>> hello, everyone, this is al jazeera, i'm tony harris in new york. our top stories, talking it over at the united nations. the permanent members of the security council are said to discuss syria's war. [ bell ringing ] >> and commemorating september 11th by remembering those who died. >> diplomatic effort to deal with syria's chemical weapons are moving forward. envoys from the five permanent

members of the security council are set to meet, and james, what can you tell us about the meeting? >> everyone agrees the diplomat i cadiplomatic track is the wayr now to go forward. there is the russian plan and the french plan. the french have drawn up a draft u.n. resolution. this is the first draft which al jazeera obtained a number of hours ago. since we obtained that they continue to discuss it. we understand the french, the americans and the british discussing the situation. they've drawn up a second draft, and that will be shown at the meeting of the permanent five members of the security council. the suprem security council hav5 members, but these five members could veto. >> james, the russians have weighed in on the first or

second proposal. >> the iran don't like any of the proposals because the proposal say chapter 7 resolution, sorry for this u.n. jargon, but that means if it is breached by the assad regime, then the use of force is justified. the russians do not like that part of it. the other part of the draft, this first draft that they don't like is the idea, the french are saying that everything that happened in syria since this all started two and a half years ago should be sent to the international criminal court to bring war crime charges against those who they find responsible for these atrocities. >> james from his post at united nationses good to talk to you. mike viqueira is following the latest developments on this story from washington, mike? >> tony, since the president's primetime speech it is the calm after the storm. it it's been a day of calm and

somber. [♪ singing ] >> from pennsylvania to the pentagon, today the nation paused as it has every september 11th for the last 12 years to remember. at ground zero the names of the fall reason read. one young man had a plea for the president. >> my uncle, i was only three when you were taken from us. we love you very much. president obama, please do not bring us to another war. >> syria seems to be on the president's mind as well as he remembered all those who perished at the pentagon. >> while at times force is necessary, force alone cannot build what we seek. >> at his primetime address president obama asked the american people but he wants the diplomatic time put forward by

the russians. >> the russians who have been supplying bashar al-assad are supposedly the ones bringing this to a close, and already putin said that united states would have to renounce the use of force. that's impossible. we're willing to give it a chance but not a long chance. >> reporter: one key issue if the syrian dos agree to give up their chemical arms how can the u.s. be assured that the weapons are accounted for. >> i think the bottom line question--i'm not sure if this is answering your question--identifying the mechanics of how this would work. what are the steps you would take? >> press secretary jay carney said that the americans have seen more cooperation from the russians in the last two days than they've seen in the last two years. there is optimism, but they don't want to see syria stalling

for time over the chemical weapons. all eyes on the two days on john kerry thursday and friday. >> thousands of refugees fleeing syria's war going back to school. how one humanitarian group is trying to make it a smooth transition. >> i love you, daddy. >> overwhelmed by emotion at ground zero in new york, familie, familymembers fighting. people packed the memorial site. many holding photos of loved ones they lost. some traced the names from the memorial site. others simply left flowers

[♪ "taps" ] >> the president taking part of the wreath laying ceremony. 125 people were killed inside the pentagon when american flight 77 crashed into the western side of the building. obama spoke to a crowd gathered following the wreath tribute. [♪ singing ] >> members of the navy sang the national anthem in pennsylvania. family and friends gathered to remember the passenger and crew killed on flight 93. a group of passengers trying to overpower the hijackers who were believed to be heading to the white house. the plane crashed in the middle of a field. and a memorial has been built this their honor as america emergencamericaremembers the anf

september 11th here is more on the process of building the museum. >> reporter: 12 years after 9/11 much of the site of ground zero is still under construction, but progress is being made. the 9/11 reflecting pools are open marking where the original twin towers once stood. there are waterfalls with the names of the victims etched in the granite. nearby workers are still building the 9/11 museum. it will be filled with pictures and personal stories and sobering original structures. with the placement of the 400-foot radio tower. sky scrapper reaches 776 feet in height marking the year of

independence by design. it's ban long 12 years and controversy has marked ground zero ever since new york officials tried to rebuild. from the start officials refused to consider rebuilding the twin towers in any fashion. instead the special development corporation in charge decided to hold a contest to come up with a new design. officials selected a design by an architect who had never built anything taller than four stories. the so-called freedom tower featured an off centered skyscraper with wind turbines by the roof, but the skyscraper violated fundamental laws of physic. the plan was unsafe, and would be full venerable to terror attacks. and developer larry silver steen who still owns the lease to the site gamed about the limit of office space that could be

rented. they tasked david childs with input from the new york city police department. in 2005 they unveiled a new tower plan. by 2008 the skyscraper's concrete core began to rise, and construction reached street level. in 2009 as part of a new marketing effort, officials changed the name from freedom tower to one world trade center. three years ago by 2010 the tower reached the halfway point, and this summer the entire on top was put in place. one world trade center has signed leases with a chinese company. the u.s. magazine company, and government's general services administration and offices belonging to new york state. that still leaves half of the total office space in the building unrented. still to come, four world trade

center, an adjacent skyscraper is near ready to open. and then there was two world trade center which is only a design ready to be built when the business rental market in manhattan improves. >> security in new york and across america has changed traumacally since the september 11th attacks. the government has spent billions of dollars to prevent another attack on u.s. soils. companies and contractors in the security sector have seen a real boom in business. >> 12 years after that fateful day in september america's security sector is booming. the government spends nearly six times what it did in 2001 in the fight against terrorism. fueling the nation's growing security apparatus. homeland security funding accounted for more than $500 billion over the decade adding new jobs for those with

specialized skills. >> it has changed the landscape of what you can do with a technical degree, military background and security clearance. >> u.s. intelligence spending has doubled. but it's not just government doing the spending. the private sector adds $280 billion to the market with cybersecurity and new hardware. that transforms bedroom communities in the nation's capitol to security hubs. >> there are new people and new ideas. >> two years ago kevin started his own video analysis company in arlington, virginia. >> we take video and turn it into data. >> his firm uses complex algorithm scanning everything were drone footage to fresh clips on youtube, and that has caught the eye of the security

industry. >> you're looking at syria, you're looking at 10,000 videos a day, okay, i've seen the presence of this particular weapon is three percent throughout the month of june. then all of a sudden in july at 10,000 videos a day we see it jump to 7%. you could watch those videos all day and never see that jump. >> the video security market has doubled in the last two decades, and it's not just overseas. cameras like these dot u.s. cityscapes that can identify faces. but what level of privacy can we expect. >> private companies have been compelled to work with intelligence community to provide critical intelligence to the nsa potentially at the risk of their own interest. >> as the demand for security grows the debate of privacy will intensify. >> boston air force officials are apologizing to passengers for conducting a fire drill

today. the drill drew a lot of criticism online because the exercise happened at 9/11. this did not interfere with flight operations. massachusetts called the drill, quote, dumb. now to discuss competing resolutions on how to secure syria's chemical weapons, jim walsh here, research associate at mit. talk with us about this for a second. how difficult is it going to be to secure those stock piles? >> it's going to be hugely difficult because you got to do three different things, each of which is complex, each of which is difficult. you got to find them. >> yes. >> you got to secure them. and then you have to destroy them. so find them. we don't have a baseline. u.s. official government say we don't know where every chemical munition is. it's not clear that assad would know where all the chemical

munitions are. >> it's not clear that he would know? >> with a thousand metric tons of agents plus munitions over 50 facilities, research facilities, storage facilities, maintenance facilities. the soviet union was not able to manage it all. we weren't able to manage it all. now granted their program is small, but are they going to give us all the paper records? are we going to be able to interview everyone? and securing where the troops are coming from, and then destruction, we're talking years. >> let's talk about the declaration process. this is assad. syria is assad's house. if we were talking about your house, and if i wanted to me where something was, you would be able to tell me where the thing is i'm looking for and locate it. >> but let's pretend that it is. >> yes. >> yes, but a government is a big place, and it depends on the record keeping. remember, the other thing about this is it would be challenging. by the way, this may be a better

alternative than military strikes, but let's not be naive about the logistical challenge here. it would be tough under the best of circumstances. but to your point it's a civil war. so you don't have control over your house. sometimes the other guys have your house. and then go back and you get it back, but maybe it's changed. >> the cease-fire is needed. >> before this could really move forward in any kind of credible way, let's say that we get a resolution from the security council that everyone can sign off on. >> that may be the case, but in some ways i hope that's not the case, that's another delay. getting a cease-fire, we would love that without chemical weapons being an issue. that would be hard to get. one would hope that there are chemical storage facilities that are completely under the control of the government that are not in harm's way, and we could start with the easy ones first. but better than the

alternatives. >> we've learned lessons on how to do this. >> yes. >> libya, 2004, we were talking about getting chemical weapons out of germany. >> yes, the u.s. and the soviet union, iraq, remember after the persian gulf war. they went in there and did a lot of chemical weapon destruction. we have experience, that's why we know it's as challenging as it is. >> jim, great to talk to you. >> great to see you, not on this day, but great to see. >> you the ill-fated italian cruise ship. engineers from 21 countries will work to raise the ship from the tuscan coast where it wrecked last year. >> meteorologist: starting in the northeast, we're talking about the heat, now we have to

add severe weather. we're tracking severe storms moving through parts of the northeast with wind, hail, and heat everywhere. the temperatures have climbed to the 90s. the hot air has spread east and it's cooling off in minneapolis and chicago. there are only one or two days where we're dealing with the heat in the northeast. 96 for boston. and 90s in washington, d.c. pittsburgh, 75 degrees. last few hours quiet on the radar, but now these strong storms have popped up. they're moving through pennsylvania. that's why pittsburgh temperatures have dropped in the 70s with these storms moving through. isolated strong and severe weather. thunderstorms watch remains in this entire area. we have wind and hail with these storms moving through new york, and that will continue to push off to the northeast. these storms will move north. the heat extends to richmond, virginia.

the heat for one or two more days before the weather. cools of for the weekend. >> high interest rates are driving down future home mortgage applications but it has been a bigger problem for the livelihoods of some financial professionals nationwide. >> i'm jonathan martin live in missouri where lawmakers set to override the governor's veto and possibly enacting a law that could block all federal gun laws. i have the story coming up.

>> welcome back, everybody to, al jazeera. i'm tony harris in new york. the top stories at this hour. >> and my cousin, we miss you

more and more every day. we love you so much. >> it was an emotional day in new york, washington, and pennsylvania as family and friends across the country remember those who died in the september 11th attacks 12 years ago today. there were tributes at ground zero and in pennsylvania at what has become annual tradition. families read the victims of everyone killed when the twin towers came down. president obama spoke at the pentagon as they remembered those killed in flight 93. terrorism hit close again when a bakery in boston was shaken by the marathon bombing.

is it years ago you lost your daughter, and we should mention your unborn grandchild, your daughter was pregnant. how often do you think about her, and what are your thoughts when she does come to your mind? >> i think about her every day. we live her when we work. at the cafe. and she is actually always with us, urging us, i guess, to be busy. she was very at vicious, so when we thrive in our business, we really think that she's looking upon us, and cheering us on, sort of. >> i know you have two our children, but what made your

daughter special? >> she had a great, great personality, like i said, very ambitious, smart, intelligent, always had a drive in her that would push everyone around her to better their lives and become better people. always helping others. was her main goal. i heard many, many people say lots of things, oh, she helped me, when she was down or she helped me do this. so our daily lives are basically moving forward with her in mind, and keeping busy, and being very

active in many things in our lives. >> the boston bombing, i understand, happened just blocks away from your cafe, your bakery. what was your reaction? was it in part, are you kidding me? >> we were initially very, very shocked when it happened, but again we tried to put our energies again into what we could do because of what happened to us in 9/11, so we wanted to give back to our police and first responders. the next day we were the only cafe open, and we tried to keep it open for people who needed us, giving them water, coffee, and using our cafe whenever they

needed to. it was very shocking, but we tried to do what we can to provide some help to the first responders and the police. >> one last question for you, what have you learned--two-part question, actually--what have you learned about yourself, personally, through this experience, and over what your family has gone through, you and your family, what have you learned about yourself over the course of last 12 years? >> it's hard to say what we have learned. i guess we have learned a lot looking back on handling everything. i guess patience is the most important thing. we learned about lots of different people, and how we

could, when we get together as a group, we could help each other in many ways. i think that's one of the things we learned. >> haleem salli. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> pleasure been now saking a look at headlines at wall street. shares of apple fell more than 5% after major brokerage firms downgraded the stock. they're convinced that the iphone i-c will be a huge seller in the chinese market. he. here is another sign that the rising interest rates are putting a crimp on the housing market. mortgage applications plunged to its lowest point.

and major lenders such as bank of america and wells fargo are cutting jobs in their mortgage divisions because of the drop off. new vehicles sold in the u.s. are getting more miles to the gallon. a new survey by the university of michigan shows the average fuel economy of cars and trucks is now 24.9 miles a gallon. the auto industry is producing more hybrid and electric vehicles and reducing the fuel consumption of gas guzzlers like pickup trucks and suvs. it's a human chain with thousands of supporters unified.

>> welcome back, everyone, to al jazeera. i'm tony harris in new york remembering the anniversary of 9/11. >> and my cousin, we miss you more and more every day.

we love you so much. >> it was an emotional day in new york, washington, and pennsylvania as families, friends, and americans across the country remember those who died in the september 11th attacks 12 years ago today. there were tearful tributes at ground zero, the pentagon and in shanksville of what has become an you'll tradition. president obama also spoke at the ceremony in washington. as people gathered at the shanksville memorial where people were killed. we have former secretary of president bush. how would you address the threat of terrorism to the u.s. homeland and it's immediacy. >> i would say we're much more

secure in terms of our infrastructure, transport security, aviation security. whethose al-qaeda eastern membes are now all gone or incapacitated. now we have a different al-qaeda and we have to adopt ourselves. >> do you look at organizations deemed terror organizations by the united states. i'm talking about the al nusra and others, and do you worry that they'll turn their attention to the united states if they already aren't thinking about the united states. >> i think they are thinking about the united states, and a great example of that was a year

ago in the attack of bengahzi there was a group that was affiliated with al-qaeda. that is the challenge of the network. while it is not a single organization it is bound by ties of ideological affinity. there are tactics and community financial support, that's what makes this change over time as dangerous as it is. >> mr. secretary, it has been so long now, remind us now what was the original rationale for department of homeland security, and in your view is it still relevant, necessary today? >> i think absolutely is necessary. the original idea was that the responsibility for protecting our border was divided among a number of departments. the responsibility for the protecting our aviation system was disconnected from the responsibility from dealing with our naval ports and our sea lanes. the idea was to bring an unity

of effort in securing the country from the border and inside the border. and i think that's worked. i think the department has matured quite a bit over the last ten years. >> what do you point to as the major success of the department? >> well, ironically the major success of the department is what hasn't happened. working with the intelligence community, with the department of justice, and even with the military overseas, a number of plots have been frustrated. we've made it much more difficult for people to come in from overseas to carry out operations here. that's frankly one of the reasons why al-qaeda and similar organizations tried to recruit americans in the country and turn them into operatives using the internet as a recruiting tool. that in many ways is a sign of the success we've had from keeping adversaries coming in from overseas.

secretary chektoff. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> many feared foyer their children on the day of the attack. heidi zhou castro talks to mothers in texas. >> i can do it. >> maria had just taken her three children to school on september, 11, 2001, when the first plane hit. >> i was scared. i was scared. i kind of felt like we had been invaded. not too sure what to think, whether my kids would be okay. >> she had asked that question for months to come. she didn't feel safe in public places. >> i'd rather not be there and be at home and know that they're going to be safe there. >> people did come to this public place, this park close to their homes. it's where they turn to each other for comfort.

>> trying to struggle with your day-to-day, and trying not to--trying to be strong for each other. if not, we would break down a little bit. >> beverly reagan remembers the world before 9/11. she said it's not the same world in which today's world grow up. >> we're senatorrer now. we know what to keep our eyes open for. >> open for the out of place, the unusual as a security threat, and to see the small things that give life meaning. >> actually when i found out i was coming out of my apartment to go for a bike ride. >> jessica says she now has a wider perspective. >> it just made me reach out to other cultures to learn more and to appreciate nature more, b, th children to look beyond reasonable, beyond race, to the heart of the human. >> she said if anything the

attack 12 years ago taught her to hold her children a little tighter. heidi zhou castro, al jazeera, dallas. >> now to the latest developments on syria. diplomadiplomatic efforts to deh syria's chemical weapons under international control. france wants to include military action if syria doesn't comply. russia opposes that. refugees are starting a new life in germany. 170 men, women and children arrived in hanover. as many as 5,000 syrian refugees will be integrated in communities across the country. 2 million syrians have fled their home since the conflict began in 2011. american children are retu

returning to school buildings that have desk, air conditioning, but it is a different story for the thousands of refugees fleeing syria's civil war. their school is in an outdoor camp. >> the school year has just started for syrian children in jordan, the second largest refugee camp in the world. even though the school is full, only half of the school-age children are attending school. many children here have to work to support their families. and for some it was already common, especially boys over the age 14 to drop out to work. but students still value getting an education even while in exile. >> education is important because we are going back to our country one day, and no one is going to rebuild syria but us. we are the generation that will hopefully rebuild syria.

>> unicef's three official schools teaching the jordanian curriculum but have more registered students than seats. over the summer a back-to-school campaign based on efforts of school children and aid agencies encouraged more families to accepted their children to school. >> some children are afraid of getting lost on the way to school because the camp is so big. some had dropped out of school in syria a long time ago. some have to work to support their families and transport water to their tents. and others are afraid of being beaten by teachers. >> some families don't send their children to school because that gives them a sense of permanency in the camp that they don't want to feel. but more funding is needed to provide more syrian children with access to education. unicef said education is the least funded sector in the camp, schools can only accommodate less than half the number of school age children.

>> unicef has only received a third of the $45 million appeal to fund this year's megs education program. the most pressing need now is for $11 million to fund urgently needed school supplies, build new schools and train teachers. >> in some cases there might be, for now we've seen donor response, but we're worried for the next year because we're not sure how the level of funding. >> the plight of these syrian refugees could be one that drags on for a while. that's why aid agencies feel funding education is important to prevent the loss of a generation of young syrians. >> for the latest on syria we'll bring you the latest developments as they happen. missouri lawmakers are poised to vote on a bill that

aims at laws. they would override a bill to make it illegal for federal authorities to confiscate a person's weapon. it goes against the constitution. we're going oh missouri city. despite warnings from the state attorney generals, it looks like they'll move forward with the bill. >> yes, the attorney general sent a letter to lawmakers saying go back and reread this legislation. it's publicly flawed and unconstitutional, but lawmakers are plan to go override the governor's veto. they believe they have the vote. and if they override this veto, it means that this law is null flying all federal gun laws here in missouri. there are concerns of what that might mean. at the heart of this legislation federal agents like fbi agents

and atf agents if they come to missouri and try to enforce federal laws the way this law is written they could be arrested. that's what the attorney general is say something potentially dangerous and unconstitutional. >> what do the supporters hope to accomplish by doing this? >> well, the republican lawmaker, who is behind this law, has said that this is all about preserving the second amendment. he thinks congress and the president have gone way too far in proposals for gun control. he said this is the way to allow missouri to make it's own rules, to have its own constitutional standing, and to decide when it's constitutional rights when it comes to the second amendment are being violated. >> and what are the legal challenges if this bill passes? >> it's likely that we'll see legal challenges in the state of missouri. when lawmakers override a veto the law is enacted 30 days after

that. if we see challenge it will likely be in the next 30 days r first couple of weeks. lawmakers up here in the capitol right now expected to vote this afternoon. so we'll see what happens. >> jonathan martin in jefferson city, missouri. thank you. it is considered sweet stuff but thousands of gallons of this sticky goodness spilled in hawai'i's harbor. it may be killing marine life and keeping boaters and swimmers out of the water. and ways to honor the fallen heroes from september 11th.

>> hundreds of thousands of people found an unique way to show their support for making part of northeastern spain an independent state. they formed a human chain. we have the story now from barcelona. >> this was the moment catalns came together in a show of uni unity. a symbolic gesture of those from north and south of the region joining hands calling for catalonia to be independent from spain. for some it was too much to be bear. the human chain stretched 400 kilometers away. the number of people who took part far exceeded expectation. >> there is a sense among people here that the time has come that they have a say on the future of cat loan in a, and they want the referendum as soon as possible.

>> i'm here to claim my country's independence and freedom. we have a right if we want to be a part of spain or if we want to be independent. >> an independent catalonia in e.u. i know we can't be part of the e.u. immediately, but we will do so in the long term. >> catalonia is home to 7.5 million people. traditionalcally it has been one of the economic powerhouses in the country. supporters say they have poured mother into the national economy than they've gotten out of it. central government of madrid is opposed to any split and believes a referendum would be unconstitutional. >> they have claimed many times that they want to for bid the referendum of catalonia. >> just half of catalos want

independence, but more want a chance to have their say, and they're growing in impatience. >> a california city's controversial mortgage plan is moving forward. richmond could be the first city in the nation to use immanent domain to buy mortgages from banks. that means that homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth can refinance and gain equity. she said she is--the mayor said they're doing it to help their town. >> we're doing it because it's something that banks have been unable to do, or been unable or willing to do. >> a massive m ma molasses spild

into the hawaiian harbor. it spilled out of a faulty pipe as it was being transferred to a ship. >> ross is here. let's talk about teams in making a statement. >> reporter: team usa, start booking your tickets to rio. they dropped the hammer on their rival, mexico. it goes from eddie johnson in the 49th minute and then another from landon donovan in the 78th. they would go on to win 2-0. then after the game they had help from the honduras to pop that bubbly stuff. they were making its appearance in the world cup. >> i love this game.

i love this sport. when we started 15 years ago you never would have had a game like that. i'm proud of our growth, all of us are, yourself included. >> it means a lot to me, too, to the players, the federation, everyone working in this environment, to you guys, as well as the fans. the qualifying campaign is a very difficult road. this is a special moment, and we coaches enjoy that the same way the players do, and we're proud of that. >> ever since the attack of september 11th the new york nets have had a role in the recovery process. they've had charities for the families of first responders and yesterday two of their biggest stars made their way to the new york firehouse. our jessica taft has the story. >> reporter: this is not the first our last ladder 4 battalion nine will get to

today. it's business as usual. and this firehouse no one needs to look at the calendar to know the significance of the day. >> as it builds to september september 11th, each individual firehouse starts to feel the affects of that day. it's just as we get closer, you know, members maybe aren't sleeping well, they keep rehashing things. >> every day they come to work and they're reminded of their brothers who made the ultimate sacrifice back on september 11, 2011. >> this division lost just about everything workin--everyone worg that day. that's a huge amount of resource, friends, family. >> one thing we've learn is that everyone has a story. for firefighter shawn colin, that began in wall street and ended here at this firehouse in

manhattan. >> it was my second week of works, and it set my world in a different direction. i realized there was something isn't that i wanted to do with my life. being a native new yorker, i felt there was something that i could do. i joined the fire department and then shortly thereafter i joined the military. i went full board ahead to just do my part in being a good new yorker and a good american. >> in the wake of 9/11 as the country continued to grieve the world of sports was at a standstill. until one group took center stage. >> what was it like the first team who was going play a sport. >> it was a little nerve-wracking. i remember that game and narrow giuliani at the time, when we should play it, when we shouldn't play it, and he was

very much in favor of getting back to business in usual even though it will never be business as usual. >> to this day it's a lasting memory for those involved in the game. >> my greatest moment was watching mike peaza, for that split second diverting the attention to a silly game, and having people cheer probably for the first time in quite some time. to be able to come in here and show appreciation for what these men and women do every day, it is as important, and it's a cool visit for both the players and the firefighters. >> which is why the mets continue each year to go back to that firehouse, not as star baseball players but as a community remembering those courageous first responders. in manhattan, jessica taft,

al jazeera. >> as for th the new york yanke, they continue to spend money like its monopoly money. this year they'll be paying the $29 million luxury tax, and it's more than the entire payroll for the houston astros. let that marinate for a minute. they paid luxury taxes ever since this system was implemen implemented in 2003. since they're a first time offender their bill is $29 million. the houston astros have an entire payroll of $21 million. >> ross, let's talk about money well spent. are they going to be in the playoffs? >> they're on the outside looking in. >> how much are their taxes with

the. >> $29 million. >> money can't buy your championship or love. >> it sure can't. most artists would be devastated if their work fell into the gulf of mexico, but one painter can't wait to put his work underwater. he attaches his paintings, and then divers rescue them after they're covered inial apology, and they're recovered with the sea life still on them. and then the paintings are sold to up to $15,000 a piece. >> you may have a favorite one before you bring them down. but afterwards when you have them in front of you with all the growth on it, it may change dramatically. >> the things people spend their money on. we'll take a break and have a check of weather right after this. >> meteorologist: we have storms in the northeast and southwest. we'll show you on the radar and

what that means on the fork fort coming up next.

>> meteorologist: we're tracking storms not only in the northeast but the southwest and the trappics. we'll start off in the northeast where the heat has continued to build and the temperatures are in the 90s. talking about the temperatures climbing, climbing, but only dealing with one day of heat plus humidity, that's today. boston, portland, all into the 90s. albany at 93 degrees. the heat is here, and so are the storms. the storms track west to east,

tracking up in maine, but that tornado warning expires at 5:00. a few more severe thunderstorms in effect for gusting wind and hail all around this entire area. and this will continue for the next few hours. it's clustered over pennsylvania and new york and will continue to push off in the northeast. there is that thunderstorm again. one more day of rain and thunderstorms. look at the temperatures, they continue to drop and it's nice and comfortable friday, sunday it climbs up to 70. that's dry air that's here with a nice cool breeze over the next few days. sunday, back to 72 degrees. 71 on monday. there is that cool day on friday, 66. comfortable weather is moving into the northeast. the trappics, this is gab reyell, and continues to turn

off to the north it could be impacted nova scotia, and moving off to the east. the last few hours, hurricane umberto and there is no chance of it hitting land but it is the first hurricane of the season. the southwest dealing with storms that could lead to flooding. days of flash flood warnings in effect, that's what we're seeing today. this close-up view showing the moisture that we see, and the watches and warnings, in pretty much every stay i in the four corners including nevada where flash flooding where the rain comes in quickly and the floods go down quickly. that's a flash flood. we'll look at more in the headlines.

welcome to al jazeera, i'm tony harris in new york, and here are your headlines. diplomatic efforts to deal with syrian's chemical weapon are moving ahead. this is a plan to hand over the weapons to the international community and destroy them. france wants to include the threat of military action if syria doesn't comply, russia opposes that. still no decision over a law that takes aim at federal gun laws in missouri. it would make