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to secure a bailout deal. ♪ this is al jazeera america, good morning. i'm randall pinkston in for stephanie sy. president obama today is beginning his hard sell of a nuclear deal with iran. the agreement can't be implemented until congress gets 60 days to review it. during that time the president cannot lift economic sanctions that iran desperately wants eased. lisa stark is live for us on capitol hill this morning. vice president joe biden was standing with president obama yesterday when the announcement was made obviously a big deal for the obama administration. now he's going to be meeting with democrats, some of whom are skeptical. how is biden going to convince them. >> reporter: he is meeting with them even as we speak.

one member said the meeting is packed. virtually every member of the caucus 207 strong there to at ten this meeting. he said it is highly technical, they are talking about the very specifics of the deal. he also said that biden told them he was skeptical when these negotiations started, but he said biden made as convincing case as we could, but steve israel said he is not totally convinced yet. so you can see what kind of a fight is ahead for the obama administration. >> so the obama administration is getting stack -- static from democrats and a lot of republicans. are any republicans supporting it? >> well, if they are, they weren't supporting it publicly. a number of republicans have said let's take a look. let's see what this deal really involves.

but most of them are feeling that the obama administration wanted this deal so badly that it gave away its goals, what it really was trying to achieve, which is a nuclear free iron. here is speaker of the house john boehner. >> it's going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear iran. >> reporter: boehner says he will do everything he can to try to kill this deal. in chorus of criticism is mainly on the republican side but there are democrats that are very very sceptical. let's have some patience though says harry fawcett. >> the document is 100 pages long. my staff hasn't read it. i haven't read it. i think what i'm going to do, and i recommend this to all senators, let's fine out what we have fist.

>> reporter: so we are expecting hearings in the house and senate in the next couple of weeks. mitch mcconnell saying there will be a full airing in this the senate. then they go on recess. when members come back in september, that's when we will get a vote on this deal with iran. they can either vote to approve it disapprove it or not to vote at all. >> so can congress easily block the deal? >> reporter: certainly they can vote to disapprove the deal and with the words we have heard on capitol hill just in the last 24 hours, it seems that is a very likely possibility. president obama has indicated he will veto any measure like that and then the key will be can the republicans and the democrats who oppose it muster enough votes to override the veto. the white house will be working very hard to keep enough democrats in their camp that any presidential veto would hold.

president obama is set to hold a news conference in just a few hours, he will try to convince members of congress and the american people to support the deal. michael the president appears to be in for a fierce fight. >> reporter: exactly as lisa said. he is also in for a fight against time. the results of this kind of a deal aren't going to be done right away, so he is going to have to convince the american people that this is going to take a little bit of time. that may take some doing especially going into a presidential election year when people are going to be fighting it out, but won't involve the president in the conversation. >> when you look at the practical matter even if congress votes to oppose the deal and the president is not able to sustain his veto the other partners who were part of the negotiations the p-5, they can still proceed with lifting sanctions. certainly members of congress must be aware that if the u.s.

chooses to go alone, iran may still get what it wants. >> yeah and i think that's part of the president's thinking. you'll remember in may hes a semied the gulf cooperation council, leaders from the gulf states at camp david. they wanted to set those sorts of events off at the pass. they want to cut them off before they are able to happen. so in terms of gathering a group together, he wants the credit the united states wants credit and he will warn the congress in that case. >> what kind of reactions are you hearing from presidential candidates? >> reporter: presidential candidates of course jumping on it. some of them even beforehand. hillary clinton giving cautious support. she has certainly supported it. bernie sanders supported it. jeb bush coming out as you can imagine against it pretty quickly, saying this isn't

diplomacy, this is appeasement. and scott walker said that he would veto this before the deal was even struck. >> iran is not a place we should do business with. [ cheers and applause ] >> looking ahead, looking ahead, we need a president who will terminate that bad deal with iran on day one. >> reporter: so randall you see there that the republicans are just chomping at the bit to take this issue out to the american people. >> michael shure live at the white house, thank you. perhaps the biggest issue for president obama is convincing americans that iran will abide to the terms of the deal. according to a poll 55% of americans surveyed do not trust iran to live up to the terms of

the agreement. 35% have a little trust that iran will comply. the poll was conducted by the deal was announced. as michael mentioned president obama has to persuade a major ally israel that the deal is in its long-term security interest. prime minister netenyahu so far is not convinced. earlier, i asked a former israeli prime minister what he thought of the deal. >> i think it is really a bad agreement, so in a way mistake to have it. it's bad because it gives the -- it makes iran a threshold nuclear player. it allows iran to choose when to turn to external nuclear power, not without certain risks along the way. specialsly they will decide to do it in the coming years.

it relieves the tight noose around their economic situation. i think that there were alternatives. there was an opening for a much tougher kind of negotiation with the however soft speak willing be accompanied by a big stick in the background that will convince the iranians somehow that they have to basically dismantle the installation and stop the nuclear program. basically we're in a totally new page of the history of the middle east starting from yesterday. basically the world lead by america, including russia 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 gradually part of the solution. >> but on the other side former iran negotiator ambassador nicklas burns calls the deal sensible for the united states. >> i don't think it's a perfect deal. we had to make the 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. and we can be reasonably certain that iran will not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon. and that's the fundamental interest that the united states has, israel has, and the arab countries have as well. >> burns said there needs to be more transparency about international inspections and how exactly they will work. in tehran at least for now, the iranian leader who made the

deal is being hailed. he returned home to a hero's welcome. president obama is scheduled to speak at 1:00 pm eastern time. al jazeera america will bring that to you live. outrage this morning as the public gets its first look at dash cam video of a fatal shooting in los angeles two years ago. an attorney for the victim's family says it shows a cold-blooded killing. >> reporter: media outlets had to go to court to get the police to release the video. on monday a judge said a $4.7 million settlement paid with public money was a big reason why the public has the right to see what you are about to see. warning some might consider this video graphic. around 2:00 am in 2013 officers responding to a 911 call about a

stolen cop, stopped three men. while two men remain with their hands up. ricardo 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 jackie lacy later wrote that: in fact it was the brother's bike that had been stolen and the men were searching for the thief. the da also said, quote: 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 diaz 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. [ gunfire ] >> the officers shot him eight times, and his friend once. diaz died the friend survived. the police chief called the incident, quote, tragic for all involved and says the department will soon equip all police officers with body camera cameras. now in ordering the video's release, federal judge steven wilson said the city can't seal the videos just to quote cover up any 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 opt to press charges against them. john henry smith reporting.

the first rake hike from the federal reserve is likely to happen later this year. janet yellen is on capitol hill today live delivering the fed's economic report. she says there are signs the economy is reviving after a tough winter. if that continues the fed will up interest rates this year. but yell len emphasized that rates will remain very low for quite sometime after that first increase. still to come on al jazeera america, greece's parliament debates severe cuts that it needs to approve in order to receive a new bailout. and what boston and some other cities are doing to try to prevent potential attacks. ♪

welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:46 eastern time taking a look at today's top stories. flash flooding washed away dozens of home in kentucky.

police say at least six are missing, several people had to be evacuated from trees or their cars. 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 93 year old admitted to moral guilt at the infamous concentration camp but insists he was not legally responsible for the deaths. plus new details of the prison break that freed the world's most wanted drug lord. mexico authorities released this security camera video, showing the moment when guzman escaped from maxim security prison. they are now offering a $4 million reward to find him. the greek parliament is meeting to consider the latest bailout proposal. some members of the ruling party are slamming deep cuts in the plan and workers are on strike to protest.

>> reporter: greek civil servants marched to parliament today to protest reform measures. these reform measures are necessary to move forward with a bailout package that is even harsher than the majority of greeks jekted more than a week ago. it's seen as intrusive if not humiliating. but without it greek banks could collapse. in that is the stark choice facing lawmakers here today. like this syriza mp. she explained why she is voting to pass reform measures she and her party are fundamentally philosophically against. >> translator: this vote is not from our hearts but for political reasons this is what we'll have to do to allow greece

to remain steady. >> reporter: while the media question is whether these reform measures can be passed today. the bigger question is whether this bailout package will lift the greek economy out of its quagmire. in a leaked memo the imf says that european leaders have to start considering debt relief measures far in excess of what they have considered in the past such as giving greece a deep haircut on its debt or pushing out the time line for when greece has to start repaying its principal and interest. >> patricia sabga in athens. the fate of james holmes is now in the hands of a a -- colorado jury. they will determine whether he is guilty of killing 12 people

in a movie theater. his lawyers say he was insane at the time. prosecutors argued that holmes 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. >> in the jury agree with prosecutors, holmes faces life in prison or the death penalty, but if they agree with the defense he will be indefinitely committed to a mental health hospital. as convicted boston marathon bomber awaits his 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. and with the apparent growing trend of this type of violence nationwide, the white house announced a policy in member rolling out programs in three american cities including boston to specifically counter violent extremism. since it's been about five months since the rollout, we wanted to know is this program off of the ground yet? if not, why not? and how exactly do you prevent someone from going down a path that could lead to violence? we sat down with the u.s. attorney for massachusetts along with several other city and community leaders to get answers. that's tonight at 8:00. back to you. >> erika pitzi in boston. colorado's board of health votes today on whether posttraumatic stress disorder can be treated be medical marijuana. the state's chief medical

officer recommended another vote. recreational pot is legal in colorado but medical marijuana is much cheaper because of taxes. nine other states treat ptsd with medical marijuana. coming up a longer than expected layover for a solar-powered plane flying around the world. and saying good-bye to an iconic toy store as it prepares to close the doors on its most famous location. ♪

70 years ago this week the first atomic bomb went off in new mexico. the government tested it at a nuclear site just miles of where people were sleeping. >> reporter: on the morning of july 16th, 1945, many new mexico ans knew something happened in the desert. an associated press story quoting military officials stated that a munitions magazine

has exploded. but it was a ruse to hide what really took place here. however, those living near the site were not told about radiation dangers, there was absolutely no mention of a nuclear test. thoselying in the trinity blast zone zone many have been battling cancer. they want the u.s. government to compensate them, but a 1990 law, called the radiation exposure compensation act specifically does not cover new mexico an civilians. >> do you have any idea how much cancer treatment costs? 306,346 dollars. that's almost of a third of a million dollar 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. >> reporter: senator tom udall wants to change that but faces resistance in congress. we'll have the full story later today. and you can watch the full report tonight at 8:00 eastern here on al jazeera america. the first solar powered plane to try flying around the world has been grounded until next year. the team says the plane suffered battery damage on its way from japan to hawaii. unanticipated temperature changes caused the damage. engineers hope to get the plane flying again by next april. we are expecting to see the first close-up images of pluto today. it has taken nearly 24 hours to download and process the

pictures that it took. scientists hope the images will provide crucial details of pluto's significance in our solar system. an online battle for deals between amazon and wal-mart today. they are offering some customers big discounts, and wal-mart decided to do the same. the company says unlike amazon their discounts are available to everyone. it is the end of an era for one of the world's most famous toy stores. they are closing its iconic location here in new york city. >> reporter: it's been new york's iconic wonderland for kids, made wildly popular after the scene in the '80s movie "big." new yorkers and tourists are saying good-bye to the giant piano and thousands of other toys at fao schwartz. the rent the company says has

gotten too high. for decades shoppers have been greeted by real life toy soldiers posing for the camera and even singing. ♪ we welcome our friends to fao ♪ ♪ have a great joyride inside ♪ >> reporter: home to every toy you can think of from rue -- rubices cubes and lots more. a must-see designation for tourists and that may have been fao's biggest problem. it often seemed more amusement attraction than store. the company went bankrupt in 2003. at the time it had 23 locations, most eventually shut down. by 2009 when toys 'r us bought the brand the only remaining stores were in new york and las

vegas. it says it is looking for another location in new york. we're getting a look at an amazing plane landing in new jersey. police released this video, showing a small plane crash landing on a highway, actually on the median of a highway. the plane lost power and made an emergency landing. one passenger suffered minor injuries. hats off to the pilot. president obama is set to talk about the iran nuclear deal at 1:00 pm eastern time. al jazeera america will bring you live coverage of the president's marks. thanks for watching. i'm randall pinkston the news continues next live from doha. and for the latest headlines you can go to our website, aljazeera.com. ♪

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