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people in the area. we hear that the attacks were prolonged over a period of four hours, but are over. this is an intense part of the operation involving boko haram, if would appear, with attacks all over the north-east, and, indeed, here in the capital on wednesday, 22 people were killed in a bombing and the president goodluck jonathan had called on the country for vigilance right across the board. he warped people that -- warned people that they shouldn't criticise the security forces, but help them instead. it would appear that there was confidence op an all-time -- on

an all-time low basis, no one is happy with the support. as far as the attacks go, they are happening almost on a daily basis. andrew simmonds reporting from abuja an ominous threat from israel as it sent planes into gaza strip. it was a retaliation for bombings. israel's foreign minister threatened to reoccupy the gaza strip in order to stop the rocket attacks president obama is expected to ask for for man $2 billion to secure the borders in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. he is asking for emergency fund to stop unaccompanied children crossing into the west from the central america. >> our direct message to the families of central africa - do

not send your children to the border. if they do make it, they'll be september back, more importantly, they may not make it. >> pakka is requesting -- president obama is requesting more power for border protection. since late last year 52,000 kids and 39 thousand women with children have been caught making the journey. paul beban met with people in honduras ready to split up their family for the possibility of a better future. >> reporter: in the stands of a neighbour hood soccer field, alex tells me how much he misses his little brother axel. >> we were together, him and me, like the connection between two brothers. i try to take care of him. i didn't think he had it in him to leave. now i'm alone.

>> reporter: this string axel headed north. i met him in pain, travelling to mexico. after a failed attempt to cross the desert he surrendered himself to the u.s. border patrol and was allowed to join his father in houston, where he's been living undocumented. his case is in immigration court. alex, a college student, told me he studies hard and keeps his head down. the bad guys had his eye on his popular younger brother. afraid of being forced to join a gang, he left trmpingt alex was getting to an age where he'd have problems with delinquenis and gongs -- delinquents and gangs. rmpingt this is the deadliest city on earth in a country nor

formally at war. we were told we would be kidnapped if we went near alex and axel's home, it's a part of the place this the midst of the gangs. this is the kind of place that the boys grew up. we will not take you there. being here with police protection would draw taeption to the family. all the businesses pay protection, extortion money. it's the kind of place where you are in with the gangs or out. axel decided to get out. many who don't get out end up in a place like this - juvenile prison. most are gang members. this prison social worker predict a grim future. what options do kids this age have, is it the gangs or head north? >> the sad reality is they age out and step out the door for finding the same situation that

put them here in the first place much. >> they threw a grep aid in here. inside is as dangerous, a few weeks ago five were killed in a gang clsh. in a town squash not from from home, amex and axel -- alex and axel's mother agreed to meet me. >> i have to be cautious to say what i'm about to say. there are some things you are not supposed to say here. you join are you're killed. boys as young as 12 and 15 had to leave. leaving is the only solution. >> reporter: axel is in the u.s. he may have to be deported. what will happen if he comes home? . >> translation: if he ended up here and didn't go back to the states, they'll kill him. that's what will happen.

from libya to a court in washington - the next step for the man charged in the attacks on the benghazi consulate in 2012. >> and a programme giving people a choice - get help or get busted.

the libyan suspect accused of the attack in benghazi is due back next week. ahmed abu chattalah pleaded not guilty. authorities believe he was the leader of the attack that killed u.s. ambassador crust stevens in -- chris stevens in three others. the war on drugs has been thwarted in many way, seattle has a new way. >> reporter: seattle police patrol the streets op bikes - looking for and talking to people using or dealing drugs. they encounter skye loor. >> what is the drug of choice?

>> they are familiar face, long-time addicts who often get arrested. instead of handcuffs, they offer hope. police team up with social service agencies in a pilot programme called lead - law enforcement asked diversion. officers wan choose to arrest nonviolent law breakers or put them in contact with people that can help them get food and shelter. >> he was smoking crack coke cape. >> instead, officer burns convinces mike to get help. this is a seattle neighbour hood where police are looking for drug activity. they have an hour to decide, be selected to social services. >> you've been sober for a year. >> would years, six months.

>> abraham leader lead after several years in and out of gaol. >> maybe 20 misdemeanours. >> his case manager direct him to services he needs, and makes sure he follows through. >> doing the work not just to get the services but teach them how to do it. >> reporter: services that can be costly, but the king county prosecutor thinks long term it's the solution. >> we save more money in emergency rooms, court costs, all those things. we don't expect perfection. we are there to provide support that leads to somebody getting off the street and having more success in their lives, and not beak a burden to the -- being a burden to the public. >> programs like it should be

implemented across the nation. >> reporter: officer burns tells michael he's better off going with the leads counsellor than staying on the streets. >> reporter: doesn't take much convincing a gunman that shot nine people in new orleans is on the run. the suspect shot a man early sunday morning, and turned around in emptied his gun into the crowd, sending people running. a woman is in critical condition. police have no noting for the shooting as of yet. >> storms continue. we have a huge low-pressure system in canada. in fact, the low pressure system is so strong it's several degrees below normal when it comes to textures. you can't see -- temperatures, you can't see the center of it,

but you can see the rain it's producing in north dakota, and it's giving us a boundary line, creating storms. the live radar shows most storms pushed out of the minnesota, but they are moving through michigan, and flooding in minnesota. dramatic pictures that we had of sandbagging around prior lake. now we have video of the flooding around the lake. it's impressive when you see how high the water has began, dumping the rain fall. also the mississippi river that is around st. paul has inundated places to the south the river, where it curves you have near st. paul. they are at a major flood stage and will see it recede gradually, over the next five days. rain full totals head to the

south, south east. we have plenty of issues flooding here, 7 inches of rain fall that track through. here we are, watching wind build up. when it builds up and comes in behind the rain, all the roots and branches are loose, weighing to come down and cause power outages and flooding. storms will stretch again. across nebraska, iowa, and parts of minnesota, and into michigan they have been dealing with flooding. tomorrow, as we start out, it's the focus aft storms. one of the main ingredients to our active weather, severe weather is humidity, pumping up from the gulf coast. what will happen is the humidity will make the temperatures feel hotter. tomorrow it will feel like 110 in florida.

over the next um of days. core of humidity will stretch over to new york state. our level for the east coast will go up. and temperatures will feel hotter as we get to the middle of the week. >> all i can say is yuck. thank you. today celebrations coast to coast of the annual gay pride parades are taking place in new york, chicago and san francisco. countries like france, spain and mexico are hosting event this weekend. in the u.s. the l.g.b.t. community has a lot of celebrate, the supreme court shot down the law denying recognition of same sex marriages. it has been recognised in 19 states, including washington d c. still ahead - an update on the top stories, including plans to stem the flow of immigrants

into theiate. and costa rica fans with their team on the pitch. they are beside themselves with excitement. n.a.s.a. claims success testing a flying saucer, bound for mars.

welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at the top stories - tikrit has become the central point of the iraqi army's counteroffensive against a sunni-led rebellion, it's in the striking distance of sus australian's home town -- saddam hussein's home town. i.s.i.l. rebels declared an independent sit in syria and iraq. fighting in you rain. the defense minister released this video showing government troops exchanging fire in the east -- in the east. the time group of monitors kidnapped have been released

from east ukraine. president obama is expected to ask congress for $2 billion to crackdown on illegal immigration, since late last year 52 thouds children and 39,000 women with children have been caught trying to cross the border. meanwhile a vigilante group is considering a comeback. the minute man, with a dream of choicing the border gaps nef dying, we ought up with -- never dying, we caught up with jim, the found area. >> reporter: it's been years since jim gilchrist drove through this isolate area in the center. he's returning to the place where it started. >> this is the border fence that physically separates california from mexico. it's made out of recycled steal, metal plates used as landing platforms in the vietnam war. >> this serves a new purpose in

what gilchrist and others see as another war - one that he's been fighting since 2004, when they founded the minute man, civilians ta took up arms to combat illegal immigration along the border. >> my country is not a nation governed by the rule of law, but a nation governed by 535 members of the u.s. house and senate, who for whatever reason does regarded and ignored the law and protecting these borders. >> reporter: one of the best views of the border is on patriot point, where one of the first outposts used to be. >> it was one of the best observe point. you can see forever. what gilchrist couldn't see was the future. as the movement grew, upfighting and violence led to its down fall. in 2010 he pulled the last

outpost on the border. >> what started with patriotic americans at the border ended up with national socialist members armed and swastikas. that's where it was heading because they couldn't control the anger. rrment around the time the tea party started to rise. while the minute me may be gone, there's evidence that lone wolf types patrol the desert. >> they are dangerous and heavily armed. >> that is joel smith with hume april borders, an aid organization that operates 50 border stations. >> this is 55 gallon barrel. >> the border with mexico 10 miles in that direction. for those trying to cross, on a day like today when temperature is in the 90s, these water stations may be a chance of survival. >> i had barrels shot, stabbed,

set on vir. >> i call these verticals. we met dan russell. he comes three times a week to fix the fence. >> it's all one person can co. it's what i do and i'm committed to watching the border, cleaning up the ipp vaugs trails. >> gill greste says he is committed. the future is uncertain. >> i wake up, wondering if it's time to he launch the minute man project. three times as large as the last one. i wonder if perhaps it me be a bad idea. plenty agree, but what is not up for debate is border policy is broken and no amount of bailing wire will fix it. president obama picked someone to take over the

department of veteran affairs. the choice as proctor and gamble, they are with the company in may. they graduated from wet point. the president is expected to announce the nomination tomorrow. in somalia, three members of government security forces were shot and killed in the capital mogadis mogadishu. al-shabab declared they'd maybe attacks. today's follows an attack in a hotel killing two african peacekeepers and a somali officers. five officials are under arrest in india after a building collapse in chennai. 100 are dead. 13 were killed on friday in a building collapse in new delhi. the collapse is common, where builders add extra floors without authorisation and use poor quality materials. pope francis is working to

it's expel concerns about his health. he appeared on sunday. in his prayer message the 77-year-old appealed for iraq's political leaders to preserve the unity of the country and avoid war. an open internet in cuba - that seems far-fetched. a group of executives are on a 2-day tour of havana, promoting that. a quarter of cubans have access to the internet. and they are limited to a few state-approved sites. brazil today - thousands of mexican fans watched in awe as their taxi nearly beat the netherlands, until the dutch scored two goals. mexico is eliminated from the tournament, all eyes on costa rica and greece.

tell me, what is the rabz like from the -- rehabilitation like from the mexican fans watching this. they were so close. >> in one word, they were devastated. more than 7,000 mexican fans were behind me rocking the house inside. there was a great atmosphere until the last few minutes. mech coe had the 1 -- mexico had the 1-1 lead. netherlands scored two goals, one on a suspect call by the official, giving a penalty to the netherlands, and ultimately that was the disrnsment the -- difference. the mexican fans from crying, hugging each other. it was an historic gaum for all the wrong -- game for all the wrong reasons for mexico. netsed's fans -- netherlands's

fans, 3,000 of them, were ecstatic, almost in shocked that they won. >> the picture we see - they look shocked. netherlands is a powerhouse. let's talk about costa rica. they are going against greece right now. what are the spbzs for that -- expectations for that game. >> costa rica has been the surprise. they were not supposed to do anything. now they are planning to - they have gone past the group stage and are in a position at 0-0, in a position to beat greece. if they win, they face the netherlands. costa rica, the cinderella story of the tournament got out of the group of death and - as it's been called, and they are the team and they are really going to make history if they win for a central american team to get

this far. everyone is watching that. there's no story like costa rica, a small country, doesn't have a strong football culture, at least at this level of play. here they are going dope into the current -- deep into the tournament. if there was a cinderella story, two words - costa rica. >> before i let you go, you mention the group of death. the u.s. made it out of the group of death and may on tuesday. what are people saying about that? >> well, the u.s. - no predictions what will happen, but the u.s. - one tied and then lost during the first three matches playing belgium. they are very tough to beat in el salvador, it will be hot. the u.s. team is well coached and think if they play one of the best games of the tournament they may sneak out with a win. this has been a successful tournament for the u.s.

they say they are not done and want to beat belgium. it's very diff as belgium have a lot of top players in some of the biggest leagues. u.s. will have to play their best to have a shot. we'll see. >> an exciting world cup. thank you so much. soccer fans in costa rica - yes, they are glued to the television. it's a level of excite the that country has not seep since 1990 -- seen since 1990, the last time they made it to the critical round of 16. fans hope the team defies the odds. >> reporter: it's a love affair that starts at a young age. hundreds of children take to the pitch in the capital. it's a saturday morning ritual - practicing football skills and playing a few games, some could become the country's top players. there's no shortage of

footballers to look up to with the world cup success much. >> translation: the national team players set an example for the kids, helping to encourage them to practice. not long ago a player came to help with the straining. it's fantastic motivation for the kids. >> reporter: fewer than 5 million live in costa rica. they think big when it comes to football. they describe themselves as football crazy, a place where people eat, breathe and sleep football. that's why there's so much excitement making it to the knockout stage, something the country managed to do only once before. qualifying for the 1990 italian world cup team transported the team into heroes. when they made it into the second round, it was historic. former team captain remembers the highs and lows of the world cup, and hopes their success

will ipp spire players and -- inspire players and challenge them to go further. >> translation: i think the team will surpass what happened in the 1990s. all athletes need to raise the bar. the question is whether costa rica can beat greece to make it to the quarterfinals. >> costa rica did well against strong teams like uruguay, italy in glpd. it's great -- england. it's great. i believe costa rica's story is just starting to be written. whether they go further, they have plenty to celebrate. costa rica and greece reaching half-time and no score. next, statistics tell a shocking story - human being bought, sold and forced into lives of slavery - even in the

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android mobile device. download it now last week the fbi arrested 2281 suspected sex -- 281 suspected sex traffickers. the sexual trafficking research center reported if 2007 to 2012 there were more than 9,000 cases at home, involving sex trafficking and labour trafficking involving women and children. >> these are not far away, kids in far away lands. these are our kids on our street corners, our truck stops, our moments and casinos. >> the federal bureau of investigation's operation cross-country initiative

followed support on human trafficking that named thailand and venezuelan as a frequent trafficking. texas is a place where trafficking. we travelled and talked to a woman who got her life back. >> reporter: when norma answered an ad to come to the united states for a job. she had no idea her employer would trap her, making her a slave. she asked us to cop seal her identity -- conceal her identity. >> he locked me in the bathroom. i begged him to let me go. i was kpt there for hours. she was told if she called police, they would be killed. she said she was threatened and sexually abused. when her employer fell asleep, she called police.

along the border it is a prime location. victims can be forced to work in restaurants, nail salons, in brothels and massage parlours. this undercover investigators says norma's case is not unusual. >> we had victims from africa, indonesia, pakistan. they are usually wealthy individuals, and they'll bring maids and nannies from overseas with work visa, and the problem - that's one of the hardest cases to detect, because it's happening within the confines of a home. >> reporter: in march the u.s. congress reauthorised anti-trafficking laws, containing tools for prosecutors to go after international employers operating in the u.s. who prey on the diagrams of those around the world, homing to live and work in the united states. >> translation: i didn't have

power to free myself. i was his prey. now he's the prey of the authorities. i'm froo from the way he had me -- free from the way he had me from his abuse. he decided i was not a person, just the animal. >> she wants to see those that tart the vul ner -- target the vulnerable pay. chalking to the child abuse chief of u.n.i.c.e.f. who speaks about many issues, including child trafficking. lay it out so we are clear what child trafficking do we entail. >> child trafficking is the movement or harbouring or transportation of children for the purposes of exploitation. >> it sounds horrifying. let's talk about the bust where the fbi arrested 281 pimples, it seems small for how big the problem seems to be. >> i suspect, and we suspect

that globally the rescues from brothels and hotels is the tip of the iceberg in terms of the magnitude of the problem. children around the world, including in the united states, are trafficked for work in agricultural settings, in sweat stops. we see children around the world trafficked to work in mines and goldmines. these various sites oftati are e world. that's why we suspect the numbers we are seeing are lower than the numbers of children affected. >> can you talk to us about the type of children that are vulnerable to be sucked into this. >> it's interesting. it's a great question. you almost don't want to say there's a type, yet there is. much of what we see, in particular when it's children who are trafficked into sites of sexual exploitation, is these

are children that have been abused or they come from families that weren't able to protect them. the safe environments were not so safe. internationally we see many children who are trafficked came from families where there's violence, and what underlies violence is drugs and alcohol. really, a weak family structure. if you had children who were in a weak family structure, there's a likelihood of being trafficked. the thing that scorps uni self is the fact that they get trafficked and exploited. it's the journey and the outcome, which is so negative for them. >> kimberley reported on the legal avenue to deal with this. is it a matter of new laws, enforcing the law? >> another great question. okay. two things. one, on the law, one of the things we need to do on a state by state and country by country

basis is make sure we have house in place to protect child victims from being tape into criminal processes -- taken into criminal processes. >> criminalizing the victims. >> exactly. the safe harbour act in new york has been put in place to protect the victims. that's one dimension. we have pressure urts few convictions on the books of people who exploit children. as long as there's immunity for this, it will not end. we need high-profile convictions, using the laws that exist to hold the right people to task. when we think about laws and their enforce , it's important when we talk about trafficking to get to preches. i was just going to say, let's step back to preventing this happening in the first place. >> someone did a study on the money spent on law enforcement

and border patrol as opposed to money spend on strengtsening welfare services, support to families, empowering children to be alert. we need to up the investments in prevention, and they never should go through the experiences that they go through. >> absolutely, they should not. thank you for signing a light on this. the child protection chief of unicef. a woman in south sudan started a refuge for children caught in the sex trade there. >> reporter: cassie is a familiar visitor to juba's red light districts. she does not judge the women, but comes to extract children, young girls caught up in the sex trade. >> we have a meeting in the morning, and they tell you what happened in the night, and for me i thought "what am i hearing? what is happening to the chip?

they are in -- children, they are in disco areas and me are sleeping with them.". >> reporter: cathy has seen girls as young as eight or nine working in the brothels. she couples to retrieve a girl we'll call super, who is 14. >> i sleep with three men a day, it's as many as i can manage. >> reporter: too many girls are on the streets or living in the slums, at risk of sexual abuse or violence. the ones working in the brothel say working there gives them ipp dependence and an income. >> some girls say "mum, it's better to do it for money than for free." . >> reporter: the girls face great risk, some becoming h.i.v. positive with no idea what that moons. cassie realised the girls would not stay in school, unless she

changed their home environment. with don'tations from friend and a little from government she set up a children's rev use for the girls and -- refuge for the girls and young boy. the girls sleep in dormitories with an adult woman. they go to school, play sport and stop running away when they believe another life is possible. >> it's good. everybody there is good. everybody. no fighting. you eat, you sleep. you go to school. this is good. no fighting. >> reporter: cassie wories, these children are the casualties of the south sudan wore. with a country on the brink of voims, she fears another lost generation, and the south -- south government admits it can't do any more for the girls about the budget frozen. >> with the crisis, people are

not paying taeption. >> this one woman centre uganda continues a battle to break the cycle of abuse of south sudan girls, hoping they, one day, will keep their young sisters safe from harm.

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>> discrimination is wrong >> 99 percent of those arrested in drug free school zones... we're not near a school at all! >> are they working? >> this time i'm gonna fight it. >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america n.a.s.a.'s test flight yesterday was a success. the newest spacecraft might look like something out of a science fiction movie. it was developed to land an mars. it was hauled into the atmosphere by a ball joon. it's known as a supersonic decelerate. it splashed safely in the pacific ocean. it was 16 years ago that a tornado ripped though nashville. the country's economy was suffering before that hit, but the community banded together. we report on the city's

revitalisition. >> reporter: it's a tourist mecca, the home to country music and a steamy prime-time show bearing its name. this year nashville ranks among the top 10 cities for jobs. while the big employers bet the headlines, across the river in east nashville a small business boom is upped way. >> i moved from -- under way. >> i moved from atlanta. east nashville seemed like a good community to open up in. >> reporter: once a shabby distribute, it is today the place to be for restaurants and night life. the turn around started in 1998 when within f 3. tornado ripped through the neighbourhood. >> a lot of investment came in, city awareness, money through insurance. >> reporter: opened in 2001 this

art gallery was among the first to draw business back to east nash victim. >> on the first night we opened about, what, 1,000 people came. >> reporter: recently the mcfad yeps launched a project to help others. steps from the gallery the idea hatchery is a collection of eight store fronts offering renewable one-year leases. at $525 a month, represents are a barring april. -- barring australian. >> the -- barring april. >> the mcfad yeps launched many businesses. there's a line of mum and pops waiting to get in. the waiting list caught the eye of nashville property developers mark and patty sanders. >> after talking with brett. he had a waiting list of people going in there the his are smaller unit, and we said let's go the next size up, so they can

go from brett's to ours, and ours move out to the rest of the world. >> reporter: blocks from the idea hatchery, the shops on fatherland is home to 20 microbusinesses. the sanders put their success rate at 60%. i think at least for the husband and wife shop, you have to do everything yourself. it's exhausting, but a lot of rewards. >> for the sanders and mcfaddiens, the rewards are clear. >> it's the small businesses and neighbourhoods coming together that makes the country work. >> i'm richelle carey, and next - updates from around the world, go to the website aljazeera.com, and don't forget to tup in. a pentagon report is out dealing with sexual assault in the military. we look at that issue at 8:30

eastern. we live you with a scene in rio de janeiro. fans watch the team. score is 0-0 at the half. on "america tonight", the weekend digs - innocence lost, thousands lost in the cross-boarder debate and what to do. >> it's a painful situation. we are interested in trying to solve the problem. correspondent lori jane gliha brings us an exclusive interview with el salvador's ambassador to the united states, on what his country needs to bring its children home. also - when fate meets being true t