flash up on the scrop. screen. >> i don't believe it's $127,000. and that is our show for today. i'm david shuster in for ali velshi. thank you for watching. ng. compromise on surveillance. the as are 67, nays are 32. the bill is passed. congress reform the patriot act taking away the n.s.a.'s power to collect phone data stepping down. >> i have therefore decided to stand down as president as i'm convinced it's the best option for the organization. the head of f.i.f.a. calls it quits as reports surface that he's being investigate for

corruption. river tragedy - hundreds are unaccounted for in china in a cruise ship disaster and missing in fact. >> we owe it to the families and cannot let the lack of transparency erode trust a growing chorus calling on the government to release 25 classified stages describing what saudi arabia knew about the 9/11 attacks. good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. >> the u.s.a. freedom act is the law of the land. a short time ago president obama signed the bill into law, hours after it was passed by the senate. while it does not end the n.s.a.'s domestic spying programme, it kerr tails them. >> a law-maker called it a major overhaul of surveillance in decades. libby casey has the latest from washington. >> today's vote on the freedom act billed as a compromised

measure is a change to the surveillance since the laws passed in the wake of september 11th attacks. the passage coming a day after prohms were halted -- programs were halted because of a deadline. debates were heated. in the end they reached agreement. so if there's widespread concern about privacy, we are not picking it up. >> after weeks of debate that pushed up against a deadline and breached it the senate passed a bill rolling back government surveillance. eyes are 67, nays are 32. the bill is passed. the u.s.a. freedom act stops a wide-reaching collection of american phone data. >> we passed significant reform in decades. we have done it by setting aside ideology. setting aside fear-mongering said bedprotect the security of the united states but we protect the privacy of

americans. >> the bill revived some government surveillance rofing wire tracks and tracking of lon-wolf suspects. those tools ended monday morning when the senate mired in infighting couldn't move forward before a deadline. >> let us be clear while we are here. here here because this is an important debate. a debate over the bill of rights. president call candidate rand paul fought continuing any patriot act provisions. on the ordinary side of the debate. mitch mcconnell, who wand it preserved. >> a support passage of the frackt, doesn't en -- frackt it unmines american security by taking a tool from the war fighters in my view at the wrong time. >> reporter: tuesday, mitch

mcconnell saw his bid to stop the bill return. in a time hour before passage, senators lashed out at those that did not support the bill including james o'connor. >> he is concerned as he should be by counters ris less secure. he should look in the mirror. we have a situation where he tried to divert attention. >> reporter: and plenty of senators frustrated with rand paul, a man who became synonymous with fighting the patriot act. >> enough is enough. we resist senators are not here to serve as extras in a campaign commercial. >> despite disputes and delays many are hailing the legislation. >> as the most senior member of the senate. i have seen a lot of battles and fights it is nice to see something where senators come together. >> the biggest change to surveillance in a decade.

with the signature. they can resume surveillance including the bulk collection of phone records. it was cancelled by the vote that the government had six months to wind it down libby casey in washington. thank you the federal bureau of investigation is using a small fleet of planes to spy on men's. according to the associated press, planes are equipped with video. they are registered to fake companies and surveillance done without a warrant. planes are used in ongoing investigations. the head of the t.s.a. has been reassigned after investigators uncovered security lapses. it's one of a number of steps taken. undercover agents were reputedly able to recover weapons, and pass airport screeners, they are re-evaluating training procedures.

another stunner for the soccer world. the sport was reeling from allegations of racket earring and bribery, days after re-election, the president of f.i.f.a. soccer's main governing body sepp blatter resigned. there are reports that he is the tart of the investigation. >> reporter: his 17-year run as president of f.i.f.a. came to an end days after he was re-elected. >> i have therefore decided to stand down as president. i am convinced it's the best option. >> sepp blatter - better known announced plans to resign on tuesday of wide spread bribery swirl around. with a career in soccer spanning 40 years, sepp blatter touted his love for the organization and acknowledging... >> f.i.f.a. needs a profound

restructuring. sepp blatter's investigation comes after the u.s. announced an indictment of 14 people money laundering and fraud - accused of accepting 150 million in bribes and kickbacks. this person spoke after blatter, and said f.i.f.a. was committed to cleaning up its image. >> there's work to be done in order to regain the trust of the republic and reform the way in which people see f.i.f.a. the steps will ensure that the organization cannot be used by those seeking to enrich themselves at the expense of the game. >> many f.i.f.a. fans have been calling for the resignation. tuesday they reacted to news around the world. >> at a certain point you have to lead the position to someone else that will clean up f.i.f.a.

and get rid of the corruption. >> to germany. >> it's good news no one lost anything. he sold f.i.f.a. he sold soccer. he made it dirty. >> to russia. >> i heard this was initiated by america. they started a scandal. it's not right. they shouldn't interfere with such things, is it good or bad. it's not up to me to judge. >> in america. the president said it represented an exceptional opportunity for change within f.i.f.a. and some of the f.i.f.a.'s biggest sponsors entered the sentiment. visa coca-cola and adidas welcome the ring nags as a stop closer to winning back the trust of those that love soccer knew alliances are emerging in the ongoing war in syria, opposition groups say bashar al-assad has essentially joined forces with i.s.i.l. as the group seizes territory near the

city of aleppo. the u.s. government is accusing bashar al-assad of launching air strikes and avoiding i.s.i.l. positions. a top position says bashar al-assad is turning war planes into the air force. representatives from two dozen countries held a session in paris to discuss how to fight i.s.i.l., capitol hill's recent advances in syria and iraq make the issue more urgent than ever. >> reporter: in iraq the bullets and bombs continue. fighting so severe it looks nowhere near over. the hot desert landscape, a tangled web of military and militias stopping the advance of i.s.i.l. in paris, a juxtaposition. diplomats desperate to find a solution for iraq in a battle

against i.s.i.l. ord.a.e.s.c.h as it is called. >> translation: the international community has to join us to destroy d.a.e.s.h. >> exchanges allowed us to combat d.a.e.s.h. and renew our unity. >> reporter: the handshakes and helpful innocence to show how residue this is. >> this will be a long campaign. we will succeed if we remain united determined and focused. and we are. >> on the table now an anbar plan promising to stream line bringing wep bringing weapons to the province. >> not always discussed sh syria. saying if i.s.i.l. takes over

territory it will be dangerous for iraq and the region as a whom. confronted by a turmoil and a threat, the likes of which they have never seen before. boston police shot and killed a man under 24 hour surveillance by the fbiful he pulled a military knife when an another tried to question hip. and said he was radicalized by i.s.i.l. and watched by the u.s. joint terrorism task force. >> he was someone we watched for a time. constalent dialogue between us and the f.b.i. the level brought us to question you today. i don't think anyone expected the reaction we can get out of him. that's why we had the tragic turn over. >> there was no reason to be concerned about public safety.

>> a friend of bovtom bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev has been sentenced to prison. he pleaded guilty to interfering with the investigation, he took its from the dorm room after the bombers carried out the bombings. he told the judge he was ashamed of what he did. >> in china, the fate of people in a cruise ship was unclear. 458 people were on board when the ship sank. so far there's 15 confirmed survivors. some were alive in an air pocket in the submerged hull. adrian brown filed this report. >> reporter: behind me the yangtze river, a powerful symbol in this part of china, and the focus of this friendsied and continuing rescue operation. it is a rescue operation that continues to be hampered by the weather. we had torrential rain during the past 24 hours, it has eased

you have during the past few hours. not enough to make it easier for teams of divers working around the clock. they are looking at the possibility of drilling three holes to make it possible to enter the vessel that way. an option understand consideration is to right the vessel float it. it's a challenging task. it continues to yield more dead than living, another body brought ashore this morning. china's premier has been visiting the scene saying that that this rescue operation will continue as lop as needed. china's president xi jinping receives regular updates, and later the families of the missing will arrive in the city where what is shaping up to be the country's worst marr time

disaster in recent times conditions to unfold. adrian brown on the yangtze river in china the air backs used as a fix, and the biggest recall in u.s. history may not get the job done either. that's a surprising revelation from a congressional hearing from the takata recall. new polls show the two frontrunners in the race to the white house may be on shakier ground than they would like.

a new 2016 presidential poll shows the two anticipated frontrunners losing ground. support for jed bush dropped from 21% in march to 10% now, putting him in a close race with six other candidate. democrats hillary clinton remains a likely nominee, but lost a lot of ground on the question of honesty and trustworthiness. 41% view her as honest.

52% say she is not. and favour ability i was the lowest since 2008 the first time she rang for president in an emotional hearing, lawmakers nanneded answers more -- demanded answers for air bags. an executive from takata was grilled about why the recall is taking so long. as lisa stark reports, there was questions about the safety of the replacement air backs. >> that shows where the shrapnel came out. >> reporter: it is takata air bags like this whose inflators exploded violently, sending shrapnel into drivers and passengers causing six death, and 100 injuries. the latest carloso in texas, in january. >> his air bag deployed. it was supposed to save his life and took his life. >> reporter: the air bag recalls began in 2008, 4,000 initially

in honda cars. 7 years, and 43 recalls later, it has mushroomed to 11 manufacturers, and as many as 34 million vehicles. every morning i fear i play head line roulette waiting for another rupture, injury and death. >> reporter: last month takata admitted to a defect. the root cause is a mystery, it appears to be a combination of factors. long-time exposure to high heat and humidity. manufacturing problems vehicle issues. the firm's executive vice president told lawmakers tom ackerman would stop making one style. but it is not changing air bag propellant ammonium nitrate. it is still being used for tom ackerman -- tack artsa's new

and replace. . >> the replacement could be as dangerous. >> as i said without really understanding the root cause and continuing to test outside the bounds of what we have recalled we are trying to determine that, to understand what are the factors that lead to this and should we do something different to what we are doing now. >> tact said it is adding material to the propellant to make it more stable. that is being phased in. tact said by september -- tack ata said it will produce one million a month. it could take years to handle the recalls. recent data beeches at the internal revenue service may have been avoidable. a watchdog telling the senate committee that the i.r.s. failed to implement cyber security upgrades the changes making it

difficult for hackers to steal information. two u.s. senators are calling for a release of 28 classified pages on the report. as kristen saloomey reports, the lawmakers say the documents contain vital information about the role that saudi arabia may have played. >> terry had three young children when her husband was killed in the attacks. >> when he called me that was his plan. i never heard again. >> he's been looking for answers ever sense. she believed the government helped to finance the attacks, she and thousands are suing the victim. >> after 9/11 everything i read was that saudis cut ties. he was the black sheet of the family and left the country. the evidence now that we have proves otherwise. >> 15 of the 19 high jackers

were saudi arabia raising questions about what the government knew. former florida senator bob graham was part of the inquiry that studied the issue, findings were never released to the public they were known as the 28 pages. >> the american team knew the full truth, i believe there would be an outrage that a coupry that allegation to be an ally engaged in so many actions that have been negative to the united states. >> on tuesday, gram and centraleda joined current senators ron and rand paul in calling on the white house to release the information. >> we cannot let pages out, leaving families to wonder if there's further information. we hoe it to the family and cannot let a lack of

transparency erode trust to make us feel less secure. >> the 9/11 commission, which inherited the 28 pages was never able to prove complicity of saudi officials. saudi officials wants the information released. the who's has been staying that it is reviewing the material. what is in the 28 pages that is so sensitive. for many americans who come here the issue of final accountability was issued. others say they will not rest until the full story is knep. >> we'll be bringing out the truth that we need. the lawsuit will go on with or without the 28 pages, in a quest for justice for her husband. >> california's pushing to be the first state to raise the smoking age to 21.

the state senate passed a bill siting a study. right now you only have to be 18 in california to buy tobacco products. >> melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. we are learning the incidents doubled in the past three decades. the c.b.c. is blaming a jump on increased exposure to ultra violent radiation from the sun. researchers touted a drug combination that has been treating mel an ama in a trial. if you work in an office in front of computer get up and move. nas vis in the british sports med sane journal. researchers say people should stant. it can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. a death row unmate gets the

last chance to prove his innocence. >> reporter: did you kill the officers? >> no i didn't. >> reporter: witnesses say he did. >> nearly a century after heroic acts. recognition for two american soldiers.

a texas death row inmate is working on what could be his last chance at survival. he was convicted of murdering a prison guard in 1999, but claims

he was framed. hours before a scheduled execution, he was granted a stay to allow for new dna tests. heidi zhou-castro has nor. >> reporter: tell me did you kill officer nagle? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: why should we believe you. >> i don't know why should you think i did it. >> reporter: who was officer nagle. president of the local prison yard union he spoke at the texas capital calling for reform. papers quoted him saying someone will have to be killed before the department of justice does anything about the shortage of staff. nagle would be dead 13 days later. an inmate robert pruitt charged with his murder. pruitt's attorney hints that his client was framed. there were others he said, who would have had more reason to

want nagle dead. >> first officer nagle was in the process of writing an aggrievance concerning matters the a the unit. >> reporter: that complaints was never made public a month after the murder three congressional officers were arrested for laundering drug money. the theory that pruitt was framed doesn't hold up. on april 28th as prison officials drove pruitt the 42 miles to the death chamber where he was scheduled to be executed. a court was having second thoughts. >> how close did you get to the death chamber. >> i was as far as here. >> hours before he was scheduled to die, a stay of execution. getting the legal team 30 days to initiate d.n.a. testing. a previous analysis found the sharp end of the victim's d.n.a.

a handle has never been tested. >> the principle hope is that there are epithelial cells. those cells have not been too degraded to allow a genetic programme to be constructions. >> if someone else comes in if they are found, they could open the investigation. >> how convinced are you of pruitt's guilt? >> i'm convince fld. i wouldn't have charged him if i hadn't. >> meanwhile, pruitt's reputation has been compromised since age 18. >> where is your credibility? >> i have none. you said it. you said it all. twice convicted of murder. if you have no credibility, why are you fighting this? >> i didn't do it.

do you deserve to die, robert? >> no not for this finally, two american soldiers were posthumously presented the medal of honour. the private protected his regiment during a rage. the sergeant is credited with rescuing wounded troops. johnson was african-american and shemitz was jew irk. president obama noted that the men were slighted. >> this has taken a long time for henry johnson and william shennon to receive recognition they deserve. there are surely others whose heroism is unacknowledged and uncelebrated. so we have work to do, as a nation. so make sure that all of our hero's stories were told. >> private johnson's award was accepted by a national guard

official and his daughters accepted his medal. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. luis suarez is up next with "inside story". have a great night. [ ♪♪ ] combine a high cost of living, high unemployment, violent crime, and soaring debt. and people who can leave porto rico are doing it, in numbers not seen since the big migration to the mainland. the threat of bankruptcy is deepening