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To fabien cousteau, in an undersea lab for a month. Im antonio mora, and whim to consider this. Here is more what is ahead. Iraqs Prime Minister asked the parliament to declare a state of emergency. Fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and levant overran the second largest city. The Obama Administration is deeply concerned. How was a lightly armed group able to take over a city of nearly 2 Million People . Syria is worried some members of congress from briefed on the swap clearing Bowe Bergdahl. Im concerned with an administration telling 80 or 90 people, but not a member of congress. The idea that they couldnt leak things is not true. A partnership with google. To develop a collection of autism genomes. Its massive, over 3 billion chemical bases of information. Google has a capability to be a leader in medical and scientific research. We beanyone with an upset. House majority leader eric cantor lost his primary election to an unknown backed by the tea party. Eric cantor, the secondmost powerful republican, considered a rising starter called it disappointing. A loss to david brat is sending shock waves through the establishment. Jason johnson joins us now, an al jazeera contributor and professor of political science. Shocking. Its an overused word, but it plies here. How in the world did this sneak up and surprise everyone . I think it surprised everyone because no one thought that eric cantor was at risk. I can say locally this is something he could have seen coming. It was not a result of him not paying attention. It had to do with eric cantor throwing his weight around. He pushed back. Eric cantor had an advantage, he had 40,000 in the bank, eric cantor had 2 million. Vin weber, congressman and friend called this an earthquake, saying no one thought ross caputi would lose. The g. O. P. Establishment felt it had things in hand with the primaries. What does eric cantors defeat mean for the g. O. P. Going forward. Its less about the g ox p, and more about the tea party. If you look at the insurgency, you have to take down the big wig. Taking down eric cantor with an underfunded candidate who took a week off from campaigning to grade papers sends a shock wave to the g. O. P. A lot of republicans will be terrified in their districts, they can be sent packing like eric cantor. The fear of god is out there, and the tea party is emboldened because of this victory. That is the question the the fear of god seemed to go away. It seemed like the primaries going to the republican majority. Then we saw mcdaniels taking his primary to a run off. All politics is local. A lot of this has to do with eric cantors behaviour going home in district seven. These are richmond individuals. These are jobs. Eric cantors decision to support Immigration Reform on some levels, to vote for raising the debt ceiling, he was part of the team, eric cantors tendency to push people around, that rubbed the local party and voters the wrong way. I dont think its as much about the tea party as eric cantor wearing out his welcome. Youd think theyd want somebody who had the power that eric cantor had representing them. Its a stunning defeat with a lot of repercussions. Well stay in front of the story. Turning to a state of emergency declared in iraq. Thousands fled mosul, the second largest city after militants from Islamic State of iraq and levant overran the city. The speaker of iraqs sparment said the militants would take hold of the building, military bases and banks, and freed thousands from prisons as iraqi forces dropped their weapons and ran away. Iraqi forces abandoned the weapons and commanders fled, leaving behind weapons and armoured vehicles. Their position was easy pray for terrorists. Claims and command positions have fallen in addition to weapons caches. Most of that weaponry is american made. Iraqi officials said the attack provided evidence that the war in syria is spreading to iraq. Militants control regions in 3 of the 18 provinces. Joining us is jessica lewis, director at the institute for the study for war and is the lead analyst on al qaeda in iraq. Shes a former Intelligence Officer in the u. S. Army, and while deployed in iraq provided tactical support. She was awarded the bronze star for impact an operations. Great to have you with us. I. S. I. L. Controls large parts of iran, a third of the country. They overwhelmed forces, and now the Kurdish Forces are prepared to intervene to protect the kurds in mosul. Is this a fullgrown civil war. I. S. I. L. Has been prosecuting a faith military campaign to bring about a sectarian war in iraq for over two years. I believe what happened is a significant inflection that we have seen in the campaign where we see i. S. I. L. Taking control of a major urban capital in iraq. I think it carries with it the threat of the civil war in iraq. These are areas that americans fought hard for and died to control. Yes, indeed. The fact that the battle of mosul was an event in 2008 where we felt we had destroyed the lethal capability, known as al qaeda and iraq. Now we see that the organization had the opportunity to reconstitute the strength, pushing from south of mosul to other places in iraq and syria. This has been a longterm safe haven for aqi. In mosul. U. S. Trained forces dropped weapons and ran away, we heard other parts of iraq were taken over, including other cities, kirkuk. Is there anything that can stop i. S. I. L. Taking over more of iraq. I agree their on the offensive and multiple provinces and most disturbingly that they appear to be coordinated. We see that the forces taking moss you will are pushing south along the highway, fighting for citi cities. I think you framed the right question, how can the Iraqi Security forces and people buttress themselves against al qaedas advance, which i believe is headed to baghdad. Could there be a 3way split in the country, the kurds in one area, i. S. I. L. In another, and a shiite dominated part of iraq as a third area . I see that i. S. I. L. Is trying to bring about that outcome. It best secures their opportunity to achieve their long of term goal. Reports are that i. S. I. L. Has taken over al qaeda in many ways in the space of a year. The groups leader is believed to have eclipped al qaeda leader. I. S. I. L. , as you said, controls the large area in iraq from the provinces in iraq, but it goes through syria to the mediterranean, aleppo, syrias largest city, and they have control of oil fields. How powerful is the group. And how significant will it be. Even the broader middle east. We need to take i. S. I. L. Seriously. Their core strength is derived from power. They have an organised military force growing in strength and draws from the international communicatee, because it keeps succeeding and taking over iraqs prison, including prisons in mosul. Its a force, they cant be a fixture in the middle east. I wouldnt say that it doesnt mean that al qaedas and its affiliates are also vir lant threats. They are going about proceeding, trying to get the calafat different ways. I. S. I. S is trying to establish an Islamic Emirate through military force, and that is dangerous. There were reports that thousands of westerners have gone to help i. S. I. S in syria, and one has to assume that in iraq now. We saw in mosul, there was a picture provided by a french reporter showing american humm veries taken by i. S. I. L. Big concerns about not only westerners helping them out, but they are getting u. S. Weaponry. I am concerned, particularly today, as we see Major Military bases in mosul over run. Equipment and emissions are part of i. S. I. L. s inventory. The foreign fighter flows through places other than middle eastern north africa, including western europe and america has been a fixture and a significant element of the campaign that, yes, we should expect features in the i. S. I. L. Campaign for iraq. They are two different concerns. One from the foreign fighters of the participation for forces that are trained by i. S. I. L. To go back into the west, and produce new threats, and this other concern that they are now a very well armed force for what they have achieved through conquest. A lot to worry about. One foreign fighter, a frenchman going back and killing people in belgium. Many concerns there. Jessica lewis, a pleasure to have you, thank you for providing your insights. Turning to politics, a failure to alert leaders over plans to swap five taliban leaders for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl continued on capitol hill. Intelligence Committee Leaders were incensed after learning 80 or 90 officials were trusted with the secret, while they were not. House Speaker John Boehner told reporters that he was in the loop but didnt understand why others werent. I was given a heads up several days before this happened. So thissed in that they couldnt this idea that they couldnt trust us to not leak things is not true. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton began her book tour as criticism mounts over comments she made pleading poverty following the clinton s departure from the white house. For more democratic strat gift and former Senior Advisor to Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign, and from Los Angeles Leslie sanchez, republican strategist and author of youve come a long way maybe. Did the administration shoot itself in the foot with congress in the way it handled the Bowe Bergdahl change. It had a tense relationship. Failing to inform the head of the intelligence committees in the house while we hear that 80 or 90 knew about the d administration, that the exchange was coming. As someone that didnt know all the details, theres a lot under lock and key because of security, im like a lot of people. I know what i read in the papers. And one of the things i do know is these are terrible events, theres no easy way to make sure things run perfectly. Few are satisfied with what they knew. What the president did, and the military did is they got one of our own soldiers home. And that is what is important. Another development is that white house officials told the House Intelligent Committee that secretary of defense chuck hagel, not the president , made the call on the Bowe Bergdahl exchange. Is chuck hagel made the fall guy for arguably terrible messaging by the white house . Clearly there is a National Political backlash, and already i think you are seeing the trail balloon laying out defense secretary chuck hagel, who, of course, is the republican, in letting cabinet secretaries take the heat for failures of leadership. To your previous point, its never prudent to go around or avoid the heads of the Intelligent Committee for significant decision, its too early to call this. The American Public wants to know more. Lets turn to Hillary Clinton and her book tour for hard choices. Its underway, but, look, i yes. Big time. Multiple interviews and big timing. Monday night she had this to say about the Clinton Family financial situation after president clinton left the white house. We came out of the white house not only dead broke, but if debt. We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for house, chelseas education. It was not easy. No doubt they were in debt. A short prepared by the Washington Post showed they had 10 million of debt at the end of 2000, before they left the white house. By the end of 2001, the debt was cut in the half and their assets could have been as high as 30 million. These days the net worth is north of 50 million. After years of democrats going after rich republican candidates as being out of touch, was this a mistake on hillarys mistake. As a democrat when i go after republicans for being out of touch, its because their policies dont reflect the node. Secretary clinton articulated a fact, but that also they have been blessed that they had the opportunity to earn a good living. Thats what they have done. The reality is elected officials have to earn a living, especially young elected officials as president clinton was and is. Anybody who wonders whether bill clinton, born into a poor family or Hillary Clinton, raised in a middleclass family where her dad started a business, are two who dedicated their lives to expanding the middle class, anyone that changes their understanding, commitment or connection to that great part of our country, they are wrong. Your reaction, no doubt republicans are already and probably will continue to go after hillary on this. Sure. No doubt. I dont think Hillary Clinton had to worry about getting food on the table. She served on the board of walmart while her husband was governor of the state in which it was their headquarters. They are politically astute moving through political circles. Making 200,000 a speech after moving out of the white house is a luxury many dont have. Theres a comparison understanding the working class people. But its distinct, theres a big gap there. I think that for her to overshadow that and say she connects to the people is a broad stroke. I think, leslie what, is important to understand is she connects to people because of the life shes lived and the things he caught for and policies she supported. Its a reason people are excited about the book and want to read it. What this is, is about a book tour. Memoir right at the end of the 2008 election, into what had been a team of rivals, becoming an unrivalled team, and working to restore americas standing. The president , at her and his direction, and his partner leading in foreign policy, thats amazing, theres 600 pages at a look at history, shes not the first Senior Leader and probably will not be the last. People want to understand how these work. She clearly is concerned about what she said. She tried to take back comments recording her struggles after the client terms in the white house on an interview she did on good morning america. I think everything in life has to be put in context. We were having like 12 million in debt. That was something that we had to work hard and i was in the senate, and could not do anything to help us meet those obligations. Im not sure. One thing that raises, she talks about the senate and not making money, she didnt mention she had an 8 million advance for a book and bill 10 mill xron later. You prefaced the clip by saying she changed her answer. She didnt. It was clear, she was asked a question and she answered it, with the facts of what her life weres and she acknowledged how blessed a life they had. Its nothing to do with the fight shes let for people in this country and i think people are trying to create a fight over something that doesnt exist. I agree. Its a fight that has been created. You said she changed her answer. She didnt. No, i said she was clearly concerned. She elaborated on what she said the day before. No, she answered a question said by a reporter and she answered it. True, but it is distracting. Ill go to you on thax. It is true. To use ky kis term, this is a Political Campaign book, theres not much there, its not a page turner. In terms of how its written, its a memoir for a Political Campaign. When theres push back, theres a trigger that is hit. The language was meant to appeal to working class families that understand what its like to be in debt. Coming off the economic downturn and what its like to struggle. And the opportunities of a great country. That is clear. When you look at it through that lense, you understand what she is trying to do. Things may be behind her. Maybe shes seeing everything that is great and awesome. For a lot of americans, and someone ribbing me. Im fascinated by what it takes to work in the world today, and make sure that we have what we do. She played a big role in that. That is what the memoire outlines. We have been discussing the substance. I thought wed talk about this. Well talk more substance, but a lot here to talk about. Rely have to leave it there. Good well have to leave it there. Good to see you both. Straight ahead, what may be the worse humanitarian crisis in thousands of years. Why children are swamping border crossings. And a major announcement for Autism Research involving google and a massive database. What do you think . Join the conversation. The explosion of undocumented children from Central America and central mexico pouring into the u. S. Through texas especially is staggering, and may be causing the worst humanitarian crisis the country is seeing. The number of unaccompanied minister from el salvador and other places is a concern to u. S. Customs. 50,000 children have been caught, and is expected to reach 90,000. On tuesday, there was an Obama Administration request for 2 million to handle the influ. Homeland security is taking steps. Some measures are controversial, including bussing children. In arizona, where 1,000 children are sheltered in a warehouse, say the transfer of children to arizona could be a crime. Joining us from washington d. C. Is ben jamman johnson, executive director, cofounded the Immigration Outreach Center of arizona. His Organization Published two reports highlighting the abuse of migrants in u. S. Custody. How bad is the situation. Some are calling the huge influx of kids the worst humanitarian crisis the country has seen in years. Its a huge problem. Not just ours, but a regional humanitarian crisis. Countries in mexico, anama they are panama claims jumped. The United States is bearing the large brunt, but this is a crisis and we need to treat it like a serious regional crisis. Some of the kids are travelling thousands of miles to get to the United States. Why the increase in the last few months . It has been happening for several years. Its been a spike in the last several months, even the last year. The number of folks coming has been growing steadily over several years, and its an obviously outgrowth of the traumaticic spike in violence in countries in this reamingon, you see region, you see women and girls. There has been a 450 of increase in murders of women and children. Honduras is the leader murder capital of the world. Theres an enormous amount of violence. Folks are fleeing for their lives, undertaking a treacherous journey to get to the United States and other regions, we need to do everything we can to be a leader and be true to the values that have been a key element of our identity, which is we find a way to help folks like this that are in need. In trying to find a way to help them, the office of Refugee Resettlement is normally what should be in charge of dealing with the kids, but they cant. They are overwhelmed by what is happening. Most are coming in through south texas. They are sent to temporary processing places like in nogales. We talked to the mayor, 1,000 kids in a warehouse with no showers, no beds. The situation is apparently Getting Better there. It seems crazy to me that you have people going through south texas, september to arizona, and this is what the attorney there is calling a possible crime. Apparently some of the kids were sent in buses and dropped off at bus depots in fienize arizona. I dont know phoenix arizona. I dont know the details of the drop off. Its a major problem. The idea that theyd drop folks off and leaving them to fend for themselves, obviously that is not the solution. Border patrol, customs and border application has a history of not bean open and transparent. They have a pattern of abuse this theyll have to figure out how to address and overcome. Hopefully whether its motion and arizona and washington d. C. We decide not to play political games, we dont point fingers and we keep our eyes on important things, which is treatment to the kids, that deserve everything we can give them in terms of looking out for interest. What happens apparently, they are setting up housing at military bases in texas, california and oklahoma. We know the Obama Administration is trying to connect the kids with family in the United States. You are concerned about treatment that you guys have written, treatment that many of these kids receive in custody. The reports we did were on abuses by customs generally. Its worth recognising that the agency has a history, a problem of not being open to oversight, operating in secrecy. This is a time for them in regards to these kids and everybody, this is a time to get the house in order to make clear that the goal here is to look out for the best interests of these kids. We need to keep in mind that these are Law Enforcement people. This is a different Law Enforcement agency. Many of these folks have not committed any crime. They are not criminals, they are migrants, refugees. We have to treat it like the humanitarian crisis it is. Border patrol has a lot to deal with. There are so many pressures and issues, and the Obama Administration asked for 2 billion. They asked for a Senate Committee saying that the money goes to good use. A lot of people suffering. Pleasure to have you with us. Turning to a collaboration that could lead to breakthroughs in treats autism, a disorder pleased to affect 1 in 58 groups. Google is working with an Autism Foundation to house 10,000 genetic records of children with autism, their gepp oms, and that of siblings and parents. Making it available to researchers through cloud computing. Theyll have access to huge amounts of information that could lead to greater understanding of how autism works. Im joined by bob wright, cowriter of Autism Speaks, and former director of general clicks and c. E. O. Of another company. Thank you for being with us. This is a massive collaboration. The deposit is spending 90 million a year. What are you guys going to do that the deposit is not doing . The nih, at least at this judge tur does not support se questioning, believing its too expensive and dont have the ability to do it in mass. It would have to be farmed out to different people. Thats unfortunate because its going to look old, that quickly. We determined that about half of autism can be traced to genetics issues. The rest is environmental, which can bring into other things in it. Trying to focus on genetics 18 months ago we determined that whole genome sequencing was really the only nodology that we could employs because autism is so difficult to deal with. If we could get the 6 billion pieces of information, and get it processed, wed have a chaps to break down the autism down to individual outisms a, b, c, d and e. That would bring in pharmaceutical companies and treatments, researchers from all over the world. We found each other with google the google wanted to be in the gepp omics business, they have a genomics platform in the cloud. They started it less than a year ago. We got together on this. They said listen, well help you, you have all this material. Its worth a great deal of time and funny. Well help you on the sequencing. The cloud and the effort to bring the information out and store it and manage it. It is a tremendous amount of information that amp hospitals and universities goopt handle. Couldnt handle. Google is one of the only few places that can. 6 trillion pieces for thousands of gen oms. We have 1,000. How important is it. You have a grandson with auto. I have a nephew and a niece. One is high functioning, there are extremes, the other has never spoken a word. How will this help identify what is going on in all those different case cs . If we find six organisms, if we have a genetic description and preparations matching, so the people had the same presentation, we would have many, many researchers being able to develop look at drugs and compounds, avoiding a preparation or dealing with it. This is about personalised mead sin. Why we did this the mao clinic dove in. They are doing it themselves. Dana, a Cancer Institute in boston announced that theyll go into this. They are trying to do this themselves and, quite frankly, they dont have the ability to do that like this. The costs are huge. Yes, the costs for google are not the costs that others have, because they have more computational scientists working for them than anybody does. This is had is not about the medicine at this statement, this is about the computational ability, sorting through the data, making it intelligible and useful. When you are a scientist, you somewhere to come on to their site and do your work like a virtual office, because you cant take it home. You cant take a three or 4 billion piece home. Whats in it for google . They are sort of showing off the skills that they have. I dont precedent to say what their business piece of it is. But the reality is doing this 3 or four or five years from now, theyll be unique in the world, and people will come from all over the world. If they want it as a business, they could do that. I think they are interested to determine, to show that the abilities they have put together can have a positive impact. Google, medicine and science dont go together, line up, because the world can do it better than anybody. This is important, the research side, looking at what causes autism and creates a genetic therapy. We are looking at enormous costs that people are facing. Unanimous that it costs the United States. 236 and 262 billion. Most is paid for by parents. Most paid for by personalities. Dont confuse it as prevalent. Theres nothing that you have to put so much of your own money into. Thats why i do this. We are seeing obviously more and more children becoming adults with autism. This will be a longterm issue for the United States to support these kids who become adults and families. What is Autism Speaks doing. What are you pushing the government to do to make sure that people can afford to care for people that need this. A lot of this needs to happen at the local level. This is schools. This is community support. Communities embracing them. The government is only going to do so much. They certainly can do the medical side of this. They can do the insurance side of this. The next stage with parents is to get parents to do so much more in the community. Its not hard work, its banding together the potential strength to get help. That is greater than many believe it is. Well be the network, if you will, in television terms, and they are the affiliates, well Work Together from the top down and the bottom up. Thats where the power comes from. I wish you the best with those efforts and the Big Partnership with google. So many depend on thx. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. Coming up, the human genome can teach us a lot about ourselves. Can our dreams tell us if we can get buy on less sleep. We go under the sea. Jacques yves cousteaus grandson hops to break a record set by his grandfather. And will the threat of strikes disfigure brazils boofl game. Weekday mornings on Al Jazeera America start your day with in depth coverage from across the country and around the world. The future looks uncertain. Real news keeping you up to date. An informed look on the nights events, a smarter start to your day. Mornings on Al Jazeera America Jacques Yves Cousteau was the worlds most famous under sea explorer, his grandson is honouring him doing something the legendary oceanography never did. Fabien cousteau is in the midst of a 31 day underwater mission in a lab, looking at climate change, and more. He joins us off the cost of key largo florida. Hes an ocean ag raffer, explorer, documentary maker. Weve never had anything join us from under water. Its great to have you with us. 31 days in the lab. 50 years offer your grandfather did something similar in the red sea. How did you come up with the idea, how important is his legacy to your mission . Its a pleasure to join us live from under the sea. And that is a first. My grandfather dreamed of doing this kind of thing, the technology was not there in his time, so we are honouring that legacy by going 31 days in the world, only in the marine laboratory, aquarius. He had done a series of habitat, he built them in the 60s, he was a pioneer that lived and worked under the sea in his own right. We are honouring him, his team and the aqua naughts since that have allowed us to get to this point and this mission, mission 31. This is different because of the technology, and you have been able to do saturation diving, which allows you to be able to really spend time in the water, studying what you want to study. You are correct. This is a different situation than most people think, as opposed to, say, a submarine, where you are in a bubble or a one atmosphere environment, shuttling from one place to the other and being isolated. Here we are immersed in the environment. Its an apartment in the sea, and we have a door to that aquatic world. We are pressurised and the same aime bient pressure outside, allowing to us dive six, eight, 10 hours a day, as opposed to a scuba diver that has to be relegated back to the air environment in less than an hour. The fact that you have done that, how do you get up. Do you have to worry about decompression . It is a credit that we are taking here. Just like anything else, its a doubleedged sword. Once we are done with the mission, we have to decompress, which takes 18. 5 hours to get back to the surface. Take us through what you are trying to achieve. What are you studying . Well, in our family it was thought that the ocean has been our life support system. As such, we need to understand as a species that no matter what political boundaries, geographic boundaries, the oceans pertain to us all, whether on the ocean frond or 1,000 miles away. What is happening to the ocean, its happening to us. With that said, we are studying the effects of climate change, and certification as well as pollution issues, including runoff from fertiliser and manmade chemicals, and why should we care when we are a marine biologist or a type of person with another career. These things are exteriorlied important. Of course, we are doing it through the lps of adventure, so we can get the young people to make better decisions in their lives than we have. Theyll be fascinated by what you are doing. The lab there is only about the size of a school bus. There are six of you down there. Living. What are your conditions like. Dont you have cabin fever. Well, thats right. You may hear activity in the background. It is about 43 feet long by 9 feet wide or 13 metres by 3 metres and six of us have become new best friends, we have scientists to technicians, my camera person and myself bonding nice after 10 days. Well have to see what happens after 31. Clearly you have some entertainment, you have an internet connection. What about food. I wish we had time for entertainment. We are probably more entertaining than the rest of the world. You can watch us live. We are eating mainly things that astronauts and campers eat. Things that are freeze dried or preprepared, sea atmosphere, an open flame is a no, no, we want to avoid that. We cook with the microwave or hot water and pray for the times that we get fresh food deliveries down here. Its a fascinating experiment. We are grateful for you to have taken the time to join us. I hope youll talk to us again towards the endment. It would be my pleasure. Fabien cousteau, a pleasure. Coming up, as the world shifts its process to the world cup. Decisions are called in. You function to operate during the day may be addicted by your behaviour at night. Why you really need to get to bet when our show ends. Future of science see the latest research, discoveries and breakthroughs inside some of the worlds most advanced labs. How do you scale somethig you learned from a jelly fish . Techknow every saturday go where science meets humanity. This is some of the best driving ive ever done, even though i cant see. Techknow. Were here in the vortex. 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It comes on the heels of newly published research, a problem that didnt economist until modern times, revolving around an inability to stop doing things. We cant stop reading, Binge Watching a series on netflix even though we are commaufed. Volte delay of sleep impacts the ability to get a good night sleep and basic health. People that put off bedtime find it hard to regulate or stick to a routine. They are too tired. The cvc labelled insufficient sleep a Public Health epidemic leading to problems in concentration and memory, and issues at work with driving. 100,000 car crashes are caused by drowsy driving. They are killing 1500 people. This weekends a truck driver crashed into a car carrying tracy morgan, critically injurying the commedian and two others, killing another passenger. The prefrontal cortex which regulates emotion and behaviour is impaired with a lack of sleep. Get to bed soon, right after the show. Coming up, world cup excitement overshadowed by scandals involving soccers governing body leading to kick in the pants for f. I. F. A. Only on Al Jazeera America. Oh my the world cup is days away and brazil is on the brink. The transportation strike inspected could be on the day before kickoff causing chaos for an opening game in sao paulo, as fans and players descend on brazil, construction of world cup facilities is not finished and protests fill the streets. Lets bring in dave zirens, al jazeera contributor, author of brazils dance with the devil, the world cup, the olympics and the fight for democracy. Huge problems, numerous problems, protests, transportation strikes, one in sao paulo that may start again, another in rio. Squatters taking over property. Any chance things will calm down in time for the tournament. Its possible. I would not expect it. Its not that they are people that may go on strike or workers are unhappy with the world cup spending taking place, its that there is a confidence among the protesters that they have the capacity to disrupt the world cup with the entire world watching, and making their grievances knowning nod just to the known not just to the government in brazil, to f. I. F. A. , but to the world, and try to produce a counternarrative to the one that brazil is trying to project to the world. That brazil is a tranquil police and an emerging global power. Someone you know in brasz ill said that brazil said that f. I. F. A. Is as popular there as fema was after hurricane katrina. If you told me soccerobsessed brazilians would turp against the world cup, i would have thought you were caszy, given the problems, is it fair to ask whether the world cup or olympics should be awarded to thirdworld countries. Its not that brazil is part of the global south or the third world. The problem is what f. I. F. A. And the International Olympic Committee Bring to whatever country they go to. Whether you talk about london, beijing, the United States. I mean, it brings the militarization, public space, the displacement of people and a rise in debt. This has been the case post 9 11, with the security measures demanded of a host country, and they step up world cup to world cup. Brazil is the fifth largest economy on earth. Sao paulo is the Third Largest city. Rio is an expensive city. Its not about the absence of development. Its about what f. I. F. A. And the ioc demand, thats why the 2022 Winter Olympics have two countries bidding for it kipa and kazakhstan. As in the past olympics and world cups, you dont think they could make money for the host cities. The problem is what they leave behind. Its whether they bring money. They do make money for the olympics, and for the real estate concerns, of the megaents, and for the governing body, f. I. F. A. And the ioc. What they lead the country with is a bill. I spoke to george vessy, who wrote for the new york times. Can you think of one example. He thought and said barcelona, 1992 olympics, and thats the end of my list. What about the facilities, do you think theyll be ready in time . They will be ready. Will they be f. I. F. A. Quality . What is a different question altogether. Before we go, i want to talk about Donald Sterling. After making everyone think hell go quietly into the good night, agreeing to sell the l. A. Clippers for 2 billion, that hed withdraw his lawsuit, he and his lawyers say the deal is off, no sale and hell sue the n. B. A. For 1 billion. What is happening. Hell rage, rage against the fire of the light. A lot of people are saying this is a sign that Donald Sterling has, in fact, lost some of his mental acuity and has his estranged wife said, has fallen victim to alzhiemers. I view this as the opposite. This is who he is, who he as been. He has been in five lawsuits. If he was a loved one, and a knock wood he is not. I would be more worried if he was taking the settlement. This is who he is, hell fight this for the last. Going 2 billion, more than the team was worth. Great to have you with us. Have a good time in brazil. Thats all for now, coming up wednesday, one in eight American Children will suffer abuse or neglect by the time they are 18. The author of a ground baking study will join us. The conversation continues on aljazeera. Com, facebook, google or twitter. See you next time. Hi, everyone. This is aljazeera america. It is 11 oclock on the east coast. Major upset the House Majority loses what it means for the republicans. At risk, children are struggling to come to United States. We talk to a young man that made a journey and survived. Unconstitutional, a California Court ruling new doubts about