shared goal. agreeing on a shared solution, though, is still a struggle. al jazeera manila. >> you can get more on that story and all the others we've been telling you about if you head to aljazeera.com. you can see our front page there with our lead story. deadly collapse, a balcony in berkeley california gave way at a late night party. investigators are now trying to figure out why. >> dangerous weather, tropical storm bill is bringing more rain and wind to water logged the accident. >> he is running reality star donald trump said he wants to be the next president of the united states.

this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm tony harris. six people are dead in berkeley, california. they were on a balcony at an apartment complex when it gave way this morning. john henry smith has more. officials are starting to piece together what happened here. >> more than a dozen people were on to balcony at least five were citizens of ireland. >> the collapse happened before 1:00 this morning, tank the front railing off the building's fourth floor balcony. >> it looks like it went from the fourth floor and struck the third floor balcony below it. we don't know specifically how often it's happened at this point. >> a group of irish students here in the u.s. on temporary visas were attending a 21st 21st birthday party. many of the hurt have critical

life threatening injuries. the building is in the heart of downtown berkeley, just blocks from campus. neighbors described the chaos when it happened. >> cell phone activity is hot and intense. they are trying to figure out from each other who was on the balcony and their condition. >> ireland's department of foreign affairs said it's not publicly identifying the victims yet, still trying to contact their families. >> another political outsider has now entered the 2016 race for president. >> ladies and gentlemen, i am officially running for president of the united states, and we are going to make our country great again. >> billionaire businessman donald trump joins a crowded field of republicans vying for the white house that he said his

net worth over $8 billion underscores that he is a winner who can save america from politicians he called with quoting now a bunch of losers. trump also said he would reimagine americas foreign policy bringing his best negotiators into his administration and reform the health care system. for more, let's bring in our political correspondent michael shure. what can we expect now that donald trump is in the rails? that's a loaded question, isn't it? it can be anything. >> say it with a straight face. it's, you know, you don't really know very much of what to expect. bluntness, brashness i asked donald trump in 2012 what he brings to a race when he was flirting with the idea and flirting with the idea of endorsing mitt romney. he said well, i have a lot of twitter followers. he's going to need a lot more than that this time as a candidate in order to sway people, but he does have ideas. hehe has definitive opinions about

things. some are changes where he was. he did run for president in 2000 as a reform party candidate against pat beau can that. he's not totally new at this. >> he ran in 2000, 2008, considered it in 2012. i get confused with the chronology here. why is he running now? >> i think because of the time. i think you go to the chronology, at this point he couldn't fake another run because no one would believe the next time, fewer did this time, but also the issues he has been outspoken about immigration and health care and tames are issues very important right now very pertinent to the political dialogue. now would seem like the likeliest time for him to run. >> how did trump's entry into the race change the dynamics of the race and does it change the way people who are running against him think of the race

now? >> he's a juggernaut. you're never going to have to worry about his finances, and also the things that matter to people, they can always say donald trump that more than i do. marco rubio has a fishing boat. big deal when donald trump is in the race. your personal wealth is less an issue for people uncomfortable with that. jeb bush can now be without somebody breathing down his shoulder, free to raise the money, because donald trump is going to pull for the next while a lot of focus. i this i that some candidate one or two have to go right at him in a debate, though, right and use his tactic, bullying, brash tactic. >> michael good to see you. so the white house says al-qaeda's second in command is now dead, a u.s. drone strick in yemen killed wahayshi. he was the head of aqap. u.s. officials say his death is a major blow to the group considered al-qaeda's most

active and dangerous branch. we have more. >> wahayshi was among four al-qaeda leaders that launched al-qaeda in yemen in 2007. two years later, it merged with the branch to become aqap. in demember of that year, a nigeria man tried to blow up a u.s. airliner going to michigan with plastic explosives hidden in his underwear. aqap said they trained and funded him. wahayshi was added to the most wanted list in 2010, described as a specially designated global terrorist, who as aqap leader was responsible for approving targets, recruiting new members and allocating resources to carry out attacks. under wahayshi's leadership, aqap carried out a number of attacks on yemeni security forces, including this one on a military post in 2013.

the group also claimed responsibility for the attack this year on charlie hebdo magazine in paris that killed 11 people. as aqap leader, wahayshi rejected calls to join islamic state of iraq and the levant. he spent years with osama bin laden and remained loyal to al-qaeda to the end. al jazeera. >> a foreign correspondent for the new york times covering islamic extremism has spent many years in africa reporting on al-qaeda. good to have you on the program. what are your thoughts here. wahayshi's death is called a major blow against al-qaeda. do you see it that way? >> i do, actually. wahayshi is not only the head of aqap, he is considered the general manager of al-qaeda, appointed to that bial doesal does a by by al

zawahiri. >> effectively, what does this mean? how does this hurt the organization? >> he was a figurehead. he was the personal secretary to osama bin laden and so has the air of somebody who studied at the feet of the master, if you will, so he had an enormous aura. i've spoken to a number which jihadists who knew him and considered him a mentor. that in and of itself is a blow. we know that al-qaeda has become not just an organization, it's now an idea, and in the statement that aqap put out early this morning they made clear that killing one man is not going to hurt their cause. >> you mentioned you've spoken to a number which jihadis. let me ask you a baseline question here. why do they fight? what's the idea that they're

fighting for? >> that's a tougher question, tony. i think the basic gist is that they feel that they are fulfilling the prophecy of their reading of the koran and they are trying to bring back a shia based governance in the world and see america and the west as infidels and as an obstacle to that. >> they won't stop. >> they won't stop. the thing that is very dangerous in this particular moment in time, there was no isis as we know it today. al-qaeda is being hollowed out from within. i've spoken to a number which jeep haddies who were members of the al-qaeda and have now gone to isis. losing somebody like wahayshi, who had enormous personal charisma and hold over the group could in fact accelerate that process, so it could make isis more powerful than it is today.

>> who is the new leader? >> the man is considered the military commander of aqap, little beyond that is known about him. >> you mentioned this void. explain to us about the void that is created by his death and there's a new leader, but what this means in terms of other groups seeing this as an opportunity to fill the leadership void. >> you have to think back to what al-qaeda is best known for the attacks of september 11 are its signature most catastrophic and in their mind, impressive attack. that happened in 2001, 14 years ago and if you imagine that the core able, i would say of jihadists today is between 20-25, these are young people who were essentially in elementary school and maybe

junior high when 9/11 happened. they have no memory of it, so they don't remember a time when al-qaeda was this really fierce force, so they see isis as the winning team. isis with its brutality very slick propaganda and with its sweep across iraq and syria is now seen as something that is inspirational. al-qaeda is losing members from within and that's where the killing of these leaders doesn't just destroy al-qaeda but could accelerate the move towards isis. >> that's interesting. it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you tony. >> thanks for being here. >> an army veteran who jumped the white house fence and made it into the mansion last september will spent eight more months in jail. omar gained was sentenced last hour to 17 months by a federal judge in washington d.c. he has already been in prison for nine months. the judge said he will be subject to supervision for three

years after he gets out of jail. his attorney said his client has a history of mental health issues. >> tropical storm bill has now made landfall in the accident. the storm is threatening the flood battered state with as much as 12 inches of torrential rain. winds accounted reach 60 miles per hour all this just three weeks since historic flooding inundated many parts of the state. >> late morning we did see tropical storm bill make landfall along the texas coast as you can see there. going in closer, the big problem with the storm is not only the very heavy rain from the center of the storm toward the northeast, we're seeing thunderstorm activity up here past houston. it's those thunderstorms we're expecting to see severe weather the possibility even of some tornadoes in the area. at 11:00 the national hurricane center put out its latest hurricane advisory. it was a tropical storm but increased in intensity a little bit right before making

landfall. the track of the storm hasn't changed too much over the last six hours. as you can see very very close as a tropical depression towards ball lass and making its way up up here towards oak on the ground, as well towards parts of illinois. it's that particular path that we are going to be seeing incredible amounts of rain, leading to flooding all along the central and eastern parts of texas. >> ok, we are hearing today from april dolezal stepping down amid allegations she lied about her race. she tells the today show she identified as african-american as a very early age. >> i would say about five years old. >> you began identifying yourself as african-american? >> i was drawing self portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon and the black curly hair. >> in 2002, dolezal filed a

racial suit against howard university claiming the school discriminated against her because she is white. a court threw out the lawsuit. >> a judge upholds the penalty for egypt's former president. >> reopening heritage sites in nepal

>> deposed penalty mohamed morsi sentenced to life for spying for hamas, hezbollah and iran. we have more. >> death by hanging. this judge upheld hills court's previous verdict against egypt's deposed president, mohamed morsi. >> the court has ruled firstly that in presence first and with

consensus of opinion to punish each of the following defendants by execution by hanging. >> morsi, along with other top leaders of the muslim brotherhood were sentenced over a mass prison break during egypt's revolution in 2011. the muslim brotherhood said the case is politically motivated. >> this verdict is a shocking one, decided today, and is coming from a judiciary subservant to the military. i'm surprised, because the charges are groundless and there was no chance for any of the defendants to defend himself. >> in a separate case, morsi and senior muslim brotherhood members were sentenced to life in prison on charges of spying

for hamas, hezbollah and iran. the judge accused morsi of pursuing satanic goals and demonized the muslim brotherhood. some politicians say it is a trial of the revolution in 2011 which toppled hosni mubarek. >> after morsi's overthrow egypt designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group. mass trials and sentences were handed out to hundreds who support the group. rights group, and the u.s. have condemned the sentencing. the president said the judiciary is independent and he can't interfere. >> egypt is divided. many support the muslim brotherhood. >> an american killed fighting isil in syria is being honored today. the 36-year-old is believed to be the first u.s. citizen to die

fighting isil. his family is holding a wake in hudson massachusetts this afternoon. he will be buried wednesday. broomfield was fighting as part of a syrian kurdish militia. >> weeks after a deadly earthquake nepal is reopening tourist sites to the public. it hopes to bring the flow of tourists and money into the country. there are questions over whether the sites are safe. since the earthquake, tourism in nepal has come to a standstill.

large sections of this palace have been deemed unsafer and have been cordoned off but the government says that tourists should come and visit this heritage site not only to see the monuments but also to learn about disasters. >> tourists have to pay around $7 to see these ruins. an expected $117 million will be needed to rebuild the heritage sites of nepal. visitors may be excited. we have to put on the helmets and very cautiously, we have to see -- >> conservationists, along with unesco say that the government's decision to reopen these areas might be premature. unesco issued a statement telling the public to be extra careful.

artifacts are still being salvaged from some of the sites open to public, raising danger from theft. we asked the director general of department of archeology if they suffered from pressure from the business community. >> not much. it is our duty, also. 2% to 3% g.d.p. is tourism. if they do not come, how will they survive? >> overall tourism has dramatically increased. the government hopes reopening the sights will being a dramatic gesture to bring tourism back to nepal. >> mers is claiming lives in south korea, also hurting the country's economy. >> the women's soccer team gets

set to take on the world cup. we will take you to nigeria and show you the challenges the sport faces there.

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>> only on al jazeera america. >> south korea is beginning trials of an experimental plasma treatment for mers. 19 have now died of the illness. they are scrambling to save lives around the economy. we have this report. >> trying to balance the book's and pay the salaries, for him it's been a difficult month. his small boutique has seen a 90% fall in tourists and 50% drop in sales, compared to the pre-mers period. made to measure leather shoes and clothes are on the shelves. tourists and his regular customers are staying away. >> there is no solution but to hope that the mers outbreak can be put under control as soon as possible. there is nothing we can do but wait and see. >> businesses from department

stores to hotels are all feeling the effect of mers. while some tourists and the public venture into the capitol shopping district, many take precautions. it seems that those that are going out are doing so out of necessity and careful about who they come in contact with. >> people seem to be more careful about having contacts or coughing in public places. that's why i feel uncomfortable to go out in public. >> the tourist season will begin at the start of july and scenes like this are supposed to reduce worry for visitors. officials show south korea was hoping to attract 16.2 million visitors, mostly from china, japan and hong kong. that seems unlikely now. the government offers those visiting after the 22 of june complimentary health coverage worth $3,000 should they catch mers and 90,000 if they die. support for the tourism industry

really from mers can never be sufficient. we are taking two emergency measures, provide assistance to the tourism industry and insure visitors that it is safe. >> some visiting now are not bothered by the situation. >> not at all. i think the chances of being infected with mers are tiny, so there's more of a media scare than there is an actual possibility of getting the disease. >> the government decided to provide up to $64 million in loans to tour operators, travel agencies and hotels who are experiencing mass cancellations. south korea is weeks away from its peak tourist season and the country is finding itself a hard sell as a safe tourist

>> bahrain is facing growing pressure to give shia muslims a role in the muslim led country. >> team u.s.a. plays tonight. the women face major discrimination in the game the word calls football. >> the team is currently in canada playing for the fifa world cup. she and her teammate face major challenges developing their own crease. they say women's football doesn't get enough support from nigeria's football federation.

>> what they give the guys, the girls are not even getting one third of it. >> she played for the national team at the world cup twice in the 1990s and has coached the under 17 national squad. >> there's a change in terms of the -- >> the biggest challenge is the lack of sponsor ship. many potential sponsors don't see the sport at profitable. >> so they don't invest and clubs have to rely heavily on private funding donors to survive. nigeria's football federation said the government needs to

spend $8 million a year on the women's game, but the total national budget is less than $10 million a year. football bosses say there are cultural and religious obstacles to introducing for women and girls. >> the way women dress with playing football is not in conformity with moral dressling. culturally, also, it's not in conformity. >> the pool of to potential players is smaller than it will be. >> that is all of our time. thanks for joining us. if you'd like the latest on the stories we've covered head oh aljazeera.com.

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