hello, and welcome to al jazeera. i am thomas drashington in new york. >> they have described to our medical teams in doctors without borders appear to be consistent with exposure to neuro toxic agents. >> a humanitarian group's. president obama has a range of potential options on how to respond. a fast-moving wildfire threat ends yosemite national park. 50 years after martin luther

king, jr.'s i ha"i have a dream speech. >> thanks for being with us. new evidence that chemical weapons are being used in syria has prompted a flurry of global diplomatic activity. secretary of state john kerry has spoken with his syrian counterpart and other foreign ministers in the region about what appears to be a major chemical attack in syria. three hospitals in damascus supported by the international humanitarian group, doctors without borders, say victims began showing up on wednesday said to be exhibiting neuro toxic symptoms. medical staff say they treated 3600 patients of those patients, medics say at least 355 people died, including at least one doctor. the u.n.'s tom disarmament chief, angela cain is in syria. she is asking for access to the site of wednesday's alleged attack. the state department says secretary of state john kerry

received assurance from frio county syrian army commanders that they would insure the safety of u.n. investigators. while t . syrian families who lost loved ones are grieving. we have a warning. you may find some of the images disturbing. >> the two tiny bodies hang limp in his arms. "what will i do now" cried a man destroyed by grief. pictures like these of the many men, women and children indiscriminately killed by what all evidence suggests was a chemical weapon attack continue to shock the world. the syrian government still

refuses access to u.n. inspect orders based in a hotel down the road. restricted in their movement by a man date agreed to with the assag government, an agreement to only inspect the sites where three previous alleged chemical weapons attacks took place. there may be signs of a beginning of a shift in u.s. policy. defense secretary chuck hagel says president obama has told the pentagon to prepare for military options in syria. the u.s. navy has sent a forced battleship into the mediterrean. so is this a hint toward some sort of action? >> well, it certainly indicates a willingness on the part of the national security council to be looking at a number of options in response to what happened in syria over the weekend, over the last few days. >> the united states says it needs proof that chemical weapons killed these people. the assad government has denied

it was behind any chemical weapons attack. some experts say not only assad has access to chemical agents. they may be the only ones that have access to the missile technology, may be being discovered at this time. but these types of chemical weapons are not very, very difficult to manufacture. >> syrian state t.v. is reporting the military have found chemical weapons in rebel-controlled tunnels in the damaskas neighborhood of joba. syria's biggest ally russia said they may allow the investigators to visit. but there seems little movement in moscow's stanchion. >> the shift is small. there is no indication that should western kuntz trees or the u.s. or a group or coalition of the willing once again intervene in the military fashion, even in a limited way, there there is no indication that russia might be even slightly cooperative this time.

>> barack obama's security advisors are meeting at the whitehouse over the weekend. the united nations disarmament chief has arrived in syria and is trying to negotiate chemical weapons inspectors to visit the site. charles stratford, al jazeera. >> the situation in syria means a working weekend at the whitehouse. president obama has been meeting with his national security team discussing possible options in syria. the president also spoke with british prime minister david cameron. according to a cameron spokesperson, leaders agree chemical weapons use would merit response from the international community. >> the white house it has met two times, it seems to be a game changer not only because of the deployment of chemicalcal weapons crosses the line but those ghastly horrific images are having such an impact around

the world, american credibility appears to be at stake at this point. three hours, today's meeting with the national security council, america's top defense intelligence and cabinet officials meeting with the president in the west wing of the white house. a statement from the white house says they reviewed a range of potential options for the united states and the international community, and they note that the gathered group is mindful of the symptoms that are exhibited on many of those images that we have seen coming out in the wake of that chemical attack. chuck hagel, speaking of those options and the military options in particular has told reporters traveling with him in southeast asia that those option require positioning of our forces to be able to carry out whatever the president ultimately decides and we do know that a navy warship has stayed on longer, bringing a total of five into the eastern mediterranean. >> that's anom nus sign for the syrian regime. the red line has been crossed. the president, his rhetoric has

toughened. he has talked about a co are fr being deployed by the assad regime. the goal, should the united states pursue a military option, not to enter on one side or the other necessarily. the goal is to prevent chemical weapons from being deployed. >> mike viquera in washington. opposition leader general sallim edris about the three-year conflict. must aftoustapha helped organiz trip. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> did senator john mccain indicate any american involvement during that trip back in may? >> during his trip, senator mccain, who had been long an advocate for greater leadership in the forklift of syria, on behalf of the syrian revolution and the people discussed the need for greater leadership and intervention by the united states but stated the sort of political realities in

washington and that at the end of the day, the decision remains the president's, but he assured in multiple meetings including with general hadris that he continued to work in congress and in the senate to add more pressure on administration to act. >> have members of congress been in contact since the alleged checkcal we hope attack >> as far as i know, since the weaponstac that happened a few days ago, there has been no contact between members of congress and him directly, but i wouldn't say that no american officials have talked to him since. >> the looming question: what evidence do you have that it was assad's forces? >> i think that it's -- i mean, the greatest evidence that we have is the fact that the assad regime knot allow the united nations inspectors, which are only miles away from where the attack happened access although, you know, there is -- the international community has asked that the inspectors go directly there and have access to it.

so, if anyone's looking logically in general at the situation, it's just -- it's hard to -- it's very, very ununlikely but the assad regime has used these chemical weapons specifically for the fact that eastern guta is held very strongly by the opposition. the regime has not been able to advance into it. i think chemical weapons is one way for them to attempt to do that and the deliver systems don't exist within rebel commands to be able to pull off such an attack. >> will there be a retaliation from the opposition? >> i think that now, it is upon the retaliation to make sure it does not happen. the assad regime has been testing the lines, the red lines of president obama and the international community into the atrocities he has committed against his people. but i think if there is any sort of military intervention by the united states or the international community, that it must be closely coordinated with

the fsa in order to maximize the effects of any sort of intervention to ensure that the intervention pushes the assad regime toward a political pollution or for the regime to step away. >> what is it like now for the syrian people. >> the situation has been years and continues to be incredibly dire. people are simply fatigued and tir tired, and there has been multiple abuses against them by their own government. now, in the past few days, speaking with advocates inside of syria, you could hear sort of the fear. for example, the shelling that happened during and after the chemical weapons attack was much louder, much more sustained and continuous than usual. so there is a huge amount of fear. this has happened multiple times before. now, it's happened on a larger scale and if the world does not act and fails to act, the assad regime will do this more and more and it may be much worse. >> the world is watching,

mzuaz moustafa. thank you for your time. thousands of people traveled to the nation's capitol on saturday to help mark the 50th land mark civil rights march and martin luther king, jr.'s "i have a dream" speech. al jazeera's del walters was there? >> many were children when doctor king made haste of half 70 tree ago >> i have a dream that one day, this nation will rise up live out the true meaning >> we have accomplished some things but we have a long way to go. >> the reverend jessie jackson, long time civil rights leader and friend of dr. king was here for the first march. he spoke about moving forward on current civil rights issues. >> keep dreaming of the constitutional right to the vote, dmierth line a and texas

keep dreaming, revive the war on poverty. keep dreaming, to go from stop and frisk to stop and employ, educate, stop and house. >> as we gather today, 50 years later, there their march is now our march and it's to go on. >> merley evers williams also focus on the future singling out the controversy surrounding the stand your ground laws and calling on supporters to flip the meaning of those laws. >> stand your ground in terms of fighting for justice and equality. >> martin luther king iii also address the crowd >> this is not the time for nostalgic commemoration or for self congratulatory celebration. the task is not done. the journey is not completely. we can and we must do more. >> the reverend al sharpton was

the keynote speaker and talked about the political issues facing minorities today, including the recent supreme court ruling that eliminated key provisions of the landmark voting rights act of 1965. >> we earned the right to vote with protest and we will regain what we lost in the supreme court. we'll protest with a appropriate test that is focused and its way. >> while the march comes to an end, the next to fill fill his dream continues. del walters, al jazeera, washington. >> i want to bring in william payne, a former new jersey legislature, who headed up the ncaap's youth initiative during the civil rights movement and worked closely with martin luther king. junior, good to have you hire >> good to be here. >> reflecting 50 years later, what's most on your mind as you reflect on your friend, dr. king >> what i think of mostly is the difference between the

original -- the conditions that existed during the time when the original march on washington occurred. at that time, there had -- at that time in this country, there were a lot of lynchings going on. there had been a few years before that, the lynching of emmit 'til in 1955 and then, in 1956till in 1955 and then, in 19 1956, i was the national chapter of the naacp. it was at that time in the san francisco that i had the opportunity to meet this young leader, dr. martin luther king, jr. but the conditions that existed th then, the lynching of emmi emmit till, the other kind of atrocities being committed against african americans in this country, was very, very disheartening. the march came along. dr. king with the "i have a dream" speech was one that was extremely uplifting to all of us, that we felt that here was a

great deal of optimism and here was the man who was going to continue to lead us in that fight. >> tell me about your initial interaction with dr. king, your thoughts. >> the -- actually, my very first time of meeting dr. king was in san francisco at the naacp convention. it was very interesting, because i was the chairman, as i said, of the youth, the youth across the country of all of the college chapters and youth coun silts and i had been elected as the chairman of the national youth work committee. i was fortunate in having been selected as the chairman. convention plenary session and the civic auditorium, some 5,000 people at the convention. however, dr. king had been invited to speak there by some members of the naacp. but the leaders at that time, the naacp did not want this young man. >> 26-year-old. >> 26-year-old minister who was getting most of the note right tee and bringing about a lot of changes. the older members of the leaders

of the civil rights movement decided that he was not going to speak there. however, those of us who were in the college age youngsters who were in the naacp at that time said this young man was going to speak there. and we insisted on it and threatened to have a demonstration. the leaders relented and allowed him to speak. >> made a powerful impact. you were standing on stage with dr. king that day, ten, 15 feet away. what memories did you take away from that day? >> well, the fortunate part about the march on washington was that many people see the pictures of dr. king giving his speech, and surrounding by a young man who have on what appears to be caps, who appear to be caps on their heads, et cetera. people have wondered what they were. the fact of the matter is that these young men standing around dr. king were actually african-american police officers from around the country who had volunteered their time action volunteered to serve as marshals for that program. i was recognized by some of these officers, and they called

me and said, bill, come on up here. and they guided me up to the platform. as a matter of fact, i was no more than 10 or 15 feet away from dr. king when he made that speech, and i was looking out at that crowd over his shoulder. he made that speech, and it was certainly very, very uplifting for all of us that were there. >> i want to continue the conversation, talk about education and moving forward in just a little bit. i hope you will stick around >> thank you. >> william payne, we will see you in just a moment. other headlines right now, many of the wildfires ranging across the west are showing no signs of slowing down. one of the biggest is the rim wildfire threatening californiats yosemite national park. two rows of giant seqouia's, those flames are threatening san franciscots water and it power supplies. >> that's prompted governor jar brown to declare a state of e americansency for that city. >> we are on the western edge of

yosemite national park and behind me past that register is hetechi reservoir, water source for the city of san francisco. people are worried that ash from the fire will pollute the water. city officials say if that is the case, they will be able to draw on other water sources. now, we are in a preparedness level 5, p l5. it means federal agencies are stretched to the max. we've met fire fighters from all over the plates. they have essentially been hopscotching from fire to fire, state to state. this fire has become quite large and with many resources coming its way, hopefully they will make some headway to fight the fire and minimize damage to the park. >> fire fighters are, of course, paying a close eye on the weather conditions. that the plays a very important role. rebecca stevenson with your forecast. >> we have had gusty winds. at last count we had 45 large fires, that fire management inter agencies have been keeping

understand suppression or attempting to. these fires stretch all across the west the. we have been getting some rain in some of these areas but the biggest concern is a lot of the showers and thunderstorms we are getting bringing in the rain, it's bringing in lightning strikes and a number of them. so we have fire weather watches, as you can see in red here from nevada, from oregon, northcare california, idaho and montana. concern is that the new lightning strikes will spark new fires. thunderstorms also bring in those eratic winds. keeping the fires going, fanning the flames, in fact, we had what's called crowning and spotting fires, meaning that the fire would leap from the top of the trees to the next tree, to the next tree, miles down and, also, the spotting, that's when the trees began to torch, and that just spreads embers even fafrther with those gusty winds. >> air quality is something else being impacted by these thunderstorms sparking more fires and just the fires in place. expect the forecast to remain unhealthy for sensitive groups

in parts of central california. coming up, i will show you more about how much rainfall we can expect for the rest of the country. >> rebecca, thank you. still ahead on al jazeera flooding has taken a terrible toll in russia and the worst is far from over.

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welcome back to al jazeera. i am thomas dradon. drs. without borders says its treated thousands of syrians for neuro toxic symptoms consistent with those from exposure to chemical weapons. the white house says president obama also received a detailed review of the range of options on how the u.s. and its allies might respond in syria california's rim wildfire is

moving into yosemite national park. flames are threatening san francisco's power and water systems as well as about three dozen giant seqouias. thousands of people including civil rights leaders and lawmakers from across the country gathered in washington to celebrate the legacy of martin luther king, jr. a march to the lincoln memorial where 50 years ago, dr. king gave his iconic "i have a dream" speech. many of saturday's speakers warned the progress made during the civil rights movement that dr. king led is in danger of accident happ disappearing. tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: the crowds that massed in front of the lincoln memorial didn't match the 200,000 or more who watched martin luther king at the same spot half a century ago, but their determination to see mercury deem his vision was strong as children, veronica

a.m.y and verisha were at the 25th anniversary and brought their kids to the 50 year commemoration. >> there are a lot of people who care about equity and justice in the united states and recognize that we haven't made it, but we are all still fighting for the same cause. >> the day's speakers underlined the obstacles that hindered americans. >> america needs a new marshal plan for our cities to provide jobs, infrastructure improvements and a true lasting stimulus to the economy. >> reporter: they cited topics never tackled by the civil rights movement in the '60s, gay and lesbian rights and immigration reform. >> king's speech helped push through laws that helped guarantee blacks equal access to the ballot. many of the speakers say those laws are being threatened and weakened by republican-sponsored state laws recently sanctioned by the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: the last surviving

speaker said the sacrifices made them then must not be any vain >> i gave blood on the bridge in selma, alabama for the right to vote. i am not going to stand by and let the supreme court take the right to vote away from us. >> reporter: one of king's ch n chroniclers said he would have been disappointed. >> our political discourse is really not living up to the promise of america that was -- that was articulated so well 50 years ago. >> a promise his admirers believe can still be achieved. to me ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> joined once against by william payne, former new jersey legislator. he worked closely with martin luther king when he served as head of the naacp's youth and college outreach initiatives. i want to continue the conversation. you have been a great advocate of education. where do we stand with education

of mine or at this >> education of minorities is dismal particularly in urban poor countareas of this country we notice youngsters are not achieving as they should. one reason i believe they are not is many youngsters, african-americans, latino americans do not see themselves in the text books, do not see -- can't identify with the people that are there. when i was a member of of the state legislature in new jersey, i introduced legislation that required the infusion of the contributions of african-americans into the main core, main criminurriculum of t country. what happens now is that the contrib fwhuingsz african-americans have made has been left out of the curriculum and, therefore, many young african-american youngsters do not see any real reason to remain in school when everything they learn about happens to be positive for whites, negative for blacks. the legislation which is called the arm stead legislation i introduced in 1998 and pass into

law in 2002 now says that we will take every period of the history of this country, for instance, revolutionary war as an example and not only will we teach about the brave white heros of paul revere and people like that, but we will also teach the truth and educate that african-americans fought in that war as well. i always use the example of the battle of bunker hill, where the british were defeated there, where major pit corner was killed at that battle. however, he was killed by an african-american soldier. we have never been taught about the role african-americans played in that role or any other war. >> do you feel our education system is failing not only african-american students but minorities >> absolutely. we have a law in the state of new jersey that says we must teach that. the fortunaunfortunate about it do not have any emphasis placed on it in the education department in new jersey. i have been around the countr, to inc. comp operate

african-american contributions. new york city has done so. >> most school districts make an effort to teach african-american history in black history month. >> i think they teach it because that's one of 11 months out of the year. if, in fact, we teach the true history of this country and include people where they belong, we will not need to have one month set aside. the shortest month in the year, by the way, when we teach about the contributions, the gas masks and blood plasma invited by american children. they should be ought to all children across this country. >> in the final moments, what would you like to see for the next generation >> young people, black, white, whatever color live up to the american dream. we were taught about it in school that this is a melting pot. it needs to become that. i really believe the answer to that is teaching the education, true education, to all youngsters, not short change them. unfortunately in this country,

too many places are short changing education. >> william payne, former new jersey assemblyman and close friend with dr. king, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. president obama spent his saturday meeting with the national security team earlier today at the whitehouse. he has called the suspected chemical attack in syria a grave concern. here is more. >> reporter: national security officials met president obama at the whitehouse to discuss what to do about this: [crying ] >> the sounds of grief, the pictures of tragedy, bodies of children and some adults, victims of what appears to be a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of damascus. doctors without borders says three hospitals in the area reported receiving 3600 patients, 355 died. >> pinpoint pupils, excess saliva, respiratory distress,

convulsions that all point towards the use of a neuro toxic agent. >> inestan bull, the syrian national coalition said it was time for, not words. >> the role of the international community must go beyond is simplepathy. we must help those being forced to flee the country. >> the international community wants proof that the assad regime is responsible for the alleged attack but the syrian government is so far refusing to give u.n. inspectors access to the area. it denies using chemical weapons but claims syrian rebels are. syrian state media aired footage of gas masks, protective suit did, jugs and vials it says were seized from a suburb in damascus but it is the images of the dead that are putting pressure on the white house. premises are underway for possible military options including the movement of a fourth armed 14i7 armed with

ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean. >> i do not anticipate a major use of force. i think what you might see was what was commonly practiced under the previous democratic administration, the clinton add mission minstration, these tomahawk missiles. >> after the meeting with the national security council, the white house released a statement saying the u.s. continues to gatherer intelligence, coordinate with its international partners and consider its options but there is no indication decisions have been made about syria and the tragedy that continues to unfold there. jean meserv john kerry has been discussing matters and has spoken with the secretary general of the arab league. the state department says kerry emphasized the importance of determining the facts and underscore the gravity of any chemical weapons used. the u.n.'s tom disarmament is

asking for access to the site of the alleged attack that occurred on wednesday. the secretary of state was assured they would insure the safety in the target areas. defense secretary chuck h haggel says the united states military is ready to do what's necessary in syria if military action is called for. he is kicking off a whirlwind tour based as reabridging tours he will hold talk with his malaysian counter part. next, bruai for the summit of association of southeast asian nations. high on the agenda, rival territoryial claims in the south china sea. hagel is expected to meet with china's defense minister. after the two-day asian talks hagel will wrap up his trip in the fill 15s. day 4 of a political christian

tripe has ended. bozi lei again face add former police chief who it took the stand to testify against his boss. he was accused of em belbezzlem and abuse of power, joining me from eastern china where that trial is taking place. >> well, tom, it's been a different day today. usually these proceedings have lasted all day. today, they just took two and a half hours before we saw the convoy carrying eli and his long-time friend, wang lee jones away from court. one is the man who started off this whole political scandal when he fled to the u.s. cons consulate nearby chong ching where these men worked in february of last year. he told the court that he told boshi lee, january 28th that he nah his wife, gu ki li had

killed neil hayward. he said the next day said his wife was being framed by this long time friend. he boxed him around the ear so that his ear was leaking fluid, his mouth was leaking blood and then, shortly after that, he was dismissed from his post thereby backing up the claim that the murder of this man was covered up by protecting his wife. as far as boshi lei is concerned, he said he never had any marble arts training and lacked the strength to inflict the injuries wang lee jang had already been convicted to his flight to the u.s. embassy last year and was someone who could not be trusted. here we have two very long time friends now turned adversaries in this incredible case. >> see how this plays out, harry facenet eastern chinese china. two major trials geeing underway in egypt, spiritual leader vardi

and hosne mubarck are facing criminal charges. barnard smith has more. >> egypt's authoritarian governments have suppressed the muslim brotherhood but for the past three decades, the position of general guide had been considered untouchable. now, the rules of the game have changed. within days of miami badea's televised arrest, et cetera now going on trial. he and other muslim brotherhood leaders face a series of charges including re incitement to kill protesters during the mass demonstrations that led to the military youp that ousted president mohammed morsi, to provide evidence that will stand up in court. >> under mubarack, there was the possibility to assign through the ministry of justits. okay? but the judishary were resisting this and we have the movement of the independent which was in

2005, 2006, quan fronted by mubarq and that remained within the judiciary. while the system for the judicevery never allowed it to be independent but the great majority of judges managed to retain their independence. certain judges did cooperate in the past, and i am sure some of them still exist. but there has been no information on manipulation and trying to assign specific judges in order to give specific sentences. >> hose knee mubaraq also facing charges of incitement. in this case, for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolution that forced him from. these are two similar trials involving two foes. >> popular contests helped remove hosne mubarak and hammond morsi. the experiment has moved from the streets to the courts with

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you are. so, you guys are lucky to have the u.s. ta working so hard to make tennis available to so many more kids across this country. and that's really what "let's move" is all about. it's about helping kids across this country get active and feel healthy and learn the skills that you all are going to need to succeed, not just in school but in life. >> the u.s. tennis association has supported the first lady's effort to get kids moving by building kid-sized tennis courts and donating tennis equipment to schools and youth facilities. >> it's championship weekend at the little league world series, rash nabuka has more. >> 6' 4", i joked with him. he says he is 13 and 6' 4". the two most dominant teams will

be meeting in the finals tommy. japan with the champions have been the rock stars of the tournament. they are california dreamin' grant holman getting the party started against connecticut in the u.s. title game. he tries in the first two runs of the ball game. look at the big fellow go. 6' 4" and hustling in for a triple. if you are happy and you know it, clap your hands. hohmit has been the m p but nick gralva digging this as i unlet's a 3 run shot to deep, and i mean deep right center field. it's his third homerun of the tournament. he was kill of the hinge because he kicked out writers. trulivista 12 to 1. so california is it. in the international title company mexico putting up a fight against 1y57an. this was a rematch with january appear winning.

mexico looking for redemption. ramon with the monster shot to center. who will be the hero, takum takuma gomy. your defending champions are moving on into tomorrow's title game. so it's japan versus california for the 67th little league world series title. i am mike -- our mike mooregan has a preview of this monster show own. >> 6' 4" granthomeman who pitched a not hitter and struck out against arlington. rick tibet is confident with holman on the heel. >> i don't argue with umps and i am never going to risk it because i get to play ball, too, in southern california. we will go back to playing ball for our travel ball team or whatever we are going to do. >> we were happy about the win but we know we are not done yet. >> you are going to take the mound tomorrow. what is your mindset going

against the team? >> i am going to push like i usually do, we have to hit the ball, too. hopefully our team comes in the touch. >> takuma 's solo was the difference. the japanese manager admitted his first emotion was not joy. >> he's definitely relieved. the international championships have always been tough games. so he's really, really relieved he was able to win this one. >> he wasn't happy for the fact he hit the home run but the fact that he was able to add to the team's win. yeah, so definitely not an individual way of looking at things, but a whole team. >> japan will look for its 9th world championship. camera won its last title in 2009. let's go back to the studio. >> all right. tiger woods tweets his --

tweaked his back and neck because of what he called, a soft hotel bed. that hasn't stopped him from moving up the barclays. his last 6-os and he is is the sitting pretty at 8 under par. tiger within striking distance, back of leaderstion >> gary wood and matt kucher both at 12 under par. >> i hung in there. it's a grind. i got off to a sweet start and gave two right back at 3 and 4 and then kind of just hung arrange, hung around, hung around, and will a news finish, birdied three lost 4. >> bud sealig and some living legend like hank aaron and bow jackson were on hand to honor jackie robinson. sharon robinson continues to push for equality >> we need to have another civil rights movement. and i think this celebrating this 50th anniversary and having this march retracing the march

in washington d.c. and having us all reflect on the past is hopefully helping us to think about where we need to go in the future. >> i think the thing that i think about is all of the trials and tribulation that jackie robinson went through. and for me to come back and break a record like the one babe ruth held for such a long time showed everybody that if given the same opportunity to play this game that we, too, could do the same thing. >> fans are shaking their head. their quarterback situation is a hot mets right now mark sanchez in pain tonight after getting knocked silly by the giants, marvin austin. you might want to closure eyes. this hit is nasty. sanchez had to leave the game with a shoulder injury. as for the jets other quarterback, gino smith struggled big timethrowing three interceptions and took a safety. the jets beat the giants in this

pre-season contest 24-21 in overtime. it appeared that mark sanchez wanted to be the starter. smith played like a rookie, but it was not the case >> it i open my eyes now? >> it's too earlier for all of those injuries. ross, thank you. >> zookeepers in washington are watching the zoo's newest restaurant, day-old panda. the can you be was no bigger than a stick of butter. the her second can you be was born last year after a week. the new gender has yet to be determined. it's name won't be decided until it's about 100 days old. still ahead, rebecca stevensons has ourgat including details on a pacific storm that could bring some sort of relief to weary fire fighters in the west.

welcome back. i am meet roth rebecca stevenson. in florida, we are having weather settle down. you will get a nice break for florida and georgia as showers become a little more scattered and taper off. that means some dryer weather moving in for some folks. we will still have some showers and thunderstorms around the southeast but just not as widespread and not as much heavy rainfall. that's good news for you but the problem is, is that we are focusing our attention now over into the pacific where we have a tropical storm, ivo, and it's falling apart. it's not going toament to much but spinning a lot of moisture in the southwest and we are seeing a lot of showers and

thunderstorms out of this. the problem with the thunderstorms is that lightning strikes will start new wildfires. it has been so dry to the west, it's very easy to start one up and then you get the eratic winds within the storms, keeping the fire going, blowing it, the embers a few miles down the way to start a new fire, and this is what we are concerned about happening again in oregon, idaho, navevada because we have steady moisture feed from the south and we have so much moisture coming in that it's coming down heavily in places that were either burned before or that just don't have a lot of foliage around. so flash flood warnings and watches have been issued for a number of areas in the southwest. throughout the course of the overnight hours and this will continue into sunday, we will see these start to track a little farther to the north. so while lightning strikes may have decreased as with the setting of the sun, we are still going to get them back through the day on sunday. and we are still seeing some wet rains for that matter coming

into parts of central idaho and montana. >> that's good news for some wildfire suppression but we are still very concerned about these storms through the day tomorrow because it is so dry in the west. we will watch for that through the day. otherwise, it will be the story of all of the moisture coming up from the south and making it so humid and sticky. this moisture is coming all the way up into the midwest like into minnesota and iowa and wisconsin. you have an excess i have heat warning in effect, hyatt heat advise buys the temperatures in the 90s combined with the humidity, it's dangerous to be outside and exert yourself very much because you could get heat illness quickly. be aware of that while you're temperatures soar during the day. right now, we are a little more comfortable up to the north but tom's high temperatures even hotter, 97 more minneapolis minneapolis. we will start to feel cooling to the west.

>> welcome to al jazeera. i am thomas drayton. here are the top stories. in syria, the international human man tear group says its doctors have treated thousands of patients with is symptoms consistent with those of chemical weapons. president obama has been discussing with foreign ministers in the area. the state department says kerry emphasized the gafravity of chemical weapons use. leaders across the country gathered in washington to celebrate the legacy of martin luther king, jr. they marched to the