this bulletin from al jazeera there, is much more real news at our website along with analysis, opinion, and lots of video and access to some of al jazeera's best programs. have a look at our revamped website at www.aljazeera.com. >> leaders will stop cracking down on free expression. focusing on the economy and stopping al-shabab. >> turkey turns to nato to stop isil. boy scouts of america are set to stop its ban. but not all troops will accept

the change. >> in is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. in just a few hours ethiopia's leaders will hold a state dinner for president obama who has become the first sitting u.s. visit the country. he spoke about humans rights with ethiopian's prime minister. he met with other leaders in the region to discuss the crisis in south sudan. >> the situation is deteriorating. the humanitarian situation is worsening. the possibilities of renewed conflict in a region that has been torn by conflict for so long and has resulted in so many deaths is something that requires urgent attention from all of us. >> we have more now on the president's visit. >> president obama held talks with his ethiopia's prime

minister and discuss trade and cooperation between ethiopia and u.s. ethiopia is one of the united states' allies in the war against terrorism. they'veethiopian troops manage to take back from al-shabab two of last remaining strongholds. president obama lauded the african union mission the peacekeeping mission and said they're doing a great job. they discussed ethiopia's human rights and democracy record. president obama has called for reforms saying that the crackdown on journalists blog

bloggers and jailing of leaders must stop. this is an issue that the an ethiopian prime minister failed to agree upon. he said that the ethiopia has its own issues it's trying to deal with, and it's trying to deal with the way it can and it said that ethiopia will not be able to democratize as much as the united states wants it to. >> now to the country's new offensive in the fight against isil. turkey is striking isil forces in syria for the first time it is simultaneously going after kurdish rebels, and there are reports that the u.s. will help to form a safe zone within syria. as bernard smith reports, raids within turkey are another aspect of the country's security clamp down. >> people have been arrested in this latest wave of raids by security forces. turkish authorities say all those arrested are foreigners.

they're a part of series of raids that have been going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up scene after the suicide-bombing near the syrian border last weekend but turkey said its targeting not just isil supporters, potential isil fighters but people from the card stance workers party the pkk and an extreme left wing group here in turkey. all groups that it considers a threat to turkey's national security. even over the border in kobane, the ypg there the syrian kurds there are claiming that the occur tissue military has shelled the town near kobane, a village near kobane twice in the last few days. once on friday, when they sheffield united ypg positions and then on sunday. they say they're investigating the claims but it is not targeting ypg position in syria. they say they're only interested

in isil positions in syria with those airstrikes and it's been targeting kurdistan workers positions in northern iraq. pkk bases there. nevertheless the turkish military said that it's investigating these claims of shelling of ypg positions in syria. >> reporting from istanbul. the latest hue maintainaire cease-fire in yemen appears to have been broken. houthi rebels and their opponents are battling in several provinces. the fighting erupted after a five-day cease-fire was to take effect late sunday. syria's president admits his military is struggling in its fifth year of civil war. bashar al-assad vowed to win the conflict but conceded that his troops have lost territory to rebel forces, and that the syrian army is overstretched. >> in order to win and succeed in anything everybody gets

tired. it is quite normal that the state, the army get tired but the word defeat does not exist in our dictionary nor in the language of the syrian armed forces. >> they once had 300,000 members but deaths, defections and rise in draft dodging have believed to have cut the size of the force in half. more than hundred thousand people have died in syria since the conflict began in march march 2011. al jazeera's juan cole said that a sad had assad had an address. >> he said it was a call to arms. he wants people to volunteer. >> he had a touch of realism in his speech in an effort to rally his forces. a weekend of mourning in texas and illinois to remember sandra bland. there was a vigil where she died

and hundreds attended her funeral in lyle, illinois, on saturday. they called for a justice department investigation into the 28-year-old's death. officials say that she committed suicide in jail days after being arrested for a minor traffic violation. we spoke with sandra bland's sister and the bland family attorney said that the facts in this case don't seem to add up. >> all we have to do is look at the video and it's very easy to see that she was completely unfairly treated. i mean, there was an ask that he issued. he asked her to put out a cigarette. she said i don't see why itch to put out my cigarette he respond bid opening her door and force herring to get out. requiring her to get out. i think the reality of that is that it was not appropriate. i think that everyone can clearly see that that's the case. the other part of it is that frankly speaking i do agree that

when you got local and state and even national leaders that are able to speak to the fact that this is just an example of a long history of instances where african-americans have been targeted and mistreated by police you know, i think that it's very clear that there is some concerns that we as a nation have to address. >> i think it's because she didn't signal properly, i think it was because he was unpoll jetcally assertive of what she knew to be true in terms of asserting her rights. i think the timeliness of which the information trickled out last week, i will be frank, it was in poor taste that she was so close to her homecoming service, and in large diversion method to avoid the true issues here, which is that there is a high level of inconsistency in the information that we've received to date regarding this case which in turn impacts our strong desire to want to have

the department of justice involved. we're clearly and unfortunately not receiving unbiased information. and so to have state centers be at her homecoming services to say we do have strong cause for concern. dick durbin has sent a letter to doj saying you have to get involved with this. to put the families at ease that we're getting a full and fair investigation. >> a fine for chrysler for mishandling recalls. it will be fined $5 million for violating safety laws. $20million will go towards repairing vehicles. the company must offer to buy back jeeps with the potential for gas leaks and submit to hire an independent monitor. preparing for change, the boy scouts of america is set to

end it's blanket ban on gay scout leaders but it may not stop all troops. and the state department reveal which countries have not doing enough to stop smuggling.

>> major changes expected for the boy scouts of america. they're expected to lift the long-standing ban against openly gay scout leaders. it's an issue that has divided the scouting world for some time time. >> the boy scouts of america is an organization with a long history incorporateed in 1910. since that time generations of young americans have learned outdoor skills, citizenship and much more from scouting. but these kids and their leaders have had a tough year. their charter was revoked because one of their leaders is openly gay. jeffy mcgrath said that he's not sure at this point if his local troop would ever be

welcomed back in the national organization. >> some of the kids are hoping to earn the eagle badge which would give them advantageous promotion upon enlistment in the military. not knowing or hearing anything back is naturally of concern. >> now the boy scouts of america are set to ratify some changes in the way they do business allowing local councils to make decisions on who the scout masters are. how will this effect this troop and what will it mean for scouting in general across america? we're going to find out much more tonight. >> eagle scout zach wall told our randall pinkston will likely show how much the organization has evolved. >> the discriminations and destructive message to kids gay and straight has no place in

scouting. looking at the proposed policy change the board has not yet approved this change. we're waiting on pins and needles for this decision. this will make sure that there is less discrimination taking place in boy scouts and in so far that that is the case we're proud that the boy scouts have taken this step. >> do you have the number of those who have been excluded and what kind of change in membership have you seen in boy scouts. >> unfortunately we don't have firm polling on anything about the number of gays participating in scout organize who were kept out because of the ban. we do know from anecdoteal experiences that there are closeted gays involved in scouting and at least 600,000 kids are being kept out of the organization by their parents because of the ban on gay members in the boy scouts. these are straight parents who are allyies of the lgbt

community and want to show solidarity and hopefully this policy will bring kids back into scouter or into scouting for the first time. what we've seen from the dale decision is that steady decline from the boy scouts. i'm not under any illusions that this policy change will change that overnight. i don't think it will, but hopefully that the boy scouts as an organization will be looking forward, not back. >> zach wahls speaking earlier with randall pinkston. companies will announce their support of a climate deal. they'll join secretary of state john kerry at the white house. firms will pledge $140 million $140 billion in low carbon initiatives.

>> in today's economy some are forced to pass on debt to their children. >> i knew i was inheriting debt at some point. i was a teenager, and we needed lightsen. >> an estimated 400,000 americans who had children had their identities used by adults. his family's bills just kept piling up. >> i know at some point it was in the thousands. i believe at times there was an electric bill in my name. and again out of necessity right? i can't stress that enough and i hope that comes across. >> miranda's started at the same time there was an attempt to keep energy prices low. but in the last 17 years retail prices into regulated states rose faster than in regulated ones. it was not just prices that increased. the number of utility companies jumped giving customers more ways to get in trouble.

denise runs an organization that makes sure that people can afford utilities. >> i think they know their bills are getting paid and when they are not paid they shut off services. i don't know that they understand what families have to do. to survive. >> cyber security experts said that it's not worth it to utility companies to pay more on detailed background checks on every new client because bills are only a few hundreds dollars. >> there is a cost-risk analysis whether they want to dig deeper to see if the social matches up with the age of the applicant. >> and in the meantime the person bearing that risk is the child. >> the child is always at risk. >> social security numbers are sort of accidental national i.d. they were designed to track wages for retirement benefits not bio graphical information.

al jazeera contacted all three credit rating agencyies. equifax was the only to respond. [ baby crying. >> that means a child born right now could have a light or gas bill put in their name in a few weeks. victims by theft don't have to pay bills in their name. but child victim don't see it that way. >> i was too young. clearly this was not me. >> because the name on the bill was me. and it was done to help me family. >> the state department today released it's annual report on international human trafficking. it rates nation on their efforts to stop the problem the list includes more than 150 countries and the rankings can have tangible consequences for countries with bad records. >> not only is this a fight that

we have to attempt not only do we have a responsibility to bring every aspect of our institutions of our government together in order to push back and to educate and make people aware of this, it is a fight we absolutely have to win. it is a modern-day human rights challenge of enormous proportions. >> critics say that the report may have been swayed by politics. this year cuba and malaysia were upgradeed to mid-tier countries. last year malaysia was downgraded because of labor abuses in the fishing industry. but this year it was taken off the list at the same time it agreed to take part in an u.s.-backed trade agreement. >> rohingya rummage through bags of donated goods. they have fled from ethnic violence three months ago only to be trapped by human traffickers who they say starved

and tortured them. >> they would give us small amount of rice and water. when we would ask for more they would beat us. they would give us filthy dishes to eat in. we would ask for milk for the children but they would tell us to give them seawater. >> activists say malaysia is a major hub for people smugglers. it made headlines in may after grades of migrants were discovered along the border with thailand. >> over the last period of two years, we see an increase of 25% of persons involved in human trafficking. >> the country's tier-three status prevented the u.s. from pursueing a free trade agreement. denying american goods easy access to the booming malaysian market. but with an improved ranking the u.s. can negotiate the so-called transpacific partnership agreement with malaysia and

counter china's foot hold in the region. >> china's influence in asia is growing. the asian infrastructure bank, with its maritime silk road. this is a way of showing that the u.s. still has influence in the region and still has a presence. >> but critics say that the u.s. is ignoring the plight of people who are being trafficked and exploited in asia. activists believe there are countless people who are trafficked in malaysia and who are sold into labor and sex industry. they're urging the usa to use it's political clout to force the government here to take action. >> coming up, cracking down on revenge porn. one of the largest tech companies is taking steps to help victims.

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right now... >> al jazeera america >> after the revenge pour porn videos came out. there were six in total. i started suffering from nightmares and night terrors. >> now microsoft is taking action against pornographic content posted without consent. the company will remove links from revenge porn. microsoft created a page for victims to report the link similar to that of google. how can there be no consequences.

>> in order to narrow the rich of such laws. states have added exceptions for valuable or news worth vents. they say that difficult to determine whether something is valuable or news worthy it can be very subjective. >> thank you. four firefighters are recovering in the hospital after suffering burns battling a huge fire near lake tahoe. it's turning upwards of 150 homes in sierra nevada foothills

and is 15% contained. it's not clear what sparked it. more than a thousand firefighters are on the ground trying to slow its fred. it's one of nine wildfires burning right now through california. the smithsonian has successfully raised 500,000 to restore the base suit that kneel armstrong wore when he walked on the room. it was a technical logical technological march valley for its time. >> with rubber joints and metal rinks to to connect to gloves and helmets. when all suited up, an astronaut could spend six hours on the surface of the moon. the entire suit along with the support backpack weighed about

200 pounds. but because of the moon's gravity it only felt like it weighed 33 pounds on the moon. later versions of the suit used on the last three moon landings increased the amount of time people could spend on the moon's surface. each was custom fitted and three were required for each astronaut astronaut. museum replicas can be sold on ebay going for $8,000 to $10,000. >> smithsonian hopes to raise another hundred thousand dollars to renovate the suit alan shepard wore. when asked what it was like, he said you can think those in the apollo mission for the suits they have today.

>> the american suits were direct revolutions. the only big difference is that the suits that i wore were not made to be--you could not walk. the legs were not designed so you could walk on a planetary surface. but the backpacks the technology inside, the systems were all evolved. we could do six and a half hours in the space suit and we've gone as long as eight hours. they've advanced quite a bit. it's a little bit surreal. the space suit as a personal spacecraft because you're self contained. it's maintaining pressure to keep you alive. oxygen has a thermal control system. you're very much alone. you're out there. you're waving to your buddies three feet away through the back window of the space shuttle but you're pretty much on your own. you and your partner out there. it's very physical work. working against the pressure of the suit. any time you move your arms or

fingers you have to exert energy. astronauts, we have personal trainers that take us through weight lifting and resistence exercise and aerobic exercise to make sure we have the endurance and strength to do it. any time you did a spacewalk you're in elevated risk because you're outside in a space suit as opposed in the spacecraft. you worry about leaks, of course if there might an leak at one of the joints where your glove or helmet connects. little tiny walks can ruin your day, so there is a concern. fortunately, no, sir astronaut has been hit by any meterroids, so we hope that trend continues. you're at an elevated risk when you're outside doing the spacewalk. >> thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy from new york. our news continues next live from doha.

>> hello, welcome to another news hour from al jazeera. in doha i'm adrian finnigan. coming up in the next 60 minutes rounding up more suspects. turkey's campaign against the pkk and isil continues in the cities and in the air. the u.s. releases it's list of worse offenders for human trafficking. cuba and malaysia are taken off the blacklist. >> our security cooperation is pushing back against violent extremism. >> barack obama praises