succeeded in your restoration. is >> iswelcome toss al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. bowe bergdahl is free. while some celebrate, others question the prisoner swap. the obama administration tried to take a bite out of the be global warming. taking on pro-russian

separatists. >> questions are swirling about the release of a u.s. army sergeant after he spent years in the hand of the taliban. bowe bergdahl was the only known prisoner of war in afghanistan. to get him back, the u.s. exchanged five taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay. bergdahl is recovering in germany at a u.s. military hospital. beingen randall pinkston reports. to release five taliban leaders from guantanamo. >> i think big issue here is, what's going to happen to these five individuals. >> reporter: republican senator john are mccain, a former pow in the vietnam war, says he thinks the five prisoners swapped for bergdahl pose a threat to u.s. security.

>> it is disturbing these individuals would have the ability to reenter the fight, they are big high level people possibly responsible for the deaths of thousands. >> worried that the obama administration may be setting a dangerous precedent. >> we are setting a price, changing footprint in afghanistan which will put our soldiers at risk, where if i can get one can i get five prisoners released. >> accused the obama administration of violating the law. they argued that the defense secretary famed onotify congress 30 days in advance of prisoners being released from guantanamo. en route to afghanistan, defense secretary chuck hagel said it was necessary to being save his life. the deal required the emir of qatar to conduct a safe

operation. >> this information had to be closely held. only very, very few people knew about this operation. we did not want to jeopardize any leaks. we continue afford any leaks anywhere. >> be national security sunnyvale rice, said the rescue was an urgent matter which permitted the administration to make the swap without notifying congress. >> this was an urgent and acute situation his life would be at risk. had we waited 30 days and lost him i don't think anybody would have forgiven the united states government. >> agrees with some members of congress who say the swap sets a dangerous precedent. >> every country that's been at war has prisoner exchanges and that includes the united states who has negotiated in the past.

ronald reagan you may remember famously secretly tried to negotiate arms for hostages. president bush during the iraq war negotiated with sunni terrorists, eventually they were converted to what were called the sons of iraq. every country does this. israel trades hundreds of prisoners for a single israeli hostage. the taliban wants to kill americans. we want to kill the taliban. how much incentive do you need? i don't think this changes the dynamic at all. >> the taliban is applauding the exchange of five top level officials for sergeant bergdahl calling it a huge victory. the five prisoners are in doha, qatar where they will remain for one year. breach of international law according to afghanistan.

they were told the detainees would be released to afghan custody. the release of bowe bergdahl, we want to mention l al jazeera's home l company is based in qatar. al jazeera's louisiana is ia stark is in washington. >> the be u.s. wants to cut emissions from those power plants for first time. the biggest contributor to carbon emissions, bl requisiting of one-third of all greenhouse gases. it will help protect and help protect the environment. >> although we limit pollutants like mercury, arsenic, sulfur,

currently, there are no limits on carbon pollution from power plants, our nation's largest sources. for sake of our families' healed and for our kids' future we have a moral obligation to act on climate. be. >> reporter: now under this proposal they would cut carbon pollutiopollution on existing py 30% by 2030. and that's 30% from 2005 levels. so there's already been some reduction. the epa says this would have some health benefits because it would cut other pollutants. more than 6600 premature deaths could be prevented. the epa claims electric bills if this proposal goes into effect. dropped by about 8% because of energy efficiency and other reasons. but as you ask imagine stephanie a lot of push back from others who are opposed to this proposal. >> i don't even need to imagine it. it's already coming out. some critics are saying these cuts could cause jobs.

what is the response then from washington to that claim? >> the speaker boehner, house speaker says this proposal is nuts. that's his quote. he says it would drive jobs overseas. the be beings opposite, actually acknowledge this will boost the economy and lead to be jobs in green energy. this would be an economic plus, face lawsuits and legislation on capitol hill to ensure this never goes into effect. stefeneff any. >> lisa stark, thank you. a russian national is facing several charges in connection to cyber-threats. the agency also announcing an operation to knowledge work zeus, officials explain how the

cyber-scam works. >> game over zeus the most 76thed and damaging bot-net experience we have. the game over zeus intercepts software that can be used to conduct wire transfers and initiates or redirects wire transfers from victims' bank accounts to foreign bank accounts controlled 50 criminals. >> the justice department has filed criminal charges remitted to the case in pittsburgh, pennsylvania and he omaha, nebraska. tonight president obama leaves for atrip to europe. he'll be making stops in poland, britain and france. including ukraine's newly elected president acknowledge petro poroshenko. newly re-formed group of 7. and on friday president obama and russian president vladimir

putin will bothing in normandy france for ceremonies marking the skit anniversary of d day invasion. the justices have rejected a request by new york times reporter james risen to keep a source confidential. around 50 other cases are supposed to be rumentd on this month, some of -- ruled on this month, some of them religious topics. food label and rights for television retransmission. members of the supreme court take off during the summertime. >> more violence in eastern ukraine. one ever our al jazeera correspondents was right next to the action.

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>> bowe bergdahl's home town has been hoping for his release for years.

yellow ribbons line the main street in hayley, idaho, jim high schoolihighhohooley is the. >> this town, everybody here is so relieved that bowe will be coming home. signs are all over town, yellow ribbons are up and down main street. this is coffee shop that bowe used to work at some years before he went into the army. signs here, welcome home bowe, our prayers are answered. they don't know when he'll be coming back, but everyone here just hopes he can get home he is safe and they are so proud that he has been released after five years of everyone here in hawaiy

haley. >> has there been reaction in you haley? >> we don't have a lot of people giving me answers, not talking about these allegations. they say there is talk of that in washington and other circles. everyone here is so relieved that he is going to be coming home and they hope he comes home safely. with me now is sue martin. she's the owner of zaney's coffee shop where bowe worked several years ago. you must be so relieved today. >> i am, tremendously relieved. that is the fishes emotion i experienced, relief. to wrap our arms around the fact that bowe is safe now and we have to be moving on to the next chapter of which he will be writing, how to support him in

the process. >> some people say the next chapter may have serious questions, allegations what his activities were before he was exushed. >> in town we remain supportive and strong standing with bowe. i don't think it has ever wavered, or ever will waver. this is a personal experience, with he and his family, we are personally connectand not politically connected. >> i flaj will be a grand celebration, when he comes home. >> 28th of june was a support rally now a celebration. >> a big celebration indeed. sue martin, thank you for joining us today.. there is no word stephanie when bowe will be coming home but everyone is hoping that he will be able to make it here on june 28th. >> they are waiting with open arms.

jim hooley, thank you so much. >> a chinese coast guard ship, chasing a be vietnamese boat. after the incident the two ships collided. a week after a similar incident when a vietnamese ship sank after a chase. the two countries have long fault over the oil-rich waters in that area. five pro-russian troops are ced following gun -- dead following gun battles. when hundreds ever separatists attacked a border camp in luhansk. david chater has details. troops inside thought to number around 70 have been surrounded by a force estimated to be up to 500 strong.

ukrainian jet fighters were scrambled flying mission he over the city of luhansk from which it was claimed the attacks were generated. surface to air missiles. heavy plumes of smoke are rising above the sky lines. the region near the russian border, northeast of the city of donetske has seen a sharp upsurge of fighters. ammunition and new weapons. this time, the odds seem heavily stacked against border guards have have been involved in a series of escalating firefight and infight. the separatists checkpoints have been reinforced by volunteer fighters from throughout former you be soviet union. they have sworn to protect the

being new republic from kyiv's forces. labeling them terrorists and enemies of the state. attacks like this one set a serious challenge to that mission. as each day passes more and more volunteers are arriving, knowledge skims and weapons that could outmatch the ukrainian army. ceafer is determined to restore order to the -- kyiv is doarmd doarmd -- determined to restore order to the region. the battle looks to be a bloody one. being david chater, al jazeera, donetske. >> while david chater was reporting he had to take cover. take a look at that that. >> if you can make out that was the actual base on fire. >> luckily david chater and his

crew they're all okay. in fact david continued his reporting. we'll continues the coverage in eastern ukraine. the battle against are rudd and eastern ukraine, given crown another week to pay its bill in full. syrian presidential elections are set for tomorrow but it is feared that violence will keep people from the polls. over the weekend at least 50 people were killed in the embattled city of aleppo. syrian president bashar al-assad is expected to retake presidency. >> most senior most respected international diplomats in the world. former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan and lakhdar you

brahimi. brahimi. >> no one is able to keep an accurate count but it is without doubt the most deadly conflict this century. >> the hard work starts now. >> both annan and brahimi's peace efforts were based on a rare moment of international agreement. the geneva accord of june 2012. it called for a new traditional government with executive powers. brahimi got both sides to come to geneva earlier there year how to work out this transitional government. but the assad government wouldn't even agree with the being agenda. there is no hope if president assad is reelected. for the duration of the war, only three years, there has been rare moments of unity. russia backed by china is likely

to continue to use its veto if necessary in support of the government in damascus. but how will the rest of the international community respond to an election that technically gives bashar al-assad another seven years in power? one observer believes the election will not change the minds of those nations that have declared the damascus regime an international pa pa are paiah. >> -- -- pariah. >> the election will change things maybe within assad's own deluded mind and perhaps within his small ento you entourage. >> finding it be nearly

impossible to get medicine and other aid to certain areas. getting the agreement of russia and china would be difficult. four times nrt past thre the --e past three years, russia and china have used their veto. on the ground, the death toll don't mount. james bays, al jazeera, the ununited nations. >> a palestinian many government was swosh in today, mahmoud abbas, are israel's prime minister quickly rejectnegotiations with the new deposit and set essential against the palestinians. >> the phrase out with the old and in with the new isn't so great for everyone. coming up why street fighters in hong kong are fighting to keep

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>> welcome back totion al jazeerto al jazeeraamerica. i'm stephanie sy. questions surrounding a u.s. army sergeant after he spent years in afghanistan. bowe bergdahl was the only prisoner of war known. to get him back the united states exchanged five be al qaeda prisoners held in guantanamo. president obama will be in poland and normandy to beings celebrate the be 60 years since the normandy invasion. new york times being reporter james risen to keep a source in his book confidential. 50 other case he to rule on before the justice et cetera take off for summer. hong kong has a rich

cultural history and a big part of that is food. now some locals are worried the government is sacrificing the peninsula's culinary heritage for economic gain. rob mcbryde reports. >> he has been making up and serving up dim sum in the same place for 30 years. this might be his last. two years ago, his lease went up by 50%. he fears another similar rent rise or even worse. >> translator: many of the buildings have already been redeveloped and a lot of people who lived around here who were my customers have moved away. >> reporter: nestling in the shadow of the gleaming office blocks, the older traditional e-traditional back streets of honoring consciouhong kong are y newer style eateries. >> there are no more old style cacafes any more.

>> so called dai pai dong street foods being numbered in the hundreds. when he set this one up with his father back in the 1960s. now it is one of barely 20 left. it will probably close when he hangs up his ladle. being hong kong faces the same dilemma as other be asian cities, how to develop into a modern metropolis, while maintainings its ordinarily world heritage. there's a suspicion the city wouldn't mind losing that rough side of its character for good. >> some critics here believe the authorities have used recent food safety scaishz and virus -- scares and virus outbreaks to unfairly target street food outlets. the result, a vanishing street

food heritage. >> for connoisseurs of local tradition or just sheep [cheering and applause] eats, hong kong features a rapidlrapidly diminishing menu. >> a plane, two hours in the air, is powered by the sun. that appendage on the tail and those extra-long wings are powered by solar panels, it is the second solar-powered aircraft ever to fly. planning to fly it around the world next year. its successful trip this morning suggests it will be a success. dave warren. any chance we'll have some of that awesome weather here? >> that's a good idea to do that above the clouds. the threat for more clouds and even storms to develop. hurricane season underway. started this weekend.

and typically in june this is where the storms develop. the water temperature warming up a bit and they would track to the north and turn to the northeast. the satellite picture shows it's pretty clear. a cluster of storms there. not likely that should develop. this is start of the season, the typically peak of the season is in september. now the temperature warming up starting to see more activity in the tropics. looking for severe weather, that will be developing tomorrow not today. skies across the middle of the country. temperatures are warming up in nebraska and omaha, 78°, min jams 76, a -- minneapolis 76. storm developing east of the rockies. when you get a storm like this east of the rockies the center of that low is where you get the severe weather. just to the north of that likely

to have severe weather tomorrow. storms developing could be severe. moderate risk, in this area likely we'll see severe weather. lightning a big problem with these storms, many people get hurt by lightning either too soon or too quickly as the storms passing. they're taking shelter as the storms pass by, they're waiting a little too long. happened in india, a number of fatalities happened there. lightning is a big threat this time of year. radar seeing the storm move out. temperatures are climbing, really starting to heat up across the southwest. warnings, phoenix up to 110, vegas up to 99. we need the rain across the southwest, not getting it, just the heat. satellite picture looks pretty clear. no rain is forecast. >> phoenix, arizona!

>> 110! >> they've had that many many for quite some credit that weather for quite some time. being being "techknow" is up next. have a great great monday. molecular neuro scientist. tonight on the trail of synthetic drugs. chemist versus chemist as cops need scientists to track down illegal drugs hitting the streets. kost a. s grammain, tonight, cell phone secrets, how one tech company can tracked moves and what they intend to do with it. marita davison is specializes in ecology and evolution. tonight, it looks like chicken, but it's not.

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