>> finding her voice >> i was not a ham, i was ham & cheese... >> and turning it around... >> you don't have to let your circumstance dictate who you are as a person >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america good afternoon to you. this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford with a look at the top stories. u.s. troops in afghanistan given a rousing welcome to president obama as he pays them a surprise visit. >> exit polls in the ukraine shows a sweet victory for chocolate king petero poroshenko. the pope presses for peace during a visit to the holy land.

plus, you'll meet the oldest american vet. learn his secret to a long life at 108 years young. >> i know it's late, but i was in the neighbourhood and thought i'd stop by. i'm here on a single mission - that is to thank you for your extraordinary service. well, he was in the neighbourhood - president obama addressing troops at bagram airfield in afghanistan. he arrived before dawn to pay a surprise memorial day visit to the troops, and was veeted by general -- greeted by general joseph doesn't ford. mike joins us with more. this was a big surprise. what can you tell us about the

timing? >> there's a couple of factors, it is the memorial day weekend. he is the commander in chief and wanted to say thank you and greet the troops. this is the fourth troop made to afghanistan. the first in two years. there's a cloak of secrecy for security reasons, and that speaks to a transition. another reason that president obama went to afghanistan - we heard hum time and again tout that u.s. combat troops are ending their mission by the end of this year, that av knan forces are -- afghan forces are taking the lead. it's an assistancive time. they are -- sensitive time. they are undergoing elections. karzai, the long-standing president is on the way out. there has been sharp disagreements between karzai and obama, the afghan and the united states government - most resting around the status of forces agreement. how many american troops will be left in afghanistan once the

combat role is over, what will the mission be, the role be, and what legal agreement will they have with the afghan government. this is the sticking point. with karzai on his way out. the president is hinting there'll be an announcement soon. >> for many of you, this will be the last tour in afghanistan. and by the end of this year the transition will be complete and afghans will take responsibility for their security and our combat mission would be over. the war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. >> reporter: president obama is wheels up from bagram air base, on his way back, presumably, to washington. this has been something of a secret mission. we are told by the white house that there'll be an announcement of a major proportion with regard to afghan and the posture

of american forces. the commencement at west point coming up wednesday. >> this visit coming as the president deals with a lot of mistreatment of vet wraps at v.a. hospitals. is it likely the trip will counter some of the negative press? >> it's a great point. i don't think it will hit it off. this is something that the commander in chief is expected to do. when he does it is left up in the air. it's significant in a lot of ways much the first one you mentioned against the backdrop, the scandal involving the v.a., but the fact that president obama comes under criticism, the obama doc trent, reid -- doc trip ridiculed by many as being weak, pointing to syria, the president backing away from a bombing campaign in the wake of a bombing deployment by bashar al-assad. they point to a muscular

response by the united states. the president took sharp disagreement and angry at times - there were a couple of press conferences on a recent overseas trip where i was in attendance, where the president rebuked the claims. again, we expect the president to take the criticisms head on in a season at west point. >> speaking of the criticism, one of the biggest things we mentioned was that "we are going to bring you guys back by the end of the year." haven't we heard this before? >> this has been the goal. he campaigned on it in 2012, it was announced some time ago. the president talking about the afghan surge, and you recall how controversial that was. 2-3 years ago when the american forces upped numbers by 30-40,000, and according to what the president and officials and aids said over the course of

several weeks, things went better than expected in terms of the transition, transitioning forces out of the lead combat role, allowing afghans to step forward. the situation there far from secure in afghanistan. but the american troops are leaving. no question about that. mike viqueira joining us live from washington d c. >> one thing the president didn't do on the trip is meet with the afghan president. hamid karzai turned down on invitation to join president obama at the airfield. jim walsh, a research associate at the mit securities studies programs says it's really no surprise neither president made the extra effort. >> i think president barack obama had his fill. he's not the first american president to feel a lack of relationship. they are having a run off in a month. there'll be a new guy in office. the white house correspondents are saying we don't want to get involved in the elections or interfere in domestic politics,

if i had to guess, i'm guessing obama is done with hamid karzai, he's a lame duck going out. he doesn't want to deal with hymn. >> james walsh. mit. >> both candidates in the run-off said they'll sign an agreement to keep the u.s. on the ground. the president's message was important for the african people to hear. >> both afghan candidates who are going to run off on 14 june confirm that they will sign, it will be in the top of the list and the prioritiy to sign the bilateral contract. president obama called the trip a single mission. but the speech has an important message for afghanistan. it's a speech, a commitment for the future behind 2014. he said that he will never allow afghanistan to become a safe

haif ep for those that -- haven for those that threaten america, and he pinpointed lots of success and achievement of 13 years of americans here. he talked about how a strong afghan forces, how the girls are going to school. all the achievements are fragile. if there is no foreign forces present, with all the african armies, which they don't have an air force, it will be hard for them to keep the achievements. it's a big challenge, and now afghanistan is waiting for another acknowledgment from president obama to know how many troops president obama will let to stay in afghanistan behind 2014. that report from kabul ukraine appears to have a new president and p pro-europepro-european

millionaire petero poroshenko declared himself the winner. the election was held despite threats of violence against pro-ukrainian residents in the east. president obama challengeded the citizens saying: . >> more than 35 million voted, in donetsk casting ballots was not easy. over half of the polling stations were open as pro-russian rebels burnt ballots and destroyed boxes. petero poroshenko appears to have won a decisive victory, that shows him ahead of his strongest rival. former prime minister yulia tymoshenko by more than 40%. a run-off is likely. joining us from ukraine's capital is dana lewis. what does the election mean not only for the people of ukraine, but for their future? .

>> reporter: it's a good question. i think they are asking themselves. it's interesting. look at the square behind me. no one was jumping up and down and celebrating. there was no euphoria. i think people are tired, fed up and are worried about the country being torn apart. because of that they took it seriously, going out in the big numbers to the polling stations. i was at a school in kiev, a two-storey school. people waited two hours. they jammed the hallways and polling registration area, waiting a long time for a chance to elect a new president because they believe it is the promise of the future, the only way to get the country working again. i followed a young man here in february. he was wounded, shot, nearly died. he went to the polls station and voted because he believes it is the promise of a new future for his country. >> reporter: this 25-year-old man has learnt to walk again.

he's lucky he's here to tell us this story. he filmed the clashes op maydan square in february when shot at pointblank range. you see the camera jerk as he is hi. he collapses and calls for help. the medics tell him the bullet lodged in his him a millimetre from a main artery. he today is voting determined to be a part of this. >> this election is the first. after this everything grows up. we feel the power. the feeling that you are the first one, you are the first person in your life, and you can change everything. >> you know, there's a lot of optimism. there's lots of patients. people are here, demander are

ready to take to -- demonstrators are ready to take to the streets if mr petero poroshenko can't show that he can implement the promises he made to the people. >> there's still tension in the east, so petero poroshenko has a tough road ahead of hip. what is likely to be the first move? >> he says one of his first move was to go to the east of donetsk and talk to the people. they'll see him make the promises. it's curious how to deliver them. first of all, he talks about strengthening the army to go and deal with the separatist if they don't put down the weapons. strengthening the army can take a long time. he'll turn the county away from russia to some extent and closer to europe. turping it away from the russian

sphere of influence. it's a promise made. at the same time when he made his victory speech he talked about the need to discuss with russia and sit down with russia. here is what he said on that. >> russia is our neighbour. without russia it would be less effective or almost impossible to speak about security in the region, or about global security. >> reporter: i would say one thing - given the anger on the street with russia in many parts of the country, that mr petero poroshenko will have to be cautious how quickly he contacts the kremlin and the meeting he holds. people will feel it's a betrayal if he moves too quickly to talk to vladimir putin. >> a betrayalal. thank you for being with us today. joining me is david, editor-in-chief of the world policy journal. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> is this the beginning of the

end? the violence and violent government take obvious, what is happening -- takeover, what is happening? it's lead to this point and the ukrainian people have voted. >> they have, a good proportion has. petero poroshenko is app oligarch. they are the people that vladimir putin and the people right-hand him understand. they know how to get along. they understand oligarchs, they made the oligarchs in so many parts of that part of the world. petero poroshenko clearly has a heads up on virtually every other person in that part of the world to deal with vladimir putin. what is interesting is the election in the other half of western europe. there we have europe swept by the right-wing. that's interesting. the right-wing is clearly taking over the european parliament this time around. so this is a map who can -- man who can clearly deal with that aspect of europe. he's a capitalist.

that's how he made his money. we have a capitalist who can deal with we were europe and an oligarch who can deal with the russians. >> but will he report him and the outcome of the vote. >> he said that the previous president is the president. he said he will meet and talk with workcover the ukrainian people choose. again, as i said many times, on this show the last time i was on, this is a waiting game, the vladimir putin's. he is trying to see how things will develop and how to move things gradually in his direction. that requires a condo minimum between him and who have is running the country. this is a person this vladimir putin can understand and potentially can under-vladimir putin and the people around him. >> what about the people in the east will be accept the role of a man pro-e.u.

>> they may or may not. a lot owe their jobs to people like him. the steelworkers work for oligarchs. the workers in his confectionary and chocolate factories, they work for him. they need a condominium, upping with the people -- understanding with, the people, person who is running the country. they are paying their winter games. >> i'm trying to understand - what about petero poroshenko specifically captured the mind and the hearts of many ukrainians, especially if he's an olly gashing. >> he showed up this evening. he showed up with a ukranian wrestler, elected as mayor of kiev, and one of the principal leaders of the rebellion that brought these people to power. i think it's clear that he is aligning himself with the powers that brought about the collapse of the previous government. it's good in the streets in the

west, maybe not the east, but he has other strengths. >> wrapping this all up for now for our american audiences, what does the election mean for the future. the fact that it happened on may 25th, does that say that victory has been realised. >> i don't think we can say there's a victory. we can't go into app aircraft carrier and say "we've won the war", we are moving in a positive direction and is unlikely to result in armed confrontation with a superpower - russia and vladimir putin. at the moment we are in good shape. that's the best we can hope for. >> editor-in-chief of the world policy journal. great to have you we are learning more about a gunman that carried out a shooting spree on friday. detectives checked in on elliot

rodger, but he convinced them he was harmless. brian rooney has been following the story from isla vista. what has been said about the suspect's previous run ins with the law? >> he has had other odd run-ins. he accused a room-mate of stealing $22 of candles and exercised a citizen's arrest. the day the deputies visited him it was april 30th, they talked to him. they thought he seemed normal or at least not harmful to himself or anyone else. the sheriff talking about that. >> told them he was having social problems and school issues and probably was not going to continue in school. and told them it was a misunderstanding, that his relative and this other person had taken things the wrong way, and he was not going to hurt anybody or himself, and was able to convince the deputies that he

was not a danger to himself or other people. >> reporter: keep in mind at the same time he had three guns and 400 rounds of ammunition, probably in that apartment at the time of that interview. >> the sheriff mentioned other people. we understand that it was a family member of the suspect who tipped police off. have we heard anything else from roger's family? >> no. to be plain about it, nothing directly from the family. they have spoken through representatives, through a family lawyer. word got out that they knew that their son had troubles, and that they might have known that things were coming to a crisis friday night. no, his parents have not spoken pub hickly himself. -- publicly himself. >> what about the victims, what about the people still in the

hospital? have they been released? >> some of them are still in the hospital in serious condition. we still are waiting to hear the identity of the three young me who were killed in the apartment. presumably two of them - maybe all of them - were room-mates of elliot rodger. he talked in his manifesto about his plans for that night, and that involved killing his room mates to keep them quiet before he wept went off to attack a sorority house. quickly before you go, i want to go back to what started all this. we have been showing our viewers clips of youtube videos. what is the fart of his message in the videos. >> well, keep in mind that the family lawyer said he had high functioning asperger's sint roam

giving somebody -- syndrome, giving somebody social difficulties. he has very distressed that girls did not like him, or nobody would date him. he told it to his friend, posted it on the internet. it was stressing to him, and seems to have built up. he posted the final youtube video which he described as a day of retribution and described plans to go out and kill people. brian rooney in isla vista, thank you for being with us still ahead - egyptians to vote in a crucial election. we'll introduce you to both candidates. and the pope - what he said about the mid east peace process during a visit to jerusalem. the latest on a search for the belgium gunman. the video police hope will lead to an arrest.

doctors say a man shot at a jewish museum in brussels is brain dead. three others were killed in the

attack. authorities in the belgium capital are searching for the shooter. >> reporter: the jewish museum in brussels is sealed off as a crime scene. though one knows why a gunman opened fire. anti-semitism is suspected. >> we have to remember that europe was built on one promise - this promise is never again. and today you have people in the streets who want to do one more time. >> reporter: the gunman is on the run. investigators say they've been given crucial crews by security camera footage. >> what we can say at this statement is the camera image shows there was one person alone probably, prepared and that he was armed. >> reporter: the victims include a french woman and israeli couple. israel's prime minister lashed out at european leaders for failing to condemn the killings.

>> translation: there are elements in europe that hurry to condemn the house of jerusalem, but not the condemnation of the murder of jews here. security has been increased in belgium and france. jewish leaders fear more attacks could follow. if proved this could be the worst attacks against belgium jews for 30 years. tips from the public will be crucial in tracking down the gunman. europe is counting the ballots after voters went to the poll to choose a new european parliament. exit polls are rolling in, with official results coming in tonight. pro-european parties are expected to happening on to a majority. critics are expected to make big gains, thanks to anger over high unemployment and government cutbacks. columbians took to the polls. it's the tightest presidential lebds that the president has

seen if decades. juan manuel santos and oscar zuluaga are the two don'ters. it appears oscar zuluaga is leading juan manuel santos by 1%. it's been full of corruption allegations, espionage and drug lings to financing. elections are scheduled in egypt where voters will head to the polls on monday and tuesday. it follows the military ouster of mohamed mursi, and there are two candidates who are running. abdul fatah al-sisi - that's the former defence minister, and he is in the lead. there's hamdeen sabahi, and that's his opponent. we have this look at who he is. >> this is one of egypt's veteran politicians. the socialist has been involved in politics for 40 years, and started off as a student activist and is one of two candidates contesting the top

position. he served twice, both times during the rule of hosni mubarak. he was known as an advocate of justice and arabism or arab unity. he joined anti-government protests, and got rid of hosni mubarak. his dig nit yit party formed a coalition in the muslim brotherhood in the parliamentary elections that followed the uprising. it was later dissolved by a decision he did not object to. this is not the first time he runs for president. in 2012 he was one of six candidate that took part informant free and fair presidential election. muslim brotherhood wept on to win elections. within months he became a critic. in late 2012. he helped form the national salvation front. he and his allies were angered

by controversial presidential decree giving immunity to the president. they insisted mohamed mursi no longer had legitimacy and had to be removed. he was portrayed as a champion of democracy and civilian rule but went on to back the military coup overthrowing the first democratically presented president. he is the only candidate ta can end military rule. his campaign is centered on his long-time social and economic justice. on foreign policy he supports a shift towards allies in cairo and moscow rather than washington. he's been known to have close dies with bashar al-assad, and publicly thanked economical and political support given by saudi arabia and the arab emirates for the 2013 cool. he stands little chance of beating abdul fatah al-sisi, and criticised him for taking part

in a process that many say is unfair and ub demo -- undemocrat k from the start. >> later in the news we'll bring you a look at abdul fatah al-sisi. that's coming up at about 6:45. remember to stay with us. next on al jazeera america - the pope's visit to the holy land. his statements about the middle east peace process that is sparking controversy. live to jerusalem next. and we introduce you to the oldest world war ii vet. his words of wisdom about service on this memorial day weekend. >> i'm joe berlinger this is the system people want to believe that the justice system works. people wanna believe that prosecutors and police

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good afternoon, welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories - president obama makes a surprise fist to troops in afghanistan. he made it to thank troops for service. he says the war in afghanistan

will come to a responsible end by the end of this year. some of the six victims in the southern california rampage have been identified. the identity of three stabbed to death by elliot rodger have not been released. more than 35 million ukrainians took to the polls to vote for their next president. the poll shows veteran politician and billionaire petero poroshenko has a lead. he appears to have more than 55% of the vote, ahead of his competitors, by more than 40%. >> meanwhile pope francis is in jerusalem tonight after an historic trip to the birthplace of jesus. in bethlehem pope francis held a mass outside the church of the nativity and made a surprise visit to the wall separating israel from jerusalem, a dramatic moment in his 3-day holy land trip. nick schifrin joins us from jerusalem with more.

who is the pope meeting with tonight? . >> reporter: the pope came to jerusalem to have what the vatican says is the most important part of his trip. the reason that he's coming here. 50 years ago this month behind the walls, behind me, the catholic and orthodox churches ended a 900 year rift. benedict is coming to celebrate that 50th anniversary and condition the inner faith harmony. what he and the vatican are trying to do is break down walls. they spend an hour and a half. the head of the orthodox church and the head of the catholic church and a billion catholics and 300 million orthodox in the church of the holy seppual kerr. they prayed, leaned down together. it was emotional and moving for the pope, who has been talking about breaking down the walls

between christians and moving forward on this unity started between the catholic and the orthodox church there are reports that abbas and perez agreed to meet with the pope. can you tell us more about that agreement? >> what i described about the church of the holy seppual kerr -- seppel kerr dash, is an addendum surrounded by politics. the proep promised the -- pope promised the trip would not be political. he came and stopped at the separation wall. he invited the president perez and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to a peace summit. a trilateral meeting in rome with him. what can come from that - that's not clear.

the president of israel is largely a ceremonial post and president perez is stepping down. this will be the last official thing he does as an israeli official. the pope and aids feels that he can help, he can do something by bringing the two sides together, otherwise he would not have called the summit in rome. it's unprecedented by a pope, any pope to step into the middle east peace process and move it forward. will that interfere with the timing of the israeli elections? >> no, i think the israeli presidential elections will happen as scheduled by the end of the june, and shimon per ez will go rome - probably in the first week of june. the vatican hasn't concluded or finalised the date. this will be something that perez feels strongly about. it's interesting that he was

invited. protocol demands that if the palestinian president is invited the israeli president is invited. mahmoud abbas made it clear that he much refers to negotiate with perez instead of prime minister binyamin netanyahu, the head of this government, the person who is the most senior israeli minister who would make a deal. perez is largely a ser mopial role the the pope and his aides are trying to get the two sides together with someone that mahmoud abbas feels like he can talk to in shimon peres. thank you for being with us. earlier i spoke to the president of the holy land christian ecumenical foundation who said the pope is serving as an inter-locketture of peace. >> this is the head that will visit palestine.

this is important for the palestinians, and hopefully other leaders will follow, because sometimes you need one to come through and everybody will follow. this is important. he's coming to occupied land and the people under occupation. they are recognised as sovereign saturday. >> it's described as important for the future. before the pope went he said it wasn't going to be a political trip. today he invited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres for talks at the vatican. do you think this is a step in the right direction? >> of course. alls we blame religion dividing people and now we'll prove it brings people together. that's one thing. second thing, it's not political, but when you have people oppressed.

when you have people who want scruz, and this is -- justice, and this is the teaching of the book and what the faith is about. to bring pass and justice. it's not political, it's humanitarian and justice. that's why i don't consider it's political. he's not taking sides. by coming and recognising three countries, jordan, palestine and israel. sir robby added that he doesn't thing the pope's trip was replyicly -- politically motivated. firefighters in arizona are battling tough conditions. the fire is about 5% contained and eb gulfed -- engulfed more than 13,000 acres. >> we could say that the rain was a light drizzle. it was not a downpour enough to

have a major effect on the fire itself. what it did do is slow down the ground crews on their operation. it was more of that type of rain. it was really more of a drezle, so -- drizzle, so it didn't have a major effect on the fire. >> areas near the fire have been evacuated. for more, let's bring in rebecca stevenson. what can the fire crews expect to face today? >> we are getting a little rain fall, where the showers, the thunderstorms pop up. we had problems with flash flooding in the south-west and into texas. in the last two hours we watched thunder storms pop up in florida. they are so heavy. severe thunder storms, and bringing in hail. we were concerned about the tornado, the warning expiring around the small portion of the south-east georgia, into the northern portion of georgia. it's active if you look at parts of the central portion of the

u.s., where the big area of low pressure is swirling. we'll see severe thunder storms break out as we get through the lower hours. >> as we look at california, we expect a little cooling. here is the swirling area of low pressure bringing in high snow to the rocky mountance, and 5-10 degrees cooler than normal when we talk about text doors. 56 in albuquerque. normally it's at least 10-15 degrees warm are. they are enjoying a little relief. let's talk about active weather, the first hurricane. it started may 15th. this storm, amanda - that's the name of it - got so strong it almost was a category 5, now it's a category 4 with windspeed same timed is the -- estimated

at 154 men's, the strongest hurricane for the month of max it's a new record. in the next few days it looks like it will weaken and spin to the north. the main impact mexico will get is a lot of showers and thunder storms. >> hurricane amanda. we'll watch closely. richard overton was 36 when he went to war. it was 1942 and he spent three years fighting in the south pacific. he's the oldest living veteran. >> reporter: if you are looking to richard overton, this is where you'll likely find him - on his pomp with a cigar -- porch with a cigar in hand. >> i don't inhale, i just blow it ou. . >> by early afternoon all the chores are done. >> every morning i sweep my driveway. that's my exercise. got to keep the muscles going. >> richard overton is the owlest living world war ii -- oldest

living twor veteran. last year he turned 108 years young. >> i had bullets flying off the top of the head, around the side. i have never been hit. >> reporter: richard overton doesn't like to spend time talking about his time in service. >> the more you tell, the more it comes to you. >> reporter: as for what kept hem alive when many perished. >> that's god's business. he wasn't shooting at you. >> that's why we owe veterans like richard overton. >> president obama honoured richard overton in remarks last veteran's day. >> i want you to know something about richard overton. he was at pearl harbour when the battle ships smouldered. he was at okayy nowa and emow geema. >> richard overton got meet the commander in chief, though brief. >> there was a lot of stuff i wanted to talk to him about. he's in a hurry.

>> reporter: richard overton witnessed change, including times when he said white people were hesitant to interact with blacks. >> more white people want to be my friends than black. they drive there now. come, make yourself at home. >> reporter: as for what he credits to longevity. stay off medications. >> when it get m your system, it weaken your body. >> reporter: richard overton never had children. he was married trees. he comes from a big family. >> six sisters and four brothers - they're all dead. >> richard overton spends most address numbering his own company. he is not averse to getting married, but she has to be age appropriate. >> if i find a woman old enough. >> that woman must be around 90.

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european union observers are in egypt ahead of the elections. they met with the foreign minister. security has been heightened ahead of the vote. critics question whether the

elections will, in fact, be free and fair. let's look at the front runner in the egyptian election, and that is abdul fatah al-sisi. former defence minister of egypt and ponded by mohamed mursi -- appointed by mohamed mursi, but was instrumental in mohamed mursi's off thor. >> let me introduce myself, abdul fatah al-sisi. i'm an egyptian citizen. i love my country and my people. i want to serve them by - to ensure democracy, freedom, rule of law. >> reporter: abdul fatah al-sisi has come a long way in less than 12 months. as large-scale demonstrations against mohamed mursi clogged central cairo on 1 july, the

head of the military delivered an ultimatum - noght with your o -- negotiate with your opponents or the army will intervene, abdul fatah al-sisi warned. two days later abdul fatah al-sisi led a coup that deposed mohamed mursi. it launched him on a trajectory propelling him to the presidency. >> a year earlier he was given a top military job. abdul fatah al-sisi was to have m.e.r.s. locked up and -- mohamed mursi locked up and presided over a ruthless crackdown of the muslim brotherhood. >> our president is mohamed mursi. we are calling for legitimacy. this is our point of view. they are killing us. >> reporter: abdul fatah al-sisi did it with popular support, seemingly. the general was attracting something of a cult following. abdul fatah al-sisi rode a wave

of nationalism that kept him in the spotlight since last summer, and hasn't discouraged comparisons with a ruler from the 1960, described as a first leader to challenge western dominance of the middle east. abdul fatah al-sisi is religiously devout, but hasn't publicly expressed an opinion on how he views the role of islam in politics. on a speech to the military he said: >> reporter: before the conversation starts abdul fatah al-sisi knows his priority is to turn egypt's economy around. >> translation: during two resolutions egyptians as powered for freedom and social justice. i need to give them security,

stability and development. >> reporter: abdul fatah al-sisi says that within two years he can improve the economic condition of the egyptian people. he'll need to retain popular support if he's to have a chance of achieving the ambeshes goal. -- ambitious goal. we'll discuss more on what is at stake later tonight in "the week ahead". so remember to tune in at 8: 30 p.m. eastern. 5:30 pacific. we'll look at the criminal justice system, called "the system," and berylinger focuses an mandatory sentencing. it's a case of a man september to prip for 20 year for firing a warning shot to protect his daughter. >> reporter: a reason for the bill is your belief in the second amendment. >> our society which is a polite

society. what i want to prevent is someone physically not harming anyone september to prison. >> the bill makes warping shots legal and was inentired by wall are and others like him, who said they were protecting themselves or their families by firing a warning shot. it's ironic how one law can set him free, the other to trap him. >> here is the bottom line, when this is over, and i'm 58 - i'm not planning on checking out immediately - but i'm getting older, and god is looking at the back and says "did you do a good job?" i did the best i could. i tried to do the right thing for the right reason, no matter the consequences. that i can live with. >> when i saw the condition that my husband was in, and the fact that he'd resigned himself to

spending 20 years in prison for shooting a hole in the wall, i went from being sad and depressed to being angry. i think the system has failed me. it failed lee. the system is going to fail a lot of other people if we don't do something. remember you can catch "the system" at 9:00 pm eastern, 6 pacific. coming up next - check this out ♪ it might seem crazy ♪ what i'm about to say happiness is the truth. we are creative about yemen, with the makers of this viral video talking about their

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to all you soccer fans counting down to the june 12th kick-off unfortunate world cup in brazil authorities are spending billions on stadiums and security. some brazilians say more should be spent on schools and hospitals. christopher gaffney said all the while money is going to big business. >> we see all this money going to civil construction terms, the ones that dominate public policy in brazil. the $14 billion is not trick lipping down, as they subjected -- trickling down as they suggested it would. every time money moved to the construction terms, a lot sticks when the hands passed. we have active corruption, passive corruption and a lot of delays scheduled in, because as you get closer to the event you need more workers on the job,

costs increased and passed on to authorities. >> brazilians are upset that the government could find money for the world cup, but not to meet basic needs. >> happiness is a goal for a group of film-makers, they are trying to bring about change without violence. >> courtney kealy has their happy story. >> i think yemenis people needed to small. >> reporter: that man co-directed the video. >> i like most of the parts. my favourite will be the candle scene. >> the directors make fun of the capital's power cuts with this scone. he was able to skype with us, but like the rest of sanaa on saturday night, he was in the dark, and managed a smile. >> i use my phone, being creative. >> he wanted to show a different side of yemen saying the world

only hears bad news. >> we live in a bad decision. it's bad. we have crisis after crisis. no electricity. all the news going around - going around - we have to be - somehow we have to maintain the spirit. to survive. >> the city is a key location. >> we shared ideas. he had a sign. let's have a yemeni look alike. that's how it comes. >> the support helped to produce and organise kaj terse, fokking on women, like a popular talk show host of "tea with milk"

she's a well-known female rapper in the underground in yemen. basically, when she feels comfortable, when she walks around the streets, she's comfortable fuf not to wear it. you see women in traditional yemeni clothing. before the '70s they didn't wear the hijab. they wore beautiful colours, and scarves around the body. sca drk a showed up for her scene after hearing of the casting call. despite the joy, it's still unstable. >> it's intense, very intense. especially because of the military offense if in the south. it's no longer just in the south. she said that she wanted to show a group of yemenis hopeful, that

managed to be happy. so the difference between first and second place at this year's indy 5 hun came down to less than one second. american drive ryan hunter beat out ellio castro n, mez by 600th of a second of the the first american to win since 2006 and the second closest finish. after hunter ray said, "i'm proud to be an american boy" and said he's been watching since he was in diapers and it was a day come true. this is the raling thunder, a tradition when hundreds of riders come to the nation's capital and call for the protection of prisoners of war and those missing in action. it started in 1998. i'm morgan radford. thank you for joining us. will be back with another hour of news at 8:00 p.m. eastern,

5:00 p.m. pacific. stay tuned because "real money" with ali velshi starts now. >> well, tonight we're going to philadelphia, we'll devote ourselves to a city so hardworking, the face of the middle class in the city has changed. we'll look at the sensitive subject of race. why more than half of the city's black middle class fear slipping out of it. but philadelphia is still full of tight knit neighborhoods and the people there are not giving up on the dream. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money."