city of raqqahing from isis. battle is being led primarily by kurdish force with air support from the u.s.-led coalition. stoois has controlled the northern city city for the past 2 1/2 years. egyption authorities are taking steps to begin identifying the remains of those on board egyptair 804. relatives of victims are givingd na samples that will be compared with remains found in the sea. there was some confusion yesterday when one egyptian official said body parts that were recovered suggest the jet was brought down by an explosion. later, that suggestion was dismissed. >>> the justice department is seeking the death penalty against the man accused of killing nine black parishioners in north carolina. dylann roof is awaiting trial in connection with the attack in charleston. this is an unusual move from the justice department. federal executions are extremely rare. still attorney general loretta lynch says in this case it's warranted. >>> the bodies of a missing washington state been found buried not far from their home. two brothers have been charged with murdering the husband and wife over a property dispute. the sheriff's department says one o

a new cease-fire has been agreed for the northern city of aleppo, a city that has seen its worst fighting in a year, according to monitors. we have the latest for you. visa-free --a visa-free travel for turks around the world is a step closer. the eu giving conditional backing to the measure, and that continent'se counte migration crisis. and the path clears for donald trump. the one remaining contender for the nomination for th republicans for the presidency thousand. -- house out. we report on the shellshocked republican party establishment. catherine: thanks very much for paris."us on "live from a cease-fire has been agreed for aleppo, this breaking development confirmed by the syrian military in the last few minutes. earlier today the united states and russia agreed to exert their influence to bring the truth to the war-torn city. threatened ae has countrywide cessation of hostilities and a fledgling peace process. fighting in aleppo has been described by monitors is the worst in a year. the united nations security council is holding energy meeting on syria this wednesday, the u.n. is

city on a regular basis. the latest attack today occurred close to the center of baghdad in sadr city, another happened in the southern city of doris, still another in the northern city of shod. these are all shiite muslim areas. isis is sunni muslim and usually target shiites. the busiest was the outdoor market and shop, first with a roadside bomb and then when emergency workers rushed to the scene a woman suicide bomber blew herself up. it is a deadly one to punch used often. again, isis claiming responsibility for that attack, probably were involved in the others. last week on soft deadly blasts at a gas plant north of baghdad. there was a lot of carnage last week. so far in this month alone there have been nearly 700 civilians killed. some say isis is taking advantage of the disarray in the iraqi government but maybe more significantly, the losses for isis on the battlefield. it claims the campaign against it is being led by the us airstrikes against the militants have rolled back about half of the territory they had gained in iraq so they are trying new tactics. still a very worrying job that isis can strike with such ferocity outside of its own turf. it wi

city of philadelphia, where if you go back to the 1990s, northern liberties, manayunk, southwest center city, a number of the places that are already gentrified. they should have put it in a bigger context, because it is a problem in the cityiladelphia and continues to be one that momentum is continuing. >> thanks, george. christine? >> matt, liberals and progressives usually want to stay out of the bedroom, but apparently they don't have too much of a problem going into the bathroom. this week president obama issued an executive order, which would require public schools to make available, or to permit, students who identify as a gender that they were not born with physically, to allow them to go into the bathroom that they identify with. this could cause serious problems because the schools are not prepared for that, and there's no requirement that there be single stalls. so i just find it quite ironic that while we have to stay out of one in the room in the house, we should be able to barge into the next room. >> thanks, christine. ajay. >> i don't have a bathroom story, but philadelphia is host this weekend to indiaspora, which is an invitation-only davos-like conference of indians from around the country and a few from

city -- a mix city they were given the chance to vote on the measure to allow casinos in northern new jersey the mayor gashouse the bed for the development up until recently. >> the residents had concerns than they were valid so we thought maybe we were aggressive out of the gate and we will take a step back. >> he did a survey asking what they thought. >> there were more opposed. >> but a question why he wouldn't want something to bring in $4,000,000.1 thousand jobs and $60 million of property tax relief even though representative said if they don't want to it than we will take it. >> this could be a great for the millions or by and large maybe just not the best for jersey city'sinto the economic problems they have been basing by taking a jab at the political power brokers which is an ally of governor christie tried to take over with the gubernatorial opponent the governor actually responded to say it was political pandering so i ask is he running for governor? and he skirted the question. >> i am not getting into any of them right now. this is the speaker conversation. >> it is arrogance and it is exhausting it is clearly wants to be governor. >> it is early. >> when that time whoa! (tires screeching) d'oh! (tires screeching) (grunts) (piano playing softly) (static, explosion) and in other news... (all sigh happily) both: are we there yet? are we there yet? no. are we there yet? no! are we there yet? i said no! are we there yet? what's wrong with your ears? are we there yet? look out the window! are we there yet? we're not there! are we there yet? are we there yet? okay. we're there. finally. are we there yet? huh? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we t

cities in the netherlands have night mayors, including here, in the northern city of groningen known for its live music venues. night mayor chris garrit has had to deal with many issues, including noise. >> i think a good night mayor watches these two facts: people can sleep well and people can party hard. >> reporter: garrit took me around his city of 200,000 people one sunday evening. first stop was a public arts center where more than 1,000 people had come out for a concert. groningen has no rules about closing times, which makes the city a magnet for revelers across the netherlands. the next stop, a local band was playing at a bar across town. even in the small city of groningen, a big part of the night mayor's job is being a mediator between clubs and neighbors who may have issues with the sound. after more than four years, garrit is stepping down as night mayor this month, but still believes it's a crucial role. >> i think it doesn't matter how big the city is. the culture always needs a voice to say something. because there's always more rules and regulations going on. if nobody stands up, then the cultural climate can be going down. >> reporter: in amsterdam, night mayor mirik milan says night mayors help cities promote the economic value of nightlife. >> what people really often forget, is when there's lot of people danc

. >> thompson: a decade ago, when the northern california city of richmond had the ninth worst murder rate in the united states, the city came up with a new approach to reduce gun violence. in addition to improving its outreach and mentoring, richmond decided to hand out cash payments to young men-- some with criminal records-- in order to persuade them to stay out of trouble. now, other american cities are looking to replicate the program, called "operation peacemaker." for tonight's signature segment, i went to richmond to see how the program works. this report is part of our ongoing series "urban ideas," about how cities are using innovative methods to tackle problems. 30-year-old rohnell robinson grew up in richmond, california, just northeast of san francisco. this industrial city of 100,000 was once considered one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. >> a lot of the stuff that goes on around here-- drugs, killings. >> thompson: robinson was only 14 when police caught him selling marijuana, the first of many run-ins with the law for drugs and gun possession. he says more than ten friends have been killed by

northern cape may. ocean city at 73. upper 70s there in beach haven and atlantic city. now let's show you the heat.pper 80s close to 90. away from that coast it's dropped a degree or two and it's dropped quite a bit around mount pocono that's because we have showers and thunderstorms there. the heat index was into the mid to low 90s. not all that bad but noticeably hotter there when you factor in the humidity. so certainly stay hydrated for the rest of the evening. drop slowly but still pretty muggy outside. showers and storms there they are across carbon and monroe county. flooding, minor flooding there. had flood advisory neck those storieshowersand storms seem tog out. moisture from tropical storm bonnie 40 miles an hour moving toward south carolina. it will sit off the coast and impact that area tonight see that moisture working its weigh up into our area by tomorrow. so tonight just a muggy night. 76 here the storm end north and west. muggy here along i-95. dropping into the mid to low 70s if you're out this evening. and closer to the coast a little cooler. just low clouds, temperature sketch

northern portions of new jersey moving into new york city. we have a cell over the city of philadelphia. we're going to zoom in there, if you're traveling let's say along the tacony-palmyra bridge and suddenly make a left and go northbound along route 130 along the riverside in willingboro it is pouring. you need to slow it down and take your time because the downpours are reducing the visibility. slow it down and let the downpours pass on through, and everything gets back to normal. 53 degrees in philadelphia. it's fairly mild. dewpoint, 49. press, 29.66 inches it's falling. winds out of the south/southwest at 7 miles per hour. the ocean temperature is 53. that about it, the downpour over philadelphia county that i showed you, that's about all that is left. the rest of the of it is up here, once it pulls through, everything dry out and sunshine returns. everybody climbs into the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. this is a cold front that's pushing through. remember yesterday we had the upper level low sitting and spinning over top of the philadelphia area. this tbronlt i

city, this is circulating down from the northern jersey coast and it will head out to sea before we get to atlantic city. that is probably the best chance of precipitation, to the east of philadelphia an area of low pressure off the coast continues to circulate away. you see the counterclockwise rotation as the low pulls off the coast of new york. we have occasional clouds mixing with sun today and a shower or thundershower but mainly over to the east. 72 degrees in philadelphia and cooler in the city than other spots where the clouds are not as intense. allentown and out toward reading 76 degrees and wilmington 74 and 76 in lancaster and 64 in cape may and it stays cooler down the shore today. if you are headed out to the playground, sunscreen and cool drinks, and we are looking at enough sun will sunscreen is important if are you out hopping on the swing set, 77 by 2:00 and by 4:00, 79 that sour high today and that high is a couple of degrees below the average high of 76, nice and warm and the overnight low is 60 and several degrees above average. we'll be in the 80s tomorrow and by thursday the humidity creeping back i'll have details on all of that coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast for now it's overcast but comfortable out here. >> thank you david. >>> in other news, the tsa security chief is out of a job this noon. kelly hogan will be replaced with a new head of security. his removal comes after backlash from massive security lines. kenneth moton is liv

cities, so airport delays are definitely likely. by noon it pivots to areas of northern virginia and central pennsylvania. the bigger citiesust into some shower and drizzle by 5:00 p.m. it's another ugly day. so the warmest temperature in the country today could be minneapolis at 87 degrees. they're going to be warmer than miami and tampa. that's why it's an upside down weather map. some showers and storms moving through northern california and northern rockies. by saturday the warmth pushes to the south. cooler in the northern great lakes. chicago could have a storm. we may see a shower or two in the east on saturday. mother's day will be showery but then the afternoon clears out and it should be beautiful. alex, do you have your horse yet? the kentucky derby on saturday. today is the oaks. the women run. tomorrow is when we do the kentucky derby. the forecast is looking nice. 84. should be a sun and cloud mixture. i haven't picked my horse yet. 21 horses, no big favorites. >> yeah, i have to get my hat first. then i'll pick the horse. >> that's more important. the mint julep and the hat. >> exactly. >> if we watch the ho

northern syrian city of aleppo, there was some hope. a cease-fire was slowly being established. people ventured into the market. in recent weeks, this divided citye of the worst fighting years. nothing was spared. a market, hospital, and clinic were hit. but violence was easing, but now it is shattered in a makeshift camp for displaced syrians. another war crime in a country of monstrous violence. lyse doucet, bbc news. anchor: an awful attack. as the white house said, there is no justification for hitting children and women who are refugees. as we mentioned, the strike took place close to the turkish border, and today that country's prime minister announced he is stepping down. after being elected last november, ahmet davutoglu told a news conference today he will not seek the leadership again. his resignation follows several public disagreements with turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan. he wants to boost his own constitutional powers. i spoke to stephen cook, senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. was the promised to push, or did he go voluntarily -- was the prime minister pushed, or did he go voluntarily? stephen: he was pushe

northern for dodge city. confirmed large and destructive tornado still being observed southwest of dodge city. 20 miles per hour. this is a tornado emergency for dodge city. we will continue to monitor it throughout the evening, of course with you as well. >> you know, i just worry so much about these people, janice. it's just terrifying. we are looking at video from earlier. just to think to live like this and all of a sudden have this tornado bearing down. look at that tornado. it's just wild, isn't it? >> well, if there is anyone -- if there is any community that knows what to do with tornadoes, it's this one right here. >> janice, thank you. see you tomorrow night right here at 7:00 p.m. good night. >>> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> we are here as a group of veterans to reject donald trump. it is unacceptable to take advantage of the goodwill that american voters feel for our men and women in uniform. >> did that man speak from the heart or did the clinton campaign orchestrate his negative statements? tonight, a factor investigation. >> i need that money and you are going to loan

i mean, just blowing up, as we say, from northern sierra along the spine to truckee, virginia city, carson citys, this will be with them today, tomorrow, and maybe even saturday. ours are just getting fired up right now. 50s and 60s on the temps. now, this is more inland on the thundershower activity. san martin .01 on highway 17 at the summit. very foggy. misty, drizzly and 57. 39 truckee. rain. up in the sierra heavy amounts of rain. the low is close enough where it's providing the lift or instability in the atmosphere. it has two speeds. slow and stop. it's not going to move very far until maybe sunday. mostly cloudy. showers already developing. thunderstorms popping up early year. more likely this afternoon there will be a line of those forming and moving south to north or even popping up northward. and i think some of these will produce some small hail. so today, tomorrow, maybe even saturday. for us about as good as it gets, you know. usually we don't get things like this. >> yeah. a lot of people on facebook sending me pictures out their back window. a lot of dark foreboding clouds. >> i

city in iraq under control of the sunni groups. isis controls territories in northern iraq including the country's second largest city mostel and the fight to retake it will likely be the fight of all fights in iraq. in jerusalem, john huddi. fox news. >>> global held officials are recommending stricter precautions for people that travel to locations that zika is spreading amid the concerns about the spread of the virus. the world health organization is act men and women to practice safe sex after returning from an outbreak zone even after showing symptoms. this is up from a four week waiting period for men showing signs of zika. the recommended wait time is even longer. >>> the period of safer sex or abstinence should be extended to six months. >>> the new guidelines come after health officials found the virus lingers more than previously believed. scientists are still investigating how long the scientist can be traced in saliva but the results are inconclusive. >>> parts of inundated texas bracing for flooding. hundreds of people have been evacuated from suburban community of blankco. that refer cred 54 feet. last week six people died during four days of torrential rain and meteorologists say moran could keep the blanco river in a major flood stage with widespread damage reported relief agencies are stepping up the efforts to help residents displaced by the severe weather. >> we will fulfill our mission, which is to eliminate as much suffering as possible. >>> dozens of water rescue taking place and video captured horses in rising water. there are no reports of any of those horses being injured. >>> we are getting the first look at the newest edition to the oakland zoo. take a look. >> this is zachary. the baby baboon was born last month. the 6th baboon born at the zoo in three years. get this, baby zachary was not a planned pregnancy. >> we were planning on implanting her with a birth control for a couple of years just to give them a break from the babies and had the vets within to check sure enough a bundle of joy in the belly. >> and that baby zack is holding on tight. he will hang under a mom for a month before wondering around independently. >> i remember they got a troop of baboons and talking about efforts to help with conservations and breeding concerns. i think it is funny that they were looking for birth control and they are like whoops, too late. >> so cute. >> all right. we want to check in now with rosemary. such a cute little shot. >> absolutely. i know the monitors are small but if you could see zachary ears incredibly cute. >> outside, a different story. this is a pretty shot but for some it is hot out there. we are looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 90s for some of the inland cities. around the bay it is comfortable and along the coast it has been fairly cool. we do have four to six feet. but i do want to mention the national weather service is issuing an advisory. this will go through thursday and not exactly beach weather going on. but just something to be aware of if this is where you are going to be hanging out between now and thursday. the possibility of rip currents and the large breaks along the shore increasing. 97 degrees in livermore and 97 in walnut creek and 96 in fairfield. the headline fort inland communities. just how hot it is out there, meanwhile you get closer to the water. very comfortable. hayward 83 and 74 in oakland and going to see the a's play later today. great day. upper 60s in the forecast. at game time and you should be in good shape. 70s san francisco and 57 at half-moon bay and it has to do with that cloud cover that is just holding firm all day long. we will take a look at a few more numbers along the peninsula and get away from the

city in ruin. damage left behind in a canadian city after several fires rip through it. >> hillary clinton is heading back to the bay area as bernie sanders continues to woo voters in northerncalifornia. homes are not one-dimensional. why use traditional aerosols that are? new air wick room mist with life scents is a multi-layered fragrance, just like scents in real life. finally, a true-to-life fragrance, for your lively home. air wick. home is in the air. their first look at what's left of neighborhoods - destroyed by that massive wildfire in alberta. >>> canadian officials getting their first look at what is left of neighborhoods destroyed by the massive wildfire in alberta. this is ft. mcmurray where 2400 homes and buildings are gone. to put that into perspective, that's more than triple the size of lake tahoe. the fire is still burning out of control but cooler weather is allows crews to gain some ground. >>> striking yesterday with the comments from firefighters on the ground working on this and they almost lose their voice. >> they are losing their own homes while trying to save others. >> kari hall, you're watching our forecast at home. scorching temperatures not ex

northern chester county. we're getting a drenching in some areas this morning. through the day today. we'll see clouds hang in there. not looking for a big warmup. 67 in ocean city, atlantic citye temperatures will barely budge. inland, you can see the 70s. that's where they'll stay for much of the day. the futurecast shows at 9:00. more heavy rainfall moving onshore. that line of showers will make plo guess and impacting the philadelphia area with more downpours at lunch time today. those showers will extend into the suburbs. look at 2:00 this afternoon from chester county through montgomery, bucks county and into mercer county, some heavier rainfall. still steady rain at the shore. those showers continue into the evening hours along the coast while we start to get a break in philadelphia. there still could be showerses awe head to the evening hours, another line coming in from the northwest. may fall apart by 11:00 before it gets to philadelphia. before then we have plenty of opportunities to use the umbrella. unfortunately it will not be a great day for memorial day activities outside the lehigh valley. occasional showers, chance of thunderstorms, easton, bethlehem into the

city offers cash to keep neighborhoods from getting trashed. >> coming up, a city program that's had a lot of success. now accused of failing to pay. >> plus, survival story. a northern california hiker and his dog missing for four days. how a raincoat was key to his rescue. >> some parts of the bay area that spent yesterday in the low 90s are currently in the upper 60s. up to 25 degrees cooler today and we are not done with the cooling yet. talk about how chilly we'll get and which one day now looks kind of showery. that's coming up. >> and a car painted with glue? the sticky project google is working on. ,, dog ended on a happy note t. the rescue was caught on car >>> a search for a missing man and his dog ended on a happy note today. it was caught on camera as crews in the air spotted cody michael and his dog in the placer county wilderness. they were missing since monday when michael got lost. he spotted the blackhawk helicopter and that's when he took off his rain gear and twirled it in the air. >> big military helicopter. came down over the canyon and i jumped up on like the highest point i could and started swinging some stuff around that i had set up and it worked. they saw me and they came down. >> michael is recovering at the hospital. he and his dog are expected to be okay. >>> this november california voters could decide whether to speed up executions or do away with them. death penalty supporters across the state submitted 593,000 signatures today before a ballot measure that would speed up the appeals process. opponents already turned in signatures for a separate initiative to abolish executions. >>> complaints about one city'seward program. oakland offers cash rewards for people to document illegal dumping in the city but as julie watts tells us, while the program is considered a success, people who participate say they aren't getting paid. >> reporter: illegal dumping is a problem in oakland. it's under overpasses. the city says its new pilot program offering rewards for tips has been a wild success! just that's not exactly what folks who are still waiting for their reward think. [ snapping pictures ] >> reporter: the pictures show people illegally dumping trash in east oakland. >> a pit bull was the worst. >> reporter: the photographer has made this a part-time job. he began documenting illegal dumping after seeing this poster offering a reward. >> you got go through calling into the city. they want all the pictures. they want a declaration. >> reporter: he has also been asked to testify. the reward for his hard work? half of whatever the city collects in fines from the illegal dumpers he helps catch. >>

city, steady rain over center city and just pushing over portions of new jersey turnpike, here in to camden and gloucester counties, finally starting to dry out and break up in our northern and western suburbs. another round of showers on the way through the overnight hours and tomorrow morning, and then with the rain and cloud cover it is chilly outside, only 53 right now in the city, 53 in wilmington and 56 in lancaster. rainfall total for month of may 2.94 inches sin may 1st. only four days this month have been dry. we will see if we can add to that total by end of the week. we will have have your full forecast coming up, ukee, back over to you. >>> fans of the country music star are hoping weather is bet they are fourth of july, for sure, still to come on "eyewitness news" 2012 kenney chessany rock the beach in wildwood this year a new head liner is coming to south jersey. who he is and friend he is bringing along. >>> all hand on deck for this unusual place, the army and navy game were facing off today. >>> dikembe new tum bow rocked philadelphia and nba with one single tweet. find out what the former sixer had to say. >>> whose idea was it for demand a trade for sam bradford. eagles qb finally speaks up next in sports. >>> country music superstar tim mcgraw will perform on the beach in wildwood on the fourth of july. >> yes. >> ♪ the concert will take place o

city officials believe the june surprise due to city policy of providing year round access to shelter for families. >> still ahead, remember the northern virginia grandfather who was fined and threatened with jail time for painting a bench in his neighborhood? >> nearly one year later we're checking in to find out how it revolved. >> an hor honor for ocean cityyland. "usa today" ranked it amongst 20 best american board walks. >> it's called one of the most iconic bo coast and popular place toss spot everyone from psych tloyingts street performers. we'll be right back passion pass passion pass >> we're back with a look at tonight's top stories impacting you. >> another metro malfunction. tisha lewis is live in rock will with the latest. tisha. >> it sparked conversations of a major mets row shut down and this time ordered possibly by the feds. your directives from the federal transit administration ordering mets tro tackle urgent repairs to three critical locations before they start work on the massive maintenance program they announced just last week summer around the corner and as the temperatures start to rise so do the concerns about crime in the district. d.c. police chief kathy linear addressing residents at the local hotel and although the homicide rate is heighter this year than last year during the spike the chief says she feels comf

city owned property and has been in the city since 1895. there is no process on the books to go about removing any monument. >>> crossed mojave desert. solar impulse 2 took off from northerna shortly after 5:00 a.m. monday for the 16 hour flight to phoenix. the plan landed in arizona just shy of 9:00 p.m. local time. the wings have 17,000 solar cells that power the batteries. the plane will make two more stops in the u.s. before it crosses the atlantic. >>> time to start -- is it tuesday? >> it is tuesday. at 4:30 wife another weather alert. >> let's take a look. this is live radar and all of that you see moving across. light showers and more headed into our area right now. when will we start to dry out? that's the question all ve >> i'm mike hydeck. larry miller will have time saver traffic momentarily. we had trees down on cars in some places but first the yellow alert and allyson rae. >> yes, yellow weather alert. another round of showers for the evening commute. we are not talking about big time thunderstorms but showers around the region that will impact the drive home. yesterday's storms are still impacting your drive in. the roads are wet. patchy fog and a lot of d

city police are looking for this man. this happened two weeks ago at the first national bank of northern california on mission street in daly city. the suspect is described as a middle easterner or hispanic in his 20s. >>> seven people in san francisco are recovering after a car crash. the san francisco fire department tweeted these photos and warned people to avoid the area around 8th and mission. this crash happened last night about 5:00. at last word, six of those victims were doing okay but one is still in critical condition. >>> a b.a.r.t. station agent says a passenger grabbed his head and threatened to break his jaw around 7:00, 7:30. all of this unfolded after a worker asked the man to pay his fare. officers say the man was listed as john doe because he refused to give his name. >>> the family of a man killed by a distracted driver is not just suing the driver but those who were allegedly sending texts to the driver. nbc joe fryer reports. >> reporter: when it comes to technology, courts are now driving over new legal ground. at issue, can someone sending a text message be responsible for an auto wreck even if they are n

showing up specially northern delaware, cecil county maryland over 2 inches of rain, that extends into salem county to get around middletown delaware. chesapeake city delaware city into the elkton area of maryland. a lot of rainfall over the past day. but today, much better t the form of light showers. east wind continues, so higher tides, the normal, running, tonight, once again, for the jersey shore, delaware beaches, and then up parts of the delaware bay. watch out for the potential for minor tidal flooding. check out the overall atmosphere, basically the energy, the colored area, where the spin in the at moss which produce the storms, we have a lot of energy right on top of us now, storms kinds of stuck here. but finally gets kick out tomorrow. so we're seeing better conditions, and the overall flow, the jet stream kind of flattens out. that's what you want for a normal weather pattern, but nice flow from west to east, so it helps to move the storms out of here. yet still clouds, potential for some showers in the next seven days, nothing like we dealt w so for today through the afternoon, spotty shower or two, drizzle in some locations hopefully we can clear

city lying 40 miles from baghdad. conner is live with us. >> reporter: heather, the u.s. has pushed the iraqis to focus and try to take the northern city of mosul held by isis. but the recent string of bombings of baghdad that is 40 or so miles away from fallujah, the iraqi government shifted focus away from mosul and focusing on fallujah to secure baghdad. because of the bombings, the iraqi government is under pressure to increase security in baghdad, and by focusing on fallujah, there is hope to create space between isis and the iraqi capital. the u.s. is aiding with air strikes and offering support to the iraqi conventional military forces. a lot of the troops that are fighting in fallujah are shiite militias that are backed by iran. they are not supporting the shiite militias but focusing the effort back in the iraqi conventional troops. but make no mistake, the u.s. military is working with all iraqi forces to retake mosul. this is a big operation to try to kick isis out of the key city to create breathing space. it comes at a cost because the u.s. has to work with shiite militias back ped by iran. how long it takes is the big question. retaking cities of tikrit and ramadi took longer than expected. isis is at a much bigger disadvantage than a year ago, their forces are not seeing the enflux of foreign fighter ares coming through turkey and other places that they were a year ago. thousands were flowing in to iraq and syria. but isis is at a big disadvantage, jon and heather, how long it takes to secure fallujah, that is the question. but they are backed by the u.s. firepower that should take a lot less longer than the other cities. >> thank you, conner. >>> isis is claiming responsibility for a series of explosions that killed 80 people. in one town a car bomb went off near a bus station, and then a suicide bomber blew himself up inside. and around that time the suicide bomber detonated outside of an emergency entrance of a hospital and a third blew himself up in an

city for launching attacks into baghdad. the pentagon has been pushing iraqis to focus on the northern city of mosul. but iraqi commanders have chose' to go after fallujah because of the recent attacks in baghdad. iraqi commanders say they control 75% to 80% of the territory outside of fallujah and hold one of the key neighborhood in fallujah. it's a predominantly sunni city. and they are backed by she. >> it and iranian militia as well. so there will be evening but regaining it is an important mission to push isis out of fallujah and the enter country. abby: donald trump claim he's winning the support of women and hispanics, but the numbers tell a different story. >> i think the secretary is right. that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. >> thank you, me too, me too. gregg: that was bernie sanders at the first democrat i debate last fall. but guess what, he's changing his tune. and there is this. >> mommy i right here. >> up believable video. this terrifying scene at a zoo. a boy falls into a gorilla enclosure. >> he was being dragged by the gorilla. the gorilla took him to one end of the habitat and the little boy started screaming. it's how y connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and

city. the u.n. refugee agency says isis is using some as human shields. in syria, heavy air strikes blasted a pair of hospitals in the northern city of idlib. activists put the death toll at 23-- and likely to rise. diana magnay of independent television news, reports. >> reporter: in the maihem of rescue, after a series of airstrikes on this civilian neighborhood of idlib, a moment's relief for a life spared. (shouting) a little boy, his eyes wide with fear, his world changed suddenly by the savagery of a bomb. (shouting) >> russian warplanes make several airstrikes on idlib. can't tell yet how many are ted or injured. we know there are dozens. >> reporter: russia says there wasn't them but idlib is in rebel hands and only russia and the regime have air power. whoever it was, they hit two hospitals. the bombing of hospitals in syria is now happening so often it's almost commonplace. february's cessation of hostilities seems meaningless now. russian and regime warplanes still a feature of syria's skies and on the ground, rescue workers busy saving whoever and whatever they can. >> sreenivasan: in washington, the white house condemned >> sreenivasan: in washington, the white house condemned the hospital attacks and said, "the international community needs to get to the bottom of this." north korea's latest attempt to launch a ballistic missile failed today. it's the fourth failure since april. u.s. and south korean officials said the intermediate-range missile could have the range to reach japan or guam. the u.s., south korea, japan and china all condemned the north's actions. on wall street, stocks struggled to make much headway today. the dow jones industrial average lost 86 points to close at 17,787. the nasdaq rose 14 points, but the s&p 500 dropped two. still to come on the newshour: what's leading to a spike in migrant deaths, brazil's efforts to eradicate gang violence ahead of the olympics, texas braces for record flooding, and much more. >> sreenivasan: summer in the mediterranean used to be marked by northern europeans and americans flocking to beaches on holiday. but for the past few years, warm weather in the region has meant a rise in desperate migrants taking a deadly journey. more than one thousand migrants have been killed trying to cross the mediterranean sea in the last week. according to the u.n., it's one of the highest weekly death tolls since the crisis began in 2014. scenes of desperation in the heart of the mediterranean. over the past week, rescuers have scrambled dozens of times to reach struggling vessels large and small, overflowing with migrants. a survivor from eritrea-- who chose not to give his name-- says he never imagined the danger. >> ( translated ): all my friends told me it wasn't easy-- don't try to go. but i didn't believe them, i thought it was easy and i will try it. when i saw this, now i believe them. but it would have been the same for me because for me it was the same, if i stayed in my country, i would have been dead. >> sreenivasan: this latest, unfolding disaster off libya is the newest chapter in europe's migrant drama. the u.n. refugee agency reports that so far this year, some 2,500 people have died trying to reach the continent. that's up from about 1,800 in the same time last year. >> this highlights the importance of rescue operations as part of the response to the movement of refugees and migrants in the mediterranean, and the need for real, safer alternatives for people needing international protection. >> sreenivasan: most of the deaths have come on the route from north africa to italy, where the odds of being killed are as high as one in 23. the victims come in all sizes: the humanitarian organization sea-watch released this photo yesterday, of a baby who drowned off the coast of libya. >> ( translated ): if we as a european community don't want to see such photos, we must stop producing them. the european union uses the mediterranean as a sort of graveyard where boats filled with corpses are used to scare those who are still living and would maybe want to follow. >> sreenivasan: aid officials also say the rising death toll suggests smuggling gangs are using even riskier tactics than before. today, prosecutors in sicily announced the arrests of 16 suspected smugglers. they were on board a boat carrying nearly 900 people who were rescued over the weekend. >> ( translated ): these smugglers make remarkable profits. if we consider the great number of migrants they manage to squeeze into those vessels, the earnings are substantial, especially compared to the low value of a dinghy and the value of a low-power engine. >> sreenivasan: some survivors say libyan smugglers appear to be trying to earn extra cash before the islamic holy month of ramadan, when daytime fasting may curtail sailings. meanwhile, the human flow between turkey and greece has dropped sharply. in march, ankara signed an agreement with the european union to curtail illegal migration. for more on this i'm joined now by david miliband, c.e.o. of international rescue committee. david, why is this happening? why this surge that we're seeing in the last couple of weeks? >> i think there are two main reasons that explain this terrible, horrific wave of death in the mediterranean from north africa. the first is the increasingly desperate tactics of the smugglers themselves. i think the official who just spoke about their tactics got it absolutely right. these are desperate people and they're being exploited by smuggling gangs. the second thing obviously is as the weather has gotten better over the last couple of months, the number of people flowing from norfol north africa into is grown. 40 or 50,000 have come into europe this year. the people from africa are coming from nigeria, somalia, from gambia, from the places like the man in the film and you are seeing this is a global refugee crisis not just a syrian crisis. >> sreenivasan: could this be a different wave considering all the countries you just listed? >> we know that the world is experiencing the biggest wave of refugees since the second world war. 20 million people are refugees at the moment, meaning they're flying the countries of their homeland, as a result of violence and conflict. 40 million people are displaced within their own countries. we as an international aid organization are working in all of these fragile and conflict states, albe they in africa or the middle east, and we know to our cost that the amount of need far outstrips the ability of the system to respond, and that's why we say there doesn't need to be just more money going to international humanitarian aid, there needs to be a new approach in the way refugees are handled and dealt with not the least to prevent appalling loss of life on the shores of europe. >> some part of this has to do with the fact t changed and the deal turkey struck with the e.u. to limit the number of people coming from turkey crossing into europe and seem to be taking a route across libya and into more treacherous waters. >> i'm glad you raised that. we have no evidence that is the case, either from our own people on the ground or from the u.n. figures. if you look at the 150,000 people who have arrived in europe this year from -- through greece, you will see that they're made up predominantly 46% of syrians, then afghans, then iraqis. if you've looked at the 46,000 who arrived in italy from africa, they are somalis, ganbians and others. so it's a good point you make thatta clamp-down in europe and turkey might, in time, bring people to seek an alternative to the greek route, instead of going from turkey to greece across the aegean sea, they will try to journey from libya across from norfolk into europe. at the moment the people in turkey fleeing the syrian conflict predominantly are not seeking to make that route. they are biding their time in turkey. there are reports of numbers in the turkish port that's a transit route for this. but at the moment up two distinct waves, one from syria and the middle east into afghanistan and greece and the other through north africa into italy. >> sreenivasan: how are the europeans dealing with the new wave of humanity watching up on their shores? >> regarding the middle east, they're bank ago lot on the so-called deal with turkey which is showing a lot of strain. remember for your viewers' sake, there are a million asylum seekers in germany who are having their papers processed in an orderly way. 55,000 people in greece are waiting for claims to be dealt with. the deal with turkey is designed to stem that flow. when it comes to the north african side of things the search and rescue is much weaker. the legal routes that might be available are much less clear and that's why you're seeing the increasing desperation for the thousand-kilometer crossing from north africa to libya to lapadooza which is the island where the boats are aiming for. europe is trying to cope on all fronts and is also coping with the backlog from last year and that's why the european commission said they'll come forward with new proposals last week. organizations like minor, resettlement agencies here, say you need clear routes, secondly you have to have proper humanitarian aid in the country and neighboring states and thirdly europe has to deal with those who already arrived in europe and those who have a genuine claim to residency status need to be accommodated. >> sreenivasan: david miliband, c.e.o. of the international rescue committee, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> sreenivasan: it's just over two months until the opening ceremony of olympic games in rio de janeiro. for the host country brazil, it's been a troubled journey-- the zika virus, corruption scandals, and an economic and political meltdown have all had an impact. but for many residents, the most worrying development is a spike in crime across rio-- and what happens after the athletes go home. newshour producer jon gerberg teamed up with n.p.r.'s lulu garcia-navarro and they report from the shanty towns-- or favelas of rio de janeiro. and a warning, some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: the image of glamorous rio de janeiro most people know: world-famous beaches like copacabana, a draw for tourists and residents alike. but just behind the high-rises and hotels, lies another world. these are two impoverished communities, called babilonia and chapeau mangueira. they are at the heart of a bold policing experiment, that started in 2008. it's called pacification. it introduced community-based police units to many favelas that are close to tourist areas. it's aim: to push out the violent drug gangs that operated here in advance of brazil's debut on the world stage with the 2014 world cup and, in two months' time: the olympics. babilonia and chapeau manguira together became the poster children of rio's transformation. crime dropped, new businesses opened, catering to tourists. police would walk around with their weapons holstered. dignitaries like u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon and media like me were taken here to show off the project's success. but that success is now under threat. pacification is in crisis. the first time i came to this favela three years ago, it was safe. it was known as the disneyland favela. this time, residents refusing to talk to us because they've been threatened by drug traffickers. and the only way we can come is with heavily armed police. these pacification units known as u.p.p.s now walk around ready for battle. two rival gangs are violently fighting for control in this area, and police are struggling. at the crest of the favelas commander paulo berbat tells me the gangs use these jungle paths to ferry weapons and drugs in and out. he told me that in march the battle for control over these routes turned deadly. so he's saying that just up here in this area, members of a rival gang from a different community used the cover of the forest to try invade this community and take it over. there was an intense confrontation between the drug gang that controls this community and three of the drug traffickers were killed. businesses that had flourished, attracting foreigners, are now reporting a 50% drop in revenue. even though no visitors have been harmed in babilonia and chapeu mangueira, tourists are choosing to stay away. it's a shocking turnaround for the residents here. among them is, rodrigo da silva. he sells food to make a living on the beaches just near his home in chapeu mangueira. he had hoped that the olympics and pacification would provide new opportunities, so he opened a hostel, advertised on air.b.n.b, but clients today are scarce >> ( translated ): our business has decreased. we had much higher expectations in terms of hosting people throughout the olympics. if the situation had improved maybe i wouldn't still have to work here on the beach. >> reporter: concerned about gang pressure, da silva only agreed to meet us outside his favela. >> ( translated ): if you talk too much, it ends badly. here's the deal: you do not mess with their business. i don't mess with their stuff and they don't mess with mine. everyone wins in a way. >> reporter: but these violent confrontations have led to deep personal losses, across rio. in another part of the city dayse napoleaÃo told me about te last time she spoke to her daughter sofia. >> ( translated ): we spoke the week of her birthday. she said she was going to rent a house, to leave that area. she was planning to get back together with her ex-partner. she was making so many plans. >> reporter: a few days later, sofia had been shot. >> ( translated ): i went to see her at the hospital. the doctor asked me, "are you prepared?" i asked him, "why, sir?" the doctor said if her hemorrhaging doesn't stop she won't survive. later they told me she hadn't been able to hold on. she was dead. >> reporter: sofia and her one- year-old daughter had been living in another "pacified" favela, vila cruziero. to get there we needed permission from the drug gangs who control the neighborhood, they did not want to be filmed. our guide was sofia's sister in law carol, who was with her the day she was shot. she says the police from the u.p.p. who were fighting with the drug traffickers sprayed their apartment w

city of raqqa. it could be a prelude to an assault on the city itself. >> woodruff: in greece, officials began moving migrants today from a makeshift refugee camp near the northern border with macedonia. police managed to get about 1,500 people to leave the squalid idomeni site and move to other, better organized facilities. they piled into buses, and bulldozers removed what was left of their tent shelters. separately, the international organization for migration reported fewer migrants are dying as they try to reach europe. that's largely because turkey has curbed the overall flow. >> back in this krish the justice department announced late today that it is seeking the death penalty for the killings at a church in south carolina. dylan roof is accused of gunning down nine black parishioners last june. he faces 33 federal charges, including hate crimes and firearms offenses. >> sreenivasan: comedian bill cosby will stand trial for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. a judge in norristown, pennsylvania issued that ruling today. cosby left the hearing without commenting, but the prosecutor said statements to police-- back in 2005-- established "probable cause". >> a preliminary hearing is a situation where we only have to show that a crime is committed and the defendant is connected to the crime. we did that through the victim's statement and the defendant's admissions to much of the crime. >> sreenivasan: a defense lawyer said cosby's rights have been violated, and he'll appeal the ruling. more than 50 women have claimed he assaulted them over the years, but this is the only criminal case so far. >> woodruff: there's word that kenneth starr is out as president of baylor university in texas. he was the independent counsel who investigated president clinton. several broadcast and online outlets reported today that starr has been fired over his handling of allegations of rape leveled against male athletes at the school. baylor labeled the report "rumors." >> sreenivasan: for the first time, more than 40 major health groups are recommending weight- loss surgery as a routine option for treating diabetes. the new guidelines include patients who are only mildly obese. some 26 million americans have diabetes. >> woodruff: the smoking rate among american adults has fallen-- by the most in more than 20 years. the centers for disease control and prevention says 15% of adults classified themselves as smokers in 2015. that is down from 17% the year before. it's unclear if the rise of e- cigarettes played any role. >> sreenivasan: monsanto today rejected a takeover bid by german chemical giant bayer. it was valued at $62 billion. and wall street had its biggest day since march. the dow jones industrial average gained 213 points to close at 17,706. the nasdaq rose 95 points and the s&p 500 added 28. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: a shakeup at the t.s.a.-- will it help cut down long airport lines-- congress at odds over zika funding with mosquito season fast approaching, a tax on sugar drinks to pay for pre-school, and much more. >> sreenivasan: if you've traveled on a plane recently, you've likely seen something different at the airport-- extremely long lines. it's a problem roiling the government, airlines and the public. >> one on the left, one on the right please. >> sreenivasan: at airports across the country, frustration is boiling over as security wait times soar. >> i've missed three flights because of, you know, standing in line. >> look at the chaos that goes on here, and every checkpoint is like this. >> sreenivasan: now, the transportation security administration has sacked kelly hogan, the man in charge of day- to-day security operations. he's had a checkered three-year tenure. in 2015, a homeland security report found t.s.a. employees failed to find banned items in more than 95% of covert tests. and there've been allegations that hogan played a role in punishing whistleblowers. then, there's $90,000 in bonuses he received between 2013 and 2014. that issue riled the chair of the house oversight committee, at a recent hearing with t.s.a. head peter neffenger. >> those bonuses were given to somebody who oversees a part of the operation that was in total failure. >> sreenivasan: dissatisfaction with hoggan came to a head last week, when hundreds of passengers missed flights at chicago's o'hare airport-- after waiting for hours. >> this was always avoidable. we have a situation that is totally not tolerable for the flying public because of people responsible were not doing the job they needed to do in funding, but also staffing positions. >> sreenivasan: the t.s.a.'s neffenger says his agency has struggled with budget cuts at a time when more people are flying. another concern: relatively few people signed up for t.s.a.'s expedited pre-check procedure. congress has voted an additional $34 million to hire nearly 800 more screeners, but neffenger says that's not enough. today, the union for t.s.a. one is overall staffing for screeners is down something like 5800 screeners since the peak in 2011. they have about 42,500, but it's much fewer than they used to. that i.g. report that found they weren't catching much last summer has prompted them to check bags more thoroughly, so they're taking a closer look at you as you go through the lines. they're going to redo that undercover-up investigation this summer to see. they're catching more. neffenger says they are catching more. and we are also seeing more travelers than ever before. the airlines for america expects 231 million travelers this summer between june 1 and august 31. >> sreenivasan: so what's the ripple effect on the traveler? when we saw and heard those people say how many flights that they've missed. cumulatively this has to be a lot of business concern for the airlines, too. >> yeah, the concerns -- it's a headache for the airlines because anybody missing a flight, trying to rebook them, the flights are going almost 90% full. it's dill. american airlines said during a single week in mid-march they had 6800 travelers miss their flights because of the security screening. that's why airlines for americas orged a hashtag and web site called the hate the wait to try to get more public acknowledgment to the problem. >> sreenivasan: we were talking about camera for global entry. i was going through the t.s.a. precheck lines. how many other people are joining me in this and how does that factor in? >> overall, there are 10 million people in expedited screening programs so far. about 2.5 million of them are specifically precheck, which is the t.s.a. program. if you're in global entry through customs and border protection, that gives you the added value when you're coming back from overseas, you get to go through the customs lines faster, scipt long lines from the airlines. they're trying to recruit more people into these programs, but so far they're falling well below 10 million total members, they're falling far below their goal of 25 million in these expedited programs. >> sreenivasan: have these point increased the number of applications? >> they were getting 2,000 to 3,000 applicantaise day at this time last year. now they are up above 10,000 a day. last week, neffenger told us this morning they got 15,000 people in one day. >> sreenivasan: you met with neffenger this morning before the news about hoggan came out. what was the mood there? >> well, yeah, he set up-- we had an editorial board arranged with him before this news broke. he was very forthright saying that he didn't say that hoggan had done something wrong. he just said he wanted a change of strategy. he wants to try to make the lines more efficient, rather than just going faster for people. they don't want to sacrifice security for moving the lines. nevertheless, they think they can move the lines for efficiently and get people through faster. >> sreenivasan: almost every travel agent i speak with says it's going to get worse through the summer. >> yes, the secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, has warned even as they add the screeners that was mentioned in your report, that lines are still expected to be long. you should plan ahead. but they are going to try to avoid the two- and three-hour waits that you've seen in the last few weeks. >> sreenivasan: all right, bart jansen of "usa today," thanks so much. >> thank you for having >> woodruff: now: to capitol hill and washington's efforts to combat the zika virus. back in february, the white house put together a $1.9 billion proposal aimed at mosquito control, education about zika, plus, boosting research into the virus, and a possible vaccine. last week, the republican controlled senate moved a compromise measure, for less than two-thirds that amount over the next year-- $1.1 billion. but the also g.o.p-controlled house signed off on a bill for $622 million, over six months. joining me now from opposite sides of this funding divide are representative rosa delauro, a democrat from connecticut, and representative bob gibbs, republican from ohio. and we welcome both of you to the program. congressman gibbs, let me begin with you. the administration, as we said, asking for $1.9 billion. the amount you favor is about a third that much. why not give the administration what it's asking for? >> well, what the administration did that's ongoing through at least the next two mosquito seasons, our bill, at $600 million-plus, goes to the end of the fiscal year, september 30, and now we're in the appropriation process, and we'll look at that, what we need to do past september 30 of this year going into the next fiscal year and the next mosquito season next summer. we'll be appropriating more money, i'm sure, but it's going to go through regular order and the regular appropriation process. we're on board to make sure to appropriate the money that's needed to get through to the end of this fiscal year. >> woodruff: congresswoman delauro tsound like a down payment on this problem. does that sound like it will be enough? >> the fact is the zika virus is a public health emergency. it is a crisis. it is going to the mosquitoes that carry the virus will hit the mainland united states within the next few weeks. we are putting american women at risk, pregnant women, who are fearful that their babies will be born with birth defects. and we have a medical community that is telling women that maybe they should not get pregnant. that is not message to the american people. the fact of the matter is, is that the $622 million is a third of what's been asked for. you know, in this body, when we deal with appropriations for defense or going to war, my republican colleagues will say, "let us get the word from the generals, from those who are in the field, the experts. they can tell us how much money they need. and they can tell us how many troops we need." well, we do have experts in this war on the mosquitos. we have the center for disease control. we have the national institutes of health. we have the scientific community, all of whom said we need $1.9 billion. and they have documented every cent of that as to where it is going opinion we need to listen to these generals in the field on this war on the mosquitos. and keep the american public safe and american women safe. >> woodruff: congressman gibbs, it's not just democrats who are saying that this is not enough money. one of your fellow republicans in the senate, marco rubio, of florida, said today that this is not enough money, the $622 million. he went on to say that he fears that the opportunity to get ahead of this crisis is slipping away. what do you say to him? >> well, i think we're going through the appropriation process, and if it's not enough money we'll do the appropriation bills here in the next few weeks, and we'll appropriate more money when we go through request & do our due diligence. but another issue i need on talk about is my bill, 897, deals with how we control mosquitoes and kill the larvae in mosquitos here before they hatch, and that's a bill i had on the floor today, passed with strong bipartisan support. and it gives our states and local communities the resources, the ability not to have additional red tape and bureaucracy and don't waste resources to do their control efforts, to start doing the preventive programs, the onset at the beginning of the mosquito season. and that's really important and a lot of people on the other side of the iefg are not supportive of this and it's really something that needs to be done so our local communities, mosquito-control districts have every tool in the toolbox to start preventive programs to stop the mosquitoes from growing in population and possibly reaching epidemic proportions of the zika virus or even the west nile virus. >> woodruff: congresswoman delauro, my understanding this legislation that the congressman is referring to would loosen the restrictions on the use of pesticides. is that at least a partial step in the right direction? >> let me make two quick point to you. we running out of time. it was anthony fauci at the n.i.h., at the center for infectious diseases, who said that if we wait for the appropriations process, we are not going to be able to do what we need to do to get ahead of this virus. on the bill that my colleague has introduced, let me be clear with all due respect to my colleague, it is a phony. it is a sham. it is nothing but trying to weaken the environmental regulations. it exempts, broad exemption of toxic pesticides from the cleann water act. this bill was introduced two or three years ago, has noct to do with zika. our states and municipalities today have the authority in which to be able to control the mosquito population and to-- and to deal with it. this will only pollute our rivers and contaminate our water. this bill that was passed today has nothing seriously to do with controlling the zika virus. it's rebabd branded. >> woodruff: congressman gibbs. >> the american mosquito control association has said we have had communities that are slow to get the preventative mosquito control programs up and going because of this court case that created this praib few years ago. and the e.p.a. has full control over the-- under current law, to regulate these pesticides, and if these pesticides have restrictions have to be applied by a certified applicator and they have to keep all kinds of records. we saw, we have testimony from mosquito control entities throughout the country that said that they've add the cost to the paperwork, and it also opens them up to litigation, and if they are in violation of the paperwork under the clea clean r act they will be find. >> again, very quickly, we are-- what's happened is the emergency preparedness money has been taken away from localities because the c.d.c. has had to shift money because this congress, this republican congress will not appropriate the $1.9 million, which makes it slow for them to deal with surveillance. the fact is, is that under emergency circumstances, our states and our municipalities have the authority to deal with controlling the mosquito population. this bill will do nothing to address that issue. >> woodruff: congressman gibbs-- >> reaching epidemic proportions they will do emergency measures and not need any permits and start a preventative program like they normally would. >> woodruff: congressman gibbs, i want to ask you what this says to women who live in areas that may be affected by the mosquito carrying the zika virus. what do you say to women who are worried, who are concerned that the mosquitoes are coming with the warmer weather? >> well, it's obvious we have to do everything we can, and i think the money that we voted last week in the house to put-- start the process moving forward, and i'm sure we'll appropriate more money as soon as we learn it's necessary. we don't want to create just a slush fund out there with no accountability. we're doing our due diligence. the president's request goes out-- has no time frame. just goes on. so we've got this set to september 30, and before september 30 we can appropriate more money. it gets the ball rolling, and my bill gets the ball rolling so our locals can start their preventive mosquito control programs. >> what we are saying to women, we're saying to women that you are at risk. without trying to deal with this, with the immediacy that the specific community has told us about, this is immediate. it's now, in a few weeks. that means this summer. women are going to be afraid to go out on their patio. they're going to be afraid to go to a barbecue. they're going to be afraid to take their kids to little league because it can put their ability to have children or if they're carrying children, they would be in jeopardy. this puts american women at risk, and this congress is doing nothing but stalling, this republican congress has said no five times to $1.9 million, which is well documented, it's more documented than the war in iraq was. >> woodruff: we'll have to leave it there, congresswoman delauro, congressman gibbs, we thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: a first for presidential candidate donald trump-- hosting a fundraiser. balancing the interests of ranchers and conservationists in the american west, and a woman's life entwined with science and nature. but first, the city of philadelphia is considering a new but controversial way of funding early education. here's my report-- part of our weekly series on education that airs on tuesday nights called "making the grade." in philadelphia, buying soda has bubbled into a political controversy. to make pre-kindergarten available to all three- and four-year-olds, philadelphia's mayor has proposed a soda tax that requires beverage distributors to pay three cents for every ounce of sugary drink sold in the city. >> philadelphia's chance to lift our children with citywide pre-k is now. >> sreenivasan: the mayor hopes to raise $95 million annually with the new tax. but unlike campaigns in other cities, philadelphia's soda tax is not being promoted as a health issue. >> the ancillary benefit to this will be healthy choices, but it's not the purpose. the purpose of imposing this three cent an ounce sugar- sweetened beverage tax is to allow people to get their kids educated and move them out of poverty into taxpaying

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city of raqqah from isis. the battle is being led primarily by kurdish forces with air support from the u.s.-led coalition. isis has controlled the northern syrian city for the past 2 1/2 years. >>> egyptian authorities are taking steps to begin identifying the remains of those on board egyptair 804. relatives of victims are giving dna samples that will be compared with remains found in the mediterranean sea. there was some confusion yesterday when one egyptian official said body parts that were recovered suggest the jet was brought down by an explosion. later, that suggestion was dismissed. >>> the justice department is seeking the death penalty against the man accused of killing nine black parishioners in south carolina. dylann roof is awaiting trial in federal hate crime charges in connection with the attack in charleston. this is an unusual move from the justice department. federal executions are extremely rare. still attorney general loretta lynch says in this case it's warranted. >>> the bodies of a missing washington state couple have been found buried not far from their seattle home. two brothers have been charged with murdering the husband and wife over a property dispute. the sheriff's department says one of the brothers now in custody provided the information that led to the discovery. the other brother is still on the loose. >>> in pennsylvania, a stunning turn of events for the iconic entertainer once known as america's favorite dad. a judge ordered bill cosby to stand trial for sexual assault charges. the alleged victim andrea constand did not appear in court yesterday. prosecutors say the actor drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home in 2004. cosby's defense team wanted the charges dropped. >> the inconsistencies that plague this investigation from the beginning continue to plague it now. this case should end immediately. >> cosby's lawyers also pointed out after the alleged incident, the accuser stayed in touch and in contact and even gave gifts to cosby. cosby waived a formal arraignment, which means he automatically enters a plea of not guilty. this is the only criminal case among the dozens of accusations against cosby. a trial date has not been set. >>> an oregon top cop has been placed on administrative leave. larry o'day accidentally shot a friend while on vacation in april. investigators were initially told the friend accidentally shot himself. o'day is a 30-year veteran with portland's police department. the shooting incident is the subject of at least three investigations. >>> the administrator of the tsa will be on capitol hill where he can expect a grilling about long lines at security in airports. peter effinger can expect to be questioned about the dismissal of the tsa security director, kelly hoggan. new moves designed to keep lines moving smoothly get their first test this weekend with memorial day travel. critics say a change of leadership may not be enough. >> does a management shake-up change the lines? >> i don't believe and i think tsa has said this it's going to change the lines this summer. >> among the changes the tsa is making the launching of a command center which will coordinate with airlines. that command center will be able to deploy more officers and dog units to specific airports if a surge in travelers is expected. >>> the real estate market is off to a strong start. new home sales soared nearly 17% last month, to the highest level in more than eight years. new and existing homes together sold at the fastest pace in nine years. median selling price was up almost 10% and the housing market is getting a boost from a healthy employment rate and cheap interest rates. but not so much for young adults. more and more of them are continuing to live with their parents. in fact, pugh research reports that the first time on record living with parents is the most common arrangement for people between 18 and 34. those records go back to 1880. the researchers say millenials are concentrating more on school and careers and less on forming new families -- >> or getting a house. >>> and here's a story that has been has had a lot of people buzzing we shall say. at the center of it is a poor woman and her mitsubishi outlander. >> there's the outlander. you can see part of its back end there is covered with about 20,000 bees. all of them were trying to follow their queen which apparently had gotten into a gap in the trunk. >> oh. a bee keeper collected them all but the next morning all the bees were back again trying to get near the queen. a bunch of thirsty bees. the beekeeper never found the queen but apparently. >> can't mess with the queen. >> she was there. >> she's got to be in there, right? 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>> easily. >> yeah. >> reporter: how do you explain that to someone? >> it's the worst. >> it's like losing a family member, a child. >> reporter: over the last ten years, the nation's leading animal cruelty prevention organization says more than 1400 dogs have been poisoned by sago palms. 34 of them died. surprisingly we found no federal agency is responsible for warning pet owners about this plant. that means it's at each store's discretion to let you know. we wanted to find out how often are sago palms sold without warning labels. we sent producers to 11 stores across the country -- >> we're at walmart. >> reporter: on the hunt for those labels. >> first thing you see, extremely poisonous to animals. >> reporter: at one walmart and one home depot we found warnings on every plant. but at five different lowe's stores we visited, it was different from store to store. in one new jersey store, no warning labels on any of the plants we found. but in this california store -- >> you can see there is a warning label. >> reporter: a label on each one. at all mom and pop stores we visited. >> no warning label at all on this plant. >> reporter: so we asked the store clerk why? >> do you know whether they're safe for animals? >> if animals were to ingest them, it would be harmful. >> do you guys caution people if they're buying them? >> only if they ask that question. >> reporter: that store did not respond after our repeated requests for comment but lowe's did telling us that it's our intention that every sago palm be labeled. tags may come off before they are purchased. we're looking at ways they can be more permanently affixed. >> what do you say to dog owners everywhere? >> remove the plants. take them out of your yard, out of your house. they are not worth it. >> reporter: it's important to remember it's not just the leaves that are poisonous. the seeds are, too. especially so. it's not just pets getting sick. in florida alone, more than a quarter of all poisonings are children under 5. steve osunsami abc news, atlanta. >> frightening. goods heads up there from steve osunsami. >>> coming up in the next half hour, the new warning about the zika virus. mosquitoes infected will be here within weeks. a new report reveals not all mosquito sprays are created equally. >>> but first, the curtain has gone down on season 22 of "dancing with the stars". who took home the mirror ball trophy? we have the latest from hollywood next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ all the things i should be doing for you, dance, dance, dance ♪ ♪ ain't nobody leaving, keep dancing ♪ ♪ i can't stop the feeling >> so just dance, dance, dance. >> dance indeed. on last night's season finale of "dancing with the stars," it was about way more than just the dancing. >> absolutely. it was an emotional night. nyle dimarco capping off what some are calling the most competitive season in years. >> abc's lauren lyster is in the ballroom and she has the latest from hollywood for us. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: diane and kendis, tonight's show had big performances. a reunion of all contestants and, of course, the winner was crowned. a star studded finale for season 22's "dancing with the stars." enough for multiple stages and los angeles rooftops. with all 12 original celebrity contestants back out on the dance floor. and several live performances including pitbull. ♪ >> reporter: and fifth harmony. but it all came down to the three finalists and their last fusion dance with just 24 hours to rehearse. ♪ just like fire >> reporter: first up despite suffering a recent pelvic and back injury, abc news meteorologist, ginger zee. >> you transformed from a weather girl to a true leading lady. >> 9, 9, 9. ♪ >> reporter: then it was model and the show's first completely deaf contestant nyle dimarco. >> what you prove is the only boundaries are ones that we put on ourselves. >> 10, 10, 10. ♪ >> reporter: and finally, going into the show with the highest score from last night, ufc fighter paige vanzant. >> paige, have you set the standard from day one of this competition and you continue to set the standard. >> reporter: the hosts first revealed this season's third place celebrity. >> ginger and val. >> thank you all so much for having me. thank you. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: then the big moment -- the "dancing with the stars" champion. >> nyle and peta. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: a big night, indeed, for nyle dimarco. it doesn't end here. the winners fly across the country overnight to appear first thing in the morning on "good morning america." kendis and diane. >> all right, lauren, thank you. i wanted to mention that nyle tweeted a few hours ago, i can't believe we won the mirror ball. this is for the 70 million deaf people in the world. >> he was so emotional at the whole thing. carrie ann inaba at one point signed a message thank you for dancing and showing us your heart on the dance floor. so nice. >> beautiful. e. >> beautiful. the dance floor. so nice. >> beautiful. new pantene expert gives you the most beautiful hair ever, you wanna see something intense? with our strongest pro-v formula ever. strong is beautiful. (babies crying) narrator: life. dishes. death. (slurping) dishes. every dish, every time, only finish has the powerball to take on anything. >>> okay. to >>> okay. topping "the mix," this is why some folks won't let certain uncles baby-sit their kids. >> oh, boy. >> oh, boy. >> so this kid said, hey, my uncle, i want to get the haircut that looks like the guy next door. so happens the guy next door has male pattern baldness. he grants what the kid wanted. this is in the uk. shawn wrightson is the uncle here. look at the back. >> i mean. >> it really does look. >> it seems to be a very accurate portrayal. >> obviously, he said that afterwards, he didn't let him keep it, but just imagine his parents' reaction to that. >> ow. i would have loved to have seen that. oh, hi, honey. how was your day? >> uncle of the year. >>> talking about hair, meet perhaps the being with the most beautiful luscious locks i think we've ever seen. >> oh, wow. >> meet frederick the great. he is being coined the fabio of horses. the most handsome horse in the world if you will. >> look at him. >> he's a parisian stallion. the same kind of horse that was ridden by zorro, by the way. black beauty has nothing on him. >> he is beautiful. >> frederick the great. more than 12,000 followers on facebook. >> i would follow frederick the great, as well. >> i think we might have to. he has a blog, too. >> look at the muscles. frederick's got more fans than we do. >> that's the good brazilian weave. >> au natural for frederick. that's what his hairdresser says though. au natural. >>> we move from all that sexiness to a woman who really has a way with animals. particularly one elephant here. this is in thailand. and when she starts singing, the elephant here falls asleep. ♪ >> that's really sweet. >> that's really sweet. okay, okay. >> sorry. >> we've got to go. >> yeah. what were we talking about. >> she's very effective. i like that. >>> i went to new zealand to one of the most beautiful places i've ever been. it turns out it's just as beautiful below ground as it is aboveground. >> the subway. >> take a look. this is a cave full of glow worms. >> that is really cool. >> the photographer -- they have a fos fer esent glow to them and they hang out in caves. they're limestone caves. the photographer says you have to stand completely still in cold water for up to six to eight hours a day in order to photograph them properly because you have to keep the shutter open to catch the glow. he says totally worth it. >> yeah. >> i think so since i wasn't the one who had to stand in cold water for six to eight hours. >> anything for the photo. i'm glad he did it and not us. >>> breaking news this morning on "world news now" -- dangerous storms, tornados leveling homes and knocking out power for residents. flash floods sweeping away a teenager. the full accuweather forecast ahead. >>> chaos overnight at a donald trump rally. those are police using smoke grenades and pepper spray trying to fight back protesters in albuquerque. this as trump finally gets the approval of one of the stars of the republican party. >>> new this half hour, president obama treated like a rock star overseas. >> his trip through asia captivated people in the streets and thousands riding motor bikes trying to catch a glimpse of the president before he makes his next move across the region. >>> last night's season finale of "dancing with the stars". who took home the mirror ball trophy? what the champ is saying about who is ending up as the real winners. we're taking you backstage in "the skinny" on this wednesday, may 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> you like that, huh? the dancing? >> i liked the dancing. >> did you dance on your vacation at all? >> i might have done some dancing and some singing. it's not socially acceptable for anybody to hear or see. >> we're happy to have you back. i'm glad you didn't document that part of it. >> it is good to be back. we'll start on a serious note and with the breaking news that is developing overnight. a new round of severe storms on the move. >> this monster twister in kansas is one of more than two donz tornados reported across five states. this is one of the biggest. storm chasers are getting an up close look at those powerful storms. this is south of dodge cityy it was just an open field. >> yeah. >> the tornadoes also touched down in parts of oklahoma, forcing residents to take shelter. utility poles were knocked down. however no injuries reported in oklahoma. the strong winds and heavy rain made driving almost impossible in some parts and the tornados dumped debris on roadways. look at this scene. this propain tank, it actually started leaking. trees and telephone poles also blocked streets. >> in jonesboro, arkansas, raging flood waters swept away a 13-year-old boy, but get this, he was found safe several hours later. the teen was apparently pulled into a drainage ditch. a police sergeant that heard him calling below a grate and they pried open the grate and pulled him out. the teen is reported to be in good shape and good spirits. police are calling his survival a miracle. >> the plains are in for another round of severe tomorrows today. >> let's get the report from paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning to you as well. wide-

northern calf began city. most kidnapped passengers were left go and a fuse dozen are held. >> in middle east iraq army has been in intense fight against isis to retake city of felusia they are claiming bombings that killed 24 people and stilingted 50,000 residents trapped in the city and iraqi army focusing on getting them out of the city safely. >> and 7:09 now early voting in the district begins today ahead of city primary election on june 124 and registered voters can cast ball lots at one judiciary square 8:30 this morning until 7:00 this evening and other early voting septemberers in all eight wars will be on on saturday. >> meanwhile, there is trauma on the campaign trail. >> secret service says to protect one candidate as mystery candidate could emerge now as early as this week reportedly to take on donald trump. let's get the run down from doug lose aider. >> home stretch now for barny saerpdz at least there's not a momentd to lose. >> bernie standers giving a rouzing welcome last night at the nba playoff game. sitting next to actor and supporting danny glover and getting inspiration from a warriors win. >>. sarders got a scare earlier in the day

city, cedar rapids. enhanced risks of storms to the west of oklahoma city. the tornado threat from western nebraska to west texas. tomorrow, it stretches from southern minnesota all the way to northern oklahoma. 11 million people at risk for damaging winds, hail and tornadoes. thursday, again, abilene up to oklahoma city, 25 million people at risk, guys. large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. this could continue to track east into the memorial day weekend. guys? >> al, thank you very much. >>> and bill cosby's sex assault scandal is back in the news t morning. the comedian headed to court in pennsylvania for a key hearing. at issue, is there enough evidence to send the 78-year-old to trial for an alleged 2004 incident involving a temple university employee. msnbc's chief legal corresponde correspondent, ari, good morning. >> morning. >> a prosecutor reopened a criminal probe into this after portions of a deposition were released. what happens at this hearing today? >> today is the first time bill cosby ever faces any real evidence criminally of sex crimes he is accused of here in 2004. the prosecution will walk through its case, the entire burden is on the prosecution to show they have enough to go to trial. we're going to hear from the prosecutor. we might see paper evidence regarding any history

a new cease-fire has been agreed for the northern city of aleppo, a city that has seen its worst fighting in a year, according to monitors. we have the latest for you. visa-free --a visa-free travel for turks around the world is a step closer. the eu giving conditional backing to the measure, and that continent'se counte migration crisis. and the path clears for donald trump. the one remaining contender for the