how to stop it takes courage not to turn away. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. will u.s. military advisors be welcome when they arrive in iraq. there is a top cleric now saying no. with the world cup in full gear, questions about the use of force against protesters in brazil. and new york city set to settle a case with the central park five a group of teens now men wrongfully accused and jailed

for rape. ♪ >> we begin with more dramatic developments coming out of iraq the country's spiritual leader now coming for a new government. the grand ayatollah saying iraq needs an effective agreement. and another shiite leader saying the u.s. military advise source won't be greeted as liberators but instead occupiers. >> frantic political talks going on here in -- bagdad as the prime minister tries to cobble together a more stable government. it's not only the fighting around the major refinery, and cities, and key cities near the syrian border, it is that essentially there isn't a

functioning government here. that's up with of the things that u.s. officials are hammering home to prime minister maliki, if he is going to stay in power and get that help that he so desperately wants on the military front, they are telling him he has to come up with a more inclusive government. that includes sunnis and kurds. and out on the streets with what normally is a friday holiday, with people shopping and going to the book market, the streets are oddly empty. people here are worried. they are worried about the fighting reaching bagdad and the entire future of their country. two attacks in western iraq claiming at least 36 lives. the first directed another a convoy of vehicles filled with new army recruits. the second attack happening

north of fa lucia. at least 20 were killed. it has now been at least 24 hours since the president said he won't be sending troops into iraq instead sending a team of military advise source. randall pinkston is live in washington, and randall what has changed, 24 hours later has the president silenced his critics. >> it's unlikely that the president will ever silence all of his critics, however, some of them have complimented at least that he is outlined part of his plan in iraq to protect u.s. citizens and military that are there, not only to advise the iraqi army, but also to gather intelligence about insurgents and potential targets. u.s. fighter jets are back in

disguise over iraq this time identifying potential isil targets, and up to 300 u.s. troops set to help an iraqi military overrun by a force promising to take bagdad. >> american forces will not be returning to combat in iraq. but we will help iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists. >> they'll assess how to best increase the training and equipment of iraqi forces. the americans will also gather and share intelligence with the iraqis to confront isil. the advisors sent 275 special forces sent to protect embassies and citizens. but the president insists this will not be a fight lead by americans. iraqis must take the lead, and

that includes malky, blamed by many for the current crisis due to his failure to form a more inclusive government. >> whether he is prime minister or any other leader aspires to lead the country, that it has to be an agenda in my sunni, shiite and kurds all feel they have the opportunity to advance their interest through the political process. >> reporter: helping in that will be secretary of state john kerry where he will travel to shore up support. >> our efforts will only be successful if iraqi leaders rise above their differences and come around and embrace a political plan that defines iraq's future through the political process. >> reporter: earlier you asked

about critics of the president. he is getting static here at home and negative sayings from iran. the iran's deputy foreign minister is accusing president obama of lacking serious will to fight the in -- insurgents. >> randall pinkston thank you very much. all across bagdad iraqis went for prayer. from the mosque they talked about how to end the cu cure -- current fighting. imran khan has that story. >> reporter: this man says he understands that many of the sunni worshippers are concerned about what the future holds. he says the karon can be the only guide.

>> translator: my sermon will talk about how to protect one's honor, and defending their country. >> reporter: his words offer spiritual guidance, but still worshippers will worried. getting people to speak openly here to us has been very difficult, nobody wants to be seen to be speaking about anything political, whether it's the government, the rebels or the prime minister. but as the mosque empties with people, some want to speak. >> translator: if you ask me if i was afraid of revolutionaries before they took over mosel, i would have said yes, but after, no, i'm not afraid. the revolutionaries are bringing dignity. i'm not afraid of the revolutionaries now. >> reporter: this mosque is used by sunni and shiite woeshipers,

but sectarian tension is also increasing. mosques like these with an inclusive message will play an important role in helping to diffuse it. and the islamic fronted taking responsibility for a deadly bombing in syria today. the car bomb killing at least 34 people, injuring more than 50 others, according to state media. this is the second car bomb in two days. on thursday a bomb exploded here school and homes. under-secretary ban ki moon calling for an arms embargo, and called on other middle east nations to play a more active roll in finding a solution. three nato soldiers were killed in afghanistan when a

roadside bomb went off. the associated press citing a u.s. defense official is reporting that all three were american. in ukraine, the president there declined a ceasefire for next week. it has closed its border between eastern ukraine and russia, they are trying to prevent new weapons from reaching separatists. ukraine's government it has killed 300 separatists in recent fighting. the pope plans to visit a town where a 3-year-old boy was killed in italy. he is going with a message to criminals, he says repent or face damnation. >> reporter: rose and our son are still haunted by her husband's death.

innocent gunned down by the mafia. >> translator: they are worse than animals because they have no heart. they are ready to detroy the families of innocent people. >> reporter: five years after the attack, marco still suffers emotional difficulties. they both hope the pope's visit will mark the beginning of the end of violence, because here in one of the most beautiful parts of italy, and one of the poorest, the mafia killing has continued. just a few kilometers away in this tiny church, the priest was murdered. he was beaten to death by a drug dealer demanding money. a dealer on the fringes of a world of organized crime. that murder and the shooting of a local 3-year-old boy prompted the pope's latest stand against the mafia. it has given neighboring priests

new determination to speak out. >> translator: i never felt in danger, because danger comes with fear to test ourselves, that's the biggest danger. >> reporter: the pope will get a direct account of mafia activities when he shares lunch with this reformed drug dealer, having earlier visited a local prison. >> translator: my life has been a journey through bad situations. i have touched evil with my own hands from drug addiction to jail. >> reporter: normal life goes on here despite the violence. many analysts doubt the pope's power to overcome the mafia. in the past the church has turned a blind eye to organized crime. and in brazil, the world cup is drawing big crowds, protests, though, so far have been small, but some have turned violent, and police are reacting with tear gas and rubber bullets.

now human rights groups are accusing the government of excessive force. >> reporter: sal -- sau paw low, and only a few dozen protesters take to the streets. the police response has been to swiftly break up the small crowd. this man pepper sprayed after being restrained. in rio de janeiro, a protest starts joyful enough, but also takes a turn for the worst as police haul a man away before dispersing the rest of the crowd. a few days later, a protest of no more than 25 people, many

dressed up as clowns banging on cans, and several hundred police stand guard. police here in brazil have detained more than 150 people since this tournament began. he government says the right to peace protest is allowed as long as it doesn't interfere with the games. but they have a zero tolerance towards groups that have been known to promote mayhem. they are seen here launching petrol bombs at police in a recent protest. but it's the peaceful protesters who if they are not being detained likely are being filmed by police, add it all up, and activists say that police are using strict laws for crackdown.

>> it's definitely not suitable for the context of protests, and it's a way to intimidate and criminallize protesters that are on the streets. >> reporter: that's a claim the government flatly rejects, but few can argue that if the protests continue, even small ones, they will likely be met by police, and a lot of them. and when we come back, we talk guns, a complicated issue that has divided americans for decades, but americans aren't the only ones struggling to balance the rights and freedoms. also five men convicted of a crime they didn't commit are being paid for the 24 years of injustice they suffered through. their story coming up next on al jazeera america.

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>> well all this week we have been talking about any culture of guns. today we focus on our neighbors to the north. >> reporter: a day on the firing range. a weekend routine of camaraderie and competition. >> i thought you had more bullets than. >> reporter: in this case it's mother and son bonding over bullets. >> oh, if i didn't have that, i would be crushed. that's my little boy, i want to spending time with him. >> reporter: they are two of the 2 million or so canadians that are licensed gun owners. but how many guns and gunn ownes in canada is at a bit of a debate. with each canadian gun owner

averaging more than four firearms each, donald has a does ebb. >> it's a passion. >> reporter: but there could be twice that men guns here, maybe more. >> there are tens of millions of firearms in canada that will never be registered, that will never be in the hands of individuals with firearms licenses. >> reporter: an extensive effort to register all long guns in the country was abandoned two years ago. the eventual cost $5 billion. cgi was the same firm that handled the healthcare.gov website rollout in the us. rolling back the registry was a victory for gun right's advocates. >> we have no way to trace long arms and unrestricted firearms

in canada now, and all of the data has been destroyed outside of quebec. >> reporter: guns fall in to three gases. long guns, hand guns, and semiautomatic we will fo-- weaps and restricted. >> special license required cannot get that license anymore. you had to own these guns when the law was passed. >> reporter: the types of guns used in some of canada's worst mass shootings, in montreal 25 years ago, and more recently in 2006, are still legal to own like semiautomatic rifles. if you want to own a gun in canada, you will first have to go through a training course in safety. but at no point will you actually load and fire an

operating gun. dummy ammunition is used and the guns won't shoot. albert wood has taught firearm safety courses for 40 years. licenses are then issued federally. licenses to carry concealed weapons are almost never issued. >> this is canada, we have permission to transport weapons from simply from your home to the range. >> reporter: there's a separate license just for transportation, and you need a license to buy ammunition. gun homicide totals here are remained fairly stable for the last 15 years at about 178 a year. my comparison, the u.s. annual average is about 11,500, nearly

eight times the canadian rate based on popation. meanwhile back on the range, shooting is a normal get away. in a canadian charter of rights and freedoms guns are never mentioned, leading some to call gun ownership an earned privilege, not a specifically guaranteed right. they are calling it a legal victory for the central park five, the five men wrongfully convicted of a raping a woman back in 1989. now there are reports that they have agreed to a $40 million settlement with new york city. john joining us with more. >> yes, this is a very different time in new york. we're going back 24, 25 years. five black and latino men were accused and later found guilty of raping and stoning a woman

who was a banker running in publish park. she published a book now, but at the time there was a racist media frenzy. and i remember watching from england, people talking about wild youth roaming the park. and it all turned out not to be true, because a career criminal came out and said i did this. i was on my own. and the dna tests seemed to back that up. so now reports of a $40 million settlement for each man. the comptroller has to approve this and a district judge has to approve this. >> 2002 they were exonerated, why did it take so belong? >> the bloomberg administration fought this tooth and nail.

the city said there was no racism, there was no conspiracy theory, the city was simply doing their job. now even today there are retired members of the nypd who still think that these five were accomplices in some way. now comes the new democratic mayor, and in his campaign last year, he promised to put this behind the city, because it's a stain on the city's character, and now if this is true it looks as if the city as finally settled. >> was the person who later admitted to this very convicted? >> ed koch captured the mood i think of most people in the city

at that time, 25 years ago. the man who came forward has had a horror story of a life. he says he was sold when he was a little baby for $400, and there's a whole string of abuse in his life, but he has been jailed for 33.5 years for multiple murders and rapes and muggings in the area, so he has not been charged with the central park rape. i think he is not going-to-be charged, but he is also not coming out of prison any time soon. still ahead we're going to update our top stories and flooding in minnesota after heavy rains. but can we expect more of the same today. al jazeera america continues.

♪ welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. these are your headlines at this hour. as the rebellion in iraq rages on the leader of the shiite

community calling for a new government one that represents all of the people. another leader says the u.s. coming as advisors will be treated as a occupying force. a roadside bomb has gone off in afghanistan. it is reported that all three were american. the pope is heading to southern italy. he plans to visit a town where a 3-year-old boy was killed. and rain is causing serious problems in both the u.s. and europe, our meteorologist rebecca stephenson joins us with more. >> we're looking at a big area of low-pressure. you can see it on the satellite. places that have had significant rain fall. bulgaria has had flash flooding,

and we have video to show you, cars were piling up on each other, and mud sliding into homes. cleanup is one of the number one issues here today. we did have some deaths from this, because it caused so many problems like sinkholes and things like that. the rainfall for the entire month of june? bole gar garia is 1.6 inches, and in the a past 36 hours you had 3.4 inches of rainfall. let's go to minnesota where you have flooded homes and you can see folks walking out in the flood waters, just the last thing you want to do is drive into them because you don't know where the flood waters will carry you, and now the rain thank goodness, it's moving out.

but we still have an area of low-pressure along the canadian border. we had an all-time amount of rainfall from the month of june on the calendar day in june, twin cities recorded over 4 inches, that broke the record set back in 1877. and the storm pictures coming in are phenomenal. as the storms work their way towards illinois, you have also had rainfall too, but some impressive cumulous clouds. and today we're still looking at fair amounts of rainfall in the midwest. we'll also watch parts of texas, kansas, and nebraska, later. in addition to hot weather into the low 90s there to the south. >> tomorrow being the first day of summer. >> yay. >> thank you very much. we want to thank each and every one of you for watching al jazeera america.

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