advocacy for the building (clapping) but is special shout out to the finances of pioneers park julie christian son thank you for your tireless advocacy to make this place worth and we're just thrilled i can't wait for you to see it and cheers to san francisco. cheers (clapping.) we're getting close this side of the aisle the bride side it hot the grammar side cooler but the honoree the president charles with us today and thank him for his continuing to nurture the arts coming to san francisco (clapping) and speaking of being challenges the art commission has the responsibility for lots of public art in san francisco i want you to welcome the arts commissioner tom (clapping.) well, good afternoon it's a hot one so i will try to be brief so we can get into the shade welcome this is an incredible day in san francisco i wanted to start with everybody who has champed the coit tower and the murals it's an incredible day when you go inside look at the conservatism team what they've done it's absolutely stunning so i'm going to share a little bit about people we have to recognize today on behalf of th

4th, but july 3rd since july 4th is a holiday. christian has a new position with the city of pacifica and it's one that i think is going to be very exciting for him and really aligned with his original career goals. >> is he going to be the mayor or what? [laughter] >> some day. >> and i think, you know, it's going to be -- i'll let you speak a little bit about it, christian. i think, you know, what christian's learned here at our office he's going to really be able to take and directly apply to his job, and especially around the disability access. i mean, the more that we can really improve things at a local level, the better off for individuals who have disabilities and for our small businesses will be. but why don't you say a few words about your new position. >> sure. so, you know, you'll find out when you get there, i guess. but the goods that i stole, i'm going to be serving as an assistant planner for the city of pacifica. so, the staff planner that you see when you go to the counter to get at the permit in any city, i'll be doing so

. >> consumer watts reporter julie watts on federal money that will be helping christian colleges. >> the ninement comes days after they warn they may not have to shut down over a disagreement with federal regulators. they operate several colleges. the feds cut off fundening after it failed to provide documents and information about student enrollment. both sides reached an agreement allowing the school to serve their 72 think students. part of the deal called for corinthian to phase autosome of their programs. they charge up to $40,000 for tuition, but they have been under scrutiny. >>> last week, we told you ford was sending driver for overestimating gas mileage on some of its cars can. ed to, some good gas mileage news. at least for new car owners, it reports the average fuel economy of new cars increased by 20% in the last six years. jumping from 21 miles per gallon to 26.6 miles per gallon. that means a driver on a typical 2014 car will spend $300 less for gas than someone who drives a 2008 vehicle. >>> speaking of miles we often hear from people who have trouble redeeming their

julie. >> okay, everton and thanks for that, still to come on al jazeera, christians and muslims in shrelankay are being attacked by radical buddhist groups and inside pakistan largest city karachi, a major source of funding for the taliban and the san antonio spurs are crowned champion. ♪ ♪ welcome back, i'm julie with the al jazeera headquarters in doha, remind you of the top stories, sunni rebels in iraq scored another victory to capture the northwest town after fierce fighting with government troops and they already control two cities. somali group al-shabob accused of attack on a town and at least 48 people are dead, a bank, government offices and several hotels were attacked and set on fire. and ukraine eastern guy minister says the russian government has cutoff all gas supplies to ukraine and ukraine failed to pay the bill of $2 billion by monday and says it has enough gas stores to last until december. so back to our top story, that rebellion in iraq, some western embassy including the u.s. are evacuating staff from baghdad despite claims it has made gains against fighters and they ar

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july sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters music. two stories about the so-called religion of peace. first a man in afghanistan converts to christianityand his family is targeted for death. they want to kill him for converting. second, miriam abraham who was being held in a sudanese jail for converting to christianity was re-arrested. there's a statement by c.a.r.e., they did come out and say that there was, they believe you should not make, religion would not advocate being in the religion. you have anything dana on this? >> well, a solution to some of these things that i like is to allow these people to come here. so if there's a religious liberty asylum and we feel strongly we should at least, important enough for us to do a segment on it we should figure out a way to allow them to come here as we did the translators and things that helped us in the wars. >> that makes a lot of scene. the only thing that worries about me about this christians is being persecuted in these muslim countries. you can't let them all leave. some of these christian religions were there before -- >> how are you going from tent them? >> i just don't know. i

christian faith. >> jeanine: when you say tortured, how is he being treated? >> well, he was healthy when they took him in june. actually he was put under house arrest in july. he left here in june. when they took him in september, he was healthy. the first -- they took him to solitary confinement in tehran, beat him, and internal bleeding started. he had a lot of internal damages because of the beatings in his stomach area. recently he was admitted to a hospital. he was there for a few months. about a few weeks ago they took him from the hospital and put him back in prison. the way they took him, they beat him again. so these been continually beaten the last two years. he has internal bleeding issues and health problems. >> jeanine: does it anger you when your husband, in iran on a humanitarian mission, can't get home, and the predent negotiates for a deserter like bergdahl? >> you know, i hope that our government takes this issue, this religious freedom issue, this human rights issue seriously, and that, you know, iran gets the message that this is an important issue to us, and he needs to be released. >> jeanine: does it make you angry, frustrate you? tal

christians were terrified islamic rule was coming their way. by last june, the economy was a shambles. millions of egyptians took to the streets demanding that morsi leave. on julyer, general el-sissi, announced a military coup on national tv. lending him their support-- civil, military, and religious leaders, including pope tawadros ii. wasn't the mere fact that the pope's picture was taken next to general sissi...? >> heba morayef: dangerous. >> simon: wasn't that enough...? >> morayef: yes. >> simon: ...to incite the brotherhood? heba morayef, who headed human rights watch in egypt, says the pope's support of the military was denounced at muslim brotherhood rallies, which often blamed christians for conspiring to overthrow morsi. when you talk about anti- christian dialogue, what are you referring to specifically? >> morayef: accusations that christians were responsible for the coup, chants that would call christians the pope's "dogs." >> simon: it all came to an abrupt end last august 14, when the army crushed two huge muslim brotherhood encampments. close to 1,000 protestors were killed. >> morayef: the dispersal of the two sit-ins on august 14 were the mos

july weekend. they're already facing high gas prices. now this. democratic senator tom carper pushing to hike the federal tax to 30-cents a year, saying the money is needed to fix crumbling roads and bridges. christiang you on but i don't love your thesis here that pouring more money after money we still can't account for will build a single road or bridge. >> we have not increased the good at tax in over 20 yours but construction costs for laying roads and repairing bridges has increased astronomically, and if you just deficit finance all these projects, so this is a way to restore balance. >> we have more drives than 20 years, and using your argument we haven't hiked the tax in 20 years is the reason to hike it now is silly. what happened to all the bridge and toll and other money and state and local taxes that add up to $120 billion a year. with that you think we could pave this stuff in gold. >> you can't. for all of these increased drivers-that means you have to typically modernize and improve your highway infrastructure. >> if they can go through this and say, we spent every single penny, exclusive to the roads rs and bridges and have one out of money. then i would ground ballingly say, here's

july sale ends soon. >>> we've already seen two big decisions froms u.s. supreme court come down today, but this is the ruling that everyone is waiting for. will hobby lobby, a christianany, be forced to provide emergency contraception as part of its health insurance plan. the u.s. supreme court expected to hand down that decision soon. hobby lobby covers birth control for it employees, but the issue is in obama care for it to cover emergency contraception as well. hobby lobby objects to four drugs, morning after pill, plan b, ella and two forms of iuds. hobby lobby says the drugs are potentially life terminating although there is no scientific basis for that assertion. hobby lobby is taking no chances, lobby its position on youtube. is. >> while the green family has no objection to providing 16 of the 20 fda approved drugs and devices under the federal mandate, providing four of the drugs and devices that have the potential to terminate a life conflicts with their faith. >> this is an issue of life that we cannot be a part of taking life. to be in a situation where our government is telling us we have to be, is incredible. >> so let's talk about this now. joining me

christian. he is suffering because he is an american. american representatives have abandoned him. we need to redouble our efforts. with the deadline coming, july of we have a window opportunity. >> thank you for a very eloquent statement. i now recognize members for one minute opening remarks and we will begin with mr. connelly of virginia. >> thank you, madam chairman. imagine for a moment that you are a gay woman, an iranian ethnic minority whose working conditions are deplorable and would like to take action to improve your life. first, your efforts to join the workforce is commendable. it is presumed that your husband did not at jet to your employment -- to object to your employment because by law he has a right to. like most kurds, arabs, or believes she's in iran, you persevere to a lifetime of government who neglects institutionalized discrimination. you nonetheless are arrested for spreading propaganda for form a socialist groups. the human rights situation in iran is medieval and remains bleak and it is very important we speak out about it. >> are subcommittee chairman is recognized. >> i want to commend you and chairman's myth on the

christian groups going there always under fire, it's almost made operatism and putting your hand over your heart a dirty word. and that's really unfortunate. let's make sure next weekend on the fourth of julyfriday that we remember independence day and stars and stripes. >> let's kick it off now and memorialize one of our greatest presidents, our own rick reichmuth is down in washington this morning at the lincoln memorial. rick, what are you doing there? >> great really nice lead-in and you are absolutely right, what a great way this weekend to honor certainly our country and a lot of our wounded vets and our returning soldiers. here at the lincoln memorial on the steps. big event here, pushups for charity. the goal today is to get 50,000 pushups done. and that all in these 90 second time frames. go to pushups for charity.org, can you can get an idea what we are going to be doing. doing pushups all morning on the the steps of the lincoln memorial. >> take a look at the weather maps. show you what's going on. very heavy rain falling down across parts of the southeast overnight. big problem since really early june has been all of this moisture that's across the central plains into the north

to of nantes we will face of belgium on july 1st and salvador brazil for >>: it was portugals christiane all rinaldo flu crushed the u.s. hopes of victory on sunday but has also run all those of the u.s. to the second round by leading four to go past the gone up. the world leader of the year broke his scoring drought with a tournament with the 80th minute winner fan for to go to one victory it was the vice seen all around the world and off the flood has the advantage of uruguay strike earth luis torres for nine international matches and suspending him for four months from any soccer activity soras is guilty of fighting an italian player during world cup game on tuesday the punishment which includes a hefty fine is the most severe ever handed out at a world cup for an offense committed on the field of play. fees assessed torres can appeal the decision. jerry rice jr. says he's a redskin. rice signed a contract with washington redskins the son of the nfl all-time leading receiver broke the news himself with a fall of the contract on instagram the team later confirmed to the signing rights