fireworks taking a rain check, almost everybody is escaping the summers first hurricane. these are people that don't like much of any government. going to the big, bad, epa, and saying we are so

afraid of this thing, that we need your help. >> celebrating ram done as a refugee. >> it is usually a time of reflection, and people fast and don't drink anything all day. and that's incredibly difficult under these circumstances. >> front line iraq, the struggle to keep faith in a time of war. good evening everyone, thank you for joining us. we hear from tourists

braving it out. hurricane arthur is barreling up the east coast. and taking aim at north carolina's outer banks. it's expected to make land fall, mid afternoon friday. bringing up to five-inches of rain. thursday morning vacationers were soaking up the last rays of sunshine. we are asking visitors to be extremely careful, as to not put our personnel in unneeded jeopardy. i have mentioned this before to citizens, don't put your stupid hat on. >> the straight has imposed mandatory evacuations. before heading inhand. >> we are totally

adjusting our plan. we love the ocean. but don't want to just spend our time in the rain for the next 24 hours. others are hunkers down and preparing to ride it out. >> we get pretty good wind gusts. we started to get some that were shaking the house. right before we with called them with you. we are on the beach 20 minutes ago, and the tide is almost up to the dunes now. we are coming out of high tide. and going into low. so it should protect the the island a bit. at the southern tip of the outer banks. >> and they 2:00 in the afternoon, all the houses and they have asked everybody to just stay inside, and keep safe. >> they are not going to let it ruin your vacation? >> no, not going to ruin

our vacation. this should clear out by tomorrow morning for 4th of july. storm will intensify, to around 9:00 at night. and the boston pops have moved their iconic show to thursday night. to avoided a 4th of july wash out. jay, thank you so much for joining us, a lot of tour itselfs down there, this time of year, how is that impacting this? is. >> yeah, it's pretty serious right now. a prime vacation spot during a prime vacation time, take a look at the beach, and it is for the most part empty.

we with are feeling a cooler breeze, which is an indication that the wind is picking up a bit. the clouds are rolling in. and we definitely have seen the surf start to build here, and so there is no question that arthur is moving in. what forecasters are saying now is that the worst of lit likely come overnight into the early morning friday, and the latest forecast shows us getting a bit closer to land than initially thought. most of them also believe that it will definitely be a category go storm. and thankfully, it looks like people are heating the advice of emergency managers. is correspondent, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> some 220 miles above the earth, this is from

the international space station. arthur is turning north at about 13 miles per hour. rebecca, thank you for joining us. in the satellite it looks like this is a well organized storm. it has come together very nicely. we have been watching it develop and that eye becoming more and more clear. it is as jay was saying. >> it tracks right across land, and currently computer models are coming together to show that impacting not just the cape but kill devil hills as well. as it comes across the land fall as category two. and then gradually weaken staying offshore.

will be moving across the coast, and now it will be a little bit further to the west. which means from an inland motion to the west, it is going to cause even more damage, a higher storm surge further inland. currently north carolina in that hurricane warning, and we are going to see flash flood watching all the way up the coast. the rain is expecting the most rain at 9:00 o'clock eastern time, will be still lingering from rhode island, massachusets, a very heavy impact fivisms expected in some areas.

another gold rush, a mining boom in the works for police toll bay, it is a possible but at what cost. >> your mother taught me how to do this. >> my grandmother did. >> this is a tradition. >> it is. >> it goes back. >> critics now want the president to stop it. to exam the risks and rewards. then on this 4th of july, cowboy up, one with man's fight to preserve a way of life that's quickly vanishing from the american landscape.

there is a new struggle between man and the environment. this time over what could be the biggest mine in america. the area in question is full of copper and gold. to the wilds of alaska for a first hand look at what is at stake. buries in these hills is a treasure worth half a trillion dollars. the mother load that lies underneath this alaska wilderness is known simply as the pebble deposit. the largest untouch reserve of copper in the world. along with thousands of tons of gold. mike heat wall is with

the pebble partnership, the mining company that intends to unearth the portion. >> if you haven't heard from pebble that is no surprise. the remote location has helped keep fit the public eye. by air, but chances arey you will hear a lot more soon, the fate is one of the biggest environmental decisions facing the obama since the keystone pipeline. >> pebble would believe no ordinary mine. it would require hiring as many as 3,000 construction workers and according to company documents getting the metal out of the ground will mean digging one of the largest mines ton planet et.

there are doubters that say the sheer size makes it impossible that you could do something out here and have it not adversely effect the environment. >> part of science adds to the opportunity to have the financial resources to do it right. gets it right is a critical part of our message. who you are saying is size doesn't matter. >> the standards are the environmental standards across the spectrum. >> it is the location. would sit at the head waters of one of the world's most important spawning grounds.

little more than a hundred miles is the fishing village. today is opening day of this year's commercial salmon fishing season. the local boat yard is bustling with activity, as the fleet prepares to go out to sea. at 70, she has been fishing the waters since she was a teenager. >>dy spite two knee replacements she is still going strong. >> what do you hear when you hear the words pebble mine. >> fair. >> fair what is going to happen. it will be the beginning of the end. >> beginning of the end. >> beginning of the end. >> more and pretty much everyone else considers

pebble nothing less than an threat. nearly 2,000 boats fish the nearby waters of bristol bay. you know they are talking about jobs but what happens to the jobs that the fishery industry. you are sighing three or four people on every boat. and they have been doing it for years and the families have been doing it for years and it is a lifeline. >> more has seen the mind when pebble was fist being planted she was part of a tour the company gave local business people. >> set me down and said is the river doesn't flow here, it comes out about two miles down. where the heck do you think the wattser coming from. didn't take me long to say you guys are out of your minds. >> the fishing industry is one of the most powerful groups in alaska. along with it's allies it

has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbies against pebble. polls show more than 60% of alaskaians oppose the mine. beyond with the clash, the divide also runs through the native alaska community. each summer, the salmon return to bristol bay. each summer is native alaskaians come to catch them. no, pull it. >> this sub sis tans fishing will help sustain flu the long winter. >> get all the mud off why is the mine a bad idea, where they have said that no toxic waste will go through this. it is in the wrong he

case because it is up and it is just bad. under a special position, a law several tribal leaders ask the environmental protection agency to stop pebble from going forward. saying it is a threat to their way of life. williams is one of them. >> your mother taught you how do do this. >> my grandmother did. >> this is a tradition, basically. >> it goes back how long. >> thousands of years. >> earlier this year, the eaa released this report, condemning the mine. arguing it would have significant and irreversible impacts on the basal mono. it may propose -- something the agency has only done twice in its history.

the mining company ahonk with the state of alaska which sun ports the mine, has sued and accusing the agency of acting illegally. >> what if they win all their fights. and the permit process goes through. >> if i am not here, my kids will fight it. >> lisa is is the c.e. o. of the development corporation. a native owned company headquarters about 15 miles from pebble. >> so you sold and delivered fuel to the pebble partnership. >> yes. everybody wants to talk about the fish, and the environment which is important, but this' also

people that live here, that need jobs. not everybody goes fishing. >> the village with about 100 year round residents is typical of the small communities that dot the interior of alaska. >> job students are scarce. we with have seen the environmentalist come in, and basically scare people with information that could destroy the environment. but they are not talking about the people living here. the people are struggling to survive, the high prices of groceries. inform this mine is not built, we are starting to look at that. it is going to shut down

like the other communities that have nothing going on? this community could die. >> but split over the mine transcends politics. rick halford is once one of the highest ranking republicans in alaska. serves as president of the alaska state senate. he is now one of a hand full of high profile republicans who oppose the mine. >> how big a deal was it for people here to seek help about this issue? is outside of the state? >> this is local people that don't like federal government or state government or much of any government. going to the big, bad, epa and saying we are so afraid of this thing. that we need your help. bingham is currently the

largest open pit mine in america. leaks there have contaminated ground water more than 15 miles away. poisons the water supply for thousands in the salt lake city area. proof they say, of what is in store for bristol bay. >> the thing that makes this whole arguement so important, water connects everything. it is like mood in the human body. it doesn't take but a tiny infection to poison your whole body. >> is there any doubt that one day a mine will infect be built on this site. we know we with have to do things right. it is an important part of us to alaskaians and as a company. this vast raw beautiful landscape and says i don't want to muck it up. >> as an alaska i recognize the importance of responsible resource

development, to create jobs and economies in allows me to live here in this land that i love. >> michael al jazeera, bristol bay, alaska. >> they killed to of our relatives we saw 12 bodies in one with place, and 60 more bodies layed out. >> the violence collides, they have no place to call home, nor to worship. howdies placed iraqis are trying to observe the holiest month in the holiest month in the islamic calendar.

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this positive news spurred wall street, the dow broke the 17,000-point milestone. burkely california willin now be given free medical marijuana. city leaders just approve add new ordinance, that requires dispenries to give a percentage of marijuana sold each year, to patients who cannot afford to buy the medicine. one dispenry has already been doing this on it's own. it alleges that shannon ma rear conley fried to provide material support, including personnel and advice. which is also known a the islamic state. she was trying to board a flight to turkey at denver international airport.

could cause a permanent fracturing of that country. on independence, as america tonight reported earlier this week. kurdish forces have used the crisis to consolidate their control on the north. creeingser story and also digging in along a border. explores the human side of the civil war. at refugee camps with with in this month. families are struggling to keep faith.

the roads are competely flooded with with cars. everybody waiting for gas, and nobody can get through. trying to cross this field, evening the tampingers are going through the fields trying to get around. walking through a refugee camp, and most of the people here have fled, and it is the second day of rammadon, which is one of the holiest months. people fast and don't drink anything all day, and it is incredibly difficult under these circumstances.

ram dan. ramadan. when are you preparing to break the fast? >> looks like lentil lentid pasta. >> is this what you would normally be preparing to break your fast? >> we usually cook chicken, lamb and rice. we have shortages, no juice, no potable water, and no air conditioning. our kids are dying of thirst. i can't etch afford powder milk.

can you tell me what ramadan means to you? ramadan is a debt you repay to god you have to fast so god can love you and your faith will become stronger. if you don't fast, god will not love you. god has given you 11 months to be free, and he is only asking for one. >> why is it so important to you that you fast and observe ramadan? in order to have peace, we are praying for god to be merciful to us. this family says for the first time in their lives they are not fasting for ramadan, because it is way too hot, they can't get the proper food and don't feel like they have the energy. >> i fasted yesterday but only for one day. i couldn't continue

because of the heat. i feel guilty that we are not able to fast. as if i'm not honoring my religion. >> can you tell me why you are here. we are from a village. i.s.i.l. arrived in our area and they started taking down sacred flags. they put their black flags up everywhere and blew up our mosques. we had to flee. they killed two of our relatives. we saw 12 bodies in one place, and 60 more in another.

i noticed you passing out food, why are you doing that? >> way are in the days of ramadan. and the muslim whose are cooking food and who are better off, should give to their brother whose have less. from the time of the profit, we learn we should treat our muslim brothers better than we treat ourselves. >> when they are still yellow in the sky you have to wait. but when it disappears you can wreak the fast. the fast then begins again when the sun comes up. it is time for all the families to break the fast, this one here invited us in, so we will join them.

i know that times are really hard, and it is generous of you to invite us in to share this meal with you. >> al jazeera, in northern iraq. >> the holy month of ramadan is an important responsible for many muslims. most of algeria's players who took on the final game have been fasting. algeria eventually lost to germany, but as they reached the final 16, they earned at least $9 million in prize money, and now that team has apparently decided to

give that money away to the palestinian people of gaza. now, meantime, after a short break, it is on to the group of eight. remaining teams take to the pitch on friday, germany against franks, and then of course all eyes on the tournament. has there been rah favorite emerge among the world. is there someone everybody is getting behind. no true favorite has emerged. it's been quite open. still with their star player, one of the best in the world. in columbia have been amazing.

getting a little bit of that hometown advantage, there is so much people were talking for months. it appears to be fairly organized. people cast out effortly? >> they have been able to handle it and proven themselves. the u.s. game last week and it was major flooding family members and friends of the teams weren't able to get to the game and that was a big deal. previous world cups it seems like at least here, excitement is definitely an all time high. people in bars have been an all time high, definitely been the biggest in america. >> will that keep up?

it is going to continue to be great. star player as lot of goal as lot of excitement, i am really excited to see what happens next. >> interesting article you have from. who we should be rooting for based on historical relationships. real quick, have a pick on who we with should be rooting for. >> i said in that tournament. loyalties if we are talking about history, france, because you had general lafayette helped us. and it is the 4th of july, and thinking about independent day. >> there it is. >> thank you ratener the hour, all-american, lessons of life, parenthood, and patriotism from the old west.

this, the politicalsider battle heats up. as congress and a california town expresses it's anger. plus, prosecutors are supposed to put criminals away, but what happens when prosecutors are the ones breaking the law. when we see you at the top of the hour. >> after a year of fierce debates testify ns acerola vance program as new independent board concluded this week, that at least one of the agencies programs. targeting foreigners overseas is not just lawful, but it's also effective. but despite the debate, over spying on americans in marry own communities here in the u.s., it is

still going on. last year, fault lines correspondent visited one of those in new york. to find out what it is like to live under constant surveillance. in many ways the story can seem abstract. in the stream of new revelations from this known document, it can with hard to grasp. what does that really mean. we wasn't to meet a group of people that definitely know they are being spied on. >> it wasn't just the nsa that increased surveillance. here is the still level. the program, which was uncovered by the press, is targeting one community. secret documents show the

nypd of entire muslim neighborhoods. and student groups. >> informants record conversation using hidden microphones. and even photograph them. >> what were they doing? they were listening for what people were talking about, how were they reacting to foreign events abroad. the revolution, or the criteria about the profit mohammed. so it was total surveillance, it was suspicious, in other words, nypd wasn't pursuing specific leads having to do with a criminal investigation, or crime. they were really engaged

in a mapping effort. everybody is a target, and every place is fair game. including this restaurant. some that were with doing the spying the supervisors kept noticing they were going to the same restaurants. as they finally asked them, is that a real hot spot, a hot of activity, and it just turns out the cop hikes the food a lot, can't became him.

no detail was too insignificant to record. but to retain it and possibly to share it. >> i would-to think that i am being paranoid, and think this is all in my head, but i certainly know that i am being surveilled. they have told me i am. and the president of the muslim student group there, but it was being monitored by the nypd. the police kept tabs ton group's website, and it did the same as other colleges and universities in new york and beyond. >> they also had informants for undercover officers.

i don't do inning wrong, i don't say anything wrong, there's nothingky do about that. so i have two friends sitting over there who i trust, and that's because i have known them for a long time, and it is probably only recently not too long ago, that i could have told myself, yeah, they are not out to get me. and it sounds so paranoid, and i would love to think i am paranoid, but that's the reality. i will read a text or email, and just assume there's a third party reading it. sometimes we will thousand in a joke like ha ha ha, nypd or something like that. especially if something political is touched on oh, just to clarify for the third party, and then we will clarify and bart of me thinks we aren't joking when we do that. >> you can see a hot of the signs are in arab

big. and it is also a real hot spot for nypd. they plan to place an informant on the board of the association of new york. >> it was part. a terrorist enterprise investigation. if helping kids with their home work and is terrorism activities i guess so, i don't think there's any reason to believe that, an organization with good people doing good work would be engaged in any kind of activity. >> so this is one of the secret documents that was leaked to the associated press. it talks about multiple mosques and organizations that people that we know, so that are mentioned in here, and when i first saw it -- it is looking at confidential informant profiles and looking for

the right people to infiltrate particular centers or organizations. so here we are number two. >> there you go. our community mistrusts each other, the fact that we are fabric of our community is broke season what really hurts me the most, that people can't trust each other. and you come here because it is about liberty, justice, and freedom. >> i remember we had political discussions that i didn't want to get involved in. iraqi remember i had one professor that said if he was in iraq he would be on the other side, and i remember thinking i would be in jail if i thought that. >> listen, we are muslim, don't tell me about the constitution, that has nothing to do with us. you american, it does

have something to do with you. that breaks my heart when people say that, that doesn't apply to us. of course it does. but it is hard for me to prove that, based on the real life experiences of people in our community. and based on black and white documents. how can i stand in front of my community and say no, you aren't targeted. you are. >> this is a cob stand level of anxiety that on a biological bases can be very hazardous to one health. and sometimes if you don't have a strong support system, begin to think negatively about yourself, or perhaps your community. the nypd declines our request for an interview.

think the treatment of muslims has been appropriate. >> i think the not knee effect, also ties in with whether or not they believe a search or surveillance is reasonable. is weren't you believe they are reasonable, really depends upon the extent to with you believe that certain groups deserve to have their privacy violated. those are others they are not me. >> if we let it happen, you better believe it will become broader and happen to some other community. now all of a sudden, there's some awareness that wow, it is doing this on a universal all encompassing scale. of that surveillance. >> the nypd admitted that

the surveillance never generated a lead, or trigger as terrorism investigation. it has been disbanded correct? >> one of the first things that the mayor did is get rid of the program, while that was about u.s. authority spying, and then getting rid of nit new york city, we are waiting to hear a story coming from glen greenwald about the nsa spying on muslim americans. we with expect to have them come out this weekend. it has not come out yet. >> since then he has come back, it was to accept

the pulitzer of all things but we are wait withing to find out why that story hasn't come out, and what story has in it. >> he has other big stories in the work us doesn't he. >>ing this the businessest story he has talked about, he came back and did a tour for his book, he has been releasing stories for a year now. and the biggest stories yet to come, at least what he implied is naming names on who the nsa. so this could be a start of a series. >> so much debate over practices that there was that report recently that said the work on phones was -- it was just wrong. that it was breeching privacy, but now there's in new report that backs what happen the nsa has been working on. >> which really shocked

civil libertarians. >> ruffled some feathers i would imagine. >> it did. what is happening in germany right now. >> this story hasn't even hit in the u.s., but there is a story coming out of germany, and this is not based on snowden documents are they say that anyone who is searched for the tour, now the tour is the onion router, what they call the dark net, anyone who has even searched for that, your name and your i.p. address ends up on a permanent list. >> all right, fault lines correspondent, thank you so much. >> thank you. the full report, airs saturday at 7:00 o'clock eastern right here on al jazeera america. and ahead in our final thoughts this hour, home on the range. the all-american fresh surer who is rangeled life and fatherhood with a heart.our time.

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holiday weekend, wenyy about a dream that has been shared by so many little boys to grow up and be like john wayne, or to be like dad. to our american treasure series with a rough and ready icon trying to pass on a special part of the american culture. i have seen things and been maces that people would pay millions of dollars to go see, and lived it. cowboying that's all i have ever known. i try to rope bears and deers, elk.

if it moves or run i like to try to get a rope on it. >> i ride a lot of colts. outside people i do some of my own. but if somebody calls and needs help, that's where i go. different outfits need people doctor, or brand, and i h go help them do that. i don't know if i'm professional, but i want to say i am a cowboy. you know, i just want to be able to say that whenever it needs to be done i can get err done that's how i want to be done, as a cowboy, get the job done. >> i got a wife, that puts up with me. and then i got two boys

that i am trying to make them cowboys. >> they are getting to be pretty good cowboys. they are pretty good help, they are starting to figure it out, we just keep going. that kid of mine, showing off. i just think it's a good way to be brought up. you know, and they get to learn how to deal with animals. and the work ethic. cowboys i think have a good work ethic. >> i have had cattle since i was them boys age, and that's what i want to be is a rancher some day. just be able to sustain live a good life with your family. the ranger is a good life. >> hard tore make a

living. it used to be a lot more families could live on a place and make it, now it's -- tougher. so we just keep working at it. >> i just keep getting up because i enjoy what i do, so i can't complain. cowboying is dying. i don't know if there will be cowboying. so ifky get my kid as chance to do it now, when i can teach a few things, and maybe they will find a loop where they get into it, but you never know. there may not be. you can't count on it. you know, things are changing. so we will see. have to keep dealing with the times and living the way you live. i was guiding hunters and a horse got lose and i took after it and somehow knocked me off of my

horse. i slid about 30 feet, and hit a tree. i spent 21 days in the hospital, and i don't remember about three months, and having that wreck just gave me a wakeup call that i need to appreciate what i have. and the life i get to live. >> i was wanting more, and more. and really now i'm satisfied with what i have. i still want -- i don't want material things, i want to keep improving in my riding and i want to get to have more ranches and get my kids to appreciate what i think is important in life. >> if they can get something out of that, i am not going to make them be cowboys if that's not what they want. i just want to try to give them the opportunity i had. >> here, come get on my horse.

>> and it tight? >> daley. >> i can't. >> homed her tight, back up. >> as me weren't a parent, i have to teach them, and push them, and expect them to pull their weight. >> you have is to hold them tight. >> i am holding them tight. >> over here, logan. back him up. back up, back up. this is the first time they have done it.

ride forward. ride forward. >> my goal is to make it to 30. i am seven years over that, so i think i have live add good life already, so now it is just bonus. got gave men two legs one to put on each side of a horse. that's how i live beautiful scenery out there. join us next time, we explore marijuana's momentum, we head to washington state to meet the people caught in the battle between what is legal is what is illegal at the federal level. correspondent will have that report that's next week here on america tonight. for all of us here, have a fantastic 4th of july holiday weekend, good night.

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