigeria thought to be the work of boko haram, the militants holding hundred was school girls hostage. the attack happened in a predominantly christian neighborhood. it comes hours after nigeria's president joint forces with western leaders, promising to wage war on boko haram. some nigerian politicians are furious over the government's response. >> the epicenter of most of boko

haram's attacks in recent years, they are unhappy with how the government are handling the crisis. >> i feel disgusted and i feel very, very bad for a country like nigeria, who has a lot of resources, man power, a lot of army and they cannot contain a small group? >> for the security forces, boko haram have represented new challenges that they are struggling to cope with. at times, they are out gunned by fighters, something that should not be happening given how well funded the nigerian army is. >> between 2012 and 2013, we gave them 1.5 trillion lira, translating to about

$10 billion. even if they were given just a quarter of that money, i am sure there wouldn't have been a complaint of lack of equipment to fight. >> for now, boko haram continues its campaign of violence almost unhindered. it has killed thousands, but last month's abduction of 270 school girls by the group gained global attention and now the war against boko haram could be taking on a regional dimension. at a security summit in paris on saturday, nigeria, chad, and cameroon agreed to share intelligence and coordinate action against the group. >> boko haram will no longer find safe haven in chad, nyjer or cameroon.

it means this creates various nations to work together and recognizing that boko haram is an international phenomenon and needs to be stamped. >> while many support the outcome of the paris summit, they believe that the threat of boko haram will only disappear when the government here manages to reduce chronic poverty and unemployment in the countries to the north. >> france announced it's sending troops to the several neighboring african nation to say fight al-qaeda linked militants. >> libya condemning sunday attack on a parliament building in tripoli, two killed, 10 kidnapped when gunman stormed the building. the former general claiming responsibility as part of a self imposed mandate to rid libya of religious backed militias, the general accused of staging a coup. >> a brazen attack on libyan

general national congress, the countries parliament quickly turned into a war zone. heavy machine guns and anti tank weapons were used, plumes of black smoke rising in the air. according to witnesses, gunman stormed the g.n.c. building. this attack seems to be linked to the unrest in the eastern city of benghazi, a pokesman for the army led by the retired general told aljazeera about the open war on the government for supporting extremists and terrorists. on friday, forces loyal to the general attacked the bases of two militias in benghazi, the fighting left dozens dead. the general said he was forced to act.

>> today the national army launched a national battle to defend our nation, the people and the lives of our officers who are being assassinated. this is not a coup against the state and we are not seeking power or authority and we are not hindering the course of democracy. the blood of lippens is sacred and we don't want libyans to resort to arms, but terrorists wanted there to be a battle, so let it be an honorable one. >> the central government is tripoli accused the general of staging a coup. >> the acts carried out constitute violation of state sovereignty. they represent a coupe. an arrest warrant was issued against him, an order handed down to stand up to any tapes by the subversive forces and target any military jet fighter flying over the skies of benghazi. >> the government is weak,

struggles to reign in powerful militias. it's armed forces are unable to impose law and order, the acts done with impunity. >> unmanned rockets aimed at the airport, which was closed for security reasons. >> evacuations related to wildfires in california are now lifted. one was killed last week when dozens of fires burned in sand yanukovych county, causing $20 million worth of damage to homes and,s in the region. investigators say it could take months to determine how the wildfires were started. governor jerry brown said the state opens one of its worst fire seasons ever. just north of san diego, they are dealing with this, thousands of dead fish. the heat is being blamed for the mass killing of anchovy's,

stingrays. it has left an unbearable stench, who say their feathered friends donned mind. >> it was like a hitchcock movie, the birds diving into the water. >> marine biologists called it an oxygen dead zone caused by heated waters, depriving the fish of oxygen. >> the heat is on in the southwest with the risk of fire now greatest today. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. good monday morning. >> good monday morning to you. i hope everyone's having a good one out there. as the pattern shifted with the latest system, so has the risk of dire danger. you can see on the radar it's the northern tier of the country with the chances for rain, the southern tier pretty dry. we've had changes out here. we were talking about california being so hot, finally with the front going through, two things happened, it shifted the wind from out of the southwest, which

was that dry santa ana wind, temperatures have dropped 20-30 degrees from just a couple of days ago. with that, this is one of our drought areas, the deeper the reds, the more drought. you can see other our significant area, texas, oklahoma, some of these regions. that's how the flow has shifted. i mentioned the cooler air as we get to california, ahead of this system, now that warm surge and those winds out of the south that are really warming everything up is more into the desert southwest and starting to push into the central plains through today. those are the places under our biggest fire risks. you can see some places. look at this, lincoln, nebraska into the 60's this morning, already 20 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. that's just a precursor to what we're going to see through the course of the day today, extreme heat, wichita at 91 degrees, winds out of the southwest are already gusting into the teens,

so this is where our wildfire risk is going to be with that hot, dry air. back to you guys. >> we'll keep track of that. >> months of protest and political upheaval hurting thailand's economy. >> a closer look at an industry hit hard by the unrest. >> in a society where no one is educated, you don't have progress. >> finding teaching jobs for undocumented immigrants and the mention some say that send to say their students. >> tearing out the seats, this is just one of the many thousands whiting at a be installed before the kickoff june 12. >> we show you what still needs to be done as brazil races the clock to get ready for next month's soccer world cup. >> today's big number, $1 billion. >> why it could raise the price of your morning cup of coffee.

>> your morning cup of coffee

could soon cost you more. >> that's the subject of today's big number, $1 billion, the amount of damage caused by new fungus. >> it's called coffee rust, it is mainly affecting high-end coffee beans in latin america. >> right now, the u.s. government is stepping in to help. the u.s. agency for international development is expected to announce a new $5 million partnership with texas a&m, researching how to get rid of the fungus. >> it threatens the economy, estimating coffee bean production could cost 15-40% and put farmers out of work. as many as 500,000 jobs are at risk. >> the big u.s. companies like starbucks and green mount be saying they have a number of suppliers so have not seen a spike of prices yet. >> months of political turmoil in thailand are taking a serious

toll on that country's economy, cutting the nation's growth forecast in half because of a sharp drop in tourism. >> these tour buses should be filled with chinese tourist, but here they sit outside bangkok. unrest in the country has put a heavy cost on the tourism industry, $3 billion lost this year. that has put a serious pinch on this tour company. those are its buses sitting idle. >> on average, we receive 1,000 tourists per month but in the past two months only had 200 to 500. >> he had to put off buying new buses, getting a bank loan is tougher than before the crisis. >> the impact of this political crisis is much more than a downturn in the number of

tourists landing here, hitting thailand's biggest companies and threatening its long term economic outlook. >> the largest mobile operator is losing money. people are worried about the future if you are buying new phones and spending less on services. their confidence in the future is down. some predict the country will fall into a technical recession later in the year. once it marks two consecutive quarters of negative growth. >> it will flow into the stock market, flow on into the tie bar. this year's political cries and the affect on the economy could well carry over into next year. >> one reason for that, since the government's not operating normally, the board of investment has not met in months, holding up nearly $20 billion investment dollars. the thais feeling the economic pinch now directly live or consumer and spending confidence. >> i can survive, but what about

people who earn minimum wage, drivers and traditional workers? aljazeera, bangkok. >> thailand has the second biggest economy in southeast asia but is the only country in the region currently seeing negative growth. >> switzerland won't have the highest minute pull wage, a proposal geejected that would have raised the early late to just under 25 u.s. dollars. it's more than double the $10.10 the president has been pushing for in the united states. polls in switzerland showing voters were worried it would affect business. >> let's check temperatures across the country today. >> a lot of good news in this

respect, the heat contributing to the fire danger as we get to the southwest and part of the central plains, but otherwise, a pretty comfortable day for a lot of the country, already well up to the northern tier, temperatures into the 50's this morning, maybe it could skip the jacket be up and down the east coast, 50's as we head out the door. for today, hot core, 90's and hundreds, anywhere from oklahoma into texas and that air coming in from the south spreads as far north as even putting minnesota into the 70's and 80's tomorrow. that will help warm the lakes people are trying to get to over the next holiday weekend. >> russian troops ordered to withdraw from the ukrainian border. >> russia said its because military drills are over, but what else is behind the move? >> it was so, so painful, i felt like somebody was tearing out my chest with a knife. >> a man said he survived a chemical attack in syria, then

miraculously made his way to the united states. what he saw and what he's doing about it now. >> the california chrome controversy, what could keep the winner of the kentucky derby and preakness from seeking the triple crown. >> a mom ordered to stop posting about her kids on facebook.

>> good morning. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. you are looking live at belmont park where the third leg of the triple crown will be held in three weeks. the controversy with the horse going for the triple crown that could keep california chrome out of the race. >> it has nothing to do with the

horse itself. >> we'll talk about the city ranked for the new mosquitoes. >> a new warning about the risk of contracting middle east respiratory syndrome >> southee's president is apologizing for last month's deadly ferry accident, announcing plans to disband the country's coast guard because she said it did not act quickly enough to recovery the bodies of victims. >> at&t reaching a deal to buy direct tv, creating the second largest cable provider. it needs to be approved by the f.c.c. >> nato has seen no signs of russian troops conducting

military exercises near the ukrainian border returning to bases. we have more on these latest developments. president putin claimed that these 40,000 troops amassed along the border would be pulled back. there was no sign that have. is there any sign that this time he will be good to his word? >> it does feel a little bit different this time, stephanie. the times you were talking about before, just after the geneva talks in mid april and then again a few weeks ago, where the continual lynn said it had withdrawn troops from the boredder, nato looked at its in tells and said no, haven't. this time, it's a specific order coming from the kremlin down through the proper chains of command. all the troops there have been on exercise to essentially go

back to their bases. it does feel a little bit different. why might putin have done that? >> there are a few reasons that i can see as being potentially significant. one of them is logistics. the russian army works basically on a system of con description, and that has a one year cycle. we're getting to the end of that cycle. essentially, there are a whole lot of troops who have to be demobilized and that could be one reason why they're being pulled back. another reason is possibly that putin feels he is getting what he wants in ukraine without that military threat. western leaders would like to think it's the sanctions making a difference and that it is those making mr. putin think again. >> meanwhile, president putin is also calling on ukraine to immediately end its operations and withdraw troops from the southeast of the country. what you are hearing about that? >> well, was if russia is going

to pull its forces back from the ukrainian border, it doesn't want the ukrainian government's forces to be in eastern ukraine unimpeded essentially, so it has made some very strong statements. we have heard from sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister today, i'll read you a quote from him, he's been saying that kievs anti terror operations in eastern ukraine are essentially turning into terror against the citizens of his own country for their political beliefs. it does seem that moscow is becoming a little bit more ambivalent for its support of the separatists in ukraine and does seem to be much more positive about the possibility of reconciliation between the government and kiev, and the pro russian separatists in the east. >> that would be a major development indeed.

>> chinese nationals leaving ve in my in droves, anti chinese sentiment has been escalating in the country. vietnamese protestors are angry that china placed an oil rig in the south chain i can't speak disputed waters. factories were set on fire. 200 died, 40 injured, vietnam's government now frightening security and calling for protestors to remain peaceful. >> after days of often violent anti chinese pro tests, the vietnamese authorities appear to be containing the disturbances. police broke up some small protests sunday morning. the demonstrators remain angry over chinese refusal to halt deep sea oil operations in waters claimed by vietnam. >> the intention was to show

support for the efforts to chaises away the chinese in the waters. >> the skirmish has been going on two weeks and the worry is that it could soon get out of control. vietnam's government is communist and tends to keep a lid on dissent but was unable to stop dice of violence in a third of the countries provinces. some attacked chinese run factory witness abalthough many were taiwanese owned, a stings lost on the rioters. china moved an oil rig close to the islands occupied by china, claimed by vietnam. further south, beijing is involved in another sovereignty tussle over islands. for now, the focus is getting nationals out of vietnam. >> we're sending some very expedient people to vietnam. >> more than 3,000 chinese citizens have already fled the

country, worried about the economic fallout, vietnam's government is promising to protect all investors. china and taiwan are among the biggest. whether they remain so is now in doubt. >> that was adrien brown reporting. last week, vice president biden called beijing's actions in the south china sea dangerous and provocative. >> 32 colombian children were killed when their church bus burst into flames. officials say the bus was overcrowded. they are looking into what started the fire. local residents say it all happened very quickly. >> a young man was trying to get a little girl out and a little girl was extending her arms to him, but the fire coming out of the bus didn't allow the young man to get the girl out and he had to step back and some children were hitting the windows of the bus with their heads and they would all run to the back. that was terrible, intense,

hell, behavioral what we went through here. >> the bus was driving the kids home after a church service in the northern colombian city. >> according to several sources, the general in charge of syria's air defenses has been killed. the lt. general was killed on sunday in fighting near damascus, one of the highest ranking officers to die during the syrian civil war. it's not clear what effect his death will have on the fighting. >> a man who survived a chemical weapons attack in syria now in america sharing his experiences with others so they can better understand what is going on in syria. he is sharing his personal story in his own words: >> i just made it here to the united states almost two months ago. i came from a town in the west of damascus. i got exposed by sarin attack on august 21. my heart stopped working, i lost

my ability to breathe. i felt like my chest was set on fire. my eyes was burning like hell. it was so, so painful. i felt like somebody was tearing out my chest with a knife. i always use expression of judgment day to describe what it felt like for me to see women and children, older men running and falling on the ground suffocating without seeing a single drop of blood. i had to pull myself together five days later to escort the united nations team when they entered to take advantage of my english skills. people started to feel hope again when we heard that there will be consequences for using chemical weapons in syria, but when nothing happened, people got so disappointed, and disgust from the international community. i managed to made it to the

borders and then from beirut airport, wimp is controlled by hezbollah and it was a pure miracle for me to make it here. >> he is speaking at colleges and universities, meeting with politicians when he can. he said he and others like him won't stop until they accomplish thor goal of a free syria for all. >> she's an ivy league grad, a prep schoolteacher and an undocumented immigrant. a young colorado woman brought to the u.s. by her parents when she was just four, now thanks to a special program put in place by president obama, she's becoming an inspiration to students in colorado. we have her story. >> writers, singers, poets have been really interested with the idea of creating a perfect world. ok? >> utopia is the topic of the day in her reading and critical thinking class. what does it mean? what kind of world do these

seventh graders think you phobia would be. >> no borders to segregate. >> what a teacher is is more important than what they teach. >> i was born in mexico and i've been in the united states since i was four years old. i went to the university of pennsylvania for college and i studied political science and now i'm here through future for america. >> she is also an undocumented immigrant, just like many of her students. >> read over the alert quickly and that will help you out. >> in the denver public school system, as many as 20% of the students are undocumented, that number higher here, a charter school on denver's historically latino northwest side. >> we're going to try our best. >> she has temporary permission to work in the u.s. through president obama's did he everred action for childhood arrivals

program. her parents, a welder and a restaurant worker are too concerned about their immigration status to show their faces. >> you've had to live in the shadows, keep your head down. >> absolutely. one of the things i'm grateful is that even in that sense of insecurity, my parents were also stressing like education and always stress that go regardless of my status and where we lived or what were our current circumstances, that my sister and my brother and i were always going to go to college. >> the program that brought her and another undocumented teach tore denver public schools has faced criticism from anti immigrant groups. teach for america's regional director brush that is off. >> each one of our teachers meets an incredibly high bar of potential leadership and every bar being qualified as an educator. >> this fall, the denver school district wants at least 10 more

teachers like this, teachers who use their unique combination of immigration status and achievement to lead and inspire. >> in a society where no one is educated, then you don't have any progress. >> denver's public school system is the first in the nation to seek out undocumented immigrants as teachers. >> the number of public college presidents who earn over $1 million doubled last year. the head of ohio's state university heads the list. he resigned. in all, nine college presidents earned more than $9 million. only four presidents made that much in 2012. americans owe $1.2 trillion in student loans. >> lots of porch and circumstance this weekend, including that for secretary of state john kerry. he was the key note speaker at his alma mater delivering the commencement address at yale.

he talks about the changes he has seen since graduating with his degree back in 1966. wow, telling graduates to avoid in difference, hopelessness and 166 about the failures of government. >> we refuse to limit our vision of the possible are possibilities for our country and so should you. >> secretary kerry telling the class of 2014 to give back to their communities >> after this man's life was changed forever, he never gave up on his dream of getting an

education. >> the world cup is now less than a month away, but many are worried brazil will not be ready in time. we take you inside soccer stadiums that still aren't finished. >> the stadium in sao paulo, the home of a club and venue for six world cup games, including the opener and one of the semifinals, only it's not finished. there was plenty to cause concern, 25 days before the tournament starts. this man said he was in charge, but couldn't tell us where to find our press accreditation. we should have if i got i faithe we said. these are the steps the dignitaries will be climb for

the opening of the 2014 word cup. what you don't see is what i can see now from another angle. building materials and unfinished work. it will all be finished at the last minute say officials. >> no, i'm not a football hooligan tearing out the seats. this is one of the many thousands still waiting to be installed before the kickoff june 12. >> 40,000 fans will attend the game in a stadium that will have a 68,000 capacity. public transport, communications, first aid facilities and crowd control were just some of the elements being tested. >> this is a truly beautiful stadium with great aacoustics and it will be a wonderful sporting arena when it's finished. the question is will it be ready in final for the start of the world cup. >> the authorities say it will, the sport is a religion here.

you must have faith, we're told. many are placing it in god rather than the world cup organizers. >> the world cup's opening game will be held on june 12. they still have a couple more weeks. >> we'll see what god has to say about that. it's only happened 13 times, there is now a chance of handing out one of the most elusive title in the world of sports, the triple crown. >> the latest contender california chrome. the big question this morning, will this horse make it to the starting gate for the third race of the series. we have the details. >> we still have time, the belmont stakes about three weeks away. a drama is going to play out this week as race officials decide on whether or not to bend one of their rules for the horse california chrome. if the answer's no, the horse's owner might say no to letting their colt run for the triple

crown. california chrome is hot. the 3-year-old's win at the preakness was his sixth win in a row. >> i just want everybody to know that this horse is america's horse. >> the horse has worn a nose strip in each of its six wins. according to the website, it propose operation respiratory help. most tracks in the u.s. allow them, belmont park is not one, which happens to be the third part of the triple crown. >> i don't like to see about it. i've seen so many great horses get beaten at belmont, i'm just going to enjoy the moment. ok? >> the big moment will be this week, when officials consider trainer art sherman's formal request that california chrome be permitted wear the nose strip. if the answer's no, california

chrome's owners say they're considering removing him from the belmont stakes field and from his chance to become the 12th triple crown winner in history. >> we don't like to change much, we like to keep things pretty much the same. if it's not broke, don't fix it kind of thing, you know. >> history is not on california chrome's side. the last horse to win the derby and preakness favored the nose strips, but new york officials voted against having another wear them in the 2012 belmont stakes. >> california chrome has the chance to become the first triple crown winner since affirm 36 years ago. i remember affirm's win very well. >> i'm trying to figure that one out. >> i believe del, i don't believe you, john henry. we'll keep following that, thank you. >> headlines around the world today, a man beaten by a mob in detroit after a car accident.

steve utash is home after a month in the hospital, his family celebrating. he was a tree trimmer who got attacked when he got out of his car to help a young boy who he accidently hit. when the young boy ran into traffic, everybody knows it was the little boys fault. he suffered head injuries, the man did. he is home. >> he was attacked by a mob. part of those people are facing assault charges. >> the court can restrict what people say on social media. a new jersey appellate court ruled that a mother's rights were not violated when a judge barred her from ranting about her kids and father on facebook. she had been in a custody battle with her husband and tried to steam the kids and take them into canada. she was ranting about hitler and jeffery dahmer. >> she was a little out of control.

>> she can't be on facebook and talking about her kids anymore according to this judge. >> berlin, the local has the story about how german politicians want to create a female version of a character who guides pedestrians across 2,000 crossings in the capitol. the social democratic party wants to create her, she should look modern, no high heels. >> why can't ampleman also be a man? >> researches tracking mosquitoes. >> which cities get invaded the worst and the new virus they could be spreading. >> researchers hope to help a quarter of breast cancer patients. >> looking live at st. louis, missouri, the gateway to the west that. that is the arch in the background. it is 52 degrees this morning. threat of showers later in the day.

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>> it's time now for our discovery of the day. scientists are working on a new way of treating breast cancer. >> the disease affects one in four breast cancer patients. the patients develop a resistance to the drug treating it after a few years. they have identified a protein playing a major role in developing breast tumors. the treatment has been successful in animals. human trials begin later this year. >> in just a moment, we're going to look for the new airborne illness as mosquito season is getting underway. >> first a look at the forecast. >> standing water contributes to

those little mosquitoes being able to breed. we still have an area into the extreme northeast, just a couple of showers with the offshore system. the other big area we're watching is this moisture moving through the midsection of the country. this area has a little more precipitation with it and places like the arrowhead of minnesota under flood warnings or watches underway for that precipitation. ejected as the mosquito was the unofficial state bird in minnesota. >> thank you very much. >> the mercury is climbing and with the summer comes mosquitoes. experts say it's not the sun, but the rain that brings them to life. this year, researchers detect a pattern for the potential for a new airborne illness. >> how much time will you spend swatting mosquitoes away this summer.

the top 20 mosquito cities are based on requests for rod occasion. >> more rain means more mosquitoes. they like to breed in standing water. cases of west nile virus is a severe illness fred by mass skeet toes and a certain area of the country tends to have the most cases. >> we kind of see the middle part of the united states as being a higher risk area, from texas up into the dakotas, we see high incidents. >> experts say it's impossible to predict how severe west nile season will be but predict a new rye of us will make an appearance in two years. >> it's a disease that more than likely will be introduced into the beyond. >> it was detected in st. martin

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no action. >> the late king of pop coming back to the stage with high tech help. the virtual performance by michael jackson had them on their feet at the billboard music awards. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> at&t to become a bigger part of the kale wars, buying direct t.v. for $48.5 billion. >> it has to be approved first and that could take months. comcast announced the merger with time warner in february and that still hasn't been approved yet. this one could be a big deal for consumers, especially if the comcast merger goes through. >> if this deal goes through, at&t would secure itself as a major player in the cable game. here's how it stacks up for t.v. content subscribers, a landscape

changing quickly particularly with services like netflix streaming via the internet bringing subscribers, a whopping 35 million. if the comcast messages goes through, subscribers make comcast the biggest provider in the country. if the at&t deals happens, it would be the second large evident. a big jump from its nearly 6 million customers through its service called u verse. the cell phone provider aspect of at&t adds a new layer. >> we're seeing a new alliance growing here between a mobile cell phone company basically and satellite broadcaster. >> this could mean that customers would have the option to bundle cable, internet and

cell phone together, bringing costs down for consumers. >> we would like to see a company like at&t with direct t.v. start providing more broad band alternatives to people on the local level. the dirty little secret about this industry is most americans don't have choice when it comes to cable and broad band. if they can provide that, bills will come down. >> a merger between the cell phone service provider at&t and the satellite service provider direct tv would mean personalling technologies, wimp is why the c.e.o. of atna described is as a unique opportunity that will redefine the industry. >> three months worth of rainfall in three days causing massive flooding in the balkans, triggers 3,000 land slides. 25,000 people have been forced

to evacuate. the power station that provides electricity to most of the country is threatened. the water disturbed land mines buried during the civil war 20 years ago. we have more. >> with more than 25,000 people driven from their homes as the floodwaters continue to rise, the priority for the rescue crews is the evacuation of the sick and elderly. >> many of the most vulnerable remain trapped and now are running out of food and drinking water. it is a massive logistics operation that's threatening to completely overwhelm emergency services. on dry ground, helicopters shuttled between the river bank and local hospitals, ferrying those too weak to walk. >> a lot of people are still in their apartments.

there are elderly and people with disabilities who stayed behind. >> on saturday, more than 4,000 people exhausted, carrying nothing but a few belongings boarded coaches for the emergency shelters set up in schools and sports arenas. it could be a long time before they'll be able to return home. overstretched local rescue teams are now being backed up by civilian volunteers. >> people calm us from all over the country to offer help. i hope that stays the same over the coming days when people in the affected areas will really need all the help they can get. >> the country's biggest power station cited on the very banks of the river is now under threat. capacity at the power plant had already been cut as local coal mines flooded. water reached the basement of the plant. a total shut down would black out the entire region at the very height of this national

emergency. >> the first shipments of foreign aid now arriving in those areas. the u.n. is flying in food, water and emergency medical supplies to belgrade. >> in southern california, evacuation orders from the devastating wildfires have been lifted, but the governor warns this could be one of the drought stricken region's worst wildfire seasons ever. with a budget to fight those fires quickly dwindling, brown urges californians to make changes. in our next half hour, we'll take a look at how firefighters are preparing for the wildfire season. >> those crews getting some help from the weather, but the threat of wildfires is surfacing in other places. >> for more, let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> one of the biggest things you can do if you have a home and a fire area is clear the brush around your home. that made a big difference with some of the fires we just saw in california not providing additional fuel with that dry

brush. we did have the pattern shift, a combination of that, more wind from the north versus the santa ana winds has dropped temperatures 20-30 degrees, more of an onshore flow raised humidities, not as dry. the brighter the red, the more extreme the drought areas. we've had similar conditions from kansas into parts of texas and that's where our risk is shifting now. behind the front, definitely some improving conditions, ahead of this, though, now getting winds out of the south into the central plains into the southwest. that is heating things up, which dries things out, and then the winds also fuel potential fire. we have a risk anywhere from parts of arizona all the way up into portions of kansas for today. temperatures have already gone up in some cases 20 degrees from yesterday, so definitely a steamy one today with that risk.

>> nicole, thank you very much. >> moscow is once again ordering its troops away from the ukrainian border. russian president vladimir putin declared military training completed. nato officials have not seen any significant withdrawal of the soldiers. putin will discuss thation tomorrow at a united nations meeting with ban ki-moon. president putin has said he would withdraw those troops before. is there a sign that this is different and why is he saying this now? >> it does feel a bit more like the real deal, mainly for the reason that this is a specific order, coming from the kremlin going to the defense minister and down the chain of command where as before with when we heard this, it was the kremlin saying that they have already withdrawn troops, nato then

looked at their intelligence and said well, no, you haven't. we have had a degree of verification for this from the ukrainian state border service today, which was saying that actually for the last week, it has been monitoring the border and it's seen remarkly less military activity on the russian side than it had been seeing up until then. it's still a wait and see situation, though. if it is true, as one defense analyst put it to me earlier on today when i spoke to him, it will mean that the russians have decided that there is going to be no full scale invasion of ukraine as least for the moment. >> president putin i understand is calling on ukraine to immediately withdraw its own troops from the southeast of the country. what are you hearing about that? >> of course, if are you sure shis pulling back its troops, it wants to see some concession on the ukrainian side, as well and the russian government has been

very, very critical about what the ukrainian military on the orders of kiev have been doing in the east of the country. we heard from sergey lavrov today, who's the russian foreign minister, a quote from him, basically saying that kiev's anti terror operations, that's what the kievs have been calling them anyway in the eastern ukraine are turning into terror against his own citizens for their political beliefs, so the kremlin very, very critical of the new governments in kiev and what it is doing militarily in the east of the country. the kremlin also does seem to be making suggestions over the last few days at least that it's becoming more optimistic that there might be a detente. >> we could be seeing an unprecedented crackdown on chinese hackers.

a criminal indictment set to target a sophisticated campaign stealing from u.s. companies. multiple reports claim the justice department filed charges against several officials with the chinese government, accused of using chinese military and intelligence facilities to steal trade secrets from american businesses. >> hundreds of chinese nationals are fleeing vietnam after a series of deadly protests there. two more chinese boats arriving in vietnam to help with evacuations. protestors are angry about china placing an oil rig in the disputed waters. several foreign owned factories were set on fire, two died, 140 injured. we have more from beijing on the workers returning to china. >> the evacuation of chinese nationals from vietnam is now gathering pace. 16 of the more seriously injured arrived. there are 3,000 chinese in

total, whosoever have been evacuated, but about 4,000 remain in the country, which is why the chinese have dispatched four vessels to the port in central vietnam, so this evacuation process is going to go on for several days, i imagine. now, this latest clash between vietnam and china is not just over china's decision to deploy an oil rig to islands which are also claimed by vietnam. this is also, say analysts, about china wanting to test americas resolve, to see however america is prepared to go in defending its allies in the region, particularly japan and the philippines. also, china says that its actions at the moment are in many ways a direct response to america's attempt to reengage with this part of the world. they say that america's efforts to assert its influence once more in this part of the world is increasing tensions, and that is a fault of the united states

and not china, said beijing. >> that's adrien brown reporting. many people in china praising their government for protecting its sittence abroad. >> the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 is entering a new phase. china will begin mapping the sea bed off the coast of australia this week. a chinese ship will join the search, hope to go reach depths of 23,000 feet, a navy submersible reached 15,000 feet before malfunctioning last week. the missing jet with 239 onboard disappeared in early march. >> an apology coming from north korean officials following the collapse of an apartment building. hundreds of feared dead after the 23 stories building under construction collapsed last week. 92 families had already moved into the unfinished building. >> south korea's president saying she will displanting the coast guard because of its response to the deadly ferry

accident. the president making that announcement during a tearful pal gee as she accepted full responsibility for the government's handling of the disaster. >> south korea's president cried openly as she addressed her nation, paying tribute to those who had given their lives to save others. she assumed direct responsibility for the loss of more than 300 lives, so many of them school children. >> i apologize to the nation for the pain and suffering that everyone felt. as the president, i should be responsible for the safety of the people. >> this was also a speech designed to set out her plans, promised in the aftermath of the disaster to reform her nation. the first target was the coast guard, criticized for helping the captain and crew to safety, but not doing enough to get to those trapped in their cabins. the entire service would be disbanded. >> a new national safety agency will take over the coast guard's rescue role, the police its

investigative one. the president vowed to end what she called the bureaucratic mafia where regulators get curby requirement jobs in the industries they oversee, undermining safety. people still had their own personal attributes to the victims and consider the president's response. >> i think her apology is too late and it's not the right time to break up the coast guard. >> she has a political fight on hernandez recover her presidency. her approval rating has fallen and there are local elections on june 4. >> because of the significance of the issue and then shock that ordinary people face and there is political momentum, that she can take advantage of, though it's a crisis, but i think this is opportunity for her to take concrete actions.

>> the president begins a trip to the arab emirates. the nuclear industry still reeling from a safety scandal linked to corruption. >> the head of south korea's coast guard saying he will humbly embrace the plan to dismantle his department, until then do our best until we find the very last missing passenger. >> three turkish mining company executives are under arrested, charged with negligence in connection with the accident that left 301 coal miners dead. the arrests follow complaints who say the company failed to heed safety concerns and government officials had not conducted thorough inspections of the mine. others were detained for questions sunday, six reds. last week's disaster sparked protest in istanbul. >> four dead in the wake of a suicide bombing in northern nigeria. it happened on a busy street in the city in a predominantly christian neighborhood, filled with bars and restaurants.

one victim was a 12-year-old girl. >> that attack thought to be the work of the rebel group boko haram, holding hundreds of school girls hostage since last month. the attack comes hours after nigeria's president joined forces with western leaders promising war on boko haram. the government is expected to share intelligence and border intelligence with nearby nations. >> a new case of merse in the u.s. is causing concern. >> pope francis on his first leader to the holy land. the diplomatic dance he'll ever to do as he brings his message of peace. >> a factory demolition in one brazilian neighborhood, the anger of residents and other videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world.

>> you are looking at transylvania, romania. 61 degrees, heading to a high of 85 with sunny skies. that's union square right next to st. michael church. what a treat. >> welcome to al jazeera america. let's get a look at some of the videos captured by citizen journalists. >> thousands taking to the streets of several australian cities yesterday to protest against budget cuts. jacob sean long posted this footage of police dragging away protestors who sat down in the streets. the crowdies were upset about foreign minister tony abbot health and spending cutbacks. >> rio de janeiro, dim mission of a centuries old factory. local media reports that the residents in the area were informed of that demolition just days before it took place. >> a celebration erupting in

london after arsenal captured its first football association cup championship in nine years. fans got to watch the win over the whole city at emirate stadium before spilling out into the streets. >> the party is still going on. straight ahead, concerns that u.s. health officials have over the deadly mers virus. >> let's look at temperatures across the country today, nicole mitchell is back. >> i'm amazed all those people turned out to a stadium just to watch t.v. as you head out today, really lovely weather this morning. fifty's up and down the coastline. we have 50's across a lot of the northern tier have the country, even billings not too bad, 47 degrees. we are going to start to see definitely warmer weather as we get into the central plains through the course of the day.

you can see the core of the extreme reds, where 90s and hundreds, we'll zoom in on that. with the pattern change we have seen on the west coast, temperatures have gone down on to our flow, helping to raise the humidity levels, reducing the fire risk in california. the core of the least is wind out of the south, already gusting into the 20's this morning. this afternoon could go into the 30-40-mile per hour range and because of the gusting wind, drawing in that warm air and the warm air helping dry everything out, humidities that could be only in the single digits, all of those elements will combine to put this area into a high fire risk. wichita, 100 degrees, lubbock 102. that heat spreads to the northern tier of the country, minneapolis getting to 70 degrees. >> there is new hope doctors may be able to slow a deadly lung disease.

80,000 americans suffer from the disease, causing scarring to the lungs making it hard to breathe. nearly half the people die within three to five years. researchers have created two experimental drugs that could prolong survival. there's no cure for the disease, but there's hope the break through could provide a treatment option. >> not so good news for men with low sperm counts, they may have a shorter life span. research indicates men with sperm defects die sooner than healthy counterparts. researchers say findings should council men with sperm deficiencies on adopting a healthy lifestyle. >> there is a new fight against prostate cancer, trained dogs that can sniff out the cancer in human urine with near perfect accuracy. in a test involving 700 samples, two specially trained dogs were able to detect chemicals released into urine with a combined accuracy of 98%.

>> the deadly middle east respiratory symptom mers, spreading in the u.s. it's believed an illinois man caught it in a brief meeting with another men infected, both of them now fighting off the infection. we have more from washington, d.c. >> the contact in this case came state side during a business meeting, just 40 minutes and a brief handshake between an infected man from indiana, who had been working in saudi arabia and an illinois man picked up the infection. >> it looks like this will be the first case in the u.s. of contraction or transmission of mers, making it a concern at this point. >> the illinois man showed symptoms through a mild cold. he is no longer sick and asked to isolate himself. the man who had been in the middle east spent several weeks in the hospital and is better.

raising questions about how the virus is transmitted. >> we have to be very careful about giving people this false sense of security. right now, we have to also state that the problem is largely limited to the middle east. >> warnings now in airports for those traveling overseas. the virus is tricky, as symptoms range from none to a severe cold and respiratory problem. >> about two years ago, persons having close contact with camels in carrying for the them or in particular consuming com he will products began to develop this infection. >> the virus started in sawed rein in 2012. there is no vaccine or cure and only symptoms can be treated. >> the virus has now spread to 15 countries, 600 people have been sickened from this particular virus. one third which them have died. >> libya's parliament stormed by gunman, the man claiming

responsibility for the attack and the showdown that could be coming. >> the chase for horse racing history could be derailed by a verge nasal strip. why a rule could threaten california chromes to be the first triple crown winner in more than 30 years. ♪ ♪ >> so real, michael jackson taking the stage once again at the billboard music awards. the high tech way that the king of pop was able to perform nearly five years after his death. >> a look now at our images of the day and some of that devastation and rescue efforts from floods sweeping the balkans. 44 are dead, 25,000 people forced to evacuate their homes.

>> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. >> ahead in this half hour, political chaos in libya, the government condemning an attack on parliament led by a former

general. they say it was a political coup. >> firefighters in california looking to protect the state from firefighters. governor brown warns this will be the worst fire season ever. >> at&t set to buy direct t.v. two companies announcing that blockbuster deal on sunday. if it goes through, it would be a major player in the cable game. right now, it has 6 million subscribers through u verse, direct t.v. is the largest satellite provider with 20 million subscribers. the merger would make it the second biggest cable provider in the country. the cell phone operation allowing customers the option to bundle internet and cell phone together. >> adjustment based pfizer has been courting astro system

enica. they said no. pfizer will not raise its offer again. >> age related dementia affecting 5 million americans. that number will rise as more and more of us live longer. some communities are striving to better serve them. seattle could be the best city in the country. >> this woman's diagnose was devastating. >> i myself took the news badly. i became angry at the disease. >> it can mean separation and isolation from friends, even family, but seattle is introducing creative ways to combat negative consequences of the decease. >> activities happening in public places, like museums, art

galleries, instead of happening in isolated places for people living with dementia. >> the city is teaming up so people living with dementia and air gives can take a museum tour, paint in a garden, try snow shoeing and an alzheimer's cafe, a space where businesses welcome these groups. it's all about momentia. >> it's forward motion, movement acknowledge idea of celebrating life in the moment. >> cities in minnesota, wisconsin and tennessee are just a few creating dementia friendly communities, realizing that about 5 million americans have dementia and that number could triple in the next few decades. momentia is an effort taking shape in neighborhoods. >> the forefront of a grass

roots effort to become friendly on all fronts, including businesses, non-profits and city services. >> since alice's diagnosis, paul has become aware of what's missing. >> public transportation could be dementia friendly, anywhere the public goes, recognize the signs training. >> the movement now focuses on activities that keep those with the disease and their care givers engaged. >> it's fun when the person with dementia and the person without dementia, sometimes it's not entirely clear who's who. they do activities together. >> they have music and you socialize. you're just in the moment. >> a moment played out in a city working to make itself more

dementia friendly. aljazeera, seattle. >> the seattle mariners are hosting a game day for those living with alzheimer's and their friends and families. >> craft is recalling more than a million cases of cottage cheese which may have spoiled because of improper storage. one complaint of illness is being investigated, the recall precautionary. it is stamped with expiration dates two july 23. >> switzerland will not have the world's highest minimum wage, the propose reject the by voters. it's more than double the $10.10 president obama has been pushing for in this country. polls in switzerland showed concern the plans would affect small business and lead to unemployment. 76% voted no. >> business leader in pakistan urging more to be done to reduce

unemployment. some seeking jobs are so desperate they are turning to the taliban for help. >> it's been described as pakistan's switzerland, the beauty of the valley, but its natural spinoff, tourism was affected by the taliban. by the time the army drove the taliban out in 2009, another traditional industry lay in ruins. the silk trade, there have been efforts to revive it, but talk of government subsidies haven't materialized. this is one of the few factories left. most of its workers have been laid off. those left are each having to operate 12 of the machines. the owner has been holding on to stock, because he can't sell at a profit. >> i'm only carrying on now for the sake of these poor laborers.

i shut down one factory. i may to have close this one. >> in better times, yarn smug would from afghanistan gave the valley cheap materials. the supply stopped. with high overheads and costly raw materials, this is what's in store now. what was a thriving industry providing 70,000 jobs handed down through generations now reduced to scrap. this one of 500 factories closed down and about to be sold. >> with no jobs available in the valley, there are warnings those falling into poverty can be attracted to the taliban for money, not beliefs. a union worker about to lose his job say it may be unthinkable, but some people there's no alternative. >> thousands of people used to work in the silk industry. now it's so bad, some of the

unemployed joined the taliban, resorting to wearing suicide vest to say bring in money to feed their families. what other option do i have? i can either commit suicide on my own or take a gun in my hand and join the taliban just for the money. >> while security may have improved, business owners in the valley say the economic consequences is an enemy pakistan government is underestimating. >> nationwide, the unemployment rate in pakistan is above 5%. >> libya's government is condemning sunday's attack on the parliament building in tripoli, saying two were killed and 10 staffers kidnapped when gunman stormed the building. the former general claimed responsibility as part of his several imposed mandate to rid libya of religious backed

militia's. the government accuses him of a coup. let's talk this former general responsible for the attack. who is he and who is he leading? >> the general is a retired general that helped colonel gaddafi stage his coup back in the late 1960's. later, he joined the libyan army and waged war, libya's war against chad. he was held captive, then defected, he took refuge in the u.s. and then when the revolution against gadhafi, he joined. fro are from the army, others from different tribes in the

region. >> how big a problem does this represent to the government? >> clearly we're having problems. that was a report from tripoli. >> later this week, pope francis will visit the holy land. he will make stops in israel, the west bank, jerusalem and jordan. >> the pope will celebrate the 50th anniversary was historic visit by pope paul vi. >> it was the first time a pope had done international travel. it opened up the first beginnings of an era in which the papacy would reach out to the world. >> on that visit, the embrace

between the pope and the spiritual leader of the world's greek either dock christians ended the 900 year split between the two he churches. other tensions in the region still simmered. >> he understood that there was a lot of tension between the palestinian cause and the news at that point still relatively new israel nation. it's before the 1967 war, but after the 1948 war between the two declining conflicts of the palestinian history. >> the pope will travel with a rabbi and muslim leader. it's described as an absolute novelly by the vatican. >> this is a pope who also walks humbly. it's so in fitting with his character that he arrives in the holy land, fraught with politics and overlapping sacred space arm in arm with two friends. >> it's not the pope's first visit. forty years ago, he visited, but

arrived just as the yom kippur war reresulted. he spent most of his time confined to the hotel in east jerusalem, studying st. powells letters to the corintheans before he could leave. the vat convenient and israel established diplomatic relations to pave the way. the pope focused on raring differses between the jewish people and catholic church, including placing a note to god in the western wall, one of the holiest sites in the jewish faith. a similar trip by the pope in 2005, but walking in the steps of jesus in the holy land has always required nimbleness and deft diplomacy. it is called the francis effect and many eagerly await what he

can bring to this ancient land. >> the vatican saying the pope is refusing to use his bulletproof vehicles for his trip, saying he wants to use a normal car so he can get as close to the people as possible. >> a maximum security prison in brazil reds four guards after inmates took them hostage, holding them for more than a day. authorities have agreed to the inmates' main demand that some be transferred to other facilities. nearly 130 prisoners relatives visiting on saturday got caught up in the uprising. they were also allowed to leave. >> 32 children in columbia dying when their car and bus burst into flames. the bus was overcrowded. they are looking into what started the fire. the residents who saw it say it happened quickly. >> a young man was trying to get a little girl out and a little girl was extending her arms to

him, but the fire coming out of the bus didn't allow the young man to get the girl out, and he had to step back. some children were hitting the windows with their heads and they would all run to the back. that was terrible. that was intense, hell, basically what we went through here. >> the bus was driving those kids home after a church service in the northern colombian city. >> an old rail bridge in calendar cap collapsed, crushing a construction worker, part of the bridge on the 91 freeway in riverside buckled unexpectedly while the worker was help to go tear it down. it was being demolished to expand that highway. no one else was injured in the accident. >> california residents getting ready to return home. raging wildfires have been mostly contained. the crews are now getting ready for the next assignment. >> the fire captain and his crew

don't stop working just because the flames are out. >> the heat will stay for days. we'll have to get down in there, turn that soil over, get to the heat source to make sure it's fully extinguished. >> 1300 firefighters were called to fight fires in southern california in the past few days. once the fires were contained, rather than relax and exhale, crews are immediately preparing for the next one. >> we're on stand by. anytime, we can be pulled out of here nor any fire emergency. >> california's drought mixed with high temperatures and winds figured and early start to the fire mistaken. trucks that come off the fire lines are examined by mechanics to make sure they can safely be put back into service immediately. cal fire is scrambling to hire firefighters, knowing this season may be more demanding than usual. >> get them onboard earlier than previously. >> firefighters say homeowners also need to be prepared for a

longer than usual fire season. they say this home was saved because the owner planned ahead and cut back the brush on the property. that stopped the flames and allowed the firefighters to get in here. >> it's going to be a long season, so we're kind of treating this like the first inning of a baseball game and just going to have to chip away at it and stay physically fit, healthy and not go too hard too early. >> he said vacations have been postponed this year with training starting in february instead of may. crews prepared their families, as well, because the dry forecast and dry earth this year will likely mean more fires and more days on the road than in the past. lisa bernard, aljazeera, california. >> the state anticipating one of the worst fire seasons ever. >> it's only been possible 13 times in the last 36 years, the chance at winning one of the

most elusive title in all of sports, the triple crown in horse racing. >> the big question whether california chrome will make it to the starting gate. we have the details. >> the final jewel in the triple crown is the belmont stakes. that's three weeks away, but a key drama will play out this week as race officials decide on whether or not to bend one of their rules for california chrome. he has won six races in a row all wearing a nose strip to improve breathing. most traction in the u.s. allow them, belmont park is not one of them. that's the site of the third leg of the triple crown, the belmont stakes. this week, officials there will consider a request to let california chrome wear the nose strip. if the answer is no, the owners say they're considering removing him from the belmont stakes field. the trainer knows mastering belmont park will be a tough challenge. >> i don't even like to think bit, because, you know, i've

seen so many great horses get beat in the belmont. i'm just going to enjoy the moment, ok? >> we don't like to change much. we like to keep things pretty much the same, if it's not broke don't fix it kind of thing. >> history is not on california chrome's side. the last horse to win both the derby and preakness also favored the nose strips but new york officials voted against letting i'll have another wear them in the 2012 belmont stakes. california chrome that ha the chance to become the first triple crown winner since affirm did it in 1978, 36 long years ago. >> if you watched it last night, you were stunned, he's back, the king of pop reclaiming his throne last night at the billboard awards. >> michael jackson back from the dead and back on the stage. . presents the system with joe berlinger >> mandatory minimums are routinely used to coerce plea bargains

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>> welcome to al jazeera america. you're looking live at lake michigan and it is beautiful out there, although probably a bit chilly this morning. straight ahead, how scientists in a country prone to volcanos are looking to sound the alarm ahead of eruptions. >> first, nick mitch is back. >> someone said they'd like to be at that beach. the water temperature is maybe like 50 degrees. i might be being jenous at that. it is the northern tier of the country that will see the moisture today. the southern tear stays dry. we're still under the risk for fire danger, along with other elements moving in with our next weather system. the northern tear is where we have the moisture. on the southern side, we've got the warm southerly flow. the wind bringing in lower humidities and then the heat all contributing to the fire danger

i was just talking about. the moisture on the northern tier could be heavy in some cases. we had a little disturbance off in the northeast bringing few showers today to parts of main. most region will stay dry. this will be our bigger weather maker, bringing showers into the location this morning. getting through the rest of the day, that's our one area that we could get some of the heavier stuff. a lot of places here through michigan getting an inch of rain, but some isolated spots getting up to a couple inches of rain, so that's our concern a little marte in the day, dealing with some of that heavy rain that could cause some flash flood concerns. that's why we have in effect some flood warnings for this area. one piece of great news, we have cooled down significantly into places like california. this is the much more comfortable hiking weather, 71 in los angeles, helping reduce the fire danger here. we have a lot of good news, a couple spots that are a little

too hot. >> this next story stinks, really, dead fish popping up in southern california. it is blamed for the mass killing of anchovy's stingrays and halibut, leaving an unbearable stench in the area. biologists call the phenomenon an oxygen dead zone caused by heated waters. >> when it comes to earth yankees, tsunamis, mudslides, chyllia may be the most vulnerable country in the atmosphere. it's home to scores of volcanos. scientists are trying to create an early volcano warning system to save lives. >> chile's long landscape is punctuated by volcanos, thousands of them.

in 2011, one spewed ashe lauds that circled the hemisphere five times. to prepare, chile's government willed a state-of-the-art network monitoring volatile cool contain knows in realtime, like this one on yellow alert since april. >> we are monitoring 43 of the most active volcanos with cameras, thermal and seismic sensors and other devices to chile can have first rate information to put an early warning system in motion. >> of all the active volcanos, one poses the greatest potential danger and so accompanied by a top volcano expert, we go to see it in southern chile. he tells us its long overdo for a major eruption. a reason for concern, because just a few kilometers away are the popular tourist cities. i'm on the northern slope of the

volcano. every day, people hike up and in the winter ski off the slope. in the case of a major eruption, everything within a 30-kilometer radius of here which in summer means up to 100,000 people would be destroyed within 15 minutes. >> it's not lava flows, but massive earth slides posing the most likely threat. >> when it erupts, the lava can mate and free huge quantity at this time of water. millions of cubic meters flow down the volcano at up to 100 kilometers per hour, dragging rocks, sand and everything in its path. >> next to the road, we find an enormous value can knowic border, a souvenir from the last big eruption in 1971. 77-year-old man who raises sheep on the volcano was just a child

at the time. >> the earth slides killed people like flies, the animals, too, the volcano took everything. houses were tossed in the air. >> since it happened long ago, this woman believes there is nothing to worry about now, a false sense of security say experts who say it's a matter of when it will show its furry again. this time, these modern monitoring devices could make all the difference. aljazeera, chile. >> 10% of the world's volcanos are found in chile. >> secretary of state john kerry was the key note speaker at his alma mater, delivering the commencement address sunday. he talked about the changes he has seen since he graduated with a degree in political science in 1966, telling the graduates to avoid indifference and

hopelessness about the failures of the government. >> it's cynicism that says water powerless to affect real change and the era of american leadership is over. i don't believe that for a second and neither does president obama. we refuse to limit our vision of the possibilities for our country and so should you. >> also telling the class of 2014 to look beyond their own needs and give back to their communities. [ applause ] >> a standing ovation for eric la grand at rutgers university, the former football player received his degree from the school on sunday. back in 2010, he was paralyzed from the neck down following a hit on the football field, but even after his life was changed forever, he says he never gave up on his dream of getting an education. >> this is why you don't brag. a professional cyclist making paternal mistake during the tour of california.

he pumped his 50 in the air during the home stretch. the problem was, that wasn't the finish line. he didn't realize that he still had a lap to go. yes, watch as this happens. he looked back. the rest of the back able to chase him down, another cyclist taking the win for the stage. he later poked fun at himself in a tweet saying lucky nobody saw me. >> michael jackson live in concert from beyond the grave. it sure looks and sounds like the king of pop. it is actually a hologram, the singer was brought back to life last night. these were the billboard music awards. the groundbreaking image of jackson moon walking alongside real life dancers. he or it sang.

many in the audience gave a standing ovation, some wiping away tears. creators of that also worked an visually stunning films such as avatar. the album debuted at number one in 50 countries when released last week. >> you're stunned as you see it, because the technology is so good, but it is bizarre to see an entertainer that has been dead for five years performing live on stage. sometimes you have to question whether technology goes too far. this is one of those, i think a lot of people are going to be talking about it. that's going to do it for this edition of aljazeera america. >> more headlines are straight ahead. we'll have the latest on this morning's top stories, including a potential coup attempt in libya. that's just two minutes away. >> we want to wish you a great morning and we'll see you right back here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. you can check us out 24 hours a day just by going to

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>> hello, from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes a showdown between armed groups in libya as the government struggles to unite the country. video message from the pakistani taliban. it's leader said it will continue fighting until islamic law is imposed across the country.