Okay, all of us will die this night. Sheila macvicar on the tragedy that nearly consumed the tiny canadian town, and why it casts a shadow over america. The trains roll through the night. They are unregulated. Recalling freedom summer for a new generation. A look at the summer that changed civil rights in this country, and a look at what civil rights means to 20yearolds today. Good evening, thank you for joining us. The solution to iraqs crisis now looks even further out of reach as the attempt to seat a new Unity Parliament collapse, sunnis and kurds walking out while the president of the kurdish region announces plans for a referendum a day after i. S. I. L. Declared itself an islamic stayed. Iraqi Prime MinisterNouri Almaliki may clipping to hope cling to hope of clienting control of a unified nation, each day points to division. In this report we show an increasing sense of independence and difines a defiance among the kurds in iraq. This is a secure and thriving city, erbil, in the north of the country. It is the capital of what people call kurdistan, a semiautonomous region with its own local government, force and security line separating it from the rest of the country. This is the border . Yes, this is the border. Of kurdistan. No, now not the border, the security line. Kurdistan. Reporter all right, security line. This is the lieutenant general, spokesman for the pesh merga. Despite the fact that iraq has lost most of the territory to the rebels, the Kurdish North is still technically a part of iraq. Like most officials, his criticism of the government and armed forces grows by the day. Translation i mentioned the main reasons the iraqi army is week. There are splits between the shiites and the kurds. They are used to surrendering. Its like part of the culture and has been like it science the second world war. Given what has happened in iraq, do you see this as an opportunity for kurdistan to declare independence. Every nation has that rite. Arent you from an independent country. Kurd. The kurds had aspiration of gaining independence from iraq. The fighting on their doorstep may create their best opportunity yet to achieve it. We just passed the security line which separated the kurdish region from the rest of iraq. We are on our way to kirkuk, which was in the hands of the iraqi army when they abandoned i. S. I. L. Forces as they started to move. As we stepped out of the car, we could see evidence of the iraqi army on the run. This looks like part of an iraqi army uniform that a soldier stripped off. Its in front of the humvee here that they destroyed on the way. This is one gip to them by the americans that reason destroyed to make sure it doesnt get into i. S. I. L. Hands. Even before the latest crisis, the kurds believed kirkuk was there is. Because the oil, the Iraqi Government was not willing to give it up. The peshmerga stepped in when the rebels came. Along the an canal the peshmerga made a stand. Halfway along the road is the last i. S. I. L. Checkpoint before hitting the city. Has the i. S. I. L. Tried to attack the city . Translation yes, they tried hard to break our leans and get close to lines and get close to kirkuk. The Kurdish Forces are standing fro. Maimingor mohammed told us that fighting was intense and its calmer now. I. S. I. L. Decided it was not wise to face the peshmerga head on or they knew it would be difficult to hold a city like kirkuk where the majority of the population is kurdish. This is the security line. Everything on this side is in control of the pesh merga, and everything on this side in control of the i. S. I. L. This soldier tells us as loppings as i. S. I. L. Lang as i. S. I. L. Staying over there they will not engage them. Looking across we can see cars fleeing the i. S. I. L. Territory. Do you think the peshmerga will defect like the iraqi army do. No, the iraqi soldiers didnt fight the i. S. I. L. , the pesh merga are an Army Fighting for a cause. We are ready to defend this land by all means. If the iraqi army wants to come back and take kirkuk, would you allow them to do is that . This is a political decision, not ours to make. Whatever our leaders decide, we will abide by. Of course, when they decided to post peshmerga fighters to defend the area, i dont think theyll withdraw us again. Less than 60km from the front lines, back in erbil, its hard to believe theres a war in the country. The streets and markets are crowded with people. Men relax in cafes for hours, watching the world cup. Safe from suicide bombings in mass excuses that kept others in fear of their lives. Im in central erbil in front of the citadel and well talk about to people about kurdistan maintaining independence. 21yearold joseph signed his name to the pesh merga to fight. Whether against i. S. I. L. Or the Iraqi Government. How do you feel about the possibility of kurdistan gaining independence. Everyone in kurdistan, we want independence from iran. We dont like we dont like we love kurdistan. Country . There are three. Kurdistan, shia and sunni. There are three points. Reporter how do you feel about kurdistan gaining independence. Its a liberating feeling. Our economy is independent, and the iraqi sectarian problems are exploding. Its the right time to claim our freedom. Reporter with all the turmoil in the rest of the country, is kurdistan looking at this as a way to take advantage of the situation. Translation of course. The tragedies of some work to the benefits of others this, is a political reality. Elsewhere in the middle east, worries about more stabilization destabilization as three teens were dumped and slayed on their way to school. Israeli leaders promised sa strong sprons targetting response targetting gaza strip. The tit for tat has been repeated in the west bank. Israeli police raid killing a member of hamas. The u. N. Human rights adhering to international law. The anger reaches the United States. One of the victims. It was a dual u. S. Israeli citizen. The federal bureau of investigation opened an investigation into his death. Theres worry and tension about what would happen in a region. Nick schifrin is in gaza for us again this evening. It seems that there is a comuse there. There is a little bit of come ocean and anxiety about what would happen. I have to say theres a sense that life goes on. Lot of people were talking about the one , electricity shortages of which there was quite a few. Theres a sense from israel, putting out signs that they had no desire. A senior military official i spoke to, and he said that. There was no desire to escalate. What they do have a desire to do was to respond, about the rocket attacks. That was launched from here. Some 70 rocket attacks were from here into israel. Its about five times. So the tit for tat between the israeli army. Militants here will launch strikes in israel if they land in open fields. Israel will launch strikes here in empty training grounds. It goes back and fourth. From Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu tonight. It is that they will only escalate in gaza if they feel the need to respond to rocket attacks. The spraegs is between here, to the deaths of people. Less so to start a war on gaza. Nick, we are running out of time. Quickly. A note about you. Its an emotional response to the death of young men, you might anticipate a strong reaction. I think there is retaliation is. And it seems to have the support of the israelis, weve seen a national outpouring of grief. Its turning to anger. Theres calls for a response. It doesnt seem that israel is responsible. In the middle east, its difficult to predict anything in the Israeli Government could decide to increase the strikes as well as go after hamas in the west bank. Nick schifrin in gaza for us thank you very much. After the break, with record numbers headed to the holiday. Dire predictions about a looming storm in the beach, too. And later they gave it all but came up short. But the u. S. Me won plenty of new were following the stories of people who have died in the desert the borderland marathon no ones prepared for this journey experience Al Jazeera Americas critically acclaimed original series from the beginning experiencing it has changed me completely follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and personal. Its heartbreaking. Im the enemy. Im really pissed off. All of these people shouldnt be dead. Its insane. The borderland marathon only at Al Jazeera America primetime news. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. 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Face belgium in a nailbiter. Big effort. Tim howard, the goalkeeper had 16 saves, most in half a century, and 19yearold substitution julian green made a goal to give the u. S. Hope. It was not enough. Belgium leading to the u. S. s death in overtime. Gutwrenching. 123 minutes, u. S. Fans in washington d. C. But there was jubilation among the belgians, even the ambassador got in on the celebration. Also was correspondent jay gray watching with thousands of fans as they watched in chicago at soledier field which was a football stadium. This was a different football. You were surrounded. It is a different sort of football. And what a roller coaster. I always get to talk to you. How quickly that comes off the tracks. Look behind me. The stadium, soldier field, filled with 28,000 fans. Its empty now, except for everybody rolling up the banners, cleaning up the little mess left behind, trying to get things back to the way they were before the spectacle of the day. Boy, the emotion, the intensity very high for a long time. We saw a lot of people fired up about the game. Team u. S. A. Getting into the round of 16, something not a lot of experts thought they could do. They created a wave of emotions across the country that so many fans embraced, especially in chicago. It was an exciting day, one that ended on the wrong side of the legeer. When you talk to the people, obviously frustrated and disappointed, also very proud of what this team did, and believe forward. Big numbers out of this game for the u. S. I have to ask we talk about the fair weather fans in all this, looking behind you, it didnt take long for the stadium to be cleared out, is it underscoring that u. S. Fans will not be able to stick with soccer during the world cup. I think you are right. Its a great point. This is a sport that sees growth spurt this year. Huge with the excitement. They touched a nerve. Sustaining that, even the hard core fans admit it will not happen, can they get an increase. They think they will. Can they see an increase in the number of players starting at the junior level . Yes, they have seen that. They want to build the sport. Its not a rapid climb to the top, its slow steps. This was a big one for u. S. Soccer or football. A welldressed correspondent for the day. Chicago. Looking ahead we anticipate another night of rough weather. Hundreds of thousands from michigan to nebraska are without power after storms brought high winds, tornados and heavily rain. Hundreds of thousands along the eastern sea board are bracing for the first tropical korm of the atlantic storm of the atlantic season. Reporter nerves are frayed in atlanta after polls were bent in half. The raw power of the storm was underway in kansas, where a storm chaser was catching this light show. The dark storm clouds eloom nated. In iowa, folks ran for cover, destructive winds turned deadly where a building collapsed, questioning one man to death. The violent winds ripped the roof of the home. Like others, he rode out the storm in the base. I was upstairs, the wind was blowing so hart. I went to the basement. What is not blown away is damned. Everything is damaged. In the chicago area the storms brought down powerlines, toppling 300 trees. At ohare port officials cancelled flights and delayed others. Millions are keeping a watch on the skies for violent weather. In florida a Tropical Storm watch was issued for the coastal area. The storm, in the 2014 season is churning. Arthur is expected to turn into a fullblown category 1 storm late thursday. The system is then expected to head northeast bringing rain to new york city. Possibly putting a damper on 4 july celebrations. And now a look ahead to Tropical Storm arthur. Kevin corriveau joins us now. What do we expect . Well, it took a little while. We started on june the 1st. But this is our first storm. You can see it to the north of the bahamas, the problem with the storm is its not moving fast, its dumping rain across three port. We see showers across florida, but not until it makes momentum and moves to the north. This is what the National Hurricane center is staying at 5 00 p. M. As the Tropical Storm makes its way to the north, by thursday its off the coast. Its not too much of a problem. Well see beach aoceans in parts of the carr linas, as we go towards friday, thats why we were concerned. A lot of people were coming for the holiday weekend. We think it will be a category 1 storm. The cape is not immune to other hurricanes that came through. Take a look. All the way down here. Where you see the gap, its from hurricane isabelle where it tore through the area. Its stormy weather. For the holiday this is what we expect to see. Heavy rain showers from north carolina. All the way up here. Once the storm pushes through. Everything to the south will be clearing up. Unfortunately many people will see rain in new york and washington you will will be seeing rain as well. We hope it doesnt blow the fireworks for the holiday. Kevin corriveau, thank you for joining us. Terror in the night. When we return, the unimaginable disaster that barrelled into the community. This is what we were faced with when we arrived. This was like driving into hell. It was, it was nothing comparable. The explosion that nearly levelled a canadian down and a warning for communities south of the border. Later confronting crime in camden. Now tactics and Technology Take on a fight to save a violent city in america. This saturday. I know that im being surveilled. Freedom at risk. Your agency deceived the american people. Tracking every move. The nsas actually doing this on a universal scale. Could you be next . If helping kids with their homework is terrorism activity, then. I guess so. Faultlines. 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A french first, former president Nicholas Sarcozy is detained for questioning in a corruption probe. He allegedly sought inside information from a judge looking into Illegal Campaign donations, sarcozy denied wrongdoing. Tens of thousands in a hong kong democracy protest organizers say it was more like half a million. Hong kong was returned to chinese control 17 years ago. The freedom promised at the time of the handover have not materialized. 25 million is the total number of vehicles recalled by general motors, the secondlargest automaker recalled another 8 million cars, involving the ignition switch in vehicles made in 1997 and 2014. Officials say that the key may rotate in the ignition. It was one year ago this week, one of the worst rail disasters in notederb history in modern history, rocking a small canadian town. Dozens died when an oil train spread into the center of town, it derailed and exploded. Sheila macvicar travelled there to see how the town is rebuilding. One year on, and the center of town, theres an ugly scar. A constant reminder of the night of july 6th, 2013. The six city blocks wiped out. The 47 lives lost. A peaceful hot summer night. To this. Oh, my god. With no warning. I thought at this moment, night. Kareem was driving when she saw a massive fireball in her rear view mirror. The explosion, and again and again and of the tank, and the people everywhere. The the sirens of police it was just apocalyptic. A train with 72 tanker cars hauling 2 million gallons of crude oil from north dakotas back end field. A train with no engineer on board. When the brakes failed the train rolled out of control for almost eight miles down hill and right into the center of town. Investigators say when the train came down the tracks, it was travelling at 63 miles per hour. Thats six times more than six times the allowed speed limit through this town. 63 miles per hour, hits the curve, the cars fly, and over there was a cafe. The cafe was a nightclub where this woman was supposed to work, where her friends were. I was in front of the disaster and i said no, its impossible. I want it to stop now and rewind and never happen. Reporter its so shocking. Yes. The waite res i was supposed to swit