erica pitzi on the coloured powder used at erica pitzi erica pitzi >>> u.s. officials say a deadline for a nuclear deal with iran could stretch behind tuesday, the day an agreement was expected to be reached. iran's foreign ministers left the talks, james bays is there with development. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, face to face with his iranian counter part zarif much it was after this meeting that it was announced that mr zarif would return to tehran for consul sayings. experts are not clear whether there's a problem. >> could be there's a snag or a detailed programme on the table that he needs to take to tehran. because it goes beyond what his mandate has been to respond directly. >> reporter: the nu s that zarif was leaving came as others were arriving at the talks. german foreign minister steinmeier, the british foreign secretary philip hammond, and the e.u. foreign policy chief. >> i'm positive that if the strong political will is there from all the parties they'll get there. >> it will be tough. it has always been tough, but not impossible

erica pitzi has the latest. >> i'm confident we will find them. the only question is when. >> reporter: going door to door searching under houses and through brush. >> stand with your partner two man teams. >> reporter: more than 450 law enforcement officers across two states now looking for fugutives boast convicted killers hundreds of those officers in full body ar nor has armor have descend on a small town in vermont, on wednesday the vermont governor told residents to keep calm. >> this is no time to panic. it's a time to be sensible. if you see suspicious people don't go near them. call law enforcement. >> but so far no sign of the two men. richard matt and david sweat both convicted killers. >> these people are dangerous to new york residents and dangerous to the residents of the state of vermont. >> investigators at the prison are trying to figure out how the men got power tools drilled through a wall, cut through pipes and squeezed through an open manhole more importantly who may have helped them with the elaborate escape. prison workers w

i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are today's top stories. prayers in charleston - calls for healing, forgiveness and understanding as the community prepares to return to the church where nine people were killed in cold blood. and a newly discovered website may provide a glimpse into the mind of the man suspected of what may be the worst hate crime history >>> plus anger on the streets of the u.k. as the government is ready to cut public spending >>> shunned and forgotten - the number of refugees in the world creeps close to 16 million as the united nations marks world refugee day >>> we begin in south carolina where members of the eman all a.m.e. church were allowed to return to their place of worship, the first time since wednesday's shooting that anyone other than law enforcement entered the church. jonathan martin joins us from charleston. we can see a lot of activity there. what is the general feeling where you are? >> moments ago police blocked off the street in front of the church as the crowd grew. police removed the crime scene tape,

. >>> the air shepherd programme will flay in botswana >>> i'm erica pitzi, in new york. the news continues next with del walters, walters,. >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. >> the door is open for the greek side to come with new proposals. >> no deal - grease backs out of talks on debt bail out causing uncertainty for the us open and the world economy >>> on the run, pressure mounting to find a new york prison escapee after one is gunned down >>> funerals for those gunned down by charts tonne, and an activist takes down the confederate flag >>> and predisposition to stereo types. >>> it is now just about 3am local time in greece and moments ago the parliament there approved the prime minister's plan to hold a referendum on the european bailout. europe's finance minister met without greece at the table and denied the request to extend the bailout programme beyond tuesday. that threatens to destabilize financial markets in europe, and here in the u.s. andrew simmonds reports. >> reporter: one finance minister from

here is erica pitzi. >> reporter: for the united states, porto rico is a spoil of law, a u.s.ritory with the defeat of the spanish, it is not a state. puerto ricans are citizens who an serve in the military, but cannot vote for president if they live in porto rico. the limbo coupled with economic troubles forced thousands to head to the states. like marion and brian, who moved to the miami area, where they own a restaurant. they have been in the states for eight years, but remember what they left behind. >> it was very hard to leave the island, or your country, and start all over, and everything has to be progress since we arrived. i don't have family, you miss the family and the beach. >> i know if porto rico has independence. people will return and help porto rico become successful with the independence. independent. >> opinions are divided whether it should be a u.s. state, independence. in congress, there was a push for statehood writing: . >> in 2012, puerto ricans made their own voices heard. they agreed they wanted to change the status. when asked what it should be. : >

i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are today's top stories.rs in charleston - calls for healing, forgiveness and understanding as the community prepares to return to the church where nine people were killed in cold blood. and a newly discovered website may provide a glimpse into the mind of the man suspected of what may be the worst hate

. >>> erica pitzi, thanks >>> the nation's top general says the u.s. could significantly is and panned its presence in iraq to help in the fight against i.s.i.l. coming a day after 450 troops will be deployed. >> jamie mcintyre has more on that from the pentagon. >> reporter: even before the boots hit the ground, joint chief dempsey said they could be used elsewhere in iraq, saying:. >> develop si says the lily pad concept where planners drawing on resources for surveillance work in the headquarters side by said and can make iraqi operations more effective. dempsey may be the top advisor to president obama, but the white house was cool to increasing bases and sending troops without seeing success in getting iraqi forces who fled ramadi back in the fight. >> there's no immediate specific plans to do that. what i will say, though, is if a recommendation like this did come from the president's national security team, and his military advisors in particular. it would be a recommendation that reflects that the ongoing training efforts have been useful. >> d

erica pitzi was in the courtroom where the bombers victims were allowed to speak. >> reporter: for the first time since police named him responsible for the boston marathon bombings dzhokhar tsarnaev spoke to the court saying: before he finished his statement he asked allah to bestow mercy on him and his family. >> i wish he had done it before. >> not all survivors feel the same way. >> i feel very reassured he acknowledged our suffering. it meant a lot to me. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev's words cam an hour before gut wrenching testimony from the families and victims. amputees limped up to the podium to detail suffering and pain. many talking about physical and emotional loss. many suffer from naight mares, flashbacks panic attacks. some held dzhokhar tsarnaev available for his brother tamerlan tsarnaev, dubbed the mastermind. the mother of crystal who died said: the family of the youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard who wanted the jury to give dzhokhar tsarnaev life instead of death so he would be forced to reflect on the crime he committed said this:. >> throughout all of the statement

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erica pitzi looks at how we teach young drives in the country, and no matter how they drive distracted, och with devastating -- oven with devastating results. >> reporter: playing with the radio, putting on make-up. talking and texting on the phone. aum taking a teenager's eyes off the road with deadly consequences. cars. >> the most common form of distraction was teens interacting with other passengers, followed by teens interacting with cell phones, doing all sorts of things like texting, driving, and interacting with social media >> reporter: how often do you come to the memorial? >> every morning or night every three years. >> reporter: mike's daughter died in a car accident at this intersection in 2012. 18 years old, nicky was weeks graduation. >> we miss her, miss her terribly. no one can figure out or explain what it is to lose a child, and the feeling because you can't explain it to anybody. it's like an empty room, or spot killer. >> reporter: nicky was a passenger in the back seat of the car. it's inconclusive whether the driver was texting or talking on a cell phone. >> when

as erica pitzi reports a top f.i.f.a. official admits he and others took bribes in change for awarding countries the lucrative world cup. >> a former executive admits to authorities that he agreed to receive bribes and kickbacks related to two host nations - the words of chuck blaiser, an f.i.f.a. executive for 20 years, before the fbi caught up with him two years ago. he pleaded guilty to racketeering money laundering and is the number one informant for fbi, as they make accusations against f.i.f.a. and >>> according to newly released documents when blazer entered his plea he admitted to selecting bribes for the 1998 world cup, which was france. he and others agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks in conjunction with broadcast and right to several gold cups regional tournament in noth america. >> details came on the same day as interpol the international agency issued wanted notices for six men at the request of the united states. these me are wanted on corruption charges, for taking more than $150 million in bribes. othe

america, i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are today's top stories. >> the door is still open for the greek sides to come with new proposals or accept what is on the table >>> no deal. greece backs out of talks on debt bailout causing uncertainty for the eurozone and the world's economy >>> on the run - pressure is mounting to find a new york prison escapee after one is gunned down >>> saying

erica pitzi, al jazeera. >> also this morning fifa's former vice president says emtell investigators everything he knows about the corruption scandal. jack warner is one of the 14 people charged by the u.s. in the case. in a t.v. address from trinidad, warner promised he will not keep secrets any longer, saying accept blatter knows why he fell and if anyone else knows, i do. he has given lawyers documents that outline the link between fifa its funding himself and blatter. we have more from zurich. >> a lot of what he says comes out at pretty loose language. he's given to high person lea lot of the time. he said he has destroyed documents. he has given some to his legal team. i think the point at the moment is his intent, which teams to be to do a complete about turn from all the things that he's always said that he had done no wrong and there is a conspiracy against him. now he seems to want to bring the whole fever if a house down with him. he knows he's under threat of arrest if he leaves trinidad. perhaps it was because of what chuck blazer said overnight and that he has done a de

erica pitzi has the story. erica. >> he was speaking so softly as he was apologizing. meanwhile, the families of the victims who died in the marathon bombings alongside the survivors were listening closely to what tsarnaev had to say. some were shaking their heads in anger. others had tears streaming down their faces. >> for the first time since police named him as one of the people responsible for the boston marathon bombings two years ago dzhokhartsarnaev spoke public lawly speaking to the court i'm sorry for the lives i've taken and i pray for your relief, for your healing for your well-being and for your strength. before he finished his statement he askeddal la asked ah la. allah for strength. >> i feel very sure he acknowledged our suffering. >> tsarnaev's final words came few minutes from gut wrenching speeches of survivors. while many talked about their physical loss they also touched on their emotional loss, many still suffer from flash backs and panic attack. ozarkobviously you're intellectually very bright and you could have helped to get your brother helped.

me i'm erica pitzi in new york. the news continues next with del walters. >> good evening, this is al jazeera america, i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. >> the nightmare is finally over >>> caught by police - the second of new york's prison escapees is shot and custody. >> from coast to coast and around the world, millions gather to cap off a week of gay pride. looking at president barack obama's legacy after a number of victories. the move may move behind the deadline. and a spacex rocket explodes. >>> we are beginning with breaking news coming out of new york state. they escaped from the upstate new york prison. convicted killer arrested at the town of mork. two miles further. it came when he came walking across the road. >> the sergeant recognised mr sweat obviously from his description. encountered and engaged mr sweat. the troop er gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon, hitting mr sweat twice in the torso. >>>

america, i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are today's top stories. >> the door is still open for the greek sides to come with new proposals or accept what is on the table >>> no deal. greece backs out of talks on debt bailout causing uncertainty for the eurozone and the world's economy >>> on the run - pressure is mounting to find a new york prison escapee after one is gunned down >>> saying goodbye. the victims of charleston's mass murderer is laid to rest as an activist takes down the confederate flag >>> the fight for rite assistance. the supreme court says same-sex marriage is legal, but the l.g.b.t. says more needs to be done for true equality >>> we begin with the greek financial crisis, european financial ministers met without greece at the table and denied a request to extend the bailout programme behind tuesday, threatening to destabilize the markets. as andrew simmonds reports, it paves the way for greece to default on a crucial payment to the international monetary fund this week. >> reporter: a finance minist

. >> erica pitzi, thank you. >>> in washington d.c., the environmental protection agency has it taken step in trying to curb gas emissions in the airline industry. in a statement about jet plane exhaust, they have announced an endangerment finding, proposals to hello limit had aircraft emissions. environmental groups are welcoming the move, but they are it concerned that they may wait for an be international system agreement before taking my steps. airline gases make up 11% of all if green how else gas emissions. >>> federal investigators say that the engineer of the amtrak train that crashed in philadelphia last month was not using his cellphone at the present time of the accident. eight were killed and more than 200 injured. john what is the national transportation safety board revealing about this crash? >> good evening, david. you are absolutely right. the ntsb said that the driver of the train was not using his cellphone to it text or phonecalls but however cellphones are complicated things and they can not say with great certainty if he was using the device for some other purpos

i'm imran garda, >>> this is al jazeera america, i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are the top stories - cutting off the money. officials in greece take the dramatic step of closing the nation's bank as european leaders refuse to extend the loan programme. the man hunt is over. the police capture the second escaped inmate after three weeks on the run. shock and confusion, amateur ag

erica pitzi talked to boyce to discuss religion and same sex marriage. >> well, it's - i believe that problem is if they can deny gays, like a florist could deny gays the right to order, they could deny these people, fundamentalists, considering their religion the only true religion, and many others are in danger of losing their rights. it's a narrow definition of what religious rights are, and whether the other cultures can accept it or not. i mean, i'm reading this book by john boswell about same-sex unions in premodern europe. and it's interesting that it is the catholic church at the time, spiritualized marriage, and that's the first time it was done. marriages were not spiritualized in other cultures in ancient greece or rome or china. there's no prohibition, but cultural prohibitions. they are on bad ground when they decide to base it on tradition, because we are a young country, and what does the traditions mean if we don't research what it means. >>> coming up on al jazeera america - why u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon says there needs to be change at the u.n. security coun

i'm erica pitzi. the news continues with del walters. >> good evening, and thank you very much. this is al jazeera america i'm del walters in new york with a look at the top stories. showdown in congress - members of the senate meeting in a rare sunday session. the issue - the n.s.a.'s programme to gather bulk phone records. the patriot act to expire in four hours. >> a muslim woman accusing united airlines voginvolving a can of soda and whether it could be a weapon. and a new enclosure for the reacting plant before the existing one fails >>> and issues before the supreme court that could be decided in the coming days. among them same-sex marriage and religious freedom in our regular segment "the week ahead". >>> it is sunday but we are going to show you live images coming from capitol hill. these are showing how important the debate is that is taking place in the chambers of the united states senate. it involves keeping you safe versus protecting your privacy, it's not clear at this hour how it will end. the senate will let the patriot act expire at midnight and is debating the

erica pits is a, al pitzi, al jazerra boston. >>> in armenia demonstrations over plans to raise he lickectricityprices have continued. the power is provided by russia and protesters say they are taking advantage of the monopoly monopoly. >> reporter: the traditional dance gives you some sense of the vehicle here, it's op at this nix relaxed but people have grievances they want to see an end to corruption, they want to see an end to the price hiker they want to see an end to the monopoly so that they can get ahold of the economy in this country. what protest say is that this is not about a pro protest against russia, it's a protest against a russian company which has gone too far it has a monopoly on the electricity supply here in armenia and at the 16% price hike it's too much. for most ordinary people. a third of the armenian population live below the poverty line. they are shouting. [ inaudible ] or mean yeah, the crowd has been growing uneasy. [ inaudible ] makeshift. [ inaudible ] full of trash and at the far end we have the police the other day they tried to firewater cannon at the