>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. secretary of state john kerry heads to iraq. outrage as al jazeera journalists are convicted in egypt. plus the u.s. cracking down on the illegal trafficking of wildlife. secretary of state john

kerry is inning about dad holding talks and more and more cities fall to sunni fighters. urging nouri al-maliki to make his country more inclusive. john terrett is in washington, d.c. >> we learned a lot more now than we knew this morning when we realized that secretary kerry met with nouri al-maliki. he has had separate meetings with meetings one with shiite, and the other is sunni. next up, the city to the northwest of baghdad. there he's going to meet up with

the current president and the united states is offering air power to the kurds in the western desert around their various homelands using assets the u.s. deployed in the gulf providing there is a broad based political agreement in baghdad that had offer some protection to the iraqi people to the shi shias, sunnies and kurds, and that can be sorted out reasonbly quickly i'll next be talking with allies. >> according to the state department he's not himself asking for nouri al-maliki to go although of course there are calls from around the world for him to step down. according to secretary kerry who

has been speaking with wire service reporters, he said no country including the united states has the right to pick iraq's leaders. that he said is up to the people. here's how he put it earlier today. >> if they want they have the opportunity to choose leadership that represents all of iraq. >> and secretary kerry said in that one-on-one meeting with nouri al-maliki, the broad base agreement that brings in all elements of society of iraq, the last time the iraqi government was on a hiatus, it took them nine months to sort out. >> secretary kerry weighing in on the conviction of our colleagues. three al jazeera journalists

peter greste and mohammed fahmy sentenced to seven years and bader mohammed more because of alleged possession of weapons. al jazeera correspondent peter greste and mohammed fahmy and bad er mohammed sentenced to five years behind bars. there are angry reactions from journalists. and disbelief from the families. >> i'll be very interested to hear his reasons for giving that verdict. it doesn't make any sense.

>> it clearly is a corrupt and proud lent verdict. everything is wrong with it. the response from the australian government wa. >> this verdict does nothing for egyptian claims to be on the trend of democracy and the australia government urges the government of egypt to reflect on the situation in egypt. >> six of al jazeera journalists have been tried in absentia and tensed each to ten years in prison. they are accused of spreading false news and aiding the maui they have been labeled a terrorist organization.

a four al jazeera journalist abdullah elshamy had been released without charge. the trial brings global outcry. the newly elected president of egypt promised to tackle many issues including free speech. it sends a clear issue to lawful and international media that egypt does not tolerate dissent and raises serious questions about egypt's freedom of the media. >> and in australia the parents of peter greste said they were shocked by the court's decision. >> my god. my god. >> oh, oh, that's crazy. that's crazy. >> they have been pleading for their son's release since he was

arrested last disease. they're expected to hold a news conference on tuesday. as you heard six other of our al jazeera staff members who are being tried in abstentia have also been sentenced to ten years. sue was one of them. >> to be frank the sorts of series we were doing in amen in cairo were run of the meal. we were reporting on the demonstrations. doing things like football, things like tourism industry. we were looking at absolutely everything. and you have to look at our coverage. it's all there for people to see, to recognize that just like all 24 hour news channels we would go out and get the daily news fodder, and put it out. it's not groundbreaking stuff

but it's what is happening today. >> this case has been closely watched by the civil rights community. earlier today we talked to a lawyer, about the importance of al jazeera's coverage in the middle east and in africa. >> al jazeera plays a very pivotal role in the politics of the middle east. they uphold the right to speak about them. their role has been nonpartisan, but because of that nonpartisan role it does not sit well so what we have is a punishment that has to be inflicted, that has to be accepted by people like peter greste, mohammed fahmy and bader mohammed.

it is the battle of the gun, and today is a bad day for freedom of suppress. >> a spokesman for the human rights said president should settle in. a reminder that you can follow us on twitter. our twitter handle is @aj. there you can follow the developments in cairo. the last of syria's 1300-ton chemical weapons symptom stock pile has now been loaded up. is all the chemical weapons been remove removed from syria. >> you should have one more word, is hundred% of declared stock of chemical weapons.

syria came up with a list of what chemical weapons it had. all on that list has been remo removed. they've got it on a tennis boat. they will now head out to see where they will head out to a ship that will break down those chemicals materials. is that all of syria arsenal, many don't believe it is. >> they're going to make the deadline because they go on the ship with special technology thoug that will break down ingredients for sarin and vx.

they won't meet their officials deadline in one week's time. >> also from the united nations they're reacting strongly to the other story that we're reporting, that being the sentencing of our colleagues. >> absolutely. we've had a statement from the united states nations. she's put out a statement saying that she is un' with this verdict, condemning this verdict, so important coming from the u.n. on the situation and the verdict against three al jazeera correspondent. >> james bays, thank you very much. well, lebanon is home to 3 million syrian refugees. one channe channel is getting the documentation and parents

say they cannot pay for it. >> only a half hour old. a few months before she was born her father was killed by the fighting in syria. the excitement that accompanies a birth of a new baby is aband absent from her family. her mother, a syrian refugee lies in her hospital bed alone. no family to support her. she is overwhelmed. one more mouth to feed. she already has six other children. getting a birth certificate for the child is not on her priority list. this is his 11th child. he fled to lebanon a year ago and has been unemployed since then. when will he get his birth

certificate? >> not now. when we have the money to do it. every step requires money that i don't have. >> the u.n. said there are at least 24,000 newborn syrians in lebanon and they're trying to register them officially with the syrian embassy. this new baby girl has not been named yet. her grandmother said they don't even know how to get her a birth certificate. she understands that it's problematic not to but the future is bleak. >> it all depends on what happens in syria. we can't even enroll our children in school. >> every day the number of syrian children with no birth certificate is increasing.

>> she has no birth certificate. it means that her father will not be able to travel back to syria. >> i have the money then it i, medical care is the priority. not a birth certificate. >> many of these refugees are family of rebels and activists. they fear to register their newborns, and many refugees have fled the war in syria and crossed into lebanon illegally, so they lack the necessary documents to register think new babies. but although a birth certificate may an basic crime, for thousands of syrian refugees it's overshadowed by the daily struggle to survive. >> in sudan we'll update you to

a controversial case. the court ordered the sentence of a woman who was christian and order ordered to return to islam. she married a christian-american. >> the government is cracking down on wildlife trafficking. we'll take you to a warehouse that is holding onto some of the illegal items that have been seized.

>> the united nations stayed landmines kill as many as 20,000 people a year. well, 15 years ago an international treaty was signed trying to get rid of landmines. they are making progress in

mozambique. >> her aunt was killed. now she's an activist trying to raise awareness about the bur ied landmine left over left over from the civil war in mozambiq mozambique. this woman struggles to find paid work and needs help. >> if the government gave us subsidies, that would be good. but if they gave us food it would be got quickly. >> the immediate help that the government is giving is in line detection, and to do that it uses rats. now three-quarters of the nation is on board and mozambique is almost rid of landmines. >> it is considered a success story but it may be only 90%

successful as stock piles are destroyed. >> when the ban came into affect 20,000 people a year were being killed or injured by landmines and other exploded ordinances. now it's down to 900. the international committee of the red cross said that the sigma attached to landmines may shame the remaining countries into the ban there is virtually no production or transfer even by states outside of the convention, and we feel it's only a matter of time that stigma and unaccepted of landmines bring countries into the fold. >> great progress has been made, 15 years after the ban the wor

war is far from over. >> a friend of the boston marathon bombing success charged with interfering with the investigation. he is accused of lie to go investigators and deleting computer files. he has not been charged in participating with the bombing or knowing about it in advance. the government is cracking down on the trafficking of wild animals. we should warning that the video you're about to see contains disturbing images. >> this is our large cat aisle. we have every from tigers to jaguars, ocelot. most of them endangered. >> that's just a fraction of the

animals here. >> one of the more interesting is this tiger fetus. >> a special agent for the u.s. fish and wildlife service. >> these all came from seizures that happened here in the united states. a lot of what you see here are foreign species. most of those seizures happened at border ports. >> that includes everything from sea turtles. >> this is the horn of a rhinoceros. >> this is a carving that was created from a rhino horn. >> it's an incredible but illegal piece of art. the rhino horn with fetch as much as $30,000 per pound.

in the end a massive tusk seized by poachers. >> 30,000 elephants killed. >> in the crackdown u.s. trade representative showed off this vault at u.s. kennedy airport. they believe the illegal wildlife traffic is helping finance armed groups such as al-shabaab. >> a lot of it is making it's way to arab and the united states. >> some of this will end up in the repository in search. >> i think in some instances for individuals it's having something so unique, so rare that no one else on the planet has this. >> u.s. custom and wildlife officials are now alerting

auction houses around the country to be on alert for illegally traded goods that may come their way. yes. >> police are looking for a convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend. he was serving 20 years for killing his ex-wife. he took a hostage and walked away from a prison work assignment. he is believed to be armed with a shotgun and ammunition. in canada three escaped convicts were caught. they were discovered in montreal about 150 miles away. all men are awaiting trial on several charges including murder. they're due to appear in court in québec city today. now under a severe thunderstorm watch. parts of the area hit with floods. drones have been used for a number of reasons around the world, but this is one that you probably have not heard of.

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'll del walters. here are your stories for the next hour. peter greste and mohammed fahmy were sentenced t to jail. bader mohammed was sentenced longer because of possession of weapon. the last of the 1300 tons of syria's chemical weapons was loaded on ship. in northern texas receiving

seven inches of rain p residents reporting that their homes are being detached from foundation. in one area the flood damaged an railroad track. it has caught residents by surprise. there had been a forecast of 30% chance of rain. safe to say that we're off to a soggy start. >> meteorologist: yes, a lot of rain coming down over the same regions. a flooded supply o region. the rains from severe, and this rain pushes south towards houston texas. flash flood watches and warnings flash flooding happening quickly. over the next 48 hours there is

several rain not over the exact same area but over towards oklahoma, mont missouri. more flash flooding is likely. you don't want to drive through the floodwaters. it only takes about six inches to stall a car. you lose control of one or two feet of water. it's one thing you want to be aware of. now there is a break of areas with the heavy rain across the nebraska, the dakotas. many flood warnings are still in effect. take for example, the missouri river. this is up above flood stage it stays above flood stage until friday. this is a week where it will drop back to low flood stage. that level will stay high over the next few days.

the radar plus the clouds shows an area of rain across texas. there is risk of storms wind and hail and we're seeing a little quiet weather now but that could quickly change later today. temperatures in the 50s will climb. this is what fueled the severe thunderstorms. temperatures climbing above 100 degrees. >> dave, as you watch the story think about all the money you'll receive in tips. northern rush coming up with a new way to bring delivers. the deliveries in this city. the drones are equipped with video cameras. once the customer comes into view, the pizza will be slowerred to the groun--will be

lowered to the ground safely, they say. a reminder you can check us out 24 hours a day at www.aljazeera.com where the news conditions 24 hours a day seven days a week. . >> 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. iners--minors. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the united states border patrol reports thmb