where alan fisher is live.the epicenter of arrest was zurich, the epicenter of the place that put this process in place is washington, d.c. why is that? >> reporter: the allegations here of course are about corruption, and bridery, and it is suggested that some of the payments went through american banks. that's enough for the u.s. justice department to get involved. even if it touched under the suggestion of an email going through an internet service provider in the united states that would be enough for the justice department to get involved. loretta lynn is the attorney general here in the united states and she is has said that corruption is rampant and deep rooted in fifa. clearly there has been a twitter storm, social media is abuzz with what is happening with fifa. one tweet says dear world we don't even like soccer but we're still going to cleanup fifa for you. >> alan might there be more arrested? this could be the beginning of a very long process. >> well three years to this point, why have they moved

alan fisher al jazeera. >>> in mexico tensions are high after a gun battle between members of a powerful drug cartel and security forces. 43 people were killed on friday. >>reporter: the bodies were taken away in the middle of the night. all 43 of them these bullet holes and burnt out cars more evidence of the brutal three-hour shootout on friday between police and alleged members of the new generation cartel in a ranch in southwest mexico. >> they pursued them. >>reporter: only one policeman died and already there are questions over why the death

alan fisher al jazeera. >> myanmar state media says the president signed off on a new law to control the population of minority groups. critics say it could fan the flames of intolerance as kim vannel reports. >> with five children to look after, days can be long and busy but she wouldn't change a thing. >> in the muslim faith, children are seen as a blessing. if the government says i can't have as many children as i want i cannot accept that. >> there may no longer be any choice. a new law forcing some mothers to wait three years before having their next child has, according to state media, been signed off by myanmar's president. it target did ethnic minorities who's populations are growing because they are having

alan fisher is in washington, d.c. alan remind her viewers why there has been an element of scandal surrounding this particular vote not that it's linked to the vote, but it came up at the time of the vote how will that wrapped into the second round there? >> i think it will be interesting to see how this develops. of course it was a 47-point indictment that was lodged on wednesday by the u.s. justice department and people around the world were delighted that the u.s. was taking action to clean up football. late on thursday the brazilian delegation left and headed back to rio de janeiro, the suggestion was that he had personal business to deal with. he is the successor to one of the men who was named in that u.s. indictment but he was named at all, the new brazilian fa president, he wasn't mentioned anywhere in the indictment but he left huredly and that brazil has no extradition treaty with the u.s. although switzerland does. the two may be totally unrelated, but it does show the concern that is spreading through deleg

. >> let's go live to alan fisher in washington, d.c. hi alan we know some leaders won't be there. a snub to barack obama? >> reporter: some will try to portray it as discontent. but of the six gcc countries, only two heads of state will be here. the amir of qatar, and the amir of kuwait as well. but those that are attending aren't just minor figures. people who are involved in the day-to-day decisions that will affect a lot of what goes on in the gcc, and there is a lot to talk about at the moment. you have iran and yemen and the ongoing battle against isis in iraq and syria. what will the gcc be looking for? they will be looking for security guarantees from the united states. they will get commitments that they will get access to more american weapons. the americans can't go too far because legally they are obliged to make sure israel maintains a slight edge in weapons in the middle east. but it will mean there will be more weapons flowing to the area perhaps more military operations, and cyber security as well. there is a lot to cover in the next few hours, and there will be a f

alan fisher reports. >> reporter: what happened in ramadi shock theded the white house.efore isil took ramadi u.s. forces killed a isil leader. but former republican presidential candidate john mccain a senior senator says the loss of rah mad is a a significant defeat. >> the owe obama administration seems unwilling or unable to grasp the extra strategic significance as isil terrorists ran sacks ramadi by the way the pentagon's news page ran a story with the headline, quote strategy to defeat isil is working. >> reporter: the state department insists things are improving. >> in a conflict like this, you have ebbs and flows on the battlefield and what matters mallly is if we can get back on track. get the iraqi back on track and help them retake rah made. >> reporter: you are not degrading to the extent where they can't launch major offensive to retake an important strategic city. >> this is a process to degrade them. we have degraded their abilities, cut off their main source of funding that's having an impacts. we are taking fighters off the battlefield every single day

alan fisher reports from washington d.c. >> reporter: strong criticism for its plan for iraq.ay before isil fighters swept in the city the u.s. killed an isil command never syria. that's part of the strategy to degrade and destroy isil. providing training and equipment to iraqi army. but former republican presidential candidate john mccain a senior senator says the loss of romadi is a significant defeat. >> the obama administration seems unwilling or unable to grasp the strategic significance as isil terrorists ran sacked ramadi by the way the pentagon's news page ran a story with the headline, quote strategy to defeat isil is working. >> reporter: the state department insists things are improving. >> in a conflict like this you have ebbs and flows on the battlefield and what matters ultimately is if we can get back on track, get the iraqi army back on track and help them retake ramadi. >> reporter: you are not degrade to this ex-at the end where they can't launch major offensive to retake a major city. >> we have degraded their capabilities we have cut off their main source o

president, as we go back to alan fisher. listening to that alan i don't know how far away you were but we had heard a lot about mistrust. there seemed to be suspicions particularly reported about the fact that the king of saudi arabia didn't go, but sent the next in line to the thrown because of fares about what america was doing -- fears of what america was doing with iran. sometimes on occasions these things can look a little frosty. >> i think what we saw was very much what we expected with both sides coming out afterwards saying we are committed to working together. there are many common interests we have in the region. i thought it was interesting that president obama said that the discussions were candid and extensive, and interestingly, when referring to i.s.i.l. he used d.a.e.s.h., which is what the arabic side would use to describe them, rather than what he calls them and you recall he was speaking to his own media. another interesting point is he decide to have a news conference at the end of the summit. that would

alan fisher is live for us in washington, d.c. for more on this. ending troops to iraq doesn't sound like a campaign message that will get you the white house. is it picking up much traction there? >> it's coming mainly from republicans, we had rick perry making that call saying there should be boots on the ground and it should be the u.s. along with their allies. gorge pa tackky was also saying that he would like to see boots on the ground. the most significant call has come from senator lindsay graham who is a big friend of john mccain, and he said the u.s. needs around 10,000 troops on the ground. he believes that would help. the reality is unless the situation in iraq changes remarkably, very quickly, the white house has no intention of putting u.s. troops on the ground there. in fact that point has been reiterated in the last 48 hours by susan rice who says for the u.s. they are simply not in that game. they intent to continue with that strategy of training the iraqi forces providing weapons where they have to but not getting involved on the fi

where alan fisher is standing by.he justice department had an organization chart to explain how fifa works and the lower governing bodies that report to fifa. confacaf came up a lot. can you explain the charges against some of those officials? >> reporter: well really against jack warner the allegations have been circling for years. he decided to resign from his position as the vice president of fifa at that stage, and that meant that fifa dropped the investigation. while the u.s. authorities were obviously aware of those allegations and have continued to prescribe and now believe they have sufficient to serve an indictment on mr. warner who's son is one of the individuals who has pled guilty to the charges against him and offered to pay back some money. they will be investigated. their headquarters are in miami. fbi agents moved in in the last few hours. they have removed boxes full of evidence. and they have sealed those offices. as loretta lynch said in her news conference she wants to work with those who work ther

alan fisher has more. >> additionally -- >> as the judge read his verdict, michael brillo cried tearsf relief. >> i find the defendant not guilty. >> he thank youed his legal team and left the courtroom a freeman. timothy russell and melissa williams died after a 35 kilometer car chase with speeds hitting up to 160 kilometers an hour. more than 100 shots were firedas the chase came to a bloody conclusion. officer brill 0 fired 15 bullets through the wind screen. the judge said he could not rule beyond a reasonable doubt the officer was responsible for the deaths. outside the court, crowds gathered waiting for the verdict including members of the dead couple's family. >> we have no justice. they are killing kids. they are killing women now. they just -- they do whatever they want to do. nobody isn't doing nothing about it. nobody. no justice. no peace. no justice. no peace. >> the department of justice got involved in the case and ruled cleveland police had engaged in a pattern of excessive force and violated civil rights. the officers'lawyers called the prosecution ruthless. >> we sto

alan fisher al jazeera. >>> in mexico tensions are high after a gun battle between members of a powerful drug cartel and security forces. 43 people were killed on friday. >>reporter: the bodies were taken away in the middle of the night. all 43 of them these bullet holes and burnt out cars more evidence of the brutal three-hour shootout on friday between police and alleged members of the new generation cartel in a ranch in southwest mexico. >> they pursued them. >>reporter: only one policeman died and already there are questions over why the death toll was so lop sided. mexico security forces have a history of covering up extrajudicial killings. this eyewitness too scared to show his face says the high death toll could be partly due to devastating fire from a police helicopter. >> we arrived and saw the helicopter going up and done. every time it went down it dropped a type of bomb and we saw the impact. >>reporter: it's between the jalisco new generation cartel an security forces. you can see blood that has not completely dried yet and we've seen dozens of federal forces head in to join

alan fisher is live for us at the white house. more has been made what is the white house saying about the absence of the saudi king and others? >> there is no doubt there are tensions between the saudis, the u.s. government and the council and u.s. government. but to see this as a major fracture in the relationship would be perhaps unfair. the country is involved in an operation in yemen. they are are there overseeing the concerned, those who are not making the journey ill health plays a part in that. what the white house is seeing that those who are here are important. the emirs of kuwait and qatar are here. the two heads of states are attending. the defenseman is here and the foreign minister are here. the people that americans have most contact with particularly when it comes with the operation in yemen and the battle against isil. they believe that the people overly upset on the face of it, at least that some of the heads of state respect here. they believe that they are the people around the table that can get some business

alan fisher is live at the white house right now. an what is the white house saying about the absence of the saudi king and other leaders as well. >> reporter: the saudi king is perhaps the most high profile person not here. but he is at the moment leading a country that is carrying out military operations in yemen, so it's almost understandable he is not here. a lot has been made of the six gcc countries there are only two heads of state that are here. but those that are here are high-profile players. take for example, the saudi delegation. essentially what they have is the foreign minister and the defense minister both of whom will be highly involved in any discussions that go on here and at camp david on thursday. there is going to be a lot of ground covered. yemen will be discussed. the talks with iran and the battle with isis will be discussed. the ones that are here are the ones that are involved day-to-day discussing with the americans of the steps forward in all of these areas. >> a lot of topics being discussed. alan thanks s

. >>> alan fisher is live in washington, d.c. , we have had some lines coming through from president obama, describing the tactical setback, and saying i don't think we're losing the fight against isil. but is this raising new questions about the u.s. mill stair strategy? >> the idea of this being a tactical setback has been a line that the white house has been trying to frame over ramadi over the last few days. they are saying the coalition needs to ramp up training in sunni areas. but there are those like john mccain who has been speaking who said the whole plan for iraq has been going in the wrong direction from the very beginning, and really needs to be reassessed urgently because of the gains that isil are making. there are some on the republican side who are calls for boots on the ground people like the former texas gov no, rick perry, who is thinking of running for president. but there's no appetite in the white house or the administration for putting boots on the ground. they will continue training they will continue makin

alan fisher is live in washington. there are more dolls now i understand for troops on the ground.s that going to happen? >> these calls are becoming mainly from the republican side. we have rich perry, the former governor of texas, and senator lindsay graham who is saying that up to 10,000 soldiers are needed on the ground. but the reality is unless the situation deteriorated really quickly and really massively, then barack obama, the white house are not considering troops on the ground. in that point emphasized by susan rice in a newspaper interview published, in which she says that is just not something they are willing to do at this stage. they think this is a war that will be fought by the iraqis themselves. they will give them support, training and weapons, but they will not put boots on the ground to fight this battle for them. >> the u.s.-lead coalition strikes have been going on for nine months now. there is criticism of president obama's strategy in light of this. are they highlights some of the previous concerns? >> of course the whole aim was to retake mosul, and the id

there was a statement: alan fisher reports. >> reporter: the arrest came with no warning. after the initial shock, there'll be little surprise. corruption issues have been swimming around f.i.f.a. for years. >> they were expected to uphold the law and keep f.i.f.a. honest. instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interest and enrich themselves. >> the arrest follows a 3-year investigation, but the alleged crime stretches back two decades. this is the world cup of fraud. today we are issuing f.i.f.a. a red card. >> they can investigate banks, service providers. the charges are believed to link to commercial deals and tv coverage. 14 have been indicted. among them the vice president, jeffrey web, head of north america's football body conka car. and former executive jack warner says there's nothing new in the allegations. >> it seems strange that u.s. can do this two days before the election. they must be naive to believe this has something to do with it. >> also former south american football head and the chief of brazilian football who oversaw

alan fisher has the latest. >> corruption allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. >> theyre expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and keep the integrity of the game. instead they served their interests and enriched themselves. >> the three-year investigation but the alleged crime stretches back two decades. >> this really is the world cup of fraud. and today we're issuing fifa a red card. >> u.s. justice department has a wide range of powers which means it can investigate any criminal activity which touches the u.s. through u.s. banks or even internet service providers. the charges alleged crepes stretching back into the 1990s. 14 people have been indicted, among them jeffrey webb. jack warner. he said that there is nothing new in the allegations. >> it does seem strange. >> and also among the indicted, eugenofigueto. they assume that the arrest will help fight corruption. >> it confirms that we are on the right track. it hurts. it's not easy, but it's the only way to go. >> these developments registered more anger than shooter shock. >> it's absurd absurd.

alan fisher reports from washington. >> the road to ramadi shocked the white house, provoking criticism of a plan for iraq. a day before the u.s. killed a senior commander in syria, that's part of the obreason strategy to degrade and destroy i.s.i.l. while providing training and equipment to the army. former republican presidential candidate, a senior senator says the loss of ramadi is a defeat. >> they seem unwilling to grasp the significance as i.s.i.l. rann sacks ramadi. the pentagon's news page ran a story with a head line "strategy to defeat i.s.i.l. is working." >> reporter: the state department insists it is working. >> in a conflict like this is you have ebbs and flows, what matters is getting back on track, get the army on track. >> you are not degrading to the extent where they retake an important city. >> this is a process to degrade them. we have cut off the main source of funding, that is having an impact. we take fighters off the battlefield. the white house is rushing anti-tang missiles. president obama admitted the loss of ramadi was a tactical setback, adding: senior of

and speak to alan fisher who is waiting for this press conference to take place. particularly from the point of view of those gulf cooperation council countries, what is the u.s. looking to get out of this particular summit? >> i think when it comes to the end of the summit we could almost see gcc bingo. there will be certain things that will be said that we would almost write right now. that they are committed to working together. they were reassured about america's support and commitment to the gulf cooperation council. but i think what happens at the end of this summit will be very telling. if barack obama is there on his own, not taking questions standing with no one from the gcc by his side we can assume things did not go well. and there will be pressure put on the gcc, to put someone in the room with barack obama. but as he has been explaining this discontent that america is cozying up to iran so they want to hear exactly what this deal will mean. the countries have been briefed extensively by john kerry and other diplomats, by ambassadors in the capitol to

al jazeera's alan fisher explains. >> more and more consumers want to know where their food comes fromamous eastern market is popular. most on sale here is sourced locally. >> it's really not from mexico or canada. >> i'd rather have u.s. you. >> i have to be comfortable and confident with the area it's coming from so i know if i you have confidence that it is what it says it is. >> i choose a place to go, rather than inspect each label. i don't have time. >> i don't check the labels, because i know the labels don't mean anything. >> the world trade organization may have made that a little bit harder. >> the u.s. wanted consumers to know exactly where their meat was coming from. when beef arrived, it was separated from mexico, canada and united states. that was difficult and expensive, and it meant that canada and mix co imports went down. the w.t.o. said that was unfair and it had to change. last year, the u.s. imported 2 million cattle from canada and mexico and 5 million pigs from canada. the meat trade lobbied hard against the labeling said it added cost and wasn't top of consumers

comes after a spate of mass demonstrations against police brutality in baltimore and ferg an alan fisher years the usa is wiping down its foreign wars but so much of the equipment used in iraq and afghanistan is now finding its way onto american streets. in ferguson when the death i've young black man sparked protests armored trucks flanked by camouflaged heavily-armed police officers was the response. it opened the debate about the militarization of the police and had the president questioning how far things had gone. >> there is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement and we don't want those lines blurred. >> reporter: under a pentagon program known as 1033 equipment and gear no longer wanted by the military is passed on to the police. for example alabama has nine grenade launchers from 2006 until june last year, among the military equipment that has been passed on to america's police forces includes 432 mine resistent ambush protected armored vehicles. 435 other armored vehicles. more than 44,000 night vision pieces, 533 planes and helicopters and almost 94

alan fisher, al jazeera washington. >> u.s.g members are reported to be head to go waco, texas after a shootout. waco police have asked motorcyclist it is to stay off the road and have snipers on rooftops in preparation for revenge attacks. the dead bikers were members of two rival gangs and authorities recently warned of growing animosity between the groups. >> a former thai prime minister pleaded inning to charges of negligence. yingluck shinawatra was mocked by supporters as she left court on bail. she is accused of failing to prevent corruption from a rice subsidy scheme. supporters say the charges are made up to damage her family. >> promises of a return to democracy in thailand have been called into question after it was announced that the general election schedules for february might be delayed by six months. thai land said military leader said the postponement is to allow for a referendum on a new constitution. critics say it is to stop the chenowyth family from regaining power. >> migration has left thousands of people

. >> let's bring in alan fisher from washington, d.c. and really the legal force behind this comes from the u.s. what can you tell us is happening there? >> the u.s. foreign minister has wide authority from the u.s. government when there is suspected wrongdoing that touches the u.s. in any way. if any of these transactions were conducted through u.s. banks or used internet service providers, that gives the justice department the authority to go and investigate and clearly they have been investigating for the last three years. rumors circulating around fifa corruption have been there for years and years and years. we're told this stretches back some 24 years. the reason they move enough just four days before the fifa election that was because of the statute of limitations. it was about to run out on these crimes and the justice department felt they wouldn't wait any longer. that's why they got in touch with swiss counterparts and said we really want to do this. the fact that there was a fifa gathering in zurich, many of the players were t

alan fisher. >>> still ahead on this news hour. fear grips nepal once again.ozens die in a major aftershock. >>> europe lays out its latest proposal to deal with migrants. >>> and in sport a court in spain will decide whether a suspension of football nationwide can go ahead. jo will have the details. ♪ >>> we're looking at syria now, intense fighting in the mountains near the border with lebanon. and in aleppo at least 50 people have been killed in bombings by syrian military jets. >> reporter: hezbollah is pushing on three fronts in the mountain range. the armed group wants to secure a swift victory. it has mobilized thousands of fighters and heavy weapons. wednesday's fighting set to be one of the most intense over the last two weeks. hezbollah announced it's now in control of mountain tops and areas, all of which are inside syria near the border with lebanon. if that's true it means the group would surround and cut off opposition rebels of a coalition which includes al-nusra front fighters who are allied with al-qaeda. but the rebels are hitting back on mul

. >> live now to camp david, al jazeera's alan fisher is there. not all leaders expected to attend have done so. what message does that send and how does it impact the talks? >> this is a bit of an embarrassment for the obama white house. if up vital the saudi king and announce he's coming and a couple of days later he says actually, i'm not that is embarrassing. the americans believe they can get work done here. the g.c.c. wants to feel the love from the americans that they are not being neglected or pushed aside. an arabic newspaper published thursday, barack obama said we know iran is involved outside its borders. we know it's involved in yemen. we know what its involvement with hezbollah and what it's doing in syria. his how much bolder it would be if it had a nuclear weapon. what we're doing is good for the gcc, middle east and united states. will that be enough for the g.c.c.? perhaps not. united arab emirates say we want a peace treaty, something on paper. that isn't going to happen from the americans. perhaps find some sort of resolution s

pleaded not guilty today to shooting his son at their san carlos home according to authorities alan fisher will is charged with attempted murder shot his 33 year-old son in the neck and the abdomen during a fight police said the son was taken to a local hospital where he is expected to survive fisher was uninjured and the fight told police he was defending himself from his son. >> grant lodes: exactly one week after the riots in baltimore today another intense moment with police. a crowd gathered to confront a line of officers today after conflicting reports about the police shooting baltimore police said they were trying to wrest the got was bought it with a revolver when the suspect's gun fired police said nobody was hit no one was injured and the suspect was taken into the custody the city is now looking to rebuild after weeks of the riots last week's riots in maryland senator barbara mikulski said she and other local readers leaders are not going anywhere. >> grant lodes: in new york today president obama speaking about the unrest in the baltimore during an announcement for my brother'

market day anchor betty liu ande with richard fisher former fed chairman alan greenspan.ere's what they had to say. >> we have been taking money out of the market. it is closer to the 10-year level. treasuries -- as some point, you have to pay the piper. the real issue is what happens when interest rates go up? they would be increasing gradually. but we have been suppressing yield for -- they have been suppressing the yield curve. i think this is a ticking time bomb. i will let alan answer. ok, alan. by the way, are you going to let him rip you like that? greenspan: [indiscernible] it might send him to the hospital. [laughter] first of all, there's a certain on realism. markets will anticipate well in advance. we are looking at this critical issue. and fixed interest rates. once you start down this path, percent,t get the 4.5 five percent rates. you get much higher rates. when you have this system, which -- we are waythis underestimating the debt as of now. we are not including what i would call contingent levels, what is is the issue -- the probability that in today's --

betty liu moderated a cap -- panel with former fed president richard fisher and former reserve president alanreenspan. >> we have been taking money out of the market and investing long. theaverage maturity in foreclosure we accumulated with big bond purchases is closer to the tenure level. treasury issue short-term debt. at some point you have to pay the piper. the real issue is, what happens when interest rates go up? estimates have been just increasing gradually. suppressinge been the curve. foreign buyers have been helping us suppress it. i think this is the ticking time bomb of all. interest rate costs and the question of what are we -- whether we do about it. i will let alan answer. >> i will get to that. are you going to let him review that?hat -- rib you like >> if he stopped, i would send him to the hospital. [laughter] first of all, there's a certain on realism about -- this type of forecast will never happen. markets will anticipate well in advance. we are leaving out a critical issue in that things are relatively fixed interest rates. once you start down this path, you don't get th

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fisher is there. not all of the leaders expected to attend the meeting will actually do so alan what sort of message doest send to the obama administration? and how is it going to impact upon these talks? >> reporter: we think we have just heard barack obama's helicopter arriving here at camp david, he is running probably about an hour behind schedule. yes, the obama white house is embarrassed because they sent out the invites, got responses, they announced the saudi king is going to be here and then a couple of days later said i'm not. they say that's because he is overseeing what is going on in yemen. but the defense minister and the foreign minister are here. and they are the ones that the americans deal with day-to-day. iran will be very high on the agenda. barack obama wants to assure the gcc that he is still a big supporter of them. he said look we know iran is involved in yemen and with hezbollah and helping support bashar al-assad but just believe how much bolder they would be if they had a nuclear weapon. that's why what we are doing is good for the middle east and the gcc. he will try to convin