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the ukrainian government says it's a turning point as they retake a city held by separatists. tensions flaring - we go to a california town on the border war. . >> they come to our neighbourhood and kidnap one of our kid. what do we have to do with it? what do we have to do with the three israeli kids that were killed? the family of a murdered palestinian teen believes it the revenge for the killing of three israelis last month. tensions are high in the middle east tonight as many palestinians remain furious about the killing of 17-year-old mohammed abukhdair. the teenager was abducted and burned alive on wednesday. clashes broke out during protests after mohammed abukhdair's funeral.

his american cousin was arrested when police say he attacked them. tariq's parents say he was the victim of a brutal assault by police. this amateur video is purported to show the alleged brutality. it's difficult to make out if it is, in fact, tariq being assaulted by police. his parents are convinced that is him and wonder why such excessive force was used. >> why can't you just walk him there? three of you. and you are big guys. and he's - he's a small kid. why couldn't you have grabbed him from each arm and walked him? why did you have to brutally beat him to - almost to death? meanwhilest rail is launching an investigation -- meanwhile israel is launching an investigation into the assault. israeli police are questioning the video allegedly showing the

brutality saying: more details surfaced about the conditions that led to the death of that palestinian teenager, and we have more information on what is next for his detained cousin. nisreen el-shamayleh reports from solution. >> reporter: the palestinian authority spokesman said the autopsy states that the remnants of a burnt substance was present in his respiratory lungs, indicating that he inhaled the substance whilst being burnt alive. and 90% of his body was covered with burns, and he sustained a

head injury as well. the autopsy was carried out in jerusalem on thursday, in the appearance of a palestinian doctor. that's why we are hearing the official details on the autopsy frorp the palastinian authority, however, the israeli authorities imposed a gag order on the details of the murder of mohammed abukhdair, so there are no details from the israeli side. separately we heard from the lawyer and the family of a cousin, a 15-year-old cousin, a u.s. citizen, that he, on thursday night, had been detained and beaten by israeli security forces whilst participating in protests against israeli border police in the east jerusalem neighbourhood, according to the family and the lawyer. he had been beaten badly. we saw pictures of him on social media. brutely beaten with a swollen

face. he had been taken to a police station and then to a prison and at some point he went to a hospital for treatment. israeli intelligence came on friday morning to the hospital to take him to court. the doctor refused on the grounds that he needed additional medical treatment. they showed up a few hours later and the israeli intelligence took him, despite the fact that the doctor refused to discharge him. he is a u.s. citizen and will appear in court on sunday, at # g.m. t -- 9 g.m. t, noon local time, who will try to negotiate his release. we understood from the family that they talked to the u.s. embassy, asking for it to intervene. until now no actions had been taken. the us state department is troubled by reports of assaults in custody, and we turn to

washington's response now. >> the u.s. state department says it is troubled by reports that tariq was beaten and is calling for an independent, transparent investigation. speaking to me after the state department released the statement, tariq's aunt in florida said she was not satisfied with the response and is trying to get her local congress people to intervene, and noted that tariq suffered a broken knows, jaw and eyes, was unable to talk and he was not given medical treatment for five hours after he was detained by israeli police. speaking in occupied east jerusalem tariq's parents expressed the hope that some difference would be made, and that tariq's cousins had been beaten and detained. 11 others, many of them children, were detained by

israeli police following the demonstration in which tariq was arrested. [ chanting ] dozens gathered outside of the white house to protest against israel's use of force against palestinians. the protesters say they stand in solidarity and speak out about the killing of the palestinian teen. turning to iraq, there's reports that an iraqi military jet has been shot down, believed to have come down over samarra, and there's reports that a helicopter has been shot down. the man behind the joint upheaval in iraq and syria made his appearance on camera for the first time. a video alleges showing the leader of the sunni rebel group, the islamic state given a serman during friday prayers. we have the latest from baghdad.

>> if the video of abu bakr al-baghdadi in mosul is confirmed, it send out a strong message, that abu bakr al-baghdadi is able to travel within his own territories and not get harassed or hit by the security forces. he's clearly, they say, come from syria, across the border into north western iraq and appeared in a public place. that, itself, is a big message. what did he say. well, it's stuff that is consistent with what we heard before from audio tapes delivered. once again he says to muslims come to the islamic caliphate. it's our duty to fight and win jihad and are the only people that can bring peace to the islamic world. it's consistent with a message. is it really him. let's take a look at what we

know. we know the semiofficial twitter account says yes, it is him. but other twister accounts said no, it's not. it's someone called al-yesiny, and we sent him to gauge public rehabilitation to how they would react if abu bakr al-baghdadi did come and give a sermon. it's an intelligence exercise, a security exercise. can't confirm any of that. i'm reporting what we know so far, and also what we know is when he discovered his friday speech, the mobile phone service in mosul was cut off by the is lalic state, suggesting a security precaution laid on for important people. those are the things we know, how will we confirm that this was abu bakr al-baghdadi? well, he was in custody between 2006 and 2009, and he was under - he was in jal by the americans. the men's, they know him quit

well. they would have interviewed and interrogated him and have pictures of him. they have only released one picture of him. some sort of facial recognition software will identify whether that's him. whether the americans will do that is another question altogether. so what we really know is that the islamic state social media are pushing this hely saying this is -- and they are saying this is abu bakr al-baghdadi. their message is clear "we can travel wherever we hike in the islamic state", that's a big message. we spoke to an assistant professor at calve your state university-- california state university. he said the release of the video, if genuine, is a big development. >> it's significant because up until this point it was believed that abu bakr al-baghdadi was confined or staying in a secure area in syria.

it shows that abu bakr al-baghdadi can move and show himself, allegedly, in the newest, greatest conquest of i.s.i.s. but it's also now the first time we have had a video with abu bakr al-baghdadi himself, showing himself in person, calling on muslims to rally behind the newry created is -- newly created islamic you state a group of nurses stranded in iraq when the fighting started out have returned home. they have been brought back on a special flight. they were in a hospital in tikrit when violence between the islamic state and the iraqi troops escalated. the indian foreign ministry has not released details on how they security their release. in iraq the kurdish minority is pushing for more independence. that's the subject of our deeper

look coming up later in the hour. the islamic state is advancing in syria. the islamic state is in control of syria's major oil and gas field. the sunni rebel group has assets na could produce 3500 barrels a day. monitoring groups estimate that the group has massive amounts of territory. barrel bombs from bashar al-assad's forces killed people in the south as they descended on aleppo. taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack on hundreds of n.a.t.o. fuel trucks. it occurred early this morning outside kabul. the footage you are about to see shows the tankers engulfed in flames, it's unclear how the fire started. so far there has been no reports of casualties. the attacks comes amid violence in the country ahead of a pull

out in 2015. an egyptian court sentenced the muslim brotherhood spiritual leader to life in prison. he was convicted of in citing violence. he has been sentenced to death in two other cases. al jazeera journalist farm has been admitted to a hospital in egypt for treatment for an injury to a soldier. he and two others have spent 189 days in prison. he al jazeera rejects the convictions and demands the journalist be freed. government forces in ukraine report the biggest success in the fight against pro-russian separatist. officials say they have regained control of slovyansk, under repel control for months. separatists abandoned their post

after shelling by the military. ukranian president petro porashenko ordered the ukranian flag be raised over the city. another round of talks between ukraine, russia and the rebels may be coming in the future. scott heidler is on the ground, and he has more on what is likely to happen. >> reporter: now that the separatist fighters lost the northern front and what is left for the ukranian army. we know the rebel fighters came in this direction to don everybody. we have not seen them in the city, they've been on the outskirts of the city. local officials told people to stay off the streets. we have seen that in the most part. what will happen in the coming hours? will it be a situation where the fighters will come in and try to fortify the city or will they go to a peace table. the government announced by 7am all of the fighters need to lay down their weapons. there's a lot of questions, but few answers.

>> there are new spying allegations from germany. a german intelligence officer has been arrested. the case could strap relations between germany and the united states. german officials are investigating mass surveillance of german citizens and the monitoring of angela merkel by the n.s.a. the german foreign ministry is demanding answers, inviting the u.s. ambassador to come for talks. still to come - the crisis on the border. rallies against undocumented immigrants continue in murrieta. demonstrators speak out on both sides on this complex issue and independence - a deeper look by the kurdish movements for their own state.

welcome back. the islamic state, known as i.s.i.l., has taken control of a large swath of northern and western iraq. the rising power created a political opening for the

country's kurds. we look at the kurds in iraq and around the region. by some measures they are the largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. they lived where the ottoman, persian empires came together in an area now divided. for decades the language, culture and ethnic identity have been repressed. there are 27 million kurds across the region. the largest concern traces are in turkey, iran and iraq. it is in iraq where the kurds dream of an independent nation, a dream edging closer to reality. since the u.s. invasion in 2003, iran's kurdistan government evolved into a country in all but name. the krg long wanted to extend its influence in the neighbouring areas, especially the city of kirkuk, sitting across huge oil resources. the challenge to the government

in baghdad gave them that opportunity. we begin with this report from zeina khodr in northern iraq. >> reporter: kurdish officials are determined to push ahead with plans to hold a referendum for independence from iran. the central government and the kurdish regional government did not acknowledge good relations. the kurd find themselves in a position where they can benefit from the ongoing conflict in this country. the central government has been weakened, particularly in the sunni heartland in the center of the country. the kurds have been able to extend their reach, they have taken territory once the iraqi army fled in the face of an attack by sunni armed groups. it's as if there is a de facto partition in this country. the front lines for it time being - there's a stalemate. the kurds have extended the reach, the sunni groups

controlled the center of the country and the central governments in baghdad are holding their lines. still no political solution in sight. they haven't been able to create a national unity government. the kurd are seeing an opportunity for them to breakaway from iraq, and breakaway from a government where they didn't enjoy good relations. there's a lot of sticking points, the sharing of oil resources as well as disputed territories. the kurds are empowered by a weakened central government. the weakened government unable to take back the territory in the hands of armed groups. i spoke earlier to a political analyst in erbil. i asked how the president's call for the full independence is being received on the ground there? >> people here generally are excited about the idea.

kurds have been oppressed during saddam's era. after 2003 they helped the americans to rebuild iraq and train a new iraq in a hope for democracy and federalism and autonomy. what people say is they - they are disappointed of all that process, and the withdrawal of the u.s. forces in 2011. the whole thing brought change, the shia-led government and the prime minister started marginalizing soupies and kurds. the -- sunnis and kurds. the policy of centralizing iraq started again. kurds are looking forward to getting separated from iraq, and now, for them, separation is not just a dream or a nationalistic aspiration, it's a tool of

survival. >> you mentioned 2003. looking back to 2005 this is not the first time iraq's kurds demanded the right to a referendum. why she we take the new calls for a referendum now. >> kurds have left -- less chance for independence. the army na could cause a threat on their borders has gone. the second obstacle is turkey. it now shows signs that they will be okay with kurdish independence. also kurd are more economic participation and independence now they control the city of kirkuk, the oil-rich part of iraq. >> there are a number of hurdles

to overcome, how could independence work. kiddize stan has a region of self-governance. the u.s. and iraqi army was defeated by the u.s. since the early 1990s, kurds have a democratic experience in the region, they have their own parliament, their own government and institution, their army, which is the kurdish peshmerga, and this experience of the last 20 years proves that kurds control themselves, could hold the stability of the region against threats from different groups in iraq, even after 2003 stability. >> are you saying the peshmergas are more successful than the iraqi army. >> this is what is happening on

the ground. in june 10th more than 60,000 iraqi soldiers dropped their weapons and left second-largest city, mosul, to basically al qaeda breakaway. what peshmerga did was came to the area and they didn't let i.s.i.s. come in. they have tried to infiltrate and attack the region, they were insuccessful. i.s.i.s. is heading south towards central iraq and is not focussed on the north and kurdish region, it's not true. i.s.i.s. is fighting kurdish peshmerga but is not successful in battling them. >> looking at the battle. ceasing oil-rich kirkuk, did this help in the quest for independence? >> definitely. kurdistan is far away from economic independence.

it was on the way to sell oil and it started selling one shipment of oil and three are waiting to be sold in the mediterranean sea, but kirkuk is definitely - if kurdish are successful in selling kirkuk's oil they'll have independence from baghdad. >> in the quest for independence, will it be an end to a unified iraq? >> i think iraq is divided. practically divided. sunni militias, including i.s.i.s. are holding the areas. shias are dominating south and the capital. they are showing their open region and disputed territories. iraq is gooded. >> israeli's prime minister endorsed the independence of iraqi kurds. what does israel get out of this? >> kurds and israel have

historic relies shms. since 1960 -- relationships. since 1960 there are reports back then. after 2003, there are - we see reports on other international reports about other israeli training kurds in counterterrorism, helping the u.s. in battling the insurgency. also, the israeli use kurdistan as a base to spy on iran's nuclear weapon. there are, let's say, sa shared goal in the region. >> political analyst for the kurdish media network red law. the roots of much instability in raik lie in the past -- iraq lie in the past. after world war i, borders were drawn.

the decisions made then affect the region today. >> the genesis of the map dates back to world war i. as powers battled, diplomats agreed to carve the post-war middle eastern provinces of the otto mon empire to french and british spears of influence. a deal conflicting to other stakeholders, and didn't wash with either side when the war ended. >> by the time they got to paris and the peace negotiations, british and the french looked at what could be done, and were horrified. the british did not want the french to control the area, which has been in the news. >> most, the british wanted an iron grip over lands leading to the persian golf. a by way to the economic crown jewel in india.

britain couldn't afford to declare the provinces protect rates ruled from westminster. then colonial secretary headed to cairo keeping it under french rule and palestine as a protectorate. trans-jordan was a semiautonomous region, ruled by the copying, seen by te lawrence, lawrence of arabia. the greatest experiment, though, involved the ottoman provinces of mosul, baghdad and another. they were carraled into iraq, reduced by abdullah's brother kink fivesal. >> he would rule for them. and they would save considerable expense of declaring iraq a full-blown protectorate of the british empire. a construct, iraq served the

economic interests. it made little sense for religious and ethnic groups within its borders who chased under baghdad's central used rule. the map evolved through the 20th century. as for iraq, the monarchy was overthrown by a military coup on july 14th, 1958, setting the stage for saddam hussein to seize power, until he was ousted by the united states in 2003. ethnic and sectarian tensions in iraq flared in the years that followed. creating an opening for insurgents to gain a foothold in iraq, where they hoped to pursue the borders laid down. let's dig deeper and i want to bring in a former chief of iraqi operations for the c.i.a. good to have you with us. i want to continue our conversation on the u.s. involvement because there are

many critics who blame the current situation son president obama pull -- on president obama pulling out u.s. troops. do you believe the u.s. could have maintained a unigied iraq in -- unified iraq in any way? >> that strikes me as dubious logic. the reason we had a surge was 150,000 troops could not maintain the peace in iraq. to think that 20,000 troops would keep it unified does not add up. i think the problem is beyond the military, it's a political one. we need to address it politically, not militarily. >> our previous guest called for boots on the ground. what role should the u.s. play with the call for independence. >> part of the problem with boots on the ground escalates, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 and we are back ideas. the issue is not defeating i.s.i.s. or is, but it is

constructing a government addressing the needs of the sunnis. one of the reasons it's been formed is they have support among the sunni population, the same people that we relied on during the sunni awakening to drive out aliyer. if we are able to -- al qaeda, if we are able to give the sunnis what they want, bringing them into the fold to drive i.s.i.s. out. that is a more successful strategy than committing u.s. troops again. >> if the kurd in iraq gain independence, what would be the impact to the allies? >> i think the kurdish independence will have significant impact in the region. israel views the kurds as an ally. the turks at this stage are going - you know, going both ways. they are concerned about an independent kurdistan because of

their own kurdish population. they see an independent kurdish state as a buffer against the chaos that is iraq and the potential for a new calafat spilling over into turkey. they have a concern. the custodial arabs are concerned with the divisions in iraq, because they view a shia state in the south as the tool of iran and are concerned about a kris ent of iran, southern iraq, and others. the problem within iraq and a kurdish state will spill beyond the burreders. you feel turkey feels their own kurds will seek independence. >> definitely. that's one thing the turks are concerned about with the kurds. any mention of independence or fed rated state gives hope to the rest of the kurdish

populations in turkey, syria and iran. the dynamic changed where the chaos is of more concern. the kurd have been accountably using diplomacy and economics, have been able to allied a lot of turkish fears and win them over. we are in a situation now where for the first time ever turkey is considering the idea of turkish independence as potentially acceptable. >> i mentioned binyamin netanyahu endorsing the independence of iraq kurd. what do you think israel has to gin here? >> i think two major points. one is oil. if the kurds are able to export oil, israel is going to be one of their better customers. kurdish oil will be close and cheaper. if you are israel and sitting watching civil war in syria and

iraq, and you have hezbollah to the north, you have uncertainty in egypt, a friendly kurdish state can act as a balance. it allows israel to operate against iran, it gives them a window into a lot of different places and countries in the region, and provides for them a friend, an ally in the area to counter some of the other problems being faced. >> do you think kurdish independence will spell the end of iraq. most definitely. i think it would take - not a miracle. but short of a miracle to reunify iraq as it is now. the present situation, it's unlikely iraq or the central governor of iraq will be unable to reclaim the areas. it is unlikely they'll be able to take the kurdish north given

the strength of the kurdish military and the weak possess of the military. i think pretty much at the counter stage it would be hard to reunify iraq, but not impossible. if the kurd declared independence. that will be the end of the state. >> will the advisors that president obama sent make a difference. >> they'll make a difference. i don't think they are enough to swing the tide. what they'll allow is the u.s. to have a sense of "we are the military" where the iraqi military can southbounding seed or not. how viable it thes for them to reclaim territory, a lot is eyes on the ground. professional military personal who can tell the administration what can be done and what can't be done realistically speaking. they'll make a - they'll prol be useful for -- probably be useful

for our perspective. in terms of bolstering the iraqi military not likely. that will take more than 3 million advisors. the military is week and disjointed. i don't think we should be looking at this from a military point of view. our biggest problem is we have a central government in iraq that is creating the problems for us. it's pretty much a sectarian government. it's driven the sunnis and the kurd away and has done everything it could to split iraq unintentionally, but split into three entities. as long as we support this government or it remains in power, it's unlikely that we'll accomplish the goals of unifying iraq. >> that's a major hurdle. what can we expect next. can independence work? >> from the kurdish perspective it can work. what we'll see in the next few months is a lot of negotiation and stepping up to the precipe

and stepping away. a lot of rhetoric. people are trying to get as much as they can. the other day the kurds said they'd be willing to cooperate to get a central government. we want assurances that kirkuk is kurdish territory, that we have accesses and control. the kurd are lining themselves up. they'll be a viable entity. we'll see the turks say yes, demo, back and forth. >> we'll see what happens next. former chief of iraqi operations for the c.i.a. thank you for joining us on "a deeper look." >> thank you. we invite you to join us tomorrow for "the week ahead", when we look at secretary of state john kerry's up coming pick to beijing. we discuss us-china relations and some important issues on the table. tomorrow. coming up next on al jazeera america - demonstrators protesting undocumented immigrants. i speak with a journalist there

as the cites sis -- crisis on the border escalated.

welcome back. with immigration legislation stalled in congress, some men's

are taking matters into their own hand. the result - a highly charged confrontation in a town caught in the middle of the immigration debate. as richelle carey reports, there seems to be little hope for a solution any time soon. >> buses in murrieta effectively at a dead end. more than 200 protesters turning away buses, carrying about 140 undocumented immigrants to a border control station. >> they shouldn't have been brought here in the first place. >> reporter: the city manager posted a message saying:. >> reporter: perhaps what happened in murrieta sa metaphor for the -- is a metaphor or the road brooks immigration encounters, with legislation stopped, tensions and emotions are reaching a bordering point.

the murrieta scene shocked him. we saw the worse of the american spirit. how is it possible that these children that simply want to life, these are refugees, migrants escaping a violent situation in central america. they simply want to live. that is how they are greeted. that's how they are greeted with pounding of the buses, blocking the buses coming into murrieta. >> reporter: the federal government overwhelmed by 50,000 undocumented minors crossing the border near the rio grand is trying to move them to other facilities like the ones in murrieta. like other cases, immediately deporting them does not solve the problem. it's been a year since a reform bill was passed. the house is not yet to take it up. texas governor rick perry is calling on the government to reimburse his state

$500 million, the cost to secure the texas border. president obama took executive action to deal with what he called a humanitarian cries assist. announcing the administration will shift resources to the border. it's a temporary fit. >> translation: the number has stopped surprising us. they talk about 50,000 children as if they were talking about five. it makes the problem seem more normal. if you ask me, why aren't they doing anything? because they don't want to, they are not interested. >> reporter: in the meantime protests on both sides are like i had to condition for more i want to bring in tatiana sanchez, a reporter for "the desert sun", and has been covering this story. this has been ongoing for some time. we saw passions running high on

both sides of the debate. of those you talked with out there, what are their concerns? >> i think there's different concerns on both sides of the issue. if you ask the activists their concerns are the children and treating the undocumented immigrants in a humanitarian way. they told me that, you know, this is about the kids, what about the kids who have crossed thousands of miles to get here, and really on the other side you are seeing residents concerned about their own children, saying what about our kids, kids going to schools, who are going to have our local resources trained because we are going to have the influx coming into the town. it's very different concerns that you see on both sides. i think that proimmigrant activists see it from a humanitarian side. residence in murrieta or anti-immigrant residents see it from a logistical perspective,

where they are worried about their local resources being drained. >> we see some residents blocking the buses. how is the town coping with an impression that citizens lack compassion? >> it has hit people hard. it was difficult for a lot of residents to see their own town portrayed in that way. we heard the city managers saying it left a black eye in murrieta. there's a lot of people concerned with that image. at the same time i think that residents are so vocal about the issue, that they are not going to back down. i heard a lot of people on the ground saying they are not going to back down and will speak against the issue if that's their opinion. >> we see the women with the small children going from the plane to the bus. i understand six people have been arrested. what is behind the arrest? >> there were six rests, the

first happening early in the morning. police put up barriers to confine the crowd to one area and keem them from blocking the -- keep them from blocking the border patrol area. this gentleman crossed the barrier, and i heard someone say if you cross the barrier, i can assure you you'll be arrested. he was arrested on suspicion of disorder aring conduct and -- disorderly conduct and disobeying an officer. there was a group of five arrested. there was a subgroup a few blocks away, standing on a corn, and an officer responded to an altercation between two women. one of the women jumped on the officer's back. she was arrested on suspicion of battery. there was four other individuals

within that same sthent -- incident that intervened, two men and a woman, arrested on suspicion of obstructing an officer. six arrests coming out of murrieta. >> emotions are high. do you feel that murrieta is a microcosm of a larger problem in the u.s.? >> absolutely. i have been seeing these tensions for a long time. murrieta just so happens to be the microcosm this time around. this is happening everywhere around the country. you have the pockets, communities where this is a hot topic for people. it happens that the buses are arriving in southern california. i think, for example, in they asked in philadelphia, we'd see the same and similar reaction. this is the hot topic for many people across the nation, not just here in southern california. it's been that way for a long time. >> you may have touched on this. but have you spoken with any of immigrants? >> i have not.

that's one of the things that a lot of people from the media would eventually like to do. what we found on the ground is the border patrol has been mum about the families and where - what time they are transporting them and things like that. they tend to keep the transportation times, the locations a secret until it's happening. so it's been hard to get access to these families, but my - my guess is that once these families drift out into the community or start to look for a way back home, that we'll see more of them. >> there are not a lot of details, a detail we know, a bus load of immigrants is due to ask in a couple of days. will that continue? >> it will continue for an indefinite period of time. it's another thing that the border patrol has not release the as far as when this will stop. it's a huge concern for the people. is that this is happening every

three days, it's 140 people transported not only to murrieta, but elcentero. when you think about the numbers, they are drastic in terms of how many people are transported. again, because we are seeing a large influx of people coming into the rio granda valley. >> well see the scenes play out. a reporter for "the desert sun' we appreciate your time in brazil - the clock strikes midnight for the world cup cinderella story.

[ ♪ theme ] it was certainly a dramatic day of world cup action in brazil. argentina pulled off a 1-0 victory in brasilia, holding off the star-studded belgium team for the rest of the 90 minutes. this is the first time in 24 years that argentina will play in the semifinals of the world cup. and costa rica, the little team held a mighty netherlands to a 0-0 draw. after 121 minute of play the match went to penalty, and the netherlands wanted 4-3 and the

cinderella story was over. it was heart blacking for the costa rica, they were so close to becoming the first team from the north american region the reach the semifinal. david mercer watched the came with fans in san jose. >> reporter: there's a bittersweet feeling in the capital san jose. thousands of fans were here a short time ago. the clean-up has begun. some people are hanging around. people are sad. we have seen people crying, but there are celebrations. people realise it's an historic moment for costa rica. they have never come this far before. it's a football loving country. it's small, less than 5 million people and they don't have the resources that other teams have, but they have all the heart in the world, and the fans love them for it. so an historic moment.

people will celebrate coming this far for years to come, and when the players are coming back to costa rica from brazil, they'll receive a hero's welcome. >> let's talk about the tour de france, kicking off. mark cavendish crossed about 300 yards from the finish line, taking out simon gerrans and leaving four races. marcel kitto won stage 1 for the second i can't remember in a row. stage 2 tomorrow goes from york to sheffield. hard to look at. let's talk about the weather. what is arthur up to. >> it is hard to look at when you see the damage. it's not that big of a storm overall, you know, it got to the category 2, causing a bit of damage. it's causing problems in canada. yes, it shot all the way up the east coast and at halifax we

have facts of trees down and they'll have 60 miles per hour. as we get past the midnight hour it will take that long for it to die down. a lot of rain fall out of the storm and records set for boston, providence. providence with the most, 2.68 inches, records set in 1978. it's a lot of rain. wind - interesting map. if you look at the direction that the areaos are pointing, they are pointing -- arrows are pointing they are pointing to the area of low pressure, shifting up offshore, not hitting maine so hard. they are seeing things settling down. we are focussing on to the northern midwest, which is where we have severe storms and hail about the size of ping pong balls coming down. storms have been producing larger than that, but hail causing a lot of problems. the thunder storms developing and these are only going to

track a little further to the great lakes as we get into tomorrow. we'll have more severe weather to talk about in the afternoon and evening around the great lakes. >> thank you. coming up next on al jazeera america - the domino sugar factory has been in brooklyn for over 125 years. it will be turned into luxury apartments. in the meantime it's housing a special art exhibit. in fireworks like you have never seen them before. a drones-eye view of the 4th of july.

ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america brooklyn's sugar factory will be demolished. it's going down, luxury apartments will go up in its place. until then it will display a sculpture made out of shoeing our of the the artist talks to us about her work. >> i'm carol walker, i'm an artist living in new york. we are in the domino sugar

factory on the east river. there has been a sugar factory on the site since 1863. i think the space does 90% of the work in the environment that we are in. we enter into a dark heavy space. there are 15 small boys, some made of hard candy solution, and some are resin. and they are a procession leading to this spin. -like figure. which is 35 feet high, 75 feet long and coated in 30 or 35 tonnes of sugar. it spoke to be about the legacy of sugar in the new world and the u.s. as a product produced through slavery by slaufs. i useded it as a reference point because i recognise there are

ways to keep history alive through their own bodies and retailing and misunderstandings of that history. this is one of the figure made out of candy solution, and he is on his last legs, one of the legs collapsed here. it's a surprise that he lasted this long. when you arrive in the space, you inhale the residue of many, many years, many decades of manufacturing history. it smells like molasses, smells heady, food like. and familiar, but a little off. domino sugar donated 80 tonnes of sugar for this piece. we used half. she'll go the way of the building. the whole structure is meant to be demolished, so shall she. >> an amazing display by carol walker. there are few places that a drone can take you to, including

face to face with fireworks. a drone was sent up over west palm beach florida bringing you up close and personal with the colourful bright and hot, patriot uk display. this was posted to youtube. the supreme court hands down a divisive ruling on freedom of religion and obamacare. i'm moantonio mora, welcome to "consider this", that story and more starting now. >> a major ruling involving the hobby lobby case. >> countries may refuse to pay for certain types of contraception if it conflicts with the owners' religious beliefs. >> five male justices ruled