>> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >> iraq's prime minister may give up control of large parts of the country in order to protect baghdad. u.s. military advices are on the ground to help the government fight the rebels. >> the ntsb said first responders are sharing responsibility in the aftermath

of a california plane crash last year. >> new questions about keeping dolphins in captivity. one aquarium is considering whether to set them free. good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. there are new developments in the fight to control iraq. >> the iraqi prime minister al-malaki rejected u.s. calls for uniony government. secretary of state kerry urged calendar my to include all religious and ethnic groups in a new government, saying it's the best option to stave off an offensive by isis rebels. >> new u.s. military are not there to fight, the white house says simply there as advisers, their goal to slow the onslaught of the sunni rebels. >> good morning. now that the u.s. advisors are on the ground, what's the next step? >> we're seeing secretary kerry meet with nato allies. there's so much to discuss from ukraine to the situation in

afghanistan, but of course, as the crisis has grown in iraq in recent weeks, this is demanding far more attention from nato allies. >> the first wave of american forces is now in iraq. >> these teams will assess the cohesiveness and readiness of iraq supreme court forces and the most efficient way to follow on advisors. >> they will help equip and advice intelligence to a beleaguered iraqi army. the escalating violence threatens to pull neighboring countries into the crisis, syria and jordan, which has beefed up defenses along the border. >> what happens in iraq does affect us. >> the white house provided the full senate a classified briefing on the situation. some lawmakers emerged concerned, but ready to back president obama should he decide to go ahead with air strikes. >> no member of the senate could have left that briefing leaving that the homeland is not in danger if these people are

successful, so i don't think you're going to hear much pushback if the president has a act. >> the obama administration says no one should expect the military advisors on the ground in iraq to enter the fight against isil. >> we are not in combat rule, we are not here to fight. the president has no intention, none whatsoever of returning american combat troops to iraq to go back to where we were. that's not in the cards. >> the secretary's comments come after a two day visit to iraq, including a meeting with kurdish leaders whom he encouraged not to withdraw from the political process. in kirkuk, quintsing them not to seek their own state will be hard. prime minister malaki is blamed for the crisis, saying kurds should now determine their future, not baghdad. >> secretary kerry set july 1 as

the deadline to form a new government. there's a big question of whether any movement is happening. in his weekly address to the nation, malaki said that he gave only a vague response, vague call for all political forces to reconcile and work together. >> getting back to the special forces troops there acting as advisors there in iraq, how many have arrived at this point? >> president obama has set a cap of 300. we're not halfway there yet. forty in country have been reassigned, another 90 arrived yesterday, setting up this joint operation center with iraqi security forces, so there is still room for more, but president obama has said he won't go over the number of 300 at this point. >> libby, thank you. >> coming up in our next half hour at 7:30, a live report from baghdad, plus we'll hear from retired army major mark lyons.

>> a temporary ceasefire could be in jeopardy in kiev. separatists agreed to honor the ceasefire. value put calling for extending the truce and beginning negotiations. washington is putting together a new list of possible sanctions against russia. we have the story from eastern on you crane. >> this conflict in eastern ukraine has seen stumbling blocks in the past weeks or months but none so big as the last 24 hours. the ukrainian army ceasefire appeared to be holding, but the downing of ukrainian army helicopter justice outside donetsk really cannot be excused as some kind of mistaken act by the separatists. there's no doubt it was downed deliberately, coming down with a missile fired from separatist

lines. it puts a challenge on the table of president poroshenko. his decision to end the ceasefire early. there will be diplomatic efforts to pull him back from that with teleconferences with other presidents on wednesday and he's met his national security chief and prime minister in kiev today to formulate some kind of plan which may stop short of calling off the ceasefire. the problems that we're having and the conflict is really in a very critical juncture here in eastern ukraine today. >> that's paul brennan reporting from eastern on you crane. >> china is looking to rebuild ties with taiwan, sending a high level official to the island. dell gets are discussing ways to expand trade ties.

protests earlier this year in taipei renewed tensions between the two sides. taipei split from china after a civil war but china rewards it as a breakaway province to someday be reunited with the mainland. >> a humanitarian crisis with the undocumented children crossing into the u.s. from central america. johnson will tour the u.s. border where many children of held waiting to be reunited with family members in the united or they be sent back home. tuesday he was grilled on capitol hill about the issue. lawmakers will hold a second day of hearings today, republicans accusing the white house of not sealing the borders. >> record numbers of children pouring into the u.s. across the mexican border, many clinging to the hope they can stay here without proper documents. as we report, they're not always wrong. >> after six days of travel and three days of detention,

26-year-old cindy jiminez clutches her son in one hand, a plastic bag containing her hope for the future in the other. immigration officers dropped the mother and child at this bus terminal in texas moments ago. inside the bag is a permit to remain in the country for 30 days. that's when a judge will decide whether to deport them back to honduras. >> getting in the country feels good, she says, but she didn't come here to feel good. she game for a better future for her son and herself. border patrol picked them up after they crossed the rio grande on a raft. what once would have been the end of their american dream now seems to be just a detour. jiminez and her son are now free, holding bus tickets to join relatives in florida. with detention centers at triple capacity and more than 16,000 central american immigrants arriving in the rio grande valley each month, u.s.

immigration officials drop off about 500 women and children at this mccallen bus terminal each day. >> she had heard rumors that single mothers and children would be allowed to stay in the u.s., that's why she came now, she said. a spokeswoman said these families are screened, finger printed and still subject to removal, but many of the mothers say they see it as a free pass. >> also from lon door rays, this mother sought out border patrol officers, knowing they would help her. what's driving the migration? the rumor that the permit allows you to stay in the u.s. and the lack of jobs in central america, the mothers say. jiminez said the dangers of the journey and discomfort of detention are a small price to

pay. she hasn't showered or brushed her teeth in three days. >> four blacks away, the mothers and children find an oasis. a volunteer run shelter offers food, rest, and compassion. >> if i were in the same situation and my children were starving and my children were in danger, as a mother, i would do anything to keep them safe and to bring them to the promised land. >> catholic charities runs the shelter and acknowledges it is controversial. the government has nothing but the word of these mothers that they'll appear for their immigration hearings, but for the moment. those are set aside. here what matters is a warm shower and the journey still ahead. >> it's different now, says a refreshed jiminez, no more detention. now we go to hour families. >> in 30 days, she'll have to make a decision, appear in court and risk deportation or stay

hidden and undocumented. aljazeera, texas. >> the president of honduras wants the minors held in the u.s. to be sent home. jiminez said as many as 13,000 children are in the states illegally, a small percentage of the 100,000 honduran that across through mexico each other. 3100 have been deported so far, many children. >> some high profile primary races as you know were decided last night around the u.s., and mississippi six term republican senator thad cochran narrowly defeated the incumbent, leading by only 6,000 votes. the 78-year-old won in part appealing to mississippi democrats who were eligible to vote in the republican runoff as long as they had not voted in the democratic primary earlier this month. >> we all have a right to be proud of our state tonight.

thank you very much. thank you for this wonderful honor and wonderful challenge that lies ahead. >> in new york city, 84-year-old congressman charles wrangle is declaring victory in his democratic primary, but his opponent state senator has not admitted defeat. >> in oklahoma, congressman james langford won the republican nomination. he defeated the former state legislative leader and five other candidates. he is also the heavy favorite to win the general election this fall. coming up in our next hour, with many long time incumbents facing tough challenges this year, we'll discuss why. >> scathing criticism of the health care system, a year long investigation revealing more problems than just long wait times at v.a. hospitals.

the report says more than 1,000 veterans may have died between 2001 and 2011 because of misconduct and a culture of mismanagement. >> when i hear about we need more providers or more money, i just go nuts. >> this is ludicrous. >> the report claims that whistle blowers are subject to retaliation and v.a. doctors see significantly fewer patients than the average primary care physician. >> a storm system that has flooded the midwest is moving across the country. >> as always, we turn to nicole mitchell for that. >> it's a slow-mover, getting plenty of chances to dump a lot of rain. the midwest, where this has moved through, all of these dots are different places, rivers in flood stages. we're getting into flood stages of 14 feet on the mississippi river, parts of downtown twin cities were over 20 feet.

as all the water pours in from other tributaries, we have concerns there today. the areas in green are different flood areas extending to the south. with that line, now some of that heaviest rain in places like texas, we've been getting that. we are having flood concerns in north texas. this is actually, you don't want to see this, the wind and rain with the thunderstorms coming down. north and west texas are the places we have had extreme drought recently, so some of beneficial. as we get to the broad picture, the texas part with that perfect has moist flow along the frontal boundary. this will be moving through the northeast today, the core of our heaviest strength. we have had places like indiana yesterday, we had one report, we had four different reports of a tornado. i looked at them, they all look like about the same report, and a camper being blown on a house roof. that was one of our concerns.

>> heavy rain is going to be a big part of this. you can see up that northeast corridor, some places getting two to three inches. >> soggy, soggy, thank you very much. >> protests around the world in support of three aljazeera journalists imprisoned in egypt. >> they are falsely accused of conspiring with the muslim brother hood. our colleague was sentenced in absentia. she will be joining us live. >> i'll have details about the incident at the world cup everyone is talking about and what the governing body, fifa is doing about it. >> controversy swirling down under in australia, some defending their right to make

racist comments. >> today's big number. >> what that has to do with being over charged at the grocery store.

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>> a big grocery store chain is about to pay big time. today's big number, $798,394. >> that's what whole foods has to pay for over charging customers in california, releasing a statement saying they cooperated with the investigation and say their prices were treat 98% of the time. >> an investigation by state and local inspectors discovered the chain didn't subtract the weight of containers and the packages contained less than on the labels. whole foods sold prepared foods by the item rather than by the pound. >> also another story we're following this morning, dozens of international journalists gathering today at the united nations protesting prison sentences handed down to three aljazeera journalists jailed in egypt. two have been ordered to spend

seven years behind bars, the third a 10 year sentence, all accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood, charges they and aljazeera has denied from day one. our colleague who was one journalist tried and convicted in absentia joins us now. she reported alongside the three others being held. thanks for being with us. you were and in absentia on the same charges. how did they even come about? >> if you mean how did they come about against myself, it's quite a puzzling situation, to be frank with you. i was in and out of egypt quite a bit, i went in in the beginning of september to cover the conference when america was considering taking action in syria and all the foreign leaders were getting together to discuss this. it was that day our bureau was

raided and closed down. how they decided which journalist to put on the charge sheet and take to court we really don't know. there was nothing in the evidence that they presented certainly against me, i wasn't even mentioned and pretty much the same with the guys found guilty who were in prison, the evidence was so flimsy. we were taken aback when we heard the guilty verdict, because nobody that's been in that court reporting what's gone on believed that they had come anywhere close to proving the charges against them. >> it was like a punch in the gut for everybody associated with the story. i want to take our audience back to what was going on. here in the states, we couldn't say who was reporting or even where you were during those days. describe what it was like on the ground in egypt and what you had to do just to get the story out. >> as i say, because of what happened to our bureau, we ended up retreating to a hotel and kind of described as going dark.

we became the special correspondent we are not naming for security reasons and doing phone conversations with my own channel. we would do some report be, being extremely careful going on to the streets as to what we could film and show and trying to do the story. we weren't doing stories about protests and politics. i did a story on football, one on pollution, my colleagues were doing them on the cotten farming industry, tourism, all sorts of things, but we were being very careful. i should say, it wasn't just us being careful. all the international journalists had come into cairo to try and still cover what was going on since the coup last summer, the coup that removed mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood from power. all journalists were being very careful. it was a huge crackdown. anybody who strayed from the narrative and maybe interviewed people who didn't agree with the

government, then you were probably in trouble and any of the domestic media who did this were in serious trouble, international media really ribbing things. we didn't realize how much we were risking until of course it came to december 25 when the authorities called the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. even then, i have to say, i was actually back from egypt in november, sitting in the anchor chair like you are right now, talking to peter in cairo and asking him what are the ramifications from that. >> i want to ask you about peter, because the last time we heard from him, he was talking about this not being an american prison or australian prison, there are bugs in his food. when was the last time you talked to him and do you have any indication how he's doing? >> well personally, i haven't obviously, because if i stepped into egypt right now, i would be in prison for 10 years. one of thigh colleagues did actually speak to him yesterday,

the day of the verdict, they were crushed and in pieces. the next day, yesterday, i spoke to them and they said that they were -- the message was they were strong, they were staying strong, they refused to give in. they are slightly concerned that they're going to be taken separately into different cells now and it helped them keeping their strength together with the three of them even though it was a tiny cell. they're going to a different part of the prison which is older. one of the crucial things, they were getting a family visit a week. it's now looking like they'll only get a family visit once every two weeks. >> thank you very much. our thoughts and prayers out to you and our colleagues. that is our aljazeera senior correspondent joining us from doha, qatar this morning, thanks. >> at the world cup in before his still, three more teams advance to the round of 16, but

play is overshadowed by one player's bad behavior. >> day 13 of the world cup was another action-packed day, two teams advance to the round of 16, but all anyone wants to talk about is louie suarez, one of the world's great soccer players, also a guy with a reputation for biting people on the pitch. in italy, he was at it again and it could cost him and his team big time. >> the govern body, fifa charged suarez with biting one minute before you are guy scored to beat italy 1-0. he pulled his jersey down give the refs a clear view of the bite marks. suarez grabbed his teeth. if fifa finds him guilty, it's a minimum of a two match suspension. this incident generated swift

reaction on twitter. former heavyweight boxer holyfield who twice was bitten in the year when he fought mike tice son said: i guess any part of the body is up for eating. >> the 27-year-old suarez is the reigning player of the year in the english premier league and also has a history of letting his mouth get him in trouble. in 2010 while playing in the netherlands, he built another player on the shoulder during an argument. he got a seven game suspension. in 2011 while playing for liverpool, suarez reportedly called a manchester united player negrita. last year, he bit into the right forearm of a player, costing him a 10 game suspension. this prediction was made about

suarez: he will do something in sane at this summer's world cup, mark it down. about the incident, suarez down played it, telling you are guy's channel 10 these are situations that happened on the pitch. >> rewarding thor investigation, fifa asked the italian team to present evidence by 5:00 p.m. today. soccer's governing body will publish a decision before the next match. >> suarez has not admitted to biting anyone, right? >> no, he hasn't. he also sort of qualifies his actions, saying hey, earlier in the match, he was elbowed in the eye by the same player, so on one level, he's not really admitting it, on another, trying to justify his actions. >> all shades of gray on the pitch. thank you. >> let's get a look at temperatures across the nation

today. >> meteorologist nicole mitchell is here. >> we're just going to go right to the forecast. it is a sultry one out here. a lot of temperatures in the 70's, even this morning, with more significance with the dewpoint in the 70's, that means it's really hard to sweat. when the temperatures go up over the course of the day, if you're outside, be careful, because obviously any outdoor activity is going to be really hard on you. >> got it, nicole mitchell, thank you. >> battling for control of iraq, why government forces gearing up for the fight for baghdad. >> a report from the iraqi capitol. >> the blame game in the wake of a deadly airline tragedy. who investigators are holding responsible for the wreck of the flight in san francisco. >> in a free country, people do have rights to say things that

other people find offensive or insulting or bigoted. >> free speech versus hate speech, should bigotry be illegal. >> part jetsons, part back to the future and 100% reality, the future of commuting just got more futuristic.

>> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. >> ahead in this half hour, the ntsb is releasing findings into last year's airline crash. we'll tell you who is taking the blame for that accident which killed thee people. >> trying to free dolphins in captivity, the problem is where the animals have lived, they have never seen the wild. >> in our next hour, pumping new life into new orleans.

helping the big easy to recover from hurricane katrina. >> a high level push between two long time adversaries, a senior diplomat in china to talk about trade with taiwan. >> ukrainian president threatening to end a ceasefire after a military helicopters was shot down, killing nine soldiers. russian president value put is calling on both sides to extend the ceasefire and begin negotiation. >> the first u.s. military forces on the ground in iraq help to go slow the onslaught of isil rebels. there's a new report out that says iraqi prime minister is rejecting calls for a unity government. it comes after secretary of state john kerry urged him to do so, creating a more inclusive government to combat isil's

insurgency. we just heard about the decision to forego that unified government. what effect will this have moving forward? >> what he's rejecting is being told has he to come up with the unified government on a specific deadline. no leader likes being told what to do. he is under no illusion that he has to act. it's not really a unified government he is opposed to, it's the ultimatum presented to him, you basically incorporate all these factions that you don't particularly like, or you're out. it's as blatant as that. however, he is working very hard with political partners on a coalition government. he hasn't exactly rejected the unified government, but he is very, very upset as being told by kerry and others that he has to do this now.

>> we're hearing reports that malaki is conceding most of the country to the rebels to protect baghdad. how is that playing? >> if you look at the big moving shifting map of where the isil has taken control and where iraqi forces are fighting the hardest, you can sort of see the areas where this didn't just start two weeks ago with the fall of mosul, it started in december with the fall of fallujah. the government has conceded defeat in a sense of much of those vast sunni years. it's battle is bad dad, the refinery, infrastructure, border posts with the help of u.s. forces or air strikes when they come, and it is being very strategic. in a sense, he hasn't really given up those parts of the

country, but they have been making that decision over the past few months that they will have to concentrate on battles that they can win. >> joining us live from baghdad this morning, jane as always, thank you very much. >> for more now an how isil gained power in iraq, we're joined by retired army major, a senior fellow at the truman project. the group that we're talking about, isil, and who funds them, it is believed that saudi arabia began funding isil in syria. the saudis denied that. why would the saudis have an interest in funding and arming this group? >> they were interested in protecting the sunnis that were inside syria being repressed by the assad regime. all good intentions to try to do this and support one of the rebel groups along with the free

syrian army. the united states could have ended up reporting isil as well when we were trying to figure out who to support them. they were trying to support sunni interests inside syria. >> is this an unintended consequence? this has happened before, the frankenstein created by the u.s. with the afghan war with the soviet union. >> all good intentions were there when they did it initially. i don't think they thought that that civil war would last as long as it has, thinking isis and isil would have been nor successful in overthrowing the government. it's a good thing the king ended up stopping it, and it looks like they're against it now. >> does the fact these arms have ended up in the hands of the wrong people of these extremists, which are causing chaos in iraq, bolster the u.s.

was right not to have gotten more involved with providing aid to the rebels in syria. >> you can't just throw weapons into this area, unless you know who they're going to, have shlevel of accountability. we wanted to support the syrian free army. that didn't work out. the president looks like he's going to be on the right side of history in not sending weapons and making that situation worse. >> as always, thanks for being with us, mike. >> coming up in our next half hour, at 8:00, we'll take a closer look at iraq with live reports from baghdad and washington. >> libbens hope to end years of anarchy heading to the polls today with their second parliamentary election since muammar gaddafi was ousted.

it is called an important step forward toward democracy. >> it is an emotional day for dozens of children who survived the south korean ferry disaster that killed classmates, nearly 70 survivors going back to school today. 300 were killed when the ferry sank in april. most were students from the same school who were on a field day trip. the captain and three crew members are on trial facing charges. if found guilty, they could be put to death. >> an investigation finding fault almost one year after flight 214 crashed in san francisco, killing three people. it sounds like the pilots aren't the only ones held responsible. >> right, del. the flight crew gets the bulk of the blame but makers of the plane and ground crews are blamed. pilots are blamed for a series

of nearly 30 mistakes that happened during the descent. it started with the captain turning off the auto pilot that led to the crew accidentally shutting off the automatic throttle which decides how fast the plane moves. when the crew realized it was flying to low and slow, it was too late. the plane is one of the most sophisticated aircraft in service. out makes has mate aviation safer and more efficient. the more complicate, the more challenging to ensure that the pilots adequately understand it. >> investigators say the jet's automatic throttle should not be to easy to shut off and ever better warnings. bowing strongly disagrees with the findings. the ntsb found two passengers who died were not wearing seatbelts. they say if they were, they probably would not have been

ejected from the plane and may have survived. >> they say that is the big takeaway. >> a federal judge has ruled the government's no fly list process is unconstitutional. the oregon judge said flying internationally is not a luxury, but a right. she found the process doesn't give americans on the no fly list an effective way to challenge the list. the decision stems from a 2010 case brought by the american civil liberties union alleging passengers were denied access to flights and had no way to challenge or see the evidence the department of justice has to ban them. >> dozens of property owners in arizona suing the state, saying it mishandled the deadly wildfire that killed 19 hot shot firefighters. the group was killed battling the 2013 fire that burned through 13 square miles, destroying 127 homes. the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for emotional distress, property loss and loss of income. it seeks additional protection

for arizona firefighters, including gps devices and improved fire shelters. >> states are ramping up efforts to curb illegal human trafficking. cities with the highest rate include los angeles, atlanta, new york and houston. this week, the f.b.i. announced a huge sting operation rescuing 168 children and led to the arrest of nearly 300 pitches suspected of trafficking those kids. we report on the latest initiatives to break the sex trade. >> joyce cameron said selling food in the street is the best job she's ever had. for the first time since childhood, the money she makes, she gets to keep. that didn't always happen. >> one call would be like four to $500 and that's just one call. we would work all night. >> from the time she was 12 years old, cameron was held against her will as a commercial sex slave. she's one of thousands in the u.s. abducted each year by criminals known as pitches.

here, it's where they often end up, in houston. >> it's transportation hub, it's a multi-cultural city, a very profitable crime on the commercial side of things. you can bring in a young girl enter sue the sex trade and sell her over and over again. >> much of the illegal activity takes place near the port of houston. the city's international shipping center and proximity to the u.s.-mexico border make it a magnet for illegal sex. most trafficking is run by domestic gangs with links to mexican drug cartels. police have no idea how many rings are operating in houston. they know that the majority of them are hidden in plain sight. >> officials directed us to dozens of sexually oriented nightclubs where human trafficking was suspected. once inside, we discovered fancy

drinks weren't the only thing sold, but also young women. >> the fact that slavery exists in america today is embarrassing, it's frustrating, frightening and tragic. >> houston officials have created a human trafficking task force. they want people to report suspected trafficking and illegal brothel. >> they need help. >> traffickers can make thousands of dollars in a single night, a reward for information provides little incentive. >> according to the united nations, human trafficking is a

$9.5 billion a year business in the u.s. >> a woman who has been excommunicated by the mormon church for pushing equal rights is speaking out. in an interview, kate kelly opening up about her goal of priesthood for the women said she plans on keeping up fighting. >> i felt shunned by the leadership of the church intentionally and also feel like what they're trying to do is put a gag not only on me, but on the entire mormon feminist community and they are intend to go silence us, and that is what has caused me heartache and tears. >> kelly plans to appeal the decision. she says allowing mormon women to be other detained would open the priesthood to 7 million women worldwide. >> that pennsylvania pastor detracked for officiating his gay son's wedding has been

invited to rejoin the church, restored credentials as a pastor. they say his punishment was too harsh. methodist law currently bans clergy performing same-sex marriages. he plans to push for greater same sex rights within his church. >> a law making it illegal to insult someone because of race and ethnicity in australia is under attack, saying it should be banned. one artist is fighting the move. >> a rising star of the australian art world twice that painted portraits and won top prizes. a photography exhibition is personal, a product of his own experience. >> this image is called you see monsters and it's an accusation of how people perceive muslims.

it's a self portrait under the mask and it's helped seem see us. as a muslim person, we've been turned into monsters post 9/11. >> in australia, under siege is how muslims feel as sub human. on one side of the family, abdullah is seventh generation white australian, but also half malai and has a distinct city muslim name, making him feel like an outsider in his own country. he feels things could get worse. australian law makes it illegal to insult or intimidate people on the base of color, race or ethnicity. the law's rarely used, but in 2011, a journalist was convicted of offending and insulting fair skin people in his newspaper column. the case led the government to change the law, making words an offense if they vilify or intimidate, but not just offend or insult.

>> people have a right to be big gots. they have a right to say things that others find offensive or insulting. >> abdullah fears the signal that could be sent. >> the government saying that it's ok to say these things, they say you have a right to be a bigot and they talk about free speech but don't give me the freedom just to exist as a person and to be dehumanized because of my ethnic city or religious background. >> the changes to the act are debated and may yet be watered down or abandoned. abdullah hopes his personal experience of discrimination may have been the catalyst for his art, but he doesn't want it to continue nor get any worse. aljazeera, melbourne. >> surveys show australia consistently ranks among the top

10 most racist countries in the world as does the united states where racist speech is protected. >> let's look at headlines around the world. hovering to work no longer for the jetsons. a new system is going to be tested in tel aviv. the city has a half million residents. the gridlock there follows the car seats, about two people. it's a top speed of 44 miles an hour, but they're trying it out right now. >> it doesn't go as fast as it looks like it could go. if you applied for a summer internship at morgan stanley and got rejected, you weren't alone, so did 89,000 others. bloomberg business week said morgan stanley received 90,000 applications, offered jobs to less than 2%. that means getting an internship there is harder than getting into harvard with a 60% acceptance rate.

>> it's kind of a lottery ticket to get an internship. >> it's tough to get a school education which you get a job. >> a new guide to the tokyo museum, yahoo news saying a robotics experts want to explore what it means to be human, take a look at that. >> is that a man or woman? >> it's a female voice but also speaks with a mail voice. >> that one on the right really looks life like. >> that's coming soon to a television news studio near you. hello, i'm stephanie and i'm del. >> humans have been fascinated by dolphins for decades. >> having calves in this setting may not be the best possible thing for their health or well being. >> their one of the most popular attractions at aquariums around

the world, but a tide could be changing. that some say the dolphins could be too smart to be kept in captivity. >> the march of the man narcs, butterflies find their way to mexico every year. it is our discovery of the day.

it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> it is trial now for our discovery of the day. every fall, millions of man narc butterflies fly from the u.s. and canada to central mexico. scientists have known they use the sun as a compass to guide their way south. >> now they believe the insects also have a backup plan, a sort of built-in magnetic g.p.s. system. researchers say they rely on that compass at night when they don't have the sun to guide them. >> other creatures like birds and sea furtherles use internal

maps, but the male man narc will not stop and ask for directions. >> one of the miracles of nature, you can't fight that. >> welcome to al jazeera america. why one aquarium in the u.s. is considering whether to keep it's popular dolphins on display. >> first the weather. >> that's why the male monarach is in antarctica now. we are looking at a frontal boundary going through the east, moving slowly. this moved through the great lakes and extending southward, it's been able to dump a lot of rain. a lot of this stays interior and slowly making its way to the coastline. already causing flooding because of moisture it's done and same thing for north part of texas and along the gulf coast through the day. >> hollywood is remembering a fine character actor, eli

wallach. he was known for playing bad guys in classic films. >> he joked he played more bad guys than he could shake a stick at. he own a tony in tennessee williams production of "the rose tattoo." he received a lifetime achievement award, becoming the oldest oscar recipient. he is survived by his wife of 66 years and frequent costar, ann jackson. >> humans have kept dolphins in captivity for an up close look, but attitudes are changing. the director of one of the country's biggest aquarium said they may be too smart to be kept locked up. we report on the debate from baltimore. >> bottle nosed dolphins entertained crowds at zoos and

aquarium across the country for decades. now as one, the future of these animals is up in the air. >> we're asking tough questions. we don't have the answers yet and we're pursuing them as best we can. i feel we've only scratched the surface. >> the c.e.o. of baltimores national aquarium is stirring waves, suggesting that the doll anyone exhibit here might need to be closed. >> it came into sharp relief in 2011 when i arrived, because we did lose two calves, creating an incredibly depressed organization. i realized we were in a very vulnerable position. it wasn't a good business decision to continue and having calves in this setting may not be the best possible thing for their well being and health and in the long run. >> is any other aquarium in the country looking at this? >> i'm not aware of others asking these kind of questions now publicly. i think privately they are.

>> all whales in captivity are psychologically traumatized. >> recent films like black fish and cove have changed tuesday keeping them for research or otherwise in captivity. implementing a plan to free the dolphins isn't as easy as putting the animals back in the ocean. seven of the eight total dolphins here in baltimore were born in captivity, so they've never swam in the sea. the answer could be a national dolphin sanctuary, or transferring them to a more until setting. >> a young person coming and seeing an exhibit like this will see a dolphin, they'll care for the animals more, become more environmentally conscious. doesn't that need to play into the decision? >> in many cases when people see dolphins in this kind of

setting, the messages they take away with them are not the message we as conservationists want them to. people inflate the happy sort of image they have with the dolphin in such a setting with what is going on for them in the wild. >> when some hear you talk, zoo directors or aquarium directors, you're awfully candid about the fact that this is probably going away sometime. do you think that's raising some concerns? >> i think the important thing is that we pay attention to our values. the truth is that dolphins have a much higher level of cognitive capacity and have very highly demonstrated social behaviors. the more we realize how different these dolphins are from their cousins in the ocean. >> aljazeera, baltimore. >> there are more than 500 dolphins and members of the dolphin family in captivity in the united states. >> the los angeles zoo has furry

new triplets in bushy coats and snouts like a pig. the rare creatures were thought to be extinge until found in paraguay in the early 1970's. >> here's what we're following for you this morning, the first military advices on the ground in iraq trying to help stop the onslaught of isil rebels. they'll have a joint meeting with iraqi security heads in the coming days. >> the temporary ceasefire in ukraine could be in jeopardy, now threatening to end the deal after a helicopter was shot down. >> the rising number of migrant children coming into the u.s. >> ahead, bricking new life to new orleans lower ninth ward as it continues to recover almost a

decade after hurricane katrina. >> helping to protect elephants from poaching for their tusks. >> we are back in two minutes with more aljazeera america.

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>> up in arms over the popular ride sharing service, uber drivers taking issue with the company over business practices. >> the bite seen around the world, one player notorious for corning his opponents sinking his teeth into another one during a world cup matchup. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> iraq's prime minister malaki may be rejecting calls for a unity government. >> that decision coming into days after secretary of state john kerry pressed malaki to include all religious and ethnic groups in a new government. >> kerry is in brussels briefing nato on his strategy in iraq. >> tuesday, he met with 100 senators to brief them on the sectarian violence in iraq. what did we learn from yesterday's white house briefing with the senators?

>> they got a sense of what the white house is thinking as far as possible options, including potential air strikes. that's separate from the teams on the ground now doing initial assessments. senators came out of that closed door briefing with concerns. we heard especially vocal concerns from republican lindsey graham. he said the briefing led him to believe that isil forces are trying to overthrow the government in iraq to set up an islamic state. he said that it is believed that they see the u.s. as a road block to that agenda. >> no member of the is not could have left that briefing believing that the homeland is not in danger if these people are successful. i don't think you're going to hear much pushback if the president that oh react. >> different opinions of what should be done next, the question of air strikes and when. some senators saying they should happen right away in order to be most effective, others saying

they should wait, and see if a new government is formed and wait to see how that plays out. >> meanwhile, the u.s. military advices have arrived now in baghdad. what's the plan from here. >> 40 who were already on the ground have been reassigned and doing an initial assessment of the situation. ninety more arrived yesterday, and they're working to set up an operation center with iraq security forces. now president obama has said he's willing to send up to 300 at this point. they're doing an initial assessment now, taking two to three weeks, possibly to get a better sense of what's going on on the ground, report back and give direction. >> are there concerns that these advices which are really u.s. special forces may have to engage in combat at some point. >> there's what we hear from officials in terms of what their duties are outlined to be, a d.o.d. spokesman said this is really an assessment team and emphasized the fact that this is a short term assignment to bring

back that information, but air strikes are not off the table and they will be doing diligence and information to find just what should happen next. >> libby, thank you. coming up, a live report from baghdad. >> those soldiers will have u.s. uniforms on and guide air strikes. >> technically, they are boots on the ground. >> the obama administration putting together a new list of possible sanctions against russia, now that moscow moved more troops back with its border with ukraine. the target would be private and financial sectors. some in europe worry about more sanctions. poroshenko said the new ceasefire is in jeopardy after pro-russian separatists shot down a helicopter. >> this conflict has seen many stumbling blocks in the past weeks and months but perhaps none so big as the last 24 hours.

the ukrainian army ceasefire appeared to be holding from the army point of view, but the downing of ukrainian army helicopter outside the separatist strong hold, there is no doubt it came down deliberately with a missile fired from separatist lines. it puts a challenge on the table of president poroshenko in kiev as to his authority now. his decision is whether to end the ceasefire early and perhaps go into all out conflict with the pro-russian separatists and they're fighters on the ground. he's going to have a teleconference with the french president, german chancellor and russian president all on the telephone together wednesday, and he's met his national security chief and the prime minister in kiev today to formulate some kind of plan which may stop short of calling

off the ceasefire, but make no mistake, the problems that we're having and the conflict is really in a very critical juncture here in eastern on you crane today. >> nato's foreign ministers are now meeting to discuss the unrest in ukraine in brussels. the military alliance blames moscow for aggression fueling fighting in the east. we have live in brussels. what have they been saying about the ceasefire? >> del, the nato foreign ministers have been lining up to praise ukrainian president poroshenko for calling that ceasefire last friday. it was accepted by the so-called separatists in the east of ukraine at the beginning of this week, but since we've had incidents, including that downing of the helicopter, which killed nine servicemen and just in the last half hour or so,

ukraine's foreign minister has spoken here, saying that there's also been an incident that killed two other servicemen. he's extremely angry about that. what he's saying is echos what some of the foreign ministers have said that the ceasefire, rather the acceptance of the ceasefire is not credible by the pretty sure accept and nato believes russia is directing events. they called for russia to come up with strong signals that it will respect ukraine's territorial integrity. there's a deadline of friday in brussels when a summit meeting is held where it's possible fresh sanctions could be discussed against russia. >> with that talk of sanctions, is it possible that nato could cut ties with russia? >> things are extremely bad between nato and russia right now. we've heard from the secretary

general rasmussen wednesday repeating the fact that after the annexation of crimea, they cut practical cooperation with moscow, but kept open channels of dialogue. at the moment, it seems those channels of dialogue are closing rapidly. it seems they want signs from russia that they'll put pressure on the separatists in eastern ukraine. >> thank you very much. >> it looks like two veteran members of congress will fight for their jobs in november. in mississippi, six term republican senator cochran narrowly defeated the tea party candidate in a run off election. he led mcdaniel by only 6,000 votes.

the 76-year-old appealed to mississippi democrats for support before the election. democrats were eligible to vote in the republican run off as long as they had not voted in the democratic primary earlier in the month. >> declaring victory, but rangle's primary opponent, the state senator has not conceded defeat. he has 47% of the vote, she has 34%. we'll dive deeper into these two races later. >> chris christie's administration facing another bridge investigation, both the manhattan d.a.'s office and f.e.c. are looking into claims christie may have violated a law to get repair work done. the sky way connecting newark and new jersey city is undergoing construction. it is alleged he diverted funds from another project to rare the

sky way. i>> there is new criticism of te nation's health care system for veterans. oklahoma senator co burn saying a year long investigation revealing more problems than long wait times at v.a. hospitals. >> i feel horrible for what i've done. >> pauline says a manager forced her to keep a secret waiting list with more than a thousand veterans. >> she came out and she did say if you do not do it my way, i will personally by you a bus pass to the seventh street bus. >> she alleges it's still happening that her notes about seven patients who died waiting to see doctors were recently altered are erased. sally believes her father-in-law's case forced dewinter to come forward. he died after waiting two months for an appointment. >> i cursed at her, screaming,

crying that he was dead already. >> the allegations are "completely unacceptable and must be investigated." the office of special counsel is reviewing cases where patients claimed waiting made them sicker. >> we believe it's the tip of the iceberg in the number of complaints that maybe out there. these are just the complaints we know about. >> senator co burn claims 1,000 vets may have lost their lives waiting. >> when i hear we need more providers or money, i go nuts. this is ludicrous. >> lawmakers fear it could cost $50 billion to allow veterans to see private doctors. >> some of the worst flooding in years hitting minnesota, 34 counties under state of emergency, heavy winter snow pack melting combined with heavy rains is happening across the state from the north to iowa.

the mississippi expected to crest at 20 feet six inches thursday in st. paul, minnesota. >> the national weather service confirming a tornado touched down in indianapolis, the suburb of plainfield. several homes were uprooted, knocking down power lines, leaving 2500 without electricity, no injuries were reported. it was one of several storms to hilt the area, also causing flash flooding there. >> some strong weather is going to continue today. >> let's go straight to meteorologist nicole mitchell for more. that's crazy numbers out of the mississippi river. >> heavy rain, heavy rain, heavy rain and part of that has been that same system. it's a slow mover, so as it has moved along, and other problems, snow over the course of the

winter, recent melting and things already saturated, but then the heavy rain. little trib tears have been adding into minnesota and mississippi rivers here. you can see along the river areas, we are looking at as the major rivers start to get all that water in, even though the rain has moved off, the cresting is still happening, so the mississippi downtown through twin cities should be about 14 at flood stage. we are close to 20, expecting to crest with all of that through the day tomorrow. here's another man that shows little pings or places that were at or above flood stage and still with water rising. >> a trouble maker, flow off the gulf, with showers and storms. the northern end we've had the particularly heavy rain and more of that a little closer to the great lakes now, slowly making its way toward the coastline. some of that especially overnight, but today and tomorrow in general, already

causing flood concerns in the places that it has gone through. this is how all of this shapes up. you can see some places easily two to four inches with isolated spots when you get under thunderstorms, you get more, so watch that as you head out. >> still facing a drought southwest in california. >> massive landslides in china today, nearly a week of torrential rain left dozens dead and 3 million people affected. it has led to flooding and mudslides that toppled homes. hundreds of thousands being forced to relocate now. this is some of the worst flooding in decades in china. >> in south korea, students who survived the ferry accident returned to school. more than 70 survivors walked past weeping parents and friends. duties carried banners saying i love you. hundreds of classmates were

killed when that ferry went down. 75 were rescued. >> federal officials offering their answer to what led to the crash of asiana flight 214. >> will a bite come back to bite suarez? the latest incident that has the soccer world buzzing. >> a fisherman on the receiving end of a violent storm. video captured by citizen journalists around the world.

>> marching in support of sunni muslims just one clip captured from around the world. denouncing an injustice against sunnis, the crowd cheered a cleric for opposing hezbollah and syrian government. >> a fishing rod nearly becomes a lightning rod. slow motion footage is what you're seeing capturing a

lightning bolt touching down in the water behind a sandbar. it struck less than 150 feet from the fishermen. >> one of the world's only documented albino humpback whale sighted. those people got a glimpse of the massive mammal. you can see him one more time. he is believed to be about 28 years old. >> very cool. >> welcome to al jazeera america. the play during got ili-you are guy world cup game that literally made a mark on one player. >> taking a bite out of his opponent. >> the state department is warning against u.s. citizens traveling to honduras, the travel warning renewed first announced in december because of high crime. the president of honduras asked

the u.s. to help return thousands of migrants caught trying to enter the u.s. 3300 have been deported, sent back this year, many homeland. >> homeland security secretary will be traveling to arizona to tour border foss sits we've talked about. johnson wants to get a firsthand look at what border agents are up against as they deal with this flood of immigrants trying to cross the border into the u.s. yesterday, he faced a grilling on capitol hill over immigration issues. we have more on what johnson had to say. >> homeland security sector jay johnson said when thousands of children turn up alone on the southern border, it's a humanitarian crisis as much as a border security one. >> we're talking about large numbers of children without parents who have arrived at our border hungry, thirsty, exhausted, scared and vulnerable. >> some as young as five, many preteen making their way from

guatemala, el salvador and alone doors have tried to enter the u.s. in record numbers. more than 50,000 unaccompanied kids picked up by border agents so far this year. >> the principle reason they are leaving their countries is the conditions in those countries. they are really bad. it has to be really bad for a parent to want to part company with his or her own 7-year-old. >> democrats say the grim economies in central america coupled with gang violence are pressuring kids to flee north. aljazeera filmed these youngsters in detention last week. republicans don't buy it. bad economies and gang violence are nothing new in central america, they say. >> to say that that's the reason this we suddenly have tens of thousands of children, children almost entirely coming from guatemala, el salvador simply isn't true. i think that this humanitarian

crisis can be laid directly at the feet of president obama as a result of his policy in 2012. >> his deferred action for childhood rainfalls program allows shielding from deportation as long as they arrive before june. announcing faster deportation for those apprehended, new facilities, more immigration judges to be sent to the border areas to process cases. in the hearing room, the realization that the thousands of children who already crossed the line are in reality unlikely to be sent back. >> we are dealing with children and we get it, but we ought not be leaving the american people with the false impression that somehow the system is going to work and is actually going to lead to remove also. once those children are here, they're staying here.

>> aljazeera, new york. >> johnson plans to add 115 customs and border protection agents in texas to help deem with the in flux of children at the border. >> if there is one lesson most kids learn in kindergarten, it's that you don't bite your play mates. >> one international soccer star doesn't know that lesson. we have more on the incident that could take a bite out of one country's chances to win the world cup. >> you are guy's luis suarez is one of the world's great soccer players with a reputation for biting people on the pitch. he was at it again against italy. it could cost him. fifa charged him with biting italy's player one minute before you are guy scored to defeat italy 1-0.

the player gave the refuse a clear view of the bite marks. mean while, suarez grabbed his teeth. he could get a two game suspension up to years. >> suarez said these are situations that happen on the pitch. he has a history of letting his mouth get him in trouble. playing in the netherlands, he got a seven game suspension. in 2011, he called a player little black and received an eight game suspension. last year, he built into the right forearm of another player, costing him a 10-game suspension. in that latest incident generated swift reaction on twitter. former heavyweight boxer champ holyfield twice bitten by mike tice to know tweeted i guess any part of the body is up for eating. >> others tweeted doctored

photos of suarez wearing a pet cone around his neck to a famed movie character mask. >> the italian team has been asked to present evidence by 5:00 p.m. today. fifa will publish a decision. >> coming up in 30 minutes, we're going to talk about the french team in the world cup uniting a country and helping to ease racial tensions there. >> doctors may soon have a new tool to help detect breast cancer, a 3-d images technique combined with traditional mammograms. scientists say it reduced the number of times women had to be called back for additional tests. while mammography takes a single

picture, the new technology snaps a series of images. >> drivers for the ride sharing away uber are protesting against the company's unfair and unsafe business practices. the app allows drivers to be summoned and select how fans a car they need. drivers want an insurance gap to be closed between uber's high end cars. most of driver paid insurance. the cheaper cars don't require full insurance. >> $800,000 in penalties and fees for whole food, the chain didn't subtract the weight of containers and sold prepared foods by the item rather than the pound. each of the 74 whole foods stores in california now face random audits. >> microsoft fixed anoutage that left users unable to access

email accounts for nine hours tuesday. there's been no word about how many users were affected. it was a hot topic on social media sites. it was retired by 6:00 p.m. many exchange on line users complain they couldn't get any work done at the office. >> let's get a look at temperatures across the country today. >> just slightly cooler behind the front that brought all the rain with it. temperatures, minneapolis at 56, denver 58 ahead of that. especially near the gulf, a lot of 70's out here. some of these dewpoints also 60s, 70 degrees. that's the content of moisture in the atmosphere. it's very hard usually when you

sweat, it evaporates, you can't do that. with the temperatures in the ate's and 90's and all that moisture, it's going to be outside. you want to keep drinking water if you're out for any period of time. >> concerns over political fracturing in iraq days after a visit. how this rejection by malaki will impact the fighting on the ground just as u.s. add sizers arrive. we'll have a live report from jane in a raft coming up after the break. >> u.s. housing market with sales climb to go 22 year who is. the overseas threat that could destroy progress. >> putting a stop to poaching animals. some fighting to protect the youngest victims of these crimes. >> iraqi refugees fleeing their home land amid violence between government forces and sunni rebels. children among the hundreds of thousands who have already left, more continue to leave as the

fighting there intensifies. this is the humanitarian side of war.

>> a live look at a beautiful wednesday morning in new orleans. the sun coming up on the big easy. how some are offering a new incentive to help rebuild the ninth ward, coming up this half hour. >> welcome to al jazeera america. ahead, voters across the country casting ballots in several high profile races. they include two long serving lawmakers fight to go hold their jobs. we'll break down election results. >> the countries prime minister in iraq, malaki may be ignoring calls for a unity government. the u.s. has been urging him all along to include all religions and ethnicities. what did we learn from his speech today that might or might

not clear up all the confusion? >> the gloves are certainly off. they are strong words from prime minister malaki. he's saying that he believes that this is foreign interference, that they should stop it, not just the united states, he doesn't mention them specifically, but that only iraq can decide on its own government. let's listen to what he had to say. >> the core for forming a national unity government is simply an attempt by some in the opposition to launch a coup against our political process in order to destroy it. >> that doesn't mean he's not trying to form a government. it's essentially the difference between what he says is a a so-called unity government and coalition government that he is actually working very hard to put together. the problem is that he does not

want to be put under foreign pressure and this is a message saying that he is going to resist has pressure. there's no indication that he is not working very hard to put together the kind of government that will allow him to stay in power. >> it bears pointing out that the secretary of state is not the only one calling for a more inclusive government, so are clerics in the country. what effect will his decision have on the country moving forward? >> well, essentially, there isn't really a decision in these words as dramatic as they sound. this is the kind of thing he has said pretty much all along. it's the kind of feeling we've seen from the beginning that's helped lead to the fragmentation we're seeing here. essentially, they see pressure on them to include the june knees and kurds as an implicit coup, but again, he is reaching out to some extent to form a new

government. >> thank you very much. >> a series of small mistakes by the flight crew added up to a big disaster for a plane that crashed into the runway at san francisco airport last year, killing three people. >> that is according to the ntsb. they say a lot of mistakes in this case may have been avoided. >> in the final minutes when the flight was landing at san francisco international airport, the ntsb said the crew had several chances to avoid the impending crash. instead, the mistakes multiplied and plane went down. >> this crash that killed three people onboard could have been avoided if not for a cascade of errors. >> we had a pilot who was new in this airplane. we had an in instructor new as an in instructor. we had fatigue. we had issues rewarding

understanding the out makes. >> this ntsb animation shows the crew making nearly 30 mistakes with the descent, starting with the pilot turning off the auto pilot system, making the crew turning off the auto throttle, which determines the plane's speed. an alarm signaled the plane was flying too low to land. by then, it was too late. >> when it doesn't work, you have to see that it's not working and take action. >> the ntsb agrees that the automation contributed to the crash. >> the more complex automation becomes, the more challengeling to ensure that the pilots adequately understand it. >> investigators say the jet's automatic throttle should not be to easy to shut off and it should have better warnings. bowing, the maker of the plane

strongly disagrees, saying the entire auto flight system has been used successfully for more than 55 landings around the world, adding in this case the airplane systems performed as designed. ultimately investigators found it was human error on the part of the pilots that has the bulk of the blame. >> if you removed any one of those links, this was a lineup of a series of unfortunate events. >> the ntsb said mark responders on the ground were also at fault. a firetruck ran over one of the passengers, a teenager who had been thrown from the plane. the teen was alive on the tarmac but the truck killed her. the ntsb found two of the three passengers who died were not wearing seatbelts. they are saying that if they were, they would not have been ejected from the plane and may have survived. >> it's the lessons from these investigations which makes it so important. thank you. >> in oregon, a district court judge denied a request to throw

out the conviction of a bombing suspect. lawyers for the man said evidence was gathered illegally against him while agents were monitoring suspected terrorists overseas. the judge said the use was lawful. he was convicted last year of attempting to blow up a van as a christmas tree lighting in portland. he faces life in prison. >> veteran lawmakers may run for another term in november. in mississippi six term son tore cochran narrowly defeated his tea party candidate. he ran in part appealing to mississippi's democrats, they were ail to vote in the run i don't have as long as they didn't vote in the democratic primary earlier this month. he won by a difference of 6,000 votes. >> in in the morning city, ate

4-year-old rangle claiming victory. his opponent has not yet conceded did he defeat. >> dominic carter is a political analyst and blogger for the huffington post and joins us now. mississippi one of the tiest races in the country, cochran turning to democrats and african-americans to squeak it out, his opponent already crying foul. >> good morning, del. what happened in mississippi is remarkable. you're looking at what amount to say a victory for the establishment and for the tea party. i've been in mississippi within the year, and just in jackson-hines county alone with a large african-american

presence, turnout was five times higher in predominantly democratic districts. >> why would democrats vote for a republican? is this an indication they didn't believe they could beat the tea party challenger? >> it's very interesting. cochran had no other choice but to expand the base. if he left the base the way it was within just the republican party, he would have lost last night. so the real story behind what happened is the background of state senator mcdaniels and african-american voters, and union members -- >> but we're talking about african-american voters, not republican voters in a republican primary. >> right, but they were afraid of state senator mcdaniel and they felt that he was returning to mississippi's past, not mississippi's future. when you consider senator cochran, he is known as someone to deliver for the district, but

in mississippi, that almost worked against him, so he's delivered for everyone and african-american's turned out. >> charlie rangle said he is going back, his opponent said not so fast. is it too tight to call or is it over? >> it's over. mr. rangle has a 1900. advantage interns of his lead. they are about 2200 absentee ballots to be counted. almost all would have a break for espaillat. that's not going happen. >> whatever happened to low approval ratings for congress and incumbents thrown out come november. should we toss out the polls? >> all politics are local. that's the bottom line. in cochran's race in mississippi, he has delivered for the district. there was no rationale to

replace him. rangle has personality, longevity, the experience, he has people like bill clinton in his corner. these things count. >> dominic, thank you for being with us this morning. >> libyans hope for an end to years of anarchy heading to the polls today. this is the second parliamentary election there since long time dictator muammar gaddafi was ousted in 2011. the country has been gripped by violence ever since, struggling without a strong military or police force. elections were called a month ago with claims a general was plotting a coup. the u.n. is calling today's election an important step in transition toward democracy. >> there has been another attack on a pakistani airport, gunmen opening fire on a passenger plane landing last night. a female passenger was killed and two crew members injured. an attack earlier this month in

karachi left 39 dead. that sparked a major offensive by pam stan's army against the taliban. it signaled the end to a faltering peace crisis between the government and taliban. >> during rush hour in egypt can be power subway stations hat blasted. >> an elephant was somewhat of a celebrity in kenya killed last month. he was known for his large majestic tusks that probably cost him his live. >> it's feeding time at the sanctuary, located at the edge of my robey national park, taking in elephants from all over kenya. he was two years old when his

mother was killed. he stayed with her for three days before she died. her mother was also killed. when rescued, she had spear wounds. >> it is unfortunate that they are killed just because of their tusks, their ivory and elephants need this. >> these elephants were traumatized when they came here. they're going to be here for three years before reintegrated fully into the wild in five to 10 years, depending on how well they are and whether the other elephants accept them. >> these are sad days for the world's largest land based animal. 20,000 elephants were killed in africa, close to 1200 in kenya this year alone.

this one was one of the country's best known elephants because of his impressive tusks. africa has fewer has not 100 of these so-called great tuskers. >> i think that right now, we're at the tipping edge of losing elephants across large parts of africa. we've lost them in some countries already. >> that's why the illegal trade in wildlife is an issue being discussed in the united nations. >> there is a cost of $200 billion in illegal trade of wildlife each year. we need a sign up by international organizations to tackle this, because it is begin to go undermine efforts that have been made and threatening species with survival and threatening society, also. >> the demand for ivory today purr passes supply.

protecting these young elephants once out in the wild will be much harder. >> conservationists estimate close to 30,000 elephants are approached every year because of their tasks. >> building the comeback for the u.s. housing market. >> recent numbers are encouraging. is the rebound really built on strong ground and could a local bubble knock it out down. >> building a home to house the tar wars universe, the the

underside of ice with metal tires. nasa hopes to find if waters there host any kind of life. >> welcome back. just ahead, finding racial harmony in france. >> a new study said the gap between the rich and poor and everyone else widened since the great recovery and slow recovery. the richest 5% hat 24 times the wealth of the average adjustment household, 16 and a half times as much as reported in 2017. >> imagine paying almost next to nothing for a par yell of land in new orleans, part of a program to renovate the lower ninth ward. that neighborhood is still struggling a decade after hurricane katrina. >> nine years after the lower

ninth ward and hurricane katrina, the population is less than half of before the storm. vanessa lived here her whole life. >> it is frustrating, but we continue to fight the city to make sure those structures that need to be demolished, you'll see lots of them in eminent danger of collapse. >> while there has been some efforts here, like brad pitt's charity building more than 100 homes, the city has failed to put money in the lower ninth. now a new plan is aimed at repopulating the community, involving having the city sell more than 600 vacant lots it owns for just $100 each. >> i realize that nine years after hurricane katrina, the conventional ways of doing business aren't working. >> louisiana state representative is behind the plan that's already approved by the state legislature. it's modeled after efforts in

new york city and detroit. businesses won't move back to the lower ninth ward because not enough families are there. selling the lots for $100 gives incentive to move back and rebuild. >> in this process, it puts individuals in a better position. they can go to a bank and say i may not have the best credit or income, but i have a piece of property that may be worth $10,000 to $20,000 that's currently my own. >> contractors would not be eligible to buy the property. buyers would be limited to one property and must agree to keep it for five years. at recent community meetings, there's been huge interesting. >> getting emails from folks out of town that wanted to come back and couldn't. >> since the legislation involves changing the state constitution to sell the properties well below fair market rate, voters will have the final say in november on the

plan, a decision that could be crucial to bringing back this long-battered community. aljazeera, new orleans. >> new data suggestion the u.s. housing market rebounded last month. in may, new home purchases increased the most in 22 years. that was after an especially tough spring. new home sales grew 18.6%, the biggest one month gain since january, 1992, translating into 400,000 new home sales after a one year period, the strongest levels since may of 2008. the median sales price increased 6.9% to $282,000. joining us to offer thoughts on the u.s. and global housing market is jeff apell. how much do we need into these numbers from may? >> it's very, very good news. a rebound in housing.

housing has always been a big driver of our economy. >> how many months of this type of growth before we're on a path to sustained and healthy recovery in the housing market? >> i think that we've seen a continued on going recovery. i think that what we're seeing now is there's exuberance again in the housing market. we're seeing people flock to neighborhoods that are vibrant and seeing the buying decisions based on much more thoughtful process, which i think is very positive. >> that's all the data we've seen recently. point to real improvements in the economies and the brought expects of wages of americans. >> as people enter the housing market as buyers or investors, those investments into neighborhoods have a very positive effect. it not only helps the construction and builders who are entering the market, but all

the ancillary services that go into those neighborhoods. housing has always been a big factor when it comes to economic growth, lackluster for a long time. when we see data saying we're doing much better than 2008, that's very, very good news. >> you are very optimistic this morning. led me see if i can bring you back down back to earth. a global report that the international monetary fund put out is called global housing watch, warning that several countries, developed countries such as canada need to be aware of another potential housing bubble of the sorts that led to the financial disaster that we saw several years ago. global house prices, i want to take this chart, have now increased seven quarters in a row, slowly closing in on those levels when the bubble burst.

how much concern is there for another bubble bursting? >> in 2008, folks were buying homes with the expectation that they were absolutely going to increase in value and started using their homes not as a savings account, but as an a.t.m. in this market, we're seeing cash purchases across the country with 15-20% of the market to 40% of the market. >> new york city has foreign investors. >> fair enough, but 60% opposed to 40%. folks are putting more money to work in these investments and that is a strong sign that we're far from a bubble. >> thanks for being with us. >> you're welcome, thank you.

>> if you've followed the world cup, you probably noticed how dammont the french team has been and how diverse the players are. not everyone is celebrating diversity. >> it is a snapshot of diversity, a microcosm of the story of race and identity, a story of divided loyalties. it's an issue that receives minute scrutiny. the team is held up witness a positive symbol of integration. >> it's perceived that the minority players cause the trouble. when it goes well, everyone is well integrated and we see the fruits of a france which is successful. >> in brazil, things are going very well. french fans dare to believe they

could go all the way. as they did so famously in 1998, a similarly diverse team some hoped would be a template for better race relations. it didn't happen. tensions worsened. 2010, the world cup in africa, with training ground bus stops and early elimination, france fell out of love with its footballers. the nothing front pounced on it as a symbol of all that is was wrong. >> two wins in two matches reignited enthusiasm. disillusionment has been replaced by hope. >> integration is not working. we have to make it work better, sports, football is one element that can help. let's not fall into the same trap again. it won't be football or sports

itself that will forego a new french society. >> a good world cup run won't fix the myriad of problems, least of all the ones of race and national identity, but is proofing a much-needed distraction and for that, most are very grateful. aljazeera, paris. >> the french national team set to play ecuador today in the final game of group e. >> a last check at the wet weather today with nicole mitchell. >> the front causing problems as we head out the door. moving into the northeast, that will be the trend really today into tonight and tomorrow. it's not moving so fast. you might brave it without the rain jacket today into the coastline, but overnight for sure. heavy rain creating flood concerns. we still have that in the midwest where more rain will be on the way as the rivers fill

up. also, that flow along the gulf coast could cause a few problems here. the widespread area with scattered thunderstorms and those now. >> that's a lot of green. >> it could have been a galaxy far, far away, but george lucas picked chicago to house the new museum dedicated to his art collection and movie memorabilia. it will be built between soldier field and mccormick place. today, the museum board is expected to approve the site and name, the lucas museum of narrative art. >> soccer mania sweeping the u.s. as the americans take on germany for a chance to advance in the world cup. >> how fans are getting ready for the big game. that is tomorrow morning on aljazeera america. thanks for joining us this morning. >> ahead in just two minutes, the latest on the defiant speech

by prime minister malaki and the libyans go to the polls in the face of violence in the country. >> we will see you back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. make it a great day. this is a live news hour.

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