can the gulf recover from what has happened?sure it can recover, ed, in 100, 250 years but i want to remind the audience, three out of every four breaths of air irrespective of where you live on earth come from our oceans and our gulf and our oceans are sick, man, we've got to protect our environment or there is no economy. >> amen to that. brent coon and dr. reese halter. we'll do more on this. i think the environment is a huge issue with our politicians and country is awake to this in many respects, climate change is upon us and it it's a lot different today afar as awareness than five years ago. great to be both of you with us. still ahead, this morning i was approached by a man who wants to see dick cheney be the next president. lionel joins me to discuss what would the world be like with that? transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right. you're thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so,

the small town marks the spot where the mississippi river empties into the gulf of mexico. locals call it the end of the world. >> everybody knows everybody's business pretty much, good and bad, and some people like it and some people don't. i tend to like it. >> many people in venice make their money trawling for shrimp. it's hard, dangerous work. the sea can either be friend or foe. >> it's rough, and the people there are rough. it's not a genteel community. there's friction there. there's friction there between the pleasure fishermen and the work-a-day fishermen that do it for a living. >> in july of 2000, a storm battered the louisiana coast while the fishing boats were still at sea. all the boats somehow made it back safely, all except one. captain raymond leiker, otherwise known as tinky, and his deckhand alvin latham were missing along with their shrimp boat named "the bandit." the coast guard was notified. they searched the area in the gulf where tinky had made his last radio transmission but found nothing. 14 hours later, a vietnamese fishing trawler picked up a ma

the condition of the gulf coast is far from clean., 4.6 million pounds of oiled material was collected out of the gulf. that's right. 4.6 million pounds. bp didn't clean up after itself. now it is trying to get money back. get this. now they are trying to get money back from businesses who claimed losses. bp wants a federal judge to order restitution for what the oil company says are hundreds of millions of dollars in over payments. the greedy oil giant thinks it is owed money when businesses in the gulf are still suffering. the largest shrimp buyer in louisiana explained just how bad it is. >> it's ridiculous. i mean, you've got stuff like on "60 minutes" showing that people are collecting money. we haven't collected nothing since 2010. what they are not showing, they have documentaries like "vanishing pearl" that will show that they paid people $5,000 that made their living off the gulf. it's a shame what they dichltd there are a lot of people suffering down there. every day we've got to see it. bp ought to be ashamed and the govern

of the va for gulf war research. it's not there. it's absolutely not there. it tries to veer off into a direction that is kind of all in your head, quote, unquote, and mr. chairman, i'd like to enter this for the record, this letter from the president of the research advisory committee on gulf war illness if i could put this in the record, mr. chairman. >> without objection, and gentleman's time has expired. >> mr. chairman, if i may, i mentioned earlier today over at va there is a state of the art conference going on exploring the relationship between mitochondrial function and disease and veterans. much of the research that's come through that committee is pointing fundamentally to a basis of that disease, much of the muscle aches, the myosigh tis, the chronic fatigue syndrome as being related. we have pulledresearch ers to begin to explore that and the hope is for a structure for a national multicenter trial that would look at potential both the basis of the disease and potential treatments. there have been severa

of the va for gulf war research. it's not there. it's absolutely not there. it tries to veer off into a direction that is kind of all in your head, quote, unquote, and mr. chairman, i'd like to enter this for the record, this letter from the president of the research advisory committee on gulf war illness if i could put this in the record, mr. chairman. >> without objection, and gentleman's time has expired. >> mr. chairman, if i may, i mentioned earlier today over at va there is a state of the art conference going on exploring the relationship between mitochondrial function and disease and veterans. much of the research that's come through that committee is pointing fundamentally to a basis of that disease, much of the muscle aches, the myosigh tis, the chronic fatigue syndrome as being related. we have pulledresearch ers to begin to explore that and the hope is for a structure for a national multicenter trial that would look at potential both the basis of the disease and potential treatments. there have been severa

is sending warships to the gulf as it prepares military options. it's moving from the north arabian sea. it will be joined by a guided missile cruiser. this video emerged, reportedly showing them celebrating the capture of mosul. the fighters have taken a number of towns and cities. reuters are reporting that rebels were seen in banky, setting fire to the courthouse and police station after freeing prisoners. people from districts and villages north of baghdad are fleeing fighting between government troops and rebels, many are seeking shelter in kurdished controlled areas. imran khan - update us on the latest you are hearing from the fighting. >> well, that's right. the sunni rebel offensive continues across the north of iraq. what we hear is in dhuluiya there have been clashes between rebels and kurdish, peshmerga forces. there was a friendly fire incident when iraqi helicopter, gunships, accidentally fired on kurdish peshmerga force, killing six. what we are hearing is 70km north of baghdad, camp ashraf, near vacouver had two shells fire on the c

iraq is funded by june. >> i gulf states. if sadaam was still in power now, i don't think any gulf state would support opposition against him. he's just an enemy of iran and they want him there. it's a completely different story. to talk about removing sadaam, removing sadaam was a positive thing, definitely, but to say that it was. >> without consequence. >> definitely. what happened post war, what happened, that wasn't a catastrophe. >> thanks for being with us. stay with aljazeera america for continuing coverage of the cries in iraq. we'll have live team coverage coming up at the end of our 8:00 hour, including more on the possibility of the u.s. involving and stopping the rebellion. >> john kerry is hosting a global summit on climate change. he says our oceans are under siege, that's a quote from marine trash. ocean acidification. >> many teens leave home because of discrimination by loved ones. >> sam hitch hiked into san francisco 18 months ago. she spends her days in the tenderloin, the city's toughest district. a tran

we are dealing with this area of disturbed weather in the gulf of mexico.ore storms around new orleans and more back towards atlantaa. this area here it's in the eastern pacific already flaring up. broad area of low pressure. as it lists northwar around the bay of campichi into the gulf of mexico. >> eboni, thanks so much. we have a programming note coming up at 3:00 p.m. army bowebergberg's family will hold a conference here at 3:00 p.m. here on al jazeera america. thank you for watching al jazeera. i am john henry smith. 101 east featuring aging japan is next. for news updates head to aljazeera.com. >> as the world's most elderly nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people. the government has responded by raising taxes and the retirement

i don't know. >> your book traces from the gulf of tonkin right on through the vietnam war. and it traces from the buildup to iraq to the aftermath of iraq. and in both cases you clearly outline a pattern of deception that was continued over a long while. >> it's clear. in both cases those in power knew what they were doing. and those in power had a plan. and those in power orchestrated their plan. and the american people, in both instances, were completely in the dark. and thousands of lives were lost in both cases. and the fact that we did and it's not a partisan thing. they were two different presidents, two different parties, 40 years apart. but guess what, folks? it was the same basic thing. we wanted to do a war of choice. >> when the reports came back from the gulf of tonkin, lyndon johnson believed them. i know that. i was -- >> right. -- right there by it. the tragedy is he acted before they could be verified and before -- >> right. >> -- he could get it right. and then he started telling himself that he did the right thing even though the initial information was mi

but private individuals in the gulf are very rich.y keep a lot of money offshore, so it's unclear how much money is getting through, and where it's going, but what we do see at the moment is isis has enough financing to expand its scope of territory. >> andrew thank you very much for joining us. the author of "in the lion's den." a program that helps american businesses sell their goods overseas could be on the chopping block in congress. i'll tell you how that could effect everything from airplanes to pickles. that and more and "real money" keep it here. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed

vietnamese attacked the uss maddox, a destroyer operating in the gulf some 35 miles off the vietnameses not an unprovoked attack. there had been actions against north vietnamese directed by the united states and the north vietnamese were responding to that on august 2nd. >> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tunkon gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tunkon gulf accident didn't happen. the johnson administration dismissed evidence indicating that an attack actually hadn't taken place. there was this accuse political pressure from the right wing to be strong to communist aggression. >> certainly, i think a more prudent administration that wasn't looking for a pretext to flex some american muscle would have stepped back and said, let's determine what actually happened here before we launch an retaliation. >> my fellow americans, hosti

bush" is in the gulf. its mission, to protect american lives and interests as fighting spreads across iraq, of course. >> militants have seized cities and towns north of the capital baghdad but the iraqi military is insisting it is seizing them back. and a feared advance by the extremists on baghdad appears to have slowed at least for now. >> inside iraq, thousands of men and even teenagers and boys are joining the fight against the islamist militants. >> they say they will do whatever it takes to protect their homeland. cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson is in baghdad this morning. >> reporter: on their way to fight isis. answering the call of their leaders, young and old, religious and tribal, hundreds of volunteers marching for a middle class baghdad neighborhood, following the first ever call to arms sermon by the country's top shia cle c cleric. "we are here to defend our country. we're obeying our religious leaders" this tribal sheikh says. "we're not here for money. we are under

blowing welcome across we're all friends are considered i'm peter logo gulf war three should want you to get used to. terry force to determine who rules in baghdad what is the true nature of the iraqi regime and the insurgency sweeping across the country and is iraq facing the grim reality of becoming a failed state and or partition. to cross-talk iraq i'm joined by my guest john kiran in boston he is the executive director of mit center for international studies as well as an author and foreign policy expert and in new york we cross to stephen solicitor he is a fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation or a gentleman crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it john in boston if i go to you first iraq isn't a failed state at least yet but it seems the regime in baghdad is why should the united states again use military force to prop up this government that is obviously quite unpopular and in very much motivated by keeping its ties to washington and not to the people itself well i think that the regime the m

far have been largely symbolic that is sending an aircraft carrier group into the into the persian gulf which really has no. actual purpose except to show the flag. and send in additional marines i think to protect the enormous u.s. embassy in baghdad. but there isn't going to be i think airstrike says john kerry suggests the was possible yesterday. i don't think there certainly won't be any boots on the ground. the maliki government should be able to defend baghdad and push isis back. isis is not really going to be the long term problem in iraq the long term problem is the steve just pointed out this lack of of including the arab sunni in their leadership or the kurds for that matter in governance of all of iraq that's that's the key to the future whether it's maliki or another leader. but i don't see the u.s. playing a big military role apart from maybe intelligence and some advice. in the back rooms of steve in the islamic state of iraq in syria it's media it's played up is a very vicious terrorist group and there are some really vicious people in that group but if we look at the ins

dozens of war planes and helicopters up and down the persian gulf. things are clearly being put into place if it gets worse. from was to be an order for air strikes or an order to evacuate hundreds of american civilians out of iraq. right now they say everything is on stand by but we do see more and more being assembled. >> what are you learning about the armed drones and -- i know they are armed but not actually planning on using them at this time but what are they going to target? >> hopefully they hope not to use them. but what's going on is now that they are 180 u.s. military advisers on the ground in baghdad, u.s. military personnel moving around baghdad it's very dangerous and these drones which have been flying unarmed to conduct reconnaissance are now carrying hellfire missiles on their wings. they will be protection for u.s. troops on the ground. if those troops come under fire and get into trouble clearly you have hellfire missiles that can move in and suppress any isis enemy fire. this is part of what they call force protection. if you've

but private individuals in the gulf are very rich.y keep a lot of money offshore, so it's unclear how much money is getting through, and where it's going, but what we do see at the moment is isis has enough financing to expand its scope of territory. >> andrew thank you very much for joining us. the author of "in the lion's den." a program that helps american businesses sell their goods overseas could be on the chopping block in congress. i'll tell you how that could effect everything from airplanes to pickles. that and more and "real money" keep it here. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe berlinger >> new york city has stop and frisk >> some say these laws help serve and protect... >> we created the atmosphere that the policeman's the bad guy... >> others say these tactics are racist >> discrimination is wrong >> 99 percent of those arrested in drug free school zones... we're not near a school at all! >> are they working? >> this time i'm gonna fight it. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring toget

is moving an aircraft carrier into the persian gulf.re there are a lot of fighter plans, fighter aircraft on an aircraft carrier. what do you anticipate the options are? because right now the president says he's not going to do anything unless maliki's government steps up and does the right thing trying to deal with some sort of reconciliation. >> well, first of all, let me say i'm glad to see the president finally acknowledging that he can no longer disengage from iraq and the consequences of that disensganlgment. and think what we heard just now was a new policy of the united states to reengage ourselves in iraq, whether we like it or not, he is recognizing that we have interesting in iraq and that there are threats in iraq that are existential threat to the united states. so i as a soldier personally appreciate what the president has said and glad to see he recognizes the importance of doing something about this current situation. now, as to what can be done, clearly by bringing in aircraft carrier into the persian gulf, that gives t

another warship has moved into the persian gulf.to bring out americans in a hurry if i comes to that. the aircraft carrier, george h. bush is in the gulf as well. john kerry implied that a decision still has not been made. over the weekend more iraqi cities and towns fell to islamist militants who call itself isis. chilling new photos emerged of fighters executing iraqi security forces. i want to talk more about this. it's campaign of fear with cnn arwa damon. tell us about this. >> reporter: it's sickening. in one of these videos you see a bearded man holding a gun with a row of five captives on their knees below him. you see them slapping them around. in another video he's focusing on one man. he's trying to get them to repeat. the man appears to be dehydrated. not entirely fully aware of what's happening around him. at one point you see him pushed to the ground. the butt of rifle pushed to his neck. in another clip you see that his jaw does get blown off. we managed to get in touch with someone who has been in touch with that man

sends a carrier to the persian gulf just in case. clarissa ward, holly williams, and juan zarate have the latest on the crisis in iraq. pro-russian separatists take down a ukrainian government plane, killing all 49 aboard. charlie d'agata has the latest. who without want to put the "maid of the mist" out of business? vanita nair on the tour boat rivalry shaping up at niagra falls. >> we think it's a great company, and we like their brand. we like our brand a lot more. >> axelrod: and the ghost of the world cup. elaine quijano tells us how even after 64 years, brazil can't forget the win that got away. captioning sponsored by cbs >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagels that ordered an arcraft carrier and two other warships to the persian gulf as militant in iraq have taken control of large sections of the northwestern part of the country. hagel says the ships, including the carrier uss "george h.w. bush," will give president obama added flexibility in protecting american interests there. meanw

with the shiites and with iran to kill sunnis and to damage their interests this will alienate the gulf our our longtime allies it'll alienate the saudi arabians already some qatar cutty's have come out and said if america begins engaging in airstrikes against isis and against the other cities this will be seen as purely sectarian play on the part of america and it won't be appreciated and you can't you just mentioned that there is a danger for the americans. in engaging with the iranians but what i'm asking you if there is a danger for the americans for the syrians for the russians often gaging with the americans because you know those activities towards those countries there are very deep seated and sure there is now a common interest for all those countries are fighting the insurgency but how long do you think that common interest will prevail how big of a temptation again would it be on the part of the american establishment to really not turn these corporation against those countries in the region well america's relationship is is as you as you suggest very complex in the region ma

ships are now stationed in the persian gulf.ome 500 to fight alongside iraq's security forces. i.s.i.s. has taken over the northwestern city of tal afar. hundreds of thousands of people signed up for health insurance under obama care will be asked to verify enrollment information. federal officials said they found inconsistencienconsistenc reaching out to confirm insurance subsidies provided by the government. anyone found to be ineligible may have to return their subsidies. prime minister benjamin netanyahu phones president mahmoud abbas telling him to bring back three missing teens an arrest those responsible t. teens went missing in jewish settlements in the west bank last week. netanyahu has blamed hamas, but no one has taken responsibility. chris? >>> as we all should know at this point, the san antonio spurs are nba champions again. for the heat, any illusion of being seen as a dynasty like that of the knicks in the '70s was all but dashed because this series wasn't even close. joe carter has more in this morning's bleache

bush" to the persian gulf. it has been in the northern -- north arabian sea and the pentagon says it will arrive in the persian gulf with two other ship it's later this evening. vaek in a major crisis as militants are threatening to march on baghdad. the islamic state in iraq and syria also known at isis is also taken iraq's second largest city of mosul and they've left a trail of blood and violence behind them. today iraq's government is rushing to recruit volunteer fighters. shiite supporters are answering call in baghdad, boarding bus, ready to take um arms and fight. president obama said his national security team is keeping a close eye on the situation and coming up with a range of options. but the u.s. will not send troops back into combat in iraq. this, he said. >>> republican senator and former presidential candidate john mccain says it's time for the president to fire some of his national security team. when asked to name names, here's what he told wolf blitzer. >> name names. you've said the president

moisture pulled in from the gulf and the atlantic. that's what is fueling these thunderstorms later today. warm air being pulled off with the moisture this shows very muggy and humid as we get that wind off the ocean in the atlantic and gulf. there is a lot of moisture to link that front, which is just north of washington, d.c. south and east of this storm with a little sunshine we took in severe storms later today, and overnight tonight as the storms begin to move off to the northeast. that's where all that moisture in place and sunshine forecast. also the potential for storms out west as the moisture returns from the gulf. a little dry line sets up here. this is common to see this developing here, texas, oklahoma, and east of this you get storms developing. you watch that later today as they could become strong and severe. certainly nothing yet but we'll keep an eye closely on this radar. we'll talk more about severe weather and other places across the country. >> thanks. and thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm stephanie

sent an aircraft carrier to the arabian gulf. several cities in the west and north are under rebel control. the iraqi military is attempting to stop rebel advances towards baghdad. neighbouring iran is monitoring the situation and says it's ready to intervene if necessary. rebel fighters managed to get within 50 miles of the capital. imran khan is in baghdad with the latest. >> in the last 24 hours, prime minister nouri al-maliki has gone on the offensive. he was in the city of somaa, a holy site and delivered a message. >> i seriously and firmly say if our heads or bodies were turned into bombs or vehicles, we will not stop fighting them. >> reporter: the prime minister declared through a statement on the website that cabinet granted him unlimited powers to deal with the sunni rebellion, a decision that some consider unconstitutional. but his allies showed public support for his policies. the iranian president says iran is willing to help if asked. >> translation: if the iraqi government seeks assistance, we will review it. ther

plenty of moisture coming in from the gulf. and another thunderstorm developing over the rockies in wyoming. this is pulling a lot of moisture up and creating an unstable atmosphere. thunderstorms and rain coming down on areas that do not need it. quite a bit of rain here over the next few days, back to the last 30 days. over the next three days, here comes the heavy rain. over the gulf coast, we can see flash flooding and this is river flooding happening in the plains. there's a flash flood watch in eastern montana, and flash floods occurring in a period of time, thunderstorms, over the last six hours, the watch in effect because those conditions could be setting up later today. we have river flooding, these are warnings that last for days here as the rivers crest, like the mississippi around st. paul, cresting at 20 and a half feet. and the record is 26 feet. so this is major flooding happening. as long as this line is in the pink area, this is river flooding, and it's expected to drop, but not below food stage until easily t

as wendy gillette reports, american battleships are moving to the persian gulf in case the u.s. decides to take military action in iraq. >> reporter: the air carrier uss george h.w. bush and two other warships are making their way to the persian gulf from the north arabian sea. u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel ordered the move to give president obama additional military options as as islamic militants continue their attack. a on saturday, thousands of men answered a call from iraq's most influential shiite cleric to pick up arms and defending the country against the insurgents. the momentum slowed. baghdad is under tight security with troops manning checkpoints. newspapers warn residents of an impending humanitarian crisis if the insurgents are not controlled. >> there is nothing but the political solution to this. obviously, they need to be security operations to deal with the terrorists threat that is inevitable. >> reporter: as the u.s. decides if it will provide military assistance, cbs news has learned that iran has sent troops to iraq to help restore stability in the reg

sends a carrier to the persian gulf just in case.arissa ward, holly williams, and juan zarate have the latest on the crisis in iraq. pro-russian separatists take down a ukrainian government plane, killing all 49 aboard. charlie d'agata has the latest. who without want to put the "maid of the mist" out of business? vanita nair on the tour boat rivalry shaping up at niagra falls. >> we think it's a great company, and we like their brand. we like our brand a lot more. >> axelrod: and the ghost of the world cup. elaine quijano tells us how even after 64 years, brazil can't forget the win that got away.

the aircraft carrier is moved to the persian gulf. we're near the front lines in iraq and will have the full r t report. >>> also the graduation ceremony honoring the hero for tackling the shooter. we'll show you that. >>> the u.s. preparing to take on an old rival in ghana. as americans watch these matches, who are they rooting for any way? >>> on father's day we have surprises for one deserving dad. plus a father who's been deployed to afghanistan nine months comes home early to surprise his kids. don't miss it. >>> we are live with jenna with the baltimore ravens. we're excited for that. >> happy father's day to you lester. thanks guys. see you at 9:00. >> thanks rosemary. >>> coming up next, growing concern in iraq as militants take on parts of the country. we'll speak to david gregory about the likelihood of the civil war in iraq and what role the u.s. should play if any. >>> some say it's a project that could put their lives at risk. >> very combustible materials that will go boom and take whatever is there out. >> or is it a pr

bush to the gulf. it should arrive in the next several hours. the president did not order the carrier in. that would be the normal announcement. maybe trying to tamper down expectations that a military strike is emanant. the president said it wouldn't be. the president said first they wanted to come up with a plan. second, they wanted to see political concessions from nouri al-maliki before the u.s. would get involved. now i know a thing or two about aircraft carriers. this one could launch strikes, and whe when the u.s. launches fighter jets, there is always the concern if a pilot was down. would they be able to rescue him or her without troops on the ground. >> we also heard from the iranian president discussing the situation in iraq saying potentially they might cooperate with the u.s. if they join in the fight with what rouhani called terrorists. any reaction from the u.s. from this? >> reporter: not yet but that probably won't be welcomed by the obama administration. they flat out said that the they had not talked with iran officials about.