>> i'm julie mcdonald. and this is the news hour live from london. coming up: >> today we're issuing arrest cards. >> seven top football officials real estated on u.s. bribery charges, as they investigate the world cup bidding process. iraqi security forces advance in isil. and suicide bombers have killed dozens of soldiers. the u.s. asks member states

to take in 40,000 asylum seekers arriving in italy and greece. >> . >> and do animals have the same rights as humans? a court is asked to decide that. >> officials were arrested. the starting point of a scandal that's threatening. >> hello there. a warm welcome to the program. football's governing bold is being accused of ram pant and systemic corruption. seven top feverra top fifa executives were arrested, charged with bribes of $100 million. and separately, switzerland has

start it's own criminal investigation into mismanagement and money laundering. with the world cup tournament between rush and qatar in 2022. the president, who is not under investigation, admitted that the world organization faced a difficult time. and anyone proven to corrupt would be removed from the game. it will go on friday as planned, despite calls. >> it came after no warning and after a shock, there will abe surprise. criminal allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. >> they were expected to uphold rules to keep soccer honest and protect the integrity of the game and instead they enriched themselves. >> it's a three year investigation, but the alleged crime dates back more than two decades. >> this is really the world cup

of fraud. and today we're issuing fifa a red card. >> reporter: they have a wide range of powers, which means that they can investigate any corrupt activity. the charges of alleged corruption go to tv deals and coverage stretching into the 1990s. 14 people have been indicted. among them. the head of the company and jeff warner said there's nothing new in the allegations. >> if it does seem strange that the u.s. [ unintelligible ]. >> also among them, fig rero, and nicklaus. and the chief of football,

marie, who oversaw the last time year world cup in brazil. he said that the arrests will fight corruption. >> this is good what happens. it confirms that we're on the right track and it hurts, it's not easy, but it's the only way to go. >> it registered more anger than shock. it's absurd. people make loads of money and in the meantime, we have lots of brazilians struggling to survive. >> it's not a surprise. the government during the world cup built all of the stadiums and lefts brazil and the country is even worse. >> in miami fbi agents raided the headquarters. and the authorities started a separate investigation into the world cups. the tournaments in rush and qatar are still planned to go ahead but they will be watching it closely. no action has been taken at

this point until it's time for re-election in a few days. he said that it was unparalleled. he promised more of the same. he's expected to win. >> the seven executives arrested in switzerland where fifa had it's only conference, and hi, andy. there seems to be a palpable sense of shock at this turn of events but yet these allegations have been around for years and certainly more than a decade. >> they have, and what is interesting, in the last hour or so, is that europe's governing body, who are tied to the leadership of fifa, said that they're considering boycotting the conference, and everyone 1 taking part in. they have asked for a postponement of the presidential vote. and they will have a meeting tomorrow remains saying that if

fifa are insisting on that vote going ahead they may boycott it. they said that today's events are a disaster to fifa and tarnish the sport of football. and also, sponsors that put millions of dollars into fifa, they have remained relatively quiet to this point and we expect statements gal or from them tonight. not all of them critical, but coca-cola said that the today's allegations tarnish the world cup. he said that will elections carry on on friday as plan. >> we have heard some statements from sponsors, and from uafa as well. and maybe it will change the playing fieldle they were not just in damage limitation mode

right now. >> it's almost surreal. had the press gotten ahold of it this morning, it was stream worldwide. there is a the only thing that you can use to survive, it's to say that he welcomes these investigations, and they were part of his own motivation to remove corruption from his organization. in the last couple of hours we welcome the surveillances by the u.s. and the swiss authorities. and it's part of what fifa is attempting to be okay with this. it's not something that was unexpect but effectively the c el o of the company say i'm okay they work for them, but it has nothing to do with me. how long he can maintain that stance, it's hard to believe

but he still has massive support within fever a overwhelmingly, five of the other six confederations, they still back him. >> richardson, live in zurich with the latest, thank you. from managing director for transparency warm welcome. and listening to andy there he makes the point that in some people's point of view, it's opening markets to international football. and he still has a lot of support. but you think that he should go. >> good evening and thank you very much. if we take a look at this from a football fan hundreds of millions of them having a love affair with football abthe world. when the teams win we expect it. and when they lose, we are

devastated. with you but when there's corruption we feel betrayed. and that's the emotion that fifa had to deal with for a long time as public trust in fifa is all but erode. we have been calling on them for many years to deal with the past. and to make sure that corruption and allegations are thoroughly investigated, that there's an open slate. and there are measures put in place to ensure open, transparent elections with basic government standards. and they have failed to do any of those. >> i'm not even a football fan but why is there a disconnect? you have the world inside of fifa where nobody is answerable to anyone, and now you have it outside. >> fifa had the extraordinary

good to maintain a instructor in a world that has changed dramatically in the last 20 years, and that has meant that no football fan really, has faith that setlatter and those in charge can reform this anymore. they have been given 10 many opportunities. and it's a slap in the face of any organized football. and fifa itself has failed to do soful. >> is this the moment you have to come forward and say, this is not the world of football that went to live in? is this the moment that they have to come forward and demand change? >> we would have set that moment long ago but today as brought another level of

intensity enter organized reality something that that will not . >> in he does have support maybe the organization is still tainted? >> of course that's a possibility. we have been calling for the elections to be postponed. and we believe that not only does the crisis make it impossible for those elections to take place but also the basic conditions with conflict of interest running all of those things are not in place and that's why, for the good of the game, those elections should be suspended. if he's re-elected, we might see the pain continue. it reminds me of south africa, which faced that dilemma. continuing apartheid. and everyone knew that it was a

question of time. many lives were destroyed. and the longer the regime in fifa continues the more it will damage organized football. >> we'll watch with wonder and see what happens. thank you. >> good afternoon i'm david schuster in new york, and you're looking live at cabot pennsylvania, north of pittsburgh where rick santorum, is announcing that he's going to run again. you can see his youngest daughters in one of his son's arms, and his wife, kirren, and he's announcing that he's going to run for president of the united states. he's making the announcement, part of the bid to focus on the economy and broaden his support

for 2012, when he was driven by conservatives. let's listen to rick santorum,. >> thank you so much. what an amazing feeling to be up here with the folks who made it possible for me. you know, i would start with my family. so i am. i want to thank karen my sweetheart all of my kids for all of the sacrifices they made so we could be here today. i love you more than words god bless you, thank you so much. [ cheers ] as you can see we brought a special guest up. she wanted to meet you.

my sweet daughter, bella who just turned seven years old a couple of weeks ago. bella also requested that she could go play during the speech so we're going to let her go. now, i know in stage locks densey populated with our family but we're still missing one member of our family, and that's our son daniel, who just last week went to field training in the air force down in alabama and daniel, i am proud of you, thank you. [ applause ] and i also have to thank united technologies. we have disrupted this entire place for a week, and god bless you, bill and becky and everyone.

thank you. and i just want to thank all of you for being here. for taking time out of your work and your schedule. and for many of you, there are people from 32 states that are here tonight. so i want to thank you for being here. ladies and gentlemen, this is a piece of coal. this is where my american story started. my grandfather pe ate ro, he was a coal miner who brought my dad, seven-year-old aldo, from fascist italy. like millions of other americans, he didn't come for in. he came for this. freedom.

my dad grew up in a coal town. actually a company town during the depression. without indoor plumbing. it took a war to get him out of that coal town. off to the pacific and then the gi bill to college and then to a veteran's hospital in west virginia. it's there he met a wonderful nurse, katherine doogie, who is my mom. [ applause ] mom 196, and 24th took me on a vage voyage, to butler

pensacola. [ applause ] --pennsylvania lived on a post ingovernment apartments, surrounded by veterans and most of my friends though, their dads worked in the mills and the mines. they got off the ship and sports and life. they were the generation of god fearing people who built this country, and at the same time, were the foundation of the country. in the late 70s like many of you, we saw the economic devastation here in southwestern pennsylvania, but across this country particularly in the area of manufacturing. as aas a result of the excesses and

indifference of big labor and big government and big business. here in southwestern pennsylvania, the epicenter we lost over 100,000 jobs overnight. it has to and did leave a mark on all of us. afterwards big government and big business told our workers that times had changed. american workers could no longer compete with low foreign wage and that those jobs were gone forever. well, what about those politicians? for all of those years what did they do? what did they do for communities across this area and across this country in small town america? they had no plan, and they provided no hope. and to that, i say no longer. [ applause ]

as middle america is hollowing out, we can't sit idly by as big government minutes ago make it harder for our workers and turn around and blame them for losing jobs overseas. working families don't need another president tied to big government, or big money. and today is the day we are going to begin to fight back. [ applause ] [ cheers ] i am proud to stand here among

you, and for you the american workers who have sacrificed so much to announce that i am running for president of the united states. [ applause ] [ cheers ] i offer/full vision for america. one that's clear and conservative. that has plans for reform and has a proven track record that i have in my time of service. step one in taking back america, step one, let's scrap

the corrupt federal tax code and the irs that goes with it. [ cheers ] it will create millions of good paying jobs, it will rebuild our factories, and it will make more take home pay for workers in america. powder by the shale revolution, and the renewable revolution. powered by those two revolutions, we have regained the title of the world leader in energy production. [ cheers ]

with low cost energy and our bold plan, i promise you we will regain the title of a leader in world manufacturing. [ applause ] that's not all. we will shrink government, we will reduce spending, we will revoke every executive order and regulation -- yeah! we will revoke every executive order and regulation that costs american jobs.

[ cheers and applause ] from day one we will work to bring back america and put americans back to work. [ cheers and applause ] american workers deserve a shot at these jobs. over the last [ audio difficulties ] >> and we had a little satellite interruption there and we're of course following republican form senator, rick santorum making his announcement speech in pennsylvania, at a manufacturing facility there and he said he's going to focus on the economy and talked about putting america back to work, and he said of course he's running for president and it's time for america to return to

its manufacturing leadership across the world. bill o'reilly, as a republican strategist joins us in the studio and michael schuler from los angeles, and bill, what do you make of it so far? >> rick santorum 1 younger than he was last night. and he looks terrific, and his message is a little more vibrant and a little bit less negative. and he keyed in on talking about manufacturing and he started in pennsylvania, miles from where he grew up and started his campaign for the senate in 1994. 10 he's talking about manufacturing and jobs and he's not talking about entrepreneurship and money. that's important. he's talking about the tax code speaking to prominent americans. >> bill, real quickly before we go back to the speech, it's a popular thing. >> if you close your eyes, this could be 2012 all over again. he sees a very narrow lane.

>> let's listen to rick santorum again. >> we can create jobs, but as you've all seen, america can't succeed unless we strengthen the first economy the american family. it's time we have a president who sees the struggle of working families in america not as an opportunity to divide us along race or class but as a chance to unite us, around the ideal that every child in america deserves her birthright to be raised by her parents in a healthy home. [ applause ]

stronger families and more jobs will result in better schools. but our children, well, they deserve an education customized customized to maximize their potential. [ applause ] the first step in that process 1 joining me to drive a stake in the heart of common core. [ cheers and applause ] i can't forget about the other people that i grew up with, our wounded warriors, i saw the price of freedom. and i saw the cost of failed

political leadership. the obama/clinton team, they don't understand that peace comes through strength. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting ] usa, usa! >> but when i see our heroics dying, waiting in line at the va because these very same leaders don't care enough to give them what they have earned the best medical care in the world i say join me, take back america and help these veterans. [ cheers and applause ]

as you've seen, commander in chief is not an entry level position. and the white house is the last place for on the job training. it's critical that both our allies and our friends know what to expect from our next president. last month, i was featured in an online magazine. that's usually a good thing. but in this case, the online magazine was the magazine of the islamic state isis. under the headline, in the words of our enemy was my picture and a quote. after 12 years of legislating and warning about the gathering

storm of radical islam they know who i am, and i know who they are. [ cheers and applause ] in that article i described who they are and how to defeat them. ladies and gentlemen if i'm the next president we will defeat them. [ cheers and applause ] finally, we must take back america. for those who seek to deny us our god-given rights of life and liberty. as president i will stand for

the principal that everyone life matters. the poor, the disabled and the unborn. [ applause ] i will also fight for the freedom for you to believe what you are called to believe. not just in your places of worship, but outside of your places of worship too. karen and i have learned a lot in our life. and if there's one thing we have learned, man is limited and god is not.

there's much that we can do. but first we need to pray for the same kind of great awakening that inspired and provided our founding fathers to come to this country to heal our land. now, if you watch any of these announcements here coming up this week, we are going to see a lot of folks saying what they're going to do. that's what they do, but who do you know who to trust? i look at their record. i went to washington and i said i'm going to fight corruption, and i delivered. i went to end welfare to reduce poverty and to put people back to work, and i

delivered. i went to give patients control over their healthcare through health savings accounts, and i delivered. [ applause ] i went to end partial birth abortion, and i delivered. [ applause ] i went to impose sanctions on syria and iran, to protect the state of israel and this country, and i delivered. [ cheers and applause ] and i went to cut taxes and promised never to raise them, and i delivered. [ cheers and applause ]

our record of standing for and standing up against big government 1 clear. 92% conservative voting record. how does someone like that get elected in the money valley of pittsburgh, in one of the most conservative in the state how does someone get elected in the state of pennsylvania when there's over 1 million more registered democrats than republicans. because i stood for you and against big government in washington d.c. fighting in those rateses both here in southwest pennsylvania

and across pennsylvania, i know what it's like to be an underdog. four years ago -- well, no one gave us much of a chance. but we won 11 states. [ cheers and applause ] we got 4 million votes. and it's not just because i stood for something. it's because i stood for someone. the american worker. [ applause ] i promised then, as i promise you now i will take money and powerplay out of washington and put it back where our constitution says it belongs. in the people who earned it. [ applause ]

[ chanting ] rick rick, rick! the last race, we changed the debate. this race, with your help, and god's grace, we can change this nation. [ cheers and applause ] join us! join us! rick santorum.com, and let's take back america! god bless you! god bless america! [ music ] >> and rick santorum, the former two term senator from pennsylvania officially becomes the 7th republican presidential candidate in the 2016 cycle. and maybe as many as a dozen

more are still to come. rick santorum will perhaps have a more difficult time than he had four years ago whether he was the evangelical conservative to capture 11 contests. and he finished runnerup to mitt romney in the 2012 nomination. this is more difficult because there are other social conservatives, like ted cruz and mike huckabee. we are joined by bill o'reilly and mike shorn and you check all of the boxes social conservatism, right to life, ending the tax code. >> it was a single speech. it was a solid to put into the game. i don't think that he was looking to put anything over the fence but he got his website in there and it was like a workman speech where he walked through the boxes.

but the message 1 almost identical than it was in 2012. and he's focused on the little guy. big money versus the little guy, and he set himself up as the populist, lunch pail conservative candidate. and that's who he has been for a while. it was a good message but this is a much more daunting field. mike huckabee is running on a similar message and if santorum gets traction, others in the field are going to as well. >> you mecked how rick santor um was able to get past the huckabees, and he has gone to the need of protecting social security. the theme of on the republican side ig to tap into the security that even republicans have.

>> yes i think that's true. huckabee won in 2008 in iowa, and they say that 50% of the caucuses identify as evangelical. and 20% of that vote went to mitt romney. so they have to find a share of that vote to put themselves over the top. iowa is 10 vitally important but it's most important for rick santorum to win again there, and to get that conservative vote and beat the others in the state where they will have more option. i sense something a little bit different about rick santorum this time. i didn't see him going for the balanced budget or cutting tacks, he wasn't speaking to entrepreneurs as much as. and to your point, day of the.

i i that he's going to siphon off some of the regular voters. >> you and i were there covering the republican primary, and things got better in 2012, and his speeches were sharper and more uplifting and how important 1 that kind of experience the second time around? >> i would have to say that it's vitally important. once the santorum campaign was able to dispatch with just newt gingrich and foster freeze, his back, his chief half a billionaire backer was there today in cabot pennsylvania, and he wants to bankroll this campaign and he wants to see rick santorum have success. but the fact that he hit his

stride was to come back and say, look, i came in second, and i learned some lessons. >> bill o'reilly, is it possible in this day and age to use an early victory in iowa or new hampshire, or is rick santorum looking at a very different climate now? using to keep them in the game regardless? >> i don't think that iowa is humanly important. and i have to wund is you wonder how he would have done head-to-head with romney down the stretch. but rick san san is who you he give gave there, where you --

it was around midnight, and he talked about the poll on his hand and he's very good at speaking that way. but this is going to be a good race. so many players in the race, and there are going to be at least 16 viable candidates in the race. the tactics change, and the strategies change. the first is the debate. so you have to use your media opportunities very wisely to peak at the right time. they're all going to be thinking the same way. so if he catches on with the populist message others will do it as well. because the whole name the game is to get in the race. >> bill o'reilly, our political contributor, thank you for joining us, and 10 it is official. rick santorum, former two-term senator and the runnerup in 2012. and he's officially a republican presidential candidate again. thank you for watching news 2016 and the news continues

from london. you're watching aljazeera. snow. how closely are we real to chimps? >> very realed. chimpanzees are more closely reeled to us than we're related to gorillas. we share 9% of our dna and an extraordinary amount of cognitive abilities. chimps have language skis, and they're conscience, and they have culture and they can use

numbers, and they're so remarkably similar to human beings cognitively that it's somewhat startling. and we argue that their abilities to be autonomous, to live a life free of instinct the way ours is, is in and of itself to allow them to a writ of habeus corpus. >> but the architect that some say, if the judge rules in your favor, what are the implications? where do you draw the line is. >> well, that's the beauties of the common law that you look at it on a case-by-case basis and our case would depend upon what sort of scientific evidence that there is out there to present to the court. we have overwhelmly scientific evidence that chimpanzees are autonomous and any other

animals that might be eligible for a writ of habeus corpus, would depend on if there's overwhelming scientific evidence of this as well. >> how would given the chimps -- how would that work? if one of the chimps was ill if they can. >> person means that they have the capacity to have within or more rights, and the right we're asking for is the right to bodily liberty that would qualify them for a writ of habeus corpus, and once they're in the judge might appoint a guardian ad litem or something like that. >> rule of thumb you treat the chimpanzees as a five-year-old

child, and you begin to understand how to make certain decisions for them that they might not be able to make themselves. >> thank you for join us. a list of 13 new species discovered last year has been officially released. so-called dementer wrap watches, named after harry and a bug that's half a meter long. it's the world's second largest. and across the world taking part in the annual palestine literature festival. the organizers say that it's about the people's daily struggles under israeli occupations. >> it was standing room only at the opening of the palestine

literature festival. the festival was held in the occupied ban ki-moon the thursday of many cities in palestine. people will visit and we'll travel to cities which has been divided under israeli settlement and which is considered illegal under israeli law and to haifa to see how palestinians live under the israeli state. >> the people that come in are people influential in the field. and 10 when they have the experience of having a culture in palestine they become part of the pressure-public international opinion. >> before in event in occupied east jerusalem one of islam's holiest sites where signs of

israel's occupation seem to be everywhere. writers from all over the world will also see firsthand how palestinians live under israeli occupation. from military checkpoints to illegal checkpoints and segregated motor ways. she's a poet from london, and this is her first visit to the west bank. seeing the palestinian occupation under a lens is like something that she never thought. >> it's really sad. and i feel helpless? you know, and also, i don't think i'll be the same again from this visit. >> in past years events were also held across the gaza strip. letting other countries enter blockaded territory.

but israel, which controls the border along it, refused to allow the festival. so they decided to organize readings like this up with. nothing will stop them from sharing their stories. aljazeera in occupied east jerusalem. >> still ahead in sports, --

>> it has been a very busy day.

thanks judy. the president said that he welcomes the investigation by the u.s. and swiss authorities that resulted in the arrests of several high-ranking officials. despite the organization, the 79-year-old will stand for re-election on friday. >> he's the man who made world football a multi-billion dollars industry. and now he stands accused much accepting multimillion-dollar bribes. >> it's not fit any longer. it's an organization that does not in a structural way exhibit the responsibility that it should poor oversight. and a very poor supervising mechanism. >> the five star hotel where

the fifa hierarchy gathered hints at the organization's eat. but it's confines couldn't protect seven officials from being arrested here by swiss police. separately, swiss prosecutors launch a criminal case, surrounding the bids for the 2018 and 2022 world cup. >> the president isn't involved. of course he's the head of fever a. but he's not involved in anything, so how can you say that he has to whatsoever step down? he's the president and in two days, there are leaks. if the 20 members reelect him then he's the president for the next four years. >> critics of fifa have long pointed to a lack of transparency the financial

dealings of a body that generates so much from tv deals and sponsorships. and it's time to think about who they give their cash to. >> i don't know how the sponsors can remain quiet. and continue their position of recall trisance when we're talking about seven senior officials being dragged out of switzerland's hotel in zurich. >> asking for a complete overhaul of how fifa is run but he has used billions to keep a tight holdover the football associations of most other countries. >> many of these federations are impoverished.

and many of them battle with the money and they're getting this money from fifa on an annual basis. >> they have weathered corruption storms in the past and made it through to calmer waters, but the seriousness and the scale of these charges are unprecedented. friday's election was expected to be a formality. but right now nothing in the world of fifa can be taken for granted. >> senator ramario has launched a scathing attack both on his home football organization, and he hopes that it will bring about major changes to the way that football is run. >> the arrest of marin is the start of a great future for football. especially for this bad entity, the most corrupt body in the sport, which here this country is the brazilian federation.

and in the world, it's fever a. >> european's governing body is calling for fifa to postpone the election. >> the associations are meeting tomorrow ahead of the fifa congress and at that point the associations will decide on what further steps need to be taken to protect the game of football. in the meantime, the members of the executive committee are convinced that there's a strong need for a change to the leadership of this fifa, and strongly believe that the fifa congress should be postponed with new fifa presidential leaks to be organized within the next six months 68. >> not to be encouraged by the british association greg dike. and he says that they may not go ahead despite the decision to the contrary. >> this is a serious time for

fever a. and we were one of the people who nominated him to stand get blatta and we will vote for him if it goes ahead. but i'm sure that it will under these circumstances. >> the seasons champions, it's the first time that the women have been rewarded with a place in europe's premier competition. last year's runnerup, out of the french open. it's the second time that she struggled. she was beaten this time in paris, and lost 7-5-6-1. >> i feel more now than before the match. and this is a good point. now i can smile and look to

going to the next tournament. i have nothing to do now everything is here. >> how to lose graciously there. the title last year, she beat sharsharapova. >> for me, now, it's about recovery and being healthy for next round. i play a lot of tennis, and fortunately in the previous two tournaments, it's really about maintenance and recovery, and getting ready for the next match. >> in the men's, 17 grand slam wenner roger roger federer recovering from a breakdown in the second set. >> it was a horrible game, and it was very disappointing and

frustrating, but after that, it was the best of my match. right after that, i was down 2-0 in the third. and the reaction was what i wanted and maybe that's one of the reasons i get a bit angry with myself, because it was such a bad game. >> also, japan's -- goes past brazil in a straight set. in control with four stages remaining. the sprinters were happy to sit back there and protect his lead. madolo claimed his second victory, across the line first. and that is sports, a fascinating day and thank you very much. now you can find it much more on the website. all of the stories that we're following on aljazeera america.com. see you in a couple of minutes.

♪ >> i'm jane mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. [ gunfire ] iraqi security forces advance in anbar province. isil suicide-bombers killed dozens of soldiers. the e.u. ask member states to take in 40,000 syrian and