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drones to kill. >> there is worldwide outrage today after an egyptian court convicted an imprisoned three al jazeera journalists for doing their job. correspondent peter greste was sentenced to seven years. mohamed fahmy was also sentenced to kevi seven years and baher md was sentenced to ten years in prison. other journalists were sentenced in absentia. >> a guilty verdict nearly sick months in the making. the alleged crime doing their job as journalists. al jazeera correspondent peter greste, producers mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been sentenced to seven years behind

bars, baher was given another three years for spent cartridge found on him. they were al jazeera journalists. in disbelief from the families. >> i don't know how the judge came to that decision. i would be very interested to hear his reasons for giving that verdict. it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: it is clearly a corrupt and fraudulent verdict. the case is politically motivated and everything is wrong with it. >> reporter: the response from the australian government was swift too. >> this kind of verdict does nothing to support egypt's claim to be on transition to democracy. the australian government urges the new government of egypt to reflect on what message is being sent to the world about the situation in egypt. >> reporter: the egyptian

prosecution had pushed for maximum sentences. sentenced each to ten years in prison, they were accused of spreading false news and aiding the muslim brotherhood which the government has designated a terrorist organization. they are charges condemned and rejectby al jazeera. rejecteddably al jazeera. abdullah al-shami spent 307 days in prison without being charged. al shami had been on hunger strike since january. nearly elected president of egypt, abdel fatah al-sisi, promised to tackle the issues

including journalists. mohamed ado, al jazeera. >> tried in absentia, convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison. turtin says at the time of the arrest al jazeera's coverage last fall was typical of any 24 hour news network. >> to be frank, the sorts of stories that we were doing last autumn in cairo which is what they were looking at were very run of the mill. we were reporting ton demonstrations, protests, football, one of the things like sheep farming one of my colleagues did or what was going on in the tourism industry. al jazeera does the whole gamut of stories. not just the political sort of thing absolutely everything. for all people to see. to recognize like all 24 hour

news channels, we get daily fodder, it's not ground break stuff. that's all we were doing. >> the prosecution of journalists for reporting information that does not coincide with egypt, and represents a blowto democratic progress in egypt. democracy is about more than elections. true democracy requires thriving democratic institutions including a vibrant free press that is empowered to hold the government accountable to the peep em. and u.s -- people. and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry so-called it troubling. >> when i heard about that verdict today, i was so concerned about it and frankly disappointed in it that i immediately picked up the telephone and i talked to the foreign minister of egypt and i registered our serious displeasure at this kind of a verdict under the circumstances

where we find ourselves today. today's conviction is obviously a killing and draconian sentence. it's deeply disturbing to see ra midst egypt's -- amidst egypt's transition. >> canadian government also reacted to today's verdict. al jazeera kristin saloomey has more. >> the seven year sentence of mohamed fahmy is a top story. canada's minister of state lynn yelich says cafned is very disappointed -- cafned canada is very spoid i disappointed in the verdict. on behalf of the fa mi family, there is concern for journalists here that the government is not doing enough.

>> the voice is notably absent. we didn't hear them call for fa mi's release. we heard them call for free and fair trial. as the trial went along, the prosecution was trying to extort money from the lawyers, they didn't speak out against them publicly. >> the government has said they are limited in what they can do because fa mi is a dual citizen in both canada and egypt. but they promising to continue to raise his case with egyptian officials. >> in australia, the parents of peter greste were shocked by the court's decision. >> my god, my god. sorry finish. >> that's crazy, that's crazy. >> louis and jaris greste have been pleading for their son's release since he was detained. al jazeera's simon

macgregor, he had nothing but praise for mohamed's work. >> i'm simon mcgregor wood and i'm a correspondent working for al jazeera english. and i first met boax, w baher mohamed, we worked together for the first time in the summer in cairo. he made a lasting impression on me, he was everything you would want for a journalist, he was energetic, engaged, calm under pressure, asking the right questions, he always wanted to find out a little bit more about the stories we were covering. he was a good person on your team, don't forget, these were stressful days, these were dangerous days, and the right person to have with you. one of the most amazing things about him, despite the fact he was egyptian and we were covering these you th tumultuous

events, he never revealed his feelings to me, i thought that was outstanding, to his commitment to balance and impartiality. and i will always be grateful for everything that he did for me and all the help he gave me in those days when we worked together in cairo. i fervently hope, i'm sure everyone does that this terrible ordeal is at its end. we all want to see him back where he belongs, back with his family and eventually doing what he's so good at, being a journalist. i would love to see him again and i would love to work with him again. >> the managing director of al jazeera english says what happened in court today was outrageous and an injustice. >> today was a grim day for journalists and journalism, right around the world.

against peter, mohamed and baher and our other staff were absurd right from the outset. they are guilty of being great journalists and carrying out great journalism. courageous and committed and providing information with integrity to our viewers right across the globe. at no point during any of the hearings in recent months has one shred of evidence, one shred of evidence been pret pentd -- presented 50 prosecution which supports the extraordinary allegations against our people. the campaign to free our staff and to stand up four journalism and for the right for people to know what's going on in the world has been loud and resolute and concerted. hundreds of thousands of people have actively campaigned for our staff to be freed from detention. world leaders, politicians, governments, have actively campaigned for our staff to be freed. that campaign has already the voice of that campaign has

already got louder, hundreds of thousands.people in recent hours have campaigned to say this is wrong. what happened in court in egypt today was outrageous, it was an injustice. that campaign neets needs to get louder and louder to ask for the authorities to recognize the injustice and to free our staff. the evidence that prosecutors presented against peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. >> one of the reasons for that is the complete absurdity of the claims brought against them. we felt it was necessary to show you what was revealed in that cairo court and what it doesn't tell you about our adjournment. go back to when the prosecution first presented is evidence. it claimed that peter greste,

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed smeared egypt's reputation. there was a documentary made by peter greste in 2011 when he worked at the bbc. there was a news report about horse welfare in egypt, and footage from a press conference in nairobi was shown can no context. also with no context we had these images from peter greste's laptop those are of his parents on to the day in germany and latvia. some al jazeera footage was shown, routine interviews from the muslim brotherhood. a group of course now banned. but the court also showed greste's other reports about sheep herding. and this, a video from singer songwriter, who knows what this is meant to prove.

but what amnesty international said, no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it is that very evidence which has left our three colleagues behind bars and the world asking: for what? in baghdad today u.s. secretary of state john kerry said this is a critical moment for iraq's future. kerry is in the capital, the country's capitol to meet with iraq's bitterly divide he leaders as islamic state of iraq and the levant continue their offensive towards baghdad. al jazeera's mike viqueria is in washington. tell us about his trip? >> reporter: it was a strong show of support on the one hand, david you're right but john kerry was trying to put pressure on the maliki government and those inside iraq in baghdad to reform their ways to form a new inclusive government to try oput an end to this somehow to reach some sort of diplomatic or

political solution. obviously that is not in the offing as i.s.i.l. continues to make gains. secretary kerry was sent by president obama, the president announced it, he went to europe to speak to close allies in the middle east. you guess he wasn't sure enough at about 2:00 in the morning secretary kerry did show up in iraq. and as you reported he saidists a critical moment in iraq's future, iraqi officials by way of reform say they're committed to forming a new government. since the elections they have not formed that government they are now committed to forming that government by july 1st. here is a little bit more of what he had to say. >> iraq faces an existential threat. and meeting it with the incredible urgency it demands. the very future of iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks and the future of iraq depends primarily

on the ability of iraq's leaders to come together and take a stand united against i.s.i.l. not next week not next month but now. >> the officials traveling with secretary kerry said the iraqis were very keen for the united states to come forward with military aid in the form of air strikes. the united states doesn't seem any more close to that now david. they have to get past the sectarian differences to the iraqis, no amount of military action will solve this problem. there has to be a coming-together in iraq david. >> mike, what is secretary kerry saying, that prime minister maliki is not the one that can brirnlg the differences and he should -- bridge the differences and he should step down? >> that is what we have heard time and time again from president obama and secretary kerry and officials down the

line. ever since this question whether maliki should stay or go has come up but look, make no mistake the white house would not mind seeing somebody else in there. they of course were instrumental in bringing maliki to the fore some two terms again, after that july 1st deadline david. >> mike viqueria, at the white house, thanks. conflicting reports about who was in charge of two border crossings. there were reports that i.s.i.l. fighters seized crossings in the borders with syria and jordan. but the government claims security forces are in control of both facilities. this amateur video is reported to show one of the crossings deserted and unmanned. its authentickivit authenticityn determined. turning over the chemical

weapons stockpile, the organization for the destruction of chemical weapons, syria agreed to surrender its chemical weapons stockpile last fall after the united nations threatened air strikes. afghanistan's chief election officer resigned today, one day after a candidate accused him of flawed. says he's stepping down for national interest. his resignation comes a day after former minister abdalla abdalla's released a tape of him ordering the stuffing of ballot boxes. the u.s. supreme court mostly validated the environmental protection

agency's, cannot rewrite standards already written into law but they did agree that the epa had other ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. lisa stark, tell us more about today's decision. >> well david it was a complicated decision involving six separate cases. as you mention, the justice et cetera fo -- justices for the most part, power plants and factories but the court also had a cautionary note. a majority of the justices found that the epa had tried to overstep its bounds in the way it was using the clean air act. still justice antonin scalia did say this. it bears mention that the epa is getting almost everything it wanted in this case. it sought to regulate sources that were responsible for 86% of all greenhouse gases admitted

from stationary sources worldwide. under our holdings, the epa will be able to regulate 83% of those emissions. the epa claimed victory. it says the supreme court's are decision is a victory forking, permitting authorities to continue to require carbon pollution limits in permits for the largest pollution sources. now those on the other side taking some comfort from the fact that the epa did rebuke or that the court did rebuke the epa for trying to do that in a way that overstepped its bounds. hoping that may play out in later cases but right now the epa can go forward with what it planned for reducing these greenhouse gases 98. 98 i-- anyway. david. >> does this reduce what the white house was hoping for? >> the white house has to be pleased with some of this because it does indicate from

the supporter that the clean air act can be used, what the administration wants to do is reduce carbon from coal fired plants. we'll have to see how that goes in a few years' time. >> least e-ah how many -- lisa how many cases are remaining. >> seven cases, three in particular that we're watching david. one is a challenge by two faith based companies to the affordable care act which would require those companies to offer health insurance that includes coverage for contraceptives. they say they slnt to do that. how we watch television, allowing folks to get over the air broadcasts at home without paying cable fees. and a case that has to do with presidential power and how the president has ability to appoint members of his administration during the senate's recess.

the republicans are arguing that the president has overstepped his bounds in that case. we'll see what the supreme court has to say. the docket ends by next week, all the cases will be decided by then, david. >> lisa stark, thank you. coming up on al jazeera america. the battle over who is poorer. first, hillary clinton stumbled over how wealthy she is and joe biden says he's not that wealthy either. all that in power politics. ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america

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no accidents reported related to the recall. some cars were rawmed last year for the -- recalled last year for the same issue. most controversial presidential candidates is coming to president obama's ar l defense on iraq. >> really understand the civil war that would break out, and what's going on i don't blame on president obama. maybe there is no solution but i do blame the iraq war on the chaos that is in the middle east. >> cheney and other conservative hawks have been relentless on the criticism of president obama. cheney says senator paul should be ignored.

>> rand paul with all due respect is basically an isolation it's. he doesn't believe we should be involved in that part of the world. i think it's absolutely essential. what i worry about is there will be another 9/11 attack and next time it will be with weapons far deadlier than airline tickets and box cutters. >> given that the bush cheney administration led the country into war on false pretenses, cheney's views do not belong in the public debate. >> that is sick when you really look back at the record. it was vice president cheney and condi rice, working, it is like a nightmare come back to haunt me just frankly, who are basically telling us get right back in there again. the american people don't want it, the president doesn't want it, and the saner voices in the senate and house don't want it.

>> as hillary clinton the presumptive frornlt runne front- front runner in the presidential race, discusses her welt or lack. struggling to make ends meet. >> biden has a mildly expensive suit on. [ laughter ] >> he's vice president of the united states of america. he makes notwithstanding, his former man in congress he makes a lot of money as vice president of the united states and i do, by the way, i do. don't hold it against me that i don't own a single stock or bond. don't hold it -- i have no savings account but i got a great pension and i got a good salary. >> well according to disclosure forms biden does have some money in savings and investments but all the accounts are reported to have less than $15,000.

biden's remarks come amidst some stumbling by clinton when talking about her own wealth. the missteps come when she told reporters she and her husband were dead broke after the presidential time. we pay ordinary income taxes unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names and we've done it through dint of hard work. since leaving the white house the clintons have made over $100 million. and bloomberg news reports that clintons have lowered their tax burdens by using tax strategies commonly used by those of wealth. that is today's power politics. the man who challenged the country's transition.

paul brem err said the united iq became worse after united states left. details, coming up.

>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says iraq's parliament must get in place by july the 1st, will be able to defeat sunni rebel fighters. blame prime minister nouri al-maliki's policies for fueling the situation. fergus nichols salt down with paul bremer. >> 2003, paul bremer ruled by

executive order and his first two edicts have had lasting consequences. first ban the ruling baath party. , second, out of work at a stroke. today, as the new iraqi army struggles to contain the latest post-saddam rebellion, he defends those decisions, pinning the situation on today's military leadership. >> the army that was built with american training was an effective army. that army defeated al qaeda in iraq by 2008 or 2009. the next question is why did it collapse in mosul and tikrit? as part of his efforts to create a more authoritarian government nouri al-maliki after our troops left in 2011 basically started purging many of those trained

officers even down ton battalion level in the iraqi army and by the way he did the same thing with the iraqi intelligence service which we built up in 2003 and 2004. >> ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em. >> the high points of bremer's 14 month leadership was the capture of saddam hussein. the man who ruled iraq for 24 years was convicted by the iraqi special tribunal and handing. bremer insists, iraq iraq is a r place than 2003. >> i'm not here to condemn nouri al-maliki. but all his flaiz he was better than saddam hussein. i will continue to say and believe that the iraqis are better off today, we'll see how the situation develops, than they were under saddam. >> reporter: after leaving

iraq, bremer won presidential praise but also criticism over the ways billions of dollars of u.s. dollars and iraqi money were spent in the wake of u.s. invasion. he still thinks the u.s. shouldn't have pulled out. >> i still say they shouldn't have pulled out and in this case, i was right. in this case nouri al-maliki took it as disinterest by the united states and giving him full reign to establish a more sectarian government. >> the obama administration committed itself to sending several hundred military advisors and the iraqi army is incapable of combat on so many fronts. fergus nichol, al jazeera. bush administration was only able to set up iraq's government in 2006 by bringing kurds and

shias together. neither group, guarantee an autonomous iraq. he appears to be using parts of the same play book. joining us from washington, d.c. is fazil atani, resident council council -- counsel. do you believe that a government can be set up in a week? >> i believe a cab net can be formed, whether it's representative of the larger country, that is difficult to know. >> is that enough to get the rebel fighters to 68, okay, it looks like they're forming a coalition government, we'll stop our fight for baghdad.

>> obviously, it is interested in destroying the modern iraqi state and replacing it with a caliphate. this includes tribal elements more moderate or mainstream sunni insurgents, ex baathists and baathists, what have you. it's up to nouri al-maliki if he wants to stabilize the situation. >> do you think he'll try to stabilize the situation? >> i don't think he's temperamentally able to take such kind of bold steps towards a deeper reconciliation with the sunni population. i don't think he's the man to do it. >> you are in the camp that he must go. who should replace him and is there a viable leader who could step up and make this happen?

>> any number of iraqi politician he not all of whom have deeply alienated the mainstream sunni population. of course the problem is this person has to enjoy not just enough sunni support or at least sunni passivity and tolerance, he has to have the respect of the shia and kurds and that's what makes this so difficult. >> you don't think they have that? >> they exist but it's a matter of incentivizing the players and i think there are significant subsection of the iraqi population as well as of the ease leads that think this war is worth fighting for now and they're doubling down. >> how do you see this playing out over the next couple of weeks? >> i think there's going to be a very long and torturous political negotiation process.

on the military front i anticipate that i.s.i.s.'s advance will slow down around baghdad. they're not capable of taking the capitol city nor is that their intention at the present at least, they can hold primarily sunni territory but once they go into nonsunni territory things get more difficult for them. i think north and west of the capitol. >> fasil atani thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. a u.s. court today made public a secret government memo that justified killing an american man in yemen. the dron are drone killed anwarl liki. >> it argues the drone can kill

a u.s. citizen abroad if the american is plotting against america and the americans can't catch him. drone strikes like that killed anwar al aki, an al qaeda leader planning attacks against the u.s. >> we have chosen the patel of war in order to defend ourselves from your ow oppression. >> where constitutional right to do process was violated but the justice department memo written a year before his death argues we do not believe al alaki's citizenship prevents lethal action by the u.s. military or cia. the memo says lethal force is acceptable when high level government officials have determined that a capture operation overseas is infeasible and the target person is engaged in activities that continue an imminent threat to u.s. persons

and interests. government's drone program destroys the law and killed thousands of people including bystanders. needs know more about who was being killed and why. >> the aclu tried get the u.s. to release more on its drone program. we'll hear from them at 6:00. >> great diana thank you. culture of nonresponsiveness system wide at veterans affairs hospitals. the report of the office of special counsel confirm multiviolations and patient wait times. in one case a veteran in a psychiatric facility went eight years without proper treatment. whisking blowers were ignored and often punished. investigating 50 whistle blower claims all of which allege threat to patients care.

in malaysia, nonmuslims no longer able to use the word allah? shortly after the government clarified by saying churches may still use the term, the herald a catholic malay word, language bibles and other nonmuslim texts use it as well. in sudan, a woman sentenced to death for converting to christianity. is being set free. converting from islam and marrying a christian american. the case drew international attention after ibrahim gave birth to her second child while waiting on death row. no word when she'll be released. in mozambique, one of the

main architects of that treaty, more than 44 million exploiives have been destroyed. tanya page reports from mobutu, mozambique. >> now she's an activist trying to raids awareness about the buried land mines left over from the civil war. ground up peants is the bas peas the base of the day's meal. >> if they gave us food it would be gone too quickly. it would be dwr to have help entering the job market so i can provide foot for myself. >> but the immediate help the government is giving is rad in tunnels, three quarters of the

nations in the world are on board and mozambique is almost rid of land mines. mozambique is one of the convention's success stories but the ban may be only considered 100% successful when all 35 of the remaining countries that haven't signed up do so and all the antipersonnel land mines that have been stockpiled have been destroyed. including russia, china and the u.s. about 20,000 people a year were being killed or maimed by unexploded ordnance. shame the remaining countries into joining the ban. >> there's virtually no or little use of antipersonnel mines today. virtually no production or transfer. even by those states outside of the convention. and we feel it's only a matter of time between that stigma and

that unacceptability of antipersonnel mines brings these countries into the fold. >> people have suffered from the legacy of land mines around the world. although great progress has been made, 15 years after the ban, the work is still far from over. tanya page al jazeera, moputo, mozambique. >> back in the united states, there are charges against the man who shot at a small college. >> the lawyer for the shooting suspect says he plans to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. aaron ybarra. prosecutors filed more charges today. the shooting left one student dead and several others injured. in texas an amber alert is cancelled after a jogger helps

reunite a mother with her baby. when someone got in the car and drove away, police later found the car abandoned but empty. this morning a jogger heard the baby crying near roadway. she spotted the child in the car seat and called police. in pennsylvania, a new report detailing how the jerry sandusky child mo molestation trial, the state attorney general says there were crucial missteps and inexplicable delays of delays. san duswhy sandusky was convictn 2011 after years of delays. the director of the center's bioterror lab has been reassigned while the agency does

discovery. the cdc apologized last week for waiting too long to inform all employees about what happened. and here in new york you can soon buy elvis's peacock suit complete with sweat stains. the 40-year-old outfit is expected to fetch, green and blue peacock stitched on it with rhinestones. other items at the auction is are john le lennon's sheet musi. >> thousands of people have had their water shut off because they're behind on their bills. but the residents have been

unfairly deprived their rights. we'll talk about this more next.

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> in michigan, community activists are asking the united nations to intervene after detroit cut off water to residents who were behind on their bills. detroit department of water and sewage shut off the tap to people who were two months behind and owed $150. activists say the city is denying residents a basic human right. greg, first of all, what is the exact total number of residents who have had their water shut off? >> well, first of all thanks for having me on david. we're looking at about 90,000 right now who are in that

situation. >> that's a huge number. how many of them are notified after the sewer and water department said it was going to start raising prices? >> well, everyone. the notices went out. like you said, everybody who is at least two months behind, in their water bill and at least $150 behind in their bill is subject to shutoff. >> can you see why this may strike a lot of people as unfair? there's the detroit water and sewer department suddenly seeing itself needing to raise prices and saying to people, you know what we've let you get by for not paying the bills for a long time. now all of a sudden, we're going to shut your water off. >> i don't know what you would have us do. we have a water program that -- >> did you offer amnesty for those who wanted to pay their bill over a long period of time? >> absolutely, we are offering

payments, they are able to reach out to us come down to our water centers, make arrangements, down payment towards that arrangement. we can refer them to services that can help folks who are poor. we are rolling out our own assistance program on july the 1st, the detroit -- it's called the detroit residential water assistance program or dr. wop where folks can qualify and get help that way. we're not insensitive to the fact that detroit is a poor city. a lot of folks who can't pay their bills but at the same time, we have an infrastructure that's aging. we have some of our pipes are over 100 years old and we feel we have the best drinking water in the world. and in order to do that it's a rising cost industry. we have to pay -- we have to pay to make that happen and it's just not -- it is something that we have to pay so the other folks have to pay it as well. >> out of the 90,000 that have

had their water shut off, do you have a ratio of those who legitimately can't afford to have their water or those who want it for free. what is the breakdown in your estimation? >> we don't know, we don't really have a demographic on that. we rely people to call us and reach out to us when they're in trouble. you know are there folks who are not paying their bill because they can't? absolutely. are there folks who aren't paying their bill because they choose not to? absolutely. >> if someone were to reach out to you and say look, i can't afford to pay for my water right now but here's $15 or $20 in good faith, i'll pay another $20 each month is that response something that will get the water turned back on? >> i can't give you numbers like you just laid out but that is basically the gist of what it will take, yes. reaching out to us we look at every case david individually.

there is not a blanket policy. we look at folks' ability to pay, what their income is what their balance is. you also have to understand david we don't shut people off when the temperature reaches 32° or lower. so there are some folks who have been -- who are in arrears before the winter set in and as you know detroit had one of the worst winters statistically in its history. we had folks who were behind going into the winter and became that much more behind when the winter ended. but yeah that's kind of the way it is. reaching out, making a deposit like you said, again the dollar amounts vary but yeah that will get the water back on absolutely. >> gregory we wish you the best of luck and wish the residents of detroit also the best of luck in trying to get this resolved. gregory are eno, the are there

representative of the droit dett water and sewer. thank you very much. who's going home and the scenarios that will have the united states advancing to the next round. are wider issues of press freedom, ray suarez is here. >> peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed had already been held six months. the convictions had been met with strict, lobbying for their release. on our program, we'll be joined by an compiled egyptian journalist who stood in the same cage as the al jazeeran trio who heard their fate today. join us at the top of the hour.

>> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight only on al jazeera america

>> today's wrongful conviction of three al jazeera journalists in jeemen egypt has sparked reas from journalists around the world. maria innes ferre has the story. maria. >> take a look what christiana amanpour has h to say. >> what a travesty. khereen from sky news, as an egyptian i'm ashamed. pulitzer price winner, search years for committing adjournment. and this is the website that earlier today, foreign news in the u.k. had this image up as a form of protest. we also want to show you this video that they posted on youtube today, saying the channel condemns the seven year

jail sentences. in the video, you see the networks employees with their mouths covered up with deduct tape, holding up, "free aj sta staff" signs. l. amnesty international and sally sara from the australian broadcasting corporation says, go on, it only takes five minutes to e-mail in support of press freedom. for support to egyptian and other embassies around the world. david. >> maria, thank you. it is elimination day for a few teams at the fifa world cup in brazil. the netherlands and chile secured their spots, spain and

cameroon flights back loam. united states deciding game on thursday. 20 seconds left, the united states was tied. gail reel alisandro, gabriel what has been the reaction to u.s. tie? >> welch like the u.s., shock mere in brazil. -- here in brazil. this has been a tournament that has had all sorts of amazing games. it's been one of the best tournaments most people say in recent memories. the game last night between portugal and united states was one of the best not just in this tournament but in recent memories. it was a real shocker. in the united states about 24 million people watched that game. the biggest tv audience in the united states for a soccer match ever. here in brazil there were millions more and at the end of it there was a gasp let out,

much like wow, what did we just see? a lot of respect for the u.s. they're still hanging very tough in this tournament, played very, very well even though they suffered that absolutely devastating defeat. >> gabriel, what's going on back there right now. >> brazil is playing against cameroon and we're on a side street in sao paulo, and this is a regular neighborhood activity during the game. the u.s. has to beat or tie germany on thursday then they'll go on but that is a tough team to play, germany is considered one of the best in the

tournament. >> gabriel, thank you very much. we'll keep reactions to the u.s. soccer team in brazil and around the world. i'm david shuster, inside story is next. for news all day, head to aljazeera.com.