on this subject but for now that's it for me ali velshi from tehran. >> i'm david schuster, on behalf of ali velshi and his crew, and the entire team at al jazeera i'm david there's, thank you for watching. >> a new future. >> we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. >> the u.s. and cuba make it official and restore diplomatic ties. i.s.i.l. launches coordinated attacks in egypt stoking fears of more unrest to come. police killing. new evidence released in a fatal police shooting in washington state. now the victim's family waits to

see if the officers will face charges. and price fixing probe rising air fares fewer seats technical government wants to know if it's part of an illegal plot hatched by airlines. i'm antonio mora, welcome to al jazeera america. president obama announced the u.s. has fully restored diplomatic ties with cuba. as senior white house correspondent mike viqueria reports, it's the final step of restoring diplomatic relation between the two countries. >> good evening, antonio antonio. it's more than just is symbolism, president obama says. ending 54 years of animosity and an historic opening to cuba.

>> the progress we marked today is yet another demonstration that we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. when something isn't working we can, and will, change. >> reporter: in havana, a top diplomatic leader delivered a letter to where raul castro. in return, castro wrote back, cuba is encouraged by the respectful and cooperative relations between our two peoples and governments. white house officials say it began in an unscripted december 2013 encounter between the two leaders in south africa for the funeral of nelson mandela. then pope francis led to another historic moment. the freeing of allen gross held in a cuban jail for five years. in return, mr. obama released the final three members of the cuban 5. convicted as spice.

in decemberspies.mr. obama announced his intent to normalize. events were leading towards a rapid end to years of mistrust. >> there have been very real profound differences between our governments and sometimes we allow ourselves to be trapped by certain ways of doing things. for the united states it was clinging to a policy that wasn't working. >> senator robertmen robert menendez. for the u.s. reputation across latin america. where its cuba policy nurtured long standing resentment. mr. obama says that starts with the 11 million cubans. most have known nothing but tension and suspicion of the united states. >> we'll have more personnel at

our embassy and our diplomats will have opportunity to engage more broadly across the island. that will include the cuban government, civil society and ordinary cubans who are reaching for a better life. >> meanwhile, the cube ans say they willcubans willopen their embassy in late july. later for the american embassy. >> melissa chan is in little havana for a look. >> if they haven't changed for decades in terms of their position, in terms of maintaining the status quo in maintaining the u.s. policy and painting the embargo they are not going to change their opinion just because president obama has said so. having said that there is starting to be a shift in this community. two angry men the only

protesters in little havana's favorite cafe after obama's announcement on the opening of reciprocal embassy. once upon atime such an announcement would brie bring a gaggle of protestors. but at cafe versailles, many of the regulars expressed age are. >> basically, the cuban people have been betrayed, they have been betrayed since 1898, when the americans sunk the maine with the excuse of invading cuba. >> i don't know what obama is thinking. the cuban people is going to benefit, right, give me a break. the cuban people is going to get naza. >> but feelings have changed. even here with some cautiously optimism about normalization.

>> the united states approaches its traditional enemy of course it's going to bring a negative. what we are saying is we have to try new ways. >> a new cuban american attitude supporting the two would be unthinkable. rick herrera runs cuba now. >> i'm a second generation cuban american myself, 37 years old like many my age and those younger we've lived our entire life under this policy and have seen it yield no results whatsoever. >> reporter: he says second generation cuban americans are not naive about the castro leadership. >> we are very much aware of the human rights be record of the cuban government. we just don't think that by trying to isolate them or by us continuing this policy of confrontation we are going to in

any way aleave a alleave that. we keep talking about this younger generation but really the city of miami has changed so much in the last ten or 15 years, we keep talking about if this announcement has been made back in the 1990s there would be a sea of protestors, insensed cuban americans. but they are not that united front they used to be. antonio. >> melissa chan, thank you. puerto rico was able to make a small payment to its creditors today, the cube afternoon governor says he needs to restructure the island's $72 billion debt. the company alone owes more than $9 billion. the greek government says it is

ready to accept most of its creditors' demands according to a letter leaked today. but after greece missed a crucial debt payment last night the country is basically cut off from all other funding. all eyes are on the sunday frum and as barnaby phillips reports anxiety is mounting in the streets of athens. >> this man has a tough job telling pensioners they have to wait. they are in line trying to collect money they have been in line for house. alexis tsipras just days before the referendum is telling greeks their money is safe and they should vote no to strengthen greece's position in negotiations. >> translator: no doesn't mean a split division with europe but to return to europe of values. no means strong pressure for an economically viable agreement that will give solutions to the debt. >> reporter: the greek prime

minister has made a new offer with concessions but it seems like many of europe answer most powerful politician he are now giving him the cold shoulder. >> i always kept to what we agreed on. what our rules are what we agreed on in europe. what the national rules are. if everyone had done the same greece would not be in such a desperate situation. looking for a culprit outside of greece may be helpful in greece but it has nothing to do with reality. >> reporter: while europe's leaders bicker what do tourists think? tourism is vital to the are greek economy. we saw some tramping up to the acrop lust, someacropolis, some take it in their stride. >> i heard that some banks might be closed, i brought some money from heem basically. >> for greeks themselves the

situation is much more worrying. they can't escape the crisis. yet for all the tensions and disagreements in this 61, the vast majority of greeks have dealt with the situation with great calm answer patience. >> lila gives bankruptcy advice to thousands of greeks. what can they possibly tell them now? >> even as lawyers we are afraid about what will happen flex. there is a lot of insecurity and uncertainty at the moment. so we just say wait and see. we have a referendum at the end of the week. maybe some things will happen. maybe not. we will see. >> reporter: somehow amidst all this greeks have to make a momentous decision in the coming days about the cup's future,

barnaby phillips, al jazeera athens. egyptian attack, soldiers associated with i.s.i.l. attacked, 64 soldiers and 100 others including attackers were killed. this is deadliest fighting in the area since the 1973 yom kippur war. the white house issued a statement could be demg attack. it says in part the united states stands resolutely with egypt amidst the spate of terrorist attacks that have afflicted the country. in the face of our long standing partnership we will stand with egypt to address this security issue. i asked him to put in context how i.s.i.l. has recently expanded its reach around the world. >> most disturbing was what we saw this past weekend.

their ability to coordinate attacks on three different continents in time and space. more or less simultaneously in france steuns yah tunisia and kuwait. to coordinate attacks at multiple sites spread over time and space. what we're talking about tonight is the role of the affiliates, in egypt in gaza, elsewhere. these mostly have been there for along time. there have been islamists in egypt, in tunisia in libya in gaza for a long long time. what they have mostly done is adopted the i.s.i.l. name and affiliated themselves with this. so as i tell friends, this is like your local coffee shop putting a starbucks sign up. it's's been there always doing it it's just doing it in a much more

identifiable name. >> shuttering unsanctioned modification andmosques and cutting off funding to organizations that support i.s.i.l. boosting security ahead of july 4th holiday. in new york as workers prepare for the macy's fireworks show, putting additional monitoring in place. >> this may be the most complex counterterrorism overlay for this event ever. not driven by any particular organization or threat as much as it's driven by unfolding world events. >> best protected and safest venue this july 4th holiday weekend. major airlines are under the microscone today.

the regulators are trying to identify whether they conspired to keep ticket prices high. be and a video which shows a migrant worker shot dead

>> a county prosecutor in washington state has released newvideo in a migrant worker shot. >> new video from witnesses at the scene and from police dash dash cameras. from the night antonio zambrano died. a detailed be time line shows zambrano throwing rocks 5:08. at 5:11 dash cam video shows a

tase are has been deployed with little effect. zambrano continues throwing rocks at police, one witness laughing while this cell phone video is shot. a second taser attack fails and at 5:12 shots are fired. as zambrano throws a rock turns and runs. change directions he turns begins to raise his arms from his sides and is brought down by another volley of shots. it's five minutes after the first report of trouble. zambrano on the sidewalk is hand discussed nearly two minutes after he falls. no cpr is administered for nearly five more minutes. the toxicology report shows zambrano was likely high on meth. and brought to pasco from

michigan weigh kahn, mexico, zambrano's mother and father were briefed on the tragedy. they say they are not in a hurry they can wait for video of their son. their attorneys are impatient with how long it took to question the officers. >> you don't wait search weeks to interview the principal parties involved. i don't care what town that's in. whether that's in pasco, new york city, south carolina, cleveland, detroit or miami florida. >> and the lawyer who is representing zambrano's wife and two children, claims the case watt mishandled on every level. >> i'm truss traited with the delay. not only am i truss traited with the prosecutor, i'm frustrated with the u.s. attorney and i'm frustrated with the governor. why haven't they stepped in and

make this process go far more quickly than it has to date? >> the prosecutor isn't commenting ton release of information and has offered no specific time line on a decision of criminal charges prospect what is certain is the people of pasco know much more today than what happened that night. extensive interviews with the three officers involved, they describe a kay orderric and dangerous scene that their safety was threatened, the safety of the public was threatened and because be zambrano was carrying rocks. what injury he might do. antonio. >> 72 says it's investigate the

possible conclusion of of airlines on raisings ticket prices. seth, good to have you with us. what caught the justice department's attention? >> well, that's a question you know we really don't know yet what exactly the allegations are. you know look, one things's in dispute all air fares are higher now than they were just several years ago. really the first time in history that airlines have managed to do that. from the wright brothers up knell oh, just five or six years ago, air fares have done nothing but decline in air-adjusted terms. most of the u.s. airlines were bankrupt at one point last decade. so they tried to take control of their situation through the mergers, charge being all those fees that everybody hates and yeah, by keeping capacity in check because in the end it's supply and demand economics. the question though is whether they somehow collided to do

that. saying hey executives from competing airlines getting together in a room and saying yes let's do that or decided to be more smarter from their perspective and not ending up in bankruptcy again. >> and also, fuel prices have been going down substantially. >> we can only guess what justice is thinking. people say why haven't air fares fallen along with falling fume prices? what happens with fuel prices and what happens with air fares? a decade ago it was the airlines who were frustrated, saying we can't pass through rising air fare prices for these fuel prices. now very much the opposite, fuel prices have fallen but airlines

prepare their seating policies a number of months in advance. and for the past few months, we have been flying around on air fares that were planned back when the fuel was expensive. in the coming months airlines are growing much more rapidly again and that means much more certainly, that air fares will begin to raise once again. justice probably working on this for a long time, we see air fares starting to come down. >> they argued this in order to push those mergers through is that people have enough options and that the mergers would give them more options and there are low cost carriers out there and people would abandon the high price airlines, if there weren't more options.

have the companies are consolidated thinking? >> airlines merge for their own purposes. where we were not too many years ago, you could fly around really inexpensively but that was subsidized by airlines in bankruptcy. >> is it a good thing to have airlines that are healthy financially seasonality it? >> yeah, it's a good thing to have a healthy balance. you wouldn't want it to sway too far in the other direction. but statistics that say four airlines scroll 80% of the market four cell phones esh controlfour companies havemanaged

to control the market. they have been making money consistently in the past four years but profits that wouldn't make google look look good. air fares fairly high. >> seth, it's good to have you with us, thanks. >> thank you antonio. as of today recreational marijuana is legal in oregon. and that may mean retirement for some four-legged members of law enforcement.

. >> as of today recreational marijuana is legal in oregon. change in the law means some police dogs may be out of a job. >> when it comes to the war on drugs, we rarely hear about these foot soldiers, highly trained police dogs.

experts at sniffing out everything from meth to marijuana. >> right now she's looking for crack cocaine. >> portland police officer alex fife shows us how it works. >> we don't have to ask them to hunt, they just do it. lowelllola. >> but last year oregon voters voted to legalize recreational marijuana. this now prevents them from keeping their jobs in oregon. with the exception of large scale glrn it wasn't an alert to the ten kilos of marijuana. >> a three odor dog like lola

smells for only heroine meth and cocaine. he recently said good-bye to bach his partner for four years. >> we passed 13 different certification. he was about a 9 on a 10 scale. i cried like a baby the day i dropped him off. it was a hard day. do you want this? lets go to work. >> the oregon police canine association says about 60 of the 159 canine officers work in narcotics. some of the marijuana sniffing dogs will retire. others like bach who was shipped to idaho will be working in states where marijuana is still illegal. training takes time and can cost upwards of $12,000. >> we have drugs hidden here and

that's -- she's done it all by herself without any help from me which is the way we like it. let's do it again. >> navigating this new world of legalized marijuana. >> you've got them all time to go home. >> tanya moseley, al jazeera oregon. >> great dogs. the u.s. will play japan in the soccer final on saturday. both teams scored on penalty kicks but england's laura basset attempted a goal kick, but it scored an own goal. they lost to japan on penalty kicks. visitors to the white house are allowed to take pictures for first time in 40 years. people are already posting snapshots from inside the executive room but selfie sticks

are a no no. concerns about historic artwork in the white house not for safety reasons. i'm antonio mora. for latest news, head to aljazeera.com. be are rayray suarez is up next. >> mousse greece didn't pay its bill due this week some $2 billion. its banks are closed atms are empty, and it's not close to clear what happens next. some 11 million people a struggling economy and uncertain future in europe's common currency. greek drama - it's the "inside story".