ray wheelen i's company has denied any and all wrongdoing. >> good saturday to you.atching rain across the midwest. it's also pushing off to the east. we start off today with across over but with all the moisture coming in to very water-soaked areas. flooding continues to be a problem in mississippi and in chicago we have flash flood warnings out for this time. in addition to the heavy rainfall severe weather will be possible chicago all the way back to omaha, nebraska, with hail, downpours and damaging winds. in the midwest there will be cooler air. we havit will head a little bit east in the early part of next week. we're going from temperatures 80 degrees today down to mid 70s sunday. monday and tuesday that's when the fall-like chill in the air. and then a climb from the mid 60s to 70 degrees. >> thank you, eboni. we da giant rubiks cube was taking a trip down the river hoppering the toy's anniversary. that's all for now. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. stay tuned because "inside story" is coming up next. . >> from the relative comf

. >>> ray wheelen was detained on monday and then released the next day. the police suspect that wheelen and others were selling soccer passage for v.i.p. >>> and brazil did not make it to the world cup final but the tournament shows just what it means to the country. thousands see it as a way out of poverty. >> a day and a life of giovanni usually starts and ends like this. he's still a child. only 12 years old, but he has so much potential in local club team has signed him up to the youth squad and securing the transfer rights should he ever make it big. but first he has a lot of challenges to overcome in life. he lives in this shanty town, the football field that he plays is a sign of poverty all around him. for giovanni shoes is a luxury he still can't afford or even a proper ball to play with. but what he lacks in material possessions he makes up for in hope. >> my dream is to be a professional ball player. to get a house for my grandmother. >> reporter: he lives with his grandmother. they make ends meet by recycling cans. the hope of the family relie

they have oar rested 12 people, including ray wheelen. his company deny the claims.say they are cooperating with the police. ticket taughting is illegal in brazil, but only carries a fine of 2225 -- $225 and no jail time whatsoever. >> okay. richard thanks very much for the update. >>> still to come . . . a freight train derails there southern mexico, and more than a thousand migrants lose their ride to the united states. >> translator: i tried to find him, who he really is. i just wanted to see him. >> plus her father was a u.s. soldier, and she is one of the thousands of so-called forgotten children in the philippines. >>> and in sport germany want the support of brazil's fans when they take on argentina in sunday's world cup final. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again the top stories this hour here on al jazeera. the number of casualties is continuing to rise on the fourth day of israel's offensive on gaza. in israel a rocket fired from gaza has hit a petrol station. eight people were injured. 570 rockets have been fired from gaza, israel says in the last three days. and the u.s.

at work, scamming fans out of millions of dollars and one man who has little to cheer about is ray wheelending hospitality packages at the tournament which is an fifa partner and the police are calling the british national a fugitive. police had accused him of using his position and the company to help an international gang scam up to $90 million from fans reselling vip tickets and packages. >> translator: the company has an official contact with fifa and what is happening is completely absurd. >> reporter: absurd or not, police went to arrest wheelen on thursday but couldn't find him and says he is innocent and gave up credentials for police and they arrested others and charged with ticket scamming and money laundering but he is the most accused. i'm with al jazeera. >>> joining me in the studio is richard with sport and how big is the investigation and how far does the corruption go? >> it's big and 12 people arrested earlier this week, one is ray wheele intersectin and t matched services and fifa says they are cooperating with the brazilian police. of course the investigation says there

and the one man who now has little to cheer about is ray wheelen and ahead of the company providing hospitalityournament which is an fifa partner and police are calling the british national a fugitive and police accused him of using his position and the company to help an international gang scam up to $90 million from fans reselling vip tickets and packages. >> translator: the company has an official contract with fifa and what is happening is completely absurd. >> reporter: absurd or not, police went to arrest wheelen on thursday but couldn't find him. he says he is innocent and had already given up his passport and world cup credentials to police and arrested 11 others and charged them with ticket scaffolding and money laundering but he is the high profile of the accused and i'm with al jazeera. >>> they suffered yet another batting collapse on day three of the first test in noting ham to hand it to india and this is a partnership in the early part of the day between gary but after lunch india fought back and had 7 wickets and closing on 352 for 9 and trailing by 105 runs and more on the webs