>> good morning, this is aljazeera, i'm richelle carey. sabre rattling over jair, a report that russia is sending two ships into the eastern mediterranean not far from u.s. vessels. >> investigators search a damascus suburb for chemical weapons a day before heading home. >> with international pressure mounting, whether the president will pull the trigger on syria. >> yosemite, how exhausted firefighters using sophisticated technology in their effort to detect new flames in that

mammoth fire. >> a new kind of living for the budget minded, but not everyone is crazy about the trend. ♪ theme >> reports are out this morning that the russians are doing that year part to turn up pressure on the united states. reuters is saying that a military source within russia's intertax news agency claims a missile cruiser is being moved to the mediterranean. president obama has military options but has not decided whether to launch a military strike on occur i can't. obama's not likely to get u.n. approval and it appears britain is reigning in it's approval of a strike. the president said he has approved assad has

responsibility for chemical attacks. a classified report will be delivered on the intelligence that led him to believe that assad was behind the attacks. obama said a declassified report could soon be released to the public. just hours after the president talked about syria in a p.b.s. interview, he received pushback from congress from house speaker john boehner. he sent a letter to the president seeking answer to say 14 questions rewarding u.s. military intervention in the country. boehner stopped short of seeking a formal authorization vote before the president can engage. he said this: >> president obama stressed he had no interest in any open-ended conflict with syria. >> first of all, i have not made a decision. i have got options from our military, had extensive discussions with my national

security team. if the assad regime used chemical weapons on his own people, that that would change some of our calculations, and the reason has to do with not only international norms, but also america's core self interests. >> again, the president has not made a decision yet on what the administration will do. the decision, though, could come within days. we are in washington. paul, let's talk about the pushback from congress. let's go straight, paul, can you hear me? >> i can. i can. the pushback that the president is getting from congress is they really want a clear explanation of how military action fits into a pole and how that policy and use of force will be legally justified. more than 100 congressional house members have sent a letter to obama demanding that he seek congressional authorization for any military action against syria.

>> so, paul, does the administration have any contingency plans, should assad choose to retaliate? >> contingency plans, there are reports that he will be -- that president obama will be holding a briefing with members today with congressional house members on contingency plans, but as far as specifics, i don't think we know that just yet. >> ok, thank you, paul, we'll be checking in with you throughout the day. >> the french military announced it is ready to commit forces to an operation in syria if the french president decides to do so. he met overnight with the visiting chief of the syrian opposition. he stopped short of announcing any military intervention, while talking about support. thousands of refugees are fleeing the country, we are in

the international border crossing between lebanon and syria. david, can you set the scene what it is like there right now. >> richelle, the cars you see behind me, cars and trucks are a steady stream of traffic coming out of syria and entering lebanon right here. you'll see the traffic coming right past the military check point, the entry point into lebanon, yesterday, we had a 24 hour period as 13,000 people made their way across the border. the people trying to get out of syria exists between damascus and the border itself. that's about a 40 minute drive normally, not terribly far. it's a four hour drive as we've been told by people coming out today because of the bottleneck of people trying to exit the nation of syria. i wouldn't describe it as a panic. it's certainly not in that category. the families coming it have a sense of relief about leaving

the country, but are doing so in what we would call an orderly fashion and it will be a stream of traffic all day today. they know that the united nations inspectors are there until saturday morning. they do not believe that anything will occur until they are gone, and there is something of, i will call it, a relaxed tone about the way that people are leaving the country. nevertheless, they don't want to be there should there be a military strike, so they are making their way out of lebanon. >> the inspectors continue their third day of work with this critical investigation. realistically, what can they any kind, what do they need to find? >> well, a number of people incidentally who have come out richelle say they have seen the inspectors in action. they've been in the eastern portion of damascus where the united nation have been working on the ground. we have not spoken to anybody

who directly had any connection to chemical attacks at all, and nobody's speaking to that effect, but they say that the united nations is going in and out of hospital areas there, that they are taking hair and blood samples and as they know, taking soil samples, as well. there is basically a feeling here that the united nations will do a thorough job and that everything will hinge on their findings. as i say, it's an orderly approach to what is a rather drastic set of circumstances in damascus, but the people here feel that the united nations is the key to all of this, and that the united states is perhaps not going to do much until they get a definitive word from those u.s. inspectors. they know they're going to leave on saturday. they think if anything transpires, it's going to be shortly thereafter. >> david, thank you so much. >> well, even as the u.s. weighs its political options, it has to

finalize an attack strategy, as well. the question now, has that been made more complex now that the russians have made their intentions to put ships in the region. military analyst with the international strategy studies, mr. hague en, thank you for your time. does it change anything with the russians putting military action into the mediterranean. >> i don't believe so. it's bluff. it's clearly a matter of russia trying to show support for its ally, syria, but they're not prepared to go to war with the united states or nato over the assad regime. >> what do you see as the options for attack beginning with the most likely? >> most likely option would be

cruise missile attacks by the u.s. war ships in the mediterranean now, such as by the destroyer stationed there and i believe there are two submarines that also carry cruise missiles. i do not see the united states risking aircraft, even if they're going to use standoff weapons against syria, because they do not -- the obama administration absolutely does not want to have any possible risks of a u.s. plane being shot down and u.s. pilots put in harm's way. it will be strictly with cruise missiles. >> why cruise missiles? >> they are precision-guided weapons, incredibly accurate, they are relatively cheap at $1 million to $2 million apiece, and there are a lot of missiles right now on those destroyer and submarines right now. again, it means that u.s. service personnel are not put in harm's way and it increases our

options. >> ok. >> they are very effective, and very precise. >> do drones ever a role in this? >> i do not see any role for the drones exempt for reconnaissance, but the targeting for the cruise missiles would have been done through satellite reconnaissance. no drones and no drones firing he will fire missiles which would not be effective against hard targets, such as military installations or bunkers. >> can you elaborate? what would the targets be? >> military installations. the obama administration and defense department will be going out of their way to make sure there are no civilian casualties or collateral damage. they want to send a clear message to the assad regime that this is punishment for the use of chemical weapons he is specialty against the civilian population and that it will be as precise as possible.

they don't want to have any fallout from possible civilian casualties especially when it's supposed to be punishment against chemical weapons use against civilians in syria. it will also be definitely against the commanding control centers of the syrian military to degrade their capabilities especially in the civil war with the syrian rebels and might even be against assad's palace fortress that overlooks damascus, which is a command and control center and would be sending a very personal message to president assad, as well. because there are quite a few civilians who live and work there, that might be a reason for taking it off the target list. >> you seem to have made the -- tied the two together, but my next question was going to be in fact don't you have to know your goal and purpose in order to decide your tactics? >> that's a very, very good

question, which i'm sure is being debated at the white house and pentagon now, which is what is the purpose of this, if it's punishment, to what extent do you punish them and what does that mean, and what, if you're trying to influence the regime, what do you want them to do, what is your ultimate purpose. i very much doubt, am emphatically sure you that president obama and his administration aren't in this for regime change. that's way beyond anything they want to do or could be done with a few dozen cruise missiles. it's for punishment, but as to what that means, i don't think they're very clear on that. i don't think anyone is very clear on that, what they want to avoid is an escalating situation where the syrian regime will just say well, they gave us their best shot, well, so what, but in this case, we don't want or the united states would

prefer not to have to come back again and again. on the other hand, you know, what is punishment? >> what is punishment. in fact, mark kagan, fantastic insight. i'm sure we'll be calling on that you again. >> aljazeera is committed to keeping you updated. we're going to take you live to landon at the bottom of the hour. the british parliament will discuss president assad today. you can go to our website, aljazeera.com for updates. >> the rim wildfire in yosemite's national park has injured three more firefighters, bringing the total to six firefighters hurt battling this fire. more than 4,000 emergency workers have been working for nearly two weeks. there is a push for containment and a growing concern for san francisco's water supply. ash is raining down on the reservoir, one of the city's water sources. >> the greatest risk of this fire is an enhanced input of

sediment, dirt from the forest floor, into the reservoirs. >> more than 2.5 million people get their drinking water from the releaser voluntary. >> while wildfires sovereigned the west coast, flooding is affecting millions across asia. dozens of people have died in china, dealing with the worst flooding in a century. some of the worst-hit areas include the northeast along the russian border. thousand us have been evacuated, more than a hundred are missing. >> in pakistan, the countries monsoons caused widespread flooding. nearly 180 people have been killed and more than a million are affected by the severe rains. more heavy rains are expected next month. the worst floods in the country history in 2010 killed almost 1800 people. >> in mexico, people died following land slides caused by

tropical depression ferdinand, most when mud swallowed their homes. winds of 50 miles an hour when it made landfall, but it weak inned when it did hit land. tropical storm juliet is moving west across the baja peninsula. it is expected to lose tropical storm strength by early tonight or friday. >> we are talking about a lot of flooding, monsoon moisture leading to flooding worldwide here. we'll start in india. pakistan, here is the moisture, this is the ganges river, the moisture comes in off the bay of bengal into india. that is causing the flooding there. the satellite picture shows it dumps a lot of rain over india, seeing flooding there. to china and asia, taiwan, this is tropical storm conray.

you can see it starting to turn there. the problem is, it's a slow-moving storm, not a very big, powerful storm, not intense, but slow-moving, so it dumps a lot of rain over the same area. port cities in taiwan and china dealing with the flooding, it will be impacting japan over the next five days. we are continuing to watch this develop. it shouldn't intensify much, just a tropical storm moving slowly, so a lot of rain falling in the same area. the baha california peninsula, it is slowly moving up the coast. this is just enough over the water to continue to intensify and not weaken much, but it's also affecting the land along the coast, the pacific coast there. what this will do over the next five days is slowly move up the coast, then turn. while it's close enough, we are continuing to see the wind and rain over that same area, and eventually turning out to sea.

a lot of this moisture does make it up to the southwest where you get the showers and storms developing in the afternoon. the next 24 hours, we could see flash flooding in arizona. we've had it in the past, we'll see it in the next few days. moisture moves up from the southwestern portion of the country. we get afternoon storms which can create dust storms and flooding. this area is a big concern, we'll continue to watch that. >> dave, thank you so much. a teacher's strike tied up traffic for hours across mexico city. protests by house us of educators brought business to a halt in the traffic clogged city. it caused can cold flights and cancellation of two soccer games. proposed reforms would require periodic evaluations and limit hiring authority. there is little hope for relief as teachers expected to join a larger march saturday. teacher evaluations are a sticking point in seattle. in the meantime, negotiations in

seattle are continuing in hopes of avoiding a strike before school starts next week. >> why fast food may be anything but, today the strike that could stress out customers who want fries with that. >> the judge who insulted a teenage rape victim, why he was forced to admit he crossed the line with entirely inappropriate comments about the young girl. >> 50 years ago, americans protested voting laws at the march on washington. why today, some people voting in north carolina say it's no easier to vote now.

>> north carolina civil rights users used the march to bring attention to the voters act. they held a rally to change the state's voting procedures. jonathan martin is in charlotte. >> this rally in charlotte was were you ever 13 held across the tate today. the aclu and naacp speaking out against evil new voting laws here in the state. some people say they will be greatly impacted.

>> this new law, the voting laws in north carolina have been highly can't recovers yell. this this goes into effect, how will you be impacted? >> i have a 94-year-old grandmother born in 1919 in south carolina to a mid wife. she has eight children and 11 grandchildren. she has never driven. that will definitely be a challenge for my grandmother. it's not fair. she's voted every time since being legally able to vote and now being challenged by our new governor and his party. this is immoral. >> i have all of the i.d. that i need personally, but it would be incumbent upon me to help those who do not have it. >> to me, the republican party is trying to hide kind of the

way, they're not gerrymandering the districts anymore, but preventing people from voting. if they can do that, then it's going to help them a lot. >> the governor has said that everyone will have an opportunity to get an i.d. for free, the law doesn't go into effect until 2016 and that this is an opportunity to cut down on voter fraud. what do you say to that point? >> i understand that there hasn't been over 10 cases of actual voter fraud in the state of north carolina, not over that. i'm just taken aback by governor mccareery, he was our mayor here for 14 years, and at the time, we thought he was a moderate, but when he went to raleigh, it seems that everything changed. >> these rallies have happened in 13 cities today. there have been a couple of lawsuits. what is the message, the take home, the call to action from

here? >> we have to definitely use this as a call to action, not just shout and, you know, get excited and upset here. we need to take it back to our neighborhoods, as she shared already, registered voters, educate voters, make sure voters know what kind of i.d. they need. going to neighborhood, door to door, telephoning and all of that to get people to register, plus going back to make sure that they go to the polls on the day of eelection, so that's our charge, really. >> we called the governor's office for comment, but he declined to talk to us but has said in the past that the state is starting a new education initiative to educate voters about the new laws. >> convicted killer major nidal hasan is facing years of mandatory appeals. wednesday, he was sentenced to death years after the shooting

rampage at fort hood. his sentence came less than one week after the same jury convicted him. it was november, 2009 when he opened fire on his fellow soldiers. 13 people died and more than 30 others were injured. >> protestors plan to rally today outside the montana courthouse where earlier this week a judge said a teenaged rape victim had as much control over the situation as the teacher who raped her. the judge later apologized for the comments in which he called the 14-year-old victim older than her chronological age. he made the remarks while suspending all but 30 days of the former teacher's 15 year sentence. the victims herself, she killed herself when the case went to court. >> tens of thousands of fast food workers are going on strike again today in dozens of cities across the country as part of a nationwide push to get chains to pay workers higher wages. today's strike is expected to be the largest nationwide according

to organizers. the biggest effort was over the summer when 22 fast food workers staged a one day strike in seven cities. workers want $15 an hour, many earn $7.25 an hour, coming to $15,000 a year. organizers expect today to be the largest strike. >> low wage workers are showing their worth by going on strike. some have got raises, other feel they got more respect at work, but are still making minimum wage. we report from chicago on one woman's struggle to get by. >> the squeeze of living paycheck to paycheck is all too real for nancy and her two kids, coming home to a cramped one bedroom apartment. >> we sleep here, my daughter by the wall, my son in the middle. >> there's no room in her budget for more space and staying ahead of the bills is impossible. for 10 years, she has worked at mcdonald's, never making more

than minimum wage, here in illinois is $8.25 an hour. >> i do get notices where i'm going to get disconnected and i have to pay a portion of it, so i have to come up with the money. >> you got to be careful. >> these living conditions are the reason why she and thousands of low wage workers went on a day long strike in late july, taking a stand for higher wages and more respect on the job. in chicago, the movement has been dubbed the fight for 15. >> if these workers were paid at least $15, these workers could give back to the economy and they wouldn't have to depend on the government for subsidies, for welfare, for food stamps. >> the fight for a living wage isn't new, but some economists say a higher wage may not be a windfall for workers. some employers could automate certain tasks and get more selective about who they hire. >> alan sander son teaches

economics at the university of chicago. >> the higher skill person that doesn't want to work at mcdonald's for $7.25 an hour would work there for $15 an hour. >> delgado puts on a happy face at home. >> we have that smile, the mother is suffering day to day. >> her situation might not change anytime soon, but she can't afford to lose hope. aljazeera, chicago. >> bouncing back after cat arena, how eight years later, new orleans once devastated lower nine order ward is showing signs of life again. >> feeling the pain, military hospitals into the best to adjust after the withdrawal of nato and u.s. troops. >> why banks may be willing to give up very private information in the battle to catch tax

invaders. >> veterans went down at the u.s. open, but not without a fight. sports coming up.

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of america's stories. >> welcome back. i'm richelle carey. reports are out this morning that the russians are doing their part to turn up pressure on the united states. reuters is saying that a military source within russiad interfox news agency claim a submarine and cruiser are moved to the mediterranean. president obama has military options but has not decided whether to launch a military strike on syria. >> fire crews in california have been working non-stop battling the fierce wildfire at yosemite national park.

a drone is now being used to spot and attack new fire breakouts. >> a community rebuilds on the eighth anniversary of katrina's destruction. life returns to the devastated lower ninth ward in new orleans as residents start moving back to the neighborhood. >> the clock is ticking on possible military action against syria. president obama says the country used chemical weapons against its own people. now the world is waiting to see the evidence. the u.n. special envoy to syria wants to see the evidence that the u.s. and allies say they have. britain has been the most vocal of those allies, the government even suggested acting alone if needed. any plans the countries prime minister had have been delayed. parliament has refused to approve military action until it sees the u.n. report on chemical weapons used in syria. there's no time line when findings will be released. we are in london with the

latest. phillip. >> i was just going to say that the debate that you mentioned there is set to start in the houses of parliament in about two hours' time. david cameron will kick off that debate. it is just a debate on the us of military force in principle. that's a huge back step for him. the wording we are given is the response may require military action that is legal, proportionate and focused on saving lives by preventing further use of chemical weapons. that's not what the prime minister originally wanted. he wanted basically a blank check. he didn't get it. >> explain the importance of the u.s. wanting britain in on it with them. >> firstly, it makes it an international effort, and the before its are very well aware of that. the british have a number of assets to contribute to military action. they've moved a nuclear

submarine into the eastern mediterranean and moved some of the royal other force assets. there are typhoon fighter bombers moved to cypress and they could be moved in any type of military action in syria, by and large, the most important thing is that this would again make it an international effort. it wouldn't simply be the u.s. going at it alone. nevertheless, the british people are reluctant. public opinion is by and large negative because they see this as being pulled into yet another middle east conflict led by the united states, and the inspector of iraq, afghanistan, and libya still looms large here, richelle. >> does prime minister cameron need parliament's vote to move ahead? >> he does, indeed. he will need parliament to vote on this principle, because if he doesn't, it will be an absolute

political catastrophe. the prime minister does have certain war act powers that he can use and use unilateral military action, but given that the debate is now in the public forum and that there has been a call for a debate in the houses of parliament, should he make any kind of military move in the meantime, it would be an absolute political disaster. the opposition labor party has made some real strong political gains in this. originally, there had been an indication that they would support military action. they backtracked from that, and they've said we're not going to just do anything that the conservative party, the ruling conservative party wants to do. there's just this overwhelming sense that this needs to be closely monitored. there's a sense in britain that the u.n. inspectors need to finish their job before they make any kind of move with military power. the british people want assurances that this will be a limited engagement, and also the

asod regime did indeed commit those attacks using chemical weapons last week. >> they really want to see proof before anything happens. phillip, thank you. >> aljazeera is committed to keep you updated on the on going tensions in syria. the british parliaments will meet today to discuss assad. we will keep you updated. you can go to our website, as well, aljazeera.com. >> 15 members of afghanistan police force are reported killed, the taliban blamed for the attack which happened in western afghanistan. as the afghanistan military takes control of the nations security military hospitals are treating the incoming wounded. >> afghan second lieutenant has lost a leg, another pinned together. his army truck ran over a land mine. >> i had four soldiers with me.

we were going toward a check point to check on my boys. the blast killed three of my men. >> he said there was no question the i.e.d. was planted by the taliban. in a nearby ward, local civilians are also recovering from wounds inflicted by bombs hidden in the ground. >> most of our patients are victims of roadside bombs, land mines, suicide attacks, but mostly i.e.d.'s. >> the afghan government has stopped giving out army casualty figures, nato says about a thousand were killed and 3,000 wounded in three months of fighting. >> they don't just treat soldiers and civilians. hospital officials won't let us in. behind this door are four injured taliban fighters. >> doctors treat the taliban like any other patients. >> we talk to them every day, because the taliban think people who work with the army are in

fidels. we want to prove we are not in fidels. >> once the taliban fighters stable, doctors will turn them over to afghan intelligence officials. in the intensive care unit, a double amputee is awake and talking 24 hours after being admitted. doctors say it shows the high quality of care here. like the army, military medical personnel are also working to become independent, but say they still need training, financing and logistics help from nato and international donors. the most important thing for now is getting patients to the hospital quickly to give them the best chance of survival. jennifer glass, aljazeera at the canada home run military hospital. >> in a televised interview, it was said the party should not be dissolved, a reversal of the government's crackdown on the

muslim brotherhood after the removal of president mohamed morsi. it was suggested that the brotherhood be allowed to operate under government monitoring. >> aim is taken at the new york city's police department looking at city masks. the muslim groups people that the attention is racial profiling. >> mid-day prayers at the islamic society in brooklyn. according to the police department, this is not merely a place of worship. documents link said to the associated press reveal this is one of at least a dozen mosquion in the city secretly labeled as a terrorist organization since 2003. the designation mean anyone who attends prayer meetings could be subjected to surveillance by the nypd.

>> we came to this country for freedom and justice. this is the most important thing you live for and when you find in the united states there's no democracy, no justice, no dedom, what do you think. >> ray kelly must reveal the information he said he has, which justifies the terrorist labels and widespread monitoring. >> are kids learning in after school program, women learning english, food pantries, mosques witness sanctuaries, what is the lead that sends them into our organization for 10 years at a time. >> i feel betrade. i feel stabbed in the back. we are the people who are trying to forge a cooperation between the nypd and our community and then you come up with being surveilled just because we are muslims. >> on national television, the police chief again defended his

surveillance programs and insisted they are legal. >> we do it according to the law, that's what we're investigating and how we investigate it is done pursuant to federal judge's direction. >> over the past year, commissioner kelly and new york mayor bloomberg have rejected sustained criticism over the surveillance tactics, claiming they are necessary to keep the city safe. >> the american civil liberties union have sued the nypd, accusing the department of racial profiling and suspicious surveillance. muslim groups have made it clear they won't back down. >> investigators say a north korean ship was carrying weapons in violation of u.s. sanctions, there are reports a ship seized in panama contained missile launching equipment from cuba, hidden under sacks of sugar.

you be cuba said it was obsolete equipment sent to north korea for rare. >> a boy scout will file a lawsuit. attorneys for the men say they were victims of sexual abuse. it will reveal a list of unknown sexual predators. most of the abuse is said to have happened at washington-based boy scott camps. >> eight years ago today, hurricane katrina slammed the shores of new orleans. since then, the big easy has gone struggling to recover. we take you to the lower nine order ward. while it may have taken a hit, it is showing signs of new life. >> this is japanese plum tree. this is the unknown fruit. i don't know what it is. >> joyce morris is just getting around to enjoying the fruits of her labor. >> it's supposed to be a

tangerine. >> she has lived in the lower ninth ward for 35 years. for someone who prides herself on her yard. >> before the storm, i had all kinds of peppers. >> it's been a bitter battle getting it back. >> my whole house was underwater, the whole entire house was underwater. >> it was one of the first images many americans saw after hurricane katrina, homes in the historic lower ninth ward of new orleans flooded and forced off of their foundations after levees broke open and water rushed in. ate 5% of the city was underwater after katrina. it took joyce morris six years to rebuild her home. since then, she's just been waiting for others to come back. >> people are scared to come back. you know, a lot of people didn't have insurance. >> before hurricane katrina, this neighborhood was home to about 14,000 people. city wide, new orleans has seen nearly 90% have its population return, but only 30% back in the

lower ninth ward. >> you can see there's still a lot of empty lots, vacant homes, so that's very disheartening. >> doris why man said there was a silver lining. she and her family returned to the make it right housing program launched by actor brad pitt, now are homeowners for the first time. still, there are big and little things that have been lost, which make life hard. >> i'd say just to bring back things like hospitals, more schools. >> we don't have a grocery store. people don't care. the cornfield, this is the infamous corn field. during the summer, it gets crazy and tall, and we have to wait for whom ever owns this piece of land to cut it. >> while many are just happy to be back, they say the simple fact is life will just be rough here for sometime. but for the lots like this that remain empty, many folks here see it as an opportunity for new neighbors to come in. >> it's trying to come back

slowly but surely. there's people i still wonder to this day wonder to the where are they, it's those question marks left in your head that sometimes make you a little sad. >> it is just hard. sometimes, you just want to throw in the towel, but quitting is not an option. >> just live a good, peaceful, hurricane-free life. >> after eight years in a neighborhood of crumbling concrete slabs and overgrown fields, there are a proud few fighting for the future of their community. aljazeera with, new orleans. >> dave, we are watching the tropics, nothing really as powerful as katrina, though, but what is going on? >> there's just a little bit of activity around mexico. thankfully nothing is happening in the gulf. it is all clear now, the gulf of mexico and tropical satellite clear. it's just two storms one last week and one happening now on the atlantic side, pacific side

of mexico happening. this is tropical storm, but slow moving causing flooding there. it's on the pacific side now. dealing with severe weather in north dakota, that line of showers and storms is moving to the east. it's hot and humid there, now we're dealing with storms, a severe thunderstorm watch in yellow, orange is warnings. gusty wind and hail is possible as these storms push from west to east. heat advisories and excessive heat warnings in the urban areas. it looks like this is the last, it will be getting cooler this weekend. seventy's now, near 80 in minneapolis, so a very warm start by today, this afternoon, heating up to near 100 degrees again. when you factor in the humidity, that accounted push the heat index above 100. that's why we have the heat advisories and warnings in effect. heavy rain through pennsylvania yesterday, all they're now, the radar is pushing all that rain

to the south. the temperatures getting cooler and not expecting much of rain today, maybe light rain and drizzle possible there. the temperature 71 in new york, 72 in philadelphia. it will warm this afternoon up to about 81 in new york with this patchy drizzle, maybe fog around. it trials out this weekend, labor day weekend looks dry and saturday, sunday, but monday, we could see a thunderstorm with a temperature of 87 degrees. we are no the seeing the rain where we need it in california for the rim fire. another dry day with gusty wind there. firefighting efforts are not helped by the rain. the radar will look at storms developing in the southwest again. they pop up in the afternoon and could be strong with flash flooding and gusty wind. around phoenix, heavy rain is possible in the next 24 hours with storms passing up causing flash flooding. along with that, we get gusty wind which could result in dust

storms. >> an emotional night at the u.s. open. we have all that in this morning's sports. ine following twitter, it was sad to follow this. >> the constant rain in flushing new york, it was an eventful day. i suspect the term james blake would use in bittersweet. he just needed to 11 more set after winning the first two. he came close down the stretch, but couldn't get it done, losing tie breakers in each of the last two sets. james blake loses, his first loss since 2012. he retires from tennis. >> i don't know when it's going to hit me. i don't think i'll be sleeping much tonight. thanks to everyone. i can look at the clock, it's after midnight and i've still

got a lot of people supporting me. it's hitting me now that i'm never going to have this ever again in my life and i need to appreciate every single one of you for being here. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> fans showing him the love. it was the end for another big name as venus williams loss the deciding set on a tie breaker to the chinese player. when i say it was the end for venus, i mean of the u.s. open. she has given no i understandation of plans to retire. williams and jie played the longest match, 3:02. >> i just dug myself into so many holes the whole match, and i just fought as hard as i could to get out of them, but

sometimes it wasn't enough. >> we didn't get to see defending men's champion andy murray play until just before 10:00 p.m. on day three and if you blinked, you missed him. he took care of michael in 1:32. the third seed was efficient, making it five unforced errors the entire match. >> if you're a parent like me, then you know that sometimes you've got to lay down the law with your kids before bad behavior becomes truly destructive behavior. in a nutshell, it looks like that's what's going on between don mattingly and his budding superstar puig. puig slams his about the in disgust after striking out wednesday. later in the outfield, he's going to catch a flyball and after he catches it, he will whip it into the stands. if you remember last week, puig showed up late for a game. mattingly had seen enough. he pulled him from wednesday's

game in the fifth. puig said it was a good decision to take him out. >> asks a result of ncaa investigation, johnny manziel will have to sit out for exactly 30 minutes. he is suspended for the first half of the season opener saturday for violating ncaa rules by signing autographs for money. the school consists the violation inadvertent. the ncaa once suspended did he see bryant four games for lying about having dinner with deion sanders. >> the cup moves to boston. tiger woods currently sits atop the standings, but he's been dealing with back issues for the better part of a week how to. he is slated to tee off 8:40 eastern time. we explain how tiger's back could affect his boston chances.

we do not have the report. while the nfl preseason ends tonight with a full slate of games, college season gets started with 17 games. that is sports this morning. >> waiting for another big hit. >> qatar plan to say launch its first satellite interspace tonight, scheduled to take off from bruce space sport in french dianna. it will transmit over 100 television channels, including aljazeera. >> sleepion in seattle, but in remarkably small places. the unique residential concept that some love, but neighbors loathe. we'll explain why. >> being tormented by tomatoes. the annual food fight where

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>> welcome back. brokerage giant merrill lynch settled a discrimination lawsuit that will bring hundreds of millions of dollars to black advisers. if approved, 1200 playoffs would be one of the largest ever in a racial discrimination case. the lawsuit was filed in 2005, accusing the firm of steering blacks into clerical positions and diverting lucrative accounts to white brothers, resulting in lower pay and pure career growth opportunities. >> a suit for taxivasion is set to come to an end. the banks will be allowed to settle any potential charges if they reveal extensive information about u.s. clients. >> down sizing to live in teeny, tiny apartments. renters and real estate agents are eying a new trend in

apodments. many aren't happy to see them in their neighborhood. >> this one story brick home is about to be replaced with micro housing, just 200 to 400 square feet each. 24 neighbor expects more people. >> if i wanted something super dense, i'd live in bell town. that's not what we were looking for. >> this unit rents for 800, including utilities. >> here's an example of down sized housing, 200 square feet. it shares a deck, common and kitchen down a few flights of stairs. there are no elevators where units start at $600 a month. >> interns, bowing, amazon, people looking for a place furnished to kind of get settled in the city and see how much they like it. >> it's the simple setup perfect

for a student moving in. >> i pay my rent, a twenty-five-dollar pet fee and that's it. >> one company has trademarked the catchy name apodments to describe the trend. these units fill up as soon as they open. >> this is stealth's capitol hill naked, a central battlefield in the micro housing war. we can show you apodments on this side of the seat and across the way, single family homes. in many cases, those homeowners are not happy with what's developing. >> this building will have 28 units on a small inner city lot, increased density and monthly renters are concerns two doors down at jeff prescott's. >> i will be curious to say if the character is more transient, are they going to be part of the neighborhood. >> the trend started in 2008 when the recessions boosted demand for more affordable housing. 28 buildings have been proposed,

37 have been build or currently permitted. most don't have parking. >> time to get out of the neighborhood. that's not what you want. if it is, then more power to you. >> neighborhood activists asked city planners for a moratorium on this kind of building, but permits are being approved. >> what would you do with 200 pounds of squashed tomatoes. it was time to put your arm to work, the annual food fight costs $13 to participate. aljazeera continues in just two minutes with stephanie sy. for live updates around the world, go to our website, aljazeera.com. thank you so much for your time.

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>> good morning. i'm stephanie sy. these are stories we are following at this hour. sabre rattling over sir yes, a report that russia is sending two ships not far from where vessels from where the u.s. fleet are stationed. >> ready to wrap it up, u.s. investigators search a final damascus suburb for weapons the day before heading home. >> anticipation gross over whether the president will pull the trigger on attacking syria. >> drones in yosemite, how exhausted firefighters are using sophisticated technology in their effort to detect new