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>> hello, this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm david shuster. new information about a cyberattack on the u.s. government and this time hackers appear to have stolen sensitive data used in national security clearances. on capitol hill today president obama lobbyied for a trade bill that failed badly. and controversial over racial identity in washington state has gone viral.
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we'll bring you the latest storm over local president of the naacp. her own family says she's a liar. >> we begin with new and embarrassing revelation abouts a massive cyberattack on the u.s. government. american officials confirm this afternoon that hackers gained access to sensitive security clearance information by u.s. intelligence and military personnel. we're following the story from washington, and he has the latest. >> that's right, david, good evening. i think we're talking about the same hack here. you will remember 24 hours ago on this program i was here telling you but one of the biggest federal employee unions an organization called the
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american federation of government employees writing to the administration saying you know that hack you told us about? we think it's far worse than you're letting on and accuseing the administration as a reason for hiding giving all of the details of what is really happening. now 24 hours later it appears as if they might be on to something. josh earnest coming out saying that they've set a course that 4 million americans have been affected by the hack. and today intelligence personal seeking back round clearance may have been ac mandarinned as well. and said it was very difficult to say that it is large. >> protecting the federal
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government is a daunting challenge, and if does require the federal government to be nimble, something that is difficult when you're talking about an organization this large. >> so i just want to be absolutely clear what i think has happened here is the breaks you've announced about, it was probably only one break in for whoever was responseible for it, but it has come to light that there was a second transfer of information taken. they took one lot of information, and that was revealed, now they're saying there was a second lot taken in the same hack. there is a precedence for this. that appears to be what i think is happening here. >> john, last week when it was first publicized there was an establisher attack a number of experts say that this had to come from the chinese.
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and the obama administration did not want to name them specifically. has that changed. >> it did change yesterday. harry reid from the minority leader said that he referenced the chinese who are being openly blamed in this city right now. prior to that the state department has refused to blame publicly whoever they think is the foreign entity behind this what we do know who ever did this, they did look out what is going to be the spy for them in the future. they've taken so much information to the payroll data social security numbers pension numbers, birth dates military and veteran records and so much more. one thing i will tell you referencing the chinese is that there were two big hacks. one on the pentagon those blamed on the russians.
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>> in up state new york local law enforcement officials saying prison worker has confessed to helping two murders escape. and this prison worker has been charged and arrest: joys mitchell has told investigators in a she supplied prisoners with hacksaw blades, drill bits and lighted eyeglasses. interviews with mitchell were fruitful and productive. >> today we arrested 51-year-old joys mitchell of new york, for her role in providing material support to david sweat and richard matt in their escape from the facility. she's charged with a class d felony and class a misdemeanor. she'll be arraigned at city court and remanded to the clinton county jail. this is one large piece of the buzz until our quest to find these two escapeed murderers. >> there are reports that
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mitchell's cell phone was traced to calls to associates of the prisoners. they were elected nearly a week ago. the door-to-door search continues, but authorities say they're still not sure if the search area is close to where the men may be hiding. meanwhile, the manhunt is now stretched into a seventh day. a retired fbi profiling and forensic behavioral consultant. she's with us in washington, d.c. first of all what do you make of the news they did have a prison worker who with a happening them by providing them with the tools? >> well, it confirms what everybody thought all along. in order to carry out the plot that was this complicated that went on--had to go on for a long period of time these two individuals would have had to get lesson from the inside. not j the outside-in, but from the inside. i think it confirms that at least one person is involved, and it's likely based on what
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she didn't provide them that we know of right now that there are other people who would be involved as well. >> would that suggest therefore that perhaps the prisoners are not very close to the prison as a lot of shorts have suggested they might have had other help that took them farther away? >> i don't necessarily think so. my sense is that these are two individuals. these two men are very violent very aggressive. very dispickible to be around. having friends is not likely. therefore when they came out that have tunnel they would have been looking around saying where is our ride. i doubt they could call a best friend or family member because people were afraid of these two guys. i think they were at foot at that point. they were dependent on whatever they could find. it does make sense at this point that they would still be in the area. >> base and what you know about these particular men in their
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background, anything that would suggest how they might be surviving, or how they would have lasted for search days without being caught? >> that's pretty amazing to me. these are not survivalists. these are not men who have that experience. there is one who is in pain because of a back issue. their ability to survive this long has to be something along the lines of getting food from garbage cans. maybe a garage door earlier on was open so they could get something out of there. i think once people became more and more aware of these two men possibly being in the area garbage cans were pulled in, doors were locked and garage doors closed. it's getting harder to sustain themselves but what it does show is that these two individuals are committed to not wanting to go back and they're very resilient. resiliency is a very important trait for a situation like that.
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>> given that profile are they suggesting that they would hide out in one particular lace or they're moving around? >> that's really too hard to say. if they're moving however let me suggest this. if they're moving around a lot because they don't have experience being chased by 800 police officers plus accident dogsscent dogs and helicopters their lack of knowledge would cause them to want to lay low for a period of time. maybe during the day and then to move around at night. they just don't have that kind of experience that we've seen in other case where is people have done last training in the wilderness before they went out and stayed out for 30 days. i think their lack of experience is really going to dictate their movement, which my sense is that it's going to be fairly limited. >> and of course the big question for so many law enforcement officers who are up there, is it your sense that these men at a point might say we have had enough we want to go
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back, or they're essentially going to fight to the death before they go back to that prison? >> well, we've got two different men here. each will different in terms of how they view this. they have richard matthew who in my opinion is the most violent and based on his personality this is someone who would be arrogant, someone who is narcissistic impulsive. he's not going to want to go back. this is his third time to escape escape. he does not want to go back to prison. >> and just for our viewers he's on the right of the screen. >> and david sweat his response is going to be different. maybe he has had enough, i'm done with this and i'm ready to go back. if there is a descension between the two if they are still together and there is descension that's when you can expect they'll go separate ways or one
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may see the other as a liability and end up killing the other person. so those dynamics, keep in mind, are always changing between these two men. these are not close buddies. especially when it comes to matt. he does not bond with human beings. he's not bonding with sweat. he's just not bonding with him. it's not going to take a lot to say you can't help me any more. i'm done with. >> you mary ellen o'toole former fbi profiler and consultant. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. >> president obama has suffered a major legislative set back in one of his priorities. >> hethree out of every house
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democrats rebuffed president obama. but it's not dead yet. libby casey joins us with more on this. >> david, democrats soundly rejected the president's push to support his major goals. that's despite his trip to capitol hill this morning. it's not a far distance between the white house and capitol hill but you wouldn't know it because the president rarely makes that journey. he made an appearance last night at the baseball game where he tried to rub some elbows and get people on his side. democrats instead pushed back. they have concerns about the president's goal of getting fast-track authority on trade issues. democrats say that they're concerned about workers rights. they're concerned about human rights and the environment. now, in order to push down this fast track authority democrats had to take a tough vote today on something they feel very passionately in favor of. helping workers who lost their jobs because of globalization
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because the two issues are tied together the democrats decided to vote down both. we heard nancy poll lucy, the top democrat in the house she had been mum on this when she said she was voting against both. >> i'll be vote to go slow down the fast track to get a better deal for the american people. bigger paychecks better infrastructure help the american people fulfill the american dream. >> republicans did have enough vote foss technically pass the fast track authority, but because they could not pass this other bill for workers assistance, it's all basically on hold, david. >> what was the reaction to this defeat over at the white house and where do things go from here? >> well, the president and his team did try to down play this defeat a little bit saying they
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could live on to fight another day. because the house can bring up this bill in workers rights next week. we heard from josh earnest, the white house spokesman that they will be worked over the weekend. >> this is going to be directed at a lot of conversation between white house officials and maybe the president today and over the weekend and possibly even into early next week. >> house republicans could bring back this workers' right bill as early as tuesday. they can try to push again. the question is will the republicans jump on board to push that knowing that it will advance the larger trade issue even though it's not an issue they get behind. will democrats get behind and support it that will allow the president to move forward on this fast track authority. the elephant they're not voting on now but thinking about the president wants this fast track to be approve this major trade deal with asia, something that
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many have concerns about. >> libby casey thank you. in louisiana a prisoner who has spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement will have to wait a little longer for his freedom. today a federal appeals court blocked a release on albert woodfox. one of the so-called angola 3 prisoners who spent decades in isolation. jonathan martin is in new orleans with the latest. >> many of albert woodfox supporters were hoping that this is the day he would walk out of prison after 40-plus years in solitary confinement. but the fifth circuit blocked that for now. they ruled that he will stay in prison while the state of of louisiana continues their appeal of his release. he was actually set to be released, the federal judge on monday ordered him to be released immediately. but louisiana's attorney general came back that same day and said he should stay in prison because
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he is a murderer, and he challenged that release. you might remember that woodfox was convicted of killing a prison guard in 1972. he was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. both of those convictions were overturned on appeal and the bris guard's family said that woodfox should be tried a third time. but they said it has been 40-plus years. the witnesses in this case are no longer alive and there has been prejudice by keeping woodfox in solitary confinement and pointed out that woodfox is 68 years old and in poor health. many supporters around the country say that he's a political prisoner someone who was wrongly convicted, charged with murder simply because he was part of the black panther movement inside the angola prison here in louisiana. >> albert woodfox is an innocent man, and he suffered
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tremendously over the years. he needs to be freed. >> you what is this sympathy thing? i don't understand that. whenever you murder somebody or do something wrong you pay the price for it. >> that was brent miller's sister. again the family showed up and they applauded the appeals court decision to keep him in custody until the state can move forward with this appeal. david, if not, it's not clear how long that will be. but again many people know this case because along with albert woodfox, two other men became known as the angola three. they were kept in solitary con findment in the maximum security angola prison. king and wallace were previously released so at this point albert woodfox is the only one who remains in custody for some 40-plus years. >> he has had a lot of support from across the country including groups amnesty
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international. how have they reacted to this news? >> well, they're disappointed. they say that they believe that this federal judge's ruling will eventually be upheld and it's rooted in sound legal precedence precedence. >> jonathan reporting from new orleans. thank you. the revelation at naacp that has gone viral. activists are leading new protests.
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enough. we go down to mckinney texas melissa chan, why with people protesting today? >> well, it's a friday, one week where they plan to hold the protests in an hour. yes, the former officer was put on administrative leave he loss chose himself to resign, but they want more accountability, they would like the district attorney to investigate the matter and potentially file charge. >> we need this officer charged. we need to make sure that this officer does not practice law enforcement anywhere in america we know that there have been comments about race baiting, but what happened in this seven-minute video was undefensible and unprofessional for an officer to be able to act in this magnitude. >> well, what is really
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interesting from the legal defense team, they do point to the fact that the controversy of the court has been over that seven-minute video posted on youtube. they point to a fact that we don't know what happened before that video started being recorded, also what happened after. there is a much bigger part of the story. that is going to be part of the big part of their argument if that officer is, indeed, charges. >> the officer's lawyer said earlier this week that the sergeant had been suffering from ptsd after responding to two suicide calls including one where one man shot himself in the head in front of his family. what has been the reaction to the proesters from that defense from the officer's lawyer? >> well, i think from the protesters point of view, they say they as an officer they deal with a lot of high there's
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situations. that still does not give him the excuse, they say to pull out a gun and point it at unarmed dean agers or to manhandle a young teenager in a bikini. >> thank you. this was a down day on wall street and traders are getting increasingly nervous. ali velshi is here to break it all down. markets, as you reminded me. they hate uncertainty. is that what is going on here? >> that's mostly what our world presents us with. the s&p fell .7 in one day and that wiped out it's gains in a week. and dow jones fell .8, and nasdaq fell half a percent.
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the events in greece seems to be largely to blame. they left the bail out talks that were going on in bless else. german chancellor asked everyone to come back to the negotiating table. as you know because we talk about this a lot greece is desperate for the final $8 billion in bail out funds in order to make some of its payments. but that expires on june 30th so we're fast reaching the point where greece does not get the $8 billion that it may default on debt payments. that could trigger a bunch of things that we don't understand but ultimately could get greece thrown out of the eurozone. that's what has got everybody in a tizzy. >> what about the federal reserve interest rates. >> okay, federal policy makers will meet next week. it's the last meeting been september. now september is the point which
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a lot of investors and fed watchers expect the fed to maybe possibly finally raise short-term interest rates. investigators are worried about what happens to stocks when the fed does that. right now interest rates are so low the only gain in town is to borrow money buy property or invest in stocks. but as soon as interest rates go up it starts to become more attractive to put your money in bonds. they have added to the view that the economy is regaining momentum and as a result the fed can start to deal, increase interest rates. i want to tell you one other thing. i mentioned that the dow lost 136 points, but as they settled in it was 140 points in the end that they lost. >> what else is on tonight's show? >> we're looking at fracking and drinking water and why some believe that this epa report down playing the damage that fracking does to our drinking water. it doesn't make sense. we'll have a pretty spirited discussion tonight.
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>> ali velshi. looking in order to forward to it. tonight at 10:30 eastern and 7:30 pacific right here on al jazeera america. three are arrested for posing naked on a sacred mountain. arresting ten foreigners for obscene behavior. the display of nudity prompted last friday's earthquake. that killed 18 climbers. the westerners were sentenced to jail including a dutch citizen a british student and two canadian siblings. they were each find $1,300. hillary clinton is about to relaunch her presidential campaign as part of a new effort to blunt the momentum some of they are progressive challenges are building in iowa. plus the impact of the presidential election on the u.s. supreme court. they're urging ruth bader
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presidential candidate. >> they are very much in the early veteranning process of the determining which of these candidates they want to back. they don't want to jump on somebody too early. they want to say that their policies are in line with their values. and also one of the candidates who has a lot of name recognition as you mentioned but has not spent a lot of time in iowa is former secretary of state hillary clinton. now that's about to change, david. secretary clinton is scheduled to arrive here in iowa this weekend. she'll be kicking off a number of events.
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she'll be traveling around the state. and they say this is where their campaign will kick off. >> the state's republican party decided today to end the iowa straw poll. it was once a staple for republican candidates. michael shure joins us live from los angeles. what led to the iowa straw poll's demise? >> what led to it, david was the fact that nobody was going to come. they were going to throw a party this no one was going to attend. it's a very costly thing for these campaigns, and the campaigns saw that the iowa straw poll was never a bell weather for anything. there was not a great deal of success associated with t and it comes at great expense not just getting there but getting your supporters there and to get your people to come out and scream
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loudly at what you had to say to attend your speeches. and candidates this year said they were not going to do it. >> we just saw pictures of michele bachmann, one of your, well, form congresswoman who won the iowa straw poll in 20122021 and then crushed in the caucuses. is it fair to say that the republican party said that maybe the straw poll is not useful afterral. >> yes, going back to 1979 when it first started gorge h.w. bush, at that time just gorge bush he won the straw poll and but he did not win the presidency. the year that bob dole won the nomination, he tied phil graham. then you talked about michele bachmann. she spent close to $2 million, won the straw poll and lost badly in the caucuses there and then dropped out of the race. it just didn't have the value to
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these campaigns that was merited by the expense. they decided it was not going to do it. they may not put it to bed forever, but they do it again in the future. but what is ironic is this is a year where there are so many candidates, and what the straw poll would do is to whittle it down a bit. >> i have to ask you about what we heard from ash har quaraishi in iowa, it looks like pretty jam packed crowd for berni saunders tonight and 200 people who came out to hear martin o'malley. what do you make of progressives are sensing right now in iowa and the need for hillary clinton to essentially have a campaign reset? >> yes, you know, ash har quaraishi's reporting from iowa shows that there is a little bit of ambivalence towards having, and when you see others join the race there is new energy in that party. and no short order you're going to see hillary clinton start to talk to this. it's coming on a day when berni
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sanders will have fodder because hillary clinton has been indecisive on the trade agreements that the president was trying to push through and i'm sure they're going to make a lot of that this weekend in iowa. yes, these iowa voters want hillary clinton to be decisive. she didn't win there last time. if there is an up start candidate, a progressive candidate, someone who is new iowa has proven if they're going to speak to them, iowa will listen. they want to hear from hillary clinton now as they're hearing from o'malley and berni sanders. >> the big political news of the day, the trade deal is a pretty big defeat for president obama. a progressive wave against what the president was trying to do. how does that impact the mindset of democrats as they look at this 2016 field? >> well, if they look at the the 2016 field they're going to see somebody--they're going to see candidates who are not at all aligned with the president on this. and we're going to see one hillary clinton, who has not
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said if she's aligned with the president or not. the unions are going to demand it in iowa, they're going to demand it when it gets down to other states like south carolina they're going to demand decisions on issues of trade. the they will say that the president lost something that was part of his legacy. they're saying there is still hope. we can look ahead and do more, but for right now and this weekend especially in iowa democrats are going to be talking and all three of those-- those--two of those democrats speaking tonight say they're against the president on this. barack obama is going to be put in the rear view mirror by some of these candidates as they talk about trade. >> michael shure thanks as always we appreciate it. an an an historic jail sentencing and the world campaign finance law. sentencing tyler harbor, a political operative to two years in jail for illegal campaign coordination. this is the first sentence of its kind. harbor illegally funned over
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$300,000 in funds from a super pac to a candidate. kimberly halkett is in d.c. with more about super pacs and their impact in the united states election. >> almost where every in the united states you can find something like that taking place. it's extended only to some of the america's wealthiest elite. the cost of entry $2,700. >> this is people who are giving money to the campaign, and you know, they definitely don't like it when you try to crash their fundraiser to find out what's going on. [ cheering ] >> on this day the fundraising is for democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton, who according to the website political party time.org this week is holding six fundraisers just like this one. >> hello iowa! >> the clinton campaign has projected it will raise roughly $2 billion by the time the
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november 2016 election day will roll around. that's double what barack obama and mitt romney's campaigns raised in 2008,. >> the fact that it's unpoliced and the fact that it's coming from secret corporate sources. >> like the money flowing in for support of undeclareed republican candidate jeb bush critics say bush's refusal to declare his candidacy has allowed him to exploit federal fundraising limits for official contenders because bush supporters are not giving hundred to him directly but instead to a super pac that support his run for presidency. the money raised so far totals $1 million and is how often hard for trace. >> disclosure is one of our only remaining tools to fight corruption right now.
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when you have political spending it brings corruption. >> the source of anonymous or what is called dark money donated to non-profit groups designed influence elections does not have to be reported. >> it's going to have a direct impact on the integrity of our governmental process. >> we're in danger. >> given much of that money will be raised in secret. it's likely not to be decided by one person, by one vote but instead a small member of wealthy elites who will executor enormous amounts of the 2026 electionout come. kimberly halkett al jazeera i washington. >> the presidential election and the supreme court court, some are raising the possibility that one of the nine justices may
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soon retire. given the even split between conservatives and liberals on the court the timing of the retirement from either block could have a huge impact. >> of the nine justices on the united states supreme court four of them are over 75 years old. outspoken conservative scalia 79. stephen briar 76, and ruth bader ginsberg is 82. >> she's the oldest member of the court and there's been frankly a lot of pressure on her from liberals to think about retiring this year. there's been pressure in years past. also so that president obama will have a chance to name her successor. >> the theory is a republican wins the next presidential election her replacement would inevitably be more comfortable
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and shift the court total right. as it stands with ginsberg the court has four reliable liberal votes. to the right led by chief justice roberts there are four reliable conservatives. and then there's the wildcard in anthony kennedy. appointed new bond 1988 kennedy has been the swing vote on some of the biggest 5-4 decisions over the past 25 years. he casts the deciding vote in cases up holding abortion rights ending affirmative action, and giving the 2000 presidential election to george w. bush. >> if ginsberg were to retire and they had an opportunity to replace her with someone who is substantially more conservative, it would be in almost all cases five conservative votes even before you get to justice kennedy. >> court watchers say that she has seemed tired in recent years and at this year's speech of the
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union speech she seemed to have fallen asleep. she blamed a few glasses of wine before the event. and she has told friends that despite some health squares a few years ago right now she's feeling great. >> i think i should do this job as long as i can do it. full steam. when i begin to slow down, i think i will know. it has happened yet. >> the last supreme court justice to retire, john paul stevens, left the court at age 90. by all accounts the job has prestige, great hours, a long summer vacation and provides the justices with tremendous intellectual stimulation. >> i think for many of them being a supreme court justice, as you get past traditional retirement ages they feel that it helps to keep them sharp. >> supreme court retirements are usually announced at the end of the term and gives the president the summer to make nominations
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sdom that goes where nobody else goes... >> my name is imran garda i am the host of third rail and you can find it on al jazeera america >> a new law in michigan has outraged gay rights activists and allowing copies agencies to turn away prospective parents for religious reasons. critics say they will challenge the new law in court. >> less than 24 hours after arriving on his desk, michigan governor rick snyder signed off
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on a package of bills that will allow faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to serve perspective parents. doing so goes against their religious beliefs. critics say that means people who are gay lesbian or even of a particular ethnicity could be turned away. >> this package of bills will allow the moral ideology of an institution of a company of an agency to trump the needs of our children. >> rebecca warren was among 12 lawmakers who voted against the legislation. she believes it's a form of legalized discrimination that winds up hurting children. >> these are our states kids, and they're receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars of state taxpayer money. now they get to pick choose what families and what kids they're going to deal with.
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>> there are 62 adoption agencies. and 17 have religious affiliation. last year, $19 million was spent on adoption and foster care services. senator rick jones voted in favor of the legislation. he says it will allow more adoption agencies to stay open by heading off law enforcements. >> do you see the argument that some people have, that some feel that this is a discriminatory law. >> this is political nonsense spread by a few people who want to stir it up. >> we have a system that has worked for 50 years and we simply want to keep it in place. >> the new adoption law takes affect immediately. just as they weigh whether same-sex marriage should be legal in michigan and several other states. attorney dana mnessel.
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>> the fight to change or repeal the new law isn't over. the american civil liberties union is preparing to file suit against the state of michigan. charging discrimination. bisi onile-ere al jazeera. detroit. >> for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour, jonathan betz is here. >> coming up at 8:00 tonight. photographer captures images of smugglers making their way into iran and syria. and a fall out after we'll explore sexism in the lab. the extraordinary photographs of august sander and people of the 20th century.
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we'll look at what makes them so remarkable. plus. ♪ >> singer songsinger-songwriter on her struggle with mental illness. >> recognizing that our weaknesses will making stronger. we want to fall more in love with life. >> it's a great interview. we'll have more in just a couple of minutes. >> the u.s. national soccer team takes on sweden this evening in the women's world cup. that's not the only reason goalkeeper hope solo is under scrutiny these days. solo was arrested under domestic violence charges last year charges that were dropped on procedural grounds but connecticut senator blumenthal suggested that solo should not be on the world cup roster at all. and her coaches say solo is one of the most challenging players
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she has worked with. dave, great to have you on, as always. what do you make of the controversy of hope solo. should she be playing? >> the deal is here is that of usa soccer has misrepresented to the public how they investigated this and how they determined that she should play. that in this post ray rice era usa soccer say they investigated this and say they're confident that hope solo is fit to be goalie for team usa. when reality they did not speak to anyone in the case. they did not speak to any of the officers. they did not speak to the people who hope solo affected with violence on the night in question. how did this cause them to lie in the public sphere about whether or not they investigated
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this. >> what is your sense. that's what they were up to? >> i think so. hope solo is the most indispensable player for the usa women's team. her two backups have not even been bench warmers in past world cups. this is their first time ever on this stage. she's indiesible. their chances without her is next to nil and her play so far has justified the decision on playing grounds. but it points out the grand hypocrisy in sports. ray rice is not on a nfl team. why is he on a team? because of what was caught on tape or because his career was a career down slope? >> we're talking about the women's soccer. if there was any organization you would anticipate or expect would be sensitive to the whole domestic violence, it would be an organization that extensebly represents women. >> it's incredible to compare
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and contrast with the violence that involved one of their star players, britney griner coming down with immediate hard punishment that allowed people to say britney griner is being dealt with. the league takes it seriously. when she comes back she'll be welcomed back with open arms. to say to hope solo you're going to sit out the first game and just done that, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. and if hope solo had not decided to go on an image rehab tour on good morning america and tell leasely proveable untruths about the case we wouldn't be talking about this either. >> is there a way to quantify how much a world cup championship would be worth to women's soccer in the united states? >> i mean, if you look at 1998
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as one example when you have the breakout team with mia ham you're talking about like a nine-figure victory. you're talking about the sort of things that brings in endorsements in waves. it's not quantifiable because then you're talking about layers upon layers of young girls who get involved with usa soccer. you're talking about coaching jobs for former players. and jobs as commentators because they attain this iconic status. peopleit's the sort of thing that you can dine out on forever. it's the sort of thing that usa soccer said we can win the u.k. with hope solo, we can't win without her so we'll misrepresent the investigation to the public. >> the irony is that the men's soccer team is having a heck of a three-week period. always great having you on the show. thanks for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thank you david.
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