♪ theme >> are going. this is aljazeera. i'm richelle carey. president obama arrives in russia for the g-20 summit, but the global economy is expected to take a back seat to the showdown over syria as the u.s. looks to build support for a military strike. >> it is being debated on capitol hill. it will be sent to the senate for a full vote next week. >> aerial castro takes his own live in prison. the women he held captive for a decade have remained silent, but their neighbors have plenty to say. >> this is all about money. nobody cares about who's houses

are falling down or who's got health problems. >> the leaders of the largest native american tribe are looking to get into the energy business. but plans to buy up the coal mine is called greed, not about its people. >> president obama is going global as he presses for action in syria. he arrived in russia within the hour for the g-20 economic summit, while the situation in syria is expected to top the agenda. top aids are trying to convince congress to approve a military intervention in syria. a committee voted to authorize a limited strike sending it to the senate for a full approval. the senate and house may be harder to convince. >> obviously we do not know yet who the good guys are. >> congressman, let me respond

to that. this is not on good guys, bad guys. the focus is on a narrowly drafted resolution, asking authorization from congress. >> i wouldn't think good guys would be using the gas. >> more tough questions is likely going to center as the intelligence committee gathers for a closed door hearing this morning. the president will make a case for a strike against syria for our leaders gathered in russia. his plan landed in st. petersburg a few minutes ago. we have more on his mission to build an international coalition. good morning, mike. >> good morning to you, richelle. the president wheels down in russia just about a exactly an hour ago, arriving after a blistering statement in stockholm on the one issue that is sure to dominate in st. petersburg and that is syria. >> with congressional action in the balance and a meeting with world leaders looming, president obama came out swinging on

syria. >> the accumulation of evidence gives us high confidence that assad carried this out. so the question is after we've gone through all this, are we going to try to find a reason not to act. >> appearing with frederik reinfeldt, president obama lashed out that going to congress was a sign of wavering. >> my credibility's not on the line. the international community's credibility is on the line. >> first of all, i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line, so the question is how credible is the international community when it says this is an international norm that has to be observed no the question is how credible is congress when it passes a treaty saying we have to for bid the

use of chemical weapons. >> he deflected a question about an attack if congress does not go along. >> i would not have taken this before congress just as a symbolic gesture. as commander-in-chief, i always preserve the right and the responsibility to act on behalf of america's national security. >> now, at this moment, the president is in a formal bilateral meeting with the japanese prime minister. he's got two other formal bilaterals and formal, i mean sit down with photo on thats for a set period of time. the president of china, a person he does not have a formal bilateral with, have a lad me putin. >> even with those sides that

are not formal, there's a lot of planning that goes into those. >> you're absolutely right. this all stems from that snub that president obama gave putin after he granted edward snowden that temporary illume. there's a long history between these two, not known to get along very well. things are really on the down swing now. all you have to do is look at the body language whenever these two leaders meet. >> thank you. >> for more on the expected faceoff between putin. explain the tension between these two world leaders. is it as obvious as it seems. >> i think there is real

tension. it goes back to lots of areas, but particularly on syria, the united nations security council has had the authorization under chapter seven of the u.s. charter to take action anytime there is a threat to international security and syria has been a threat for at least six months. the fighting has expanded oh lebanon. we've had huge refugees throwing over the borders. the basic disconnection between them is that president obama wants to do something, and president putin wants to stand by his syrian allies. >> explain that alliance. >> currently, russia has an industrial interest in arms exports to syria. russia is trying to maintain

good relations with iran, in part again for commercial reasons because of the nuclear facilities that russia has built in iran and iran is syria's biggest ally in the middle east. >> should more evidence come out once the u.n. inspectors' work is done, might that get russia to change their position. >> putin has indicate the some flexibility. he has not said no. the evidence is going to be about the type of weapons that were used. they can't determine who used them. putin will not accept wiretap evidence from the united states about conversations by the syrian regime, about use of chemical weapons. that means there is nothing that will convince putin about who the usage was done by. my prediction is that he will continues to there was no evidence, that it is the regime used chemical weapons and that we will not get russia to

participate in the u.n. security council. >> what's next should the u.s. decide to move forward for u.s.-russian relations. >> president obama is making sure he has support at home before taking action. the most important thing would be to build an international coalition. wwe have a precedence with this in kosovo, when the united states act the with support, even though there wasn't a united nations security council resolution, to act on behalf of humanitarian issues to protect the muslim population in kosovo from serbia. there is precedence to take this action if necessary. >> great talking to you this morning. come back and help us through all of this. >> i will. >> while the president tries to convince roared leaders to support a strike against syria, his aids are convincing congress to do the same thing. paul, if you had to take the temperature of things now, i'm

going to put you on the spot so early this morning, will this pass? >> well, good morning, richelle. it's quite a bit cooler here in d.c. and the temperature on syria cooler, as well. since the president made his surprise announcement on saturday that he would seek authorization from congress, obviously a very busy few days since then. today, probably going to be quieter, mentioning a series of classified closed door meetings where members of congress on both sides will get more details about the intelligence and perhaps the plan going forward, a lot of members of congress particularly republicans expressing skepticism about who the good guys and bad guys are in syrian opposition. they may be learning more today in classified hearings. >> could a filibuster derail any possible agreement, anyone talking about that? >> well, there's always the danger that somebody will decide that this is the chance to

filibuster. now on friday, there will be a free procedural move in the senate, an aid to harry reid saying this is going to take two minutes, a procedural move to place the syrian resolution on the agenda. it sets up a vote in the senate, ironically on september 11, next wednesday. that's when we could see any kind of real fireworks along the lines of a filibuster lining up. richelle. >> ok, good talking to you paul, there's a lot going on on the hill today. we'll be talking to you again. thank you very much. obama administration are not the only ones pushing congress to act. twe report. >> khalil is leading the campaign of the syrian national coalition in washington. his group petitions congress from its headquarters here, trying to swing the vote to authorize use of course in his

homeland. he wants more than just a mission to punish the syrian government. >> we don't see the slap on the hands for using chemical weapons. we don't need it as a retaliation effort. we need it to be a complete campaign to degrade the regime abilities to kill the people. >> american values and american interests have both converged on syria. this is about human rights, telling the dictators this is not ok to gas in a conflict. >> 100,000 syrians have died in the war. shelling and mortars pose a threat. ending the conflict can only be achieved through the help of the international community. >> as the debate intensifies in washington, syrian opposition members say winning approval in the house is going to be a bigger challenge than in the senate. even if congress does approve

limited military action in syria, opposition leaders say their agenda is broader. they want president obama to end the country's civil war. >> the coalition understands that it's not only up against members of congress, but their constituents. some recent polls suggest that most americans don't support intervention in syria. >> our focus would be more on the house versus the senate, because we believe in the house is going to be more challenging for us, because there is 435 members, the administration just right now talking about the syria issue after two and a half years. we're going to go door to door, talk to key people. >> while members of congress with the impact of strikes on the country, syrians say it's more than just a political calculation. it's a matter of life and death for their people back home. >> days before he is set to return to capitol hill, michigan congressman discussed syria with his constituents.

we traveled with the representative as he listened to opinions from voters on that both sides of the issue. >> if you're opposed to the military strike, just raise your hand. >> of the people who came to talk with their congressman about what the u.s. should do about syria, only a few are in favor of action. >> i encourage you to support the resolution. my understanding is that it does not involve troops on the ground, and it is limited. >> nearly all have miss givings. >> this is not a situation we're living in. we know that things can evolve and so on, but based on what you're saying, i don't think it makes sense for us to go there and i think we should wait. >> the representative is one of the most vocal republicans opposed to striking syria. he posted these gatherings. >> i have had the opportunity to attend a classified briefing on sunday. that raised more questions than i had before, and made me actually more skeptical of our involvement. >> the congressman may be

skeptical, but some constituents are alarmed that the president could attack syria with or without congressional approval. >> i think it's despicable that a leader like that would use weapons like that on his own people, but i think it would be equally despicable for us to go in and launch an attack. >> in coffee shops across western michigan, many people are leery. >> we've been lied to repeatedly by this administration. >> stick to your guns and vote no. >> the congressman said district is solidly republican and most of the people out here to see him are, too and are dead-set against the idea of a u.s. military strike against syria. he promised to take that message back to washington next week and vote against the white house plan to strike syria. david hawkins, aljazeera,

michigan. >> ahead, richard murphy speaks to us. for the latest, you can always go to aljazeera.com. >> a bomb has exploded in front of egyptian minister's home in cairo in a possible attempt on his life. six people were injured in the explosion. two attackers were killed by police. witnesses tell aljazeera a car bomb was set near the interior minister's convoy. >> the cleveland medical examiner confirmed that aerial castro hanged himself with a bed sheet. he had just started serving a life sentence as punishment for kidnapping and torturing three young women for a decade. those three women have not spoken publicly. we visited the cleveland neighborhood castro called home to see the impact his death is having on people there. >> on the 2000 block of seymour avenue in cleveland, flowers offer no hint of the painful history of the house that once

stood here. it was the home where aerial castro held three women captive for 10 years. a month after it was demolished and a month after castro was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years in prison, the community's focus is here again. this time, because castro is dead. >> i'm happy he's gone. i'm not happy to have a life gone, but happy that that particular life is -- aerial castro was a very evil person and he never even accepted that he was evil. >> out that's say he hanged himself in a prison cell tuesday night, even though guards checked on him every half hour. throughout the day, people stopped here. their thoughts with the three young women castro beat, tortured, raped and locked away for over then years. >> he should feel that level of loss of control in his own life that they went through and he did not experience that at all. >> he should have suffered a little bit more, because those girls suffered there for 10

years, 11, and he didn't have the guts to suffer at least a year, and he took his life away. >> since his arrest in may, castro spent barely four months behind bars. >> the department of veteran affairs is the latest government agency to extend benefits to same sex spouse us. the obama administration is striking down statutes that limit benefits. the same sex spouses veterans can receive health benefits, survivor benefits and other allowances. the supreme court paved the way when it declared the defense of marriage act unconstitutional. >> the rim fire is finally getting under control after burning for nearly three weeks in and around yosemite national park. the flames have charred over 237,000-acres in northern california. at this point, the fire is estimated to be about 80% contained.

>> we are starting in the pacific northwest. there's cooler weather and higher humidity helping the rim fire, but at the same time now, that fire risk is pushed farther north. also, we have flash flooding problems in around the same area, so getting fire weather warnings and flash flood warn ins in the same area. interesting weather pattern here. a storm off the coast is bringing thunderstorms up to some very dry air here, dry conditions, so that lightning could start a fire. washington, very heavy rain is predicted, so we're getting flash flooding. the red is a flash flood warning, along with lightning, very heavy rain is possible. that is the hazard area here in the pacific northwest. there's a lot of rain coming down. we could see thunderstorms throughout the day today and especially this afternoon.

the heaviest rain predicted through western montana, the panhandle of washington and the northern tip of oregon here. we could get thunderstorms and lightning, which does pose that fire risk. no rain predicted in the northeast. there's still weather happening. these are frost and freeze warnings. this is the freeze warning in new york. the lighter color is a front of the advisory. the temperature does not have to get down freezing to see frost form. we do see numbers dropping into the 40's there, toronto, albany 65 degrees. maybe not dropping to freezing. might wake up to frost this morning and there's a definite chill in the area across the northeast. temperatures by this afternoon up to 78, could be cooler tomorrow afternoon, but dry weather continuion saturday and sunday. by the end of the weekend, and next week, temperatures are climbing back above 80 degrees. the radar and clouds show that it is all clear from the great lakes south through the southeast here. this is the front that pushed to the south and what this will help do is any tropical storms

that form will steer them out to the atlantic ocean. that's what we have developing here in the caribbean. temperatures are only climbing into the upper 70's today across the northeast, heating up in the southwest. this is tropical storm gabrielle, moving right over puerto rico in the dominican republic there. it is expected to maintain intensity as a tropical storm, but with that front, it will turn the storm and head over the atlantic ocean over the next five days. still could see flooding rains in the caribbean here in the next two or three days. >> israeliys and palestinians back in the negotiating table. >> a surprising tweet from the new president of iran. what he said that has people around the world wondering if the company is trying to save its ways. >> the power plant that has divided the countries largest

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>> in new mexico, native american officials are finalizing a deal to purchase a coal mine from an international

energy company. tribe members see it as new revenue. the plan is sparking intense controversy within the country's large evident tribe. >> she lives here without electricity or running water but feels those are the least of her problems. her closest neighbor is a coal mine. she is convinced it's making her sick. >> sometimes i get runny nose, we don't even have a cold, we get runny nose and cough and felonous 80ed. >> when the international company that owns the mine announced it was pulling out of the coal business here, it was good news for cynthia, until she found there could soon be a new investor and it was the navaho nation. >> this is all about money. nobody cares about whose health is going down. >> for about $90 million, they

can turn a profit of $200 million every year. that's an important increase in revenue for a native government dealing with a 40% poverty rate and high unemployment. >> none of the workers of the mine would speak to us on camera, but off camera made it clear that keeping their job is to be priority. truck drivers and mechanics make more than $30 and hour and extended families of more than 10 people depend on that one salary. >> the representative represents the area where many of the miners live. he believes the purchase is not only important for employment but as in a investment north tribe. >> look at how was technology advances every day. coal does have a future. at some point, that future will be realized. >> the navaho environmentalist disagrees. he started a solar energy company. believes coal is dirty, past its prime and disrespectful. >> utilizing coal as our means

of income kind of counter acts all the things that we were brought up to believe and hold as, you know, sacred. >> for cynthia, her ancestorial land is sacred. >> take care of the land, the land will take care of you. those were his last words. i always remember that. i think that's why i'm here. >> no matter what happens, cynthia said she is staying put. soon her neighbor might not be an international energy company, but her own tribal community. >> talks between israel and palestinians, according to the associated press, the israeli government wants to keep settlement in the west bank.

an official called the proposal unacceptable to the palestinians. a surprising on line message from the iranian president, an unofficial twitter account september a tweet with this picture saying as the sun is about to set here, i wish all jews, especially iranian jews a blessed rosh hashanah. he plans to address the u.n. general assembly in new york next month. >> president obama and russia making his case for strikes in syria. we'll have a live report. >> see how syrian doctors in the u.s. are trying to cope with the growing crisis in their homeland. >> going the way of the walk man and floppy disks, we'll take you to a place where people are trying to save those text dinosaurs and all the information they hold. >> i'm jessica taft. we've got rafael nadal once dubbed the king of play, now

showing fans why he's been perfect on the hard court in 2013, as well. that's all later on inspires.

president obama arrives in russia for the g-20 summit. normally, the global economy is the main focus. this year that is overshadowed by the crisis in syria. at home, the senate foreign relations committee authorizing limited strikes on syria, sending it to the full senate for a vote. >> same sex spouses are the beneficiaries of the striking

down of the limits for veterans. >> firefighters say it could be several more weeks before the rim fire is completely under control. >> president obama is now in russia for a round of high stakes diplomacy aimed at lining up allies to take on syria. white house correspondent mike mike has more. >> the trip to stockholm was the fallback plan brought about after president obama delivered a very public snub to putin, canceling a summit in moscow already announced. the president came to stockholm as well. it all came with high hopes. for a while, things were good.

anxiouses on iran were agreed to, on joining the p.t.o., and unlike in syria, russia did not block u.n. action that paved the way for military strikes in libya. that stint sit well with tyutin. when he replaced medvedev, relationships with mr. obama began to go south. then as now, the biggest dispute, syria. adoptions of russian children were band. by the time of the g8 in northern ireland, tension between the two men was simmering near the surface. >> each of those incidents has in itself raised the temperature that much more, 10 degrees more, so we are now approaching a boil. >> the final straw for mr. obama came when putin granted temporary asylum to edward snowden. with that, the moscow summit was off and so were the gloves.

>> he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. >> as the president heads to russia and the g20, all eyes are on these two leaders to see even if they can't agree an syria, if they can reset relations. >> new items to tell you about this morning, a senior administration briefing report above air force one, says that the administration is highly skeptical of the opening that vladamir putin seemed to leave in that interview on the eve of the meetings saying if it were proven that the assad regime were responsible for the chemical weapons attack, they might consider what they're going to do president u.n., highly skeptical is the senior administration official speaking for the administration.

>> do we expect any other countries to come out within the next few days to come out this week, siding with president obama's position? >> it's going to be interesting to see. the g-20 is a very expansive group, indonesia so sawed rein, plus the original powers that formed that original nucleus in g7, france, italy,ed united states and japan. turkey and canada are obviously onboard. russia, no doubt about it, they will not be onboard. china, which is also here, the president has a bilateral with the chinese president. they have indicated they will back russia's stance. we do not expect and again, the senior administration official, i should add, in addition to skepticism about putin changing his mind, it says he does not expect any kind of broad agreement on syria here in st. petersburg. >> thank you. >> as the obama administration

tries to convince congress to take military action against syria, syria's neighbors warn the ref fee cries will net worse if the world does not offer more help. international aid will be add store. there are 2 million syrian refugees that have crossed into other countries and if there are attacks, many more will follow. the u.n. says there are now more than 2 million refugees, a 10th of syria's total population. 500,000 are in jordan, 100,000 in egypt, 400,000 in turkey, 170,000 in iraq and more than 700,000 have fled to neighboring lebanon. the humanitarian crisis is one of many concerns stemming from this conflict in syria. here to oh discuss a possible u.s. military intervention is former ambassador to syria, richard murphy. thank you for coming in. we really appreciate it that do

you expect russia to change their position at all to make this for of an international coalition or is it time to move on from that. >> i don't expect the russians to change, vladimir putin maybe unusually rude in public about our own leadership, but he's convinced that we are naive about the islamist danger in syria, in the region and even across the borders of russia, so he is -- i think that's the main reason he is so firm in support of assad. >> the opposition, the question that continued to come up in the hearings, the opposition, broad term is the opposition. who are the opposition in syria? it seems to be a lot of groups. this morning in the new york tiles, there's an article written about that there may be

many unsavory characters that are kind of attaching themselves to the opposition. >> well, it's a very mixed bag, and i think the danger is as time goes on, the opposition attracts more and more of those weak hold extremists. i think secretary kerry's been making that point that the need to act is now, as quickly as possible. in the opposition ranks, you've got the types who have opposed assad's rule for many, many years and they've done it peaceably, not able to move politically. their problem is coming together. they have pretty strong rivalries within their own ranks, and our efforts to bring them together through the syrian national council elsewhere have been very slow to produce

results. on the ground in the military side, i've heard estimates of several hundred different militias, owing no loyalty to any central authority. in their ranks are very nasty types, al-qaeda affiliates, the islamic state of iraq and syria, i believe is the other name, but what kerry said yesterday was in challenging the figures being bounced back and forth between himself and the committee, he estimates or the administration estimates that the extremists are some 20%. one of the congressman said i understand it's 50%. so the numbers game is going on aband i think it's fair to say nobody is absolutely sure about the strength of the extreme its, but the opposition is a broad

range. >> that is why the question keeps coming up that while president obama has made it clear that his position is he wants the assad regime to end, then what after that? >> well, you know, senator mccain has asked for a stronger position, because he said assad is not going to be ready to negotiate unless he feels real pressure. but then he adds to that real pressure will bring him ready to negotiate his own exit. well, that's not in asses vocabulary. he's there to survive, to continue, and he's part of the mindset that his father showed, wait them out, wait the world out, our critics, nobody's ever liked us, but we'll stand alone, we're steadfast, we'll be gloriously isolated, but we'll survive. >> thank you for your insight. i know we'll call on you again,

thank you very much. >> the threat of military action has spurred grassroots organization into action here in the u.s. syrian doctors in the chicago area are gathering medical supplies, because they say strikes will make the humanitarian crisis so much worse. we have the story. >> these are syrian americans, volunteers in south suburban chicago. they are rushing to collect medical industries to send overseas. some still have family caught in the middle of the violence. >> they are asking for small material such as ambu bags for breathing, the anti dote for sarin, the chemical gas that is used own fortunately. >> leading the effort is the syrian medical society, a non-profit humanitarian group, formed years ago to help needy syrian patients. this week, the united nations refugee agency declared a new benchmark in the crisis.

more than 2 million have fled to tent camps. >> the doctor left syria seven years ohing to complete his medical training in the u.s., but his parents came as refugees last year. >> about 70% of the health system there is destroyed. 60% doctors have fled. the challenges are beyond any emergenciation. >> to help off set the medical shortages in syria, the doctor and other physicians have been providing treatments in refugee camps. from his office, he follows the situation as much as possible. >> as the possibility of a u.s. military strike draws near, physicians here are preparing for the worst. >> we expect there will be large escalation of violence and the needs after the strike, because we don't know what's the

reaction of the government will be. we already, our teams. >> simply sending medical supplies is not enough. >> doctors here say that anyone caught with medical supplies like these inside syria could face arrest by the regime. with the prospect of the possible military strike, that's a risk that has to be taken. aljazeera, chicago. >> aljazeera will have continuing coverage on the crisis in syria. you can stay up to date on our website, aljazeera.com. >> army private bradley manning is asking for a presidential pardon. his lawyer sent a petition to the white house. officials say his request would be considered like any other. he is serving a 35 year prison sentence for the biggest leak of classified information in u.s. history. he also said he plans to live his life as a woman behind bars and wants to be known as chelsea. >> first, it was fast food workers looking for higher salaries, now wal-mart employees

plan a strike of their own. they're set to protest in 15 cities across the country. they want the world's largest retailer to increase minimum salaries to $25,000 a year. they want wal-mart to reinstate 20 workers who were fired after another strike earlier this summer. an estimated 50 million americans are considered food insecure. that means they're not sure where they're next meal is coming from. often people living in poverty are eating diets high in sugar and fault. farms and food banks are trying to provide healthy foods for the people who need it. we have more. >> the rich soil of california's central valley produces a bounty of fresh vegetables, but many of the people who live in the valley are poor and can't afford to buy healthy food. that's where the non-profit soil born farm and sacramento food bank come in. vegetables harvested by volunteers are sold or donated

to the food bank. sean harrison is the founder of the farm. >> we need to educate them about why they need to eat differently and then helping them to increase their accessibility to that type of produce, to those types of foods. >> it's the monthly food distribution day at a church in one of sacramento's poorer neighborhoods, and a crowd of people has come to load up on farm-fresh produce. there's a big difference between this and most other food banks, as its boss, blake young. >> traditional food banking is people come, they're in institutional lines, people are checked in through a window and handed a bag of groceries. unfortunately, they're things like hostess twinkies, they are processed, they are coca-cola. >> there are no sugary snacks or highly processed fatty foods here. that's important, because people living in poverty are more likely to suffer from diet

related conditions, like obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. a healthier diet, including fresh vegetables can go a long way toward preventing those diseases. >> the sacramento food bank serves about 21,000 needy people a month. the goal is not simply to change the kinds of food they eat. it also to help them live healthier lives. >> food is kind of a gateway. we introduce people to child care, prenatal care, we provide clothing for job skills interviews, technology training, and then our goal is to walk hand-in-hand with them in a very dignified way to encourage them to take that next step. >> that's cynthia ryan chopping zucchini in her kitchen. she lives on a small government disability payment, barely enough for her to afford both food and rent. the food she gets for free from the food bank allows her not only to survive, but to thrive. >> as a matter of fact, i lost

70 pounds of unwanted, because i am now eating healthy from the food bank. it would be almost impossible for me to buy the quality of food that i receive from the food bank with my income. it would be almost impossible. >> creating possibilities, and changing lives with the simple gifts of the good earth. rob reynolds, aljazeera, sacramento, california. >> cleany teens may be able to catch a few wings before school with a later start for teenagers to get more sleep and perform better. a study found adolescent brains need more sleep going through puberty. teens need an average of nine hours of sleep to be at their peak. >> i'm dave warren. we are looking at the next 24 hours in the caribbean, a

tropical storm developed, gabrielle right over puerto rico. it is expected to maintain it's intensity as a tropical storm, but moving to the northwest, it will tart to turn north and move over the atlantic. major impact here on the dominican republic and caribbean and then turns over the atlantic and continues to move north. the reason it's turning is because a front has pushed through, bringing cooler, drier air to much of the eastern united states. that will turn the storm to the atlantic, but it's giving us cool air in the eastern united states. temperatures into the 60's and 70's, climbing to the upper 70's. i did mate not feel that warm. frost and freeze advisories are in effect, because the temperature is dropping down cold enough to get frost on surfaces and maybe dropping to the freezing point in new york. the temperatures now are into the 50's and 40's, could see frost developing mainly in the new england states.

a cool, dry start here, but warming up to 78. not much warmer tomorrow. warm air comes in by the end of the weekend, but it's dry, temperatures taking in the upper 70's, lower 80s for the next few days. out west, we have flooding and fire issues both in the same areas as we're getting thunderstorms with heavy rain. lightning could start fires with the red flag warning and the green areas of flash flood watches which could result in warnings later today with strong thunderstorms. >> the jewish new year is celebrated around the world. rosh hashanah began yesterday, continues tomorrow until nightfall. people prepare by going to the market for traditional food like pomegranates, honey cakes. >> artifacts like floppy disks and v.h.s. tapes are being saved, along with the information on them. >> rare rock on the block.

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>> we have the latest from the u.s. open. i had the privilege of going for the first time ever in my life. it's as awesome as you think it is. >> it's one of my favorite times of the year. it's the first thing i did here when i moved here six, february years ago. last year, rafael had to skip the u.s. open because of a bum knee, but nobody questions how it's holding up now, especially his opponent, tommy. grand slam champion roger federer was a previous opponent. moving on to the semis, he's 20-0 on the hard court this year. meanwhile, on the women's side, second ranked victoria looks to be on track to get to her second straight final. she made short work wednesday of unseated daniel la, 6-2, 6-3,

looks like she is on the crash course to meet serena in the finals. >> evidence continues to mount up against former new england tightened hernandez. he is currently in jail for murder. police obtained video of hernandez putting him at the scene of a boston club at the same time as another crime. this one, a double murder that he had been linked to that killed two, they were shot and killed in their car july 16, 2012. >> in honor of the nfl kicking off tonight, we begin our baseball news with a football like score from last night with the red sox lighting up the tigers in boston. it was the bat of big poppy david ortiz that led the way. you might say it looked like baseball sized hail was coming down. the red sox made it rain in its battle for first place. big poppy hit that one, he had

two homers on the night. boston lit up the tiger pitching with eight home runs, tying a franchise record, bashing the tigers 20-4. rangers learn the hard way the a's can go yard. the scoring started with a two-run blast. coco crisp capped the a's scoring with another 403-foot bomb, his fourth homer in five times, pounding texas 11-4. the two are now tied for first in the a.l. west. there's a scream bell for the two wildcard spots. they gained ground in the wildcard standings and lets take a look, rangers, threatsics and rays in a log jam at the top. we've got the new york yankees and indians. "the young turks" somehow, some way managed to claw their way back. if we could show the video of

that, we could show you hoe they did it. tonight, we have -- can know got the big homer there. brett gardner with a two-run single. the yankees would go on or excuse me, triple there, they go on to beat the white sox 6-5, sweeping them, as well. they clawed their way back despite the a-rod drama, despite not having their captain, derek jeter all season long made it back into the mix of things. >> we've got football going on tonight, kicking off in denver. michael eaves will be on hand and we'll have complete coverage throughout the night as the defending superbowl champ ravener take them on approximate a little pep in my step because of football tonight. >> hitting the auction block, a

diamond that could fetch $35 million. it's believed to be the largest gem of its kind and you could. the other is an eight-carat diamond. they will be auctioned in hong kong. >> floppy disks, v.h.s. tapes are considered antiques of the electronic age but sometimes hold irreplaceable information or precious memories, this old media is in danger of vanishing forever. one museum is trying to change that. >> there's an archeological dig of sorts happening at new york's new museums. artists and general public are flocking to transfer stations, where museum technicians are helping retrieve materials trapped on outdated technology. >> zip drives, jazz drives or old floppy disks. we can all relate to this problem when we think about v.h.s. and what has happened to our personal collections, often containing home movies.

>> experimental filmmaker colleen bros in dozens of tapes from a live t.v. show she helped found 30 years ago. >> we haven't looked at this stuff since it got shelved in the late 1980's. visitors can make a three hour appointment on line. the service is free. >> all the material transferred gets uploaded. it serves at both a practical storage space and a way for the artist to share their work with others. >> a retired teacher came to try to rescue video shot with students back in 1982. >> i took 17 students and school workers to the first american group in china in 1982, when china was essentially leaving the old china and beginning to develop the new cline in a we are familiar with today. >> there is an educational value to his tapes that would have

been otherwise rely gated to a trash pile. >> i refuse to see it go into a dumpster, you know, it shouldn't go there. it's interesting material for today's usage. it needs to be rescued. >> the transfer station is an exhibit, as well. museum goers can look at the videos on display. if they're young enough not to remember, they can see for themselves a real life v.h.s. or floppy disk. >> at the end of our first hour, here's what we're following this morning. president obama arrived in russia for the g-20 summit. economic issues normally dominate talks, but this year, the focus is the cries in syria. >> firefighters are finally getting the rim fire under control. it's about 80% contained. >> wal-mart workers will strike in 15 cities today. they want the world's largest retailer to increase minimum salaries to at least $25,000 per year. >> after his quarter final

match, rafael said he played his best tennis of the year. that's a little unsettling for his upcoming opponents. we'll have more in the next hour of sports. >> we are looking at frost in some areas. i'll look at that plus the numbers coming up in the national forecast. >> thanks for watching. aljazeera continues in about two and a half minutes. thanksory your time, don't go anywhere.

>> are going. this is aljazeera. i'm richelle carey. president obama arrived in russia for the g-20 summit, but the global economy is expected to take a back seat to the showdown over syria. syria's being debated on capitol hill. a key senate committee authorized the use of limited military force, sending it to the full senate for a vote next week. >> a walkout at wal-mart, workers across the country go on strike saying they don't make enough to make ends meet. >> an obesity outweighs hunger for the first time in history, more peoplere