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treatment. the latest news from fifa headquarters and getting israel out of futbol and this is coming up, for you. ♪ fifa is set to vote for a new president, and blatter leadership of world futbol has them plunged of arrest of the top charges and the top job from jordan and blatter says the organization is at a turning point and he needs help to restore fifa's reputation. >> translator: the events of wednesday unleashed a storm and it was questioned at one point in time whether this congress would take place or if the agenda might be changed. today appealing for unity and

team spirit so we can move forward together and it may not be easy but it's this reason we are together here today to tackle the problems that have been created, we are here to solve them. >> reporter: lawrence lee is line from zurich with the latest, so a while ago, lawrence we heard blatter addressed the 65th congress of fifa, the vote is coming up, soon tell us what is happening now. >> yes, the votes due to start in three hours from now and to use a sporting cliche it may be the greatest come back since lazurus and yesterday they said blatter couldn't survive the ruptured shun -- corruption under his watch and he opened the ceremony and said he wasn't going to go it wasn't his fault

and others had to pay the price and he repeated the theme this morning and how does the voting work? for he to win or prince ali of jordan have to get two thirds of the vote in the first round and would mean 240 votes and for the second around he would need 70 votes or more and he thinks he can get most of the block from europe which is 50 or more and said last night he had perhaps 60 more from other parts of the world and go to 110 which technically would be a majority so it's not absolutely over but for what it's worth when we managed to grab a few words earlier on this morning with many delegates from the support base from asia and french speaking parts of africa every single one we spoke to was unrepenting they were going to vote for blatter. >> who is going to win?

>> blatter. >> tell me again. >> vote for africa. >> are you supporting mr. blatter today? >> mr. blatter definitely. >> mr. blatter will window you think? >> yeah. >> supporting blatter. >> he is the best president. >> blatter. >> the whole of africa wants to vote for blatter. >> he has a lot of chance to win. >> how many votes from your confederation do you think he will get, all of them? >> i'm not sure. >> and you think he is going to win in the first round? >> yes. >> reporter: so what happens then if blatter wins on the most basic level you would have to say it would be a humiliation which thought he couldn't get past this and there is lots of talk now about whether he may

consider blotting the next world cup in 2018 in russia and that is fought with problems as well on a basic sporting level and what leaders say there will be surely many futbolers playing who care a lot less about this thing and more for their reputation competing on a world stage and world cup and if they want to follow the leader is one thing and the second observation would be that if they decided to do that russia would see that not as a protest of corruption in sports but as a political move by europe and russia and people know how bad the relations are between the eu and that is a diplomatic incident and what political leaders say the moment is about supporting the replacement of blatter where it would effect their relationship with russia is a different question and in the end the best hope might be if blatter is arrested but given

how he is and if the switzerland wants to go down the road of arresting him is very much up to question. >> live in zurich and thank you so much and as lawrence was reporting a moment ago we are about three hours away from the vote of fifa and it's political and we will turn it over to robin adams to talk about this. >> 209 members in total and each get a single seat in the ballot and home to the well think leagues and club and europe gets 53 votes and they made it very clear the confederation supplies with prince ali and south america will support blatter and have ten votes and governs north and central america and caribbean and at the heart of the corruption arrest and the united states and canada pledged support of prince ali but it's unclear whether any other

countries will be joining them a small confederation have given backing to blatter and new zeeland will switch camps and asia 46 votes and the home confederation of prince ali and major supporters of blatter and as africa with the most votes and 54 member association and long-term backers of blatter that has futbol development in the region and the first world cup back in 2010. robin so you mentioned the strong support that blatter has from africa, the african contingency contingency, explain that. >> when he came into power in 1998 he started the goal development program essentially to develop futbol and mainly in africa and they are saying and boasting over 700 new facilities

from headquarters to training camps and mostly across africa and zambia and south africa and this is key to getting support in a continent like africa and when he took power he said he wants to take the global futbol to the world and it was in 2010 and i was there and covered the event and the atmosphere was electric and you can look at social media in spite of corruption allegations is one of well he delivered on his promise. >> he has done right by us. >> reporter: no problem because he has a promise of bringing the first world cup to africa and we absolutely enjoyed it. >> robin the vote is less than three hours away. >> we will be keeping a close eye on that. >> thank you so much blatter future is not the only important issue at fifa congress and they

briefly interrupted the congress congress. palestinian motion will be presented to suspend them over restrictions on the movement of palestinian players and we have a writer focusing on sports and culture and joins us live from tel aviv and we appreciate your time and this is an issue that has been simmering for quite sometime and tell us what the concerns are. can you hear us? can you hear us? >> can you repeat the question? >> absolutely. >> now i can hear can you repeat the question? >> absolutely. this is an issue that has been simmering for quite sometime can you tell me what the concerns are of the palestinians who are protestings the inclusion of israel and fifa? >> basically minister rl was

kind of protesting against the ongoing policy of israel against palestinian athletes. he points out a few major demands and i think one of the important demands were the fact that israeli policy prevents gaza residents outlets from taking part in the sports events which according to in the west bank mostly soccer players but not just for example, two months ago they prevented to participate in legislation. one more thing that i think it's crucial in that context is the fact that israel prevents

contribution of equipment to the sport in gaza which probably holds back the efforts to develop this in gaza. another thing that minister will point out is about jerusalem which is one of the leading teams in israel and for today our players are not allowed to play. next year they are going to play in europe and today they cannot play there because they are arabs. >> let me ask you. >> it's important. >> if i can interrupt you for just a moment can you tell me who was in fifa would support such a resolution to expel israel? who supports? >> look, this was made last week

from both sides i think to change the result of this vote and it's confidential and it's hard to say which country will vote and support israel or support the palestinian side. >> do you think that the events of the last 24 hours with the arrests of the fifa officials with so much swirling around the president blatter, with this being front and center do you think this will have any effect on this resolution at all? >> basically i hope not. i think both issues are very important to the future of fifa and we will just see the impact of the last 24 hours in the near future but minister pointed out very important issues and i hope

they will treat it in that way. i mean i hope the result of this vote will be good for -- will be good for both sides in the way that the change which is preventing the develop of palestinian side will be changed. >> writer on sports and culture, thank you very much. news to tell you about from saudi arabia at least one person has been killed in an explosion near a shia mosque. according to a witness at this incident it happened in domam and the bomber also died. much more to come on al jazeera. as part of our special coverage of the desperate migrants in asia al jazeera visits the home of a middle aged human

trafficker and sowing the seeds in and bar and paving the way for i.s.i.l. take over and financial legacy of the world cup as they launch their own investigation into futbol corruption. ♪ the u.n. esz -- estimates that thousands are stranded at see and a conference is in thailand to discuss the crisis and we have extensive coverage of the story with scott hidler in bangkok. >> yes, well thousands of people fled myanmar and bangladesh seeking a better life and thousands have died on that journey. thailand's foreign minister said the pace of migrants reached an alarming level. i'm here in bangkok where this meeting of 17 countries is just wrapping up.

al jazeera is covering the story from every angle. in myanmar capitol, the country at the root of the country and rob mcbride where mass graves found suspected to be linked to smugglers and people in another province and the meeting is wrapping up and expecting a press conference in a few minutes and it has been about a nine-hour day for representatives of the seven countries and focus on the emergency out on the sea and people that came from the boats who are on shore of indonesia and discussing next steps and getting at the root of the problem and it will be much longer but we will hear from them in the coming hour and we will look at the journey of the rohingya and they get on boats in bangladesh and in the hands of human traffickers who demand

steep price for passage. once they reach southern thailand they are held at ran some before being transported to may liesha and from a crack down of the government they began abandoning them at sea and they are unfairly being pointed and singled out as the root cause from this or for this crisis and florence is in the capitol and joins us now. >> reporter: that is right, well, the myanmar government is seen as part of the problem because of the treatment of rohingya people causing tens of thousands of people to make the journey to leave the country but myanmar government does not see itself as part of the problem and there is no current or clear example of how they see rohingya regarding the results that were published on friday and this was an exercise taken a year ago and

published today and a million were not counted because the government says the rohingya is not a recognized ethnic group and they were not allowed to self identify as being from that ethnic minority. now human rights group say this is not just a short coming of the census exercise but allows the government to perpetuate its policies of discrimination against and persecution of the rohingya and not only that it allows the rest of the country to treat the rohingya and the entire issue of the rohingya being stateless at best or with hatred at worst and the census results the way it was undertaken and presented really drives home the point that rohingya people are not wanted in the country and myanmar renuzs to acknowledge it's part of the reason and why tens of thousands of people are getting on boats to leave the country.

>> discovery of 139 graves in northern northern may lasha under mains how dangerous this is and we have a report from the state. >> reporter: leading up to the main trafficking camp located in this area this remote jungle trail is seeing activity and in the morning police and forensic go up taking supplies and equipment including body bags and sadly more of the bags are coming back in the evening with bodies. the top of this hill is effectively now a crime scene at the center of an international investigation. >> some migrants do make it to safety but doesn't mean they are out of trouble and we have been meeting with some migrants who made it on shore in indonesia and what have they been telling you? >> well since they arrived they

have horrible stories of the journey and were rescued by fishermen and up until now and this very moment they have been telling us about the suffering and there was a fixed price on board between bangladesh and rohingya asylum seekers because they ran out of food and water and they were fighting each other and women have been telling us how babies were thrown overboard and women jumped overboard because they were afraid and lost their lives and nobody knows how many but many are still missing and this all happened in myanmar and basically were left in the hands of people smugglers who left them dying at sea and many of these are very young people, teenagers and they all have been separated, many of them have lost their relatives and don't know where they are and they are all still looking for them.

she left her hometown in myanmar with her 18-year-old brother looking for peace and life without persecution a month at sea when they were left and navy ships towed them away and the 16-year-old was rescued by fishermen the first thing she tried to do was find her brother. he ended up on a different boat after smugglers separated them and a photo taken by al jazeera crew brought hope, the picture taken in another refugee camp turned out to be of her brother. >> translator: i was devastated when i could not find him, my family and i assumed he was dead and held funeral for him and i cannot eat anything can you please help me find my brother. >> reporter: mother was killed when her house was burned down in myanmar and the father fled

the violence and exhausted and dehydrated they arrive in province with more than 800 bangladesh migrants. >> they destroyed our house and could not move around freely and many girls may age were being raped, that is why i decided to leave. >> reporter: her brother arrived here five days after his sister and is in a temporary sister five minutes down the road and we got permission to bring the two together and also feared his sister had died and told each other about the horrors at sea and how a fight broke out between bangladesh and rohingya and many were thrown in the sea and died and struggled to survive on very little food and water. >> translator: i feel like i

see my parents, everyone i'm so happy. if we survive i told my wife i would meet her again and we were close to dying and i could only pray. >> reporter: meets many others from the village she is presumed dead and they all want to hear her stories. ♪ studied religion when he was still in myanmar but forced to drop out of school due to violence. in the refugee camp he leads the others in prayer. >> translator: the only thing we were looking for is peace, we should decide what we should do or where we have to go. >> reporter: the u.n. high commission for human rights said it wants to reunite separated families as soon as possible and then saying good-bye was painful

but it would be a lot easier if at least they would have each other. they have not been reunited and it's the same situation for many others here who have been separated since they departed from myanmar and they register people and families and hope to bring them together in the next few weeks or maybe months and in the meantime indonesia is dealing with the influx of rohingya as we say because they are looking for a solution right now and looking for a president decree and a legal framework of how to deal with these refugees and that would be the first time indonesia would admit there are refugees in the country and they

need protection and it will be filled for only one year and back to you, scott. >> stef, thank you for that to give perspective on the story i spoke with unhcr representative and i asked and he was attending the meeting and at the sidelines of the meeting i asked him to react to the comment by the myanmar delegation in the opening session of this meeting about placing blame at the root cause of this crisis. >> we are not in the business of finger pointing at all. we are looking at this situation comprehensively and that includes also looking at some of the root causes and there are people from bangladesh and from myanmar who are part of the movement that we currently see the bay of bengle and in the sea and it's obvious we will need to look very carefully at the type of action that can be taken in the state and we have been

working with the myanmar government for many years and we hope to be able to continue working with them very constructively and addressing some root causes. >> human trafficking impacted the entire region and we visited a village in bangladesh and used to be a safe haven but isn't any more after a police crack down. >> this is a short hop across the river to the boats of bangladesh. for years now tens of thousands of rohingya have been crossing the border tomorrow myanmar and setting sale from malaysia from the village. not anymore. with world attention on boats packed with migrants off the coast of malaysia and tie land the government acted to try to put an end to people smuggling. three king pens were shot dead earlier this month, one of them was this person and we went to visit his home.

it's inside a large fenced compound surrounded by the homes of its associates and his third wife says she has six young children. his first wife is paralyzed and can't speak. unlike most homes here his house is made of brick and the walls are painted but his families and associates say he was a poor man and not involved in anything illegal. >> translator: officers came and dragged my husband from our house and shot him. my husband didn't do anything wrong. he was just a poor, hardworking man. >> reporter: the police say the alleged traffickers were killed when they accidentally some themselves trying to escape a fight with officers. they had a dramatic effect on the community. and villagers say half of the men here worked in the trafficking business and many now are in hiding. >> translator: the whole society changed. ordinary people couldn't afford fish in the market any more

because traffickers had so much more money to spend and would intimidate everyone. >> reporter: every section of society became involved in the trafficking. for example, this here is where the road to shops break downs and you get off your vehicle, walk over there which will take you to the village. we are told by local journalists that these were involved in transporting the would-be migrants to the boats, the drivers deny that is the case. with increased vigilance by security forces traffic here appears to have come to a halt and that will not remain the case once the spotlight has moved on al jazeera, bangladesh. and here on al jazeera we will continue to follow the journeys of migrants around the world and now to weather with richard and the flooding across the southern u.s. that just will

not let up i don't remember something like this in resent memory that is my part of the world. >> it is taking a real pounding and oklahoma and everyday i'm here i run the sequence through and there is explosion of cloud tops across parts of dallas 81 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours, what does 81 millimeters of rain look like you ask? it looks like this you can see disruption being caused and houston 345 millimeters of rein so far this month and should get about 119 millimeters. so pretty nasty story developing and the rains have fallen and allow time for the rivers to rise but on the plus side this time last year we had severe drought covering half of texas, 71% of the state in moderate drought has changed in the last 12 months or actually in the last four weeks and severe

drought, just 5% of the state actually in any sort of moderate drought. looking at the forecast we still have more showers effecting parts of texas to oklahoma, the risk of big storms is much less but it's that cumulative effect and as we move through from friday to saturday still heavy showers effecting texas and it has been pretty wet here. >> thank you very much muhammadu buhari has been sworn in as the new president of nigeria during a ceremony in the capitol abuja and several african leaders attending including robert from zimbabwe and south africa jacob zuma and this is the first peaceful transfer of power in nigeria's history. and we are joined live from abuja and inaugurations are always majestic events and yvonne tell us what is happening now.

>> the ceremony has been going on and muhammadu buhari has been sworn in and muhammadu buhari the new president of nigeria has just inspected the parade before taking his seat again to watch some of the ceremony unfold and he said in the introduction dignitaries across african content are here and you mentioned zimbabwe and south africa the president ofroofro -- rowanda and east and west africa and southern africa. it's an exciting moment in this country's history, it's a historic moment and this is the first peaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected leader to another and goodluck jonathan at the ceremony after muhammadu buhari and sat next to him during the ceremony and the chief justice called them up to a podium just behind me where the handover took place and

muhammadu buhari was announced the new president of nigeria and excitement and anticipation and saying this is a new nigeria and new beginning and opportunity to put the country, a country with huge natural resources on the right track. >> yvonne as you said there is excitement and anticipation and there is also a lot of work to do. what are the challenges muhammadu buhari faces? >> well that is right, now muhammadu buhari campaigned on a ticket of fighting corruption. the feeling here is that corruption is the vain of all of nigeria's problems and he has been seen and viewed for many years and trying to become president for 12 years as somebody who is incorruptible and highly disciplined and somebody who respects the duties that come with public office he is a person who declared his own access so his feeling is he will lead by example and how he will fight corruption and we asked his advisors what he intends to

do and says people who have stolen from the public and face corruption scandals will face justice and the law and give people the opportunity to give back anything that has been stolen from the public purse and as a corruption the problem is insecurity particularly in the northeast with boko haram that killed 13,000 and displaced a million people and many will be watching to see what he does about that and his background is somebody from the military and somebody from the region and he will face the people in the northeast and causes of insecurity however it's important to point out there has been tremendous reduction in the number of attacks of boko haram in the last few weeks and election on the 28th of march and some say goodluck jonathan pumped resources in the military and the problem of boko haram has been taken much more seriously is what analysts say

and the on going power crisis. this countries that a massive problem with the constant supply of electricity with power cuts and many rely on generators and many nigerians are expecting power to them once and for all. >> a monumentel to-do list and reporting live from abuja and much more to come on al jazeera, captured in afghanistan at 15 we meet the man who spent more than a decade in guantanamo trying to start a new life in canada. report on the deplorable housing conditions experienced by native americans after they were displaced by hydroelectric dams. one man is between blatter and fifth term as fifa president and the latest from zurich. ♪

♪ welcome back and thanks for joining us on the top stories on al jazeera fifa president blatter told members they must fix futbol governing body as it deepens and 209 are in zurich to vote in a poll that may grant blatter a fifth term. myanmar says they are singled out from the crisis in southeast asia and happening in bangkok and many are rohingya muslims

fearing persecution. muhammadu buhari has been sworn in as president of nigeria and among the guests attending the ceremony in abuja are leaders of south africa and zimbabwe. rebels from al-qaeda al-nusra front captured the town in idlib and turkey and has president to bashar al-assad's home and the coast and there was heavy shelling and rocket fire before was stormed by rebel fhters and vehicles were also seen pulling out. u.s. security council has been briefed about the continuing barrel bomb attacks in syria which some of them allegedly containing chlorine gas and she told al jazeera she has no doubt the assad regime is responsible and made it clear that the u.s. position setting up a no fly zone has not changed. >> you have to assess whether

going to war with the assad regime is likely to bring about the results that you seek. it's an extremely complicateed enterprise and it's one ultimately that if the assad regime tested it would entail shooting its planes out of the sky and option we are turning a blind eye to when, in fact, it's a complicated enterprise. >> you can see that full interview on talk to al jazeera at 4:30 gmt on saturday. iraq's army is continuing efforts to retake the city of ramadi and anbar but fighting is increasing. >> reporter: the black flags raised by i.s.i.l. last week an eerie echo of the ones raised by

insurge ants a decade ago. >> it's saying it's inevitable and it's a sunni majority city and sunni majority province and it's one step closer to baghdad. >> reporter: for the capitol of anbar province this type of threat is nothing new and between 2003-2007 this city has anger to the government and sunni tribes supported by the u.s. turned their weapons on insurgants and drove them out and this year it was iraqi skaurtyskaur ty -- security forces being driven out and they have a supply route for fighters and weapons and one that spans all the way from strongholds and mosul and iraq to within 130 kilometers from baghdad.

analysts say it's no surprise iraqi army soldiers were ill equipped to fight and point to the policy following the fall of hussein as one of the reasons. >> when the united states was occupying iraq there was purges and an molaki purge and the talent over the last decade have been pushed out of armed services and sort of in the private sector and people have gone and joined i.s.i.l. >> reporter: experts say sunni decent between 2011-2013 was for many a breaking point. >> all the calls for unified government goes to the anbar demonstration when they asked for their rights and their calls

to be part of the unified government. >> reporter: during that time agreed sunnis accused prime minister maliki of sectarian policies. protesters were killed as government forces fired at them. since then anger and animosity has only grown. now the situation is even worse. as the united states and iraq engage in a war of words of who is to blame for failing to stop i.s.i.l. both waged war on the streets against their common enemy, one still very much on the march. mohamed with al jazeera. the youngest person ever to be held in the military prison in guantanamo bay has been talking about his experience and hopes for the future and he was alleged to have thrown a grenade at u.s. troops in afghanistan

killing a soldier and he was interviewed for an al jazeera documentary in canada where he now lives and roslyn jordan has a special report. >> reporter: for many years this photo of 15-year-old canada was all the world new about the youngest prisoner held at the u.s. military facility at guantanamo and he is 28 years old out of guantanamo and house arrest in canada and moving beyond of what was ten traumatic years in military custody. >> drugged, humiliated, water boarded, sleep deprivation. >> reporter: it's the first time that cotter has spoken publically about his time in detention. he had been under a gag order until a canada judge ordered him release on bail earlier this month and he is trying to answer question he imagines people have about his experience such as

whether he is angry about what happened to him and why he was captured in the first place. >> the first few years in guantanamo i was all over the place emotionally and eyed idologically and started acting and talking like them. >> reporter: cotter also talked about how he ended up at guantanamo in 2010 and whether he really threw a grade during a raid on a house where he was living in afghanistan. under orders from his father cotter was working as a translator for al-qaeda operatives. >> no one saw me throw a grenade and this soldier testified i was under the debris and it had to

be me so i'm hoping maybe my memories were not true. >> reporter: he is waging several legal battles and the canada government considers him a terrorist and wants him back in prison and cotter is suing the u.s. government to clear his name and the canada government for allowing him to be tortured as a child. whatever the outcome of these cases cotter says he is focused on the present. >> for the longest time all i would tell to anybody's that i wish i could just get out of prison and just be the next joe the street who nobody knows and nobody gives a second look or thought to. >> roslyn jordan al jazeera, washington. you can see the full interview with omar cotter on witness and this time on al jazeera. in the u.s. some native americans are living in squaller in the shadow of huge dams and created wealth for parts of the

local community but rob reports that many people have been neglected. >> reporter: the 1930s u.s. government began building huge dams on the columbia river. >> out of steel and concrete they weld their answer to the rivers fury. >> reporter: gave electricity and made the river navigable and now shadows of the dams some displaced native americans live in battered trailers and plywood shacks. >> luxuries of having a house with plumbing and stuff i really don't know what that is. >> reporter: he has lived on cook's landing for 45 years. there is one toilet and shower facility for about 40 people. >> you can try as much as you can and you never can keep it clean but that is all it is it

has a shower over there that don't work. >> reporter: about 500 native people live on sites designated for access to fishing guaranteed by treaties but were never intended for permanent settlements and these deplorable housing conditions for native americans along the columbia river are another side of the dam eastern during human impact. paul is ahead of the columbia intertribal fishing commission. >> with all the dams that were created and all this incredible wealth that everyone is getting except these people here don't have that you wouldn't think here in the united states of america you have these third world living conditions and it's here and the government knows about it and won't do anything about it. >> reporter: u.s. core of engineers built the dams and responsibilities for the site where the makeshift housing is but the core has no plans to build new homes and waiting for congress to fund more studies.

>> the next step would be another study and so the factfinding is to determine whether or not a study is needed. >> reporter: this dam generates thousands of mega w a -- watts a day but he only has a wood stove to ward off the winter cold. >> look what we done to the land and the country. it's a fact. every dam like this they ruined another native american's life or family. and that is a true written fact. >> reporter: dams brought prosperity to the pacific northwest and only misery to the land's original inhabitants, rob reynolds lone pine oregon. respiratory syndrome virus and that is mers and says the virus was transmitted by a traveler but there has been no sustained human to human spread and the health agency is not

recommending screening of passengers or imposing a travel ban on south korea, there is no known cure for mers. the severe weather across india is starting to ease after a ten-day long heat wave officials say premonsoon showers are likely to provide some relief on friday more than 1700 people have died from the deadliest heat wave in two decades and we report. >> reporter: funerals have been taking place across the southern india states. >> translator: most of the people who died here do small jobs and have no financial security. the government needs to help them. >> reporter: hardest hit by the heat wave with the state government putting the death toll at more than 1,000, india's metrologist department says temperatures have risen quickly and unexpectedly touching

residents in the hottest area by surprise and people are doing what they can to keep cool and ngos and local governments trying to raise awareness of illnesses like heat stroke but there are fears these public service announcements are a little too late. in other parts of india hundreds of millions of people are also struggling in sweltering conditions. >> translator: i have to cover up well. it's easier to see people in air conditioning in cars these days and want to go out in the morning or the evening. >> translator: the heat is great for my business. people are buying a lot more and drinking cold drinks like lemonade to stay hydrated. >> in the capitol temperatures have risen 45 degrees celsius a compounded the misery and led to criticism of the state of infrastructure. the first rains of monsoon

season are not expected to hit until next week and it will be at least a month until the forecast improves in northern india, al jazeera new deli. volcano erupted on a remote vap needs island and 100 people ordered to evacuate and exploded on friday morning sending thick black smoke in the air and they instructed local authorities to do everything possible to ensure safety and some airlines have been forced to divert flights. latest from fifa elections as they disrupt the procedures in zurich with another big vote to take place. all that coming up. ♪

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to get in? >> get the international news you need to know. al jazeera america. u time for more sport and here is robin with a huge day for fifa. >> dominating in world futbol and 209 member associations will vote to decide who will lead the governing body and the congress is taking place now and blatter running for a fifth term of president despite the arrest of seven leading futbol people on corruption charges and jordan had a warm welcome as he arrived at the congress earlier. >> translator: the events of

wednesday unleashed a storm and it was even questioned at one point in time whether this would take place or if the agenda might be changed. today i am appealing for unity and team spirit so that we can move forward together. it may not always be easy but it's for this reason we are here today together to tackle the problems that have been created. we are here to solve them. >> live to andy richardson in zurich and when are we likely to know the outcome of this election? >> it's not going to be a quick process, robin, blatter joking at the start of proceedings saying this could go to saturday morning and we thought it would start voting but it's not electronic, individual members go up with a piece of paper and place it in the ballot box and that process will take 90-100 minutes and after that the votes are counted and blatter or

prince ali who need two thirds majority in first around of voting to be fifa president that is 140 votes out of 209 available, if they do not achieve that first time out simple majority of 105 votes will be enough. talking to delegates as they arrive here today and the vast majority from outside of europe are extremely pro-blatter and regardless of arrests made in the city and the fifa-hq was raided by police on wednesday morning, regardless of all of that and in the confines of the walls and congress hall blatter still has a lot of support. >> blatter enjoying a lot of support there and the overwhelming favorite for a fifth term as president and are we likely to see repercussions? >> one option that the european governing body has is to

withdraw from the world cup and not off the table and it was in zurich saying if blatter is elect ed they will talk about it next month and it's a huge discussion of whether he is the main brave enough to take the decision i doubt somewhat. interestingly we got the financial figures coming out from fifa astonishing amounts of money they generate and the world cup has 80% of fifa income so if he wants to withdraw from the world cup the implications on the world cup would be huge. there is a huge threat and whether or not they have the guts to take i somewhat doubt. >> we will leave it there for now and andy richardson live for us in zurich. thank you. former fifa vice president accused of corruption and left the jail by ambulance and faced

exhaustion and surrendered on wednesday after they sought extradition and granted bail and prosecutors say more solicited bribes with $10 million from south africa government to host the 2010 world cup. brazil begun investigations into possible fifa corruption in the country and the president was one of seven arrested in zurich and reignited anger over last year's world cup was financially managed and virginia lopez reports. >> reporter: for many in brazil this is an example of everything that was wrong with the 2014 fifa world cup. it cost $600 million to build, twice as much as originally planned and after hosting less than a handful of matches during last year's world cup it never has been filled again and today it serves mainly as a parking lot for these buses, after

seeing cases of miss management in disproportionate spending in the country the signs of wrongdoing during last year's world cup took few by surprise. >> translator: the brazil never trusted fifa and some already suspected that corruption was ramped regarding the construction scheme. >> reporter: it was such that thousands took to the streets in 2013 to protest what they thought were misused resources for a country where millions lived on so little. >> translator: all these stadiums are unnecessary and brazil for example they have no futbol and money should be spent on hospitals and schools. >> reporter: brazil has no proterrible team and these days there is little futbol on the most expensive stadium and mostly is empty except for

occasional concert and last year hosted a mass wedding. corruption by congress previously had been boycotted but now have been approved in light of the recent revelations coming out of the fifa scandal. >> translator: there is no doubt that the government works to avoid our investigation related to the world cup last year, it's all connected to the corruption scheme in fifa and brazil futbol federation. >> this was meant to demonstrate to the world that brazil was now a major economic power, instead critics say it might stand as a symbol of corruption and squandered resources, brazil. and of course we will keep across all things fifa for you but for now thanks for watching. >> the vote is getting closer thank you so much. stay with us here on al jazeera. plenty of news ahead, another full bulletin, in fact, and do

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