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maybe 30 or 50 years later who knows. >> but you will keep trying. >> yeah, keep trying, steps. >> this was not a historic day, but it was another milestone in the campaign for gay rights in china. adrian brown, al jazeera. ♪ ♪ thundershowers evacuated after a train derails that was carrying highly toxic materials and an early mourning false alarm at the naval yard in the nation's capitol, a shut down over reports of a shooter at the base where there was a massacre two years ago.
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five gull p states have reached an agreement, b.p. has agreed to pay $18.37 billion. the bulk of it, some $6.8 billion will go to louisiana. attorney general in the settlement said if approved by the court this settlement would be the largest settlement with a single entity in american history it would help repair the damage cone to the gulf economy. fisheries, wetlands and wild life. andy gallagher with more now.
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>> remember the it to president obama called this the worst environmental disaster in history when the deep water rig
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>> homes and businesses were evacuated within two miles of the derailment.
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they said they would like to evacuate as quickly as possible, because there was a fire. >> the officers were going door to door, you know, whatever personal items you have in your home that you love get them out now. and you need to evacuate. >> well, people were first taken to a nearby mall, now a shelter has opened up at a local high school. the navy yard in washington d.c., was just a false alarm authorities gave the all clear a few hours ago. after scrambling for possible gunshotses. jamie mcintyre is near the navy yard in washington. >> what initially appeared to be a real threat here, turned out to be just a scare. after the initial report came in from an employee, who thought she heard gunshots, and a complete sweep of the facilities here at the navy yard, law enforcement authorities have determined that there was no gunman. no shots farinose victims.
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and they are putting it down as a real life exercise that went through the procedures that have been improved since the navy yard shooting. officials here say that everything went off like clock work, and they say that even though it seemed that the response was overwhelming, with law enforcement from the local police, the naval criminal investigator service, the fbi, everyone here on the scene, they said that's exactly what was supposed to happen. we are grateful at this point that we have found no shooter evidence of shooting or any victims. >> and they are not saying that there was any indication that this was malicious or in any way a hoax, and they say the employee who thought that she heard gunshots and called in did exactly the right thing. the local mayor here in washington is urging everyone to enjoy the 4th of july, and she said that this shows the city is ready to respond to
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any event that would transpire during this time the police chief said this is not an unusual response because washington, d.c. is always on a high state of alert. >> near the navy yard in washington. rescue teams are searching for survivors after a ferry capsized today the boat had just left, and was only hundreds of feet from shore more than 170 people were onboard, at least 36 died. some 19 are still missing. the coast guard says bad weather caused the accident. now the group made the announcement shortly after 13 of the leaders were killed by security forces. while the banned group calls for action, egypt's president is poised to sign tougher security laws. have a listen, the new laws give prosecutors wiretapping rights anyone linked to a designated terrorist
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organization, will face the death penalty or get a life sentence. those found guilty of promoting the use of violence and social media face five years in prison, and security forces will be exempt from legal rep precushions for their actions while enforcing the new laws. the united states has submit add formal request to extradite a group of fifa officials from switzerland as part of a corruption investigation, all seven detained in zurich have already objected to being sent to the united states. the men are among 14 involving the u.s. banks. the european finance leaders are putting off any new talks with greece, until voters have their say on a new bail out proposal on sunday. crowds once again lined up outside banks today. >> only retirees without bank cards can make withdrawals. the deputy interior minister tells al jazeera the government feels it is being
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led by europe down a path to failure. we wanted to strike a deal from the beginning. we have made very important con censures, many of them painful. last monday, they have said to us, your proposals are a very good basis for discussion, and then they presented us an ultimatum and not only that, they refused to increase the liquidity of our banks and therefore, they pushed us to close the banks with bank -- with and created be i this way a climate of terror in greece. >> so if the greek people vote to accept europe's bail out terms on sunday, greece's finance minister says he will likely resign. puerto rico also faces an uncertain economic future. the island is more than $70 billion in debt, but it has avoidedded default for now by making a series of payments. that's despeed the governor
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saying that the government could not pay it's debt, we spoke to his predecessor this morning. you look at the last ten years the only period of time where there was growth was 2011 and 2012, with we had already caught expenses by 20% in the first two years. and taxes starting coming down, so again, the data was there but yet in the last ten years the only time we have
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experienced growth is when we caught expenses and cut talks. >> rising taxes in puerto rico have called a maz exodus of workers there moving to mainland states like texas and florida. to actually look for work. as millions of americans pack their bags for the 4th of july, we have learned the justice department is looking into whether airline work together to artificially inflate ticket prices. john herry smith has more on the investigation. >> this investigation comes as more than 3 million americans are expected to take to the skies this holiday weekend. no doubt many will be wondering why fairs and fees are so high, the answer could be competition or the lack thereof. >> together those four carriers control 80% of the rare travel market. most of the u.s. airline were
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bankrupt at 1 point last decade, so they try to take control of their situation through the mergers charging all those fees that everybody hates and yeah, by keeping capacity in check, because in the end it is supply and demand. but the question though, is whether they somehow colluded to do that. >> that's just the question that the department of justice says it is investigating. at the behest of senator richard bloomen that will. >> holding down supply, economics 101. that is a violation of law if it is misuse of market power. they want with to know about communications with wall street analyst among themselves as it relates to internal discussions that they are having about capacity routs and additional seats. >> earning nearly $20,000,000,000.02 years ago. the big carriers have repain
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misdemeanor the black, despite challenges from low fair competitors. >> one thing is indisputable air fairs are higher than they were just several years ago, really the first time in history the airline have managed to do that. >> and fairs have stayed hire, despite lower fuel costs. but one industry analyst thinks lit be difficult to prove airline have collided. >> the definition of collusion is that the executives are calling each other up and saying what they are doing the next day with their businesses there's no smoking gun there however, it is also true that the competition has decreased. mergers have left the industry with those four major carriers. delta, united, american, and southwest. still the association that represents the airline business says domestic air carry is compete vigorously every day. back to you. >>
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the number fell to 62.6% that's a 38 year low. a new call to take down the con fed rate flag and it involved one of the most popular forms of entertainment, and a police shooting. led to outrage in washington state, now five months later prosecutors are sharing some of the evidence.
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rice tracks that host nascar events are asking fans not to display the con fed rate flag, but they have stopped short of banning it. as members of the nascar industry, we join nascar in the desire to make our events among the most fan friendly
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welcoming environments in all of sports. tumorous organizations have stopped displaying or selling the flag, after the killing of nine people at the emanuel a.m. church. the fbi is looking into half a dozen fires at predominately african-american churches across the south, it appears the latest in south carolina was not arson but the fires are a grim reminder of previous attacks targeting houses of worship, jonathon martin has our report. federal investigator says mountain appears to have caused this fire, images of the historically black church going up in flames tuesday night brought back painful memories. the church had burned before, in 1995, set on fire by two members of the ku klux klan. >> to ride up there last night, and see the church in flames again it just it gives you an ill feeling. >> since the killing of nine worshipers inside charleston
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emanuel a.m.e. church, sick black churches in the south have gone up in flames. investigators have ruled the fires and charlotte north carolina as arson and say they found no evidence of a hate crime. >> those matters are all under investigation, so i am not able to go into a lot, we don't have definitive answers into how all of them were started. >> many say the pattern is alacking. >> the black church has always been the number one target when it comes to the black community. the black church is the strongest institution we have. whenever there's anything for the add vasment of african-americans in this country, the leadership has come from the black church. >> in 1963, a. booing at the 16th street church in birmingham alabama killed four little girls and horrified the nation. and in the 1990s more than 40 churches burned leading congress toen act the church
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arson prevention act. increasing federal penalties for anyone convicted of damaging religious property. >> we are now reminded that our job is not done. and just hours after the nation's first black president was elected in 2008, three white men burn add predominately black church in springfield massachusets. >> so the concern is there the heightened awareness is there. >> so far authorities don't see any signs of organizationed linkses between the most recent church fires but elder nor veal who oversees more than 30 churches saying he is urge everring his congregations to be proactive. >> whether it's video cameras or hiring extra security, but most certainly, we still believe that the church is a safe place to worship and to educate our people and work in our various ministries. >> well, the former head of the u.s. civil rights commission, says you have to think about these fires in a history call context. >> black folk in these small
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towns, especially, are fearful we know that we live in a period of heightening racial tensions. and whenever there's a period of heightened racial tensions in communities, or around the country, you get some fires. a lot of times fires just happen it has nothing to do with the race. but you do get some that are connected. in the 19 nighs we had a number of fires and i went to every town in the south mississippi, alabama louisiana, where there were fires. and talked to local people. and they were afraid and in some cases they were arson and caused by people that had hate, other times it was someone mad within the church. we know that in the late 19th century, when sharecroppers were trying to get their wages paid they would meet in the church, and
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they would plan whether they were going on strike. and churches were burned. we know they are burned in the civil rights moment. to get morale support so we see in these towns people see these fires in context of a history which is very painful. >> she also said that she would like to see congress deal with these kinds of issues. new evidence is out that the police killing of a migrant farm working in washington state, investigators have been looking into the death the new documents pictures and video of the fatal confrontation. >> new video, from witnesses and proposal police dash cameras new perspectives on the night antonio died. all part of the investigative record the prosecutor will use to determine if criminal charges will follow. a detailed time line shows
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the first report disrupting traffic, throwing rocks coming in at 508. just a minute later the first officer arrived on scene, more follow. at 5:11, dash cam show as tazer has been deployed with little effect. >> he continues throwing rocks. one with witness with laughing while this is shot. a second tazer attempt fails. and at 5:12, shots are fired. as zambrano throw as rock, turns and runs. changing directions he turned begins to raise his arms from his sides and is brought down by another volley of shots. it is five minutes after the first report of trouble. zambrano on the sidewalk is handcuffed nearly two minutes after he falls. no cpr is administered for nearly five more minutes. the toxicology report shows
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that he was likely high on meth. and possibly amphetamines, interviews with all three are included in the release. the first one taking place 79 days after the shooting. his mother and faff were briefed on the investigation they say they are not in a hurry, they can wait for justice. >> their attorneys though are muchless patient, with the way the investigation was conducted, and in particular with how long it took to question the officers. >> you don't wait seven weeks to interview the principle parties involved. i don't care what town that is. whether it's south carolina, new york city, cleveland detroit, or miami. >> and the lawyer representing the weed with doe and children, claims the case has been mishandled at every level. >> i am frustrated with the
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delay, and not only with the prosecutors cuter, i am frustrated with the attorney general. i am frustrated with the u.s. attorney. and i am frustrated with the governor. why haven't they stepped in and made this process go far more quickly than it has to date? >> the prosecutor isn't commenting on the release of information. and has offered no specific time line for a decision on criminal charges. what is certain, is that the people of pasko know much more today about what happened that night. allen shoff her, al jazeera. louisiana governor and republican candidate is once again blocking state agencies from recognizing same-sex marriages. he delays the lifting of the ban. at first he said he was ruling on a ruling from a federal appeals court but when that came he said he will wait for another court's decision.
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>> trance gender young and have trouble fitting in. tonya found one camp that offered transgender and other teens an instant community. >> summer camp is often a right of passage for young people, a chance for them to bond in ways that they just can't do during the school year. that's the genesis behind the year rock camp, one of only a hand full for gay and lesbian, transgender teens or teens who just don't identify by the male or female pronoun. this has been around since 2011, and since then, they have seen a huge increase in the amount of applicants in part, because camp leaders believe young people are able to articulate the complexities of gender identity and sex is wallty. when we first started this is a camp for like -- sort of the alphabet went on, we said there's all these other identities that aren't necessarily in here, so year
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is an umbrella term that can be used to encompass a range of sexualities and genders this is zoe's second year, we met her two years ago, that's when she shared with us, later she will let us know how the last years have been and what her plans are for the future. al jazeera, seattle. >> smuggling humans across the border, with mexico. the perpetrators are getting younger and younger, that story is next.
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on the border with mexico, human smuggling is all too common. are getting younger. heidi joe castro has our report. >> junior was raised in this neighborhood. sharing a trailer with his mother, his step father, and hi ten brothers and sisters. this border community is like many that dot the texas side of the rid owe grand, it is a haren for organizations crime, and where the promise of $500 turned rodriguez age
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15 into a human smuggler. on a dark night two, months before middle school graduation, he picked up 16 undocumented immigrants. a human smuggling ring has recruited the quiet american 8th grader to drive the immigrants deeper into the country. and despite having no experience behind the wheel junior has said yes to the $500. you thought no one would realize what you were doing. >> the swerving van made it less than two miles before it was spotted an agent cigle thats for him to stop, and the teen panicked. flooring the gas. >> he lost control rolling the van and killing nine passengers. junior escaped two days later junior was arrested he is now serving 20 years for
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manslaughter, the gravelty of the accident allowed the state to try and convict him as an adult. but even as police have redoubled their efforts to combat gang activity in schools cartels have stepped up their pressure on kids police report heavy recruitment activity since the border surge and they say they fear that more kids are now being lured into the human smuggling trade. the deader lora basset is accidentally knocked the ball into her own net at this 90 second minute, sunday's finals rematch of the 2011 final, the u.s. lost to japan. thank you for joining us, tony harris in new york, the news continues next, hive from london.
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