>> security ramps up in china's capital, 25 years to the day after tiananmen square. decades after the crackdown, beijing residents fear reprisals. also coming up, the taliban releases video showing the handover of the soldiers in qatar. a show of strength. president obama tells ukraine's

head of estate that the u.s. is black head of state that the u.s. is committed to the country in the long term. hello, increased numbers of police on patrol in beijing's tiananmen square on the 25th anniversary of a violent crackdown on protesters, as well as a heavy police preps, sensors erased a mention of the crackdown from the internet. the chinese government doesn't allowing public discussion of the protest, leaving hundreds of unarmed people dead. the early hours of june the 4th, chip oos government troops opened fire on unarmed civilians in beijing's tiananmen square. the crowd was mostly students and young people holding peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations for weeks. an official death toll was never released. human rights groups say it to

range from hundreds to several thousands. many were arrested, some executed after. china's gacto leader -- de facto leader praised troops. a candle lit vigil is under way in hong kong, where people have more freedoms. >> starting to get dorker -- darker here in hong kong. up to 150,000 people are affected in the park in hong kong to come out and commemorate june 4th. have eight an annual event. we have a candle lit vigil. and the flame of democracy lit 25 years ago. people feel a bond with the students in tiananmen square, and although it is 2.5 decades on, they feel in this city, at least they are keeping alive the

hopes and aspirations, in the hope that a future gerpation in mainland china will take up the cause. people are starting to congregate here. we are, as i said, expecting 100,000 people, thought the year 1989 - they have fluctuated, and the final year is one of those that we cap expect more people in another year. >> explain to us the background on why people are allowed to protest while they are not in mainland china. >> there is - the city has freedom of speech, a semiautonomous status in china. have eight part of the people's republic of china, and has a one country two systems, a semiautonomous status. people can come out and express views. there's a free media, and this is one of the most visible

examples of that, the june 4th ritual. have eight the only place in a couple of billion people, about arguably the most important historical event in the influential countries. have eight one of the few places where it can be commemorated and remembered. a number of people will not only be from hong kong but from mainland china. there's travel across the border. have eight easier to get a visa. they are tourists coming to see the sites, coming to shop. for at number of people they are coming in to protest. we are seeing more people from mainland china coming here to have their say and take part in protests like this. >> thank you for that update from hong kong. >> william, a china researcher with amnesty international is in

hong kong. talking about the forced amnesia, is it surprising that china will not acknowledge the facts of what happened? >> well, i think it is kind of surprising 25 years later there's no mention of tiananmen square, and what happened, in the mainland media. all mention on internet, twitter and twilight services are banned. have eight strong in a way, but in another way, you know, 25 years ago yesterday a young boy, 17-year-old, took to the streets of beijing, and he was shot in the heart by the people's liberation army. his mother, who was one of the main members of the tianamen mothers, has been fighting for 25 years for justice. her demands have fallen on deaf ears. what they want, fundamentally, is, first of all, a full investigation. as you mentioned we don't know

what happened, how many died. this is still unknown. we have not heard the state's side of the view. based on the full independent investigation to get compensation for the victims and their families, and, third, to have accountability for those that are responsible. because the demands have not been met, and the patients have powerful stories to tell, that's the main reason why the government is going to credible lengths to sepp cen sewer all information. >> have people not been trying to get to the past. >> this is a milestone. we have noticed an increase in the scope of the crackdown on activists, lawyers, artists,

retired people who are training to remember what happened. we have documented 66 people who were detained throughout the country for preparing tianamen. the government cracked down on people and events that have no connection. they are going after independent chinese media. people that contribute to independent media abroad. so we find it to be a worrying set of event. >> going back to the event itself, people expected the army to come in, but they hadn't expect the sheer brutality, can anyone explain that, why it went the way it did? >> i don't think anyone can explain it. there has been similar

movements, and the government more or less dispersed the crowd with no fatalities. they had the abilities to use better fleecing method to clear the swear. some believe that they wanted to send a signal to society by broadcasting it on tv. no dissent like this would be tolerated. the lessons and repercussions are felt today, 25 years on. although we have seen this repress, many people detained for remembering what happened, there's an opportunity for the government to address the concerns of the tianamen mother and release the people who are detained. >> thank you very much, we'll leave it there. the afghan taliban released a video showing the handover of

one of the sergeants in afghanistan. it shows bowe bergdahl handed obvious to the military, freed in exchange for the release of five taliban leaders from guantanamo bay. bowe bergdahl was captured in 2009. a year later the pentagon concluded he'd walked away from his unit. the u.s. army may pursue an investigation that could lead to desertion. a former soldier that served in the same unit says he should be court marr shalled. >> i don't consider him a traitor. i haven't seep evidence that he defected. i hope when he's fit he stand trial for court marshall. if the judges rule him not guilty or guilty, i'll report what decision is made. forces have had to abondon a

checkpoint in luhansk after ruling out of ammunition. elsewhere separatist fighters are continuing an attack on a border guard base. 18 border guards were injured. we have been sent an update from the city. >> reporter: these are some of the rounds i collected from this roof-top position above the national guard base that was captured by the separatist fighters during the course of the night. this is a residential block, have eight about 20 yards away and has a commanding view looking over the national guard base. we don't know yet whether it was an effective surrender, whether they surrendered their weapons, the story is not clear. many frightened residents watched. the military launched its heaviest attack.

pro-russian separatists have had hold of the city. residents say they are caught in the crossfire and plead for it to stop. this report may contain disturbing images. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of a military attack on the outskirts of slovyansk. the body of a pro-russian fighter is sluxed in the front -- slumped in the front seat. outside the bodies of three more men. the attack happened on monday. as they showed us the van, mortar round could be heard. locals say the vehicle carried pro-russian separatists, it looks like have eight been hit by a missile. the inside is burnt out. the street has been caught in the crossfire. he went out for supplies, cam back to find bullets sprayed his

front door. they keep shooting. he took lis wife and heavily pregnant daughter to escape the fighting. those are the ones in the attack so far. a lull drew people out from their homes. the mother of one says she needed to get out. >> translation: there was explosion. everyone doesn't want to see and here. you can't see them all the time. >> kiev has sworn to rid ukraine east of what it labels terrorists, it is deputied by many, who feel they are under fire. and the winds of public opinion is unlikely to change while

blood is stilling on ukraine stale. >> kim vinnell joins us from donetsk. frightened residence that talking to. what happened there at the moment? >> we heard that the battle was occurring in the military. they came out last night and said the region north of conesque had been cleared of spraetists that appeared not to be the case: 300 separatists were killed in the battle yesterday. a serious situation. we were in slovyansk yesterday. we got as close to the city as we could. we were not allowed past many, because we were told it was too

dangero dangerous, that snipers were there. a statement may be made this afternoon. with all the developments that are hopping. we mentioned events in luhansk, where it appeared the military ran out of ammunition, are they trying to explain that or not said anything about it yet. have eight yfg. we haven't heard an official stons. all of the government officials that we called to get comment. there's nothing to say right now. in luhansk we heard the border

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stories - there's an increased police presence in beijing's tiananmen square after the 25th anniversary of a violent crackdown on protesters. the afghan taliban release a video of bowe bergdahl, the only soldier in captivity a border base abandoned in luhansk after a 10-hour battle with separate its president obama met ukraine's president-elect petero poroshenko in a show of support. they sat in war saw during a trip, designed to reashire the n.a.t.o. allies in eastern europe, following russia's annexation of crimea. they had been impressed by petero poroshenko's vision. obama administration said the g7 meeting will be important to show the international community stands behind them. james, appears to be a friendly

relationship between barack obama and petero poroshenko. >> does seem friendly. president obama met him in poland and is speaking in poland, the events very much the planned - the plan to be the - to anticipate what is going to happen at the g7, praising the polls for their struggle to overthrow commune. >>. i suspect toon he'll make comparisons with ukraine. he announced aid for ukraine, some $5 million to provide equipment like night vision goggles for the ukranian forces. nothing that they could fight off a russian attack with. i think have eight there to show support for the ukranian people and the new president elected 11 days ago. a man that president obama says was a wise selection by the ukranian people. having made that judgment about the new ukranian leader. later on in a couple of hours

he'll head to brussels to talk to g7 leaders about the situation in ukraine. >> what else can we expect from the g7? >> i don't think you'll see new announcements on sanctions. they'll talk about new measures potentially against russia, but i don't think they'll agree to any new measures. the most important going about the g7 summit is what it is not. it's not the ga. russia is not invited because of what happened in ukraine vladimir putin gave an interview saying the u.s. was being aggressive. he gave that interview in sochi. the g8 became the g7. notes have been counted in

syria. the voting was held in government-controlled areas, and is certain to win another term. he got a high proportion of the votes from syrians in lebanon and jordan. the united states says the election is a disgrace. >> it intentionally denied millions of syrians the right to vote vote. detached from reality and devoid of political participation the bashar al-assad regime conditioned a 40 year repress, crushing cyst sent and failed -- dissent and failed to fulfil peace and profit perty issues of the people. we are joined by a professor of peace and economics. condemnation from the americans and many in the west saying it will be a sham. will it consolidate a power

base. >> have eight important symbolically and politically. the head line of a pro-bashar al-assad government newspaper, millions of voters renew bashar al-assad's mandate, legitimacy. have eight a new legitimacy, a new mandate, a celebration of his ability to survive. he'll present today and tomorrow with a fait accompli, "i'm here to stay, you have no choice but to deal with me.". the reality as you suggested. the vote will deepen the divisions inside syria between the pro-government. >> the former ambassador to damascus criticised u.s. policy. does he have a point. >> ironically the state

department responded saying robert ford is a private citizen. the fact is president barack obama made up his mind. that's why you have now the impasse. the united states, as you suggested, the united states condemned it as a sham. have the rebels, as robert ford suggested, become extreme, are they linked to al qaeda and other groups with rebellious allowance. >> i think the geography of the opposition shifted towards the hard liners militant extremists. this is elected.

the free syrian arm, i and national coalition, which is basically moderate elements are the weakst link in the chaup, and that's why robert ford and other american officials outside the government criticised president obama for not providing the means to aid president obama. >> there's suggestions that russia and iran have been stepping up help to bass what is your prognosis or weeks or months. on the ground inside syria, the vote will not change the reality. the war will go on on the killing field. bashar al-assad's allies. will say to the world this is the reality. bashar al-assad is not going go anywhere. the western powers, the european powers will say "we'll never accept this." what does it mean? it moons the war will go on. seven more years - the conflict

could last between seven years, give or take. >> have eight a frightening prospect. now, a suicide car bomber targeted the home of a rogue general leading an offensive against the country's militias. three people were killed, four wounded in benghazi. there were conflicting reports on whether general khalifa haftar was among the injured. thousands of pakistanis protested against the exiled political leader. there was a large sit-in where supporters demanded release. the mqm party leader was detained on suspicion of money laundering. have eight wanted in pakistan in connection to a murder case. researchers from an australian university released a sound recording that may have captured the moment that malaysia's missing plane may

have crashed into the ocean. a low frequency noise was said to be recorded in the indian ocean around the time it vanished in march. the lead scientist expressed doubt have eight a new lead. >> have eight something that they need to include in the mix. but the problem with it is that we don't know for sure that it is related to the aircraft, where we only have circumstantial evidence of that. whereas the information they have from the satellite handshake data, they do know is from the aircraft. saudi arabia announced a jump of 50% in the number of deaths from the m.e.r.s. virus. 282 are known to have died from middle east respiratory syndrome. and the total number of confirmed cases is 700. the rise comes after a review of old data by the saudi arabia health ministry and means the

mortality rate stands at 41%. over a week before the football world cup brazil's president says her government will not allow turmoil to disrupt the event. protests against the costs of hosting the tournament have been happening daily. this is the latest where hundreds of teachers marched through the streets. >> mexico city's metro system has been a source of pride, helping to keep the capital's 20 million inhabitants moving. a new line was supposed to make it better, instead was causing chaos. adam raney reports from mexico city op part of the series "urban pressure". >> reporter: rush hour in mexico city sees a crush hour of people making their way to work. more than half the stations have been closed on the metro line because engineers worry that trains could come off the tracks. when the new line opened in

2012, this woman was thrilled. now she spends much of the morning on buses riding between stations. >> translation: this is a new line. it is okay to do minor maintenance on the line, but not major work. >> reporter: the opening of line 12 cut her ride to work to an hour. some days have eight more than two hours. the line was built by a consortium of mexican companies. there has been a lot of finger pointing. have eight unclear what made the ride risky. the tracks are worn down, more than they should be after a year in service. mexico city is heading an having of line 12. even he is wary of blaming specific people or companies. >> instead of looking for corporates, what we are doing is to work alongside the deposit

get the metro running again. >> mexico city's metro is behind the number of daily passengers. its reliability is a source of pride. 460,000 people road lion 12 alone when it operated fully. >> lion 12 has modern cars, and have eight referred to as the golden line. it cost mexico city 2 million, and millions hor to get the trains back on track. >> the mayor says it could be 6 months before lion 12 is up and running again. they just want it fixed as soon as possible so they can get to work on time. >> translation: have eight in position for the commuters, for all of us that use the meat roe. >> a view shared by hundreds of thousands like her, who wait for the train to get the green

light. and you can keep up with all the news by checking out the website. the address is aljazeera.com. you can watch us on there by clicking on the watch live icon. details of the increased security measures in beijing. fellow soldiers critical of bowe bergdahl for leaving his unit. this morning new video of the moment the taliban handed him to u.s. special forces. >> president obama in poland answering questions about a deal that set bowe bergdahl free. a few hours ago he met with ukraine's president petero poroshenko. >> tornado warning

hail, wind, pounding rain - a perfect storm cuts the trail of destruction through the heartland. and disorder in the court. a judge accused of assaulting a public defender. >> it kind of hit me harder because i was - there was two or three others of us close to bowe bergdahl. overall the platoon dash there was a lot of shock and some anger too. and made me just - he kind of walked off. >> a soldier who served with berg -- bowe bergdahl, he considers the rescued prisoner of war a dirter. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. and i'm john henry smith. dramatic video shows the moment the group released bowe bergdahl to u.s. special forces. the trade for a group of taliban prisoners held for years at guantanamo bay, that got bowe bergdahl back is causing an uproar on capitol hill, and with

critics across the country. >> two senators say the white house apologised for not keeping the white house in the loop. the "new york times" reported that bowe bergdahl left behind an alert in 2009, saying -- a letter in 2009 saying he did not support the war and was leaving to start a new life. randall pinkston has more on the controversy surrounding bowe bergdahl's return. >> reporter: no one denies bowe bergdahl suffered during five years of captivity by the tall mapment some that served with him say he has no hero. >> i want him held accountable. he purply and willfully deserted his post of the he deserted me, and his platoon. >> former army sergeant was a squad leader who accuses bowe bergdahl of being responsible for the deaths and injuries of soldiers set out to find him. >> have eight a spit in the face of saltediers who died --

solders who died as a result of him leaving. >> one of the soldiers - his twin blames bowe bergdahl for his brother's death. >> i have frustration that potentially he could be alive. we lost somebody that we love very much, and will never see him again. >> the controversy ex-attend from the unit to the capital, where a senior demonstrate joined republicans in criticising the obama administration. in 2011 senator dianne fienstein said he and republicans from told five detainees might be sent from qatar to get berg released. they objected and asked for 30 days notice before transfer. >> i believe we should have been consulted. the law should have been followed. i regret that that was not the case. >> reporter: the detainees are in qatar. saxby chandler, said some of

them are responsible for thousands of deaths. >> the president needs to look the american people in the eye and explain to the american people why he was justified in releasing the five individuals, and why their background didn't demand and mandate that they be detained at guantanamo for an indefinite period of time. >> the release of the taliban who were held in guantanamo was conditioned on the qataris keeping eyes on them and creating a structure in which we could monitor the activities. we will be keeping eyes on them. i wouldn't do it unless it was contrary to american national security. we have confidence that we will be in a position to go after them if, in fact, they are engaging in activities that threaten the defenses. randall pinkston, al jazeera. we'll take an indepth look

at the video of the bowe bergdahl prisoners swap at the top of the hour. later heidi zhou-castro will give us racked to bowe bergdahl's -- rehabilitation to bowe bergdahl's release from the military community. president obama was followed to war sea. he addressed the deal, trying to diffuse criticism that his administration broke the law by not giving congress advance notice of the agreement. >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever those may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back. period. full stop. we don't condition that. and that is what every mum and dad who sees a son or daughter sent over into war theatres, should expect from not just their commander in chief, but

the united states of america. >> president obama met, for the first time with ukraine's president-elect, petero poroshenko. they discussed economic support as well as the $1 billion pledge to beef of military support. mike viqueira travels with the president and joins us from warsaw. we heard is bit from president obama's meeting with petero poroshenko. let's hear what he had to say about providing military resources to ukraine. >> we discussed additional sets that we can -- steps that we can take to train and professionalize the ukranian law enforcement and military. to help with challenges that are taking place in certain portions of the country. today was about additional assistance that we can provide that will help ukrainian

military force deal with this. >> additional nonlethal military assistance to ukraine. mike, is this enough to assure u.s.'s nato allies that it will not let what happened in ukraine happen to them? >> well, you know, pols, people in the baltic stath, lithuania, estonia, eastern europe and others, they want to hear the president re afarm what president obama called the iron lad commitment of n.a.t.o. allies. he'd come to their defense. have eight remarkable to see and hear pols in warsaw. the people on the street, the concern that history may repeat itself. president obama gave a speech where he reaffirmed the iron clad commitment to the united states to defend poland if it came to that. the aid that the president

announced. $5 million in body arm your, communication equipment. nominal for the ukranian military - the president said you are not going to stop the russian army if they come over the border. people are anxious, nervous, have eight been a theme over the last 24 hours. the united states stands behind poland, and the rest of eastern europe. >> a lot of history for polish people to be concerned about. meanwhile the g7 summit in brussels is coming up next. how much will russia's absence be felt there? >> you know, have eight really sort of interesting. the united states has gone out of its way since the last time president obama was in europe, in the hague, gathering the g7, minus russia. it was known as the g8. the meeting that the president goes to later today will not include russia, of course, as punishment for its actions in ukraine.

however, try as though president obama might to isolate russia and its leader vladimir putin, there's no fewer than three bilaterals scheduled for later in the week, with the french president francis hollande, angela merkel from germany - bilaterals with vladimir putin. the president is trying to keep the pressure on. european allies are reluctant. the president goes brussels, trying to develop sanctions for carrying on the economic punishment. >> so president obama is the only world leader at the g7 that is not meeting with vladimir putin. how does that look for the u.s.? >> right. have eight interesting because actually the other leaders will meet - three of the ordinary leaders will meet in the next stop, the commemoration of the d-day anniversary on june 6th. have eight the case in point. president obama was asked at the

press conference whether he would, in fact, be meeting with vladimir putin, after all they'll rub elbows, there'll be 17 leaders. the president said "yes, i'm going to see him, talk to him, there's no question about it, there's nothing formal planned." he says if he sees putin, he'll carry the same message that vladimir putin and russia have to back out of the crimea and vladimir putin has to meet with the ukranian president elect that president obama met with this morning, petero poroshenko. mike viqueira travel with president barack obama. >> she says she's having trouble breathing, she was stabbed multiple times. >> stabbed multiple times. >> yes. that's the 911 call from a man in wisconsin who found the

young victim of a stabbing attack. two 12-year-old girls are accused of luring their friend into the woods after a sleepover. police say they stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to please a fictional horror character known as slenderman. they have been charged as an adult but an torpy of one of the -- attorney of one of the girls wants the case moved to juvenile court. another says one of the girls need help. how parents can keep their kids out of the truble online. severe weather moving through, nebraska hard hit. winds up to 60 miles per hour. one tornado touched down, and 10 more ripped through neighbouring states. baseball sized hail forced businesses to close. the hail punched holes through carved windows. drivers from forced to pull off

the roads. emergency tom c res cute several people. cars were stranded on the highway. for more on the storm system, les bring in meteorologist rebecca stevenson. >> it was in the forecast, but you don't want to get it. sometimes you wish it was not correct. have eight been moving through the midsection of the country. some of the storms moving over the same areas, what we call training, meaning you can pick up the rain. this moved through the midwest. more the ohio liver valley is what we are dealing with. 400 reports. damaging wind, hail and reports. expecting severe weather as you move through, not as like lick as yesterday -- like lick

assiest -- likely as yesterday. this is the heavy rain. the system pushing more into the east coast as we get into the day tomorrow. in the meantime, the rick for severe whether. a slighter risk. we had the red colour on the mat. where you see the yellows there's a potential for today. you need to keep your eyes on the sky so to speak. >> nicole mitchell thank you. a super drug has been fast-tracked after two successful clinical trials, have eight delivered intravenously and can combat skin and other infections. one in 25 patients will get antibiotic resistant infections like mrsa. for than 200 die from them every day. in syria they have started

to count votes in the presidential election. the only surprise may be the armour of victory. voting was extended to handle an influx. the polls are called a sherate. with millions unwilling to vote. nick, what are you hearing about what is happening in syria in light of the elections. >> have eight calm now in syria. they are counting the ballots, so we are waiting for the results, which may come as early as today. there'll be no no industries. bath is expected to win. the only question and what margin, have eight a forum for a celebration of the rule. half the country was bombed. the other were forced to vote.

that's what the opposition is having to deal with, liking the wounds, knowing that bashar al-assad will stay and use the election as a reason for excuse to crackdown on the opposition and not to give in. we know voting occurred in government-controlled areas. nick schifrin in beirut, lebanon. thank you. have eight hard to believe -- have eight hard to believe, have eight been 25 years since the crackdown in tiananmen square. this morning a look at the violent protest taking place now, and what changeded in china since 1989. >> if you want to fight let's go out back here comes the judge. a man accused of bad behaviour. >> looking like you are at wal-mart. why you may run into a chaotic

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if you want to fight, let's go out back... a war of words takes a violent turn in a florida courthouse. a county judge john murphy is accused of grabbing a public defender and punching him after an argument. a discussion was caught on the microphone. deputies stood on the door. the judge is stepping down for anger management therapy. i wonder if he took his gavel with him. welcome back to al jazeera america. six states in america voted. tart your challengers -- tea party challenges put pressure on the seasoned veterans. one race is headed for a run-off. that'd cochrane of mississippi,

and challenger tea party chris mc-daniel in a virtual die with 100% of the vote. cochrane as 49% to mc-daniel's 50% of the vote. coming up at 7:30. we'll rap up the races. >> why didn't i die? that question i will answer for the rest of my life. probably leave the rest of my life with that survivor's guilt. >> security is being stepped up in china as the country marks 25 years since the tiananmen square square protest, as many as 10,000 anti-communist demonstrators were arrested during the crack down, and who can forget the image of one protestor, standing up as tanks barrelled through the square. china never released an act of the crackdown. the numbers killed may befr be known -- never be known.

some statement it could be several hundreds to thousands. correspondent adrian brown covered the event in 1989 and is back in beijing. >> reporter: this time, 25 years ago on this day, you could not enter tiananmen square as a journalist. 25 years on you can't. it's off limits to journalists. there's heavy security, armed police patrols. tourists are allowed in. they are being served. identity checked to make sure no journalists gets into the square. it's a reflection. official nervous innocence. amnesty international says more than 60 have been arrested during the past few weeks, including human rites lawyers, disdepartments, journalists, foreign reporters. a french tv team were held and interrogated for six hours on monday. we were depp tained on --

detained on monday as we attempted to film a kilometre away from tiananmen square. the authorities are nervous. they are trying to erase public memory of what happened here 25 years ago, and it is a campaign that is continuing today. that was adrian brown in beijing reporting. the white house is paying tribute to those that risking their lives. press secrete jay carney released a statement saying: coming up at 8:30, a closer look at what changed in china over the past 25 years, and whether another tiananmen square incident could happen again. wal-mart workers are expected to walk off the job in 20 cities. they are asking for higher pay and better working conditions

ahead of the shareholder meeting on friday. they want an end to what they say is retaliation against workers who go on strike. two-thirds of wal-mart employees make around 825,000 workers. paid 25,000 or less per year. the company made $60 billion last year. some of the last surviving veterans of the great war. >> he said "we'll train you and drop you behind the lines for 20 miles. if you survive you get to come home.". it's called the last reunion, a group of america's bravest returning to the beach of normandy for what may be a time pilgrimage. >> the n.s.a. uses facial recognition technology. you may be interested in what they are denying. and a raging firelighting up the sky. find out what sparked the explosions. >> this, is what we .

>> al jazeera america. a fire at a chemical plant in the netherlands lit up the night sky outside of rotterdam. a worker reported several explosions before the facility wept up in flames. all of the workers have been accounted for, and only two minor injuries reported. no word on what caused the fire at the facility owned by shell oil. welcome back to al jazeera america. some of the last-surviving world war ii vets headed to normandy for what may be the final time. first meteorologist nicole

mitchell looks at the weather. >> we have a front going through a little cooler. chicago 67, but, you know, that's comfortable as we get into the month of june. as we continue for the next couple of days you can see the core of heat. phoenix in the hundreds, and that's why we have heat advisories, but the heat spread into parts of texas, into the 100s as well, and a little cool down in the north-west with the rain coming through about 10-15 degrees. back to you - north-east, sorry. thank you so much. n.s.a. chief admiral mike rogers denied that his agency is collecting driver's licence for use in facial recognise news. he confirmed they used that technology, but it's used on foreign intelligence and counterterrorism targets.

images of u.s. citizens would be used if linked to an investigation of a foreign subject. this week is the 70th anniversary of d-day when allied forces invaded northern france during world war ii. because of their advancing years the number of vet wraps going to normandy for -- veterans going to normandy is small, but our paul beban caught up with some, calling it the last reunion. bill caldwell is 86. the united states army thinks he's 88 or maybe 89. >> reporter: so this is you when you enlisted. on august 7th, 1943, when he was 15, caldwell lied about his age to an army recruiter, hoping to be a pilot. >> he said "we need paratroopers.". i said "what's a paratrooper?" i never heard of it. he said "we train you, drop behind the lines for 20 miles,

if you survive you get to go home after the war." i said "i'll take it. >> at about 2am on june 6th, 1944, at the tender age of 16 caldwell leaped into the darkness over normandy. >> this is the drop zone. >> one of the first waves of 156 thousand troops landing in france on d-day. 73,000 of those troops were american. many would not live to see the end of the day, much less the end of the war. time thinned the ranks of survivors. it's estimated that more than 1,000 world war ii vets die every day. [ ♪ music ] combat engineer alfonso is 92. he was one of the first americans to hit omaha beach, was wounded, returned to combat and made it to the outskirts of berlin.

elma, now 90, was known as lucky since the days he flew 29 combat missions over europe as a b 17 leftside base runner. he was on the ground in england when d-day came around, training the men that would fly that day. >> they headed up to the airport heading back to where they made victory. desert storm, geena was choked up. >> it was a huge honour to meet. it was a part of history. >> as the small band of brothers made their way to the gate, faithful travellers honoured the sacrifices. they call this d-day the last reunion. what they accomplished 70 years ago will endure forever. it will fade from living memory, those that survived the longest

day say their last goodbyes. so inspiring. we'll follow the adjoujourney o these veterans to france. new video showing the moment bowe bergdahl was handed over to u.s. forces. why the city of chicago is suing five of the world's largest prescription drug makers. >> now inroducing, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news

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