>> one of the questions that seems to be asked over and over again what would happen after a strike? how valuable are it's allies? >> it's fear that unless a strike is decisive and we see assad is weakened and a new government comes into place, even if assad is weakened where he's focused on the war in syr syria, outside is iran to attack outside areas. >> we want to thank you for being with us. al jazeera will have live coverage of president obama's speech on tuesday night, and you

can get the latest information on the situation in syria on www.aljazeera.com. we're there for you 24 hours a day. egyptian army has attacked mohamed morsi. official say the morsi supporters have been staging almost daily call the call dal . and activists say it is fault and it is an intimidation tools. for the first time in 20 years japan will be hosting the 2020 games, beating out istanbul

and madrid. >> the international olympic committee has the honor to an announce the 2020 olympics awarded to the city o of... cit. tokyo. [ cheering ] >> the host has been chosen. the crowd here could not be more delighted. tokyo will now be the fifth city to host the olympics more than once. >> we're at the top of the world. thank you, our campaign team is the best. >> this is the most exciting moment i've had in my life. >> here's what helped tokyo win

the bid. superior infrastructure. they have many facilities in place, one of them is the national stadium. it is set to undergo refurbis refurbishment. they are known for their low-crime rate and they are known for reliability and safety. but safety has put them in crisis. the fukushima hit by an earthquake was hit b is still lg radiation. >> so tokyo will have the honor of hosting the summer olympics

twice. the first time is in 1964, and it marks japan's reemergence. >> the international community after world war ii. al jazeera, tokyo. >> in addition to the summer olympic games tokyo will post the paralympics as well. flash flooding in utah. heavy rains there sending people in alpine, utah, trying to fine shelter, many forced to flee their homes. debris and mud run past neighborhoods. as much as three-quarters of an inch of rain falling in just 15 minutes.

>> meteorologist: and we will look at the flash flooding there. the video is incredible. and in north and south dakota you see heavy rain moving through the plains. that's a lot of rain in a short period of time. a number of watches are in affect. and the areas with green color mean flash flooding. quick flash flooding. flooding that goes up quick and goes down quick with heavy rain. that heavy rain will continue to spread to the east, so we could see flooding in the plains today or the next 24 hours. the temperatures are letting up in the southwest and accepting g moisture north, that's utah.

temperatures this afternoon could easily climb to 90 dress. no dress--address. thin the northeast we have frost advisories. you can see frost developing on surfaces. this is for tomorrow. we have a few 40s and a few 30s, a few pockets could drop to below 40 on surfaces. there

is that caller air tomorrow. 73 monday afternoon. warm and heating up into the upper 80s starting the day in the 70s. the satellite will watch the tropics. a few storms off the coast of africa do show signs of happening in the next few days. nothing happening in the caribbean now, but we'll keep watch and there could be storms heading our way. >> oon the high seas a ship was in flames and crew is jumping over board, and this was to accident. plus going to pot in california. and the cigarette that could actually help you kick your habit.

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live in ecosystem. this is a beaver dying an agonizing death by rat poison set by russian growers. since the crop is not fully legal, growers don't bother to seek permits or follow land use rules. >> typically, this is probably six greenhouses. >> these are hundreds. >> hundreds of them. there is 500 in this watershed. >> the most severe impact is on screams. some have been sucked nearly dry for cannabis plants. >> once they clear the land they don't care where that sediment is settling. >> the marijuana industry affects everybody in humble

county. a recent study shows bun out of every $4 comes into our economy through this industry. >> mark love lace says the prohibition has caused a free for all. >> all the impacts around it where any other industry would be completely regulated. >> americans insatiable demand for marijuana and the government's endless war on drugs threatens a place of serene beautifully. >> smoke off the coast of italy. they say the crew intentionally set its cargo on fire. the cargo consists of hashish. the smugglers had to jump

overboard. they were plucked out of sea and arrested. a new study out finds that new electronic cigarettes help to kick the habit, it's success may be even more than the nicotine patch. >> a gateway to nicotine addiction or a way to help smo smokers quit. a new study in the lancet, smokers who use e-cigarettes is as helpful of kicking the habit than using the patch. >> you can stay on conventional nicotine therapy without harm. >> out of more than 600 smokers

trying to quick 7% of e-cigarette users were able to quit smoking for 6 moss. that's around 6% of patch users. the cdc announced a rise in children trying e-significant gleets whether or not it's bad for me i believe it's better than significant gleets as the debate over the effects of e-cigarettes rolls on the "world health organization" said that tobacco will ton kill half of the people who use it. >> in maryland there has been a rush on guns. they have received more than 85,000 gun purchase application this is year. there were over 7,000 applications all of last year and 46,000 in 2011. the rise comes just weeks before

the nation's toughest gun law takes effect in maryland. that law was passed after th the sandy hook elementary shooting in connecticut. a crow of geologists was trapped on a volcano when the helicopter blades iced over. they're doing find but chilly. we'll take to yo--the silver ts, a surge on the healthcare. >> an affair to remember. highlights just ahead in sports.

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>> welcome back, i am del walters. these are our stop stories at this hour. seeking support. secretary of state john kerry is infrantions trying to create support for military strikes against syria. he will head to london tomorrow. the egyptian army has launched new attacks since supporters of deposed president mohammed morsi. people were killed in north sinai, nearisises. they have been staging almost daily assaults in security forces and other targets there. so serious celebrating in japan. the nation there has been selected to host the 2020 olympics. tokyo beating out finalist finalists,istanbul. 2020 will be the second olympics

for tokyo. they hosted back in 1964. lebanon, syria's next-door neighbor dealt with its own bloody civil war 25 years ago. while there is mostly peace there today, the capital city of beirut is once again divided. robert ray joins us from beirae with more >> reporter: a city where construction cranes dot the dense skyline. people relax at the sea and buildings sprawl in every direction with roman ruins longside churches and mosques. it looks like a paradise, but it's a city on edge. sectarian tensions are simmering. s suspension and fear is in the area. the conflict in syria is only making things worse. >> it's schizophrenic. every community feels of itself, thinks of itself as a nation. those nations fighting each

other. >> across the capitol, various neighborhoods have sharp divisions. flags and signs shows who is in control and who is not welcome. lebanon's 15 year civil war ended in 1990 and syria was left in charge. but syria withdrew military occupation in 2005 and since then, lebanon's sectarian lines have become much clearer. >> during the long civil war from lebanon that ended in 1990, this was the front line of battle. the muslims on the west side, the christians on the east, both fighting for control of the country. >> since then, downtown beirut went through a sort of rebirth, but many of the country's other deeply rooted problems have gone unresolved. today, dozens of rival political parties compete with one another. each has itsina gentry a and at any moment, tensions can return to the surface. violence can e wapiti. >> everybody in the country is waiting to get rid of the other.

>> in recent months, car bombings have been on the rise along with kidnappings and extremely street battles. that blames leaves some blaming from the sectarian spillover in syria. >> the people are divided. >> jihad habi has been a taxi driver in beirut for 20 years. he believes the war in syria and any u.s. strike will deepen the conflict, turning the entire region with a battlefield with years of war ahead. >> the shiias and sunni, the shiia are following iran and the others following. >> host i wi h /* hostilities ao break. >> this era, i think, is the return of the civil war in lebanon between sunni and shiia. >> beirut is the home to many cultures and different beliefs. the people in the city of

contradictions live with the anxiety and uncertainty of a potential american-led strike on syria. they are well aware lebanon has never been immune from the from the fighting next door, the city once known as the pairises of the middle east is bracing for what might come next >> reporter: so, del, an interesting place here in beirut as tensions rise. as you can see by that package, this is a city of contradictions, a group, many groups of religions here living amid each other and a lot of different places here that are being affected by the conflict in syria. many refugees, over a million in lebanon right now, and people are definitely feeling it, del. >> robert, you say exactly that. there are a million refugees pouring across the boarders from syria. how are they affecting what is already a tense situation in

beirut? >> well, they are everywhere. they are creating what people are concerned about, their health here some of the folks here are thinking that many of the syrians are taking away their jobs. the -- over a million refugees that are scattered around the country and even here in beirut are on the streets. visibly, you can see them. there have always been syrian refugees on the streets of beirut but now, pretty much any corner you go on, you may run into a mother and a baby, perhaps a group of small children begging. so, people here are concerned about the security and stability of all of these refugees coming over into beirut and perhaps affecting violence that may be coming up, car bombings, potential kidnappings that have happened in the past few weeks. this since is tension and everyone is waiting for america

and the rest of the countries to decide what's going to happen, if, indeed, there will be a strike. del? >> reporter: . >> what about the americans living in beirut as well? what impact is it having on them? >> reporter: well, we know on friday, the state department issued an evacuation for non-emergency officials and diplomats that are stationed here in beirut. the state department has also said that americans that are here as tourists or americans who are coming in as tourists should leave, pack their bags and get out. you know, itt at any point, beirut is not exactly the safest place for an american to be. there has been kidnappings of americans here over the course of many, many years. many journalists have been taken by militias. so it's a place where you need to be on guard at all times. perhaps i think the best thing to say is be careful who you trust. watch your back, and keep walking, if you will, del. >> robert ray, good advises.

thank you for joining us. axis will have live coverage of president obama's speech concerning the situation in syria. that will be taking place on tuesday night. and you can get the very latest on the situation there on our web cited,ays.com 24 hours a day. there has been an unusual twist in the race for mayor of new york. the currents mayor is accusing the democratic candidate of running a racist campaign. demacio who is married to a black women and has two mixed-race children have released ads. bloomberg says he is using his family. his daughter responded during a campaign stop on saturday. >> very unfortunate and inappropriate, as i said earlier. i am exceedingly proud of my family. i hope the mayor will reconsider what he said. i hope he will realize it was inappropriate. >> 20 years ago, my dad did not know who was running for mayor

and did not seek to marry a black woman. thank you. >> very accurate. >> he is currently leading in the poles. the primaries are taking place on tuesday. fire fighters now have the upper hand in that massivey yosemite wildfire. dozens of sementists are trying to find out how much damage the flames have done to the area. the wildfire has scorched nearly 400 square miles. fire officials say a hunter started that fire. >> meteorologist dave warren. we are talking about flooding and heat except the area of heat and flooding is moving through the midwest and now the upper plains, the northern plains, i should say. all of this rain from the south, going over the same area. >> that's what caused the flooding there in the utah yesterday. today, that area of rain and

flooding is now in north and south dakota. the heat is continuing to build up there over the midwest. we are looking at more flooding possible there in the northern plains. that area of rain continues to push to the east. right now, temperatures are into the 60s and 70 did, in memphis, houston, all the way through oklahoma, dallas and nebraska, kansas, dealing with the heat today. heat warnings are in effect there because the high temperatures into the 90s here, still pretty warm, hot in minneapolis with flooding possible there. it gets a little cooler, though, the farther east you go. temperatures will be dropping here over the next few days. he specially across the northeast. that area of rain causing flooding in north and south dakota continuing to spread through minnesota and will now push to the south and bring rain and storms to chicago with temperatures there climbing into the upper 80s, near 90 degrees. flash flood watches, north and south dakota. that's the area that's dealing with that heavy rain today. now, across the northeast, a few

showers are possible. look at how the wind is coming in from the northwest. that the brings in cooler air. not so cool this morning but by tomorrow morning, could have frost developing. new york and new england, frost advisories in effect. temperatures will be dropping into the 40s there by tomorrow morning after climbing into the 80s this afternoon. right now, it's off to a mild start. these numbers tomorrow morning, 40s and 30s across the northeast. it's very cold air there. del? >> dave warren, why is this man smiling? because football fans are rejoicing. today is the first full day of sunday games for the 2013 n.f.l. season and on this day, the n.f.l. is launching a $10 million incentive program aimed at finding better ways to protect players from head injuries. this program coming after a week after the league agreed to a $750 million settlement with former players over concussions. with more on the n.f.l.'s latest efforts to make things safer for the players, we turn to dave

zyron. thank you for being with us this morning? >> great to be here, del. >> players have been complaining about this issue for years. i guess the question has to be asked: where was this incentive practice months if not years ago? >> well, until 2009, the n.f.l. didn't even admit there was a concussion problem. they said there was no connection whatsoever, no provable connection between playing n.f.l. football and any of the after effects of head injuries, any post concussive syndromes roger goodell compared to a tobacco executive, saying there is no actual connection between cancer and smoking cigarettes. like cigarettes, the problem is that it's impossible to make football safe. there is no way to actually make it safe. all you can really do is try to make it safer. and i think what the nfl is doing right now is they are in a rush to catch up with people's safety concerns and in a rush to have the kind of public

relations that says to families out there, hey, the game is not as safe as, maybe, you are hearing. >> dave, it could be argued if anybody knows anything about concussions in sports, it is the n.f.l. so why is the league looking for outside help to solve an inside problem? >> well, one reason is that they don't have the infrastructure inside to look a lot these issues. there is at this moment, not a concussion expert on every team, something the n.f.l. players' association has asked for. the amount of research and data that they have and they have collected over the last 20 years is nothing they have put up towards any sort of independent review. that was a big disappointment. a lot of people had with the settlement, with the 4500 former players, was the fact a lot of that research wasn't going to see the light of day. by necessity, they need to outsource this right now. they certainly have the money to do so. but it says something about how to use a sports metaphor, thin their medical benches at this point. >> dave, in politicians, they say they are playing to their base. in sports, i guess the question has to be asked: are they

trying to shore up future generations? because i am hearing a lot of parents saying, i am not going to let my kid play football. he can place baseball or basket ball >> absolutely. think about the four movie compelling players, and drew lock, robert given iii, cappernic and russell wilson. they were multi-sport agent le me hand you what has been marked as let's who came from very stable, two-parent, middle-class homes. >> that's exactly the kind of player the n.f.l. thinks they could lose with this next generation and the sport could be driven to the sort think where it becomes like boxing was, something that the poorest of the poor did as a way to claw their way out of poverty. the nvm wants to prevent that from happening because from a p.r perspective, it's just not a good look. >> dave, thanks for being with us. dave zirin is the sports editor at "the nation" thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you.

i am john henry smith. the new college football landscape where business from tradition is about to claim another stored rivalry. notre dame and michigan will stop playing regularly as the irish move to the acc, qb gardner wore the number for the last visit to the big house. high schoolsman winner 21 took guardners past. 61 yards. gardner may have put himself into this year's heisman conversation with his perform applications saturday night. he ran 82 yards. this touchdown, gardner threw for 294. up by 14 in the fourth. wol wolverines looked in control until the irish touchdown. the irish had life, not for long. 75 yards down the stretch and eyed the game with a td pass. fourth toss of the day, michigan beats noter dame 41 to 30.

with a loss to collegeson, georgia faces number 6 south carolina. aaron murray puts the bulldogs up 10. after the game, they cut the league to 4. justin scott wesley made the long distance connection 85 yards for the game-clenching score. mary passes for 309 and scores like michigan also wins 41 to 30. if you know football fan today, don't invite that fan to lunch. don't ask that fan to run anner randall for you on this first sunday of n.f.l., football fans are going to be busy watching football t there are some good gaze to watch. the 1:00 p.m. games include buffalo hosting new england, chicago, sincenatty, the saints hosting falcons and caroline appear seattle. around 4:30 a rematch as the 49ers host green bay and an intriguing match-up as dallas

hosts the giants. to baseball, we made a big deal when the pirates 1 their 81st game knowing they needed one more win in their last 24 games to get their first winning season since 1992. guess what. the pirates lost three straights since then. saturday in st. louis, david frees had a monster homerun blast. some kind of power hitting his 8th of the season. from the mound, wainwright struck out all three, st. louis beat the pirates 5-nothing. they moved in to first place in the nl central, a half a game ahead of those pirates. tennis, rafael natal was off 7 months last season. he has come back with a syringence especially on hard courts. he came into saturday's semifinal match with gasgay. now he can make at a time 22 and

0. gasgay didn't go away quietley. the victory advances nadal to his 12th final and 13th tournaments,une grand slam finals. pete samfords for the most grand slam. djokovich in his semifinal match split each of the first four sets setting up a 5th and deciding set. >> that's where he prevailed in convincing fashion. this will be djokovich's tripinged and his 37th career meeting with nadal. the 1 and 2 seeds will meet, serena williams and azaranka meet for the second straight year. >> i am sad you pointed out that this is the beginning of the football season because my wife had some things she wanted me to do today and i told her i was

going to be working. how is that for you? thank you, john. the fasting growing occupation in the nation. when we come back, we are going to take a look at the home healthcare and how all of the aids it is now employing are helping improve the economy as well. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko

[[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country.

more than 300 people showed up for a public forum in detroit opposing that city's bankruptcy filing. saturday's forum was hosted by detroit congressman john conyers. a crowd booing for filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in history. he said it was a chance to let the people of detroit speak out about the bankruptcies. the emergency manager who filed the case was not in attendance. neither rain nor hail can stop the postal service but what about a storm of red inc? the postal serviced has been awash in debt. it is looking at proposing an

end to door to door mail dlifshing deliveries. mel workers are going to people's homes to take care of them. right now, the top three occupations in home health care services are aides, personal care aides, registered nurses as well. david ariosto takes a look at the fast-growing field >> reporter: around 6:00 a.m. most mornings, lorie grabs coffee and heads to work and earns 10cot 25 >> you have to be like a caring person. okay? i like it. >> by the time she gets to her client's house, there is a list of things to do. >> straighten up the dishes, make the bed, do his wash. if he needs me to go for him, i go. just to help him be more independent. >> as medical and insurance spending soars, home healthcare

is surging, adding 1.3 million new jobs. accompanying this growth are questions of background checks, adequate training and low pay. >> it's all right. it's not great. i mean you can't just live off of of that for an income. you know, you have to have somebody else. >> with a medium income around $20,000 a year, about half of these workers rely on government assistance to get by >> i have help. i have financial help sgu. >> but for those like clinton crittendon who has cerebral palsy >> a normal person would take 15 minutes. it takes me like 45 minutes to fully get dressed and be out the doo door. so he relies on lori for the banks, cooking, cleaning and helping him get ready for the day. >> if i had to do all of that by myself, i wouldn't be able to attend any of my doctors' appointments, no social events.

i wouldn't be able to go see the eagles. i wouldn't be able to do any of that. she really helps me make, you know, makes my life easier. >> more people are expected to turn to home aides just as the so-called silver tsunami heads ashore. >> it's that demographic waves into ages where help is needed that is driving this future increased demand for home healthcare aides. >> a baby boomer turns 65 about every six seconds. >> reaching ages where a lot of them can expect to become very frail. they can expect to need help. >> might be nothing. could just be i needgestion. >> at liberty home health services, a ka -- cadrr in coming in. >> we hire between 20 and 25 a week. >> back-up workers and

part-timers but the majority of full-time aides with relatively low turnover. >> if the industry is a steady source of employment growth even in a very deep recession like the one we saw in 2008 and 2009, that is a very powerful bit of evidence about the strength of the underlying demand for workers in this field. >> there is a lot of people doing it. there is a lot of people doing this job. but it's needed. >> but a 1974 law allows some workers to be classified similar to baby-sitters which exempts them from minimum wage and overtime laws. >> that means employers are allowed to pay these workers less than minimum wage with no overtime. >> that's right. you can wake up at 5:00 in the morning, care for somebody every minute of the day, take the late bus home at night, and still make less than the minimum wage. >> that was two years ago. and despite a pledge to close the loophole, the department of labor says it's still working on

it. about half the states require home care aides to be licensed or certified. northwestern university that found agency background checks and training are often limited, noting they may provide a false sense of security. >> right? >> yeah. thank you. >> a lady i used to take care of that eventually got put in a nursing home. she used to walk around with a plunger sting. if they messed with her, she would hit her. until i started helping her. she was very funny. >> but as health reforms takehold and several states restricting the size and scope of aides programs, some are concerned about their client's future? >> they depend upon us. i have had a lot of them say, i don't know what i would do without you, you know, helping here and there. what would i do? some of them have no family. no kids, nobody to take care of them at all. >> david ariosto, al jazeera,

philadelphia. >> at the end of our first hour, these are the stories that we are following at al jazeera this morning. secretary of state johnkerry is in france trying to drum up international support for those military strikes against syria and he says what he is doing overseas at this hour is working. an egyptian army has launched a new attack against supporters of out of mohammed moresi. there are reports out today that say 9 people were killed in north sinaisi. there are reports out today that say 9 people were killed in north sinai. there is junelation in japan, tokyo widding a bid to host the 2020 summer olympic games. >> i am john henry smith. first full game of action, johnny manziel proves he still has it. >> i am dave warren. weather highlights are the heat and humidity plus storms. i will show you where we are dealing with flash flooding and excessive heat. >> as we go to close, we want to take you back to paris where right now, it is about 2:00 o'clock.

they are awaiting word from secretary of state john kerry. kerry is overseas, as we have mentioned trying to drum up support for u.s. air strikes giningsz syria. so far, the brits have said no. france is a solid supporter. he also says he is gaining support from nato allies overseas. also on that note concerning syria, the white house says it will hold a press conference on tuesday, a life state of the nation address by president obama addressing the situation in syria. of course, al jazeera will follow that for you live, and you can always check us out 24 hours a day at aljazeera.com. >> that's it for now. al jazeera continues. we are back in two and a half minutes. morgan radford then.

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good morning. this is al jazeera, and i am morgan radford. these are some of the stories we are following this hour: secretary of state john kerry is trying to convince a skeptical international community to force strikes on syria while president obama makes a similar push right here at home. >> tokyo. >> and they are celebrating in tokyo. japan wins the bid to host the 2020 olympics. a run on guns in maryland where tens of thousands are applying for permits with one of america's toughest gun laws about to go on the books. >> machines the size of