>> good morning. this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan martin. greece is asking for urgent financial relief after agreeing to harsh spending cuts to pave the way for a new bailout. u.s. treasury secretary arrived in germany to scurs the on going crise. european leaders are considering a request for emergency cash. germany's finance minister said an outright debt cut for greece is out of the question. the reforms are wildly unpopular among many greeks. in athens, demonstrations turned violent outside parliament. cars and trucks were torched banks and a.t.m.'s were vandalized as lawmakers voted to approve the plan. we are live in athens. parliament passed the measure but seems no one is really happy about it. >> it was a landslide vote, but nobody is happy. lawmakers here faced a stark choice, either adopt reform measures, more punishing austerity measures, heap more pain on a population that's all right pushed to the financial edge, or risk the total collapse of the greek economy. speaking to lawmakers last night, prime minister alexis tsipras pointed out his displeasure with the reforms. >> i will admit that the measures we are taking are harsh and i don't agree with them. i don't believe they will help the greek economy and say so openly, i also say that i must implement them that is our difference. >> now this vote did cause some serious damage within foreign minister tsipras's syriza party. it's going to make it very, very difficult for him to governor going forward. i should point out that the former finance minister, who was so controversial, had such a contentious relationship with creditors, said he would wear the loathing with pride voted no yesterday. >> we know about the leaked document in which the i.m.f. is calling for greece to get large scale debt relief. what's been the reaction to that? >> what the syriza government has been saying since taking power is that some form of debt relief has got to be on the table, their debts are unsustainable. the i. approximate m.f. came out with a leaked document that said european leaders have got to get real about how unsustainable this debt is. one measure was a deep haircut forgiving a large portion of that debt. other measures considered was extending the grace period before greece has to start paying back principle and interest out another 30 years to 2053. >> a lot of focus on tip practices. what does his future look like there? >> well as i said, jonathan, it's going to be very, very difficult for tsipras to governor going forward with his majority fractured the way that it is. as for his personal fortunes, that's much more difficult to gauge, because there's been overwhelming sympathy in this country for the position he was put in. many believe that he was black mailed people who didn't even vote for syriza feel sympathy for him. there is speculation new elections will be called in september, but tsipras is a towering political figure. i would not count him out yet. >> patty sabga, thank you so much. >> mexican drug lord el chapo is on the run a week after a broke out of prison. now we're getting an up close look at how he did it. we get a look at the prison. >> the maximum security prison where many of mexico's more dangerous or high profile criminals are locked up, none more notorious an joaquin guzman, el chapo captured here by the mexican government in february, 2014. >> this is home to the world's most wanted drug lord until last saturday evening in which he sat down on the bed of his cell and put on his shoes. he then got up, and went into this area, which is one of the only areas in this cell where the cameras can't see him. he then knelt down and kept going lower and lower until he actually disappeared into this hole which then goes down into a tunnel wish extends 1.5 kilometers. it's worth knowing this prison is a huge maze. we passed through so many corridors and security doors to get to this cell, it's impossible to know where you are inside. that makes it more amazing and suspicious that el chapo's rescue team new exactly where their tunnel had to come up. >> behind is the building where he eventually emerged after going 1.5 kilometers in his underground tunnel, luxury tunnel with ventilation and a motor bike that could have whisked him out to freedom. there's a manhunt to try to catch him. it's anyone's guess where joaquin guzman is now. >> mexican authorities are offering a $4 million reward to find el chapo. >> president obama is continuing his push to build support for the nuclear deal with iran. he took on critics wednesday during a sometimes combative news conference at the white house. he said despite what critics say, this does not put iran on the path to getting a nuclear weapon. >> weapon know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly recognized the number of centrifuges they private installed an unprecedented inspections regime. i can say with confidence, but more importantly nuclear experts can say with confidence that iran will not be in a position to develop a nuke nuclear bomb. >> congress has 60 days to review the opinion and accept or reject it. the president vows to veto any effort to stop the deal. president obama said in his inaugural address he would work to seek a new way forward in the middle east. this is seen as the latest chapter. jonathan betz looks at the president's successes and failures in the region. >> it was supposed to be a fresh start when back in 2009, president obama arrived in egypt with a message of peace. >> i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world. >> those new beginnings turned into old problems. a revolution erupted, and the dreams of the arab spring turned into nightmares, failed states, wars crackdowns, from egypt to libya to syria. as the middle east changed critics say the president largely watched from the sidelines. >> i can't see that the challenge of the arab uprisings was something that the president was going to be able to influence to a dramatic degree. >> obama warned the syrian president against using chemical weapons. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime, but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. >> then he stepped away from that line when chemical weapons were actually used, killing hundreds. president assad remains in power. allies like yemen have fallen to rebels. u.s. efforts to reach a peace deal between israelis and palestinians collapsed. >> obviously there are some differences between us, the precise formulations and lanes and that's going to happen between friends. >> then there's iraq. >> i can report that as promised the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years america's war in iraq will be over. >> some argue obama pulled out too early helping isil flourish, only then to send american forces back to help the iraq military. >> it's really easy to sort of sum up a critique of all the things oh, this president didn't do this, didn't do that, was 10% wrong here, 20% wrong there but the key thing this president got right was to understand that the u.s. for better and for worse can't unilaterally dictate the direction of the middle east anymore, if indeed we ever could. >> obama inherited two wars, supporters credit him for shifting the u.s. away from force and towards diplomacy and flexing america's muscle when needed. by army rebels in syria and launching airstrikes against isil. >> the reality in the middle east today is these crises were born in the middle east, they involve a number of regional actors and the solution has to come from the region itself. >> it is possible to change. >> what a stunning historic mistake. >> overall much of the region remains in conflict. it's a far different world than what the president hoped for so many years ago in cairo. when the president said today that, needs to change. >> ultimately, it's not the job of the president of the united states to solve every problem in the middle east. the people of the middle east are going to have to solve some of these problems themselves. >> former president george h.w. bush is in the hospital recovering after breaking a bone in his neck. the 41st president fell at his summer home in maine on wednesday and taken to a hospital in portland. mr. bush turned 91 last month and uses a wheelchair because he suffers parkinson's disease. his condition is stable, he's fine but will be in a neck brace. he was in the hospital last december when doctors treated him for breathing difficulties. mr. bush is the oldest living former u.s. president. >> one of the officials tied to a corruption investigation in the soccer world's good morning body fifa has been extra dated to the u.s. swiss officials say the man who was not identified was handed over to u.s. law enforcement in zero rick and flown to the united states. he was not fighting extradition. six other fifa officials named in the investigation are still detained in switzerland as they fight extradition. >> president obama is going to prison today coming up on aljazeera america the penalty heads to oklahoma where he'll talk about the latest push to reform the criminal justice system. >> the f.b.i. shuts down one of the largest hacking sites on the web. the on line forum that helps cyber criminals steal information and money. >> the senate is expected to pass a bipartisan bill that will rewrite no child left behind. the bill would revamp the education allow by limiting federal involvement in schools and reduce high stake standardized testing and give states and local districts more control over teacher and student performance. >> the federal government is suing u.p.s. saying it is violating civil rights laws. it prohibits supervisors from growing beards or long hair. the qualm employment opportunity commission said their policy does not make exceptions for an employee's region. u.p.s. denies those claims. >> one of the largest cyber crime marketplaces on the internet is shut down this morning. the website is believed to have played a role in the theft of information from millions of computer users worldwide. john henry smith has more on this shadowy enterprise and how the fed shut it down. >> we will start with an explanation of what dark code is or what it has been, a forum where hackers and other cyber criminals buy sell trade and share ideas and tools. the operation to take it down involved law enforcement officials from 20 countries. >> we have obtained court authorization to shut down the dark code forum. >> it first appeared in 2008, an invitation only website where criminals could trade malware pass words stolen credit card information and perhaps most importantly, ideas and techniques to make members better cyber criminals. it was reportedly a favorite of hackers responsible for cyber attacks on sony and on microsoft, among others. >> dark code has been matter minded by a series of sophisticated cyber criminals proficient at computer intrusions and stealing. dark code members have compromised millions upon millions of computers servers cell phones, bank accounts and social media accounts. >> the f.b.i.'s pittsburgh office says it took the lead in the investigation but it also had a lot of help. >> a coordinated takedown occurred involving cooperation of law enforcement of 20 countries around the globe resulting in the arrest, charging and search of 70 individuals who are dark code members or their associates. >> u.s. attorney david hick to know detailed one of the many ways web users felt dark codes effects. >> offered facebook spreading which would be to infiltrate your facebook account and basically steal your friend list and then sell your friend list and exploit your friend list many times without you even knowing it. >> the department of justice says putting a stop to dark code is a major coup. >> by arresting these individuals and seizing the dark code hacking forum we've shut down a dangerous avenue for buying and selling of malware bolt nets, and other tools of the trade for cyber criminals. >> but the f.b.i. also warns that the problem goes far beyond dark code. dark code was significant partly because it was one of the few dark web marketplaces operating in english but even with it shut down, the f.b.i. says there are still roughly 800 criminal internet forums. >> the f.b.i.'s pittsburgh office took the lead on this investigation because the steel city is home to the national cyber forensics and training alliance dedicated to defeating cyber criminals. that outfit often works closely with the f.b.i. squad the bare romainetains in the pittsburgh a area. >> a lot of interesting information. >> today president obama will become the first sitting u.s. penalty to see inside a federal prison speaking at the federal correctional institution in oklahoma as part of a push to reform the criminal justice system and change how the u.s. handles non-violent offenders. the president said minimum sentences for non-violent drug crimes should be changed or eliminated. when he arrived last night in oklahoma city, supporters of the confederate flag greeted his motorcade as it drove past the motel. earlier in the day in anticipation of the president's visit, people in oklahoma city suburb held what they called a southern pridal lay protesting the penalty's support for removing the confederate flag from public buildings. >> the u.s. has the highest incarceration rate in the world but as hour prison population gross, so does evidence of its negative social effects. that's pushing one state to explore alternative models of justice. >> the second whitest state in the u.s., maine is not renowned for ethnic diversity. here among the capital buildings, a program is underway rooted in global indigenous cultures. it asks fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of criminal justice in the u.s. prisoners are being released early so that they can learn from their crimes. the key is talking within a circle. >> there are kind of five key stone questions that we think about, what happened, what were folks thinking at the time or feeling tell the of that incident, what have they been thinking or feeling related to it since it's taken place who has been affected and in what ways have they be affected and what needs to be done to make things as right as possible. >> juvenile offenders in maine can escape incarceration if their victim is prepared to seek redress through restorative justice instead of prison. >> they're too young. >> charlotte chose to confront the two boys who robbed her to make them understand why they did was wrong instead of having their lives ruined by jail time. >> i just had the feeling that they owe open that the kids who had done that had never really felt connected with the community. >> restorative justice began to catch on in the u.s. as incarceration levels reached record numbers and the damage to communities recognized opinion in some states, modern u.s. law enforcement is looking to aboriginal tradition. >> it's in their best interest to bring them to the center and say every reallied here, messed up and we've got to figure out a way for you to learn to make it up. >> he worked for the homeowners and paid them restitutional. >> the first meeting was emotional, he told us how much damage we caused. >> he is returning to school soon and clear about his goal. >> i just got that tattoo the other day actually. >> those who make amends this way are less likely to reoffend and almost those offended against feel justice has been served. al jazeera maine. >> a television pioneer has died. marlene sanders was the first woman to solo anchor a news network broadcast in abc as a fill in, in 1964. she was a groundbreaking reporter and one of the first women to report from the field during the vietnam war. she served as an executive and had a long career producing documentaries. >> it is the middle of summer, but winter just officially ended in boston. the last of that snow has finally melted away. now it is putting the spotlight on an environmental concern for the city. >> remember this? where that ice bucket challenge money all ended up, coming up. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> on the digit albeit this morning, it was one year ago the ice bucket challenge went viral. it started when chris kennedy posted a video on you tube. in it, he is asking viewers to pour a bucket of freezing water on their heads and record it to raise awareness for a.l.s. the stunt took off spawning 17 million similar votes worldwide. was it a success? the a.l.s. will say it was. they say it received $115 million between july 29 and september 15 of last year. the largest chunk of that money $77 million will go to research, $23 million will go to patient services for those living with the disease. $15 million will go toward education. the a.l.s. association hopes to bring back that challenge every august until they find a cure. >> a big part of the country is cleaning up today after quick and damaging summer storms. 23 states were hammered by heavy rains in the past two days. here in kentucky floodwaters swept homes away. at least three people have died there. another man was found floating in a creek in nearby indiana. several others are still missing. >> in new york, a flash flood left a big part of the city in a wet mess. the rain made streets nearly impassable in some place. many areas were filled with water up to a foot high. >> we are talking about winter in july. a huge snow pile has finally melted, but there is still a big problem. let's bring in nicole mitchell for today's environmental impact report. >> good morning. let's talk about boston all that snow from last winter, almost 111 inches over nine feet fell. snowiest winter ever, at least you have bragging rights surviving it. the city's. work democratic worked overtime, cleaning the equivalent of 12 trips around the earths equator and depositing 50,000 tons of snow in snow farms. they had to put it somewhere. the biggest was a 75-foot tower of snow. it finally just melted on tuesday. it took that long. the city even held a contest to bet on when it was going to finally melt, and part of the reason it didn't melt so fast is there was a dry spring, not a lot of rain a eat that away and it was unusually cold. let's see how the snow stacks up to other heights. a great dane is two feet six inches peter dink lag is 4'5". there were about 80 tons and between all the different piles 300 tons of trash. some of the people had put their trash out more snow would come, so it got mixed in with the snow being plowed, so the problem is all of that, everything from the suit to the trash is draining into the boston harbor. environmentalists say this is a good thing because people don't usually see what's draining in to their sewer system and now this year they were able to see it, they can be more cognizant about what they're doing and what's going into the water. >> that's the good part of this, even though it took forever. >> thanks for joining us. morgan radford is back in two minutes with more al jazeera morning news. >> on al jazeera america >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are... >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> a yes vote in greece as purple approves steps towards a bailout to keep its economy from collapsing. >> i can say with confidence but more importantly nuclear experts can say with confidence that iran will not be in a position to develop a nuclear bomb. >> president obama is making his case to urge congress to support the iran nuclear deal. >> nuclear fallout, 70 years after the first big blast. >> i was doing just to get people aware that we do have a problem in this area. >> we'll take you inside a rural community that says america's atomic history is killing them slowly. thanks for joining us this morning you're watching aljazeera america. live from new york city, i'm mar began radford. greece is asking for urgent financial relieve after agreeing to harsh spending cuts. u.s. treasury secretary jack lew arrived in germany to discuss the crise. germany's finance minister said an outright debt cut for greece is out of the question. prime minister alexis tsipras is admitting that the bailout plan is a harsh one. >> i will admit the measures we are taking are harsh and i don't agree with them. i don't believe they will help the greek economy and i say so openly. i also say that i must implement them. that is our difference. >> pat sob joins us live from athens with the latest developments there. help us understand. isn't this new bailout plan really about to put the squeeze on athens? >> well, one thing that you have to understand is that this bailout plan is not popular with the government, certainly not with the people. tsipras outlined his position clearly yesterday that he doesn't think that the new bailout terms will actually help the greek economy. it really underscores how he is between a rock and a hard place. tensions were running high, passions running high inside the parliament building yesterday. last night outside the parliament building, they boiled over. >> molotov cocktails hurled at the greek parliament as protestors protest terms they just rejected a week and a half ago. european creditors demanded greece adopt tax pension and other rethunderstorms to move forward with negotiation on a bailout worth up to $95 billion. before the vote, syriza m.p. told al jazeera why she would back austerity measures she and her party oppose on principle. >> this vote is not from my heart. i'm certain of that, but for political reason this is what we have to do today to allow greece to remain standing. >> this sign says i'm afraid of starvation. it illustrates the stark choice lawmakers here face, either adopt more punishing austerity measures and heap more pain on a population pushed to the financial edge or risk collapsing the greek economy. >> a lose-lose proposition that's generated sympathy for tsipras and loathing for creditors many feel black mailed him. >> they won't let him do what he wants, but if he is given the chance to stay in office for three years, free to do what he thinks is right, he will change the country. >> a chance europe's leaders have so far been unwilling to grant, and which the greek people may run out of patience to give. >> one thing morgan, i really want to underscore is that we keep describing this story if you will, in terms of bailout packages and billion dollar physician and leaders but make no mistake at ground level here, people are hurting. the economy here has ground to a halt. sometimes when we ask people their opinion about how they're coping, they can't talk to us, because they break out in tears. there is despair in this country now. people are really being pushed to the limit and whenever you think of this story it's not just about the figures, it is about the people who are trying to live in this situation right now. morgan. >> you mentioned the emotionality of all of this and really there's a divide in the interviews between the political desires and the economic ones, so one fixture we've seen throughout all this is tsipras. given all that you've said, what does his political future look like? >> this really underscores what i'm talking about, about the human side of this, overwhelmingly when we ask people what they think of tsipras, there is overwhelming sympathy for him for what many feel is the impossible position he was placed in. the day to day job he faces now is likely going to be very difficult. forty members of his party either voted no or abstained yesterday, signaling a very deep wrist within the party which could make it difficult for him to govern effectively going forward. >> thanks so much, patty. >> the international monetary fund has threatened to withdraw support for this deal, saying europe must write off at least some of greece's debt. right now greece owes 323 billion euros which is $355 million. the i.m.f. will need another $85 billion for financing. the greek debt is currently at 177% of the countries gross domestic products. that's also expected to climb within the next two years so greece will owe twice as much as its overall economic output. really that's impossible to pay back. here to help us understand what this all means is desmond lockmund, a fellow at the american enterprise institute. thank you for joining us. this new report said this bailout doesn't go far enough. true or false? >> well, it's true that there's no way that greece is going to be able to repay the debt, so the i.m.f. is calling for that debt to be written down. possession is even more dire than that, in that there's no way that greece can do what it's creditors are asking it to do in a straightjacket of the euro without seeing the economy which is already in depression go even further down, and if that occurs, can get even more of a political backlash that we are now seeing and agreeing will be moving forward the status of a failed state. >> i guess a personal question, strategically, what would you do to really stabilize greece but also help the european economy? >> the situation in greece in really very difficult because it's been mismanaged for the past five years. what the german minister of finance is now suggesting is the right route. greece really needs to get out of the euro. it needs to be supported to get out of the euro in an orderly way. they can't continue tightening their belts the way that they're doing with the euro constraints that provides no off set to the budget tightening, so the path that their on is just for ever more decline in that economy which is already in a depression, already got incredible humanitarian costs. we really just can't go that route. we've got to try something different and the different things is for them to get out of the euro and to go a different route. >> you are saying at this rate, things aren't working and they need to take a different path. let me talk about the division for a minute that patty just mentioned. tsipras asked parliament to approve measures but said he didn't actually believe in the deal. how problem take is that to have a government oversee economic reforms that you and i both know it doesn't even buy into? >> well, that is a huge problem that part of the exercise of the weekend was supposed to build up trust and hear tsipras is saying he doesn't believe in it and the german minister of finance is saying it would be better for greece to go out of the euro, so this is no way that they can build confidence. i'm saying more basic point is that the program that greece is now being forced to adopt is totally flawed. it's exactly the same thing that greece has been doing these last five years. it's got them into a depression to think that doing the same thing is now suddenly going to produce growth is risible. >> how soon do you think we could see stability on the ground again? >> you're not going to get stability soon. far from it, that the situation bolt economically and politically is going to worsen. what one has to remember is that greece has had its banks shut now for three weeks. we are now getting violence and now they're going to do another round of budget belt tightening. this economy is going to continue deteriorating, we're going to see the political situation unravel. i'd be very surprised to see mr. tsipras in office by the end of the year. >> violence, banked closed and budget cuts, thank you for joining us live from washington d.c. >> another deal in deep bait as president obama tries to sell the nuclear deal with iran to congress. during a news conference, the president urged lawmakers to evaluate the plan based on the facts and not the political postyou aring. this agreement faces some pretty strong bipartisan resistance. >> i'm just going to look -- i made notes about the arguments. >> like the law professor he used to be, president obama offered a point by point defense of his historic nuclear iran agreement which has come under condemnation from republicans in congress who have vowed to kill the deal. >> i do expect the debate to be based on fact, not speculation. the president said declared sites can be inspected 24-7, suspect sites subject to a review that could take three weeks. >> the nature of nuclear programs and facilities, this is not something you hide in a closet. this is not something you put on a dolly and wheel off somewhere. >> there is concern about what's not in the deal. >> there is no addressing in this agreement that we've seen that addresses iran's role as a chief sponsor of terror throughout the region. >> true, says obama but the deal is designed to solve the much bigger problem making sure iran doesn't get the bomb. what about the infusion of cash, $150 billion or so that iran gets from its frozen oil revenues? >> we are not writing iran a check. this is ires money that we were able to block from them having access to. >> obama said those assets weren't going to stay frozen forever, not with other countries eager to buy iranian oil. why not just tighten sanctions to get a better deal, said the senate republican leader. >> we knew what was working sanctions. imagine what we might have now if we spent the last two years ratcheting up the sanctions. >> president obama had an answer to that, but made it clear to republicans are not his target audience. he dispatched his vice president to huddle with house democrats on capitol hill to shore up any who might be wobbly. >> one point the vice president made if there is no agreement we can count on the fact that the international sanctions regime will unravel. >> among the criticisms the president left unanswered, republican objections to a provision granting sanctions relief specifically to iranian revolutionary guard commander who the u.s. blames for the deaths of hundreds of troops in iraq. >> i promise you, i will address this again. all right? i suspect this is not the last that we've heard of this debate. >> al jazeera washington. >> former president jimmy carter who held office during the 1979 iranian hostage crisis believes this nuclear deal is one step in the right direction. >> i think it's a very wonderful agreement, and i have complete confidence in john kerry to negotiate a binding agreement that if violation will be detected. >> japan's lower house of parliament approved some controversial security bills that could soon send troops abroad for the very first time since world war ii. the controversial bill was met with protests inside and outside of parliament from people worried that this legislation could draw their country back into war. harry fossett has more. >> protestors descended on japan's parliament to voice opposition to what was happening inside. voters are against the security legislation which will loosen the restrictions on how the country can use its military but which legal experts called unconstitutional. >> i'm a teacher and i don't want to send my students or my own child to war. i'm here to oppose the bill. >> the government is not listening to the voice of the public, not even to the academics. they only listen to what's convenient to them. >> for a second day running the ruling coalition with its two thirds majority was demonstrating its power. the controversial bills had been forced through to a full vote in the lower house. their passage as the opposition walked out before the vote. for the prime minister, this is another step towards normalizing post war status in a neighborhood changed by china's rise. >> the security situation surrounding japan is increasingly severe. these bills are necessary to support japanese people's lives and prevent a war before it breaks out. >> japan's cabinet reinterpreted the constitution a year ago allowing for so-called collective self defense. coming to the aid of an ally under attack. this legislation i guess needed before that can happen. it's also dined to make it easier for japanese troops to coordinate with u.s. counter parts in asia and to enable their employment to a conflict far from home. >> there is going to be a large political hit in terms of these bills. it's not the role that the japanese forces will play. there's a broad agreement that the current situation of an asymmetric relationship is not really in japan's interest. it's the method by which he's gone through this, which has been by subverting the constitutional order and subverting the way that the japanese governments in the past have interpreted the constitution. >> for him this is making good on a commitment given to japan's main ally, the united states and fulfilling his long held position to give japan a more muscular presence in the world. he's already paying a political price. al jazeera. >> analysts say the security changes will have a ripple effect on the region, especially on japans relationship with china. >> it an tall nices rivals and opponents, between china and japan and china's suspicion of japan, but can make china think twice about its treatment of japan and assures allies and friends. beijing does not like the security changes but probably southeast asia welcomes it. we look back at overall region, the region has become more militarized in recent years and japan's change to security billings are only to piece of it. i wouldn't call them a direct result of china's rights, but china's rights have helped job knees conservatives to win support for their security agenda. >> japan's upper house is expected to approve that bill later this week. >> former president george p.w. bush is recovering after breaking a neck bone. he turned 91 just last month and uses a wheelchair because he suffers from parkinson's disease. his condition is stable. he is fine, but he'll be in a neck brace. he was in the hospital last december when doctors treated him for breathing difficulties. he is currently the oldest living u.s. president. >> one of the officials tied to a corruption investigation in soccer's world he governing body has been extra dated to the united states. swiss officials say the man who was not identified was handed over to u.s. law enforcement in zero rick and flown to the u.s. he was not fighting extradition that. six other officials named in that investigation are still detained in switzerland trying not to get sent to the united states. >> on the agenda today regulators in california are implementing more restrictions to cut down on water use. the rules will limit how big lawns and landscapes can be for new homes and businesses. >> ebay is close to selling its enterprise unit for $900 million. large retailers use that to run their on line stores. >> muslims around the world get ready for celebrations and a month of fasting and spiritual reflection comes to an end tonight. >> president obama visits a federal prison. up next, we'll take a close look at how he hopes to reform the entire criminal justice system. >> dark code goes dark. law enforcement brought down one of the world's most notorious hacker websites. stay tuned. >> good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us here on aljazeera america. it is thursday morning and here is a look at today's top stories. a third teenager died after a crash involving a driver's ed class. the teens were with their instructor when they were hit by a tractor trailer. the car had gone through a blinking red traffic light and 116-year-old survived, as well as the instructor and truck driver. >> a texas man is trying to delay his execution clifton williams is set to be put to death tonight for killing an elderly woman in 2005. his attorney filed a last minute appeal saying two witnesses used incorrect statistics when testifying about population and d.n.a. probabilities. >> the senate is expected today to pass a bipartisan bill rewriting no child left behind. that bill would revamp the education law, limiting federal involvement in schools reducing high stakes standardized testing. >> president obama today will be the very first sitting u.s. penalty to ever visit a federal prison. he'll stop by the federal correctional institution just outside of oklahoma city. this is all part of his latest policy push. jonathan martin joins us this morning with more. jonathan, why is the president going there? >> good morning to you. this is really all a part of his campaign to overhaul the criminal justice system. he's taken other major steps this week. >> the president's visit to an oklahoma federal prison comes days after he pardoned 46 prisoners serving long sentences for non-violent crimes. he addressed the issue tuesday at the naacp's annual convention. >> our nation's being robbed of men and women who could be workers and taxpayers could be more actively involved in their children's lives could be role models could be community leaders and right now they are locked up for a non-violent offense. >> the president wants reduced sentences for non-violent crimes, and job training in prisons. this was chosen for the presidential visit because half of its 1300 inmates are doing time for drug offenses. that is proportional to the entire federal prison population, as are the prison's ethnic and racial makeup. it offers drug treatment and educational and vocational programs. during the visit, president obama is expected to meet law enforcement agents and inmates. it is unclear if one will be kwame kilpatrick. the former detroit mayor is serving 24 years for racketeering bribery and extortion. >> hope are for a presidential pardon would not come from president obama. inmates must wait five years before requesting a pardon, so president obama's term ends in less than two years so so it would have to be the next penalty. >> a lot of people were there to greatly the president last night and they weren't exactly supporters. >> really, no supporters at all they were protestors and waving confederate flags as the motorcade passed by. the group organized this stand by the flag rally through facebook and obviously a lot of people showed up. >> using this flag at this time when there's been so much debate around that federal flag. thank you for joining us. >> the family of an unarmed california man police fatally shot back in 2013 is calling for a federal investigation. this comes after a federal judge ordered this video had to be reds, he said. it shows officers shooting the man after every fails to keep his hands in the area. the family said the gardena police department did not do a proper internal investigation. >> he didn't have a bicycle and therefore, couldn't be a suspect in the bicycle theft. he didn't match the description of the people that they saw take the bike. the officers had the description of the person who took the bike. there was no probable cause. all they had to do was listen to him, and he would have been able, he would be alive today. >> the district attorney ruled that the shooting was justified and the city of gardena settled a lawsuit for $4.7 million with his family. >> the federal government i also suing u.p.s., claiming that the company is violating the civil rights act. the shipping giant prohibits mail supervisors from growing beards or long hair. the equal employment opportunity commission says that policy does not make provisions for an employee's region. >> a california judge snapped a $7.3 million fine on uber for refusing to hand over certain information to the state. we have the details. it is information taxi companies are required to give by law to make sure rides are given fairly to customers regardless of who they are and where they live. >> a california judge said uber must pay a $7.3 million fine and its services in the state suspended for not handing over data about its operations. the ruling comes from the state's public utilities commission saying the company hasn't filed all the reports required for ride sharing services such as how often disabled accessible vehicles are requested and provided, areas where drivers turn down requests, and cause of accidents. in a statement uber said we will appeal the decision as uber has already provided substantial amounts of data to the california public utilities commission, giving more, they say would compromise user and driver privacy. >> they consider themselves a technology platform, and by doing that, they have devolved themselves a lot of the costs. >> there are lawsuits and run-ins with local regulators. a disagreement with the city of portland led to suspension that in area. in france, it recently stopped operating its low cost service called uber pop following violent protests from taxi drivers. >> uber has 30 days to pay the fine or pay suspension and the appeals process could take months. >> thanks so much. >> radioactive fallout 70 years after the first atomic bomb was tested in new mexico. one community is still dealing with those effects. >> why a pilot program designed to end so-called radicalized behavior is now having trouble getting off the ground. stay tuned. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:30 a.m. this thursday morning and here's a look at today's top stories. former president george h.w .bush is recovering at a hospital in maine. he has a broken bone in his neck and that's after suffering a fall at his summer home just last night. his spokesman said he is in stable condition and feeling fine. >> president obama is visiting a federal prison near oklahoma city today meeting there with law enforcement officials and non-violent drug offenders also part of his push to reform the criminal justice system. that visit will be the first by a sitting president inside a federal penitentiary. >> greek is asking for relief after agreeing to harsh spending cuts to pave the way for a new bailout. u.s. treasury secretary arrived for talks. >> one of the largest cyber crime marketplaces on the internet shut down this morning. the website called dark code is believed to have played a significant role in the theft of information from millions of computer users across the globe. john henry smith joins us with more this morning. what is going on with this shadowy enterprise? >> you use the term shadowy. it is a forum where hackers and other cyber criminals buy sell, trade and share tools. >> we have obtained court authorization to shut down the dark code forum. >> it first appeared in 2008, an invitation only website where criminals could trade malware, pass words, stolen credit card information and perhaps most importantly, ideas and techniques to make members better cyber criminals. it was reportedly a favorite of hackers responsible for cyber attacks on sony and on microsoft, among others. >> dark code has been masterminded by a series of sophisticated cyber criminals, proficient at computer intrusions and stealing. dark code members have compromised millions upon millions of computers, servers cell phones, bank accounts and social media accounts. >> the f.b.i.'s pittsburgh office says it took the lead in the investigation, but it also had a lot of help. >> a coordinated takedown occurred involving cooperation of law enforcement of 20 countries around the globe resulting in the arrest, charging and search of 70 individuals who are dark code members or their associates. >> u.s. attorney, david hickton, detailed one of the many ways web users felt dark codes effects. >> offered facebook spreading, which would be to infiltrate your facebook account and basically steal your friend list, and then sell your friend list and exploit your friend list many times without you even knowing it. >> the department of justice says putting a stop to dark code is a major coup. >> by arresting these individuals and seizing the dark code hacking forum, we've shut down a dangerous avenue for buying and selling of malware, botnets, and other tools of the trade for cyber criminals. >> but the f.b.i. also warns that the problem goes far beyond dark code. dark code was significant partly because it was one of the few dark web marketplaces operating in english, but even with it shut down, the f.b.i. says there are still roughly 800 criminal internet forums. >> that's terrifying, even talking about using your friend list. that's scary. >> the son of a boston police captain remains in jail after accused of plotting to detonate a bomb on a college campus. the judge decided that alexander chickalo will not be granted bail. his father turned him in on an f.b.i. tape that was played in court, you can hear the suspect defend the gruesome murders carried out by isil. >> they are criminals criminals, lowest of the low. >> the group that calls themselves isis or isil, are they doing a good thing? >> yeah, yeah, they are. >> he planned to attack a major college campus and nearby gay bar. they say he planned to use pressure cooker bombs like the ones used in the boston marathon attack. >> preventing lone wolf attacks is the goal of a new white house pilot program. it was announced back in february in three u.s. cities, including boston. we went there to find out how that program was doing. >> attacks on americans. on american soil. acknowledging a struggle to tame the so-called lone wolf, the white house proposed a plan at a summit in february. >> we are here today because we are united against the scourge of violent extremism and trim. >> pilots rolled out the idea to pinpoint people who show early signs of radicalized behavior and redirect them. critics are concerned the program will be a gate way to profiling. >> this is a very complex problem in terms of how to identify concerning behaviors what to do, how to respond how to intervene what role government should player, and we don't have all the answers. >> an admission from the u.s. attorney from massachusetts carmen ortiz who recently prosecuted dzhokar tsarnaev before he became known as one of the boston marathon bombers, he was a citizen of the greater boston community the kind of kid this pilot program is designed to help before it's too late ortiz is one of the leaders of the boston program. >> we're working on figuring out different action plans and really waiting for different community members community organizations to come up with action plans that they feel will work for them. >> several community organizations are onboard with the focus on getting to young people early. one idea of the pilot program is to set up a hot line, a phone number students can call to report questionable behavior. jodie heads counseling and intervention for public schools. >> how can i pinpoint indicators of violent behavior? >> you can't and all the experts will tell you you cannot. there are no indicators that are definitive, and that's the issue. >> these preemptive tactics worry shannon of the muslim justice league. >> we're concerned the program could be used to and probably will be used to profile and target muslims. >> dr. kadari recognizes a concern within his community which is why his organization is participating in this program. >> muslims have to really be honest, and look at the mirror and reflect on themselves. there is a minority, but there is some element in our community that doesn't always make the best decisions. we have to own that. >> from religious leaders to law enforcement, a single entity or organization cannot do this alone. it must be a collaborative effort. >> we'd love for a parent who notice as concerning behavior in their child to be able to go oh, i'm really worried about building and i don't know what to do bit and instead of wanting your child, you know -- killed, you want to deal with it now. >> dealing with the potential of extreme violence now before more innocent lives are lost later. erica pitzi, al jazeera. >> jurors will resume deliberations today in the trial of movie theater shooter james holmes. the jury is now considering whether holmes was legally insane when he decided to kill 12 people and injured 70 more at a crowded theater near denver in july 2012. jurors deliberated for more than seven hours yesterday. holmes lawyers say he was in the grip of a psychotic episode at the time of his attack. >> it was a close call for planes raving in newark where authorities say at least five planes were flashed with tiny lacers as they approached the airport. the f.b.i. is investigating a handful of incidents of lacers pointed at landing planes. >> who's getting lased at 10:00? >> united 1030. >> air traffic controllers had to move planes around to deal with it, since laser can temporarily blind pilots. the f.a.a. has been cracking down on anyone cracking them and planes can face federal charges. >> in new mexico, there's a battle that began 70 years ago. july 15, 1945, the u.s. military tested its first atomic bomb. the people who live they're the trinity site say they still suffer the effects of a nuclear fallout. >> on the morning of july 16 1945 many knew something had happened in the desert, a bright flashing came up over these hills and was seen 200 miles away in dallas. military officials stated that a munitions magazine exploded, never mentioned radiation danger. richard lopez's farm sits in a fertile valley 17 miles from ground zero. he worries the acres that have supported his family for 50 years may be slowly killing him. >> we raised a lot of vegetables. we do a lot of that, but once i little the cancer, i quit the vegetable part. >> though he has no medical proof, he believes radiation from trinity contributed to his lymphoma. he was one of thousands who live down wind from the zone. the so-called down winders claim the trinity test caused high rates of cancer and early death and want the u.s. government helped accountable. >> i would just like to ask everybody out there that is a cancer survivor for battling cancer right now to please stand up, if you would. >> on july 1, down winders came from miles around to hold a town meeting on the eastern border of the white sands missile range. compensation is provided to a dozen western states. the law covers on site workers at nuclear test sites including trinity and down winders in 21 counties, but the law specifically does not cover new mexican down winders despite their proximity to the trinity tests. tom udall, new mexican center wants to increase who is eligible by amending the bill, but congress has been reluctant toed a billions more to the $2 billion already paid out. >> is this an east versus west problem? >> the people that are closest to the issue, in this case, western legislators know and understand this. we probably have a stronger case to make with folks in the east. residents never had a high burp under recap if they live near test sites and little certain cancers, they were automatically covered. down winders in new mexico want the same treatment. >> what would compensation do for you? >> i am not doing it for compensation. i'm not -- there's compensation, fine, but i was doing it to make people aware that we do have a problem in this area. >> boston's long and snowy winter is finally over and yes i'm talking about snow in july. a huge snow pile has finally melted, but there's still a big problem. let's bring in nicole mitchell who has our that environmental impact report. >> 111 inches of snowfall, that's over nine feet. so much snow, the snowplows made the equivalent of 12 trips around the equator 50,000 tons were cleared and put into snow farms. the last snow farm just finally melted tuesday. yeah! midway through july. let's see how that snow would stack up. overnine feet worth of snow, so versus a great dane at 2'60" peter dinklage if you like the game of thrones at 4'5", and tom brady at 6'5". they had the big pile, but in all of them together, almost 300 tons of trash that they've had to clean out things going into the storm drain and eventually into the harbor there. the good side of all this is it shows people what is going into the environment so they can think more about it. >> so taller than big bird. >> yes. >> yes. >> thanks so much. >> on the tech beat, nowhere on the planet is climate change more apparent than in the arctic. the j coast guard is studying it. tech know's pill torres went with them. >> welcome to an icy arctic day. this area's been hit by global warming more than most regions in the world. today, it still is pretty darn cold out. on an ice breaker, it is unique and noise. when you're inside the ship, crushing the ice, it is the mix of an earthquake, airplane turbulence and thunder all mixed into one. this year, this has been working with the coast guard crew as they do search and rescue drills. if you're on the ice and need help, you want help especially in the form of something like this eyes in the sky that can see infrared. what's amazing here is we are so far north that the sun never actually sets, so we've been out watching the ops and filming them until mid night. still bright and sunny out which gets confusing for us. we will check in with you guys later, we're going to be out here for another week. >> you can watch "tech know" tonight at 6:30 p.m. eastern right here on al jazeera. >> nasa released stunning new pictures of the surface of pluto, photos captured by the new horizon space probe as they show the dwarf planet covered with huge mountains. they are the same size as the rockies. scientists believe they are made of ice a sign that pluto does have water. there are also no obvious impact creators, which means pluto is probably less than 100 million years old. >> 14 men all american of walked on the moon and some took home souvenirs. several astronauts and their families are auctioning off what they found. it's prompted some serious legal fights and even a presidential intervention. adam may has more. >> 3-2-1, we have a liftoff. >> apollo astronauts con the space race, beating the soviets to the moon and captivated the world. they are heroes, with the right stuff, bringing home moon rock and mementos, souvenirs of their historic journeys. >> sold, $37,500. >> nearly half a century later space artifacts and memorabilia from the apollo missions are worth a small fortune. >> $14,000. >> with some items selling for tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> last call, sold, $50,000. >> right now space is the most popular collectible. >> robert perlman is the founder and editor of collect space.com. >> things that flew to the moon are the top level. >> the most valuable? >> the most valuable. one tiny distinction is was it stained with moon dust, one of the check lists that was on their wrist almost every page is coated with moon dust and sold for $2 million. >> exactly who owns and who cancel this moon swag has until recently been up in the air. when astronaut ed put the camera he used at apollo 14 up for auction in 2011, the space agency stepped in to stop the sale. mitchell turned over the camera used to shoot this film, to the smithsonian. apollo astronauts pushed back, saying there was an informal agreement allowing them to hang on to their space souvenirs and president obama quietly signed h.r.4158 into law. it allows apollo astronauts to keep and cash in on items they brought home. the new law only benefited the famous apollo astronauts and didn't do anything for those who came later proof that once again, the apollo astronauts have the right stuff. al jazeera houston texas. >> a passion for prints. in south america bookstorion are now thriving. >> it's about all of us accepting one another. >> a former athlete makes a plea from the any of the for herself but fors others. stay tuned. >> welcome to al jazeera america. we have a look at today's top stories. yemen's exiled leaders could soon return. several government ministers are now back in yemen for the first time since forced out by houthi rebels in march. the delegation plans to prepare the security situation before president hadi returns. >> colombian authorities are set to sun earth what is believed to be the world's most urban mass graves to find people who have gone missing during the 50 year civil war. >> a great white shark rescued after stranded on a beach in massachusetts. the seven-foot fish got stuck on cape cod but authorities were able to pull it off the sand and into deeper water where it was soon able to swim away. >> a number of moving moments last night as espn celebrated top athletes at espy awards. on that for strength in face of serious personal struggle, leah is battling cancer, so couldn't travel for the ceremony, but her father told the crowd we decided not to give up and not to let this battle get the best of he i can't. >> kaitlyn jenner received a standing ovation accepting the arthur ash courage award, one of her first public appearances announcing her change from a man to a woman. >> if you want to call me names make jobs, go ahead because the reality is i can take it. but for the thousands of kids out there coming to terms with being true to who they are they shouldn't have to take it. >> jenner said that the transition was harder than she initially imagined. several members of her family were on hand there to hear her speak. >> in 2003, a photographer began a groundbreaking series taking photos of trapped gender children. the kids say the pictures reveal who they really are on the inside. >> hi, i'm a photographer. my photo series is about very young transgender children, and they're in the age between four and 17 years old. these children feel very deeply inside that they're born in the wrong gender, so they live like don't identify with the body they live in. it really touched my heart because they were so honest and pure about their identity. they actually told us and told me as a photographer, this is who i am. we felt altogether that we were on a kind of mission like telling the world this is how we look. the. shouldn'tpublic should see them asthey are, they are very normal people and children. i can't imagine how it feels to have a body that doesn't fit with your thinking or your way of feeling. you can be trapped in the wrong body but you can also be trapped in the wrong marriage, you can be trapped in the wrong job. my favorite photograph is the children in the butterfly garden, and it is my favorite, because they all look so natural. at the end what i learned from those children, that we are all the same, that we are all like souls looking for happiness and having happy lives with our families. i thought when people have a look at this photograph, they will ask themselves well, nice photo, but who are these children, and that was exactly what i wanted. >> you can see more of the photographers and the book inside out portraits across gender children. >> on the culture beat this morning, new technology like he books and smart phones are shredded the book industry. some of fans of the old paper back. >> a theater became a cinema, fortunate last 15 years a book shop celebrating argentine and international literature. the advance of modern technology, some story tellers will say there is a worldwide decline in readers and reading. >> after harry potter and the davinci code, they were like an injection inspiring more people to read. some don't even pick up a newspaper. >> the argentine passion for book is met at the annual book fair the largest in the spanish speaking world. on the streets, with hundreds of stores like these squattered around the city. >> you have to incorporate new technology, but i'm from a generation familiar with this format with paper. i don't say this is all there is. >> the reasons why are as complex and intriguing as a short story. they include the difficulties and how cost have obtaining new technology, a postal system many that don't trust and the exemption of books and a sales tax that keeps prices affordable. >> books book shops be a readers and writers are part of the landscape. standing the test of time and the advance of modern technology, living by the idea that a good book is a good book, no matter what the format. >> there are new writers ensuring that the next generation is captivated by the written word. >> it's been a culture for many, many years going to book stores, going to the book fair, and i think that it's a social activity that people want to share. people want to be part that have, as well. >> books are still being written, publish and sold to a public proud of its literary heritage, open to new ways of reading, but still enamored with the ruffle of paper and smell of ink on the page. >> thanks for joining us. thank you for watching. have a great day. >> ali veslshi brings you a rare firsthand glimpse inside iran. >> i'm trying to get a sense of what iranians are feeling. >> the effects of international sanctions. >> rampant inflation. this is workth $100. three years ago this was worth $250. >> what the nuclear deal means for the country, the region and the world. >> iran doesn't want the agreement to be blown apart by the next u.s. president. >> a real look at life in iran. >> the galleries and the art and the parties... everything, it's getting better. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview you've done... >> every tuesday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >> warm welcome to the news hour from doha. euro zone ministers agree to give greece a 7 billion euro loan to keep it afloat. >> celebrations after houthi fighters are pushed out of aden. the exile government begins to return. >> thousands protest in japan as new laws that will change the pacifist policy move

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