Investigation into how qatar was awarded the 2020 world cup. And how a computer passed a decades old challenge fooling judges into thinking it was a real live teenager. At this hour, members of congress are holding a rare nighttime hearing to tackle one of the biggest scandals to hit the department of veteran affairs. 121,000 veterans are still waiting for va health care. Almost 60,000 had to wait 90 days or more just for their first appointment. And it is getting rid of its twoweek scheduling goal for appointments. Mike viqueira joins us with more. How are house members reacting . This is monday evening and i dont think i have ever seen a hearing on a monday evening. Members are outraged. The gao has come out with the report, the Inspector General has come out with a report, it all boils down to numbers that are disturbing. Lets have a look a little bit more. John, the longest average wait times for new patient primary care, honolulu, hawaii has the distinction, 145 days. Texas, 145. Another dubious accomplishment. Durham, north carolina, people waiting 104 days. It boils down to a number of things. This 14day waiting period. This was the goal. No one was able to meet this around the country. And then the system for making appointments. The Computer System has to be ripped out by the roots. The deputy va secretary was here talking about the need to urgently address that issue. And integrity issues, people flat out lied, they fudged the numbers, cooked the books, there are calls for criminal investigations from congress. The Deputy Assistant secretary also had to say this. I apologize to our veterans, their families, and their loved ones. Members of congress, veteran service organizations, our employees, and the american people. Many people, john are convinced that the entire Management Structure has to be ripped out by the roots. John . You mentioned one way to try to fix it. Are there any other ways to stop all of these wait times and get veterans the care they need. A lot addressed is the urgent need. They have gone to the 1700 in the phoenix facility. Approached each of them individually. They are talk about hiring additional staff. They have suspended some performance awards some bonuses that were seen as a reverse incentive for people to try to fudge the numbers to make things look better than they were. They have reached out to those individuals, and promised some new and better accounting and of course the systemic problems, the archaic Computer System that made the appointments, and the search goes on for a new va secretary. Toby cross grove from the va clinic was discussed. He unilaterally withdrew his name over the weekend. So the search goes on. The job gets bigger every day. Mike thanks very much. It has been a violent couple of days in pakistan where the taliban is claiming responsibility for two major attacks in 24 hours. A suicide bombing killed four people today, and followed an overnight siege on pakistans largest airport that left 29 people dead. Reporter another funeral in one of the worlds bloodiest insurgencies. The Pakistan Taliban killed the elite ranger in sundays attack. The unfolding disaster was clear from afar, as smoke covered the nights sky. Just before midnight, the rebels had shot their way into the old terminal. A gun battle followed with real members of Airport Security then the army was called in. Lot of Security Forces reporter Security Forces confronted and killed them. They destroyed them. It was good this operation was over in about four or five hours. Reporter but four or five hours is enough to bring up the question of the state of security in pakistan again. This is the countrys busiest airport. Last year more than 16 Million People passed through here. Security analysts say corruption within pakistans many Security Services is part of the reason the attack was so easy to carry out. I think its a great threat to security. No place in pakistan is safe. So i think the government has to take serious view of this, and take action. Reporter this is what the rebels brought with them. An arsenal of suicide vests and heavy weapons. They say it is revenge for a u. S. Drone stroke that killed their leader last year. And it has warned its campaign of revenge has just begun, promising more killings to come. And ken is the president of terror free tomorrow, and the author of terrorists in love in which he interviewed numerous taliban fighters in pakistan and joins us tonight in washington. Welcome. Thank you, john. How is this particular attack on the airport different . This it is really not different. This is a long series of attacks. We dont necessarily read or hear about it in the United States. But these attacks are occurring on almost a daily basis. This one is larger in scope and greater ambition than some of the other ones, but the violence has been increasing throughout the country. I was talking to someone who suggested when you attack the largest airport in pakistan, you drive a nail through the heart of the nations economy. How how do you respond to that . I think thats absolutely right. I think the symbolic value, and thank god there wasnt a greater loss of life. They never made it to the main terminal. In terms of the Pakistani Security response, they contained the damage. However, this is the Main Commercial city in pakistan. But several months ago there was a major attack in islamabad, and the Intelligence Agency and military have supported the taliban for years, and now they have created a franken tine frankenstein monitor. Is this the beginning of more attacks . Im afraid it could be. In scope and in and in force these attacks are continuing, and the taliban appears to be gaining strength and and this doesnt argue well for afghan either. And no sign the government can get this under control. What does the government need to do . They need to make a fundamental strategic decision. It has tried for years through the isi, which is the Intelligence Agency which is part of the Pakistani Army has tried to separate good taliban, from bad taliban, good terrorists from bad terrorists. I understand why they want to do that. They dont want an afghanistan dominated or too friendly to india, but by supporting the taliban for years, arming them, and giving them refuge, they have created a pakistani, frankenstein monster, and you cant separate these out. You have to make a decision, what is more important the future of pakistan itself or these idealogical groups who have been doing the bidding for years by carrying out attacks against americans, indians, afghans. How is pakistan different today than it was say two years ago . Well, i think unfortunately what has happened is the radicalization has been increasing, and gaining strength, and while many when i found when i interviewed a lot of taliban members there was a loyalty to omar, who is kind of like a pope. And almost uniformly i found that. However, with the increasing radicalization, there is real questions whether even omar can control the taliban out there, and there are a lot of different factions, theres increasing urbanization. There is occurred in carachi, so there is a problem that is growing, and this is a problem that i think real Strategic Decisions have to be made both by the pakistani government and the United States. We have given 20 billion to the pakistanny government since 9 11 with very little to show for it, and they used some of that money to support the taliban. Ken thanks for your incite. Thank you, john. Tonight disturbing news out of egypt. A brutedal Sexual Assault in the middle of the celebration of the nomination of the new president. Roxana saberi joins us with more. Reporter Sexual Harassment is getting worse in egypt. This time a video showed up on youtu youtube. A warning, some of the images are disturbing. This video posted on social media, appears to show a woman naked with blood covering parts of her body. Tens of thousands of egyptians celebrate the inauguration of their new president. The video has created a stir. Along with this clip posted on social media sites. It shows a correspondent reporting from the square. She tells an anchor woman we must also report there are isolated cases of Sexual Harassment. As she speaks the anchor is laughing, and saying so what they are having fun. All of the people are having fun. The anchor later wrote on her facebook page, i was commenting on peoples joy not the harassment. The network said. But the numbers Sexual Harassment is a phenomenon in egypt. Many egyptians dont want to accept this is a pervasive problem. In fact the numbers are showing that it is becoming more and more prevalent. Reporter many incidents have taken place at the cite of rallies during the arab spring and today. You have women publicly protesting and participating in celebrations like this weekend when when the former field Marshall Sisi was elected, and so theres more opportunities also for these men to act on their frustrations, their rage, their pathologies. Reporter some men are joining women in egypt to might Sexual Assault. Volunteers roam the streets to stop sexual hararesment. Whatever happens in the assaults harms the society as a whole. Its not only women. Reporter egypt amended its laws on Sexual Harassment to make it punishable by up to five years in prison. Roxana thanks very much. The armed Group Boko Haram is expected in another attack. Gunmen seized 20 women less than 100 miles from the location where more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in april. The government has been criticized by many nigerians who say more needs to be done to protect. The Obama Administration is still trying to explain why it made a deal to free star gent birddoll. Randall pinkston has been following the story. What kind of information are they getting . This is a repeat of the same briefing the white house provided to the senate last week, trying to explain the proof of life video that showed the sergeant to be in poor health. That was one of the reasons, the administration gave. Critics blasted the administrations failure to notifying congress 30 dies prior to releasing detainees. There were 80 to 90 people who knew about the birddoll release, not one of which was with the u. S. Congress. Its safe to say people were extremely disappointed and underwhelmed at what was put forward, and also there was a sense of anger that members of congress didnt know about this. While there were some democrats who have criticized the administration, others are defending the decision. I am completely mystified and quite frankly disgusted that they there has been a demonization of the soldier . Every american deserves to be considered innocent until proven guilty; that there is a a demonization of this administration for doing what is clearly in the tradition and the constitution. And president obama has already said that he makes no apologies for making the deal to free the sergeant. Birddoll, by the way remains hospitalized in germany. U. S. Officials are reporting that he is able to travel, but tell the New York Times that he is not yet emotionally ready to reunite with his family. And there are also some reports that birddoll has told medical staff that he was kept in a small box after trying to escape. John . All right. Secretary hagel will be weigh in on this later this week. What is expected there . He is sure to defend the decision to release birddoll. We have had a policy of never negotiating with terrorists. The last question was who made this decision . And they indicated secretary hagel. I asked i said, wait a minute, are you saying secretary hagel made this decision or was this the president of the United States . That is chairman of the House Armed Services committee, he will be one of many who will have some very tough questions for secretary hagel. Randall pinkston. Randall thank you. Coming up protesters clash with police three days before the games kick off in brazil. And a computer passes a ski test of Artificial Intelligence. This week the world soccer fans turn their attention to brazil for the world cup. Gabriel reports. Reporter before sunrise and sao paulo is burns. Several hundred protesters burn trash blocking entrances. Translator today we are here in solidarity with the metro workers in their fight for better working conditions and salaries. Reporter later on the police move in to break up the crowd. Everywhere the buses are left stranded. Traffic backed up for as far as the eye would see. The strike was declared illegal by a court order. 60 metro workers were fired. Translator we may have been talking to the government for more than two months, but they have not been negotiating with us, and now they are criminalizing our movement. Reporter but midday, more protesters for a Homeless Workers Movement marched to show support for the workers. When they reached the state transportation office, security was on high alert. But locals are confident the strike wont threaten the world cup. Translator for any issue that can come up, we have a contingency plan. Not just for the metro. Reporter this strike seems to be the catalyst for all of these new protests here. The big question is, is this the beginning of the end of these protests, or will they continue through the world cup . The answer isment doing in a matter of days in a city gripped in an unsettling mix of public transport paralysis after protests. Controversy also surrounded the 2022 world cup. The times of london has reported that fifa officials took up to 5 million in bribes from qatar businessman. Fifa has launched its own investigation. The report was concluded today with results expected in the coming months. The controversy now has major advertisers rethinking their support. And some members are open to rethinking the idea of rethinking the 2022 bid. In a statement they say. The Committee Also said it would take any steps necessary to defend the process. Al jazeeras Parent Company is based in qatar and founded in part by that countrys government. We reached out to fifa for comment. They declined to comment while the investigation continues. British journalist, Andrew Jennings has spent decades investing corruption within fifa. He was banned from attending press conferences from the president. And he told me the blame lies at the top starting with the president. If the government of any country has Something Like a third of its senior officials accused on documentary evidence of corruption, the government folds, the president or Prime Minister is out. And it would happen all over the world, and really, it says a lot about fifa that nobody is saying we have got to get rid of this guy our name stinks. And he is so remote and so out of touch, starting with their Congress Tomorrow which they think they will get away with, he will blame everybody except the greed and corruption around him. As he is just turned a blind eye to these problems . I think its inbuilt corruption. And forgive me to plugging my new book, but, i found that the previous president was mobbed up, and i found photographs of him with the biggest gangster in rio de janeiro, which is a very criminal city. In 1974 when joel took over fifa, we brought the culture of criminal rio with him. And fifa has been run like that. They just need washing away. Its not about reforming. Its not enough for him to be forced to stand down. The whole leadership and their staff at fifa need to be just abolished. I think the headquarters has to come out of switzerland, and come to a country that is far more transparent, the united nations, or european union, somebody needs to call a conference to discuss how do we organize the worlds biggest game without the leader. Shouldnt we hear what the investigation has to say before moving forward . This isnt an investigation. They say there is, but lets look at the reality. He and the bunch around him who run world football, back in 2010 when i was at the bbc, and sunday times, both came out with big corruption evidence. So he hires his own policeman. Can you imagine an gangster in any country he has a private lawyer. He cant seize bank accounts. He has no rights to insistence of interrogation, it is a lackadaisical, very expensive socalled investigation. And he wanted it to take well into next year. And these latest allegations are saying they are bringing it forward, but they have done one investigation already, and they dont publish the results. The game doesnt deserve this. We dont need these terrible people. Coming up next, dangerous trek, a surge of children crossing the Mexican Border on their own. And tests of endurance, crews try to row from california to hawaii. This is al Jazeera America. Im John Siegenthaler in new york. Coming up, hope for some of syrias refugees. Why one family turned their simple tent to classroom of sanctuary. And the computer that tricks people into thinking its human, what it could mean for Artificial Intelligence. Hundreds of children have been caught near the Mexican Border trying to enter the u. S. Illegally and alone. They are being kept at a warehouse, but they keep coming, and supplies are running dangerously low. Jennifer london joins us. What are officials saying . Reporter for the first time tod