announcement. his grandson joined us from underwater. trying to do something his famous grandson could do. join us on google+, twitter, facebook. see you next time. hi everyone, there is al jazeera a, i'm john siegenthaler. it is 11:00 p.m, 8:00 out west. this is the only life news at this hour. interview at his date at the bundy ranch in nevada. internal review from the va shows just how long veterans were waiting for medical care. deplorable conditions. the justice department says the

largest jail needs assistance. and -- even experts are fooled. we begin with disturbing new information about the couple who shot and killed two las vegas police officers. in and a bystander on sunday. left swastikas and white supremacist. al jazeera reported from that ranch back in april and tonight we bring an interview with one of the shooters. >> i'm not afraid of death, i'm afraid of being a slave. i'm afraid living under tyranny, my nieces and nephews, after they grow up the day they're born they have $50,000 in tax

debt over their heads already. >> melissa chan joins us from san francisco. you interviewed jarrod miller. tell us what else he said to you? >> jarrod miller was one of the militia who were protected as he said cliven bundy's ranch. he spent a lot of time talking about his political views. libertarian, pro-second amend, he was suspicious of the government, he talked about how disturbing it was to live in a police state or that the united states was headed in that direction and the power of law enforcement. in hindsight of course john that is very striking. and here is another excerpt from a little bit more of that interview we had with him. >> all of this gun control talk,

okay? the reason why we have our second amendment right is for what we did on saturday. all right? is so we can stand up against tyranny and we can defend our country in case of invasion. if you disarm our population you're making it easy for another country to come in here and invade us, all right? so therefore it is an act of treason. >> and you know john what's really interesting about all this is it was breakfast time when we spoke to jarrod miller and his wife, after our on-camera interview, actually appeared and they were making pancakes. i remember him bringing breakfast to his wife. and of course andrea miller also dead because of this incident john. >> said his family kicked miller off the property. did you see that? >> we didn't see that. in fact at breakfast, the breakfast was being prepared by

the bundy family. the bundy family was making the pancakes and they offered jarrod miller a plate. at that time, at least they were welcome. >> melissa chan, thank you. joining us to talk about this is randy blasack, the professor of sociology. randy, welcome. >> hello. >> how big a problem are groups like the one that jarrod miller were connected to? >> well, there's a large number of these groups. there's about 1300 antigovernment groups and about 300 of those are patriot militia groups. but the wider problem is not the groups. there's a lot of people who believe in the ideology who aren't associated with any formal groups. it is kind of like a counterculture than a series of groups. in the old days when you had the can you cluck clan and the aryan nations, the general distrust in

the government to what they believe in a second american revolution. >> groups like these that are found on the internet and unfortunately tolerated by some, when the people end up committing horrible crimes. how do you know which members of those groups have that potential? >> well, that's exactly the problem. the new philosophy, what thearl called leader -- what they're called, leaderless factions. a common belief of what's wrong with society and a general idea what to do about it. and some of those folks will go to extremes. timothy mcveigh had been in the militia movement but not a member of the similar group when he commit they'd crime. there was a notion among these folks that something must be done. the word revolution is used

quite often, the notion of a tyrannical government and what the movement requires is martyrs. it might have gotten that in las vegas. >> how has the internet thing changed since timothy mcveigh? >> you don't need a klan rally because there is a 24 hour a day klan rally on the movement. conspiracy theories about whoing controls the federal government, what happens to people's rights and this simplistic analysis of how government works, evil dark forces that are sometimes global in nature. one of the parts of the rhetoric is the belief that the united states government has been subverted by some foreign entity or something outside the domestic power of the citizens of the country. >> you had a chance to hear some of what jarrod miller said. what struck you about what he said? >> well again it's the real simplistic notion of people

being enslaved. who are we enslaved by? some cartoon country. the life of complexist society, these are people who can't handle the implement. the psychological, living together in a democracy is too much for them so they go for simple answer he and simple action plans. >> it's one thing to be carrying a weapon and dressed up like a soldier in fatigues at the bundy ranch, it's much more serious to commit the crimes that occurred. you still want to figure out what snapped? what pushed him over the edge? >> yeah. >> or who? >> there is this rhetoric of sort of a coming apocalypse. that something is about to happen. some of the chatter has been as obama is going to prepare to leave office in two years, he's

going to declare martial law and suspend the constitution. this is the stuff you hear on the internet so it's a desperate time for people who buy that ideology, if they may not act now, they may not have another chance. the revolution starts now. sending a signal to other like-minded individuals to follow the same path. >> randy, we appreciate your visit. >> my pleasure. >> on wait times at va hospitals, the inspector general for department of veterans affairs, recommended prosecuting officials who broke the law. and manipulated data. the va released its own data today, 125,000 americans are still waiting for va health care. it's getting rid of its two week scheduling goal for appointmen

appointments. mike viqueria has more. >> seeing eric shinseki lose his job in a constantly e engulfing the veterans administration. new patient primary care the worst facility, honolulu, hawaii, 145 days, a dubious distinction. specialist care, the longest wait time there harlogen texas, 125 days. durham north carolina having the longest 104 days. for specialist care. monday evening making it more rare, a number of conclusions coming out of a hearing held this night. expected to see veterans the appointment time the outside being 14 days, that has proven to be unreal iivelg. these facilities are overwhelmed and, that provided the incentive

for some of the facilities to cook the books. antiquated computer systems whereby the appointments are taken care of. they have got to be overhauled. people flat out lying to headquarters in washington and their superiors. that gentleman, phillip metkowsky had this to say at the outset of hearing. >> i apologize to the veterans their families and their loved ones. members of congress, veteran services organizations, our employees and the american people. >> and john, a number of interim steps are being taken in the short term, to look at the problems, try do something about the problems at the va, everyone here at the va expects this is going to be a long time to really fix what's wrong there. additional staff is being hired both medical and administrative. suspending performance awards which again turned out to be an

incentive for people to cook the books. reach out to individuals who had been on the wait list who were unable to see the doctors starting at 1700 at the phoenix facility. making sure their medical needs are taken care of and what's got to be done in the short term is finding another va secretary, after eric shinseki offered his resignation. toby cosgrove withdrew his name from nomination. john. >> mike viqueria reporting from washington. prisoner swap to free bowe bergdahl. the obama administration has come under pressure to justify the controversial deal. randall pinkston reports from capitol hill. >> the administration presenting among other things proof of life

video, indicating that bl bowe bergdahl was in very poor health. one of the reasons that the administration acted quickly to free bergdahl. critics were convinced. blasting the administration for failing to give congress 30 days notice before releasing any guantanamo detainees. >> they made it clear that there were 80 to 90 people who knew ahead of time about the bergdahl release. not one of whom was a member of the united states congress. it's safe to say on both the republican and democrat side, people were extremely disappointed. they were underwhelm by what was put forward. there was a sense of anger that members of congress didn't know about this. >> while there are democrats who are critical of this administration, there are other democrats who are coming to the defense of president obama and

the decision to release sergeant bergdahl, saying it was the completely correct decision. >> i am mystified and quite frankly disgusted that there is a demonization of the soldier. everyone is innocent until proven guilty. there is a demonization of this administration for doing what is clearly in the cooks. >> president obama says he makes no apologies for freeing bowe bergdahl. officials are telling the new york times that bergdahl is able to travel but is not yet ready to reunite with his family. in fact he is not spoken to his parents. there are reports that bergdahl has told medical staff that he was kept in a small box after trying to escape. secretary of defense chuck hagel is scheduled to appear

before the house armed services committee on wednesday. one of the questions that the chairman of the committee will be asking chair hagel, who made the decision to swap bergdahl for those five taliban. >> we have a policy of never negotiating. who made this decision? and they indicated secretary hagel. i said wait a minute, did secretary hagel make this determination or was it the president of the united states? >> some drath worry that those five high level taliban leaders will turn to the fight against ink ma. >> randall pinkston reporting. detroit is hoax to a world class art collection. the decision whether detroit should have to sell off its

masterpieces. now the big 3 auto makers are helping out. bisi onile-ere has more. >> john,ing ford, general motors and chrysler have pledged $26 million to help detroit through it's bankruptcy process. money going towards supporting retirees and protecting the dia. over a year now there has been a lot of concern that the city could lose some of its prized artwork to, but stepping forward with money to try to prevent something like that from happening. just last week state lawmakers approved a number of bills known as the grand bargain that would redirect tens of millions of dollars to the i city of detroit. at this point nothing is set in stone but this is a deal that needs to be approved and voted on by detroit retirees. i had the opportunity to talk to michigan governor rick schneider and he said there's still a lot of work to do. take a listen.

>> until this process is done, the grand bargain is still a fragile thing. that's why i've mentioned we've come a long way but let's not stop now and let's give the support to the retirees to get a yes vote. the confirmation trial needs to be addressed. think of the power of detroit, the wonderful things that could go on when we can all say we're focused on detroit and we'll all win together. >> general motors and ford will contribute 10 million and chrysler, 6 million. pensioners are expected to vote on this grand bargain deal. if approved, their benefits won't take as big of a hit as first proposed by the city'sing bankruptcy administrator. john. >> bisi onile-ere. earlier today, the president signed an executive order that would make more graduates

eligible for a cap on the payments they make on loans. also measures that would allow students to refinance their loans. >> we're going to make it clear that these companies are in the business of helping students. not just collecting payments. and they owe young people the customer service and support and financial flexibility had a they deserve. >> student debt is also keeping millenials from spending on other things like real estate. the u.s. government, have kept thousands of young children coming from central america and mechanism coe. jennifer london, what are officials doing address it. >> starting last friday some 300 on friday, 400 or so on saturday

were bussed from texas here to nogales, these are unaccompanied miles an hour, children and teens that traveled from their native lands of el salvador and guatemala and honduras, they crossed through mexico into the u.s. they were brought here. we understand there are some 1100 of these undocumented children and teens at this white house facility. and until today -- warehouse facility. until today, officials had not been inside the facility. there were a number of reports earlier that the conditions were inadequate. there weren't enough beds for the children, there weren't enough portable toilets for the children, not enough food. earlier today, the mayor and a local state senator did have a chance to visit the facility and they said there was in fact adequate care for the kids. there was plenty of food and they set up a phone banks, so

the children can being try to find their parents, an aunt an uncle anybody who might be in the states. i had an opportunity to speak with both the mayor and the state senator when they finished their tour of the facility. >> i was able to talk to some of the children and they asked how they felt, they said they felt really good. two little girls told me they were very sad. i asked why they were sad and they told me they missed their parents. >> these kids a lot of them are refugees and this may be the best treated refugees in the world but it's just sad that they have to be refugees and separated from their families. >> at this point, officials tell me they are really looking at this as a humanitarian crisis as opposed to an immigration crisis. the mayor further stressed, he made a distinction john this is just a stopover, a transitional

place for these children, these teens. not meant to be a long term holding facility for them. >> so then what's going to happen to these chirp? dr. well, the plan is the children will only stay here for about 72 hours and then they will be processed and taken to other longer term facilities in oklahoma, in texas, in california and the state senator we interviewed earlier she told me they are processing them in groups of 300. so 300 of the unaccompanied miles an hour come in, 300 are processout and they are being sent like i said to these facilities in texas, oklahoma and california. this facility was never designed to house this many people for long periods of time. so they really do want to process the chirp as quickly as possible and get them into -- children as quickly as possible and get them into larger term facilities. >> the storm, rebecca stevenson

has been tracking for us. >> around the denver area even parts of wyoming yesterday, now as the storm is moving eastward we have a line of strong storms through alabama and mississippi. the primary concern and damage is from straight line winds. fierce winds clocked from 55 to 65 miles an hour are being tracked in this line of storms that's also bringing in flash flooding. a place that's already had a lot of rainfall. the central portion of the storm is right over kansas state now and parts of oklahoma and it's continuing to spin up heavy rain even to the state of missouri. where we're in storm reports in kansas and can you see arkansas had two tornado reports earlier in our evening tonight. rainfall numbers are impressive, even houston. not just the united states, not only the united states getting

strong storms. we have video to show you hail the size of baseballs in france. rainfall anywhere from half an inch to an inch. there are those hail stones, impressive size. a lot of places got significant rainfall as well. more severe weather we'll be tracking a little further eastward even through the day tomorrow. john. >> all right rebecca thank you. a truck accident had a critically injured comedian tracy morgan is only one of many for walmart. however the store earned the government's highest safety rating when reviewed ten years ago. the truck driver admitted to being up 20 excessive hours before the accident. coming up. pushing for better conditions in

the nation's largest jail system. plus, assaulted in egypt right in the middle of tahrir square. e. >> and some just don't >> he actually told people in the halfway house, that he was amazed that they had given him parole >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america

>> and now to egypt where

there's disturbing word of mass sexual assault. global outrage after video of the attack went viral. roxana saberi has the report. >> this video appears to show a woman naked with blood covering parts of her body. thousands of egyptians celebrate the inauguration of their new president. this clip posted on social media sites, it shows a correspondent reporting from tahrir square, she tells an anchor woman, there are isolated cases of sexual harassment. she is reported saying, so what they're having fun, everyone is having fun. she later are announced, i was

commenting on the joy, not the harassment. challenging sexual harassment phenomenon. in egyptian society. by nuns, sexual harassment is a phenomenon in egypt. >> people don't band to accept -- want to accept, this is a very pervasive problem. the nurms showing it's becoming -- numbers are showing it's becoming more and more prevalent. >> rallies during arab spring and today. >> publicly participating in celebrations, like this weekend where former field marshal sif i are was elected. >> volunteers with the imprint movement roam the streets to stop sexual harassment. >> whatever happens in those assaults, it harms the society

as a whole. it is not only woman. it's not a women's thing. >> egypt are made it punishable by up to five years in prison. but some are worried those laws will not be enforced. >> rick mile has died. he was in drop deaded from and black adder. the cause of death is not immediately known. mile was 56 years old. coming up next. strikes suspended, brazil's workers back to work for now. and cathedral construction could block the view of an historic block the view of an historic church.

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metro workers back to work before the world cup begins. and cathedral construction. why there's so much controversy concerning construction next to a landmark building. >> noisy, unsanitary and vermin infested. that's how the justice report describes the world's biggest justice system in los angeles. washington says it's worried about inmates with mental illnesses. randall pinkston has the story. >> in it's latest report the dpafnldepartment of justice say, county of los angeles fails to provide sufficient suicide prevention practices to protect inmates from self-harm.

the report is sharply critical of supervision. of 15 inmates in the past 30 months, the department of justice believes some of the deaths may have been preventible with proper suicide prevention practices. the los angeles county sheriff's office released a statement saying it was disappointed that the report fails to fully recognize the additional progress made over the last year and a half to improve mental health services. los angeles houses 19,000 inmates, make it the nation's largest jail system. the department of justice credits jail officials with making progress in some areas. but it's proposing court-enfor court-enforceable means to achieve this end. >> thank you for having me. >> are things as bad as the

justice department claims? >> absolutely. i think one thing is important to recognize is the long history of these problems. more than a decade ago the department of justice says there was problems with the los angeles system and the suicide prevention protocols. here we are today and the doj is identifying these problems and poor environmental conditions and poor mental health care. one thing stands out. at what point will people say, 17 years of failure, is that enough? department of mental health and the sheriff's department saying it's not really so bad and you should give us some credit. credit for what? failure for 17 years to address most of these problems? and they want to claim credit for just a few areas where there have been improvements. but --

>> go ahead. >> the department of justice said look if you lower the population of the people with mental health problems in the jails you'll have a much better chance of solving the problems that exist in the jails. that's a process called diversion. and that's something that is really important and the county really needs to get going on. >> so who's to blame? >> i think there's a lot of blame to go around. department of mental health and the sheriff's department. but i think it's also important the board of supervisors needs to push and say we don't want to build a massive new jail. we want to lower the population of inmates that have mental illness and there are ways to do that. >> you talked about diversion. how does that work? >> basically what happens is the district attorney has to be committed to this and she's announce they'd she is at the arraignment stage. she would say look this is a person who clearly has mental illness and the mental illness is contributing to the ordinance

that's charged. it is a nonviolent offense, it may be a parole violation or so on. it is important that we need get the person into meant health treatment. we know the county across the board needs to comit to that plan. >> are there more people with mental health problems in jails and prisons in this country than there were 25 years ago? >> absolutely. absolutely. there are. it's really one of the great scandals of our criminal justice system that our jails and prisons have become warehouses for people with mental illnesses. >> and that's been a slow-growth process over those years. so how long will it take too reverse that -- to reverse that trernd? >> it can be reversed fairly quickly. if los angeles and other cities were to follow the model of miami, which has dramatically lowered the mental health

population in its jails, by building up community treatment resources. it's cheaper, more effective for public safety, it saves a for church in jail maintenance and construction cost. >> thank you for joining us. >> happy to be here. >> david shuster is here with tonight's briefing. david. >> john, a congressional committee met on wait times for va hospitals. recommended prosecuting officials who broke the law and firing employees who manipulated data on wait-times. a report released today showed a systematic falsification of data. 65% of veterans had to wait three months or more just for their first appointment. white house officials have briefed congress about the bowe bergdahl prisoner swap.

failing to notify congress about the arrangement. and new details are emerging about the couple that police say shot and killed two las vegas police officers and a bystander. police say the suspects frequently expressed antilaw enforcement views and were involved with white supremacists. they also spent time at the clivecliven bundy ranch. >> subway officials clashed with police in sao paulo earlier today raising fears that protests could overshadow thursday's opening match. gabriel alesando reports.

>> no decision, but the strike is suspended at least for the day. workers nevertheless said they would go back to work for now and meet again on wednesday, one day before the world cup kickoff in the city to decide their next course of action. the day started ominously enough. mostly youth protesters blocked avenues, burning rubbish. police locked the gates of the station to prevent a revolt. later riot police moved in to break up the crowd. 60 picketing metro works were fired after the strike was voted illegal by the court. the union wants them all to get their jobs back before they say they'll permanently end the strike. it's been a sticking point in negotiations. >> we may have been talking to the government for more than two months but they have not been negotiating with us and now they are criminalizing our movement.

>> reporter: at midday more protests as more than 1,000 activists marched to the city center to show support for the local workers. are officials are confident that if the strik strikers decide too again it won't effect the world cup. >> for any issue that can come up we have a contingency plan not just for metro. >> the metro workers strike seems to be a catalyst for all these new protests in sao paulo. is it the beginning of the end of the protests or will they continue through end of the world cup? >> for now it's over but the threat of another strike still looming. gabriel allesandro, sao paulo.

>> bribery scandal. while it will take weeks for the report to be released, sponsors are not waiting. swift action to deal with the scandal. the times of london has accused fifa members of accepting bribes from a qatari businessman and former soccer official in trade for awarding the games to qatar. the qatar 2022 bid committee says the official mohamed ben haman played no official role in qatar's 2022 bid committee and it said it would take any necessary steps to defend process. al jazeera's parent company is based in qatar and is funded in part by the government. no comments while the internal investigation continues. book for the night has

become easier thanks to websites like air b and b. not all cities are happy about that service. robert ray reports from new orleans. . >> reporter: this is a fantastic neighborhood. >> just blocks from the vibrant night life of the french quarter is photographer barry kaiser's home. a few doors away, something's wrong. >> illegal short term rental, basically a hotel. >> like many cities around the world, new orleans has a ban on unlicensed short term rentals. meg runs a renters association in the french quarter and thinks the problem is enhanced by property listing websites. >> a worldwide increase in tourism and the proliferation of websites like air b and b that makes this so easy to do and the realization of a lot of people

that there's just no enforcement in a lot of cities. >> listings like air b and b k vrbo and craigslist. allows are travelers to pick through a huge list. in a statement to al jazeera, air b and b has said, we look forward to working with local leaders to make the city stronger for everyone. in new york the state attorney general's office shas subpoenaed air b andb records, as part of an ongoing investigation. in new orleans, the mayor's office has told us that they're working with city officials to strengthen the zoning law and enforcement. the effort is not just happening here, but in san francisco, portland. and amsterdam and u.k.

because tax revenue is lost. >> that's a lot of tax money that's generated. the hotel industry, the tourism industry i should say is one of the biggest economic generators that we have. >> barry kaiser says the man who owns the 2500 square foot home next to him has tourists in every weekend and is make about $10,000 a month. >> the city would turn a blind eye to, i don't know, a bar, an opium den, a what, ael >> we reached out to the owner next to kaiser. he refused to talk to us. there are 25,000 legal hotel rooms in new orleans. thousands are residents are worried that their neighborhoods are quickly becoming overrun and that the tax money is being lost. robert ray, al jazeera, new orleans. >> a victory for same sex couples in wisconsin today.

a federal judge denied a request by the state's attorney general to put a stop to gay weddings. on friday, the ban was deemed unconstitutional, an appeal is expected. >> the largest cathedral is not in france or italy. but in st. john the divine in. some members of the community up in arms. jonathan betz reports. >> it is one of the largest religious space in the united states, and one of the visited in new york city. the unfinished episcopal cathedral occupies 121,000 square feet. >> saw the cathedral and just completely blown away by the architecture an how beautiful it is. the size is incredible.

>> the flaif nave, not only as e of worship but a community presence as well. but maintaining this come at a cost. the plan is to build two, 14-story towers that will hold founder plus apartments.on the cathedral's north side. the project will generate $2 million a year for church. not in keeping with the cathedral's architecture, will block views of the but rests and the stained glass windows. >> it is a very historical piece of work versus a nuisance of metal. i don't like going new and old. >> but one architect said he could protect the views and

maybe even satisfy the preservationists. 35 stories along the unfinished north trancep. >> mr. burns.isn't coming one a new idea. we vetted that idea years ago. we were told, we believe this is not best idea. >> but with construction underway, the likelihood of any alternate plan being adopted at this stage is slim. >> we're not going osee the loss of st. john the divine, we are going to be seeing the desecration in my judgment of reiterates siting with this building which to me dps. >> the real desecration would be to turn your back and say it's a beautiful building. it's too bad it's going to fall

apart and eventually it will be closed. that would be desecration. >> reporter: most visitors we spoke with just want to know that st. john the divine has a few of. most agree this housing development will assure. jonathan betz, al jazeera, new york. >> coming up next, the great race, a new boating competition from the coast of california all the way to hawaii. plus, fooling experts a computer program so realistic it almost seems human. seems human.

>> a common picture today was umbrellas, heavy rainfall and a lot of puddle-splashing. this was taken in france, heavy rain, strong storms moving through early in the day. we had some rain coming through with strong storms for many parts of the u.s. tonight. we've had severe storms with some tornadoes produced for them. but the rainfall is most intense in places like memphis. memphis's old record was set in 1877. about half of that record, not quite that record, though. good news is, i don't know that we're going to see that sort of rainfall out of these storms but definitely stay wet in parts of the great lakes and also towards the mid atlantic. humidity surging up the mid atlantic coastline so it's going to stay pretty warm and sticky

in places around virginia with a few showers and still a risk of a thunderstorm as we get into our tuesday. the great lakes will be comfortable though on tuesday. an air mass making it feel good. rainfall totals, impressive. new york had over an inch and a half of rain at central park. as we get into our forecast for tuesday, expect more gusty winds and storms. al jazeera america continues. continues.

>> an inspiring story to help raise awareness for cerebral palsy. a teenager walked 40 miles in the state of new jersey, with his brother on his back. his brother can't walk himself because of cerebral palsy. they said the support of the community helped them complete that journey. rogue all the way from hawaii to california, the great pacific race is an endurance test at sea and contestants have

to row over 2400 miles in the pacific ocean. rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: they're off on what may be one of the most grueling sports events ever invented. it's the great pacific race with competitors from around the world rowing from california to hawaii. a distance of nearly 3900 kilometers. you heard that right. they're rowing, the whole way. no sails, no motors. just muscles. this is the canadian crew practicing before the race began. >> the great pacific race is the first-ever human powered race across the pacific. we have 13 crews representing ten different countries. it's going to take them between one and three months. it's tough, hard, brutal, but brilliant. >> unlike many other sporting events, there are no big corporate sponsors ready to spin athletic sweat into gold.

some of the racers put up their own money for boats and equipment. matt lasky is a 33-year-old part time actor and self proclaimed adrenalin junkie. >> i had spent about twice what i thought i could get away with and about three times what i originally had in the bank so i am completely senate broke right now. >> and as british competitor susanna cast points out there's no prize money either. >> you keep driving past and saying what's the prize money? honor and glory, not much else. >> ray organizers say safety is their top priority. each vessel has satellite phones to call for help if they run into trouble. at a time when many sports have become multibillion dollar expect cals of mass entertainment, the great pacific race resigned us that some athletes compete not for money or for fame but simply to prove

themselves and out of love for their sport. >> in addition the rowers are competing for causes. matt lasky worries most about what's behind him. >> the thing i'm worried about is butt pain. i'm concerned about how my butt's going so fare. >> are enthusiasts can track racers progress online. >> you can track the racers by visiting greatpacificrace.com. >> for the first time a computer has fooled people into thinking it's a person. fooled about 30% of the people.

jake ward jakour science and tey editor jacob ward ahas more. >> some day fool a human being, in a typed conversation that lasted only five minutes. at the cheering test held in london yesterday it evidently did it. this one piece of software designed by a russia and ukrainian programmer invented a back story for it. and that's the gimmick that people are criticizing on social media. they invented eugene who claimed he was a 13-year-old boy from the ukraine, a little bit young, discursive and english wouldn't be his first language. that would explain his weird typos. i had the experience of typing back and forthwith him, he's a

little weird, he goes off on tangents with his home city of odessa, he likes to go to movies, he doesn't like soviet movies, all kinds of charming stuff. pretty quickly he begins to repeat himself, cuts himself off mid sentence. he asked me where i was from and what i did, kind of an am niche yack 13-year-old. -- amnesiac. doesn't feel the mild stone that needs to end, "representative" into a customer service robo-call. the how of the future, self-aware into the artificially intelligent computer that theorized in 1950. >> that's jacob ward reporting. the six second snapshot was

taken by an engineer aboard the international space station. the video shows the sun that never sets, rising and never dropping below the horizon. the excitement and butte of this week's world cup. a view from above captures the trol can artropical copa cabana. david shuster has the headlines right after this. this.

the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster. here are the top stories. a congressional committee on wait times at va hospitals.

recommended prosecuting individuals who broke the law and firing individuals who manipulated wait times. the result was a systematic manipulation of data. the controversial deal to free bowe bergdahl. lawmakers have criticized the obama administration for failing to notify congress about the arrangement. there are new details tonight about the couple that police say shot and killed two las vegas police officers and a bystander on saturday. police say the suspects frequently expressantilaw enforcement viewed. they also -- views. they also spent time at the cliven bundy ranch in nevada. the company walmart has been involved in over 380 crashes. the truck driver in the tracy morgan crash admit being awake

for 21 straight hours before the accident. the big 3 have are pledged $26 million to try to save detroit's art collection. those are the headlines. i'm david shuster. shuster. on "america tonight": 100 days sie disappeared from a shelter in the shadow of the nation's capitol. where is relisha rudd? how a little girl could simply vanish and what's being done to keep another child from meeting the same fate. >> i think people are paying attention. i've seen some changes. >> also tonight, tens of thousands of children at risk, as the u.s. scrambles to find them shelter. why are so many undocumented kids ris