Are here together with one of European Union to continue the work on the text and to continue negotiations. We have a space. It is difficult. But we all know that we have a very important responsibility. So here is where we are. Reporter and right now you are taking a live look at our newscast coming from doha. We have someone there speaking on the debt crisis going on in greece. Taking the can flag off the statehouse grounds in South Carolina. Another deadline day in the Nuclear Talks with ran. Reports of progress, many issues remain unsolved. The president said dont expect a quick victory against isil but also says the coalition is making progress in iraq and syria. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im bisi onileere. South Carolina Senate reconvenes in just a few hours to give final passage to a bill that would take down the can flag. It is flown on the State Capitol grounds for years. Senators had a heated debate monday over whether the banner symbolizes racism or heritage. They voted down to take down the flag 373. The house takes up the measure later this week. Its prospects there are less certain. Why does the senate have to vote on this again . Good morning. The vote this morning is largely a formality. The vote is expected to get underway this morning sometime after 10 00. Now yesterday there was a lot of discussion in the senate about the history of the flag, and a number of senators stood up and talked about how their great great grand fathers fought under the flag during the civil war but in the end they decided it was time to take this flag down. To prove the flag from the statehouse grounds and thinking it would change history would be like removing a tattoo from the corpse of a loved one and thinking that that would change the loved ones obituary. In south Carolina Senate chamber passionate words over a divisive symbol. It is also a flag that brings back horrible memories of slavery and again is now used frequently as a symbol of hatred and bigotry and racism. After five hours of debaste the state is not voted overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate Flag from South Carolinas statehouse grounds rejecting an amendment that would have let voters decide. I believe the majority of south carolinians would like to see it up and i believe im speaking for the majority of south carolinians that it alike to move that with a vote. The flag has become a flashpoint since the killing of nine people last month during a bible stayed at emanuel a. M. E. Church. Dillon roof, the gunman had been photographed bran dishing the flag. During the debate. John scott argued the. He was with the people against the symbol. Its time that we change. The debate spilled on to the lawn as flag supporters clashed with opponents. First of awful it wasnt a civil war. Youve been brainwashed to call it a civil war. A slave is one thats brainwashed. Take the smack in the face down. Its not about that now its about the love and harmony right. The senate will volt tuesday then it goes to the statehouse where accounts by the local newspaper suggests it should also pass. This bill in the senate needs two hurds of the senate to vote on it to pass it, and judging from what we saw yesterday, the voting we saw yesterday, that should, it should have it. Bisi onileere. All right. Diane, thank you very much. European leaders are holding an emergency leader today to try to keep greece in the cure row zone. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to submit his plan for how to do that. He has to convince his fellow e. U. Leader to say reopen negotiations days after the greek people voted down a bailout offer. Now the greek banks are running out of cash. John has more on how the lack of euros is affecting people. The banks are the achilles heel in this entire process and they could take the speed of this process out of the hands of the institutions negotiating in brussels if it fails sooner than expected. The e. C. B. Is monitoring the liquidity of the Banking System very closely, but it is well aware that banks right now are living handtomouth. The reports were hearing from people working in the Banking System is that they are literally the money that they are taking in each day from payroll or from other lump payments between businesses is going into a. T. M. s to be dispersed the next day and that is how they are proceeding, from one day to the next. They believe that they have cash to keep going until wednesday possibly thursday, but only under the capitol controls regime. Its unclear what would happen beyond that point if there werent a resolution in brussels and the European Central bank decided not to release further liquidity assistance. I think opening on a normal base would then be impossible for them. What the situation would be, what sort of a regime they would go to is very difficult to predict right now. I think they would have to have some very limited operation that would enable businesses to trade, because thats the part of the economy thats really suffering from the cash flow crunch. John in athens. Negotiators meeting in vienna say they are likely to miss todays self imposed deadline on Irans Nuclear program. If that hams, this will be the fourth missed deadline in less than a year. Secretary of state john kerry has said the Obama Administration will walk away from the table if theres no progress and if iran isnt flexible. Ali velshi is live in tehran this morning. Ally is there any sense of urgency there in iran about this deadline . Its an interesting question ive been trying to get my head around for the last 10 days or so. This topic is on the front page of most newspapers, its in the news but it isnt treated with what youd all urgency because theyve seen this play out before. The iranian sense or the way its being conveyed in iranian media is that the americans the west needs this deal more than iran does. The sanctions certainly have hurt the economy but in fact, under this new president rouhani, the economy has done better. Inflation is very, very high but it isnt 45 its 15 . Theres Economic Growth and many people have found their way around want sanctions. Everybody wants the sanctions removed, but there isnt some sense of urgency. Whats happening now in the negotiations is as they seem to be putting aside some of the more important harder to get to issues, other issues that were always on the table but werent bending dealt with are coming to the fore, including the fact that iran is now asking for the lifting of a u. N. Ban on all conventional weapons the import and export of nonNuclear Weapons. That is an absolutely nonstarter to the p5 plus one powers that are negotiating in vienna with iran, but it does seem that iran is thinking you guys need the deal more than we do so were going to ask for everything we want. The u. S. And its partners want to seal a deal by july 9 to give congress one month rather than two to review it. Whats the sense youre getting there . Does that seem like a date iran is will to commit to . These are off the record sources in some cases. Some on the record sources are reporting here that no, iran doesnt actually recognize this as a real deal. These dates have never been real to iran. Iran has very much the same rhetoric that were hearing out of the west. If this deem is not what we need, we will walk away from it. The Supreme Leader, ayatollah has said this is something that iran wants that iran is not prepared to give up, including the inspections of all Nuclear Sites and the interviews with nuclear scientists. Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty saying we will subject ourselves to the same inspection regulations that everybody else does. We dont want special ones for us. You know there isnt some sense that iran needs to meet this deadline. They know very well that president obama needs to submit this, as you said, to congress by july 9 in order to have a 30 day review period after which congress con vote up or down. He knows hes got a fight on his hands in congress. Iranians seem very aware of this and theres a sense that president obama needs this concluded by the end of today more than iran does. The negotiators on both sides have said its fine if it goes into tomorrow or thursday. Theyre closer than theyve ever been but no, ran doesnt seem to be in a russia to get this done by the end of the day. Does the average iranian agree with the demands made by irans Supreme Leader when it comes to this potential deal . People shy from having very political discussions with american journalist carrying t. V. Cameras around. They shed away with having discussions with me about whether or not the demands of correct. Theres a sense of National Pride in the fact that iran has a Nuclear Program but i havent heard a lot of people tell me, i have heard some, we definitely have to keep this Nuclear Program and we dont care what else happens. There seems to be an understanding if they scale it back in exchange for the removal of sanctions most iranians will be quite happy with that. Thank you. Isil will be the subject of hearings on capitol hill today. Ash carter and joint chiefs Martin Dempsey will testify one day after president obama went to the pentagon to talk strategy. We have more. The president wanted to discuss the status of his anti isil strategy, parts working and parts that could use improvement. One thing that hasnt changed is there still is no consideration of putting u. S. Troops in a combat role on the ground in either iraq or syria. After an hour and a half meeting with his top advisors at the pentagon, president obama made an appearance in the briefing room. Flanked by ash carter around top commanders, the president gave a 15 minute defense of his anti isil air campaign, which he says when combined with effective forces on the ground has handled isil a series of defeats. In short isils recent losses in both syria and iraq proved that isil can and will be defeated. Indeed were intensifying our efforts against isils base in syria. Our airstrikes will continue to target the oil and gas facilities that fund so much of their operations. Over the weekend the u. S. Unleashed a wave of airstrikes against isil positions in iraq and syria which the u. S. Military called its largest deliberate engagement in syria so far. Of the more than three dozen airstrikes conducted july 4, 2 thirds were in syria in and around raqqa isils de facto capital. The primary targets were bridges, like this one to disrupt supply lines and freedom of movement, confine isil to the northern syrian city. Earlier in the day in a joint appearance with his french counterpart, ash carter said the punishing airstrikes were possible because of the effectiveness of Kurdish Forces who have been able to in carters words nominate targets. We validate those targets including validating that there wont be damage to innocent civilians associated with strike and then we take the strike. The president acknowledged there had been battlefield setbacks, that the defeat of isil which he called a nimble and opportunistic foe would be neither easy nor quick. The criticism from the political opposition on capitol hill was as strong as ever. Hours before the president s pentagon remarks House Armed ServicesCommittee Chairman released a statement saying the strategy isnt working and isil continues to advance while the u. S. Loses ground and time, but the u. S. Central command says over the past months, isil has given up almost 2,000 square miles of territory in syria including the loss of the border town to kurdish fighters. The president argues while isil has scored tactical victories including taking rimadi in iraq, it has real strategic weaknesses. The president says isils days are numbered because it is surrounded by countries that seek its destruction and has no air force or allies. Senator john mccain dismissed that as self delusion, saying that nothing the president has said shows that the u. S. Is on the path to success in defeating isil. Reaching a breaking point straight ahead on Aljazeera America, california farmers desperately for any type of help in the midst of dealing with a four year drought. An undocumented immigrant is accused of killing a woman in california. Police say he had been deported five times. Welcome to al jazeera america. Taking a look today at the top stories, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev wants a new file. He filed papers in federal court arguing there was a lack of evidence to meet the legal requirement for conviction. Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. New york city has agreed to pay more than 300,000 to a group which occupy wall street protestors. In september of 2011, Deputy InspectorAnthony Bologna was caught on camera pepper spraying demonstrators who were penned in in orange netting. They will receive 250,000 each. 12 of the nations biggest banks have resubmitted plans to the government for how they would handle bankruptcy without any help from taxpayers. This is the third time the banks have been forced to file their plans. Last year, the government found an earlier version was based on unrealistic assumptions. The pentagon ended dont ask dont tell, allowing gay and lesbian Service Members to serve. Transgender Service People are still being discriminate against. Jonathan betz has this report with a navy pilot who transitioned into a woman after leaving the military. You have people who are hiding, who if they do come out can be discharged administratively with the pension. Do a lot of transgender people feel like theyve served their country but the country is kind of turning its back on them . It feels unfair. These are people who are continuing to serve and want to continue to serve and are fighting to continue to serve despite the fact that theyre having to hide themselves, despite the fact that theyre being labeled as something less than fellow Service Members still they continue to believe in the United States, in the military, in their jobs. You can watch jonathans full report tonight at 8 00 eastern. An undocumented immigrant from mexico has been charged with a high profile murder in california. The 45yearold Francisco Sanchez is set to go arraigned today in a jailhouse interview with a local news station he admitted to shooting 32yearold cat lynn stinal in San Francisco wednesday. Did you shoot her . Yes. Kate turned, said help me, dad. He had been deported five times. Federal agents asked San Francisco to hold him when he was released from jail back in april, but the citys sanctuary law prevented that. Sanchez said he deliberately came to San Francisco because of the citys sanctuary policy. Californias massive drought shows no signs of letting up acknowledge year could cost the state upwards of 2. 7 billion. Thats much worse than last year. As melissa chan reports farmers are suffering and soon consumers could be, too. The wood family has farmed that land for four generations first growing cotton, these days garlic,al fall a if a and almonds on 1900acres, half of which lice fallow this year because of the drought. Im tired. Im not 20 years old anymore and you wonder how long you can continue to expend that kind of energy and not get what you considered to be an appropriate return. For farms across the state the fourth year of drought that become a make or break year. California produces half the countrys fruits and vegetables. One report estimates that more than half a million acres will be left unplanted this year, up 25 from last year, resulting in the loss of some 18,000 jobs and 2. 7 billion u. S. Dollars for the state. Mendota california. This time last year, unemployment hit 40 the town devastated by the impact. One man spoke to us. One week people go to work, the next week they dont. It isnt the same as before when there was more work and its because of the water situation. On the outskirts a shanty town of former form hands. He did not want to speak on camera, but this man let us film him and told us he makes tools to resell to get by. Vince was cast with turning things around as the new city manager. He celebrates the fact unemployment has dropped to 27 . 20 or more is still a tremendous number. Yeah, it is. Its one out of five people, but you have to realize that i think in almost every small city and town in this country thats isolated from a Major Urban Center theyre never going to have unemployment of 5. 5 . This whole area dependency pretty much about 90 on agriculture. About 90 i think so, and if theres no ag, theres no life here, pretty much. I used to see people getting up every day for work and now are in food lines so you know its rough. Part of the states emergency drought relief includes more food assistance. The foot bank used to take place once a month now it happens almost every week. Heres whats really interesting about whats being handed out here. You have tomato sauce green beans, these are things grown in california and you have farmworkers that pick them fresh but unemployed farm hands are in line because they need food and theyre getting this canned. Rosa picked cantaloupes for decades until the worst drought in a century took away the only thing she really knows how to do. No water no job. No job no footed. No water no money. The irony of californias central valley, the bread basket of the nation, and where some of the states hungriest residents live handinhand, one has served the other for years. So much more painfully pronounced by this endless drought. Al jazeera men totally at a california. Foal larr bears are quickly heading towards extinction. What Scientists Say needs to happen in order to save them. A new government report says now is the time to take action if theres any chance of saving polar bears in the arctic. Nicole mitchell has more with todays viral impact report. The polar bears were listed as threatened back in 2008 looking at what was going to happen with their habitat and Climate Change. Now because we still havent curbed Climate Change, fish and Wildlife Service put out a report last week thinking about other things we can do to help them in the meantime until we get Climate Change under control, things like minute amazing risk from oil spills, protecting their dens from humans, things of that nature, changing Climate Change and their habitat would be the biggest things. Greenhouse emissions contributes to Global Warming reducing sea ice they use for feeding mating and giving birth. Their happen tats, they cover five different countries. The majority of them live in canada. Different countries have different theft and worldwide theres about 20,000 in the population. Now, if you look at how that is broken up, theres 19 sub population, eight are in decline, so almost half of those are declining right now so we need to continue to watch that. Only one area is increasing and a lot of areas are just not known. This is a higher population than we actually had in the 1950s, where its estimated 10,000 because of hunting. We got the population bigger again. Now were starting to see the population go down. We dont want to get it back to those critical levels. Not at all, thank you so much nicole. Thank you for joining us. Stephanie sy is back in two minutes with more Aljazeera America morning news. The deadline extended again in the iran Nuclear Talks. The major Sticking Points alleges the u. S. Cautions it could still walk away. Our airstrikes will continue to target the oil and gas facilities that fund so much of their operations. President obama says the u. S. And partners are determined to defeat isil. The top military commander and secretary go to capitol hill. Bill cosbys admission what he said under oath about drugs and sex that could help those accusing him of rape. Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Negotiators in vienna will work past todays deadline to reach a deal to curb Irans Nuclear program. The e. U. s Foreign Policy chief spoke, saying talks will continue for the next few days. This is the fourth missed deadline in less than a year. Secretary of state john kerry and his team are under increasing pressure as they meet in vienna. If a deal is not set to congress by thursday, its review period will double to 60 days. Ali velshi is live in tehran this morning. Good morning. What is the view on talks from there . Its interesting, because we characterize it as deadlines. Iran said these arent our deadlines. They think theyre going to negotiate until they get the deal they want. A Sticking Point surfaced, iranian demand, not a new demand, that the United Nations sanctions on conventional weapons trade is lifted. Iran cannot import or he can sport conventional nonNuclear Weapons. This has always been something that iran wants. I dont know whether this is a good sign that theyve made such progress on the bigger sticking issues that they are now getting to these smaller matters or this is a sign that iran is not prepared to make this deal within this time frame. As far as iranians are concerned, whether or not it gets to congress on july 9 is not relevant to them. If penalty gets this deal to congress by july 9, it has 30 days to vote it up or down. If they dont Congress Gets 60 days. Sixty days means more of a chance that congress will vote it down than 30 days. But giving rep rhetoric, im not 100 sure 30 versus 60 days makes any difference. The iranians are not moved by that. The rhetoric that were seeing here is that iran needs a deal that requires the lifting of sanctions almost immediately. We say sanctions very generally but there are many, many different sanctions that were imposed over many years some american some by the United Nations and thats what theyre trying to hammer out in vienna. The arms embargo is not necessarily a small issue if that ends up being the Sticking Point. As you know, ayatollah will have the ultimate say. Have we heard from him in recent days . Not recently. We heard from him some weeks ago where he said two of the points of the negotiation that the p5 plus one as the western powers are called are negotiating, they include china and russia, by the way want to be able to inspect more than iran wants them to inspect. Go ahead, ally, can you still hear me . Im sorry. Go ahead ally. They want the sanctions lifted. They say they do not want to expose their Nuclear Plants to inspections and dont want their scientists interviewed. We nope the last few days ago we had the head of the i. A. E. A. Here. I saw him. We were at the same hotel. He was back again yesterday. There seems to be progress on that front. Youre absolutely right in saying that there is that this conventional arms trade is no small matter to iranians and its no small matter to the russians and chinese who were at the table in vienna because they would like to have the iranians buy weaponry from them. The americans may not sell the weaponry but they might. This is no small matter. It may be a good sign that they are down the list to these things that are easier to deal with than nuclear inspections. Ally, thank you. Former under secretary of state Nicholas Burns joins us now, currently a professor at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. He was in charge of the iran file at the state department when george w. Bush was in office. Thank you for your time and being with us. We have just heard from vienna that the talks and existing interim agreement are being extended. Is that a positive sign in your mind and at what points are talks getting extended for their own sake . I dont think the deadlines are that important. In fact, as a negotiator, you never want to negotiate against a self imposed deadline because that might give your adversary the count rip across the table some undue advantage. I like what secretary kerry said sunday that this deal may happen, it may not happen, it will take as long as it needs to take. I dont think we should get hung up too much on when its finished. Remember, this is one of the most important Security Issues in the world and stopping iran from becoming a Nuclear Weapons power is, i think the most Important National security objective of the United States in the middle east. If it takes another week, that really shouldnt be too much of a concern for americans. I know that you have generally supported these negotiations, but when it comes to what ali was talk about the embargo on importation of Ballistic Missiles in iran, is that a red line the u. S. Should be careful not to cross. I think it is and i think the United States will try hard to keep this out of the negotiations. I was part of the International Effort representing the Bush Administration in 2006 and 2007 when the United NationsSecurity Council banned the export from iran, the import into iran of questional weapons. We did that for a very good reason. Iran was at that time arming the shia militias in iraq that was targeting american troops and since then, iran has been of course a trouble maker. It currently is in syria. It still is in iraqi in lebanon, in gaza with hamas and yemen. Iran is making a big push for power directly into the heart of the sunni world. Its not in the interest of the arab countries certainly not of the United States or europe to see iran to see these arms embarring goes lifted from iran. Its an issue that should not be part of these negotiations. I think we ought to maintain those u. N. Embargoes. Iran remains on the list of state sponsors of terrorism and Hillary Clinton said last weekend that they will continue to destabilize governments in the region and beyond, they will continue to use their promise ice like hezbollah and continue to be a threat to israel. The first order of business is to try to get an agreement that that freeze the Nuclear Program and keep them away from Nuclear Weapons. The u. S. Will continue to oppose as secretary clinton said in her interview irans terrorist activities. Whats interesting about these negotiations on the Nuclear Issue is that they take place at the same time as iran is extending its power into the sunni arab parts of the middle east. Thats a great problem for the saudi says, those of bahrain and kuwait and others. Its in the American Interest to blunt that iranian push for power, maintaining the arms embargoes on iran, the u. N. Arms emboor goes from 2006, 2007 and 2010. Its very important and i dont think the u. S. Will compromise this away. Isnt by lifting other sanctions the u. S. Supporting growing iranian influence in that region . The u. S. Is not supporting an extension of iranian influence. What were trying to do however is resolve the most important problem first. Ran with Nuclear Weapons would be a complete game changer in the middle east, alter the power against the sunni arabs certainly against the palestinians, as well as the United States and israel, and thats not in our interest. I think that president obama is right to go for a nuclear deal with iran, if it can be achieved this week or next and then of course you deal with the other aspection of iranian power that are difficult. You may see in the next couple of months, the United States will be Going Forward with a Nuclear Agreement with iran but also pushing diamondback against iranian power with our allies at the same time. Thank you for your insights this morning, appreciate it. Thank you. President obama says the u. S. Led fight against isil is making progress. In a rare appearance at the pentagon, said the coalition has seen 19 airstrikes carried out over the weekend. The president said the focus is on faking out isils key leaders but warned the battle will be a long one. In short isils recent losses in syria and iraq prove that isil can and will be defeated. Indeed were intensifying our efforts against isils base in syria. Our airstrikes will continue to target the oil and gas facilities that fund so much of their operations. Defense secretary ash carter and joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey are set to testify today, likely face questions on the effectiveness and price tag which is nearly 3 billion. The increase in airstrikes show there is more work to be done. Its an indication that isil i also able to fight on many fronts. When president obama described them as nimble, in areas they are driven out, they are attempting to come back and theyre coming back in full force. One would think that that fighting force would have been weakened by now but in many of these places, they are coming out with multiple suicide car bombs or truck bombs using Armored Vehicles taken from iraqi forces, which were originally american vehicles, followed by gunman, followed by other suicide bomb earls with suicide vests. On some days, there are more than a dozen suicide bombers trying to dealt nate themselves. We spoken with the ministry of defense about this, and they say that a lot of these people are foreign fighters, still coming in through syria via turkey. They say that is part of the problem, as well. The Afghan Taliban says it was responsible for an attack in kabul. A suicide car bomber slammed into an s. U. V. Carrying foreign troops. The blast blew the vehicle off course into a wall. Three afghan civilians were injured but only the bomber died. There are late reports that armed gunman attacked a building near the Afghan Intelligence agency. No word on injuries or deaths there. European leaders are holding an emergency meeting today to try to keep greece in the euro zone. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to submit a man for how to do that. He has to skins the 18 leaders to negotiate because greek banks are rapidly running out of cash. Banks are expected to remain closed until thursday. The major priority is to reach a deal for debt relief for his country. Lets go to our correspondent in athens. John, german chancellor Angela Merkel says shes waiting for a credible proposal from tsipras. What do european leaders wanted from greece right now and what are they willing to concede . I think europeans want to see that the greek government is willing to cut down on its principle costs mainly two things, the amount of money it spends from the freshry topping off pensions, because Pension Funds are no longer viable due to the high rate of unemployment and secondly the state payroll. Together those account for 33 billion a year in a 60 billion budget, more than half of all the public expense. So creditors want to see that the greeks are serious about tailing the pension costs because of the fact that there is rising well, the demographic problem in greece, old people is simply more and more numerous, and secondly, they want to see that the state payroll will not grow, which instead it wants to restore. Theyve been hiring back people who were dismissed under previous administrations. The greeks also have their own parameters. They have said that they want to program that covers the financing needs which the government. They want a program that is socially fair, doesnt burden the shoulders of the middle class and pensioners as in previous years. They want a program that provides development. They have said 35 billion euros are a year marked for the greek economy. They want to discuss the rescheduling of greek debt payments so that the debt is viable. That is the difficult one. That is the one that particularly germany does not want to touch because it amounts to essentially for giving a chunk of greek debt by extendings its repayment into the future and therefore sinking much which its valparaiso, indianaflation. Who needs who more at this point . In other words, how worried are european leaders about setting a dangerous precedent if greece does leave the euro zone . They are very worried about that. Theyve shown that time and again they are not willing to transfer concessions that are given to one troubled euro zone economy from one to another. For example, three years ago when spain bailed out its banks not using public money but using bonds that are to be repaid by the Banking System, the greeks said well, we have just spent 50 billion euros worth of public money bailing out our banks. Wed like the banks to be responsible for that because that would remove that thump of money from the public debt and reduce it in the process. Europe was not willing to grant that to the greeks. They are very, very keen to keep each package discreet. They do not want some sort of regime whereby all the in dealed countries of europe gang up and think all the things that they would like and then proceed to ask for them separately and have these things transferred across each other. The head of the European Commission says the door is open for greece to negotiate credibly and seriously. He does, however have ominous concerns that there are members of the European Union that do not want greece to remain in the euro zone. He said earlier today there are knows that secretly and openly are working to exclude greece from the euro zone. We imagine that he means germany, german finance minister has expressed his criticism that greeks have the discipline to remain in the euro zone. Heres what he had to say earlier. We have to put our little egos and in my case, very large ego away and we have to deem with the situation we face. I continue to believe and i shall always believe that aggression it should be avoided. Against without financing businesses cannot grow and create jobs. We have a situation where the banks are living handtomouth di to day, waiting for businesses to pay in their payrolls to use that cash to put it into a. F. M. s and draw it out. That is where the system is now hanging on by a thread. If banks should fail, any talk of a greek rescue would be moot. John reporting from athens, thank you. A million and a half people are expected to turn out today to hear pope francis give mass in ecuador. On monday, 600,000 people took part in a mass in ecuadors largest city, the pope called for stronger family values. The first south american leader of the worlds catholics will also be making stops in paraguay and bolivia during his week long visit to the continent. On the agenda today Congress Returns from its Independence Day recess, one issue that must be dealt with is the highway trust fund. Federal funding for highways exspirals this month. Boston marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaevs lawyers are asking for a new trial claiming this wasnt enough evidence to sentence him to death for his role in the bombings. An independent report today expected from the World Health Organization says there is a lack of capacity and culture to deal with Global Health emergencies. It says the agency failed in handling the Ebola Outbreak in west africa. Dozens of wildfires are burning in north america from idaho, washington, and california all the way to florida. Thousands of acres have burned. One fire in as he can are a men toe was sparked by fireworks. In idaho, six homes were destroyed in a rural lakeside community. Huge fires in canada are affecting the air quality in minnesota. Smoke can be seen across many states on this side of the border. Lets bring in meteorologist Nicole Mitchell for more. What are the weather conditions fueling these fires . The same thing we have been seeing the high heat dries out the vegetation. You mentioned the air quality minnesota all the way to Washington State were having poor air quality because of smoke. These are under the red flag warning, most at risk for the fire danger. You need to be careful in these areas, temperatures in the 80s and 90s, low humidity, high heat is drying everything out putting us more at risk for fires than we already would be. Doesnt look until friday and saturday, forecast a lot of 80s and 90s that we start to get a little break in that temperature. You can see into the afternoon hours, the early frames of this, a little more activity westward. There could ration lated thunderstorms tailed in the west. That sounds like great news but theyre mostly dry to spark fires. At risk is a lot of rain from the south missouri to the accident dealing with Different Levels of flood warnings. So, you know, from not enough rain to way too much in a few areas. It would be really nice if we could shift that moisture. Always those extremes. Nicole mitchell, thank you. The doctor who made millions by poisoning his patients. Why he treated hundreds of people for cancer. They did not have and then build them for it. Dozens of women accuse bill cosby of drugging them. The new Court Document that could book up their cases. The best ideas in innovation and design. With xfinity from comcast you can manage your account anytime, anywhere on any device. Just sign into my account to pay bills manage Service Appointments and find answers to your questions. You can even check your connection status on your phone. Now its easier than ever to manage your account. Get started at xfinity. Com myaccount welcome to al jazeera america. Taking a look at some of todays other top stories from around the nation, one person is dead and four injured after an collapse in Washington State. The caves are on a popular hiking trail in the National Forest northeast of seattle. The u. S. Forest service warned hikers to avoid the caves because of warm weather. Californias right to die bill is in jeopardy ahead of a key legislative vote today. The bill would allow physicians to help terminally ill patients end their lives. The sponsors worry it doesnt have enough support to pass. Right to die laws are on the books in oregon, washington and vermont. Starbucks is raising prices at its coffee shops across the country, most drinks going up 5 cents to 20 cents. Food items will not be affected. Starbucks said it has nothing to do with the price of coffee beans, but the high price of wages and rent. New developments in the Sexual Assault accusations against bill cosby. Court documents show he admitted buying drugs to give to women he wanted to have sex with. John henry smith is here with more. Over the last year, dozens of women have come forward accusing cosby of drugging and raping them. The comedian denied any jim propriety but these admissions could bolster those accusations. Court documents show that in 2005, Big Companies by admitted obtaining quaaludes. Cosby answered yes when asked if he was using those quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with. The documents show cosby acknowledging giving drugs to multiple people. Cosby has long denied such allegations. I have been in this business 52 years and i will ive never seen anything like this. Attorney Gloria Allred represents one cosby you seers. This is a very big deal, because hes been trying to hide this truth from the public for many years and so were very gratified that the truth is out. Beverly johnson is not surprised. Shes told a story about her encounter with cosby that appears similar to the accounts leveed by other women. I took a couple of sips of the cappuccino and from the first sip and then the second sip, i knew i had been drugged. Cosby has never been charged with rape or sexual abuse and with some accusations going back four decades statutes of limitations put many of the incidentles hes accused of beyond the reach of the courts, but Gloria Allred hopes to use the newly revealed admission in other cases Going Forward. We are going to be able to ask him about this in his deposition. Theres no question about it. We can ask him about his admission. If youre wondering why it took 10 years for this testimony to come out cosbys lawyers objected to its release saying it would embarrass their client. Cosby reached a settlement in that earlier lawsuit in 2005. The documents show cosbys legal team claim two of his accusers knowingly took the Quaaludes Cosby offered. Thank you. Taking down the con flag, the latest steps in South Carolina to take it off the statehouse grounds. Building bridges through baseball. Some officers in chicago are using the sport to stave off violence and connect with the community. Welcome to al jazeera america. Taking a look at todays top stories, diplomatics in vienna will try to reach a deal to curb Irans Nuclear program its the fourth time a deadline has been missed. If a deal isnt sent to congress by thursday, its review period will double to 60 days. Euro zone leaders are in brussels for a meeting on the greek debt crisis. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras will submit a proposal. Greece needs the leaders to act fast. It is running out of cash. Banks in greece are expected to be closed until thursday. Isil will be the subject at hearings on capitol hill today ash carter and Martin Dempsey will testify. President obama visited the pentagon to talk strategy. He said the coalition is determined to beat isil, but it is likely to take time. South Carolina Senate is reconvening in a couple hours set to give final approval to removing the Confederate Flag from state how else grounds. Senators had a heated debate monday over whether it symbolizes racism or heritage and voted 373 to take down the flag. Diane is live outside South Carolinas capitol in columbia. 15 years ago when i was a reporter in South Carolina this was a contentious debate in the legislature, but this bill seems like its going to breeze through. It seems that way. The vote this morning in the senate is largely going to be a formality, and we may not see the kind of lively debate today that we saw on the senate floor yesterday. To remove the flag from the statehouse grounds and thinking it would change history would be like removing a tattoo from the corpse of a loved one and thinking that that would change the loved ones obituary. In south Carolina Senate chamber monday, passionate words over a divisive symbol. It is also a flag that brings back horrible memories of slavery and again is now used frequently as a symbol of hatred and bigotry and racism. After five hours of debate, the state voted overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate Flag from South Carolinas statehouse grounds, rejecting an amendment that would have let voters decide. I believe the majority of south carolinians would like to see it up and i believe im speaking for the majority of south carolinians and id like to prove that with a vote. The flag has become a flashpoint since the killing of nine people last month during a bible stayed at emanuel a. M. E. Church. Dillon roof, the gunman had been photographed brandishing the flag. During the debate. John scott argued that he was with the people against the symbol. Its time that we change. The debate spilled on to the lawn as flag supporters clashed with opponents. First of awful, it wasnt a civil war. Youve been brainwashed to call it a civil war. A slave is one thats brainwashed. Take the smack in the face down. Its not about that anymore, its about the love and harmony, right. The senate will volt tuesday, then it goes to the statehouse where accounts by the local newspaper suggest it should also pass. The House Speaker the vote can go as quickly as in the senate. Its hard to say. Amendments are being proposed on the bill in the house and that could go to Committee First which could tie things up a bit. Live for us in South Carolina, thank you. Leo woodbury is a pastor in South Carolina. He has worked to nationalize the take down the Flag Campaign since the mid 1990s. He joins me via skype. Leo and i have known each other for some 15 years since i was a reporter down there in flourens. You have been fighting against this flag for a long time. Does it seem your side is going to win this, this time around . Yes it does, stephanie and thank you for the opportunity to share with your audience what appears to be a great historical moment in the history of our country. It does appear that we will win this battle. However, we have to be very, very careful in terms of amendments and compromise, because it was compromised in the in 2000 that kept the flag up there. Perhaps if it wasnt so prominently displayed that maybe mr. Roof would not have attached that symbol to his warmed ideology, which resulted in the death of nine fine human beings. Its been weeks since the shooting in charleston and what wasnt accomplished in decades was decided basically in less than a month. It does seem that the legislature will take that flag down. What is it about the charleston massacre that seemed to change minds about what the flag represents . Well, for one it brought it home to the let me legislators. Pastor clementee pink theyve and i were colleagues. It brought it home to the legislators to see one of them brought down over such an issue like this. Thats one thing whether things are personalized, it often changes their world view on things. Has it changed views leo or has this divided communities even more . We still interview folks down in South Carolina who believe that represents history and heritage and being a proud southerner. Thats part of the divisiveness is trying to tie the flag to history. Its not so much a historical symbol as it is an affront to not only africanamericans, but women, other people of color and even white south carolinians who have been battling to have some symbol removed. When it comes to the clergy in the Faithbased Community which i wish would be more vocal about this issue not only in terms of peace and harmony but as people of faith whenever other people are hurting its our duty as people of faith to make sure that we deal with their hurt and we remove those things that are hurting them. One of the things that we find is that when you look at the word righteousness in he brew says that means not only righteous, but also justice. You cant have righteousness without justice, so i wish that we would have more of our faith leaders who he would would speak of this not being a symbol of history, but of injustice. Pat tore joining us from South Carolina, good to see you old friend. Good to see you, as well, stephanie. Stay blessed. A cancer doctor is being sentenced this week after bleeding guilty to giving treatments to patients who didnt need them. The doctor is accused of filing false claims and money laundering. Prosecutors and patients say whats worst is the trauma and pain he caused. Patricia hester thought she was going to die that she had a terminal illness. She set about creating memories, taking her niece to disney world and planning a farewell. I gave all these things away because i was saying goodbye to my family. Her husband of 37 years sank into a depression, began drinking and smoking heavily. She had gotten a terrifying diagnosis in 2010. Shed been feeling sick and run down and was referred to the doctor, a renowned cancer specialist to rule out anything serious. The doctor did a bone marrow biopsy. He said well, im very sorry that you have this cancer. The syndrome m. D. S. Is a serious blood disorder that can lead to leukemia. It is not cancer. In some cases though, it is treated with chemo therapy and thats what the doctor recommended, chemotherapy immediately. She did ultimately agree to iron infusions and later infusions of a blood product given to those with immune disorders. You were with him being treated for how long . 20102013. The doctor was so well respected that at the time of his arrest, he had the largest private cancer practice in the state of michigan. This was one of his seven clinics. He also had hills own pharmacy, his own diagnostic center and 1700 patients, a virtual cancer empire. That empire is now shuttered. As is the 1. 5 million home he lived in with his family, seized by the government. The department of justice also confiscated medical records. They estimate that the doctor fleeced the government private Insurance Companies and patients of at least 20 million. After the f. B. I. Raided his office. They gave Patricia Hester her medical records which she brought to another oncologist who gave her shocking news, no evidence of m. D. S. No evidence of any cancer. It was all a lie. Patricia made the doctor write it down. This is like surreal. Its like how can we do that. How can you do that to somebody . And to my family . The doctor pleaded guilty to multiple accounts of Health Care Fraud and money laundering. Patricia and mike want him to spend the rest of his life in prison and thats what the Justice Department is asking for. So many questions remain about how this fraud could have gone on for so long without anyone noticing. Later this week, well tell you more about what happened when a tip came into the f. B. I. That something was terribly wrong with the doctor and his extensive practice. Lisa stark reporting from washington. New york city agreed to pay more than 300,000 to six demonstrators who were pepper sprayed by police in september of 2011. The deputy sprayed occupy wall street pro testers. They will each receive between 50,000 and 60,000. A group of Iraqi Christians are held in a detention facility waiting for an asylum decision. Theyve been imprisoned even after escaping slavery according to their relatives. Near san diego a Minority Group fleeing persecution in iraq sit and wait as they seem asylum in the United States. The problem . They have been sitting and waiting for months. Now, the local community, 70,000 strong are demanding their release. In the city, a suburb of san diego, main street is known as little baghdad home to a number of middle eastern restaurants markets, and store fronts. Here with he met one family fighting for the release of their loved one. His big wish is just to come here and live and work and be happy. Each one of the reef gees being detained that family willing to sponsor them and the Community Wants to know why they are being held for so long. These are folks that escaped a living hell in iraq and syria that have family in san diego and that other human Rights Groups have said they should not be detained for this long. If they have a good reason, by all means detain them, but with the absence of that reasoning they should get released. Tonight on al jazeera, we look closer at the department of homeland securitys own policy for processing asylum seekers. Youll also hear more from the local community as they continue to fight and pray for the detainees release. Jennifer london, al jazeera california. The mayor and police in chicago are defending their policies after another violent weekend. Ten people were killed over the Independence Day holiday including a 7yearold boy. The violence prompted top Police Official to say the Justice System is broken. With this report, some of the Community Shows they are trying to curb crime with baseball. For Chicago Police officer eric olson. Youre doing good, man. Coaching baseball is one way he can step away from the street violence he sees on a daily basis. Im always a policeman but i want to coach this Baseball Team today. On chicagos south side, its one of the citys most dangerous neighborhoods. Ok, lets play ball, guys. On this day along with 10 other officers, he has traded in his weapon for a whistle. A lot of times there will be conflict, you know based on different boundaries or gang lines or where someone may live. This gives a chance to interact with kids all over the community, irregardless of what block theyre on. About 100 kids, both boys and girls, ages eight to 12 are taking part in the league, but its not just about baseball. Its mentoring kids who need it the most. You did good. Lets see a high five. No hey you did good. Dont cry theres no crying in baseball. While teaching life skills like conflict resolution, problem solving and team work. Along with teaching youngsters about the basics of catching batting and fielding, they build stronger relationships that transfer from the field to the neighborhoods. Retired postal worker janet signed up for two grandsons to play in the league. She believes this could build trust between communities of color and the police. I think the interaction is really good for the kids, because youre getting so many mixed vibes about the police, some of good, some of bad but theyre here to serve and protect and we want our kids to really understand that. For more 7yearold grandson deandre, a fan of the nationally known Jackie Robinson west team, its a bit less complicated. It gives me how to play and gives me how to learn new things. Pleas say its a way to keep young people in challenging urban areas out of trouble and engaged during the summer when theyre out of school. I can actually see easily our numbers increasing by 50 on the low end. Now theyre going to go back to school, what did you do this summer . I stole 20 bases. The man behind the program is glenbrooks, responsible for developing Community Policing strategies on the citys south side. This is us getting out to make a deliberate effort to make sure were out in the community. Thats what were hoping that the kids realize that were here to make sure everyone is safe and living that Great American dream. For many of the kids, this is their first time playing the game about that organizers want it to be fun and hope it will help redefine the Police Community relationship. Good job ronald. Its really good for them to interact with them. Theyre having a ball out here with them. In a city where homicides all too often dominate the headlines, organizers hope efforts like this can be a game changer. Al jazeera chicago. A star quarterback has been thrown off the Florida StateUniversity Football team after video showing him punching a woman. Prosecutors say he swung at the woman at a bar last month. The woman had first swung at him. Johnson has been charged with misdemeanor battery. His lawyer says the freshman is taking part in Community Service programs and hopes to learn from the experience. On the healthbeat this morning a new study finds people with brain injuries may heal faster if they get up and move that that goes against conventional wisdom. Doctors thought it was best to let the brain rest after a neurological injury, until a few doctors who suspected otherwise conducted a new study. Plenty of Research Says getting patients up and out of bed helps their recovery. Brain injuries have long been an exception to that rule. Rest was believed to be better than moving around too much, but no one had actually studied whether that long standing assumption is actually correct. Researchers at the collide clinic tracked more than 600 patients getting half of them up and moving as early as their first day in the i. C. U. Sometimes, that meant just a few steps from bed to chair with a lot of assistance. The difference was noticeable. The study found patients who started their rehabilitation earlier spent less time in intensive care and in the hospital. Most said they felt a lot better. The studies authors believe that getting patients moving and doing familiar things can stimulate the brains natural rewiring process. The sooner the brain is engaged the better the chances of recovery. As a result of study the cleveland continue nick installed Ceiling Mount lifts to help get the patients out of their beds. Nurses received other equipment and training to make moving patients safer and easier. Thank you. Women have heard for years the importance of getting regular mammograms. Some doctors say regular testing may lead to overdiagnose of breast cancer. A new study said screenings do not prevent deaths, instead mainly find small tumors which would have been harmless if left alone. Mammograms do not cut back on the number of tumors found later. A new report says now is the time to take action if there is any chance of saving polar bears. Nicole mitchell is here with more in todays viral impact report. We had listed these at threatened in 1998 with concerns of climbs change. Now the fish and Wildlife Service is saying we know this is happening impacting their population but since we havent turned that around, what else can we do, protecting their dens from humans, minimizing risk from oil spill. There is a period of comment open right now like the World Wildlife fund are adding to that to see what they can do. Greenhouse gas emission reduces sea ice through Global Warming. They use that ice for feeding mating, giving birth. The population around the world five countries for us, its alaska, the largest amount of the population is in canada and russia norway and greenland. So the threat here, russia and norway is impacting first. We have 20,000 of the bears out there, and of those sub populations, heres what weve seen over the last few years from 2009. Eight of those areas of those 19 areas are in decline. Thats about 42 . Only one area has seen population growth. Thats why they want to turn this around now. Polar bears have sort of become the fails of Climate Change, havent they . One of many, yeah. The Tour De France is back on track after a dramatic crash that took down 20 cyclists. This happened 30 miles from the finish line monday. One rider bumped wheels with another. There were broken bones other serious injuries, as well. Stage four is underway right now. It is the longest stage of the tour. In todays digit albeit, an olympic legend is under fire after comments about an australian tennis player. During his defeat, nick was given a penalty for bad language. Swimming legend and former australian politician don frazer said this about it they should be setting an example for the Younger Generation of this country this great country of ours. If they dont like it, go back to where their parents came from. We dont need them here in this country if they act like that. Again, he is australian, his father greek his mother malaysian and they called him a blatant racist on facebook. His mother said he was out of line. Frasier apologized for her comments saying my message was purely on a sporting level rather than meant as an attack on nicks ethnicity. That is her tweet right there. Up up and away, the real life stunt that had police up in arms. A look at the next generation of high tech devices designed by the next generation of young scientists. Welcome to al jazeera america. It is 8 53 eastern, taking a look at todays global headlines. Britons observed a moment of silence to mark the 10th 10th affairs of the bombing of londons transit system, bombs were set off during the morn rush hour in 2005. 52 were killed, 700 injured. Memorials will take place in london tate. In kenya, 14 were killed in an attack on housing for quarry workers. That city was also the site of a similar attack object quarry workers in december carried out by al shabab. No one has yet claimed responsibility for todays assault. Spain kicked off its annual fest very many with the traditional running of the bulls. Hundreds of thrill seekers ran through pamplona alongside six fighting bus. 11 runners were injured, three seriously. The bull runs will take place every day for the next week. A flower laying ceremony will be held this morning on the hollywood walk of fame remembering hollywood legend jerry winetrob. He produced the oceans 11 films. He managed Elvis PresleyFrank Sinatra and barbra streisand. On todays tech beat, an exhibition is underway in london showing off devices designed to make our lives easier. We went inside to find out what we can looking forward to in the future. These are the displays which might launch crease, science for the real world. It might change our lives. Theres a power glove that could revolutionize the world of sculpture. For them, its about being as close as they can to the material and really being intimate with the stone or wood and really understanding those curves as they are working with them. Theres a new way of harvesting wind power. Imagine thousands of these struck to a skyscraper. This vibrating pen is designed to help those suffering parkinsons disease. When utility the pen to write, it engages the vibrational motors and enavailables you to write clearer and smoother by providing a vibrational feedback to your muscles. It makes the pen traverse the paper easier and it also reduces the stiffness of the muscles. The innovations on display are a combination of art and science. This stuff has to work and look good at the same time. The students are taught to understand the commercial applications of what they come up with, because its these innovations that will drive the successful economies of the future. All of fundamentally interesting in taking their ideas forward and realizing some have formed their own Companies Already and some of working with Innovation Hub investors to try and realize their ideas in commercial reality. The work here is about changing lives and the impact we have on the world around us. Bio net uses different dense cities of the same plastic to make one product a concept shoe. Its much easier to recycle. Its a perfect mix of the commercial and the environmental. Al jazeera london. A canadian businessman came up with an unjury plan to advertise his company strapping he will yum balloons to a lawn chair floating over the rodeo. The plan was to parachoose inside. He landed in a nearby field instead. Police were waiting for him. The 26yearold who runs a cleaning business was charged with criminal mischief and spent a night in jail. He said its the most fun hes ever had. More than 5,000 pieces are going on display in mexico, part of a new exhibition. They make up 18 displace open to the public. They are similar to legos. The company was founded in 1876. Coming up, more from the Nuclear Talks in vienna, talks pushed part todays deadline. Thanks for watching. Because i was African American i was trying to fit in. Misty coplelands journey wasnt easy. Dancing gave me the opportunity to grow into the person. I dont think i could be without it. Now, this trailblazer is opening the door for others. I wanna give back to ballet what its done for me. Wildfires lit by arsonists. This sounds like it happened in a flash. Millions in damages. And the tragic human cost. Hes not here anymore. Find out how experts are fighting back. Hello and welcome to the news hour live from doha. Coming up critical talks with iran over its Nuclear Program will go beyond tuesdays deadline. Is this the last chance for greece . Banks on their final reserves at emergency bailout talks begin. Songs of war in the fight for south sudan