>> 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. immigration crisis. president obama seeking billions of dollars in emergency fund to respond to the flood of immigrants crossing the border. russian jets arrive in baghdad as rebel forces recall on terror on trial. the man accused of master minding the benghazi attack arrives in the u.s. >> we are in seattle - get

arrested for drug and prostitution activity - you have less than an hour to decide - get helped or get booked. that story coming up. good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. we begin this morning with a plea from the white house. the obama administration asking congress for more than $2 billion just to try to solve a growing humanitarian crisis. tomorrow president obama will send a letter to lawmakers asking for emergency funds to curb the surge of unaccompanied children crossing in the united states from central america. president obama homes to give whomland security more power to they can deport immigrants home,

and tougher penalties for coyotes. since late last year 52,000 kids and 39,000 women and children have been caught making the journey. president obama addressed the influx in a television interview asking parents to stop sending the kid north. >> our direct message to the families in central america. do not send your children to the borders. if they make it they'll be sent back. importantly, they may not make it. >> on saturday nancy pelosi, house mibority -- minority leader paid a visit to a border patrol area. and called on fellow members to reverse the trend. >> the purpose of my visit was to see what could we in congress to to help. we have a moral responsibility to address this in a dignified way. >> the u.s. needs to turn the crisis into an opportunity to

show... ..many of the kids that nancy pelosi is referring to are fleeing their countries. coming up at 7:30, we follow a team searching for a better life in america. we have a preview from paul beban. san paid roe is called the murder capital of the world, ground zero for gang battles, a deadly city on earth. we were told that without a military escort we'd be killed or kidnapped if we wept near amex and -- alex and axel's home. >> this is a typical neighbourhood, the place were axel and proteders and sisters grew up. we will not take you there because being here would cause attention. >> the largest military offensive in iraq is upped way. iraqi state tv says the army is sending reinforcements and is in

control of the area which is something that i.s.i.l. denies. officials say 60 members of the group have been killed, and troops will make a move towards mosul. russia sent fighter jets to iraq, to agrees share arsenal, but... ..it's create... (technical difficulties) . >> well, this is seen as a bit of a snub to the united states of america. now, the united states had promised iraq it would deliver 34 f-16s in what was seep as a landmark -- seek as a landmark deal. the first are ready to be delivered but sat in fort worthed texas. they were to be delivered in the fall. the iraqis told the men's they need them now, why are you slow-rolling the delivery, we

node them now. the pentagon say the planes were not due to be delivered until the fall, so we are op schedule to deliver them, leading to frustration, and the decision that nouri al-maliki made is if we can't get them from the americans, we need them now, we'll find second-hand jets. they are likely to be able toive according to the iraqis in the next two or three days. they are confident that - we'll hear what the iraqis have to say. >> translation: we are in urgent need of aircraft of the they'll come into service in the next 3-4 days to support the iraqi units. >> three or four days, but will they be ready. they are not lapped -- lapping on the apron and ready.

the iraqis have hell-fire missiles, not compatible with the sukhoi, they need service contracts, maintenance. three or four days by most reckoning is optimistic. they'll see what impose on in tikrit. they need to get the planes in the air as soap as possible. >> that was imran khan reporting. more than 1 million have been displaced in iraq, forcing them to search for medical help. we met some in jordan. >> reporter: families like these are risking a journey through we were iraq to get medical assistance in jordan. they droe for 14 hours to get to the crossing. a journey that has taken four hours. this man says they have to take a risk because his daughter

needs medical help. >> translation: we'll take her to imam for medical treatment. in baghdad they don't have duration who can help her. >> reporter: they took the back roads from baghdad to try to avoid the fighting. they say they suffered a loss in the group. in the car behind them is a woman in mourning. >> translation: i've come from iraq to see a psychiatrist because my son died 21 days ago, a victim of the fighting. he died in dhuluiya. >> reporter: the hospitals in imam receive some victims of the war. it's hospital like that where people can get the attention they need. some of the injuries are pushes on the scup. medecins sans frontieres or doctors without borders are

treating patients. >> patients are transported by air or road. >> the situation in iraq is good, but recently with the war, i am sure everything has been changed. in case they need help or they can do something for them, they can come to the hospital and see if they are marching, why not. >> the nor weegean refugee committee says 1.2 iraqis have been displaced. >> i have been planning to respond to the crisis in anbar. it's been very ditto mobilize resources for that. knowing already that there's a huge demand in the region for the syrian crisis. >> while there are people out there helping iraqis, the humanitarian situation is not getting better. the agency says it's only

received 8% of the funding it needs. people are looking for a way out of the difficulties they are in. i.s.i.l. is believed to be gapped a car bombing that killed two people, and wounded dozens of other in syria on saturday. the bomb exploded in the middle of a busy market, a day before the start of ramadan. it happened in duma which has been under control for a couple of years. in ukraine, pro-russian separatists defied a ceasefire killing soldiers. hours after the attack, four observers were released, according to the organisation for security cooperation in europe. more o.s.c.e. monitors were seized days later and are beep held. the libyan suspect accused in a

2012 attack in ben is on american soil. ahmed abu chattalah appeared in a u.s. court for the first time on saturday, and is expected back in court next week much he pled not guilty to charges, more from our correspondent in washington. >> reporter: he is ahmed abu chattalah, he is the main suspect in an attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi libya on september 11th, 2012. the attack killed the u.s. ambassador and three of his staff. earlier on saturday ahmed abu chattalah was blown to washington by helicopter. he had been held on board and interrogated by investigators since his capture two weeks ago by u.s. special forces. on saturday he appeared here, before a federal judge. he pleaded not guilty. and insisted he was in the.

the u.s. justice department has charged him on three counts, including murder and providing material support to terrorist. security analysts jj green was in the courtroom. he says the appearance in federal court was the first opportunity for the judge to determine if he was fit to stand trial. >> people were trying to get an idea of what kind of state of mind he may have been in, what state of health he may have been in. clearly i think the number of people wanted to make sure that he was, indeed, clear and prement. >> the attack was controversial in the yate, days before it -- united states, days before it occurred, an anti-y muslim video was posted on youtube, causing

protests. republicans allege the administration was covering up important details about the case, to protect president obama's chances for reelection two months later >> the fact is we had four dead americans, was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans. >> they claimed that hillary clinton's review was suspect also, as she had aspirations to the white house. >> republicans charge that the attack highlights failed white house policies. there have been countless investigations, including by a special committee. the trial of ahmed abu chattalah is expected to be watched closely by politicians on both sides. israeli war planes struck gaza for a second time, coming after nor round of rockets was

launched on the gaza strip. one hit a building in southern is ram, sparking the fire. 50 rocts targeted israel, and intentions escalated after three israeli teenagers wept missing on june the 12th. north korea test-fired two short-raping missiles off the water. they were believed to be skud missiles, and they expressed anger over a skud mice ill filed in the yellow sea. this has been the scope of several missiles. hundreds are trying to contain the w50i8d fire. it spread over 5,000 acres. it's inching into the apache forest. high temperatures are keeping the embers burning. people more raub is in the forecast. to protect homs and businesses from flood water, resist

companies are building disicks and piling and bags up to five feet wide. 50 homes have been affected. there's no end in site for the wet weather. >> let's turp to meteorologist deepwater horizon. looks like a summer bum are >> it is. there's a storm system in the midwest. we had the same pattern over the last several weeks, keeping us wet and soggy. a number of warnings exist for a number of rivers across the area, including the mississippi river at a flood stage around st. paul miles per hour. they are dealing -- around st. paul minnesota. heavy down falls, and the risk of isolated tornado. tornado warning up. and it includes russell prescription in kansas, as a batch of storms play up here across kansas.

we are seeing the heavier doup pours, watching for the rain, further south around the mem fess area. here the area shaded in red, we are under the threat of strong to severe storms. here is a look at what we were expecting. damaging wind and hail. the tornado threat was down. we have a little more energy in place, which is why the storm prediction updefrauded the risk to a moderate risk, including parts of iowa and kansas and nebraska. here is a look at the setup. there's a cold front pushing to the east. eventually we'll see more of the weather, and more of the great lakes as we head into monday, tuesday, and the north-east will see the storms as well. as we head to the south central, there's the rain across memphis, flash floods effect for the memphis area, at least until 8:30.

some rods reporting one to two feet of water. >> thank you so much. >> the supreme court ruling this week on a case that pitt religious liberty against women's rights. the justices deciding if for-profit organizations are rurd to cover contraception. hobby lobby, a chain of craft stores cheaped the requirements saying it cop nucted with -- conflict with its religious views. and aereo was told it was violating copyright law. instead of offering offenders handcuffs souped advice is -- sound advice. >> seating police have controlled the streets on bucks. >> are you down okay, man, you are not looking good. >> reporter: looking for and

talking to people using or dealing drugs. they encounter skyler. >> what is your drug of choice? heroin. >> reporter: they are familiar faces. long-time addicts who get arrested. instead of handcuffs officers are offered hope. >> we have someone here that can help. >> reporter: police team up with social services with a programme, lead or law enforcement diversion. officers can put them in contact with a counsellor that can hep them get food, counselling. >> he was smoking crack cocaine, i could have arrested him. >> reporter: instead he works to convince michael to get help and avoid gaol time. this is the seattle neighbourhood. the non-violent offenders have less than an hour to decide. be directed to social services for help and be booked.

>> you've been sober for a year. >> two years, two months and six, seven days. >> abraham entered l event ad after several years in gaol. maybe 20 smarps and seven felonsies. the case manager connects him to the services he needs, and makes sure he follows through. >> doing the work not just to do it, get all the services for them, but teach them how to do it so they can be se self-explaining. long term it's believed to be the solution. >> we'll save more money than we invest in emergency room costs, gaol and prison. all those things. we don't expect perfebz. instead we are there to provide the support that leads to somebody getting off the street and having success and not be a burden to the public.

>> reporter: abraham agrees. >> programs like it should be implemented. during patrol officer burns tells michael he's better off going with the lead counsellor than staying on the streets. it doesn't take much convincing. pope francis is back on the job this morning despite serious health care concerns. the 77-year-old hosted a celebration for the feast day of st. peter and st. paul, but ha to cancel an ept on friday because he was sick. the vatican insists there's no reason to worry the dropout dilemma. why more and more clem students are not paying it to graduation. meeting the demand on food safety. tracking your food to the table. and superson uk saucer -

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check it out, it's the stuff of science fiction. n.a.s.a. tested what is known as a low density supersonic desell rater on saturday. n.a.s.a. declared the mission a success despite problems with the parachute. scientists hope to use the space saucer on the next mission to mars. welcome back, i'm morgan radford, welcome to al jazeera america, live from new york city. staggering college drop out rates, bit first the weather with meteorologist deepwater horizon. >> we have a heatwave on our hands from texas where we are sitting in the low to mid 80s. it's a warm start. 82 degrees in corpus kristi. over the next couple of days the heat will be focussed across to the west. the flow is bringing in gulf

moisture. we have heat advisories in place across the we were portions of texas, through tuesday morning. today you can expect high temperatures in the triple digits, one of two in el paso, 94. here is what you can expect. warm in chicago. up to 91 in houston. and low 80s across the north-east. thank you. a.c.t. and s.a.t. scores will be option all for students applying to a university on long island. students will decide if it will be a part of their application. instead of standardized tests, they'll focus on high school performance. the new policy applies to under grads entering in the fall of 2015. not international or home school. the rules of getting into

college may be changing but keeping students is a challenge. the rising costs is an issue. as patty culhane reports, it's forcing a lot of student to drop out. >> reporter: it's the time of year when mass ihalls fill with -- massive halls fill with students, a sea of gowns and occasional confetti. [ sings ] >> reporter: the energy and excitement na is college graduation. the 7,000-plus graduates paint an impress ifigure until you -- impressive figure until you realise how many they started with that didn't make it. according to a harvard study, the u.s. has the highest dropout rate. 44% of students enrolling in a 4-year college do not graduate. people like this woman who dropped out because she koop afford it. -- couldn't afford it.

>> i think the cost is it's exceptsive. if people -- expensive. if people now they'd come out and make the money back. you don't. >> reporter: now she works as a make-up artist and struggles to pay $20,000 in student loans that she owes. in the u.s. that is no longer a large amount of student lon. the average cost for a year of college ranges from $23,000 to $45,000. >> college costs have been rising very diagrammatically over 20-25 years. in the last five years, during the recession, we have seen tuition and fees go up dramatically. in arizona, transaction, tuition and fees have gone up 77% in the last five years. that means graduates in maryland had to take out more debt than any other generation, and she struggles to get to that day and

engineering. >> it's a combination of having two or three dogs. which i will be paying back, starting december. working that much, she still owes $55,000. hers is a common story in the crowd - with smiling proud parents who can't seem to take enough pictures. that is what many will take away from the day - memories, a diploma and a mountain of debt. despite the sky rocketing tuition costs, data shows getting a college degree is a good invest: economists say the value is rising. last year a college graduate made twice as much per hour compared to workers without a 4-year degrees. a life-time diploma is half a million. the president is asking for $2 billion to secure the border.

we introduce you to two brothers forced apart in search of a better life. >> i'm in india where an april shept community is fighting for survival.

good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera. i'm morgan radford, these are the top stories - the battle for control. military forces in iraq say they are in charm of the city, something the sunni rebel group will arise. the violence pushing iraqis to leave the group behind, unsure when or if they are coming back. president obama calling on congress to seal against an influx of migrants. he september a letter to congression asking for $2 million.

we'll look at why so many children are crossing the border. al jazeera is meeting with people in hop duras, willing to split the family for the hope of a better community in the stands of a soccer field alex told me how much he misses his little broth ir axel. >> translation: we were always toot. it was a connection. i try to take care of him. i didn't think i had it in me to leave. now i'm alone. >> translation: this spring axel headed north. i met him in april after he travelled to mexico. after a failed attempt he vepded himself to the u.s. border patrol and allowed to join his father no houston where he's been living undocumented.

at home, alex is a college student. he said the bad guys had their eye on his younger brother. afraid of being forced to join a gang, he decided to love. >> translation: alex was getting to an aim where he'd -- age br he'd are problems with delink went and gangs. >> it is often called the murder capital of the world, ground zero, the deadliest city on othered in a country not formally at war. we were told without a military ex-court we'd be killed if we wept near their home. in in the grip of the gangs. >> this is a typical neighbourhood, a place where axel and his brothers and sisters group up. being here would draw attention to the family.

all the businesses play extortion money. it's the kind of place where you are in with the gangs or you are out. axel decided to get out. >> reporter: many to don't get out end up in a place like this. most of the kids are gang members. prison social workers says they face a grim future. what option to kids this age have. is it gangs or head north. >> it's the day they age out or step out of the door. it's to find the same situation. inside is just as dangerous. a few weeks ago five kid were killed in a gang clash. in a town square, alex and axel's mother great to meed me. she was wary of being overheard.

i have to be cautious to say what i'm about to say. there are some things you are not supposed to say. you join or are killed. boys as young as 12, 15 had to leave. it's the only salesian. axel is in the u.s. he may have to come home. he may be deported. what will happen if he comes home. >> if he ended here and didn't go to the states, they'd kl him -- they'd kill him. >> in the next hour we look at citizen groups taking matters in their own hand to combat ilimmigration. russia september fighter jets to iraq. baghdad confirmed it received a first set aimed at fighting i.s.i.l. it came a day after armed drones had been flying over baghdad. the humanitarian crisis worsens

by the day. the u.n. says more than a million iraqis had been forced to leave their homes because of the conflict. jim walsh is a research associate with mit and joins us. these thousands of hell-fire missiles - what is the u.s. government's rationale behind sending the missile. . >> the iraqi army suffers many problems - training and morale, and training. a lot of their equipment has been lost or stolen. to take on i.s.i.l., they'll need to shoot from the air or bring armaments on a desert highway in other locations to stop advances. >> you are a security expert. how do we ensure that the

weapons don't fall into the wrong hands? >> it's difficult. the u.s. spent $25 billion trying to refurbish the iraqi army. one would say a lot of that mummy went to waste. the chief priority is stopping the advance of i.s.i. l. there'll be corruption, lost equip, equipment may end up in bad hands. people are making that a secondary issue. the house is on fire. they'll try to put it out. >> speaking of other issues, what about the drops, is the fact that they are armed - does that change anything? >> it does mean that we are getting slowly. ever so slowly getting involved in this battle. remember, back to president obama's speech. it was clear then that he had deep suspicions about the four deposit and getting involved with iraq. i don't think - i think he'll avoid that as much as possible.

but we have fire power and drones, an armed drone is another way of saying no boots on the ground. ro bots rateder that people. cannot with that, we are more involved, but i don't think we'll jump into this conflict. >> we talked about robots, boots, people. what about the money, the $500 million pledged to help the rebels. why now? >> i think there are two things, two reasons. why not one is because you may have soon that last week the last shipment of weapons left syria. once that deal was completed and we got the chemical weapons out, the president thought we can take sides more robustly in the conflict. if we started with the rebels in the middle of that deal, there's a chance that syria would have pulled out of it. now that we have the stuff, we are pumping money in, will that

make a dips. i don't know, i don't know that mpy is the difference between success and victory. let alone it being american. $500 million, if it matter, i think the rebels could have gotten it from saudi arabia, or any other number of governments. a lot of this may be symbolic and meanful on the battlefield. >> with the drama surrounding getting the chemical weapons out, logistically, how is the u.s. going to get the support to them? >> well, you know, it's a great question. we probably have intelligence operatives, directing a lot of that, diplomatic personnel may be involved. you know, it's fundamentally a problem, as we saw in iraq, that once you pass dollars on, there's no guarantee where they end up. in is - you know, this is a conflict that has gone on for three years and arms and funny spread from one group to another. it will be difficult. >> a last question, let's bridge

it back stateside, what is take away from congress, especially the me and women that want the united states to get involved? >> i think one. fundamentals we learnt going back to the vietnam wars is you don't get involved in wars that are not plitic asustainable. i'm nervous any time you get involved in a civil war, where ares it's hard to -- where it's hard to tell who is an enemy or a friend. they are tired of that and want no peace of it. it's hard to get involved in a conflict that the american people don't want to fight. >> i enjoy our discussion, jim walsh research associate joining us there.

uruguay is a reliable beef exporters, it's the only country to track every cattle until it reaches the dinner table. officials can monitor disease outbreak. in part three of the series we look at how it all works. uruguay with its lush green open plains was built on the cattle industry. it knows its cows, every one of them. for every single head of cattle is tagged after birded and details of its life and death are locked in a central computer system. this man owns more than 300 cows. >> translation: this is a list of my animals, 550623. i know it's an aber deep anning us, it's female. it's alive and tagged.

>> by law every farmer must tag all cattle. a number in one ear and a computer chip in the other. >> i consider traceability effective. it doesn't present big problems. >> this lady a cross between an aberdeen angus. he's marked 4739. it will allow the ministry to track her until she end up, unfortunately, on somebody's plate. after sale and slaughter each cut of meet conditions to be tracked with the same identifying number all the way to a wholesaler and here to the additional grill. >> translation: if we find a problem we can check it. we call it the black box system,

like a black box on a plane. in an institute we have people checking traceability in real time for a problem with the meat. >> even here with the steak siz lipping on the other side of the restaurant. they can continue to track the life of our lunch. uruguayans are some of the biggest meat consumers, eating an average of 60 kilos, despite the size it's one of the world's leading producers and exporters, their relationship with their mote is personal and detailed. -- meat is personal and detailed. 19 are dead and dozens feared trapped after a building collapse in india on saturday. officials say heavy rain and illegal construction may have played a role in that disep. emergency workers are using cutters and shovels as they

search. building collapses are all-too common. and staying in india officials are concerned about a big problem, the difficulty of balancing life and work. many are sacrificing love for the careers. now the population gipdled, we have more. >> reporter: ever since she was 15, she ha dreamed of being an orthodo nottist. since then she had little time for anything else. between marathon examines and earning a masters, she this no social life or a boyfriend. >> everything is hectic, and with the competition and money you pump in, you have to gi full attention for it to reach. >> reporter: while these are the pressures faced, marriage and

children are crucial. her community, or parties as they are known, is literally dying out. the population has been reduced to 60,000. career-driven professionals are having children late, or not at all. mumbai has a large concentration of parties. here numbers have almost haved since the 1940s. community leaders say they are doing everything they can. the parties made corrections to the economy and culture. the tatar and gotridge families built empires. party organizations are offering a range of incentives to married couples, including fertility treatment.

conversions are not allowed in the faith, so marriage within the population is essential. >> they will not move forward for a marriage. that is what we are facing. to encourage the marriage, we have been giving flats out of turn on a priority basis. people that come with a marriage certificate. >> they have founded zing to help young couples meet and fall in love. >> we have numerous event and motings to get the young people toot and have fun. >> reporter: some parties admit they'll om have children if -- only have children if and when

they are ready. many fear traditionsar dying with them. [ ♪ theme ] all right. so soccer fans could not have asked for a better start to the knockout round on saturday. with a dramatic ending. the home country brazil and chile. is came down to a sudden death shoot-out. watch this. brazil out on top beating chile 3-2. saturday's big game, columbia versus uruguay. the head line is the inspection of uruguay's star luis suarez, banned for biting another player earlier this week. columbia is out. right here in the united states, americans are looking forward to tuesday, that's when the u.s. plays belgium, and not many give the american players much of a chance.

belgium is one. better teams, but the u.s. has surprised critics before, don't forget pt the match is tuesday, 4:00 pm eastern and 1:00 out west. >> two powerhouses are on schedule, netherlands play mexico. both teams are considered contenders to win it all. perhaps the two surprise teams of the tournament, costa rica will face greece. don't go anywhere, because from a blighted neighbourhood to a bustling community, we tell you how residents turned once empty storm fronts into a hot tip. >> and what to expect in the mid west. and when they'll timely catch a break. vé

look at this, a surprising discovery in arnal tina, pal yen -- argentina, pal yen tollses found a -- paleoentologists found a new dinosar. the fossils were discovered by a farmer in 2011. only 20% of the site has been excavated. there could be more coming. >> thank you for joining us. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. once shoppy, but now chique, we'll tell you about a nashville neighbour hood under going a facelift. first, eboni deon, our meteorologist. >> we are watching storms and a cold front stretching from miles per hour to the plain states. we are dealing with strong and

severe storms rumbling across nebraska prompting or into kansas prompted tornado warnings. we'll watch the storms as they push to the east, and watching a batch of rain over memphis and we were tennessee, causing flash flooding. there has been a car rescue as a result of the rising water. we are expecting to see the flash flooding continuing through the morning. here across the south-east mainly quiet, but off the coast we are monitoring the weak area of low pressure. hurricane hunters will fly in to vet. >> boko haram is suspected of being behind a deadly bombing in nooerp nigeria -- nooerp nigeria. -- north-eastern nigeria. boko haram has not claimed responsibility, but they have targeted places across the region that it considers sipful -- sinful.

it's been three months since 200 nigerian school girls were abducted. there are reports 91 more have been taken host sij, robyn sanders, form you are u.n. ambassador is with us. >> good morning, thank you. how accurate are the reports that boko haram kidnapped 91 more people, including married women. >> reports i'm hearing is they had kidnapped about 90 people not too far from the chibok village site, including boys and young girls. i'm hearing the reports are accurate. >> you mentioned the boys. why kidnap the boys as well as. we understand they kidnap girls to stop them being educated. why the boys? >> i think that part that they kidnap young girls, they have

always recruited young boys and kidnapped young boys since 2009, bringing them into the ring. that's how they got to be as large as they are, by taking young boys. it has not hit the international western media for a couple of years. it's not a new thing. they are recruiting them to fight alongside them. >> yes, along side them. part of boko haram, or convert them from christianity to islam, if they are not islamic. what is the nigerian government doing about this. >> the nigerian government stepped up forces in the forth. they are trying to do a better job of watching soft targets. as we can see, not only in the chick okay area, earlier last week they had a bombing in

downtown abuja. in addition to that, they have expanded their reach because they had a bombing at a polytechnic institute last week in kahno, the third-largest city. they can reach where they feel like they need to reach. the most important thing that needs to be done is better bomb detection commitment particularly in targets like schools and malls. that's one of the biggest things, getting assistance from the international community. snow in trying to reach the areas, and the bombapplication equipment you mentioned. what do you think is the biggest challenge the nigerian military is facing in trying to fight boko haram. >> the biggest challenge is this is an asymmetrical warfare group. they haven't been that involved. that really is a military term

meaning that they are small groups that came in. i think that what the nigerian military is used to is cop vepsal warfare. they do a pivot to learn about mobile unit, protecting soft targets. how to increase intel sharing. if you look at u.s. military, we had to do that as well. we had to learn to be more flexible, mobile and more responsive, more quickly. they are the things we have to do in an asymmetrical warfare environment. >> robyn sanders, former u.s. ambassador. >> 16 years ago a tornado ripped through nash victim. the economy was suffering. instead of making a turn for the worse, the community mappeded together to recreate a dream.

we report on the revitalization and booming business. >> it's a tourist mecca, the home to country music. >> nationals is booming. we are here this year. >> reporter: nashville is among the top 10 citiesment while the big employers get the headlines. a small business boom is underway. >> i moved from atlanta up here, and east national seemed like a good community to open up in and be involved with. >> reporter: once a shabby district, east nashville was the place to be into hip restaurants. the turn around started in 1998. when an f3 tornado ripped though the neighbourhood demolishing homes and businesses alike. a lot of investments go through. a lot more city awareness.

>> reporter: opened in 2001, the art calories were among the first businesses. >> on the first night we opened, 1,000 people came. recently the mcfaddion's launched a project. steps from the gallery the idea is a collection of eight tiny store fronts offering one-year leases. rents are a barring up. >> thanks to them i've been able to give legitimacy to our brand and company. >> reporter: they have neweredured 15 businesses -- nurtured 15 businesses since launch. there's a line of mum and pops waiting to get in. the waiting list caught the eye of nashville property developers. after talking with brett he had a waiting list of people going

in there. his are smaller units. we said let's go to the next size up. so they can go from brett's to ours, and move to the rest of the world. the shops on fatherland is home to 20 microbusinesses, the sanders putting their success rate at 60%. >> to be successful from a husband and wife swap, you have to do everything yourself. it's exhausting but there's a lot of reward. >> reporter: for the sanders and the mcfadyens, the reward are clear. >> it's the small businesses, neighbourhoods and people coming together that makes a country work. at the end of the first hour here is what we are following - president obama reportedly seeking billions in emergency fund to congress. iraqi military forces in

control of tikrit. and a libyan man accused of master minding the benghazi attack pleads not guilty. stay tuned, don't go anywhere. i'm back with you in 2.5 minutes.

the iraqi army strikes back against rebel fighters. today they are getting new weapons from russia. >> it's a nation governed by 535 members of the u.s. house and senate who for whatever reason have recklessly disregarded and ignored enforcing the law and protecting these borders. outrage on the border. we introduce you to a man who

founded a group of civilian border patrollers. this as president obama asks for billions to combat illegal crossings. plus, a palestinian rocket sends an israeli building up in flames. an official responds with a strong warning about the west bank. >> he was going like this on the back of a car a map on the struping -- trunk of the car on the interstate. it doesn't appear to be a stunt. welcome to al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm morgan radford. russia september fighter jets to the iraqi deposit to battle a strong rebel group. iran's defense miles per hourry says the deal is aimed at increasing the arsenal against islamic state of iraq and levant. imran khan is in baghdad and joins us for more. why is this deal between russia

and iraq creating tension with the united states? >> simply it's seen as a snub by nouri al-maliki to the united states. he has been asking for a speeded up delivery schedule of 34 f-16s that he ordered from the united states. he says we need the f-16s. the first batch is ready and sat on the apron in fort worth texas. they have not been delivered here. he says look, we need the fighters. for their part the pentagon says "we are op schedule to deliver in the fall, and nobody has told us to speed up the delivery", he was frustrated and ordered a batch of older - it has to be said - sukhoi 25 from russia. they delivered within 24 hours. the planes are here and iraqis say this will turn the tide against the i.s.i.l. fighters.

>> translation: we were in urgent need of this type of aircraft during the difficult time. the jets will come into service within the next 3-4 days to support the grand units and fight the terrorist organization i.s.i.l. >> so not only are they saying that they'll support the ground operations, they are going to turn the tide and will be in use which are waiting in america and not in iraq. >> the truth is these are not the only player. there are other countries in the mix. what can you tell me about iran's role in the conflict? >> i can tell you that the iranians have aircraft in the sky, iranian-made distroeps which are nighing over intelligence gathering. they have spent a lot of time here. he's a senior member of the iranian revolutionary guard.

it's part of the forces, the senior military figure, in baghdad. he's been directing military operations with the i.s.i.l. fighters. he's a key player, and the iraqis rely on the them. the forces are in iraq. there's no independent confirmation of that. they are supplying advisors, like the united states is, and they have ground troops here. speaking of grouped troops, as -- ground troops, tikrit is under a major offensive. what is the latest you have heard from there? >> after an intense battle for the outskirts of the city, the iraqi army tells us they have tape over the villages and the neighbourhood and are ready for an assault but are waiting for reinforcements, we have seen them come in.

pro-i.s.i.l. social media websites says they have been gip reenforcements and are waiting for the iraqi army to come in. both sides know the territory, we are expecting a street to street battle. the iraqi army have the advantage. i.s.i.l. has been entrempinged in the town -- entrempinged in the town. expect in the next coming hours a street to street battle in tikrit. >> we'll watch that closely. imran khan in iraq. >> the rebellion against the government of nouri al-maliki has thrown self factions into what is an uneasy alliance. i.s.i.l. fighters atractored attention. hoda abdel-hamid has more from erbil. we should warp you some of the images in the reportar

disturbing. >> translation: the sudden appearance of fighters in i.s.i.l., or islamic state of iraq and levant sent a shockwave. they are flying over the war boundary. u.s.-made military vehicles and equipment. even though it comes after widespread protests, perceived as sectarian. the government crackdown was brutal, like here. it happened last april. this is a former officer of saddam hussein's republican guards. he doesn't want to be identified or give clues of his whereabouts. >> the protest started because of the marge junalisation of the areas. it reached a point that wherever someone was detained, you knew he would be killed. >> the i'll yepation pushed sunnis to welcome fighters from

oil in their areas. they deny that i.s.i.l. is taking over iraq. >> translation: this is the extension of a resist apps that started in 2003 -- resistance that started in 2003. i.s.i.l. is irrelevant. these are professional people with military experience, people humiliated and oppressed. now is the time. reckoning. in sunni areas i.s.i.l. fighters waged a heart and mines campaign. helping the communities. i.s.i.l. has brutal side. this is a video showing iraqi soldiers, shia, herded into a ditch and executed. it was a few weeks ago. sunni leaders say i.s.i.l. does not pose a long-term threat to iraq. >> the tribes in iraq will not accept the i.s.i.l. it's not to our advantage to fight them now. it will come later. the priority is to fight nouri al-maliki. the world should help us in our cause and we'll deal with

i.s.i.l. as long as iran is in iraq, yul will remain, and as long as sunnis will be depressed, the fighting will continue. >> government forces are carrying out mass killings. this is a road. amnesty international says there appears to be a pattern of killings in tela for and other areas. every day that passes brings a share of destruction. as the conflict widens the voices of moderation will be dropped out. >> we will be following the latest developments. for up to the minute informs 24/7, you can log on to aljazeera.com. a plea from the white house to congress, asking for more than $2 bull yop. that is to secure the border. tomorrow president obama will send an alert to lawmakers

avking for mrmg si -- asking for emergency fund to curb the surge of unaccompanied children crossing the border. president obama hopes to give homeland security more power to make it easy and quicker to send immigrants home. they'll push for tougher pep yis for coy oatas who bring them across the border illegally. >> 39,000 women and children have been caught making the journey president obama addressed them earlier in the week. >> our message to families in central america. do not send your children to the borders, if they make it they'll be september back, more porptly, they may not make it. on saturday nancy pelosi visited a border patrol center.

thee called op fellow members to stop the trend. >> we have a moral responsibility to dress this in a dignified way. nancy pelosi says the u.s. needs to turn the crisis into an opportunity to show who we are as americans. people along the border with mexico a vigilante group famous for patrolling the desert is considering making a comeback. the minute man prohm was abandoned in 2010. al jazeera's jennifer london caught up with the founder. >> reporter: it's been jeers since jim -- years since jim drove through this desolate area. >> this is the border fence that separates california from mexico. it's made out of recycled steel metal plates that were used as

landing platform in the vietnam wore. >> reporter: it serves a new purpose in what gilchrist and others see as another war, one that he has been fight, a band of patriotic civilians that took up arms to combat illegal immigration along the border. >> my country is not a nation governed by the rule of law. it's goched -- governed by 535 members of the u.s. house, senate, who have recklessly disregarded and ignored enforcing the law and protecting the borders. stereo one of the best view is on patriot point, where one. group's outpost would be. >> it was one of the best observation points. you can see forever. what he couldn't see was the future. as the movement grew infoying and violence led to its

downfall. in 2010 he pulled the last outpost off the border. >> what started with patriotic americans enned up with national -- ended up with national socialist members armed with swastikas, that's where it was headed because they couldn't control them. >> the tea party started to rise, moving the immigration debate from the border. while the mpt man may we gone, there's evidence is that lone wolf types patrol the deserts. they are dangerous and harmed. that's joel smith with hume april borders, an aid organise as operating the stations. >> the border with mexico is 10 miles in ta direction. on a day like today when the temperatures are into the 9 0s,

the water stations are all that is left. >> reporter: back in california we met dap russell. -- dan russell. >> he come three times a week to fix the fence. >> that's all one person can do, i'm committed to watching the border, cleaning up the invasion trials. >> reporter: gilchrist says he's committed, but the future is uncertain. >> i wake up every morning, wondering if it's time to relaunch the minute man. this time three times as large as the last one. by the end of the day, after careful thought i wonder if it might be a bad idea. >> reporter: plenty would agree. what is not up for debate. border policy is brain. no amount of wire will fix it. >> they can open up that easy. later this hour, human rights activists charging the

government with mistreating immigrant detainees. they filed a lawsuit saying border protection centers are unsafe and updignified. we speak to a refugee from el salvador, traumatised from what she endured. and in a few minutes, the sunday siingment "weekend politics." in ukraine pro-russian separatists (fied -- defied a sees fire storming a border check point and killing some soldiers. the kaes fire was extended until monday night. the organization for cooperation in europe said four observers were released. they were tape in late may. a second team was tape das later and is still being hamed. a suspect accused in a 2012 attack in benghazi appeared in a

u.s. court on saturday. he is expected in court next week, after pleading not guilty to charges providing support to terrorists terrorists. >> a number of people wanted to make sure that he was, indeed, clear and prep. >> ahmed abu chattalah was crapped by u.s. special forces in libya this month. israel's forip minister says the -- foreign minister says the country should consider recouping the gaza strip. the air strikes were a retaliation to lock et cetera launched. that limited military action, strengthens hamas and he believes they need to reoccupy the area. this is the aftermath of a gaza strip rocket.

it hit an israeli factory causing this fire, why no one was injured, and r50 rockets -- 50 rockets targeted israel in the past two weeks. tensions escalated after three israeli teenagers wept missing. coming up, hostile relations causing head aches for those that live at the gaza strip. they want a nice day at the beach - but why many are left swimming in sewerage water. 19 are dead and dos eps trapped after a building collapsed. heavy rains may have played a role in the did not. mermg si workers are -- emergency workers are using shovels. people are building structures op old platforms.

>> the wound started to pick up bad. i heard a noise like a train. everything shook. >> terrifying moments in temaze. locals saying a storm system spawned a twister. this is a scope where a brick wall crashed down on several cars. hundred of power outages were reported. the wild weather is moving east. meteorologi meteorologist deepwater horizon is here with a look at the weather. u we have haves and have not. we are lacking rain. fire danger is imnext. red flag warnings into parts of utah, and over into parts of new mexico. keep that in mind, burping not a good -- burning not a good idea. i want to show you video of the san juan wildfire, burning

35,000 acres, gusty wind are tapping the flaum. firefighters trying to get a handle on this. it is tough. we are expecting thunder storms in the area, but, unfortunately, dry thunderstorm activity. lightening strikes not a good thing. we need the rain fall, but it will stay hot and dry. >> here is a look at the temperatures, this is typical for this time. year, temperatures above average, going up to 104. now, where we are expecting the rain, place the where we don't need it. we have showers and storms prompting thunderstorm warnings into parts of kansas, and we see it shifting east. eventually into the great lakes for monday and tuesday. the severe weather with us through the week. they are still celebrating

in bogota. [ singing ] the map who single-handedly won it for columbia, and team u.s.a.'s big match up on tuesday, and what mexico is doing for the first time in 30 years. later the beach is one of the few ways to beat the heat, but this summer palestinianians are warned to stay away from the shore. >> and a real-life flying sau saucer, it's not science fction, it's n.a.s.a.'s latest project.

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[ cheering and applause ] . >> and the crowd goes wild. jubilation in bogata where world cup fans are going crazy in columbia, after their team defeated uruguay on saturday. the celebrations were just as loud as tap -- fans poured out of the north americaa stadium.

rodriguez scored the two goals, and uruguay playing without their star striker luis suarez, banned for biting an opponent in italy. welcome back to al jazeera america, live in new york city. i'm morgan radford. of the pressure is on for mexico. in 3.5 hours the team will play against the netherlands, and a win for mexico will put them in the first world cup quarter files since 1986. the players are feeling good, beating cam room and croatia. al jazeera's correspondent joins us with more. good morning to you. how tough of a competition does mexico face today? >> mexico has a lot of confidence but are facing probably one of the dangerous

teams. all we have to do is look back to the netherlands's first game against spain, when they dismantled the spanish. it's clear that they'll score a lot of goals. i can tell you last night in the beach areas, the city is packed. packed with fans. thousands of them here, trying to cheer on the team, to give them that push. a possible fightry. they are also several thousand dutch fans it will be a fantastic game. you have to think the netherlands has a little by of an edge based on what we see. speaking of an edge. i want to take a peak ahead at the red, white and blue. the u.s.a. plays belgium on tewassaul. what do soccer fans think of the front runner. >> i will not make any predictions on the belgium

u.s.a. game. i will tell you that the u.s. is one of the best coached team in the tournament. he is really coached well. as we know, there was, in the qualifying u.s., they drew in a heart breaker and lost to germany. all that matters now is not the qualifying, but what happens in el salvador when the u.s. plays belgium, feeling confident, but again belgium no push over. they are a very good team. they'll have to play the best stalker of the tournament to get a win. the coach, good coach. he played everything perfectly so far in the tournament against the americans. >> i don't know if i like the april. i was waiting for a red, white and blue. thank you. reporting from where all the action is.

gabriel thank you. coming up in the next half hour, the soccer fans, what can the world cup cop tenders -- contenders expect in terms of the weather for the match up. deep eboni deon, meteorologist is here. across the northern portion of brazil we have a little cloud cover, bringing in the water. netherlands versus mexico. it looks like it will be a mix of cloud, sunshine and karm textures. -- warm temperatures. here is a look across the nation. the heat will be op across parts of west texas. a woman run over by a beach patrol truck whilst sup baking will get hefty cash.

it's been recommended that she be awarded $2.5 million. she was on a family vacation with the family when a pick up truck rolled over her head. she said she's in pain, suffers facial paralysis and experiences vision and hearing loss. the money needs approval by the state legislature. >> a refugee crisis unfolding op pt southern border -- on the southern border. itch i thought i would --. >> i thought i would die. i was desperate and needed help. a mying rapt held -- migrant held at a detention center duing the border application. "weekend politics" is next. clinging to the drunk of a car. why investigators are more concerned about the driver right

now. good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, live from new york city. president obama is asking congress for $2 billion do help fix the border. we talk to someone that spent time in a detention center and is suing the government. >> reporter: maria says she was traumatised in september 2013 in a detention center. >> i thought i would die, i was straight. i needed help. no one would help me. >> reporter: the 26-year-old is afraid to show her face, but wants people held accountable.

she's shoeing customs or -- suing customs or border bruction. c bp. >> my life is not the same. >> reporter: she said she wore blood stapled clothes for two weeks after agents refused to provide film jip jip high geep products and a -- hi geep product and a change of clothing. >> i felt embarrassed. >> maria said there was not enough food or full court and it was cold in the criminals. she said she has a heart condition sh diabetes, depression and hyperdeption, and ates denied her possible treatment, even when she passed out. she signed papers coog to be de -- agreeing to be deported.

hundred echo maria's stories. eight complaints have been filed against c b perform. >> i have heard so many stories. we asked c bp to address the allegations and tell us policies regarding conditions at detention facilities. a spokesman would only direct us to this comment saying the complaints will be vetted. >> i have demonstrated by commit the to those types of investigations and transperpsy. let me make a point. in my multiple trips with border patrol, i watched them do heroic efforts. an official who did not want to be named told us that the holding cells are kept at 70 to 75 degrees, people are bed every 6 hours. sapt sapt ri blankets are

provided on request. >> with a crisis at the border, it may not be possible to move people out in 26 hours. >> there's a culture of impunity. >> they don't have the right to treat people. someone has to put a stop to the situation. >> maria is seeking asylum and hoching to bring her daughter to the u.s. >> the white house requested $2 billion, and that's first up. weekend politics. we are joined from washington capital and sa strategist from our studios in new york. good morning to you. >> let's jump in to it. tougher penalties for smugglers. is that the april to the debate.

>> no, i think the april to our immigration debate needs to be as kids are flooding the country from south america now, we need to seal the border, until we seal the border, we'll not have an honest and open conversation. from a republican stand point the first issue is sealing the border. this administration cannot do that. >> you feel like the conversation should happen after the sealing of the border. first of all, let's - this humanitarian crisis is of epic proportions. tens of thousands of children have been coming across the border alone, not accompanied, alone. over 50,000 unaccompanied children have been coming since object, a lot kept in detention centers. it's a humanitarian crisis. the president is rite to address this. we need a prepsive immigration

reform, and we can't do it. why? the republican party is captured by the tea party. john boehner knows we need to address imdrawings reform. he can't do it. >> do you think the president will get the $2 billion. >> i don't know how he's going to get it, but david's point is so wrong. you can't have an honest conversation about immigration without david attacking the tea party and the republican party. the administration cape seal the american border. how cap we move forward under any circumstance if we can't seal the border. >> president obama has been deporting immigrants at twice the rate of other presidents. >> morgan, morgan - what does that have to do when you have an influx of thousands upon thousands of young children crossing the border. >> you're saying the administration is not on the

border. >> you should be able to seal the american border without people coming in so i don't have to send them back, that's how we have 15 million undocumented work. i'm the reasonable republican. >> david, do you think we are too late to the issue, is america addressing the issue. >> tom is saying about sealing the borders, you can't do anything on immigration without immigration rekorm. george bush, shed and carl knew that reform was important. carl brought it up and george bush. they are right wing spanishinging them down. the republicans are all over the place on the issue. there's a war inside the republican party. tom knows that, he may not say it, but he knows it. the tea party versus moderate

republicans, it's not going away. they have 68% of the latino vote in the last election. why? >> i want to go back to comparing the president. last week the supreme court struck down three of president obama's recess appointments, so far he made the least of any of the last four presidents, with only 32. let hold the graphic. according to a 2013 analysis, raying jan made 372. knich how many recess appoints that have gone through, are you surprised how many have gotten through? >> you are using numbers for your open purs. snow those are the numbers. >> those are the numbers, they are not pipe, come on. >> the storey uses it. whp the senate is not in session

you're allowed to. when they go on a 3-day coffee break, you can't use it as an excuse to make pptlets. the president -- appointments, the president had in line with the last bush presidency nowhere near bill clinton's numbers. they don't tell the stories, when you are implementing law in executive orders, so numbers are irrelevant. you can't make recess appointments, that's what the president is doing. the spoebsman said if the congress will not act with us, we'll create law ourselves. >> do you think the republicans left the president in a position where he has to leap to get things wrong. >> thomas is rite on this. this ruling - the supreme court did not rule that recess appointments were unconstitutional. they ruled that some were.

we can get into the details, the reason the president apoupted the focus assist bus the republican obstructionism in the senate. they would not allow up or down votes on the president's nominees. they use procedural tactics, gym ucks, and it's why the united states and americans are disappointed in congress, because of the tactics, republicans use in the senate. there were dozens of backlog candidates, ambassadorial nominees, that the republicans would not let up. that's why the president made the recess pptments. >> tom, you saw dick cheney's criticism of obama's response to iraq. bill clinton clapped back with his open criticism saying. .

true or falls? >> look, i think he's a republican, the last person you want speaking on behalf of the party is dick cheney, it doesn't change the facts. if you look bark, the three of -- back, the three of us were tape offguard when we found off iran was about to fall. we are like when did this happen. the bush administration left iraq after a difficult war that they paid a political price obvious, and it was doing okay. i'm sitting here saying, "how did this happen?" but dick cheney is hot the person you want speaking for the -- is not the person you want speaking for the party. >> i agree. dick cheney got us into the net of rumsfeld and others that got us in this disaster in the first place under circumstances that are questionable now. we wept in because there were

supposedly, you know, weapons of mass drugs that didn't turn out to be there. their decisions cost us hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars and the brave patriotic americans who dude in iraq for nothing. that's dick cheney's responsibility. >> let's stay on the clinton s. according to a washington post review bill clinton made a lot in speaking. he has made 542 speeches which earned him almost $105 million. is this the wealth a political liability if hillary runs for president in 2016. what do you think? >> no. the american people care about jobs, taxes, spending. we want to do well. i'm happy that bill clinton did well.

that's the least of the issues we should discussion. >> you don't think it hurt romney, that perception of wealth in the last election. >> i think unfortunately mitt romney allowed it to become on issue the way he handled it. he was almost ashamed he was perceived as a rich guy. i think americans want successful people running the country. bill clinton worked hard for his money, his wife worked hard, whether giving speech, he sat on board, that's what former presidents do. >> david? >> good luck to anybody who tries to make bill clinton out to not under the issues and problems of ordinary middle class americans. i want that fight. if someone accuses bill clinton of that. he came from nothing, a single mother and worked for what he has and deserves it. god for him. all right. tom doherty, former advisor if gormg pataki and democratic

strategist david jones, thank you for joining me, the gaza strip may have to close too many of its beaches. there we go. that's because more than half are dangerously contaminated. despite warnings to stay away people are dyeing in. al jazeera's charles stratford has more. >> reporter: there are more people on gaza's beaches this summer than in previous years. israel's blockade means there's a few other places they can go. people know about the risks, and the level of pollution is up% depth and getting worse. >> translation: we saw the warnings on tv. where else can you go, there's no places or inte tapement. they serve food, life is hard. >> he mass 10 children and he is

unemployed. the hospitals don't have med since if his children get ill from swimming in the water much. >> the kids could get sick if they go to a hospital they can't do anything. close which is a sue im outment. >> it's hard to describe the smell. the authorities say pipes like these are pumping up to a million litres of sue im into the sow every day. >> the water authorities says a matter of fuel for generating electricity means that raw sewerage can't be pumped, and the government can't pipe fuel. is ray's blockade means cash from exports stopped. the new government can't afford to pay 50,000 people. people cap pay water and

electricity wells. >> israel's siege is the main reason for this problem. the palestinian unity government will deal with gaza. it has to help gaza. the problem is not just the sea, it is bigger than that. >> reporter: he'll continue to bring his family to the beach as there's nowhere else to go, but the sea. the u.n. warped that if gaza does not take action, it could be unliable within the next decade. pope francis is back on the job amid health concerns. he hosted a celebration for the feast day. the 77-year-old pop if had to cancel an event as he was sick. a video that has gone viral has mrs. looking for -- police

looking for answers. police in charlotte are trying to work out why this man was on the truping of a car. witnesses say they believe the map was trying to break in. >> lifted his hand to smash the glass open. >> the authorities think the driver and the suspect know each other and are trying to track them down. >> reporter: a flying saucer - it's the stuff of skypes fiction. humans jetting off to mars could be a reality. n.a.s.a. tested a low density supersonic accelerator. it was declared a success. scientist hopes to deploy it on the next mars voiage in 2020. it's been a tough couple of weeks for school teachers. the end of a term and landmark rulings. we talk to an education expert about two trend after the break.

a live look at the nation's capital where president obama is preparing to ask congress for 2 billion to battle the immigration crisis.

[ ♪ theme ] parades are taking place over the country and celebrating an important day for l.g.t.d. , the ask for from star trek was head of the march. 20,000 showed their pride in rhode island. this is al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford. the great wheel lit up the colours of the rain bow and

festivities at seattle center. thousands in mexico city waved flags and wearing eye-popping costumes. the first gay march took place in 1978. many hope recent strides in gay registration reflected a change in attitude. >> paving the way for internet freedom. a group of google executives are on a tour. for decc awed cuba kept a grip on the web. a quarter of its population has access to the internet. users are limited to a few state-approved site. well, school is out for the summer in districts from coast to coast. it's been a tough end of the year for american educators. nearly 1200 chicago teachers were laid off last week due to a decline in enroll. .

two weeks ago a california judge declared tenure unconstitutional. laipy joins us, executive director of class size matters, nonprofit advocating for smaller class sizes. thank you for join us. we are hearing what is happening in chicago. is this a problem particular to chicago or across the nation? >> in the last few years since 2006, more than 3,000,000 teaching positions have been lost. two-thirds of districts are spending less on public education that they were then. it's a huge problems. lay offs, lose of teachers lead to larger class sizes, less teachers. >> it sounds like it's in response to less enrol. why do you think there's les enroll.

? >> it's going up in general across the country. in places like chicago there has been a wave of school closings and charter schools opening up. that's forced perhaps, a loss of enroll. in chicago. generally speaking enroll. is going up, not down. >> were lay offs the only option. >> absolutely, a mayor, ron emanuel uses millions in tax ipp cement to subsidise sport stadiums and spends money on other things that are not as high a priority. these are choices that elected officials are making. they are making a decision to close public schools and privatize them. so these are political choices, which, in many cases, are hurting kids. >> let's shift gears for a

moment to helpure. how will -- to tenure, how does the ruling affect classes? >> the decision says that tenure undermines the quality of the education. the case was weak, there was little evidence for the judge's decision. two of the chip who are plaintiffs in the case go to charters, where there's no teacher tenure, two others go to public schools where they can be got rid of for many reasons. they valued teaches through a value-added way. it looks at student's test scores. professional organizations including the american statistical association says it's an unreliable way of evaluating teachers and we'll get rid of good teachers using this method.

we believe that tenure just moons due process. -- means due process, not that you have a job for life, but that you - the school system has to have a good reason to let you go, and you have to have a hearing. that's all. if we elaim nate all due process, many good teachers will be fired for unfair reasons, especially in struggling schools, where you have large budget cuts and class sizes. right now in this country we have onist highest poverty race in the world. at the same time be had one of three countries where poor kid have larger classes than other kids. we need to address those classes that go to the heart of quality investigations. >> the executive director of

class size matters. >> soccer creates fans in paulina kotfica, and they are counting down to the big match. the last time costa rica made it to the round of 16 was 1990. they are determined to defy the odds. >> reporter: it's a love affair that starts at a young age. hundreds of children take to the pitch in costa rica's capital. it's a saturday morning ritual, practicing the football skills and playing a few games. some of the youngsters could become the country's top players. i'm with paulina kotfica's world cup success. there's no shortage of footballers. the national team players set an example for the kids. not long ago one of police headquarters came to help with the training.

it's manfantastic motivation. they think big when it comes to football. they describe themselves as the most football crazy country, a place where people eat, breathe and dream football, that's why there's excitement about making it to the knockout stage something they managed to do only one before. >> qualifying for the 1990 world cup. they made it to a second round and it was historic. former team captain remembers the highs and lows during that world cup much he hopes their success will ipp spire today's -- entire today's -- ipp spire today's police headquarters and challenge them to go further much. >> i think the team will surpass what we achieved in 1990. it's important for the country to have these markers. all athletes need to raise the

b bar. >> reporter: the question is whether they can make it to the files. >> translation: costa rica did well against uruguay, italy and glpd. i believe that costa rica's story is beginning to be written. whether they win or lose gives costa rica plepy to celebrate. costa rica takes ops greece at 4:00 pm eastern. and let's get one more look at your weather for this sunday. eboni deon is here with a look at the forecast of the what can we expect. >> more severe weather. here is a look at the line of storms from minnesota to the lower mississippi. when we put it into motion, we are watching storms rolling through iowa, nebraska and

kansas. a few prompted severe thunderstorm warnings, watching for that as the rain moss through. no widespread severe weather just yet. that will pick up as we head to this afternoon, and we are watching iowa because we could be dealing with tornado. the flooding is a concern. we are watching the rivers running the banks. it will cause big problems. persistent rain, storms across memphis. some areas received up word of 2.5mm. rain in place through in evening. coming up tonight an "the week ahead". al jazeera looks at sexual assault cases in the military. that's on "the week ahead". at 8:30 eastern and 5:30 pacific. that'll do it for me in new york, and the latest on the crisis in iraq is russia

september military jets to baghdad. escalating tensions between israel and hamas. all that and more live from doha. we leave you with a live look at the nation's capital where president obama is preparing to ask congress for $2 billion to battle the immigration crisis.

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>> journalism is not a crime. . this is al jazeera. >> hello. welcome to the newshour life from the headquarters in doha. i am stephen cole. in the next 60 minutes, the iraqi army gets a boost as it fights sunni rebels who plan to march to baghdad. >> airstrikes in the gaza strip after a rocket fire from the palestinian territory. defying beijing. people in hong kong head to the polls to demand the right to elect their leaders. plus: