tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: on a rainy pitch inrio, since brazil's drubbing on home turf last year their pride has suffered some damage. the mother of one boy sums it up. >> we are seeing it as a hangover from what happened in the world cup. we're watching but not that enthusiastic. >> reporter: in last week's coppa america club, kicked a ball at an opponent and tried a head-butt on another but brazil had already lost 1-0. but still these kids have faith. >> out of the entire team, only namar shoots towards the goal. brazil had five shots and four of them were from namar. >> like their idol who is the star of fc barcelona they turn their attention away from brazil's shores. >> brazilian kids, there are really good brazilian players and they watch those players much more than the brazilian team. >> reporter: the sentiment was similar at a nearby bar where the brazil ecuador match was shown. >> if it was brazil playing we wouldn't feel 15 fill 15 tables. >> tom ackerman al jazeera. >> now one of the word's top divers has run the red bull cliff diving world series once again. rei

tom ackerman, al jazeera. >>> a proposed like in electricity prices.s of thousands have been out in the streets for more than a week after the government approved the raise in prices of 22%. plea titian has the latest. >> it's more than the rate hikes many thehikes. thethe armenian lack of accountability transportcy when the public services regulatory commission unanimously approved the commission. >> in karachi the temperatures lowered to mid 30s after soaring to highs of 45° celsius. >>> investigateinvestigation of a collapse of a garment factory in bangladesh has been finally completed. rana plaza building came crashing down. the court's about to decide whether it will put the government officials on trial. >> reporter: still not getting better. she was working inside the rana plaza building when it collapsed. her arms were crushed you under piles of debris. two years later she still has to make regular hospital visits. >> translator: the rest of the world might be ready to forget what happened, but you can't forget when you are in pain every day. >

the worldneeds that worldneeds world needs that message and it's coming from pu. >> tom ackerman, alazeera. >> a search continues or the a prisoner on the run after his acomeaccomplice was shot dead. two are being held in custody for helping them escape. >>> the kurdish town of kobani has been recovered for the second time this year. kurdish activists say nearly 180 have been killed since i.s.i.l. stormed the town two days ago. dishorddishoartdzeina khodr reports. >> the group sent its fighters back in. the hospital was one of the buildings that fighters took up position he after they tricked their way into the town after a surprise attack on thursday. syrian kurds of the ypg force managed to restore peace and stability. it came at a price. around 200 people were killed, the majority of them civilians randomly shot in the streets. kobani is in mourning. it is also in shock. i.s.i.l. didn't just kill civilians. it took many of them hostage. >> translator: they entered my house. we were so scared, especially my own children. they took me with my family and they placed us in another hou

the firm's executive vice president told lawmakers tom ackerman would stop making one style. but it is not changing air bag propellant ammonium nitrate. it is still being used for tom ackerman -- tack artsa's new and replace. . >> the replacement could be as dangerous. >> as i said without really understanding the root cause and continuing to test outside the bounds of what we have recalled we are trying to determine that, to understand what are the factors that lead to this and should we do something different to what we are doing now. >> tact said it is adding material to the propellant to make it more stable. that is being phased in. tact said by september -- tack ata said it will produce one million a month. it could take years to handle the recalls. >>> recent data beeches at the internal revenue service may have been avoidable. a watchdog telling the senate committee that the i.r.s. failed to implement cyber security upgrades the changes making it difficult for hackers to steal information. two u.s. senators are calling for a release of 28 classified pages on the report

. >> i'm tom ackerman in cleveland, half a century going without a single championship may be broken by lebron james and his cavaliers. >>> china is denying it's behind a cyber attack on an agency handling security clearances and employee records. the chinese embassy described comments about the involvement as irresponsible. it's thought that it could affect 4 million people. patty culhane has more. >> this is the largest thst in the history of the united states. the office of personnel management or o.p.m. was hacked and they discovered it in april of this year. >> o perform m is like the human resources department. they do a security check for people that want to get security clearances. 4 million people. they had their information compromised. just to give you a sense of the scope. they are going to contact the people offering them a credit monitoring service. the big question is what information was stlon. was it social security. o pm is insane. >> a senior management skip tist says the information hacked could be used for recruiting spies. >> profiles of employees reveal informa

tom ackerman is in washington, d.c. he said in kerry's address to media outside of the hospital he backed up the administration's position on iraq. >> he pointed to these particular points that backing tribal chiefs more sunni participation in the fight having the police becoming more aggressive in the operations. he said that there have been progress in the assaults on tikrit, and on the beiji oil refinery. but again he emphasized that this was a long, tough slog. and the reinforcing of the positions of the statements--tentative statements by american commanders that there is no specific plan in place but what they are looking for is a possible ink blot or lily pad approach having american troops in advisory or training capacity expand their presence little by little, and in that way giving the iraqis more confidence and more guidance in how they're going about their operations against the counter offenses against isil. >>> tom ackerman there. still to come on al jazeera. the former imf chief is cleared of sex crime ch

pichlt piers ackerman, joining us from australia. we know that tony abbt, the prime minister said there were so many other important issues. and doesn't want to go forward on this. but we can expect in the next few months this bill will go to a vote. as the it stand along lines, the labor party would not pass this. have to go to the conscience vote to allow them to vote on this as a free vote. >> centered around. all almost let them vote. let people decide if this is something they agree with. >> opinion polls in australia people are behind this. they want an opportunity to follow the 20 or so, 20 plus countries who have gone along with this. awe heard there from piers ackerman. the irish referendum the catalyst for this. we'll see what happens. watching it very closely. >> all right. still to come here on "cnn newsroom" -- bad weather, forces a solar powered plane to make an unplanned stop. that after this. >>> bad weather conditions are forcing the solar impulse ii plane to land in japan. the experimental aircraft is attempting to

tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. >>> that's a reminding you of course if you want to keep up to datel the stories you know where to go head over to our website and you can see the front wage there with our lead story the plane crash in indonesia, al jazeera.com. >> greece is on its way to default, just a couple of hours to go until a $2 billion payment is due to the i.m.f. >> negotiations for an ran nuclear deal back on, both sides will keep talking even if today's if i believe deadline passes. >> wildfires rage in washington state, two dozen homes have already burned.

that they would actually come out and go after ackerman in this way. do we think bill's's move will be? he has been out there asking herbalife to answer questions asking herbalife to engage. the fact that they have not, but now they are doing this, what does this tell us? >> if anyone thinks he will go away on this, i think they are wrong. he has got to wait it out. stephanie: we have got to leave it there. it will not be for long. ♪ erik: the dutch find mr. -- the dutch prime minister -- far from a deal with this is shattering some of the optimism that emerged overnight. the greek package, because degrees have submitted their own proposal, have to meet certain economic positions. creditors, the eurozone and effectively -- that is the latest from the dutch finance minister been a moments ago. we are a few minutes from the opening bell. a convenient opening for our conversation with tracy, the executive editor of bloomberg markets, and mark, the ceo of capital management. we have got to start with greece. tracy: we have to start with greece today. yes.

bringing its staffing up to the regulation six astronauts, tom ackerman, al jazerra washington. >>> ? keep up-to-date with all the day's news and sport on our website aljazerra.com. >> every year, the u.s. imports more and more produce - fresh fruits and vegetables - from mexico. and every year, wages have stayed the same for the people that harvest that produce - sometimes the last people to touch the fruit bought by u.s. consumers. but after years of long, hot days and stagnant pay, workers left the fields and took to the streets to demand better working

tom ackerman tracks the challenges. >> reporter: a family collection of snapshots going back almost a. they have been transferred for a portable hard drive. for the benefit of generations to come. but will the digital data on that device be accessible for the next venture venture century or everybody longer. that's the dilemma that concerns. >> how long will the media survive and how long will you have a question piece of equipment that can read it and software that ca take the bits red and interpret it successful. >> i i tend to be an optimist as far as digital preservation goes. >> reporter: at the maryland institute of technology. the collection of computer antiques includes this 1982 vintage apple 2e. it can only read floppy diskettes that have become a virtually extinct species of software. >> there we can see the same game we were looking at on the apple two. >> reporter: but new forms of software called emulators can enable one computer toys system to behave like another. so this computer game designed more than 30 years ago for the apple two can be played on other operating pl

thank you very much, tom ackerman in washington, d.c.ow the last of hong kong street to tester camps have been cleared away demonstrations for electoral reforms. it would have given the for the first time the chance to pick their candidates. >> in armenia protests against raising electricity prices goes into a third day. armenian's power network is owned by a russian company. because of the close borders armenia relies on russia for its main trade. >> this is not about a protest against russia. this is a protest against the russian company which has gone too far. it has a monopoly on electricity supplied here and 16% price hike is too much for ordinary people. a third of the armenian population live below the poverty line. >> the shouting here. now the. >> still to come for you on al jazeera. >> i'm catherine soi where scientists and researchers are focusing on communities like this one to help reduce malaria. i'll be telling you how. >> and in sport in the bag. the winner in the build up to wimbledon. ban >> welcome back. now fight agai

tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> migrants rescued in the mediterranean, men women and children plucked from at times unsea worry boats launched by human smugglers in libya. flow of migrants is now forcing macedonia to tighten its borders with greece. and as a result a group of migrants there has been stranded at the border for days. they say their only hope is crossing that same border illegally. nadim baba reports. >> hundreds of migrants with children trying desperately to cross the greek border into macedonia. they say this have no passports and therefore no rights. >> every day we try ocross, we return back. we are sitting in front of the repliespolice or the military, we don't know what they are. every time we try to cross the border they return us back. >> the migrants with cash can buy food in a nearby village but they still limit themselves to one meal a day. this makeshift camp is full of children and this is only way for them to get a hot meal. while they rely on a single tap for clean water. >> this is not a life. we are humans. okay? we are not animals. >> reporter:

tom ackerman has more. >> reporter: bree newsome climbed up the 30 foot flag pole early on saturday, she and her supporters say they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white supremacy that inspired the killing of nine bible study members. within hours a crowd campaign raised more than $60,000 for her. others said it could delay the momentum for change. state legislature which has sole authority to remove the flag. in yoursomein newsome says action needs to be taken now. >> in nonviolence, we have to do the right thing or it won't stop. >> newsome'ssome'ssome's protest followed the president's eulogy of one of the victims. several hundred turned out. they sang the anthem of the confederacy. those who object say it's more than a symbol. >> it represents oppression not just from the oppressed side but from the side of people who choose to oppress. >> meanwhile funerals of three additional victims were held in charleston. >> this community of are prayer and love has sent a desperately needed message to the world and that is you respond to hate with love. the wo

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. >> let's bring in tom ackerman our man in washington d.c. of course, we are talking about a justice department, inquiry. an fbi inquiry last time i heard there were leaks from the justice department, in which somebody unnamed was saying you ant seen nothing yet. well that very well may be, we have not heard anything official or open from the u.s. soccer federation, or from the justice association. but what is really interesting here are the repercussions on the actual world football schedule. the u.s. is due to host the 100th anniversary next year. and as you can recall, the indictment said alleges that hundred million dollars in the bribes were payed to assure the selling of the broadcasting rights to for this year. that tournament, by the way begins in nine days as well as two others. and now the head of the south american football confederation, has said that he doesn't believe that that tournament to be held in the united states will actually go ahead. he just to quote him he says we have to be absolutely prepared for huge turbulent to c

. >> tom ackerman with that late breaking story for us.thank you tom. >> kurdish fight necessary syria have made significant gains against the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. they have pushed isil out of the town 50 kilometers north of raqqa. the kurds withheld from u.s. airstrikes forced isil to retreat from a base north of raqqa. that base called brigade 93 is important because it leads to other outposts in in aleppo and hasakah. >> this kurdish fighter said that they discovered a tunnel used by the islamic state in iraq and the levant on the syrian-turkish border. it's not clear whether they use the tunnel to smuggle in people or materials from turkey into syria. the people's protection units have been making gains on the border and have taken back territory from isil. the latest discovery was after they took this border post now that the fight something over, hundreds return to their home. despite kurdish forces pushing back isil there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group have were blocked from

bringing its staffing up to the regulation six astronauts, tom ackerman, al jazerra washington. >>> ? you can keep up-to-date with all the day's news and sport on our website aljazerra.com. >> every year, the u.s. imports more and more produce - fresh fruits and vegetables - from mexico. and every year, wages have stayed the same for the people that harvest that produce - sometimes the last people to touch the fruit bought by u.s. consumers. but after years of long, hot days and stagnant pay, workers left the fields and took to the streets to demand better working conditions - and a living wage. the response from the government was swift - and fierce. this was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. in this episode of fault lines we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the united states and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. >> we're about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and we're already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign

. >> i'm tom ackerman in

from brooklyn, new york, please welcome nick ackerman. what's up, nick? how you doing, man?doing good. doing good. >> dude, what a huge family.

tom ackerman with more. >> the autopsy report reasserts the points made by the prosecutor when she ordered the indictment of the six police officers more than a month ago in that in fact freddie gray's injuries had been sustained as a result of either an acceleration or deceleration of the vap in which he -- van in which he was placed, and because he was shackled by the angles and wrists, he sustained the fatal injury and there were not sufficient safety measure implemented by the police. particularly not putting a seatbelt on him. whether this helps the prosecution or the defense, the release is questionable because effectively it shows that the authorities based only on the autopsy report will be hard to prosecute, particularly the most serious case or the serious charge, a murder charge against the driver of that pan >>> google and amazon are the latest companies to join the boycott of products displaying the u.s. confederate flag. the former emblem of the slave-owning south as become a modern-day symbol after the shooting of nine americans last week. alan fisher with this. >>> 24 hours

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> after weeks of delays, the solar impulse two is heading for hawai'i. it left japan earlier this morning in an attempt to fly all the way around the world. the they would to wait for good weather before attempting the journey and the trek to hawai'i is the plane's most ambitious leg yet. thanks again for joining us here on al jazeera. i'm morgan radford. >> egypt state prosecutor dice after an attack on his convoy. are hello i'm maryann namaze. greece and are are europe join each other for the crisis. >>> several people have now been arrested

tom ackerman has more. >>> bree newsome, a 30-year-old activist climbed up a 90 meter high flag pole outside the carolina state house on saturday and removed a piece of cloth, symbolic of a wider debate. she and her supporters said they were taking down the confederate state battle flag, a mark of white supremacy inspiring the killing of 9 black bible study members in a charleston church. police put the flag back up, she was arrested on a $3,000 bond. a crowd fund raised more than 60,000 more her. some civil rights groups praised her move, others say it could delay momentum for change. the state legislator which has sole authority to remove the flag will debate the issue in two weeks. newsome said action needed to be taken now. >> there's doing the right thing and the wrong thing. >> it's time for people to have the courage. everywhere who knows what the right thing to to, we have to step up and love, else it will not stop. every day that flag is there is an endorsement of hate. >> the protest follows president obama's eulogy in which -- for one of the victims on friday, in which he

. >> tom ackerman in washington, d.c. thank you. still to come for you on the program, calls for top colombian general to be brought to justice for the killing of 3,000 civilians passed off as rebels. and fearing for their lives. meet the women who were held hostage by armed groups and still don't feel safe years later. >> welcome back. here on al jazeera. let's update you on the top stories. the u.s. has changed it's hostage policy so families who pay ransom for the released of loved ones will no longer face the threat of prosecution. the white house revealed that currently 30 americans are being held hostage abroad. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev addressed the court for the suffering he caused. >>> and u.n. senate has approved fast tracking powers for president obama that will be easier to push forward the trans-pacific partnership trade agreement. >>> france has responded in outrage to revelations at the wikileaks website that u.s. spied on on president franÇois hollande and two of his predecessors. neave barker reports from paris. >> the

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: on a rainy pitch in rio, these 10-year-olds are learning the fundamentalshat are establishing their nation's top standing in world cup history, since brazil's grubbing on home turf last year their pride suffered damage. the mother of one boy sums it up. >> we are still feeling sort of a hang over from the world cup, what happened in the world cup, we are watching the game. but not that enthusiastic. >> reporter: on thursday's match in the copa america, neymar drew a red car. seconds after the game ended he kicked the ball at an opponent and head-butt the another. brazil lost 1-0. the kids have faith in neymar. >> out of the entire team only neymar gets the goals or shoots to the goals. if you see the statistics there was a 40 minute period. four goals were from neymar. the star of fc barcelona, the young players turn their attention away from brazil's shores. >> translation: brazilian kids wrach the european more than the brazilian league. there are good players in europe, they idolise them and watch more than brazilian football team. >> reporter: the senti

tom ackerman had the latest from washington d.c. itch >> reporter: the autopsy report reasserts the points made by the prosecutor, when she ordered the indictments of police officers more than a month ago. freddie gray's injuries had been sustained as a result of an acceleration or deselleration of a fan in which she was placed in. because she was shackled by angles and wrists that he sustained that injury and they were not sufficient safety measures implemented by the police particularly not putting a seatbelt on him. whether this helps the prosecution or the defense. this is questionable because effectively. it shows the authority based on the autopsy report can be hard to prosecute. in particularly the most serious case or the most serious charge a murder charge against the driver of that van. >> big retail stores and websites in the u.s. continue to pull its carrying the confederal flag. google and amazon the latest. the ban coming a day after south carolina's lawmakers were asked to remove the flag. the request was in response

well let's get more details from tom ackerman in washington. when these embassies are reopened, what does that mean in practical terms? >> well, first of all after the flag raising and the formalities of that and the raising of the status of the interest sections in both countries switzerland actually handles the diplomatic relations and has for several decades, actually, then the question here would be first of all, what kind of free travel would american diplomats have throughout the island, and how many more diplomats might be assigned to cuba. that was one condition that in these negotiations that proceeded the announcement pending on wednesday. and secondly, whether there would be guarantees that those who want access to the embassy will not be intimidated prevented, controlled by cuban security forces in the perimeter and around them. so those were two conditions that the americans had insisted on and presumably those conditions have been met. at the same time the cubans got a lifting of the terrorist designation that the state department

what this means and why this is one of the biggest battles in journalism right now with spencer ackerman reporter for the "guardian." he has had enough of this practice. this week he was tweeting a new addition to his e-mail signature. let me show it to you before i bring it in. "all e-mails are presumed to be on the record unless and until a mutually accepted negotiation of ground rules has successfully concluded. any unilateral declaration by recipient of this e-mail that a conversation is on background or off the record will not be honored." very serious language there. so joining me now to have an on the record conversation is spencer. thanks for being here. >> no problem. this is on background. >> okay. let's explain this to the viewers at home. what is the problem? when you say something's off the record or on background what do you mean? >> so this is a weird kind of argo that journalists and sources have developed over the years that basically means lots of different things to lots of different people. so it's good to define these terms. off the record means there's information t

. >> reporter: wstm-tv reporter sarahbeth ackerman. >> every day the neulander family would come outwalking down to get to court. >> reporter: what the neulander family heard "in" court, was district attorney william fitzpatrick telling the jury that their father, bob neulander, was a man who flew into a rage. >> he's a guy that snapped and killed his wife. >> reporter: and then tried to cover up the evidence. the d.a.'s theory? that bob killed his wife in the bedroom. and then moved her into the shower to make it look like an accidental fall. the 911 call was played for the jury. >> my mother's -- i don't know if she is breathing, but she is laying on the ground in the shower. >> reporter: jenna called 911 from the other side of the mansion after her father screamed for help. >> i need to go over there and see if she's okay. >> okay. how do you know she's down there? >> my dad. my dad is -- he's over there. >> reporter: she then put down the phone and ran into the master bathroom. >> oh my god, there's blood everywhere! >> reporter: that's when she discovered her mother, bloody and

from brooklyn, new york, please welcome nick ackerman. what's up, nick? how you doing, man? what a huge family. what is this?

where the fbi and other law enforcement agencies are becoming involved in this, and we talk to tom ackerman in washington, d.c. this has been a little bit like a house of cards tumbling down very quickly are you getting any word from those people? about what they have heard. >> well, remember that the investigation did not implicate blatter personally. although a lot of people surrounding him and very close to him so in that respect, there isn't that much kind of much of a rep precushion or that kind of an ex-coe here but obviously peer here do sense or did sense that there was a pervasive sense of corruption. and that was reflected by the position of and u.s. soccer federation it's chairman, had been an early proponent even though the u.s. had voted four times for blatter in previous elections they had come out early for prince ali his principal contender in the election, which of course he lost just last week. so in that respect, this is a vindication for the u.s. soccer federation as well as the canadian soccer federation. it is also interesting that in those people who are defending bla

tom ackerman reports. >> very super sonic. >>. >> the falcon # broke apart about two minutes into his its flight. the company saided upper section of the two-stage vehicle apparently blue upper do you to overpressure in the hostage tank. >> there's no negligence here or mrob with this. it shows the challenges that we have facing engineering and challenges of space flight in general. >> the rocket was carrying 1800 kilos of food and experiments to the space station. this is the seventh such pigs which has a $1.6 billion resupply contract with nasa. all but this one was successful. the aalthough on two pry flights they carried out a safe landing on the first stage on a ship out in the atlantic. that would have marked a significant advance in the quest for re-useable rockets. a big cost saver for eventual trips to mars. it was the third launch failure in recent months and a rocket owned by another company exploded shortly after lift-off last october. russia's robotic progress 59 vessel fell back to earth in may short of reaching the station. nasa officials say despite the latest set diag

. >> tom ackerman with the latest from washington, d.c.ank you. >>> kurdish fighters in syria have made significant gains from the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. they pushed isil out of the town about 50 kilometers north of the armed group's biggest stronghold. the kurds withheld from u.s. airstrikes has forced them to retreat from a base north of raqqa. that base called brigade 93 is important because it links to other outposts. >> this kurdish fighter said they have discovered a tunnel used by the islamic state in iraq and the levant on the syrian-turkish border. it's not clear yet if isil used the tunnels to smuggle people or material. they have been making gains on the border and have taken back territory from isil. now that the fight something over hundreds of families are over. turkish borders were reopened in but despite kurdish forces pushing back isil there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group have accused the kurds of driving out sunni tribesmen. >> we were asked to communicate with the y

bill ackerman's effort he had last year did not work very well.ittle skeptical he will get that kind of support from someone. matt: i was going to ask you, in your career covering mergers and acquisitions, have you ever seen work out well where a smaller company wants to essentially merge or get taken over with shareholders in a bigger board that is not interested. very candid.be this is usually the minnow to convince the will to play with them in a little bit. we moved on to volkswagen and maybe nissan. is a massiveag and company. this question mark how serious a partner with it be? david: they are growing in china p well and they have an alliance, but that is why it is the last ditch for sergio. it does give him or sale, but not the kind of 10 million plus kind of vehicle sales every year that he is looking for. that is why they are kind of further down the list. full slag and has done merger and acquisition work, plenty of brands, mass-market, all the way up to the luxury stuff like bentley. they can make these deals work. they run volkswagen a

a hat tip to the 16th president and a plug for the school lincoln ackerman school. naturally, the hawk has a twitter handle already, @lincolnthehawk. >>> finally, walmart is changing its tune. the company announced at a meeting with thousands of store employees an end to the constant loop of celine dion and justin bieber music in the stores. radio walmart ran by a deejay will take over. this will include new cash incentives and a more relaxed it dress code. >>> brutal atrocities by the hands of isis the terror group has executed thousands of syrians and now controls about a third of that country. so are the u.s.-led air strikes doing anything at all to help? correspondent john has that part of the story. >> reporter: troops loyal to president bashar al assad continue to battle forces such as the al qaeda-linked al nusra front and then there's isis which controls the eastern and northern parts of syria. human rights groups report that isis militants have executed 2600 civilians in areas such as the province near turkey where 94 people including 20 children were kille

a hat tip to the 16th president and a plug for the school lincoln ackerman school.hawk has a twitter handle already, @lincolnthehawk. >>> finally, walmart is changing its tune. the company announced at a meeting with thousands of store employees an end to the constant loop of celine dion and justin bieber music in the stores. radio walmart ran by a deejay will take over. this will include new cash incentives and a more relaxed it dress code. >>> brutal atrocities by the hands of isis the terror group has executed thousands of syrians and now controls about a third of that country. so are the u.s.-led air strikes doing anything at all to help? correspondent john has that part of the story. >> reporter: troops loyal to president bashar al assad continue to battle forces such as the al qaeda-linked al nusra front and then there's isis which controls the eastern and northern parts of syria. human rights groups report that isis militants have executed 2600 civilians in areas such as the province near turkey where 94 people including 20 children were killed during two day

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: the falcon 9 rocket owned by spacex broke apart two minutes into the night. the company said the upper stage blew up due to overpressure in the liquid oxy known tank. >> there's no negligence no really problem with this. it shows the changes that we have facing engineering, and challenges of space flight in general. >> the rocket was carrying more than 1800 kilos of food supplies and scientific experiments. this was the 7th such mission by spacex. which had a 1.6 billion supplies contract. all but this had been successful. on two previous flight the company was unable to carry out a safe landing on the first stage on a drone ship in the atlantic marking an advance in the quest to effect reusable rockets, a cost saver for trips to mars. >> it was the third launch failure of commercial space missions in recent months, and a rocket owned by another company exploded after lift off last october. russia's robotic progress fell back to earth in may, short of reaching the station. >> n.a.s.a. officials say despite the latest setback, the i.s.s. crew is not run

tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> now it's time for an update on the sports news. >> have youthank you very much. the world number one sweeping ahead in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-4. and kicking off the campaign in straight set victory. >>> serena williams has had a strong start at wimbledon the world number one brushing aside russia's margarita. winning in straight sets. the aim at a six wimbledon title and first grand slam victory. >>> number 23 seed winning 6-2 6-1. and football now in arsenal has confirmed the goalkeeper from champions chelsea joins the gunners after 11 years with the blues. during that period he won numerous honors, including four premier league titles. the move follows as chelsea number one, last season he only made 16 appearances for jose mourinho's side. >> to the largest rifles on and off the pitch the copa america finals later on monday. they enter the match having crushed columbia, they now go into the competition their coach feels that history will count for little when play gets under way. >> i don't see it in the complex way. the bottom line is that in t

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tom ackerman has more. >> ma'am >>> bree newsome, a 30-year-old activist climbed up a 90 meter high flag pole outside the carolina state house on saturday and removed a piece of cloth, symbolic of a wider debate. she and supporters said they were taking down the confederate state battle flag a mark of supremacy culminating in the death of 5 bible study workers. the flag was put up she was released on a bond. a crowd fund raised more than 60,000 more her. some civil rights groups praised her move others say it could delay exchange. the authority is scheduled to debate the issue in two weeks. >> there's doing the right thing and the wrong thing. >> it's time for people to have the courage. everywhere has to step up and love, else it will not stop. every day that flag is there is an endorsement of hate. >> the protest follows president obama's yule any in which he -- ooulo any and which he called the flag a reminder of subrogation. in nearby towns governor's ordered flags down. several turned out ♪ i wish i was in the land of cotton ♪ singing the anthem of the confederacy that fought and lo

. >> tom ackerman washington. >>> let's go back to the controversial elections in burundi.o say we have our guest back e terry on the project director for the international crisis group and good to have you and sorry we lost the audio link with you earlier a and wanted to ask you why people are saying including the african union they are just not going to be free and fair? >> the reason for that is the president wants to be reelected as soon as possible and the radicals have an upper hand in the ruling party and they have basically blocked all the international efforts to find a solution for this. but as a result of that those elections are meaningless and dangerous. >> indeed and likely to return a win for the ruling party, what is that going to mean for burundi, is it going to give a mandate to change the constitution? >> yes, it's fairly clear that the ruling party is going to win, is going to have a massive win in those elections and not because it is supported by a lot of people in burundi but because basically the opposition, has boycotted the elections. and what is g

tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. >>> all right futbol fans let's find out what is going on with thateporter: chile a step closer to claiming the copa america title after beating peru in semi finals on american and the two biggest rivals often on the pitch was not without controversy as we explain. >> reporter: the first semi final of the copa america with host chile to bring pride to home land as they line up against peru and did not start well with visitors and marching orders for the high tackle on charles. peru were left with ten players and with momentum now in their favor chile had the chance to capitalize and after a few attempts they did just that with a cross from alexis sanchez on the post. and in the second half it was by default and chile gary scoring into his own and peru joy of equalizing is to be short lived and nailing this long-range shot and second goal of the night to give the host a 2-1 win and chile's coach is happy and saying his side will have to play much better if they don't have any chance of winning the copa america title. >> translator: today we will play a

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sort of like my friend, gary ackerman. mckinley would wear his glasses on a string around his neck because he did not want to be photographed with his glasses. if a photographer was there, the glasses would come off. very concerned about his physical appearance. he wrote a letter -- a letter to the editor saying i'm not five foot six, i'm five foot six and a half. he began each day after shaving by having rockfest with ida. every day had to start that way because that was important to him. then he would indulge in his vices. he would buy cigars and newspapers. he loved to read newspapers, particularly the political section and smoked 50 cigars a week. if congress was in session, he would smoke even more. everyone in congress liked him. he seems to have in a very funny fellow, a great sense of humor a wonderful speaker honest and decent, people just gravitated toward him. he gained a reputation for hard work and developed close friendship with another congressman from ohio named james garfield. the two of them, as you could

i want to bring in dan ackerman. board, something that people complained about far while. >> noteworthy they're doing this because they want to be agnostic about the type of data they present. they get the best results based on what you're looking for and don't like a thumb on the scale and the fact they're doing shows how significantly they take this and only happened in a few other cases, usually politically related in other countries. >> what is their method going to be? how can people complain if they feel they're violated? what's the action? >> google says they'll put up a form online and if you have a particular url or an image that you think violate it is policy and removed then fill out the form and someone there will check it and if they agree -- they can't remove the website from the internet and take the picture down but remove that entry from kind of their catalog of sites so if you search for it you won't find it and almost as good as erasing it. it's there if you know where it is. >> how does this stand

this is one army ackerman i did miss -- did i get that right? >> yes. >> a biological defense laboratory part of the medical army research and material command. during his first tour of duty, he participated in ebola outbreak investigations and animal outbreak investigations and field studies in the northwest territories of canada and montana for anthrax, plague and other diseases. in 2010, he returned when he served at his current position and completed senior service college for the education program at the army corps college. he received his doctorate in veterinarian medicine in 1985 and a doctorate in bed tonight pathology and 1980 nine, both from kansas state university. he also received a masters degree in strategic studies in 2012 from the u.s. army war college. mr. spencer, all yours. mr. spencer: thank you. first off, thank you forgiving dod the opportunity to tell its story. it is kind of rare for us. we tell folks that your job in life is preparing the armed forces for chemical, biological, and radiological events and you and you not