busy highway. a plane delicately navigated on to the highway and to avoid traffic on to the medium. the small aircraft had five students from a sky-diving school on board when the plane lost power. for the pilot and his passengers. they walked away unharmed. more on the website, aljazeera.com. >> selling the nuclear deal with iran, vice president joe biden heads to capitol hill trying convince members of his own party to get onboard. >> in the name of public interest. police shoot and kill a man and officials decide that video should be released. >> a step down so they against have to marry gay couple.

>> thanks for joining us. president obama begins his hard sell to a very skeptical congress over the nuclear deal with iran. that agreement cannot be implemented until congress has 60 days to review it and during that time, the president can't lift economic sanctions. lease stark is live on capitol hill with the latest. how deep is the opposition to this deal? >> it is a very skeptical congress, a lot of criticism before law maker had a chance to pour through the details. many say the president simply abandoned his goals for this agreement he was soilier to get a deal.

here's speaker of the house john boehner. >> he's going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear iran. >> boehner said i will do everything he can to stop the deal. some democratics are also very worried and concerned about the agreement. on the senate side, harry reid urged patience. >> documents of 100 pages long. i haven't read it. i talked to the president last night. i think what i'm going to do and recommend this, let's find out what we have first. >> now there are hearings on the agreement expected in the next two or three weeks and congress goes on its august recess and will vote when they come back in september. they could vote to approve the deal disprove it or decide not to vote at all.

>> you are describing the degree of skepticism here but how much power does congress really have? can it block this deal easily? >> well certainly members of congress can't change the deal, they can't stop the feel from going into effect but do have control of lifting those sanctions against iran. if there is deep skepticism and it remains then it is very likely there will be a measure of disapproval passed. the president has already indicated he would veto such a measure and then we'll to have wait and see whether both chambers can find two thirds of a vote to override the veto. >> vice president joe biden is expected on the hill. what is he going to say that the president hasn't already? >> he's going to have a closed door meeting with house departments later this morning. he's going to obviously answer any questions any concerns, and he's really going to try to shore up support on the democratic side, because that

will be critical if the president does veto this legislation. he's going to tell them they need to stand with the president and that this is a historic agreement. >> that deal will be a tough sell in the middle east, as well, questions over compliance and verification are leaving doubts in israel and saudi arabia. in tehran for now the iranian leader who made that deal is being hailed also a hero. iranian foreign minister just returned home from vienna. here to break that down for us is patrick joining us by skype got director of research at the washington institute for near east policy. you were briefed by administration officials yesterday. was this in your opinion a good deal or bad deal? >> it's a very complicated deal and working through it is going to take some time. those people offering snap

judgments, does not reflect well on their judgment to do that. now, the other thing we have to know is what is the administration going to do to accompany the deal. you mentioned middle east concerns about the deal. they are worried iran's aggressive and assertive behavior feeling that this deal recognizes iran's role as a regional power. the administration has to layout a strategy for dealing with iran's actions in the region. that's what henry kiss in injury and george schultz called for in their op ed in the wall street journal a few months ago explain to us how this nuclear deal fits into an overall strategy for iran. >> help me understand the strategy, the nuts and boats of it. you wrote to the president expressing concern and asking for a number of safeguards. were those met in the deal you saw yesterday? >> i've got to work through the

details, because not even secretary kerry seems to know all of the details. he was very surprised when reporters ask him wipe the head of iran's infamous force was one of the people listed as getting sanctions relief. the treatment is that he's getting sanctions relief from the nuclear sanctions but even terrorism. even the secretary of state didn't seem to know all the details. >> the centrifuge restrictions come off pretty quickly. does that leave iran a really short breakout time to build a bomb, should other people in the region critics like israel be worried. >> president obama a couple of months ago said the deal being discussed and the deal reached actually, leaves iran at the end of the deal, mainly at the end of 15 years only a few weeks away from having a nuclear

material for a bomb and that's true. this deal is buying us time. if you think that's a good deal, you better have a plan for how we are going to use the 10 or 15 years. what are we going to do during that period. >> follow up and follow through is what you are saying. >> well -- >> why did it remove the state list of terrorisms? >> we need to have a plan for what to do about iran's other activities that disturb us. for instance, the support for president assad in syria who has killed over 200,000 people, mostly with iranian weapons. what are we going to do to stop that? >> once lawmakers have read the fine print and started to hammer out details how do you envision that vote going? >> what i would hope i also that there would be a bipartisan

consensus on how to make the deal stronger and better. what is likely to happen is it will be one of those partisan cat fights. >> live from montreal, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we'll speak to former israel prime minister in the next hour about israel's objections to this deal. that's coming up at 8:30 eastern. >> outrage this morning now that the public is getting a first look at dash cam video of a fatal police shooting that happened near los angeles two years ago. an attorney for the victim's family says it shows a cold blooded killing. johnjohn henry smith has the latest. that video seems to conflict with what police officers originally said. >> that may very well be why media outlets had to go to court to get the video. a a judge set a $4.7 million settlement. some might consider this video

graphic. >> around 2:00 a.m. john two 2013, gar deanna california officers responding to a 911 call about a stolen bike stopped three men. while two of the men remained still with their hands up, the third does not. on the video officers can be heard shouting in english and in spanish for him to keep his hands up. l.a. county district attorney later wrote that his friends say that he was trying to explain to them that they were not the thieves and that the police had the wrong men. in fact, it was his brother's bike that had been stolen and the men were searching for the they've. the d.a.'s report says that the dispatcher significantly escalated the seriousness of the crime reported by alerting officers to a violent felony rather than a petty theft. all of the officers present

reported feeling fear as he visually put his hands up and down although the video does not seem to support their report that he put his handled into his waistband. officers said they warned they would shoot if he dropped his hands again and say they fired after losing site of his right hand. the officers shot him eight times and his friend once. he died, the friend survived. >> the police chief called the incident a tragic for all involved. he says the department will equip all police officers with body cameras. he said they will appeal the decision to release the video. the department did not discipline the officers and the district attorney did not press charges. a federal judge said the city can't seal the videos just to

cover up wrongdoing on their part or to shield themselves from embarrassment. >> i think we can agree with the police chief that that was in fact tragic for everyone. >> very shocking video. >> thanks very much. >> the state of james homes i also now in the hands of a colorado jury. jurors will deliberate this morning whether he is guilty for killings in a colorado theater. his lawyers say he was insane at the time. prosecutors argued he acted with clear intent. >> he came in with overwhelming fire power. he brought with him over 700 rounds including steel penetrating rounds and he shot anything and everything he could. >> if the juror agrees with prosecutors, he faces life in prison or the death penalty. if they agree with the defense he'll be indefinitely confined

to a mental hospital. >> there is a new county clerk on adult this morning in deindicate at your county, tennessee. this comes after the entire clerk's office quit, objecting to the supreme court decision to legalize same-sex marriage. officials promise it will be business at usual. >> it's the picture of america's rural south with church steeples flags and store fronts from another era. since the supreme court decision to make same-sex marriage legal this tiny region of west tennessee has been reeling. the entire county clerk office resigned, saying the high court ruling, which meant issuing marriage licenses to gay couples clashed with their religious beliefs. >> are most of the people in this county and on the commission against what the supreme court has ruled? >>ous whether it's a majority off not. i'd say there's a high

probability that the majority are. >> in the past few weeks decatur county is facing unique challenges joanne interim county clerk was voted in at acknowledge emergency meeting and taken over the job of granting marriage licenses, including same sex application. >> we have now overcome those challenges. to do this, our county has come together from the county commission to the citizens of decatur county and miss broadway who has stepped forward to take on the county clerk's position. >> so far decatur county has not had any couples apply for a same sex license. >> you can see the mayor and new county clerk did not want to answer questions did not want to go on air. the mayor said that he would but clearly this is a hot topic charged issue in the county, frankly the state over 80% of the people here against same-sex marriage, according to a recent poll so people are keeping

their opinions to themselves, but this county has a new county clerk. >> drew baker of the tennessee equality project is not one to keep his opinions quiet. his organization has been preparing for much of the safety counties not to comply with the scotus decision. but then: >> the governor came out really quickly after the decision came down on the 26th and said that the state government would comply, and i was surprised frankly that he came out so quickly and vocally in support of the ruling. >> in the past week, similar scenarios played out in arkansas and mississippi with county clerks refusing to issue marriage license to say gay couples and resigning after citing religious reasons. >> in kentucky, rowan county clerk kim davis got into a

heated exchange with a gay couple just last week. a federal judge in the state has issued a decision on whether county clerk davis can use her reege beliefs to justify not issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. >> we own a property here, pay taxes here, we live here. we have our rights. it's not her choice. >> the first case of its kind in the nation. robert ray, al jazeera decaturville, tennessee. >> it is decision time for greek lawmakers. parliament votes whether to accept bailout terms but will greek accept the deem. >> a starbucks expansion that brings the company closer to the source of its coffee. stay tuned.

>> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford from new york city. here's a look at today's top stories. flashing flooding washed away dozens of homes in kentucky. two people have been killed after caught in rushing water. at least six people are missing after several had to be rescued from trees or cars. >> the former bookkeeper of auschwitz has been convicted for his role in some 300,000

murders. the 94-year-old has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to moral guilt at that infamous concentration camp. he insisted he was not legally responsible for those deaths. >> new details of the prison break that freed the world's most wanted drug lord. mexican authorities released this security cam video showing the moment that el chapo guzman escaped a maximum security prison. they are offering a nearly 4 million reward just to find him. >> the greek parliament is meeting to consider the latest european bailout proposal and deep cuts backed by prime minister alexis tsipras. civil service and other workers are on strike today protesting the proposed spending cuts. banks will remain closed in greece until tomorrow. some restrictions have been lifted. people can now make transfers to accounting within the same bank. we are live in athens this morning.

there's been a lot of activity there around parliament this morning. what exactly is going on? >> that's right. greek civil service workers marched to parliament today to protest economic reform measures. prime minister tsipras must convince a majority of lawmakers to pass by midnight tonight. they have to pass in order to move forward with a bailout package even marsher than the one a majority of greeks rejected in a referendum just a little over a week ago. now, not only is this package harsher than the one rejected, but many see these terms as intrusive and humiliating but the other choice, greek banks will almost surely go under putting agreement deposits at risk of being wiped out or seized and that is the stark choice facing lawmakers today. >> help us understand, what exactly is the mood within syriza right now?

>> within syriza, this is the stark choice. an m.p. told us that even though in her heart she does not want to vote to pass the reform measures, they have no other choice. she sees it as taking one step back to mooch two steps forward. it's a political calculation. we did speak to one syriza m.p. tsipras is going to have to go to to get this passed. this is the anti austerity party, but they really have no other choice because they have to keep banks afloat. they don't want to see the banks go under. >> still a lot of work left to be done. thank you from athens this morning. >> starbucks, one of america's favorite coffee companies is

coming to south africa next year. a local company will operate them. locations in other african nations could soon follow. starbucks has stores in egypt and morocco and sources coffee from nine countries in africa. >> saving the honey bees, the role climate change is playing in destroying one of the world's most important in sects. stay tuned.

june it is first solar power plane to try flying around the world is grounded until next year. the team behind it said it suffered battery damage on its way from japan to hawaii. unanticipated temperature changes caused that damage. engineers hope to get that plane flying again by next april. >> 70 years ago this week, the first atomic bomb went off in new mexico.

the government tested it just miles from where people are sleeping. as tristan anton reports today residents are still feeling the effects. >> on the morning of july 16 1945 many new mexicans knew something happened in the desert. a bright flash came up over these hills and was seen 200 miles away in gallup, a shock wave felt in albuquerque. an associated press story stated that a munitions magazine exploded, but it was a military cover story a ruse to hide what really took place here on the united states first test of an atomic weapon, code named trinity. those living near the site were not told about radiation dangers. there was no mention of a nuclear test. >> those living in the trinity blast zone are known as down winders and hundreds diagnosed with cancer. >> i would just like to ask everybody out there that is a cancer survivor or battling

cancer right now to please stand up, if you would. >> they want the u.s. government to compensate them, but a 1990 law, called the radiation exposure compensation act specifically does not cover new mexican civilians. >> do you have any idea how much cancer treatment costs? >> $306,346, almost a third of a million dollars was submitted to my insurance company. >> i think what this is about and this is my fight and this is about justice for people that were harmed by the government. >> senator tom udall wants to change that but faces resistance in congress. we'll have that full story later today. al jazeera on the white sands missile range in new mexico. >> the full report is at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> colorado board of health will vote on whether ptsd can be

treated with medical marijuana. the board rejected it twice now but another vote was recommend. recreational pot is legal but medical marijuana is much cheaper because of taxes. nine other states do treat ptsd with medical pot. >> researchers say climate change is killing bum basketball bees. the food you eat will likely be affected. let's bring in nicole mitchell for today's environmental impact. is climate change the cause? >> the actual pollution itself that causes climate change all factor into the loss of honey bees. across the country they play an important role in pollinating different plants out there including a lot of the food we eat and warming temperatures have noticely shrunk the areas both in north america and in europe, as well. it's too warm now to the south

and they haven't been able to migrate farther to the north. i mentioned pollution he is specialry from diesel exhaust fools their noses so they can't hunt out the flowers as well. here is a look at the colony loss. you can see around the great lakes, that would be over 50% loss and those are apples, cranberries, california, almonds and cotton affected by the bees. a third of the eat won't be available if all the bees die off and in terms of population numbers, they used to just look at winter losses, now year round. they thought if they could survive the winter they would be ok. based on what is an acceptable loss, we have been losing more and more each year, 2013-2015 over 40% losses of the colonies per winter. the adaptation, they are not settling farther to the north with climbs change.

the problem they think is that this type of insect has to redevelop a whole colony and timing of the reproduction, that's why they haven't been able to move farther to the north as climate change that pushed them in that direction. >> that's a lot of work for those little guys. >> they do a lot of things. >> the american league has won its third all-star game in a row. >> that's into right field it's long gone! >> check check check him out angels outfield herb mike trout started the mid summer classic with a home run. there he goes. solo blast in the eighth inning helped lead the a.l. to a 6-3 win over are the national league. that means the american league will have home field advantage for the world series. >> thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm morgan radford. randall pinkston is back in two

minutes when al jazeera morning continues. thanks for joining.

>> president obama tries to sell the iran nuclear deal amid sharp criticism from sceptics in congress. >> it's the video police in one california town did not want released, officers killing an unarmed man. now committees are debating whether it was justified or not. >> the greek parliament weighs in on a debt bailout to keep the economy from collapsing.

>> an historic mission gives up an up-close look at pluto. >> this is aljazeera america. one round of intense debate is done another underway over the ran nuclear deal. president obama today starts selling it to a skeptical congress as it begins a 60 day review. some members goo is not support it. the president is also to convince a nervous middle east that it is a good deal. israel and saudi arabia have both expressed concerns and the u.s. ambassador to the united nations today presents the deal to the security council. samantha power will outline the main points points of the agreement with a vote likely next week. what are the odds that congress

will volt to belong this deal? >> the odds of better than 50-50, if it's any indication on what we heard yesterday. there is a lot of opposition, particularly on the republican side but also democrats who don't like this deal, who are worried about it. the president promised that he will veto any attempt to derail this deal, but it's clear he has a battle on his hands. >> we will fight hard to reject this deal, using every tool we have. this is considerably short of perfection apparently. >> the ink was barely dry but some members of congress seem ready to oppose it. >> it falls well short of what the goal we all thought was trying to be achieved, which was that iran would not be a nuclear state. >> that view expressed by the republican leader was senate was shared by the republican leader of the house. >> it's going to hand a

dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanction relief, paving the way for a nook clear iran. >> congress has been watching and worrying about the negotiations for sometime. in may it voted itself into the process, passing a bill that required the white house to present any deal to capitol hill. members of congress can't scuttle the deal, but if they disapprove, they can try to stop the president from lifting u.s. sanctions against iran. mr. obama has promised to veto any such measure. senator bob corker heads the senate foreign relations committee. >> here's what we're going to do. over the next 60 days, we're going to go through this in great detail. we're going to have a thoughtful and deliberately process. my guess is based on timing, we'll have hearings that will be in, in the next two or three weeks and likely what we'll do is vote on this when we return from recess. >> there was a glimpse tuesday of what hearings on the iran

nuclear deal may look like. the house foreign affairs committee had an already scheduled hearing on "the implications of a nuclear agreement with iran." talk quickly turned to the deal announced hours earlier. one of the big concerns is whether the agreement is verifiable. will the international community really be able to determine if iran is cheating? there's also a worry that the obama administration gave away too much. >> greatly saddened, sickened and frustrated over this deal. >> others argued the deal may not be perfect, but deserves a chance. >> this deal was just struck this morning for god sakes. we haven't talked to scientists. we haven't gone to the iaea, we haven't talked to our partners. that is our responsibility as congress, don't you think? >> a thought he can coped by the top democratic in the senate. >> the document is 100 pages long. my staff and i haven't read it. i talked to the president last

night. what i'm going to do and i recommend to all senators, let's find out what we have first. >> in fact today on the hill, vice president biden will be up here. he will be meeting with house democrats behind closed doors talking about this deal, answering questions answering concerns and randall trying to shore up support among the democrats. >> lisa stark on capitol hill, thank you. >> iranian supporters of the deal say it will mean the end of decades of sanctions that have tripled their economy. iranian hardliners see the agreement as bowing to western demands. erika wood has more on the reaction in iran. >> in iran's capitol the newspapers front pages are all centered around the nuclear negotiations. after years of tough sanctions people say they're happy to see an end to their economic problems. >> every iranian will be happy. they went through a lot over the

years. i'm happy anyway. >> my personal opinion is that i wish they'd done this sooner, so people wouldn't have to go through all these difficulties. >> for sure it's a good feeling removing the sanctions that have purchased our country. you can see the effects on people. >> not everyone shares their positive approach. the negotiations dragged on for a reason. there are some in iran who take a much harder line. they consider the nuclear issue a matter of sovereignty a right they insist they should be able to pursue without outside interference. it is a political issue president rouhani and his negotiator team have had to handle carefully here at home and internationally. when he ran for president in 2013 rouhani vowed to negotiate an end to the sanctions that were hurting the iranian people. he also promised not to crumble in the face of western demands.

there will be a lot of discussion from inside iran, now this deal is done, but it had support from the very top because as with any major political decision in iran, nothing goes ahead without the approval of the supreme leader. >> there will be scrutiny in iran about the deal, but i think they will stick to it, because they see that this deal is a success. it's not something that's bad. iran traded transparency for sanction relief, and that trade is fair in general opinion in iran i think. >> its chief negotiator conceded this is not a perfect deal, but iran has managed to maintain its position as a tough negotiating partner, and help its economy in the process. erika woods, al jazeera. >> many world leaders expressed

support for the deal. russian president vladimir putin released a statement saying the world has breathed a huge sigh of relief. he says the kremlin will do everything in its power to assure the agreement works. >> iraqi prime minister al abadi is another supporter, sake it will be a catalyst for regional stability. saudi arabia had a guarded response the kingdom stressed the importance of strict nuclear in possessions and the need to reinstate sanctions if iran fails to live up to its promises. israeli leaders on the other hand are denouncing the agreement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it will put iran on a sure path to nuclear weapons. >> this deal will give an unreformed unrepentant and far richer terrorist regime the capacity to produce many nuclear

bombs. what a stunning historic mistake. >> he spoke by phone with president obama who was unable to allay netanyahu's fears. president obama argued the deal removes the possibility of a nuclear armed iran. he says that is in the national security interests of both the u.s. and israel. stay tuned for our next half hour, we will speak with former israeli prime minister about the iran nuclear deal. joining us from boston is ambassador nicholas burns from the harvard university school of government. as a diplomat, he served under secretary of state for political affairs and as the u.s. ambassador to nato. he was also to former lead negotiator on iran's nuclear program. thank you for joining us this morning, ambassador. >> thank you. >> if you were part of the most recent negotiations, would you have accepted this deal?

>> i think this is a sensible deal for the united states. i don't think it's a perfect deal. we had to make the inevitable compromises that any government has to in a negotiation like this but the virtue is, it's going to freeze iran's nuclear program for the next decade. we can be reasonably certain that iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon and that's a fundamental security interest the united states has israel has and the arab countries have, as well. that's the great virtue of the deal. iran is under an international spotlight. the spire world has grouped against iran to make sure that it's going to implement this agreement. there will be a lot of people looking to whether or not the iranians cheat. there will be focus on the verification inspection regimes. here in the united states we're going to have a major argument in the congress certainly about whether or not the congress should approve or disapprove of what the president has done.

>> on that question of checking to make sure that iran doesn't cheat, that is one of the issues that has been bandied about. the provision does not provide for spot inspections if you will. they have to be arranged, which obviously would allow iran time to move whatever it wanted to move that it did not want to be seen. there will not be open access to its military facilities, where they could also conduct nuclear research. isn't that problematicle? >> i think it is a weakness of the agreement. >> the down side is the inspections regime. we need to know more from the obama administration and european officials involved how

it's going to work. one would hope the atammic agency will be tough minded and aggressive in looking for evidence that iran is cheating on this agreement. i say that because for the last 20 years iran has not told the truth about its nuclear program. in fact, it's routinely lied to the united nations and rest of the world about what it's doing. it had plants that it lied about. i would hope that the iaea will take a very aggressive posture will stretch the limits of their authorities. that's the only way we can be sure iran is complying with this agreement. >> you add arguments that skeptics will be sure to use in their opposition to this agreement, but if you were the obama administration, what would you do to convince them not to vote against the agreement? >> i testified yesterday in washington on the iran nuclear deal and said i supported it,

thought this was the most sensible alternative for the united states, given the other alternatives. i obviously was straightforward in saying there are weaknesses here and congress has to ask questions of the administration and we as a country have to make sure that we are going to do everything possible to force iran to implement this deal. if i were in the administration, i would accent wait the point that president obama made in his new york times interview that we live in the real world and we have to choose the best alternative and this is i think the best alternative. we can be reasonably sure that this agreement will deny iran a nuclear weapon. that's the bottom line arcment that i think is a very strong argument in support of this agreement, that the administration can use. >> ambassador nicholas burns thank you for joining us on aljazeera america. >> thank you very much. >> outrage this morning as the public gets its first look at dash cam video of a fatal police

shooting in los angeles two years ago. an attorney for the victim's family says it shows a cold blooded killing. john henry smith is here with us. john this is the latest of videos showing police shooting an unarmed person, but this is two years old. how did it go missing for so long? >> media outlets had to go to court to get the city to release the video. they didn't want it reds. on monday, a federal judge set a $4.7 million settlement paid with public money was the big reason why the public ha a right to see what you're about to see. a quick word of warning some might consider this video graphic. >> three men were stopped after a call about a stolen bike. two men held still, one did not. officers can be heard shouting

in english and spanish for him to keep his hands up. l.a. county district attorney later wrote that his friends say that he was trying to explain to them that they were not the thieves and that the police had the wrong men. in fact, it was his brother's bike that had been stolen and the men were searching for the thief. the d.a.'s report says that the dispatcher significantly escalated the seriousness of the crime reported by alerting officers to a violent felony rather than a petty theft. all of the officers present reported feeling fear as he continually put his hands up and down, although the video does not seem to support their report that he put his hand into his waistband. officers said they warned they would shoot if he dropped his hands again, and say they fired

after losing sight of his right hand. the officers shot him eight times and his friend once. he died, the friend survived. >> the police chief called the incident tragic for all involved. he says the department will equip all police officers with body cameras. he said they will appeal the decision to release the video. federal judge steven wilson said the city can't seal the videos just to cover up wrongdoing on their part or shield themselves from embarrassment. as for the officers, the department did not discipline them nor did the district attorney's office press charges something that the families of the deceased would like to see changed. >> the fate of james holmes is now in the hands of a colorado jury. jurors will drib rate on whether or not he is guilty of murder

for killing 12 at a murder theater three years ago. holmes admitted he carried out the shooting, but his lawyers say he was insane at the time. prosecutors argued he acted with clear intent. >> he came in with overwhelming fire power. he brought with him over 700 rounds, including steel penetrating rounds. he shot anything and everything he could. >> if a jury agrees with prosecutors, holmes faces life in prison or the death penalty. if he agrees with the defense he will be indefinitely confined to a hospital. >> missouri carried out its first execution since the court revealed a controversial drug cocktail was legal. the 55-year-old had been convicted of murdering a 19-year-old woman he kidnapped after a car accident in 2001. >> president obama said the country is in critical need of criminal justice reform.

he spoke at naacped annual convention about the need to fix what he calls a broken system. a speech comes ahead of his historic visit to a federal prison. michael shure reports. >> here in philadelphia, president obama gave a speech outlining a very specific and detailed approach to a problem that he thinks is growing in america, and that's the problem of massive incarceration and disproportionate sentencing. the president seems hopeful that they can get something done only, even citing there is some consensus on this issue pointing out some strange bed foal les. >> this is a cause that's bringing people in bolt houses of congress together, it's created some unlikely bed fellows. you've got americans for tax reform and the aclu, the naacp

and the koch brothers. >> as you can see the president was well received here in philadelphia, but it's a crowd that has been waiting to hear this message for quite some time. the fact that he brought that message to the naacp convention was not lost on the people that attended this event. >> just the fact that the president is taking notice of these things, a lot of these issues get put off to the side with different presidents and different politicians in general, people don't care about these different things. for him to be the leader of our country and taking he'd of these issues going on not only in the black community but latino community and caucasian everybody's community. i appreciate that, when the leader of your country is coming out and standing behind you and voicing his opinions. >> many say the statistics tell the story. five times as many whites are using drugs as african-americans, yet african-americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rates of whites.

african-americans served virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense whites for a violent offense. that's what prompted the president to visit philadelphia and this naacp convention. it's also prompting him to go to oklahoma to be the first sitting penalty to visit a federal prison. >> that's michael shure reporting. today president obama will talk about economic opportunity when he meets with the choctaw nation, one of the countries largest american tribes. >> it has been four years since the drought crise began in california. >> the smithsonian will feature art owned by bill cosby the sign tells visitors in the exhibit is about the artist who created them, not mr. cosby. >> the moment a drug lord broke out of prison. new video shows el chapo's escape to freedom. the latest on the efforts to find him. >> a sky diving plane forced to

use a highway as a landing strip.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:22 eastern time, taking a look at today's top stories from around the nation. flash flood watch away dozens of home in kentucky, two people

killed since monday after caught in rushing water. police say six people are still missing. several were rescued from trees or cars. >> search teams in washington found the wreckage of a plane after a teenaged girl survived the deadly crash. the 16-year-old hiked for more than one day through the wilderness after the plane went down in thick fog in a dense forest. her grandparents were killed in the crash. >> new video released from police in new jersey shows a plane crash landing on a highway. it was carrying students from a sky diving school. it suddenly lost power and made an emergency landing safely on a main road along the jersey shore. one passenger suffered minor injuries. >> greek parliament is considering the latest european bailout proposal and deep cuts backed by prime minister alexis tsipras. civil service and other workers are protesting the proposed cuts. parliament has until midnight to

pass the plan. banks are closed through tomorrow, though some restrictions, such as internal transfers have been lifted. patricia sabga is live in athens. there's been activity this morning, what can you tell us about what the people there are saying? >> greek civil servants marched to parliament today to protest economic free form measures. prime minister tsipras must consider a majority to pass them by midnight tonight. they have to go through to move forward with talks on a bailout package that's much harsher than the once the majority of greek voters rejected in a referendum a week ago. this is seen as harsher and seen as intrusive if not humiliating. without it, greek banks will almost shoring go under putting greek beposts at risk of being seized or wipe out and that is

the face lawmakers have today. >> you had an interview with a member of syriza. what's their take on this crisis? >> we. >> she explained why she is voting to pass austerity measures that she and her party of philosophically opposed to. >> this vote is not from our hearts. i'm certain of that, but for political reasons, this is what we have to do today to go book to we can go forward. >> while the immediate question is whether these measures can get past parliament today the more important question is whether this bailout can lift the greek economy out of its

quagmire. the i.m.f.'s answer is a resounding no, according to a leaked memo. that memo said that european leaders have to start considering debt relief measures far in excess of what they've considered before in order to make greece's debt sustainable such as deep up front haircuts, translation basically for giving a large portion of that debt or pushing a window for starting to pay principle and interest out to 2023. >> president obama trying to sell the iran nuclear deal to congress while allaying the fears of israel. we will talk with the former israeli prime minister and get his take on the agreement. >> i'm in kabul. one man hopes to bring solar cars to afghanistan.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:28 eastern time, taking a look at today's top stories. president obama begins trying to sell a nuclear agreement with iran to a skeptical congress. lawmakers have 60 days to review it. republicans say though don't trust iran to abide by the terms. iranians took to the street to celebrate the deal overnight many saying they look forward to the lifting of crippling economic sanctions, but there is worry in parts of the middle east. israel's prime minister says the deal could put iran on a sure path to nuclear weapons. >> in a decade, this deal will give an unreformed, unrepentant and far richer terrorist regime the capacity to produce many nuclear bombs. in fact, an entire nuclear arsenal with the means to deliver it. what a stunning, historic mistake. >> in a few minutes we'll be joined by former prime minister

barak with his perspective. >> there are new details in the prison break of el chapo guzman. mexican authorities released this security camera video showing the moment before he he is skipped a maximum security prison. they are now offering almost $4 million to find him. the break represents something much bigger than just a security breach for the mexican government. >> the morning mist envelopes the maximum security prison, a reflection of the mystery surrounding the escape of the jail's most prized inmate. the most wanted drug lord slipped through his cell's bathroom only 16 months after the government paraded him as their biggest captor in the war against drugs. the interior minister left no doubt this was an inside job. >> he had to have had help from

the staff or bosses of the prison. if that's confirmed it will be an act of corruption and betrayal of the mexican people. >> heads are already rolling among them, that of the prison director for a jail break reminisce sent of the holy hollywood movie. behind is the building where he emerged after walking through a tunnel that began just under his prison cell. he escaped in some style the tunnel equipped with ventilation, tall enough for him to stand in and even had electric lighting. >> it was a meticulously planned operation. neighbors told us the work started on the believe that would hide the tunnel a year ago, soon after el chapo was locked up. >> they had a generator which you could hear from the road and you could see the lights from the window. >> it's the second time guzman's escaped prison. legend has it the first time, 14 years ago, was in a laundry

basket. this time around, the u.s. were desperate to extradite him. the mexican government refused. now their biggest prize has become their biggest embarrassment. >> what his escape does is shoers the illusion of power so the government is not seen as a strong force which can make demands on traffickers which can lay down the rules. it's seen as weak and that could have serious implications on the ground. >> the government's launched an all out manhunt across want country. there are no clues to where el chapo is enjoying his newly found freedom. >> it has been four months since the white house rolled out a pilot program to stop lone wolf attacks in the u.s. erica pitzi traveled to boston to find out what's being done.

>> as convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokar tsarnaev awaits execution in federal prison, several city and community leaders here in boston are now turning their focus to a new program that's actually designed to prevent people like tsarnaev from going down a path to violence. with the apparent growing trend of this type of violence nationwide, the white house announced a policy in february rolling out programs in three american cities, including boston to specifically counter violent extremism. since it's been about five months since the reallyout we wanted to know is this program off the ground yet. if not why not and how exactly do you have prevent someone from going down a path that could lead to violence? we sat down with the u.s. attorney from massachusetts along with several other city and community leaders to get answers. that's tonight at 8:00. back to you.

>> japan could soon send troops abroad for the first time since world war ii. a set of controversial security bills sailed through a key parliamentary committee as lawmakers protested inside the chambers. opponents say the legislation could draw the nation into a war. the bills are expected to be approved by a lower house of parliament this week. worries this morning in china over the state of the economy the latest government figures show gross domestic product rose 7%. that is in line with official targets, but little china's lowest level of growth since the 2009 global financial crisis. retail sales went up 10% a slower growth rate than the last quarter, following falling stock

prices. >> on the moan beat, an on line battle between amazon and walmart today, hammond calls it prime day offering some customers big disquants. walmart is offering its own big sales. the company says unlike amazon, their discounts are available to everything. >> research teams say climate change is threatening bumblebees. the food you eat will likely be affected. let's bring in -- nicole mitchell is going to be here in a moment for today's environmental impact. come on up, nicole. we will have nicole's report in just a minute. but first an afghan engineer, building the country's first solo car another environmental impact story. his ambition is to have his vehicles take over the streets of afghanistan. jennifer glasse reports from

kabul. >> he had a dream, to use something kabul has plenty of, sunshine. he started building his countries first solar car. >> two problems in afghanistan one is environment, another problem is we haven't mined. >> gasoline. >> gas yes. >> a professional engineer, he knew what he wanted to build but the materials and the money weren't always available. >> for the last really extensive, i haven't money. >> to finance the project he sold his own car and when that money ran out he looked for donations. a friend he met on line gave him a thousand dollars to finish it. it took a year and a half and $5,000 to produce his dream car. >> this is the only one in afghanistan? >> yes. this is the only one in afghanistan. the first solar energy car. this car uses electricity from

the solar panels. when it is cloudy or night or running, we can use electricity. >> he used parts he could find at the local market, like motorcycle wheels. he welded the car together as best he could. >> there is a basic model no room for storage no airbags and not a lot of maneuverability. >> driving is kabul is chaotic and aggressive. cars challenge each other to get ahead. he only takes his car on the road often weekends. armed with the phone number of the head of the traffic police in case he's stopped. summer driving has brought a new problem, the brake fluid gets too hot and he has his first accident.

despite the difficulties, he is hoping some day to produce the cars here. so far, there have been no interested investors. he says he got a free education in afghanistan and he would like to give something back to his country. jennifer glasse, al jazeera kabul. >> now to nicole mitchell for today's environmental impact. we've heard a lot about bumblebees. tell us more. >> we kind of already know there is a loss in the population and a lot of speculation why. it's a number of different things including pesticides used but there's definitely starting to be more evidence for a climate change tied to this and not just the climate that's changing, but the pollution that leads to it makes it harder for the bees to find out the flowers when they're having to sort through pollution and those smells. warming temperatures have shrunk where the bumblebees live, in america and in europe. here's a look at the loss map from 2012-2013.

some states, over 50% so around the great lakes that really impacts the food we eat as more of these die off apples, cranberries are pollinated in part by bumblebees, california almonds, cotton, a lot of things. population, there's a kind of a baseline that runs just under 20% of what's acceptable to be lost over a season. we've been running about 40% some of the winters winters like the 2012-2013 and 2014-2015, that's a very large loss. part of them is not being able to adopt and move farther to the north, because they have to rebuild colonies as they move. >> thanks, nicole mitchell. >> coming up next, the fight against the nuclear deal with iran. we will talk about why israel came out against the deal, next. >> up close and personal, new pictures of pluto as we've never seen it before. >> saying goodbye to an iconic

toy store as it prepares to close the doors on it's most famous location.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:41 eastern time, taking a look at today's global headlines, the former bookkeeper of auschwitz has been convicted for his role in some 300,000 murders. he has been sentenced to four years in prison. the 94-year-old admitted to moral guilt but insists he was not legally responsible for the deaths. >> at least 27 people are dead in southern india after caught in a stampede during a religious festival. dozens of others were injured during the ritual. tens of thousands of people are pushed into a holy river. >> in south africa, archbishop desmond at you at you has been hospitalized. the 83-year-old suffered an infection and is expected to be discharged within the week. he has lived with prostate cancer for 15 years. >> the nuclear deal with iran and the tough jock of selling

it, both to lawmakers in washington and to the international community already a crucial u.s. ally, israel has come out against the deal. the former prime minister of israel joins us live from tel-aviv. he served at defense and deputy prime minister in the netanyahu government from 2009-2013. thank you for being with us this morning. your current prime minister, netanyahu, calls this agreement a mistake of historic proportions. do you agree with that assessment? >> well, it's clearly historical, and i think that really is a bad agreement so in a way a mistake to have it. it's bad because it gives -- it makes iran a nuclear player. it allows iran to choose when to

turn -- nuclear power not without certain risks are on the way. they will decide to do it in the coming few years. it relieves the tight noose around the economic kind of situation. it allows them to basically owe open it opens a new age for the mpt, any other member who would like to become a nuclear power will argue there is no moral reason to prevent him from doing this. along the way, they can sponsor terror, so it's a bad -- it's a bad agreement and in this reward i agree with mr. netanyahu. >> your point it releases the

tight noose placed around them economically the sanctions we are talking about but notwithstanding those sanctions iran was able to build more centrifuges, to accumulate more material to build nuclear bombs. their nuclear program continued under the sanctions. isn't a good idea to have access to what they are doing the inspections that are part of this agreement? >> you know, i don't want to talk about the past. we have a middle east saying in arabic, whatever the parties did, we cannot change it. it doesn't make sense to deem with it. i think that there were alternatives. there was an opening for a much tougher kind of negotiation however soft speaking will be accompanied by a big stick in

the background that will convince the iranians somehow that they have to basically dismantle the insulation and stop the military program. basically, we are in a totally new page of the history of the middle east, starting from yesterday, disregard it at stoic, as well, basically the world led by america including rush china europe and so on, all agreed to recognize iran as a major legitimate regional power and basically iran is now transformed from being part of the problem as they used to be for the last 12 years into part of the hopefully and gradually part of the solution. that's a great change, and the frustration for israel and its arab moderates neighbors.

>> president obama in his remarks yesterday said that while this agreement is not perfect, it is a move away from the unit mat alternative, which is a military action against iran and towards a peaceful resolution of the problem. do you believe that there is an alternative between those two points, the negotiated agreement that we're looking at versus the military action some are intimating should be taken to take out iran's nuclear capability? >> i'm in no position to question the judgment of the united states president in regard to the american interests. i believe that he strongly feels that that's the case, but when

people ordinary people and experts, when they hear these alternatives it's either the agreement or the wall, they think of an operation the size of the war in afghanistan or war in iraq that after 10 years you don't know yet whether it's over or not, i don't think this is the case in iran. a military arrangement is an operation that could be executed under more limited terms by israel but by the americans clearly it could be executed with a fraction of one night without any single boot on the ground and in a way that the iranians can do nothing to block it or stop it or derail it. the only thing that they can do,

even in the morning after is basically to attack israel and to activate hezbollah against israel. it's not true that it's either full scale war or an agreement. at certain point it could have been a threat and if worse come to worse an execution of a military operation. in fact, the president mentioned yesterday that his belief is that even after this agreement if the iranians will vital it or try to break through his successor will still have at his disposal the same weapons and tools that were developed under the guidance of president obama that can slow them back, but when people tell you that how can you compare a relatively short delay of five years to the agreement that can delay them by

15 years, i can tell that you it's not that simple. if the iranians were attacked and the military nuclear program destroyed, they cannot go back and resume it very easily. the threat of repetition is deep in the heads and it's not -- >> we have unfortunately lost our link to the former israeli prime minister. he said there is an option between the agreement which israel does not support versus the ultimate military option, which president obama said the u.s. does not want to use at this point but give the negotiated agreement a chance to bring iran into compliance and away from nuclear weapons. >> on today's science beat, nasa scientists and engineers now confirmed a very close fly by of

the dwarf planet, pluto. early tuesday morning it came within 7800 miles of pluto then the spacecraft phoned home, sending messages about the fly by. we have more on this special 3 billion-mile mission. >> nasa's probe was launched in 2006. it's taken since then, over nine years and a journey of 5 billion kilometers to reach its goal, the dwarf planet, pluto. >> this spacecraft went past jupiter to get gravity pull to increase the speed. that was the opportunity to test the equipment on the cameras and we got very nice images from june per. >> traveling at 1,000 kilometers a minute, the instruments and

cameras have sent back surprising images. instead of gray, pluto appears to have a red and orange surface. >> we've seen these crazy black and white passengers. we have no idea what those mean. we've seen circular things that we're wondering are those creators or something else. we saw circular things on try to know that are not creators. >> after flying past, new horizons will continue its journey into a region known as the kuiper belt. >> it's going through the solar system where the materials of the planets change from rock and gas to ice, in this kind of objects we find, we expect to find a little bit more evidence of the pristine material out of reach of the role larr system and the earth of course was

formed. >> radio signals already take more than four hours to reach earth, making communication slow and difficult. it's an ongoing challenge for the scientists as the probe travels deeper into one of the last explored paths of our solar system. al jazeera. >> former nasa as as to put that and international space station commander said the journey is extraordinary and advances space travel. >> this is fantastic news, we've never done anything like this, nine years in the making, 3 billion miles and closest approach 7800 miles to get these fantastic images, data to tell us the chemical com significance of the surface and mapping to tell us, temperature mapping to tell us a little more about the history of the planet. it's really exciting. so in addition to these fantastic visual images that the cameras are taking, we'll get

temperature data, com significance to see what it's made up of. there are mysterious dark spots on the surface we hope to learn more about. i think it will help us understand our own planet and solar system a little more. >> he says the probe will continue to transmit data for many years to come. >> researchers call it groundbreaking and historic, the discovery of a particle. they found a new form of matter. scientists high path sized that it existed. >> in new york, it's a tradition to visit to one of the world's most famous toy stores. unfortunately, it's the end of an era for f.a.o. schwartz, closing in new york city.

we have the sad news. >> for the first time in over 100 years f.a.o. schwartz won't have a retail space anymore the flagship store closing on fifth avenue marks the end for has major tourist attraction. >> it's been new york's iconic wonderland for kids, made wildly popular after the scene in the 1980's movie "big." new yorkers and tourists are saying goodbye today to the giant piano and thousands of other stays at f.a.o. schwartz, it's rent, said the company has gotten too high. for decades shoppers have been greeted by real life toy soldiers posing for the camera and singing. ♪ >> home to nearly every kind of stuffed animal you can think of and toy classics from rubik's

cubes to toys customized. >> you can design your own muppet. >> it has been a dream land for children. >> lots of beanie babies. >> and a must-see destination for tourists. that may have been the biggest problem. it often has seen more amusement attraction than store. the company went bankrupt in 2003. at the time it had 23 locations. most shut down. by 2009, when toys are us bought the brand the only remaining stores were in new york and las vegas. toys are us will still market the brand along with its on line store and says it's looking for another location in new york. >> the store may reopen next year if toys are us can secure a space, but for now you'll have to go by that piano on line. >> thank you. >> the american league was the big winner in the all-star game, winning its third all-star game in a row.

>> that's into right field pretty well hit long gone. >> angels outfielder and game m.v.p. mike trout started with a home run a solo blast from brian dozier helped lead the a.l. to a 6-3 win meaning the american league will have home field advantage for the world series. before the game, former cincinnati player and manager pete rose received a standingion ovation as he walked on to the field. he was selected as one of the reds' greatest players of all time. he is banned from baseball for betting on games. >> that's it for us here in new york. thanks for watching. keep up on aljazeera.com.

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>> welcome to the news hour from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes: painful buff necessary the greek parliament debates whether to pass major reforms demanded by creditors. >> forces take over the port in the city of aden from houthi rebels. >> protests in the japanese parliament over a plan