>> welcome the al jazeera america. i'm stephanie and here are the stories we are following for you, president obama is insi insisting that the provocations must stop by russia. the president is not apologizing for the framing of the sergeant bergdahl. thousands are arriving to normandy for the celebration of d-day.

>> the worltd's top economic powers are sending a warning to russia, that was ousted from the group, pull all of ukraine for face more sanctions and stopped short of new penalties, president obama is leaving to head to paris. putin's in paris too and meeting separately with the french president and the other leaders are planning to meet with putin. >> president obama is saying that the g-7 and the united states cannot show lack of resovm and not allow drift as putin is moving some of the borders off of ukraine but continuing to destabilize ukraine. president obama has no plans to meet with putin.

but the man he stood next to is meeting with putin tonight one on one. president obama is saying if he does have the opportunity and they'll bump into each other, he'll say the same thing privately as said in public. >> russian armed forces annexing pieces of a neighbor is illegal and in violation of national law and the kinds of destabilizing activities that we now see funded and encouraged by russia are illegal, and are not constructive. >> the controversy over the deal that president obama struck to release bowe berdadhl from the detention and releasing five prisoners, taliban commanders and that is following the president here and being asked about it. this time he was even more defiant that he was two days ago

in poland. >> i make no apoll jies for getting a man back to his parents and the american people have to understand it is someone's child. and that we don't condition whether or not we make the effort to try to get them back. >> president obama add add separate rational, a new line of argument, prisoner exchanges are nothing new and taking place at the end of wars, such as the one in afghanistan since the history of the republic and controversially and he had and the administration consulted congress on the exchange ks the possibility of the exchange of prisoners, something that congress is taking a dispute with. as the controversy is brewing on capitol hill, it is following president obama here to europe. >> well, last night senior white house officials defended the

bergdahh swap and they are concerned about his health. >> he appears fairly healthy and alert in the taliban video, but in another video the lawmakers say he appeared sick and tired and barely responsive and perhaps drugged and it was enough to justify president obama's quick order to get bergdahl out before consulting the congress first. >> that didn't sell me at all. at that time he was impaired. >> there is no intelligence indicating from a medical standpoint that his life was in danger. >> the senators briefed say they are concerned about the five taliban leaders released in exchange for theer is jant. >> this is returning five dangerous people in the fight

against america. >> the town cancelled a big celebration. >> it is too soon in the process. are a lot of emotions involved here. >> some of them strongly against a hero's welcome. a his story will be told. whether it is a silent return or something else, we are behind him. >> defense secretary is saying unfair to jump to conclusions and the army will review why le left the unit and how he was captured by the taliban when he's better. we are hoping to take advantage of the attention around the case, there is a video showing the american with mer canadian husband and the couple is asking for

president obama to help free them and their child from the taliban. the family released the videos this week and received the videos last year. >> senators are continuing to negotiate over two proposed veterans' affairs bills and designed to reform the serious problems with the department, including the wait times. the va's acting chief is travelling to arizona today to visit the most troubled hospitals. we are joined live from washington, d.c., libby, nice to see you and where do we stand on the bills? >> we heard from hairy reid that is hopeful and confident that some legislation will emerge. those are his words. we saw differences between what the republicans want and what the democrats want. senator mccain wants choice for the veterans and pick their own doctors and still a gap between the two sides. ve

veterans' groups are saying it is time for action. plenty of out rage over the problems at the va. this cause ought to be one that jal vannizes the nation. >> this is reached por portions that the american people are deeply angered. >> the veterans saying they have heard this before. >> an it is not a new problem. he served in vietnam. more than a decade ago a federal task force found hundreds of thousands of vetting waiting at least six months for healthcare. oop >> they found a mismatch between the funding and the demand and if not addressed, that we would have access problems and quality of care problems. >> there was concern but no real action in washington. funding the part of the problem. >> congress constantly pushes

the agencies to do things without the authority to do them. >> recent incentives to move the veterans through the system may have backfired. >> another problem is agencies like the va cannot discipline the employees effectively or quickly. >> congress agrees that the va needs to change but a struggle on capitol hill about how. the republicans want to shape things up and send the veterans to other doctors. >> money is not the problem. it is management and accountability. >> but many democrats are saying it can't stop there and the federal government has to invest more in the veteran's care. >> primary care physicians are saying they can't do it. >> they know firsthand ou the va works, but insider has

served in the military and saying it is down, and the va committees are not the ones that most members are fighting to serve on. turnover is high. of the 25 lawmakers on the panel, 17 are relatively new to congress. they are hope they are listening and not politics as usual. >> using veterans to get re-elected and forgetting about us. we hope somebody will do something to correct the situation. >> it is not just congress they want to hold accountable, the va is in question t acting secretary the travelling to phoenix to meet with the folks at the va center. the report said that 1700 vets

there are in endangered of being lost of forgotten at the center. all of the veterans have been reached out to and in the process of getting them doctor's appoints. >> thank you, libby. >> a marine jet crashed into a neighborhood in southern california, the jet going down wednesday amp in imperial, california. 90 miles east of san diego. the pilot managed to safely ejecting from the jet and homes caught on fire. a boy reported hearing the explosion and felt like an earthquake and the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> a manhunt is on in eastern canada. royal canadian police are searching for a gunman that shot three of their own and wounded two others. part of new brunswick is on lock down as they are searching for the suspect. he's spotted three times but

continues to allude the police. the residents are told to stay inside of their homes. >> reports today of several massacres by boko haram fighters in north eastern nigeria and they are responsible for kidnapping the hundreds of school girls in april. the attacks happened on monday in three separate villages. >> what is being reported is that three different communities in the local government area were attacked by masked men, sometime on monday in the middle of the night going into tuesday. they were armed. we understand that they were dressed from witness accounts in military uniforms and fatigues and fired upon thevilthe villages and set the churches and mosques on fire and destroyed the communities completely. now these attacks have been

concerned by the senator in the area and they have spoke ton the residents and given a description what happened and at this stage no confirmation from the official sources, like the military, and the police, and the emergency services, as to exactly what happened. this is not completely unusual. this is a remote area on the border between nigeria and cameron. this attack could have happened on monday, but coming to light now. >> prosecutors in egypt are seeking the maximum sentence for three al jazeera journalists held for 159 days. the three were in court today for the 11th time. they are accused of supporting

the muslim brotherhood. the prosecution asks for a jail term of seven years and 15 years. the defense argues there is no credible evidence against them. al jazeera is demanding their immediate release. they are next due in court june 16th. >> still ahead on al jazeera america, a harsh assessment by general motors. we have failed these customers and we must face up to it and learn from it. >> but the head of the car maker is saying the report is showing no cover up on the faulty ignition switches. >> two mobile phone giants want to join forces. you are watching al jazeera america.

>> the head of general motors is saying no evidence that anyone tried to cover up the faulty ignition switch problem. this morning the company released the results of an

investigation into the problem. gm ceo is saying that the probe turned up plenty of incompetence but no conspiracy. we have the story from detroit. >> gm ceo is saying that this report reveals a pattern of incompetence and neglect that put the lives on the line. as a result 15 people have been fired from the company. the defect linked to a dozen deaths in a number of crashes and the company is going to establish a kofrn sags for the victims and she addressed over a hundred employees and there is a theme in what she was saying. she stressed they are working hard to do right by the people that were harmed and ensuring that nothing like this happens again. take a listen. >> it represents a failure to

meet the basic needs of these customers. our job is clear, to build high quality safe vehicles. in this case, with these vehicles, we simply didn't do our job. we failed these customers. and we mist face up to it and we must learn from it. >> last month a national highway traffic safety administration fined general motors $35 million over the defect. right now the automaker is under investigation by the congress and the department of justice. >> according to a number of reports, sprint and t-mobile agreed on a $32 billion deal to merge. that would bring together the third and fourth larger larger wireless providers and sprint would purchase them for $30s a

share. >> struckelling to pay rent, taxes and mortgages and now to cost of child care n. 31 states and the district of columbia it costs more than a year at in-state college. it is an issue for more than the working class families. >> for working parents, karla and todd, taking care of their baby and up and ready every morning is nothing short after a miracle. but juggling the cost of child care for their two daughters has become the real daily struggle for this new york family. >> a third of the budget is going to child care and a third going to rent and buying the groceries i have to check to make sure i'm not

overdrawn. >> todd runs a music nonprofit and teaches part time at columbia university. income of $110,000 a year, they are barely pay for the pre-school fees and one day of baby sitting a week. >> child care is typically the highest house hold expense in most regions, exceeding only on the west coast by housing. >> fees vary from state to state. massachusetts ranks as the most expensive, $29,000 for two children in day care and mississippi the lowest at $9,200 a year. nationwide the costs are growing at a rate five times that of the family incomes. >> we are at a time where people are having the babies off an economic cliff. >> it is explained by the rising expenses at the child

care expenses and the larger issue is a matter of supply. day cares have waiting lists or turning away families all together and trying to keep up the with the demands of the work force. >> three quarters of moms are in the labor force. at the same time nearly 50% of families are relying on mom's wages as a primary breadwinner. she landed a teaching fellowship in the fall and worried they are not able to afford the extra days of baby sitting they need for the position. their only hope rests on getting raises in the coming months. what is plan b? >> there is no plan b. >> well, still ahead, the most important weather forecast of world war two.

and... marking the courage of soldiers under fire. 70 years after the massive d-day invasion of france. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while.

someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the head lilines at ts hour. the g-7 summit is offer. obama is facing growing criticism over the freeing of the sergeant. the taliban threatened to kill him if information leaked. the national security spokesperson is not commenting about the discussions. >> the acting secretary of the veterans affairs is in arizona today to visit the facility where the wait list scandal broke. >> general motors ceo is saying no evidence that gm trying to cover up the problems with the faulty ignition switches.

also saying that gm failed the customers and pledging to learn from the many mistakes spelled out in the internal report released this morning. >> tomorrow marks the 70th anniversary of d-day. the war in europe has been raving for five years when the wave of the ships and planes invaded the coast of normandy france and today hundreds of soldiers parachuted into normandy and recreating the first phase. and part of what is called operation overlord. the coast has been a somber destination for the survivors of the war. dana spoke with two americans returning for the anniversary. >> on what they call the last reunion, the groups of american war veterans have returned, most over 90 years.

>> how old are you? >> 91. >> i have you beat, i'm 92. >> they say they are blessed to have survived the first visit 70 years ago. 89-year-old came to relive the memories. it is more difficult. >> i can't talk. >> june 6, 1944, part of the largest landing in military history. americans along with british and canadians. he had a front row seat and piloted the landing craft. >> people laying on the beach and tanks are shut up, yeah, wait a minute, something's wrong. this is not what we were told. it was supposed to be a piece

of cake. it wasn't. >> it is believed that 2500 americans with killed on d-day. in the first hours of d-day so many casualties that american commanders that it was a terrible ka tas fee. they broke away from the frightened comrades and scaled the cliffs and that cleared the way for thousands more to come to shore. on this 70th anniversary paratrooper helped to lead the veterans down memory lane. they are eager for a moment with a real life american liberator. he parachuted in. >> the last word i heard going out the door, look to the left, look to the right, one of you will not see day light.

>> he was 16 when he came face to face with the enemy. it happened in a hedge row hours after landing. >> if you pulled the trigger first you survived if you don't you were gone. i hit him in the chest and as he went down on the ground he looked at me and tried to say something. and that freaked me out. >> this week veterans received the french legion of honor. . >> d-day invasion depended on good weather and very important forecast. one thing for sure, dave, they didn't have the fancy tools. yes, but a narrow window they needed back then and everything needed to be right and the weather needed to clear.

it was not clear the day before and pushed back the invasion a day before. we didn't have the satellite pictures and looking at the ocean waters there. ships and planes, very sparse data, not a lot of information to base the forecast on then. captain james stagg he advised eisenhower to hold off for a day and there was a chance on the day of the 6th. back then no satellite or computers. they were drawing the weather maps by hand and that takes extra time and that was the tough part. i did that in college. a lot of time and effort going into that forecast. now here was the weather pattern back then, a storm there, and this was the front coming down and pushed bay a day, this clearing led to a brief opportunity on the 6th of june. what an incredible forecast

and a lot riding on that. the forecast today more severe weather moving out of texas and oklahoma and continuing to push to the east. this bow in the radar and spretd -- spreading out and the winds are high. the severe thunderstorm warning in effect. that is extending to the east ahead of the area of rain and the severe weather and the winds are continuing. heavy rain coming in along this path. it is not going north or south. it is one concentrated area pushing to the east. the storms in the northern plains. there is the area moving out of oklahoma and across the southeast getting more storms. the high pressure over the great lakes. the temperatures are a little cooler and keeping the rain to the south. >> thank you, dave. >> thank you for watching al

jazeera america. talk to al jazeera is next. for news throughout the day head to al jazeera.com. >> regi >> i would say antisemittism globally is the worst i knew regi it's been since leach two or regi war 2. >> more than 25% of the world is antisemmet regi regi semittic. an extensive survey of global people. >> region is a major determineant. religion, also, is. >> in the united states, he says the trends are improving. >> while the law permits you to be a bigot, you will pay a price if you are a bigot. look a