have been hearing earlier fifa will publish what they are calling appropriate details of the michael garcia's. it investigated the conduct of the organization during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups. previously football's governing body said a summary would be enough. but garcia resigned this week, saying he lost confidence in his bosses. the president said the report will be released but some names of confidential sources will be withheld. let's talk to sports journalist james pierce. james what will the full pup indication of this report mean? >> well, that's the big question. fifa says it won't be published until the investigations are completed into five people who are under investigation. there is no time scale given, but the key thing is it's not going to be published any time soon. >> tim does this decision make fifa look better or worse? >> i don't think it's possible to make fifa look any worse at the moment. these have been some pretty bad years for fifa, so this is a positive step, but there are big question marks against it. one we don't know when it will be re

that's largely michael garcia needing to protect his reputation and being frustrated by the methods around >> michael gar see, of course, is so angry over being misrepresented as he said, that he resigned. so what does this mean for his version of represents? >> yes, i think everyone simply decided to take michael garcia's word for this. but i feel that the judge -- we need to think about his reputation as well, around 30 years as a very well respected judge, and we shouldn't make an assumption that his report has completely misrepresented michael garcia until we see more. that's why one of the many ways the public wants to see more. i think michael garcia has got away with his reputation. of course he was paid by fifa to put this together, and it was a really painful process for him. he has never dealt with the politics of football before, but he wasn't even i loued into russia to complete his investigation there. it was a complete mess. and we have fifa to come out and almost look on the bright side now. it has been painful. >> lee thank you for that. >>> in greece a politician says he h

michael garcia who was hired by fifa was proving to be a real thorn in their side.o they don't have to worry about him at the moment. and we're in a situation of seth blatter coming out of a really difficult position, and actually continuing to be at the helm and find a way to carry on. >>> still ahead, turkish prosecutors make a move against the president's arch rival. >>> and we'll show you why some children have travel to another area to get an education in their mouther tongue. >> now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news >> they will continue looking for survivors... >> the potential for energy production is huge... >> no noise, no clutter, just real reporting. the new al jazeera america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the

michael garcia quitting earlier this week was really the spark for all of this. he said that he had lost confidence in the ethics committee and basically questioned its existence. after that, the vice president of fifa admitted that this is a new low. fifa can ride out a lot of storms, but when even their own functionaries are saying things like this, they have to look like they are doing something. >> critics will be seeing a version of the report, but it is censored and redacted. will there be any satisfaction here? >> that question. we really need to see what is left after the editing is done. a cynic would say that the reduction is an opportunity for them to take out parts they do not want people to read. it's heads don't role as a result of this report being published, i really cannot see anyone taking it seriously. also, he said that the bidding processes for the world cups will not be reopened. qatar and russia are the venues, and that's that. >> exactly. it would take an earthquake to move the world cup from qatar, right? so, i mean, why should we expect

michael garcia was proven to be a real thorn in their side.on't think they wanted him there anymore. so they are coming out of this not badly at all, and once again we're in a situation of them coming out of a really difficult position, actually looking like president will still be at the helm and find a way to carry on. >>> still to come on al jazeera. spreading awareness of aids through drama in a country with the highest number of hiv cases anywhere. >>> and -- >> you may not have noticed but the way we watch movies is changing. i'm kristin in new york, i'll take you to some places where you can still watch a film the way it was originally intended. ♪ >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exc

no response as of yet from michael garcia.e interesting to see if he tries to go to the court of arbitration for sport. whether he tries to walk away from fifa. that he has just had enough. maybe we'll wait until friday the most likely day that there will be a further development in morocco, when he can decide whether his whole report can be made public. but this development won't surprise people. they are used to what goes on with politics and the law and the legal side of fifa. they are used to saying the people looking into this are independent. i have no control over this. what fifa wants and keep wanting a closure. they thought they had it, and then michael garcia, came out and said no. this is not what i said, pa -- and that's why there is a form of battle at the moment. the action, the spotlight turns to this meeting on thursday and friday, the executive committee, where dominic of the order and compliance committee will have to decide is this thing going to be published in full? and that's what the public want, then th

attorney michael garcia, the leading investigator had compiled as a result of a 2-year-long interrogation, corruption connected to the bidding process for the next two world cups to be held in russia in 2018 and qatar in 2022. they said they helicoptcouldn't it because to do so would mean they would contravene their own rules, their own code of ethics. the more time went on, the more pressure built up from fans from the media, from sponsors, and indeed from within fifa. senior officials themselves all saying in the name of the transparency, and the only way to restore trust and faith in this organization is to publish what garcia discovered. what fifa did do last month is publish a summary of those findings. that was compiled by a german judge. the trouble was that garcia himself disowned that summary, saying it contained various misrepresentations of what he found. he appealed. that appeal was dismissed and this week he resigned, plunging fifa into yet more chaos. the pressure intensified and today finally fifa bowed in, they caved in to that pressure. they unanimously agreed, we underst

and in an ex-mail michael garcia says the job started well. i felt they were making real progress in ethnics this fifa. garcia goes on to explain the detail of a well-publicized rou with the other chief head of the adjudication chamber. garcia was the prosecutor and eckerd was the judge. for the 2018 and 2022 cups awarded to russia and qatar, eckerd published a summary and exonerated russia and qatar of any wrongdoing and did nothing to appease fifa's ethics. garcia disagreed with eckerd's sum economy and a day after that appeal was ruled inadmissible garcia has quit. in his e-mail garcia wrote "no independent governance committee, investigator or arbitration panel can change the culture of an organization. it's the lack of leadership on this issues within fifa to lead me to conclude my role is at an end." words that will hang over this week's committee meeting and next year's fifa presidential elections. alex thomas, cnn, london. >> as we mentioned to you this hour, the u.s. is ready to blame pyongyang directly for the sony hacking but there a

prosecutor michael garcia for this week usefully shaming the most scandal ridden sports governing body the world, no, not the nfl. i'm talking about fifa which overseas the world cup. he wrote a record into the bidding process for world cups given to qatar and russia. on friday fifa said they will publish versions of his report. >> and nothing will change, right? >> we should still be calling for the world cup to be taken from those two countries and given to this country and possibly the uk? >> i'm for that. if you have your own hit or miss, tweet it to us at jer at fox news.com. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching, merry christmas, hope to see you right here next week. >>> president obama and his family kicking off the annual winter vacation in hawaii. they arrived late last night and expected to stay two weeks in the aloha state before returning to washington. welcome to "america's news headquarters". >> the president's holiday vacation coming after the final press conference of 2014 yesterday. guess what? raising some eyebrows and only called on women reporters, first fo

michael garcia wrote a report on alleged wrongdoing during the bidding process for the world cups inussia, but he was unhappy at the statement released by fifa which cleared the two countries of wrongdoing. fifa says the statement isn't legally binding so it can't be appealed. >>> and former striker has announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. he was part of the france teams that won the 1988 world cup and the 2000 championships. he also played for monaco, juventus and barcelona. ♪ self-declared mislick cleric to take 17 on the motivations behind such acts of aggression. plus, financially fragile small town hospitals are shutting down and having a big impact. how crowd sources apps and twit kerr be more effective than the flu shot in protecting you s

having to deal with the fall out of michael garcia. allegations of corruption surrounding the bid process for the next two world cups. only a summary of the report has so far been published and with that full document should be made public, is now being discussed. garcia quit on thursday, saying he lost faith in fifa's leadership. here is our sports correspondent. >> it came on the eave of fifa's executive committee meet canning is taking place now. where they will lead to vote on whether to make his report fully published, fully transparent, that's what he says he wants, but it appears that he doesn't have confidence that they will make that vote, and even if they do, too much damage has been done whether he feels that the full report can be published and it will be taken. it is most likely to been on friday. what kind of situation in here, if they say yes, that's not straight forward. they need to be very careful. if they say no, they say well, there's the latest cover up. >> they will stay on it to the national coach, facing accusat

investigator michael garcia has since resigned.course, we might remember that tragedy struck in november when an at this point lip hughes died after being struck. for more go to our website at www.aljazeera.com/sport. www.aljazeera.com/sport and details of how you can interact with the team on twitter and facebook as well. >> happy new year to you. now from the vents in isil to the war in gaza, 2014 has been a tumultuous year. we look at the biggest stories that shaped our world. [music] [music] [music] >> a day after his resolution was rejected palestinian president signs a treaty to join the international criminal court. >> hello there you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. a suicide-bomber attacks a shia rebel gathering in the city of ib killing more than 30. >>> abandoned at sea italy rescues almost 1,000 migrants left adrift by smugglers in the mediterranean. >>> some

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the third thing is that michael garcia, hired by fifa, has proven to be a real thorn in their side. think they want him there any more. with him having resigned they don't have to worry about him at the moment. they have come out of this not badly at all, and now they're coming out of a really difficult situation actually looking like they're going to continue to be at the helm and find a way to carry on. >> reports were london. >>> canada's national firearm association is under fire for online christmas ad. maria ines ferre is here with that story. >> reporter: canada's national firearm association posted this christmas ad on their facebook page. and i'll show it to you here. it's a reference to a christmas story where young boy wants a bb gun. this is supposed to be an ar 15, a very powerful assault rifle. the ads say don't shoot your eye out, kid. the tag line said no ho ho ho compromise. the nfa's slogan. this ad is getting a slew of comments on their facebook page with some nfa supporters not happy about it. bo wilson saying i think you guys went in the wrong direction with thi

president is holding talks with several executive members over the possibility of a report over michael garcia's be published in full. garcia has resigned from his position. he cited the lack of leadership at the top of football's governing body. he says he has lost confidence in the independence of its ethics committee. earlier we spoke to lee wellings who says garcia's resignation will dominate the discussion into fifa's executive meeting. >> the timing was quite interesting, because it came on the eve of fifa's executive committee meeting which is taking place in morocco now. where they will need to vote on whether to make his report fully published and fully transparent. but it appears he doesn't have confidence they will make that vote, and even if they do, too much damage has been done. originally they were looking at the friday date when they were going to take the vote, and see what dominic with the order and compliance committee feels about the situation. and that vote will be taken snft it's most likely to be on friday. what kind of situation are in here? if they say yes, that's not st

the release comes a few days after the report's author, michael garcia, resigned from fifa. >>> well,pian ever will avoid jail time. has received a one year suspended sentence for driving drunk. michael phelps entered a plea of guilty to charges in baltimore, maryland. a judge also gave him 18 months of supervised probation and ordered him not to drink alcohol during that time. video from the night of phelps' arrest in september shows him waefg through traffic in a white suv. he had a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit. the 18-time gold medal winner later tweeted, this has been his biggest learning experience. that was the suv right there. >>> well, when it comes to sports, india, as you he no, is a cricket crazed country, but a new game is taking off. the commissioner of the national basketball association believes india is the next frontier for hoops. here's cnn's don riddell. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: if ever there was a one-sport country, it would surely be india. they play cricket from dawn until dusk. they reveal gods and where the love of the game is passed from one gene

the third thing is that michael garcia, hired by fifa, has proven to be a real thorn in their side. has been a complete falling him with him having resigned, they won't have to worry about him for a moment. they're coming out of this not badly at all, and they're coming out of a really difficult position actually looking like he's going to continue villa the helm and find a way to carry on. >> lee wlee wellens reporting from europe. jen rogers is in for ali velshi on real money. >> coming up on "real money" did north korea act alone in its hack attack on sony? plus christmas tree farmers are seeing green this season. all that and more on real money. >> a crisis on the border... >> thery're vulnarable... these are refugees... >> migrent kids flooding into the u.s. >> we're gonna go and see josue who's just been deported... >> why are so many children fleeing? >> your children will be a part of my group or killed... >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning in

michael garcia cited a lack of leadership at the top of the sport's governing body and lost confidence in the independence of his ethition committee -- et ceteraedition committee. the summary of his findings was released, that they had been erroneous and incomplete. that is it for me >>> thank you sanaa for that. >>> now, thousands of tango lovers danced at the vatican to celebrate the pope's 78th birthday. here they are. well, that dance, of course, from argentina, like francis himself, who is celebrating his second birthday as the pope. he's the first latin american to lead the world's 1.2 billion catholics. >> no tangoing here, but we'll waltz off for now. from all of us here, bye-bye. >> a deal went against they're own government >> egypt mismanaged it's gas industry >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin >> this is because of a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian peo

michael garcia cited a lack of leadership. garcia says he lost confidence in the independence of his et ceteraedics committee. in his resignation statement he said no independent government committee investigator or panel can change the culture of this organization. >>> now, a reminder as to how f.i.f.a. and garcia arrived at this impasse. the u.s. attorney was £in 2012 to investigate allegations of corruption, surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 world cup in russia, and the 2022 world cup in qatar. he finished his 430 page report in september. he ruled a summary of the findings - in november, the 42 page document, clearing russia and qatar of wrongdoing. within 24 hours, garcia declared his intention to complain to the f.i.f.a. appeals committee, saying it was incomplete. f.i.f.a. rejected that appeal on tuesday. >> so talk on that we are joined by our correspondent. what can you make of the resignation. it's not a surprise, it's almost inevitable the gap between garcia and the ethics committee. he wants to protect h

michael garcia could not stand by the report that they issues on whether there was corruption in awardinghe games to qatar and russia. of course there was corruption but fee a ifa couldn't put that. and roger goodell deserves to be on this list. we played a clip of him going on about the mistakes he made. and we could play a clip talking about how he hasn't gotten the process right a number of times not just ray rice, to look back with the more or less saints. and i think he think what is america wants for him or at least what his wealthy patrons want from him is more toughness and they want more fairness, actually. >> all right, love you guys, didn't hold back, very nice. mike, christine, nice to see you both. >> thank you, randi. >>> the next hour of "newsroom" begins after a break. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye in for carol costello. we begin in new york where anti-police anger and tension appear to be escalating. nearly one week after two new york city police officers were ambushed and gunned down, authorities have arrested at least half a dozen people for allegedly makin

michael garcia was in charge of looking into whether there was any wrongdoing in awarding world cup bidsia. we explain what's going on. >> reporter: this is a major blow to the president who set up the independent ethics committee to answer criticism that fifa was corrupt and not transparent. and then in an e-mail explaining his resignation garcia said it started well. for the first two years after my july 2012 appointment as independent chairman of the fifa ethics committee's investigatory chamber i felt it was making real progress. in recent months that changed. garcia goes on to explain the detail of a well publicize d ro with the other head. in other words, garcia was the prosecutor and eckerd the judge. after a year-long process for the 2018 and 2022 cups awarded to russia and qatar, eckerd published a summary and exonerated russia and qatar of any wrongdoing and did nothing to apiece fifa's ethics. a day after that appeal was ruled inadmissible garcia has quit. in his e-mail he wrote "no independent governance committee, investigator or ash station panel can change the culture of a

divided on the issue and also having to deal with the resignation of the author of that report, michael garciaawyer was employed by fifa to investigate the legitimacy of the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups and garcia quit on wednesday saying he lost faith in fifa's leadership and to talk more on that tim joined by our correspondent lee weldings live from london and lee what to expect from this meeting? >> well, we all are anticipating some kind of vote in morocco from the fifa executive committee and if they are changing the ethics code of fifa to have the report with some redactions and decide if they are going to go through with this and get it published but it has to change the rules first and it's never straightforward with fifa and you have the old one who is very reluctant to have this published and want to stick to the laws around these things and want to stick to the confidentiality and you have a wave of people coming to fifa on the executive committee and know they need to make it public and things need to change and needs to be transparency they promised and too lat

fifa released a summary of the findings by independent investigator michael garcia but he disagreed withry and appealed and fifa executive member has proposed an amendment to the ethics code which currently prohibits the full publication of the report and it will take place at an fifa meeting in moroco and fifa and bodies in switzerland are set to come under increased scrutiny and the swiss parmment passed a bill to examine transactions and behaviors and currently around 60 major sporting bodies based in switzerland and includes fifa, international committee, antidoping agency and cycling body the uci, switzerland is viewed as attractive for many reasons including the geographic location, attractive tax regime and relaxed meal code but now tougher law also be introduced to allow financial transactions to be examines, exemptions for money laundering will be lifted and fifa president will be defined as politically exposed persons meaning they could be prosecuted if found guilty of corruption. we will have more on this and we can speak to the swiss politician who has driven these changes an

michael garcia led a two-year probe into how russia and qatar were chosen to host the tournament.udge who received his reports said the appeal over how fifa summarized his report was not admissible. hackers behind the sony cyber attack have dealt another blow. sensitivepelling e-mails and information, but forcing the cancellation of "the interview" premiere. with more is caroline hyde. i'm not sure we should be talking about this. should we be talking about "the interview?" we can expect repercussions. >> everybody wants to see it. they are getting their own way. the group called the guardians of these that hacked sony entertainment are basically getting what they want. the whole idea was to prevent the distribution of "the interview" which is based on a androus line where they ssa eight north korean leader kim jong-un, which north korea aren't fighting all that funny. the premier has been canceled. it was due to be tomorrow. landmark theaters have said, we are pulling it. the fourth biggest cinema chain than 2000., with more screens, they are not showing "the interview" at all. i

garcia's report can be published in full. here is our sports correspondent. >> what fifa wanted and they keeping on saying is closure they thought they had it, and then michael gar see yeah came out and said no, that's why there is a form of battle. the action and spotlight turns to this meeting on thursday and friday. the executive committee where the older and compliant committee will have to decide if this thick is going to be published. the final stage against mexico, conditions were so bad, that has now been declared unplay only, and this game is madrid coming into this tournament, off the back of a club record 20 consecutive wins. >> we are ready to play here. and of course, we are trying to do our best, because there is a possibility to see real madrid. and this is for us a good chance to do our best, because we want to give happiness to our supporters. >> manchester united, insists he has never been involved in match fixing. the united player saying on his facebook page, if i am ever called to testify, i will be called. my conscious is clear. another player who has been named in that report. live pool manager says talk of unrest within his squad is w