Why some say americas relationship with australia is dangerous and americas soldiers should not train down under. Burning down the house initials destroy a home perched dangerously on a cliff. American troops made extraordinary sacrifices to give iraqis an opportunity to claim their own future. President obama addressing the crisis unfolding in iraq. He says the u. S. Is not responsible and sheds responsibility back to iraqs government. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im morgan radford. President obama vowed to help iraqs government fight off the sunni rebellion. He will not send in troops. The president says its up to the iraqis to fix sectarian problems. Tehran is ready to assist iraq in the fight against Islamic State of iraq and levant. Iran says they are yet to receive a request for help. The New York Times report that some iraqi initials are frustrated at the response. Nouri almaliki is taking every step possible to stave off i. S. I. L. s offensive. We have the latest. Prime minister Nouri Almaliki gave a statement saying the cabinet authorised and has given him uplimited powers to deal with iraqs crisis. What does that mean . It means that he is allowed to take control of all the state institutions that he will need to fight sunni rebels across iraq. Many people criticised the statement saying its unconstitutional. P. M. Nouri almaliki didnt get the state of emergency passed through parliament when not enough parliamentarians turned up to vote. It was seen as a protest. He was angry and needed and wanted the state of emergency to be passed. What hes doing now is relying on the cabinet. Will it mean that he is able to get everything that it needs . It is unconstitutional. Hes not allowed to do that. In this situation he may get enough backing to be able to de facto take control of institutions. He needs to fight the rebels. Militarily things are moving. We saw the iraqi army move into the out skirts of somora. Its a key flashpoint. When al qaeda and the Islamic State of iraq attacked the shrirnings it plunged them into shrine, it plunged them into a civil war. We are seeing forces surround kirkuk. Air strikes on the outskirts of mosul is what we are seeing. A number of things going on. Its political and some movements on the military. We are not seeing the Mass Movement of troops head towards mosul and kirkuk, that sunni rebels have taken over. A search is underway for three teenagers kidnapped by palestinians in the west bank. One of the three is an american citizen, and they were students from a seminary hitch hiking between bethlehem and hebron. Israel Security Forces are searching the area and will have more on the developing story at 8am. Prorussian rebels shot down a military plane. 49 people died. Nine crew and 40 service members. We have this report from donetsk. The army is responding with air strikes. The transport plane shot down as within il 76. 49 were killed. It was shot outside the city of luhansk as it came in to land. In response the ukranian military started to launch air strikes on separatist positions in luhansk, attacking a military base and Ground Troops moved into a village outside luhansk, and a battle is under way. The luhansk peoples republic will meet this with all the force they have. Prorussian separatists are refusing weapons from across the border. The luhansk says it has control of a military warehouse, where its receiving weapons from. Kiev, it appears, is going to use all its military might in meeting separatists. That was kim vinnell reporting from donetsk. The u. S. Says that russia is providing russia with weapons, and they deny the claim. Now that Bowe Bergdahl is back on u. S. Soil the army is starting a new investigation in why he left his post. According to the New York Times, a 2star general will determine if Bowe Bergdahl violated any rules. The general is expected to receive an initial briefing in washington next week, then hell assemble a staff in texas. The team will debrief with Bowe Bergdahl as he undergoes counselling and therapy in a san antonio hospital. Polls in afghanistan are expected to close. Afghans are voting for a man that will become the next president. The Runoff Election marks the first transition in afghanistan gans history. They are defying threats from the taliban to cast their vote. Before polls open theres a rocket attack in the capital kabul. After polls opened there were further rocket attacks in other provinces. Polling stations kale under fire came under fire. We understand people were injured. Over in other provinces theres ongoing fighting. Some challenges for this run off, this historic run off which will hopefully see a democratic transition, a ballot through the ballot box. A challenge facing the vote is voter turnout. There hasnt been a huge number of voters going to the poll when referring to the first round of election. In april there was a Record Number of voters, people lining up outside of polling stations. We havent seen that this time around. Security is a concern, perhaps why some stayed at home. This is a president ial vote. In a country where both lived in a rural countryside, whoever is based in kabul, their decisions and policies may not have the kind of effect on their lives as it does in the capital. History is being made in afghanistan as voters go to the polls to vote for their next leader. A leader oh is not hamid karzai, a man that led the country for the past 13 years. That report from kabul. President obama will give the commencement speech at u. C. Irvine and flew into palm springs strait from visiting the sioux reservation. President obama wanted a closer look. He discussed education, economic development. Plans for tribal all community making him the fourth sitting president to visit such a reservation. The pine ridge is south. Its gribed by pof gripped by poverty and a tribe desperate to get back their lands. The native americans the president forgot about. Reporter this 30yearold is used to being turned down as he tries to sell candy to raise money. Hes not the only one asking. This is the Pyne Ridge Indian reservation in south dakota. This is the home of the lakotasioux indians, where theres 80 unemployment and half the people live below the poverty line. These are people with more than a billion in the bank, money they refuse to take. Its difficult. Our people understand that. Its hard to be one of us. Thats something. We know its hard. It will be hard. Life will stay tough for us. Well stick with our values and what we belief in. They say this is the real home. The black hills, a 2hour drive from the reservation. The u. S. Supreme court agreed. Three decades ago, saying that in 1877 the government stole this sacred land, ordering that they pay 100 million, money sitting in the bank ever since earning interest. The sioux say to take it would be to give up the claim. Thats where the ancestors wept and its sacred to them. You know, still to this day it is. And they want the lapped back. Reporter that seemed possible in 2008 when the candidate president obama promised to negotiate with the sioux to find a way to give them back some land. Repeated requests have been met with silence from the white house. Administration officials will not say what, if anything, they have done on the issue. If he had a heart, hed have the right to help us get our lands back. If hes a man of his word. This woman no longer believes the land will be returned in her lifetime, but hopes it might be in her sons. Our ancestors fought for it. Well keep fighting for it until we get it back. A fight of 140 years, a small glimmer of hope now fading. Theyll tell you that is nothing new. They are a people that have become used to disappointment. The pyne ridge reservation is the second largest native american reservation and the site of a 1975 standoff ending in the deaths of two fbi agents. Another recall from general motors, recalling more than 500,000 chevrolet comairos because of problems with the ignition. A drivers knee could accidentally turn off the illegal in addition, and its linked to the recall of 2. 5 million chevy cobb all thes and saturn ions. G. M. Is aware of three crashes involving the latest recall. The risk of Severe Weather continues and meteorologist eboni deon is here with the latest. What can we expect . More rain in some locations, but not the northeast. Yesterday we were soaked. This is video out of connect where roads were covered in water. We saw a number of areas pecking up from 1 to 3 inches in a short period of time. That caused the flooding. Roads were closed and some washed out as the rain came down fast, but today it looks like we are going to see improving conditions. Here is a look at the rain that fell. Nearly an inch, over 2 inches in portland. Thats where we are finding wet weather in portions of northern maine. It will continue to wrap up as the area of low pressure moves out. High pressure is moving behind it, giving way to beautiful weather conditions as fathers day weather conditions. Temperatures will warm up. New york city, upper 70s. On sunday well feel the warmth building. As far as the Severe Weather threat, high preservure building into the northeast. We are watching a storm system moving in. That will trigger some of the thunder storms that we are going to see developing as we head into the afternoon and early evening hours. Lots of warm, moist air. Well deal with weather threat, all the way down to northern texas. We are not talking about a slight risk, but a risk of weather, and all the areas shaded in wed. Central areas of cannes tas. We are really going to watch out for the thread of damaging hail and strong gusty wind and tornados. This will be the key area as we go through the day. Pockets of heavy rainfall. A lot of the rain spreading east across minnesota, minneapolis not getting wet. As we go through the day, conditions deteriorate aring. The detearioating. An area to watch. Speaking of the weather theres another player in the world cup. England versus italy. Theres a challenger pushing both sides to the edge. Thats the humidity. We have a report on a scorching brazilian city that every team is dreading. Reporter another training day for the nags article football club, a team where temperatures here hover between 30 and 40 degrees celsius and 80 humidity. Translation its difficult. We train every day in the heat. The coach hopes and knows when opposing out of town players suffer from the temperatures. Translation they start the game fast. After 30 minutes players cant take it any more. As they say, the heat jumps on your back. Reporter all of the players were born or raised in this region of the amazon or brazil. They tell me over time they adjust or adapt. Thats the luxury that the professional footballers wont have. Eight teams play he at the amma zone us arena in the group stage. The consequence of body heat was the subject of research as doctors had local players swolo transmitters swallow transmitters with temperature devices. It recorded temperatures over 40 degrees. Squarery is how the lead scary is how the lead researcher described the results. There are athletes with more vul ner ability. In this situation, the neurological damage is the most worrisome. Players are wondering how foreign footballers unaccustomed to the heat will cope. In europe and other places the climate is different. I dont know how it will affect them. They have to deal with it and play good football. In this city the only thing that will approve stiffer competition is the stiff, muggy heat hanging over them. The United States will face the extreme companies of mann ou when it competes against portugal. Los angeles is king of the hockey universe, check out that. The Los Angeles Kings beat the new york rangers 32 claiming the second stanley cup in three years. Justin williams scored the gamewinning goal, getting the trophy handed out to the best player. One of the greatest coaches in n. F. L. History passed away. Pittsburgh stealers legend chuck noel died at the age of 82. He had been battling alzhiemers and heart problems. An architect. Steel curtain, he joined the steelers in 1969 and coached for 23 years, and had four super bowl victories in the 70s. Officials light up a house left dangling on a cliff. Why this was the safest option . I could have died there. I could have been one of the ones. Nearly 800 children believed buried near an irish convent has the Catholic Church facing allegations of trafficking. And a group of soldiers tells al jazeera why they chose to flee rather that fight. You are looking live in london at the royal pomp and circumstance for queen Elections Official birthday. Check out that the party. There was a parade during the trooping the colour ceremony outside of the buckingham palace. In texas a luxury home teetering on a 75 foot cliff there it goes was burnt down on friday. It took less than an hour to level. The ground around the home had been unstable. A few days ago some of the land beneath it gave way, leaving a part of the house dangling off the side of the clip. Thats where the owners agreed to let firefighters torch it. Welcome back to al jazeera. Up next a survivor of the orphanage in ireland, with more than 700 chin are believed buried. First a look at the temperatures we expect around the country with meteorologist eboni deon. It will be a beautiful day, especially in the northeast. We are drying out. It will feel a little less humid. Lots of 60 across the northeast to the midatlantic. A cooler start around chicago. We are at 5. Heading to the we are at 55. Heading to the northeast, 75 in pitts pushing, 78 in cleveland. Around atlanta into the mid and upper 80, but a drier air mass. It will be warm, but it will feel comfortable. Across the midwest we are watching for showers and storms to develop. It will be warm for the start of the day, as the rain showers move through, it will cool things off. A wisconsin judge put same text marriages on hold a week after tracking down a ban as unconstitutional. The court issued the ruling at the request of state officials. More than 500 couples applied for licences in the past week. A disturbing discovery in ireland is putting the roman Catholic Church under scrutiny. The remains of nearly 800 babies was found at a former home for unwed mothers. The scandal has campaigners pushing for a separation of church and state. Reporter irelands history is being dug up and witnesses are people like john rogers. He was born here when this was a mother and baby home run by nuns, to detain women who committed the sin of becoming pregnant outside marriages. He remembers a choold hood of loneliness and illness. I remember being on a bed pore weeks and months, i cant recall how long it was. I was in a state on that bed for a long time. With what. I dont know. It could have been tv or measles or any number of things. It could have died. I was a lucky one. Reporter the nuns had taken him away from his mother, which was the usual practice. All she was left was was a lock of hair before being sent to work in a laundry. Visitors turned up to buy a baby. Its like a supermarket. They go in and say well take to child. If he wasablebodied they take an 8 or 9yearold for the family farm. If you were a weak iping, you remained there. Reporter if the good children had a value, the weak ones didnt. This is a place where children who died of malnutrition, tuberculosis may have died, unmarked. There could be 800 Young Children buried in the ground. None of that addresses the crisis threatening to engulf the catholic establishment in irl. It stands accused throughout the 20th century of being involved in child trafficking, the enslavement of whim scpen a financial racket under the guys of religious morality. Would you not thing 26 pounds was too much for han infant for an infant. Reporter a full picture is now becoming clear thanks to historians unearths evidence of the carefree way. It seems they were hope to support this. This was their policy. Its hard to operate who was who. There seems to be an overlap of church and state at this time. Reporter all this out of a scandal of women in catholic work houses which the state took years to acknowledge and no compensation has yet been paid. This may be worse still. I think this is a crunch point of no return. Certainly when we look at the churchs involvement, primary and secondary, theres a will and a pull for the separation to take place. For campaigners the aim is the final separation of church and state in Services Like education and health care. And the deaths of thousands of children if that doesnt change things, its hard to say what will. Irelands Prime Minister has ordered an investigation to see if there are in fact more mass kerr aids at former church homes. Iraqi soldiers flee from fighting, why they blame their government from leaving no other joins. Prior to to afghanistan or iraq, Something Like that. U. S. Marine armed and ready in australia. Why american troops down under despite calling the u. S. A dangerous ally. And a life or death decision. Why so many migrants are rushing their children to america. Good morning to you. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im morgan radford. Coming up in this half hour the effort to provide shelter for many of americas homeless vet wraps. Veterans. First the top stories. The race to lead afghanistan. You are looking at kabul, where theres a Runoff Election marking the first democratic election to power. Both president ial candidates support a plan to keep u. S. Troops in the country beyond this year. Polls close in the next hour. A ukranian military plane was shot by rebels forces in luhansk. 49 have died. The army is retaliating with air strikes targetting strongholds. In iraq, the Islamic State of iraq and levant pushes towards baghdad. Sunni tribesman and antigovernment troops joining with the i. S. I. L. Fighters, forcing the Iraqi Government to plea for International Assistance. Baghdad says it will turn to iran for help. The group known as i. S. I. S gained ground, many u. S. Trained iraqi troops are dropping weapons and abandoning their post, saying they dont have the resources to continue fighting. We spoke with a few soldiers who fled. Reporter we met them inside a tent in a makeshift camp, where they live in fear, keeping to themselves. They are soldiers from the iraqsy army that pled mosul when it fell into the hands of Islamic State of iraq and levant. They wont give names, but shed light on how the army crumbled quickly. Translation we fought for five days and ran out of ammunition. We ask for support and ammunition, nothing came. Big commanders ran away, leaving us with nothing. Not everyone here wants to be filmed. They tell us they come from all over iraq, including the shia heartland. They fled and handed over the weapon to the consideredish authorities. They dont understand what happiness. This is a video shot in mosul as the i. S. I. L. Fighters approached the city. They are singing let them come, we are ready to fight. It was meant to boost moral ahead af battle. It was aired on television. Watching it now increases betrayal and loss. I. S. I. L. Issued a statement calling on the men say it equates to a death sentence. Perhaps most of their anger is directed at the ricky Prime Minister. Iraqi Prime Minister. Translation they took a lot of equipment. They were based at the misoutline hotel. They took the Police Hostage and killed them. Its a catastrophe. There are Security Forces who are strapped, unable to leave their homes, and blaming the government for the collapse of the country here to discuss possible u. S. Options is james jeffrey, former u. S. Ambassador to iraq. And he joins us live from washington d. C. Thank you so much for being was. Thank you for having me. The u. S. Spent 25 billion in training iraqi forces and as we saw in the report, there are some guys not willing to keep on fighting. Would you consider that a good return on the american investment. No, its a terrible turn. But with bad leadership we have seen this around the world, and with the south vietnamese. With bad leadership, without a clear political objective you do have large forces in the face of on offensive by a small committed group of people. You see this around the world. You mentioned vietnam. We are more financially tied to the gulf region. Can we disengage. No, we cant. President obama in september said we have four primary goals and hell use a free flow of oil, iraq. You see what is happening to oil prices and the i. S. I. L. Movement that is seizing the ground is the serious terrorist threat. And standing by friends and allies. Iraq, turkey, kurds, jordan and the gulf states are impacted and soon to be threatened by this development. It is very, very serious. You mentioned the allies, and specifically what the president said. In fact, lets take a moment to listen to what the president said yesterday. The United States is not simply going to involve itself in a military action in the absence of a political plan by the iraqis giving us assurance that they are prepared to work together. Sounds like president obama is saying i devoted all resources to the region, i dont want to see it go to waste. Can the u. S. Really put their faith in him now. From my experience, it would be difficult. The president has two problems. One is i am not sil occupying a lot of territory, and the president s commitment not to allow them to have a permanent presence. Its a long term problem. Political reconciliation and an effort on the ground. But the second problem the president has, is the i. S. I. L. People are moving on baghdad. And some other key shia shrine cities as you mentioned in your reporting. If they besiege baghdad in 2004, they take the shia areas. You have a cataclysm in iraq and pull the iranians in, the kurds will leave and develop their own separate agenda. And we are going to have a middle eastern law spreading over the region. That problem is urgent right now. These people have to be stopped. If the iraqi army cant stop them. Us military, use their power. You said war. Do you think we are at war at seeing a civil war in iraq . I think we are face with an internal civil war. Its brewing, and as i said, if the United States if the i. S. I. L. People remain in the sunni arab areas, youll have a large scale stand off that allows time, political reconciliation, working with the allies, all the things that the president talked about. Thats reasonable. If these people move towards baghdad, towards the shia areas, and baghdad is largely shia, but vouched by sunni surrounded by sunni areas, theres a risk of this thing degenerating to a regional civil war, stretching from iran to lebanon, thats not a good recipe for stability in the region or the world. You mentioned iran. What do you make of a willing to help, and what does that mean in the United States . Well, again, if iran intervenes, therell be no chance for reconciliation in iraq between the sunni arab, 20 of the population in the west, or the shia, 60 of the population in the south. It will not happen. Keeping iran out is critical. The only way that iran can be kept out is if the i. S. I. L. March towards the shia regions can be stopped. If the iraqi army can stop it, fine. Well have, again, a longterm stand off that allows the time for the president to do these political negotiations. If they can not be stopped by the iraqi army, which is in bad shape, its going to require air power. It doesnt guarantee success. Troops on the ground tend to fight far better. Thats a gamble that he has to make. If the u. S. Does not intervene and these guys move forward, iran will intervene and we could have a different middle east on our hands. Thank you ambassador for joining us live. Australian forces could provide assistance to the u. S. Thats the message from Prime Minister tony abbott. Thats the reason. Abbott says his team is working around the clock to assist the americans. U. S. Troops are on the ground to g stronger ties and counter a chinese threat. Andrew thomas reports. I had no idea i was going to australia. I expected my first deployment to be afghanistan or iraq. Reporter australia Northern Territory is where more than 1,000 u. S. Troops are. Our friendship goes back hundreds of years, we fight in every war. We are incredible partners and we are here to deepen the relationship. Reporter as well as troops theres four helicopters, a kit. These marine are predominantly here for training, but they are battle ready, ready do be deployed from here. Australia offers a challenging training environment. Sending u. S. Troops here sends a signal. An explicit demonstration of the pivot towards asia. As china rises the United States wants to assert its presence in the region. In 2011 president obama announced u. S. Troops would rotate tlox. The chinese anticipated that. When it came to military activity, rebalancing to the region, the fact was, is, america is a behind military presence in the asia pacific. Do the deepening ties with the u. S. Undermine australian neutrality in disputes between the u. S. Ally like japan or china. Some say australia should pursue a policy of strategic independence. Australia is taken for granted. A country foregoing its sovereignty to have another country have bases on its territory is not neutral. You cant be nut recall under those circumstances. Reporter it was echoed by malcolm fraser, he calls the u. S. A dangerous ally. The war games are part of a strategic game of geopolitical positioning. Tony abbott is asked to think care by about what the next move meanings much. Tony abbott met with chuck hagel, and they discussed a Missile Defense system and agreed to continue talks. A federal grand jury indicted a social Media Consultant on gun and drug charges. Ryan chamber land was the subject of a 3day fbi mann hunt. He was apprehended and the charges against him include adelaide possession of alleged possession of a destructive device. He faces 10 years in prison if convicted. Authorities in arizona say things are improving for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. Kids had been staying at a makeshift center with poor conditions. Leaving their homes in search of a better one in the United States. As rob reynolds explains, many that make the journey believe theyll be able to stay in the country indefinitely. A wall of metal climbs the hillside separating nogales mexico from its major cities. This is a point for migrant entering the United States, and where we met lydia and lefter. They arrived from honduras after a dangerous 22 day journey. Lydia was too afraid to allow them to show their faces. The worst thing is waking up, hearing your children ask for something to eat and not have anything to give them. Thats what makes me want to come here. Reporter in Mexican Border towns, migrants are spreading the word about a law that they believe will allow them to stay. Migrants and women and children are usually not detained for long. They are allowed to stay in the u. S. While their cases are reviewed. That process can take months or years. Rumours have been deliberately planted in arizona. Translation human smugglers known as coy oatas are leading people to believe by being here it will be enough for them to have the possibility of getting an immigration benefit. 47,000 Child Migrants entered the u. S. Since october. Overloading the system. Human Rights Groups allege some migrants have been abused. And strl american documents say conditions in holding centrings are deplorable. In addition to faster proceedings, we know we must do something to stem the time. Reporter lydia says he is had enough of hunger, violence and poverty. Im thinking of how to cross to the other side and get immigration so they give me a permit. And say you can stay. And you have to show up in court. A mother willing to risk everything to give her child a different future. Rob reynolds, mexico. The number of children picked up will reach about 60,000 in the coming days, its been estimated. Angelina jolie can add honorary dame to her list. She was honoured by Queen Elizabeth ii for her humanitarian work. She was in london cohosting an International Summit on Sexual Violence in conflict. Its been a rough start to 2014 for nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan. Hes been accused of corruption. Its his handling of book. The Al Qaeda Linked group is responsible for killing 3300 people, and kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls in april. It shows its given his political opponents hopes of unseeding him. Supporters of the biggest opposition party, the congress at their National Convention in abuja. They are hoping to defeat president Goodluck Jonathan, and the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic party when elections are held in february. They say the ruling party failed to tackle the boko haram, poverty, corruption and unemployment. There is no security. We are dying drastically. We are suffering. Reporter the convention is the start of a process culminating in the selection of a president ial candidate to run against jonathan by the end of the year. A former military ruler says god willing, he will challenge president Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. What can the acp offer nigerian people that they are not getting . Security and prosperity. There are several other potential candidates in the party, like a former vice president. The opposition says the ruling party is undemocratic. Accusations the party denies. Many former pdp members quit to join the opposition. The pdp failed because they have completely derailed from the dash from the principles. Right now they are becoming a party of impunity. A lawless party. So there is no need, and no selfreported person now that is in there. Defeating president Goodluck Jonathan and the pdp will be a challenge. They hold most of the seats and control most of the 36 states. This is the strongest the nigerias opposition has been since democratic rule returned following years of military rule, and since the ruling party took power. Opposition supporters say they must remain united, focused and organised to win power when election day comes. Americas forgotten fighters. I got tired of sleeping and curling up in the back seat of my vehicle. Id get on the bus. Thousands of veterans left homeless after serving their country. The evidence to give them a place to life. A state of emergency declared for bumblebees. And a look at Rio De Janeiro taking a quick break for a gournalous day at the gournalous day at the beach. We may find some team u. S. A players, they have a little bit of time before their match on sunday. Its goanna happen. When is enough. Enough . Im not sure why you didnt learn from your last incarceration some prisoners try to get it right im trying to go to school and get a nice job youre only 22, you can turn this around. And some just dont he actually told people in the halfway house, that he was amazed that they had given him parole the system with Joe Burlinger only on Al Jazeera America this, is what we do. Al jazeera america. So tumble weeds are getting out of control in colorado, where two counties declared a state of emergency. Normally cattle will eat the plants before they turn into a spiky cluster. This year the herd shrunk during the drought and the tumble weed are clogging the streets and the only way to get rid of them is to burn them into a pile or put them in a woodchiper. Good morning, welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Im morgan radford. Next they served our country and now they have no place to live. First, a look at where the rain may foul with meteorologist, eboni deon. We are seeing returning showers around boston, but all in all we are in for a drier weekend for the start and on sunday looking good. This is the area of concern across the upper immediate west, where well deal with storms developing later in the day. Anywhere from parts of omaha and nebraska, is where well deal with the heavy rain threat and a few tornados. Not a great start to the summer. There are more than 2 Million People behind bars in the United States. Women are the Fastest Growing risen population. For many the prospects of a life outside is scary. As allan schauffler reports, a new programme in one state prison is helping inmates make the transition. Reporter brandy, nearing the end of a 5year sentence. The barbed wire and fencing part of the scenario. The prospect of freedom exciting. Who wouldnt be nervous. This is what i know. She has an email pen pal, kris anderson. Linking prisoners with volunteer mentors. Anderson and others commit to two year of contact, starting a year before release. Shes young enough to turn the page and start over, and old enough to know what she wants to do. Reporter the mentor is part of the if project developed by a detective. It includes health seminars, creative writing sessions and more. Recent federal statistics date to the 1990s. Of the women that walk out. A third will be back within a year, by three years its 50 . I think we spend millions keeping people locked up and we dont always go after a sustainable solution. The Solutions Lie in the people that are locked up. Everyone tells you you are not nothing, you are a felon, and youll never amount to nothing. This relationship is the obsit. They traded emails daily for months, writing about deal with the system, looking for work and education. Anderson visits the system to help brandy plan the future. I missed you. I missed you too. The outsider and the in mate helping each other. Reporter when was the last person in your life that played a similar role, that helped you this way . Nobody. I can honestly say nobody. I learnt a lot about what happens to people in the system. It helped me to feel more compassion and empathy for people in all different situations. Reporter while brandy may be nervous about life outside. She has new confidence in herself. I have no doubt whatsoever, i want to go to school, have a clean and sober life. I want to life on my own. Theres so much i want to do. I dont think i will have that without this. 25 inmates are connected with penn tors, with mentors, with plans for another 25 next year. You can catch Al Jazeera Americas original series the system with joe berlinger, the episode on the role of par role boards this week. California has more veterans than any other state. Also has the most homeless war vet lanes. Veterans. California is taking major steps to get people off the streets. Its frustrating. Im angry. Im constantly trying to figure things out. Anthony ford is struggling with homelessness for the first time in his life. Since jan he says hes been unable to find steady work. I slept in my veeftening when i was tired of that, i would get on the bus. Ride around the city of l. A. Reporter he is among 19,000 veterans with no permanent home. Last week californian voters allocated funds to build affordable housing. The nonprofit u. S. Vets is seeking a portion of the money to build developments like this one. Low income housing. Because theyve been living an unstable life, would have to provide Case Management to stablilize their lives. Part of that stability includes this facility in inglewood outside los angeles. More than 500 veterans call the place home. In addition to being provided food and shelter. They were reminded of disciplines in the service. I was doing crack cocaine. In 2009 harvey came to u. S. Vets homeless and adicted to drugs. He considers himself a success story. They teach you that you are still a man, there are no throw aways. You put in the work and you can be what you were before this thing took a hold of you. U. S. Vets helps people like harvey carve a path to self sufficiency, by offering veterans housing first, and helping to tackle underlying struggles. Anthony said bureaucracy had slowed his progress. Im signing in, not getting the results. Paperwork is going to someone elses case file, and theres no follow ups. While not a perfect system. Advocates say prohibition like this offer a step in the right direction. They can stay, get intense kauns counselling. Its supportive. The support offers a safety net for American Veterans that never expected them to fight for their futures in a new Battle Ground at home. And at the end of the first hour, here is what we are following for you this morning president obama says iraq is ultimately responsible for dealing with the Islamic State of iraq and levant. Polling stations close in afghanistan in an hour. Plus ukraine says as many as 49 troops were killed when a cargo plane was shot down by prorussian separatists. Im morgan radford, stay tuned. Ol be back with you in 2. 5 minutes when al jazeera continues. Psh psh clz iraq unravelling into deadly sectarian violence. The United States may have app unlikely ally in effort to stablilize the country. Anything surrounding the disappearance is not part of reintegration. A new move by the army has berg facing tough Bowe Bergdahl facing tough questions. A debilitating disease coming to the u. S. Check it out, world champions, a nail biter ending lord stanley cup in california. [ gunfire ] and intense gun battles in Northern Iraq as kurdish Security Forces and iraqi police retake the city of kirkuk from sunni rebels. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im morgan radford. Iraq has a fullscale rebellion, they are ready to assist iraq in its fight against Islamic State of iraq and levant. Iran says it has yet to receive an official request for hem from baghdad. Prime minister Nouri Almaliki says the government is taking every step possible to stave off i. S. I. L. s offensive. Imran khan joins us with the latest. The top shia cleric is calling on civilians to take up arms marching towards baghdad. What more can you tell us about that . What the top cleric has said is he wants not just she as, but sunnis to join the Iraqi National army and protect the country and its dignity. He called for dignity. Its not the case. He said he wants a peace platoon, and to protect shia shrines, and wants them to be exclusively shia, and that is that language is worrying a lot of people. We are seeing more of the sectarian talk. They called for unity. Prime minister Nouri Almaliki wants all iraqis to join the army. Theres an undertone of sectarian division from other partners, from within the government and the position in iraq. Nouri almaliki has been quoted as saying he had unlimited powers. Is that true. What would that allow him to do . Its controversial. He made a statement saying his cabinet granted him unconstitutional powers. Most said that is unconstitutional. He cant do that. He didnt get the state of emergency a few days ago because parliamentarians didnt want to vote for it. Hes scrambling, looking for anything he could get. One her honour in his party said he is looking at a role paul bremer played. At the moment he doesnt have the powers hed like, hes trying to manufacture, spin a situation giving him the pours. Speaking of spin, has there been a reaction to president obama saying that he will not put troops on the ground . It depend who you speak to. You speak to normal iraqis, and they say it was the americans that created the problem in their invasion in 2003, and they dont have confidence in the obama administration, and the administrations before it, saying they abandon iraq and why Pay Attention to them. Politically theres some support for president obama, particularly from the sunnis, a key sunni politician who said he supports some u. S. Assistance, and said air strikes might be the way to go. Nobody is holding their breath for the kinds of assistance that the u. S. Might be able to offer. Simply because they dont trust theres a trust deficit between iraqi politicians and the west. Thank you imran khan from baghdad. On friday president obama vowed to help iraqs government fight rebels, but it is up to the iraqis to fix their own sectarian problems. We have those details. Reporter president obama pledged support for the Iraqi Government, but repeated that u. S. Military action would achieve little without change in baghdad. Any action we may take to provide assistance to iraqi Security Forces has to be joined by a serious and sincere efforts by iraq leaders to set aside sectarian difference, promote stability and account for the legitimate interests of all of iraqs communities, and build an Effective Security force. We cant do it for them. Its not clear if u. S. Military action will help. Its been said they should have insisted on unity before providing aid the assistance goes to the government not Nouri Almaliki. Shouldnt the conditionalties been imposed before. No one is arming Nouri Almaliki. You are misrepresenting what the assistance does. It goes to the iraqi army and Security Forces. He is the Prime Minister. Its not about Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki, but all iraqs leaders coming together. We call on them to take steps to towards reconciliation. Fundamental questions remain about u. S. Air strikes. What will be achieved unless Ground Forces have a plan. What will the targets be. Can iraqi intelligence be trougheded given the government bombed sunni areas in the past. And will civilian casualties end the possibilities for reconciliation. The president s vocal critics steam to accept military action should be taken with caution. Theres no political heat. This is a news story but no cohesive opposition, saying do Something Big in iraq. Thank you vex. For the moment president obama is taking his time. He says that any action political or military will take several days to plan. This morning we are learning that the u. S. Is moving more military muscle to the gulf. T the wall street journal says they are condemn plating sending a ship to the gulf. Well bring you the latest on developments in iraq as they happen. For up to the minute information 24 7, you can log on to aljazeera. Com. Election officials are among several people injured in a rocket attack in afghanistan. There has been violence all across several parts of the country as runoff president ial elections take place. This is a live look inside one polling takes in the capital of kabul. Polls close in half an hour from now. The election marks the first democratic transition to power, in the countrys history. Candidates say they are in favour of a deal which would allow u. S. Troops to stay in the country. We have a live report from the afghan capital. Be sure to stay tuned. Now that sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is on u. S. Soil, the army is starting an investigation into why he left his post in the first place. A twostar general that served in afghanistan will determine if Bowe Bergdahl violated rules. The general is expected to receive an initial briefing in washington next week, then hell assemble a texas staff. That team will begin the briefings with Bowe Bergdahl as he undergoes counselling and therapy. Army psychologists say Bowe Bergdahl is in good condition. In captivity a fundamental decision is taken away. We increase the chances to make choices. Bowe bergdahl has not been reunited with his family and officials have not said why. A ukranian plane has been shot down in luhansk, and 49 died. This is all that is left of the il76. The Australian Government is retaliating. Its targetting prorussian separatists, russia is providing the rebels with weapons. Russia denies the claim. Israeli forces are scaling the west bank for three missing teenagers, including one american. They believe palestinian fighters abducted the kids and its adding fuel to tensions in the middle east. Fanning across the occupied west bank, Israeli Soldiers go house to house, conducting raids looking for three missing teens. Translation contact was lost in the late night hours with three youths. We have been busy with a military operation looking for them. Reporter local media reports the boys were seen hitchhiking a rise from a religious seminary in hebron. One is believed to be a u. S. Citizen. Its forwarded theyve been kidnapped by palestinian fighters. They are responsible for the safety and return of the men. Reporter the Palestinian Government denies it has a part to play saying this is the first serious incident to test relations between israel and a newly formed government, hamas. The group said it would kidnap Israeli Citizens to use as leverage. The tactic worked before. In 2011 more than 1,000 palestine prisoners were freed in exchange for the release of one israeli soldier. No one claimed responsibility for the latest disappearances. It rails military says every effort is made to secure its return. The state department issued a travel warning for his rail, the west bank and the gaza strip. Heavily rain caused flooding. More rain is on the way. Communities are struggling with floodwaters, submerging yards and damaging homes. Cows are wading through the water. Floodgates have been opened on dams to accommodate surging levels. Crew are delivering supplies to people because of the floods. Thats what happened when tornados ripped through. The National Weather service said two tornados had winds of up to 85 miles per hour. More than 250,000 were without power. The storm damned several homes. There was more Severe Weather and eboni deon has a look at what is at store for the west. What can people expect. Well see clearing skies and blooding rain fall. We had 13 inches of rain fall across new york, leading to roads being completely washed out. Here is a look at where the rain fell, and the areas shaded in green. We picked up accumulated rain fall, around 2. 5 inches, where we could expect additional showers. It will be much improved. Still lingering showers across Northern Areas of new england. As we go through day to day, not a wash out. A few storms could be strong. By fathers day we are clear of the wet weather. More sun shine and the warmth as temperatures climb into the 70s. Thats the story. High pressure behind the front. We have a new one, and that will provide a threat of Severe Weather. That threat stretches from parts of minnesota all the way to texas, the area shaded in yellow. A risk, but we are watching for elevated, moderate rick of weather, including much of nebraska, including omaha and lincoln. We are watching the threat of winds and tornados, but the biggest threat is the hail. We are seeing a storm warning here, moving to south dakota, and maybe upwards of golfball size hail with the storm. I believe this is what we are facing in summer. Thats some of what we get. Thank you, appreciate it. The c. B. C. Says a debilitating mosquito borne virus turned up in america after an outbreak in the caribbean. They have made their way to North Carolina. Some members of Church Missions are returning from haiti. It may cause joint pain and arthritis. The virus is not deadly but can be painful with symptoms lasting weeks. Four years the Ford Motor Company dropped sludge. The company robbed us of our elders, robbing us of our culture. A victory for a tiny native american tribe, and what ford will do in the medicine garden that the tribe uses to clean their scars. Ford is not the only automaker, honda bracing for a recall. A set of triplets so rare it prompted media to the maternally ward. And live pictures where the run off for president could lead to the first democratic issue of power in the nations history. e the crowd goes wild. Los angeles is king of the hockey youn verse, the Los Angeles Kings beating the new york rangers 32. Claiming their second stanley cup in three years. Justin williams scoring the gamewinning try and got the trophy handed to the very best player. Good morning, welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york, im morgan radford. The raining world cup champs take the worst beating. First, a check of the forecast with meteorologist eboni deon. The heat is on across the southwest. This is what we typically expect this time of year of the southwest and los angeles. Textures in the 90, and tripple digits. As we head to the dakota chicago. We expect highs in the 70s, and 80s. Tulsa claiming to 80 degrees. We are watching that effort. Strong to severe tomorrows in the northeast. A drier air mass will feel nice with a high into the mid 70s. Well feel the warmth across the southeast. 89 today arrangement the big easy. President obama will be giving the commencement speech at u. C. Irvine. He flue into palm flew into palm strings from visiting the Standing Rock sioux reservation. It straddles north did south dakota, and president obama wanted a look at the problems facing native minister. He discussed education, economic development, and plans, making hill the fourth sitting president to visit an indian reservation. A native american tried 30 minutes from new york city is dealing with a toxic issue. They have fought for ford to clean up the land. They reclaimed some of that land for a sake ret medicine sacred midsin guard answer. Reporter here in the north, a healing of the earth. This tribe called it homes for years. They have been fighting to have thousands of tonnes of pollution cleaned up by one of the biggest car manufacturers. From 1955 to 1980 Ford Motor Company built more than 6 million cars at its plant. With largescale production came pollution. In the 60s, and 70s, ford dumped millions ordering to the vicial Application Agency Environmental Protection agency. We pushed ford hard to come to the table. After many years they agreed to come in and remediate the site. Ford paid millsions to remove toxic soil. They want ford to use this as a model to remove the sludge. Ford has agreed in word only, we know about their words, we have to make them real. They agreed to a medicine garden at every side that is remediated. Ford tells al jazeera it has no plans, but has been working positively to develop a remediation with the upper site. At the clean up of a dump site, it is not underway. The tribe forwards time is running out. Many members have cancer and other problems they attribute to the toxic sludge. They easily lost 30 of elders. The corporation has robbed us of our elders, robbing us of culture. If you have no one to share it with, it dies out. The tripe is pushing for a sprensive health study. I dont think the new York State Department of health has been seping up to the table to deal with this. We can categorise the in effect. Even generations sense the toxic material with the paint sludge. The healing cannot begin until ford takes responsibility for the health problems. Ford can never make enough money to give back what it cost us. We lost a lot of Family Members. Decades later the tribe continues to pay a heavy price for fords pollution. Ford says it takes environmental responsibility seriously, and is working with the federal and new jersey divisions to develop a remediation plan. Another recall for general motors. This time 500,000 chevrolet cam airos because of ignition problems. The need can turn off the the knee can turn off the ignition swipe, and is similar to the recall of 2. 5 million chevy cobb alts and saturn ions. They are aware of three crashes involving the latest recall. Things are not much better at honda where the company could recall 1 million cars to fix a faulty airbag, involving inflators, and the safety administration. It says its investigating cars made by toyota , nissan, and chrysler. Toyota announced a recall of 360,000 vehicles to deal with the faulty air bags. An unexpected lose for spain at the world cup in brazil. Beating the 2010 champions, the worst defeat for any reining shams. Check this out. A penalty kick after being brought down in the penalty. Robin van persie scored two goals. They face australia on wednesday. Wham ball, dutch fans celebrating a victory. The 5is thrashing was a stark contrast to the painful memory four years ago. They finished runnersup to spain in the 2010 world cup. Columbians are gearing up. The group of difficult oated fans is pedalling all the way to northern columbia and to brazil to their on their home team. Most of the cyclists are in their 50s, leaving on may 23rdrd. Boiking an average of 60 miles a day. Meanwhile, south koreas world cup Training Facility may be too close for comfort op an overflowing waterfall. Water levels hit a record high. Torr ep shall rain fall forced 100,000 to evacuate the region, and south koreas first match is against russia on june 17th. Election day again. A run off that could end in a peaceful transition of power in the history of afghanistan. We have not seen mainly yore destructions in oil supplies. The rebellion in iraq threatening to drive up the price of oil at home. President obama is concerned and what he wants to see from other Oil Producers in the gulf. Good morning to you. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im morgan radford. In this half hour the bigst crisis facing expecting mothers in south sudan, and how the world can help. First a look at the top stories this morning. Islamic state of iraq and levant continues to push towards baghdad and sunni rebels and antigovernment groups joining forces with the i. S. I. L. Fighters. The fighting is forcing iraqs struggling government to plea for International Assistance and with the u. S. Still contemplating its strategy, baghdad says it will turn to iran for help. Prorussian rebels shot down a military plane near an airport in luhansk. 49 died, nine crew and 40 service members. In retaliation the ukraine army says its launching air strikes. Afghans are voting for the man who will become the next president. You are looking at a polling station with the run off marks a democratic transition to power. Both candidates, ashraf ghani, and Abdullah Abdullah, are in favour of a deal allowing u. S. Troops to remain inside the country. They both have received death threats. They are vying to succeed President Hamid karzai, whose constitutionally prevented from serving a third term. Violence us live from the afghan call toll is mtiase. We are hearing of several attacks during the elections. What can you tell us about that . What we have heard from the interior minister and the Health Ministers they expect 150 violent incidents since polls opened. According to the Health Minister close to 100 have been injured and 10 have lost their lives, as voters go to the polls to choose their next president , we are hearing that they have done so under a cloud of violence. Many afghans are watching events unfold in iraq. How is the situation in iraq effecting the vote in afghanistan today. What are the people there telling you . Well look, i dont think what is happening in iraq affected the vote. What i can tell you is when this incident went down in iraq, and varies parts of the country were seized, it sent quills down the spines of many afghans, watching what is unfolding in iraq with a lot of fear. The criticism on the u. S. Side is they pulled out too soon, took away the troops too soon and here in afghanistan with the u. S. Pulling out combat troops at thend of this year. Many afraid Something Like this could happen in afghanistan. The conflict in both countries are different. In iraq we are looking at a sectarian conflict. In afghanistan its ideological. In saying that many people are concerned and do not want to see a repeat of what is going on in iran here in afghanistan. Interesting, you mention the thrill down the spine of the voters. What happened next. When will there be an ofirstly successor to hamid karzai. Formally the new president will not be announced until jewel we have a few weeks to go before the new president is named or announced. Afghanistan is a large country, theres a lot of provinces and a lot of People Living in remote parts of the country. Theres 6,000 or so polling station asks all the ballot boxes need to come to kabul where they can be verified, checked, doublechecked. There has been allegations of voter fraud. It is a fairly lengthy process in afghanistan and afghans have a little while to wait before they learn who the next leader is, a key concern is that this was a runoff vote, they hadnt seen the voter turn out. This time around its limited. The violence is part of that, but the concern is if this vote, if this run off vote is close and the challengers or the two candidates are only separated by a percentage point or two, its going to be give for whoever came this second place to concede. If thats the case, afghanistan will find itself in soars political turmoil. Something many would want to avoid. Well took towards july to see the results. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Matt zeler is a folio is the the Truman National security project and joins us live from washington d. C. Thank you for being with us. As mentioned corruption and fraud is a concern in afghanistan. Where there has been reports of ballot shortages. If the vote is close, as mentioned, we could see in july. Do you see either man easily accepting defeat . No. Thanks for having me, its a pleasure to be with you. Ashraf ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are bitter rivals. Both men dont trust the other guy to be a faithful steward and leader of the country. This may be an area where well have to potentially call hamid karzai to play peacemaker. I think whoever wins Going Forward will get the backing of the United States, and that should give them credibility to mitigate challenges from within. Therell be bitterness. You say they are fears rivals fierce rivals. They have a shared enemy. The taliban views this election as a u. S. Sponsored fraud. How big a challenge are they to the president. The taliban considers themselves to be a Winning Force in afghanistan. They pose a challenge. Theyll continue to conduct largescale attacks. Theyll continue to disrupt the governance process, continue to establish her on chateau government and make local deals with the afghan Security Forces. They have a pain in however runs in that side. I want to stay to the notion of policpolicy. They were told there are five policies, first the releaseship with the dufl countries, and after the u. S. Hour fifth layer is invest should the u. S. Be the top priority . No. Why not . We are leaving. They are going to have to look to other people to be partners and it makes a lot of sense to go for the two emerging regional powers in china and india. Its interesting me didnt say pakistan. That is its a hallmark of things that come. Theres a lot of distrust. Most point to the source of problems, particularly the you know, the basis of support that the taliban have in the tribal areas. It makes a lot of sense. The om thing that is only thing that is disappointing is investment. They need to develop an economy. Employ people and make progress in terms of the economic and social progression, poem need to know the Afghan Government can improve their lives. Its unfortunate thats not a higher priority. That would mitigate the potential attraction. I want to rewind to something you said. You said the u. S. Is leaving afghanistan, but the reality is both candidates said theyll sign a Security Agreement. What is something that hamid karzai refused to do. Do you see the signature coming without preconditions. I dont know. I would say whatever is on the table and has been presented to hamid karzai well sign into it. The bigst Sticking Point has been how do you try u. S. Soldier for crimes committed in afghanistan. Afghans will want them to be tried. That will not happen. U. S. Military personnel will be subject to u. S. Law and punishment and nothing else. Night rates are another issue, that will be a secret provision that will never be discussed with the public. It will be the first thing, whoever gets elected signs. That being said, our role in afghanistan will be fundamentally different. How so . Therell only be 9800 soldiers. Thats not a lot. Consolidated to three u four, large air bases. And connectibility will be limited. 9800 people will not be ready to fight the taliban at a moments notice. Well wait to see if the Security Agreement is signed. Fellow with the truman International Center joining us. The second Largest Oil Company luke oil is facing protests in russia, in the far north. Rory challands reports. People blame lax Safety Standards at the facility for damage to their environment. Reporter it may be june, spring arrived in this village in northern russia, its a short season here, with only a couple of months to prepare for the long harsh winter. These Indigenous People have lived like this for centuries, relying on the surroundings for food. This man checks his nets for the first catch. Theres not much, but what there is will go into his familys fish soup tonight. Translation from olden times we hunted and punished. They arrived. We dont mind them, but if they drill oil they should respect nature. By they he mines luke oil. It arrived in 1999 attracted by the abundant hydrocarbons buried beneath the swamps. The companys presence can be seen everywhere, but ties relationship with the people is not as good as the billboard suggests. This is why leaks from rusty pipes are discovered by hunters and fishermen in remote locations. We found this a few kilometres from a village. I dont want them to pollute our nature. We care about the children. All they think about is money. We are not going to go. Parents and grandparents of buried here. 200 people from 13 nearby villagers gathered to protest against the expansion of the giants, saying luke oil covered up spills and efforts to clean up are insufficient. People are desperate to be heard, but no other journalist came. The Tipping Point was an ilfacility. Built without consultation. Several times we asked luke oil for a response, in the north of russia and here at the moscow headquarters. So far there has been no comments. Natural resources are the backbone of the russian economy. And Oil Production spread to the countrys furthest corners. A few benefits from jobs at the plants. With environmental damage commonplace, Indigenous People feel the costs outweigh the gains. American drivers are starting to feel the effects of the iraqi crisis. Oil climb ing higher. Theres concern it can raise higher if it drags on. Will it increase, pill over, will there be further turmoil, destructions down the road. This is something that gives a reason for pause. People never know what is going to happen. Uncertainty takes the prices higher. Analysts say gas prices may rise above fridays average. That would be 0. 01 higher than what consumers paid a year ago. The United Nations marked today global blood donor day. 800 women day, according to the world health organization, in childbirth complications. Severe bleeding is the cause of 31 , and 34 of deaths and africa. We have this report from south sudan, which has a high rate of matterbal mortality rates in the world. Reporter if this woman attempted to deliver this baby at home she would have died. She suffered massive hming. Doctors worked for hours. Most mothers dont have access to a clinic. For many becoming a mother is a dangerous thing theyll do. The greatest threat is blood loss. A few clinics will store blood for emergencies. If a mother need a transfusion, staff have to rush out into the community to try to find a Family Member with the same blood time prepared to donate. We are trying to increase awareness within the camp. A recent challenge has been Family Members are not willing to donate blue. We are engaging in a sens sittizition process about the importance of giving blood to women. Reporter in stream emergencies, blood for the u. N. Staff has been used. Theres not enough stored blood. Hopefully the women will be able to geta transuse. Most people are not prepared to give blood to someone that is not fart of their family. If they were, theres not a facility capable of storing blood on a large scale. At the juba Teaching Hospital they have four fridges in which to store blood. Most has ban donated specifically for people planning to have surgery. None of it is available for emergency cases and hospital administrators are calling for a central blood storage facility. There should be a National Blood transfusion center. Its responsible for conducting awareness, the importance of blood emission. Collecting blood, storing the blood. It will get blood from the centers. Theres no accurate data about how many mothers in south sudan die giving birth bass most deliveries happen in the bush. Theres no one to report the fatalities or give medical assistance either. Speaking of mums, a mum in North Carolina welcomed not one, but fully bundles of joy. Doctors at cape fear valley say it may be the first time identical triplets were born in. Mum and dad had time to plan. It was an early preps. The daughters told us to be prepared at 23 weeks. We have been good and been blessed with friends and family to shower us with lots of things we need. The three babies are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as a precaution. Lights, camera, action as the 17th shanghai festival gets under way. They will battle it out for top honours. We sat with a director, challenging convention. Mustafa didnt think hed end up a film ambassador. By taking his movies abroad hes a representative of bangladeshi film to the rest of the world. He and his friends call themselves the bangladeshi new wave. Right now we cannes call it a big movement. We can smell that it is growing. If we look at the pipeline, who are making telephones for television. I can see, you know, the possibilities. Far uky is at the center of the film industrys search for identity. The films are praised for the modern approach to deticketing society. Main stream is different, full of song and dance, copying centre the bollywood movement. It cannot match the melio dramas, which have been drawing larger crowds. The future is bright thanks to a savvy audience that is nor tuned in to what he and his colleagues are trying to do. Films by him are luring many back to the theatre. Many ignored local movies. Turning instead to cable television. Translation me and my friends didnt watch bangladeshi movies, what is interesting is the way it shows the culture, it makes you go to cinemas. Reporter faruqy is taking his latest story to the shanghai festival. Its impressive company. Hes hoped he will be joined by familiar faces bangladeshi films saw their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. Now they are enjoying a resurgence. A landmark ruling that could spark an education revolution. This is a call to action to get to work and not deny another child in this state his or her right to educational opportunity. Well tell you about the Californian Court decision that could impact teachers from coast to coast. They say neon lights were bright on broadway. Not last night, why they went dark. 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. Only on Al Jazeera America. America mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. Download it now this is a huge, huge win for the children of california. We are grateful for the children, judge, parents or the state ofthe state of california. Nothing goodwill come out of eliminating the statutes. Powerful opinions on both sides of the debate after a landmark ruling on teacher tenure. Welcome back. Live from new york, im morgan radford. This week a judge in california declared tenure laws unconstitutional, starting 10 years ago when nine students sued the state of california, saying their constitutional right to education was violated by laws that protected inadequate teachers. Andre perry, from dafferb Port University joins us. Thank you for being with us. We heard some people calling this a huge win, others saying nothing good is going to come out of it. Good or bad, how important is the ruling . Well, its very important because we know of the things we can control, hiring and firing have a great impact on the quality, education our children can receive. If we put a quality teacher inside of a school, we though that it accounts for a significant percentage of predingting academic predicting academic success for the child. In general i believe its a win for children. We need to be cautious that we dont assume that its all about a teacher that determines the academic success of a student. I hear you using words like quality and success. How does california identify and define crossley ineffective teachers . Yes, and this is where it gets a little tricky. We assume that test scores and the metrics we use to measure success are reliable from a statistical sense. We know from value adding modelling and other forms of determining how southbounding cessful a teacher is is fraught with problems. They are not the most reliable measures. When we measure a school and district or area to say that it is woefully inadequate, we know its in general true, but we cant identify what teachers or students are enng dangered. The stream cases of teacher abuse or fraud and what a lot of people are saying, we can identify. When we talk about students you who are low income, its hard to ipp tangle what factors were most important. What did the judge mean when they said ten u affects low income and minority students. Why. Yes, so the argument, i think, is you see many more low income students or poor performing students in open schools. Thats not necessarily a clean correlation. It exists. What was alarming about the case, its difficult to remove a bad teacher. In some cases it takes years, and hundreds of thousands are spent, determined to get rid of a teacher we know is not performing well. Just quickly, about the performance, one of the things that makes it easier to recruit is job security. Is that making it worse . Its not a solution. The tradeoff one is that teachers feel insecure about their role. I know this from working in louisiana. You see high attrition coming from not having stability. The easy april is to make adjustments to the tenure law. You can create a system where its longer to get tenure, and have shorter periods of post tenure review. After three years, five years after that, you can have a review process to determine whether or not that teacher should stay. There are solutions that we can find. Its just will the unions make the adjustments that fall in line with joounts. Andre perry. Joining us live from fort lauderdale. Thank you for being with us. The bright light of broadway went dark in memory of ruby dee. They were dimmed for a minute to honour the actress, poet, sprai right, screen writer. His 7decade career spanned raid why, television and film. She passed away at the age of 91. Next a medical breakthrough changing the way parkinsons is diagnosed. Scientists able to detect early onset. Well investigate that. Stay tuned. Ahead in 2 minutes more, i. S. I. L. Makes a move towards baghdad. 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