most emerging markets, including the brits, lost, and the u.s. gained 29%. so why risk everything on bigger returns. we'll have more on that in coming days. that's our show, i'm ali velshi and thank you for joining us. >> hi, everyone, this is aljazeera america, and i'm john seigenthaler in new york. a sham, what seven more years of assad could mean, and egypt's new president gets 96% of the vote. and why one comedian isn't laughing. a billion-dollar pledge to beef up nato forces, but is it enough to hold back russia? china, can't ignore tienanmen

square. plus: >> you know who that is? >> a homeless straight a student with a promising future. we begin with syria, the elections in the bloody civil war. despite the violence, some people went to the polls today. the syrian president, is expected to win a second term. many countries aren't buying it. united nations calls th. -- thee voting a disgrace. >> good evening, john, among the regions that the opposition says that the vote is a fraud, the only people allowed to vote are people living in areas under government control. and number works the opposition

candidates, if you can call them that, most of them unknown, and one of them saying that she would be honored to finish second. and number three, it's being held in the 20th century's deadlyist conflict. they believe that it's anything other than free or fair. >> president ash add. and the way is to cast their ballot in blood. for 17 hours, they selected the photo on the right. there were other options. but before the election, he called assad a strong leader who deserves respect. and he has been described as a character in a political fueled. >> i'm very proud to give my voice in a very democratic way, i think that syria is the new one. >> and this man, and the family who surround him.

>> today, syria is attempting to achieve security. comprehensive reconciliation, and today the process shall begin. >> some say that all of this is to give assad cover, to continue crushing the rebellion, for those who don't vote for him. this is their punishment. the government bombed an area outside of dam affec damascus. more than half of the country isn't voting and is at war. south of damascus is territory. and the syrian flags have been remmed by radical rebels. this checkpoint is not run by the state police. the ak-47's, held by rebel

guards, are not state issued. clever there was no vote. they carried one out of three, no longer live in their own hopes, and every month, 100,000 flee to neighboring countries. in jordan, they're dealing with the most insulting ballot they could find. thei >> the western official that i spoke with yesterday predicted that assad will use a technocratic government and pull tighter within his inner circle. and most, john, believe that nothing is going to change. the fighting will continue, and the dying will continue, and the worst refugee crisis since world war ii, will only get worse. >> nick schiffrin, thank you. in 1971, when he took over,

he was a progressive leader in the middle east. but that changed. >> reporter: whenas at succeeded his father 14 years ago, there was a promise of better things. 34-year-old promised to take his country into a millennium of reform. and the scars by his father's despotic rule could be healed. he was unopposed in 2000, and again unopposed later. untarnished in the eyes of a people still waiting for. >> to alie alienate it's necessy

for a revolution to occur in syria, and that's what happened. >> the uprisings spread and began in the countryside. and the dictators of the arab region tumbled one after another. [ gunshots ] and even as the uprising reached damascus, he continued with words. the violence was the work of isolated saboteurs, he said, with assistance from outside forces. the reform that would be repeated in the months and years to come, while the country continued to burn. towns taken by rebels were retaken by government forces, and assad traveled into secure zones with what had become his mantra, he with will become victorious, he claimed. initially, the soldiers defected

enforce, and the defects slowed and ended. >> there were many defects between 2011 and those are a core i'd logically driven region people. >> it was support with iran and china and russia, which used it's veto to nullify the attempts of the security council. and this helped assad cling on to power, defying those who would lay him away. >> and now to another country divided by violence, ukraine launched another defensive against the separatist fighters in the east. they want to take back the towns held by pro russian militias.

>> the violence has intensified as ukraine's new president intends to take office. his first day of his four day european trip, president obama offered $1 billion in military support, and the allies are concerned about the conflict. mike viqueira has been traveling with the press, and he joins us from warsaw, poland. and what's the message that the president is sending to russia tond? >> well, his message was clear before the president left the airport. posing with the polish president before nato f-16s, there was no mistaking president obama's message to russia. i'm starting to visit here

because of our commitment to poland's security. and the security of our allies in central and eastern europe is a cornerstone of our own security and it's sanko sank. >> part of his mission to ria assure an anxious region, where many hear disturbing echoes much history and russia's aggression toward ukraine. it's described bluntly. >> poland is interested in the condition of this uneasy process of the recognition of the painful and bloody history. >> later, the european nations gathered here in the unit. all at once, moscow and the soviet union. all are members of nato. president obama vowed to stabbed by them and uphold the treaty. >> we're here because as nato

allies, we have to stand united in defense. we stand together. always. >> and john, the president begins wednesday, his second day here in warsaw with a meeting with pretty poroshenko. , his swearing in on saturday. and then after the meeting, the president has a major policy speech to the people, before heading to russels for the g7 without russia. >> . >> steven, welcome, and what about the trip that the president has made to europe? any chance that there could be some negotiations between the russians and the west? >> there's a big chance, but what's stopping us at the most is the kiev government's assault

on western ukraine. i think it's very dangerous, and just today, there was tremendous pressure on putin to do something, and meantime, obama is meeting in the country, with the leader of, with the president of pole abdo, and with the nato heads. now, stop and think, we remember the cold war. but at the moment, if nato forces continue to move closer to russia, we'll have nato trops closetroops closer to russia geographically than the cold war. >> you said that nato has been responsive to all of this, but how would you expect them to respond to the move by pro russian separatists in the country? >> the problem, john, no story

makes sense unless you know where it began. the expansion of nato began 20 years ago, and many people in the united states warned that it could lead to something. and we can't turn the clock back 20 years, but what precipitated that? i argued that it was the washington-brussels offer to ukraine last year to join the u.n. as trading partner, and that proposition lead to the protests in the ukrainian streets, where the ukrainian government rejected it. and then came the call of the government in kiev, and then the annexsation of crimea. so it's a series of events. you could say you would be right. and it doesn't matter who began this, how do we end it? and where we are today, one thing is clear, there has to be a deescalation of fighting in

ukraine, and obama is meeting with poroshenko, and what he has to do is what he has to do. >> i tuked to a ukrainian expert last week that suggested this. it's russia's fault, and it's rush's aggression, and it's not the ukrainian people. they don't want russia. what would you say to that. >> that's social logically incorrect. 400 years of history have created twouke rains. one wants to have an affinity with russia, and the other with europe. that's why you have the fighting and the east-west conflict. and most think that if ukraine is going to be one state. by the way, two ukraines, one with russia and one with europe. to keep them together, the

lienales have to have more authority. and east and west, for that, you need negotiations. >> you had warned that this conflict could lead to some disastrous consequences, and you've even mentioned war between the united states and russia if something doesn't happen. you said that three weeks ago, and what has changed since then? >> things appear calmer, but the reality is that people are dying every day in ukraine and eastern ukraine. now we go back to putin. a confrontation with nato and possibly more, and what could precipitate that, john? putin is under pressure in washington to do something to save those people in eastern ukraine, and therefore, the attacks by our government need to stop. >> you talked about negotiations, we have merkel,

cameron, they're going to meet with putin in norm bandi, but not the united states. is that your opinion? the process that he used to talk to vladimir putin. >> he used to talk to him on the phone twice a week, but the problem is when he got the report about what they said to each other, they were completely applicationed. there's a way to solve this. in my judgment at the moment, russia is begging for negotiations and we aren't ready. >> those would argue that they're begging for negotiation with thugs, pretending to be ukrainian citizens, and it's a farce. the idea that this is theater created by the russian government. >> that's not true, but you tell me why the american media said when people did the same thing

in november and december to overthrow the government of kiev, they were freedom fighters, and these guys are thugs and rebels. they're whathings have webs, imd action and reaction. but what is leadership about? it's about intervening and finding a solution that's better for everybody. it's possible. where's the leadership? >> thank you very much. >> . >> the results are? in another controversial election. egypt's former military chief has been officially confirmed as the country's next president. he had 47%. and if confirmed, that's a percentage point higher in 2012

when morsi was elected. international election observers have questioned the validity of the election. including four journalists from our network, and a popular comedian is ending his show. >> john, many are worried that the country's new president is sending egypt back to its old ways, and that was vividly clear when the most popular comedian announced that his show was over. >> the show is over for the man who perhaps poked too hard at his. >> personally, i'm tired, and i'm tired of struggling and tired of hearing for my personal

safety and the safety of my family. >> once viewed as freedom, the loss of the show is a sharn reversal for a country that three years ago seemed on the brink of real change. >> for the first time, egypt is at its lowest point. with freedom of expression. since 1992, we have not seen that crackdown happen. >> with comedy, the new one isn't laughing. cracking down on journalists and descenters. >> this is a real red line. and you realize that this is something that you aren't going to be able to take on in egypt. >> aljazeera's evan hill covered the revolution. >> i'd say that the best was the

last voice in egypt, that was willing to directly confront the government with satire. no one was going to really take the air out of the regime. >> he had that power? >> he was the last one that was going to do that for now. >> after the fall, they posted it on youtube, and egypt had never anything like t youtube's popularity exploded. and time made him one of the most influential people. and he sat down with the man that inspired him. >> we say what we want to say, . >> the man did his farewell conference. he does not want to leave egypt and doesn't want to broadcast

from another country. the science, he says, should send a stronger message. >> the outrage over sergeant bowe bergdahl. >> he deserted. not only the army, but he left myself and my continue to clean up his mess. >> the government's reaction coming up, and plus, a tornado slammed the midwest tonight. and it's expected to get worse.

>> powerful thunderstorms causing a lot of damage in the midwest now, and it's expected to get worse tonight. here's kevin core bow. >> we have seen them erupt. and we're talking about winds, 100 miles per hour there. and hail. up to 2 inches of hail. it goes anywhere from nebraska to iowa and missouri. i want to show you the video that has come out in some of the cities here. first of all, let's look at the

damage of some of the storms here in omaha, nebraska, as the storm system goes through. this is only the first. and we'll see several storms pushing through this area. i want to show you storms and how it has affected traffic across the region, and as well as look at the next one, look at how low the visibility as it's pushing through nebraska, and damage wise, remember that 2-inch hail that i told you about? we're seeing a lot of damage and the wind in the area. we're talking about over 10 tornadoes being reported across nebraska and now we're up to over 100 areas of wind and hail damage that that particular region. we have hail warnings in effect and that's going to continue for the rest of the night. and we're looking at a high-risk area. this only happens a couple of times a year. we're talking about parts of

iowa now, going into missouri and illinois. and we think, john, this is going to continue flu 8:00 or 9:00 tomorrow morning. >> all right, we'll be watching it later on tonight. thank you. president obama defending his decision to trade five taliban prisoners for one american prisoner. and his comments did not quiet the critics. randall pinkston with more criticism today. >> quite a bit. a top democratic has joined republicans in violating the law about giving 30 days. bergdahl's fellow soldiers are raising another controversy. >> no one denies sergeant bo two suffered during five years of captivity after he was taken by the taliban. but some say that he's no hero.

>> i want him to be accountable for his actions. he purposely and willfully deserted his post, me, the platoon and the united states army. >> he was a medic in bergdahl's unit. and the squad leader accuses him of the deaths and the injuries of the soldiers who set out to find him. >> it's an insult to those who tried to find him. >> he blames bergdahl for his brother's death. >> i have no doubt that be he could be alive if bergdahl had not left his post. >> from the unit to the nation's capital, where democrats are joining republicans in criticizing the obama administration. in 2011, california senator, dianne feinstein, said that she

and republican senators that five detainees might be able to get berg doll released. the senators objected, and they transformed the daneees. >> i strongly believe that we should have been skulled and the law should have been followed, and i very much regreat that was not the case. >> detainees are in qatar, and they are responsible for thousands of deaths. >> the president needs to look the american people in the eye and explain why he was justified in releasing the five individuals, and why their background didn't demand the mandate that they be detained at guantanemo for an indefinite period of time. >> the release of the taliban, who are being held at guantanemo, was condition to the qataris keeping eyes on them and

creating a structure where we can monitor theirists. i will be keeping eyes on them, and i wouldn't have done it if i thought it would be a problem with the american security. >> next week, the first of what could be many hearings takes place on the armed services committee. chuck hagel has been invited to testify about the prisoner swap. and why the administration did not give congress 30 days prior notice. >> coming up, an important moment in modern china history. the anniversary of. >> and in syria, what's behind the government crackdowns?

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the top two vote getters will face-off, no matter which party they're from. >> . >> the pig farming industry, millions of families are geig. and a straight a student, she's homeless. >> the polls have closed in syria's presidential leaks. he's expected to win, and the results are expected thursday. social media has become part of the election. the campaign ads have stirred controversy, and china's social media, this time, the government is starting smart phone apps. richelle carey has it. >> in one case, the united states has been encouraged to

sensor itself, and in another, the government is trying to silence the against. promoting bashar alasy's election campaign, to promote a leader accused of crimes against his own citizens. facebook eventually remove the ads to comply with sanctions against syria, confirming that ipaid for or an add. they want facebook to give back the money it earned from the ad or donate to children. >> if facebook was always put in a position where it had to judge whether somebody was right to put content on their service, and respond to pressure if people were asking him to take that down, i think very quickly

the amount of expression that could go on in one of these services would get appreciably narrower. >> the syrian campaign to the huffington post: facebook has not yet said what it will do with the revenue. also the pressure to the facebook page freedom of expression for its users, and meanwhile, 4,000 miles away in beijing, china, the government is limiting what the people can do in social media. previous media crackdowns have started webo, similar to twitter, and now the chinese government is turning it's attention to messaging services,

like we chat. it serves 800 million users in china. it allows users to post and follow each other's feeds. many of the app's most popular accounts address political issues they said: three chinese government agencies will conduct a month-long operation to monitor the act. >> it's a little bit different around the tienanmen square anniversary. and in those periods, the chinese authorities tend to do sort of a preemptive crackdown on services like google, which is normally not entirely blocked. and also sort of wider conversations. >> it's important to point out that the users get around the

sensors, and the government wants to make sure that people understand they're being watched anyway. it's about being sure that no one mobilizes around the events like the tienanmen square anniversary. >> tomorrow marks the protest that crushed china's tienanmen scary. at the time students were leading the uprising, but today, most students don't learn about it in school. >> 25 years ago, students in china were agitating for political change. an unprecedented display of defines against the country's communist rulers, but the pro democracy movement survived for just weeks, before being spues suppressed. it's a taboo subject for most students. it's inconvenient for me to talk

about this, he says. i'm not on the side of the government or the students. today's young people are in the throws of another revolution, one of rising expectations. won chen was born after the bloodshed. she has come with a salary of almost 7 thunder a month. >> i know very little in this part of history. the one season, it was not meng in the mist books i read. >> born three months before the 199 protests, and today she manages a shop, specializing in skateboarding accessories. she's aware of the event of 25 years ago, but says that they hav.>> 25 years ago, the young

people are worried about keeping warm, and today we want to be stylish and show off our personality. >> today's students are in an era of rapid economic growth. they still have grievances but know they can't change the political system. >> they have remained away from politics for the sake of protecting their own interest and life. because they know aisle the risks of getting involved in politics. >> around 1/3 of them are unemployed because the economy isn't producing enough white collar jobs. engaging in political activism, that could change as the unemployment rate continues to rise. aljazeera. >> james is a national correspondent for the atlantic, and he was in tienanmen square the night before the military crackdown 25 years ago. and he joins us from washington.

james, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> what was your reaction about what the students had to say about tienanmen square. >> i think that corresponds to my experience in living in china in recent years. the government has done such a thorough job of erasing this from education arsenal subject that most people are not dare of it. you were not in. 30 years ago, they wouldn't think that it was part of their lives. >> if they say anything, they would be in trouble. >> that of course is the case, and the control in china is different from what many outsiders might think. a lot of things are not controlled. you would be surprised going around the country, how free wheeling and almost chaotic it is, but some things are tightly controlled. and this is one of them. i was there and i was detained for taking pictures of somebody

who was being detained and this is one of the subjects that the government does not entertainment subjects. to so you have to risk for your own well being, the future there in china. >> james, take us back 25 years, and what was it like before the crackdown. >> i had been in china recently before them, but i was back in japan four days before the crackdown, but in the weeks before, it was extraordinary. this was the weeks before, and jimmy carter and things were getting going, and there was this growing protest, not just in beijing, but in other cities across the country, and maybe something fundamental was going to change, and the people didn't know where they were going t goo go. there was excitement by the students who thought, we'll take the next step. not just economical reform, but political reform, and many who thought of the reforms 20 years

earlier, under chairman mao, the hammer is going to come down. military was undecided too, and suddenly, there was a hammer that came down, especially in beijing. >> were there any reforms as a result of this? >> politically, i think compared with 25 years ago, china is certainly more open across the board. the economy is more open, and there are pressure points for average people, migrant workers, in the concern in china, compared to authority years ago, it doesn't seymour open. so the economic reforms going, on a separate path of any political, and i think that the recent tightening has made people more pessimistic. >> the crackdown on the internet

there are ways to get more fox. has technology changed china? how much? >> there's a fascinating idea for people who want to get their ideas across with the government sensors. and almost every day, there's a new code phrase, june 4th, people in tienanmen square, people started talking about may 5th, and when that didn't work, they had the combination of chinese characters. there are a lot of people in china, and they're very well connected by the mobile media and creative. so you see the government trying to keep up with all of the energies that people are in china will prevail, but the government uses a lot of resources to this end. >> thank you for sharing your expertise part-time. >> in the middle east, strong reaction tonight after the u.s. says that it's willing to work

with the new government. the palestinian government has sworn in yesterday. and the government is backed by hamas, which does not recognize the state of israel. and which has the u.s. labeled a terrorist organization. joie chen talks about what's coming up on america tonight. >> tonight on our program, the focus on the cameras that are everywhere these days and what happens when they get on the wrong side of the law. is it a first amendment right or obstruction of justice? the videos officated. a cameraman turned activist, who is turning his focus on how well they handle the new. >> they are going to do all they can to arrest us and keep us from reporting the truth. but they have a problem with us

turning the camera on them. >> vigilantes, and what they do with their shot. we'll look at the eyewitness reporters as they got their man. sarah hoye, the good-bye man festo. >> voters in eight states are going to the polls today. in california, big change. new voting rules, it coul in tht could be democrat verse democrat, or republican verse republican. lisa bernard has more. >> how are you? >> david sal very is a republican government for state assembly who knows that he will lose in the primary election but campaigns anyway. >> i'm frustrated by the fact that i'm not going to go past the primary unless lightning

strikes. >> california has done away with the traditional system. and now in san francisco, sal i very knows that it will be two democrats vying for the seat he wants. a pollster said that californians are fed up with gridlock in the state capital. they are reaching across party lines. the schwarzenegger institute said that there was already a shift toward the center as redistricting were implemented. >> i'm a republican, but not your typical republican. >> this is the first test for the top offices. governor gavin newsome, said that he's not doing anything different this time around.

>> it doesn't change the campaign to be more moderate as a consequence to the partying more traditional. >> and yet many democratic dandates are positioned themselves for the money and the vote that would have gone to a republican candidate. it was to make the california elections more inclusive. but the unattended consequence is that third parties, like the green party, could be wiped out. the biggest winners under the new rules, are political consultants. >> there's a lot more uncertainty, chaos in these elections, and quite frankly, more money to figure it out. democracy is an suspension. >> i'm running, and here's more about me. >> david saliveri said that if not for the voting change, he would have until november to get

his message out. but realistic, he only has until the polls close at the end of the day. >> coming up next, a homeless high school student with dreams of a college education. >> with everything that happens -- >> from the streets to the honor role, coming up. and panic for america's

>> we're looking at very stormy and dangerous conditions from nebraska, iowa and parts of month mostly we think this is going to turn into a duracio scenario. back in 2011, this was the time-lapse radar, to show you what happened in the duracio. at 2 p.m., this is the line of thunderstorms, and every hour those thunderstorms expanded and caused a considerable amount of damage. and it pushed through in 12-14 hours, and that's how significant this is, and that's what's going to be happening with the thunderstorms pushing through here. so by the time we get to tomorrow morning, 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning, we're talking about the thunderstorms all the way over here toward ohio, causing confinement a bit of damage. we have seen over 100 reports of hail and wind damage, and about a dozen reports so far.

this is wednesday, and illinois and ohio. if you are traveling in this area of course, there are going to be major delays at the airports. we're not done. as we go to thursday, the conditions will weaken and norfolk all the way down to the carolinas. behind the system, much better conditions, so if we can make it through this, dry, cooler air, and much sun year skies across that area. that's the national weather and the news is coming up after this.

>> for the first time china announced that it's eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. they said an absolute cap will be announced in 2016. it comes a day after the obama administration announced tough measures to cut u.s. emissions. china is the biggest producer of

greenhouse gases intoism. >> already killing millions of pigs, it's driving up pork prices to record highs. >> here on the landscape of america's pork lies a quiet killer. craig, like most of his neighbors, lost thousands of young piglets to diarrhea virus. it wiped out 10% of the pigs in the united states, adult pigs survive, but the death rate among piglets is nearly 100%. >> i receive aid call and they said, something is wrong, and it's like being punched in the gut. we have already known across the united states how devastating it was going to be, and it was just as devastating for us, though we knew it was coming. >> the pork prices originated in 1970 in britain, and the current

strain is believed to have custom from china. the hardest hit are not farmers, who are earning more on their remaining pigs, but consumers. pork prohibition haves jumped from $3 a pound last year, and they could pit $3.90 this year. >> it's something that we haven't had in the united states, and we have to learn about the virus and how top handle it. how to handle it. and what it does, and it's going to be having a bigger impact. >> it the pigs are safe to eat. and it has no impact on humans, but they have to wait months before they bring in new piglets. they have had tough scooter measures. the haz-mat-like suits, and booties, they're meant to keep disease out. >> it was economically

devastating and emotionally devastating. we don't want to go to work thinking that we have toputh anise piglets. >> it's devastating and lethal the second time around, suggesting that the immunity that the pigs develop has its limits. that has many wondering when and if the latest deadly virus will land. aljazeera, iowa. >> coming up new tonight on the newscast at 11 p.m. eastern time. called the suicide bomber, the path that the american took that led him to attack others in syria. and a transgender model and actress, her perspective on the challenge that's she faces time. >> more than a million students in the u.s. are homeless. with you bun los angeles teen who lives in a homeless shelter is not letting it hold her back.

jennifer london has her story. >> for the past six months, this small room, shared by two families, has been the closest thing to a home that jameera has ever known. before moving here no los angeles, jameera spent another summer on skid row. >> sometimes you feel like you want to keep going. >> but she has had no choice. when jameera was 12, her family left peru and illegally crossed the border into arizona. and she has been homeless ever since. >> if my mom never had me, it wouldn't have happened >> so you're blaming yourself? >> i just want to give my mom everything she gives me. because my mom, she's the only thing i have.

if something happens to her, i am nothing. i'll be like more than homeless. i'll have nothing. >> and yet, by all appearances, the 17-year-old has everything going for her. she gets straight actuallies, she volunteers after school, she dreams of becoming a doctor or maybe a singer. ♪ >> but staying in school hasn't been easy, and jameera carries her burden alone. none of her friends know she's homeless. >> why is it so important for you to keep it a secret? >> i don't want them to judge me. >> you don't want them to judge you, and you do you think that they would? >> i don't know, i'm scared. >> jameera's deeply held secret is actually shared by thousands. throughout l.a. unified, there are roughly 14,000 homeless students. >> our kids come to school, not

knowing where they're going to sleep that night, see their family, and maybe they haven't slept or eaten. >> anna quinterro is one of the students in the homeless education program, which focuses on getting their necessities. >> we can provide backpacks, hygiene, and clothing assistance. >> those basics are a lifeline for jameera, school on wheels. it mentors 66,000 homeless students throughout southern californianized for the most part, you can definitely see their self-esteem go up. >> they protect us, and they take care of us, and they treat us like a real family. >> on this day, a spry. >> who signed up for college in who got accepted into college in and you know who that is?

and as a reward, jameera, we have a $1,000 scholarship for you to go to college. >> despite not knowing where she'll sleep at night, jameera knows that an education will be her ticket for getting off the streets and so good. >> here's an image that caught our eye. it comes from under ground ukraine. a ukrainian family seeks safety in a bomb shelter as the air raids pummel the city. we'll see you back here for the newscast. and the headlines are coming up next with richelle carey.

>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm richelle carey and here are tonight's top stories. syrians went to the polls today to vote on the country's presidential election. the current president is expected to win by a landslide and secure another seven years in office. the united states has called the election a disgrace and washington will not recognize the result. ukraine has launched another offensive with pro russian fighters in the east. the government wants to take back the surrounding areas.

fighting has intensified in the region, and the new president will be sworn in on saturday. president obama pledged $1 billion for training federal troops. he announced the decision in the stop of his european tour in poland and part of it is to make sure that the nato allies recognize the u.s.' defense. and bowe bergdahl, there's question around his release. soldiers accuse him of deserting his post. and the army will launch a new review into the circumstances of his capture. >> attacks across iraq today left 35 people dead. and most of the violence is in fallujah, a city under the control of government fighters. there have been daily attacks in baghdad, and this is the worst violence since 2007, and 4,000 people are dead since january.

you can get the latest news online at the website, aljazeera.com. on "america tonight" - captured. a 3-day manhunt ends by the golden gate bridge with a takedown caught on video. the explosive threats federal investigators found in his home. and how a popular bay area media consultant became their target. also tonight - candid camera - and the cops. >> go away. go away. everywhere you look someone has got a camera rolling. can the police stop you