>> hello and welcome to al jazeera. i'm tony harris in new york. our top stories at this hour. president obama joins world leaders for a g-20 summit dinner, the number one topic for discussion, syria. who are the syrian rebels, we take a look at the wide variety of individuals who make up the fractured coalition. and nationwide protests against the country's largest private employer. workers call for higher wages and walmart calls foul play.

>> and we start tonight with the latest developments on syria. it is being reported that syrians have sent a letter asking the u.s. not to attack them. the letter is addressed to speaker of the house john boehner. passed istanbul heading towards the mediterranean. they join six is russian vessels already there. president obama is facing growing global opposition. our mike viqueira is there. >> this is all about the world economy but turned into something different. president obama is intent on making his case for military strikes against syria. it is more voal and more dug in. face to face president

vladimir putin, greeting president obama outside of the constantine palace. mr. obama faces reluctance and outside opposition from some members of congress to putin. even pope francis weighed in. speaking about the futility of a military solution. japanese prime minister shinzo abe. >> i look forward to a conversation about the situation in syria. i think our joint recognition that the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy but also a violation of international law that must be addressed. >> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is lobbying letters for more time. >> there is no military solution, there is only a political solution which can bring peace, and end this

bloodshed right now. >> on putin's side in the syria dispute are leaders of economies and china blocking action against syria at the u.n. not going it alone, president obama searches for support making what was a hard sell for the president in russia even harder. president obama has been calling members of congress, we have also learned he has cancelled a planned trip to california next week. he was supposed to speak to an afl-cio gathering, instead he will continue to lobby house and senate members as they head into that crucial debate. in washington, obama officials tried to lobby members of congress. randall pinkston.

randall. >> punishing assad for his alleged use of nerve gas, the obama administration continues to make the case for military strike on syria. but even some of the president's closest allies are not rushing to support his position. >> i'm busy doing my due diligence to decide how i will vote. and how i will vote that will be in the best interest of the united states, deter further use of repugnant, repugnant and grim and ghoulish weapons of mass destruction both in syria and around the world. >> the shadow of the iraq war when no weapons of mass destruction were found, hangs over this decision. >> are those same problems evident this time? they are not. i think the intelligence is different. it is much better. that it is conclusive on the fact that these weapons were used.

>> for that reason, california senator dianne feinstein says she will support a resolution authorizing use of force. but some senators say there are other options. >> this is not a choice between doing nothing and doing a military strike. there are other ways to put pressure internationally on the assad regime to isolate him. that might be more effective and would not involve the use of military action. >> in a new strategy the white house launched a website to try to counteract polls showing public opposition to a strike on syria. and as another indication of bipartisan opposition to a military strike a significant said back for the obama administration is democrat joe manchin says he will not support the use of military force.

tony. >> thank you, randall. the opposition itself is agriculturemented into different factions. rebels are claiming control of the mainly christian village of malou, outside of damascus, creating their own versions of syria. >> al qaeda fighters pushing their way through new territory. they claim to have taken the historic town of malula where the ancient aramaic is still spoken. taking control in this mainly crifnght town northeast of damascus. most of the christians in syria have chosen to stay away from the conflict or ally themselves with president assad's regime. there are reports of new defections among assad supporters and of christians joining if rebel opposition. >> it shows the credible use of force by the united states and its allies is already having

somewhat of an effect. already, that would add to some of the defections we're hearing about. >> defections is just one other aspect of a complicated situation in the country. this group says it's breaking away from another group called the islamic state of iraq and the levain. groups from the north cauucacus region, president obama talks about a few surgical strikes in damascus that produce immediate results. it may not be that simple. other scenarios would be that the u.s. gets itself into more -- a series of other strikes and proceeds in a more ad hoc way, especially as the assad regime actually challenges what he's doing. i wouldn't rule out, and again,

given what i said in terms of the mindset of the assad regime, that we will see them use not just heavier and heavier weapons but also chemical weapons again and that is because they are going ohang on tooth and nail to damascus. >> that's why western leaders are hanging on to make a decision on syria. >> joining us now is phyllis bennett, phyllis it's always great to talk to you. is president obama likely to pick up any more support for military action in syria at the grveg-20 in st. petersburg given putin's position? >> i don't think there will be any public support and certainly there won't be any collective support for his position. president obama and the obama administration are fundamentally isolated in the world in calling for military strikes.

there is widespread agreement that the use of chemical weapons is a war crime, is a violation of the chemical weapons convention. but there's nothing at all close to unity on what to do with it. by pushing forward with this very unilateral position, certainly doesn't have the united nations, doesn't have nato, doesn't have the arab league, president obama was very isolated. frankly that was the reason he went to congress to get support domestically in the absence of international support. it's certainly possible that canada or australia might come out in support although we certainly haven't heard that yet. but i think that he's going to have a very tough fight on his hands if he's expecting to get any more than that. >> phyllis why aren't more countries willing to deen defene

ban public li -- publicly? >> i think the ban has support. i believe ideally, the 20 countries, led by united states and russia jointary, could call for a meeting of the treaty signers, the signatory signers to the chemical weapons treaty. that is 129 countries. that would be a powerful voice if they were able to unite, when it wasn't yet known for certain who committed the violation but the violation is clearly known. what to do about that? and make it a collective decision. make it an international decision. make it one grounded in international law rather than one that violates international law. >> phyllis i'm going opush you on this. what do you think should be done and has the obama administration in your view made a compelling argument for the use of force against syria? >> no, they have not. even their own unclassified

summary of the evidence uses the term "high confidence." they have high confidence that it was carried out by the regime and they believe it was very unlikely that it was carried out by the other side. now that's a gap between high confidence and very unlikely but that's a far cry from certainty. if they're asking the word to support the idea of war because of high certainty, you actually need more than that. you need absolute certainty. not confidence. we have high confidence. that's not enough. that's not enough. and we haven't seen the evidence. so there isn't evidence yet. what needs to happen is to go into forceful diplomacy rather than military force. just last week the u.s. cancelled a meeting scheduled with the russians to talk about getting negotiations underway on syria. three months ago, russia did the same thing. they both did it for the same reason, because their side, their respective side was losing on the battle feed at that

moment. we -- field at that moment. we need to get past that and people of the u.s., ruz and around the -- and russia and around the world, need to say there needs to be an immediate arms embar go on all sides, it will be an important step in bringing an end to the horrific war in syria. >> the work done by the u.n. inspectors who were on the ground do you look forward to seeing the results? >> yes, their report will be crucial. i hope in the immediate aftermath of that report there can be another united nations team sent with a mandate to determine who did it. we don't know that either. >> phyllis, appreciate it, phyllis bennis an advisory of the united nations an.

>> walmart workers want walmart to undue the firings of 20 employees who took place in strikes in june. walmart says it has done nothing wrong. john terry was at one of the protests earlier today. tell us about it. >> i sure was, being tony. more walmart selling more stuff to more people than any other outlet. it is a 21st century conundrum. here is why. on the one hand, walmart sells us lots of cheap goods and cheap food, we like that. but there's a down side, walmart really screws the margins down on its suppliers. they make much less money than before walmart came along. and also on top of that, they

don't do much for mom and pop story stores of course. they tend to close when walmart comes along and walmart also pays notoriously low wages. and there are protests about that gathering speed all over the country. as you say today there were 12 of them outside of walmart stores and i website to the one at valley stream just outside of new york city. >> walmart, walmart. >> chanting at the edge of walmart's parking lot in valley stream. the protestors are allowed no closer. 25,000 a year, better conditions and benefits, and the rehiring of employees laid off during last month's protests. elaine is one of the fired employees. she says associates are afraid to speak up. >> you have associates who don't have money for food, don't have clothes to put on their kids'

back. you are getting so much money and won't share that with your associates. >> security wan on to them. the walmart protesters attempted to walk all the way around the car park, but at the last minute they were turned back by security officers. >> the mall is private property. the people who exercise control of the property are asking them to leave property. >> in a written statement walmart session this group of demonstrators are primarily made up of union and activists, these opinions aren't representative of the vast number of people who work for us. critics say protests like these are whistling in the wind. there are ten people who will jump on any vacant position and the company knows that. >> if enough workers say no and stand up, they won't have enough workers. we want them to have a place to make their opinions and their

grievances and their rights known and walmart can't trample over people. >> with walmart workers and recent low wage restaurant workers taking the stage -- >> these workers are a part of a movement, a movement of low wage workers. it's so critical that people see this in the context under which it's happening. >> for proof of it, just look at the 11 other protests taking place outside walmarts, on thursday. >> they were by the aggrieved at all this protesting. why are we being targeted? there are some companies who pay less than us. most of their workers make about $12.83 an hour and that they say is more than the $25,000 a year that the protest erst are asking as -- protesters are asking for.

>> we've got a stalemate. where is it likely to go? the protesters at vale stream know that it's not an easy fight. as it said at the end of the report there as you heard the final speaker say there is a momentum gathering speed in this country among the low wages. we've seen it in the low wage workers and at walmart. these jobs ber intended for students just starting out in life and because of various economic conditions, these wages are intended to support families. that's not wise, the protesters are determined to make their voices known. >> john thank you. jennifer london is carrying the protests and we're hearing arrests have been made. >> indeed tony there were 20

people arrested just about an hour ago here in los angeles. let me give you the backdrop and provide context for where and why these arrests took place. today's rally in protest in los angeles which was part of a larger day of protest against walmart started in los angeles and a rally. about 450 protesters gathered, they began marching through downtown los angeles, ending up at the street behind me, in the chinatown neighborhood. there were a few hundred protesters left. everything was peaceful until the protesters lawful permit to gather and assemble expired. that happened at 1:30 p.m. pacific time. the protesters were asked to disperse, leave the scene. 20 refused, they sat down in the middle of the intersection. they were asked again to leave

tony they were refused and were arrested. >> jennifer london for us in los angeles, jennifer thank you. >> severe thunderstorm watches and severe thunderstorm warnings in the pacific northwest right now, along with a tornado warning. keeping in mind, in washington state, we only average about 1 tornado a year, it's pretty significant when you start seeing storms this powerful coming up through oregon, tracking their way into washington. we also have these alerts going in idaho as well. we're getting penny sized hail reported a lot of lightning and we're concerned about fire weather. still after these storms are bringing in significant rainfall. we're seeing these storms tracking up into washington from oregon, there are flood watches in fact and flash flood warnings into eastern oregon.

we'll let you know about drought conditions coming up next in the mid questions. >> thank you, an assassination attempt on a top official in egypt. and chinese officials are make high profile arrest but much is needed to change oculture of crooked politicians.

>> it has been five years since the financial crises began with the collapse of the banking giant, lehman brothers. has things changed since then?

ali velshi. >> i've spent five years trying to forget to the edge of the abyss. the impact we're still seeing today, i know this tony because i recently refinanced a mortgage. it's harder to do this to borrow money for cars for business for college for mortgages, that is the lasting impact because if you remember, on the days after lehman brothers, banks wouldn't lend other banks money, let alone other companies or businesses. it brought global banking to a standstill. we learned ae a -- a lesson. laying people off, we've still got 11 million people officially unemployed in this country, there are many more of that, we still feel the effects of lehman brothers today. >> we heard this phrase, too big to fail, too big to fail. have we done enough to prevent

another financial crisis? >> these systemically important banks, they are bigger than they were then. they are responsible for a bigger chunk of the economy than they were in 2008. i would say this to you: i don't think the perfect storm of things that came together to create the financial crisis can happen in the same way again. but in terms of being too big to fail they're bigger than they were in 2008. >> again i say we, it's not about you and me it's the regulators and the people in the industry. what else? >> i'm going to talk to you about the fastest growing job in america, huge demand in one particular area but i'm going to tell you why it might not be for everybody. at 7:00 p.m. eastern on real money. >> that is a tease. next up on al jazeera, china's economy is stabilizing but is still battling an age old problem. scott hideler reports on

beijing's latest effort to rooting out the corruption. >> the promise to end corruption was center stage as shi jinping. at about one a month he has been taking them down. a rising star in the government, awaits trial. sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted on thursday of taking tens of millions of bribes. small figures compared to others across the country but i.t. was the way he was caught that sparked outcry in china. he worked for the road safety administration and was caught on camera grinning at the scene of a fatal bus accident while wearing a luxury watch. the incident prompted investigation. from the lower levels right up to the top that even includes the seasonal gift giving of moon

cakes. they're only a few dollars each but it's the principle of using official funds for gifts. but it's not expected such moves large or small will bring corruption to an end. >> making a few high profile cases against senior officials is not enough at all to root out the corruption in china. corruption has been rooted in this country for thousands of years. it is a systematic and structural flaw. >> current leaders can't rewrite history. but they're hoping trials will boost their popularity with people in china and strengthen the communist party's hold on power. al jazeera beijing. >> we're hours away from the kickoff, the official start of the nfl season. ross is able to give us a preview.

>> broncos and ravens, the ravens lost a couple of dynamic and emotional leaders in ray lewis ed reed and antwon bowden. this is joe flacco's team now. kickoff set for 8:30 eastern time. over at the u.s. open, another one bites the dust. first it was roger federer. now your defending champion, andy murray, got bounced. the 21-year-old got bounced in straight sets. they call him money for a reason, floyd money mayweather, guaranteed $41.5 million, breaking the previous record, which was also held by money mayweather of $32 million.

that's your kind of money tony. >> yes. more ahead when we come back, the war in syria is making strained relations between u.s. and russia even worse. a love story between a palestinian and an israeli but something else makes the movie remarkable. we'll explain. ç]

>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm tony harris. here's a look at our headlines this hour. very latest developments on syria. it's reported that syrians have sent u.s. a letter asking them in the to attack. not to use fire and blood. meanwhile, an intelligence ship has passed istanbul, joining six russian vessels already there. in economic talks at the g-20 summit appear to have been swept aside. now all talks seem to be about missile strikes. while world leaders are

concerned that the the u.s. will be reluctant to. >> the host of the g-20 summit, vladimir putin greeted president obama, everybody looked for clues, polite enough but maybe it could be warmer. on syria these two are far apart. in his opening remarks president putin stuck to the formal summit agenda and spoke about the global economy. the majority of leaders here have reservations about an attack on syria that does not have the back of the united nations security council. that leads the americans and their allies with some tough persuading to do that they must fear that winning over their russian hosts on syria is an impossible task. the british and french will

produce more evidence of what they say is use of chemical weapons by assad's forces. the russians don't seem willing to believe them. >> we cannot accept u.s. proofs of chemical weapons used in syria. they are far from being convincing. >> also here, still arguing for a negotiated settlement? is the u.n. secretary general. >> there is no military solution, there is only a political solution which can bring peace and end this bloodshed right now. >> and so to dinner where syria was the main topic of discussi discussion. president obama on his way in looked cheerful enough. but nothing has happened at this summit so far which suggests there can be a consensus on syria and time is running out. barnaby phillips st. petersburg, al jazeera.

>> british prime minister david cameron says scientists have confirmed last month's chemical attack in syria. a spokesman for cameron's office says clothing taken were tested by experts but didn't comment on how the samples were brought to britain. >> for the past two and a half years the system devised in 1945 for threats of this nature did not work as it was supposed to. it has not protected peace and security for the hundreds of syrian children who were gassed to death on august 21. it is not protecting the stability of the region. it is not standing behind now an internationally accepted ban on the use of chemical weapons. >> congress is scheduled to return to work on capitol hill next week, tomorrow.

senate leaders will hold a brief session to place a resolution on syria on the calendar. the full senate could take a vote on the resolution as soon as wednesday. the house could vote on a resolution the following week. an egyptian minister has survived an assassination attempt. now he is warning of a terrorism threat in the country. a correspondent whom we are not naming reports from. >> carrying his security detail. mohamed ibrahim had reportedly received death threats earlier this week. he had been given an armored car for increased protection. state security sources say a device had been placed in the car or a motor bike and according to forensic reports had been remotely detonated. people in the area described 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 traffic police officers were starting to hold traffic for him, a small black car sped past and a minute later the explosion happened. >> the district of nasr city, the muslim brotherhood has stroing supporstrong support he. the interior minister is in charge of the cup's police force. a senior muslim brotherhood leader condemned the attack. over a dozen guards and passers by were injured. the minister arrived in the interior ministry in cie ro two hours after the attack. >> thank god it was a cowardly attack. the investigators are investigating, it was large set off remotely and they waited for my vehicle to past because the impact was close to my car.

it destroyed four of the vehicles of my protection team and many shops in the area were badly affected along with a civilian car and a small child who had her leg amputated. i have a civilian officer who is badly injured and another officer with his leg amputated. >> saying it is fighting terrorism, the interior minister said this attack marked a new wave in that battle. no one so far as claimed responsibility for the attack. al jazeera, cairo. >> in chile, what started out as a rally for education reform took violent condition today. tear gas was used as police detained a number of protestors, at least five were reported injured. in mechanism coe city, riot police faced off with striking teachers who are at odds with

mexican president enrique pena nieto. seize an international terminal, teachers have been striking since april. a group of prisoners in calf had ended their nearly 200 day strike, many of the prisoners say the practice is like torture. california is suffering from one of its dryest years on record. on top of its chronic water shortages. now the most popular state in the u.s. is turning to technology to meet its ever growing demand for fresh water. here is al jazeera's jennifer london. >> we live in a world of water, oceans control our food and give us a place to play.

but ironically, oceans can't give us a thing to drink. >> we have the world's largest reservoir at our doorstep. >> in carlsbad california hope for a fresh watery future lies in the construction of the largest desalinization plant in the western hemisphere. when it's completed in 2016, the plant will provide 200,000 people with fresh drinking water. peter says 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 southern part of the state. >> affordable at the cost of $1 billion to build the plant and around an 8% rate hike. the san diego water authority which has agreed to buy

poseidon's fresh water is worth of it. >> without having another source of supply we would clearly have shortages of water. >> large desalination plants are already operating in the northeast. >> the promise to harvest ocean water to solve california's water woes remain very much up to date, with some experts saying on the surface, desalination is a workable option but to delve a little further, there are a number of issues to be passed before we can say pass the salt. >> joe is with the surf rider foundation. >> degradation of marine habitat, enormous energy demand and it's so expensive it crowds out other alternatives,

conservation. storm water recapture, recycling of water. >> it's worth a little bit more. >> as desalination remains a prickly issue, few would argue that not only is california running out of water, it is running out of time. al jazeera, san diego. >> fracking is make north dakota the fastest grow state in america. in the middle of this is williston, producing 800,000 barrels of oil a day, sitting on top of these rich resources and the nearby fort birth hold reservation held by the three affiliated tribes, is where an estimated 15% of the state's

rigs are located, diane eastabrook with more. >> north dakota's indian reservation looking to a winner. the u.s. geologic survey estimates the shale formation under montana and north dakota could hold millions of barrels of crude, these aim to do more than just drill. >> this is the refiner units that -- >> rich mayor scans, 20,000 barrels of crude a day. >> how much do you think you can make a year by doing this? >> i think the conceptua

conceptualization,. >> and improve life on the reservation. building a refinery could also change lives, providing much needed jobs where there are few. [ chanting ] >> at the tribal summit in bismarck, oil is topping the agenda. north dakota lawyer jack dalrymple: >> 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 texabut tex hall states: >> we try to make sure our decisions for that benefit for the long term. and for the elders today, they don't have 25 years, they have

obviously a lot let less. >> it could take a couple of years before the fort berthhold operation, giving those who live here time to redefine what they want to create for future generations. >> and still ahead on al jazeera, a new type of christian outreach is rampin ramping up ae will take you to a so-called skate ministry in florida. >> and i'm michael eafs eafs. eaves, coming up next, i'll tell you how a revenge factor is adding to this rivalry.

>> welcome back to al jazeera i'm tony harris in new york. in that a new type of ministry is ramping up, it involves skate parks for young christians and these are rolling across the country. andy gallagher has our report. ♪ >> they come to practice their flips and slides. and for skateboarders across the globe, skate parks like this one in fort lauderdale give them space to hone those all important skills. but this isn't a place to practice the trick on ramp or halfpipe. it is to many, a house of worship. >> god we love you -- >> ramp 48 is more specifically

a skate ministry part of north america's largest evening evangl churches. bible classes aren't compulsory. >> there are bible studies every tuesday. we've been doing it for wow, 13 years now. it's not -- they don't make them come. they can come or they can leave, you know, it's all good. >> but 13-year-old marcus montoya is a church regular and one of the most talented skateboarders, he says his religious stith help him to -- studies help him to skateboard again. >> you come back and skate and you have a good set of mind and you just skate hard. >> but for parents like caid dunn a skate ministry wasn't as easy sell. she was initially wary of

bringing her son here but says the condition was transformative. >> he says, hey mom i read the entire book of mark, hey mom do you know they found noah's ark? >> those behind ramp 48 say they are combining their biggest passions. >> michael eaves iross shimabuk. >> the patriots in 2004, plus baltimore lost some big time play makers. our big time play maker michael eaves is in time for tonight's

showdown. michael. >> ross it is pretty significant that that everyone remembers this epic playoff battle at mile high when the broncos were up late and the ravens eventually winning it in double overtime. and revenge has been on the mind of a lot of people, granted the players and coaches have tried to down play that factor coming into this matchup but the fans were doing anything but. >> i was sick to my stomach after that loss this year so it's all revenge right now. >> do you think the players are thinking that? >> they have to be. they have to be as long as they are focused on doing their job but it's there for sure. >> i know they haven't had the best preseason which is normal. we had a lot of changes of players and people retiring obviously so i'm curious what's going to happen. >> now this game here tonight is

breaking a ten year tradition in the nfl with the defending champion usually plays at home. because the orioles have a game tonight and they couldn't share, with peyton manning and joe flacco, just one other element to the rivalry. >> if we hung the banner of the cubs to the busch stadium, it would cause an uproar. >> i'm not mad, it's created a lot of tension in the of area. i would prefer to see another bronco in the area. >> it is unseasonably warm here in denver, temperatures reached 97. it's expected to be 87°, and the

climate could lead to fatigue from the ravens standpoint. we'll see. >> michael eaves, stay cool there. we had a fight between the eagles -- yeah, fight! williams threw his helmet down, had to be restrained by michael vick. williams one of several players who had a major issue with that the eagles may want to focus their attention throw and the aggression they play over teefnedding charm got bounced in straight sets here today. ever hear of stanwood renka?

tan the man had murray on the run all day lock and he was simply smachg. winning it straight sets, 6-4, 63, 6 tw 2 and 6.2. >> there's not so much about focus. when you work hard for something for a lot of years, you know, it's going ostay a brit of -- a bit of time to really fire yourself up and get yourself training, you know 110% and you nofs that is something that you know i think is kind of natural after what happened. at wimbledon. >> another one bites the dust. first it was proj err federer, then novak djokovic.

>> another one to come -- okay, one of the top contenders about film follows holocaust survivor who moves to israel and falls in love. phil lavel has the report from venice. >> there have been many movies about the are israeli palestinian conflict over the years, but anna adabir claims to be something different, something unique. there have been cues and plaudits, who, the man with the human touch is that of a jews who survives the holocaust, they live a peaceful life in a nearly arab township near tel teleah t.

>> they manage to coexist. why do they manage to coexist because they understood they don't have to agree about everything. >> anna adabier was shot in one take, the camera rolled for 81 constant unforgiving minutes. >> people don't do things like that. and it was funny because you know, in the middle my nose started running and i had to take a tissue or something and i couldn't do it. >> you had to improvise. >> yeah, so every time the camera went for a second, i did like -- so it whereas funny and it was challenging. >> this movie is not done in the

back ground. he brings that experience to the middle of the screen. >> as a citizen in the area i'm appalled by this excessive scroidgesz. the only thing we can worth through that is the question, it is worth something. >> on are saturday jetti and his cast are hoping that they will be clutching the golden eye. if the reviews are anything to go by, then anna adabai will take it. >> back with the forecast and coming up at the top of the hour -- >> find out if your financial stability is still at risk.

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>> i'm meteorologist ribbies stevenson. the drought is more severe in minnesota, down into illinois even iowa ask contributing to their drought conditions getting a little bit worse as well. you can see after the rainfall last month, the drought has started to return, down to where the temperatures are down right hot. we've got high temperatures getting into the low 90s into oklahoma, tulsa hitting 93 so far. it's a hot day in the midwest but a completely different story as we go to either coast, east or west. in the northeast, temperatures are dropping down, our cool high temperature still pretty good

today but it's the lows tonight that concern us. freezing around the adirondacks but also frost advisories for the valleys, where overnight tonight clear skies any heat will escape in the atmosphere and temperatures will drop down in some cases will be right near freezing between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and that is when we're going to have those temperatures in the 30s for maine, vermont, new hampshire going to be cool. now the other story the big story a place that doesn't normally get severe thunderstorms getting them right now, getting them in oregon and these are tracking directly up into washington. got a lot of flood watches and flood advisories infec in effece have an area of low pressure tracking on shore. as it does that, it brings in the cooler air temperatures within an hour dropped by 20°.

>> welcome to al jazeera i'm tony harris. ear evere here are tonight's top stories. president obama and president vladimir putin greeted each other with handshakes and smiles. but as of now this is their only planned meeting. president obama cancelled a planned meeting over edward snowden. pope francis is weighing in on the situation in syria. he wrote to vladimir putin. he is urging the leaders to abandon what he called the futile pursuit of a military solution and instead work t