moral authority, and right now there is no controlling moral authority, the system can no longer exist. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. a victory for hobby lobby. the supreme court says some private companies can opt out of the contraception requirement of obamacare. president obama says he will take effort to fix immigration without congress. and response from israeli government. and the i.s.i.l. had created a new islamic state, the

implications of a caliphate. the united states supreme court handed out two major decisions on the final day of its term. the justices ruled that some employees cannot be forced to pay union fees. the high court also ruled today that some companies may refuse to pay for some type of contraception if it conflicts with the othe owner's beliefs. >> both in their churches and outside their churches. >> we believe that the owners of for-profit companies should not be allowed to assert their personal religious views to deny their employees federally mandated services. >> lisa stark, this is a strike against president obama's signature health care, no doubt about it. tell bus the ruling. >> a five-four ruling.

one of the most closely watched cases. requiring coverage for birth control. crowds gathered on the steps of the supreme court. >> what do we want? health care. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> and when the high court found in favor of hobby lobby its supporters erupted in cheers. the case also involved conestoga wood cap nettary -- cabinetry. a situation where they view is akin to abortion. others denied the decision. >> this is a bitter pill for women. it means that bosses can take away control for birth control.

>> the court split 5-4 over ideological lines. justice sam alito wrote, conduct that seriously, questions their religious belief. religious freedom law applies to for profit companies. alito says the decision covers tonal contraceptive mandate. but ruth bader ginsburg, said, can vaccinations and, medications derived from pigs? based on an employer's sincerely held religious beliefs? at the white house the president declined to comment but his spokesman said mr. obama feels

the decision puts women's health in jeopardy. >> we believe the owners of for profit companies should not be allowed to assert their religious beliefs to deny their employees federally mandated benefits. republican leaders called it a victory for religious freedom and a defeat for what they feel is government overreach by the obama administration. those representing hobby lobby insist the decision is a narrow one. >> this opinion is very focused on closely held family-owned businesses that have a religious objection to the contraception manatov. it doant appl -- doesn't apply m and exxon mobil. still, to make sure all women get full contraceptive coverage. now, today's decision does not have any impact on the broader affordable care act, what the

supreme court largely upheld two years ago by just a one-vote margin but tony it certainly gives the republicans another opportunity to call out the president on his signature health care plan. >> it sure does and lisa what does this mean in the final analysis for hobby lobby employees? >> well, hobby lobby operates in 41 states. they have about cancer,000 full time -- about 16,000 full time employees. for the women it is likely they will not get coverage for some contraceptive means. hobby lobby's attorney says the ball is now in the government's court to figure out whether it will pick up the cost for that contraceptive coverage tony. >> the supreme court also ruled against unions. roxana saberi is leer. >> it could have been even worse for public employee unions. this was a case about home health care workers in illinois and whether they had to journey

unions and pay dues. both unions and organized labor were looking for sweeping victory but neither side got exactly what it wanted. for some pamela harris was asking for a free ride. but ask her. >> they are overstepping. you don't belong in a louse, a home, intruding in a family and you don't belong in interfering in the care of an individual with significant disabilities. >> reporter: the supreme court now says harris was right and people like her can't be forced to pay union dues. harris takes care of her developmentally disabledson josh at home. writing for the majorities justice samuel alito said, they don't have to pay dues. harris praised the decision saying in a statement, families in illinois can relax knowing

their homes are safe from being a union workplace and there will be no third party intruding into the care we provide our sons and daughters. the five-four decision was bad for unions but not as bad as they had feared. doesn't apply to firefighters and police officers that work directly for the government. in illinois and 20 other states those public employees are still required to pay union dues even the though they don't want to join a union. they are often called fair share fees, the decision is a blow for the service employees international union, by some estimates it could lose thousands of members in illinois and millions of dollars in lost fees. >> it's a bad thing for unions, it's a bad thing for unionsed employees. it's good for those who want the benefits of union representation without having to pay the cost. >> she doesn't know how the ruling will affect home health

care workers outside illinois. saying it could make it harder for the elderly and disabled people to get care they need. >> roxanna, appreciate it. president obama says he's willing to bypass congress and use executive orders for dealing with undocumented immigrants. mike viqueria has the story. >> one of them somewhat down the line in a few weeks. the president has asked for recommendations for his cabinet and by the end of the summer he wants some executive actions he can undertake in the face of what he calls republican intransigents. they are not moving that bill through the house of representatives, find a way to at least partially enact some immigration reform.

he's redirecting resources there including 150 border patrol agents and sending them to that epicenter there in the rio grande valley. and the president is also going to be asking for more than $2 billion to hire more immigration judges, more asylum processors, more lawyers, also humanitarian aid to help many of these individuals on detention centers on military bases that have now become these makeshift housing centers for children who have come here. president obama took to the rose garden. here's a little bit more of what he has to say. >> i take executive officer action when congress chooses to do nothing. -- i take executive action when congress chooses to do nothing and in this situation, the failure of the house to pass this bill is bad for our future.

>> these children are from central america. by law they can't be turned around at the border as mexican children can be. this have to be housed. what the president is proposing is expediting the process and sending them back to central america, to what is a very unsafe environment there, youth gangs are menaas menacing. the president says joar john bor and the president were actually seen talking and that's what drove the president to make this announcement today. now john boehner blames an earlier executive action that the president made the so-called dreamers, tony, those young people who came here without any decision of their own and allowed to stay if in fact they grew up here. boehner saying in part, the president's own executive orders

have led to the humanitarian crisis on the mexican border. giving false hope that in they enter the country illegally they will be allowed to stay. the crisis is continuing unabated, to alleviate and provide alternatives to somehow make the environment safer for these children, yet they are still streaming towards border. tony. tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from central america have arrived in the united states in the last several months in search for a better life. paul beban is here. paul, these children are leaving to get into the united states and you followed one family whose son has made this harrowing perilous journey to the united states. tell us about this. >> it is a perilous journey no more so than the place they were

leaving behind. i was reporting on the border in nogales, a city that straddles the u.s. mexican border, we met a 15-year-old boy, axel fernandez, he and two cousins, traveled from honduras. he actually turned 16 during the journey. they were caught by narco bandits. he has since been reunited with his father in huft, who has been -- houston, who has been living there undocumented for a decade. if he was deported the first thing they would tell him to do is turn around and go back. life is not safe. he will be killed by the gangs they say. here is a conversation i had with his mother last week. >> i have to be cautious to say

what i'm about to say. there are things you're not supposed to say here. you join or you're killed. boys as young as 12, 15 years old had to leave. leaving seems to be the only situation. >> reporter: axel is in the u.s. now but he may have to come home, he may be deported. what is going to happen to him if he has to come home? >> translator: if he ended up back here and he didn't go back to the states quickly, they'd kill him. that's what would happen. >> reporter: what he does is keep his head down and focused on studies. axel, a little more social, high profile kid, couldn't avoid the gangs, couldn't avoid the choice, stay or go. >> what happens to children leaving places like honduras and guatemala, what is it that is leading this mass exodus trying to get to the united states? >> the underlying causes haven't

changed. chronic crime, lack of opportunity, lack of security, 42% of all the cocaine that enters the u.s. from south america comes through honduras. this is a country that is profoundly destabilized but right now there is a rumor that has persisted for months that there is some kind of permit for families traveling with children or children traveling alone that will allow them to be in this country for a long time. >> there is month such permit. >> there is no permiso. it is probably being propagated by the coyotes, the smugglers who take children north, and the general atmosphere of immigration reform, they feel something has changed and it's time to go. >> you are telling me that people in the united states with these family members that are making this trip are listening to this debate and getting the information and the facts wrong

and sending that information home along with money and encouraging them to come to the united states. >> ultimately the people who profit are the coyotes who are run by the drug cartels. moving people is easier than moving drugs. relatives of these people, of the immigrants are sending money to the coyotes, and making this terribly dangerous journey, sometimes they will be sent back. on the other hand, axel who has been reunited with his father he will start school this fall. his case will take months or years to be adjudicated. they will take the chance. the search for three israeli settlers in the west bank is over. they had been missing for nearly three weeks. nick schifrin is in gaza.

tell us how these teenagers were ultimately found? >> yes tony, this is a result of an exhaustive search for almost four weeks. finally the israeli army with a bunch of civilian volunteers found these bodies. we have a much better sense what happened when they were kidnapped. almost immediately, those teenagers knew something had happened, one made a phone call and said, "we've been kidnapped." the first car was torched, the second car stopped in front of an open field. two were buried under rocks and another was buried in the ground. since we have found out what happened to them. the israeli army this evening has demolished the homes of two palestinians living in hebron,

two members of hamas according to the israeli army, both of whom have been arrested in the past. that is where we are at this time. the israeli government has just met for three hours, tony but so far there has been no response other than the demolishing of those houses. >> nick, these are dangerous days ahead. how is israel and hamas responding to this? >> yeah, there's been an outpouring of support for the families of teenagers we've seen. tens of thousands of israelis come to vigils, after the announcement there was one, and responding to that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has really tried to push hamas, saying that hamas is responsible, hamas will pay. in response, where hamas is actually in charge, a spokesman talked to us a few hours ago. he said he wasn't inviting any israeli response but he did say

that the whole story was, quote, propaganda. he didn't even believe it. he said israel was using it as an excuse to attack. and if they did attack they would responded to by more force by ha matio hamas than has evern seen. the united states condemns in the strongest possible terms the senseless act of terror against innocent youth. but then he went on to try to calm the situation saying, quote, i also urge all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilize the situation. israel was hoping the u.s. would come out strong and suggest to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, that they shouldn't do that, everyone is waiting for the response. >> nick schifrin, thank you.

general motors plans to pay out millions of dollars for earlier recalls. and former secretary of state are hillary clinton. david schuster is up next with power politics.

>> in today's power politics a group of college students has now put hillary clinton the presumptive democratic presidential front runner on the hot spot for speaking fees. david schuster. >> students are urging hillary clinton to give back a fee she's scheduled to receive, for a speech, family $225,000. she says the money will go to her family's foundation. however, unlv's tuition has tripled and the university has raised the tuition another 15% and plans to do so again in the

next three years. >> to give somebody nearly $225,000 of university funds or potentially university funds to anyone. >> she says this is not unusual for clinton. she charged ucla $300,000 for her speech. the chairman of the republican party opened fire. >> there's hillary fatigue already out there. it's setting in. people are tired of this story and i just happen to belief that this early run for the white house is going to come back and bite them and it already is. people are tired of it. >> even president obama is now part of the discussion. he was just asked by abc news about hillary clinton's wealth and the criticism she's receiving. here is how the president responded. >> as soon as you jump back into the spotlight in a more explicitly political way, you're

going to be fly-specked like this. i don't think it's going to make any difference. >> meantime. they're hoping that elizabeth warren, massachusetts senator, will be a candidate. she made a fund raiser statement for allison grimes. grimes is trying to knock off republican minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> we want to build a great future for had country. a great future for our children and our grandchildren. and we are willing to fight shoulder to shoulder, to make that happen. that's what tough women do. [applause] >> tough women she's referring to herself and grimes not herself and clinton. no mention of clinton there. remember vance mcallister, the married man elected on a family values platform? caught on video kissing a female

staffer. first when the tape surfaced he said he would not run for reelection. now he says he's had a change of heart and will run in november, his family is behind him 100% and the voters will make the right decision. >> we'll see how that works out. >> that's today's power politics. >> david, thank you. general motors plans to recall 8 million more vehicles for a safety problem. the company could pay billions of dollars to owners of cars with defective ignition switches. >> gm has said whatever it will cost under the protocol they will pay it. there's no ceiling on the aggregate dollars. >> kenneth fineberg who handled the general motors and bp compensation funds says he alone will decide how much each person will get. gm has linked 13 deaths to

faulty ignition switches. trial lawyers say there could be hundreds of claims of injuries and wrongful deaths. so stocks were mixed today. the dow and the s&p 500 lost ground. this is also the halfway point on the trading calendar year. did you know that? well jen rogers knows that, and a bunch more. she's in for ali velshi. how are the markets looking the first half 2014? >> you know it's almost july. hello. it was hampered a lot by the cold winter but when all is said and done it has been a good first half of the year. for americans who invest in the stock market of which there are a lot the s&p 500 index, it often mimics the hold beings that americans have in their

retirement and 401(k), the dow jones is up, four years running so we're going to take it. >> how are the other sort of broader financial markets faring at this point of the year? >> that's what's interesting, everything is up. u.s. corporate bonds are up, commodities are up, gold in particular, gold is up a whopping 10%. from stocks to bonds to commodities, financial markets across the globe have really rallied in the first half of 2014. i don't want you to get too excited though, a group of central bankers founded a warning, look at all these big returns. they seem a little bit disconnected with the still shaky global economy. they have warned that investors may not be prepared for rising rates on the horizon and out there. if you are invested in the markets now may be a good time to consider reallocating some of your holdings. take a lack at what you got and take stock. >> what's happening on main

street with employment as well. what else are you working on for "real money" tonight? >> remember, it's a new airline, launching today, if it sounds familiar it was the same as the old one, a budget carrier so we'll have more on that. >> jen rogers in for ali velshi, "real money," on al jazeera america. still to come ukraine's president says his country's troops will go on the attack after cease fire talks fall apart. also some religious groups have been celebrating the supreme court's hobby lobby decision. coming up we'll speak with a catholic activist that says the ruling could actually damage religious decisions.

>> well, the supreme court may have changed how for-profit companies are seen by the courts. in a five to four decision the court said some businesses can refuse to cover birth control if they object on religious grounds. the companies could not hold religious views, joining me from washington, d.c, with more on this is sarah hutchinson ratcliff, the program director for catholics for choice. i know you don't agree with the hobby lobby decision. tell me why? >> thanks tony. we don't. catholics for change has been working with many, many organizations to make sure the religious values of every individual, not just those who seek to trample the religious valuation of their employer have done that. >> has the court placed the religious views of corporate shareholders of companies over

the legitimate health care concerns of women in your estimation here? >> well, i think the question is not necessarily which is better. it is not religious liberty versus health, it's whose religious liberty is in danger. the owners have sued as their own religious liberty rights certainly have the right to their religious opinion. they don't, just because they have the power of the purse don't get to decide what their employees do and do not get or compensation may be. oftentimes they don't match their employers so for the supreme court to have decided that the religious liberty of the employers is more important and should trump the religious rights of the employees is something else. >> should the employers in the

hobby lobby case, the types of contraceptives, the companies refuse to cover was that disturbing? >> it is troubling, absolutely. but i think the more important issue is this is just the tirp of the -- the tip of the iceberg. because some of the decision tried to narrow what this really means, we believe it means a many, many, in more broadly defined. the courts could decide that a pregnant woman who is not married should not receive health care, or lgbt, because of their views. there is a lot of things this could be used for future. >> well sarah, let me stop picking around the edges here. do you see this as an abortion case? >> i don't think this is about abortion. it is about the religious liberty and health care rights of individuals. and there are individuals who work for hobby lobby and

conestoga wood should not refer to what their bosses tell them. the affordable care act set forth the basic minimum set of standards for health care coverage in this country. and just because i choose to work for one organization, shouldn't mean i get better health care because the employers say o. >> sarah i'm going opush you a little bit on this. so the four forms of contraceptives at the heart of this hobby lobby case have the ability to stop the fertilized egg into the uterus. doesn't that make it an abortion case? >> they don't stop a pregnancy, they stop a pregnancy from happening. whether or not you believe the medical experts is not what the court decided today. the individuals who believe that these -- they're against these particular forms of contraception are frankly employers who are against all

forms of contraception. but it is not the employer's decision to make what their employees use their health care for. >> do you feel that justice ginsburg is on to som somethingt this could lead to the me too syndrome? >> these folks are arguing that they don't even want to fill out a form to say that they object. that this is just the smallest smallest set of arguments that they're making, that's just a broader thing to make folks do what they think they should do rather than follow their own individual conscience. >> sarah, thank you for your time. she is the domestic program director of catholics for choice. >> thank you. and the president obama went to the va headquarters in

washington to officially nominate robert mcdonald to be the future veterans affairs secretary. he talked about what he hopes to accomplish if he is confirmed by the senate. >> for our family, taking care of our veterans is very personal. we need to put care for veteran at the center of everything we do at veterans affairs. at proctor and gamble we always focus on our customer. at the va the veteran is our customer and we must all focus all day every day on getting them the benefits and the care that they've so earned. >> president obama also called on the senate to confirm his other nominees. more u.s. troops are headed to iraq. the white house announced that about 300 additional troops have been deployed to help protect u.s. diplomatic facilities. this comes as islamic state of iraq and the levant, or i.s.i.l, declared the area it occupies in

iraq and syria as a new islamic state removing iraq and levant from its name. john terret is here for what it means. john. >> i think there's about 800 total now this new group going into iraq. >> mission creep. >> exactly. people are owned t opposed to i. let's look at a map of these two countries that we know so well about what's going on. baghdad, iraq, damascus, syria right there, there's the capitol cities. let's add in the caliphate by the group we used to call i.s.i.l. but now call simply islamic state. the areas i've colored in red, they stretch pretty much across the entire country from west to east as you can see.

the idea of a caliphate think of it like this. it's like an empire run by a religious and political leader called a caliph. that would rule all muslim thinking, out of this caliphate, that is the idea. the area in red that you just saw, is now under its leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi, and its intention is to unite activities from aleppo all the way over to dialia, and much more than that as time goes by. all of that under their black flag. now, the last time there was a caliphate in this world of ours was 1924, the final days of the ottoman empire. what is raising concerns about this newest caliphate is the islamic state is calling for all sorts of islamic groups to come under their umbrella.

like al qaeda and the al nusra front. on the border of syria and iraq right now. now all of this raises the stakes for the iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki. as he struggles to put together a government in baghdad that is more representative of his people than the preventio the p. tony the wider problem here is if they are calling for all these these jihadist groups to come under one umbrella, it's creating a lot of interest and a lot of worry. >> let's see what the iraqi parliament does starting tomorrow. >> by the way, don't expect them to wram it up -- wrap it up quickly. it took them two and a half months last time. on the lookout for the

fighters aligned with the new islamic state. zena hadr reports. >> there is no mistaking who is in charge here. the self declared islamic state, which has been fighting as part of a wider rebellion for weeks. why snipers positioned at the encumbrance of iraq's northern city. this is a front line. just 500 meters away are the kurdish peshmerga forces. they have been fortifying their defenses days after a suicide bombing targeted their forces at this crossing. >> translator: on june 26th the islamic state sent a suicide bomber in a truck. that is why we are beefing up security. >> the autonomous forces, authorities here say they are facing a threat. they tightened controls and

imposed new restrictions at all crossing points. at the start of the crisis hundreds of thousands of people fled mosul to erbil. they have been able to use cars but things have changed. they can only enter by foot and only a handful of people are arriving. that is because the kurdish security forces have new security forces in place. and while those measures may make things more difficult, kurdish officials insist they are needed to provide stability in their region. >> translator: the islamic state is planning to control the whole of iraq and they will impose their feelings on the whole of iraq. we need to spread out along the front line to protect our children and women. >> sunni militia group, oso far been able to hold their lines

but the presence of american military advisors in this riej underscores how seriously they regard the threat. zena hodr, al jazeera iraq. the cease fire between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists has ended. paul brennan with more so in donetske. >> it took 93 hours between the cease fire and president poroshenko deciding what he's going to do. the decision has been made. there will be no second extension from the unilateral cease fire that the government declared a few days ago. frankly the kyiv government believes there has been no progress maid by the separatists to meet any of the president's peace proposals. i'll read you an excerpt.

he said a unique opportunity was not implemented. after discussing the situation i as commander decided not to pursue the unilateral cease fire. nonrenewal of the cease fire is our response to what he described terrorists, rebels, looters. he says do i not want to embellish reality. it will be hard and difficult, glory to ukraine. now what will be the international response to this? america has already responded to this. the state department spokesman jen pasaki has said we've already responded, and we'll support whatever the u.n. skies. europe has been trying to find some kind of compromise. we had these four way telephone are conference calls between

germany france u.c. and ukraine. bringing the influence to bear against the separatists. we are in the new phase, what the president called plan b earlier this week and it's going to be i think some bloodshed before this is all over. >> in pakistan, ground offensive to flush out supporters, house to house in the region's main town of miran shah. , before the operation, this is a second phase of a two-week operation which began with air strikes. in italy, the navy has found 30 bodies on board a boat packed with immigrants. the army has rescued over 5,000 people in the past two days. the italian navy suspects the 30 people died from suffocation. at least 50,000 migrants have

reached italy from north africa since january. in central african republic, the army has spread the search for joseph kony, finding him will need resources and time. both of which uganda does not have. malcolm webb with more. >> these ugandan soldiers have a difficult job. they're tracking the lord's resistance army. most of its fighters were an abducted as children. they evaded ugandan forces and became expert in living in the bush. >> it is not easy to find them. sometimes they can confuse us. their paths get scattered.

>> the climate is hot and humid and the jungle stretches on for hundreds of kilometers. scattered over the area the size of france. they move around swiftly on foot. it is difficult for these ugandan soldiers to find them. their leader joseph kony is in an area where the forces don't operate. most of the lra are in the southeast and in neighboring congo but the u.n. says joseph kony who is wanted by the international criminal court is hiding in an enclave to the north. the sudanese government denies sheltering him. most of the countries have no effective government since the rebellion in 2012. we attended a meeting between ugandan officers and central government. the governor here wants the

ugandan army to stay. >> translator: car is experiencing a very serious political crisis like never before in its history. are fortunately, i want to inform you that this is the only province that has not been affected by that crisis. >> reporter: the ugandan soldiers is the only effective force here. want to be part of a wider u.n. strategy. >> the problem of the lra should be looked at holistically. humanitarian problem. social service, you are going to look at poverty. the international community u.n. everybody to come and look at this problem so we approach it from the crux. >> wants the ugandan military to be part of the u.n. force. the hunt for kony has already

taken years and even with support stabilizing the rest of the country won't be quick either. malcolm webb, al jazeera in the central africa republic. maria innes ferre. >> nine were shot on bourbon street, video from the stream site earth cam sees people fleeing the scene as police and emergency workers responded to the victim. jury selection began in the the knapsack filled with fireworks was later found in a landfill. prosecutors are trying him on obstruction charges, not of having anything to do with the bombings. governor andrew quomo

announced his goal to slow the spread of aids in new york. he made the announcement prior to walking in new york city's gay pride parade yesterday. experts estimate 3,000 workers will be diagnosed with hiv this year. quomo wanted to reduce that number to 750 cases by 2020. part of his plan includes more testing and discounting prices for medications. in wichita kansa kansas, investigators are trying to figure out how this happened. an emergency slide inflated inside the plane, suddenly in the rear of the plane. the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. the passengers and crew were given hotel rooms for night. they board he a separate plane this morning to continue their flight to los angeles. tony it looks like it will take investigators a couple of weeks

how that slide was deployed. >> that's ridiculous. a couple of extra miles too what i'm calling for. still to come on al jazeera america, facebook users are used as lab rats. outrageous over the social media giant's use of information. in just a few moments georgia gun owners will be able to take their guns just about anywhere they want. we'll have reaction over this debate.

>> this, is what we do. >> al jazeera america.

>> starting tomorrow, a if you law will allow georgia gun owners to take their firearms into bars, houses of worship and even schools. it has been called one of the most sweeping laws in the nation. but as robert ray says, many say the law goes too far. >> reporter: it is called the georgia safe carry protection act. but it's dubbed as the guns everywhere law. inside the ebenezer church where martin luther king was once pastor. >> this is a terrible situation, georgia is ground zero. but georgia does not stand on this alone. it's an american problem. >> a loaded weapon in places of

worship, bars and schools. if the church, bar owner or school board allows them. >> there is a great deal of confusion among my colleagues, and from conversations that i'm having, even among law enforcement. >> and here's one of the reasons why. the law also says if gun owners could carry a loaded weapon into unsecured buildings like libraries and perhaps even a city hall and no one can ask them if they have a permit, in addition, you see i'm on a public sidewalk. if the law enforcement officer sees me with a loaded gun on my side, that person cannot come up to me and ask me if i have a permit. john monroe represents georgia carry, an influential gun rights group that backed the new law and helped formulate the details. >> we are talking about a fundamental constitutional right that is actually enumerated in

the constitution. you might want to ask, why does somebody need to run a tv station or have a blog on the internet? it is not why they need do it, they have a right to do it. >> how about the drafting of this bill? >> it was about as political as can you get. >> steve thinks there will be gun activists testing the limits of the new law and gun activists with lawsuits in the coming months. >> you'll see challenges initially challenging the entire law and then you'll see more precise challenges about different provisions. and then of course it will be up to the courts to decide which ones move forward. >> reporter: gun activists like john monroe think people are overreacting. >> the overwhelming majority of the provisions in the bill are things that nobody is talking about and nobody would really care about except people who are rabidly anti-gun and don't believe they should be allowed

to carry guns anyway. >> for this segregatio this cone is sadness. and a fear of a law they say will create more problems than it solves. robert ray, al jazeera, atlanta. >> so listen to this. an emotion experiment, what is that, conducted by facebook and several universities are sparking outrage on social media. what is it, emotion experiment? what is facebook doing now? >> i'll tell you tony, more than half a million users which are part of this -- were part of this. but didn't know it. expressed more upbeat emotions. those that saw more negative posts expressed more negativity. now the study's results were published this month and some people are bashing the

community. let's call it what it is, a symptom of a much wider issue of opinions on platforms. i spoke to one law professor who says the company should have gotten users' consent for this, take too look. >> the policy says they can do all kinds of things with their data. it says very little about how they will manipulate you. so it's one thing to expect that facebook will take what you do on the site, show you ads. it is another to think that they will tailor your news need experience to see if they can make you sad. >> one of the authors of the study posted an apology on facebook, saying, we are sorry for any anxiety it caused. in short, the research may not have justified all this anxiety. >> all of that now. thank you.

still ahead on al jazeera america, team u.s.a. is gearing up for its match against befl belgium. jen rogers is ahead for room room. >> we'll look at what could be in store for the rest of the year. and the return for people express airlines. how the company expects to deliver more than just an '80s flash back. all that on "real money."

>> so there are only two matches remaining in the round of 16, right? france and germany are through after winning their matches earlier today but it is the last match of this knockout stage that is on everyone's mind here. the u.s.a. versus belgium. gabe alesando has more in

salvador. >> we are in the historic city of salvador. it is one of the oldest cities in brazil. the perfect place for the match between united states and belgium. expecting to bring more than 10,000 fans to cheer on the red, white and blue team here on tuesday when they play against belgium. we see people wearing dempsey jersey, i believe jerseys, they need all the support they can get to beat belgium. belgium has a lot of high quality players that play on some of the biggest and most important teams on the international stage. they have one of the best goalies anywhere in the world right now. the united states will have to play their best to advance. jurgen klinsmann says they're not satisfied how far they have gotten and they want to keep advancing in this tournament. we'll have to see.

it's certainly shaping up to be one heck of a match in what's already been a pretty amazing world cup. one of the best world cups in recent memory. according to the critics. >> for sure. gabe. that's all it's halftime for 2014, a great year scoc so far. we'll look at what the next six months could mean for the rest of the year. and we'll tell you who is effected by a student loan rate change. and a new airline with an old name takes flight. we'll look at how it can save you money when you fly. i'm jen rogers in for