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>> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america. live wit in new york city. i'm tony harris. a decision by the justice on aereo. and amid the violence in iraq secretary of state john kerry warns against taking military action. he said it will only make things worse.
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>> it was a big day at the u.s. supreme court. today the high court gave a huge victory to the big four television networks. the justices ruled that the internet start up company aereo is violating copyright when it takes programs from the airwaves and allows viewers to watch the programs on smart phones and other devices. how did they lose this one? >> aereo is just over two years old but it was a company that struck fear in the heart of broadcasters. it allowed consumers to watch over the air, stream it by internet. the court decision against aereo may mean one less big competitor in the tv world. the nation's highest court has pulled the plug on an innovative streaming service that was hope to go change the way americans watched television.
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in a 6-3 decision the supreme court ruled start up aereo violates copyright law by rebroadcasting television programs without paying for them. it's a big win for television companies and the four major networks. >> it's probably the biggest supreme court decision in 20 to 30 years fo. >> reporter: aereo argued it was simply offering a modern version of old fashioned rabbit ears which allowed viewers to pick up free tv over the airwaves. but aereo's antenna is dime sized. customers used their antenna to access and download tv programs that can then be watched on mobile devices all for a monthly
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fee as low as $8. aereo insisted it was just providing the equipment, the antenna. the justices disagreed. justice breyer said aereo is identical to a cable system. and cable systems unlike aereo pay the networks to rebroadcast their programs. and those numbers are expected to reach $4.3 billion this year. aereo's founder said that it sent a chilling message to the technology industry. many in the tech world were worried about how the court might rule and whether it might affect technologies. >> i think the court heard those fears loud and clear and limited the decision to the specific context of television. >> reporter: the court did say its ruling would not put a
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damper on other technologies that store n in the clouds. >> reporter: this could mean the end of the company you. while the court was hearing arguments earlier this year, aereo's ceo said if it lost the case there was no plan b. >> in washington, thank you. the supreme court also thailanded down a strong defense of digital privacy. the justices ruled 9-0 that the police officers may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without a search warrant. roxana saberi joins us with more on this particular ruling. >> reporter: tony, the justices pointed out that smart phones like this can hold had a they call vast amounts of information. searching them would violate's people rights to privacy without a search warrant. activists are praising the decision but the justices sa
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the that they check cellphones because they will contain criminal activities. >> reporter: now the supreme court said there is one thing they can't search, area cell phone, because they hold much more personal information. in the ruling, modern cellphones are not just a convenience. they hold the privacies of life. in answer of what police should do, it's accordingly simple, get a warrant. many privacy advocates are applauding the decision. >> if a police officers gets ahold of your phone and they find out what is in there, that's is--they can access so much of your personal life that has nothing to do with the possible criminal case. >> reporter: the ruling has implications forever journalists. 14 news organizations including
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"the washington times," melt it was significant. journalists in particular are at risk because they carry not just theirs lives like everyone else in their cellphones and laptops but they carry information about co contacts, stories, photographs, the stuff of daily journalism. >> the privacy concerns outweigh the security concerns. people will look back on this case and they will point out that privacy has to be given priority. >> reporter: the court said it realized its decision will effect law enforcement's ability to fight crime but they said privacy comes at a cost. police can still search cellphones without a warrant in certain cases such as if someone is texting someone who is about to set off a bomb. >> roxana saberi, thank you.
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as world leaders discuss what to do about sectarian violence and bloodshed in iraq, the united nations said since june 5th 1300 people in iraq have been killed. the u.n. also said that a million people have been displaced since january. that includes the people who fled the civil war in syria. the world food program said they will need help to feed those who have fled iraq and syria. meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry made another call for an unity government in iraq. >> reporter: succeeding in this fight will require iraqis to come together finally in order to form an inclusive government. and in every meeting with leaders of each of iraq's main communities, i stress the importance, the urgency of them coming togetherred toed to do just that.
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>> jane, is prime minister nouri al-maliki rejecting john kerry's call for an inclusive government? >> reporter: basically, tony, what he's say something that he doesn't believe that he should be put under the kind of pressure that he is being put under to come up with a government that will by pass the constitution as he sees it. now what kerry and others are suggesting is that maliki devote even more intensive effort to come up with a coalition government that includes sunnies, kurds, and everyone else he has been feuding with over the past few years. what maliki addressed was the idea of a quote/unquote salvation government which will be something different basically an emergency government that would not give them the chance to put together that coalition. so by all accounts he is still working very hard to come up with a government, and it actually has to be done by tuesday, so he is under quite a
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bit of pressure. >> the distinctions and differences matter here. we're also hearing, jane, about new fighting near mosul. what do you know about that? >> reporter: accounts of shelling in a town that is part of the nineveh plains, a series of towns and villages that are homes to christians and other ancient minorities. they are part of nineveh province, the province that includes mosul, which fell to the isil. when the iraq military retrea retreated, now reports of shelling in a town where a lot of nuns and priests have fled, and a lot of people from mosul have taken refugee. it's less than ten miles from mosul and traditionally calm but not any more. >> one more for you.
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the first u.s. advisers have arrived in baghdad. what is their plan? >> reporter: well, one of the first things they're going to do is set up a joint coordination center with the iraqi security forces. a lot of these advisers are special forces. they're going to be leading the fight against the isil. now the joint coordination center is particularly important because coordination is one thing that the iraqi security forces are really short of. in addition to having deserted the field, given up mosul and given up other cities and towns because of lack of leadership, corruption and other problems there generally isn't a lot of coordination between the various army units, the intelligence agencies or anything else. the americans are going to come in and try to pull that together, and also they're expected to be out there with special forces units as well. >> all right, jane, in baghdad for us. thank you. in nigeria's capitol city of
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abuja government officials say an explosion at a shopping mall has killed 21 people. officials add that 17 others were injured. the blast came from a car bomb. al jazeera has more. >> reporter: the explosion was incredibly powerful. we're the epicenter where the explosion took place. what we can see here is at least seven or eight extremely burned out vehicles that have been completely blown to pieces, completely destroyed. windows of the shopping center are completely blown out, and there is a lot of vehicles and building debris as the emergency services are still unfortunately picking body parts off the floor. and it's simply a very terrible and chaotic scene. thousands have shown up here to
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see what's going on. the military has depleted and tried to hold back the crowds. many are shocked and concerned about what has gone on here, and what we understand speaking to the emergency services is that there are people who have been killed. now it's not clear how many, one unofficial report is suggesting somewhere around eight people, but we're also hearing conflicting figure of 21. apparently the police speaking to the news agencies talking about up to 21 dead. it's a terrible and chaotic scene in a place where people expect to be peaceful. >> so the abuja attack comes as the governor he i of the borno state reports more mass kidnappings. villagers were abducted from several villages over a three-day period. andrew simmons has more now from
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northeastern nigeria. >> reporter: this checkpoint leading to a no-go area where boko haram have a big presence. it was one of the commanders from this state-run joint task force who was the first to report on the mass kidnapping. he was within six kilometers within the security zone. now the state governor who employ these men say an inquiry is underway but there are checks on accuracy reports. here in the state capitol, where the food queues are steadily getting bigger no one is surprised by reports of more abductions. aside from hunger there is unrest here and anxiety, fear. the need is obvious. food, shelter, safety. what they all want are assurances of the future.
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who will look out for their security, and who stands accountable for all that has gone wrong. >> this woman was attacked by the boko haram, her husband was shot dead. then his killers came to burn her house down. she said the nigeria army were nearby. >> if they had come then we'd be happy. they should have saved him. because they are the ones who are supposed to protect us. >> musa karomi is from a nearby village. he believes the government has been negligent. >> we're independent. innocent. when we report on an attack they rarely come. every day we used to hide morning, noon or night. that's how bad things are. >> reporter: there is a growing feeling of hostility not just
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towards boko haram, but also the army and politicians. what the people want more than anything else is to go back to their old way of life. for now throughout this region there is no prospect of normalcy return. andrew simmons, northern nigeria. >> in ukraine applications and government leaders are again calling for a permanent cease-fire but rebels in the east say they will not comply. separatist leaders say they will call off fighting only until the temporary cease-fire ends on friday. meanwhile squirmishes continue, in belgium n.a.t.o. leaders called on russia to stop the flow of weapons and fighters across it's border. >> we believe it is critical for putt on it prove by his actions, not just his words, that he is, indeed, fully committed to peace. until russia fully brings that kind of commitment to the peace
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process and the stability of ukraine the united states and europe are compelled to continue to prepare greater costs, including tough economic sanctions with the hopes that they will not have to be used. >> paul brennan has more now from eastern ukraine? >> reporter: for the moment the cease-fires are going to remain in place. de facto crease fires that are already sporadic exchange of fire. of course we've had that helicopter shot down 4 hours ago, now just over 4 hours ago. it put severe strain on the government side of the unilateral cease-fire. but it seems that president poroshenko has chosen that he will not end his cease-fire early. he'll keep it going through friday. but it has allowed him to put more pressure on the russian president vladimir putin. president poroshenko held a conference call involving
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himself, the german chancellor angela merkel, and penitentiary president hollande today. all three of them in a telephone call with president putin telling president putin more is neede needed from russia in order to de-escalate the situation. we understand there will be another conference call on thursday. so it's not ending with just one call. the types of measures being proposed, requested, demanded from the russians are to allow the monitoring, the international monitoring group to monitor the border area, this flash point area where it is alleged that rush has allowed militia and weaponry to cross into ukraine. also for them to monitor the roadblocks that have spring up, and have been the scene of abductions and hostage taking in recent weeks. in addition they also want a comprehensive list of those hostages to be exchanged both between the separatist side and the kiev government.
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and for rush to bring huge pressure to bear to release the hostages that they are holding. now those are pretty--it's a pretty comprehensive list. and now the ball is pretty much in vladimir putin's court in how he's going to respond. >> next on al jazeera america, a couple of lawmakers who have spent decades in washington fend off tough challenges. and another reason to hate that long cold winter earlier this year. new data shows that it put the brakes on the u.s. committee. at least for a while.
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>> we should tell you the republican establishment is breathing pretty heavy sigh of relief following a victory over the tea party last night in the mississippi senate primary run off. david shuster has more. >> yes, tony, republicans in washington say they're one step closer to taking over the senate, and derailing the final years of the obama presidency.
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cochrane, who is a shoe in this november in mississippi, a republican state, had been under constant conservative attacks in the primary. here's how he described his victory. >> a consensus for more and better jobs for mississippi workers. [ cheering ] a military force and the capacity to defend the security interests of the united states of america. >> cochrane won by reaching out to democrats and african-american voters. mcdaniel refused to concede the race and blasted cochrane's tactics. >> there is something a bit strange. there is something a bit unusual
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about a republican primary that's decided by liberal democrats. >> republican establishment groups including the senatorial committee and business organization the u.s. chamber of commerce are the big winners. the last three weeks they poured money and resources into the mississippi election, they raised $1 million between the primary and yesterday's primary run off and had 100 staffers and volunteers beating on doors and making calls. they now won't have to worry about mcdaniel's racist or sexist remarks will bring down the republican party this fall. the establishment with a victory in colorado. former congressman bob beauprez beat tom tancredoa former member of congress. here in new york democratic voters have granted another two
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years to 84-year-old charlie rangel in the heavy democratic district of harlem, he leaves his challenger 47% to 44%. they called the race in rangel's favor. the delay was due to absentee ballots. rangel first did an imitation of television announcers. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have all been waiting for this moment with a lot of tension and perhaps a lot of anticipation. >> then he handed the microphone to congressman gregory meeks. >> the chairman has won! the chairman has won! >> finally we just got another sign of the times when it comes to money in politics. republican congresswoman is about to celebrate her 30th wedding anniversary. she has invited friends and
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family to a big party in miami, but she does not want gifts. instead, she has asked gifts to contribute money to her political action committee. happy anniversary. >> really? you can't make it up. david shuster. >> in data release shows the u.s. economy took a big hit i in the first quarter of this year. jen rogers is in for ali velshi. jen, good to see you. what is going on here, jen? >> reporter: i know, well, the economy took a nose dive really in the first three months of the year. gross domestic products, this is the most comprehensive measure we have for goods and services put out by the economy. it plummeted 2.9%, the sharpest decline in five years. all winter long, you remember the crazy winter blamed for disrupting economic activity,
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the commerce department hinted as much, but then came out and said there was a 1 hers contraction, and now they've got all the data gathered, it's complete, they've come out and they have this revision to the gdp number, it's 3 points blow the official number they came out with. >> it's cold every year, why did economic activity shrink so much during the opening parts of the year. >> it's true that january, february and march are cold but it was more than just bad weather. jobless benefits for millions of americans expired in january. we had food cut cuts to food stamps that kicked in. finally, we have exports of u.s. goods, those fell in the first months of the year. and really we talk about the weather, we joke about it, but it was really bad. you add it all up, and that's
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where we are. >> so has the economy rebounded this spring? >> it's not in such bad shape. we have consumer confidence, more jobs are being added every month, and the housing market is chugging along. all of that with the economy and the opening months of 2014 will undoubtedly hurt the u.s. growth for the entire year. we already have the international monitory fund out, it's down to 2% growth. that's barely more than last year's growth. and with today's report you can see the imf to reverse that downward again. obviously a question a lot of people are asking, is this dismal showing early on going to drag down the rest of the year? whatever the case the u.s. is probably not headed to another recession. >> yes, let's hope not.
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>> jen, appreciate. good to see you. real money tonight at al jazeera america. >> go pro cameras have climbed mountains, dived deep in the ocean and now head to wall street. the makers of the camera go-go to the nasdaq stock exchange. they hope to raise $400 million making the company worth $3 billion. and coming up on al jazeera america, the isil has made it clear that the threat in iraq can be a threat to the entire region. that's coming up next. a newly released letter for peter greste in response to his seven-year prison sens sentence.
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>> kerry's warning came out after nouri al-maliki ignore calls for a national government. earlier, i spoke with edward, the former assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. i asked him what the success of isil in northern iraq says about al maliki's leadership. >> what it says about the al maliki government is that the defense structure of the armed forces has not truly honored itself on the field against a group. i don't know if i can call it a pair military group. it's a very effective military group. but the fact that this group was
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able to take over mosul the second most important city in iraq, and that according to the reports that the iraqi military shows you that there is a real problem within the ranks of the military structure, and a lot of that can go to the political leadership. in my view maliki has proven himself to be not a national leader of the iraqi people bringing together the kurds, the sunnies and the shia and other groups but has assumed the role of a sectarian shiite liter. leader. that's not what iraq needs. it needs a lettered who will bring together all the component parts of the iraqi people. >> you say the isil, isis, has forced the international community and the united states to take action. let's talk about options here. are you advocating for more from the united states, for example,
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than surveillance flights and military advisers on the ground. >> let me say that all options are bad. the fact that the united states has had to reconsider sending back american military personnel albeit very limited in number of 300 back into iraq after the basic decision was to withdraw the american military presence and participation in iraq, and back in 2011, i mean, this is a major change in the course of events. what bothers me is the reassertion of american troops even be it in a limited way as president obama has decided in this instance, there has always be mission creep, and we can find ourselves involved in a much larger way in iraq, and that is a concern. >> how serious of a threat to the region now, we're talking about iraq. we're talking about syria,
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lebanon, on and on is isis and isil? >> i am of two minds on this because when you look at it, if you will numerically, it is a force of only from the reports that i've seen not more than 11,000-odd fighters, but they are extremely well organized. they have an infrastructure, administrative infrastructure, an accounting infrastructure. they've been able to seize almost $500,000 from banks in mosul. they have accumulated considerable wealth in terms of ransom, kidnappings, extortion, and tapping in to oil reserves in the regions in syria and elsewhere in iraq where they are present now. so this is a very sophisticated operation. the likes of which i don't think
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we've seen. it's quite distinct from al-qaeda. this is a formidable but small operation to be quite, quite frankly, a game change center the middle east. if you look at isis entering the borders that have been in place since 1922 is a game changer. marching in on baghdad is a game changer potentially. unless they're stopped militarily i fear they may an destabilizing force in the region as a whole. >> the ambassador went on to say that if isil is not stopped we could see further destabilization and redrawing on the map of the middle east. i spoke with george mitchell who served as envoy under president
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obama, and i asked about the fundamentalist groups within the region and whether they can be attributed to the u.s. invasion in iraq. >> the notion that the conflict began with the united states i think is plainly false and contradicted. now we do have a problem. we should help. but ultimately it is the people of iraq who will decide the future of iraq. the people of syria who will decide the future of syria. egyptians who will decide the future of egypt. we can help, encourage, insist and especially those who want more open, tolerant regime, who want government who is provide the basic services that give people opportunity, jobs, schools, healthcare. that's what people want, and we can do what we can to help, but we cannot view this as it is the responsibility of the united
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states to fix what's happening in iraq. the really tough part of democracy, which we are still struggling as the greatest and longest in history, the really tough part is how do you reconcile the two pillars of democracy, majority rules but you protect minority rights. we have a tough time with it. those countries have a tough time with it. you can see what is happening in egypt now, iraq in that context. >> i'm just telling you it was a terrific conversation. it airs this saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, that's 2:00 p.m. pacific. al jazeera correspondent peter greste is speaking out about the sentence to seven years in egyptian prison. he wrote, quote:
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>> mohammed fahmy was also sentenced to seven years. bader mohammed was sentenced to ten years. today an absolutely extraordinary event, journalists, diplomats, press freedom advocates gathered at the united nations to show their support for all three men. al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays is here with more on the event. james, first of all, it was great to see you. thank you for inviting me. it was terrific to be there in the presence of all of those folks fighting for this
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principle. so worth fighting for. tell us more about the goal of the day's event. >> well, it is about applicable and our three journalists. we've got to find a way to get them out even though they have these harsh, long sentences. the idea was to bring together journalists, diplomats. >> in the same room. >> to get them to talk about this and what are we going to do about this. we had representatives from 17 different countries. 15 countries sit on the security council. of those eight sent representatives to the meeting. >> this is extraordinary. we both had good moments today. >> well, he came to the event. we were surprised but we invited everyone, and the egyptians surprised us by turning up. he made the point, the point egyptian authorities made so many times, but he made it on camera at this event today said that the egyptian judicial system is independent of the
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government completely independent. you and i, of course, challenged him. >> we have a bit of sound from today's conversation. and we want to play it for you right now. >> we highly respect that all of course i can understand the sentiments that you're expressing with solidarity to colleagues in the same profession, but we're speaking about a legal case, a legal procedure. we're very well-known to have all the judiciary, one of the best. i fully trust our judicial system, and i have confidence that due procedures will be followed and justice will be done in such cases as in all other cases. >> it was a diplomat answer, but james, you did not let that stand. you continued to push on that point with a couple more questions following up on what he had to say. >> yes, i said if you've got such an independent judiciary
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then surely your government can condemn what is such a farcecal verdict. i think we need to look at other place to see where this goes, where we can get some movement. one place to look is africa. >> well? >> equatorial guinea because there is a meeting taking place right now. ban ki-moon, the united nations genera secretary general is there. >> is there a role for the u.n. to play here and pushing for press freedom or generally for the release of our journalists? >> reporter: well, our journalists, and it's right, it's such an outrageous coverage. there are lots of journalists detained in egypt, in the middle east, and the wider world. our journalists are focusing on that wider issue. >> james, great to see you. thanks for the invite today. it was terrific to be there and fighting for this so valuable
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principle. good to have you here. in spain princess christina, the sister of the newly crowned king phillippe was hit with tax fraud charges and her husband was charged for embezzle money earmarked for sporting events. teenagers who survived the deadly south korean ferry accident. they had been staying in a facility just outside of seoul taking classes and safing therapy sessions. 14 craw members have been charged with negligence. in libya polls opened for the election since the ouster of muammar qaddafi. the vote is taking place while much of the country deals with political in-fighting.
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>> reporter: turn out is not expected to be high, but those who do cast their ballots for a new parliament in libya will do so hoping for an end to the violence and lawlessness that has gripped the country since the fall of muammar qaddafi three years ago. >> at this time we need brave men who will put the country before themselves. we will do our part, and god willing we hope to have good and better people. >> reporter: but the hope that this election will bring stability to libya seems to be a forlorn one. it is the third national vote since 2011, and still there is no viable army or police force. the government is routinely ignored by former rebel groups and tribes vying for control of territory and the country's oil wealth. in the past they have kidnapped a prime minister, attacked the parliament, and blockaded oil terminals. tensions are particularly high
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in the east. in libya's second largest city bengahzi. here a former army general has declared war on religious fighting groups that he calls terrorists, and the countries that he says support them, turkey and the gulf state of qatar. >> we've always hoped for the best, and god willing it's part of libya. even if there are a hundred elections we'll continue until we build a country. >> reporter: this election may be another step in libya's transition process after decades much auto cratic rule. but it's a process not yet over. al jazeera. >> okay, two big wins from advocates of same-sex marriage today. and maria ines ferre has the details of the headlines. >> reporter: courts in utah and indiana both struck down same-sex marriage bans today. a federal judge in indiana said
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the state ban is unconstitutional. he ordered officials to start issuing marriage licenses immediately. separately, a court of appeals in utah upheld a prior ruling that found the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. dozens of property owners in arizona are suing the state over a deadly wildfire. more than 160 plaintiffs claim the wildfire last july was mismanaged. 19 mountain grant hot shots died when they were overrun by flames. the lawsuit calls for damages as well as more protection for firefighters. a follow up to a story we brought to you this week. united nations is criticizing the decision to turn off water to those who owed on their water bill. 4500 customers had their water turned off last month, and more
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than half paid up afterwards. a teenager in new jersey is accused of logging in as a teacher and changing grades and attend records. the sophomore some how obtained the deeper's passwor teacher's password. other students were paying the student to change their grade so they would pass. the students who allegedly paid for that student to make those grade changes, well -- >> they're in trouble, too. >> they were suspended. >> i get by with a little bit of help--you can't get back with this kind of help from your friends. you're back? >> reporter: i am. >> a man wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. now activists are trying to get him out. now hunters are bringing focus to illegal poaching by killing a well-known he will haven't in
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>> so listen to this, a nigerian man who renounced islam, his family forced him into a psychiatric ward. >> reporter: 29-year-old mubarack said he woke up in a psychiatric ward in a deeply islamic part of nigeria. he tweeted that he was drugged and forced into the ward because he renounced his religion. this is what he tweeted about. hey said about his father being a leader in the forefront of the islamic movement in nigeria, he cannot afford to have a non-muslim family member, so he declared me insane. he tweeted pictures from inside the sick trick ward. a none profit in the cushion has gotten involved in this case. a lawyer is trying to get him out. he said it's a complicated case because his family said that he
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had psychological problems prior to his departure from islam. his family said it would be risky to have mubarak from outside of the ward. i spoke to one of the activists in nigeria trying to get mubarack out. take a listen. >> human rights are supposed to supersede every other kind of right. in nigeria, religious rights supersede rights. that's a recipe of progress, a recipe of peace. we need everybody to talk about this. >> reporter: and people are talking about this under the hashtag free mubarack. there is also a chang more at change petition.org. >> there was an elephant who was something of a significant brit in kenya. he was killed last month. he was known for his large, majestic tusks that likely cost
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him his life. >> it's feeding time. it's located at the edge of nairobi international park and takes elephants from all over kenya, most often by poaching. this elephant was two years old when his mother was killed. he stayed with her three days before she died. >> it is unfortunate that they are being killed because of their tusks, their ivory. elephants needs this ivory. >> reporter: these elephants were very traumatized when they came here. they'll be in this sanctuary for three years before being
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integrated into the wild in five to ten years depending on how well they adapt, and how well the other elephants accept them. last year poachers killed about 27,000 elephants in africa. most recently this one. he was one of the country's best known elephants because of his impressive tusks. they are no more than ten such elephants left in kenya now. africa has fewer than 100 of these so-called great tuskers. >> we're on the tipping edge of losing elephants across large parts of africa. >> reporter: that's why the illegal trade in wildlife is one of the main issues being discussed at the united nations environment assembly being held in nairobi. >> there is an economy of $200 billion engaged in illegal
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wildlife trade every year. we need international organizations to tackle this because it is beginning to undermine not only the efforts that have been made but threatening species with their survival and threatening societies. >> reporter: the demand for ivory greatly surpasses the supply. and unless that changes protecting these young elephants once they're out in the wild will be harder than peace here. >> so coming up, the biter. still one of the biggest stories to come out of the world cup in brazil. his possible punishment and a look ahead to teen u.s.' game against germany. we have jen rogers in for ali velshi. >> reporter: today on "real money," we'll look how a company went out of business. and making sure the new friday, we'll have all that and more on "real money."
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>> argentina fans crossed the border into brazil to watch today's game against nigeria. the city sent riot prison into the stadium. argentina came out with the 3-2 win but both teams will advance to the round of 16. here in the united states all eyes are on team usa as it perhaps to take on the powerhouse that is germany
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tomorrow. lucia newman has more. >> it was an unprecedented game here where there are still thousands of argentines who will be celebrating long into the night. the security here was unprecedented because they were between 80 and 100,000 argentines who crossed the border to see their team play nigeria. the security was this type because of fears of argentine hooligans could disrupt things, 20 were found and deported. by the end of the day the game went by withou without a hitch. just a lot of very, very happy argentines. now looking ahead all eyes are going to be on the game thursday between the united states and germany. germany is generally thought to be the stronger team, but remember this has been a world cup which has brought if nothing surprises. and so nobody at this point is willing to bet on who is going to win. >> we have to tell but a new
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fallout from the uruguayan soccer player who is accused of biting another player. fifa has charge luis suarez for biting another player. john terrett has been looking into this, and a deep investigative dive. >> reporter: when i first heard this, i thought what in the sam hill is ray suarez doing biting these people. >> what in the sam hill. >> reporter: it was the other suarez, luis suarez, and a warning, look out for the dental parts. >> the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth that's how suarez waved good buy to giorgio chiellini and his team. they snatched victory and the italians went home.
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the twitter sphere erupted. does anyone know if luis suarez likes chiani and fava beans? suarez was quoted as saying these situations happen on the field. i had contact with his shoulder. nothing more. things like that happen all the time. today, suarez's team is under armed guard because of what happened. fifa is awaiting all the match reports to evaluate the matter. this is not the first time suarez has struck. in 2010 the reigning english player of the year bit a player on the shoulder earning himself a seven-game suspension. he beat a player from manchester united and he hit a player on the arm.
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of course the most famous fighter in all sports is the boxer mike tyson who bit the ear of evander holyfield. holyfield with his tweet of the day, i guess any part of the body is up for eating, he says. for now only one thing is for certain. the newspapers are loving it with headlines chew dirty rat, and chewy luis, it remains to be seen if suarez turns out to be three bites and you're out. a decision that needs to be made before saturday when uruguay takes on columbia in the next round. >> chewy luis is in the news. do you get it? the fifa can impose a ban of 24, but so far they've only issued eight. >> liverpool, they love him
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