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empty. >> dishonorable. president obama used that word to describe the conduct of veteran appear affairs health s. >> when i hear of misconduct when it is long wait times or cooking the books i will not stand for it, not as commander in chiefer but also not as an manner. >> mike viqueira for us at the white house. mike, there are serious allegations beyond cooking the books. what is the president saying about it, and what is the president going to do about it. >> reporter: this is galling for president obama and this is an issue president obama has been talking about since he was senator on the committee of veteran's affairs in the senate, campaigning on his pledge to reduce the wait times in the va.

these are chronic problems, they go back decades if not generations. the president has thrown money at these programs, yet the wait persists and many are calling on the president to fire his va secretary erik shinseki. let's listen to nor of what the president had to say. >> he has put his heart and soul into this, and i said to him today, i want to see what the results of these reports are, and there is going to be accountability. >> reporter: rob neighborrob nan disattached.

accused of cooking the books, showing that veterans only had to wait 14 days to make an appointment and getting in to see a doctor, when there were much longer waits involved, failure on the part of the v.a. and now looking at 26 v.a. facilities around the country. the president said he is not going to stand for it. one of the things that is seared into his mind, into his memory as president is going to walter reed, going to bethesda and seeing wounded americans. he said this is something that obviously cannot be tolerated. he's wowing once again to straighten it out. >> i got a couple of more. i want to continue on this. the president said a decade of war has magnified the v.a.'s problems. is this a budgetary problem, a

bureaucracy problem or more and then some. >> a lot of people feel that it's a cultural problem at the v.a. these problems were not unforeseen. the afghan war started in 2001. iraq in 2003. there is an aging veteran's population. the american legions, one of the groups that is not just calling for shinseki to go. if the administration had known about these issues for four years, why is it now just taking action. there was a firing last week of v.a. management employee, but turns out he had tendered his resignation and announced his retirement last month, and his replacement had been nominated. a lot of people are not satisfied with the way the administration has responded. >> that was a mess.

so another point on secretary shinseki. the fact is, and you know this, democrats love him for the way he opposed the iraq war. there is loyalty to him, but how long of a leash does he actually have here? is he going to get an opportunity to fix the problems? >> david scott of georgia called for shinseki to go. when he was chief of staff in the army. this is a four-star army general. a man wounded as an officer in vietnam who knows first-hand experience of how the v.a. operates. he didn't oppose the iraq war. he opposed it's strategy to have a minimal force post invasion. he was pelleted for taking that

stand. somewhere down the line the president said the review will take one month to complete. >> he did absolutely owe poe the deployment as it was being suggested. you're right, mike viqueira for us at the white house. thank you. >> the preliminary approval for the nominations to be a federal job, libby casey joins us from washington, d.c. tell us more about this nomination is controversial. >> the white house has a memo that lays out the justification, the legal reasons why it thinks it could go ahead and execute drone strikes over highways killing american citizens suspected of terrorism. this is something that the white

house has been loathed to release publicly and a new york appeals court agreed and the white house decided not to fight the legal process and instead it does plan to release that memo. dared barron is the author of it. he's president obama to sit on the court of appeals out of boston. that has raised concerns out of some in congress including rand paul, who opposed his nomination. >> i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise to say there is no legal precedent for killing americans not involved in combat. >> he was able to get through the first procedural hurdle

today. >> do you know when the memo, when that memo could be released? >> we don't know yet. the white house has not set a timeline. it plans to make redactions. we'll wait and see how significant those cuts are. it's classified information. congress has been able to look at t but some say like rand paul, okay, i've looked at the memo and i'm not happy and i'm concerned about this particular nominee. >> libby casey for us on capitol hill. a radical group is suspected of carrying out more attacks in nigeria. boko haram fighters killed 43 people, some residents say one village was completely wiped out. today's violence comes after 118 people were killed in blasts in jos. >> the target was a busy

marketplace. the police say the bomb was packed in a minivan designed to cause as many deaths as possible. >> a second blast from a truck packed with explosives. it hit some of the initial response teams. >> this is a chaos caused by the blast. they say they have to go in and

see if there is anyone left in the rubble. until now apparently part of a violent campaign across the country. there has been no claim of responsibility so far, but this attack is suspected to be carried out by boko haram, and armed group based in the north who wants islamic law. president jonathan's spokesman assures all nigerians that government remains fully committed to winning the war against terror. and this administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress and civilization. the kidnapping of school girls a month ago attracted the world's attention.

u.s. france and the united kingdom committed more resources but the plans may not be enough. more than 100 people lost their lives hundreds of kilometers away. al jazeera, jos, nigeria. >> less than an hour ago president obama announced some 80 u.s. troops have been sent to chad to help locate the missing school girls. the personnel will support intelligence and surveillance missions over nigeria and the surrounding area. bosnia's refugee minister describes the situation in his region as catastrophic. thousands of people in six villages around the city were evacuated because of fears the area could be overwhelmed.

al jazeera's barnaby phillips with more. >> reporter: in the mountains in central bosnia this used to be a village playground. and this was his front garden. >> i wanted to stay, but they came and took me away. >> in the local poultry farm the turkeys have rebound. everything is left in ruins. here dead live stock, hundreds of cows killed here. the floods came so quickly that farmers did not have time to save them. now the grim business of clearing up carcasses. bosnia faces another challenge after these floods. landmines. there are still 105,000 left

over from the war. with so many landslides in recent days the floods have moved them beyond areas that had been fenced off. >> landmines can be plastic and floating down the river. others could be made of steel and could be moved as well. >> i got to tell you the region has been facing problems for years, both economic and civil unrest. john terrett is looking into the area facing the huge task of cleaning up from this natural disaster. >> reporter: that's right. we used to know this whole area now called the balkans as yugoslavia. but after the collapse of

yugoslavia these single entities separated into multiple countries. slovenia, croatia and bosnia serbia, kosovo, montenegro. boosbosnian officials say 100,00 homes we are told, 250 schools have been destroyed or damaged in 2100 landslides. that's an extraordinary number. the extent of the damage is so horrific that it is better not to reveal any details before we have a clear picture.

2,000 miles have been destroyed and 30% of the country's railway stations have been destroyed. 100,000 people are suspected to be affected by this flooding. the damage may be equal to that of the 1992 war. almost no one in the region has property insurance and serbia is one of europe's poorest where unemployment tops 20% but in reality it's more like 40%. now e.u. and n.a.t.o. officials are at this moment touring the area to see what needs to be done. international systems are sure to be required. did you hear the other story in tony's--in barnaby's story about the landmines, of course. now they have been washed out. >> yes, yes, i appreciate it, john. thank you.

russian president vladimir putin said he's pulling troops away from the ukrainian border. he says that fighting between you cranes government and pro russian separatists in the east will make it difficult for russia to deal with ukraine's next leader. we're halfway through the fall mid terms, and in the latest battle over the republican party the tea party has come up empty yet again. david shuster joins us with today's power politics. >> reporter: yesterday getting the candidates in kentucky, georgia, for the candidates they believe give them the best shot at taking over the u.s. senate. mitch mcconnell made elect ability a big issue and he crushed the tea party dollars dg

matt bevin. >> they look back over the past two years and try to explain how an administration started out so extreme was finally made to listen and to do the people's will. they'll say it started right here in kentucky. >> of course there is that november battle in kentucky. mcconnell's opponent will be lundergan grimes. >> i'm not a rubber stamp, and i'm not a cheerleader. i'm a strong kentucky woman who is an independent thinker who whethe decision i make will be t is best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky, not partisan interests. >> in georgia's senate primaries businessmen david purdue, an 11

term congressman jack kingston advanced into the run off. the winner of the pure do yo you-kingston run off will face michelle nun, daughter of former senator sam nun. >> as i've been traveling across the state of georgia i've been highlighting what washington can learn from georgia. you know what, i think washington is going to learn a thing or two from our campaign. >> a week into that campaign nun was asked if she would a voted in favor of obamacare, and she refused to say. in oregon, monica wibby defeated jason conger. she fought off allegations that she stalked a boyfriend, and described the scandal as a ploy and warned democrats not to follow suit. >> people are tired of your

dirty tricks. we all know that the best way to defeat a bully is to stand up to them, and that is exactly what we're going to do. >> this fall wehby will take on senator jeff me rckly. not a single house incumbent has lost to the election cycle. they were 45-for-45, and now they're 139-for-139. the political world is also taking notes today about the power of running television ads early in the campaign. in pennsylvania, gubernatorial primary wolfe went to winner last night after running $10 million in positive

biographical spots. >> i always thought when a company does well so should our workers. that's why we share between 20% and 30% of our profits with our wemployees. >> wonderful will take on tom corbett in november. finally in arkansas the republican primary winner apparently got tripped up by the state's voter i.d. law that he supports. his daughter forget her identification at the polls, so he was not allowed to vote until the staffer retrieved the i.d. it was a little bit of an inconvenience but said he supports the new law. easy for him to say. the lesson, you forget your i.d. get your staff for retrieve it. too bad we don't have staffers. >> he's been in and out of politics for a long time: staffers, we need staffers. thank you. minority leader nancy

pillowcy saipelosipelosi will take part in the investigation of the attack in bengahzi. democrats had considered boy catting the investigation, the eighth of its kind. probes have blamed the state department for inadequate support. and $400 billion deal china buying russian gas. a new warning about hackers taking your information from ebay.

>> let's look at stocks. bouncing back today. that's a nice number, recovering tuesday's losses and then some. investors held steady on the interest rate news from the fed. the dow gained 1589 points. the nasdaq up. let's round it up to 35 points. china signed a landmark agreement to buy $400 billion in russian national gas. it provides a boost for russia's struggling economy.

the pipeline will reportedly provide china with natural gas every year starting in 2018. it comes as u.s. and n.a.t.o. are sharply critical of russia and it's involvement in ukraine. we go to a strategist at the chatwood fund. >> good to be here. >> this is a $400 billion deal, in the works for ten years, signed. the deal is signed, sealed, delivered. how significant is it? >> quite significant. and the ramifications probably won't be seen for some time. but tony to think about it, to put it in perspective, the whole of europe consumes 19 billion cubic tons of. >> cuber meters, yes, yes. >> this is 38--twice that. that's the minimum, and it's extended to 61 per year. it's a large delivery. a couple of things happening. number one, this gives vladimir putin quite a bit of leverage as

we all talked about. there are sanctions being imposed on russia and part of that is maybe shifting some of europe's demand from russia for natural gas. but he's saying, you know what, i can deliver to china. also tony what is interesting, exports, licensed exports could increase here in the u.s. over the next couple of years. >> the threats from the west for isolating crimea from ukraine seems hollow today. do the sanctions seem a threat to russia? >> in in my humble opinion, they were little threat and even less

so now. we have the alleged cyberattacks. we have the movement in the south china seas with the oil rigs it's interesting timing on russia and china's part. >> will this deal deal a blow to europe? >> europe did have a bargaining chip in terms of its consumption, but now they're in a gray area. what we could see is a ramp up of exports in the u.s. but that will take time. they have to get licenses from washington to export that, plus the technology. in the short term we could see a moderate natural gas rates in europe, but remember it is summertime and which is a low natural gas consumption gas season. >> jared levy at the chatwood fund joining us as he always does. thank you for your time. >> ebay users are asked to

change their passwords after hackers hacked their database. the quarterback said that the hack--the company said that the hacking took place in early march. pay pal was not affected by this attack. under the agreement argument rental site will hand over data of all its users in new york city, but it will not agree names or moment addresses or e-mail addresses. the dispute whether they violated new york hotel laws by renting out their homes. misconduct at veteran's hospital is dishonorable, but is fixing the va going to be a tougher road than expected? and a high school putting a price tag on graduation tickets. parents want to sit up front.

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>> president obama says the people responsible for mishandling cases at veteran hospitals must be held accountable but he stopped short of firing veteran as affair erik shinseki. the president said it is time to solve problems, not assign bla blame. >> i welcome congress as a partner in our efforts. not just to address the current controversies but to make sure we're doing right across the board. it is important that our veterans do not become a political football. this is an area where democrats and republicans should always be

working together. j. >> so the president went on to call the alleged misconduct dishonorable but his words may not slow the tide of anger from capitol hill. we go to michael shure, good to see you as always. they might be talking about what is happening with the tea party but i thought this was more important to talk about today because so many people in america have relatives, family members, loved ones who need access and have access to the va system and we need it running perform. iproperly. is there the will to six the problems that have been systemic. >> you make a good point, this is not a new problem. it goes back decades and every administration. so the idea that is there a will, yes there is a will. these are politicians, as you know, and if everybody gets the credit, then you find

politicians are not as excited about pursuing that goal generally. and when it comes to the v.a. it's a little bit different because these are people, these are constituents, so you want to get the credit in your districts. that's where it bombs important. publicly it's not something that is talked about all the time but this is a crisis. >> is there hypocrisy in congress--is there hypocrisy in congress. what a question. but here's where i'm going with this, this has been going on for decades, right? under democrat and republican administration. so the campin carping that we're hearing from republicans and a few democrats as well, seem a bit hollow to me. how do you read the reaction from the president's comments and where are the suggestions for fixing the problem. >> the republicans and it has been a successful tact for them to take.

they have a fire the coach mentality when on a losing streak. you heard them say get rid of janet me poll tan know during and the president stuck with her. you the coverage that this is going to get is going to be different. you have 26 different hospitals being investigated. you have 26 different news crews in 26 different places covering the story. it's a little different than one dissatisfaction with the v.a. system, so i think this will be more of an issue. >> there has been a call for shinseki's resignation. the president didn't fire him today. i want you to talk about the fact that there is a fair amount

of loyalty to this man as we were talking earlier with mike viqueira. he is the man who said we're not deploying enough forces. we can't win this war the way we're deploying. how much leash do you think he has, and will he be allowed to fix the problems once they're identified? >> i don't look at shinseki in context of what he did during the iraq war. that's why he is where he is. that's literally why his four stars rose reason democrats politics. but i think this is a president we've seen who does not have a knee jerk response to people. that will continue as long as he's seemingly disengaged. but he is comfortable to leave shinseki to do that. if it becomes too much, and shinseki becomes to too much for

the administration, i could see the president saying-- >> do you think there will be an issue in the races. >> i think in some places it will. in arkansas,a, heavy military states. i think it's going to play. i don't know if it's going to be the issue that galvanizes that party because it's everybody's issue. >> michael shure, we're getting you to new york soon, michael, thanks. nearly 300 schools girls were kidnapped in nigeria. roslind jordan is live for us in washington. ros, is there evidence suggesting that the girls are in chad? >> reporter: that would seem the

case based on the president's need to send this letter to congress. it would indicate there must be some intelligence in order for these troops, unspecified troops, i should add, to help the nigerian military and the chad military as well. nearly 300 school barrels who wergirls werekidnapped. the obama administration has decided that deployment is necessary to help find these girls and get them back to their families. >> a letter was sent t to

congress. >> as my colleague patty pointed out to me a short while ago, this sort of notification has to be pointed out when troops go into a country where there could be hostile action. what you don't want to have is have the military go in and doing what they haven't decided without knowledge and expressed consent of congress. two, you don't want to do this without having cleared this with the country where these troops are going to be. it sounds like legality, but when you stop and think about it, this type of notification s important. >> considering the u.s. put

together a task force from the pentagon, from the fbi, from the state department, that have been working with nigerian officials in the capitol for the better part of a week half or to, and certainly they've been consulting with each other on the ground intelligence they've been able to gather. on the kinds of intelligence analysts that u.s. officials including from the c.i.a. have been able to collect since they've been providing official conditions to the government of nigeria. what we don't know is how the logistics have been played out but it seems safe to assume that the u.s. forces would not be deployed unless there was agreement among all parties that this is necessary for a very active search and recovery mission. >> ros, thank you.

an egyptian court has convicted hosni mubarak of embezzling funds. and he was also charge with not stopping the riots. in mali, rebel fighters have taken back areas. thousands of french troops have backed the government since last year. before paris intervened rebels threatened to take over the country. and in syria refugees are forced to return to war-torn cities to get medical attention. that's because medical care in lebanon is too expensive, and

fund something not keeping pace with the flow of refugees. >> she's only 15 years old. praying with his friends when a shell hit his neighborhood in damascus. he lost his hand and part of his genitals in that attack. he had surgery in syria, and then his family fled to lebanon. but now they might need to go back. he needs another operation and an artificial hand. but his family cannot afford to pay for it in lebanon and aid organizations are not helping. they tell us to go to damascus, said his uncle, because it's too expensive here. >> i will take him to damascus, it will put our lives at risk. just to lose another child. >> so the family is left to seek help from the government they say is responsible for

inflicting his injury. this is what international amnesty means when syrian refugees are forced with agonizing decisions. in syria health services are free to all. but in lebanon it's a private system. healthcare is not affordable even for lebanon's poor, so most refugees cannot afford treatment here. the u.n. and other aid agencies say they lack the sufficient funds to provide for all the refugees' need. the need for healthcare is huge. the camps where the refugees live do not have proper sewage systems. this doctor gets frustrated when easily treated illnesses become life threatening due to lack of available care. >> there are many cases that

need expensive treatment, but this is all very "x-mensive" inn lebanon. >> six years old and diagnosed with a brain tumor, his family needs $300 to travel to the war zone of damascus. >> the road to damascus is not safe, but we have to go. >> refugees are now forced to return to the war they escaped. al jazeera, lebanon. >> a big child pornography bust including dozens of people. we have details from around america. >> reporter: yes tony, it's one of the largest round ups in a new york child pornography case. several authorities arrested 70 men and one woman including a police chief, a paramedic, a rabbi and boy scout leader.

6,000 desk tonight and la tops e seized. a man pleaded not guilty to homicide. he said he set up motion centers in his garage to capture thieves. he fired four shots hitting a german exchange student. he said that he feared for his life and was defending his property. an in iowa there has been a salmonella outbreak. more trues are on the way to battle the wildfire in northern arizona. 100 businesses and homes have been evacuated from the area. the number of firefighters on

the scene will double. and in florida one school came up a way to help pay for graduation. manatee high school offered up premium seats for $200 per bench. one bench seats 15 people. the front row sold out in ours and the school is charging each senior $20 to attend their own graduation. >> and they were snapped up. >> yes, really fast. >> i bet that did not go over particularly well with some parents. but you have to make money. budgets are tight. thank you. the united states demanding an investigation into the shooting that the two unarmed palestinians. we're live in jerusalem. and in iran, jailed for, you

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real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> the united states and the united nations are demanding an investigation into the shooting of to palestinian teenagers. the incident captured on video with allegations that israeli troops often use excessive force. what happened here? >> reporter: we're talking about protests last thursday. that is the day that they mark 7,000 palestinians who were forced from their homes in 1948 and 1949. the clashes took place for a couple of hours between the palestinian protesters and the israeli forces. during that time as you said two

teenagers were killed. since then the international community has launched condemnation, and a family has lost its older son. for the day known as the catastrophe is no longer how she lost her home when israel was form. now today she lost her son. >> i lost everything. everything. my baby. >> he was an athletic 17-year-old. his fare looks through his son's phone and sees a happy teenager he was proud of. >> all the innocence. all the innocence, a child. a child. >> reporter: naheem went against his father's wishes and attended the protest.

a video shows a quieter moment during the protests. that's naheem walking in from the left. he's shot. he suffered a single fatal bullet wound. the israeli forces were 300 meters that way. they did a preliminary investigation that says revealed that the soldiers felt threatened. they were using rubber bullets and they question the veracity of the video. >> this was a situation where there was a threat for life. as for their edited films that they're spreading, i've seen many edited films. >> they deny any film manipulation. >> it shows that there was no direct threat to life. it constitutes u killing.

>> this is the bullet that killed his son, live, not rubber. israelis deny that, but they say he pose nod threat. >> i want the mother of the soldier who killed my son to tell him to bring him back. how, he's not coming back. >> she said when she watched the video she felt she was the one being shot. they will not watch it again. she waits and asks for justice. >> israeli army said its investigators were at the site and promised to conduct a thorough and full investigation. so far in defending his soldiers saying they're committed to safeguarding human life and they address threats with necessary force when required. >> that video has called waves internationally. how are people in israel and the

west bank reacting? >> well, as you might expect differently. the israeli foreign minister has come out strongly. he's a conservative. he said, look, we do not need america or the u.n. telling us what to do or not to do. we'll investigate this because israel believes in investigating it. >> nick cheveron. thank you. >> brazil hosts the world cup in less than a month. civil police in several states are on strike and some 5,000 cops are expected to march on the presidential balance in brazil gentleman. gabriel a lazondo is there with this report.

>> reporter: police in 26 states are on strike. they want more salaries, and more resources to solve crimes. these are the non-uniform police who are in offices and are crime scene investigators. they say this strike will last 24 hours. they do not expect it to go into the world cup that starts in 25 days. in the city of sao paulo they are in day two of a strike of bus drivers. that has left hundreds of thousands of commuters stranded, trying to get home. that has left chaos in that city. the federal government is watching that one very closely. let's remember it was a bus fare increase in the same city of sao paulo last june that started the nationwide protest that spread all over this country. >> coming up on al jazeera

america. the 9/11 museum opens but not without controversy. and ray suarez is on inside story. >> if legislation is stuck what can the president do within the scope of existing law to change the situation for millions of immigrants living and working here with the ever present threat of deportation. when congress won't budge. we're live at the top of the hour. we'll see you then.

>> families had a chance to see last week. but the september 11th museum opened to the public. roxana saberi went to the museum today. what was the reaction. >> reporter: i met a lot of people who went to the museum who told me that they did a

really good job paying attribute to the victims of 911. tickets have been sold out for weeks but some people got in free with some ticket this morning. they say them really moved seeing personal items of the first responders like this. people of all ages say seeing the museum was emotionally draining. >> because they have small clips and videos of it, and almost reliving it all over again. and you know it's all over with but 13 years now that it happened, and it's just emotional. >> we heard audios of people saying they were walking all over these bodies. there were people coming out with burnt faces. it was just really, really sad. >> first responders and victims' family members get into the museum for free.

tickets are $24 for adult, $18 for veterans and seniors. support he is say it didn't get the federal money it needed. i looked at the website for the memorial museum. all the tickets are sold out for tomorrow but there is some available for friday evening. >> that will be moving when everyone gets a chance to see it. you know, the song "happy" has gained popularity all over the world. in iran six dancers who appeared in a video of the song were arrested. most have been released, we're told, but we've been told that the director of the video is still being detained. thousands are reacting on social media, as you might expect. >> reporter: the video shows a group of iranian men and women dancing to the song "happy." take a look.

>> now the group called themselves fans of pharrell williams, the creator of the song. iran's police chief called it an obscene video and had the dancers and the director arrested. within hours of their arrest thousands went on social media demanding their release using the hashta #free happy iranness. it's sad that these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness. even the president of russian weighed in writing happiness is people's right. we should not be too hard on behaviors caused by joy. one of the dancers released, she put up this instagram picture of herself. she said hi, i'm back.

thank you pharrell and everyone who cared about us. the international campaign for human rights in iran said that this incident only highlights the division between the hard liners and more moderate iranians who want open access to the internet. a source close to the director's family i told us that he is still be held as an example that these actions will be reprimanded. the dancers were given stern warnings not to do it again. >> mr. rahani take charge of your country. you're the boss, well you're really not. france's new fleet won't be pulling into stations any time soon, they're too big to fit by inches. engineers forgot to measure the actual distance between the lines and a platforms. so the trains aren't the right

size. it will take $68 million to fix the trains. that's all we have for this news hour. ray suarez next. if you want more on any of our stories head over to www.aljazeera.com. inside story is next. >> immigration reform is live and then dead. the legislative clock ticking, is congress going to move? if it doesn't is the president? that's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez.