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this is al jazeera live. there are big questions today for the -- gain access to the personal data of more than 100,000 taxpayers using an online tool. live for us, john, tell us more about this. >> randall, good afternoon when you first hear the i.r. s. is being targeted i think it is a little bit tempting to think well, good on them. isn't it. because the i.r.s. is the government agency that we love to hate, but then you stop and think about it, and you think well, this is really quite serious because not only are they going after a u.s. government agency, but also could they be going after my own personal tax returns. my own personal tax rebate

and so it is on capitol hill, there was a lot of anger from senators lining up for the finance committee. especially before it took place tomorrow. really white hot w place at all. in the end during ther haing he was more conciliatory towards the i.r.s. commissioner, he said look, the problem here is we need legislation put in place in order so top this or to help it from stopping again but the big issue is that really is i.r.s. is just one of multiple targets. we need to be vigilant and do everything we can with our systems and security.

of course, those follow from the defense secretary that blame the russians from the hacking recently p going back as far as t.j. max in 2007, and target in 2013. and indeed, it is reported be i the associated press that behind closed doors that the irs they are blaming the russians for this the hack. brandon. >> so john, what more have you learned aability the breach and were their able to say that they have closed the door. >> well this happened through an app. it was supposed to be secure, and widely available in turn it turned out to be an open door and the thieves semimy walked into the system and took the information they want. what we learned today is that they -- this year, about

13,000 fraudulent tax returns were discovered be i the i.r. s. and that the thieves got away with around $39 million in money that should not have been paid out to them. now, he said originally, they thought, the hack was targeting this year's tax returns and now the theory within the irs is that actually they were hacking this year, the better to try and defraud the i.r. s. next year. now, he also said that 100,000 letters from sent out to people whose accounts were hacked. now, a little tap, remember, the i.r.s. never communicated with you by email they only ever use the u.s. mail. ten if ever get an email that in itself is probably fraudulent. >> thank you we will hear later today the head of the tsa has been reassigned and

his boss is calling for big changes. john henry smith is here with more. they were able to struggle in fake guns and weapons how. >> in a moment i will quote you numbers. came as a result of a series of challenges undercover t isa investigation gators put to gate agencies. if these were translated into a letter grade it would be a resounding f for failure. >> homeland security secretary is ordered changes to the agency tasked with keeping weapons off of aircraft. johnson has removed acting tsa head and replaced him with acting deputy director. so called red teams. agents posing at passengers

out to beat the system, took their luggage through 67, out of 70 occasions. a zaggerring 95% failure rate has been reported one undercover agent was stopped after setting off an alarm. but screeners failed to detect fake explosives taped to his back. >> it is disconcerting when we are trained to identify though types of prohibiterred items and it doesn't work. >> besides ordering a change in leadership, secretary johnson has ordered the following changes in policy. the tsa is to revise standard operating procedures, provide intensive trains, and retest and re-evaluate screening equipment. and of course, tsa screeners can expect even more random covert testing. >> the problem is that the technology that they use to screen people are metal detectors but they are a

myriad of weapons that don't have any metal in them. so chemical compounds when mixed with others or things on an airplane can become dangerous. >> former tsa administrator says america has to get this right. >> the terrorists do watch this thing. they go to school on how they can learn from possible vulnerability. >> homeland security is coming out with a full report. frost. frost. terrorist. >> the acting ts, a director was said to be replaced soon anyway. president obama last month nominate add coast guard vice admiral to take over the job that appointment is waiting for a confirmation, randall. >> thank you. >> a bill to overhaul nsa practices has a major overhaul. the u.s.a. freedom act would reauthorize several programs

that expired sunday night it clears the house last month and now senators are discussing whether to make further changes. now if we start amending it we don't know how much longer it will take, and end up with no protections. i don't think that's a choice we want to take. >> the basic pictures are common sense, anyone who wants to see the system under this bill work, will want to support them. and anyone who has said well, we will get back to you should support these as well. >> if the senate does make changes the bill will have to go back to the house of representatives and some higher ranking say the amended bill will not pass there.

house committee is hearing testimony today from the relatives of three americans being held in iran. the foreign affairs committee is drafting a resolution asking them to immediately release the citizens, another american has been missing in iran since 2007. many have been detained for up to a decade, and reporting the very severe conditions harsh conditions that they have faced many reporting significant health concerns. mass i weight loss and the lack of due process that has taken place as these family members attempted to defend themselves against the charges. many say they simply don't

understand, why they are negotiating an agreement to limit the activities that the releases of family members isn't part of the discussion. >> well, kimberly, can this house resolution that's under discussion actually achieve anything. >> what this can achieve is it can certainly continue to put this in front of the minds of the administration, as well as the iranian negotiators but we all know how slowly the wheels of legislative process can work. this is a resolution, it has not been introduced on the house floor it would also need to be housed in the senate, and signed into law by president obama for this really have to any kind of impact. and that's not what is happening here and of course we are approaching that eminent deadline, so time is of the essence of this thank you, kimberly. one of the three friends

convicted bomber has been sentenced to six years in prison. he pleaded guilty to interfering with the investigation into the bombing, he took items from the his dorm room after the bombing in court today he said he was ashamed. of what he did. >> greece is calling on creditors to september it's reform package. it is set to make a huge payment on friday, but we still need europe to release much needed funds to meet that obligation. here with more now patricia, does greece somehow have the money to make the payment if they don't come through? is. >> well, it isn't clear whether they have the roughly $300 million but it is almost certain that they don't have the $1.7 billion. that they owe to the imf this month, now greek prime minister is claiming center stage today he has been calling on leaders to accept what he described as a

realistic reform package he says after submitted monday, that is very interesting timing of those comments because they come on the heels of a snap summit held in berlin between the major power players on the creditor side of this drama including the german chancellor, the french president the head of the i. m.f., and the e cb president, now that is a lot of international star power together in one room, on short notice, and you can bet that it's signals crunch time. now when we look at what greece owes they have been haggling to release nearly $8 billion of remaining bail out funds be uh the two sides have major differences over belt tightening. meanwhile, youth unemployment

is more than 50%. now, greece needs fresh bail out funds and it needs them fast. with the first installment of $338 million due friday, july gets even uglier. had a whopping $3.7 billion bill due. >> tough times ahead for greece. thank you. students say their school district failed them, so they are suing over how the school officials handle student suffering from trauma. and a long delay in justice for two world war would be heros. corrected today by president obama.

executives from amtrak and several agencies are testifying before congress the chairman of the national transportation safety board told lawmakers the so called positive train control would have prevented the derailment. >> we know that the a properly installed and functional control would have prevented this. we need technology that can step in when humans fail. as a result, the ntsb has called for train control technology for decades. >> the chairman says several companies will miss the year end deadline to have the ellie system in place. it was going twice the speed

limit >> two world war i soldiers received the medal of honor today. army sergeant who was jewish, and army private kim johnson an african-american, both were deny fire department medal for generations because of their race, and religion. the president said it is never too late to thank those that served the country. >> no one who serves should ever be forgotten. we are a nation a people, who remember our heros. >> a new york national guard commander and sergeant accepted the award on behalf of the late soldiers. mexico deported twice as many migrants the first of the year but migrants have been crossing for years on the the way to the u.s. more on the danger ms. of them face. a short breather to the

central american migrants it is the second time they are making the trip. this time it's been much harder. >> there are a lot of police ready to grab us. it portions us to use other routs and go hungry as we pass through places that don't even have houses. >> a crack down by mexican security has forced the refugees to travel through remote areas. >> we are breaking in right now for the resignation of fifa head mr. blatter. >> all of these matters are of overall responsible for fifa. the size of the committee has to be looked at among other things and the members have to be elected by a congress, of fifa.

the clearance of procedures which are incumbent upon all members of the the committee must be centralized by fifa and not by the various confederations. we have to limit terms mandates not only for the president but for all members of the committee. moreover i have always fought for such changes and my efforted have been thwarted. but this timely manage it, and i am in the going to be able to manage it on my own, either, i am going to ask to implement them, all these measures and other initiatives as well. elengthed by the fifa congress mr. skyler is the independent chairman of our

audit, and compliance committee. he is also the chairman of the electoral committee so in this he will supervisor the election of my successor. enjoys the trust of brood sway of the people, within the corporation and he has tremendous knowledge and experience necessary to contribute to the implementation of these reforms. ands my profound attachment to fifa and it's allies, interest which is are very mere to my heart. that have made me take this decision. i would like to thank all those who have always supported me, in a very loyal way, as president of five. and who have done so much for football which we all love. i would like to repeat once

again, that what counts much more than me is the institution of fifa, and world football. thank you very much for your attention. >> there will be no questions directed at mr. blatter on stage in zurich, it appears that the message loud and clear is i am quitting. sepp blatter to go as the head of fifa. we will keep an eye on what is happening on that stage. we are listening to what some of the other people are saying about this extraordinary development only just after he was re-elected for a fifth term, sepp blatter says that's it. i am going no mention at the moment of the corruption scandal just saying that he has done his best to change fifa's attitudes and thanking those around hip. sepp blatter to quit.

>> i have a great amount of respect for the president and the role that he has played in championing refor. and he has recognized we have worked hard to putter in place government reforms but this has not been enough. by making this announcement, he has created the opportunity fortous go further and fifa has before. fundamentally change the way we teach each other. as the independent chairman of the committee, i am committed to working to the implementation of the reforms that the president has outlined. and to putting in place the conditions for the election of a new president. as the president has stated, these reforms will include changes to the way in which the organization is structured steps that go far beyond the action as that have been implemented to this point.

i would like to provide you with additional details into the process that fifa will follow moving forward. under the rules governing fifa the election of the president and any fundamental retomorrows to the fifa statutes must devoted on by the members at the fifa congress. the next congress is scheduled for may 2016 in mexico city. as the president has stated this would be an unnecessary delay. in order to facilitate more, the president will ask the executive committee to organization a congress in order to elect the new president and vote upon these reforms. >> based on the statutes the four months is required for any presidential elections to be held.

and set forth the issue. therefore, why the decision on timing of the congress and election of a new president will ultimately be up to the executive committee, the expectation is that this could be taking place any time from december of this year to march of next year. for four jeers they are stated this must go further. a number of these steps have previously been proposed and have been rejected by members. fifa is committed to ensuring that these are implemented

and uphead. as part of the work the organization reexamed the way in which it was structured, why it would be premature to speculate on the outcome of this nothing will be off the table. including the structure of the committee and the way in which the members of the executive committee are elected. i expect this to be an important aspect. as i said a year ago the structure of the executive committee and it's members are at the core of the current issues as fifa is facing. current events might reinforce the destination to drive this forward. many of the issues related with actions of individuals in order to ensure that those who represent fifa are of the highest integrity, fifa will

seek to implement fifa driven integrity checks for all executive committee members. >> while five fay has all accounting standards fifa recognize that is many have questions and transparency by which fifa operates. to address specific calls if i family members will seek to publicized the conversation of the president and the committee members and will propose term limits for the president and the executive committee members. fifa is fundamentally committed to change, and better minds to address these issues that continue to

undermine fifa and football more broadly. to all 209 members now it is the time for fifa to move forward. basically the work can be done in order to regain the trust of the public, and to fundamentally reform the way in which fifa sees fifa. the steps will ensure that the organization cannot be used by those seeking to enrich themselves, at the expense of the game. i have don't know who is getting on the stage yet. outlining the plans they will put in place now. sepp blatter has said he is quitting only four days after he fought a bittle battle to

be re-electioned for a fifth term as president of fifa. football's world governing body. winning about 130 -- in fact, 133 of the 209 votes that were available to him. it didn't go to a second rant, it could have gone to a send round. but prince ali of jordan has been standing against him had said that's it, i quit, on this occasion. and then just four days later we key sepp blatter the man who has been in office, since 1998 saying enough is enough. so let's bring in our sports correspondent, lee wellings. this was something that a lot of people have been saying to him for years. enough is enough. you have to go. four days ago he defied everybody and said i want a fifth term. who has forced him out. >> david this has been coming for a long type, he

has been an fifa for 40 years. the last four years the the turbulent, in any other business and football sees itself as a business, and any other business the man as he called it, a captain the person at the head of the operation, would have gone. even if individual corruption cannot be pinned to him yet and it may still be, it was the actions of his executive committee at one stage half of the executive committee 12 of them, had been found guilty of corruption. and zillion he hung on people need to see a new fifa but of course look he can't go -- why why. why stand for re-election and say i have everybody's vote, i am everybody's president. and now he says that's it, i am quitting. >> he is such a browed and stubborn man. he is not anyaexaggerating about that, he wanted to be seen to win a fifth election, he still felt he could hang on hang on for as long as

possible already he had outstayed his welcome and that fifth election was something to look back and say look at the support he has always had incredible support, but externally the net was closing in. >> and the general saying and other people saying world cups are fraud. we are reaching the top of the hour here on al jazeera. i am going to introduce those people who are tuning there to our programming here on al jazeera to the extraordinary news that sepp blatter the president of fifa football world governing body has said many the last few minutes that he is to quit. only four days after he was reeffect willed for a fifth term winning 133 out of 209 votes. he says that is it. where going. and there has been as our sports correspondent has reported a number of arr