♪ . >> good morning, this is al jazeera, i'm stephanie scion, these are some of the stories we are following at this hour. >> a lot of people think something should be done, but nobody wants to do it. >> calling himself war weary but determined president opam ma is considering limited him tear strikes against syria. in sons to new intelligence about chemical weapons attacks. the syrian regime remains defiant. showing images of its miltier in florida, long buried secrets are being unearthed at a reform school for boys. exhume makeses of long forgotten black children, buried on the

campus. and it's hard to keep the jersey shore down, we will show you how far the get away has competent months after hurricane sandy nearly wiped it off the map. their convey arrived in lebanon this morning and headed directly to beirut airport. the inspectors spent four days looking for evidence that chemical weapons were used in syria, but their report is expected to take at least two weeks to prepare. for the first time, the obama administration unveiled intelligence it says proves chemical weapons killed 1400 syrians. officially the president is still undecided about what to do no syria. many observes see missle strikes

as unevidentble. white house correspondent begins our coverage. >> president obama is now talking openly of a military response. insisting there is little choice, even in the face of skepticism. >> it is important for us to recognize that when over 1,000 people are killed, including hundreds of innocent children, through the use of a weapon that 98 or 99% of humanity says should not be used even in war, and there is no action then we are sending a signal that that international norm doesn't mean much. >> mr. obama stressed it more

than once, any move would be limited. >> nor are we considering any military action that would involve boots on the drowned. >> secretary of state also layed out the case against the regime. >> we know where the rockets were launched from. and at what time. we know where they landed. we know rockets came only from regime controlled areas and went on to contested neighborhoods. >> with 12 contested and rebel controlled areas displayed as targets of the attack. it was part of a four page intelligence report unclassified and released to the public. among the allegations 1429 people were killed by chemical weapons. including saran, among them 426 children. the regime has used the weapons multiple times in the last year,

mostly in areas where rebels have fought the dolphin to a stalemate. a stream of intelligence revealed syrian government preparations over the last three days leading up to the attack. >> so the primary question, is really no longer what do we know. the question is what are we, we collectively, what in the world going to do itability a it. >> concern about revealing sources and methods restricts how much they can say. one thing not alleged that asaad himself gave the order for the attack, but the officials say there is no doubt that he is the decision maker. al jazeera, washington. >> although the obama administration did not release all of its finds. intercepted communications, and syrian troop movements. a response from syria from a key ally russian president putin. putin is urging the u.s. not to attack, he also claimed u.s. claims that they used chemical

weapons on its own people "utter nonsenses." he called on the u. to present evidence to the united nations security council. and that president obama should consider the potential innocent victims of an attack. as the administration weighs whether to take military action, a new poll suggests americans are wided whether the u.s. should intervene. the nbc news poll ask americaned whether the u.s. should launch an attack on syria, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack. four% said yes, 50% said no. but more americans supported military action when specifically told the attacks would not include ground troops or aircraft. 50% supported that kind of limited attack, h 4% opposed it. and when it came to the president seeking congressional arrival, nearly eight out of ten people polled by nbc said they want congress to give the

president its blessing, just 16 pest said congressional approval was unnecessary. for more now on how congress is reacting. paul, i understand the white house is having more consultations at least with senate members today. >> well, that's right. you mentioned that americans want the administration to seek congressional blessing. it is not clear they will get it. we heard last night in the tweet from senate minority lead tear the white house will be speaking to the g.o.p. senate members. today in a conference call we learned later that that conference call will be sometime this afternoon, so again, more evidence that congress is pressing the administration to make its case. paul, how much resistence is the president really getting. without any international partners. >> again, i think the administration is getting some serious push back and

skepticism. this conference call -- this conference later today, comes on the heels of a conference call thursday night. a bipartisan conference call with leaders from both sides that was characterized as stern, respectful, but again the administration continues to get a lot of tough questions about the plan for any kind of attack. two means of any kind of attack, the funding and of course the end game. what happens next. >> you heard me talking about the polling that's been done, let's talk about how americans are reacting to potential u.s. military action. has the president made its best case, or do we expect him to say more to try to convince americans that this action is necessary. >> most americans have heard about syria and have probably formed their opinion. so they are unlikely to change their mind.

yesterday's case made very forcely by john kerry. if that didn't move the needle it's difficult to say at this point whether they possibly can change the equation, at least far public opinion goes at this point. >> reporting life from washington, thank you. robert ray is live in beirut, a city that is now home to many syrian refugees and he joins us now live from that border city. let's talk to you about what is going on inside syria. how are the average people responding to this potential threat of military action. >> average people in syria are preparing by getting food together, bread, water, medicines, and sort of hunkers down and watching to see what occurs here in the next couple of days. they are also crossing the border. i can tell you here in the past 48 hours over 20,000 people have made their way into this

country. so everyone is sort of waiting and watching to see exactly what the united states does. robert is there a sense that it could further destabilize the region? and is there tension there in pay route? >> i wouldn't call it tension, i would call it deep concern. many are looking at the situation with a very watchful eye. they are concerned whether he is boll la will have a retaliation, if the these strikes to occur. i wouldn't call it tension, but very deep concern. >> robert ray reporting from lebanon, thank you. we are joins pi douglas the senior national security fellow.

what are the risks to the u.s. as military strikes? could there be a scenario are russia or iran, syria's allies be pulled into a conflict. >> i think the odds of the major also lies being pulled are in are fairly remote, but there's always the possibility this trigger a strike. or some response in lebanon, so much more locally there could be a response which then of course, could metal's size and become much worse. i think the hope for this administration, is they do a very limited strike, that no one wants this to get out of control. no one wants this to accelerate. >> are there risks to the u.s.' regional allies for example, turkey, jordan, and dream? do you feel like syria is capable of retaliating with an attack on one of those countries? >> any time there's a military

action you are accepting risk. once you start throwing weapons around you never know exactly if it is doing to end and when it is going to end. that said the administration does seem to make this fairly taylors. and will encouraging syria to accept this discipline, and then move on. >> so what would success mean? how would it be defined with these limited strikes given that the administration isn't going for regime change? >> i think success is simply the administration -- as the president said, making the case that use of weapons of mass destruction, of chemical weapons is in violation of international norms. so they are doing to do a limited strike. that the syrian regime will be

in a worst place having used these weapons that our intelligence community assesses killed about 1500 people, they will be in a worst position for having them used them then had they not. they would have been better off never to have done this. >> how would military strikes start president asaad. clearly the vehicles can go after the stock pile of chemical weapons. that would be too dangerous. >> right. again, they are aimed at his calculist. they are aiming at making it clear that if he used chemical strikes to get a local tactical gain, to gain a neighborhood, or take out a particularly hard piece of resistence, that there will be a counter strike that will make you wish you hadn't done it. it isn't after regime change, simply doing to be a tactical tit for tat i think. >> senior national security fellow with new america foundation, thank you so much for joining us this morning.

as the quest considers how to respond, disturbing new images. this is video of what is said to be a fire bomb attack near a school in the northwestern part of syria. it may have contained may palm that sticks to the skin and causes severe burns. a doctor says at least seven people were killed and dozens were injuries. al jazeera cannot independently confirm those reports. >> asaad's regime has plameed the august 21st chemical attack on rebels. on friday, the syrian government

called the u.s. intelligence on the use of chemical weapons fabrication and lies. keep it here to al jazeera for continuing coverage on the crisis in syria, you can also stay up to date on our website aljazeera.com. children in unmarked graves may finally have their stories told. exhume makeses are underway in an attempt to uncover their long held secrets. beautiful weather in yosemite national park, we will tell you why that sunshine is not helping firefighters dealing with a run away wild fire burning the national treasure. egypt remains a powder keg many the middle east, we will have the latest on escalated tensions in cairo. and of course our comprehensive syria coverage continues. i don't think they should get involved. there's way too many problems. >> i think it is very

frightening, but i don't see how we can avoided it, what is going on there is just totally unacceptable. next time on america tonight. >> a dry south america. and a letter led to the march on washington. ç]

this weekend, forensic scientists have been unearthing the bodies of dozens of boys. the state gave them permission to exhume the long forgotten children who are as young as six years old. wasn't to mariana florida for the story. >> there are bodies burglaried on the campus. bodies buried over the course of 60 years next to a garbage dump on the cam bus where the black boys lived. >> i think it is something that the whole world needs to know. >> it was a place where the state put kids that got into trouble. they were sent there in the late 1950's. >> scary. the whole world had deserted us. >> this is a form of slavery, because they beat you to what they wanted you to be. >> they said they did back breaking farm work, he lost a toe, and when they ran afoul of

the staff, they ended up in what they called the white house. >> i would call it the torture chamber, here is where you got your mind right. if you didn't know how to pray, you learned fast. >> even though no one knows who is buried here, the state isn't launching a criminal investigation, the attorney general says only one staffer is still alive, too old to be questioned. still, forensic anthropologists could determine if a boy died as a result of say a gunshot, or blunt force trauma. searchers have found 50 bodies so far, and they have only just begun their work, using ground penetrating radar. it is the kind of technology used to find mass depraves. >> researchers at the university are hoping to identify the remains and finally return them to their loved ones. those they can't identify will be properly buried in marked graves. >> a legal obligation to return those remains to the families

for proper burial. and some have argued there's also a moral obligation that the state has. >> until then, richard will have to speak for the dead. >> our life was cut short. >> we are met our bones go home. >> natasha am al jazeera, mariana florida. >> nearly 100 children died while at the school, many as a result of a tragic dorm storyfire, and a deadly flu epidemic. any remains will be taken to the university of south florida to be examined in an effort to reunite the boys with their families for a proper burial. in north carolina, a student opens fire at his school, it happened friday during a fire drill at a winston salem high school. one student was shot, but the injuries are not life threatening. police took the shooter also a student into custody without indent.

one of the defendants in the fay fall gang rape of a 23-year-old student last year has been found guilty in india. the department who was a teenager at the time of the attack has been convicted of rape and murder. he will serve three years in a juvenile facility as required by law. the family of the victim had pleaded for a tougher sentence. four others faced the death penalty, a 6th was found dead in his jail cell last march. north korea has canceled an invitation to the u.s. envoy trying to secure the release of an american prisoner. robert king was scheduled to arrive on thursday. he was going to request a pardon and amnesty for kenneth bay. north korea convicted him of submersion, and sentenced him to 15 years hard labor. while the world is focused on syria, egypt remains as fractured as ever. protestors took do the streets

again in defiance of a state curfew. al jazeera reports on the latest demonstrations against the military led government. a display of crowd control by protestors. they want to show that they are well organized, and can mobilize thousands. the alliance that stands against the military led government, defied the state of emergency for another friday. and chanted against what they call a coup. >> i left home today, because of the injustice happening. not because i'm mouse limb brotherhood, i never will be. because because the interim government wants us to go backwards. >> i came here for egypt and all egyptians. we deserve to share the wealth of this country's resours.

the protestors are telling us they are going to keep on moving and walking because they are afraid that the military will confront them at some point. >> politicking access to kilo cases like the square, and the mosque where clashing left hundreds dead two weeks ago. some too scared to join the street marchs waved from their apartments. many stood by the 7:00 p.m. curfew, but in cairo clashes probing out and the military disbursed the crowd with tier gas. reportedly clashed with local residents. the cities some violent confrontations that left three dead and several wounded. the muslim brotherhood is vowing to fight on, despite a crack down that has most of its leadership in prison, or hiding. coalition of antimilitary groups

are using the tactics to keep up the pressure. but with an increasingly heavy handed approach, it feels as though the show down in egypt is far from over. >> al jazeera, cairo. >> in shanghai a liquid ammonia leak has killed 15 people. it started in a refrigeration unit. a local newspaper says more than 30 people were hospitalized as a result of the leak. six are in critical condition. the chinese commercial hub has a poor record of workplace safety, and industrial accidents. warm dry weather in california this holiday weekend, could present problems for crews battling the yosemite wild fire. firefighters have been making progress. the fire is now more than 30% contained. but over 213,000-acres have been burned and the warmer conditions have been hampering their efforts. tour is are still expected in

the safe parts of the park, although in far smaller numbers than last year. well, good morning, america i hope you are ready for the long holiday weekend. if you are across the north central plains it is going to be exceptionally hot and humid, especially across minneapolis, as they climb to a high of 89 degrees. just a little bit cooler than it was earlier in the week. but again, going to be very hot and also very humid. we are going to have a disturbance move across the plains. as a matter of fact yesterday that disturbance caused over 100 reports of hail, damaging winds, hail in excess of three-inches this diameter, and that is large enough to knock out windshields certainly cause severe delays. and certainly on into the evening bismark, climbs to a high of 85 today, rapid city coming in at 89, very hot as i

said, and very humid. mow the majority of the precipitation, or eastern portions of minnesota. and down into iowa and they certainly need it given its been very dry the last several days. meanwhile, in the northeast, it will start out beautiful early in the day, but i think as we track into the evening certainly into the overnight, we will see rain makes it way into new york state as well. we will see light showers and thunderstorms. again, in the evening and also in the afternoon. i think we will also see showers and thunderstorms as we track into sunday, our high coming in at 85-degrees can is just a couple degrees above where we should be. meanwhile, across the southwest version more rain on the way. showers and thunderstorms will spread across central and northern portions. all the way into portions of southern utah. meanwhile, in i don't know unfortunately, it is going to stay very dry, but temperatures cruz a little bit lower.

take a look at atlanta, and we will see showers and thunderstorms and other thing to note, is it is going to feel quite warm, and hot, over the next several days tracking back to work on monday. into tuesday i think we will see the front push on through. with nothing but beautiful sungny skies. stephanie, back to you. >> thank you. with the u.s. threatening the use of military force in syria, people in israel rush to buy gas masks. fearing retaliation. we will have a live report from jerusalem. plus, a little closer to home, we will focus on the jersey come back, ten months after a super storm knocked the famous jersey shore on its heels it is finishing the summer strong. >> it's opening weekend in college football, and already there are a big upset of major football program. we will have that story and more coming up in sports.

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on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans.

>>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what really drove me to al jazeera america. welcome pack. the crisis in syria continues to lead our news at this hour. u.n. chemical weapons inspectors are now in lebanon. the convoy arrived there early this morning hours after completing their investigation. they are findings are expected to take a couple of weeks. we cannot accept a world where innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. >> president obama suggests the u.s. must take action the syria.

today he will make the argument to republican senators in hopes of gaining their support for military strikes. >> meanwhile, syrian t.v. with a propaganda ploy and pictures of its military getting ready for a fight. syria's president has promised to retaliate against any aggressors. turkey is a key u.s. ally in the middle east, and while some nations are backing at president obama's plan, turkey is not opposed to an even larger response dealing with syria. which share as nearly 600-mile border. omar asally is live in turkey near the syrian border, and omar, some feel the u.s. should do more, some feel it should do less, turkey seems to fall many the category of wanting it to do more. >> that's correct.

the prime minister did mention a day or two kind of strike on syria is not enough. he is calling for a wider military intervention, that the president accepts a political solution and leaves power. they are calling for a wider military intervention, something like nato against kosovo. that's the line coming from the prime minister of turkey. >> i know the u.s. has a major air force base in turkey, what is turkey willing to do to help the u.s. if there is a military strike? >> turkey's position is clear, they want to be part of a coalition.

as you mentioned, turkey has one of the strategic air bases in turkey, it can also open its air space for perhaps expected or not only military intervention, not only missile cruise, although at this stage it is unclear, what the turkish government can do though, it has one of the strongest militaries in the middle east, it has a good air force, it has a good navy force, as well as air force. as well as ground force i beg your pardon. however, it is not clear what will they take, however, they do mention the fact that they are enclosed talked with their allies other countries in the region. >> omar, turkey share as vast 600-mile border with syria, i know that nows of refugees have been flowing over that border. have you seen increased refugee

activity given the possibility of a u.s. military strike? >> no we haven't. we have been to one of the border crossings recently, and the number of people crossing i would say is an average number. however, i was speaking to one refugee and he told me that syrians were stuck on the other side of the border. so as for the syrian controlled border, controlled of course by different rebel groups and that person did mention that they were at least hundreds of cars packed with families and they fear military intervention will only worsen the situation. i have to mention on the other hand, other syrians we have been speaking to inside syria, say they are not worried at all for a similar fact, because they have been under heavy embarkment, artillery, as well as government syrian government pounding them for the last 2 1/2 years.

so they are not worried at all, that it will worsen the conditions. >> omar, reporting from turkey, omar, thank you so much. another key american at lie is france. which remains committed to a firm response against the regime. the french president says all options are on the table. al jazeera jackie is in paris with reaction. >> president obama had a 45 minute phone call with the french president on friday. during which president francewa told him that france has a great determination to react, to what he described as crimes and that they should not go unpunnished. now the two presidents shared the kind of intelligence and evidence which they said that they are gathered about recent events in damascus, and they said they were both certain that this was indeed a chemical attack, and that the regime was responsible.

it cements that the mood now is not so much with the action will be taken, but rather when. jackie reporting from pair. and he does not need the french parliament order to order action. the events have galvanized antiwar protestors around the world. one demonstration was held in australia, a crowd of about 300 people gathered in sidney, many carries signs supporting the syrian government. our phillip is live now in london where more protests are planned, phillip. >> originally this protest was because of the antiwar groups has expected there would be a second round of votes. that of course, surprisingly is not going to take place. because the parliament voted down any kind of military intervention. so now this is basically a

message to the united states, and president obama stressing that the british people stand united against any kind of military intervention. in cyril. this is not the only place as you mentioned that the press is happening either. another one expected in berlin, one planned for france and paris later today. and we have been hearing also some very strong words coming out of moscow, where the russian prime minister urged president obama to take caution in any kind of military use siting obama as a recipient of the nobel peace price. in addition to that, he said that the evidence presidented by secretary of state john kerry yesterday was simply nonsenses. >> so the protestors i'm not sure i understand exactly what they are protesting. are they protesting u.s. military action period, in syria? >> absolutely. this is an antiwar group.

organizing this, they are protesting against a u.s. intervention militarily in syria. the numbers are unknown at this time, it is literally gathering as we speak. they plan to march through the center of london through some very recognizable landmarks and some locations and end up in the very center of town where they will gather presumably hold some speeches and express their concerns that the u.s. might just go at it alone. >> reporting from london, we will continue to monitor that. thank you. >> well, in israel many people are preparing for the worst. the possible of retaliation by syria, if the u.s. decides to attack.

inside a mother from california pleaded for help. >> she is among thousands now desperate for gas masks so nervous she didn't want her full name used but her family moved to israel just two weeks ago. >> it doesn't feel especially real yet, it just seems like something you do to be ready. but we haven't experienced anything that's really frightening at this point. >> she needs five masks, but the government is firm. >> . >> she gets only four. so she doesn't have the needed paperwork for her 15-year-old. >> that's the boy that won't have a mask on his face. it is easy to do it. >> it is not easy. >> it would be easy to do, you know that. >> the government made gas masks available for free for years it is just now they are especially in demand. >> fights have broken out, but most sit and wait. she has been here for seven hours. >> i'm nervous that something

would happen and i won't have a mask for my child. because me and my husband, have a mask for ourselves. >> a poll shows that most israelis don't want their country involved. but people here worry they are the ones most at risk of an attack. >> still the government has urged for calm, and most doubt israel will ever even be hit. >> the last thing on the regime's mind will be drawing israel into the circle of conflict. and thus providing itself with a far more formidable enemy than the syrian rebels. i don't think they will be thinking in those terms. >> extra israeli troops have been called in. >> so he dies with the family. >> the pleas from the american family went unanswered. >> wrong, very very wrong. >> so she left short one gas mask for their new life far from

california. >> it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of americans live among the millions of israelis here, the hope for the moment is that israel may escape this untouched. that is the hope, but keep in mind, the threat does not come just from syria, but from different groups here aligned the syrian government, and that includes he is bo la. >> i know this is a broad question, but what is the public opinion when it comes to the possible of u.s. military strikes? there have been polls done asking that very question. a majority of israelis show they are in support of america's striking against the government. israel itself does not want to get involved in this conflict.

there are already so many threats this country faces the last thing they want is another war. >> u.n. inspectors are now in lebanon after wrapping up their investigation of the alleged chemical weapons attack. they are not expected to make their findings public for two weeks. and with more on that, we are joined now by richard butler. a former australian ambassador, and a former u.n. weapons inspector. thank you so much for joining us. >> so secretary kerry has said the u.n. report won't really tell us more than what u.s. intelligence is telling us at this point. what impact can this report have? >> it is well known that the report will look at what substances were used and basically say that chemical weapons were used. what it will not do is the

ability at least to say who ordered this, who is personally responsible for this. >> and when you put that alongside the kind of information that the secretary gave yesterday, in my opinion, there will be a significant continuing deficit in real evidence about what happened and who did it. >> so based on the assessment that the white house made public, which wasn't the entire intelligence, most of that is classified do you think there is enough proof to guff few u.s. military strikes against asaad's regime? >> well, there are two things involved there. one is the question of the events themselveses. two use of chemical weapons and who directed them. but moving from that, on to the motion of a united states military strike against syria, if the government proves to have been responsible for this. that's an spirally different question. that doesn't have to do with the

chemical events. you and i can assume that chemical weapons were used. what that has to do with is the question of by what right does the united states believe that it can then take action against syria. or france for that matter. and there as you know very well, there is a mixed dispute and disquiet in the bolder. there is a system for providing reaction against events and it is a wider one, the u.n. security council system, and that's really what people are saying. >> you know after iraq, i guess the question does the u.s. still have the moral authority to be the defender of people that can't defend themselves which is sort of the point you raised? >> who gives the u.s. that authority? i'm not saying a bad word about the u.s.' moral character, or standing here, but what i'm

talking about is international law. and the law provides that the only reason for which force may be used is if you yourself are attacks that's article 51, or if the security council agrees to it. security council simply doesn't agree to this. everyone is stunned by what happened with iraq in 2003. everyone there saw precisely the same kinds of information that was put forward yesterday, a little bit better yesterday, a little bit more detail, but states across the world, people across the world, are concerned that the proper legal process be followed, and that the united states should not itself arrogate to itself the ability to do this. >> let's say in in two weeks the u.n. chemicals report does come pack, and it established that chemical weapons were used and although you said we cannot definitively from that report tell which party used the weapons do you think at that point, the u.n. security council including russia and

china, asaad's allies will look at some real action? i don't think anyone can dispute that some response is warranted at this point. there's a major humanitarian crisis. >> that's right. and there is a principle in international law called responsibility to protect which could be proud into play here. it's not being referred to at the moment. to be fair in what i'm saying let me say this, your report a moment ago referred to the position of russia. where president putin has said what was put forward yesterday was nonsenses. i ask him this question, how does he know that? does he have more and better information. if so, russia should also present that to the world public. that's what i'm arguing for. i'm arguing for those who really do know what happened and who is responsible for it to put it forward. >> and there are valid legitimate questions. >> absolutely. >> about the veracity of intelligence. >> absolutely. >> we all remember the no

smoking gun. >> it was a fiasco, and everyone knows it. and no one wants that to happen again. and i have been astonished to witness in the last few day daye series of officials. the mistakes that were made, the things that happened, they were not similar mistakes. they were misrepresentations of fact. and we should call things by their p proker name, and be sure that it doesn't happen again. >> ambassador richard butler, thank you so much for coming in this morning and speaking with us. >> thank you. >> stay with al jazeera for continuing coverage of the crisis in syria, you can also stay up to date on our website aljazeera.com. good morning, america. if you are traveling across the

central planes perhaps the best weather not going to see much here across portions of texas. certainly on into oklahoma it is going to be a good day for travel. minneapolis climbing to a high of 39. the pictures are plummeting just a bit. it is still very warm across the region. we have a cold front swinging on through. that will be a chance for severe weather later on in the day. here for your saturday, take a look here, we have mostly cloudy skies right now across portions of northern minnesota but later on in the day, we do expect to see as the daytime heating does reach its peek, some severe storms capable of producing hail, damaging winds and even the chance for a few isolated tornadoes. take a look, the bulk of the moisture will certainly be

across portions of michigan into minnesota. stephanie, back to you. >> thank you. well, stronger than the storm, the jersey shore makes a massive come back in the wake of super storm sandy, but it still has a long way to go. but first, more americans weighing in on a possible strike on syria. i think that we should help people that need help, and as america stands for that, but because we are in iraq and afghanistan already, it makes it questionable we should get involved in any more stuff. ♪ same champs as english and arabic channels. disorder in a mexico court. why this judge lost his cool.

>> it's a big day in college football, by there was some action in the nca action on friday night, here is sports. >> the college football season is officially in full swing. and already one of the biggest football programmers is in trouble. a little apple of manhattan our defending big 12 championship kansas state hosted two time defending champion subdivision champion north dakota state. yes, that's a mouth full, and the bison were a hand full too.

late in the game, k. u.s.u., clinging to a lead, but north dakota state driving the quarterback brock jensen connected with zack brock. and then we go -- third quarter conversion, and then a couple of plays later jensen takes care of things himself. goes way past the goal line, and he gives them a lead. last chance for k state in their home opener but jake waters, well, that gets picked off. k state is upset at home. in this juan. meanwhile, the rest of the football world has been waiting to see how the trauma would unfold at the reigning heisman trophy winner, and after meeting with officials for six hours regarding his alleged pay for autographs he will have to sit out the first half of the season opener against rice today. for more on that we return to college football for yahoo sports. >> texas a&m comes into this year having already lost a lot of guys and johnny m eric in,zo

has had a tough off season. so it is going to be interesting to see how texas a&m jells together. how manze shakes off this rough off season, and just concentrates. can he concentrate on football after everything he has been through. after winning the heisman, all this new celebrity and fame. i think that's what people are excited to see, if he can be the excite classified player that everybody saw last year, and not be the poster boy for a heisman fail as he has been this off season. >> what we saw from the s.e.c. already this weekend, proves that this is going to be a formidable conference. you saw vandy and olemiss play a nail bite cher is exciting and those aren't even two of the top teams in the conference. i expect a lot of out alabama against virginia tech, i think alabama is going to show that they are the most dominant team in h the conference, in the country, they are going to stop.

it could be violent and exciting to watch, if you are an alabama fan. if you are a person that want to see alabama. >> moving to tennis in the late match from queens we have serena of course. and the four time u.s. open champion in top form friday night, serena easily won the 6-3, in the first set showing her strength and agility, and then it was her power game. she had six aces on the night. that's quick. now taking on sloan stephens one of only three women to beat her this year. ten that should be a great match. that's a look at sports this hour. back to you. >> thank you. several reports that nelson mandela went home from the hospital are not true. the former south african leader is still hospitalized. the 95-year-old antiapartheid hero has been suffering from a

respiratory illness since june. mandela's family hopes he will be released soon so that he can continue recooperating at his home. mandela who was awarded the nobel peace prize served as the first black president of south africa in 1994, until 99. it was only ten months ago that new jersey's famous shoreline was battered. statewide businesses lost $30 billion. the clean up was estimated to be almost 40 billion. but the coast is back on its feet. john reports. we are having a problem with that package, we will continue to try to bring it to you -- we have it now, here is john terry. >> and this is the way life is supposed to be on the last holiday weekend of the summer. ten months ago it was all so

different. that's when hurricane sandy hit hard. a massive storm, the second costliest hurricane on record, came ashore, smashing homes uprooting trees, downing power lines, wiping out store fronts and restaurants and even sending the roller coaster at casino peer into the ocean. turning it into one of the best known images of the disaster. this is where the roller coaster once stood. but for now, residents are just glad the pier is back. >> it was a wet and rainy season, we didn't vern the rides open, we had the water park, but with the weather it was a slow start. and then the rides open up the last week of july. so we missed two mayer joe holidays obviously those are the two we need. for those that make new jersey coastal towns their home, any success has been hard won.

as we move up the coast, many of the towns along the way were damaged. some are still being prepared others have clearly been abandoned. for people looking for hot food and second hand clothing. the chef says when they reopened after four months people came from all over the country, and the summer has been solid. >> seeing this town where it was, it was december late, like walking into a dessert. and so what it is right now we are rebuilding. >> behind the restaurant, the life guards patrol the beach, the beach manager says with 50 to 60% of the town still out of their homes the beach income is down this year. but they still have plenty of visitors. >> it was a great summer, people came back.

and people came from all the over just to support us. >> why? >> because it is a great little town by the beach. >> when the beach is closed after labor day, and the families go back to their lives the people of the jersey shore will be left to reflect on their first summer after the hurricane. and they will be hoping sandy is the last storm of her size they see for a very long time. al jazeera, the jersey shore. thank you for watching, al jazeera continues in 2 1/2 minutes and you can always catch us online our website is al jazeera.com.

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