>> good morning. this is aljazeera america. i'm richelle carey. president obama breaking bread in the g-20 summit, but the dinner conversation was about an air strike in syria. the pot is calling on the pentagon to expand plans for syria, asking congress to approve the use of force. >> a southwest passenger plane has an open cargo door, forcing an emergency landing. >> i hit and killed vincent. >> a man posts a video telling the world that he killed a man

while driving drunk. >> the group of g20 summit is winding down. within the hour, russian president putin is expected to make his final address. this is where that press conference will happen. president obama and putin have been facing off over proposed u.s. military strikes in russia. when the press conference gets underway, we'll take you to that. later this morning, president obama will be having a press conference, we'll take you to that as well. the war in syria has been the topic on everyone's list. this morning, president obama joined leaders for an official group photo. he spent much of the summit trying to rally international

support for a military strike against the assad regime. it is unclear if the pot's lobbying efforts have worked. the president is drawing up plans for an attack against syria. the word today is that the plans are becoming bigger and broader, asking the pentagon to come up with a list of potential targets. a new strategy is purportedly being drawn up for an attack calling for air strikes by french and u.s. airplanes. the white house insists that american troops will not be required on the ground. congress hasn't signed off, despite an intense lobbying effort by the white house. it is unclear how the house and senate are going to vote. today, a vote will be form ally submitted to the senate. at the g20 summit, the president was alone walking into the gala dinner. he may have felt alone in other ways. the event is said to have been

dominated by the events in syria. our white house correspondent is live with the latest. good morning, mike. >> good morning, the president has already had a slate of activities today. it's late afternoon in st. petersburg. we await his tress conference in two hours time. the dinner last night lasting some three hours where vladamir putin declared that the discussion would turn to syria. we understand from a briefing that the president made his case, limited strikes, no boots on the ground, deter and degrade bashar al assad's ability to deliver chemical weapons, but few converts being won here. the tide, if anything, among the international community gathered here is turning against the president. the e.u. is against him. some of the emerging economies, brazil and india putting out a

statement that they oppose military strikes. the pope as we reported, saying that it would be few tile to engage in military aggression. one of the meetings the president had already this morning, the bilateral meeting, a formal sitdown between president obama and president she of china, no talk of syria there, although the china again is another country on record backing up its close ally, russia in opposing those strikes. all eyes now, as soon as the president leaves here are going to turn to congress. he's canceled one trip as president obama out to california next week. he was going to speak to an aflcio gathering there. there have been calls burning up the lines since the president left washington, not only from the president, but top advises traveling with him. 160 members of congress thus far by the white house count have been contacted directly and those consultations obviously continue.

the president after this summit is concluded, it's all up to congress at this point. >> looking ahead to the president making a statement today, will it also be a press conference where he takes questions? the last press conference president beginning of g-20, he made so much news spending so much time talking about syria. >> he certainly did. you know, what happens before these press conferences is the top presidential aide, national security aide people get together and prep the president. they've been fielding questions all day long for the last three days. they basically know the gist of what is going to be asked. the president is going to be ready as he was in stockholm, lashing out at those who said going to congress, he was waiving in the commitment that he made to launch air strikes so publicly, making that

commitment. congress is away, very nebulous and inexact. in the house of representatives, it is very much of an uphill climb. there is no question about that there is so much at stake here both in terms of the president's prestige for the country's prestige, really for the second term of the president, helping him advance to voting congress. they are back on the house floor, has shing it out, then it starts to get affirmed up and that's when the white house, once they realize how close or farther determine timing for any presidential address.

>> we'll be going live to the hill in just a bit. john kerry is working to gather support meeting with foreign ministers from the european union. afterwards, he will go to talks with french, british and arab liters and will sit down with the palestinian leaders. most lawmakers are out of town right now in their home districts. that means they're getting an earful from their constituents, having a lot to think about as he head back to the hilt. let's talk a little bit about that. >> that's right, augusts mentioned, congress is in recess, so most lawmakers home in their districts. a few have been in town these weeks for important hearings that we've followed closely. they're back in their home districts and getting an earful from angry constituents about

syria. senator john mccain in arizona last night. >> how much is the life of american servicemen worth? to me, it's worth a whole lot more. >> you're right, there is no contemplation of putting servicemen and women. >> you can say that now. >> i'm telling you there's not. i'm telling you there is not, sir. that is not an argument we can have. it's not going to happen. go ahead. >> so that's not all mccain heard during that town meeting. a man actually held up a bag of marshmallows referring to members of congress as marshmallows. he was shouted at. his promises, saying that there are going to be no american boots on the ground, people shouting that is not good enough at all. senator mccain has been very hawkish on this, facing opposition and other members of

congress facing the same opposition. >> there are some legislators, senators and you representatives like senator mccain who already know what it is they want to do and they're approaching these town hall meetings. it's a back and forth, they are basically trying to get their constituents onboard with them. there's another camp of legislators who don't know what it is they want to do and they're trying to take it back to their constituents and bring it with them, so there are two different camps here. >> that's right. mccain has cleared stated that he wants the administration to take more aggressive action. other members of congress are skeptical of my plan for involvement in syria's civil war and others saying that they are waiting for more information from the administration about any intervention, what the tactics and end game might be.

members of congress sort of all over the map on this and presumably hearing the same kind of questions from their own constituents. >> town halls are fascinating. we'll talk to you again. >> the u.s. has ordered diplomats to leave lebanon as congress debates syria and military strikes. the u.s. has ordered diplomats to leave lebanon. the g-20 summit will be wrapping up shortly. vladamir putin will be making and address. president obama will be holding a press conference. we'll cover it all here. keep it here for continuing coverage of the crisis in syria. you can stay up to date on our website, aljazeera.com.

>> a suspected u.s. drone strike killed six. pakistani officials say it is one of the most dangerous fighting forces in afghanistan. >> witnesses at the houston airport say a southwest airport took off with the cargo door wide open. an indicator light came on, so the pilot landed. no one was hurt, but the airline did a maintenance check. >> we may finally know what caused a massive wildfire. the u.s. forest service is blaming a hunter who let an illegal fire get out of control. so far, no one has been charged with the crime. the fire began on august 17 and quickly destroyed 370 square miles of forest and more than 100 structures. the fire is now 80% contained.

>> folks traveling on i-five early this morning in for a soggy morning. cold to start in new york city, 59 degrees, philadelphia activity eight. by the end of the day,er only expected to climb to a high of 73. it feels a lot more like september. excuse me, it is september. it feels a lot more like october than it does september. heats up, then cools down monday into tuesday. across the dakotas, we have a heat advisory in effect from noon until 9:00 tonight.

if you're out there, use precaution. i certainly don't want you outside doing strenuous activities. it's very dangerous to do so. denver at 95. this is more like july than early september. across the five, all the way from seattle into portland, we have scattered showers and thunderstorms. those storms could turn severe. i want to show you a slip from yesterday in seattle, heavy rain was coming down along the roadways. you can see how flooded the roadways are, up to two inches. that can sweep cars away. damages winds greater than 60 miles per hour are likely, in addition to that, more torrential rain and gusty winds. be careful if you're traveling. >> thank you. >> russian penalty vladamir putin grappling with president obama on the world stage.

we're going to take a look at the man behind one of the world's super powers. on line concession, a man admits to getting behind a wheel and killing a man. he now says he's ready to face the consequences. >> nfl season begins with a mile high performance as peyton manning has a record night.

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>> welcome back. away bit more of breaking news. the u.s. has ordered all diplomats to leave lebanon, basically all non-essential personnel, non-emergency personnel to leave the u.s. embassy in lebanon.

congress is debating possible military strikes against syria, telling everyone if you don't need to be at the embassy, they want you to leave. >> the relationship between vladamir putin and president obama is far from cordial. the russian leader is an opposite to obama publicly and deliberately a dominating force in russia. in modern russia, it's either putin said way or the highway. >> hosting the g20 is just the latest way for vladamir putin to say that it is he who has returned russia to a leadership on the global stage after a humbling collapse of the soviet union. in many ways, he is the strong man called for during the chaos of post soviet russia. his famous photo ops as burly

finish err man, he appropriates a vision of russia more in line with its traditional orthodox values. his russia is one where liberal western ideals are foreign and dangerous. for example, the controversial new russian law against promoting homosexuality has proved to be a plash point for the coming olympics. threats seem to be identified everywhere, internal and external. it is said to be a way for russian people to keep from blaming him for a downturn in the economy. recently a comparatively small number of protestors denounced putin and the quality of human rights in russia. they were accused of being western stooges. they were jailed and one is in riding. >> observers point out under putin, the courts are little more than a political device to

intimidate or incarcerate anyone who stands for a different vision of russia than putin. the k.g.b. leader has led russia to real power. through the use of vast natural resources, he can if he wants manipulate western europe by choking off the flow of natural gas. he has rebuilt the russian military. he has set up several high-profile international events, not least of which the upcoming sochi winter olympics. for the current ruling elite, staying i go power means crushing opposition before it gains momentum. for vladamir putin, that means being the toughest guy around, both inside russia and abroad. aljazeera, london. >> a new development in the case of a montana teacher sentenced for 30 days for raping a 14-year-old girl.

the district judge said he would resentence him today to two years, but the state attorney general told him to cancel the hearing, because it's illegal for a judge to change a sentence. the man admitted to having sex with the victim who committed suicide in 2010. >> an ohio man is likely heading to prison after a startling on line confession. >> my name is matthew cordel. on june 22, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzoni. >> he admits he was drunk when driving his car the wrong way down a highway. he has not been charged. he made the video against his lawyer's advice. he knows his confession will be used against him, but says he plans to plead guilty anyway. >> california inmates have ended a two month long hunger strike. the last holdouts started eating again. 100 prisoners stopped eating in early july to protest the state's uses of solitaire

confinement. public hearings have been called to investigate the cries. >> a massive chain reaction crash in england involved more than 100 cars on a bridge in kent. hundreds of people were injured, eight seriously. a number of people had to be rescued from their vehicles. thick fog was the cause of the crash. >> the nfl is officially in full swing. john henry smith is pretty excited. we all are. >> the nfl knew what it was doing putting peyton manning front and center. fans had a football game to watch that matters and peyton manning would do something for the broncos that the great john elway never did. he wore number seven. one thing peyton manning didn't do was beat flacco in the playoffs. manning had thrown three before

a t.d. pass putting them up 17. still to come in the third, the ravens don't bother covering welker. fourth quarter, time for manning to feed the top dog in the food chain, touchdown pass number six. number seven would come minutes later. thomas did most of the work on this one, taking the bunny path 78 yards to the pretty tainted rectangle. remember, seven was the lucky number on this night. seven touchdown passes, broncos blow out the ravens 49-27. manning ties a league record for most touchdown passes in a game. he's just the sixth nfl quarterback to ever throw that many. the last guy to do it, joe capp of the minnesota vibings 44 years ago. sorry to bring up painful memories for our baltimore fans. capp lit up for those six scores. manning becomes just the first player in nfl history to throw

for six or more touchdowns in a game on three separate occasions. we have more on mannings demolition of the defending superbowl champs. >> the denver broncos waited 236 days to get revenge against the baltimore ravens. once the team finally got going on the offensive front there in the second half scoring 28 unanswered points to start the second half is when we saw the full arsenal on display with peyton manning at the helm. he tied an envelope record with seven touchdown passes, joining five other players in doing so. he had two touchdown passes each to thomas and welker. >> you never know what's going to happen in a game. i felt like we had to keep scoring. baltimore is an explosive offense, and our defense never

relaxed. they kept bringing the heat that i thought they did a good job answering the bell with some of our top players. it says a lot about the pride of some of our defensive players. we felt we had to keep scoring. >> the defending champion ravens lost more than just an opening game in denver. they also potentially lost michael orr and jacoby jones. they have 10 days off before their home opener against the cleveland browns. the broncos also with 10 days off before heading out on the road to take on the giants where tate mangled face his younger brother eli for a chance of an on core to the seven touchdown performance here tonight. >> peyton manning pushing 40 and he's never looked better. >> we all want to get better with age, don't we? >> aren't we? >> yes.

a jersey shore nightclub maybe ground zero for a mumps outbreak. >> wal-mart, wal-mart, you can't hide, we can see your greedy side. >> nationwide protests against the countries largest employer. why wal-mart is calling foul on workers calling for higher wages. why some critics say the school is setting the kids up for failure.

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>> we have more information on the news that broke a few minutes ago. the u.s. is ordering diplomats to leaf lebanon, this is happening as congress is debatessing whether to authorize military strikes in sir yes. the supplies to non-emergency personnel stationed at the embassy in beirut. we are also hearing that the state department is urging u.s. citizens to avoid travel to lebanon for security and safety concerns. obviously this will be developing throughout the day. we'll continue to update you on that. >> a new york city man is dead after a freakish mishap

involving a remote controlled helicopter. the 19-year-old was piloting that four and a half foot long chopper in a park when it struck and killed him. according to reports, one of the rotors cut his neck or head open. >> the new jersey health department is investigating 22 cases that all appear to be linked to a local bar. mumps has been largely contained. it is spread through saliva and include swelling of the salivary glands. >> the c.d.c. may be close to regulating e cigarettes. they are vapor driven and contain nicotine and increasingly popular with kids. the number of teenagers who smoke them has doubled to 10% in the last year alone. >> brains are highly susceptible to nicotine addiction and many kids who start with e cigarettes

will be addicted to nicotine and struggling with addiction their whole life. >> e cigarettes have been banned to people under 18 in 30 states. >> wal-mart employees are demanding better working conditions and higher wages. they tried to deliver a petition to a board member. workers say they cannot afford to live on their current pay and want a minimum pay of $25,000 a year. in all, at least 100 people across 11 cities were arrested for protesting outside wal-mart stores. >> that will do it for this edition of aljazeera news. much more coming up throughout the day as we await a press conference from vladamir putin and also a press conference from president obama. thank you so much for your time. keep it on aljazeera throughout the day.

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