that's our show today. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> hello, everybody, welcome to aljazeera america, i'm david schuster in ne in new york, andn seigenthaler has the night off. no go ahead. trying to pick new leaders, and iraq hopes for a new unity government to end the violence. revenge in israel. bodies of the teenagers was buried today. as they blame hamas. and the question is how. scandal, how a new jersey father's determination led to a

$9 million fine from one of the biggest banks. he will join us, and plus. >> you have even the small boys, they're not going to stop until you -- >> war on truth. we introduce you to a journalist from ecuador. government corruption against her and her young son. u.s.' world cup comes to a frustrating end. and curses. russia's new crackdown on foul language in movies, even swearing in public could get you fired. >> we it begin tonight in iraq, where abu is urging all muslims to travel to iraq.

he wants them to fight and overthrow the iraqi government that the united states helped establish. iraq's parliament today, in an effort to withstand the violence, tried to choose a unity government but failed. many blame maliki for the rebellion. they have already taken over a huge area from syria to eastern iraq. >> iraq's parliament met for the first time, but they didn't get very far. they were supposed to convene to elect a new speaker. but believe that could happen, shouting broke out between some of the members of prime minister maliki's block, and the kurdish members. and not enough of them came back to continue the session, so they're adjourning for another week, and that gives parliamentarians and leaders time to try to agree on who should be the next prime minister. odds are that it probably won't

be maliki. but the frantic negotiation is going on as to who could possibly replace him. on the ground, the iraqi military is continuing to make gains with the fighters against the islamic state. in sam ar, the city under the holy shrine that came under mortar fire, at least six people were killed there. and the iraqi army said that it has cleared the highway to samara, and now it controls that territory. the fighters in the desert pose a considerable threat. and iraq is trying to get weapons, ammunitions, arms and aircraft anywhere it can. the defense ministry announced today that it had flown in at least five used russian fighter jets that it will use to supplements airspace until it gets american f-16s. a grim milestone, noted by the

united nations as well. more than 2,000 iraqis were killed in june. that's the highest figure since 2007, when iraq was in the grip of a civil war. the united nations says most of those who died were civilians. >> in iraq, reporting in baghdad, aljazeera.com, served as npr's baghdad bureau chief, and jenny, welcome to the set. we heard the walkout by the kurds and sunnis. >> it was the first time they were all together in one room since the election, with the state fighters, and there are a lot of grievances and a lot of tempers flared, blame on both sides about the current situation, and obviously the failure to agree on anything. >> was it just symbolism to let it the steam off or was it a foreshadow of the difficulty to come up with a unity government. >> it's going to be a test of will. that's the key.

it took ten months last time in the 2010 elections for the parliament to form a new government. and this time things are so much worse, and so much harder. it's going to be a real test to see what prime minister maliki is going to do. whether he'll step down, whether he'll stand his ground. and what everyone else is going to be prepared to do as well. >> if maliki does step down, is there a potential leader with enough respect for the government? >> . >> i don't know if he has the respect. he has to be someone who is a friend to tehran. and whether he's going to be secular or not, or not sectarian, or someone who that political block is willing to look at, and also someone who the kurds and sunnies can look at and have a conversation with.

>> the united states is looking at the ability to form a unity government in baghdad, and what's the best scenario for the united states in the next couple of weeks? someone to lead and come up with this, and if they don't, what does the united states do? >> they have to wait. you remember when the surge happened. this was all intended to provide enough of a vacuum for the iraqi government to form, and for the political situation to stabilize. i think that the same situation is going to apply here, and i think what's going to happen, they are going to try to provide as much security guidance as they can on the ground. and in terms of the political, they can't be seen to influence. >> as far as the islamic state, they are taking over parts of syria, and parts of eastern iraq. does it matter to them who is in charge in baghdad? >> ultimately not, but there are people who have allied with them who say that we want maliki to

go, and it will be interesting to see if maliki does step down what they will do next. >> former bureau chief in baghdad, jamie, great to have you as always. now to israel for a funeral was held today for three young settlers whose bodies were found on the west ganske on saturday. the prime minister said that those responsible for the deaths would westbound found. and nick schiffrin is live from gaza. >> they're at the northwest precarious point in a decade. there have been a lot of threats from both sides, and israel into gaza, and for the last few hours, and into israel more especially, this is about grieving and what they call a day of national mourning. >> three separate he rows, three teenage boys, the message was the same. this was a small country that

rallies during crisis, and the abduction and murder of terrestrials created an out pouring of grief with the national solidarity. they were from an orthodox town. his grandparents emgrated to new york, making him a u.s. citizen, and are the west coast bank, he was the family's only son. this morning, his father called him a hero. >> they tried to weaken us, we shall not weaken. >> both sides have launched attacks. palestinian fighters fired at least 15 rockets from gaza, many landed in israeli fields. and responding to israeli threats, threats of its own. >> israel against any stupid action. if israel wants war, the price they will pay will be greater than previous wars. >> the response is increasing

the bombing campaign. 3 dozen strikes have shaken gaza, nearly all of them training grounds. >> since the strike, it has been about nine hours, and you can smell the sulphur in the air from the missile that hit here. it destroyed this structure, which was metal. and it ripped that tree in half. and until recently, it created a huge crater here which has been filled in with dirt. so far both sides have only struck empty areas. due to an agreement with hamas. >> each party reacts to the other side. >> israel mau decide how to escalate. prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said that he would. >> if we need to, we'll expand the wait a minute. if anyone thinks that they will

achieve anything with terrorism, they will find the opposite results. >> he seems to have the national support that the grief is beginning to turn to anger. the anger has turned out onto the streets? jerusalem. some of them chanting death to arabs, and the police and activists have clashed in jerusalem. there have been 19 arrests, and some tried to storm into mcdonald's looking for arab workers. and people here are waiting for israel to try to decide how it's going to respond to the death and abduction of these three israeli teenagers. >> in nigeria, there has been another violate attack. a car bomb exploded today in the northern city. the birthplace of boko haram. the officials blame the armed group for the attack, and according to them, they killed at least 56 people.

the explosives were hidden in a large truck under a load of charcoal. boko haram is expected of carrying out several bombings in nigeria over the past week. and protesters carrying undocumented immigrants. three buss arrived in marietta, california, carrying hundreds of families who are inned the united states illegally. carrying signs, and they blocked the road. the buses ended up leaving for an unexplod undisclosed locatio. >> it could have huge consequences for the u.s. border patrol and the use of deadly force. they have decided that a u.s. patrol agent can be sued for firing across the border and killing a 15-year-old mexican boy. paul, what does this ruling mean. >> well, david, this is the first time that a court has ruled that a u.s. border patrol

agent cannot sand in the u.s. and shoot into mexico and kill a mexican without being held accountable. the protections don end when the bullet crosses the border. this began in texas in 2010, a bridge between el paso and the mexican city of juarez. that's when the border control agent shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. the judge ordered that the family could not sue because it was felt in mexico but the supreme court has reversed that. today's ruling could effect other cases where the agents fire across the border. the shooting of a mexican teenager, named jose antonio rodriguez. >> sometime, shortly before 11:40 p.m. on october 10th 2012, the 16-year-old died

instantly as he was hit by a bullet in the back of the head. as he fell down, eight more shots hit him in the back. feeder from this cliff in arizona through the fence, onto the street and into mexico. >> why? they said that jose was throwing rocks at them. but one report said that he was walking down the street. even if he was throwing rocks, was shooting him an appropriate response? was he a threat to the armed agents on the cliff behind the fence? almost a year and a half since, the border patrol has formally responded to jose's family. >> this is jose antonio's mother. >> the attorney showed me a letter that he received dated march 14th. >> they cannot be attributed to a wrongful act or omission on the part of the united states customs and border protection,

and it's over as far as they're concerned. >> this memo went out to agents just a week before the letter to jose antonio's family. it said that agents have been attacked with rocks more than 17 times since 2010, and 43 times they responded with deadly force, killing ten people. no border patrol agent has ever been killed by a rock. it ordered agents to take cover and not shoot unless they're in serious danger of death or serious injury. is shooting ever an appropriate response to rocks? despite the border patrol's letter to jose antonio's family, the fbi is investigating. the local border patrol agents would not talk about it. >> people feel like there's spoken walling and a lack of information and transparency. and how does that affect your

job. >> it doesn't affect it too much. we don't have control over the investigation, but once that res is pending, we're out of it. like i said, we cooperate fully with the investigative agency, but as far as giving information to the public, we can't do that. >> surveillance cameras tower over the intersection where jose antonio was killed. but whatever the images were caught that night haven't been release. >> show me the video where my son throws rocks, even with that, they didn't do the right thing. i want to see the video and where my son hurt him. i want to know where they killed my son and where he has been judged and until then, i will think that all americans or border patrol agents are not that guy. >> he called it historic, and said that the family will move forward with a civil suit

against the border patrol by the end of the month, and they're afraid that this is going to open up for civil action for just doing their job. >> this is not necessarily the last word on this. >> exactly, if the entire court up holds t. the american government could settle or it could go all the way to the supreme court. >> thank you, paul. the first tropical storm of the atlantic hurricane season has formed off of the east coast. tropical storm arthur has much of florida under a tropical storm watch. kevin is tracking it. >> we have just received the latest update at 11:00, and not much has changed. but the move. the storm has gone stationary, and that causes problems in terms of where we're going to forecast the storm over the next 24-48 hours. and we need some sort of move.

the storm to predict the path of the storm. this is what we think is going to happen over the next 24 hours, based on the information that we have. that's based on the parameters here, what we think is going to happen is by thursday afternoon, it's going to be making its way to the north. and turn into a hurricane, by friday afternoon, it's going to be well past the atlantic, but friday morning, 4th of july, that we think it's going to be very very close to cape hatteras. and that means that we'll see incredible storm surgery across that region as a hurricane. look at what cape hat russ looks like. a very thin band of islands here, very wide. and because of that, we'll see the storm surge, 2-3 feet. and a lot of flooding across that region. and we'll keep you informed as

soon as we get more information on where the storm is going. >> up next, follow the line. a new jersey father's search for justice. and how his daughter helps to crack a huge bank scandal. and hackers shutting off your life? following an internet attack on major power companies.

>> president obama is urging congress to meet a deadline to fund a highway transit program, saying that hundreds of jobs are at stake. he spoke at washington's key bridge, saying that infrastructure is important for growth. calling on leaders, instead of doing their job, they're threatening to sue him over executive orders. >> middle class families can't wait for republicans in congress to do stuff.

so sue me. as long as they're doing nothing, i'm not going to apologize for trying to do something. >> the president said that the highway trust fund is not renewed by congress soon, the united states could lose as many as 700,000 jobs. we're learning much more tonight about a french banking scandal that prompted a $9 billion fine paid to the u.s. government. the investigation began years ago, thanks to a new jersey man, who helped uncover a trail of money laundering linked to iran, and the french bank admitted in court to illegally transferring money to iran. jonathan joins us now. >> it is a huge case, accusing some of the world's largest banks of helping iran. it took years to unravel. but it began with a bus bomb half a world away and a devastated parent in new jersey. in a new york court, a stunning

admission. >> i swear -- >> france's biggest bank agreed to paying a record $9 billion fine for breaking american sanctions against iran. a multibillion-dollar international banking scheme, uncovered thanks to a grieving new jersey father. in 1995, steven flateo's daughter, alissa, was killed in the bus explosion in gaza. the bomber blew himself up. and the others were responsible. he blamed iran for funding the attack, so he sued the iranian government. at first it seemed hopeless. iraq is black listed by the u.s., not held accountable to the american courts. but the lawsuit planted a seed. it got the attention of new york, they suspected a manhattan charity based in a skyscraper, was a front for them. the charity was funneling money out of iran with the help of

european banks. relying on whistle blowers and unanimous sources, the case grew, and the prosecutors realized that some of the world's most prestigious banks were illegally doing business with iran, leading to that record settlement this week. in this case, bnp went to last night lengths to cover its tracks, and to se to seize the d states authorities. >> and it all began with a father simply seeking justice for his daughter. it has nothing to do with the iranian government. and they sees the the skyscraper so it could be sold. they have already received billions of dollars in seized assets from iran. and the father, who is lawsuit helped to fuel the investigation, told us how he learned that the armed group who

killed his daughter was funded by iran. >> we learned within a matter of months, iran was bankrolling jihad anywhere an to $2 million. but in the middle east, that buys a lot of bombs and suicide bombers and payments to their families, and we started the lawsuit against the iranian government from being the sponsor of this attack. >> what was going through your mind. >> we wanted to get iran out of the terrorism business, and we wanted to make them pay. i didn't care if we didn't get money, but we wanted to air their dirty laundry in the courtroom. and our first efforts were unsuccessful. and we have tried other means. but they're still the world's number one sponsor of terrorism. >> the courts agree, and they awarded $250 million. and iran doesn't have the assets, and sum, the search begins to try to find iranian

assets around the world. and what led you to an office building on 5th avenue >> me. >> we did a simple search and we found the foundation, and we entered it into the computers of the day back in the 1990s, and we located a property in manhattan, as well as other properties in new york city. but this building is a skyscraper, and my god, even then it was worth 250, $300 million. and we looked for the paperwork and trained it back to a foundation established by the former shah of iran, and they game the foundations. we said this is iranian property. >> and the connection, in part because you had want u.s. attorney's office, assisting and they found a connection between iran and a number of major worldwide banks. >> that was years later. we were basically, to use the phrase, we had our claim, and

they claimed there was no connection between the government of an and the foundation. and they even produced an affidavit who said there was no connection, and then 15 years later, out comes bahera, and he sewed that this guy lied on his affidavit and is indeed a front for the iranian government. and that's why he seesed the building. >> in recent weeks, there have been massive settlements against the french bank, bnp, for $8 billion, and they have been operating around the world. and what has gone through your mind as you've seen these settlements and finally some noticed about what the banks were up to? >> to the bank, it's only money. until we have real responsibility and say to the bank officer, you're responsible and you're going to jail, this type of money laundering will still continue. >> have the banks made any statements to you or the victims about their connections to iran? >> they fight tooth and nail

against admitting anything. they don't cooperate, they are obstructive and fight against anything that a victim is going through in court. >> what do you think that your daughter would think about the process over the last 20 years? >> i think she's having a good laugh at my expense. i'm still her father and she's still my daughter, and she's still driving me crazy spiritually. she's a great role model and had a big smile on her face, and i see that smile and in the become of my head, i hear do more, do more. >> on the path that you had, identifying iranian assets. and thanks for coming on aljazeera, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> up next, the agony of defeat. americans react to team usa's tough ending in the world cup.

>> and transferring hundreds of tons of syrian chemical weapons.

>> this is aljazeera america. i'm david schuster. coming up, four hackers attacking american energy companies, and we'll go in depth

on the groups behind it, and what's being done to be protect us. war on truth. as countries restrict and arrest journalists, the inspiring story of an ecuadorian woman who refuses to be silent. and russia is cracking down in the art of swear words. >> it was only days ago that team usa's coach told players to book flights home from brazil after the world cup final. he was that confident they would go all the way. it was not to happen. they lost 2-1 to a very talented team belgium. it was a heartbreak for fans here and in brazil. thousands of americans watched together in parks and bars and soccer stadiums and fields armed

the united states, witnessing today's loss. lee wells is live in rio de janeiro tonight. and what was it like where you are? >> well, this was another incredible day in what's being called the best world cup ever. there were no goals until extra time. i've never seen so many goals in salvador, but right from the first minute when belgium scored, it was another thrilling day. and it turned out to be record-breaking. there were 56 shots, and belgium had 39 shots, and this was a very talented group. people have been talking about them for many years. let's talk about what the united states achieved. defensively in this tournament, they have been absolutely exceptional. i've never seen a better team. a lot of that goes to them. but in the end, they didn't have quite enough attack. they knew they had the equalizer

to take it to penalty kick, blue it wasn't to be. >> he had spearheaded this team's growth. and any indication of his team's future. >> well, coming into this tournament, made it clear that this was the plan. only signed the contract until 2018. so much was made about it. and so did he. some of the teams in that group were not as difficult to take on as america feared. and there was nothing to fear. and we got to the stage where the u.s. made progress from that group. and i want to take them forward. it's time to bring on younger players. that's why donovan was not in the final scorer. in the end, they could have saved them against belgium. but there's a bright future for

soccer in america because everything is coming together. the interest is there, and the clubs have reformed or the franchisees and this is really an exciting time. and actually, when the dust settles, people will look back and say this was a wonderful world cup. >> lee wells, and back here in the united states, fans packed into all sorts of different locations, and there was a moment of exuberance today in the overtime when the team usa scored. here's a scene in new york city's bryant park. here's what it looked like in chicago's soldier field. 20 minutes later, without another u.s. goal, the game was over. watching the game's excitement and the ending despaired, we have more from soldier field in chicago. >> reporter: the u.s.' journey

in world cup 2014 ends today as they fell to dell jam. it was an exciting match. 28,000 people came out here to soldier field. and the largest crowd they have seen so far. and this was an exciting game. so scores in regular time, but in extra time, it became 2 belgium 1 united states, and at one point, you could see the audience dejected and giving up on the u.s. and literally walking out on the u.s. in the stadium. but they hung on longer and cheered harder and in the end, it wasn't enough. and the u.s. finishes it's journey here today. >> what a day. russian hackers are wrap eting up on u.s. energy companies, and the concerns are growing that the hackers could be russian government spies. they're using a type of software called energetic bare to disrupt power supplies. >> they're some of america's

more vulnerable sites. power plants, dams, all controlled by computers, many we know victims of a hacker group called energetic bear. >> they're trying to tame the credentials but our worry of course is access to the systems giving them full control of the systems. >> the fear is something like this. the blackout of 2003 when millions of people in the northeast went without power for two days. >> some of these we consider to be critical infrastructure, power grid or oil pipelines. wind generation facilities, and things like that, and they gain enough access to such an attack. >> so far the hackers haven't done anything more than look around. they started buying companies that provide software to energy firms. >> the hope is that by disclosing this campaign, they will be unable to conduct some sort of sabotage operation. >> but investigators don't know

much about the group. their ability to be active since 2007, the clues that they're from russia or eastern europe, and the malware they use is believed to be state sponsored, pointing to enpinnage. they believe they were created to sabotag iran's facilities. >> the problem is that by now, the attackers are almost certainly using some modified version of their software that isn't being detected, so it's a constantly reactive type of game. >> cyber security told me that there's another reason that energetic bear seems to be linked to a government. hackers on their own don't usually work a daytime schedule like the one behind this malware, and we're reaching out to all of the companies infected and telling them how to get rid of the malware.

robert is with the hot spot shield. and at the joins us from san diego. robert, how sophisticated is this particular operation? >> well, this is your top of the food chain malware, and they're using it, and compromising these net works by sending mass amounts of phishing emails that the users or employees of the organizations then click on the links and they infect their devices, and/or the employees might visit the menu online of a local chinese restaurant. and that website might be infected, and that election can infect the devices as well. >> given the complexity, does this extend beyond the corporations or are a lot of individuals at risk here? >> the conveniences of the web today put everyone at risk. the fact that you can simply click a link in the body of an email and infect your device and

your corporation means that we're all at significant risk, so users must update their anti-virus, and firewall and use a vpn when connected to wireless networks. >> do you carry the argument that these are russian spies carrying this out? >> it's very possible. due to the research that has been done at this point, they're able to look at the virus itself, some of the coding, and the researchers can see some similarities to other voices or code that has been released in the past and be able to link that fingerprint to russian coders or russian hackers. >> one of my producers, justin, very concerned about the companies and what they're doing to ward off this. and what are they doing? >> so the education of the employees themselves, to know what to look for, what to click and what not to click, and to put systems in place to make

sure that the redundancy when you click a link, there are systems that will prevent that virus that let's say might be downloaded from that network and shutting down. >> let's think about the politics here, geo political policies, not just about shutting down companies or energy grids, but russia and china if they're involved, about making the united states look bad. >> so the fact that it's possible that it's state sponsored hacking, makes that very true. that you know, if in fact they are funding these operations, that's one thing, or simply looking the other way is another. but either way, states or countries are hacking the u.s. on a minute-by-minute basis. >> and originally, these systems were built. and the reason they're vulnerable is you want the technicians to have remote access if there's a power grid problem or blackout.

and the hackers have found where the entry points are. >> this is about the conveniences of technology. so the technician that might get a call that there's a problem with the control at the utility might log onto his home pc to access remotely, opposed to getting in his van and driving a mile or so, that convenience makes that vulnerable and that's with any web based technology today. >> with hot spot shield, robert, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> fighting has erupted in eastern ukraine. a day after a shaky ceasefire, russia's effort to seize control of ukraine's government headquarters in donetsk. tomorrow, foreign ministers from russia and germany will meet at the u.n. to talk about the

violence in ukraine and the pro russian rebels. what's coming up on "america tonight" at the top of the hour, hi, joey. >> hi, david. our reports from front line in iraq, and the talk from be baghdad and the unity government. but on the ground, a different reality. increasing signs of de facto division, with kurdistan, headed to grabbing full independence. >> given what happens happened in iraq, do you see this as an opportunity for kurdistan to declare full independence? >> every nation has that right. aren't you from an independent country? just like you're an american, i'm a kurd and we have the right top independence. >> it's ahead at the top of the hour, and hope to see you then. >> thank you, joie. and tonight, we have new data

about the technology, with journalists doing their job and having a harder than than ever. since 2012, around the globe, attacks on press freedom have gone up dramatically. over the last two years, 163 journalists have been killed. at least five are missing, and 443 are in prison. that includes aljazeera's three journalists serving long sentences in egypt on charges of false information. petitions for hundreds of signatures to the embassy demanding their release, and aljazeera joins them in that demand. in ecuador, journalists are being silenced under that country's gag law. allowing for them to be prosecuted and the and stories o be reviewed by the government before they publish them.

>> jeanette said the sound of a helicopter once woke her sleeping son, filling the boy with fear that ecuador's president was a boar and coming for his mother. the mother of three is a well-known investigative tv journalist in ecuador. for two decades, she covered things like human trafficking and killings, her work was once praised. but not from the president coreea, who mocked her and called her blondie in her addresses. in 2012, she became more than announce, she sent her story exposing corruption in the state owned bank, headed by corea's cousin. and that's when the anonymous calls came. >> they were going to take my kids, my six-year-old kid. and they were going to kidnap

him. and we were never going to forget what they were going to do to him. >> the government publicly vud to bring her to justice, but she said that the government was responsible. she said it was the last straw. >> i almost thought that i was prepared to confront this thing. but when someone you love is involved, you have to think twice. >> she made the difficult decision to leave her work to protect her family. she joined the wave of veteran journalists who resigned under ecuador's new communications law, that is closing media out let's and punishing government critics, and meanwhile, corea has crypt sized the government's constitution for the presidential term. >> they're meeting everybody in

silence, and if you have even a small voice, they are not going to stop until you shut. >> but she's not shutting up. she's taken to twitter where her 70,000 followers support her calls for press freedom. >> i realize that when i have something to say, they are hearing me. so it doesn't matter from where, youfy. it's worth it. so i'm going to keep fighting. >> other journalists have fled ecuador, but inastrosa says that she's going to stay. she runs a production company. and though she left the spotlight perfect her family, it's because of them that she continues to speak out. >> i want my kids to be able to talk, to say what they think, to

express all of their dreams. and to, you know, to get as far as they want. >> that's possible, she says, only with freedom and truth on their side. heidi joe castro, aljazeera, miami. >> in hong kong, thousands of people took to the streets on this july 1st, a call for democracy. it was the biggest protest there in a decade. publicly calling for the city's leader to be fired. and the protest came after 800,000 people voted on an unofficial referendum, calling for free and uninterrupted elections. the 70th anniversary of hong kong's transfer to china. if. >> chemical weapons reaching the final stages. a ship is deported in italy, and it will be taking on some of

syria's most deadly toxins. >> she has been living in fan fernando for 84 years, and the only time she felt scared was during world war ii. but these days, the threat comes next to her doorstep. her house overlooks the port where wednesday, the ship laden with the most dangerous components from syria's most dangerous chemical weapon stockpile. >> i don't fear for myself. i'm old, but for the young people here. i pray every day for them. i have two children, and i hope it's not the last time i peak to them. >> on wednesday, the chemical stockpile will be transferred onto the american vessel, already docked at the port. the cape ray will then set sail for international waters where the chemical agents including the components for mustard gas,

and the nerve agent, sarin, will be neutralized. it's capable of breaking down chemical agents into industrial waste. the agents will be pumped into a system of pipes and tubes where they will be mixed with heated water and bleach. once the chemicals are neutralized, they will be stored in waste tanks, ready for disposal. this is what it looked like on tugs. on one side, locals are just getting by everyday life, and on the other, the police created roadblocks around the wort, which turned it into a militarized zone. the operation is being kept a secret. and the town's mayor said that even he has been left in the dark. we were given reassurances but those are empty words. to this day, i haven't been told

what kind of substances are on that ship. >> to reassure the population, the mayor has painted the town of posters, saying that the ship is full of chemical agents, and not weapons, and they will be able to followup on the operation, but everybody's wish in this otherwise sleepy town, is that this delicate operation will be fast and clean. aljazeera, santo denango. >> in france, nicholas sarkozy has been deigned under financial fraud investigation, and formal investigation over influence pedaling in his presidential campaign. accused of trying to bribe a judge in monaco for finance investigation. sarkozy has previously denied

all allegations of fraud and wrongdoing. if. >> coming up, art in the eye of the beholder. a poignant message. and cracking down on curse words. russians with a new law forcing them to swear off swear words.

>> while we're watching what's

happening with arthur, we're watching the coastal regions. if you're planning to stay on the coast and go to the beach in the next few days, we'll have storm surge in most of the area. 1-3 feet in some locations, and now, as the storm moves to the north, it moves clockwise. so north of the storm, all of the water is being pushed to the west to the east in any of the river dealt as well, that's where we expect to see flooding, and beach erosion is expected as well as rip currents. do not go in the water, you see they are indicating we have riptides in the region. as far as chicago, things are moving down to the south a little bit more tonight. and as you see from ohio, we're developing a line of thunderstorms. in this area, we expect gusty winds, anywhere from 50 to possibly 70 americans, and as well as very large hail across

the region. picking up a little bit more rain up here towards the north. a lot of people are wondering what's going to be happening towards the 4th of july, especially with the storm out there. but we expect rainy conditions up from north carolina to parts of new england. the news is up next.

>> watch your mouth. as of today in russia, it's the law. a ban on all foul languages. in the arts. censorship. peter sharp reports. >> when it comes to foul language, sex, drugs and alcohol abuse, the film, yes and yes, checks all of the boxes, and it's one of the first cinema releases that will be banned

from national distribution under the new public morality laws signed by president putin on tuesday. under the profanity law, it's punishable by heavy fines. [ bleep ] but speaking of the film festival over the weekend, she was adamant, no one will touch her film. >> no, i once said to my children, they will have to kill me first. i won't let them change anything. it's better to not sensor it. >> putin, an avid film buff, knows what he likes at the movies. films with a strong patriotic message, like the film, red army. described by some, the cold war on ice, it has the triumphs of the soviet hockey team. >> previously, the foul language

was prohibited everywhere else but art. and this little indulgence of his turned into a big problem. there's so much fifth from the theater stage, people in the organizations were asked to stop it. >> so from tuesday, if you're looking for raw commentary on life in russia, you'll have to come to a place like this one. this is where the distant voice of moscow's art world can be heard and the director said that she's prepared to fight the legislation. >> if i need to, i'm prepared to take the fight to court. but i don't want any contact with government that wages war or artists. >> but it seems there's more to come. now the state dumas, the russian parliament is considering legislation that would ban foreign words in public speech. it's an attempt by the far right

to purify the russian language. freeing it from so-called foreign trash. among the words facing eradication, boutique, okay, and wow. peter sharp, aljazeera, in moscow. >> a british artist on the bed, a multimillion dollars work of art. a controversial piece called "my bed" in london, it sold for $4 million. it's supposed to operate a snapshot in an emotional piece in the artist's life. it includes used sheets, and soiled underwear. coming up tonight on aljazeera, facebook outrage. the psychological experiment that the social network conducted on hundreds of thousands of viewers that they did not know about. and plus, highlighting the changing cult and are economy of america. what inspired a photographer to take pictures of abandoned shopping malls.

these stories tonight at 8:00 pacific. and finally, it caught our eye from a cemetery in iraq. it's called the valley of peace, where thousands of iraqis are laid to rest. it was the deadlyist day month in iraq so far this year. i'm david schuster. be dead...

>> it's insane... >> the borderland marathon only at al jazeera america line drawn and signs of the last gasp of the old guard. >> this looks like an iraqi army uniform that a soldier stripped off. it's front of a humm very is that looks like they destroyed on