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♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. heavy rain is sparking flood worries again today in texas. the remnants of tropical storm bill are sweeping through the state. the area around houston has been hardest hit so far. dallas is bracing now as the storm moves in that direction. heidi zhou castro is there. >> reporter: i'm here at the trinity river in dallas which experienced flash flooding from last month's storm. you can see still the remanents of the trees pushed up. and today you are see the waters in the river which is normally serene already rushing by. last month 30 people died in texas from the memorial day weekend flash flooding so

authorities are not taking any risks. they say they are ready for road closures and reverse 911 calls at the first sign of rising waters. now dallas is under flash flood warning until at least thursday evening. okay. heidi zhou castro for us in dallas. kevin corriveau has more on where this tropical depression is heading now. >> as we move through the rest of the day the big problem with bill is going to be the amount of flooding we get. we'll still see flooding down towards the coast of texas. a storm pushing up through dallas bringing a lot of rain with it. we don't see the winds but definitely a lot of rain. notice the cells pushing up the coast. we do have to be worried about that, because we could be seeing severe weather and the possibility of tornados through the day. by the time we get to tomorrow

we think that threat will be over. the biggest threat after texas is going to be what is going to happen here in oklahoma. last month, oklahoma saw four times the amount of rain for the month of may that they normally would see, so they are already saturated and expect to get a lot of rain. as we go towards friday then the threat moves a little bit more toward the northeast. even st. louis may get it as we go towards friday night. heavy rain today, thunderstorms tomorrow. by the time we get to friday things start to clear out, and the weekend is actually looking fairly well but a little hot there. but for st. louis we're going to be seeing very active weather as we go towards friday very heavy rain as well. the house armed services committee is holding a hearing to discuss u.s. strategy in the

middle east, it comes as the obama administration prepares to send hundreds of more troops to train iraqi security forces. ashe carter says finding political stability is key. >> it's the only way to create support among local forces and local people. that support being necessary to make progress against extremism stick. the next two lines of effort are interconnected. to deny isil safe haven and build partnership capability in iraq and syria. alongside coalition partners we're conducting a come comecome come -- bombing complain and training and equipmenting forces. the head of the federal office of personnel management is prom mittsing big changes after hackers got access to sensitive information on

millions of current and former federal employees. she was grilled on tuesday about what some in congress call a lack of action to protect the data. >> last year we the american people spent almost $80 billion on information technology and it stinks. >> reporter: back-to-back hearings. >> this is one of those hearings where i think i'm going to no less coming out than when i walked in. >> reporter: still they tore into the office of personnel management during a public session especially the boss. >> you are doing a great job stone walling us but hackers not so much. >> reporter: time after time she was accused of avoiding the issue, deflecting questions. >> we can provide additional information in a classified setting. >> reporter: or falling back on written notes. >> i want to know why you didn't

encrypt the thfation. >> reporter: that was one question that the committee struggled to get information on. >> were they encrypted yes or no? >> no they were not encrypted. >> there you go. >> reporter: other questions including how this happened and how many millions are affected. what she did say was that the agency was working to fix the problem. >> we have not net determined its scope or impact. we have immediately implemented additional security measures. >> reporter: two points seem to stand out, one that opm management had been warned continuously since 2007 that their systems are vulnerable, and two staff weren't really up to the job. >> the committee now stands adjourned thank you.

>> reporter: after the open and classified indications were over, the chairman pulled no punches. >> it is going to be time for the office of personnel management director as well as the cio to step down. whether the president fires them for they resign we have to have a change. >> reporter: john terrett, al jazeera, washington. there are allegations about hacking in major league baseball. authorities are investigating whether the st. louis cardinals broke into the network of the houston astros. >> there is an ongoing investigation, we have been fully cooperative. any allegation like this is of great concern to us but it's just too early to speculate on what the facts are going to turn out to be and what action if any is nest necessary.

>> it's not clear which members are the focus of the investigation. the supreme court is set to rule this month on a key provision in the affordable care act. the law is also being challenged in the house of representatives, where a vote is expected this week over repealing attacks on medical devices that funds the program. >> reporter: x ray machines mri, scanners they are all medical devices taxed to help cover the cost of providing millions of americans health insurance. this man says the idea when the tax was simple, it creates more customers for medical companies so the industry can pay some of those profits back into the system. >> there will be more people insured, more people who need care and all of the health care

sectors will grow. >> reporter: it means $29 billion in federal revenue over a decade but the device industry says it hurts their industry. one claims a loss of 39,000 jobs. the non-partisan congressional research service recently found: despite that repealing the medical device attacks has brood support in congress from republicans and democrats, including some of the biggest supporters of the health care line. more than 7,000 medical device companies dot the country, especially in liberal strong holds. >> we're talking about minnesota, massachusetts, new york, and california, those are the states that have a big presence of medical device manufacturers, they are lobbying

their members directly. >> reporter: last year any industry spent $32.8 million even more than it spent in the lobbying frenzy leading up to the health care law. >> we're talking about a billion dollars at stake. >> reporter: this man wrote the book on lobbying literally. he looks at how it influences washington debates. the money companies spend on lobbying can end up being the defactor message that politicians hear. >> that's it. they spend millions on trying to build support, and there's very little on the other side. >> reporter: it isn't just hiring lobbyists, it also donated $6.7 million to complains in the last election. we wanted to know what impact that money has, so we went to the house of representatives to talk to the biggest recipients.

they wrote the bill to repeal the tax. congressman the medical device industry has spent 10s of millions of dollars lobbying on this issue, you were a top recipient, how does that influence your work on this. >> bottom line this is about jobs. and i represent a district in a community with 200 device companies in my district alone, so i'm going to fight for those constituents. i any policy wise it's the right thing to do and if you go down the list for any type of member you can play that game. i wish i was independently wealthy. but i'm not. you have got to raise funds in order to be competitive in these complains as well. >> reporter: we talked to

members of congress who said the money they receive through campaign contributions has nothing to do with influencing them and their decision. >> they may be how they see things because nobody wants to feel like they are being manipulated. a lot of lobbying is seeking out natural allies finding people who will be sympathetic, and then rewarding those people. >> reporter: he says the medical device industry has fine tuned its industry with billion dollars at stake. government talks over the use of consumer data have collapsed. a group of digital privacy groups walked out of negotiations on tuesday. the eff says they gave up when companies wouldn't budge on consumer permissions. they said, quote frpt

the organizers at the commerce department say they are disappointed. russia's president shows off its country's latest hardware the latest military bluster that is aimed directly at the united states. and activists in hong kong hand -- stand firm

groups walked out of the latest military bluster that -- stand firm -- stand firm

welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:45 eastern, taking a look at today's top stories. more than 60 people were killed when a bag full of homemade bombs blew upin north nigeria. they carried a sack of metallic objects away and then it exploded

a psychiatrist who treated colorado movie theater james holmes says he had thoughts of killing people at least three to four times a day. he testified saying homes didn't have a plan to carry out an attack. for the second time in two years, the senate has rejected efforts to change how the military handles sexual assaults. kristen kristen kristin gillibrand proposed a order. russia has announced plans to beef up its military arsenal as part of an effort to modernize the forces. >> translator: our nuclear forces will be supplied with more than 40 new rockets that will be able to overcome defense systems, even the most technically advanced. it announcement comes at a time of increased tensions with

the west. on monday russian officials denounced a u.s. plan to station tanks and heavy weapons near russia's border. patricia sabga is joining us now with more. >> putin's comments certainly sound reactionary when you look at them in context. by boasting about russia's new missiles and implying that the technology is no match for them he is reacting to the u.s.'s reports that they are considering repositioning weaponry on russia's doorstep. so putin is basically countering that plan with yet more cold war style rhetoric. he made his remarks at the opening of a military theme park on the outskirts of moscow so it's a rhetorical challenge to nato and the u.s. and a symbolic exclamation point if you will.

he has talked about icbm's before, those are the long-range missiles that can carry nuclear war heads to the united states. if anything it appears that russia seems to be scaling back but when putin raises the specter of nuclear weapons western leaders have to respond. >> this nuclear saber rattling of russia is unjustified. it's destabilizing, and it's dangerous. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry also weighed in saying nobody should hear that kind of aunderstand noment from the leader of a powerful country and not be concerned. >> should people really will worried at this point? >> reporter: when you take a look at russia's military posturing, they have been working on this grand plan to

upgrade their military for sometime. you have to take into consideration the state of russia's armed forces. they degraded heavily in the post cold war era, so he is trying to modernize them now. these new missiles were probably in the works for a long time anyway it's just mentioning them in this context on the heels of basically the u.s. perhaps stationing heavy weaponry on russia's doorstep. a debate in hong kong has been adjourned with no vote yet. the new rules would give voters the right for the first time elect hong kong's chief executives but the candidates would be screened by beijing. >> well there's a deep sense of -- of sadness in hong kong about the failure of the

national and local government to come to any kind of compromise on the way forward on political reform but i believe the hard work has been to a good cause, and people are looking forward to what is going to be next. if the communist party wants to control hong kong with their chief executive, then let them appoint their chief executive, but don't put it as a fake democracy and say he has been elected in by 2 million votes. there are two groups the ones that are probeijing and pro-china, and then the people who are fearful if this package is passed there will be a further loss of freedoms and greater interference of the national government in the affairs of hong kong and people would have to change their lifestyles and maybe have to go live in australia, canada or the united states, and get away from

hong kong. so they are very fearful and want to support this package. but the overall majority want to make sure that hong kong maintains their core values maintains their freedoms and has self ruling powers. >> the debate will continue tomorrow. mers continues to claim lives not only in south korea. the death of a german man on june 6th has been linked to the disease. in south korea 20 people have now died from middle east respiratory syndrome. there have been more than 162 confirmed cases in the country. we are joined by the doctor who heads the institute of aller give and infectious diseases. >> if you look at the rate of new cases from the peak that we had a few weeks ago, even though

the numbers are alarming certainly the more cases in south korea than any other country outside of the arabian peninsula, if you look at the trajectory, it's coming down but when you are dealing with a disease like this until you get to zero, and have all of the possible contacts watched and observed to the point where they get infected or go beyond the incubation period and you know they are not infected until you get to that point you can't become very confident about things you have to be very vigilant, which the south koreans are doing. >> two hospitals in south korea have started trials on experimental blood plasma treatment. the central bank of greece is warning the country could be heading towards a default and

exit from the euro zone and the e.u. the prime minister says he will give europe a big no if they can't reach an acceptable deal. it is unlikely they will have a deal in time for their meeting tomorrow. greece needs to pay nearly $2 billion to the imf at the end of the month. the imf is warning that the u.s. economy is not strong enough to raise interest rates. janet yellen is expected to speak about it this afternoon. she has indicated in the past comments that a rate hike is likely before the year is out. many economists speculate that could be sometime in september. the golden state warriors top the king and are at court to take the nba championship.

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after police say the tiger man. the city has been on lockdown as a precaution since the flooding. other dangerous animals have been recaptured using tranquilizers. the golden state warriors are champions of the nba. the warriors won their first championship in 40 years. john henry smith has a look at two of the warrior's biggest stars and the men who made them who they are. >> reporter: before they were champions, they were known as the splash brothers for what their coach called the best-shooting backcourt in the nba. before that curry and thompson were the sons of two men who know a thing or two about the game of basketball. how did they become two of the best shooters in the nba? well it's in their dna.

both of their fathers played in the nba for years. >> clay's dad played a little bit before clay can remember and i remember a lot of my dad's career, so there's a little difference there. but when you grow up around the game of basketball with a dad that is successful a lot of comparisons, and it's not that somebody else is going through the same situation. >> reporter: curry's dad was one of the top 3-point shooters at the time. >> i always let him know where i thought he was at what he needed to work on but i could never create my shot or handle the ball like he does. >> reporter: thompson's dad was a rugged man. >> i tell him every minute of basketball you'll remember as the sweetest time in your life.

>> my dad always just preaches patience. >> reporter: and it seems their dads have set the tone on how these two act off the court as well. >> was never a flashy guy, and he kids saw how dad handled himself. >> oh for sure. i'm sure they had something to do with it. they let us be ourselves, that's just not who we are. i got a little bit of style, but i don't need the flashy jesus peace and the bling all over the place. >> i manage my own money. he always jokes about it. he puts me on alliance, but i just learn from him, how to take care of your family family first, work second, and everything will fall into place. >> scoring 30 points that's all part of it. but when you tell me how nice he is to everybody, that makes me proud of him. >> it will no doubt be a happy

father's day weekend in the curry and thompson household. and while their nba championship drought is now over cleveland is now 67 years and counting since any cleveland team has returned home the concurring heros. back to you. turning to soccer team usa is heading to the elimination round of the women's world cup. with veteran playing in her first game of the tournament at the 45-minute mark she scored off of a corner kick right there. she now has 14. team usa will face off next week against either cameroon or china. michelle obama is in milan today as part of our international tour. she touched down alongside her mom and daughters. she is promoting her youth initiatives.

the trip follows a trip yesterday to london and tea with prince harry. thanks for watching. the news continues next live from doha. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, welcome to the news hour i'm jane doeston in doha. the world's chemical weapons watchdog says it has destroyed all of syria's chemical stockpile. greece could be headed for a painful euro exit warns the central bank. france says it will take 11,000 more refugees to help deal with the mediterranean migrant crisis.