>> back in washington lawmakers will hold a close-door briefing on the potential strike in syria. ♪ protesters ] >> nationwide protest against the country's largest private employer, workers call for higher wager wages, and walmarts foul play.

and then in football we're live from denver. >> the leaders of 20 of the world's leading economies are in iran for thrussia for the g-20 t putin and yo obama and have all eyes. mike, is there any hope of the white house and the kremlin finding some common ground here?

>> after days of acrimony they were face to face, vladimir putin greeting president obama outside of the set iting of this year's g-20. the two men disagree over syria, the issue that has consumed the summit. even pope francis weighed in warning what he called the futile pursuit of a military solution. aboubut mr. obama is pressing a, and meeting here with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. >> i think our joint recognition a the use of chemical weapons should be addressed.

>> even u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon weighed in. >> reporter: china joining russia in blocking action at the u.n. while not quite going along, president obama searches for support, making again what was a hard sell for the president in russia even harder. the president has been calling back home to washington, calling members of congress to try to lobby them. the president has canceled a planned trip to california next week and will stay home during the crucial debate when congress comes back into session. >> what is the president's next step? is he staying close to home, what is his plan? >> reporter: well, it doesn't look good, frankly at this point in the house of representatives i've talked to aides on the hill

that he may have 60 to 65 republican votes, but while we know nancy pelosi, leader, favors action against syria as a humane tearan ground there are many who are not in favor of this. this is going to be a tough sell. one of the key questions will be if the white house can get this through the senate in a deadlock in the house, then what. president obama would have a very big decision. >> mike viqueira from st. petersburg, russia. good to talk to you. tonight, british prime minister david cameron said that british scientists can confirm chemical weapons attack last month in syria. clothing samples and soil were taken from areas of the attack and tested by british experts. he declined how the evidence ended up in britain.

is a u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha powers spoke. >> for the past two years the system devised precisely to deal with threats of this nature did not work as it's supposed to. it has not protected peace and security for the hundreds of syrian children who were gassed to death on august 21st. it is not protecting the region. it is not standing behind it's accepted ban on the use of chemical weapons. >> congress is hearing more about syria and the response last month to the chemical weapons attack. randall pinkston joins us now, randall, what are the key concerns that congressmen have. >> there are stumbling blocks, and they extend across party

lines, for example, senator richard burr of north carolina, a republican, appears to be leaning towards support. >> that's up to the administration to share the appropriate information. i think thi if they do everyonel agree. >> but one of the president's strongest supporters said she's not quite ready to make the commitment. >> if there is a strike, we're allies, and what will they do? i know the 37 nations said that they would support us, but what does support mean? >> reporter: well, you know, one of the issues hanging over all of the members of congress, especially the liberal democrats who listened to the evidence, voted for going to war, and then discovered there were no weapons of mass destruction, some are

saying this is a totally different circumstance. there is evidence of the use of nerve gas in syria, and that it must be dealt with, and so therefore, but as we're hearing a lot of members of congress on both sides of the aisle still have questions. >> what do lawmakers think of the effort to approve of this action? >> reporter: well, we're hearing that the president is doing what he's supposed to do as commander in chief, making his best judgment. but having given members of congress the opportunity to weigh in on the decision, some leaders, especially democratic leaders, say they're not going to try to twist any arms, for each member it will be a vote of conscience. >> what is next for new the process. >> reporter: the lobbying will continue. there will be more closed door top security briefings as the administration from the intelligence agencies as well as

the defense agency continue to layout information indicating exactly what happened when the poisoned gas was use and who was response to support the president's decision. >> randall pinkston in washington for us. syrian lawmakers are urging their american counterparts not to support a military action against the vicinit the country. it could strike a bloody destructive conflict that will injure innocent civilians. congressmen are scheduled to return next week. tomorrow senators will hold a brief session to place it on the calendar. the house could hold a resolution in the following we week. in other news, walmart workers is protesting in more than a dozen cities across the

country calling for higher minimum wage. and they're also calling to undo the firing of several who were fired from the previous protest. what did you see there? >> reporter: there are protests taking place all over this country. there are 12 of them today, and we went to the valley stream outside of new york city on long island, a sunny day. we have pictures to show you what i saw. if you added them all up they added 100. there they are on the walmart car park. security would in the let them get close tort door. earlier in the day they had been in manhattan, and they presented a petition to the officials of walmart and they outlined better

wages and conditions and for those 20 workers who had been laid off because of allegedly they were involved in previous strike action, for them to be reinstated. i met one of those workers. her name is elaine. she comes from miami in florida, and she laid out for me exactly what she and her colleagues think they are fighting for. >> we need enough money, at least $15 an hour, to cover the benefits and insurance and bring wages home, money home for the family that needs food instead of depending on the government while you have associates who don't have money for food, don't have money to put close on their kids backs, and you are getting so many bonuses, and you will share that with your associates. >> reporter: well, that's elaine, now walmart issued a statement to al jazeera earlier today, and here it is, and i think not surprisingly,

actually, they're a little bit irritated by all of this. they say this group of demonstrators are primarily made up of union members and activi activists, virtually no associates are participating in this event should tell you the opinions being expressed aren't representative of the vast majority of the people who work for us. nearly one in four of walmart's 1 million hourly associates have been with the company for ten years or more. the average full-time hourly wage is 1283 went a $12.83 an hs more than what the protesters are calling for. >> protesters want more money, walmart said most of the people who are demonstrating aren't even employees. are we talking about a stalemate, and if so might it go anywhere soon? >> i think all of the protesters, this is not just taking place here in new york, but it's going on around the country. you're going to hear from us in

california on the subject later today. i think they all think that there is a bit of an uphill battle here. the whole walmart business model is based, and they make a valid point. one quarter of their workforce has been with them for 10 years. they can't be all that bad. those speaking to me directly today on the telephone. but i do think there is a movement afoot in this country. not only with walmart protesters this is not the first time we've seen that, but low wage restaurant workers. once upon of time these students were meant for students and those starting out in life, but now for economic reasons they are jobs that support an entire family. if there is anything that walmart and these restaurant chains can do is something about that, we don't know, but there is a movement in low-wage

america who is determined to have their say. >> thank you. how about this for a footnote. mike duke took home over $23 million last year. what does the average walmart employee earn? $22,500 a year, which is below the u.s. poverty level of family of four. that's a ratio of 1034:1. okay, some positive news on the labor front ahead of tomorrow's key august employment report. weekly jobless claims dropped 9,000 to nearly a five-year low. meanwhile payroll processer adp said many are at work but economists caution we're a long way from where we need to be. >> we need 7 million to

7.5 million additional jobs. we need a lot more employment. >> make sure you're with us tomorrow for in-depth coverage of the jobs report. the country's service sector increased, a survey of executive shows more companies are expanding rather than shrinking. the most positive part of the survey, employers intend to hire more employees. a group of prisoners in california have ended their nearly two-month hunger strike, 30,000 prisoners went on hunger strike protesting against solitary confinement. it ended after state lawmakers agreed to hold hearings on the isolation unit this fall. while no inmates suffered serious injuries, 50 did require medical attention. investigators say the wildfire that continues to burn in yosemite national park was

manmade. the huge blaze was sparked when a hunter allowed illegal flames to escape. it has consumed more than 370 square miles, and is 80% contained. >> meteorologist: and moving northeast of the rim fire we have concerns about fire weather. red flag warnings because of thunderstorms rolling through the area continue. that stretches through nevada, washington and oregon. we'll see these thunderstorms through tonight and into tomorrow. so much rain with these storms that we have some flood warnings out. that includes through the cascades of western washington whether flooding concerns are not common. what's happening we have a storm system, low pressure. this is going to move gradually

onshore. until it does it keeps spinning up the storms right up into the area, and we're seeing significant rainfall come down. these bans keep moving through tonight through tomorrow. coming up i'll tell you who else is getting rain and who has a freeze warning tonight. >> a growing water shortage around the world is increasing demand here in this country, california is now turning to technology to meet the state's ever growing need for fresh water. here is our report. >> we live in a world of water. oceans control the weather, give us food and give us play to play. but the sea can't give us what we need most these days: water to drink. that's where the promise of desalination comes in, a way to quench the population's growing thirst by taking salt out of saltwater.

in carlsbad california hope for a fresh water future lies in the construction of the largest desalination plant in the western hemisphere. when it's completed in 2016 the plant will provide 300,000 people with fresh drinking water. with poseidon resources said it's time to dip our straw into the pacific ocean. >> the problem is we have two-thirds of the rainfall in the northern part of the state and two-thirds of the population in the south. we need to make it affordable. >> $2 billion to build the plan. the san diego water authority which has agreed to buy poseid poseidon's fresh water say its worth it. the west has been slow even reluctant to adopt the

technology. the promise of harvesting ocean water to solve california's water woes remains very much up to debate with some experts saying on the surface d desalination seems like a viable option but. >> when you have exhausted all preferable alternatives. >> degradation of marine a habitat the enormous energy demand, and it's so expensive that it crowds out other alternatives, conservation, storm water capture. >> we're looking at an investment in insurance policy. this is one supply that is drought proof. >> reporter: while it remains a prickly issue, no one argues

that california is not only running out of water, it's running out of time. >> a native american nation has an oil boom. and the plan to spend the profits from this black gold. and google retains it's right to scan through your emails. we have more after the break.

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producing 800,000 barrels a day. these record-setting figures are deep to the shale that sits below the surface of the formation. on top of these rich resources is a reservation home to the three affiliated tribes. it is worth 14% of the oil rigs are located. diane esterbrook is live with us in bismarck where tribal leaders are gathering for an annual summit. what can you tell bus these talks? >> reporter: well, tony, many native americans in north dakota see oil drilling as a path out of poverty. but tribal leaders see this bringing more jobs and a lot more money to the tribes. north dakota's indian reservation looks to be the next big winner in the oil boom that shows no signs of slowing.

the survey estimates the shale formations in north dakota and montana could hold 4 billion barrels of undiscovered crude. that means the tribes aim to do more than just drill. >> the overlays, the majority where the refineries are going to be done. >> scanning the blueprint for the refineries the tribes are building. it could process 20,000 barrels of crud a day. >> how much would you make a year. >> the concept actualation is $70 million to $80 million a year. >> that would provide funds to improve life on the reservation, change lives and provide jobs where there are few. [♪ singing ] >> at the tribal summit in bismarck oil is top the agenda.

even tribes that don't drill or we fine oil stand to incident. >> we have more money going to schools on the reservations than ever before. we have a brand new program for the first time in history. the state is sending money directly to tribal colleges. >> but the tribe who is building the refinery thinks the money from oil brings additional opportunities. >> we take this opportunity with the oil very seriously, and we make sure that our decisions are for long term, and for the elders today. they don't have 205 25 years, ty have a lot less. >> it could take a couple of years before the reservation is refining oil, and before those jobs and revenues reach those who need it most, the tribal community, giving those who live here time to define what they want to create for future

generations. >> didiane, there are federal rules that could slow down fracking in the state. how could this impact the tribe in the region? >> reporter: well, tony, what they're looking at doing is changing the permitting process, and that could take long for get clearance to drill, possibly up to a year or more. >> diane este rbrook in bismarck, north dakota, thank you. it's called the most comprehensive look at global health ever. 187 countries, risk factors all tracked over a 20-year span. >> reporter: if the world's entire population were one patient these global burden of disease reports would chart his or her vital signs. some of those signs are looking up. around the globe people are living longer, advances in immunization and maternal health mean fewer children in all

regions are dying in the first four years of life. most regions are making head way against infectious diseases. but one big surprise, a marked rise in costly chronic issues. >> we're not doing a good job in what is ailing us. the mental health, your back pain, the issues that are affecting our daily lives in terms of our disability. >> reporter: the new plague, obesity and related conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. >> unfortunately for the first time ever we're seeing that there are more overfed people in the world than mall nourishes, than what we've seen historically. what we've seen in developing countries is similar to what we've seen in the u.s. a shift in diet. people are eating more low-nutrient and high calorie

meals. >> reporter: this brings a supersized health burden not easily solved. at the university of washington compiled and analyzed the data study and will make information available to problem solvers worldwide. >> when you talk about chronic diseases it's a long-term solution, and many countries have not invested in this chronic disease. it takes policy, changing behavior, and that takes a lot of work. >> reporter: there are emerging health risks. traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in saudi arabia. in latin american brute violence kills people or leaves them disabled. and in russian states public enemy number one is alcohol. and h.i.v. is growing in numbers for both men and women. >> we just are hours away from the start of the nfl season.

ross is here to help. >> reporter: it's christmas. broncos and ravens in in the nfl. the ravens lost a couple of dynamic and emotional leaders in ray lewis and others. make no mistake. peyton manning and company could pay less with kick off at 6:30 eastern time. at practice williams threw his helmet down and had to be constrained by michael vick. and, and they call him money for a reason. floyd money mayweather is going to catch it big time against alvarez this month.

he garners $41 million breaking previous records. we'll be right back. is setting the kids up for failure.

>> welcome back to ankle. here are the latest headlines. members of the obama administration spent the day trying to convince approval of the military strike on syria. some members of congress say they still haven't decided how they will vote. and the crisis in syria is taking center stage at the g-20 summit in russia. the u.s. stance has put it at odds with russia, the host of this year's summit meeting. it brings sharp focus on the relationship between the u.s. and russia. the relationship between vladimir putin and president obama are far from cordial. anand in russia it's either putin's way or the highway. >> it is he who has returned russia to a leadership role o on

the global stage after the humbling collapse the soviet union. in many ways vladimir putin is the strong man that russians called for during the chaos of post self yet russia. the photograph op of the burly fisherman or hunter, he has brought russia into a more visit place and putin is more in line with its traditional orthodox values. his russia is where liberal western ideals are foreign and dangerous. for example, the controversial new russian law against promoting homosexuality which is a flash point for the coming olympics in russia. in putin's russia, the government identifies threats everywhere, his opponents say that is scapegoating, a way of keeping the russian people from blaming him in the rise of

corruption and down turn in the economy. a they have put down a protesters, and were accused of being western stooges. some are in jail and others are hiding. the former kgb man hassled lead rush back fro back to an international position of power. through vast national resources, he can manipulate western europe by choking off the flow of natural gas. he has rebuilt the russian military, and he has set up several high profile international events not least of which th the upcoming sochi olympics.

power means crushing any opposition before it gains momentum. for vladimir putin, that means being the toughest guy around both inside russia and abroad. al jazeera, london. >> the g-20 summit is where world leaders come together to discuss the global economy. but this year the conflict in syria has stolen the show. here to discuss syria southbound what is next journalist and author of foreign policies terms of engagement. great to talk to you. you told me just a moment ago the hearings of the last few days, and you read the transcript, how is the u.s. team doing in making it's case about military strike in syria. >> i think obama has a tough job. last year it was wrong, and now it's right is a tough sell. if he's saying we can't afford

to have this war continue to spread. we can't afford to have it turn into what it's turning into to, a sectarian war spreading across the region. we cannot permit thousands for killed. i don't know if you can win that argument. the argument he has made comes close to saying, my credibility is at stake. is that how it sounds to you? look, i'm happy he's doing that, but look at the resistence outside of congress, why, for example, did the brits vote against it? >> well, i is that a hang over barack obama. they also feel it's not our credibility at stake. we didn't draw that red line. >> but the president would say the international community drew that red line. >> reporter: he is a clever guy, he can make clever arguments. what does that mean? there is an international

principle, an international convention. >> is it worth the united states defending that principle? >> reporter: my position is that obama should have done this, something like this a year ago. you remember that hillary clinton and secretary of state david petraeus and others came to him and said we have to change the balance of forces in syria. we've got to arm the rebels. maybe also something like limited no-fly zone. that may or may not have been part of it. he said no. it's gotten much harder over the last year. it's a way tougher question now than it was then. >> a year ago, weren't there some really bad actors infiltrating into syria coming from other countries, infiltrating syria in the opposition, and now there are concerns that we don't really know who the good guys and really bad guys are? >> right. >> and it's difficult to know who we would be supporting. >> yes. >> if we lost an action. >> the answer to your question is, first, it was much less bad now than it was a year ago.

second, in any brutal civil warlike this, you can be sure that eventually the opposition will become as brutal, ugly, and not just extremessists as the people they're facing. i think obama made a mistake in allowing to let it go this long, and now the option options are h worse than this wee hav they won a year ago. >> the question for america is, what do we do about the civil war? >> here is the thing that obama has to make clear, we no longer live in a world where bad things happen a million miles away and it doesn't touch us. a sectarian war that is spreading to lebanon, iraq, that's bad for us, too. >> how? >> how? because it means that jihadists are finding an increasingly empty space for them to occupy.

it means allies of the united states who are important are being threatened and destabilized. that's not a good thing for the united states either. i'm not going to say all situations threaten u.s. interests. the congo, lots more people are being killed there, it doesn't hurt the u.s. i think that's cynical but true. in the middle east its different. american interests are much more closely implicated. i think one of the problems with this argument is that people have rightly talked about all the bad things that can happen as a result of action. they have not talked very much in john kerry has said this, about the bad things that will happen as a result of inaction. >> what do you think, what are the bad things? >> as a result of inaction. >> of inaction. you believe the argument that other states like iran, north korea, will get a message they can act with impunity? >> a couple of things. what is going to happen? first, thousands, and thousands more people will die. we have not talked about the

question of if the u.s. and others have an obligation to those people. those aren't our interests. they are our values. our interests have to do with having a stable, prosperous arab world. this has been a catastrophe. it's not that we can put it back in pandora's box. >> there is nothing that america can really do to establish that stable, prosperous arab world. >> let's talk about the least bad option. all the options are terrible. we can discredit every single choice including the choice of not doing something. one of the appeals of not doing something is that anything you suggest sound terrible. you have to choose the least bat option. the least bad option in part of the reason that you suggested, obama having drawn the red line whether he should have or not, if he does not act now it makes

the united states look toothless. that's bad around the world. the least bad thing to do would be a couple of things. some, some version of the attack that he's talking about. two, working much more closely with the rebels to help the good guys opposed the bad guys. >> if you can figure that out. >> which you can. we sure know who the bad guys are. we know who some of the good guys are. the c.i.a. are there right now. three, and this may be it, syria's regionaal diplomacy. i don't know what will be possible with russia and iran after this, i'm not sure much was possible before this, but ultimately we need some regional diplomatic solution. >> terrific conversation, enjoyed it. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> the egypt's interior minister narrowly escape explosion.

two people are dead and 20 more are injured. our correspondents report from cairo, and we're not naming her for her own safety. the explosion happened as the minister's envoy drove by. mohammed ibriham have received death threats this week. he had been given an armored car for his protection. a device had been placed in a car or motorbike and reports are that it had been remotely detonated. people living in the area describe a very loud bang that shook their buildings. one man said he saw a car driving away just before the attack. >> when the minister was approaching and the traffic police officers were starting to halt traffic for him, a small back car sped past us, and then the explosion happened. >> reporter: the explosion took place after the minister was leaving home.

the muslim brotherhood still have strong support here. thousands of pro morsis staged a sit-in before it was broken up. a senior muslim brotherhood leader condemmed the attack. the minister arrived at the interior ministry in kay ro caio hours after the attack. >> thank god it was a cowardly attack. it was an explosive device. it was large and set off remotely, and they waited for my vehicle to pass because it was to destroy my car. it destroyed four vehicles of my protection team and many were affected including a small child who had a leg amputated. i have an officer with serious injuries and another officer

with a leg amputated. >> reporter: the interior minister said this attack markedded a new wave in the battle. no one so far has claimed responsibility for the attack. al jazeera, cairo. >> well, google is continuing it's court fight arguing it has a right to continue scanning g mail attacks in a federal court hearing in san jose, california, google attorneys plan to argue the long-running practice is league because of its use to sell ads saying, quote, all youers of e-mail must necessarily expect that their e-mails will be subject to automated processing. a class action lawsuit was filed in may. much of the world is focused on syria and it's embattled leader, but a world away, a leader has stepped out of the shadows. haitian president duval yay now faces human rights abuse.

we have this exclusive report. >> reporter: this is the real space of the prison itself. >> this is the flooring. >> yes this, is the flooring. >> reporter: bobby duval is a survivor. he served eight months at haiti's most notorious prison and lived to talk about it. >> i counted 20 of them died in here while i was here. >> reporter: 20? >> 20 right here. >> reporter: in the eight months you were here. >> reporter: duvall, a political prisoner was tortured and starved along with hundreds of jorge sans under jean claude duvalier, known as baby doc. >> they put you in a cell with 220 people depending on how many people died that week. >> reporter: jimmy carter sent

ambassador young to haiti with a list of people he wanted freed from prison. the duvalier regime ended when he fled to europe to escape the charges of his victims. how is it that he's tre free t k streets again. i asked to speak with him. he said haiti was worse today than when he ran the country. >> we were called the pearl of the antilles. you could walk around port-au-prince without being assaulted. >> that's a classic dictator line. of course, he had the military who really were killing people. >> reporter: gary pierre is the

founder of the haitian times and professor at the graduate school of journalism. >> it is a perfect time to return in chaos. no one is worried about what did he because we have bigger things to deal with. that's why he came back when he did. >> reporter: bobby duvall did not believe it at first when rumors spread that duvalier returned. >> i did not think in my mind that he would take a chance coming back, but he did. i mean, haiti is a land of surprises, and, sharks that was a surprise to us. >> reporter: so when you testified in court, how hard was that? >> rough. >> coming up on al jazeera, a film that is attracting big crowds at the venice film festival. a love story between a palestinian and an israeli. that is not the only thing that is making people take note. michael eaves. >> reporter: tony here in denver the nfl just hours away from kicking off its season with a matchup between the broncos and

the defending super bowl champions baltimore ravens. here the story of a natural-born leader and the impact he may have on the ravens quest for a second straight title.

>> ross is here. let's talk football. >> let's do this, game on. the defending super bowl champions the baltimore ravens in denver to take on the broncos. the ravens have a game ahead of them. plus baltimore had some big play makers, and they lost them.

michael, what's going on? >> reporter: ross, one of the roughest things to do in team sports is to repeat as a champion. that is going to be extra tough for the ravens because they lost eight starters from the super bowl team. they say often that leaders are born and not made. and for the last decade in baltimore two of the most influential nfl players called baltimore home, but now that ray lewis is enjoying retirement, and ed reeves is suiting up for the texans, the ravens are at a loss. >> you definitely miss from a personal standpoint of being friends with them, we miss them. but terms of leadership we have people here who have experience. but baltimore will never be the same without ray or ed running around on the field. it doesn't mine that baltimore will not be a good football

team. >> reporter: tory smith might be the ideal candidate to pick up the void left by lewis and reeves. it was smith who ran his family's household while his mother worked multiple jobs. >> i've been a leader from day one. my whole family, my brothers and sisters, and here i had to go out and do the same thing, lead by example, and try to do the right thing. i don't have to go out there and try to be have man or be someone i'm not, be the rah-rah guy, i handle myself the right wayish, on and off the field. that means more to me than anything else. >> there is no better example of myth's determination when smith hauled in two touchdowns just hours after think his 19-year-od brother died in a motorcycle accident. >> i'm not the only person in the world who lost a family member in a tragic or sudden

way. for me personally what i took from it, i appreciate life itself more, and i tell my folks i love them more and how much they mean to me. i wasn't able to tell my brother that. >> reporter: 2013 might be the breakout year for smith. there should be even more opportunities for smith. >> i think people tend to look at the thousand yard mark as the mark for receivers, but i feel like i should have been there the past two years, so had i done it in my rookie year, would we still be saying the third year thing? it's the expectation that others have placed upon them. i've had that on myself from day one. i just go out and play. my job description doesn't change because others are gone. if they hand off the ball, i

block. i make things happen. obviously the better i'm playing it helps the team. >> in other nfl news there is absolutely no love in the city of brotherly love because the eagles fighting with one another. receiver reilly cooper got in a scuffle with kerry williams at practice. williams through his helmet down and had to be restrained by michael vick. cooper made headlines this summer when he would us racial slurs at a kenny chessy concert, and williams was one of the many who had issues with that. they might want to focus their aggression on the redskins who they play on monday night. williams refused to speak to reporters while cooper called it no big deal. upset alert, andy murray drop the first two sets of his quarters finals match, we'll keep an eye on that. of course, a big day, big night, the ravens are 5-0 in their fast season openinger hopefully they'll make it 6-0.

>> crazy that they're not playing at home. but that's another story. the venice film festival is underway in italy. one of the featured films is drawing extra attention for it's on tent and the way it was shot. >> reporter: there have been many movies about the israeli-palestinian conflict over the years, but "ana arabia" claims to be something different, something unique. there have been boos, and applauded for this latest film, the israeli director is described as some as the man with the human touch. told through the eyes of a journalist, it's the story of a jew who sacrifice the holocaust and then marries a palestinian. they live a peaceful life near telltel aviv. it's a true story of love and harmony. >> we're telling a story of men

and women, palestinian and jew arabs, muslim and jews who coexist. >> reporter: "ana arabia" was shot in one take. no complicated edits, no calls for shots. they roll for 81 constant unforgiving minutes. >> people don't do things like that. it was funny because in the middle my nose starts running, and i had to take a tissue or something, and i couldn't do it. >> you had to improvise. >> yes, every time the camera went for a second, i would be like, so it was funny, it was challenging. >> reporter: this film is not gitai's first with battle in the background. this part of the world is not stranger to war, and he brings that personal experience to the

screen. >> to the citizens of the middle east are very appalled by the very excessive violence. we as right writers and filmmakers can do is put as a question. but it's not the most efficient way to change the reality, but it is worth something. >> reporter: on saturday gitai and his cast will walk along this red carpet and through those doors and hope when they reemerge they'll be clutching the award. if reviews are anything to go by, then "ana arabia" could stand a good chance of taking it. there is not long to wait now. al jazeera at the venice film festival. >> rebabrebecca is a back with k at weather after the break. ç]

>> meteorologist: temperatures at this hour are anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees cooler than they were at the same time yesterday across the pacific northwest. because we have a lot of showers moving through, thunderstorms, heavy rain at times, and a lot of lightening we've got a new round coming up in southern oregon that will move its way

northward into washington. we have a large area of low pressure, and it's spinning the bands of showers and thunderstorms into the pacific northwest, and it will bring a fair amount of rain. we have flood warnings in effect for parts of washington state and flash flood was watches is hitting idaho. now temperatures across the state, they're cool on each side of the coast, but if you get in the midwest it's down right hot. as we talk about cool temperatures keep in mind the northeast we have not only a freeze warning, but frost advisories as well. temperatures dropping down in the 40s and a few spots in the upper 30's. coming up in the next news hour i want to let you know not only about the flash flooding but the drought conditions in the northwest.

>> hello again everyone i'm tony harris. here the latest headlines at al jazeera. president obama has been trying to win support for action, against the assad regime. the u.s. stance on syria has put it at odds with russia, the host country of this year's meeting. putin said world leaders would discuss the matter at dinner. provenning a military strike on syria, the potential response, some members of congress say they still haven't decided how they will vote just yet. the wildfire that continues to