thank you. >>> al jazeera's andy richardson is in switzerland and joins us live now.iking of course is the fact that sepp blatter is not among those who have been arrested but as we have been hearing, it is now alleged there was corruption surrounding the 2011 fifa presidential election. >> reporter: yeah and we knew there was obviously serious problems with the 2011 election. if you remember the circumstances four years ago, mohammed bin hahman was due to stand against blatter in that election but he was accused of attempting to bribe his way to victory, handing out money to potential voters, and that resulted in him being banned from fifa and as it was blatter stood unopposed. now in the past fifa as we know is no stranger to facing corruption allegations, but it is normally fifa who have been left to investigation themselves. what is so different this time around is there's an outside enforcement body that has come in through the rarefied confines of the five-star hotel behind me, where top fifa officials stay that couldn't protect them from being whisked away and

. >>> we are getting breaking news out of switzerland. they are saying several people have been killed in a town in northern switzerland police say they found several people dead in a town in switland, switzerland. >>> in germany military ships have rescued 200 more migrants found adrift in the mediterranean sea. most of them from somalia and eritrea. defense ministers from five european countries have to stop the flow of migrants from north africa. meanwhile, rah acres ra rahim rebashi is cms just a warning some of the are images are disturbing. >> some call the crossing of the mediterranean the journey of death, still thousands and thousands are willing to take the chance. he tells me there was people were shouting and people fell into the water. he doesn't know what happened next, he was thinking of himself. he was rescued by the libyan coast guard. often, the people fall in the sea and they float back to libya. he is an ambulance driver, he sees all kinds of wounds snrp it is horrifying. therethere is a horrible smell some were eaten

. >>> earlier six high-ranking officials from the football world body was arrested in switzerland over u.s. corruption charges. hello. this is al jazeera live from our headquarters if doha. also coming up an isil suicide attack kills iraqi soldiers on the second day of the army offensive to retake anbar province. >>> the eu is set to unveil the new plan to deal with the growing mediterranean migrant crisis. >>> over 1,000 people have died in a severe heat wave in india. >>> hello. the swiss federal office of justice says it's opened a criminal case in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 world cup football cups. there's manage management and money laundzerring. earlier swiss police raided a luxury hotel to arrest six high-ranking officials of the football's world governing body. they want the fifa officials extradited to face questions about bribery allegations. they're deciding whether to re-elect the president for a fifth term. why are these arrests happening now? the u.s. attorney's office has been investigating fifa kick backs since the early 1990s for football tourn

we begin this hour in zurich, switzerland, with all eyes on fifa, the most powerful man in football, sepp blatter has won a firm term as president of that organization, despite two corruption investigations. blatter defeated jordan's prince ali bin hussein who was his only challenger on friday. but the questions still remain as to how much blatter may be connected to the scandal as the investigation gets under way. for his part, though, blatter promised to the delegates at the group's world congress in zurich that he will do his best, quote, to clean up the organization, with their help. >> i promise you, in the end of my term, i will give this fifa to my successor in a very, very strong, strong position. a robust fifa and a good fifa. >> sepp blatter reelected. let's get more on the story from world sport anchor alex thomas who is slive in zurich, switzerland. with more on the vote and the reaction there, alex. good day to you. >> reporter: hello, george, i'm outside fifa house in the picturesque rolling hills outside of switzerland. as i speak, the most powerful man in football are

let's start with a new deal on bank sigrid see the eu has just signed with switzerland. stephen: the exchange will begin in 2018. the deal designed to cut down tax evasion and avoidance. the agreement is the latest debt to be taken on by authorities and dismantling the practices. genie: the european airline industry -- stephen: the airline is valued at 1.4 billion euros, and is supported by the irish carrier. the airline group, which also owns iberia, makes promises to the government in dublin to get their approval. the deal to be signed off by aer lingus' arrival, ryanair. >> the deal finally getting off the ground with slight criticism from opposition parties and unions. the average government has agreed to sell its 25% stake in its national carrier, aer lingus. a transaction which would rake in 350 million euro for the state. the international airlines group, which owns british airways and iberia has offered 3.6 billion euros -- 1.30 6 billion euros -- 1.3 6 billion euros for aer lingus. this is a key issue, given that dublin is the second busiest airport in the world

separately switzerland has begun their own criminal investigation in money laundering. >> they said anyoneuilty of corruption would be removed from the game. and voteing will likely go on friday as planned despite calls for it to be postponed. alan fisher has the latest. >> corruption allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. >> they are expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and keep the integrity of the game. instead they served their interests and enriched themselves. >> the three-year investigation but the alleged crime stretches back two decades. >> this really is the world cup of fraud. and today we're issuing fifa a red card. >> u.s. justice department has a wide range of powers which means it can investigate any criminal activity which touches the u.s. through u.s. banks or even internet service providers. the charges alleged crepes stretching back into the 1990s. 14 people have been indicted, among them jeffrey webb. jack warner. he said that there is nothing new in the allegations. >> it does seem strange. >> and also among the indicted, eugenofigueto. t

switzerland. there's no more to be said as to the content for obvious reasons but let me outline four items that are important to us. first and foremost fifa initiated this process on the number 18 last year. fifa launched a legal complaint with the federal attorney. and as you all know it had to do with the attribution of the world cup's 2018 and 2022. on this basis, realized the attorney general of switzerland for their current investigation and the second point important to me in this wish to underscore is that fifa and the timing may not be obviously the best but definitely fifa welcomes this process and fifa cooperates fully with the attorney general of switzerland and the federal office of justice. and it corresponds to all requests for information and the third point is very important. this was also underscored by the attorney general in their press release. this was under scored explicitly and i wish to repeat this, that this, many this case fifa is the damaged party and this leads to the

the sole rival jordan's prince ali bin al hussein conceded after the world conference in switzerland. blatter's victory comes amid two investigations into the investigation. let's turn to alex thomas who joins us live from zurich, switzerland, with more on the developing story is there, alex. >> reporter: george, it's straight back to business for sepp blatter after being re-elected for a fifth term at the age of 79. that victory on friday was not unexpected, the close margin of victory was a surprise. after all this week's amazing scandal and global headlines, prince ali bin al hussein is now out of football completely. he got 73 votes from more than 200 national football bosses from across the globe that voted on friday. 173 votes, sepp blatter goings on to lead this organization. and so under the spotlight. and his first task this morning was to hold a meeting of the executive committee, the most powerful men and women in the game. and there were lots of missing figures. there were those who had been detained for possible extradition to the united states about the investigation we

>> extradited from switzerland? nazis didn't get extradited from switzerland. folks who are hiding money in switzerland don't get extradited. what do you have to do to get extradited from switzerland? >> haven't we grown up with the smell of some of these international competitions where it looks like the french or somebody has been paid off. this doesn't grab you as a big surprise. >> it's hard to watch soccer and think everything is on the up and up just from the flops you see on the field. >> qatar has money. and maybe not charm, but it's got a lot of money. and it's easy for them to write another check. >> absolutely. look, i don't know if the justice department is going to be able to prove this case or not. >> why didn't eric holder grab this before he left? this is good stuff. if you want to get points with the american public, go after the bad guys. go after foreign bad guys. go after middle eastern bad guys. swiss bad guys. this would have made hold area popular guy. it's a bouquet he gave her. she comes in and she gets a great case to break. >> every d

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seven top fifa officials were rudely awaken and arrested in a dawn raid in switzerland over alleged bribesotaling $150 million. two are fifa vice presidents just two rungs down from the president. sepp blatter has not been implicated notably. jack warner was not arrested, but has been indicted. at the same time the swiss have begun a criminal investigation into the awarding of the next two word cups in russia and qatar. and u.s. investigators say it doesn't end there. right now there is a press conference being held in new york to outline their case outline their indictments. we're going to continue to monitor that for you. in the meantime richard parr delivers this report. >> reporter: a dawn raid in zurich, swiss police at the request of the united states department of justice, arresting officials from football's world governing body. they are suspected of bribery. the case is linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for major football tournaments in the americas. 14 people have been indicted including jeffery webb jack warner former south americans heads, and the man who over

based in switzerland who want mr. blatter to be removed. they thought this would be such a strong blow to him and maybe make him take a decision to step down. when we listened to the press conference, this is business as usual. they're quite relaxed and know they have this power, and there's no other power in the world to make -- to remove mr. blatter. so it took some time. it can take even longer time but time is on the side of fifa. >> we'll leave it there. thank you very much for joinings us. >> yes. thank you. >>> the european union is set to unveil the plan to deal with the growing migrant crisis. the document says the proposal includes relocating 40,000 migrants in greece and italy to other eu countries. members say it will have to agree to that proposal. record numbers of migrants make that dangerous journey across the mediterranean to find a new life in europe. the italian government says it will house some migrants in abandoned buildings. some italians say the buildings should be used to help italy's homeless. we have more from rom

yes, there is an agreement between switzerland and the u.s. for legal help so if somebody has to be questioned by the u.s. authorities, they can ask for extradition. they don't have to wait until the next trip to the u.s. so there's no problem. it has no interest whatsoever on the president's plans to travel but once again, i cannot comment on the travel plans of the president and its members. >> reporter: walter can you tell us a bit more what happened at 6:00 when the swiss authorities came? you say fifa cooperated fully with them. who was there to greet them today? did they smash the door down or what happened? >> charlie, at 6:00 i was sleeping. how it worked and what they did and if there was any problems to do what they had to do this is something that you have to ask my colleague from the general attorney andrew martin and he's more than happy to give you the information. i just received a phone call around 7:00. i didn't know anything about what happened at that time. >> reporter: also you said that you [ inaudible ] legal complaint in

more developments in switzerland.the rest of his european trip to fly back to the u.s. after breaking his femur in a bike accident. first we will get caught up on some of the other headlines. let's start in politico with this headline. 1% of americans say they have never heard of hillary clinton. who the heck are they? this is a tiny sliver of registered voters who tell pollsters that they have not heard of the first lady and presidential candidate. it seems that nobody can ever get to 100% including hillary clinton. >> the margin of error is 3%. secondly this reminds me of the fact that sometimes people tell pollster things. 13% of the country told the pollster that they believed president obama was the antichrist. did they really believe that? >> or with they messing with the polssteres? >> we know the 1% is not the 1% that is working. >> this is the other 1%. >> 22 years now. >> very famous story. someone living in illinois that we had never heard of him and he said tell me who he is. we will have him di deported.

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the weather here is a blue skies here in switzerland.had gone for a cycling rider and 30 miles across the border into france when the accident occurred. i've seen him on a cycle ride. this was another one of those days. he normally cycles with a couple of companions and there are normally a police motorcycle riders head of him. there were paramedics on the scene and they were able to treat him before he was taken to the hospital via helicopter. he was supposed to go to madrid later today to meet with the spanish king and prime minister there before going on to france for two days of talks over the issue of isis and syria. we daidn't lose consciousness during the accident but his status is being assessed. >> we will keep you posted on what we hear about john kerry. as nic said, will he be able to go on to schedules to madrid because important meetings about isis right now. >>> a college student jailed this morning on charges that he killed his mother. now, police say the key to this case could be this college student's grades. >>> plus, t

out of the cup, and also, the ongoing investigations sparked by the arrests of top officials in switzerlandd on top of all of this, any outcome may impact the upcoming world cup in russia in 2018. and it means that charges are likely to dog him, and he extends his rein as the fifa boss. >>> it was a a confused and end for fifa, the prince who wanted to be king of world football conquite get the votes and he was free to begin a fifth term. >>> i thank you that you have accepted me, that, for the next four years. i will be in command of this boat called fifa. and, we will bring it back. >>> on western 7 officials were arrested on corruption charges where they were raided. >>> now, this is where the prince hopes promise after fresh start for winning the top job. >>> a thinly veiled criticism. >>> it is as process, it is not about empowering wrongdoing, and then demand to go root it out. our path and our way to the future must be led to the culture that includes transparency. and accountability. >>> world associations to think about with a two-thirds majority required to win and by 133 it was j

it's almost appropriate that 24 happened in switzerland because the incident cassie of the moving parts could be like taking the back off of a swiss watch and seeing how the gears fit into precision. it's a 47 count invite. 14 individuals spanning 5 years of allegations and the first we have seen, the swiss hotel, at the fifa headquarters in switzerland and at the headquarters in miami. and the next stem which you ed you'll thetheextradition process. if it were tax fraud claims, they wouldn't extradite officials to the united states, but if any of these individuals contests the extradition right which some already have, the united states has a 40 day window to file the official appeal. >> that's good. and if you 1 i know this to be true, 23 you ask ten world cup fans if fifa is corrupt my guess 19.5 of them will say yes, and is there anything in the indict that's shocking to you? >> yes and no. in the court of public opinion everybody would say everybody knows fifa 1 corrupt. but what everybody knows versus what an individual can prove. when you tack about the shocking elements of the i

because some of these people are in switzerland, so they have to follow swiss law. so you'll have charges such as money laundering and wire fraud. these are things that are comparable to u.s. -- i'm sorry, between u.s. and swiss law. but it is something that's going to be a very difficult thing because now we face the prospect of having to deal with swiss courts, swiss judges that are going to have to approve extradition for these people that are now being charged. >> clearly, they think they have some good evidence if they've moved ahead with such a dramatic news this is a big story. we'll continue to follow it now. evan, we thank you for the latest details on that. >>> now to our other breaking news, in northern mexico where relentless storms have killed 31 people, several others remain missing. in houston, texas, about 1 1 inches, more than 27 sent meters of rain fell from monday night into tuesday. rivers and creeks overflowed their banks turning them into swamps. the flash flooding forced drivers to abandon their cars. 13 people were killed in this mexican bord

that's what he was doing in switzerland.ll continue to follow this story and bring you anymore updates when we get them. >>> let's head now to washington where the senate will return today for a rare sunday session. lawmakers will try to reach an agreement on the nsa's bulk phone data collection program. that program is included in the patriot act and will expire at midnight. that's a little bit more than 16 hours from now. the house has already approved a bill that would allow nsa to shift to a system of searching phone company records case by case. it's unclear if the senators will advance that bill. we know that senator rand paul has said he'll try to delay a vote and let the powers expire at midnight. >>> as the country, especially folks in the state of delaware continue to mourn the loss of beau biden, we are hearing more reaction, more memories. coming up we'll talk to nbc's chuck todd as he previews this morning's edition of "meet the press." >>> good morning. as we head into the rest of today, we'll see a mix of sun

seven were arrested in switzerland on wednesday morning and are expected to be extradited to the u.s. jack warner and jeffrey webb. the suspects are accused of paying or receiving bribes worth $100 million. dating back to the 1990s. separately switzerland has begun it's own investigation into money laundering specifically to the awards to russia and qatar. >> you're asking with no warning and after the initial shock there will be little spice. corruption allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. >> they were expected to up hold the rules that keep soccer honest and protect the integrity of the game. instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to enrich themselves. >> following an three-year investigation, but the alleged crimes stretch back to two decades. >> this really is the world cup of fraud. >> the u.s. department has a wide range of powers which means they can investigate any criminal activity that touches the u.s. through u.s. banks or internet providers. it links commercial deals and tv coverage stretching back to the 1990s. 14 people have been indict

what has been the reaction in switzerland?ow far up his goes, in answer to bring in question, i think a lot of people have been lattertoday where is set -- asking today where seth bladder is today. where is the man that should be held accountable as the man who ran fifa for the past two decades? pimm: a little more on the implications and the power that on fifa.ter has hugo: here is the man who has been running the show since 1998. friday's election was supposed to be clear that he for and he has widely secured the support africans, the south americans, the asians. -- it means with even small country support he can shore up the election. afa weighing in, the european federation, and they are saying we think perhaps this vote on friday should be crisp owned -- should be postponed. this is the confederation in france, germany, holland, and england, real heavyweights. if they put their foot down, who knows what will happen on friday? there are two investigations going on in parallel. we just learned -- brendan: there are two inve

and the european union and switzerland have signed a deal to end banking secrecy. the agreement means that two sides will automatically share information about bank accounts held by e.u. citizens in switzerland. the aim is to crack down on tax evasion by preventing e.u. citizens from stashing undeclared income in swiss bank accounts. the european commission is this is democracy now!. >> this is widely believed to be the largest ever investigation into a publisher. it is territorial. it's setting new precedents about the ability of the u.s. government to reach out to any media publisher in europe or the rest of the world and try and achieve a prosecution. amy: today, a "fantasy football now" exclusive. we speak with

officials in switzerland, and on top of all of this outcomes from investigations may impact upcoming world cups in russia in 2018 and qatar in 2022. the changes are likely to dog him as he extends his reign as the f.i.f.a. boss. andy richardson reports. >> reporter: it was a confused and somewhat anti-climatic end to a tumultuous week for f.i.f.a. and sepp blatter. the prince that wanted to be king of world football couldn't quite get the votes he needed and sepp blatter was due to begin a fifth term. >> i thank you that you accepted me that for the next four years, i will be in command of this boat called f.i.f.a. >> wednesday, zurich was where several f.i.f.a. officials were arrested. where headquarters were raided by the police. now they hoped the promise of a fresh start could win. the jordanians thinly veiled criticism of his rival. >> it is not a process, it is not about empowering wrong building our path and the way to the future must be led by transparency inclusiveness and accountability. >> reporter: plenty for the voters representing 209 associations with a two-thirds majo

we now how much money was pulled out of greece and went to switzerland. we have to problem taxing it. >>> like elsewhere wealthy greeks have resources to underreport their earnings. like many, this man who owns a small fitch market blames the crisis on the wealthy. his business lost about 18,000 a year since the crisis began. >> richer people can hide money. and avoid paying taxes. >>> this man is an associate at a law firm. he is unmarried and has no kids, but has a large extended family, and hopes authorities will not bother choosing the small amounts they own. >> that money is enough to pay my rent. the rest of my income comes from friends and family. you do the maths, i don't have enough to pay taxes. >> greeks acknowledge that to dig themselves out of ruin, the culture of tax evasion must end. for everyone. at every income level. this athennian has been a shop owner for 27 years, and is married and has a 5-year-old child. he owes more than $9,000 in personal taxes, and another $5,500 in social security taxes. he hopes the new government follows throu

. >>> seven fifa officials were arrested early in switzerland. two of the men are vice presidents of the organization. there were raids in miami. the justice department said those officials took millions in exchange to televise the games. now in reaction has been strong and david zoran from the nation magazine spoke with randall pinkston a short time ago. >> there are a lot of reasons why it took so long. one is that many nations are can trying to find favor with fifa. they want a piece that have fifa pie. we're talking about a multi billion dollar stateless organization that has proven to be very financially lucrative for certain people in certain nations of the world. that has stymied thee very kinds of indictments to take place. this is a day i think we should look at as the beginning of the end of fifa as we know it. because one thing i that i really think its important for listeners to understand, despite the indictments and everything we're hearing today, it's only related to one corner of the soccer world. now imagine if this starts to get

we know how much money was pulled out of greece and went to switzerland. therefore we have no problem with taxing it. >> like elsewhere in the world wealthy creeks have greeks have the be wealth to pay their the taxes. line john gianis, blames the tax problem ton wealthy. his business has lost about $18,000 a year. >> they've -- the rich people can hide money. and avoiding paying taxes. i would say at that time middle class pays the fairest part of taxation in greece. >> this man is an associate at a law firm. he is unmarried has no kids, but does have a large extended family and like a lot of other hardworking greeks, won't mind chasing down the amounts they owe. >> the 400 rowrgs is euros is just enough to pay my bills. you do the math, i don't have enough to pay my taxes. >> but to truly dig themselves out from the country's financial ruin the culture of tax evasion must end for everyone at every income level. this athenian is married and has a five-year-old child he owes 9,000 in personal taxes and another 5.5,000 in social security taxes. he hopes the

he's just back from two months in switzerland. he and his friend sajjad have been training for the olympics and making big plans. they envision afghanistan as a nation of skiers. >> i remember when i was in st. moritz, and the people were asking me that: where are you from, and i said, i am from afghanistan, especially in this ski area, and they were like, stop breathing and like 'what? are you from afghanistan? are you sure?" and we were really happy and felt like, presenting afghanistan and another image to the europe, not only war and violence and taliban. >> competitive skiing is new to afghanistan. they still have to worry about reaching the bottom in one piece. about fifty skiers are taking part, afghan and other athletes from around the world. it may not be the toughest race, but's a very special one. at an altitude of nearly three thousand meters, skiing is really hard work. there's no ski lift here. the climb is part of the race. the afghans' love of sports and have a talent for improvisation. sayed and the other youngste

visionary leader and the local government to help it scale out to bring the benefits it brought to switzerland so here on the late slides this is what the legislation said in a report to rome published in 2012 he said our monetary system is the missing link we tend to assume we must have a single money currency and forced by the extra bank but we don't need any such thing the present system is outdated like any culture it is professionalable but a receipt for economic and environmental disaster it is the keep with the commentary currency alongside the conventional one? this is more fair and spinal it works like this in the past and yet we can do this thank you very much i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> so it seems time of prosperity are a tough time to show this since it thrives in times of adversary. >> well, thank you for your presentation any questions commissioner tour-sarkissian. >> i have a question of monitoring the conception and the eyes of in services monitor that and limits in our actual system among the 2 hundred and 50 members that you have let me be more explicit you're

we know how much money was pulled out of grease and went to switzerland. therefore we have no problem with taxing it. >> like elsewhere in the world wealthy greeks have the resources to underreport their earnings and conceal money in offshore accounts. like many here john gianis who owns a small fish market in athens blames the tax crisis on the wealthy and since the economic crisis began his business has lost about $18,000 a year. >> the rich people can hide money. and avoid paying taxes. i would say that the middle class pays the fairest part of taxation. >> this man is an associate at a law firm. he is unmarried and has no kids but he does have a large extended family and like many other work greeks he hopes authorities won't bother chasing down the smaller amounts they owe. >> translator: the 400 euros is just enough for me to pay the utilities by rent and expenses like that. the rest of how i supplement my family. so you do the math. i don't have enough to pay taxes. >> but increasingly greeks acknowledge that to truly dig themselves out from the coun

we now join our colleagues from switzerland. >> i wish to play this role. would like to continue with you. this is a matter of trust, confidence from you. to me a matter of respect towards each and every of you. you representatives of football federations everywhere i am at your disposal. i am at your command. if you wish me to continue this journey with you, i extend all thanks to you. my friends, and lovers of footballers, football is not just a game. it requires a great leader

in his mid-fifties, he's returned to his home town in mali after living in switzerland for twenty years. ethnologist stefan dunnwald has got to know people like konate personally. he's made several trips to west africa for a study on returnees. >> this is a perfect example of someone who has actually managed to shape his life very successfully after returning, partly through his original migration and the money he earned during that time. >> konate managed a hotel in switzerland. with his savings, he laid the foundations for his return. now a farmer, his needs are modest and he is contented. >> mali in particular presents examples of people who don't want to stay in europe, but instead want to gain experience, earn a little money, and have the opportunity to return to their families and friends as well-respected people. these aren't the people who want to slave away as street cleaners till the end of their lives. >> a social scientist from the bavarian refugee council, dunnwald noticed that the focus of many european programs was not on providing opportunities for returnees..but on dete

china daily is talking about how the top officials were held in a raid in switzerland yesterday as the u.s. corruption inquiry rocks fee for. --fifa. a similar story on "the wall street journal" front page. you have photos of some of the top officials arrested. it is a huge story in the u.k. as well, just to give you an idea of the scale of things. somebody tweeted this photo, a collage of some of the front pages. you can see they are all focusing on the scandal. we can to get closer look at just one of them. the guardian is talking about the stench of corruption, with a photo of the man of the hour, fee for president sepp blatter --fifa president sepp blatter. molly: they are talking about a sad day for the popular sport. florence: "the independent," sums up the emotion -- talking about the shame game. the greatest scandal in sporting history. quite harsh words there. in their editorial, they talk about how this is really a red card for fee for --fifa. they applaud the u.s., justice system for setting into motion what it calls a long-overdue cleanup of fifa. lots of papers are picking

taking down the world most popular sport is not lost, all the way to zurich switzerland on why it took the game's organizers a red card? >> what was is like to do selma? con card? >> i am shocked. i'm shocked at how shocked the world seems to be about today's raid on a swiss hotel and the arrests of some of the soccer world's most senior executives. i'm shocked because if you know anything about fifa other than the fact that it is soccer world's governing body you know that most thinking people brief it to be a deeply corrupt organization going back decades. everyone thinks it and no one fixes it. until today. the irony is that the most sweeping move against fifa came from a country that most people do not associate with soccer. the united states. this morning nine soccer officials and five sports marketing and media executives in the united states and switzerland were charged in a bribery scheme reaching back to 1991. so why is this all happening now? well the accusations of graft about soccer officials who get too cozy with sports marketers and media reached a fever pitch in 2010. th

in zurich switzerland, fifa is holding a news conference. earlier, swiss police arrested six officials. fifa has been accused of corruption for years. russia and qatar have been named top posts. >> this firs for fifa is good. it is, in terms of cleaning up and everything of what it is, in terms of the process, it is good. vonnie: we have more on this in a few minutes and all morning. time is running short for greece. greek officials are meeting in brussels. greece must pay the imf $8 billion early next month. bloomberg news reports little has been found in recent talks. greece is balking at making reforms in labor laws and sales tax. cyber crooks have used the irs website to steal information on more than 100,000 taxpayers. they used that data to file face -- to file fake tax returns and irs officials say they remove the website function that allows the thieves access. taxpayers have been urged to use online services rather than the telephone line. floating around houston -- floating around houston has receded. traffic has been brought to a

and switzerland launched corruption probes into soccer's governing body, fifa. u.s.ney general loretta lynch called the corruption "rampant" and "deep-rooted," involving bribes in excess of $150 million. we'll have much more on this right after this news summary. >> woodruff: in iraq, islamic state militants orchestrated a wave of suicide attacks against iraqi army targets today. at least 17 troops were killed outside fallujah, where they were trying to wrest back control from the militants. meanwhile, fighting raged in a town closer to ramadi, which was captured by islamic state insurgents earlier this month. iraqi forces and sunni tribesmen forced fighters to retreat, using guns and rockets. >> ifill: a relentless heat wave in india has claimed the lives of more than 1,1 people in the past month. most of the victims have been in the southeastern part of the country, where scorching temperatures are hovering around 113 degrees. hospitals have been flooded with heat stroke victims, and some communities have set up distribution centers for cold drinks. officials are w

and separately, switzerland has start it's own criminal investigation into mismanagement and money laundering. with the world cup tournament between rush and qatar in 2022. the president, who is not under investigation, admitted that the world organization faced a difficult time. and anyone proven to corrupt would be removed from the game. it will go on friday as planned, despite calls. >> it came after no warning and after a shock, there will abe surprise. criminal allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. >> they were expected to uphold rules to keep soccer honest and protect the integrity of the game and instead they enriched themselves. >> it's a three year investigation, but the alleged crime dates back more than two decades. >> this is really the world cup of fraud. and today we're issuing fifa a red card. >> reporter: they have a wide range of powers, which means that they can investigate any corrupt activity. the charges of alleged corruption go to tv deals and coverage stretching into the 1990s. 14 people have been indicted. among them. the head of the company and jeff wa

unraveling of bank secrecy when from a small group of cases to ubs generally to other banks in switzerland to the swiss banking community as a whole. >> birkenfeld's inside information has resulted in some of switzerland's biggest and best known banks paying $3 billion in penalties and causing 50,000 americans to confess to secretly stashing money off shore and the price for their actions a whopping $7 billion into penalties to date yet little more than 100 bankers and clienters have been indicted and of those only a handful have received any prison time at all. the names of the vast majority of those tax cheats are still a well kept secret under self-disclosure rules. >> nearly all of them have to ex chaenk -- exchange they were braking the law but they received self-discrimination. i gave you the longest running scandal in history and you indict me. why didn't you get anybody else. all of these other people that weren't indicted? why? what happened? you lost the files? they fell down the drain? the dog sate. >> they blame people like birkenfeld who was sentenced to 40 months in prison af