changing. >> they may have to do so. we'll see how the sun folds. kristin saloomey, outside brooklyn new york. thank you for joining me, i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. us. >> a frightening mistake. live anthrax shipped from a u.s. military lab by accident. what the pent gone is saying about the risk to the public. surviving the flood. >> this is the water that was in our house and looking from the house you couldn't even see the pool. >> texas residents clean up after days of drenching rain. but officials warn of more storms to come. soccer scandal. the world's most popular sport

in turmoil after several of its top executives are charged with corruption. and a sinner, or saint? >> we talk about serra in the negative. there's nobody who talks about serra in the positive. >> the outrage over the pope's plan to make the spanish missionary to california a saint. good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. the pentagon says more than 20 personnel may have been exposed to live anthrax at a u.s. air force base in korea. after a military base in utah definitelily shopped the live an travel to labs. given preventive treatment and so far none are showing any sign of illness. officials also insist there is no public health risk. jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon on how this happened. >> the pentagon says it is cooperating in an investigation

by the centers for disease control and prevention into how the u.s. military mistakenly shipped life anthrax spors spores to a laboratory on monday. it reported last week that some of its samples were live. that sparked a recall of similar shipments to laboratories in a total of nine states and a u.s. military base in korea. besides maryland the states are texas, wisconsin delaware, new jersey tennessee, new york, california and virginia. a pentagon spokesperson says all the samples are retrieved and are inspected to see if any also contained live active spores. the cdc says there's no threat to the public and no suspected

or confirmed case of anthrax infection. the shipment is a serious breach of protocol for handling deadly anthrax spores and the agency is investigating along with state and federal agencies. >> jamie mcintire in the pentagon. authorities are asking residents to evacuate, after days of heavy rain and flooding that took lives in texas and oklahoma. houston is not only dealing with the high water but with a sewage spill from a local waste water facility. robert ray is in houston tonight, these storms are deadly and destructive and thousand this. what is the situation with that plant now. >> indeed, antonio. houston has been pounded by rain the last few days and even this morning a few more inches in

several pockets. officials say that sewage treatment contaminated water came out everything is okay they claim they're going to continue the testing no boil order out there but in the meantime we were in southwest houston throughout the day today looking at all the people picking up their lives and all they have is memories and the bad news is that more storms are on the way. wednesday residents worked to clean up the damage. from the string of deadly storms and floods that have left houston at a near standstill. >> the water was so high that we were on my bed my home family kind of on a bed on an island. >> contaminated waters road over two feet in their home. for david childhood memories is all he has now. >> this was the water that was in our house. looking from the house you couldn't even see the poor, the wawrl level waswater level was really

engulfing everything. >> this is bayou water isn't it? >> yes, the water was just nasty. >> within that system and in that water 100,000 gallons of untreated waste water that spilled into this area. officials say they're working on trying to figure out how exactly that happened, and they're going to clean up when this has all subsided. but it's of no threat to residents and there is no boil order in place. houston fire commander deacon tittle was out saving residents and now his department is helping clean up the mess and answer questions. >> what concerns a lot of the residents now is the dirty water from the bayo ufertion that's bayou that's

contaminated with feces and so on. >> as far as we're concerned our water is safe, went through multiple levels of testing and whatnot, monitored by our city officials and confirmed everything is good and safe. >> for the dennenburgs they will be living with relatives until shurches kicks in around they can restore the no. insurance kicks in and they can restore. >> it's just stuff. no one was hurt. >> we have a thousand properties that we visually inspected we believe there may be as many as 4,000 with significant damage. >> reporter: meanwhile southwest of dallas word of another potential crisis they now say a earthen dam seems to be holding firm. antonio, the worst month on record for precipitation in the

entire state of texas. if we look at the history of damages from storms here in the state how about hurricane ike five years ago $19 billion worth of damage in the houston and galveston area as it came ashore from the gulf of mexico. tomorrow a lot of the officials will still be assessing the damage in the neighborhoods and the businesses to see exactly how much this flash flood cost but we're hoping it's not that price and we're also hoping the people can get their lives back together, despite some of the hard rains that are expected in the next couple of days antonio. >> robert ray, thank you. wimberly, three people were killed there nine others still missing. heidi zhou-castro was there when assessing the damage took place.

>> the destruction wrought by the weekend's flash flood. a 40 foot tall wall of water careened down the blanco river. survivors were lucky to escape with their lives. this family didn't want to leave. they waited until the water was at their doorstep before an uphill neighbor insisted they get out and they did just in the nick of time. because a tsunami like wave knocked this house off its foundation, the rest of it is downstream. >> i was snug in my bed 12:00 or whenever then power went out i know oh, storm they'll get it back up, it's wimberly. >> kirby's house is still standing. >> i scale downstairs and first step, a splash. >> water rose above their niece everyone escaped through his

window and with their three dogs boarded a waiting rescue boat. >> it's a real hassle. it's not a tragedy. it's just stuff. and it's going to be a lot of work. and that, we can handle. >> as search parties continue to comb the river bank for signs of life and helicopters search for bodies from above volunteers are uniting to support their neighbors. >> if y'all have boots? gloves you need masks. >> they're dispatched to damaged homes. >> everyone is doing what they can. and this is one of the strongest communities for this to happen too because everyone is always here for each other. >> survivors are in awe of the generosity. >> i've never been in this before ever. but this is just beautiful. >> these are all volunteers. all volunteers. >> this home already smells of mold. most of its contents now trash.

>> the water line was about here. and all this furniture was under. all of it. >> recovery won't be easy. but many hands are here to help. heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera wimberly texas. >> kevin corriveau joins us, the the whole region is expected to see more rain in coming days. >> that's right hot spots heunt, sanhouston, san marco a little bit of circulation, that is going to be our next shot of energy that's going to kick off some more storms as we go towards the next couple of days that we think are going to be fairly significant. tonight we've seen storms here across parts of kansas kansas, oklahoma and texas. we have siege 19 tornadoes being reported across that region earlier this evening. they are starting to subside as the heating of the day starts to

go down but tomorrow unfortunately we expect to see more in terms of active weather there. oklahoma has seen amazing amounts of rain as well as parts of texas. oklahoma city has seen just 20 inches of rain. so we're still looking at watches and warnings in this area flood warnings are still in effect for much of this area as well, rain coming into play most of it is going to be up here towards northern texas and oklahoma. we do expect to see four to six inches here. down here towards houston we could see possibly two to three possibly locally inches there so be watching very carefully. >> thank you kevin. u.s. prosecutors kicked up a massive corruption in fifa. high ranking fifa executives were pulled out of hotels in

switzerland. john terret joins us with more. problems with fifa have been an open secret for a long time. >> they really have, corruption at the very highest level of international soccer. well today it took the u.s. justice department to lay it all bare. turmoil at the highest level in the word's most popular sport. >> they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. >> they are nine officials with fifa and five sports media and promotion executives. the doj wants them extradited to the u.s., for bribes, money laundering offshore bank accounts going back two decades. schemes to hand out lucrative contracts, using high priced artwork as payoffs shredding records, for a udz $110 million

scheme. >> this is a world class violation and we're issuing fifa a red card. >> the doj saying sepp bratter isblatteris not being charged at this time. among the 14 other suspects, former fifa vice president jack warner of trinidad accused of soliciting $10 million in bribes from the south african government to host the 2010 world cup. warner issued a statement saying he's innocent of any charges. the russia 2018 and qatar 20

2022 were all rigged. there will be no changes to the upcoming schedule. >> this is good what happens it confirms that we are on the right track. it hurts it's not easy but it is the only way to go. >> reporter: around the world news of the arrests registered more anger than shock. >> translator: it's absurd, absurd fifa won lots of money in the meantime we have be brassians struggling to survive. >> it is not a surprise. they built all the stadiums they left brazil and the country is even worse. >> reporter: swiss authorities announced their own probe for the selection of 2018 and 2022. also prompted for the u.s. hosting the copa america tournament in 2016, these are

the pictures from that moment, attorney general lynch speaking in brooklyn says bribery has been a central theme in conversation negotiations for copa america too. be antonio it is worth pointing out that both russia and qatar deny impropriety for the negotiations for 2018 and 2022. the negotiation the doj is seeking, we know the swiss are on board but other nation like trin adatrinidad may be uncooperative. >> an zed torl note, al jazeera is funded in part by the qatar government. governor pete rick its

vetoed bill when he came to his desk. legislators voted to override that veto. rick santorum became the seventh candidate to join the renal presidential field. >> i am proud to stand here among you and for you. the mairnl american workers who have sacrificed so much to announce that i am running for president of the united states. >> santorum was the runner-up in the 2012 contest for the republican nomination. this time he is currently polling as only around 2%. he says his first priority would be to change the american tax structure. >> step 1. let's scrap the corrupt federal tax code and the irs that goes with it. >> santorum says the u.s. would be better off with a flat tax. a stern warning for the chinese

government. what the u.s. defense secretary said about china's aggressive moves in disputed waters. also new rules aimed at keeping drinking water safe and clean stir up controversy in washington. washington.

>> the obama administration announced new rules to limit pollution in rivers lakes streams and wet left-handlands. ultimately protecting drinking water. >> rivers and streams we love. we just can't let them get polluted. we have to pay attention to these streams and wetlands to feed into these waterways. >> they face deep opposition from farm groups and republican led congress. critics claim the federal

government gives too many oversight. the u.s. is warning china it will continue paroles in the south china sea. defense secretary ash carter also warned china to stop its buildup of man made islands in the area, some 2,000 miles off its coast. >> china is out of step with with both international norms that underscore the asia pacific infrastructure and in favor of consensus in favor of a noncoercive approach. your increasing demand for american engagement in the asia pacific. we will meet it . we will remain the main security power in the asia pacific for years to come. >> to be more aggressive in the highly disputed territory.

iraqi troops have returned to the front lines after losing the city of ramadi to i.s.i.l. including in anbar province in the west. iraq's military launched what is said to be a large scale operation there yesterday. imran khan is following the offensive from baghdad. >> shia militia both sides prepare to bament for battle for ramadi. they're also using shelling to target i.s.i.l. fighters and cut off their main supply lines. once the towns and villages are secured then the push to ramadi will begin. >> translator: our aim is to meet armed forces from other front. operations are exclusively shelling and advancing towards

i.s.i.l. hideouts. >> reporter: however a writer on iraqi military strategy says their details are failing. >> iraqi security forces lack the intelligence and reconbe sans to prevent the attacks before they happen. the weapons the army uses can sometimes be ineffective. >> reporter: despite that, the operation goes on. this is major supply line for anbar province for iraq's security forces, used by both military and civilian contractors. military could come to a standstill if i.s.i.l. manages to close this highway. these are called defense lines it is the last line of defense before the capital itself. after here you get the headquarters of the 24th brigade, they are in charge of

reenforcements and logistics. keeping the road open between here and anbar province and keeping the military supplied is crucial. but equally crucial is how to deal with the car bombs the i.s.i.l. is increasingly using. that's something the iraqi security force ves yet tos have yet to secure. imran khan, al jazeera. >> hiv cases are up with 33% gonorrhea 50% jump in casual sex because of the growing popularity of dating apps including tinder and grinder. active on those social dating sites. >> controversy over a missionary who brought christianity to the americas. >> we look at him as our people were deaf stated.

>> why some say the soon-to-be-saint was much closer to being a sinner. and something 70 years old forced tens of thousands much people out of their homes the today. today today

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mercy and a tugboat may have hit part of the memorial. 20,000 people were evacuated in cologne germany while a world war ii bomb was being defused. the biggest evacuation in post war history. cologne was a major target of the allies between 1942 and 1945. vatican says the pope will declare father junipero serra a saint. but he is an unlikely candidate. >> under pope francis one of his missions, bringing the church closer to the people. part of that strategy, the

canonization of junipero serra. he would be the first latino saint in the united states. the missions that father serra established were just beautiful places but for many native americans they were prisons. they were forced to stay in the missions and they were forced into christianity. the mission settlements wiped out local populations whether by disease or by the barrel of a gun. best estimates say some 100,000 indians died following blim of establishment of the missions. for many indians serra is an affront. >> there's nobody who speaks of serra in the positive. is. >> reporter: they are tribes vastly downsized as a result of european arrival across the continent. gatherings like this allow

american indians to celebrate but cling to what's left of their culture. >> we look at it as our people were devastated you know, what happened and it affected our culture, our whole livelihood. >> reporter: by choice or by force, some 5,000 indians were baptized during serra's administration. mission dolores the seventh of the 21 missions in the state. and where andrew galvan, a dean dant of thosedescendant of those american indians serra forced to baptize. it's a bit of a family feud,

vincent medina is galvin's cousin. >> what i see is a horrible place of colonization. >> critics have prompted a response from the church. the archdiocese of los angeles published this response. the two sides clearly look at junipero serra through vastly different lenses. pope francis has declared this year as a year of eefnlingsation. ofevangelization. >> more than 1700 new words were

added to merriam wek webster's addition dictionary. if you don't know what these words mean, you will soon be able to look them up. i'mi'm antonio mora. good night. good night. >> it appears obituaries written for the armies of the islamic state of iraq and levant may have been a little premature. the footprint of i.s.i.l.'s hoped for state is still pretty large. it's racked up major victories in syria and iraq recently and leaves you wondering what the next of the world's next move is against a murderous and resilient