the income gap is only widening and though visitors are being courted many feel it shouldn't come at the expense of keeping already marginalized pill -- filipinos at bay. >> you can keep up to date with all of the latest on our website, aljazeera.com. security failures at the tsa, the acting administrator is reassigned after federal agents are able to sneak weapons through check points. iraq says his country needs more international support. and hundreds missing when a cruise ship capsizes off of the coast of china, the desperate search for survivors. ♪

this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. this's a new person heading up the tsa, the acting administrator has been reassigned after federal agents found security lapseings at airports. age engineers were able to sneak fake weapons past the check points on many occasions. >> these are startling numbers, numbers that came as the result of those undercover tsa investigators trying to get those items across the country. if these numbers were translated into a letter grade, it will be a resounding f for failure. jeh johnson is ordering changes to the agency task with keeping weapons off of aircraft. the acting head has been replace

replaced. the decision followed revelations that tsa screeners repeatedly failed to spot explosive at the busiest airports. agents out to beat the system took their illegal luggage through checkouts, and a staggering 95% failure rate has been reported. tsa screeners failed to detect fake explosives taped to this agents back during a pat-down. >> it is disconcerting. >> reporter: besides orders a change in the leader ship secretary johnson has ordered the following changes in policy:

and of course tsa screeners can expect even more random covert testing. >> the problem is that the technology that they used to screen people are metal detectors, but there are a myriad of weapons that do not have any metal in them. some in chemical compounds that could be mixed and become dangerous. >> the terrorists do watch and go to school on how they can learn from possible vulnerabilities. >> reporter: homeland security is coming out with a full report in the summer. the now former head has not been fired, he's being reassigned to a different job. he was set to be replaced soon anyway president obama last month nominated a coast guard vice admiral to take over the job, that appointment is waiting

for senate confirmation stephanie. >> thank you. key provisions of the patriot act expired monday morning. right now senators are debating a compromise bill. some republicans including mitch mcconnell want further amendments to the bill. you are looking live right now. debate is open on the senate floor, and i believe there is mike lee, republican of utah. let's listen in to what he has to say. >> this bill that has been passed overwhelmingly in the house of representatives, this bill that balances important interests that the american people care deeply about. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. thank you mr. president. >> okay. so that is one of the members of the senate that believes that the senate should pass the freedom act. the republicans are divided on this issue. mike lee of utah happens to be

one of the senators that believes mass bulk surveillance should end and this represents a compromise. so mcconnell's proposed changes include declassifying opinions by the court fisa when they are considered novel or significant, allowing spy agencies to keep bulk data for 12 more months instead of six requiring telecom companies to notify the government before deleting call records less than 18 months old. congress is grilling amtrak officials this morning. one topic, the technology to stop derailments like the one that happened last month. iraq's prime minister says other countries are not doing enough to stop foreign fighters from coming into iraq to join isil. he was speaking in paris where diplomats are meeting to improve

the coalition strategy against isil. he says it's important to understand that most isil fighters are not iraqis. >> translator: daesh is not only a threat for us for europe but also for the rest of the world. we need to fight daesh, and we need to fight daesh not only in iraq, in the whole region but throughout the world. >> reporter: u.s. officials says washington is sending anti-tank missiles to that fight in ramadi. >> we are moving forward as well, and we heard good reports today with each of the lines of effort at the heart of the work of this coalition, to shrink daesh daesh's territory, and expose the giant gap between what daesh claims to be and what it actually is. >> reporter: all of them reiterated their commitment to

helping iraq fight isil. all of the participants said this was a long-term battle; that there have been clearly setbacks; that there would be setbacks in the future but we heard a bit about this anbar action plan. what they have said so far is essentially there needs to be reconciliation, that all of the possible fighters in anbar province need to be brought together and that there needs to be a streamlined weapons delivery system. the u.s. stated earlier, and said again today, that they will be delivering anti-tank missiles to iraqi ground troops in the weeks to come so they can combat vehicular born suicide bombers in anbar province. rescue crews in china are racing to save hundreds stuck on a capsized ferry. 458 passengers and crew were aboard, as the ship toured the river. at least five people are

confirmed dead. the captain says the boat hit a patch of bad weather and sank within minutes. rescue workers say they have heard people crying for help inside. >> reporter: the operation is continuing on this stretch of the river where the sinking happened. it has to of course while there is any hope of finding more survivors, but it's not helped by the hours of darkness and the continuing weather conditions which are being blamed for the initial sinking. there was earlier today the hopeful sign of the rescue of the one woman who's shoots were heard from inside of vessel but that was some hours ago now. and we have not heard of other people being pulled up or more reports of shoots or noises from inside. that woman survived she had found somehow an air pocket it seems, there is therefore the hope that others have found air pockets and might still be alive. but we are now approaching 24

hours since this cruz ship sank. hopes will begin to fade. when we get into tomorrow and daylight hours again, we may well be talking less about rescue and more about a retrieval operation sadly. there have been some reports, accounts from survivors that are starting to appear in the media in mainland china. one person, a 42-year-old tour guide reported scrambling out through a window as the vessel was being inundated with these crashing waves he said all happening very quickly. we know this all happened very quickly in the hours of darkness and then he had to wait a long time in the water trying to beckon and call over vessels for help. they didn't come because they didn't realize this tragedy was happening it seems. it happened to quickly the vessel wasn't able to send out an sos signal.

a lucky escape for that man, but sadly many relatives are still waiting for news of their loved ones. >> yeah it is dark there right now. greece is calling on its european creditors to accept its latest reform package. the country needs europe to release much-needed funds and it is set to make a huge payment to the imf on friday. >> this is heating up stephanie. high drama indeed. and alexis tsipras was calling on european leaders to accept what he describes as a quote realistic reform package he said athens submitted monday. yesterday the major power players on the creditor side of this drama, including the german chancellor the french president and others held a snap summit in

berlin presumably to craft a deal to prevent to greece. when you have that many leaders gathering on such short notice it signals crunch time. greece has been haggling to release nearly $8 billion in international bailout funds. europe and the imf want more belt tightening while athens wants some relief from those austerity measures. greece needs bailout funds fast. it has a bill due this month with the first installment of $338 million due friday july gets even uglier it owes the imf more money. >> it's like a game of chicken. >> it is really. concealed hand guns on campus the debate over firearms now that texas has made it legal

to have them at college. ♪

welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:43 eastern, taking a look at today's top stories. at least nine people have been killed in northern afghanistan during an attack on the compound of an aid group. the check group, people in need has been delivering humanitarian aid for more than a decade. one of the three friends of dzhokher tsarnaev will be sentenced today. he is charged with interfering into the investigation into the bombing. he faces up to a 25-year sentence. congress is calling on iran to release three detained americans. they are being held on espionage

trailing. robert lebenson has been missing since 2007. they are calling for the release at the same time the state department is negotiating a deal over nuclear program in tehran. john terrett is live in washington. john what have we learned? >> it's tempting isn't it stephanie. that when you hear that the irs has been hacked to think, oh, good let's get one back on them for a change because of all of the government agencies the irs is the one we love to hate. and you stop to think about it and you think, a, this is part of a pattern of hacks against major government agencies and

b, did they go after my own refund. and they did in a hundred thousand american's cases. so i think we'll see a lot of white heat on capitol hill today. the read of the irs is there, and orrin hatch is absolutely baying at the moon over this one. he is absolutely furious. having said that it is only a hundred thousand americans that's a tiny fraction of the number of people who pay taxes in this country, but senators feel it's the fact that it happened at all. >> what have we learned about the breach? >> the russians did it according to the irs, and this is the second time the russians have been blamed because the defense secretary blamed the russians for hacking the pentagon as well a couple of weeks ago. we know this is not geeks in the basement these are organized gangs of criminals. we think they are based in

russia china, eastern europe maybe even some here at home. so it's pretty serious. they targeted an app that the irs has called get transcript. and get transcript was designed to allow taxpayers to go back and get their previous tax returns for information value. it was supposed to be secure but turned out to be an open door and that was the door that the thieves just walked in and took a hundred thousand people's data. >> john terrett thank you. two major gun laws are awaiting the governor's signature in texas. one allows handguns to be carried in the open on texas streets, the other makes it legal to bring concealed handguns to public universities. >> reporter: you can misuse it whenever you feel like it. >> the measure would allowed licensed owners to carry concealed weapons on public

colleges in texas. we're joined by the leader of the organization students for concealed carry. >> i agree having guns on campus is a deterrent to any kind of crime that someone would be looking to commit where people know someone could be armed. also on a personal level, for instance my friends and acquaintances knowing that i carry a gun prevents people from wanting to mess with me in the first place. we don't aim to make anyone uncomfortable. we don't have any comments on the open-carry argument and i personally understand how that could be distracting to some people, as a community, we also try to make sure that people get into gun-safety classes, and we encourage people to be polite and smart and responsible with their firearm. we try to have resources for that as well.

>> the governor of texas has 20 days to sign the bill. a death row inmate in texas is being granted one more chance to prove his innocence. as heidi zhou castro reports he is hoping a dna test will save his life. >> reporter: we have been granted access to most of the state's evidence against this man who was just 20 years old and already serving a 99-year prison sentence. now this is the state's kiev dense. a disciplinary report against pruitt written by the victim just hours before his death. it began as an argument over a bag lunch. officer nagel stopped pruitt from taking a peanut butter sandwich into the yard. the exchange ended with nagel writing pruitt a disciplinary

note later found torn next to the prison guard's body. pruitts fingerprints were not on the weapon but now the truth may lie in the skin cells pruitt's lawyers say were left on the weapon. did you kill him? >> no i didn't >> reporter: and why should we believe you? >> why shouldn't you? >> reporter: how high is your hope now that something positive happens. >> if it is inconclusive again, they are probably going to kill me. students say their school district has failed them, so thigh are suing. why students and teachers want compton, california to improve training programs.

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long-term hourly employees will also go up to at least $10 an hour next february. wal-mart has been under pressure to raise wages. students and teachers are suing the compton unified school district in los angeles. trauma is a big problem in an area known for violence and gang activity. >> i have seen a person get shot in the head. it is trau matlizing. >> i felt small, insignificant and i felt like i didn't matter. >> reporter: these teens attend different schools in the compton unified school district. all have experienced traumatic events growing up. i met an 18-year-old at a park near her high school. >> i was sexually assaulted on the bus. >> reporter: on your way to school. >> on my way home from school. >> reporter: she and the other students say their schools failed to provide adequate

mental health care and educational programs for students trying to cope with serious trauma. >> i think i should have gotten therapy, because i felt awful, and wouldn't go to school and that made me lose all of my credits and i wasn't getting any good grades. >> reporter: they are now part of a class action lawsuit against the district. the complaint will test the limits of the americans with disabilities act by arguing complex trauma is a disability under federal law. >> we have filed this suit on behalf f all students within the school district who have experienced trauma such that it has manifested in a way that it has interfered with their ability to access an education. the school district is required to accommodate students who have impairment. if a student came into the school and needed a wheelchair they would have to put in a ramp. >> reporter: the federal class

action lawsuit represents a large number of students. but why compton? trauma is nearly you big -- you big youous here. after this girl was assaulted, she told a teacher, but she said she was never offered counseling. >> i needed somebody to talk to. >> the lawsuit brings about an opportunity for us to have a serious dialogue. >> reporter: this is the president of the district's board of trustees while he couldn't comment on any specific allegations, he did sit down exclusively with al jazeera to talk about the lawsuit. >> what i believe and what the district's position firmly is is that let's look at the larger context. no one is running from the fact

that there are issues within all communities. we just simply cannot localize it as being a compton issue. the school district admits that a problem exists nationally and it exists -- >> but within compton unified does the direct admit there's a problem. >> it's not just a compton problem -- >> so there is a problem in compton -- >> the problem should be looked at -- >> but don't you need to focus on your district and say if we're not providing mental health services for students who need it? we might be failing them? >> the objective is to focus on the needs of students but again to single out compton is unfair. >> what grade would you give the district? >> i have never been one to assign grades to everyone. >> is that a way of not answering the question. >> what i believe is and i'm very resolute within this there's always room for

improvement. >> it's inappropriate to assume that the school can handle this alone. >> reporter: education pollicy policy expect says the lawsuit is bigger than compton unified and is a conversation starter. >> even in large districts that have larger student health services available, those services have been really paired down as a result of reductions in funding at both the state and federal level. >> reporter: back at the park kimberly hopes to graduate next month and go to college to study english. she dreams of being a poet. >> i was so desperate i was looking for friends on the internet. >> reporter: writing about her painful past has helped her to cope. a tiny robot with big

technological dreams the team at mit has unveiled this self-folding robot. it operates without cables or wires, it folds when it is heated, and can walk swim and carry heavy loads. when it is done with its job, it can then self destruct. nasa is marking 50 years in designing space exploration. it was 50 years ago that ed white stepped into space. it was the first walk by an american. the walk lasted just 23 minutes, but opened the door to decades of discovery. >> it's kind of funny that in the space shuttle days we wouldn't let the space shuttle pilots do space walks, because

they were not expengd expengd -- expendable. so i'm not sure how that was supposed to make us feel. but nasa always mitigates the risks they take. we make sure we do everything we can to lesson the risks, so we knew going out in space was a little bit risky, but the one person spaceship that we climbed into to go out there and do those space walks was a very tough suit self sustaining very capable of withstanding some of the potential damage that we would experience out there. we knew that. so we were comfortable doing the space walks and accomplishing those tasks. >> he says one of the big goals next for nasa is to build a space suit that can handle the environment in mars and asteroids. thanks for watching i'm

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