the most fundamental aspect of this is are we practicing mind control. the quickest answer is yes changing your mind "on target" tomorrow. that is our show. i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. severe weather threat... >> everybody needs to pay special attention to those areas that normally flood. particularly the underpasses. tropical storm bill is hitting texas, bringing trenching rain to the saturated state. >> target al qaeda. the group's second in command, leader of the branch in yemen is hunt down and killed in an air strike. >> running for real.

we need somebody that cannes take the brand -- that can take the brand of the united states and make it great again donald trump becomes g.o.p. candidate number 12 declaring that he's definitely in the race to be president. >> and major league hack. investigators try to figure out if one pro team tried to steal secrets from another. good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. texas is feeling the effects of tropical storm bill. as a slow-moving system makes its way across the state. bill has weakened since making land fall today. there are fears the storm, which is dumping rain on the region could trigger tornados and flash floods. as heidi zhou-castro reports, that is bad news for a state recovering from last month's deadly flooding. >> tropical storm bill made

landfall along a coastline feeling the effects of record-setting rain. >> some errors reporting flooding. torrential rain and winds are expected as bill cuts a path. response teams are tracking progress. officials warned residence to stay safe and be prepared after more than two dozen were killed last month. >> he do not want to see a repeat of the tragedy three weeks ago. >> flash flooding are in effect. with up to a foot of rain expected to fall in some areas. saturated ground and rivers means there's nowhere for the water to go. we can't handle water. it will go somewhere else in the streets. >> in houston, streets are under water after extreme weather. damage is expected to top 45 million.

the city could see eight inches of rain before tropical storm bill clearsous thursday. the city has pre-emptively closes treats and highways. kevin corriveau has been tracking tropical storm bill and joins us with the latest. it could be a bad night. since making landfall. things are worse in terms of the flooding and causing severe weather. we are talking tornados that are in the storm. look at the bands, the yellows, the orange. they are the most dangerous. they have the most amount of rain coming out. we'll see the college station, it's this area here that we see the heaviest rains, over 6 inches of rain in 12 hours.

houston, to the north of the city they see 2.5 inches of rain in 12 hours. i want to show you a warning in effect. look at the extensive area. hoouston, you are in a -- houston, you are in a tornado watch. later this evening, and into the morning, the tornado watch may edge uch a little bit into the suburbs of dallas and footworth, and extensive flood warnings and watches, all the way from most of the of central and eastern texas to oklahoma. we have the newest track of the storm not changing too much. it came out at 11 o'clock. we thing with the next 3-6 hours, and may drop to a tropical depression. still bringing rain. the next 2-3 day also be major. we'll see a lot of rain not only for texas, but oklahoma.

>> we hope the best for them. the pentagon are pointing to the deaths of too major operatives. as signs of operatives to stop attacks on the u.s. and allies. it's believed the leader of al qaeda, and the arabian peninsula were trted and killed in -- targeted and killed in air strikes. jamie mcintyre has more. >> reporter: the pentagon is in a curious position of touting the killing of nasir al-wuhayshi a success, refusing to say if it was an american drone strike that took him out. >> even though we no longer have a presence in yemen, no boots on the ground, we don't have a presence in libya, we have a global reach, we retain the ability to find and kill terrorists wherever they are hiding in the world. the u.s. says nasir al-wuhayshi was behind several foiled plots to bomb international airliners, and claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in january on the

french satirical newspaper "charlie hebdo". the killing of nasir al-wuhayshi was the sixth major aqap leader killed this year. and followed by one day an air strike by u.s. f-15s, targetting mokhtar belmokhtar, head of an al qaeda affiliate in libya. his death is unconfirmed. the u.s. has a long list of accused terrorists it says died because of american actions. among them a reputed i.s.i.l. financier killed by u.s. commandos in a raid inside syria. in 2011 osama bin laden was killed by navy seals, followed later by anwar al-alwaqi, taken out in a c.i.a. drone trike. as far back as 2006 when the u.s. was in iraq, an air strike killed the leader of al qaeda in iraq.

in every case the us touted the deaths were touted as a history. new york times foreign correspondent who covered many of these groups in africa, says the targeted killings could have unintended consequences, especially with al qaeda in decline and i.s.i.l. ror on the rise. >> al qaeda is being hollowed out from within. i've spoken to a number who have now essentially gone to i.s.i.l. losing someone like nasir al-wuhayshi, with personal charisma and hold over the group could, in fact, accelerate the process. it could make i.s.i.s. more powerful than it is today. >> reporter: with success in iraq, and slick propaganda, i.s.i.l. is seen as the winning team. russia is beefing up nuclear

weapons arsenal. vladimir putin says he ordered 40 new intercontinental missiles amid tensions with the u.s. and n.a.t.o. allies over the adelaide role in ukraine. earlier this week it was reported that the u.s. considered storing tanks in the baltic companies. in 2016 politics the race for the republican nomination includes a high profile political outsider. real estate magnate and reality television star donald trump who hinted at campaigns in the past chaired he is in -- declared he is in the running for the white house. trump has more on the flam boy on the entrant to the race. >> reporter: in an arrival down the escalator of his tower, he entered the 2016 race. >> i am officially running for

president of the united states and we are going to make our country great again. >> reporter: throughout his speech, trump's bravado was on full display. >> i will be the greateston's president that god ever created. >> reporter: he proclaimed his net worth, 8 billion, 737,547. then he explained. >> i'm doing that to say that that is the kind of thing our country needs, we need that thinking according to trump, the nation's politicians thing the onside. >> we have losers. we have people that don't have it. >> trump did not shy away from key issues. he tipped off solutions in his style. immigration. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border. i will have mexico pay for the

wall. >> the war against islamic state. >> nobody would be tougher on i.s.i.s. than donald trump. nobody. >> like other republicans, trump hammered president obama. >> he wasn't a cheerleader. he's a negative force. >> reporter: he attacked secretary of state john kerry trying to reach a nuclear deal with iran. >> we will not be using a man like secretary kerry that has no concept of negotiation, making a horrible and laughable deal. trump considered running for the presidency. assistance linger that he's entering to attract media attention. he's never held office and enters with upmashed recognition. me qualifies for nationally televised debates. rivals like jed bush could find him disruptive. >> bush is in favour of common

core. i don't see how he could get the nomination. he's weak on immigration, in favour of common core how can you vote for this guy. we need someone that can take the brand of the united states and make it great again the former n.a.a.c.p. president that stepped down after being accused of pretending to be african-american says she identifies as black. rachel dolezal's parents told reporters she has no african-american heritage but on nbc's today show she said race is about more than skin colour. >> i identify as black. i really don't see why they are in a rush to white wash some of the work that i have done. the discussion is what it is to be human, i hope it can drive at the core of definitions of race

ethnicity, culture, self-determination, personal agency, and ultimately empower. . rachel dolezal pushed back against a suggestion that she was deceitful, saying she felt a deep connection with african-american, and identity was a complex issue on the same day lawmakers railed against data breaches we learnt major league baseball was dealing with a crisis of his own and a center moving to ban the u.s. government for good.

on capitol hill the senate voted to outlaw torture interring entering gagss. the amendment -- interrogation.

the amendment came after a senate report blasting the interrogation and detention programme. if it becomes law, it means enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding and sleep depravation would be prohibited. elsewhere, lawmakers were asking how hackers could access sensitive information about employees. john terrett is in washington on what they heard and their reaction. >> reporter: good evening, members of the house oversight committee were on the war path today on capitol hill. members seeking answers to multiple questions about the office of personal management hack. answers that generally speaking, they did not get. not in the public session while the cameras were rolling. >> last year cross-government we the american people spent $80 billion on information technology and it stinks.

>> reporter: an open hearing and a classified one back to back. >> this is a hearing where i'll know less coming out than when i walked in. >> reporter: the oversight committee tore into the management. >> you are doing a great job stonewalling us. hackers not so much. >> time after time office of personal manage chief. they were accused of avoiding the issue, deflecting issues. >> we can provide additional information. >> or falling back on written notes. >> i wanted to no why you didn't encrypt the information. >> that was one question that the committee struggled to get an answer to. >> reporter: why on earth wasn't the data encysted. >> were the social security numbers encysted - yes or no? >> no, they were not. >> there you go. >> reporter: other questions - how did it happen how many americans are affected.

what was said beyond referring to the private session was that the agency was working to fix the problem. >> we have not determined scope or impact. we have implemented additional security measures to protect sensitive information. two points stand out beyond all others. one that o.p.m. management warned that systems were vulnerable. and staff were not up to the job. the programme was responsible for it background. the committee is adjourned. after the open and classified sessions were over the chairman of the committee pulls no punches. >> there'll be time for the office of director. it's time for them to go. whether the president fires or resigns. we need a change. this is unacceptable.

>> reporter: the committee hearing that some of the computer systems were so old that they couldn't be watched. and there's a 30 day sprint on to rectify the situation. as for the question we want to know the answer do was it 4 million americans or 14 million, as some in the press are speculating. certainly, they stuck to the 4 million number. the chairman of the committee, after the public and private secses were over they were asked about that and said they will not talk about numbers, but they are climbing. >> a lot of other people. >> major league baseball is caught up in a hacking investigation. the league confirms someone broke into the computer system. the fbi is working out whether employees were behind the breach. the hackers got their hands on information, scouting reports, and internal discussions about

trades. >> there's an ongoing investigation. we have been fully cooperative. any allegation like this no matter how serious it turns out to be is of great concern to us. it's too early to speculate on what the facts turn out to be and what action if any, and necessary. >> it's not clear if the cardinals executives knew what was going on. >> the beat report for the houston "chronicle" joins us via denver. good to have you with us. i understand the big role that analytics plays in baseball. if we put aside the legalities of corporate espionage, if the cardinals hack the st. louis team, how big a deal is it? >> we are not at the point where we know who did what whether it was a rogue employee or someone

acting on orders from above. i was told it was narrowed to four or five people, that they vetted. and expect it to come to an end soon. if it's approach to be true if it looks terrible. considering the history of the astro's front office that they came from the cardinals, there's an intertwine. in fact, if it happened the way it's been described. jeff loono went from working in the front office went to the astros and the way these card unless employees got into the astro system was because he didn't change the passwords used in the days working for the cardinals. >> that is widely praised to ignore a changing of password. it's quite an oversight. it's not clear if it was password, or another top astros

employee came over with jeff, or mike another. so many interchange not only was na not too bright. the reason it was discovered, is the information contained. the hack was put online. >> yes they knew about it a year ago, it made its way to dead spin in june of last year. beforehand the information got out. it was embarrassing. the trade information and talk and, you know discussions with whom they would be willing to trade. it's insulting to the players to hear their name. it was embarrassing. finally they are getting close to resolution. >> there has been a long history of cheating in sport, stealing signals, deflation in football. baseball recovering from performance enhancing drugs scandal. is there anything in sports history that that comparable to this? >> no. and i ask around in baseball

and there hasn't been an example of this in baseball. it was inevitable that we get to this point. i want to know whether this was something where someone was showing off a little bit, as opposed to a concerted effort to undermine the astros there's valuable information there. >> do you think anybody else could be doing this other teams? >> i would be surprised. i think cardinals will be made an example of and the fact that the fbi pursued it should be a deterrent that could be taken seriously. >> it's an amazing story. good to have you with us. thanks. >> after nearly 60 years of fighting, a scientist may have won his battle to get trance fat out of american diets. we'll have his incredible story. what we are learning about the six people that died when a balcony collapsed under them during a party in california.