we'll see you tomorrow. >> hi everyone and welcome to sarlz. i'm john siegenthaler. here are the headlines. >> this international norm cannot be violatewithout consequences. >> the secretary talks for next steps after the attack in syria. firing shots at u.n. weapons inspectors, also making headlines. >> i would be gone. if i lived there i with would be gone. >> the nation's biggest wildfire still burns through yosemite national park in california. and challenges facing the

nation's schools. >> the obama administration displayed a new sense of urgency

the final decision on a u.s. response will be made by the commander in chief itself. this ceremony was honoring the members of his military fighting it. obama was always cautious on the subject of syria. >> possible military options against syria. now navy officials have said that there are four destroyers

from the sixth fleet in the eastern mediterranean sea. these ships are armed with guided is missiles. , each led by an aircraft carrier and supported by destroyers a submarine and supply ships. and earlier this year the u.s. left several f-16 jets in jordan following military exercises. the u.s. operates two air bases in turkey which can be used at any time in the future in an attack. joining us now is lawrence corb, the senior fellow at the association for military progress. mr. corb thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> what option he are on the table for the american government? >> the option is they have to do something because what secretary ceo said, it was a violation of every internationallin internatg

standard. using cruise missiles or a no-fly zone. i would be using the former not the latter. >> this is to punish syria not to get rid of the weapons? >> obviously you couldn't bomb the facilities because that would spread throughout the country. they would hit the communications, they would hit the headquarters of some of the people that might be involved. weaken their capacity to wage chemical warfare but it's not going to be a game changer in the conflict. >> sometimes when the u.s. acts there's a political motivate but in this situation it really is just punitive isn't it? because the u.s. isn't trying to affect the balance is it? or not? >> it is not. there are other ways that could do it. people have urged them to set up for example a no-fly zone and give the rebels some very lethal equipment like antiaircraft missiles. no they're not trying to do -- what they're trying to do to

demonstrate to assad and the world that you have a treaty and you can't use chemical weapons and this is a violation of international norms and you're going to pay a price if you do it. >> what kind of support will the u.s. get around the world? >> they'll get support from the nato allies, the british, the french, the turks, they'll also get support from the arab league for this. >> what's the likelihood you think that there will be action, how soon? >> i think within a week you'll see u.s. action. they'll go to the united nations and i assume the russians and maybe the chinese will veto it but within a week, you can't use all those forces there all the times. one of the ships from the mediterranean was on its way home and you're extending the deployment. >> does the president need any approval from congress to do this? >> no, under the war powers act he can use military forces for

90 days without congress. we really haven't declared war since world war ii so he could get congressional approval but they're not in session right now. but he has to consult with the leadership under the war powers act. >> this is a delicate balance here for the united states. the u.s. has been involved in two wars now for a number of years. and the whole idea that it might become involved in another war in another country is not necessarily politically favorable. so how does the president handle the political side of this? >> well, i mean basically, if you use cruise missiles or you have the aircraft that don't penetrate syrian air space you don't put any lives at risk. sort of like drones. you're using droans in yemen and afghanistan and pakistan. no americans are upset because no americans are dying. >> what you think the ultimate impact of this particular intervention is simply to send a

message to bashar al assad? >> yes, i think it's to send a message and iran, the president made a red line, and if he doesn't cross it what will iran say on nuclear weapons? >> how would you rank what's happened in syria lately? >> this is horrible. it's the worst we've had since saddam hussein used chemical weapons against his own people and the iranians. we actually gave saddam intelligence in a report that came out, to use chemical weapons against iran. >> president obama was kind of careful today and then secretary ceo came out sort of swing. what changed do you think? >> the horrific nature of what they did, this was very, very blatant and the fact is the first time they could say they weren't sure. this was very blatant.

and i think his credibility is on the line now and it's sort of like assad said, you didn't do anything the first time, let's see how far i could push this thing. >> lawrence korb, former secretary of state, who has a great deal of expertise in this area, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. this rapidly developing story, we'll have updates throughout the evening and you can find more information on aljazeera.com. emergency crews are battling one of the largest california wildfires ever say they are making progress slowly. the rim fire covers 250 square miles or about the size of the city of chicago. you can see the fire is right on the edge of yosemite national park. the flames are just a mile away from hetch-hetchy's recess worry. -- reservoir. it provides drinking water for 2

million in san francisco. president obama are promised whatever resources it needs. the pledge came in a phone call to governor jerry brown. >> firefighters have made some headway but the rim fire continues to make its way north and east. more resources arrive by the hour. this has become a top national priority. on monday, california governor jerry brown made a visit to the area. >> whatever it takes, i'm going to make sure that the resources are deployed. and the president called me, just yesterday, he expressed his support, whatever we need. he'll provide. so between the state, and the federal government, and local officials, we'll get it done. >> reporter: battling the flames has been tough. crews worry about the fire's advance being to new communities. there may be more evacuations. containment levels may be where

high but we're days into the fire and the fire continues to rage. the fire swept through this camp torching trees and melting metal. the danger is not over. there's still the task of preventing any fires from reigniting. the topography makes this an especially difficult assignment. >> we recognize that this area on the stanislaus national forest has had a history of fires and we are cognizant of the fire that occurs here. absolutely something we take very seriously. >> more than a week in, the rim fire has become one of the largest forest fires in california's history. although it's been beaten back a bit, it's far from beaten. melissa chan, al jazeera, california.

>> good evening, i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau. this is a couple of days ago, and we are seeing hundreds of miles of smoke plumes pushing up here towards north. not much of change in terms of direction. so the bad air quality is in the region as well as up here forwards the north, little bit to the northwest. sacramento, san francisco not looking too bad so far as long as the wind stays coming out of the south but we do think over the next two or three days things could change. we'll keep you informed on this. in terms of rain, unfortunately there is none for where they need it in this fire area. the rain is back towards the east, slowly edging its way towards the west. we don't it this it's going to make it there. we are seeing an incredible amount of flooding, san diego, las vegas, utah, up towards

irming woo. -- towards wyoming. for the next 24 hours this is going to be a major problem. down towards the tropics, well we did see some deadly conditions when a storm made its way on across mexico. flooding has been a major problem. up to eight inches fell across the region. water temperatures are warm, 86° in the gulf of mexico which is prime fuel for that area. when i see you next, i'll bring you what the rest of the week and the labor day weekend looks like. john. thanks jim. the rural district of arizona was left shorthand he after the last fire. now more than 30 of the remaining volunteers have resigned. the district's finances have suffered because much of the tax base was wiped out. 50 years ago a church in birmingham explode in one of the

most deadly attacks against civil rights movement. tom akerman explains. >> less than three weeks after martin luther king jr. announced his dream of racial justice a nightmare struck birmingham about a bomb exploded underneath the 16th street baptist church, the center for king's exaint for integration. three girls aged 14, one aged 11 were killed. one addie may collins. >> i call my sister addie, i said addie, addie, addie, she didn't answer. >> fate morris, brother of cynthia wesley left the church before they told him the body was identified in the rubble. >> they said, they didn't find

no head, that was jury sister. -- your sister. but i didn't stay. i left her. >> violence was nothing new to birmingham which saw so many attacks on blacks it became known as bottoming-ham. but in 1963, king's southern christian leadership congress recruited young and old to march through the streets. accused of risking the safety of schoolchildren, king drew criticism from some of his civil rights allies. yet one year later congress passed the civil rights act banning discrimination based on race color religion and national origin. it wasn't until 2000 the three members of a can yo can ku klu p

were arrested. >> they never did give my sister and me any restitution and i would rather for our family to get restitution. they never did offer it. >> fate morris says he regrets acting out of crime in the days after the bombing but his memory of king as an inspiration is still vivid. >> getting knocked down by the water, the power of the water hoses and i knew i was standing up for what i believed in. ♪ in birmingham sunday the blood ran like wine ♪ ♪ and the choir kept singing of freedom ♪ >> a song still sung half a century later. tom ackerman, away al jazeera

blam. coming up, challenges in one of the nation's largest school systems.

>> united nations officials say they will investigate reports that the national security agency hacked u.n. internal communicates. sunday's edition of the german paper der spiegel said edward snowden gave them documents backing the claim. the u.s. secretly monitored the u.n.'s video system last year. a new wave of violence, palestinians say talks have been

called off. peace talks continue they are told and are serious and sustained. sue tirton reports. >> anger that the palestinian authority couldn't ignore. members of its negotiating team were due to sit down with their israel counterparts for future talks in jericho. instead the talks were cancelled. discussions about finding common ground will israels ringing hollow there. negotiations are a failure, every time the israels see progress they fire at people. >> killing deportation and occupation. this is the kind of negotiation israel wants. >> a convoy of israel border police had entered the camp in civilian vehicles early in the morning to arrest a suspect. their prospects started fighting

with the residents and a unit was sent in to rescue, killing three palestinians and injuring over a dozen. they were taken to a hospital in ramala where an official say the victims died from gunshot wounds. they felt their lives which i -- were in danger. >> this is the use of force again widely populated area using tremendous violence and live fire has led to the tragic murder of palestinians and the wounding of 15 others, six of them critically. >> the riot led to the cancellation of two peace talk sessions to be held in jericho on monday. mahmoud abbas has called for the

peace talks to stop completely. >> the will and wish of the palestinian people and the people are angry about the actions that israel had taken and rangary by the persistent israel policy to undermine any efforts to bring about any sanity into the scene. >> in spite of a number of announcements by the israel government of future plans of construction of settlements and of the israels refusal to allow endick into the talks, these three deaths have proved too much. the israel government has failed to react. all a spokesman has said was, i have nothing to say. sue turtin, credit jerusalem. afghanistan's president is staying an extra day in pakistan and he's there asking leaders to

help facilitate peace talks. pakistan is seen as a vital part of those negotiation because of its strong ties with the taliban. president obama has given out the highest military honor in a ceremony of the white house. ty carter is being recognized for a battle in the taliban in 2009. prosecutors in china are calling for bojolai to be punished severely. bo could face the death penalty if convicted on bribery and corruption charges. the politician's career set off a scandal where beginning with his wife's murder of a british businessman. one of baseball's best young talents could lose an entire

season. >> the mets placed harvey on the injured list, he could be facing tommy john surgery, could be out ten to 12 months if he undergoes that surgery. tracy grady officially announced his retirement from the nba today. over his 16 year career, mcgrady twice led the league in scoring. despite a 43 and 86 record which account worst in major league baseball, the houston astros returned a $99 million profit, that $99 million profit is nearly as much as the

previous six world series championship teams combined. losing has made a lot for the astros down in houston. all right michael thank you. while strong reaction to syria erupts, u.n. chemical weapons inspectors.

>> welcome back to sarlz, i'm john siegenthaler. here's a look at the headlines. the nation's biggest forest fire is now threatening 4500 structures in california as well as portion of yosemite national park. firefighters have battled flames that have destroyed 250 square

miles. u.n. inspectors of syria are expected to be back, a vehicle they were traveling in on monday was fired on by an unidentified sniper. secretary of state john ceo called the chemical attack as a moral absurdity. the white house says this is a sense of urgency over exactly what to do syria but says there's no time line on when president obama will act. sarlz's mike vequerra is has more. >> it was the strongest yet. >> what we saw in syria should shock the conscious of the world. it defies any morality let me be clear. the indiscriminate killing of civilians is a moral obscenity.

>> president obama met with top advisors at the white house and had calls with british prime minister david cameron and french leader francois honlde. >> president obama says there must be accountability for those who use the most heinous weapons against the most vulnerable people. >> what are the options? american boots on the ground already ruled out by the white house. a no-fly zone as in bo bosnia or libya. a hard sell for a war-weary nation. cruise missiles used often in the last 20 years in iraq, in afghanistan and in libya, with the u.s. navy adding fire power in the mediterranean. it's considered the most likely if there's a military reaction

in syria. >> there's no need to drop a boams to stop a bomb. >> obviously if you go in and try and secure the weapons themselves now you're getting into a whole 'nother area of risk involved of what are the potential fallout with some of the proxy players around russia just to name two. >> a final decision is expected within days. mike vequera washington. >> meanwhile the u.n. inspectors are pushing on with their work, the inspectors say they were able to interview witnesses and collect evidence on monday. ban exphoon says he is confident, spite a week after the attack took place.

>> our team are are returned and proceeded to the suburb of damascus to carry on their investigation. >> and owall street, shares dropped during the final hours of trading after secretary ceo's comments on chemical weapons in syria. the dow fell more than 60 points. the s&p 500 and nasdaq also took a hit. market was up earlier in the day after weak dural goods orders eased after the news that the federal reserve might fall back from economic are assistance. the firefighters are still up against: the in rim fire carries two of 250 square miles or about the size of chicago. on the edge of yosemite national park. that's where we find reporter

katherine barrett. >> monday was a challenging day for firefighters, the rim fire grew an additional 17,000 acres bringing its total air to 170,000 acres and the fire is pushing hard to the east into yosemite park. crews from as far away as florida, north carolina and arkansas will be battling this blaze right through the night. they'll focus on protecting small mountain towns in the area. reservoirs include hetch-hetchy which feeds san francisco's water supply, hydroelectric facilities and of course the treasured giant sequoia trees. in california where the new school has gun with 50 fewer schools. budget cutbacks forced the closures. john hendren reports. >> it looks like a scene out of a war movie. security guards escorting children to school. but this is chicago. >> violence has become the norm

in chicago. violence has become a big big problem in chicago like a lot of cities in the united states. >> the victims often innocent bystanders. 15 people were gunned down in the latest outbreak of shootings in the streets this weekend, including an 11-year-old girl who would have started school on monday. >> something needs to be done, it's like they don't have any respect for the kids or the dawtle now. i don't know what the solution is but they need to come up with one. >> police and firefighters now line the roads in a citywide show of force. the windy city is on high alert after the closing of 50 schools in the third largest education system leaving some children are with longer walks through gang territory. the heightened security before and after school is more of a safe passage system that chicago tested. >> i think the violence is bad. >> five people were gunned down in front of this church, right

on the safe passage routes. more than new york with three times chicago's population, awe the high profile security is an international embarrassment. but according to former gang members here safe passage might just work. >> as parents we know that our children have got to go to school. other people's children and also our own children. so it will work. have. >> and the people in the streets who have got problems or shooting at each other, they'll respect that? >> yes they will. >> an optimist's view one that will be tested daily as the school year goes on. john hendren chicago. stopping the distribution of school vouchers, the department wants a federal judge to get permission to assign students to new schools. louisiana's voucher plan calls for transferring low income students in low rated schools to private schools at taxpayer expense. in minnesota students have

been sweating it out in sweltering classrooms. a record breaking heat wave is blanketing parts of the midwest. 18 schools in one minnesota district have no air conditioning while 11 other schools have only some ac. a north carolina middle school was shut down by a devastating tornado. it's finally opened now. and students at green hill plild school, walk through since 2011 the twister that left the school in ruins. >> a lot of the kids were not happy with the modular units expel and so now that we have the gym and stuff like that we can have dances and clubs and stuff that we didn't have before. and different sports activities and stuff that is going to boost morale. >> in the small african nation of liberia not one of the 25,000 students who took the state university admission exam

passed. liberian president ellen surleaf acknowledged that her school system was a mess. all of the 25,000 papers were greated by just two people. emergency measures to tackle the radioactive leek from the fukushima plant. the government has rested control from tepco's tokyo electric company, because of the mismanagement of reactor cleanup. are. well, dreams of reaching the final frontier will soon become a reality for some. a chinese company will provide commercial flights to outer space, as soon as next year. craig gleason is live from hong kong and has more on what one company is doing to pick up

high-paying passengers. craig. >> well, john, it's been the stuff of childhood dreams in fact one of the first people to realize those dreams was american businessman dennis tito when in 2001 he paid more than $20 million to go into orbit. but recent advances in technological, if you have a cool $100,000 in your back pocket then you may be able to take a trip that's literally out of this world. >> space, the final holiday frontier. the place of many childhood dreams may now be within reach. who corporations, virgin galactic and space exploration operation are scheduled to begin flights within 12 months. packages are expected to start at around $100,000. >> our aim ask to make space

affordable to everyone. so we would like to also get people that who may have dreams when they are young to want to go to space. they will be also our type clients. where parents who buy a ticket for their children and give them as opresent, when they're going 18, and there are some twiert people. >> sxc has signed up 250 customers globally, about half of that are virgin, richard branson's company, and opened up an office in asia in the hope attracting china's wealthy. >> we expect to sell 50 to 80 tickets in asia for the first year. and after the first depart we are certain it will be triple from what we're talking about. >> sxc offers what it claims as the ultimate experience. an twur that lasts just -- adventure that lasts just six

minutes. but enough for one of the customers who described it as a self-described travel junkie. >> i like to be a part of the you know like this new generation, new travel. i like to be the pioneer. >> reporter: this is a replica of the vehicle that will take sxc's customers into space. it is the lynx mark 1. a reusable suborbital launch vehicle. its engines can be switched on and off and reused 5,000 times, which makes it a more environmentally friendly spacecraft. >> it's first 100 customers are being described as space pioneers. once it's up and running, sxc says it will operate four flights a day. it's one small step for wealthy tourists but one giant leap for space tourism.

so john, not a bad deal at all, when you consider that back in the days of early flight, in the 1930s, 1935, a flight from new york to l.a. costs about $4500 then, equivalent of about $80,000 today. so can you see the similarities in terms of the expense of the trip. >> craig, thanks very much. it's really a fascinating story and i will tell our viewers we have a long delay because of our live shot in hong kong. let me ask you, any indication how long this could be worth in the future to these companies? >> well, the u.s. federation that is responsible for monitoring this industry commissioned a report on it a couple of years ago. and they estimated that futron was the company, they estimated that it could be worth a billion dollars within 20 years. some we are seeing boeing

developing their own spacecraft and other companies such as orbital companies that will develop hotels that will orbit the earth. i think this will become a very important industry to the americans and now the chinese. >> thank you for reporting tonight. tdoctors at duke university are encouraging people not to lose weight but maintain their weight. erica ferrari reports. >> focusing on african american women who are not likely to suffer from the social stigma of being overweight. >> african american women don't have the same pressure as white women, to have a slim fizz eke, we are more accepting of a larger fizz eke.

>> heart disease and diabetes, doctors at duke university are trying a new approach with their patients. try to maintain, and not gain. >> if a woman can mainltd her weight and stay at a lower level of obesity, many of those lower-life health risks will be offset and the risks will be reduced. >> researchers request are, separated into two groups, one group met with a doctor to discuss weight loss. tanya johnson was in the weight program. >> instead of eatin eating a chs and a pepsi, i would try to eat vegetables and drink water. >> you only need to cut 1 to 200 calories a day. >> that's usually for people not consuming a bottle of soda and not having a couple of cookies after dinner. >> the woman in the first

program gained but the majority stayed steady on the scale and sometimes lost weight. >> i lost at least ten pounds just doing that, not doing anything extra special. >> although the study focused on african american women, they stressed that it could help anybody. glk according to a influence report from aarp by the year 2030, there will be only four caregivers for each person over the age of 80. that is down from seven caregivers in 20 10. researchers are calling it the. >> rosa works for the paris family. she's a caregiver. at the end of the day, she goes home and has left vance's wife to look after him. it's estimate they'd nearly 30 million women in the u.s. play a

similar role. the care they give is worth billions of dollars and rosa says it's no easy task. >> to shower him, to brush his teeth, to feed him, to give him the medicine, he is going to go out she had to drive for him, she had to, everything, everything. >> but many here at the bay oaks retirement home don't have any family to look after them at all. and that, says the american association for retired people, is a problem for the future. for many in the u.s. who take care of a sick or elderly relative, friends and family is the glue that holds them together. but experts say in years to come it will be a very different picture and the statistics are staggering. every day here 10,000 people turn 65 and that's going ocontinue for at least 20 years. it's what people who work in care homes luke this call the silver tsunami and they say the infrastructure is nowhere near

ready. katherine has been the president of bay oaks for nearly 20 years. she says the lack of planning for her is obviously problem. it is short sighted. >> people in our industry as to why this isn't being addressed, the consequences of that are going to be as i said that they're going to be an incredible number of people who are going to be left without services. there's -- you just can't spontaneously do that. >> i-19. >> this report is an early warning to what many see as an impedestrianing crisis. populations are age being fast, but in -- aging fast but in years to come there may not be enough to care. andy galliker sarlz california. >> find out how this area of the country is drawing record crowds and top tier players. next in sports.

>> when it comes to cell phones a lot of us don't go anywhere without them. and some people are actually terrified being without their smartphone, so much so it's

become an official disorder. phil lavell is in london. >> you realize something is missing, called it absent mindedness or whatever, nomophone ya. it's an official disease. more than half of the u.k. has apparently experienced nomophone ya. that disconnection from a constant connection, not just telephone calls, but text, e-mails, the internet, apps, games, music and for some it just doesn't bear thinking about. such is the fear of missing out that 17% of us will work on our phones when we're in bed. very restful and hardly romantic that a quarter of women will look at theirs when on a date. half of the u.k. will take theirs to the beach when it's nice enough to go.

much of the world is sharing this cellular on -- obsession. >> i'm always checking it. >> it's like living without a breath. it's very important to me. >> mobiles of the future, try telling experts who say we need to look at the past. they don't make manners like they used to do. >> first thing in the morning, is anybody trying to get hold of me? last thing at night, does anyone want to speak? it needs to be a discipline so people are not living for a mobile phone, they're living their lives. >> so addicted to your phone? there is aan app for that, and several for when you can't switch off and you can't switch your phone off. we live in an ever-connected world and the question is, at what cost, phil lavell, al

jazeera, london. >> well, michael leaves is here with sports. >> in mid july matt harvey started the all-star game. but now he has a partially torn ligament in his elbow. the mra led to the results that could lead to tommy john surgery. harvey, one of the leading contenders for the sy young award. it would likely take ten to 12 months before he's ready to pitch in the major leagues again. harvey says he's been pitching through pain for aquite a while. >> it's kind of what i've been doing all along. you have soreness, you have to pitch through it.

i'm not going ogo out there and in the back of my mind think, a certain throw can completely tear it because obviously at any time that can happen. and you know i guess throwing a baseball is kind of an unnatural movement as it is. so any time you pick up a baseball you're always at risk for anything. and you know, we realize that as pitchers. >> in tennis the last chance for a grand slam in 2013 got underway in flushing, new york. number 1 ranked se serena willi. she faced former french open champion, francesca sci afternoonvoni.

serena's sister venus also faced opponent today. 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, nidal improved in hard courts this year. wimbledon being the one exception. with screaming fans and sold-out stadiums, soccer dominates the world's sports scene. as allen schoffler reports from seattle, that trend is changing in the pacific northwest. >> it is a rowdy smoke filled scene in the streets of seattle. young and old in the ritual march to the match. a reaf green river of passion flowing into the stadium and inside bedlam. the seattle-portland rivalry has drawn a sold out crowd of 60,000 plus, the biggest sold out crowd

in the city and one of the buggest anywhere in the world. colin dempsey -- clint dempsey lured away by a $4 million contract big at least by american standards. mls teams have a $3 million yearly salary cap. by comparison though the nba cap is nearly $60 million per team. >> they still have a long way to go and they know it. there's no surprises and they're trying to be disciplined, organized and cawfer careful inw they spend money. >> beyond the cash considerations, also to help dempsey make his choice. >> to be able to play what you love, in such a market, getting that european experience but being able to live in the states that's priceless. >> now soccer may never top america's big 3 in popularity,

baseball, football and basketball, they are drawing a larger number, a couple more than the new york yankees this season. selling out every home game they played, 45 straight. >> northwest is the epicenter of soccer, it's in our blood. >> and there's a natural three-way regional rivalry. >> it's ainsane. nothing like i've ever experienced before as a soccer player. >> argentinian malo gonza -- rosales has experienced it before. >> passion they put into games, i can compare it to here. >> the reasonablaries are decades old, dealing to the

1970s and the long defunct north american soccer league. as the seattle-portland turns out the inter-city hate, the love of the game and the health of soccer in this area. allen shoffler, al jazeera, washington. >> michael, thank you very much. america tonight is coming up in just a few minutes but first, kevin corriveau has a look at your weather.

>> well, hello again. last time we spoke i was telling you about the very warm waters across the caribbean and the gulf of mexico. what we're doing is watching what is coming off of africa very carefully. the waves start making their way across the atlantic ocean, they interact with the very warm waters, that is the fuel, that's when they start to develop. we're going to watch these little waves here and we do

think over the next week this is going to be the waves that cause the end of august, beginning of september, will kick off the hurricane season. august was very quiet, only one storm, ferdinand, made its way into texas. right now looking too bad, this evening, 84° in dallas, san antonio, down to about 77°, look at your five day forecast going all the way to labor day weekend. temperatures in dallas are going to be hitting the triple digits for wednesday, thursday, friday, sunny skies on saturday unfortunately that is going to be consistent probably even into the beginning of the week. we are watching some thunderstorms develop across the northern plains, some will be severe. that is going to be the temperature as well, minneapolis is at 88° and we don't expect those temperatures to go down any time soon. that's a look at your national weather. have a good night.

>> welcome to sarlz, i'm john siegenthaler. here are the headlines. the white house says it has postponed a meeting with syria, appropriate response to a chemical weapons attack. earlier the secretary of state said the attack was a moral obscenity and all signs point to the assad regime. syria has denied using chemical weapons. back at the site of the suspected chemical attack, one day the inspectors were driving and hit by sniper fire. they were trying to determine cluive