here is tom ackerman. >> reporter: near the u.s. capital, a group of visiting peruvian visitors braiding a replica of this suspension bridge. >> we prepare more than a thousand ropes to make 70 meters. >> the bridge is a link in the 3,000 kilometer road, built in the 15th century at the height of the inca empire. peru argentina chile ecuador just opened in the museum of the american indian. >> still use the inca road. how people to walk the road. >> borero and his colleague mattos spent search years collecting materials for this display. >> it is a perfect pattern to understand how strong the incan situation, and the andes situation, stayed in subsistence. >> the incas interactive display illustrates the cachaka. the exhibit's creators say they weren't oblivious to the empire empire's violent side. >> leave aside the macabre and look at the rest of the culture how the people lived. >> tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> now a plane powered only by the sun's raise has sun's rays has landed in hawaii. the solar impulse 2 left abu

let's go to tom ackerman, who is monitoring this for us in washington, d.c. they insist this is not a cyberattack, correct? they all say this was not the result of a attack. when asked about it a little while ago this, was how they responded. >> the technical issues that are being experienced by the new york stock exchange, they said they'd that no malicious actors were involved.

here is tom ackerman. >> mohammed ben salman, visit just a few days before the nuclear deal with iran, another effort to reassure the saudis that their seven decade long relationship with the u.s. remains strong. in the past four years the saudis have reached more than $90 billion in weapons deals with the u.s. sales that include war planes, armored vehicles missiles and bombs. some of that hardware has been deployed by the saudis, along with its gulf cooperation councilmembers and the u.s. is providing intelligence and logistics, against the houthi rebels whom they regard as iran's proxies. >> the objective there is to restore a political process there in which a legitimate government can be established. >> but that cooperation hasn't quieted saudi anxiety over iran's what they call mischief around the region. military life line to syria's bashar al-assad. >> this comes back to iranian saudi strategic rivalry and the idea that the u.s. is not pushing back hard enough in the iranian influence in the gulf and the le vanity levant and elsewhere. >> carter will follow up his boss's messa

tom ackerman reports. it's not a cyber ago tea.ow about china says it's doing everything it can to contain a potential crash of the stock market there. the bench mark shanghai closing down 6% over dramatic losses. japan stocks have their greatest fall in more than a year china's market has now lost a colossal $3.25 trillion. well the country has ordered the battle major shareholder selling off their stakes over the next six months. >> continuing four weeks while the markets in china close down again. the change high index closes down nearly 6%. this adds to the 30% that markets here in china have seen in the sell-off in the last several weeks. now something that we see continuing on wednesday. that is more companies are take thinking stocks off the market. they're not allowing them to be traded. the total number is 1400. a few more hundred were take over the market. the central government has reacted to what's been going on. they say that the trades openly on the market, and the they are continue to go trade on these markets. certa

tom ackerman in washington, d.c. thank you. >>> meanwhile the greek prime minister has called for a fair deal to keep his country in the eurozone. alexis tsipras spoke to e.u. leaders at the deadline speaking of far-reaching debt proposals. >> after the brinkmanship of refusal prime minister tsipras made his case to parliament. >> today we come with a strong mandate from the greek people and to tackle head on the establishment in our country and to change the mindsets, which has taken us and the eurozone down. >> they would only discover that the greeks would not present new reform proposals until thursday. although greece has formerly asked for a new three-year financial bail out. >> i have to say it loud and clear that the final deadline ends this week. >> the view is that we're in the final countdown, a matter of days to determine the future for greece and it's people. but a charity chinnic serving those who really have nothing left that may mean that life is about to get marginally better or much, much worse. an

. >> tom ackerman, they both used that phrase, long and complex and what are the obstacles. talk to us for instance how long it would take for trade embargo to be lifted. >> reporter: well, that really is in the purview of the u.s. congress and there's no indication any time soon that thra that will happen given the republican majority and a significant number of democrats who really feel that lifting the embargo without cuba actually improving its human rights records and improving the conditions of political prisoners. that situation has to change. also a multi-party democratic electoral process which has been noted in particular. so those are points that right off the bat and secretary kerry acknowledged asful said that the congress understands those rather, the administration understands those obstacles nonetheless president obama has called for lifting of the embargo in any event. what's interesting is that while kerry did not volunteer specific points of difference between the two countries in these negotiations the foreign minister as you heard was very specific becau

tom ackerman thank you. let's speak to lucia newman. lucia, this reaction to a pretty historic day in havana, cuba itself. >> hello barbara. it's been a very exciting morning and day here in cuba. people say they have been waiting for this, for so long. actually at the u.s. embassy there were very very subtle differences compared to the very big ceremony that took place in washington at the cuban embassy. here, there were a few members of the u.s. embassy walking around with small american flags. even the cuban staff were walking around with little flags. they had painted the sidewalk with yellow and there certainly were fewer cuban police outside which is notable. people who came out told us that the staff inside were more friendly than normal but by and large for ordinary cubans this is a huge, huge difference for them. psychologically they have been in a loss tile relationship with their northern neighbor, just 140 kilometers across the caribbean space. they felt like they would never live to see this day. these fortified walls were

tom ackerman, al jazeera manassas virginia. >> researchers say the lack of water has cost california $3 billion this year alone far worse than 2014. melissa chan reports. >> our team has been covering the drought all since the declaration of state of emergency since early 2013. the drought this summer is a lot worse than the drought from last year. in fact the university of california at davis put out a report that says economic losses in 2015 are expected to be $2.8 billion, and half a million fields like this one will lie fallow 20,000 jobs almost 20,000 jobs will be lost. we spoke to mike wood, one farmer and his family, they own 1900 acres and this is what they had to say. >> there is a little over 700 acres the that is that is fallowed. there is a lot of research that went into things that wouldn't take a lot of water. we have grown garlic for a number of years. on this ranch we would normally at this time of year if we were in full production we would be employing between 25 and 30 people. presently we have seven people under employment. >> finally lions have been reintroduced

tom ackerman has more. >> reporter: you don't have to leave washington, d.c, a few blocks from the u.s. capital joining those of the other 49 states waves the flag of mississippi, in the upper left-hand corner lies the same symbol that has been so concerning in south carolina. in 2001, mississippi citizens decided buy landslide to leave their flag unchanged. >> that's going to be talked about again. and the decision belongs rightly to the people of mississippi. >> reporter: as filmed in the racially incendiary movie birth of a inflation in 1915, the flag stood for narrative of the aggrieved southern states. still insist their fight against the union was for state sovereignty, honor and chivalry not slavery. gone with the wind, while that film romanticized the civil war. >> all we've got is cotton and slaves and arrogance. >> part of the day core in 1948. that's when southern democrats owned racial disintegration, on a white supremacy platform. today, south carolina's sons of confederate veterans. >> it would dishonor not only white confederate soldiers but black confederate soldiers. >

with all the battle grounds only the battle of the ultimate viktor now flies, tom ackerman, virginia.d person is being treated in the philippines for middle east respiratory syndrome, mers the health ministry says the patient's condition has improved, 36-year-old tourist showed symptoms of the virus after he got back from dubai and they are tracing people who have come into contact with him. >> translator: last saturday around 11:30 in the morning we received a referral from the research institute for tropical medicine about a foreigner from the middle east and suffering coughs and by 5:00 p.m. the test yielded positive result, the patient was immediately confined in the hospital for tropical medicine and now under observation but is stable and very cooperative. >> reporter: the u.s. won the woman futbol cup for the third time and despite corruption scandals the host canada said the tournament was a huge success and we report now from vancouver. ♪ the beats of futbol fever in vancouver, women's futbol coverage and no shortage of red, white and blue and many fans could drive across the

tom ackerman, al jazerra ohio. >>> the push on onto market the humble potato to a wider chinese markld's most populous country looking for find new ways to meet its food security needs and experts are gathering for a major potato conference. >> reporter: it is everything to do with potatoes. from every conceivable way of consuming them to better science for growing them. the chinese government is on a mission to convince the people on the wonders of the potato. >> translator: here in china we have good quality potato varieties that give us high yields. potatoes will provide more options for us as a stayal food. >> reporter: -- staple food. >> reporter: facing ever more pressure farming land from urbanize saying and industrial pollution, it could be the potato to the rescue. underpinning the great potato debate is the very serious issue of food security in a country that has a fifth of the world's population to feed. the hearty potato requires far less land and without their be rice, but it faces a serious image problem in the eyes of chinese consumers. look around traditional street

but that does not mean their differences have been bridged, tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. >>> let's get more reaction from the u.s. on this deal now allen fisher is live for us in the u.s. capitol washington and allen it's just coming up, to 6:00 in the morning there so many people still waking up to the news of this historic agreement. what are they likely to be saying? >> well, i think the views on iran are very polarized in the united states because of the calm outlined and what is a dislike and distrust and hatred of iran because of the hostage crisis and those against iran will be against the deal and it's telling that benjamin netanyahu will perhaps set the tone for many republicans in this country and remember he was invited to speak to congress a few months ago to express his distrust of the deal to express his dismay negotiating and republicans will take the view from that. what is likely to happen is there will be moves in congress to try and block this bill. can it stop america signing up to this agreement? no it can't and they can impose a bill saying america canno

tom ackerman has the report. applause] >> reporter: the native american teenagers came from 275 tribes across the united states. priedproud of their heritage and convinced it remains relevant. >> i gave a speech telling native youth and native people no matter where they came from their past back ground, environment they can be whatever they want to be in life. >> to teach young children leadership skills that they can bring back to their communities. >> it's interesting to see what a people are doing in their communities and take some of those things back to mine. >> reporter: at its first ever tribal youth gathering the obama administration announced more money would be devoted to education. and health services. the government is required by treaty to provide those services but in the view of most it falls short of meeting its obligations. >> so we are working on turning control of schools and many other things back to tribes. and providing the resources needed to get the job done. >> reporter: on too many rese

but that does not mean their differences have been bridged, tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. >>> foreign policy chief federicka gave her statement on that and here is what she had to say. >> it's a decision that can open the way to a new chapter in international relations and show that diplomacy, coordination cooperation can overcome decades of tensions and confrontations i think this is a sign of hope for the entire world and we will know that it is very much needed in these times. >> let me begin by expressing my appreciation to everybody, to those who started this process and those who have continued this process in order to reach a win-win solution on what in our view was an unnecessary crisis and open new horizons for dealing with serious problems that affect our international community. i believe this is a historic moment. we are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for anybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us. today could have been the end of hope on this issue but now we are starting a new chapter of hope and let's b

tom ackerman from washington, d.c. now china's government said that it is doing everything it can to contain a risk on its stock market there closing down by close to 6% there were dramatic losses. the sell off spread to japan. stocks have their greatest fall there in more than a year. and china's market has lost a total of, wait for this, three and a quarter trillion dollars. that's more than the size much france's entire stock market. the loss is driven in part by fears of china's economic growth. so the country has ordered sell offs scott haidler has more from beijing. >> the markets in china closed down again the change high sell off of $3.2 trillion. something else we see continuing on wednesday more companies are taking their stocks off the market. the total number now is 1400. a few more hundred were taken off the market. they say that state controlled enterprises that are traded openly on the market they will continue to be traded. they'll continue to trade on these markets. now the central government has been

tom ackerman has more. >> you'll find the confederate states insignia flying proudly. you don't have to go far from washington d.c. waves the flag of mississippi in its upper left corner the same crossed bars and stars pattern that aroused so much controversy in south carolina. there the legislature will decide whether to remove the rebel battle standard from the capital grounds. in 2001, mississippi citizens decided by a landslide to leave their flag unchanged. >> that's going to be talked about again and the decision belongs rightly to the people of mississippi. >> as flimed in the racially insendary silent movie birth of a nation in 1915 the flag stood for the aggrieved southern states as then some southerners still insist their fight against the union was for state sovereignty honor and chivalry not slavery. hollywood flew same flag later in the 1939 blockbuster gone with the wind. while that film romanticized the lost plantation life, it also addressed the folly of america's most lethal war. >> all we've got is cotton and slaves and arrogance. >> reporter: the sta

we'll cross to it live, while we're waiting for that to happen, we'll speak to al jazeera's tom ackerman. what hurdles actually remain to formalize be be be relations between the two countries? >> while secretary of state john kerry is not alluding to many in detail the foreign minister of cuba at the remarks he made at the opening of the cuban embassy about an hour or so ago was more detailed. he talked in particular about the guantanamo naval base, which the united states has been opening for the past half century which the be cuban government has been considered an affront. even though cuban government objects to it but can do nothing about it. but of course also the pain point which is the trade embargo which as the foreign minister said was really something that has been restricting cuba's rightful activities and in particular the freedom of commerce with the united states. the foreign minister is also, we've been hearing that they've been meeting for apparently over the 45 minutes that were allotted to their meeting prior to this news conference. the foreign minister will, as well

tom ackerman has the story. >> just a day after saying she wouldn't resign, the white house announced that catherine archuleta was stepping down effective immediately. >> she recognized as the white house does that the challenge facing the personnel management require a manager with a specialized set of skills and experiences. >> the move follows disclosure that another cyber breach of her agency's david beckham was far more sweeping than the first one revealed in april. in testimony to congress last month, archuleta blamed outdated technology with the inability to protect information. >> we have discovered these intrusions and. >> it includes wednesday james comey told the senate intelligence community in a the impact could be more widespread. >> it's not just my identity that's affected. i've got siblings, five kids, all of that is in there so the numbers quickly grow far beyond the number of federal employees which is millions, over the past 20 years. >> while homeland security secretary jay johnson said that he could not identify the cyberattackers they have called the leading sub

tom ackerman reports. >> near the u.s.apital a group of peruvian villages offer a prayer and offer this handy work. this bridge only made of natural fiber which they reconstruct every year. >> we prepare more than a thousand the road built in the 15th century at the height of the inca empire and still traveled today. it's revered by the 9 million natives of peru, bolivia ecuador, argentina elay and if. >> what it marines to the people to be able 20 walk the road. >> they spent seven years researching and collecting incan artifacts for this display. >> this is perfect future to connect the dern to the pass to under cultural communityish and understand how after 500 years. >> they never use the wheel or writing yet they formed an highly form of society using agriculture achievement. this displays the road couriers who could deliver messages is to deliver them ape where in message. >> plenty more on our website. that is www.aljazeera.com. there you can see the greek economy, the bailout referendum, interest is plenty more the

tom ackerman, thank you very much. >> mr.man is in the cuban capitol and sent us this on the american embassy reopening in havana. >> it may look exactly the same but this is no longer a u.s. intersection under the care and protection of the swiss embassy. >> flag is now gone and the building you see behind me that was constructed in 1953 is now once again the u.s. embassy it was always meant to be. the american flag is not flying here when u.s. secretary of state john kerry comes to oversee an official ceremony. there are changes from the tiny flags the embassy staff were carrying to the number of tourists and even americans carrying their passports and flags to mark this day. it's a historic moment hoping this brings about changes. >> cubans who went inside for a visa say the requisites have not changed. according to this woman, on this day, the staff was more friendly than before when they denied her a vetoesa. clearly, the reestablishment of diplomatic recess has a much bigger impact here than in the united states. genera

tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. >> super bugs are drug resistant bacteria blamed for 250,000 deathsn the u.s. each year. it's estimated this number could rise to 10 million by 2050 without action. one solution could be new drugs but there have been no new anti-by on theics on the market for almost 30 years. jacob ward explains why. >> i am going to grab your temperature. >> the united states has a bug problem. multi-drug resistant bacteria super bugs that have learned to shrug off the antibiotics we normally use to kill them playing the health system. >> these organisms can live on the skin and live on the surfaces of a desk or a bed or a stethoscope. >> reporter: the trouble is that it takes days to identify specifics about the resistant bacteria. dr. lee riley has just received a multi-million dollar grant to develop a process that would identify the right drugs to fight bacteria in minutes. >> if we can determine what the drug susceptibility is before the patient leaves your office you can give the right drug and you don't have to worry about creating drug resistance. >> here in

sheer tom ackerman. >> reporter: saudi arab prince getting a tour of u.s. command "roosevelt", his visit a few days before the nuclear deal with iran an effort to reassure the saudis that a 7-deck i had alliance with washington -- decade alliance with washington is steadfast. there was an attempt to reinforce that message. in the past four years, the suedies reached more than 90 billion in weapons deals. sales including war planes armoured vehicles. some have been deployed by the saudis and the involvement in yemen's war. the u.s. is providing intelligence and statistics who the saudis records as proxies. we are supporting operations in yemen in the way i describe earlier, the objective there, is to restore a political process there in which a legitimate government can be established. that has not quietened saudi anxiety over what is called the mischief across the region. including the life line to syria's bashar al-assad. it comes back to strategic rivalry, and the idea that the u.s. is not pushing back hard enough on iranian influence. as for israel which

tom ackerman was there. >> reporter: the native american teenagers came from 275 tribes across the united states. proud of their heritage and convinced it remains relevant. i gave a speech telling native youth that no matter where it came from the background their environment, they can be where they want to be. >> to teach young children leadership kills to bring to the communities. it's interesting to see what others are doing in their communities, and take some of those things back to mine. >> at the first ever tribal youth gathering, the obama group announced more money would be donated to education and health services. the government is required by treaty to provide those services. but falls short. >> we are working on turning controls of schools back to tribes and providing resources to get the job done. >> reporter: on too many reservations a sense of hopelessness is driving a spate of youth suicide. a rate twice the national average. this year alone on the pine ridge sioux, 11 people have killed themselves 176 attempted suicide. at a senate hearing, experts reported anti-suicide ca

. >> tom ackerman is outside the cieb ann embassy. what's happening now?an you probably hear the embassy is serenaded by the supporters who are congratulating the government and themselves to get to the point we are at today. a few moments ago one of the officers came out of the embassy to thank them for all their efforts. as we can see and as shihab's report indicated normalization kicks in and this was conceded by secretary of state kerry and his counterpart bruno rodriguez. >> what are the biggest obstacles in restoring those relations properly? >> reporter: well first and foremost the embargo which is blocked by u.s. law. and in order to undue that law the u.s. congress will have to act and they are not persuaded. it is wrong democrats say to basically give up any kind of bargaining chip against the cuban government until they make more concessions to with wit opening up the electoral process in cuba, releasing political prisoners and allowing free access of u.s. diplomatic personnel to all walks of life as secretary of state kerry termed it. meaning t

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: near the u.s. capital a visiting group of peruvian visitors offer a prayer before displaying their handiwork, braiding a replica of this bridge which they reconstrect every year. >> the bridge is a link in the 3,000 comroad built in the 15th century, and is travelled today. it's revered by the natives of peru bolivia, ebbing waddo, columbia a road whose endurance is recognised in the washington museum of the american indian. >> over 1,000 communities use the inca road in some capacities, the people relate to it, the spirituality what it means to the people to walk the road. >> this man and his call eeg spent several years collecting ink and artefacts. >> it's a perfect teacher to connect the present to the past. to understand how strong is the inca civilisation. and the andean civilisation after 500 year domiation, discrimination segregation. >> the inca's never used the wheel or writing, but formed a highly organised society of agriculture achievement. >> the display illustrates the relays of the

wetom ackerman has been meeting dairy fires to get their thoughts. >> reporter: three times a day thets pumped from the 700 cows at the farm. the high-tech operation is one of thousands that make america the world's foremost milk producer, 15% of that output sold and consumed by other countries. frank, who runs the farm with his family, is well aware that worldwide sales have an impact on the prices he gets from his local dairy customers. >> where you are at in the country and whether it's your milk being exported off someplace else it's still the same supply-demands situation. >> reporter: that's why the u.s. dairy industry is closely watching the outcome of the trans-pacific partnership negotiations with two key rivals. new zealand tearing expand its sales of milk products in the u.s. and canada, which has protected its own dairy farmers by restricting supply to squeeze out american products. he sees the prospect of boosting production as important to more than just his own family. >> as dairy production increases, or whether it's other agricultural nod at thises that means more job

. >> tom ackerman, you'll be following that new conference for us here. thank you. let's go to havana and speak to latin america editor lucia newman. an historic day, what is the reaction there? >> hello barbara absolutely this is a huge, huge change for ordinary cubans. you can imagine that while it's important for the united states, the restoration of diplomatic ties, which would spell the end of hostilities or most of them, has a bigger impact on this tiny island nation than it does in the united states. so cubans are just very emotional at the former u.s. intersection. the staff were carrying american flags. the ceremony where the u.s. flag will be hoistedder, it won't take place for another three weeks when u.s. secretary of state john kerry comes to havana. but still for ordinary cubans it is an historic and emotional day, as i said before. one that many people felt that they never thought they would live to see. >> these fortified walls were built when cuba was a spanish colony a testament to a country under siege. then from pirate attacks today from the unit

tom ackerman reports. >> to fly the confederate states flag proudly you don't have to go far from washington, d.c. in mississippi the upper left corner the bars and stars that has aroused so much controversy in south carolina. there they'll died whether to remove the flag from capital grounds. mississippi decided to leave their flag unchanged. >> that's going to be talked about again and the decision belongs rightly to the people of mississippi. >> in "birth of a nation" in 1915 the flag stood for the native of the agreed southern states as some southerners still insist their fight against the union was for state sovereignty honor and chivalry, not slavery. in the 1939 blockbuster "gone with the wind" while that film romancized the loss of plantation life, they also talked about the lethal war. >> we have cotton, slaves and arrogance. >> the stars and bars flag was part of the decor in 1948 when southern democrats opposeed to opposed to segregation today they argue removing the flag an inappropriate protest against racism. >> it would dishonor not only white confederate soldiers but dishonor

tom ackerman has the story. >> reporter: just a day after saying she wouldn't resign, the white housenced that catherine archuleta was stepping down effective immediately. >> she recognizes as does the white house that this requires a manager with a special set of skills and experiences. >> reporter: the move following disclosure that another cyber breach of her agency's database was far more swing than the first one revealed in april. in to him congress last month archuleta blamed outdated technology for the inability to protect the information. >> we discovered these intrusions because of our increased efforts in the last 18 months to approve cyber security at o.p.m. not despite them. >> reporter: besides social security numbers the compromised data included current and former government employees answers to questions about drug use financial problems and contact with foreigners. and on wednesday fbi director james comey told the senate intelligence committee the impact could be even more widespread. >> it's not just my identity that's affected, it's, you know, i got siblings, five

some of the biggest beneficiaries from the trade bale are likely to ben american farmers, tom ackerman met formers in ohio for their thoughts on the deal. >> three times a day milk is pumped from these cows on the farm. 15% of their output sold and consumed by other countries. frank burkehart who runs the farm with his family is aware that worldwide sales have an impact from the prices from the local customers. >> whether milk is exported, it's the same supply and demand situation. >> reporter: that's why the u.s. dairy industry is watching the outcome of the trans-pacific partnership negotiations with two key rivals, new zealand eager to expand sales of milk products in the u.s. and canada which protected its own dairy farmers by restricting supply to squeeze out american products. >> they see the prospect of boosting production as important to more than their own family. >> as dairy production increases or other agricultural commodities, that means more jobs. it's based on rural economies as well. >> reporter: joe raises cows, but takes a skeptical view of the trade deal. >> we have

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: these are images of horror leaving little to the imagination, a bodyrred by am pew takes -- amputation gouging and starving. they were taken in two damascus military hospitals on the order of the syrian government intelligence services. the unidentified man who claimed to take the photograph is code name assessar, a former -- seizar a former military photographer. he defected with more than 50,000 images of torture. syria dismissed them as forgeries, the fbi and others are convinced they are authentic. a sample on display by the holocaust museum was put on exhibit in the capitol building. a former detainee described how he had to walk over dead bodies on the way to be questioned and tortured. >> it took them five hours of beating me it get tired, before carrying me to my cell. >> he identified two photos a doctor and a neighbour who were never involved. a senior public politician said america lost its moral clarity by backing off action in response to the first confirmed reports of syrian chemical weapons attacks. >> that was a moment in time for us as

tom ackerman, al jazerra washington. >>> greece tonight turned another corner in an effort to avoid defaultingits debt. the country's parliament voted overwhelm big to approve a new austerity plan that would inflict more pain on greek buys hiking taxes and cutting pensions. now european leaders and creditors must approve the plan before they release more bailout money. greece has already missed one debt payment and its banks have been close today two weeks. >>> the iran nuclear talks will continue through the week end negotiators in vienna agreed to extend the interim deal until monday. both sides say they have made progress in two weeks of talks but that the process is moving so slowly the sides remain divided over ain' arms embargo over iran that western powers want to keep in place john kerry said there is a limit to american patients but also said the use and its five negotiating parents will not be rushed. >>> same-sexer sex marriage is the law of the land but some people are defying the supreme court also ruling of a few county clerks in louisiana and texas have refuse today issue marria

tom ackerman reports on the progress so far. >> reporter: this suitcase sized machine is carl pharma it's purpose to give healthcare workers in the remotest areas a quick on the spot test to assure that mothers and their newborn don't die from contaminated or bogus drugs. >> because people are dieing and bad drugs are there and hospitals are inundated with these problems they want a solution that stops it in its track. >> reporter: his product is more than one of 80 approaches almost granted funding in a program aimed at preventing the deaths of mothers and babies in the most dangerous period the first 48 hours after birth. >> in the rule after the hardest to reach parts of communities really the last mile and so that is where we need to make sure some of the best innovations best ideas with actually reach them and the save the lives. >> reporter: for the fifth year aid agencies from the u.s., u.k. canada, norway, and south korea, are sponsoring competitions to fund more innovations that promise the greatest improvement in health outcomes. this year 53 final assists were chosen out o

dan ackerman and our editor with c anytime is with us. good morning. >> where is the backup. where is the redundancy? i mean is this a wakeup call? >> this is a wakeup call that we spend a lot of time effort and protection and money. these are all very important things, but the less glamorous part of it is the regular everyday i.t. work that keeps the systems up and running. i saw yesterday three different cases where different bread and butter issues fell down and that's why we had three problems on the same day. >> you ask yourself if something like this happens, if you have internal problems does that make these systems more vulnerable to external attacks? >> i think we're so focused that maybe we don't pay enough attention to tin term systems and that's what happened here. if you can have a router and they didn't have another piece of hardware, you're down for hours and the airlines are so tight ly tightly packed and it has a ripple around the world. that's where you do software updates and they find problems and have to get the backups and reinstall that. >> a while back

tom ackerman, al jazeera, "w." >> sport is just ahead including hungry for victory. he's the man to beat in budapest. we'll have more on that and more. >> mental health problems cannot easily treated. now doctors and computer developers are creating new treatments. >> deep in the research lab at university college landon, scientists are exploring the mysterious relationship between the brain and the body. for this experiment i'm the guinea pig. >> look at your in the mirror and say hello. >> i'm standing in front of a virtual mirror. i can see the virtual version of me. i'm then confronted by a crying child. what's wrong? are you feeling sad? >> i'm asked to do my best to console him. the roles are then reversed. i become the child and a virtual government towers above me. >> we're seeing an adult version of myself. my own voice consoling me from the viewpoint of being the actual. that was an unique experience. it's supposed to help people who suffer from high levels of self criticism. virtual reality has come a long way since it first hit the scene in the 1990s. now

. >> tom ackerman. >> we'll have the sports news just a little white including a big set back. andy will be here with that story. >> every year filipino workers sends billions of dollars home. that cash makes a vital contribution to the country's economy. but now the government said that the number of people seeking work abroad is declining. >> after several years as a housekeeper and a nanny abroad, she is happy to be working in the philippines again. she returned home because her husband passed away. but now she said she stays because she no longer has to be away to earn a listening to support her family. >> there are a lot more jobs. there are a lot of call centers here now and even in construction. there are jobs. you just have to work hard. >> she was one of 10 million filipinos working abroad. that's 10% of the population. in 2005 the number of filipinos loafing for work hit the high mark. but the filipino government said that there was a decline of filipinos leaving in overseas works. they three say that the economy is growing. and unemployment is down. >> this points to

tom ackerman looks at why ash carter's offer of reassurance may be hard to accept. >> saudi's crown princealman, his visit just a few days with the nuclear deal with iran. known effort to reassure the saudis that their alliance with washington remain steadfast. ashen carter stopped in riyadh in an attempt to reinforce that message. sales with the u.s. that include warplanes, armored vehicles and missiles and bombs. some of that hardware has been deployed by the saudis along with its gulf cooperation council partners in yemen's war and the u.s. is providing saudis with intelligence and logistics in the fight against the houthi rebels whom the saudis regard as iran's proxies. >> we are supporting saudi in its war against yemen in the ways i have described to restore a political process there in which a legitimate government can be established. >> but that cooperation hasn't quieted saudi anxiety over what they call iran's mischief across the region. in particular tehran's financial and military life lines to syria's bashar al-assad. >> this comes back to iranian-saudi-strategic rivalry and t

tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> a series of car bombs in gaza city at least four bombs targeting senior palestinian officials. i.s.i.l. is claiming responsibility. and later, a mystery playing out in south korea. a man accused of being a spy is found dead. >> he stood in that bathroom and nobody went to help him. >> how many people have to get raped before somebody says "whoa, we got a problem"? >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here. >> it has been a busy weekend in the u.s. led coalition air fight against i.s.i.l. be six targets in syria and ten in iraq. no word yet on just how many people were killed. meanwhile, i.s.i.l. is claiming responsibility for four explosions in gaza city today attacking officials from hamas and islamic jihad. stefanie dekker is there. >> a bomb is placed under a fuel tank. >> the huge explosion first we thought it was israel attacking us then we r

tom ackerman has the details. >> this is a bracelet. very important. >> reporter: there's no cure in sight for alzhiemer's which cripples the power to remember recognise and finally to control a person's motor functions. the disease causes proteins auld amma loids to be tangled and build up plaque in the brain, a process so far considered irreversible. drug manufacture is reporting solar, an experimental drug may hinder the process. a follow-up study concluded that mild patients who started treatment early lost cognition and function at a slower rate than similar patients that took it later. >> secondary analyses suggested that therapy showed evidence of evocation in the mild subjects subgroup. >> for some researchers, those findings didn't seem like much of an advance. lily's share price fell. the hopes of conquering alzhiemer's is high. so far 99% of the tested drugs failed. 78 companies are working to arrest reverse or prevent disease. >> the u.s. and others have a lot invested in the fight. alzhiemer's prevalence amongst the generat

tom ackerman explains. >> reporter: near the capital a group of peruvians showed their handiwork, beforeing this bridge made of fibre, reconstructed each year. >> translation: we prepare more than 1,000 ropes to make 70 meters. it was built in the 15th century, and travelled today. it's revered by the 9 million and natives of peru bolivia and ecuador. a road whose enduring significance is recognised in this exhibit that hoped in the washington museum. >> over 1,000 communities use the inga road in some capacity to have the people relate to the spirituality. what it means. >> they spent 7 years collecting ink and arta fact. it's a pave feature to understand the cultural continuity, and understand how strong is the inga civil aceation and the andeanca civil aceation and the andeanafter dom nation discrimination. >> the inka's never used the wheel or writing, but formed a highly organised society of agricultural and engineering achievement. this interactive display shows the inca road couriers who could memorize messages and deliver them to any destination. the exhibits creators weren't obl

tom ackerman has more. >> the shooting involved university of cincinnati officer, ray pensing. the video from the body camera shows him questioning dubois and then a sudden stuffle. >> if you want to take your seatbelt off. then a fatal shot rings out and pensing said that the driver was dragging him and he thought he would be run over. but the to a video shows no sign of that happening. a grand jury, which examined the evidence, delivered the murder invite by the prosecutor, and he called the killing purposeful. >> i think that he lost his temper because mr. dubois wouldn't get out of his car. i think that he lost his temper, and when you see it, you will not believe how quickly he pulls his gun and shoots him in the head. it's maybe a second. it's incredible. and so senseless. >> following repeat police shootings of unarmed black men in other cities with no charges, they praised kenzing's indictment. >> there are cities that won't do anything. and we're lucky we had joe in that position to not politicize that situation and do the right thing, and i think that we can now be a

tom ackerman, thank you. >>> in just under an hour, president obama will take off for kenya. it's his father's homeland, and it is his first visit there since taking office. but this trip is a lot more than going back to his roots. he will meet with his relatives, but the officials say that he will not visit his father's village due to security and logistic concerns. mr. obama has made three previous visits to kenya the last as a senator back in 2006. >>> michelle howard is the first african-american woman to command a ship. and the first in any of the armed services to earn three stars. admiral howard made history last year, becoming the first african-american woman to reach the rank of four star admiral. jamie mcintyre sat down with her to talk about race, military and what she has planned next. >> admiral michelle howard's climb up to the pentagon office is almost as fast as her rise in the navy. she's a rock star who has enjoyed a stellar career on the fast track and while some sing her praises, she is quick to admit that she's lucky with the doors opening as she was read

i've been paying close attention to peter ackerman and his changetherule.org group.chair of the commission on presidential debates. independent of the donald there is a move afoot to expand that debate stage in the fall. and it could be that individuals having no motivation to help the donald are setting the table for him. and one thing about it we can all debate even know and these two guys are brilliant, we can debate whether ross perot really pulled from george herbert walker bush or whether, in fact he took from bill clinton. but we would all agree if he's on that stage with a republican and democrat he's pulling only from an "r" and helping hillary clinton. >> is that true? >> that's a very big risk right now for republicans. that's why i think they were careful not to engage. many folks -- never find just the candidates but inside the establishment, folks at the rnc, they didn't want to give donald trump what he wanted more oxygen more attention. i think one of the big worries is that if you push him into a position where he says -- and he said this he said he'

church in charleston last month revived the 150-year-old controversy of the use of that flag tom ackerman >> reporter: flying proudly you don't have to leave washington d.c., a few blocks from the u.s. capitol, joining those of 49 spots waves the flag of mississippi, in the upper left corner the bars and stars pattern that arrouzed so much controversy in south carolina there the legislature will decide to remove the battle standard from the capitol grounds. in 20001 mississippi decided by a landslide to leave their flag unchanged. >> that is going to be talked about again and the decision belongs rightly to the people of mississippi. >> reporter: as filmed in the movie birth of a nation it stood for the southern states and some southerners say the fight against the union was for state sovereignty, honor and shilvery and not slavery. hollywood pulled the flag in the 1939 blockbuster gone with the wind and roman sized the lost plantation life it talked about the most lethal war. >> we have cotton and slaves and arrogance. >> reporter: the stars and bars flag was part of the decor in 1948 wh

dan ackerman with cnet is with us. a lot of people are saying this is more than a glitch. where is the backup? where is the redundancy. is this a wake-up call? >> it is. we spend a lot of time and effort and attention and money protecting against hacking and cyberterror and cyberespionage. but the less glamorous part is the regular everyday i.t. work that keeps these systems up and running that we're so dependent on. three different cases where three different fairly basic bread and butter issues fell down. >> when something like this happens, if you can have internal problems like this, would that make these more vulnerable to external attacks? >> we don't pay enough attention to the internal systems. you can have a router that goes don and they didn't have another piece of hardware. you're down for an hour or so and the airlines are so tightly packed that has a ripple effect around the world. software update overnight. they find problems they have to get the backup and reinstall that. >> i read an article where security experts said every company should expect to be comp

food industry as consumers shift to fresh and healthy foods, i had a chance to sit down with jason ackerman fresh direct and about that and how crowded his industry has become online grocery delivery. something he's been doing for a decade. have a listen. >> we've been competing against food retailers since the very beginning and there's so much room to convert people to online and it's so underpenetrated. there's a lot of room for people to play. >> how fast is that conversion happening. people not going to their grocery stores ordering online instead. >> it's steadily going up. people are getting more and more comfortable ordering food online. the idea of ordering feed is something people have gotten more comfortable with we see an increase in demand steadily. >> what have you seen in terms of your market share with all of these other players now in the game. big players. >> we've seen our market share grow every quarter for the last ten years, we now one of the largest food retailers in new york city online or offline. >> how are you expanding, disrupting your mod toll stay ahead and inn