>> ...still occupied... >> police have arrived... you see the blast scars from a bomb that went off... >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris, with a look at today's top stories. in iraq, fears that the country will slip into civil war. one al jazeera journalist, ordered to be released. and world cup game against a team that knocked them out of the last two word cups.

and the islamic state of iraq and the levant continues its offensive against and across iraq, the u.s. says it may work with iran to stop them and prevent iraq from sliding into a sectarian civil war. these pictures, i.s.i.l. claims it shows its fighters killing iraqi soldiers. united states and iran are alarmed by i.s.i.l.'s rapid advance as it tries to set up a new state across iran and syria. iraq says it's fighting back. >> the forces are making progress and stopped the advances made by islamic state of iraq and the levant as well as other groups through the

capitol, baghdad. beefed up security in the capitol and surrounding areas. however a spokesperson for commander in chief says at least 150 people were killed, those people were members of the islamic state of iraq and the levant and also other rebel groups. he says they were killed in different parts of the country. further north in the town of tal afar, soldiers from the islamic state of iraq and the levant say they have recaptured this town and they are in total control. however, the government refutes all of this. iraq is heading slowly towards sectarian tension. that tension could really develop into an all out civil war. the feeling among the people in the capitol is very tense. >> thousands of people fled tal afar as i.s.i.l. fighters took over that city, thousands have left their homes.

al jazeera hoda hamid has a report. >> a gain for sunni rebels and a huge los loss for the central government but translates into more people on the move in the country. most people have arrived from tal afar. they tell you stories how they crossed the desert walking, how they hitchhiked. to maybe move further on. but the pressure is too much for kurdish authorities here and they have to make choices at this point. a lot of people are waiting and wondering. but this at the moment is the only safe area for them. the kurdish region has been spared of the sectarianism that has been raging throughout a decade now, intensified at unprecedented levels. here you can go in whether you are sunni or shia but the wait

is long. all over the borders you see people from tikrit, salahadin, from wherever, it is a huge crisis. >> being cooperation with a long term, definitely long time american adversary, mike viqueria joins us from the white house with more details. mike. >> well tony, there is no question there are no easy answers for the administration now and as a matter of fact some of the answers being considered are quite distasteful by the administration and doubtless will be for congress. when you unpack what's happening in iraq it's a mess. iran-iraq rivalry, syria, as secretary of state john kerry put it it's much more complicated than meets the eye. into that complication, the

united states is considering aiding the iranian government to engage in air strikes. willing to work with iran to turn back rebel gains in iraq. >> i think we are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence, hold iraq together, the integrity of the country. and eliminate the presence of outside terrorist forces that are ripping it apart. >> reporter: for now, that does not include military cooperation with iran. this as the pentagon sends more war ships to the gulf, including the contingent of marines has been sent to bolster embassy defenses. president obama left his weekend get away in california early monday on way back to

washington, aids say he was briefed many times while on the way. any military action be coupled with renewed efforts by prime minister nouri al-maliki. with air strikes. >> when you have people murdering, assassinating in these mass massacres, you do what can you to stop it from the air or otherwise. >> and tony just a few minutes ago, president obama and the first lady arrived back on the south lawn aboard marine 1. the president will meet with his national security team to go over options. tony. >> mike what can you tell us regarding u.s. talks with iran? >> late breaking wire service report. we understand from the white house briefing reporters board

air force 1, on his way back from california, it is possible that the united states will be holding discussions with iran about the situation in iraq, in the margins around those talks, in geneva, the so-called p-5 plus 1 about iran's nuclear program. the united states considering inserting special forces units into iraq. and a national security spokesman did not knock it down. would not be a combat mission and training have been going on of iraqi forces as well as equipment and intelligence for quite some time now tony. >> mike, appreciate it, thank you. if the u.s. was to launch a counteroffensive without troops it has plenty of resources to choose from, john terret is here. john. >> let me walk you through some of the options that the president of the united states has on the table at the moment. first of all, spinning into the center of baghdad. the brand-new u.s. embassy.

as large as the vatican than the amazing? they're trying to get people out to safer location as a precaution. now, to seek the assets that people of iraq will never, ever see but they might well hear from, fighter jets on the whopping big aircraft carrier the nimitz style u.s.s. george h.w. bush. it entered the persian gulf at the weekend. with it came the tie carrier the ticonderoga class philippine sea. u.s.s. truxton. and tomahawk missiles on board. capable of reaching iraq. amphibious transport vehicle

mesa verdicte.sa verde. she carries on board lots of marines. look here, these aircraft on board the ship. very special kind of aircraft, mv 22 osprey, tilt reporter aircraft but can fly like traditional aircraft as well. bomber crashed in libya in 2011. meanwhile on land and air, the president might call on predatory drones to attack i.s.i.l. sites. let's look at our final graphic. these locations are secret but based on comments by top brass before congress.

enterlich in turkey in qatar, uae and surprisingly tony, saudi arabia. when that came out in congress there were gasps. >> john terret, thank you. later on, we'll see what a veteran of the war in iraq has to say. release of abdullah al-shami, his condition has gotten worse. al-shami is one of four detained journalist, only one who has not been charged. roxana saberi joins us. roxanne. he has been held without charge for more than 300 days. three other al jazeera journalists remain behind bars. for ten months he says he has done nothing wrong. he had been working as a journalist for al jazeera arabic

whether he was detained, on january he went on a hunger strike. within four months he lost almost a third of his body weight. evidence in this video, smuggled out in may. >> despite the authorities knowing this, i have been detained for 266 days without any charge and without committing any crime. >> just days after the leaked video was broadcast al shami said he had been placed in solitary confinement. in a letter smuggled out of jail, he said he hassed out after vomiting blood. his family again warned his health was declining. but alshami said he would not stop his protest until freed. three others are behind bars,

correspondent peter greste and producers mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. held six months, accused of supporting muslim brotherhood, a charge they strongly deny. >> the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. we have been treated as if we are terrorists, as if we have weapons. a terrorist has four hours of outdoor time. we are locked up all day. this is unbelievable. >> the prosecution is asking for maximum, seven years for gres ae and 14 years for f fahmy and

mohamed. >> include a cease fire, being comes on the same day as russia cut off the flow of natural gas to the ukraine. al jazeera's kim vanel reports from donetske. >> reporter: ukraine's gas tap has officially been turned off. russia's gazprom and ukraine's are, using gas to destabilize the country. >> translator: it is absolutely clear that yesterday's behavior of gazprom is a part of a plan that started with the annexation of crimea then the delivery of weapons into russia intoing the ukrainian territory, now it's gas owe repetition and the

economic pressure on our country. >> reporter: kyiv cried foul calling it political pay back after street protests in february ousted viktor yowng. yanukovych. it says from now on all gas must be paid for in advance. >> translator: in full accordance with the contract, the decision was taken, and today from 10:00 in the morning moscow time, nafta gas ukraine receives gas according to the paid volume. as of right now, no type of payment neither of old debts nor of the prepayments for june were paid. on all the graphs we see zeros. so today nafta gas receives gas according to the paid volumes. >> reporter: kyiv says it has enough gas in storage to last until december but there could be shortages if the coldest

winner months. appliance like this one could be seen in towns and cities across ukraine. many are pumping russian gas to europe. in fact, around othird come from russia and half are punched through ukrainian pipes. supplies to europe shouldn't be hurt but ukrainians are tired. they saw supplies cut in 2009 after a similar spate and believe this should be quickly sofd. >> translator: i think they will manage to negotiate and find some compromise. maybe it will not satisfy everybody. but at least they will be some common agreement. they are obliged to find one, but you can't do without gas. >> translator: gas is good. but they use it as a political tool. it's not acceptable. >> reporter: moscow says it is ready to return to the negotiating table but only after

kyiv pays its debt in full. but as the conflict in the east rolls on and the compromise continues to rise, finding one could be difficult. kim vanel, al jazeera, donetske. gm is recalling 2 million more cars over ignition problems, this is after an earlier 6 million being recalled.over similar issues. bisi onile-ere joins us, can you remind us of this issue of this ignition issue? >> reporter: i can, tony, over a dozen deaths in multiple problems. ignition switch of these vehicles could be knocked out of the run position. it could prevent the air bags from running as well as other features. that's a huge problem. i want to you take a look at the list of gm's latest recall

campaign. it involves the buick lacross, chevy impa impalla, and monte c, number of investigations, lawsuits as well as fines, and the reason why gm is getting so much heat is because they've known about this problem for over a decade but they waited up until february to issue this recall. sass it stands right now gm ceo mary barra, she with a lead ergts have investigator, will testify before capitol hill and this will be the second go round for mrs. barra. tony. >> you know the numbers for gm were really good but at what point in time does this become

an economic issue for gm all of these recalls? >> it will be interesting. their sales haven't been affected. a lot of these recalls deal with older vehicles. but in today's recalls these are newer generation vehicles. it is important to know that as it stands now gm has spent about $2 billion, that's how much they expect to spend to repair these vehicles. so far they've only fixed about 7% of them. there's a long way to go and a lot more moneyto spent, tony. >> bisi onile-ere, thank you. coming up. mitt romney's take on hillary clinton, next. and dozens of l civilians killed where they stand, we'll have a live report on the scene. scene.

>> president obama plans to sign an executive order that would prevent federal contractors from

discriminating against workers based on sexual orientation or sexual identity. according to ucla the proposed executive order would affect 14 million people. the white house did not specify when the president intends to sign it. in today's power politics we've got a good one for you. with hillary clinton all but declared for a 2016 presidential run, the last republican presidential candidate remember him is opening fire. david shuster has the story. david. >> mitt romney insists she's beatable. says republicans just need to focus on cloirnt's policies as secretary of state. >> the play book is to look at her record. i think you have to consider what's happened around the world during the years she was secretary of state and you have to say it's been a monumental bust. >> a monday unanimitial bust.

expect to hear a lot about lobby, sir yah, iraq, when hillary clinton announces she's going to run. as for romney, he insists he's not going to run. the continued battle, continues to intensify, in a mississippi senate runoff, the latest polls show tea party darling chris mcdaniel ahead, 49 o41. cochran is out of touch, a point cochran seems the reinforce when fox news asked him for his reaction to the primary loss of acre cantor. >> the pleks months, does that concern you? >> i don't know what you're talking about, whad in virginia?

>> eric cantor. losing his primary bid. >> i haven't followed that election much at all. >> really. >> really. >> election cycle featuring candidates using guns and louisiana senate race incumbent are democrat marylandrieu, is gaining ground thanks to her father. >> i'm mayor landrii and i approved this ad. >> of course you do. >> dad i have to say that even though i'm in the ad. >> veterans? >> yes, sir. >> student loans? >> of course. >> that's the third ad feexglandrieu's father. versus three republican challengers. if nobody receives more than 50%, the top two will have a runoff november 2nd.

wapt reporte -- washington postl reported today, the told amount adds up to $116 million, that is the most in history at this point for a u.s. election year. here is why incumbents have having to spend so much on their own campaigns. ooverall job approval, 16%, the lowest in a mid term election year since gallup first measured this number 40 years ago. finally, speaking of below approval, residents of san marino, california have formally asked dennis cunier to resign. that is him in the light shirt carrying some dog poop and there he goes, drops it on the front stoop of a political opponent. unbelievable. at the city council meeting, i

don't know, why couldn't he knock ton door and yell? but passive aggressive is easier. and that's today's power politics. >> i bet he had a little hotdog with it. that was nasty. buttists all nasty business. david, thank you. if you're an american company with business interests in iraq and other nations in that region, these are some pretty anxious days, right? "real money"'s ali velshi talk to the head of u.s. chamber of commerce and more. i can't wait what you heard. ali. >> i'll play it back on my show. this is the biggest lobby group in the country. it's got a lot of members. he was saying in the last 5 years or so there's been such an uptick in american companies doing business in the middle east, they've really seen this as the undiscovered country if

you will, and that they have had missions and involvement, and taken back by the setback in iraq and actually quite worried about it. here's what he told me about the business dealings in the middle east. >> we're very involved in saudi arabia, the gulf, iraq and we're doing this from the claib's -- chamber's perspective based on the theory that if you can stabilize economies and put people to work it's good not only for countries that achieve that objective but good for the neighborhood and the broader neighborhood of people that invest there. and i think we're making some progress, although i must tell you: it certainly in last days have been very, very frightening. >> the reason this is important tony, you might be saying who cares what the u.s. chamber of commerce thinks? i tell you why. as i said they're a very, very big lobby organization, they do influence decision make on

capitol hill around what you can see in washington how the administration should go forward. there were agreements how the administration should go forward with respect to russia and the crimea and ukraine. so it's important to know where the business community is to determine what kind of influence they're going to try exert on washington, lawmakers and the administration. he did say their major concern was stabilizing things in the middle east, for international peace interests. i've got the whole of that conversation coming up on my show at 7:00. >> can't wait for that. this man is an interesting figure. >> he is one of the more powerful guys that most people don't know about. >> right. he is a man who is naifer of immigration reform -- in favor of immigration reform. >> we'll be talking about that as well. >> "real money" 7:00 p.m. on al jazeera america. trying to stop the rebel advance, meanwhile veterans of

the war in iraq see the ground they fought for, fall to the fighters. we'll talk to one of those vets. next. also a huge response after a kfc restaurant tells the paimpts of of -- parents of a 3-year-old she has to leave because of the scars on her face. face.

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download it now >> 275 u.s. armed forces are on their way to iraq right now. the president sent a letter to congress saying that the force will provide support and security for u.s. citizens and property there, including at the embassy in baghdad. they will remain until the security situation is more stable there. this comes as an offensive led by the islamic state of iraq and the levant picks up support from the country's disenfranchised sunni groups. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is considering air

strikes and working with iran to stop the fighters. political solution is the best chance at a lasting peace. lisa stark is in washington with more on this. lisa. >> well, tony, the turmoil in iraq has its origin in years of sectarian strife and hatred. but many in the u.s. lay the blame on prime minister nouri al-maliki. president obama indicates that the u.s. is not going to act unless maliki does. >> with the u.s. fating the largest crisis since it left the country two years ago, pushing prime minister maliki, to join

sunnies and shia as well as kurds. >> we are adamant that the government needs to bring all to the table. that has not happened sufficientlysufficiently. >> reporter: when maliki took over in 2006, arrest warrant for the country's vice president, its top sunni leader, tarik al shami, continuing to purge sunnies from power. during iraq's recent election: >> he has really built a very authoritarian concentration of mowr, alienating the kurds completely. they cannot live with the maliki government. the sunnies are up political plit cli now up in arms

physically. >> the i.s.i.l. thrives partly because of the political and sectarian conflict, many believes, aggravated by maliki's action he. >> many sunnis, including nonviolent mainstream sunnis that would like to be represented in baghdad have been disaffected and they've been shown more receptivity to these more radical islamists coming in than one would have hoped. >> in the past, president obama has pushed maliki unsuccessfully to share power. but now with maliki anxious for u.s. military help the white house may have more leverage. >> i think message to maliki is becoming stronger and stronger that you are not behaving as an effective leader now. you have to do something different. we're not going to do it for him. we're not going to write the script for him but i think that our influence is a little bit in our disapproval as well as our support. >> the form he top u.s. diplomat in iraq is calling for u.s.

secretary of state john kerry to go to iraq to help broke are a unitarian government. >> we have to do what we can to keep iraq whole, united, restabilize it. those are our goals in iraq. in the whole region if this thing continues, it's going to be much, much worse than just civil war in iraq. >> maliki is supposed to be forming anew government. there were elections in april. he did not get a clear majority. he was supposed to be forming a new government so this does create an opportunity for another unity organization. the question is, is it too late? >> lisa stark, thank you. when i.s.i.l. fighters took control of iraq's northern city of mosul last tuesday they almost immediately asked residents to return to their normal lives, right? take a look at this. rare footage as shot from inside

the war torn city where life has seemingly returned to normal. there are signs of the city's new reality. i.s.i.l. fighters are actually guarding gas stations and directing traffic, traffic cops as you can see it. lining the city's roads, military vehicles just destroyed right on their sides, there you can see. all right joie chen me now is matt howard, he is a former marine who served in iraq. he is also with the advocacy group, iraq ves rans against war. matt, i'm really looking forward to this conversation with you. you served two tours in iraq. >> absolutely, yes. >> are you surprised what's happening now? >> yes and no. there's been a sense of surprise to all of us in terms of -- >> how quickly it's happened? >> absolutely. we have been working inside groups in iraq that have been talking about how first the iraqi spring is what it was

termed, a genuine democratic movement was put down genuinely by maliki. and what's played out is not surprising. >> two tours in iraq, you'll recall that there was a point in time when the snurntdcy was at its -- insurgency was at its 8 apeapex, right? to help to put down the fighting that was going on in the country. that was part of the package that was handed to this government. am i right in saying that? at least the framework for sunni and shia groups working together, right, for one iraq, am i right? if i'm overstating, tell me. >> i think yes and no. if you zoom back a little bit, also, rumsfeld termed kind of death squads that were sectarian, the salvador option. >> yes. >> we were responsible for that.

that's hard to disembed from what would happen later. i think there was some papering over -- >> that's interesting. >> -- but those tides kind of run deep. >> ultimately what i'm driving at, there was an opportunity for nouri al-maliki to act in a more nonsectarian way and that opportunity has been squandered would you agree? >> absolutely, 100%. >> what would you say that his regime has been dirk -- dictatol and sectarian. what would you think? >> some of our members in iraq up to the very end, it's been clear that the game has been to consolidated power against the certain kind of the country. unfortunately, they have the majority, a huge portion of the population has been alienated

and put down in a really brutal way. >> two tours of duty in iraq. do you still care about that country? >> absolutely. people in my generation feel responsibility for what's happened there. >> explain that to me. >> i think that seeing the destabilization, the fact that we've left a toxic legacy inside of iraq, also, just the incredible high amounts of civilian casualty, that was our invasion, that led to a lot of this. maliki, absolutely. >> made a bad solution worse? >> absolutely. >> but brought the consequences back to united states, is what you're saying? >> absolutely. we have a real opportunity to use our kind of political will to really you know, to use diplomacy in a way that we haven't so far. >> how do you see that happening? >> i think there's a regional option. >> really. >> i don't pretend to have

entire foreign policy expertise -- >> blueprint, right. >> but if anything has been proven, it's that military options have not been working for us. often we have blow back. i.s.i.l. is made up of people that met each other in america american-run praise ons in iraq. >> at the end of the day, this is a fight in many respects, the sunni-shia divide has been going on for centuries. at some point the united states can't be there, can't play a major role in that country forever, at some point those two sides need to work that out and not just in syria, not just iraq but on and on and on and on. is there a role you think the united states can play in brokering some sort of understanding. >> i think the united states has had an incredible amount of power when it comes to leveraging these things. >> you believe that?

>> in certain ways. i think with syria it was like we have no options and then an option presented itself.. but that's really dependent on political will, we believe is going to cause more civilian casualties on top of what we have already -- >> do you like the idea of air strikes in iraq? >> no. for that reason it's going to create more civilian carts. it's not word war two, where you've got units lined up. >> matt, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> with the advocacy group iraq veterans against the war. pleasure, really looking forward to that. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says three teens may not be found a while. hamas denies the accusation. arrested since the teens went missing, israeli soldiers have expanded their search and are

now going door to door in hebron. >> fleeing the country against rulers, military workers cracking down on are workers. cambodian government, tie officials say it is c thai officials say the cambodians are choosing to return home. >> three groups agreed to negotiations in exchange for the release of prisoners and protection for refugees. mali has been struggling to control the tuareg group, which al qaeda-linked fighters had hijacked and in kenya at least 48 people were killed in a coastal town when gunmen opened fire on hotels and government buildings. al shabaab has claimed

responsibility. al jazeera's ali uraga reports. shooting indiscriminately, including at soccer fans watching world cup. >> about 50 of them, i hear from sources that they are all patted down. they might have escaped into the forest. it happened near the town of zampectoni near the border of somalia. the group itself has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. hours after the attack, several buildings across the town including this local travel lodge were still seen smoldering flp was also a very clear sense of confusion and bewilderment among people. gun battles raged for hours uninterrupted with all the

attackers seeing and no one arrested. >> i would like to bring to the attention of the country that security has been beefed across the country. cognizant of the high tense political temperatures being raised through activities we are all seeing. >> this is the worst attack since the siege on nairobi's westgate mall in september. saying it would keep targeting kenya for as long as its soldiers stayed in somalia. will not do anything for kenya's already suffering tourist industry. killing in algeria, maria innes ferre reports. >> charged with killing father kenneth walker and seriously injuring another priest.

the two men found shot in the church's rectory. among the charges, murder, burglary and armed robbery. seven circus workers have hired a law firm but the law office says the women haven't filed suit yet. they're conducting an investigation into anything that could have gone wrong at the ringling brothers, barnum and bailey show, yeah. two of them have spinal injuries. in mississippi, the kfc company, is donating $5,000. they were asked to leave a kfc because the child's scars were disturbing paying customers. kfc launched an investigation into what happened but regardless of the outcome it will donate the money to help pay the girl's medical bills.

hall of famer tony guinn passed away today. earned the nickname mr. padre. he won eight batting titles and five golden glove awards. underwent numerous operations in the last few years. >> i loved that dude, i loved his game, i loved his belly, i loved everyone about him. when i was playing baseball i batted from the left side of the plate. i love that dude. maria, thank you. see you all later. and coming up on al jazeera america. people all over the world are watching the world cup. but how they're watching it is pretty interesting. we'll show you coming up. you coming up.

>> okay, the first match. for the u.s. national team. well underway in brazil. the u.s. is up 1-nil against ghana. and that is the team that knocked the u.s. out of the last two world cups, if i'm clear. the first u.s. goal was scored in the first minute. this is 17th time the u.s. has made the world cup. the fans and the team clearly abuzz. andy gallagher, almost an hour into this match. describe the atmosphere where you are. >> well, tony, we've been here all bay watching various supporters come in. i have to say these team u.s.a. supporters take the win for pure enthusiasm. they turned up about an hour

before the game where that goal entered in the first few minutes, people here went wild. the question we've been asking ourselves, how can soccer as you would call it compare to other victories in the u.s. it is still a fringe sport. think about this. the super bowl audience the over 100 million. about 24 million in this country turned into the world cup. it is growing incrementally. in miami like david beckham introducing his are pls pls mmse soccer soccer team. they're winning at the moment a victory here would certainly help football or soccer as you would call it grow in the u.s.a. >> and andy you were telling me a little earlier today, it really does depend on where you are in the country if you are trying gauge how popular a sport this is really becoming in the united states, correct?

>> that's right. i mean here in miami there's obviously a large latin community which is in part why david beckham wants to center his team here. but in other parts of the country, you might not know what the world cup is. moorchtion younger supportsers there's certainly a growing support of soccer among people of that certain age. but when it comes to competing against big three it isn't there yet. >> if you were in alabama, it would be football all right, but it would be roll tide! fans around the world are watching the games in some unique ways. and innes is back with us.

>> stadium in berlin where people are allowed to bring their living room sofas, lined up hundreds of them. if it rains, don't worry, there's plastic covers to go over those sofas. robin wright's large tv has sprung up and people have stopped to watch and drink. enrique penn ah nieto celebrated when mexico won against cameroon. and in mexico they start those fans very early on. this elementary class is watching the game here. and in nandung city in china a projection is going on. this is on an ancient wall, 700 year old wall that people are watching. many are watching in their living room. my favorite is on a video on

youtube. stay a look. >> hey buddy are you watching the word cup? >> that's good, that's good. >> the dog wants somebody to pass the ball. >> it would be a header right there. innes, thank you. coming up on al jazeera america, a new effort to help beap sea turtles survive the most important part of their lives, hatching.

>> florida officials have spent more than three decades trying to help florida's sea turtles. the animals can live over a hundred years and way a few hundred pounds. natasha guinane is live with the latest on this story. natasha.

>> tony, this beach is scattered with sea turtle necessaries, as you can -- nests, as you can see, they're cordoned off so no one contaminate% with them. we watched as a sea turtle came out of the water and laid about 300 eggs on the beach. this thrend pound loggerhead turtle is destined to be an absentee mother. her first act of protecting her eggs by burying them in the sand her last. >> sea turtles lay they're eggs and are gone. >> the odds of sea turtle eggs is as bad as your odds at a las vegas casino. the odds are not mother nature,

it is man made. >> tens of thousands of hatchlings die because of lighting issues. >> when sea turtles hatch, they use the bright lie from the ocean to light their way. local municipalities enacted a sea turtle ordinance in 2006. the city uses longer wave lights such as led. requires beach front residences do the same. >> we let residences know to close their shades if their condo faces the ocean side. because those small changes can make a big difference. >> reporter: there is no state law mandating sea turtle friendly lighting. enacting ordinances is left to the discretion of local governments. but the sea turtle conservatorss

pushing for that. >> people realize you can actually see better in this light and it looks very pleasing. >> reporter: in the last five years the conversion to sea turtle friendly lighting has increased. it is one of many measures helping the population rebound. since 90% of sea turtle nesting in the u.s. occurs on florida beaches the future of the endangered species in this country depends on what happens here. other obstacles facing 63 turtles including beach erosion, climate change, to name a few tony. >> thank you natasha. a new study shows that large amounts of plastic is actually coming from the great lakes. christian saloome -- kristin say

has the report. >> today isn't exactly a pleasure cruise. >> 1-2-3. >> dr. sherry mason is measuring plastic in the water. at first it's hard to see but she's seen it floating on the surface in alarming amounts. >> we are looking at stream from the ocean. we really thought we would find larger pieces in the ocean. when we got the results and got the in-lab studies, the counts, the amounts of really small particles of plastic it was very surprising to us. look at that, make it look easy. >> it's not just lake erie. small particles are showing up in all of the great lakes. common products you probably have in your own bathroom, toothpaste and cleansers that contain micro-beads.

consumers buy 510,000 pounds of them every year. pushing personal care companies from using microbeads, threatening to ban them. public officials are worried that these contaminants are making their way into the food chain. they're pushing personal care companies to stop using micro-beads. >> the great lakes are the world's largest reserve of fresh water. as water becomes increasingly scarce in the future, that resource is becoming more and more important, not just a regional but an international scale. >> reporter: back in the lab researchers boil down the lake water separating pieces of plastic from organic matter. they have begun counting plastic particles in fish. in a matter of years, not soon enough for maso mason who says t

could provide a environmental disaster in new york. >> that's it for our shoi. "real money with ali velshi" is up next on al jazeera america. talk about strange bedfellows, america could end up cooperating with iran to deal with the violence in iraq. i'll tell you how, and talk about bringing stability to the region through american trade. also yet another american company plans to set up shop overseas and cut its tax bill. i'll talk to grover norquist. plus six months two 2014, it's

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