a little too early to write him off for life. >> should they be locked away for good? >> he had a tough upbringing but he still had to have known right from wrong. >> this is al jazeera america line from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. the white house pledges hundreds of millions of builders to stop an influx of children come together united states. sunni and shia leaders call for unity in iraq. and contentious hearing the head of the irs gets in a testy fight with the lawmakers.

>> so we have been focusing on this all week. childre >> children unoccupied children from central america over last year. up 92%. some 50,000 uncompanied children from central america expected to try to reach the american border and be apprehended the administration is trying to get to the root causes here of

pledging million of dollars to some of these governments to try to alleviate some of the gang and youth violence that is driving many of these families to send their children in desperation to the united states. $45million to guatemala. $25million in el salvador. $18.5million to go to the same number of oh youth out reach. many of these countries want special work permits, permission to stay here at least temporarily as they come to the united states illegally. the united states said they're not going to do that. meanwhile, what has become a humanitarian crisis continues.

>> well, clearly money is not going to fix this problem. she spoke about this at the white house just an hour ago. >> what we're also doing is working in collaborative fashion some of that is informational campaign. and encountering this intentional campaign propagated by criminal syndicate. >> that's part of joe biden's mission in south america. to tell the people, the citizens of those countries that there are no special permissions. that was the room you are across much of central america. the administration wants

$1.4 billion on top of the money that they're sending to central america here in the united states to expedite the processing of these folks who are coming to the country illegally. >> thank you. a large number of children coming to the united states are from guatemala.

>> officials say that the situation is alarming. on a recent fact-finding trip to southern mexico they saw twice as many child migrants as in past years. >> it's incredible. i didn't sleep for three nights after looking at the conditions they travel in. we saw a mother traveling with four children. we saw children traveling along with smugglers who will supposedly take them to their parents in u.s. >> reporter: the parents are warned about the real situation but illegal immigration is big business and the rumors are hard to silence. in towns across guatemala, smugglers are easy to find. and they may even be selling

fake documents. >> reporter: this family does not want to show their faces. after paying a smuggler $10,000, they were told to walk into the u.s. and turn themselves into the border patrol. but instead of sending them to chicago to be with her husband, all of them were deported. >> the muggler said that they would give us permission to enter. we trusted them. it's very hard for us. all of your dreams are crushed in that one moment. >> despite all this allison's dreams are still intacted, and the hope of escaping her town and seeing her father again is enough to drive her north. david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala. >> while the government is scrapping plans to house hundreds of children, the move comes after hundreds of people attended a public hearing in

lawrenceville. public officials are criticized for keeping the town in the dark about the plan. many worried about health and safety issues. >> these are illegal immigrants that came over. they're criminals in our country, and they're coming over and there is no way to keep them from wandering the streets. >> my goodness, the officials say that the immigrant teens would have been screened for disease and criminal backgrounds and tightly monitored. calls for unity in iraq today. abandoning's top shia cleric called for the creation of a new government as fighters from the islami islam he's islamic state in iraq and the levant gets closer to baghdad. the leaders condemned isil and called for unity. united nations secretary general ban ki-moon said he opposed airstrikes against isil.

>> the strikes against isis might have little lasting effect our counterproductive. there is no movement towards increasing government in iraq. it is imperative for the government and his backers t to be sure that no apprizals are carried out in revenge by isis. >> al jazeera's omar join us. u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon said the u.n. opposes airstrikes. what does the government think about those remarks? >> reporter: there has not been official remarks yet with regard to what the secretary general said p but the iraqi foreign minister did say clearly that iraq was in favor. iraq asked to help them against the islamic state in iraq and the levant to launch

airstrikes. now there is fear at some sections of the iraqi society, and of course mainly from the rebel movement that such an involvement from the u.s. by launching military strikes will only make things worse. not only could inflict civilian casualties but could be seen as the united states taking sides in this sectarian war. >> omar today iraq's shia cleric, the grand ayatollah called for a new government. how are iraqis reacting to his commends? >> reporter: he called on the new government to convene very quick. and he spoke of a new president for a government that meets the

aspirations of the iraqi people. this is interest because it depends on who you talk to. it's just encouraging iraqi politicians to act to get their act together to stop the trade and security condition in this country which drives it on the verge of civil war. >> let me pick up on that point of you nouri al-maliki. i wonder if he feels emboldened today since as many feared at the beginning of the week ba baghdad has not fallen. it has not overrun by these forces of assist. that does not seem to be the case today. >> look, the prime minister is involved, and baghdad feels safer than a week ago. i think the prime minister was clear in his speeches that he thinks he has achieved victory already by stopping the rapid advancement on the capitol of

baghdad. he has thousands of tens of thousands, he has sent elite forces top rebels. and his identify are set on a third tem. although the pressure is mounting, he's pressuring it aside. >> and he is the one who won the most votes in his election. good to have omar with us from baghdad. iraq is a major oil produc producer. there are concerns about th the country's oil falling into the wrong hands. is isil targeting iran's oil? >> well, it certainly is targeting that not so much to

take control of the oil industry, but certainly to further disrupt the iraqi economy. there are questions whether or not isil has taken control of that refinery, or whether or n not, in fact, the iraqi military has retaken control. the reports have been extremely conflicting all week long. >> is isil able to actually sell crude oil? whether it's in control of it or not, that's a separate issue, but is it even interested in selling it? does it have the capability of doing that? certainly when you consider that it produces a third of the world's reserves, that could be lucrative, but that assumes you have the business contacts as well as the business infrastructure in order to run something which had been many years a national industry inside

iraq. >> the u.s. has put two of it's biggest allies on a state department blacklist for failing to do more than fight human trafficking. >> this is a call to action. it's a call for many dark places that need light. we want to bring light to these individuals, and to these places. >> the u.s. said while thailand has stepped up anti-trafficking efforts it has not done enough to stop debt bondaged and forced

labor. as for malaysia the country has decreased it's anti-trafficking agents. a contentious hearing on capitol hill. they may have. >> they werthe hard drive crash occurred in 2011 and long before the corruption erupted. and since the investigation began the e-mail ha no e-mails have been lost. >> you told us on monday because we asked whether any other hard drives crashed, this is

unbelievable. you told us on may you were going to give up a of the e-mails and you learned in february that this crashed. >> i did not learn in february there was a crash. >> i'm not asking a question. i'm making a statement. >> my apologies. >> you are the internal revenue service. you can reach into the lives into taxpayers and you can turn their lives up and down. >> he accused them of holding themselves to a different standards. >> you ask taxpayers to hand seven years of their personal tax information in case they're ever ought audits, and you can't keep six month's worth of employee e-mails. now that we're seeing this investigation you don't have the e-mails. hard drives crashed. you learned about this months ago. and you just told us, and we had to ask you on monday, this is

not being forthcoming. this is being misleading again. this is a pattern of abuse, a pattern of behavior that is not giving us any confidence that this agency is being impartial. >> the last yearlong investigation into the irs has established that the white house was not involved, and that the president and his aides were unaware of irs activities at the cincinnati field office where the targeting took place. so the democrats marched in lock step and compared republicans to ufo conspiracy tro theorists. >> i want to apologize to you for the way you've been treated this morning. i thought this was a hearing and not a trial. >> and so government serve essex up and dowgovernment serverss

expanded with lost e-mails is not uncommon. >> let's talk about perspective. why the focus of the g.o.p.? what are the politics at work? >> the politics the republicans want to focus the american people and portray the administration as serial liers, not trustworthy at every opportunity, whether it's the irs scandal, fast and furious, they want to knock into the administration's capability. they can say, hey, the administration does not have their act to go and that is a political win for the republican. >> and the more heated the rhetoric, the more likely it will make it to television. gotcha. president obama move to expand benefits for same-sex couples. and making it clear that the

family medical leave act applies to same-sex couples and it would allow employees to take leave to take care of spouse regardless o if same-sex marriage. during hi during his first visit to the country, poroshenko ordered cease-fire for seven days but would return fire if attacked. coming up on al jazeera, military drones vanishing without a trace. the questions it rays. weather leaves many roads blocked in the midwest. r

>> wall street ending on a positive note. and nasdaq and s&p gained a few

points. a bill to save detroit's arts. recognizing $195 million in state help the plan includes hundreds of millions of dollars from foundations as a fundraising pledge. it will help limit cuts to pensions. and nearly 80% of senior leaders at veteran affairs received bonuses last year. despite widespread treatment delays at va facilities. officials told congress the agency paid more than 350 executives nearly $3 million bonuses. the session said the bonuses are needed to make leaders who make less than they would in the private sector. and we heard of success of drone strikes in afghanistan and pakistan, that's a perspective line. but we're hearing about some of the failures.

the "washington post" reported four drones disappeared in thin air while flying over afghanistan and there have been 400 major accidents involving drone. we go to greg who covers drones for the "washington post." you have a drone being piloted that drops off the grid. what happens and do we try to retrieve it. >> what we found again and again the links were disconnected. the drones drove around on the loose and a lot of times they crashed and in four cases in afghanistan they took off and

were never seen again. >> so, what is--how does the military explain this? is this just old technology? new technology, operator error? what's going on here? >> once in a while there is electrical failure, weather pattern. the drone goes at a certain angle. when that happens, which is not uncommon sometimes the links are lost forever or the drone crashes. that's what we found. >> are there cases where these drones are being either shot down, stolen, now this

technology is in enemy hands? >> we have not found evidence of military drones being hijacked by hackers, if that's what you're asking. there have been occasions where the military drones. >> whewe will get to the commercial drones in a second here, but i don't know if this is an unacceptable number or an extraordinarily high number or not. 400, right, of these instances

since-- >> yes, it's a very good question. let me give you one narrow perspective. everyone has heard of the predator grow drone that the u.s. air force drives. almost half of the military's predator drone fleet has been involved in a major accident since 2001. >> let's bring it back to the states. development of comprehension development to share the skies with drones and airliners what are your concerns as the faa does its work, particularly there are licenses to fly over land in america. >> there is a big concern, and you'll see a lot more coverage that have from the post in the next few days. not just military drones crashing, but civilian, this is

a major concern look at all these crashes the military has had overseas, and by and large the military is good at flying these things. they have more experience than anyone in the world. halleluiah how this will work, private businesses, other government agencies. that's a much harder question. how safe and reliable are they going to be when they're allowed to fly and operate drones of all sizes from big one toss little ones. >> greg whitlock, reporter for the "washington post," greg, thank you. some people cross the upper mid west are bracing for more flooding rivers, overflowing banks.

the previous record set in 1959. we go to where floods left two hospitals teetering over the edge of the mississippi river. rebecca? >> tony, we've got records from rainfall that have been broken from 100 years. we're talking about so much rainfall in a significant period of time that they have not seen this much rainfall in a very, very long time. we're looking at the storm system right now. we're monitoring the pressure over canada spinning more rain in areas that don't need it any more because the soil is saturated. the rain forecast is going to be moving into an area of concern that focuses over parts of south dakota, iowa and minnesota. now we see the rainfall totals. we've got four gauges currently at major flood stage, and the little sioux river, which tied its record of flood stage set some time ago.

we have five gauges that are currently at moderate flood stage. you can see all the flash flood warnings from the thunderstorms rolling through, but significant river flooding is what we're facing. why so much? yesterday in minnesota, 7413 inches of rain and new june record for you. the highest amount of precipitation ever to fall in minneapolis by june 20th over 25 inches. now the number one spot. and it is the wettest month on record and the wettest june on record where you have rain comes through by thunderstorms alone. and you see this flooding begin, tony, back on sunday. piling up some major floods on tuesday. >> rebecca, good to see you. >> refugee crisis, 50 million people force forced from their homes, the largest number of people forced from their homes

since world war ii. and why this prison mug shot has gone viral. gone viral.

>> there are more refugees now than at any other time since world war ii. 50million people have been forced to leave their homes because of persecution and conflict. john terrett with the grim statistics. >> reporter: they are grim. conflict after conflict and new conflicts coming in. so we end up with amazing statistics. anyway, good afternoon. first of all, today is world refugee day. the al jazeera america's high commission of refugees has taken the opportunity to reveal the staggering 51.2 million were displaced from their homes in 2013.

that's fully 6 million more than we had in the year before, 2012. now the reason for the massive hike was mainly triggered by the war in syria where 2.5 million people were forced to become refugees and 6.5 million to become internally displaced. that's the u.n. formal term. the big problem in africa where major displacement happened in 2013 as a result of wars in central africa republic and also south sudan towards the en end of the year. the u.n. said this is a great statistic. this is amazing. the number of people forcebly displaced in 2013 was bigger than many medium-sized countries. here. 51.2million, and here is the size of south africa and spain. and the number of countries

hosting refugee refugees in the world. pakistan, and iran has an awful lot of refugees in its borders, and down here the united states according to uncr, the number of being sheltered. >> we'll talk about that a bit more. thank you, john terrett. the government provided $5 billion to refugee programs worldwide. but for the thousands of people trying to find a new life here can literally take years. joining us now is catarina, senior associate with refugee protection program at human rights first. good to see you, and thank you for your time. if we had to give the united

states a report card grade for its processing of refugees, what would it be? >> it's important to note that the united states has traditionally a long-standing and very robust equipment to protect those persecuted around the world. we received the highest number of refugees higher more than other countries combined and have individuals who receive asylum when they apply for that protection within the united states. but there are a number of gaps and flaws that still undermine the refugee protection system. you know, within the united states, and within the settlement program. and so those shortcomings still need to be addressed. the u.s. is a major leader on refugee protection, but still has ways to go. >> shortcomings. you're not going to get off the hook. i want that grade. what are the shortcomings that you see in the system? >> so there are a number of ways

in which our laws and policies create gaps and barriers for those seeking protection. >> what are the top two? >> one, for example, are those that come here to the united states to apply for asylum, they must do it within a year of arriving in the united states. that's something that many individuals are simply not aware of. many individuals who are applying for asylum here in the united states they do not have access to counsel or legal representation or they may be too traumatized to come forward and tell their stories. another way the system is undermined is that the united states continues to detain certain asylum seekers. if you arrive at the u.s. border and you express you have a fear to return to your country you think that your government may persecute you and at the very least cannot stop others from persecuting you you may end up in immigration detention.

which are jails, jail-like facilities. >> and you're already traumatized. >> exactly. >> so catarina, let me ask you this. i'm trying to see this from the u.s. border patrol side. if you've got a bunch of people that you have to deal with, i'm creating this imagery, it may not be accurate, but i'm trying to create an imagery. you have a number of people to deal with, how easy or difficult is it for the border control agents to discern those who are being politically persecuted, economic reasons or they may be trying to escape their bad needs their home countries. how easy or difficult is it for these agents to discern that? >> that's a very good point. the asylum process takes time, and it takes time for a reason. so that people have time to assess these cases. what we're very concerned about is anyone who may have a claim for asylum is identified and referred to

the appropriate screening processes here in the united states to evaluate that claim further. it's very important that all of the government agencies have their resources they need to really take time and to be able to do this. one thing that i think is very important to note is that although the resources for our immigration and border enforcement has really risen dramatically in the last several years, the funding levels for the immigration courts or the asylum office who go through the initial screening, that funding has not kept pace. so you have border enforcement and immigration enforcement where funding has increased by 300%. the immigration courts have not, and they're facing severe backlog backlog backlogs. >> catarina, sometimes that's a political statement, that's

sometimes what people think about political immigration. my last thought. what are you thinking over the last day or so of what is happening in nogales of uncompanied children and what they are up against. >> in texas and arizona, there has presented challenges for the government. first and foremost there is an immediate situation in which the agencies involved need to have the resources to take care of these children. vulnerable populations should not be kept in inhospitable situations along the border. they do need to be screened, and they must not be detain: we're very concerned that the government will start detaining more families as well.

>> the process is different upon children. but either way it's simply very important that the resources are there to provide adequate care and screening. i think its important to note that to address the situation more broadly and holistically we need to be taking a look at the conditions of the home countries of thighs individuals to see what steps the u.s. government can take. >> and i'll jump in only to say which speaks to the vice president's trip to guatemala. katrina, senior associate with the refugee protection program at human rights first. catarina. thank you. in nigeria, 219 school girls are still missing after boko haram fighters kidnapped them. some teenagers have returned home. the hard line group took the girls from a school in the northeast.

the school tightened security, but stopping illegal immigration will not be he said. >> a routine patrol at border crossing. there are dozens of them along the long border to the north. there are operations and scrutiny of travel documents. immigration officials have bee. busy. so far 900 illegal immigrants have been arrested or repatriated from here. >> immigration said it's here that many will cross into the country illegally. many suspect fighters and human traffickers. the north border countries there is a shortage of men and

materials effectively controlling all countries and fighters have exploited this. >> we've been able to identify them. >> despite that boko haram fighters still find their way into the country. now some people are calling for a different approach to border controls. >> what can be seen i of their efforts at check points in many towns and cities and at the border. it's the whole approach that needs to be changed. >> reporter: the lack of

corporation from border communities is also a big concern. some see the controls in place as an intrusion. as long as those feelings remain the government will struggle to prevent cross-border crime. al jazeera, on the nigerian border. >> in east africa "doctors without borders" say there is an out break and they need help in containin containing it. aid agencies say it's been give to contain the virus because of movement between the countries. no. austria america's lead negotiator said iran and six world powers have a working document on how to limit iran's nuclear program. there is one month left before the agreement signed in november expires. a new deal will introduce sanctions on iran in exchange iran will cut it's nuclear capability. and talks stalled on how many

centerfuges iran will be allowed to operate. pakistan launched on strongholds but civilians have been in the way of the fire. >> reporter: a new refugee camp is taking shape. the tents are just the beginning as officials prepare for an influx of people. >> thousands of people have fled but they're scattered living in houses somewhere in the mountains. >> they want them all to come here where there will be medical assistance, water and other basic needs. already one exhausted refugee has died on the journey over the rugged border and one vehicle overturned. trucks are loaded to the brim with whatever the refugees are carry. many fled before the military operation began in afghanistan.

>> the military came and put check points around us. our elders who went through this were told not to worry, stay where you are, but we were scared and we left. >> reporter: he said that they left their goats, cattle and most of their belongings behind. their village is practically empty. finding a vehicle to get out was difficult. >> the roads are closed. there are curfews. we could not find food. we are caught in the middle. >> reporter: some of the first refugees are in their own tents. they said they came here because the afghans are their fellow tribesmen. the pakistani prime minister has asked that afghan forces help seal the border to prevent militants from getting across. they were step up thorough ground operations next week. >> new york is the latest state to legalize medical marriage. maria ines ferre has that story.

>> reporter: tony, the senate passed the bill in a 49-10 vote. governor cuomo is expected to sign it into law. the bill allows for non-smokeable forms of marijuana for patients with serious deceases including those with cancer, a.i.d.s. and epilepsy. the state auditor determined lawful consent was not contained in 39 sterilizations and look into physician who is performed them in hospital practices. new york city reached a settlement in the jogger case. it pay $40 million for the five men exonerated of the 1989 attack. each of the men serve six to 18 years in prison. their convictions were tossed following evidence linking someone else to the crime. the california man whose mug

shot went viral overnight appears in court today. geremi meeks was arrested on felony weapons charges. his mug shot drew 60,000 likes over the last two days because of his looks. now anothe nearly 20,000 people have commented saying he's something to look at. he may be cute but with six felonies he ain't that cute. he's being held with 900,000 bail. and in north carolina, an 11-year-old lucy le's attempt to make the underrest player to make the cut at the u.s. open is running the hole. she needed to post a better score if she wanted to play the w weekend. she's 16 over par. to make the cut she would need to get down to 9 over par. >> ain't going to happen. great story for a couple of da

days. >> reporter: yeah. >> good kid. fun. >> reporter: very talented. >> self aware. good kid. ines thank you 123,478 thank you. >> coming up on al jazeera america. pope francis makes a stand against legalizing marijuana. and crying foul over pot, saying they should be allowed to advertise over social media. >> i think that at sixteen it's a little too early to write him off for life. >> should they be locked away for good? >> he had a tough upbringing but he still had to have known right from wrong. >> tech know.

>> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> marijuana trade and police officers have historically been at odds but after several states legalized pots they say officers who kept drugs off the streets are now helping to protect it. we report from seattle. >> how many cameras? >> hundreds. >> reporter: jake guarding the goods using all he learned in 17 years of law enforcement

including undercover work with the mounted police. >> my whole police work has been investigating narcotics including cannabis. >> but this is a career change. now he's career change protecting the pot for a medical marijuana producer licensed by th canada. >> it's a different transition, but i'm fine with it because really that's what it is. >> reporter: his boss sees the skill sets and knowledge from law enforcement career as a natural fit for this blooming industry. >> we had two-month period where a former dea agent was driving around british columbia touring cannabis grows to find the best genetics that he could find. >> in six weeks i saw more grow politician operations than i had in 16 years.

>> reporter: the former dea agents for more than a decade busting drug rings was his job. >> it's a little complicated. >> reporter: an attorney now works for the seattle venture firm navigating the changing legal landscape. he feels he has a legal responsibility. >> to make sure that it's compliant, transparent, professional, well-run because really it's a main-stream product. >> but the concept of pot as mainstream is hardly universal in law enforcement. >> i would never make the jump. i would never make the jump for any amount of money. >> reporter: tom gorman has fought the drug tried at various levels of law enforcement for 45 years. >> how do you do that as a cop when all your life you're up holding your oath of office, and now just like that you can turn on it, why would you do that?

i don't know. >> reporter: both say colleagues are supportive and they expect to see more pot fighters to become pot facilitators. >> pope francis said legalizing a drug like marijuana is a failed and flawed experiment. during a speech the pope said preventing drug use cannot be solved with more drugs. the u.s. is not the only country considering loosening it's laws. uruguay selling pot cigarettes just last month, and now fighting for the right to advertise. >> reporter: right now marijuana businesses are not allowed to advertise on social media sites like facebook, twitter, google even if it's medical marijuana products. so other businesses are trying to fill that void. inainstagram with the marijuana

community they post pictures of marijuana on this site. this site plans to start advertising soon. i spoke with co-founder for a colorado company that caters to this industry. >> the cannabis industry really does not have a brand. when you think of any other industry, bmw, mcdonald's, you have something that consumers can attach themselves to and get excited about. and for the most part when you are in the cannabis industry, you walk in the door of the dispensary and you rely on the person behind the country to give you advice. so there is little opportunity for education at the consumer level of these companies. if you're a manufacturer of rolling papers or the lifestyle part of the industry it's hard to get your name out there unless those consumers are also

going to the consumer-driven events and seeing your product in front of them. >> there is some leniency if you're talking about a company that is non-profit, and it's okay for companies to set up websites on facebook website. with you reaching that massive audience, it's not that easy of a task for these businesses. and he said that he seize himself and his peers as pione pioneers for establishing standards for social media advertising. this will be one of the topics that they'll talk about. >> it's getting so much free advertising and you wonder if it balances out. thank you. >> another big suppliet for the world cup. advancing to the next round. >> the vice president had long planned to go to brazil for the world cup, and this stop in

guatemala was added this week. his meeting with the presidents of guatemala and el salvador and representatives of mexico and honduras. 47,000 children have been caught at the border this year. a dramatic 92% increase. what is behind this surge, how do you stop it, and what is happening to the children once they get here? join us at the top of the hour. only 8 million people. >> ...and gun laws... >> after those laws came in, there have been no more mass shootings... >> how different countries decide... >> their father had a gun... their grandfather had a gun... >> who has the right to bear arms? 5 days: guns around the world a primetime news special series all next week only on al jazeera america

>> man, another big upset at the world cup and down right trouncing as france just defeated switzerland 5-2, my goodness. lee wellings is live for us in rio. good to see pup let's talk about that upset, first. costa rica defeated italy, that makes three world cup winners they've taken down.

did anyone see this coming? >> let me take you back to where the draw was made. the same group as italy, uruguay, and england, world cup winners. they said we haven't got much chance. it's complicated. that was the words of the costa rican captain. what a performance by costa ri costa rica. and they have been the surprise package of this world cup. and also, the it's been enjoyed hugely by those in costa rica, what a good prediction made. >> what do you expect from this final match tonight?

honduras is playing, correct? >> yes. >> head of the american region. he's so proud of what these teams are achieving. if they can beat ecuador, they could find themselves in a position to allow the americans progress. the fact that france beat switzerland 6-2, that opens the door of the honduras. >> what about the strikey jose altadore. he is a star. >> he is a star, but there are several other strong players in the united states. and so often people don't give them the credit that they deserve. they won in portugal in 2002,

and. >> there he is, lee wellings, boy, does he have a great job in rio de janeiro. that's all of the time for this news hour. inside story coming up on al jazeera america. . >> kids with no papers and no parents are flowing across the u.s. border overwhelming the normal channels dealing with up documented border crossers and uncompanied miners. miners--minors. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the unit