>> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. i.s.i.l. takes control of three key iraqi towns. stop fighting and start talking. >> the mob takes on the church, officially excommunicating

members. and the world cup gets under way and so do fans. >> in iraq sunni rebels have gain even more territory, fleeing violence in search of safety. >> no new war in iraq! >> as president obama considers the u.s. response in the possible intervention, protesters, gather. >> ing i.s.i.l. is now in control of three strategic towns in new york and the baji oil refinery. omar al sala has the latest from iraq. >> the clear show of force, clear commitment to defend iraq and defend the holy shrines,

paid by islamic state of iraq and the levant. there were all sorts of weapons and that parade is also causing concern in the capital that this could be the beginning of a brutal sectarian war. on the other hand, a spokesperson for the general military council for iraq, has told the government his fighters will not put down their weapons until their goals are met. >> according to the philosophy of military conflicts political solutions oar way of sorting them out. the revolutionaries can only give up their weapons after achieving the goals they have revolted for. we need to achieve the goals for which we took arms up. for sure we are not alone. the people are supporting us. we have been mandated by the people to carry the weapons. we are leading fighters from the

trieps and the peep. >> well, thing tribes are clearly represented by their spokespeople. they want to top it will regime. end of the marginalization against this community. now when it comes to the i.s.i.l. goals it is to establish an islam ick halifat in this country. the spokesperson did clearly say we do not like to fight i.s.i.l. but i think a battle between the two could be in the making if and when both sides manage to top it will regime. the two ideologies are much different. including baathists, and clear different ideology of that from the i.s.i.l.

>> omar alsala. they are calling on president obama to avoid any military intervention in iraq. let's get more from john terret who is joining us live from washington, d.c. good to see you, john. >> good to see you as well, tom. the protesters were clear. over and over again, infamous conflicts the united states had been involved in. the united states tends to start at a low level they said, and then ramp up as the country gets sucked deeper and deeper into the conflict. that's the message they want people to hear. antiwar protests outside the white house, the president sending forces back to iraq and these people fear, boots on the ground or not, the real fear is mission creep.

>> we're here at the white house to tell president obama, people don't want another war in iraq. they elected president obama to get out of iraq certainly not to go back to iraq. >> you are trumping the will of the people that don't want the forces there. that the troops should stay in the united states, that they shouldn't be deployed to iraq and that the best way the u.s. can treat iraq that the people of iraq and the middle east to decide their own destiny. >> special arms forces, on behalf of the maliki, who see maliki as an authoritarian dictator and further drives the forces apart. >> the commander in chief is based here. act now to stop war and end racism has organized protests around the city and right around the country. while scenes like these inspire protests, polls show most

americans don't pay much attention to what's happening in iraq. >> 4% would support sending troops to iraq which was very low. but 46% support air strikes on the country. >> 41% think an i.s.i.l. victory would matter to the u.s. a great deal. so they also found 52% think it was a snake to get involved with iraq in the first place. >> no new wars on iraq! >> reporter: and that's the sentiment here outside the white house too. keep the number of americans sent back to iraq as low as possible and don't get dragged back into a full scale conflict. >> despite the large scale chanting, the president didn't actually hear the message in washington, d.c, he was playing golf today in virginia. thomas. >> layering it or not, what is

the best word from president obama on whether the u.s. will be getting involved? >> he was giving an interview to msnbc, on friday, due for full broadcast on -- for full broadcast on monday. the solution to come about, the political leaders need to bring all the loose ends of their political society in one in order to move forward. and then on top of that we have john kerry, secretary of state, going to the middle east and to europe and his job is to talk with the allies about local and international politics as they pertain to iraq at the moment. thomas. >> every possible solution, john terret in washington, john thank you. we invite you to stay with us. in about ten minutes we'll take a deeper look at iraq and the political leaders there, in about ten minutes. the government of ukraine is getting support from a very unlikely ally. russian president vladimir putin publicly declared he is behind the peace plan offered to

fighters. the separatists have ignored a cease fire. attacking ukrainian forces overnight. >> the separatist fighters of eastern ukraine have been given a week too surrender and accept amnesty. instead on donetske on saturday these militia had a some of them new volunteers and among them, this 19-year-old. a form he ukrainian army trainee. now prepared to fight against his former cro comrades. >> i don't know what to tell you. maybe it's my upbringing but i can't just sit and watch it with my eyes closed. i'll do everything i can to help our land and our people.

>> rejected the cease fire even before it began. but their option he are mayor owing. -- options are narrowing. stripped of parliamentary immunity. >> i'm appealing to the international community to stop the war. because what is happening now in the cities of the southeast when they use planes, cannons, tanks, it's not right. not once has the government of eastern ukraine sat at the negotiation table. despite the fact we keep repeating that we're ready for negotiations. >> reporter: but president poroshenko is taking a sharp line. he says those separatists who don't accept his terms before the cease fire ends, he says in his words, will be eliminated. it's more of an ultimatum than a peace plan. the separatists are not yet ready to vun der. >> translator: i -- to surrender. >> i can't tell you what's going

to happen. but this things we are fighting for are sacred to us. our lands, our value. >> from the podium you can see there is no sense of a giving-up among the separatist militia inn donetske. as they march away you can see that the crowd remains very much with them. paul brennan. al jazeera, donetske. >> former u.s. into ambassador o ukraine says a buffer zone is wise to consider. >> russian volunteers, russian weapons coming across the border stirring up this problem. in no part of ukraine is there any problem like this, only where the russians have had such a big effect.

we see the russian military intelligence is running this insurgency. is runnings this separatist movement. they've declared themselves the prime minister of about people's republic. they're russian. it's a good idea to have that buffer zone. >> ambassador william says he thinks the ukraine government's peace plan is a generous gesture to the fighters. army sergeant who apparently killed five of his own soldiers and injured another one. harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> a name has emerged. it is understood a sergeant lim carried out this shooting, in the far northeastern corner of south korea. it's been reported he was on a day shift and when his patrol ended just before 8:00 p.m,

that's when this shooting took place. authorities said it happened at actually 8:15 p.m. the place he was serving in is known to be one of the most difficult, one of the most intense areas of these operations in the whole of south korea. right up on the border, also a coastal area, there are rugged mountains around. it's known to be a place that not only requires a lot sent there as this man was on his mandatory two-year military service but also, the living conditions are pretty difficult as well. so there have been some, much lower-level than this incidents in the past. and there is precedent for this happening, in 2005, another soldier, another private, someone serving his mandatory two year service, he killed eight of his fellow soldiers as they slept, that happened as well at the end of a patrol and it followed a period of abuse

and hazing by superiors. no information yet as to exactly what triggered this particular incident but we do know that this is highly pressurized area and that this man as a sergeant would be towards the end of his mandatory two year service. >> harry fawcett reporting from seoul. a nato air base has been attacked. fortunately there are no reports of injuries or death. nato says two rockets hit the outskirts ofiajalalabad. >> pope francis went to the heart of italy's mafia country to announce the ex communication of the mob. cacalabria. our tim friend reports.

>> under a conching calabrian sun, the pope announced the ex communication of the mob. his speech saying the indrangeva was evil. >> some here believe that the mafia are too powerful to be challenged and have, on occasions, infiltrated the church itself. earlier, the pope visited criminals at a local jail. in a private meeting he comforted the imprisoned father of a three-year-old boy killed after being caught in a local mafia shootout earlier this year. it was that tragedy that prompted the pope's visit. he had this message for the prisoners who he urged to repent. >> translator: i want to express to you my personal

closeness and that of the church to all of the men and women who are in prison in every part of the world. >> reporter: they've been preparing for this visit for week. many here have suffered firsthand the violence of the mafia and hope for change. >> translator: the church is the only agency that can win against the mafia. >> translator: the pope can change people's conscience. if that changes the mafia it won't be able to enter the new generation and that's what we're fighting for. >> reporter: as the pope returned to rome for now the mafia remains undiminished. its power and influence growing. tim friend, al jazeera, sibaru, calabria. >> coming up. a deeper look at a crisis in iraq.

we are amid the turmoil unfolding in iraq. and the unts ma unts the uny need to cut back. and game 2 in brazil for the united states. united states.

>> it's time now to take a deeper look at the situation in iraq and its implications for the rest of the middle east. i.s.i.l. has taken control of a security post along the border with syria and are in control of two more towns. it is the latest advance in a week of gains in the islamic state of iraq and the levant. our jane arat is there and joins us. jane. >> thomas, there is growing worry about the onslaught of i.s.i.l. this is a border far into western al anbar, the province with fallujah. u.s. marines will be familiar with this because they not

fierce battles there in 2004. that has fawrnl to th fallen ins for fighters and weapons. they have taken tal afar, another area that has experienced fierce battles with the u.s. army. the beji refinery is the biggest oil refinery in iraq. it refines kerosene and gasoline and the fuel that is used to keep energy plants running. losing territory over a week for these fighters. this has created a huge refugee crisis, more than a million leaving mosul.

prime minister nouri al maliki, the united states wants him to come up with a solution, this is a deeply rooted political crisis. thomas. >> jane as we learn more about these forces how is the i.s.i.l. different from al qaeda? >> the al qaeda that americans fought here was an organization highly disciplined, very adept at gaining support for a while from the local population and actually taking over entire cities. both through the ruthlessness of suicide bombers, the military ability to fade into the woodwork, to fight in urban territory. this group, the i.s.i.l. is so much worse according to many officials. security officials say

essentially that this is a group, this offshoot of al qaeda that has been battle hardened in syria. access to dozens of people willing to blow themselves up. it has weapons, weaponry that this group captured when it captured mosul. this country does not have the benefit of u.s. forces who were here a few years ago. the united states is scrambling to provide some help but it's really limited in the help it can provide leaving the iraqi security forces in a very vulnerable position. thomas. >> they seem to be gaining numbers. thank you, jane. in addition to the u.s. and britain here are some of the other players. iran is a shia majority country and needs access to holy sliens insidshrinesinside iraq.

now the gulf states including saudi arabia and qatar take the opposite view. they want to provide iranian influence from spreading any further around the region. many of i.s.i.l.'s fighters share the same wahabi ideology as the gulf states. then there's israel, long at odds with its neighbors. it also fears instability spreading out from i.s.i.l.'s base in syria. i want to bring in ali nadar, senior policy analyst at rand corporation and both are joining us from washington, d.c. gentlemen about to have you with us. >> thank you. >> pleasure. >> as you have heard, there is a lot of regional interest. mr. nadar, what does iran have to gain or lose in this conflict? >> well, if i.s.i.l. takes over baghdad this would be a huge loss for iran. iran wants to make sure that the

shia led government in baghdad which is friendly towards iran remains in power. and importantly, that the holy cities of najaf and car karbalae held. >> just as the u.s. does we share the same interest but could working together lead to a dangerous proposition? >> well, politics often makes strange bed fellows and in the middle east that is especially so. i think we have a very complicated relationship with iran that is a very pivotal moment, both what happens in iraq and more broadly the deadline to reach agreement at least in terms of the interim deal that was signed earlier, next month on the nuclear issue between the u.s. and iran. that is going to have to be worked out in the next few weeks. this situation may help spur agreement on the nuclear issue and on broader issues.

on the other hand, it may just be a place where there can be limited cooperation between these two cubs and there may be disagreement as well. it is something we'll have to see play out. >> a lot of unknown issues. mr. nadr, what about saudi interests? >> there are so many complications, namely, the ongoing nuclear negotiation he. if iran and the united states cooperate on iraq there is the fear that iran gains additional leverage on the nuclear issue. and this will make the saudis but more importantly the israelis very worried. because they are under the impression that iran is on the march in the region and whether that impression is correct or not cooperation between iran and the united states and iraq could complicate nuclear negotiations. while it is theoretically possible i'm not sure it's the best time.

>> what sort of working relationships do you think the two will have? >> the united states and iran on iraq? >> yes. >> right now i don't think they're going to work together very closely. we've heard reports there have been some discussions but i think the united states has been very careful to separate the nuclear issue from other regional issues in the fear of making negotiations very complicated. and i think that has been smart. the problem though is if i.s.i.l. captures more iraqi territory and is poised on marching towards baghdad and taking the capitol then the united states might have to consider working with iran more closely. >> in looking at the region i spoke about israel. what role does israel play? >> israel is certainly worried by developments in iraq and the broader region in general in terms of instability in syria and certainly what they term as iran's increasing hedge money .

it is very worry some from an -- worrisome from an israeli perspective, heightened u.s.-iranian cooperation which i agree is probably very unlikely but nevertheless the fear from the israeli side that it may come at their expense. >> mr. nadar, looking at these groups, shia, sunni, kurds, president obama wants these groups to work together. how do you bring these groups together for a common goal? >> i'm not sure you can at this point. the prime minister maliki has received a lot of criticism, in a lot of ways he deserves it. he has been highly partisan and sectarian. but we have to remember that the

u.s. invasion of iraq set off or opened a pandora's box. these divisions have existed in iraq for hundreds of years. so it's not just a matter of finding simple policy choices that can bring these groups together. i think iraq does face the danger of being fractured. it is a relatively new country. it's not even really 100 years old. so i don't think it's so much what the united states can do. it's what the iraqis can do thich. and so far -- at this point. and so far the trends are not very promising. >> president obama made it very clear the united states will not return to combat in iraq but he is sending 300 soldiers. do you think that will be enough to end the violence? >> fundamentally, the violence will have to be ended by the iraqis themselves. the central government against the i.s.i.l, it's going ohave to

take frankly a a more inclusive sense that sunnies have a place in iraq. these advisors may be able to play a role in terms of specific operations but there's no military solution to this problem and there's certainly no american military solution to this problem. it fundamentally has to be settlepolitically. the real question is not does iraq break up, it's whether you have a soft de facto but not more than that partition of iraq or whether you have something much harder. and i think question of how you create a federal iraq that accommodates these different ethnic groups and different sectarian groups are something that is going to have to be worked out by the iraqis. >> mr. nadr, ask the u.s. too invested? >> well, there have been reports that maliki is being encouraged

to leave by the iraqi parties, by irby ayatollah sistani. the chances of that increase but i think even if maliki leaves the question is who replaces him? will it be another sectarian shia? the politics of iraq are poisonous, it's not just a matter of one person. if another person replaces him as prime minister, it is not clear whether that will heal the wounds this have been created over the years. >> it is time for a different administration in iraq, mr. ratner. >> as president obama said, that's for the iraqis themselves to determine. these problems run further than nouri al maliki. he hasn't played a constructive

role. who that may be and the time line in which that occurs is something that's going to have to be determined by internal dynamics but he's certainly failing at this point and it's perhaps time for a change. >> a lot of people looked at troop withdrawal that it was too early, and now with that rebel force do you agree, troop withdrawal too early in the area, mr. nazar. >> well, the iraqis didn't want the united states to stay. so it wasn't just a u.s. choice. and i'm not so sure if the united states had maintained a few thousand troops that it would have really stabilized the situation. i think there's a tendency to offer these simple military solutions, if a few thousand u.s. troops had stayed, the problem is deeper than that and more complicated. even if the united states had maintained troops that doesn't

mean we wouldn't see the deep instability in iraq we see today. >> mr. ratner moving forward what should be the right approach? >> well, i think the u.s. approach has to be several-fold. there has to be a work, diplomatic work fundamentally within iraq to pri the parties together. that isn't in american power but america has the ability to attempt to bring the sides together and something more inclusive and power sharing. there has to be a military approach which fundamentally is not going to solve the problem but nevertheless, there is a force for an advisory role and third, there has to be a new regional approach. there are so many factions. whether it's sunni or shia or can kurds, not just the u.s., the entire international community but only the u.s. is

in the position to organize that. >> mr. nader your final thoughts moving forward? >> at this point, a final deal between iran around the g-7 plus one, if the united states and iran reach a nuclear deal and that is accepted by israel and saudi arabia and the region, even if they don't like the deal, they have to go along with it, i think that opens up options for greater responsibility. the deal or the negotiations that are supposed to end on july 20th are very crucial and if there's a deal then we could talk about working with iran and some of our regional allies on stabilizing iran. >> it is a fluid situation, a deeper look at iran in the -- iraq in the region.

thank you for joining us. still ahead on al jazeera america, the notice tort use train used by migrants, the beast, derails. >> soccer, another crucial game in brazil, how fans back home are supporting the team. the team.

>> fans of the argentina soccer team celebrate their team's victory in brazil. 1-0. on a day of nail-biting finishes, lucia newman joins us. any surprises today lucia? >> thomas, this entire world cup has been absolutely full of surprises and today was absolutely no exception. take for example germany, one of the strongest teams.

it barely survived by tying with ghana. it was a humiliating zero-zero tie or rather, 2-2 tie between the two teams. and after -- or rather earlier, argentina struggled genetics iran. many felt that would be a push over, as well, but argentina got a one score in, a worrisoming issue for the argentines who were worried. >> what can you tell us about the security at the games so far? >> well, as you may remember on wednesday, a large number of fans barged into the malacana stadium in rio de janeiro. there has been a lot of soul-searching. the fifa has doubled up security in and outside the stadium itself. nevertheless right before the

game, argentine and brazilian fans were involved. and argentina and brazil security forces were barely able to break that up. they arrested 19 hooligans, six of them deported the rest were told they had to be on the best behavior or the same thing would happen to them, thomas. >> we have been showing you the images on al jazeera america. have authorities been able to keep protesters at bay? >> there have been protests, some have been peaceful, some of them have been less peaceful. today on copa cabana beach, there was a protest, holding up cards to fifa, about the fact that fifa is expected to make billions of dollars out of this

world cup yet it is not going to pay a penny to brazil in taxes. people are upset about that, they say they need the money for far more important things than sports, thomas. >> our lucia newman, reporting from rio de janeiro. good to see you. world cup fever is taking place here also. team's 2-1 victory over ghana is inspiring many young people. andy rose reports. >> a boy with an illness brought on by world cup. >> my mommy excess i love football so much that she says that i have football fever. >> and mom is happy to indulge him. >> it's not just that i want my kid to play here in the u.s., this is a sport that's played in every single place in the world and it's a sport that you don't

need much. you need one ball. you don't even need shoes. >> the fans are mildly interes interested parents. the kids and the coaches here are dreaming for playing for the u.s. team one day. for now they can't wait for sunday's game. >> i'm super-stoked. it's going to be a great game. >> all time high, upwards of 12 million viewers watched the u.s. ghana match. meanwhile u.s. is adding more soccer fields. question is why doesn't soccer, known as football outside the u.s., catch fire as other countries? >> their dream is to grow up, play soccer, get out of poverty, support their parents, have a good life. >> the kids can't wait against sunday's game against portugal. they've had to hire triple

amount of workers and since monday's game against ghana, they have had triple amount of business. >> they try to get everything, i want name and number on there, can i get hats, can i get scarfs? >> i'm looking at deutsche land, because this is the team i want to 1 win. >> the excitement of world cup is getting them something to chase. andy rose, al jazeera, chicago. >> saying enough. they're calling for the end with deadly confrontation with police officers. in egypt more than 100 members of the muslim brotherhood sentenced to death.

should juvenile killers serve life without parole? >> the didn't even ask for the money they just shot him. >> horrendous crimes committed by kids. >> 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.

>> an egyptian cord has confirmed what might have been a biggest death sentence in world history. more than 180, our soraya lennie has the latest. >> a chapter in egypt yap muslim brotherhood. members of the group were put on trial in cairo in april. the spiritual guide, mohamed badiya. >> this is expected when sentencing is politicized. >> murder and attempted murder also convicted of belonging to a terrorist group. that day police killed hundreds

of muslim brotherhood supporters in the capitol and the violence didn't stop there. three more people were killed by security forces in cairo on friday. they were protesting against the overthrow in july of president mohamed morsi. events a year ago put egypt on this course. popular dissent against morsi, a former member of the muslim brotherhood had built to a critical level. just hours after celebrating his first year in power the military backed biful egyptians overthrew him. morsi is now in prison, facing a possibility death sentence. he was the group's great hope after decades in compile. his year in power marked the brief return of the brotherhood. but according to many egyptians, his policies let to his spectacular fall. they gave the state an excuse to once again ban the organization, and sentence.

soraya. lennie. al jazeera. >> baher mohamed, mohamed fahmy and peter greste are expected to receive sentences on monday. u.n. peace keepers are sometimes the only ones between tirants and power. james bays reports. >> the u.n. has peace keepers in 16 missions around the world. their authorized strength is reaching a record high. over 100,000 troops and police in u.n. blue helmets. but now there's a major funding crisis. diplomats can't agree on a new budget, if there's not agreement

before the budget runs out, peace keepers will have no money and not be able to operate. soldiers from rwanda, but the main funding is provided by western nations. this is a row that's pitching the world's richest countries to some of the poorest on earth. bangladesh is obligated to help u.n. whenever u.n. asks us, we respond very positively. but when our troops cannot get some minimum you know, what should i say, facilities, then it is demoralsing. we want our guys to be fully equipped and fully energized so they can provide their work effectively and efficiently. >> u.n. must find more trips for its missions in malli and south

sudan. contribute troops for years. currently the u.n. pays an average of about $1200 per peace keeper per month. some countries want that increased, to as much as $1700 per peace keeper per month. the total for the current peace keeping budget which ends in just over a week stands at about $7.3 billion but next year it could rise to more than $9 billion. crunch negotiations will continue in the coming days but in a supreme irony because the talks have gone on past their allotted time. there's no budget left for translators and support staff so they won't be meeting in these corridors. instead they will be having informal meetings sometimes outside these chambers. james bays, al jazeera, new

york. train jumped the slippery tracks on friday. the train nicknamed the beast is one of two that migrant workers use on the journey to the u.s. that brutal journey was detailed in al jazeera's series, border land. no injuries are being reported. hundreds marched through the streets of albuquerque. we want to warn you some of the images are disturbing. >> it's been called the albuquerque spring. this the lathest mobilization, against a city which has been accused of allowing its police to kill with impunity. the latest of the shootings between 2009 and 2012 were unconstitutional and that officers were being taught that violence was normal and desirable.

>> boom. you hear my son scream. maybe two minutes later, he was dead. >> miami gomez's son allen was fatally shot by a police officer here in 2011. the officer was cleared, even allen was unarmed. >> i loved my son, he was a good kid. he didn't deserve to die. >> albuquerque police were judged to have killed civilians posing minimal threat. >> it was the shooting of a schizophrenic person that caltonizeecatalyzeed. thomas grover has a collection of videos like this. the department of justice says a culture of congregation is here.

>> hyper mill tarrization both in the form of conduct and armament that is really not consistent with really good policing. >> the city and the government are now in a long negotiation on reform. both the mayor's office and the police department declined to be interviewed. but there is skepticism. several doubting reports and pledges have come and gone in albuquerque over the years. the rate of killing only increased. and the police officers hired to cps have been accused of excessive force and resisting change. the protesters say they will assure this opportunity is not missed and they will march until there is justice. albuquerque, new mexico. >> also controversial, the civilian right the use deadly force. stand your ground states like florida, authorities are looking for expansion of that law.

the bill signed by governor rick scott, marissa alexander who shot a warning shot at her estranged husband. rebecca stevenson is joining me. little birdie told me, the first day of summer. >> places around minnesota, record breaking flooding. more heavy rain and now it's easy to bring down trees with the saturated soil. coming up i'll show you where tornadoes are touching down. down. down down

the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >> the boy scouts of america have come under increasing attorney general eric holder blasted the organization, saying

it perpetuates the worst stereotypes. tanya moseley reports, putting brothers in quite a dilemma. >> there is a bond that all siblings have and then a bond of identical twins. >> we've always been together as identically twins and we don't know what it would be like. it's always been this way. >> born four minutes apart, liam and august calabra. have been together as honor students, and now eagle scouts. a rank fewer than 1 in 10 scouts achieve. but the two are not exactly alike. august is straight and liam is gay. he first told his family when he was 14 years old. >> i told them i needed to tell them something and they like looked very worried. and when i actually told them,

mom, dad, i think i'm gay, they were like o my god, we're so relieved, we thought you got involved with the police or something like that. >> reporter: but the boy courts were not that accepting. the official policy, no gays allowed. >> it's kind of rough growing up in such a cool organization and at one point hearing, no we don't really want you. that's not cool. >> liam challenged the policy by sharing with his high school newspaper. >> he was willing to stand up on page one of this newspaper and saying who i am. i know the possible consequences but this is important to me. >> this is a challenging complex area. >> then in january the official boy scout policy on boys changed. the boy scouts can be, but the boy scout leaders cannot.

liam's scouting career is over. >> the membership standards for adults are different. the leadership role is a different role. >> it sounds to me like they're saying that in one day, all of the things that i flernd boy scouts, all -- lerngd in boy scouts all my morals exchanged. >> the boy scouts of america declined our request for a written interview, but in a written response, they said don't ask don't tell policy once embraced by the u.s. military. as the twins head off to college in the fall, the conflict remains. >> liam's been struggling with it a lot. i've also been struggling with it. >> will the two continual to follow the scout oath? or move on from a beloved organization that may ultimately split them apart? tanya moseley, al jazeera, seattle. >> mention it was the first day

of summer. today's solstice drawing quite crowd at stonehengge, england. 90 days of summer and the count down is on. >> yes, it is only going to get hotter in some places. >> of course. >> summer thunderstorms start rolling in. we've had a heck of a spring. thunderstorms start spread a big storm system that was a very slow mover from the west coast up into canada now but now we've got several disturbances coming in behind it. you can see on live radar, thunderstorms dumping rain around chicago, down to st. louis, tornado warnings popping

up from colorado to kansas as well. also watching in south dakota where one storm has popped up in central south dakota, where we have a tornado warning now. otherwise, severe thunderstorm watch, and 60 mile-per-hour wind gusts, that's what's reported with this very large hail. all this rainfall coming down. places like nebraska, well, this is just from a storm system rolling through and we totaled norfolk airport, almost an inch and a half of rain, far higher total, places around omaha, that makes it very easy to bring down trees, power outages, flood concerns, the rivers are running so high, we hit record flooding levels in parts of the big sioux and little sioux river, northwest iowa. now even clarinda, iowa, you have gotten much more than an

inch of rain in the last 24 hours. we'll get it begin, the storm that's developing will leave a boundary layer for those storms to fire up east, carolina coast, militarmyrtle beach, hard and h. what's not handled so well is, hot and sticky and humid. memphis, seeming more like 103 for you today. triple-digit heat when we factor humidity and heat together. >> the feels like temperature is always greater. rebecca stevenson, thank you. >> project known as the european extremely large telescope, or eelt. a simple name not a simple process. when it's done it will be more

than 100 feet high and 260 feet wide. it will have the power to see past our solar system and explore planets orbiting other stars. i'm thomas drayton. i'll be back at 11:00 eastern. thanks for watching. watching. > with the iraqi crisis, two u.s. soldiers that risked their lives in the iraq war join us. a wanted man in venezuela - they don't have him, we do in new york. the coke brothers amassed political power. why they are often misunderstood by both parties until now. we meet a teenager that could save our oceans. i'm