>> tough sell. >> a bad deal threatens the security of the american people and we're going to do everything possible to stop it. >> resistance from congress and concerns from allies as the white house tries to push the iran nuclear deal. traffic stop investigation. >> the officer was picking on her point blank serious. >> put your phone down. >> new questions surrounding the arrest of sandra bland and

revelation what she told the guards at the texas jail where she died. out of control an alarming warning about rising sea levels and how they could impact major cities around the globe. no holds barred. >> a total light weight, here's a guy in the private sector he couldn't get a job believe me. >> donald trump sharing the spotlight and leading the polls. good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al al jazeera america, the obama administration is working hard to sell the iranian nuclear agreement. in saudi arabia today defense secretary ash carter got the seal of approval from the country's king and tomorrow secretary of state john kerry will head to the hill to push the deal to a skeptical congress. john terret, the saudis opposed the deal. >> reporter: absolutely had antonio, absolutely right. saudi arabia, the largest sunni

power, is concerned iran, the biggest shia one will use the agreement to flex its muscles in the region. but united states last convinced this they will protect the saudis from the results of that deal. >> carter and the accord did receive a warm welcome. but even he admits with some reservations. >> the only reservations that we 60sed were onesdiscussed were ones that we thoroughly shared, unable, that we tend to verification of the agreement as it's implemented. and also, with respect to the so-called snap-back of sanctions. >> reporter: those sanctions will be put back in place immediately. according to the agreement should the irannians renege on any part of the deal.

still the saudis are concerned about how world powers will block any attempt by iran to build nuclear weapons while its influence grows in the nation. iran already funds hezbollah in lebanon and has been accused by saudi arabia of backing houthis of removing yemen's president earlier this year. tehran has already begun firing back comments. >> the islamic republic of iran will not commitment itself to any negotiations. >> skeptical house and senate members were met by john kerry over the deal. >> the agreement we have arrived at with world powers is an agreement that will prevent iran from the potential of of securing

a nuclear weapon. it will make our allies safer the world safer and we are convinced that the absence of any viable alternative absolutely underscores that fact. >> reporter: republicans are trying to collect enough votes to prevent president obama from vee together the deal. but they will have to have a veto proof majorities. >> while president obama's deal was applauded at the united nations, he faces serious skepticism here at home. while a bad deal seriously threatens the safety of the country and we will do something about it. >> beginning tomorrow john kerry on the hill first thing. >> thank you john. thousands packed the times squares to denounce the deal. paving the way for iranians to

build a nuclear bomb. urging congressional members to vote against the deal. former cia director james woolsey and former governor pataki joined the event. jason rezaian rezaian's family are still hoping. lisa stark has the story. >> charged with espionage and other crimes, that u.s. officials call a sham. on the anniversary of his arrest, another call to free the 39-year-old journalist. >> freedom is his right. and we call again on iran, its government and its judiciary to let this decent and innocent man go. >> reporter: a washington post reporter rezaian and his wife

were taken from their tehran home in the middle of the night last july. she is out on jail. rezaian's older brother ali has been relentlessly advocating for his release. negotiations with iran over the nuclear programs. >> how might that impact the willingness of the iranian government to change this case? >> it's now time for the iranian government, let jason go. >> jason rezaian is one of three iranian americans imprisoned in iran. a fourth american is missing and believed jailed although the iranian government denies that. the state department and iran confirm that during the nuclear gloakses, the fategloaksesnegotiations the fate of the american was brought up several

times. some feel they might try block rezaian's release. >> sunlt the unitedsuddenly the united states and iran are in a situation where they are resolving problems and it would be very problematic to let issues like this linger on. >> reporter: the washington post is trying to increase international pressure by going to the united nations and the working group on arbitrary detention, arguing that rezaian's imprisonment is arbitrary and unlawful. >> we must work harder for his release. we can't stop. >> rezaian's mother and wife have had some limited ability to visit him in prison. their stress is obvious. and the family says their son husband and brother has been relentlessly interrogated, denied medical care and put in

isolation. >> it's completely illegal by any standards and it's just a horrible tragedy if they have stolen the last year of my brother's life. >> reporter: as of now there is no way of knowing how many longer rezaian will wait for his freedom. lisa stark be al jazeera washington. >> new back of financial reformation for greece's cash straps country. debate that went into early morning hours in athens. in the end the legislation passed easily. the move opposite a path for a third bailout. the white house says it is in the final stages of of drafting a plan to close down the prison at guantanamo bay. president obama planned to do so when he first took office in 2009. >> we need to continue to

responsibly transfer to foreign countries those detainees that have been designated for transfer. the second thing we need to be able to do is to continue to carry out detentions of detainees in the military system. >> 116 detainees are still at guantanamo. that is down from nearly 800 when the prison was opened by george w. bush this 1972. san drea blandsandra bland told officers she had attempted suicide earlerrier earlier this year following the december of her baby. allegations the original video may have been doctored. >> get out the car i will light you up. now. >> new allegations about sandra

bland's arrest, have forced the texas department to rerelease the tape. criticized for having gaps and some overlaps. dps says it was a problem when they loaded the video file onto the internet. >> we are not in a position where we are going to say it has been tampered with. we are not in a position that we can say it has not. we simply don't know. i'm not a forensic media examiner. but now i know that we're going to have to get one. >> put your phone down. >> reporter: questions involving the dash cam video is just one indication of the motion and anger surrounding bland's arrest. this afternoon bland answer family spoke out in chicago. >> i have seen the video in it

entirety. sandy was pulled over for failure to indicate a lane change. i think the officer was picking out on her point blank period. >> for me, i'm not so much worried about that, as his action he in the video how things happened, what was said what was done and how all of this could have been avoided. >> really for failure to signal! >> while the circumstances of sandra bland's death remains under investigation authorities say she handing herself in her cell using a garbage can liner. fbi and texas rangers will continue their work to find out the truth. meanwhile, bland's relatives await results from an independent autopsy. her funeral will be held in

chicago on saturday. investigators are investigating investigating sandra bland's death. the city of ferguson has hired a new interim police chief, andre anderson, second time since the death of plieb a year ago that ferguson has had a new police chief. anderson looks forward to his position. >> simply to develop trust and build up community policing in this area. >> anderson is taking a six month leave of absence in his current position as glendale police commander. (f) punishable by death or life in prison for are dylann roof.

roof is already facing state criminal charges in south carolina including nine counts of murder. jurors in the colorado shooting case is beginning sentencing phase of the trial. today prosecutors called for the death penalty for james holmes. he was convicted of murder and attempted murder in 2012 attack that left 12 people dead. a dire warning about climate change. some scientists say the rise in sea levels will be far worse than predicted. the influence warning is getting ahead of the science. and an antiabortion group is targeting planned parenthood with videos. the allegation and the response.

>> royal dutch shell got the green light today to start exploratory drilling off the coast of alaska. the obama administration issued the company two permits for

limited drig in drimg in drilling in the arctic ocean. it was a real blow for environmentalists who tried to stop shell from drilling. a report out today james hanson nasa's former climate chief and likely the most prominent climate scientist argues that the sea level could rise up to 15 feet rise. a ten foot rise could put miami and new york city under water. another influential climate scientist is questioning the results. joining us tonight from boulder very good to have you with us dr. treadworth.

argues that sea levels will rise faster almost ten times faster, than climate chains conference just ten years ago. >> it does indeed. pretty scary scenario if that were to come about. there is a little bit of evidence that jim hanson points to in the article. and then he extrapolates greatly in order to come up with the kind of conclusions that he's dealing with. and certainly there's a lot of what he calls nonlinearities, or feed backs involved, it is a run away instead of a steady melt that he's assuming. >> right. >> the key question relies on how reliable some of the current evidence relating to melting ice is, in terms of it being representative of the climate change element. because there's also a natural

variability component. and it's very hard to sort those two components out. >> so from your perspective it's just making jumps that can't -- that shouldn't be made, yet? >> i think he's raised a number of issues which are well worth looking into further. but which you cannot really draw the conclusions that he draws at the moment, with regard to how rapid the climate change will be and how soon it will. but, you know, climate change is happening. it's real. and one of the key points is that we will very likely get there sooner or later. and what jim is saying is that it's sooner. maybe decades instead of a few hundred years or something like that. >> right because if it -- if the report' findings are accurate it would mean that major coastal cities could be uninhabitable in

several decades. >> right but that's a big if. >> a big if. the study's maim argument is cooler fresh water coming from glaciers is forcing warmer water probably a little confusing for those of us who are laymen but is that what you think is the problem that it's going too far and the effect that will have? >> well we've seen some examples. i mean one of the best examples is a major glacier in greensland where the removal of the ice shift, the removal of the ice shelf which acted as a buttress to one of the glaciers there allowed the glacier to flow much more rapidly. so part of interior of greenland began to flow into the ocean

much more rapidly. it slows down but relates to the bottom topography, it doesn't necessarily continue for decades or years. >> last question, the process is unstoppable, what can be done? >> we have a real problem in that we are changing the climate, changing the composition of the atmosphere. i think jim's concerns are very real. i don't think that the arguments that he uses with regard to sea level rising so rapidly are necessarily the most compelling once however. the ones with regard to storms already, hurricanes, there is a typhoon that hit japan today with prodigious amounts of rain. there is already evidence of damage occurring through climate change and we need to do something about it. >> doctor, good to have you with us to give us your perspective

on an alarming study. thank you. thank you. >> the center for medical progress, clainls videos it shot with planned parenthood accuses shows that the group sells material from aborted fetuses. the company stroorngly denies that. >> connecting researchers with people who donate tissue. >> reporter: poses as employees of a medical tissue procurement company called the center for medical progress have been releasing secret recordings of planned parenthood employees. this center for medical progress claims itself as a private citizen group to show that planned parenthood profits from the sale of fetal tissue. >> donating fetal tissue for medical use or research is legal in the u.s.

selling tissue is not. planned parenthood denies it's doing in illegal. >> i want to be really clear. the allegation that planned parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true. >> the president of planned parenthood says the videos misrepresent what her organization is trying to do. >> an organization that opposes safe and legal abortion uses secretly recorded heavily edited videos to substantiate their claim. >> in the video one of our staff members speaks in a way that does not reflect that compassion. this is unacceptable, and i personally apologize for staff member's tone, and statements. >> capitol hill is reacting to the videos, senator rand paul introduced an amendment to cut

off support for planned parenthood even though none of the $500 million a year it gets goes to fund abortions. senate minority leader harry reid stated, nothing that i've read indicates that planned parenthood violated federal law. >> there's fluff footage they claim to release a new video each week for several months. antonio. >> thank you erica. shipping and the use of its facilities. soacialt's disability program is running out of money. the trustees that oversee it warned congress to take action. they warned if nothing is done they will be forced to slash payments to the 11 million americans that receive them every year. the average benefit is over $1,000. that would be reduced by nearly

$200 if nothing changes. fast food workers across new york state could be on their way to making $17 an hour. the wage was approved today with help of governor andrew quomo. the waing is set to go into effect across the state by 2021. the fast food industry criticizes the move. all eyes are on donald trump. >> senator lindsay graham turns a stunt into a viral video.

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>> after a two month delay russia has finally docked at the international space station with three crew members. arrived 10:00 p.m. eastern time. the flight was from kazakhstan, after an unmanned cargo mission failed. fell back to the earth after never reaching the station. political side show, donald trump's unapologetic style has continued to strike a chord with voters. his poll numbers have surged.

david schuster takes a closer look. >> and then i watch this idiot lindsay graham on television. >> reporter: on the presidential campaign trail the fight over donald trump's approach is escalating. the republican candidate taunted lindsay graham a rival for the gop nomination. >> a total light weight, here is a guy who couldn't in the private sector get a job believe me. couldn't get a job. >> senator graham offered this. >> i don't care if he drops out. stay in the race, just stop being a jackass. >> a few hours later trump hit back by giving out graham's seven number. >> 202-228 -- >> he seemed to question senator john mccain's status as a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he

was captured. i like people that weren't captured okay, i hate to tell you. >> there is nothing funny about the hate he is spewing at immigrants and their families and now the insults he has directed at a genuine war hero, senator john mccain. >> but astacking attacking despite the predictions of the main street media, trump's hyper bollic trump's hype pierp trump's hyperbolic

reactions. >> if he's able to get on this one i think he is going to be our next nominee he is that good. >> and by good, his promotion of his own financial success. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. >> and trump's unvarnished ability to say what many voters may be thinking about today's politicians. >> we have losers. we have losers. we have people that don't have it. >> it all adds up to a controversial headline grabbing campaign that despite the conventional wisdom may be far from dead. david schuster, al jazeera. lindsay graham responded to trump giving out his cell phone number with a little humor. >> this is all for the veterans. >> graham using different methods to destroy his flip phone. the south carolina senator later

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