a real look at the american dream hard earned only on al jazeera america >> part of our month long look at working in america. "hard earned". >> hello welcome to the news hour from doha. coming up, fifa is set to vote on seth blatter's leadership amidst the greatest scandal in the history of world football. >> a second bomb attack on a mosque in saudi arabia in a week. >> myanmar says it will tackle the root cause of asia's migrant crisis as another vote carrying

hundreds of refugees is discovered. >> nigeria's new president is sworn into office and view to say take the fight to boko haram. fifa's 209 members are about to cast votes in a presidential vote which is widely expected to grant seth blatter a fifth term. the ballot comes as football's good morning body faces the worst crisis in its history with the arrest of seven top officials on corruption charges. these are the latest developments. seth blatter addressed the congress on friday morning calling on fifa members to help fix football's governing body. he says he still believes he's the best man for the top job despite calls for him to quit. he faces a challenge from prince ali of jordan. europe's football body is backing his candidacy.

in a separate development as the congress was kicking off protestors briefly interjected calling on members to support a palestinian motion to suspend israel from world football. andy richardson joins us live from zurich. we are waiting on this vote, but i'm intrigued to know what the atmosphere is like, trying to get a steer of how this is going to play out. >> well, you'd think it in a city where just down the road, seven of fifa's top officials were arrested out of their hotel bedrooms at down where just down the other road, fifa h.g. was rated by police just a few hours after those arrests. to the man in charge of that organization might go under pressure but it does feel a bit like business as usual for blatter. ok europe have come out and said that they will guarantee that most of their countries will not be voting for him

they'll be voting for prince ali. aside from the united states and australia, the vast major city evidently gets arriving this morning were very pro-blatter. blatter has taken the floor a couple of times already and again reiterating his argument that he shouldn't be held responsible for thes of individuals who happen to be under the fifa umbrella, that individual member associations need to look at themselves. he spoke of the coincidence of the arrests being made just a couple of days before this election and the fact that it was the u.s. justice department that did it. he suggested that had the 2018 and 2022 world comes not gone to russia and qatar but to western europe and u.s., perhaps we wouldn't have this situation. whatever is going on here, in that hall, he has a lot of support still. >> talk us through the disruption that occurred earlier

on when demonstrators protested about israel's attendance on fifa. >> that's right. very early on in the day there were a couple of demonstrators pro palestinian demonstrators who got into the congress hall, started calling red card to fifa. very quickly security got around them and they were led away. that is part of a wider on going demonstration in zurich and globally, as well as they try to internationalize their arguments with israel. in terms of football, one key concern is the travel restrictions placed on their players by israel security forces. they always talk of the difficulty of their players based in gaza and the outside west bank and outside of palestinian, to try to get those three groups together to train or even get to a game is often very ditch because of travel

restrictions. palestine are calling on fifa to suspend israel from world football. that is article 15 on today's agenda. we're getting close to it. as yet we don't know if a deal is being brokered that would put off that vote happening the start of the congress, blatter spoke of his ideal of a handshake, but that would appear unlikely. >> let's look more closely at the members who will be participating in that vote, each of fifa's 209 associations get to cast a ballot. europe receives 53 votes uefa president has made it clear that the federation support lies with prince ali. south america is expected to support blatter although they have just 10 votes. north and central america have

been at the heart of the arrests. united states and canada pledged support for prince ali. it's unclear whether any other countries will join them. oceana had given their support to blotter prior to this week. new zealand say they'll switch counts. asia carries 465 votes they are major supporters of seth blatter as is south africa with 54 votes. they are long term backers of blatter who has helped fund football and delivered the first world cup in 2010. we are joined live from new delhi. thank you for joining us. blatter's got massive support there. why? >> he allows is supporters a free hand and makes sure that no

blame comes on him. from india he's assured of his support because he has given india the 2017 sub junior world cup and india's aiming to be a big football host in the future. they are hoping to get the club world cup and bid for the junior world cup. he gives temptations he gives grants to the small federations who really don't have world cup aspirations. he's one of the majority of the world. the other reason is that many federation presidents, i talked to them, they feel that the european clubs with their wealth will develop a monopoly over football. better the known devil than the unknown devil -- >> they don't believe ally could benefit them in the same way? >> well, i wonder. ali could have benefited them, but i think blatter frightens them pressurizes them so much

that they feel europe will dominate them. they feel that blatter is a safe person, you know, to deal with, and blatter always makes out as if he's a victim, as he's doing in this election this time, also that these charges have come just before the election and the enemies are doing it and the western world is against us. he gives it a political twist. >> it's easy to poo poo away the allegations of corruption. >> well, you know, the allegations are corruption directly don't come to him. he defaces the crisis. he welcomes it. he's a very clever political player and well cups the allegations of corruption and says these people won't be considered in football anymore and there are no charges against him. we've seen in the past how he's dropped friends and he knows he can be very rootless, people who are close to him if they are strained, he will drop them. prince ali could have been i

thought a better candidate if this problem hadn't, you know, cropped up, because now i think in the siege mentality, more people who could have been swayed and talked sensibly will emotional vote for seth blatter. >> good to talk to you. thank you. >> let's get on to other news now. the islamic state of iraq and the levant says it is responsible for a car bomb outside a shia mosque inside saudi arabia. four people have been killed and four wounded. it's happened in the eastern city during friday prayers. it is the second bombing in the kingdom to be claimed by isil in a woke. last friday, a suicide bomber killed at least 21 people in the province. a seen nor economist joins me now live. good to of you on the show. what do you think happened, second time in a week, he what's going on?

>> what's happened is a member of daish friday. >> as a woman went into the woman's side of the mosque and found there was no women there so he left, and the security forces guarding the mosque suspected him so they went to check on him so at that time, he turned offer the explosion and at the same time, there was a car that was suspected of being a suspect also. and they thought the car was where the bombers were, but it wasn't. as it turned out in the latest from the interior ministry, it was this guy who exploded the -- at the gate of the mosque at the same time when the car

was approached four people, including the bombers were killed unfortunately and three people were taken to hospitals and their injuries are not serious. >> if it is indeed them, how much of a force are they in the kingdom now. is it proving to be a good breeding ground for them. >> it is our belief that ran was behind all of this. you notice iran was never attacked by daish not inside, not on the borders. >> you are saying iran is behind this but we have seen this kind of attacked in that part of saudi arabia before, so what's different this time? >> it's daish again. iran is behind daish and daish is behind the attacks.

attacks also on sunnis, on policemen and military attacks on the border. daish is attacking saudi arabia, but iran is closer to them and they never attack them. >> it will be interesting to put that to the iranians. good to have you on the show. >> syria's al-qaeda affiliate nusra front rebels captured the last government held town in idlib province. it borders turkey and provides access to president abu bakr al-baghdadi's home province. government armored vehicles were seen pulling out. >> u.n. security council has been briefed about the continuing barrel bomb attacks in syria with some of them allegedly containing chlorine gas. the u.n. ambassador has no doubt to the assad regime was

responsible. samantha power made it clear to the position on setting up a no fly zone has not changed. >> you have to assess whether going to war with the regime is likely to bring about the results that you seek. it's a complicated enterprise and it's one ultimately that if the assad regime tested would entail shooting its planes out of the sky. i think people refer to a no-fly zone as if it's a soft side option that we are turning a blind eye to when it's a complicated enterprise. >> you can see that full interview on saturday. nigeria's new president said his government will intensify the fight against boko haram. he was speaking after sworn into office during a ceremony in the capitol. he said a new military command center would be created in the boko haram stronghold.

do people believe that he will really be able to make a difference? >> well aba lot of people in the northeast of nigeria see him as somebody who has done something before as military head of state. there was a militant group islamic militant group occurred in the northeast then as military head of state. when he was delivering that speech, the moment that he mentioned that the military command will be moved from the officesoffices, people were job lating on the streets saying that at least that will be taken and they hope the president will hold the military high command to account and to see the quick resolution of the violence in the northeast. this is happening at the same

time when they are saying to boko haram members on the border with nigeria cameroon, chad and niger, and they also lost three members of the armed forces of chad. >> ok, they might be feeling the brunt of nigeria and the regional players but boko haram is hardly a spent force. >> boko haram is a difficult group to tackle. goodluck jonathan who just left office today was accused of playing not acting in time and decisively to deal with the boko haram threat. the government was toying with members of the sect and when they grew and become a region am menace. boko haram you can't rule out the possibility. the militaries in every countries, chad, niger and as

well as cameroon were celebrating victory over boko haram. again, we're seeing the resurgence of boko haram retap at youring and occupying towns and villages liberated by the militaries of these countries and we've seen a return of suicide bombers members of boko haram attacking local villages and towns in the northeast especially. >> thank you for that. >> much more to come on al jazeera. captured in afghanistan at 15, we meet the man who's tried to rebuild his life after more than a decade in guantanamo. >> i'm rob reynolds in oregon with a report on the deplorable housing conditions experienced by native american families decades after they were displaced by hollywood degree electric dams. >> still ahead in sport as we countdown to south america's biggest football tournament, we

look at how fifa's latest corruption scandal is impacting the game there. >> may an mar's navy has seized a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast. it comes a week after it found a similar boat carrying iran 200 migrants. myanmars ministry of information described those onboard saying they are illegal migrants from bangladesh. myanmar said it will not tackle the root causes of the migrant crisis after previously saying it was being unfairly singled out. myanmar's being urged to take full responsibility for all its people. many persecuted rohingya in myanmar leave and die in the

journey. we have a glimpse into the plight of myanmar's rohingya community. >> the rohingya people are a distinct muslim ethnic group living in predominantly the western state that borders bangladesh. myanmar does not recognize them and considers the roughly 1.1 million people as illegal bangladesh immigrants. government policy happen denied them citizenship and land rights and severely restrict their movements. their plight came to prominence during 2012 with two waves of violence with the buddhist population. that unrest combined with years of economic hardship drove many to seek refuge in many malaysia. 130 those people have taken the journey across the bay.

they get in boats and fall into the hands of human traffickers who demand a steep price for package. once they reach southern thailand, they are typically held at ransom before transported by land to malaysia, but in response oh to a recent crack down by the thai government, the trackers began abandoning the rohingya at sea. thailand malaysia, and indonesia initially sparked international outrage by turning away the boats from their waters leaving thousands of rohingya trapped with little food or water. malaysia and indonesia are now offering to provide temporary shelter, but the meeting in bangkok seeks to find a more coordinated and permanent solution. >> even if people eventually make it to safety, it's not the end of their troubles. our correspondent met two siblings separated from in our journey before being reunited in

indonesia. >> she left her hometown in myanmar with her 18-year-old brother looking for peace and a life without persecution. they spent a month at sea after people strugglers left them and navy ships had toed them away. after the 15-year-old was rescued, the first thing she tried to do was to find her brother. he ended up on a different boat after smugglers separated them. a photo taken by al jazeera crew brought hope, the picture taken in another refugee camp turned out to be of her brother. >> i was jump set and devastate when i could not find him. my family and i assumed he was dead and even held funeral rituals for him. i cannot eat anything. can you please help me find my brother. >> her mother was killed when their house was burned down in

myanmar. her father had fled the violence and now is in china. tired and dehydrated, she arrived with more than 800 rohingya asylum seekers and bangladesh mike grants. >> the buddhists had destroyed our house. we could not move around freely anymore. many girls my able were being raped. that's why i decided to leave. >> her brother arrived five days after his sister. he is in a shelter 20 minutes down the road. we got permission from the local authorities to bring the two together. he also thought his sister had died. they start telling each other about the horrors at sea about how the boat, a fight broke out between bangladesh and rohingya and many were thrown in the sea and died and how they had to struggle to survive on very little food and water.

>> i feel like i'm at home now seeing her. it's like i see my parents everyone. i'm so happy. if he would survive i told myself i would meet her again. we were very close to dying. i could only pray. >> she meets many others from her village she has prep assumed dead. they all want to hear her stories. >> he started religion when still in myanmar but was forced to drop out of school due to the violence. in the refugee camp, he leads the others in prayer. june the only thing we were looking for is peace. they should decide what we have to do and where we have to go. >> finally, they have been reunited but only for a few hours. a real family reunion takes place for a few months because they have been stranded here in

different districts. >> the u.n. high commission for how many rights wouldn't to reunite families, but them saying goodbye again was painful. to cope with the ordeal of their journey, it would be easier if at least they would have each other. al jazeera east ache. >> our correspondent visited one village in bangladesh that was a safe haven for traffickers until a recent police crackdown. >> from the mountains of myanmar, it's a short hop across the river to the boats of bangladesh. for years now, tens of thousands of rohingya have been crossing the border and setting sale from the village. not anymore. with word attention on boats packed with migrants off the coast of malaysia anti land, the

bangladesh government has acted to try to end people smuggling. three were shot dead this month. we went to visit his home. it's inside a large fenced compound surrounded by the homes of its associates. his third wife said she has six young children. his first wife is paralyzed and captain speak. unlike most homes his house is made of brick and the balls pained. his family and associates say he was a poor man who wasn't involved in anything illegal. >> the officers came and dragged my husband follow our house and shot him. he didn't do anything wrong. he was just a poor, hard working man. >> the police say they accidentally shot themselves while trying to escape.

it has had a dramatic effect on the community. villagers say half the men here worked in the trafficking business. many are now in hiding. >> ordinary people couldn't afford fish in the market anymore because the traffickers had so much money to spend and they would intimidate everyone. >> everyone here became involved in the trafficking. for example this is where the road breaks down. you need to get off your vehicle, walk over to there to get to the village. we are told that these were involved in transporting the would-be migrants to the boats. the drivers deny that's the case. >> with increased judge lens by security forces, trafficking here appears to have come to a halt. that may not remain the case once the spotlight has moved on. al jazeera bangladesh.

>> let's get the weather with richard now. i believe you've got the upcoming hurricane season. >> it starts first of june and most of the major forecasts have come up with what we can expect. nooaa has lower than usual activity. it suggests things are going to be lighter during the season. the sea temperature is about average, but no more than that. there is another factor, a natural cycle called the amo. the pacific, we have got our

first storm of the season. it's heading out further into the pacific ocean. it's formed about 10 days earlier than we'd normally expect to see these storms developing. it raises interest in prospect for the specific season. we're expecting an average of eight, of which five to eight major hurricanes. i think in the coming season, it's here we are going to be interested in weather news. >> still ahead the iraqi government strategy in anbar province may pave the way for isil's takeover. >> why going to school in yemen is not an option for most students. >> in sport, one man stands between seth blatter and a fifth term at fifa president. we'll get the latest from zurich zurich

>> fixing football said good morning body. fifa's nine members are in zurich to vote in a new leader with blatter facing a challenge from prince ali of jordan. islamic state of iraq and the levant said it is responsible for a bombing outside a shia mosque in saudi arabia. four people have been killed and

four others wounded. it's the second bombing to be claimed by isil in a week. >> nigeria's new president said he will intensify the fight against boko haram. he has been speaking after sworn into office during a ceremony in the capitol. >> brazil has begun investigations into possible fifa corruption in the country. the former brazilian football president was one of the seven officials arrested in zurich and the anger over the 2014 world cup has not eased. many are still angry about the amount of money spent on stadiums that now stand empty. we have this report. >> for many in brazil, an example of everything that was wrong with the 2015 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 recognize world cup

it's never been filled again. today, it serves mainly as a parking lot for these buses. after seeing cases of mismanagement and disproportionate spending in stadiums all around the country so many, the signs of wrongdoings during last year's world cup were glaring. >> the brazilians have never trusted fifa. some of us said the corruption was rampant. >> indignation was such that thousands took to the streets in 2013 to protest what they thought were misused resources for a country where millions live on so little. >> all these stadiums are unnecessary. in brazil i can't, they have no football culture. the money would have been best spent on hospitals and schools. >> these days, there is very

little football played at the world's second most expensive stadium. it mostly sits empty save for the a concert. last year, it hosted a mass wedding. >> attempts to look into corruption have been boycotted but now approved in recent allegations coming out of the fifa scandal. >> 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 brazilian football association. >> building stadiums like this was meant to demonstrate that brass still was a major economic power. instead, critics say it might stand as a symbol of corruption and squandered resources. >> a quick update on fifa, not the blatter vote, but rather the fact that palestinians wanted fifa to expel israel because of

its treatment of footballers. palestinians have decided to drop the request for israel's suspension. we'll have more on that in sport a little later on. >> iraq's army is continuing efforts to retake the city of ramadi and anbar province, but the number of rebel fighters in the area is increasing. we have more. >> for ramadi, the scene was frighteningly reminiscent the black flags of isil an eerie reminder of those raised previously. >> the marching is inevitable. it's significant because it's a sunni majority city in a sunni majority province. it's significant because it's one step closer to baghdad. >> for the capitol of anbar province this type of threat is nothing new. between 2003 and 2007, the city is said to have become a base

for foreign fighters who wanted to exploit sunni muslim anger toward the shia led government. until sunni tribes supported by the u.s. turned their weapons on insurgents and largely drove them out. this year, it was iraqi security forces being driven out. with the fall of ramadi, isil now controls a vital and open supply route for fighters and weapons, one that spans all the way from strongholds in syria through mosul in 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 after the fall of sadaam hussein. >> there were subsequent purges by the maliki government of the iraqi officer core, so their

best talent from the last deck kid or so have been pushed out of the armed services and into the private sector. some of these people have gone and joined isis. >> experts say repression of sunni descent between 2011 and 2013 was for many a breaking point. >> all of the calls for unified government goes to the anbar demonstration two years ago when anbar asked for their rights and their calls to be part of the unified government. >> during that time, sunnis accused prime minister maliki of minimalizing them because of his sectarian policies. >> protestors were killed as government forces fired at them. anger and animosity has only grown. now, the situation is even

worse. as the united states and iraq engage in a war of words about who is to blame for failing to stop isil, both also wage war on the streets against their common enemy. one still very much on the march. al jazeera. >> to the war in yemen now where there's been heavy fighting in the south. pro government forces say they've taken control of the road linking several areas in the city of taiz. meanwhile, in the port city of aden houthi rebels have shelled several neighborhoods. on thursday, 40 houthis and their allies were killed in fighting in aden and airstrikes on sanna in the north. the fighting forced many schools and college to say close but for the number of students able to attend lessons the challenge of learning in a war zone are immense. >> english language teacher makes his way to class.

he teaches at a school in sanna but since the war began student numbers have fallen and working conditions become more difficult. he says power cuts, a lack of fuel airstrikes and bomb attacks are just some problems facing teachers. >> the situation has worsened. many teachers are undergoing massive difficulties and handy caps which they are working to get over them. as we can see the war has inflicted serious impact on the way teachers are teaching. >> he is one of the students taking english language classes that says studying in a war dozen is not easy. >> with the bombing and explosions everywhere, we are under the pressure and like we are not having that clear mood to study or to get new information. >> before the war this

classroom would have been packed with students. now there's nine. the drop is numbers has meant a cut in teacher's pay and they struggle to make ends meet. >> it income of teachers has fallen so badly. they used to have more in the class but now because of the low number of students and because of the work, less students -- fewer students are there. a teacher may barely have a class. >> the education is disrupted but she's one of the luckier ones. for many other students in yemen, going to school or college is no longer an option and won't be until the war ends. al jazeera. >> the youngest person ever to be held in guantanamo bay has been talking about his experience and his hopes for the future. he was alleged to have thrown a grenade at u.s. troops in afghanistan, willing one

soldier. he was interviewed for an al jazeera documentary in canada where he now lives. we have this special report. >> for many years this photo of 15-year-old canadian omar was all the world knew about the youngest prisoner held at the u.s. military facility at guantanamo. he is now 28 years old, out of guantanamo under house arrest in canada and learning how to move beyond what he says were 10 traumatic years in american military covered. >> people were drugged humiliated water boarded dogs, sleep deprivation music they throw at you the whole book. >> it is the first time that he has spoken publicly about his time in detention. he had been under a gag order until a canadian judge ordered him reds on bail earlier this month. he is now trying to answer questions he imagines people have about his experience, such

as whether he is angry about what happened to him and why he is captured in the first place. >> the first two years in began to know mow, i was all over the place emotionally and idealogically i was just a mess. they would move me around and i would just adapt to the neighborhood. >> he talks about ended up in guantanamo and whether he really threw a grenade that killed a u.s. army medic during a raid on the house he was living in afghanistan. under orders from his father, he was working as a translator for al-qaeda operatives. >> nobody claims to have seen me throw the grenade and the soldier has, you know, testified that i was under the debris and it couldn't have been me.

i also held to the hope that maybe my memories were not true. >> he awaits several legal battles. the canadian government considers him a terrorist and wants him back in prison. he is suing the u.s. government to clear his name and the canadian government for allowing him to be tortured as a child. whatever the outcome of the cases, he is focused on the present. >> for the longest time, all it tell to anybody is that i wish i could just get out of prison and just be the next joe on the street who nobody knows and nobody gives a second look or a thought to. >> al jazeera washington. >> if you want to, you can see the full interview on witness at this time on al jazeera. >> native americans are living in equal lower in the shadow of huge dams in the united states. some of the dams are over 80

years old. they've created wealth for local communities, but as rob reynolds reports, decades after they were built, the benefits are not flowing to everyone. >> in the 1930's, the u.s. government began building huge dams on the colombia river. >> out of steel and concrete they weld to the river's fury. >> dams generated electricity and made navigatable for ships. they drowned dozens of villages where native americans and people fished for thousands of years. now in the shadow of those dams, they live in squalid settlements of trailers and shacks. >> the luxuries of having a house with plumbing and stuff, i really don't know what that is. >> gabriel has lived on cooks landing for 45 years.

there's one toilet and shower facility for about 40 people. >> you can try as much as you can, you can never keep it clean. that's all it is. got a shower over there that don't work. >> about 500 native people live on sites designated for access to fishing that's guaranteed by treaties, but the places were never intended for permanent settlements. these deplorable housing conditions for native americans along the columbia river are another sign of the dam's enduring human impact. paul is head of the colombia intertribal fishing. >> the incredible wealth, these people here don't have that. you wouldn't think that here in the united states of america that you have these kind of third world living conditions, but it is here. the government knows about it and they won't do anything about it. >> u.s. army corps of engineers built the dams and is responsible for the sites where

the makeshift housing is located, but the core has no plans to build new homes. it's waiting for congress to fund more studies. >> the next step would be another study, and so, the fact-finding is to determine whether or not a study is needed. >> the dam generates thousands of megawatts of electricity every day, but the trailer where jesse lives with his family has only a wood stove to ward off the winter cold. >> look what they've done to our land and our country. it's a fact, every dam like this, they ruined another native american's life or family, and that's a bare, true written fact. >> dams brought prosperity to the pacific northwest, but only misery to this land's original inhabitants. al jazeera, lone pine, oregon. >> robin has the latest from the fifa presidential elections but palestinian's request for greater football freedom has also been on the agenda in

zurich. those details coming up.

>> to kenya now where grandmothers are going back to school. many looked after children after their parents died of h.i.v. and aids. much like the children, they, too, are keen to learn to read and write. we have this report. views are today's lesson at today's kindergarten.

most of their parents have died of hiv/aids. grand mothers have been left behind to take care of the orphans may be old and frail with wisdom that can never be taught in a classroom but a few years ago they decided to get back to class and study basic arithmetic writing and reading. she proudly shows me her work. she can write to 10. >> class is firesome, but i have to keep coming to get smart and help my grandchildren. >> the teacher livens it up with music. here they sing about the importance of education. >> most of them know the

benefits of education so they would ask their children to go to school to learn. >> after class, some of the ladies slowly make their way home to wait for their grandchildren, who are still in school. >> this is where she lives with her six grandchildren taking care of them is a struggle, but she's now able to at least monitor their progress at school. >> she's ready when they return. their parents died seven years ago and she is the sole provider. >> what pains me most is the fact that they rely on me, but i am growing old and i am not able to take care of them as well as i would like to. >> she and the the other women run a small business. after decades of hard work, they prepare dough for baking. they are making pastry, which they will sell and share the profits. it's not much, but they tell us

it's enough to get by. al jazeera western kenya. >> it is time now for the sports news. >> fifa's 209 member associations will vote to decide who will lead the good morning body. it is taking place right now in zurich sect blatter running as a third term for government despite corruption charges on officials. his opponent is prince ali from jordan. let's go live to fifa headquarters in zurich. the presidential vote will get off to a second. first there is breaking news on the palestinian and israel situation. >> the headline is that palestinian have decided to drop their appeal for a vote to suspend israel from world football really i am passed

speech from the palestinian football association president. he spoke of the need for action to be taken but said he canvassed opinion from football associations around the world and feedback he was getting with it the implications of the suspending of the nation from world football, which is too huge to take on at this point. it followed farcical scenes. seth blatter was attempting to get a vote on an amendment taken about whether or not a committee should be formed to discuss players within palestinian and the football clubs that have been set up on the occupied west bank that is so enraging many palestinians. seth blatter started shouting where's our lawyer. he was only half joking, but eventually, it was decided that the israel f.a. should take the floor, as well to argue their case and that is now going on,

but the headline is that the voters suspend israel from world football has been dropped. >> we will of course keep a very close eye on the development of that front. however are we from the other big talking about point on the agenda the presidential election? >> that is coming very soon. it's a vote by all 209 of the member associations. there are two candidates, blatter and prince ali of jordan. each country goes up individually with a piece of paper in their hand, very old school pops it in a ballot box and eventually that count will be made. it could take up to two hours to take place. seth blatter needs a two thirds majority to win so that is more than 140 votes. if he doesn't get that, a simple majority in a second round of voting will be enough, 105 votes. of course the head of european

football urged countries from that can't tent to not vote for bleater. the united states have said they will not be voting for blatter. in so many other parts of the world, he has huge support. speaking from asia and africa, they are all still very pro blatter. >> is there a feeling that prince ali could actually go on to win this election, given what's been happening over the last few days? >> well, we'll see if the activities of the last couple days have rocked the status quo of world football. talking to michael briefly yesterday, who was initially going to run against seth blatter chose to withdraw from the race, just a few days ago. he said prince ali had spoken to if my reference to he had 60 votes from outside of europe. that might just be confident talk trying to build his momentum ahead of the votes but

the prince and his team are quietly confident even if they can't get a majority they could perhaps push you this into a second round of voting. anything other than a blatter win would be a huge surprise. >> thank you very much for that. >> former fifa vice president jack warner accused the united states of a witch hunt following his arrest over corruption charges. he complained of exhaustion and surrounded to authorities and granted bail. prosecutors say he solicited bribes with $10 million from the south african government for the 2010 world cup. >> the country that bidded for the world cup is america. they are the ones who are angry. he don't sow a link that america

believes -- and don't believe that qatar has a right to the world cup. >> there have been few investigations. we look at the repercussions the scandal is having in the region. >> once upon a time, football in latin america produced great talent which was passionately enjoyed by the people. it still produces great talent, the passion is still there but the game no longer belongs to the people. that became apparent after of the arrests. >> they are negotiating every between them in a room, the four of them, four or five senior managers of latin american

football television rights, marketing rights, everything that had to do with money. >> he's talking among others about fifa vice president of uruguay and former fifa vice president and head of the argentine football association for 35 years julio who died last year. he's accused of taking $15 million in illicit payments concerning television and marketing rights. >> now we know more than when he was alive. the shadow still lives in argentine football, but he's no longer alive. his enemies are beginning to talk speak loudly about his power. >> all trails lead here, but the football association said they were not able to talk at this stage. >> though football is riddled

with corruption, it will come as a surprise to no one here when millions in player sales and television rights are unaccounted for while officials flaunt their wealth in cooling illusion with politicians and violent gangs. >> these fans will not demand answers, along with the voices in the game who for years have been alleging corruption. the battle to clean up the game has gone on at a local level. this man was arrested in zurich. >> in south america in particular, we we have federation of officials who have become rich from football. at the same time, heavy whole clubs that have disappeared and whole leagues that suffer economic problems. >> club officials players and fans are hoping, praying the investigation will save the game they love. >> we hope this will see the beginning of structural changes in football that will allow the

in trucks of different organizations at a world level that will bring about greater transparency and clarity. >> the cup american tournament kicks off in a few days time with great lass tin american players on display. al jazeera, buenos aires. >> fans have been marking the 30 year affairs of the disaster that killed 39 people that died during the european cup final when an internal wall collapsed inside the stadium. since that 1985 disaster, stadium safety has been a big focal point in europe. >> that is it for sport, thank you for watching. >> football all the way today. >> we are waiting on that fifa vote. we will have more on that in the next bulletin coming up in the next couple of minutes. >> from the team, thanks for

watching.

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