made to land in japan. and he took off from china on sunday on what was to be the longest leg of a journey a six-day over 8,000 kilometer flight to hawaii and more on our website as always al jazeera.com and get the latest on all the stories. >> key parts of the patriot act now expired after an emergency meeting ends with no deal. >> this is a debate over your right to be left alone. >> kentucky senator rand paul leads the charge to limit the government spying programs, but some say it's all about politics. >> storms end in texas and oklahoma but swollen rivers are still threatening to overrun their banks. >> a travel ban on the so-called

taliban five extended. a temporary fix over fears the men will rejoin the fight in afghanistan. >> this is aljazeera america. good morning live from new york city i'm randall pinkston. the white house is calling it irresponsible, a threat to national security. key provisions of the patriot act are expiring. the n.s.a. con no longer scoop up bulk data. the senate had a compromise bill but did not pass it. among those raising objections, senator rand paul blocked efforts for a final vote on the bill for at least 24 hours. libby casey is following the developments in our washington bureau. where do things stand now? >> the senate came into a rare

sunday session yesterday. they were able to advance with the bill called a compromise measure. the senate stalled on it. they couldn't come to terms with the details. this was really a fight among republican ranks. mitchmitch mcconnell the majority had been insisting on a full reauthorization of the patriot act. he wanted everything extended. take a listen to the majority leader on the floor yesterday. >> i think it should be worrying for our country because the nature of the threat we face is very serious. as our enemies grow for sophisticated and aggressive. >> randall you'll hear the majority leader calling for the renewal of the patriot act but he was not able to get it through. there was too much resistance. the free dam act stops the government from collecting the bulk phone data of americans. instead, that would be left to

phone companies that deal with and the government would have to go after specific warrants for individuals. the freedom act extends tracking lone wolf suspects and do roving wiretaps so he got some efforts made through done last night. there's much more to go. they just brought it to the floor. there will be days of debate over there before the senate is able to pass this compromise bill. >> as you pointed out, it was a compromise bill. the question, why is rand paul so opposed to both versions, apparently. >> that's right. he is opposed to both versions. some say this is all about pop particulars. he's running for president and he is definitely trying to get mileage out of this through a campaign ad already through social media saying that he's the one who's standing up to government surveillance. this has long been part of his

platform his agenda. he says to the surveillance just goes too far senator paul. >> now people say well, they're not looking at it. they're not listening to it. it's the tip of the iceberg what we're talking about here, and realize that they were dishonest about the program until we caught them. they kept saying over and over again we're not doing this, we're not collecting your records, and they were! the head of the intelligence agency lied to the american people and he still works here! we should be upset. we should be marching in the streets and saying he's got to go! >> essentially what senator paul was able to do was drag out this process. he won't stop the freedom act from passing the senate this week but he did push us over into this post deadline and this means that key parts of the patriot act have stopped. they will likely resume except

for the bulk collections once the senate is able to act this week. >> is it true bulk collection will continue for calls and communications abroad, correct? >> that's right. and also, the government has said they can still use the data they collected prior to last night's midnight deadline, and there are other aspects of this. section 215 of the patriot act that involve collecting other elements of communication. we're talking about texts and we're looking at emails. this could still be fairly far-reaching if the senate can pass it this week and basically go along with what the house has already passed. >> thank you. we'll be digging deeper into this debate in the next hour, including a conversation with journalist glenn greenwald who worked with whistle blower edward snowden. >> five taliban leaders are kept from leading qatar. they were part of a controversial prisoner stop for

bowe bergdahl. measures were set to expire today. qatari officials agreed to a temporary extension at the request of the united states. the american foundation said if the ban was lifted, it would be difficult for the five men to rejoin the taliban. >> the current government in afghanistan would be unlikely to welcome that and you can't exactly fly directly do the mountainous hills where the taliban has power. you have to fly into kabul or similar airport where the government has control. it would be difficult for them and their entourages to infiltrate where the taliban has control of territory. airports are in stipes where the government has control. >> the ban will stay in place until qatar and the united states come up with a long time

solution. >> four americans are in houthi custody today in yemen. the state department is doing everything possible to secure their release but it is not identifying the americans. their efforts come as a new round of saudi airstrikes hit houthi targets today. the u.s. holds talk with rebel leaders in nearby oman, the first talks since airstrikes began in march. >> may was the wettest month on record in texas causing widespread flooding destruction. whilele rain has stopped officials warn it's too soon to issue the all clear. in dallas, roads are closed because of high waters and in houston, many are returning home to dangerous floodwaters. jonathan martin has more. >> now that this manualatory evacuation order has been lifted people are allowed to return to their homes. that may be a challenge on this street as you can see the water is settle really high. considering all of the rainfall over the last week or so, many say this right here is actually relatively minor compared to

what could have been. >> sunday's sun brought with it a sense of relief along houston's bayou. >> it's a beautiful day. things will always change and things will get better. >> after a week of repeated downpours, the forecast gave gary a chance to dry off and clean up. >> we're going to still have to cut sheet rock out to about two to three feet in the house, pull out the flooring. >> 30 miles south of houston the river is still more than 20 feet above flood stage. >> how concerned are you that the water is going to come to your home? >> very concerned. it's not too far now. >> the mandatory evacuation in effect was over, the river expected to crest monday. >> we've been monitoring the river, holding steady at 49.5 feet. that's good news for the resident. >> in liberty county, texas the

water is receding. officials are trying to rescue cattle that have been stranded for several days. while the people of southwest texas are slowly returning to normal this rain has left its mark. >> we spent eight hours on our kitchen counters with the floodwaters in the house. it really caught us all i think by surprise. >> president obama signed a disaster declaration for three counties in texas. many people affected by the storm will now be eligible for federal aid. >> that's jonathan martin reporting from rosenberg texas. >> senator lindsey graham is expected to announce his candidacy for president in his home state south carolina. he has never lost a race for congress. he will be the ninth republican to join the contest which includes his senate colleagues ted cruz, and rand paul. >> former maryland governor martin owe mali also tossed his hat into the ring.

he's a democratic and declared over the weekend in baltimore. he says he will work to rebuild the american dream. so far, he is challenging front running hillary clinton and vermont convenient tore bernie sanders for the nomination for his party. >> a violent weekend in chicago. three people were killed and dozens of others injured. some say it could be a precursor to a violent summer in the city, which the mayor has pledged to prevent. we have this report. >> just a snapshot of how often fast and furious violence can hit the windy city. saturday night may 23, 12:30 a.m., two males are left in critical condition after shots are fired into their apartment. one hour later 1:28 a.m. a mother and son shot in their car. that same night 2:24 a.m., one person shot multiple times in the chest. c.p.r. administered, but the

victim is unresponsive. three shootings in less than two hours. all told by the end of memorial day weekend a dozen killed and 40 wounded shootings concentrated in the south side. the violence erupted after rahm emanuel used his second nomination speech to highlight children shot to violence. >> when prison is a place we send young boys to become men we as a city must do better. >> some say it starts with the mayor. >> the blood of all the trauma that's associated with this gun violence is on the hands ever elected officials who aren't willing to stand up and have the courage to lead. >> coming up tonight we'll hear about the commissioner's controversial plan to cackle the problem and hear from a mother who lost her son to gun

violence. al jazeera chicago. >> european authorities have rescued another 5,000 people from overcrowded boats in the mediterranean. most of the migrants are from libya. the italian coast guard also recovered 17 bodies during the rescue operation. the e.u. has been debating a controversial quota system to handle the influx of migrants. last week, it asked member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers who arrived in italy and greece. >> southeast asia is dealing with its own migrant crisis. thousands fled to indonesia malaysia around thailand in search of a country to call their own. a vast majority of rohingya, the muslim population left stateless by myanmar. the state department said giving them citizenship will solve the problem. >> the answer to this issue is peace and stability and citizenship for the rohingya in rokind state. that is the solution and that's

what we mean when we talk about root causes in terms of the rohingya. >> myanmar said the rohingya are illegal immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. malaysia airlines said it is technically bankrupt. a new plan released tailed says the company will cut 6,000 jobs and may change its name. that comes after two major disasters in the air. we have this report. >> is a smaller fleet with a new look and name. that's what's set to emerge from the restructuring of malaysia airlines. the expected cost is almost $2 billion. the transformation will be painful. its overhaul includes laying off a third of it's 20,000 workforce. >> the only thing right now that we have to do is evaluate the mistakes or the areas that we have made. this is a very competitive

industry right now analysts say the carrier has been racking up losses for years. >> this restructuring is driven by business i am per i was and the need for it was identified long before last year, so i wouldn't put too much direct connection. it's the intensity competitive marketplace that airlines have to operate in to go through changes of this kind to remain competitive in areas for future growth. >> they have areassess operations to meet passenger demands. more people than ever are flying now. much of that growth has been driven by lo cost airlines which enough have 25% of the worldwide market. that's expected to get bigger as they're expanding at a much faster rate than major airlines. >> in the asia pacific region, there are nearly 50 budget airlines pressuring traditional

carriers. its flight attendants are threatening to go on strike soon after plans to cut pay and perk. >> that's actually loss of complaint, but those three issues that we brought out now are very basic ones, which is the first one is about a new allowance calculation. >> all airlines are spreading a fine line between maintaining standards and making money. record low fuel prices have helped this year. the international aircraft association says 2015 is set to be one of the most profitable years for low profit airlines. malaysia airlines is fighting for its life and hoping transformations win back trust. >> scientists have found a way to create life saving medicines in your kitchen. the process has a dark side. the emerging risks of cheap homemade heroin heroin

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>> yeast is a miracle of nature. feed it a little something like sugar and it can spit out all sorts of things. like alcohol. now, several teams of researchers around the world have banded together to create a process whereby yeast can theoretically make construction materials to medicine. >> the process starts with glucose, sugar. the researchers feed glucose to yeast and that makes ethanol challenge, beer, wine. they've tricked the yeast into then turning it into raticulene. you can make antibiotics anti cancer drugs annal jesus distribution and pain killers like morphine. that raises the whole epical question of whether this research is going to lead to

something they didn't intend. >> it's probably two or three years away, and that's when we became concerned about what are the ramifications of this happening as quickly as it is. >> being able to make morphine as so many pharmaceutical companies use poppies to do can make heroin. >> they're going to have to coordinate with policy makers to come up with adequate policy to regulate this, to ensure that the recipe doesn't fall into the wrong hands. >> let's think about how being able to brew morphine in a lab could change the global heroin trade. over 80% of the world's heroin come from poppies grown in afghanistan. it flows into europe and the middle east through iran and packs stan, a massive international business. myanmar provides a great deal of asia's heroin and mexico and columbia have traditional

supplied the united states, although mexico has come to dominate the u.s. market, according to a white house report. think about where her-run is consumed. the countries that surround afghanistan account for 60% of the world's her-run consumption. europe and russia spend the most on heroin, a combined $33 billion. united states and canada also spend enormous amounts of money. those countries make heroin a profitable business. if her win can be reduced in those places without pop yankees, the drug use and corruption that go with it would shrink in and around afghanistan. in the united states where the only limit on the abuse is their availability home brewed drugs would put it into the hands of even more people. john who's group asks that a warning be published in nature

alongside his findings the potential for this new technology to create new drugs cleanly and effectively could be incredibly positive. it might come up with a pain killer that isn't detective. the question is whether any rules can govern it well enough to keep the risk of back yard drug breweries under control. jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> in today's digit albeit, a major protest planned outside of facebook headquarters. activists want the social media site to get rid of a policy requiring users to create accounts with their real names. a drag queen in san francisco started the hash tag my name is... after the drag queen's account was suspended last year. facebook allows members to

report accounts they believe have fake names. the drag queen and others say the policy promotes harassment by user's opposed to their way of life. >> this has happened to other drag performers who go under a performance name. this has happened to trans this has happened to people indigenous names and they don't look real enough. >> facebook has loosened some restrictions but says making people use their authentic names makes them more accountable. >> a total ban an transfat. the f.d.a. set to roll out new roles that it says saved thousands of lives. meet the man who spent decades pushing for the changes. >> tonight on aljazeera america. >> down to the wire, after a divisive debate on capitol hill, a look at controversial surveillance program. surveillance program.

>> on the healthbeat, the f.d.a. expect to announce a new rule banning all transfats. transfats have been linked to

alley sorts of health problems. there is with unman to thank. a 100-year-old bio chemist who has been fighting for nearly six decades. >> the f.d.a.'s move to ban transfat comes after decades of study and some of the earliest studies done right in this lab in champaign illinois by bio chemist fred cukero. he found unusual levels of transfat in the arteries of those who had died from heart disease. >> so you were already asking industry in 1968 to get rid of transfat. >> that's right and they refused to. and they still don't want to do it but they're being forced to. >> for years the doctor continued his research and waged his battle against transfat. he fought scientists who didn't believe him and industry that didn't want to change its practices and the f.d.a., which

didn't respond to his petition, asking them to ban transfat. now that that moment is finally at hand, he says science has triumphed. >> today marks the official start of hurricane season. while the season kicks off early with tropical storm anna last month, we could be seeing calmer weather ahead, is that right nicole mitchell? >> the seasonal outlooks are out on the first day of hurricane season for the atlantic, the pacific season started may 15. both go to november 30th. we did have tropical storm anna, which some people think pour tends an active season. no. it looks like especially with el niño impacts this could be a quieter season. nooa do a rake. the top end of this looks like it could be normal numbers but the lower end of their range is lower than average. only a 10% chance we would be above average at or below is much more likely. now as we get to some of those

numbers out here. one of the really significant things that we've seen over the years is it's the middle of the season september 10 is the peak. we get storms especially spinning off of africa, late july through august and september. that is the height of our season and as you can see it can go past the season, as well. those numbers that we say are just kind of the average. we have made significant progress in those forecasts over the years. look at katrina and the track. if you go back, what it really was during one point during that storm versus what it would be now. a little bit narrower, which is great news, because if you can give a more targeted forecast area more people tend to take those evacuations seriously. the intensity forecast has not improved much, so something still being worked on there. >> fingers crossed for no hurricanes. thank you for joining us. stephanie sy is back in two minute witness more aljazeera america morning news, you can keep up on aljazeera.com.

>> the n.s.a.'s bulk data collection expires. the debate continues. >> cleaning up and clearing out in texas the rain finally stops falling, but for thousands it may take weeks to return to normal. >> claims of discrimination, a muslim woman denied an unopened can of soda at 30,000 feet. >> she basically was trying to say that i would use a can of soda as a weapon.

>> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm stephanie sy. the n.s.a. is without powerful tools this morning. the president says it needs them to keep america safe. the senate last night did not approve an extension of key surveillance programs, the bill will not be voted on for 24 hours. for now the n.s.a. cannot legally scoop up bulk phone data or use some surveillance tools to track suspects. libby casey is live in washington for us. where do things stand right now? >> debates on how to go forward on the pete rate act have roiled the republican party for weeks. what parts of it should be extended, what should be allowed to laps and go away, be part of the history books. last night while they didn't extend the patriot act they did

finally pick a path forward. >> a rare sunday night senate session end the without passing legislation to renew key sections of the patriot act. the n.a.s.'s authority to collect american telephone records in bulk expired. kentucky senator and presidential candidate rand paul led the fight against renewal. >> people say well, they're not looking at it, they're not listening to it. it's the tip of the iceberg what we're talking about here and realize that they were dishonest about the program until we caught them! they kept saying over and over again we're not doing this. we're not collecting your records, and they were! >> on sunday, c.i.a. director john brennan restated the administration's position on surveillance. >> i think we have watched very careful live what's happened to the united states, disclosures of classified information or change in laws within policies.

>> the a bill to replace the patriot act passed the house overwhelmingly in may. the freedom act would end the controversial collection of american phone records keeping them in the hands of telecom companies, a move the white house supports. >> what's the problem? >> a small group of senators is standing in the way. this is a matter of national security. >> the debate has highlighted a wrist within the republican party with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell arguing global threat overspread wide data collection. >> it's a danger for the country, because the nature of the threat we face is as her serious as our enemies grow more sophisticated and aggressive. >> the debate on the freedom act will begin tuesday whether to confirm the act or make changes which could extend the process further. >> even though the senate came

to an agreement to move forward last night parts of the patriot act did expire. elements of it shut down. servers, we're talking about how the government uses surveillance tools, so the white house is eager to see something happen, some path that the congress can agree on so they can begin surveillance tools again. >> libby what does happen next? >> well, the senate will gough very well in today at noon and pick back up on the freedom act this compromise bill, but they won't be able to pass it until tomorrow at the soonest and then there could be an amendment process. people like senator rand paul could get in the way making adstments and changes. if that happens, we could be looking at a few days here of this lapsed surveillance ability. >> so bulk collection of metadata is supposed to stop, but many surveillance activities will continue under the n.s.a., obviously with other authority that is they have.

>> that's right. now, here the two elements that the white house really wanted extended and mitch mcconnell tried to get temporarily extended last night tracking lone wolf suspects and being able to do roving wiretaps, so if a suspect is using burner fobs tossing phones, that wiretap can go from phone to phone, stays with the person. those have lapsed for the time being, as well. they would come back under the freedom act. the government has concerns even with the laps of a couple of days. the white house has called it irresponsible, asking congress to move forward quickly. bulk collection of american's data that part looks to have ended. >> i want to bring in claude barfield to talk about what happens now. thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. >> as of midnight, was there a

meaningful loss to the government's intelligence gathering capability, a meaningful loss? >> well, i think there was a meaningful loss, but i also think that there's a lot of back up. most of these programs of grandfather clauses so that anything that is on going i think they will continue. the problem will develop over the next week lets say or longer if you have new they want new actions. that they cannot do, but any spying action that they've got going already i think they will continue. what they're concerned about is to keep that the shortest, keep the interruption to the shortest possible time. i think this will settled one way or the other by wednesday or thursday. >> the compromise bill that has come up over the debate of

privacy versus surveillance is the freedom act. it prohibits the n.s.a. bulk surveillance of american phone records but said phone companies will hold on to those records and the government needs specific court order to say retain them. is that a viable solution, to you? >> that's right well, i think it depends. i think one of the things, we don't know what's going to happen. i suspect the republicans will try to tweak the u.s.a. freedom act. if they don't it will go back to the house. there's concern. in general i think the u.s.a. freedom act is a reasonable compromise. there's genuine concern whether you can put a program together in a six month program like software can you get when moving quickly. that kind of tweak i think would be feasible, but the house may not accept it. the other thing is that as the u.s.a. freedom act is written

now, there is no mandate to the companies that keep the data for any certain time. i think that actually also would be a legitimate change, bub it also may be that the house will say that we won't accept any changes, web passed this overwhelmingly. we'll just have to see how that works out. that is what i think mcconnell is intending at least to try to make a change. >> right the freedom act addresses concerns about the secretive court fisa that has been criticized, rubber stamping the government request for surveillance. does the act adequately address those concerns about the lack of transparency? >> well, i think they set up a kind of friend of the court as a separate voice before the court the fisa court. in my own view, if you make changes that mcconnell is suggesting on the side of in terms of the data collection,

then i think you ought to, the strengthen a bit the authority and the powers and the ability to act of the so-called friends of the court the independent voice. that was weakened a bit in negotiations in the house between the house intelligence committee and the house judiciary committee. >> you would like to see that oversight strengthened. >> slightly, yes. >> ok, claude barfield from the american enterprise institute thank you for your insights this morning, sir. >> we'll speak with journalist again greenwald his report of working with edward snowden is viewed as the catalyst for this whole debate on surveillance and privacy. >> secretary of state john kerry is making his way home after a bike accident in europe. he broke his ligonier geneva sunday. he is expected to fly to boston to see his own doctors.

he was attending nuclear attacks over iran. >> a last minute deal would keep five former taliban leaders from leaving qatar. all five were part of the swap to free american bowe bergdahl. they've been in qatar under travel restrictions since release from guantanamo bay. qatari officials agreed to a temporary extension to keep these men in custody at the request of the united states. it's hard to know the role the men would play if they could rejoin the fight. >> either these people were not that senior anyway, they're mid level and they've been out of the game for over a decade, so how much harm can they do, on the other hand, i talked to someone i trust very much today who described this as the afghan national security council that we were going to send them back. it's hard to determine the facts, whether these are really senior figures that would instantly plug back in and give capability or whether these are

essentially a bunch of retirees who would go and sit and draw their pensions in afghanistan. >> so the men will stay under this ban in qatar while the u.s. afghanistan and qatar can come up with a long term solution. >> four americans are in houthi custody this morning in yemen. the state department is not identifying the americans but says it's doing everything possible to secure their release. a new round ever saudi airstrikes hit houthi targets today and the u.s. is holding talks with rebel leaders in nearby oman. they are the first since march. >> cowboys had to round up 600 cattle out of the texas floodwaters. officials warn it could take days if not weeks for all the water to recede. jonathan martin has more. >> sunday's sun brought relief in houston. >> it's a beautiful day. you know things will always change and things will get

better. >> after week of downpours the forecast finally gave gather still a chance to try off and clean up. >> we're going to still have to cut sheet rock out to about two to three feet in the house, pull out the flooring. >> 30 miles south of houston the river is still more than 20 feet above flood stage. >> how concerned are you that the water is going to come to your home? >> very concerned. it's not too far now. >> the mandatory evacuation in effect since friday was lifted the river expected to crest monday. >> we've been monitoring the river, holding steady at 49.5 feet. that's good news for the residents. >> in liberty county, texas, the water is receding. officials are trying to rescue cattle that have been stranded for several days. while the people of southwest texas are slowly returning to normal, this rain has left its mark. >> we spent eight hours on our

kitchen counters with the floodwaters in the house. it really caught us all i think by surprise. >> on the agenda today an interfaith event will highlight the plight of palestinian children in prisons. >> former b.p. executive goes on trial in new orleans, charged with obstructing an investigation into the 2010 gulf of oil spill. rainy has pleaded not guilty. >> president obama hosts the king and queen of the netherlands today. the royals are visiting the u.s. for three days. >> a full ban on transfats to be in acted. many doctors say it could take americans healthier. it's taken a decade to make it a reality. >> food companies have already cut the use of transfat by 85%

over the last decade. the ruling could end its use virtually altogether. >> for more than 60 years transfats have been part of the american food supply. providing smoother texture and better shelf life for foods. in recent decades studies have linked partially hydrogenated oils to cardiovascular disease. a bio chemist told lisa stark about the struggle to eliminate transfats. >> you were already asking industry in 1968 to get rid of transfats. >> that's right and they refused to, and they still don't want to do it, but they're being forced to. >> over the last decade, the industry has been phasing out transfats with some major fast food chains dropping it from cooking oils and manufacturers quietly eliminating it from

their foods. new york became the first city to ban them from restaurants in 2006 but hydrogenated vegetable oils are in some food. the f.d.a. announced no levels were safe. deaths from heart attacks and heart disease could be avoided. >> naturally occurring transfats won't be targeted. the f.d.a. may come up with limited exceptions to its ruling. industry leaders have been petitions for permission to keep using transfats in foods like for example sprinkles like the kind you put on your ice cream. >> cupcakes, et cetera. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a packed field growing more crowded. lindsey graham becomes the latest presidential hopeful set to throw his hat in the ring. >> china snuffs out smoking for millions of people.

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america. it is 8:17 eastern, taking a look at other top stories from around the nation. funerals today for the victims of the d.c. mansion murders a father son and mother were killed along with their housekeeper. the suspect is back in court later this month. >> a car jumped the sidewalk and slammed into a girl at los angeles international airport. police say the 67-year-old driver may have mistaken the gas pedal for the brake calling it an accident. the driver and a passenger suffered minor injuries. >> the investigation continues today into what caused this crane collapse in new york city. it was lifting a large air conditioner when a cable snapped. the a.c. unit fell 30 stories to the street below. ten people were hurt. >> lindsey graham will be

throwing his hat into the ring for the presidency. eight republicans have already declared. as david shuster tells us, graham is likely to make foreign policy the center of his campaign. >> if i'm president of the united states and you're thinking about joining al-qaeda or isil, i'm not going to call the judge i'm going to call a drone and we will kill you. [ laughter ] >> graham said he wants limited government and reduced federal spending but it's his foreign policy experience and blunt style that endears him to colleagues. >> do you agree with me that

president putin is lying about troops? >> yes. >> in 1994, with the support of republican senate strom thurmond, graham ran for a seat in the u.s. house and won. four years later graham was one of the most outspoken house republicans urging the impeachment of president clinton. >> we believe he assaulted our legal system in every way. let it be said that any presidents who cheats our institutions shall be impeached. >> graham's first conversational approach made him a national gop star. graham ran for the seat and was elected easily. since joining the senate, he has traveled to global hot spots with john mccain, his close friend and colleague.

they remain leading republicans on foreign policy. >> i'm here to talk to israeli allies about their concerns about the u.n. security council defining the outline of the peace pros. for 40 years it's been the policy of the united states not to let that happen. >> during the obama administration graham has been tough on the president. he was one of the president's harshest critics accusing mr. obama of shifting policies and creating confusion in handling the war in syria. >> for two years the president has allowed this to become quite frankly a debacle and when it comes to selling the american people what we should do in syria, given the indifference and quite frankly contributions it's going to be a tough sell, but it is not too late. mr. president, clear the air. be decisive why it matters to us as a nation to get syria right. >> in some issues, he is closer to obama than the gop. he helped craft an immigration

reform bill that passed the adjustments senate, though never brought up for a vote in the republican controlled house. graham breaks to the left on climate change. >> i said that it's real. the problem is al gore's turned this thing into a religion. >> the senator said human activity contributes to global warming, something most democrats believe. he urged the republican party to take a clear stand. >> before we can be bipartisan, we've got to figure out where we are at a party. what is the environmental platform of the republican party? i don't know, either. so i'd like to come up with one. i'd like to have a debate within the party. >> graham's moderation on some issues could work against him by the early primaries. yet, one of those early contests is in south carolina, his home turf and the place graham has run up huge reelection victories. it all means if graham can reach the top three in iowa and new

hampshire, his campaign for the republican nomination could go far. >> david shuster, al jazeera. >> on top of the eight candidates who have already announced another six are expected to kick off presidential bids in upcoming days including former florida governor jeb bush. we will have live coverage of lindsey graham's expected announcements later this morning. >> on this morning's money beat, greece is preparing its next big debt payment at the end of the week but doesn't have a deal yet for the creditors for the money it needs to reach the obligation. greece made its last payment. is it going to be able to scrape up this payment? >> whether greece can come up with the money for the payment or whether it can strike a deem that makes that payment easier is the issue. the big question now is how

greece and europe get past the situation where every new payment deadline becomes a crisis. this month alone greece has to pay the i.m.f. $1.7 billion, the $338 million due friday is just the first installment. if that weren't enough of an abyss to be staring into, athens owes its european creditors a whopping $3.7 billion in july. greece needs a fresh injection of cash from europe. one key sticking point to reaching a bailout deal is how much more greece has to take in in taxes and other revenue than it spends. alexis tsipras was swept to power promising to roll back austerity measures that sent unemployment to 28%.

he writes that the lock of an agreement is not due to greek's sub bornness, but the insistence of certain institutional actors submitting absurd proposals and showing in difference to the democratic choice of the great people. >> which side is more likely to give at this point? >> this is the great games of brinksmanship going on right now, which side has more leverage which is the greater danger. is greece more in danger of a fee fault, is that more ruinous greek exiting the euro zone. this is the leverage each side has over the other. >> how dangerous is it for greece to leave the euro zone. >> we've heard the risks of a can take thissen are more contained than in 2012. of course they're going to say that. that is the big question, because you know as well as i do that the one thing that markets hate is uncertainty. nobody knows how that scenario will play out. >> they have already been reacting to the uncertainty. thank you. >> malaysia airlines hopes to

fix its tarnished image with a major makeover. a new plan released today said the company will cut 6,000 jobs and may change its name. the carrier has been racking up losses for years. >> the need was identified long before last year, so i wouldn't put too much direct connection. it's the intensely competitive marketplace that forces its. >> the restructure will reduce flights. the company is considering reducing the size of aircraft on those routes. >> weighing supreme decisions we'll look at some of the cases pending before the high court as it enters its final month in session. >> a muslim woman accuses an airline over discrimination, all over a can of soda.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. taking a look at today's top stories, secretary of state john kerry is heading back to the u.s. this morning for treatment after a bicycling accident. he was riding in the alps when he broke his leg. he canceled trips to spain and france. >> the senate is preparing to take up the extension of key surveillance programs. overnight, the n.s.a. lost the ability to scoop up met da metadata. >> i think it should be worrying for our country. the nature of the threat we face is very serious as our enemies grow more sophisticated and aggressive. >> coming up in 10 minutes we'll talk with journalist greenwald. he worked with edward snowden to reveal many of these secret

programs of the n.s.a. >> this month marks the end of the supreme court's current term. the justice are expected to issue major decisions in the next 30 days. >> the u.s. supreme court will issue several long-await and historic rulings during the month of june. before the summer recess begins. perhaps the most controversial testing whether the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause requires states to allow same-sex marriages and whether states have to recognize same-sex marriages lawfully performed out of state. >> the issue, of course, is not whether there should be same-sex marriage but who should decide the point. >> currently, 37 states and the district of columbia allow same-sex couples to marry. ohio michigan an and tennessee argue that marriage eligibility should be determined by the state and their voters.

a new gallup poll suggests a record hire 60% of americans favor same-sex marriage, double the support two decades ago. yet the opinion is often split along party line. every republican presidential candidate has today that marriage should be between a man and a woman. probably the second most anticipated decision will be king versus bur well, which could deliver a huge blow to president obama's affordable care act. the law as written offers subsidy to say people who need help paying for health coverage, and requires them to buy it through an exchange established by the state. the problem is, only 14 states set up their own exchanges. four plaintiffs recruited by a libertarian think tank have sued claiming subsidies in the remaining 36 states are illegal. however, supporters of the law say it is crystal clear. >> this isn't ambiguous. this is a provision that

everyone understood at the time to provide subsidies to both federal and state exchanges. >> health insurance subsidies for ruffle 7.5 million americans hang in the balance. >> then there's the case pitting the eeoc against amber control beand fitch. a retailer admits to not hiring samantha because she assumed she was a muslim and would want to wear a head sash. the company has a no head covering policy. the company claims it had no direct knowledge of her religion and therefore did not vital her rights. she never specified she was a muslim or asked for religious consideration. >> she claims she did not claim she is religious. >> in the coming weeks the supreme court will decide after

botched executions in ohio, arizona and oklahoma, lawyers for three condemned men argue that a new drug cocktail violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. >> it will not prevent the severe pain and suffering of the second and third drugs. >> the previous barbituate used is hard to come by. conservatives say that's because death penalty opponents ever pressured pharmaceutical companies not to provide the drugs for executions. >> they are fundamentally attacking the death penalty more so than the use of the drug in the process. >> the decisions are highly anticipated. some say it could define the legacy of john roberts who has led the court for 10 years now. lisa stark, al jazeera washington. >> as lisa just mentioned the

biggest decision could be over granting marriage rights to same sex couples. there are precedents the high court may rely on in making that ruling. >> there is a case called united states versus windsor which dealt with the federal defense of marriage act i think will be very instructive in this case and then there are other cases about marriage itself, so there is a case called loving versus virginia where the court recognized a right to interracial marriage and that may ply into determining whether that same law will apply to same sex marriages. >> the individual trying to get married said the issue of a citizen who has a conscientious objection to gay marriage on a religious basis may have to be dealt with later assuming that the supreme court grants gay marriage. as to the state these plaintiffs are saying you have

an obligation to provide this to everybody if you're going to provide it to anybody. >> that decision is not expected until the last day of the session at the end of the month. >> in today's digit albeit, a muslim woman is excusing united airlines of discrimination in an incident that has gone viral. she asked for abunopened can of diet coke for high jenic reasons. she was not given one but the man sitting next to her was given an unopened can of beer. she said she was told unopened cans could be used as a weapon on an airplane. >> after she said that you would use it as a weapon, a man sitting across from you on the other side said you muslims shut the f. up. i was just, you know, in shock so i leaned over and he said you know you would use it as a weapon so shut the f. up.

honestly at that point, i was in tears. i could not believe what happened. at the end of the flight, i approached the flight attendant and i tried to explain to her and i said look, this is not about a can of diet coke and this is not about going after you or your job i respect you i just want you to know that you made this airplane a very unsafe place for me by targeting me as a muslim woman and by, you know, telling everyone on this flight who could hear you to say something like i would use a can of coke as a weapon. you know, i said how do you think that makes me feel, we're 30,000 feet above the ground and you're going to target me because of the way i look. she apologized. i also said you created a space where a man was able to say bigoted things towards me and you didn't even intervene when he did that. she acknowledged that what he said was wrong and that, you know, she was sorry for what happened. the pilot apologized and said

that he does not know what it may feel like to live as a minority in this country and actually walked me over to the service desk where i was able to file an official report. >> we did reach out to shuttle america for its policy on serving canned beverages and did not get a response. united airlines did issue this statement to al jazeera: >> it will soon be much easier to carry guns in texas. texas lawmakers allowed licensed gun owners to have concealed handguns at state colleges and universities. the bill goes to the governor who pledged to sign it into law. the governor is expected to sign the open carry of handguns on the streets. >> compton california is known in part for gang violence. growing up amid that takes a toll on children. students and teachers suing their school district, saying

educator don't get the proper training to help students cope with trauma they experience. the plaintiffs want that trauma to be declared a legally protected disability. >> compton california is well known in american pop culture known for street artists graffiti rap stars. it's also well known for its violent gaining activity with a murder rate five times the national average. now compton is becoming known for something else, a landmark first of its kind class action lawsuit against the city's school district. the suit filed on behalf of students and three teachers allegion the district has long ignored what attorneys call an ongoing public health crisis in the hauls and classrooms. >> you have a high concentration of students who have experienced complex trauma in such a way that it is interfering with their access to education and they have an obligation to

address that. >> it serves 24,000 students. the federal lawsuit represents many of them, including 18-year-old kimberly. >> i'm involved because i have three younger brothers, and i just really want what's best for them. i want to better the education as best i can. >> kimberly has painful memories of seeing two students die in middle school. she's also been the victim of sexual assault and racism. suicidal thoughts have kept her out of class repeatedly. she says the district knew she was struggling but failed to help her. >> i should have gotten therapy because i felt awful. i needed someone to talk to about that, because i really had nobody to talk to and that was a very hard situation for me to be in. >> 17-year-old peter is suing the school district. we are not showing his face or using his last name, because he's a minor. >> when you see people get shot in my own neighborhood and everywhere i live, it's traumatizing. i want to figure out a way for

the teachers to understand the students. i have flashbacks of what has happened to me when i was a kid. it either makes me mad or sad or i just put my head down, i leave the classroom. >> that's part of what the lawsuit seeks to change. tonight on al jazeera you'll hear more from the students, the district's response and why the outcome of this lawsuit could impact schools across the country. jennifer london, al jazeera compton, california. >> you can watch jennifer's full report tonight at 8:00. >> on the healthbeat, a new study out this morning says troops who have been near a bomb blast could experience early aging in their brains. randall pinkston is here with the details. randall, this focuses on veterans from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> it's the first stayed that looks at veterans exposed to bomb blasts but not diagnosed with concussions. it shows exposure to explosions

harms the brain and may speed the aging process. >> for years -- >> traumatic brain injury among veterans, 244,000 were diagnosed with mild to severe brain injuries from conflicts in afghanistan and iraq. according to the new study in the brain it indicates that the damage is far more extensive. researchers looked at two types of veterans, those exposed to bomb blasts and had concussions and those exposed with no concussions, a result, mere exposure harms the brain increasing aging. scans of the brain reveal that both sets of veterans showed damage to white matter tissue, which is correlate to the aging pros affecting memory and other cognitive functions. even veterans exposed to bomb blasts years ago showed signs of brain degeneration and aging. >> what are the larger implications of a study like this? >> there have been other studies

done over recent years that confirm from the centers for disease control that iraq and afghanistan said veterans have twice the level of some diseases associated with aging nan non-veterans. these are people in their 30's and 40 jews china is restricting smoking. lighting up is banned in many public places in beijing. it's a tough sell in a country where over 300 million people smoke. >> this is some of the toughest anti-smoking legislation introduced by a government in china. those fines you outlined give a measure of how draconian these measures are. $1,500 for the owner of a cafe bar or restaurant who allows someone to smoke in his establishment. that is, you know, something that's never happened here before the fines in the past

have been very low. the other issue is enforcement. china has passed strong anti-smoking legislation before. it did so just before the olympic games. the problem was enforcement. the question remains to be seen whether enforcement is going to be the issue again this time. nearby here, we were filming in a local cafe where one of the patrons was quite clearly violating the smoking ban. we were openly shown the door by the owner. this gives you an early indication of whether the authorities are going to be able to comprehensively enforce this particular ban. i think it's going to be very tough, but they are certainly up to what the world health organization believes is the right start. >> adrian brown reporting from beijing. today marks the official start of hurricane season. while it kicked off early with tropical storm anna last month we could be seeing calmer weather ahead let's hope.

let's bring in nicole mitchell for today's environmental impact. >> an early start to the season doesn't mean it's always going to be an active season. today the start of the atlantic season. we had the eastern pacific season start may 15. both go until the end have november. those are averages, we can have things outside the season technically. looking at anna which we had in may, always a good idea to be prepared year round. the outlook looks like 10% above average. el niño tends to suppress the ability for storms to develop. here's how the season goes along. we really can have once in a while something outside the season but it ramps up, especially in august, september. the climatological peak is september 10. it starts to wane once again

but we've had a lot of improvements at least over the years when we see these storms. this is the 10 year anniversary of cat arena. if you look at the original cone what happened in 2005 and the forecast area versus what we would have now it's a much more tailored cone, so at least the forecasts are improving in terms of that. i will say that is big and important, because targeted evaluation means more take it seriously. intensity forecast has not made those gains. sometimes what we see can still be very problematic. looking at the hurricane season, even though we could have fewer in numbers i always remind people, you do need he had to be prepared. my favorite example is 1992, only six named storms, the whole season that's a tremendously quiet season, made it through almost half the season without any storm but that first storm

in 1992 was hurricane andrew, huge storm. >> it only takes one good one. >> that's right or bad one, we should say. thank you for that. >> all right. i want to go back to our stop story now. key provisions of the patriot act expired overnight including some surveillance programs, including the bulk collection of telephone melt at a data of ordinary americans. the senate was unable to pass a bill extending those provisions. we are going to talk with glenn greenwald. his reporting working with whistle blower edward snowden won the metier prize for public service. mr. greenwald, thank you for being with us. i know you've had a busy morning. did the n.s.a. seize collecting this melt at a data at midnight or is it more complicated? >> no, they haven't immediately stopped at all.

they themselves say they have other authorities besides the law that just lapsed. just two weeks ago an appellate court of new york said that the patriot act actually doesn't even authorize bulk collection and that the n.s.a. has been essentially breaking the law for many years by collecting all of this information that the law in the first place doesn't allow. they do say they intend to stop because of the failure to pass the bill, but certainly didn't instantly stop doing anything they were doing previously. >> just to clarify the appellate court said it was illegal, but did not stop the practice. let's talk about this bill that congress is considering now the freedom act. it does end the n.s.a.'s bulk collection tactic. it adds oversight to the secret court, fisa. you have said that little woefully inadequate. what do you and other privacy advocates want? >> i think the key distinction

and it's been the distinction at the heart from the beginning is one of mass surveillance, huge numbers of people, hundreds of millions of citizens, essentially the entire population have information collected and stored about their activities versus targeted surveillance people when there's evidence to believe that they've done something wrong or plotting an attack are subject to surveillance. anything that allows mass surveillance to continue, which the u.s.a. freedom act does, albeit in a more limited form than now i think it is something that should be very concerning to all of us. beyond that, it keeps a lot of the abuses of the fisa court in place in terms of the secrecy behind which this court functions, although increases levels of transparency. there is still a lot more reform needed. >> let's just parse that out a little bit. it actually does end the n.s.a.'s ability to mass bulk

collect metadata. it allows the phone companies to continue to collect this metadata and then the government has to seek a specific court order in order to object take that so doesn't it end mass surveillance from that stand point? >> it requires the phone companies to keep it, so it requires this database to exist. it doesn't mean that the court the n.s.a. has to get a court order every time it wants to access met da data. there's a higher standard they have to meet in order to ask for this information from the telephone companies. i would rather have all of this information divided up to many different companies and have the government ask for it than have the government keep it in place. it still in a sense is a form of mass surveillance, because does allow the government to get this information beyond when there's probable cause warrants that the person is doing something wrong.

it is a more mild form of mass surveillance but i think you can still call it bulk collection since there's this system in place that requires this information to be maintained. it really is a step in the right direction. >> when it comes to the five if a court my understanding is there is judicial review, there are friends of the court. i don't remember the latin term for that that do have some oversight over the fisa court. do you remember that is enough for transparency? >> well, first of all let's take a step back for a second, which is you asked what would web satisfied with, people who are privacy advocates. it's important to realize that this metadata program is were you ever countless n.s.a. programs, it is a small percentage of the way the n.s.a. engages in surveillance of millions and millions of people around the world. it doesn't affect the listening in of telephone calls the reading of emails, doesn't affect the sweeping up of internet activities, it's only

the domestic metadata program that's the only program affected so already is extremely limited. >> just to be clear, you are saying that mass surveillance, you also don't agree with that when it comes to foreign countries. >> well, no, i don't think we should be putting the entire populations of other countries under a microscope. i don't think only the privacy rights of americans matter. when you essentially break the internet by engaging in mass surveillance and turning it into a tool, you are going to scoop up americans communications as well. there is no such thing as an american internet. it is a global connected internet. in regards to this program i do think there are reforms in the fisa court that are helpful but you still have this secret court that operates in secret with some greater transparency making rulings and passinging judgments about what the allow is which i think is unhealthy.

>> there's also the question of efficacy see, it is report the that the collection didn't make any difference. it is said that these programs help save american lives. does he know something that we don't? >> you can always assume that people holding office are wiser and smarter and better than us. >> he is the head of the country's spy agency. he doesn't hold political office. >> he was appointed by the president of the united states. i think the c.i.a. director is pretty much rewarded as a political official. if you want to trust the c.i.a. director and whatever he says without evidence, i suppose you can do that, even though it ignores eight decades of history where the c.i.a. lied to the american public about pretty much everything. the point you made in the question is key, in the wake of the snowden revelations courts have looked at the evidence,

including classified data. we had the president's own commission that he assembled for this region look at these questions and they concluded that the program is question, the metadata program has played a role in stopping zero terrorist attacks. the reason the c.i.a. director and other officials go on television and say you're going to all die unless you give us these powers is because that's what government officials do. they fear monger in order to get what they want. that's how the torture program and iraq war and guantanamo and everything the government has done has been justified. that's the rhetorical tactic. >> i just want to ask you about edward snowden. you've been in touch with him and he is still in moscow. do you think he is thinking at this point glenn, i can come back to the u.s. now. i can face justice. i've been vindicated, they're having this debate, the law has changed or is appearing to change. >> if we had a healthy society that was at all democratic and law abiding he'd be able to

come home on the next flight from moscow to not decades in prison but a hero's welcome. if you're somebody that expose's a secret government program ruled to be unconstitutional and illegal and prompts the first post 9/11 serious debate about the balance between privacy and national security, if you're not a whistle blower in that, then there is no such thing. the problem is that the justice department continues to say that he committed very serious crimes and is insisting that he spend a decade if not longer in prison for him to return. he is certainly not going to do that and submit to a cage for the next 10 or 30 or 50 years when he's currently having his freedoms protected under asylum. >> glenn greenwald for us. glenn, thank you. we'll be right back.

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