from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analysis... the context... and the reporting that allows you to make sense of your world. >> ali velshi on target only on al jazeera america not justified - a federal appeals court reveals a secret program collecting millions of phones is illegal. is the programme needed to keep america safe. counting the votes. the u.k. has its close egeneral election in decades. congressional review - a rare bipartisan vote in the senate gives congress the power to weigh in on an agreement to curb

iran's programme. will it keep the prd from finalising -- president from finalising a deal with iran. >> they are barbaric. they'll shoot them over water. >> a plan to take aims at thousands of birds in an effort to save the salmon distri. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. a new report says attorney-general loretta lynch will open an investigation into policing in baltimore. she could announce the decision as early as tomorrow and it will examine whether baltimore police have engaged in a pattern of using force. yesterday the mayor stephanie rawlings-blake called on the justice department to open an veries. before congression the attorney-general said she was considering it. >> i assure you senators, i'm listening to all voices.

we are in the process of considering whether the baltimore police department engaged in a practice loretta lynch met with police leaders, and the family of freddie gray, who died after a spinal injury suffered in police custody. six police officers are facing charges murder to manslaughter to false imprisonment a major blow to the national security agency's programme. the programme was illegal, and it goes beyond what the congressen visioned under the patriot act. >> reporter: it was shortly after the 9/11 apacks that the bush under the patriot act collected a trove of

telecommunications. it was signed off by court. and continued under president obama. in 2013, the extent of the surveillance was revealed when edward snowden linked n.s.a. documents indicating that the government was sweeping up records of nearly every phone call made in the u.s. the a.c.l.u. sued. they claimed it violated america's right to privacy. the court did not rule on the issue, sake the programme was illegal, saying it went beyond what congress intended. >> reporter: this is an enormous ruling for the court to hold that a programme that the u.s. government was implementing for a decade was unlawful under the law that congress passed. >> under the surveillance programme the government collect time date and length of phone calls. the government argued that could be relevant to future terrorism

investigations. the court rejected that saying: >> reporter: do you think there are other programs that the government may have to halt? >> we don't know for sure but it's been highly implicated that it may not be the only one. >> there may be other programs that may now potentially not hold up in court. >> in capitol hill lawmakers are in a heated debate. the section of the patriot act used to justify expires on june 1st. some contend programs like this must continue. >> why in the world would we think about rolling back the tools. it's the only tools putting post 9/11. the threat is greater today

domestically and around the world. >> others, including a ranking democrat and a republican member argue: the white house says it's studying the ruling pointing out that president obama indicated that he does want to modify the programme. he wants the phone records kept not by the government, but the phone companies, and the federal bureau of investigation would have access to the records on a case by case basis. all eyes on congress to see what it does. glen who helped instead reveal the programme gave al jazeera his thoughts on today's decision. one of the most dangerous things the government has done is tlect

billans of data every day. there's no way when they look at everybody, do they pint people plotting to blow up tre boston. the targeted civilians, you go to a court, saying these are people that are dangerous we have evidence to prove it. we'll honour them nobody else is a way to show liberty and security. >> boll at are counted in the u.k.'s most closely watched election. a poll indicates a strong showing. the cole predicts 316 seats in parliament. 10 short of a majority. if accurate david cameron will likely remain the prime minister. john terrett is here to explain the variables. >> i know let's remind our viewers why we care about a u.k. election. we care because they are a major player and is a close

ally of the united states. that being said in the old country they are counting away. it may be a while before we know the outcome. exit polls were shocking in the sense that they were different for polls taken during the campaign. the magic number is 326 seeds. the poll suggests that the conservative party will have 316. so well short of a major city. the main opposition the labour party, liberal democrats, 10 seats, down from the 50 thee had before. the scottish nationalists are predicted to have 58 seats. every one but one of the seats. they are predicted to get two seats. they were likely to have a hung parliament. >> elections in britain are a world away from the race for the

white house. from 6 feet long, 46 million registered voters turn out. in 650, to mark their favourite candidates name with a cross using nothing but a stubbie pencil. there's nothing but a level to get them in sight. if the site is different, many of the issues are the same. economy, jobs education, housing, security and education. prime minister david cameron's conservative parties propped up in government by a coalition with the left of center central liberals. their leader nick clegg. to the surprise of many. they have healed together well. and exit polls indicate that it was doing to collapse. it regarded student tuition

fees. it puts them within touching distance of a majority but not part. a deal with the northern ireland democratic unionist party is a possibility. for ed miliband it's been a disappointing night. labor well behind the conservatives in the race for the largest party. if the conservatives can't form a coalition, ed miliband will take a crack at forming one that could propel him into the home of the prime minister number 10 downing street. there are over 100 political parties, and 3,971 candidates taking part. among the key parties, the anti-europe u.k. independence party, in its first election. the welsh nationalist, and the scottish national party, according to exit polls on course to win all but one seat in scotland making them the biggest nationalist party ever

at wet minister and this is westminster, on the u.k. - what the u.k. elections are all about it's possible the race is so close the british people may not know who will form their government. >> let's consider it's correct, and the conservative is the biggest party without a majority. he wan govern as a minority which is exhausting because you have to make deals every week or form another coalition, most likely with the liberal democrats, like i to get 10 seats and have been propping up the conservatives for the past five years, or a northern ireland party, the democratic you wills ter unionist. this is the conservative "sun" saying swinging the blues, blue is the colour of the conservative party and the left leaning mirror proclaiming "five more damned years."

>> big difference in response. thank you, john a canadian judge released former guantanamo bay defeign aomar cotter on -- detainee omar cot or on bail. he will have a curfew and wear a bracelet. he is now 28. today was his first day of freedom since he was 15. >> >> i would like to thank the canadian public for trusting me and giving me a chance. it might be some time, but i will roff to them that i'm more than what they thought of me. i'm a good person he pleaded guilty and said he made the admission to get out of guantanamo. secretary of defense ashton carter firmed the u.s. military is training fighters to take on i.s.i.l.

a group of 90 syrians have been trained at a secure location overseas with more on the way. jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon as syrian forces battle baz bashar al-assad army. they continue to fight. over 37,000 that volunteered to fight, the first 90 are being trained, not to overtake the territory but fight against i.s.i.l. >> many are motivated to take over. >> many are trained in jordan

and another group will train in turkey but the training and equipping a fighting force is a long-term project and is months if not years away. >> we still have to train men to train over time. on the side of diplomacy and diplomats, there's the issue of finding moderate syrian opposition to establish a political structure to which the military force can be responsible. >> reporter: the war goes on the the pentagon says it's training anti-i.s.i.l. forces the reality means the u.s. could provide support and air strikes to soldiers fighting government troops. >> their mission is to fight i.s.i.l. so that is a combat we expect them to get involved in and

expect to support them in that record. if they are contested by regime forces we would have a responsibility to help them. >> reporter: bashar al-assad is not technically the target. the pentagon says the syrian president looks desperate as his forces are moving momentum. >> i do believe the situation is trending less favourably and i would look to negotiate if i was him. in the past weeks the syrian government had a string of lawsuits. though bashar al-assad has acknowledged the battlefield setbacks speaking to supporters at a school in damascus, he insisted the ups and downs were normal and the war was not lost. >> reporter: the penalty gone -- pentagon says it has an

obligation, it has int decided how to go. no shoulder fired. anti-aircraft missiles will be provided. they will not take on an enemy that has an air force. jamie mcintyre at the marine le pen -- at the pentagon congress wants a say on the deal with iran why that may not carry weight. the new report says government credit cards are used to pay for escorts and gambling.

congress will most like i get a chance to weigh in on a nuclear agreement on iran. congress passed a bill letting law-makers have a say as libby casey reports, it doesn't give power as much power as many would like. >> the iranians must know

with the of the iran-nuclear agreement review act congress has become an important player at the table. >> reporter: the senate sending a message to iran and the white house that it is a force to be reckoned with. if the president agrees to a deal with iran, does the opinion of congress matter? >> the clear authority rests with the president. >> reporter: thomas mann of the brookings institution says while congress appears united in wanting a say, that only goes so far. >> it will be almost impossible for the congress to overrule any agreement in the short term that the president signs if the other parties are agreeing to it. >> reporter: under the senate bill the white house must send congress the details of an iran deal as soon as it's struck, and including classified information, and cannot lift sanctions until the house and senate have 30 days to look things over. congress could vote to disagree. >> if congress disapprove. it kills the ability to waive

sanctions. >> reporter: don't hold your breath for that to happen says this analyst. if the republican led congress votes to disapprove, the president cans veto. no one expects anyone to buck the white house. the own party will go against them, and ultimately, if this - if this comes down to the wire, there's not a lot of support for killing the deal in the democratic party. >> no matter how terrible the deal is, it will go into effect in this legislation, it's unlikely to stop it. senator ted cruz railed against what he called a bad bill, but ultimately voted for it. only tom cotton cast a nay vote saying an iran deal should be an official treaty. >> it's not like an arms control treaty. the obama administration can

assure its negotiating partners that it had the authority to relax sanctions, and assuming a nuclear deal is reached and iran keeps up its end of the bargain, it's up to the white house to go forward. >> i don't think there's really any chance of the congress in this case preventing the president from what he believes is in the national interests now. jim walsh is a research associate at the m.i.t. securities programme and joins us. is this much ado about nothing. if congress votes against the agreement, and the president vetos it, it would be overridden. is this a win for the white house? >> short answer yes. but i still think there's costs to the agreement if the house and the senate were to reject it. it's a good outcome.

it might hamper implementation. at the end of the day, i think the disagreement will happen. i had dipper with the iraqi foreign minister and had a chance to speak to the american. it will get done and if it gets done i think congress will not stop it. they'll make a big stink about it, but will not stop it. >> talks restart in vienna. you say that about the iranian foreign minister the reality is that we've been hearing both sides, not being shy about expressing strong disagreements over the dell tail of framework. do you believe that a time agreement, a good final agreement is likely. >> i do. first of all let's step back and look at what happened here. there was an interim agreement announced a year and a half ago. that turned out to be better than what people thought it would be.

there was an announcement at the end of march and april. folks thought it would be general principles detail better than we thought it would be. two the two sides disagree. yes, they do. that is typical negotiations, and you are right to say antonio, as negotiators have said, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. there's hard issues out there. june 30th ain't far away. they have come a far distance a long distance. they are about an inch away. i can't believe they'll give it up at the end. >> a lot of people are unhappy. a wall street journal artist talks about widespread calls. there are fears that other countries, turkey egypt could follow suit if it's not perceived as a strong agreement. is there a danger of a nuclear arms race.

>> this is something i spend a lot of time on. how countries make weapons, it's an art that has been made. henry kissinger made the art. there's no data. we have so nuclear weapon starts. not a single of the 10 started is it in response to a peaceful enrichment programme. >> a peaceful programme, but you have pakistan and india, following india, and the question that countries ask, is it peaceful? >> yes. in response to military programs, countries responded. it's been weaker than you might have expected. there were predictions for decades, '60s, '70s '80s. israel got weapons no more in the region when you look at each country individually, turkey saudi arabia egypt. it is a country i know a deal about, that is not what it looks

like iran had centrifuges for a decade. >> all right. thank you jim walls from m.i.t. good to see you pentagon employees reportedly used government credit cards to gamble and pay for adult entertainment. civilian and military employees charged more than a million in los angeles. the government did not necessarily pay for the charms but some employees committed receipts for reimbursement killing some animals to pay others, why a plan to save salmon is running into just because

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land owned by the army. they don't want the birds disturbed even they they are starting a culling population. the bird problem is a fish problem. they eat 11 million every year. >> do we need to kill 11,000 of these birds. >> yes, the short answer is yes. >> it's barbaric shooting core more ants over water with shotguns. they'll shoot core more ants at night from elevated platforms. >> we had two passengers on a boat ride. one says shoot, one says stop. bob's organization sued in federal court to prevent the culling. i don't think we should be killing native wildlife when there are manmade that are far more important.

>> tom works for a tribal commission protecting fish on the river, where 13 different species of salmon and steal head are listened as threatened or endangered and they mean so much to the area's indigenous people. >> they were asked to protect and honour as well as eat the salmon. >> reporter: it comes back do the dams the largely federally run hirt electric system which can be deadly for salmon heading downstream and matural salmon heading upstream. the cormorant kill is a small part of an effort to comply with the dangerous spees sis act to boost survival and address ruling that agencies do more to protect fish. this is an action as a part of a larger picture done on a scale that people are not used to. and it's perhaps more visible

because of the nature of what it is. >> salanger blames human being and the hydroelectric system and said the birds are escape boats. >> don't we need a managements of the wildlife? >> i think the primary focus needs to be on the dams. they are working on the dams they spent 1.7 billion in the dams. >> i would say that the court says they haven't done enough. it's a painful step we have to go through. unless the cormorants get a stay of execution, it could start within weeks a russian spacecraft hurtling to earth should reach the atmosphere overnight. russia's progress started malfunctioning almost as soon as it lifted off. it was set up to resupply the international space station, but there was a problem during launch and it started to spin out of control.

officials expected it to disintegrate as it re-enters the atmosphere. i'm antonio mora for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story". have a great night. psh psh clz turns out knitting together two countries long separated by cold war is not as easy as calling a news conference. during a half century of economic estrangement between the u.s. and cuba a lot of issues piled up. there are glimmers of light, the door is only open halfway, and it may take a while before we reach a cuban resolution. what will it take to get