i'm john henry smith. thousands are fleeing their homes in into eastern iraq after ramadi has fallen under isil control. some 8,000 have been forced to leave. secretary of state john kerry spoke about isil during his trip to south korea. he said the group and others that he calls daesh are growing stronger in the region, and as such the iraqi government has no time to waste. >> particularly in anbar where you don't yet have the presence of the iraqi security forces in the full numbers necessary to take the fight to dash everywhere yet i underscore yet. there are targets of opportunity like ramadi or somewhere elsewhere dash has the ability to inflict great damage. >> the head of u.s. central command met with iraq's defense minister in baghdad today, and thousands have arrived to kick start the fight. >> they were caught in the cross fire and now they have no place to go. according to the international organization for migration 8,000 people were forced to leave ramadi when fighters belonging to the islamic

erica. >> all right john henry smith, thank you. >> well, college students all over the country have been graduating this month but it does not mean that the school responsibilities are over, many of them find themselves wraggeed down with student loans that could take decades to pay off. reports from chicago. >> melissa found a way to beat the system. >> s so a a student he qualified for grants. northwestern university as a undergraduate, and the university of chicago for graduate school at the cost of nearly $50,000 a year now 32 she still owes about $35,000 in student loans but they are deferred while she is earning her phd in sociology. but hers is a rare story. >> for many, big loans are the only way they can make it on to a campus like this, but once they leave those loans can become crippling. and the harder it is to pay those off. >> increasingly students are paying off those loans later in their 30's, 40's, even 50's and they are owing more the u.s. federal reserve says while those in their 20's own on average just under $20,000 those in their 30's owe just under $30,000. th

. >>> john henry smith is here. i understand we could hear more about the cleveland police agreement today. >> that's right. the cleveland police department has come under a great deal of scrutiny for a series of incidents, including the over 100 shots against two unarmed people last year. the report of a settlement between the doj and cleveland police comes after a weekend of mostly peaceful unrest hundreds of protesters turned out after a judge cleared michael brelo in the killing of an unarmed black couple. he is one of 13 police officers to have fired over 100 shots after the unarmed couple sat in their car after being chased by police. the jumped on the hood of the car, and fired at least 15 shots through the wind shield. >> it's a tragedy because nobody is being held accountable. >> reporter: while this was the incident that prompted the 18-month investigation, there have been other incident most notably the shooting of a rocky cop of a 12-year-old who was holding a toy gun. police made arrests during this wee

john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: one of the things that propelled dennis hahs ard to the third highest pogsz in the land was the good guy reputation. now are questions about whether or not hastert had a darker past. eight years after stepping down as speaker of the house, dennis is in serious trouble. in an indictment made public on thursday federal prosecutors say a near lifelong associate identified only as individual a tlented in 2010 to make public some quote prior must conduct that the 73 year old committed before becoming house speaker in 1999. the indictment does not spell out what the misconduct was. to keep individual a quiet, the indictment alleges has has erd withdrew $1.7 million from his accounts. this was part of $3.5 million he allegedly agreed to pay for individual a's silence. that only the background. here is what he is actually in trouble for. first he faces one count of lying to the fbi. when investigators asked him why he was withdrawing so much money, the indictment says he told them the money was for personal use, and that he was withdrawing the mon

. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm john henry smith. for the first time in a week trains are rolling between new york and philadelphia. amtrak service was resteered a short time ago while investigators try to figure out what led to the derailment that left eight dead. we have more. i understand service is back up earlier than expected. >> that's right john, and crews worked for the last six days to get the site cleaned up and rails put back together. around two hours ago amtrak trains pulled out in philadelphia resuming service following last week's deadly crash. >> only track trains between new york and philadelphia are running this morning following a derailment that left eight people dead and more than 200 injured last tuesday. ntsb investigators spent days combing the site of texas in philadelphia. it's unclear why the train was traveling at 106 miles per hour as it approached a curve. the engineer onboard told officials he can't remember what happened. federal regulators ordered amtrak to in stall technology that would slow trains

john henry smith is here with more. john the agreement could be announced as soon as today, i understand. >> that's right the cleveland police department has come under scrutiny for incidents including the 137 shot barrage against two unarmed people three years ago the acquittal of one officer involved in that case has sparked protest. >> the report of a settlement between the d.o.j. and cleveland police comes after a weekend of mostly peaceful unrest. hundreds of protestors turned out after a judge cleared police officer michael brolow, one of 13 officers reported to have fired 137 shots as the unarmed couple sat in their car after being chased by police for more than 20 miles. the officer jumped on the hood of the car and fired at least tin shots right through the windshield. he claimed he was in fear for his life. >> it is his as herception of a threat that matters. >> it's a tragedy because nobody is being held accountable. >> while this was the incident that prompted the d.o.j.'s 18 month investigation there had be

henry smith, it is important to remember here, the impetus for this investigation. undertaken by the justice department. michael brelo and the decision on that case was rendered over the weekend. >> that's right. 31 at the time, he was involve one of 13 officers involved in a shooting that can only be called a hail of bullets. 137 shots fired by unarmed african-american, he was 43, melissa williams. >> this is after a high speed chase. >> a high speed chase that began with what sounded to the officers present at the time as a gunshot. turns out to be the backfiring of the vehicle. >> right. >> so classic case of misunderstanding that led to all of this, and of course wound up with this shooting and michael brelo was in particular trouble, because he was accused of the last office tore keep on firing. >> he is the officer who was on the roof of the vehicle. >> he got. >> firing down -- >> on the hood of the vehicle. >> shooting straight down into the windshield 15 shots at least 15 shots. point blank range. >> and you weren't surprised you talked about this yesterday

army chief of staff general said a short time ago it says proper procedures were followed as john henry smith tells us it is not clear what went with wrong. >> well, exposure to anthrax can be quite fatal the centers for disease control estimates that exposure leads to death in 85% of cases. that's why authorities aren't taking any chance cans with with the people that came in the contact with this inadvertently dangerous cargo. >> officials say a frightening mistake was made at doug way proving ground in utah. anthrax samplers were supposed to be rendered inactive before sent to labs. but a test of the samples that remained in utah revealed some of them to be life but by that time, a sample had already been sent to a military research lab in maryland. and the maryland lab in turn, center pas of that samp to labs in eight other states. as well as to a u.s. air force base in south korea. certainly no members of the public have been exposed to the contained on the air base which can is an. >> the maryland lab only discovered that the samples are alive after they had already been shipped.

john henry smith, al jazeera. >> as you mentioned secretary of state is in sochi where he met earlier today. it is the first visit there since the start of the crisis. iran syria also on the agenda for conversation as well. to talk about the issues that maybe the two are talking about there, i am curious to know how the meeting is being framed by both sided. do question have an idea of the topics do we know what they will be talking about. >> let's have a look at how these discussions are being viewed on either side. inform you listen to the musings, over the last couple of days. talking about this visit from john kerry they say okay, if john kerry is coming all the way over maybe that means the u.s. is softening the stance a little bit. and that he is bringing a slightly more tolerant or per missive kind of altitude they are coming over here saying we will -- that they have immediate rated their stance and they are softening a little bit on what they think is going on, and what they think is going on in ukraine. both washington, d.c. and moscow are coming to these thinking maybe the

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> comedian bill cosby is speaking out this morning about the sexual assault allegations against him. he was on good morning america. >> i think that many of them say, well you are a hypocrite. you say one thing. you say the other. my point is okay listen to me carefully, i'm telling you where the road is out. now you want to go here or you want to be concerned about who is giving you the message? >> cosby previously denied the allegations. he faces at least two lawsuits from alleged victims. >>> a showdown in the pacific north activists are in a standoff with a shell oil rig. the white house approved new drilling in the arctic this week. >> nobody is more mindful of the risks involved and the dangers. that's why, despite the fact that shell had put in an application for exploration in this region several years ago, we delayed it for a very lengthy period of time until they could provide us with the kinds of assurances that we have not seen before taking account of the extraordinary challenges, if in fact there was a leak. >> alan schauffler is covering the pr

john henry smith has more. >> reporter: the most significant of all tornado warnings that we can have again, a tornado emergency. >> reporter: attorney ally living up to its name. >> i'm telling you, please stay at work. do not get on the highway. >> reporter: over 20 tornados packing winds of up to 150 miles an hour leaving a trail of destruction. >> a lot of damage out here. >> reporter: the storms brought plenty of hail and flooding to parts of oklahoma stranding cars and residents. >> we were in the freezer and the bathroom. >> yeah. >> reporter: buildings are completely collapsed. power is out here. >> reporter: the governor was set to declare a state of imaginesy as the tornados left at least 33,000 without power. >> we have a large tornado on the ground here south of lincoln. >> reporter: the reports of damage were less severe in nebraska. authorities say around 10 to 15 buildings were severely damaged. kansas also reported minor damage as did texas. although flooding roads near austining meant a few drivers needed rescue. tornado ally could get hit with more twisters this week

john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: protesters in the street as well that's family of tony robinson still have questions about the 19 year old's death. newly released dash cam video raises more questions. protesters hit the streets in madison, wisconsin, they were upset over the district attorney's decision that white officer matt kenny's use of deadly force against by racial unarmed teen tony robinson during a violent struggle on march 6th was legal. >> this decision was based on the facts as they have been investigated and reported to me. >> reporter: officer kenny was responding to reports of an apparently disturbed man running through traffic and attacking two people. >> he has ingested controlled substances, to include mushrooms, marijuana, and xanax. >> reporter: officer kenny entered the home and confronted robinson. kenny said robinson then punched him. >> he indicated he was afraid he would be struck again and lose consciousness or hit his head falling backwards on the stairs. and his firearm would be take and used to shoot him and possibly the other person in the apartment

as john henry smith explained it is too dangerous of an idea. >> the approval of ocean energy management to allow shell oil do drill in alaska met with a cheer from the american petroleum institute. failure to develop these resources would put the leadership at risk, at a time when russia and other arctic nations are forging ahead. shell says it would like to begin drilling this summer in the chuck chief sea. the ground underneath that sea holds 90 billion bares of oil, which would explain why shell has spent $6 billion exploring the area in the past eight years. this area also serves as a habitat for a large and diverse group of species like walruses. a et therenned species of duck, as well as polar bears bow head whales and many others. critics say what happened to wild life in the 2010 gulf of mexico oil rig explosion could also happen in alaska. woe learned in 2010, that exploration drilling like what shell proposes can result in catastrophic accidents the deep watt ore horizon was drilling and exploration and it exploded and sank triggering one of the largest spills in history. >> e

john henry smith al jazeera. >>> like b.b. king i was born in the mississippi delta. he never forgot his roots running to our home state year after year for a blues festival named for him and numerous charitable causes. i last saw him two years at. he made all of us proud. he was 89 years old. we'll be right back. >>> a former top aid to osama bin laden will spend the rest of his life in prison. a court sentenced him for his role in the 1998 embassy bombings in tanzania and kenya. 224 people died in those attacks. he was arrested in london and extradited to the u.s. in 2012. >>> isil fighters have pulled off a major attack in iraq seizing control of a government compound in ramadi in the anbar province not far from baghdad. zana hoda has more. >> reporter: the symbol of government authority in ramadi is now under the control of islamic state of iraq and the levant. it has long been a city that has been fought over. it was also the iraqi government's main strong hold in anbar province. but isil fighters launched an all-out assault on friday taking over the compound. th

. >> john henry smith thank you. >>> the secret service is ramping up security around the white house. they are measuring the fence to add sharp points on top designed to stop people from climbing over it. officials say they are also working on other security solutions. >>> republican george pa tackky announced his bid for president this morning in a youtube video. >> they take from the people and gave it to themselves. it is time to standing up and take back this government. >> reporter: he became a national figure after the september 11th attacks, but he has been out of office for almost a decade. >> reporter: he was the governor of new york when on september 11th, 2001, two planes world trade center killing nearly 3,000 people. >> right now it's very simple everything that can be done to save every single life is being done and we will continue to make sure that that is a priority. >> reporter: in the days and months that followed he governor was tasked with trying to help manhattan rebuild. he aimed to revitalize the financial district. >> when our work is done the history of lowe

john henry smith reports. >> reporter: exposure to anthrax can be quite fatal. the centers for disease control estimates that exposure leads to death in 85% of cases. that's why authorities aren't taking any chances with the people who came in contact with this inadvertently dangerous cargo. pentagon officials say a frightening mistake was made at dougway proving ground in utah. anthrax samples were supposed to be rendered inactive but a test of the samples that remained in utah revealed some of them to be live. but by that time a sample had already been sent to a military research lab in maryland and the maryland lab in turn sent parts of that sample to labs in eight other states as well as to a u.s. air force base in south korea. >> certainly no members of the public have been reportedly exposed. this was contained on the air base which is away from the city center. >> reporter: the maryland lab onlying discovered the samples were live after they had already been shipped. the pentagon said that despite the mistake the public was never in danger but it also con

president obama put out a statement saying: john henry smith has more on king's life and legacy. ♪ >>> from sharecropper to superstar, in a career that spanned seven decades, b.b. king staked his claim as the greatest blues guitarist of all time. he grew up poor in this segregated mississippi delta, where he started working in the fields picking cotton at the age of seven. but one day an uncle gave him a guitar and a preacher taught him to play. when king was 20 he moved to memphis where he found work as a radio d.j. but built a following singing and playing guitar. soon he had a record deal and beal street blues boy king simply became bb. >> when i'm playing, i want you, you, you and you to get my story. get my meaning, what i'm trying to talk about, and being a male that liked ladies usually my story has to do something with ladies. >> his favorite lady was his famous guitar. >> that's lucille. that's my girl. only girl i ever had that never argues with me. >> reporter: king's schedule didn't leave much time for arguing. he recorded over 50 albums while still hitting the stage more

thanks for joining us, i'm john henry smith. the news continues live from london. very good to have your company live from london, also coming up european ministers agree to use force to beat the people smugglers,. >>> the u.n. calls on the people to do more and how ordinary make lairn shans are helping out. and protestors, set up camp, demanding the president's resignation. >>> the conflicts in iraq is is intensisaying after they captured ramadi, a city of almost 200,000 people on sunday, it is capital of sunni ann car province and she a militia getting ready to retake ramadi, and they stepped up the airstrikes in the last 72 hours and, iran, which backs the she a militia says it will help the iraqi government if asked to do so. >>> well isil foughters are advancing east from ramadi toward the base where the she a militia are gathering and, in you the latest from baghdad. >>> the deployment of she a militia is a contre very shal decision. she a force entering of the sunny heartland, there are many who are warning that this could cause tensions, the possibility of

john henry smith reports. >> reporter: one of the things that propelled dennis to the third highest office in the land was his low-key, good-guy reputation, a reputation burnished by his past as a small town high school teacher and coach. now there are questions about whether or not hastert has a darker past. >> i never envisioned that i would have the opportunity to lead the united states house of representatives. >> reporter: eight years after stepping down as speaker of the house, he is in serious trouble. in an indictment federal prosecutors say a near lifelong associate identified only as individual a threatened in 2010 to make public some quote, prior misconduct that the 73 year old committed before becoming house speaker in 1999. the indictment does not spell out what the misconduct was. the indictment alleges hastert withdrew $1.7 million from his accounts between 2010 and 2014. this money was part of $3.5 million hastert allegedly agreed to pay for individual a's silence. all of that is only the background. here is what he is actually in froubl for. first, the faces one count of l

john henry smith is here. john this is just the latest american city to grapple with a controversial police shooting. >> indeed, prosecutor testers in the streets of madson as well as the family of tony robinson still have questions about the 19-year-old's death, even though the dade county d.a. cleared the officer who shot him. newly released dash cam video footage has raised more questions. >> protestors hit the streets in madson wisconsin upset over the district attorney's decision that white officer mat kenny's use of deadly force against by racial unarmed teen tone by robinson march six was legal. >> this decision was based on the facts as investigated and reported to me. >> the officer was responding to reports of an apparently disturbed man running through traffic and attacking two people. >> tony robinson had used controlled substances to include mushrooms, t.h.c., or marijuana and xanax. >> saying he thought he heard a scuffle between two people inside the home, officer kenee entered and confronted ro

john henry smith is here with more. this is trouble. >> it is so troubling because it can be fatal. the centers for disease control estimates inhaled anthrax leads to death in 85% of cases if not treated immediately and aggressively. authorities are not taking chances with the people who came in contact with the cargo. >> a frightening mistake was made at doug way proving ground in utah when anthrax samples were supposed to be rendered inactive before sent to academic and research labs. some of them were live. by that time, a sample had already been sent to a research lab in maryland and the maryland lab in turn sent parts that have sample to labs in eight other states, as well as to a u.s. air force base in south korea. the maryland lab only discovered that the samples were live after they had already been shipped. the pentagon says that despite the mistake the public was never in danger, but it also confirmed that four workers in maryland and 22 at the base in south korea are being treated for a publicly exposure. the

." >>> i amount john henry smith at the al jazerra america news headquarters with the latest on the breaking news we have been reporting all night long. five people have been killed, dozens hospitalized after an amtrak train bowned for new york from washington, d.c. derailed late tuesday just outside of philadelphia, downtown philadelphia last report six people are in critical condition. authorities say they have still not accounted for everyone on the passenger manifest. stay tuned to al jazerra america for further updates. ♪ ♪ >>> there are 16, count them, 16 declared reimered or all but declared candidates for the republican nomination for president in 2016 fox a party trying to recapture the white house after eight careers of president obama, is that the best way to get a winning candidate? rich gal sun a republican strategist columnist and former press spokesman to vice president dan quail and speaker of the house newt gingrich and bruce haines is a republican strategisted that served as a media consultant to the 2008 u.s. presidential independent expenditure campaign. is this in i

john henry smith is here with more. there have been corruption allegations against fifa for a long time. >> there have been corruption allegations for a great many years. stephanie, much of that is connected to how fifa decides which nations get to host the highly popular world cup every four years. most of those arrested of not u.s. citizens. >> early wednesday morning in zurich swiss law enforcement went to the rooms of six top soccer officials at the hotel and arrested them on u.s. federal corruption charges. >> this for fifa is good. it's not good in terms of image, and it's not good in terms of reputation, but in terms of cleaning up, in terms of everything in the last four years, in terms of the process this is good. >> that apparently was just the start. the justice department is charging 14 people with racketeering and conspiracy. the justice department issued a search warrant for the miami headquarters of soccer's governing body in the u.s. central america and the caribbean. the current president jeffery wees w

john henry smith is here with more on that. both sides made their cases yesterday. this comes down to whether tsarnaev should get death. >> the jury deliberated 45 minutes yesterday and once prosecutors and the defense finished their closing arguments. one side painted the bomber as a monster while the other made him out to be merely misguided. >> prosecutors appealed to emotion, as the prosecution remind them tsarnaev planted his bomb feet from children, one who gruesomely died in the last. the prosecutor said tsarnaev wanted to cause his victims as much pain as possible to make a political statement. while victims were suffering in the aftermath of the attack that killed three and injured more than 260 the 21-year-old bought a half gallon of milk without any tears shed. the prosecution emphasized examples they say made tsarnaev seem not the least bit sorry. this video played again in the courtroom, showing him making an obscene gesture to a camera in a holding cell. the defense argued that tsarnaev is remorseful and has a potential for redemption. they showed pict

john henry smith is here with the latest. the damage is extensive. so far no detectives reported. >> you are correct although authorities say five trailer park residents in hard-hit oklahoma have been credittically injured. there's been plenty of property damage and frayed nerves in a part of the country all too used to both this time of year when the twisters make their presence felt. >> the most significant of all tornado warnings that we can have again a tornado emergency. >> tornado alley living up to its name. >> i'm telling you please stay at work. do not get on the highway. >> over 20 tornadoes packing winds of up to 150 miles per hour leaving a trail of destruction. >> a lot of damage out here, and it's still raining. >> the storms brought hail and flooding to parts of oklahoma, stranding cars, and stranding residents. >> in the freezers and bathroom. >> buildings completely collapsed. power is out. >> the governor declared a state of emergency as the weather left at least 33,000 without power and destroying homes. >> tornado on the ground so

. >> john henry smith will be here with much more about general done ford. >> a food blogger stirring up information about healthy eating the food babe, next. >> in today's healthbeat, a surprising new find about type two diabetes. researchers in the united kingdom found die betsics overweight but not obese outlive those who are a normal weight. diabetics with normal weight tend to have a more aggressive form of the decease. panera bread is getting rid of a long list of artificial ingredients, among them, artificial sweeteners, preserve actives and flavor enhancers. it's also the first national restaurant chain to post every ingredient it is getting rid of or plans to on line, what it calls its no-no list. it wants to make changes by the end of 2016. >> she calls herself the food babe. she's an activist and uses her blog to try to change the way we eat, but not everyone thinks she's doing good. erica pitzi met the woman on line. she has created controversial. >> we are talking with the food babe she said become a force to be reckoned with in the food world. she promotes eating healthy

john henry smith is here. this threatens to taint his reputation. >> it would be quite a turn about for the illinois republican. he rose to the third highest office in the land on the strength of his low key good guy reputation, a reputation burn issued by his past as a small town teacher. now a darker side is emerging. a new federal indictment alleges he withdrew $1.7 million over five years and tried to get around federal reporting allow while doing so. prosecutors say he paid that money to a lifelong associate to cover up past misconduct. we don't exactly know what type of misconduct it was. many still remember his stall town roots in illinois where he taught history at the high school for years. >> people coming from your community are trying to make a difference in illinois, so it's disappointing. >> he's definitely part of the town. it's a shock. >> hastert faces one count of lying to the f.b.i. and another count for trying to conceal his transactions. according to the indictment, hastert claimed he was

john henry smith is here with more. good morning. as far as we know, this is not a nationwide occurrence? >> if you have an act as one of these wells fargo branches across the united states, you should know there is no evidence of this kind of activity outside of los angeles. still, it wouldn't hurt to go check your accounts amid these allegation that the bank violated its customer's trust. >> frank is one of many allegedly swindled by america's fourth largest banks. >> if i never checked my on line banking, i wouldn't have known these 10 accounts were there. >> the city of los angeles is suing. >> wells customers have been victimized by tactics designed to maintain high levels of sales of wells products. >> l.a. city attorney mike brewer said wells employees met sales goals by opening bogus accounts and running up fraud lent charges. >> they rely on sales quote at as that are unrealistic and naturally and predictably drove its employees we allege, to engage in conduct that includes opening new customer accounts, be they savings or c

john henry smith is here. what would we expect a formal announcement on this? >> according to reports, loretta lynch says that she could make a formal announcement today. as she explained to congress this week, she tells compelled to get involved. >> a week after being sworn in as attorney general, loretta lynch made it clear that baltimore was on the justice democratic's radar. >> when there are allegation of wrongdoing made against individual officers and police departments, the department of justice has a responsibility to examine the evidence and if necessary, to help them implement change. >> baltimore has invited lynch to launch an investigation into the patterns and practiceles of the cities police department. that type of investigation differs from the civil rights investigations that follow police shootings in ferguson, missouri and cleveland. >> at the end of this process, i will hold those accountable if change is not made. >> while i was in baltimore on tuesday, i met with the mayor law enforcement officials and community faith and youth leaders. i

john henry smith is here. critics are vowing to stop this. >> battle lines are definitely being drawn over shell's plans to resume offshore drilling this summer. they aren't just being drawn in alaska but also seattle 2,000 miles away. critics say the waters shell wants to drill are too remote and too important for shell to proceed at planned. >> the approval from the federal bureau of ocean energy management to allow shell oil to drill in alaska melt with a cheer from the petroleum institute: >> shell says it would like to begin drilling this summer in the sea. the adjustment geological survey said the ground holds 90 billion-barrels of oil which would explain why shell has spent $6 billion exploring the area in the past eight years. this area also serves as a habitat for a large and diverse group of species like walruses, a threatened species of duck, as well as polar bears bow head whales and many others. critics say what happened to wildlife in the 2010 gulf of mexico oil rig explosion could happen in alas