Why some say americas relationship with australia is dangerous and americas soldiers should not train down under. Burning down the house initials destroy a home perched dangerously on a cliff. American troops made extraordinary sacrifices to give iraqis an opportunity to claim their own future. President obama addressing the crisis unfolding in iraq. He says the u. S. Is not responsible and sheds responsibility back to iraqs government. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im morgan radford. President obama vowed to help iraqs government fight off the sunni rebellion. He will not send in troops. The president says its up to the iraqis to fix sectarian problems. Tehran is ready to assist iraq in the fight against Islamic State of iraq and levant. Iran says they are yet to receive a request for help. The New York Times report that some iraqi initials are frustrated at the response. Nouri almaliki is taking every step possible to stave off i. S. I. L. s offensive. We have the latest. Prime minister Nouri Almaliki gave a statement saying the cabinet authorised and has given him uplimited powers to deal with iraqs crisis. What does that mean . It means that he is allowed to take control of all the state institutions that he will need to fight sunni rebels across iraq. Many people criticised the statement saying its unconstitutional. P. M. Nouri almaliki didnt get the state of emergency passed through parliament when not enough parliamentarians turned up to vote. It was seen as a protest. He was angry and needed and wanted the state of emergency to be passed. What hes doing now is relying on the cabinet. Will it mean that he is able to get everything that it needs . It is unconstitutional. Hes not allowed to do that. In this situation he may get enough backing to be able to de facto take control of institutions. He needs to fight the rebels. Militarily things are moving. We saw the iraqi army move into the out skirts of somora. Its a key flashpoint. When al qaeda and the Islamic State of iraq attacked the shrirnings it plunged them into shrine, it plunged them into a civil war. We are seeing forces surround kirkuk. Air strikes on the outskirts of mosul is what we are seeing. A number of things going on. Its political and some movements on the military. We are not seeing the Mass Movement of troops head towards mosul and kirkuk, that sunni rebels have taken over. A search is underway for three teenagers kidnapped by palestinians in the west bank. One of the three is an american citizen, and they were students from a seminary hitch hiking between bethlehem and hebron. Israel Security Forces are searching the area and will have more on the developing story at 8am. Prorussian rebels shot down a military plane. 49 people died. Nine crew and 40 service members. We have this report from donetsk. The army is responding with air strikes. The transport plane shot down as within il 76. 49 were killed. It was shot outside the city of luhansk as it came in to land. In response the ukranian military started to launch air strikes on separatist positions in luhansk, attacking a military base and Ground Troops moved into a village outside luhansk, and a battle is under way. The luhansk peoples republic will meet this with all the force they have. Prorussian separatists are refusing weapons from across the border. The luhansk says it has control of a military warehouse, where its receiving weapons from. Kiev, it appears, is going to use all its military might in meeting separatists. That was kim vinnell reporting from donetsk. The u. S. Says that russia is providing russia with weapons, and they deny the claim. Now that Bowe Bergdahl is back on u. S. Soil the army is starting a new investigation in why he left his post. According to the New York Times, a 2star general will determine if Bowe Bergdahl violated any rules. The general is expected to receive an initial briefing in washington next week, then hell assemble a staff in texas. The team will debrief with Bowe Bergdahl as he undergoes counselling and therapy in a san antonio hospital. Polls in afghanistan are expected to close. Afghans are voting for a man that will become the next president. The Runoff Election marks the first transition in afghanistan gans history. They are defying threats from the taliban to cast their vote. Before polls open theres a rocket attack in the capital kabul. After polls opened there were further rocket attacks in other provinces. Polling stations kale under fire came under fire. We understand people were injured. Over in other provinces theres ongoing fighting. Some challenges for this run off, this historic run off which will hopefully see a democratic transition, a ballot through the ballot box. A challenge facing the vote is voter turnout. There hasnt been a huge number of voters going to the poll when referring to the first round of election. In april there was a Record Number of voters, people lining up outside of polling stations. We havent seen that this time around. Security is a concern, perhaps why some stayed at home. This is a president ial vote. In a country where both lived in a rural countryside, whoever is based in kabul, their decisions and policies may not have the kind of effect on their lives as it does in the capital. History is being made in afghanistan as voters go to the polls to vote for their next leader. A leader oh is not hamid karzai, a man that led the country for the past 13 years. That report from kabul. President obama will give the commencement speech at u. C. Irvine and flew into palm springs strait from visiting the sioux reservation. President obama wanted a closer look. He discussed education, economic development. Plans for tribal all community making him the fourth sitting president to visit such a reservation. The pine ridge is south. Its gribed by pof gripped by poverty and a tribe desperate to get back their lands. The native americans the president forgot about. Reporter this 30yearold is used to being turned down as he tries to sell candy to raise money. Hes not the only one asking. This is the Pyne Ridge Indian reservation in south dakota. This is the home of the lakotasioux indians, where theres 80 unemployment and half the people live below the poverty line. These are people with more than a billion in the bank, money they refuse to take. Its difficult. Our people understand that. Its hard to be one of us. Thats something. We know its hard. It will be hard. Life will stay tough for us. Well stick with our values and what we belief in. They say this is the real home. The black hills, a 2hour drive from the reservation. The u. S. Supreme court agreed. Three decades ago, saying that in 1877 the government stole this sacred land, ordering that they pay 100 million, money sitting in the bank ever since earning interest. The sioux say to take it would be to give up the claim. Thats where the ancestors wept and its sacred to them. You know, still to this day it is. And they want the lapped back. Reporter that seemed possible in 2008 when the candidate president obama promised to negotiate with the sioux to find a way to give them back some land. Repeated requests have been met with silence from the white house. Administration officials will not say what, if anything, they have done on the issue. If he had a heart, hed have the right to help us get our lands back. If hes a man of his word. This woman no longer believes the land will be returned in her lifetime, but hopes it might be in her sons. Our ancestors fought for it. Well keep fighting for it until we get it back. A fight of 140 years, a small glimmer of hope now fading. Theyll tell you that is nothing new. They are a people that have become used to disappointment. The pyne ridge reservation is the second largest native american reservation and the site of a 1975 standoff ending in the deaths of two fbi agents. Another recall from general motors, recalling more than 500,000 chevrolet comairos because of problems with the ignition. A drivers knee could accidentally turn off the illegal in addition, and its linked to the recall of 2. 5 million chevy cobb all thes and saturn ions. G. M. Is aware of three crashes involving the latest recall. The risk of Severe Weather continues and meteorologist eboni deon is here with the latest. What can we expect . More rain in some locations, but not the northeast. Yesterday we were soaked. This is video out of connect where roads were covered in water. We saw a number of areas pecking up from 1 to 3 inches in a short period of time. That caused the flooding. Roads were closed and some washed out as the rain came down fast, but today it looks like we are going to see improving conditions. Here is a look at the rain that fell. Nearly an inch, over 2 inches in portland. Thats where we are finding wet weather in portions of northern maine. It will continue to wrap up as the area of low pressure moves out. High pressure is moving behind it, giving way to beautiful weather conditions as fathers day weather conditions. Temperatures will warm up. New york city, upper 70s. On sunday well feel the warmth building. As far as the Severe Weather threat, high preservure building into the northeast. We are watching a storm system moving in. That will trigger some of the thunder storms that we are going to see developing as we head into the afternoon and early evening hours. Lots of warm, moist air. Well deal with weather threat, all the way down to northern texas. We are not talking about a slight risk, but a risk of weather, and all the areas shaded in wed. Central areas of cannes tas. We are really going to watch out for the thread of damaging hail and strong gusty wind and tornados. This will be the key area as we go through the day. Pockets of heavy rainfall. A lot of the rain spreading east across minnesota, minneapolis not getting wet. As we go through the day, conditions deteriorate aring. The detearioating. An area to watch. Speaking of the weather theres another player in the world cup. England versus italy. Theres a challenger pushing both sides to the edge. Thats the humidity. We have a report on a scorching brazilian city that every team is dreading. Reporter another training day for the nags article football club, a team where temperatures here hover between 30 and 40 degrees celsius and 80 humidity. Translation its difficult. We train every day in the heat. The coach hopes and knows when opposing out of town players suffer from the temperatures. Translation they start the game fast. After 30 minutes players cant take it any more. As they say, the heat jumps on your back. Reporter all of the players were born or raised in this region of the amazon or brazil. They tell me over time they adjust or adapt. Thats the luxury that the professional footballers wont have. Eight teams play he at the amma zone us arena in the group stage. The consequence of body heat was the subject of research as doctors had local players swolo transmitters swallow transmitters with temperature devices. It recorded temperatures over 40 degrees. Squarery is how the lead scary is how the lead researcher described the results. There are athletes with more vul ner ability. In this situation, the neurological damage is the most worrisome. Players are wondering how foreign footballers unaccustomed to the heat will cope. In europe and other places the climate is different. I dont know how it will affect them. They have to deal with it and play good football. In this city the only thing that will approve stiffer competition is the stiff, muggy heat hanging over them. The United States will face the extreme companies of mann ou when it competes against portugal. Los angeles is king of the hockey universe, check out that. The Los Angeles Kings beat the new york rangers 32 claiming the second stanley cup in three years. Justin williams scored the gamewinning goal, getting the trophy handed out to the best player. One of the greatest coaches in n. F. L. History passed away. Pittsburgh stealers legend chuck noel died at the age of 82. He had been battling alzhiemers and heart problems. An architect. Steel curtain, he joined the steelers in 1969 and coached for 23 years, and had four super bowl victories in the 70s. Officials light up a house left dangling on a cliff. Why this was the safest option . I could have died there. I could have been one of the ones. Nearly 800 children believed buried near an irish convent has the Catholic Church facing allegations of trafficking. And a group of soldiers tells al jazeera why they chose to flee rather that fight. You are looking live in london at the royal pomp and circumstance for queen Elections Official birthday. Check out that the party. There was a parade during the trooping the colour ceremony outside of the buckingham palace. In texas a luxury home teetering on a 75 foot cliff there it goes was burnt down on friday. It took less than an hour to level. The ground around the home had been unstable. A few days ago some of the land beneath it gave way, leaving a part of the house dangling off the side of the clip. Thats where the owners agreed to let firefighters torch it. Welcome back to al jazeera. Up next a survivor of the orphanage in ireland, with more than 700 chin are believed buried. First a look at the temperatures we expect around the country with meteorologist eboni deon. It will be a beautiful day, especially in the northeast. We are drying out. It will feel a little less humid. Lots of 60 across the northeast to the midatlantic. A cooler start around chicago. We are at 5. Heading to the we are at 55. Heading to the northeast, 75 in pitts pushing, 78 in cleveland. Around atlanta into the mid and upper 80, but a drier air mass. It will be warm, but it will feel comfortable. Across the midwest we are watching for showers and storms to develop. It will be warm for the start of the day, as the rain showers move through, it will cool things off. A wisconsin judge put same text marriages on hold a week after tracking down a ban as unconstitutional. The court issued the ruling at the request of state officials. More than 500 couples applied for licences in the past week. A disturbing discovery in ireland is putting the roman Catholic Church under scrutiny. The remains of nearly 800 babies was found at a former home for unwed mothers. The scandal has campaigners pushing for a separation of church and state. Reporter irelands history is being dug up and witnesses are people like john rogers. He was born here when this was a mother and baby home run by nuns, to detain women who committed the sin of becoming pregnant outside marriages. He remembers a choold hood of loneliness and illness. I remember being on a bed pore weeks and months, i cant recall how long it was. I was in a state on that bed for a long time. With what. I dont know. It could have been tv or measles or any number of things. It could have died. I was a lucky one. Reporter the nuns had taken him away from his mother, which was the usual practice. All she was left was was a lock of hair before being sent to work in a laundry. Visitors turned up to buy a baby. Its like a supermarket. They go in and say well take to child. If he wasablebodied they take an 8 or 9yearold for the family farm. If you were a weak iping, you remained there. Reporter if the good children had a value, the weak ones didnt. This is a place where children who died of malnutrition, tuberculosis may have died, unmarked. There could be 800 Young Children buried in the ground. None of that addresses the crisis threatening to engulf the catholic establishment in irl. It stands accused throughout the 20th century of being involved in child trafficking, the enslavement of whim scpen a financial racket under the guys of religious morality. Would you not thing 26 pounds was too much for han infant for an infant. Reporter a full picture is now becoming clear thanks to historians unearths evidence of the carefree way. It seems they were hope to support this. This was their policy. Its hard to operate who was who. There seems to be an overlap of church and state at this time. Reporter all this out of a scandal of women in catholic work houses which the state took years to acknowledge and no compensation has yet been paid. This may be worse still. I think this is a crunch point of no return. Certainly when we look at the churchs involvement, primary and secondary, theres a will and a pull for the separation to take place. For campaigners the aim is the final separation of church and state in Services Like education and health care. And the deaths of thousands of children if that doesnt change things, its hard to say what will. Irelands Prime Minister has ordered an investigation to see if there are in fact more mass kerr aids at former church homes. Iraqi soldiers flee from fighting, why they blame their government from leaving no other joins. Prior to to afghanistan or iraq, Something Like that. U. S. Marine armed and ready in australia. Why american troops down under despite calling the u. S. A dangerous ally. And a life or death decision. Why so many migrants are rushing their children to america. Good morning to you. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im morgan radford. Coming up in this half hour the effort to provide shelter for many of americas homeless vet wraps. Veterans. First the top stories. The race to lead afghanistan. You are looking at kabul, where theres a Runoff Election marking the first democratic election to power. Both president ial candidates support a plan to keep u. S. Troops in the country beyond this year. Polls close in the next hour. A ukranian military plane was shot by rebels forces in luhansk. 49 have died. The army is retaliating with air strikes targetting strongholds. In iraq, the Islamic State of iraq and levant pushes towards baghdad. Sunni tribesman and antigovernment troops joining with the i. S. I. L. Fighters, forcing the Iraqi Government to plea for International Assistance. Baghdad says it will turn to iran for help. The group known as i. S. I. S gained ground, ma