their fight against isil in the city of ramadi. and not backing down, protests resume in burundi in the president's plan for re-election re-election. plus? >> we're at the cannes festival where the hollywood hype has been performing well. >> hello, welcome to the program. the u.s. said its special forces have killed an senior isil leader. he is said to have died in the oil field. he was in charge of oil and gas for the group. the raid was authorized by president obama and carried out by forces based in iraq. well our correspondents are live with full coverage. kimberly halkett is in washington, d.c. and let's go to go to kimberly first in washington. it was released by the white house in a statement. what more details did they give us about what happened, kimberly? >> we know that this was ordered by president obama as well as the defense secretary ash carter but it was in close consultation with a national security team, which was unanimous in its decision that this should be carried out this operation, an operation conducted by the very elite delta force. kind of a precision-targe

, especially here in new york city, that don't speak english, are doing menial labour jobs and being taken advantage of >>> governor cuomo cutting in place another ask force to take up an issue that has been approached before with previous task forces. seems like it will take more than that to get the job done, for a man that has been fighting this for years. >> that's true. that's the big challenge. the new york department of labour has 14,000 backlog cases, down from 17,000. it's a tremendous amount of cases that are being reviewed and trying to get the money back to people. it's a lot of work. the governor announced last year that they recovered 30 million in stolen wages and returned the money to two workers. it's a huge uphill battle and a big challenge ahead. >>> really, as you said. it's a lot to do with education and bringing forward the information to workers. you can say it's a minimum wage, but if no one knows that's what they are supposed to get. what good is a minimum wage. >> that is true. that's why what is important is that workers become educated about what their rit

money in candidates hands, relying on small donors. new york city has a system like that. it's easy to design them. things were bad before 2010 in the citizens united decision, but not as bad as now. we can go back to that. the change is in culture. the surge in outside spending, not just from the koch brothers. but from them. it's coming from foreign country. the spending is by people in the united states. it's outside. >> outside. >> respond to that. we know where the money is coming from, and we know where it's going. why not. >> why not? >> i don't understand. >> why not do it the way... >> i don't see a problem. if congress wants to pass subsidies to candidates, so be it. the last body we want is the people in government writing rules, limiting the speech of citizens. that's what a lot of people are talking about. if they want to subsidise candidates, go ahead. we shouldn't write rules saying people can't speak, where do you draw the line? >>> they wrote recalls saying 3700 limit, 2400 in the primary, 2700 in the general. that's all you can give to a candidate. they untethered sup

as iraqi forces flee the city. >> back on track. amtrak train services restart between washington d.c. and new york. the greatest threat to the world nuclear weapons, according to a c.i.a. operative. we speak live. and left to the voters in our look at "the week ahead", we are the first country where same-sex marriages are at the poll. we follow a breaking story, nine are dead in waco texas following a shooting. police had been alerted to the presence of at least three gangs at a restaurant and were on the scene before fighting escalated to a shoot out. 18 members were taken to hospitals. no officers were hurt. police say they have recovered 100 weapons from those at the scene, including guns and knives. >>> and another story - a military helicopter makes a hard landing. 12 marines taken to the hospital after the incident. it's unclear how severe the injuries are. it happened in bellos air force station near honolulu and residents reported plaque smoke rising from the scene. we'll bring you updates on both stories as they develop. >> turning to iraq i.s.i.l. captured the iraqi city of

says these strikes were in response to rocket fire from gaza which struck the port city in southern israel. >>> the united nations recognized prime minister of libya says he's escaped an assassination attempt. he was on his way to the airport, that's when gunmen attacked his car. earlier, he was forced to abandon a parliamentary session after protesters set fire to a car outside. it's unclear exactly what the protesters were demanding. this is the latest disruption for libya's elected parliament that is struggling to stamp its authority over an increasingly fragmented country. >>> in afghanistan, four taliban gunmen have been killed during an attack on a guest house for foreign workers security forces battled with gunmen for hours in the diplomatic quarter of kabul where many foreigners live. 14 people died in a similar attack on a guest house two weeks ago. >>> a counter offensive by iraqi troops and their allies to try to recapture anbar province from isil fighters is now in to its second day. iraq's defense ministry says air strikes have targed isil headquarters and vehicles. the

the salt lake city scandal, the only group that was able to effect reform were the sponsors. and you have to ask yourself the question how can these fifa sponsors continue to remain silent and complaisant to the degree that they have done when it's got to the point where six or seven fifa officials have been dragged out of their beds at 6:00 in the morning from the most exclusive hotel in switzerland? if that doesn't get them going, i don't know what does. >> so are you saying that it is in their best interest to deal with it? >> it's been in their best interest for quite sometime with fifas brand being on the nose with the negative sentiment around the brand that will rub off of the sponsors brands too. they need long-term vision. they need to understand what the implications are. now i think that what we have seen is had it rubbed directly into their faces, so hopefully what has happened this morning has really made them stand up and think, and we're waiting with baited breath to hear one or some of them come out and condemn what is going on and demand proper reform as opposed

san marcos texas that's near san antonio, heidi joe castro is there for us. >> the city was under a othernight curfew for fear that the waters behind me would once again rise, it saw catastrophic flooding over the weekend, because of the rains last night there was fears of the repeat disaster, but thankfully, that flash flood warning for this part of the river has since expired although the danger still exists south of here in the town, in further south as for the town of wimberly, the search for 12 missing people from two families has shifted from rescue now to rest coverry now this group and three young children were among them. witnesses say early sunday morning they saw floodwaters sweep this home off of the foundation, and smash it into a bridge downstream where it split into pieces. rescue workers did find one man swept 12 miles downstream from that group, he is the only one to be found alive and rescue workers expect today that they will find bodies rather than those missing family members and friends. now elsewhere the emergency continues in more than 30 counties. there were

moral comparison between her and martin luther king, but martin luther king chose cities that he knew his march holding hands with a white woman or man would provoke reactions. he wanted to provoke reactions. >> it provoke's people to blow things up. >> it stops the people blowing them up, not from provoking. >> let me add two things, if i can. one, the professor is right. we have to be diligent and vigilant about what we need to do as americans. it is not lost to me that one of these persons were on the watch list back in 2006. and the fact this they lost touch with this person from 2006 until now, underscores a failure of u.s. intelligence, people not doing their work. it's a simple point that needs to be made. >> it's interesting to me, about how we love hypocrites. i think he's right about this . we were not having - i remember this distinctly. we were not having the conversation about whether or not the government ought to shut et cetera et cetera when columbine happened. down twitter accounts. i can give you a number of other examples. >> social media. >> social media was not ar

here. civilians are among the wounded and the dead. amateur video from another part of the city shows the rubble of what is said to be a military commanders home. activists say it was once the headquarters for houthi fighters from outside ta'izz. further inland forces loyal to the president in exile are advancing under the cover of coalition air strikes. they say they are moving forward, but are still engaged in battle. the saudi-lead bombing campaign is now in its tenth week. in the houthi controlled capitol, residents call for an end to the war. >> translator: this is shrapnel that hit working men, not targets or military bases. we must establish between the two. we must maintain our good senses. this was an attack on everything. an attack on the whole nation. [ inaudible ] for the women and children inside the homes. >> reporter: the united nations says it is listening to those calls, and is trying to reschedule peace talks. as the war rhetoric increases, so too does the number of dead. kim vinnell, al jazeera. >>> still to come on the program, south africa's president is told he w

at elk city, oklahoma, where we are told there may be an unconfirmed touchdown tornado. kevin corriveau is here with more. >> if you look at the video now, you can see how much rain is in the area. it's difficult to see if there's a tornado behind the rain cloud. all the indications are suggesting that we are looking at basically a tornado in that particular area. we do have tornado warnings in that area as we speak, right now. take a look at the radar, we are looking at a lot of activity pushing through oklahoma. closer in what you can see is the showers developing and intensifying over the last hour. and where you see the line of red in western oklahoma that's what we'll watch carefully. on the warning and watches, the lighter reds indicate the warnings, that expanded over the last hour. the video is coming out of those areas, extending from the west all the way down to parts of texas. much of the region kansas so nebraska, we are looking at the threat. this will continue for the rest of the evening. flooding is a major problem in the area. we have been dealing with this for

. >>> isil has released images showing the black flag flying over an ancient syrian city. the syrian government says most of the antiquities have already been transferred to damascus. let's go back to our top story now, the discovery of mass graves in malaysia. what are you hearing about this discovery? >>reporter: we do know that the malaysian minister has -- local newspapers are reporting there are as many as 100 bodies found in one grave but the ministr has yet to comment on that and that is just a preliminary finding. the number may eventually turn out to be more. now, he also said that these graves were found near what they believe to be human trafficking camps. these camps have been abandoned. he also said he suspects they've been there for some time. human rights activits have been saying that malaysia and northern thailand has been an area of human trafficking. this discovery comes just weeks after thai authorities found mass graves in southern thailand. >> thank you for that. >>> ethiopiaens are heading to the polls in the first general elections since the prime minister --

higher than other substances that people use that are considered less harmful. >> several cities and states have already banned or restricted the use of e-cigarettes in public places. >> it's a semantic debate whether you call it harmful or not. >> e-cigarettes have been around since 2003. and the makers of e-cigarettes can see change coming. >> we're prepared for that. >> the >> the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow" i'm phil torres joined by lindsay, kosta and crystal. guys i got do meet the most innovative archaeologists of our time. she's using one of these, a satellite to look back into our history doing things as incredible as mapping out ancient egypt. let's go in. to help unearth secrets of the ancient past we found a scientist who looks down from space into the future. sarah is a pioneering archaeologist. she was the first to map egypt's lost city of tanis. a city that hasn't been seen in 3,000 years. she then used the same technology to discover over 300 settlements. >> there are people out there who see you guys digging around in the dirt and wonder why

yemen now and dozens of people have been killed in the southern yemeni city with tigers ignoring the humanitarian cease-fire. the truce is due to end on sunday when regional political leaders will try to end the crisis. but the houthis won't be there as hashma albara reports. pro-government fighters captured in the city. houthis are sending in reinforcements to surround the city. a crucial link along the supply route to the south. >> all of taiz is in riz est estance. everything -- resistentions. >> the houthis have expanded their territory over the last few weeks convincing people to support them isn't easy. >> these protesters are demanding that the reynolds leave their city. and this is where fighting could escalate. that's because it is one of the main source of oil soldiers and tries tribesmen are defending the city. >> we control this area. we are tightening the that's in around the rebels. they are shelling us with heavy weapons despite the cease-fire. >> the 5-day humanitarian truce expires on subbed. that's also when some of yemen's main faxes plan a 3-day conference in ryad

ocean and so many of us do. >> reporter: the people in this city are angry and upset. they want some answers and assurances that something like this cannot happen again. rob reynolds al jazeera, santa barbara, california. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, guatemala's president cracks down on corruption. >>> and coming up in sport, the chiefs give their superrugby playoff ambitions a big boost. robin is standing by with all of the details. >> it's not looking pretty. i gotta pay my bills. >> you gotta do somethin', you know? try to keep your head above water. >> sunday... $38. thursday... $36. for this kind of money i really don't give a s**t. >> a real look at the american dream. only on al jazeera america. >> part of our month long look at working in america. "hard earned". ♪ >>> welcome back. let's recap our headlines here on al jazeera now. a suicide bomber has hit a shia mosque in eastern saudi arabia during friday prayers. at least 20 people have been killed and 28 wounded. >>> tanzania is struggling to hope with the growing humanitarian crisis. and thousands of people from burr

ground troops entered the port city of aden to support the forces of abd-rabbu mansour hadi. yemeni official say 20 coalition forces landed on what they called a reconnaissance mission. on the ground in aden, tighters loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi saying they are gaining control of the distribute. forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh are trying to push into the port city >>> in other news 13 have been killed in two explosions in baghdad. the bombs went off minutes apart in a

arabia. it went over in the eastern city of damla killing four people and wounding four others. a man wearing a woman's clothing is said to have blown himself up. last friday a suicide-bomber killed 21 people. >>> isil forces have been making gains in libya. they have taken control of the civilian airport in the city of sirt. the city is mostly under isil control. in syria activists say that rebels from the al nusra front is recapturing several villages, forcing regime forces to withdraw from the area. the syrian network for human rights said that they executed detainees as they withdrew from the area. they're now targeting the town with airstrikes. syria borders turkey and the coast. >> another gain for syrian rebels in northern idlib province. the coalition of rebels which includes al nusra front fighters allied with al-qaeda they now control the town, the last major stronghold for the regime in the province. >> thank god we liberated a town in just few hours. i swear they ran like rats. >> after days of ongoing battles, regime soldiers have left. the state's news agencies said that

>> but many are asking should we be chasing this at all while people in many cities and countries struggle to meet basic needs. >> the realities of surviving is what those people are concerned with. so food production food consumption clean water, better living conditions that's what most people are concerned about. >> even billionaire bill gates has questioned the priorities of the longevity movement. >>"seems egocentric, while we still have malaria and tb for rich people to fund things so that they can live longer... what do you think about that view? i mean the hundreds of millions of dollars going into this, could go into mosquito nets in africa, >> it's a silly a argument because it's a need that you don't try and change healthcare in western society. it's not ok to have a 6 month kid die from a brain tumor if its preventable or treatable. why is that any different than dying from malaria in africa? it just a different scale problem with different populations. >> but what it truly means in my belief is that we're heading from a world of have and have-nots to a world of haves

>> gunfight in iraq as isil fighters take almost full control of the city of ramadi after ceasing the main government compounds. hello, i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. worsening violence in yemen. halfway through what is supposed to be a cease-fire. the boston marathon bomber sentenced to death after killing three and injuring hundreds more. >>> and migrants in limbo because asian countries don't want them. plus... ♪ the thrill is gone ♪ >> singing the blues legend legendary guitarist bb king dies at age 89. >>> a key strategic target in iraq has been taken by fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. isil has over run the overrun the regional headquarters in ramadi iraq's largest province anbar. the iraqi army helicopters have been targeting fighters in the compound, and government troops say that they still retain control of two districts in the city. [ gunfire ] >> ramadi is now under control of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. it has long been the city they would fight over and it was iraqi's main stronghold in anbar p

city of tiaz. in luga in the north-east, 20 houthi fighters were killed in fighting there. the humanitarian situation south of sanaa is worsening. hundreds protested, asking for water. electricity and petrol was asked for as well. on tuesday, three civilians were killed when houthi fighters fired mortar bombs and rockets at a saudi border town. the saudi military spokesman told al jazeera that the shelling is a change in houthi tactics. >> some areas were targeted with mortar rounds and rockets. what happened today is part of an escalation by the houthi militias in targetting schools and a failed hospital in an attempt to sabotage aid relief. all options are opened to ensure the safety of security and citizens. >> the u.n. secretary of state john kerry is due on wednesday and is expected to push for a pause in the fighting in yemen to allowed aid into the country, following a gulf corporation council meeting. >> reporter: yemen and france dominated the agenda at the gulf summit. it comes as a crucial moment for the region. the war in yemen enters its sixth week without clear re

maintain a connection with the child that she last saw by chance on a city street. >> we hugged and kissed. it was happy, joyful sad time. >> it was just by coincidence. >> yes. >> did your daughter know who you were? >> no. >> was that sad for you? >> yes. but after she knew when they said this is mummy alice. there was a bonds, like she was hugging me she wasn't letting me go i guess i was startled but happy. they weren't going to give me a visit. god was going to make sure i had a visit >>> the counsellor susan, retired from assessing parenting skills and created a non profit to support parents with disabilities. she has applied for half a million in federal money to support and develop parenting skills. it's too late for alice, thousands of other would-be parents may benefit from that support. >>> next - fighting weight. already an olympian she is coming back to beat the odds again. and next week on "america tonight" autism so much about the disorder remains a mystery, no cure. but with a mortality rate for those that suffer wise as hay as those that don't, how we protect autistic peop

september 11, 2001, two planes slammed into the world trade center killing nearly 3,000 people. a city and a nation left reeling from a violent attack. >> all right now very simple, anything that can be done to save every life is being done. we'll continue to make sure that is a priority. >> in the days and months that followed. governor pataki was tasked with helping manhattan to rebuild. he credited the corporation aimed at revitalizing the commonly distribute with 10 billion in funds. >> when our work is done, the history of lower manhattan will be written, not by the terrorists that attack the city, but the millions of new yorkers that stood up to defend it and worked hard to rebuild it. as new yorkers began the process of trying to heal, thoughts turned to ground zero. it turned into struggle and a design nightmare. 9/11 families were injure rated. jake paterson refused to continue with a plan, making them stronger, taller and safer. instead he supported an unwieldy desire known as the freedom tower, backed by financial supporters. the problems and the time it took to rebuild coul

isil a week ago. that was a major defeat for iraqi forces. the city is only 115 kilometers away from baghdad. iraqi security forces gather prepare to go retake the city city that fell to the islamic state in iraq and the levant more than a week ago. there are reports of isil fightersing to meet government security forces. the operation backing from shia militia, many of which are supported by iran and airstrikes airstrikes. it's fear that isil fighters could push into baghdad. to prevent that happening this man is securing the outskirts of the capital. the area is being fortified. we're fighting psychological war. they have been accused of retreating. we're not. we're backing up our troops here and preparing for the fall of ramadi. >> the forces here are mainly shia militia. each militia has its own identity but all fights under this barn including this sunni fighter group with the operation under way it's likely we'll see more scenes like this. fear of what comes next are common here. there are sunni forces willing to fight. and we'll join that fight if the government will accept us

in for joie chen. we begin in baltimore, a city in turmoil. a month after rioting following the death of a man in police custody, protesters are turning their anger towards the prison system. demonstrate juniors are outrage -- demonstrators are outraged over plans to build a gaol for youth. it will cost $30 million, while the maryland governor is cutting education. some baltimore youth are being how farred in the main gaol along -- housed in the main gaol along adult offenders. i went inside the baltimore detention centers, where gang members claimed to take control in a corruption scandal. >> reporter: does the location corrosion. roll. >> reporter: until now ralph has never talked on national tv about what he witnessed as a supervising corrections officer at the baltimore city gaol. >> people from the neighbourhood become inmates. >> an institution overrun with sex, drugs and corruption. >> reporter: what happened? >> it blossomed out of cell in 2004 when they started hiring atos, that was kind of crazy, how can you put an 18-year-old that does not have any experience in live,

neighbors, he's still refusing to drink the city water or wash in it. >> i joined up with the clean water hub because i believed in what they were doing and i felt that they were sincere. it was from the kindness of their hearts. to see people fight for something they believe in and not just stand around and watch it happen. >> at the distribution site, people are lining up. >> i was taking a shower one day and it didn't have no smell and it burnt me up. >> it burnt you up? what do you mean >> it burnt my skin. put spots on it. >> wow how have you been getting by? >> i've been getting by by getting water wherever i can get water. >> dj claims he was sick for 2 weeks from the contaminated city water because he drank it for several days before he heard about the spill. >> i didn't know what was going on. i didn't have cable at my house, so i didn't know what was going on. i actually went to a friend's house and drank a cup of water and they freaked out on me and were like what are you doing drinking the water? and that's when i found out the water was bad. one spill would have been ba

human rights groups says war crimes are being committed on a daily baseness syria's second city aleppo. it says the devices killed more than 3,000. they have also been criticized for using weapons such as mortars that reportedly killed more than 600 civilians. u.n. back talks have been taking place in geneva, the u.n. envoy has been meeting rebel representatives as well as regional players including iran. two of the biggest fronts have not been asked to take part we must redouble efforts in search of a political process this view is shared be i the wider international community russia, hopefully refocuses the attention on the political track earlier this year through moscow one and moscow two there will also a youthful meeting in cairo. and last week, the security council fully expressed to me unanimously that another attempt to politically try to resolve the conflict should be made even if, even if odds of success are low. even if their may row the gaps and if they are ready to narrow the gaps. >> filly, thank you for coming into the studio. now, to be a war crime as i understand it,

entertainment capitol it may have been a billion weekend that helped revitalize the city and the sport. ♪ andy gallagher, al jazeera, las vegas, nevada. >>> plenty more on our website and the address is al jazeera.com. >> we're following a funeral cortege procession through the outskirts of baltimore... kyndal staten was shot dead at his home in northeast baltimore. he was 27. today his family and friends are burying him. while the us homicide rate overall is stable, those involving black youths have risen. fault lines is in the city of baltimore to try to find out why, in the inner city neighborhoods of obama's america, life for so many young african american men continues to be a fight for survival. (crowd applause) >> and we know that it's these crimes that gave us a bad reputation as a dangerous place and, for too long, instilled the deep-seated fear that drove families away. >> baltimore's mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is delivering her annual state of the city address. >> it's not time to celebrate. >> her words are combative. the population of baltimore -the largest cit

have been able to lob some grenades into the city. >> the new president has been sworn in, and is this--is the timing of this dig? >> yes it is. this is one of the tactics to test the will of the area. they will tackle the insurgentcy right on. and this is also a very significant development in the bomb's tactics. for long people believed that boko haram's ability has been degraded by the nigerian military along sidesser side its neighbors from cameroon niger and chad, people are beginning to see the return to see a rise in the number of suicide attacks by boko haram also daring attacks in the northeast but probably what we'll be seeing in the next few days as pressure mounts is a return to the scene. >> the worst attack was on the marketplace in a town of al bab. >> the scene in aleppo this morning is grim. activists say government helicopters have dropped barrel bombs. this ambulance is rush to go survivors, although many are dead including women and children. syrian rebels have overrun the town and the field commander is promising more. >> we're seeing weapons we never used bef

resiliency of i.s.i.l. in recent weeks the group has taken control of ramadi and iraq. the historic city of palmyra in syria, and for the first time the group took credit for a suicide bomb attack on a mosque inside saudi arabia. joinings us on the programme is james jeffrey, the american ambassador in iraq during the george w. bush administration and is a fellow at the washington institute. also with us nyara hawk a state department official during the obama administration. thank you both for joining us tonight. james jeffrey, you heard jamie mcintyre describing back and forth tempo of the battle. is it too soon to conclude something is working or not in this part of the world. >> first of all, it tracks with everything i heard. this is fundamentally different with mosul, where troops refuse to fight. the security forces have been fighting off the attacks for a year and a half. they weren't inexperienced. it was typical military problems that i knew in the army a lack of unity of command. logistical problems. one unit pulls out. it's like a couple of players go up the field, and the rest o

atrocities by the militias that seized cities and court innocent women children and elderly. they also shelled civilian buildings by heavy artillery. they seized oil to use as a tool to -- our people. history will remember the heroic actions of our people against the militias and their allies. we feel sorry to see four people under the siege of these militias. we feel very pain to see the scenes of displacement from skis that these militias have furnished into ghost towns. >> tell us about the talks and what they hope to achieve. >> basically this is a sort of united front against the houthi rebels. you have the different key faction ins yemen gathering all loyal to president adou rabbo mansour hadi. they say that they reject the houthi use of force to gain more territory and would like the international community to support them. basically, they will come up with a roadmap for the future of yemen and they would like to extend a message to the houthis that they have two choices join the government led by adou rabbo mansour hadi or they will face further isolation. as you said, the hout

the city protesting against criticism of the treatment of the rohingya muslims. the group is calling on the government to resist pressure to recognise and grant more rights to the rohingya. by the end of this month they'll face more uncertainty in myanmar. the temporary registration cards due to expire. they are not recognised by the deposit and many wonder if there's a future at all. >> myanmar is the only country they have ever known. she has seep her status -- she has seen her status go from being a citizen to no citizen at all. >> i have already given it up. i don't know what will happen now. >> reporter: she used to hold a citizenship card. in the late 1980s, the government took it back from the rohingya ethnic minority to which she belongs. the government sees them as illegal migrants from bangladesh, even though many have been here for generations. they were promised citizenship documents but were registered documents but were registered temporary cards. they had some rights, including the right to vote. now that is gone. this is an office set up to collect i.d. cards. it's in

expected to lead a counteroffensive to reclaim the city from i.s.i.l. which took full control of anbar province on sunday. the pentagon vowed to help retake ramadi. the u.s. coalition launched 19 air strikes against i.s.i.l. forces in the area. more than 500 have been killed since i.s.i.l. targeted the city. the u.n. said nearly 25,000 fled since the fighting began. zeina khodr is in baghdad with the latest. >> i.s.i.l. is defiant. they tried to advance from their strong hold of ramada city to the base. we understand thousands of shia militia men have been gathering to prepare for an offensive. i.s.i.l. was not able to reach the base. they faced resistance. this is a message that this is not going to be a deep fight. i.s.i.l. is entrenched in the province, it has support and doesn't control ramadi. it controls vast areas of anbar. the decision to deploy shia militias, to use them in the fight is controversial. there has been sunni tribal elders warning against this saying it could backfire. the fight to recapture ramadi has not begun, and already there is a humanitarian crisis unfoldin

involvement of iran who train and promote sectarian language. has taken another city in the north west province there was heavy shelling before the city was stormed. the last remaining government held city in the province. whichboarders turkey. losses are mounting on both side. blood stains the streets in what was a busy shopping district, the warring sides blame each other for what happened here. civilians are among the wounded and the dead. amateur video shows the rubble of what is said to be a military commander's home. activists say it was once the headquarter from outside. further inland, forces loyal are advancing under the cover of coalition air vehicles. they say they are moving forward but are still enganged. the saudi led bombing campaign is now in it's tone week, in the houthis controlled capitol residents called for annd to the wars. >> this is shrapnel that hit working men not targets not military bases we must distinguish between the two we must maintain our good senses this was an attack on everything. an attack on the whole nation. the children and the women inside the

america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. gun fight in waco arrests and more threats after nine die in a biker gang shootout, the dangerous rival groups behind the violence. >>> disarming the police after displays of force in places like ferguson, a move to demilitarize law enforcement. >>> and the fall in ramadi is called a set back. hundreds are dead. thousands have fled their homes. ♪ >>> waco texas is under heightened state of alert this evening, following what is being called unprecedented violence against rival baker gangs. nine are dead and 18 others injured. >> horrible scene down there. so far 170 bike gang members have been arrested. they are be charged in engaging and organizing crime linked to capital murder. local authorities say they have never seen anything like it a shootout in a suburban shopping center. >> i saw everything from pistol casings to rifle casings, i saw knives, i saw a club there were pools of blood, probably one of the most violent gruesome crime scenes i have seen in 35 years of service. >> reporter: nine lives were lost. police say the fight b

saudi cities. that's why we need to take the cities and and guarantee the safety of saudi and yemeni cities. >> reporter: fighting is escalating across yemen. tribesmen loyal to president abd-rabbu mansour hadi say they have repelled a houthi offensive in a province. it's a crucial battle for both sides. the province has most of yemen's oil and gas reserves. >> translation: this is the front line, this area was under the control of the houthis, now we have captured it. the rebels are regrouping and planning a counter-offensive. >> reporter: in the city of tiaz, pro-government troops backed by the militias captured the mountain. the strategic high ground overlooking the city. these are some of the weapons and military equipment seized from soldiers supporting deposed president ali abdullah saleh. if the houthis lose tiaz, they lose a vital supply line for their fighters in aden. hakim al-masmari editor of the "yemen post" and says the houthi rebels are unlikely to stop fighting to allow the ceasefire to take affect. >> rising public anger against the houthis in yemen because saudi ara

completely wiped off of the map. >> every part of the city hit. >> the defining feature of houston, is the many rivers that run through. and many of them overflowed their banks and overtook the neighborhoods. >> rescuers said they had to save over 500 people from high water. stranded in their vehicles. 2500 trucks and vans abandoned as drivers scrambled to higher ground. further north the search continues for two families whose vacation home was swept into the blanco river. fell apart into pieces. at the time the water was not only over my head but over the height of the bridge. in all several people from hayes county are unaccounted for, a body remains unidentified. >> it's scary i have small children. to imagine you couldn't help the children and don't know what happened, i can't imagine. so very sad. >> reporter: juna brown lives upriver, she never imagined this kind of destruction in her backyard. >> is that a slab over there? >> yes, that's partly of that -- part of that and all that's left is a rock fireplace. everything else is gone. >> with more rain in the forecast, texas is b

hairstyle of a new york city celebrity. back in tambopata, it was time to check in on the spiders and more. first up, the decoy spider. after searching the forest at night, we came upon one just meters away from the research center, and were able to document it - for the first time - in the act of actually building the fake spider and catching prey. consider this a success in my book. but not all of field work is guaranteed success, sometimes the forest has its own plan. a moonlit boat ride to a nearby island to take a crack at solving another amazon mystery. last year i lead an expidition to this island to solve the mystery of "silkhenge". and despite a few hours' search - an area in which i'd previously found many turned up completely empty. frustrating, but all part of the process. but not all was lost on this island visit, i encountered one of the few species out there that even scares me - and had to document it for a colleague's research project. meet the wandering spider, the deadliest spider in south america. one of the ways you can tell it's a wondering spider is by the color unde

. >> reporter: iraqi security forces gather on the edge of ramadi preparing to retake the city which fell to fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant more than a week ago. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: it's likely to be a long operation. there are reports of isil fighters preparing to meet government security forces. they have backing from shia militia, many of which are sup pored by iran. the iraqi army is also gearing up for other operations with isil in control of border crossings from syria into anbar, it is feared that isil fighters could push into baghdad. to prevent that this man is securing the outskirs -- outskirts of the capitol. >> translator: we're fighting a psychological war. isil have an effective media campaign against us. we have been accused of retreating. we are not. we are now backing up our troops and preparing for the fall of ramadi. >> reporter: these troops are primarily shia militia. each militia have its own identify but fight under this iraqi banner. fortifying baghdad comes with unique challenges. this is the last safe to cross from anbar into baghdad

haven't heard. >> is the issue of white inner city blah, -- blacks and 50% dropping out and can't write is that because of racism >>> i come from south africa. >> i feel like i'm an outsider. >> i come here and see schools that are in an appalling condition in the upper city. mainly african-american kids going to the terrible schools, living in poverty. the good public schools are in wealthy neighbourhoods, predominantly white, and they are wonderful. black kids can't get there. fine. >> i didn't say it was fine. in baltimore we are spending 16,000 to educate children every year. we need to be able to get the kid out of a bad underperforming school. the democrats, the leftists don't want that. they are beholden to unions. president obama has his kid in a pricey school. before moving to washington d.c. they were in a nice private school. obama went to the best school in hawaii. and then to oxi, and then columbia and harvard. school. >> let's talk about the black lives matter movement. you endorse, support it, you are a part of it. >> yes. >> in ferguson, you had the michael brown,

the ancient syrian city of palmyra. it controls more than half the area of syria and the iraqi heart land. zeina khodr how does the capture of ramadi affect things now? >> reporter: well, at the end of the day i.s.i.l. did not just stop, after capture ramadi, they took over anbar's provincial capital on monday, but to you there is fierce fighting on haldi a few kilometers from the habanea military base. it seems as though i.s.i.l. wants to stay control of this base because it's going to be used as a staging ground by the iraqi army as well as shia paramilitary forces when they do launch the counteroffensive. later i.s.i.l. opened a new front northwest of ramadi in the town of haditha the only significant town in the western hands in anbar. the counteroffensive by the government has still not begun. the spokesperson for popular mobilization forces said it is going to begin in the coming days. they are preparing and according to him this will not be an easy tight. tens of thousands are expected to be involved. i.s.i.l. fighters are in the city. they're fortifying their positions. and w

inside yemen appears to be getting worse. there's been heavy fighting once again in the port city of aden. we have this report. >> for thousands of people trapped in aden, the sea is their only way out. they've been caught in the battle for the southern port city. the residents are terrified. >> the condition is all rockets, bombing, random shelling on our houses, no electricity, no water. >> the gulf states should share responsibility or step aside. >> the streets are deserted, many confined in their homes. others are on the move looking for a way out. boats like this have become the only hope of survival, but even they've become dangerous. on wednesday, one of the boats was shelled by houthi rebels killing dozens. the district is important. it is not far from the city's port, the area is vital for control over yemen's southern coast. the houthis and forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh remain powerful here. in taiz, the fight is equally hard. forces loyal to the current president adou rabbo mansour hadi are putting on a tough fight, but most of the city is destroyed.

city of aden as we know is besieged in many ways by the houthis and the ali abdullah saleh loyalists and there is human organizations calling for a truce. it is a huge crisis there in aden. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is due there in riyadh later, likely to call for a pause in the fighting. how is that call likely to be received there? >> you know, the saudis are not against the idea of some kind of lull in the fighting in some areas, but when we look at the situation now in the latest developments as the houthis according to reports have been able to strike inside saudi arabia and inflict damage in civilian areas for the first time, it is unlikely that the saudis will accept to stop the airstrikes across yemen. they may accept to do that in some parts. they have been talking about recently about safe zones inside yemen where the humanitarian release can be brought, can be shipped there and can be stored and distributed but it is a problem, because they have to put troops on the ground to protect those distribution points. they haven't yesterday clarified how they

protect the yemeni citizens inside yemen. yesterday we targeted sa'dah area, and [ inaudible ] city and the [ inaudible ]. i told you yesterday, we have confirmed information that the ones who planned for these attacks, and the ones who have done these attacks are in sa'dah, in baron city and sa'dah city. and part of them are in heger city and i told you that the operation started yesterday to target these two cities in particular, and to attack their locations, and you might ask -- you have seen this during the decisive storm, then let me remind you that these militias have command centers in schools, in hospitals within the civilians. that's why we have attacked these areas yesterday in order to put an end to their communication centers, command centers, and control centers. and this is from one hand. from the other hand the coalition forces have also carried out operation [ inaudible ] city because you will see now through some videos, that's why it is natural for the coalition forces to continue their mission. also in order not to pave the way for the houthis or the pro-houthi f

>> the battle for ramadi iraqi shia militia getting ready to retake the city from isil fighters. >> you're watching al jazeera. also coming up, european ministers agree to use force on the high seas to beat the people smugglers. it's the end of the cease-fire in yemen the saudi coalition launching more airstrikes and says it won't be targeting other or airports. >> i'll be reporting on how the predominately nigerian market is doing business with unwanted goods from europe and america. >> they have been talking in brussels. the european ministers about ways to stop the people smugglers, those who have been sending thousands of migrants across the mediterranean, and in many cases to their deaths. there is a statement now by the e.u. foreign affairs minister, and we will listen in to what she has to say. >> the commission site, the agenda on migration was adopted as you know, last week, presented it, commission was sharing with us this presentation today but the focus today was obviously foreign defense ministers the external part of our work to. there are three different elements.

security forces gather on the edge of ramadi preparing to retake the city which fell to fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant more than a week ago. it's likely to be a long operation. there are reports of isil fighters preparing to meet government security forces. they'll lead the operation with back i from shia militia many of which are supported by iran and air strikes from a coalition of countries led by the united states. iraqi army is also gearing up for another operations. with the fall of rah mad and i isil in control of border crossings from syria in to anbar it's feared isil fighters can push in to baghdad. to prevent that happening this man is securing the outskirts of the capital. the town just under 30-kilometerskilometers from baghdad is being fortified. >> translator: we are fighting a psychological war. isil have an effective media campaign against us, we have been accused of reteeth, we are not we are backing up our troops and pretearing to take baca ramadi. >> reporter: the fors here are mainly shia militia since prime minister brought them under the

to do that to get attention? [ sirens ] >> in front of city hall where the daily protest of recent months happen only occasionally now we meet hector. >> brown lives don't matter here in politician. it's frustrateing to understand why we don't get the media attention that this case deserves. and everybody else gets it like that. >> so far there have been no vandalism and just a few arrests and minor traffic disruptions during pasco protest. attorney trejo has accused the governor of lacking intestinal fort to do for not removing prosecutor sant from the case. he's lacking intestinal fort tied. when the hispanic community turns to you for help, you turn away. >> it's a very racist community. certainly there are some very-- >> are you accusing the prosecutor of being a racist? >> i'm saying that his decision to delay charging these officers can have a racial animus behind it yes. >> his decision to delay charges these officers can have a racial animus behind it, yes. your comment? >> i don't know what he's getting at. i think we've been very successful in our review of any case, whet

criticized for using improvised weapons such as mortars which killed 600 civilians in the city in 2014. it comes as there are negotiations to end the conflict in syria getting underway in geneva. the u.s. envoy will meet with government rebel representatives as well as with regional players, including iran. >> we must redouble efforts in search of a political process. this view is shared by it wider international community. russia hopefully refocused the attention on the political track earlier this year through moscow one and moscow two. there was also a meeting in cairo. last week, the security council fully expressed to me unanimously that another attempt to politically try to resolve the conflict should be made, even if, even if odds of success are indeed low. the only way is to test the willingness of the parties to narrow the gap and if they are ready to narrow the gap. >> we are live in geneva with paul brennan. does the u.n. special envoy have a plan? >> well, not in the sense of a roadmap to peace no, he doesn't. he has previously advocated localized ceasefires in syria as per

. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg tried to ban sugary sodas, and the city's ban on transfats years earlier had a perfectly sound public policy goal, to reduce obesity, the diseases it causes and the cost of treating those diseases. the centers for disease control ntrol says 35% of american adults are obese and puts the annual cost of obesity at $137 billion and that problem starts early. the cdc says that more than one-third of kids were oversight or obese in 2012. first lady michelle obama has made improving the diets and exercise habits of american children a priority and an important part of her plan is called the healthy hunger free kids act, signed by president obama in 2010 and sets standards for foods served to kids in schools, some school districts complain that more food is being wasted because kids don't want this healthy stuff. others criticize the higher prices some kids pay for the lunches, whatever the reason student participation in the national school lunch program fell in the 2012-13 school year, compared to the year before. and two u.s. senators had just int

fighting in yemen has been in the port city of aden, and, they say prohouthi fighters have held aide work kirks hostage, on wednesday a boat carrying people was attacked we the houthis killing 40 people. a senior army officer also died in the fight. >>> john kerry is now in the saudi capital to discuss the conflict in yemen and he's meeting the president and he says he is concerned about the situation and he'll push for a pause, in fighting to allow for aid to be delivered. >>> the situation is getting more dire boy day and we're deeply concerned about that. and we have urged all sides anybody involved, to comply, with humanitarian law and to take every precaution to keep civilians out of the line of fire, out of harms way, as well as to provide the opportunity for humanitarian assistance to be delivered. >>> clashes have intensified in the syrian/lebanese border. and both are claim gains. >>> they killed dozens, and syrian rebels say they have made gains. >>> the president says those defeats are only a minor setback. >>> we are today, waging a war not a battle, war is a number of ma