>> hello, and welcome to al jazeera, i'm tony harris in new york. our top stories at this hour, just one day before it's top diplomats meet, russia shares a plan to put syria's chemical weapons under international control. >> and my father, an amazing father, jose, nunez castillo. >> a day of remembrance in america. and voting has begun as some missouri lawmakers take on the feds over gun control.

♪ >> diplomatic efforts to avert a military strike on syria and get rid of its chemical weapons, could soon take a big step forward. the permanent members of the un security council met this afternoon with no outcome, but the real action could come tomorrow when john kerry and russian foreign minister meet in geneva. >> good evening, toni, it is the day after the president's big prime time speech and it is the calm after the storm. a day of solemn ceremony and a quiet hush has fallen over capitol hill. from pennsylvania to the pentagon, today the nation paused as it has every september 11th for the last 12 years to

remember. in new york the names of the fallen were lead. >> my uncle, [ inaudible ], i was only three when you were taken from us, and we love you and miss you very much. and president obama please do not bring us to another war. >> syria seemed to be on the president's mind as well, as he remembered the 125 day that perished that day at the pentagon. >> force is at time necessary, but force alone cannot build the world we seek. >> in his address he asked for permission to attack syria. but he also wants time to pursue the diplomatic opening put forward by russia. >> the russians who have been supplying bashar al-assad are the ones who are supposedly bringing this to a close, and

already putin said the united states would have to renounce the use of force. that's impossible. i'm willing to give at it chance, but not a long chance. >> if the syrians agree to give up their chemical arms how can the u.s. be sure they are all accounted for. >> how would you go in? how would you destroy? what are the steps you would take. >> reporter: jay carney said it will take time to see if the russian proposal can work. >> we have seen more cooperation and helpful activity on this matter from the russians in the last two days than we have seen in the last two years. >> reporter: and tony, all eyes for the next two days on geneva switzerland. john kerry is flying there to meet with his russian counter part. >> thank you, mike.

both russia and france have put forward proposals at the united nations, but their approaches differ. the french draft resolution blames the syrians for the august 22nd attack, and demands that those responsible be brought before the international criminal court. and threatened force if syria doesn't comply. all of that has been rejected by russia. the nation paused today to mark 12 years since the september 11th attacks, and there were ceremonies across the country. [ bell rings ] >> in new york city there were moments of silence at the time when the world trade center buildings were hit and when they fell. there was also a reading of the names of people who died there. erica ferrari has more.

>> reporter: at the world trade center memorial, another somber ceremony for the dead and their families. >> this is my daughter. she was 23 years old. >> reporter: michael brady lost his brother david. >> it is a traditional thing. we come every year. it doesn't really help. um, i think we do it to, um, honor his memory. >> reporter: at 8:46 am the time when the first plane hit the north tower, a moment of silence. family members read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed. >> my bother, we miss you, we love you. you'll always be in our hearts. >> reporter: lost loved ones and

remembrance took center stage but the event seems as fresh in people's mind as yesterday. >> i don't see where attacking innocent people, taking a chance of killing innocent people getting killed -- i mean we're still looking for weapons of mass destruction in iraq. >> we love you and miss you very much, and president obama please do not bring us to another war. >> reporter: prayers here today for those gone and for the days ahead. in new york, erica ferrari, al jazeera. there was a wreath laying ceremony at the pentagon sight. 125 people were killed when the plane crashed into the western side of the building. >> september 11th will always stand apart for our country, not because of what we say up here about service and selflessness,

sacrifice, service and character, of course it is all of those things, but it's what those things say about us as americans. no acts of terrorism can strike who we are, nothing can steal away that for which we stand. >> in shanksville, pennsylvania, a crowd gather ed to remember those who died on united flight 93. friends and family visited the memorial spot where the plane went down. the aircraft was believed to be targeting either the capitol or the white house. boston airport officials are apologizing for conducting a fire drill at logan international airport today. the exercise drew a lot of criticism online, because it happened on the anniversary of 9/11. massachusetts governor called the decision, quote, dumb. the u.s. went to war in

afghanistan soon after 9/11, and civilians there have paid a high price over the past few years. >> reporter: after 9/11, the u.s. quickly focused on afghanistan. thousands of foreign force came to push the taliban from power, because they had harbored osama bin laden and al qaeda. with the trips came aid project on a huge scale, death and development arrived hand in hand. 12 years later, major achievements have been made, education for girls is back with schools for them common around the country. although literacy rates for women still lag far behind men, women are gaining an education and entering the work force. >> the evolution that came to afghanistan in the past 12 years was big for education, because during the dark times of the taliban, our children were doing

nothing. there was no attention to education. >> reporter: the country's gdp has increased with development. incomes have gone up for many afghans. life for afghans have moved on greatly since 2001 can economic and social development common across the country, but when you speak to afghans they often remind us that they have paid a heavy price for that development. >> afghans have been constantly caught in the fighting. nato drone strikes continue to kill civilians. locals say 16 people died, including women and children on saturday. nato said they killed ten taliban leaders and would not comment on the killing of

civilance. >> translator: it was 12 years since the military presence came here. now we are witnessing a lack of security in most of afghanistan. people are suffering every day from a lack of security. civilians are sacrificing every day. women, children, and normal civilian afghans are getting killed every day under a different name. >> reporter: for those who have survived, security is their most basic and surgent need. most here say until they can live in safety, development will mean little. >> translator: go to the countryside, this is kabul. go and see in the countryside what is going on. do you call that secure? even on the highway, every day people get killed. we have army. we have the police, and foreigners themselves patrolling every day, but still every day they are take people out of their cars under their name of government jobs and killing

them. i am just a student, my family lives in kabul province, but i'm not able to go. >> reporter: the government is in turmoil, corruption is ripe, and the taliban remains strong. people worry the ghosts of the old civil war may come back to life. >> translator: now people are worried about 2014, that the foreigners are leaving, and anarchy and the civil war will begin again. the foreigners failed to establish a government in the last 12 years. >> reporter: the years to come will continue to be shaped by both the scars of the war and the battle for afghanistan's future. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. on the anniversary of the attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stephens and three other americans a car bomb

exploded in the city of benghazi. the explosion damaged parts of the foreign ministry and the libbian central bank. meanwhile the u.s. says it may now know who was responsible for the embassy attack last year. they believe several groups. they believe the outpost was selected ahead of time, however, officials still don't know what lead to the attack. ♪ hello, well, we are looking at a very active atlantic right now. come to the wall i want to show you what has been going on. there is a hurricane back here. we'll talk about that later. but i want to show you up towards bermuda, this area of clouds. we saw gabrielle go very close

to bermuda last night. i want to show you the video, there it is on the satellite image, actually that is a different storm -- there we go. that is gabrielle. what we did see was about 300 people without power across the region, as well as one of the cruise ships that docks there had to stay overnight and schools were closed, but they did get out of any damage pretty well. we're going to be watching this area as the storm makes its way a little bit more closer to the canadian mare -- maritimes. the storm is making its way over the yucatan over the next day. what we do know is mexico you are in store for quite a bit of rain and that means a lot of flooding as well. high temperatures next in the

northeast. coming up on al jazeera, a tail of two different cell phones one that google will be manufacturing in the united states, and the new smartphone that isn't impressing wall street. ç]

♪ just 24 hours since apple's big iphone unveiling, investors are giving the device a huge thumbs down. with several brokerages downgrading the stock, ali velshi will talk about this in much detail at the top of the hour, but he is with us now. this is beginning to look like the big blackberry rollout. what happened? >> oh, that hurts. two things, it didn't even wow apple. that's why they didn't even give it a new number. apple owns a lot of this market, but it's the rest of the world they have to succeed in, including china. the cheap phone, tony if you guy

it in the united states it will cost you 99 bucks if you buy a contract. that cheap phone, the 5c, that's going to cost the equivalent of about $800 in china, which is way more than the average city dweller in china makes in a month. so investors are saying, wait a second that's the market you need to penetrate, you need to do well in china, and with that kind of pricing without a deal, you are not going to do it, and that's why the price of the stock has fallen. >> what does the competition landscape look like for am? >> samsung is doing a great job around the world. motorola has been bought by google, and they have started assembling a product around the united states, and they are doing well around the world with

the android product. everybody is getting on the bandwagon and apple is under threat. the shares didn't -- you know, fall off of the -- >> cliff, yeah. >> but 5.5% in a day is a big drop. but facebook closed above $45 for the first time. and tony, i'll introduce you to a bounty hunter who looks for vulnerabilities on facebook. >> yikes. we'll do. thank you, sir. your next smartphone could say made in america. the x-phone is now being produced at a plant in fort worth, texas, but nearly all of the parts are still being made overseas. >> what you'll see here is our moto x product that is assembled in america. >> reporter: the assembly plant in fort worth, texas hums with

the sound of 2500 workers. the plants operator, singapore based company, hired the american work force in six months. >> having a device assembled in the usa to me is a great achievement. it's something i'm very proud of. >> reporter: eight years ago this was a nokia plant, but then nokia decided to move its assembly lines to mexico and asia. >> we were really surprised that of the 150 smartphones in the u.s., none of them were made here. >> motorola and google saw an opportunity. >> this is a bet we're taking on america, on texas, on this incredible work force that's assembled here. we think this is a very, very safe bet. >> reporter: according to the research firm ihs, the

manufacturing cost is 3 to $4 more per phone than its overseas competitors. the total production cost is $9 more than the apple iphone 5, but $11 less than samsung's galaxy 4s. how are you balancing it out so overall the cost is still average? >> what is really driving the cost is certain components, but also the innovation that goes into the product. so we're able to do some things that keep our costs down. >> reporter: samsung, a korean company makes the touch screen, japan's toshiba makes the flash. >> that's the reality of a global product, and a global supply chain. >> reporter: nevertheless it bears the assembled in u.s. label.

rick perry says his state deserves some credit for the plant. he claims more states should follow texas's example of low taxes and low regulation to lure companies back to american soil. >> anyplace in the world they could have chosen to build this facility, but they chose texas. >> reporter: motorola says for now the plant is shipping out 100,000 phones a week. ♪ ross is here with your sports headlines and some bad news for yankee fans. >> the captain. the yankees placed derek jeter on the disabled list again. and his season, according to the general manager is over. but will the captain return next year? he has a player option for $8 million and the yankees are very confident he'll be back.

the yankees will be coughing up a record-setting $29 million in luxury tax this year. to put that into perspective that's more than the entire payroll for the astros. and the yankees are currently two games back in the al wild-card. and this man has a reputation for being a dirty player, which is why he was fined a hundred thousand dollars for a low hit. but now he plans to appeal the fine because his attorneys are saying it is excessive. the largest penalty ever for an on-the-field incident. sue has been suspended six times in just four seasons, tony. >> all right. a somber morning across america, marking the 12th ann anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. and saying no to gun

control, an update on the missouri legislatures efforts to overfed -- overrule federal gun legislation.

and welcome back everyone, to al jazeera, i'm tony harris. here is a look at your headlines at this hour. >> we know you are watching over us today. i love you daddy. >> overwhelmed by emotion, ground zero family members fighting tack tears as they read the names of the loved ones who were killed. some traced the names from the memorial site, others simply

left flowers. ♪ >> president obama paying tribute to those killed in the attack on the pentagon. the president took part in the wreath laying ceremony. 125 people died when american flight 77 crashed into the western side of the building. he also spoke to the crowd gathered at the memorial. ♪ oh, say can you see >> u.s. navy sailors sang the national anthem during the memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. that aircraft was believed to be heading for the white house when a group of passengers rushed the cockpit. security versus privacy has been a concern since the attack. and joining me now is new york

city police commissioner. thank you for your time. >> good to see you, tony. >> a day like this, 12 years after the attacks, what are your thoughts? >> well, you can still see the impact on the face of the family members who are there. there are tears and people reminiscing. it still resinates, and certainly out there that universe of people, but i think true government here as well in new york city. we lost 23 police officers that day. the port authority police lost 37. firefighters lost 343, and we have had another almost 60 officers die as a result of illnesses they contracted at the site. so it is something that certainly stays in our memory, and burns brightly and motivates

us in a lot of ways. >> does it remind you of the responsibility not only you have taken on, but of your officers as well, in protecting the city and the people that live here in >> absolutely. it's a big obligation. >> yeah. >> and again, we have had plots after 9/11 -- we have had at least 16 and we don't know how many were thwarted besides those 16, but clearly new york is a target. and we're doing everything we reasonably can do to protect the city. >> 12 years later, how would you assess the threat of terrorism in new york at this moment? and it's immediacy? >> there's an ongoing trek to new york, it comes from a

variety of sources, but new york is at risk. why is it at risk? because it's a communications capitol. it's a financial capitol. we have had two major attacks in new york city that succeeded. we have had these other efforts we talked about, and that's our operating assumption that people still want to come here and kill new yorkers. >> how challenging is the international threat environment? i'm thinking about the number of organizations around the world, whether they are in yemen, in somalia, or in syria, how challenging is the international threat to a city like new york at this point? >> obviously the world has become much smaller after 9/11. so we have to look throughout the world to see if there are threats aimed at us, and we rely on the federal government to

give us information in that regard. we have our own officers assigned overseas to keep their ear on the ground, but we're concerned about those locations you mentioned. al nusha is an outgrowth of al qaeda in iraq, which has now resurfaced, and we have alka -- al qaeda in yemen. so these are movements that are strong and fermenting, and we have to be concerned. >> was there any thought given to raising the threat level here in new york city after the president announced that he had made a decision that military force was warranted in the aftermath of the aledged chemical attacks in syria? >> it's something that we

certainly would look at obviously. the president asked for a delay in the vote by congress, we'll have to see what happens, but we're sensitive to that issue. we have a regimen that we put in place to help us better protect the city at times of higher risk, and we would implement that if in fact something does go forward overseas. >> a couple of questions about stop and frisk, you have said that without stop and frisk, violent crime will go up. why are you so sure of that? >> i have been in law enforcement for a long time -- >> oh, yeah. >> -- and the stop and question function, sometimes frisk, is inherent to police -- it happens in all jurisdictions certainly in the united states and probably throughout the world. that's what you pay your police officers to do to stop someone who is acting suspiciously, give

them a light pat-down if you feel at risk. so this is fundamental to policing. any significant reduction of that possibility, i think it is just logical that certainly potential for crime to go up is there. now where will those -- where will that have most impact? it will have it in communities of color, because that's where the majority of the violence is, and we believe in doing a good job in reducing violence. last year we had a record low year for murderers and shootings in new york city. this year we're running 30% below that, 25% below in shootings and 30% in murders. those are phenomenal numbers. >> how much credit for those numbers do you give to stop and frisk? >> we have many tactics we use,

but this is inter woven in policing in general. it is a tool, and ability that police officers have to have to function on the streets of this city or any other city, quite frankly. >> are you concerned that you could be alienating some of the people in the black and brown community that you need if you want to continue to see those numbers go down. >> sure, but i have people in those communities come to me and say they want more proactive policing. no question about that. this is by no means a position of you man them inty in these communities because they know they bare the brunt of the numbers of crime. our relations with the communities we serve are stronger now than they have ever

been. if you look at the polling, the department always nols the 60 to 70% range. we do our own internal polls where we use an instrument that is blessed be the merits of polling, 80 to 90% of people who have used police services. so we have a pretty good relationship in this the most diverse population in the world. we have police officers born in 88 countries, and in our last seven police academy classes we have had recruits born in 50 or more countries. >> but the buck stops with you. >> absolutely. >> you are the man at the top of the food chain there. >> absolutely. >> and when the judge conclusioned that stop and frisk was indirect racial profiling, why is the judge wrong?

>> it is interesting you say judge, there was no jury. it could have been a jury of new yorkers to make a determination on this. we think the case has to be appealed because the evidence is so scant. over a decade, the expert -- the judge that sided, the expert, of the plaintiffs looked at 4.4 million stops. he found that 6% of them were perhaps unjustified. the judge herself looked at a total of 19 stops. she found that ten of the 19 were constitutionally acceptable. so that is such a small number, and the criteria that they used had to do with census data and overall crime. >> so the city's challenge going forward, what will the appeal be based on? >> it will be based on criteria, and -- i'm not going to try this

case here, because it depends on lawyer's assessment of it. >> sure. >> but i'm told by a lot of lawyers that this case begs for appeal. >> right. your plans moving forward? there is a conversation, you can't avoid it, we can't avoid it, that you could be the next secretary of homeland security. is it a job that, given your experience in new york, you believe you are eminently qualified for? >> yeah, i'm not going to discuss this. the president made some complementary remarks, which i'm very appreciative of, and other people have as well, but i have learned from my time in washington that best to keep your mouth shut on certain issues, and this is one of them. >> commissioner kelly. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me,

tony. >> we'll be right back after this.

♪ the president spoke to the nation last night about syria. yesterday we talked to a presidential speech writer about what to expect from that speech. today she is back with us for a review. heather was a speech writer in the clinton administration, now she is the executive director of the national security network. heather good to see you again. what did you see last night? what did you hear? >> well, i think predicted last night that the president would be trying to talk over your head and my head straight to the american people, and that's exactly what he did. >> yeah. what were the takeaways for you?

>> first take away that this is really the start of a conversation. second that the white house is very keenly aware of the challenge it faced with the american public and had a very clear idea of how to go at it, and third that they really wanted everyone both in congress and around the world to understand that diplomacy is on the table but that doesn't mean force is off the table. >> what did you think of the president saying the u.s. is not the world's policeman. was it effective in this context last night? >> there's a great debate about this, and one side would say it was a great choice to acknowledge the public certain in that way. it is using words that people hear a lot in the media, and it is saying, hey, i hear what you

are saying and what you are worried about. the other side of it is you never repeat your opponent's arguments. >> yeah, many criticizing the president that he left out details and contradicted himself. did you hear that in the speech last night? >> again, i think the folks who are criticizing the president who are living out details are, forgive the expression, but wonks like me. the president was not going to explain the chemical process of dismanteling a chemical weapon. the contradiction business is more interesting. because this is a very complex situation, and there's not sample black and white answer it to. so i think if you were looking for a black and white answer you heard contradictions. i heard as i said before

diplomacy is on the table, that doesn't mean that force is off of the table. >> heather thanks for coming back. thanks for your time. a short time ago missouri lawmakers voted to ignore federal gun laws. now it goes to the missouri senate. standing by to explain all of this, what the override means is jonathan, he joins us live from jefferson city. jonathan the next step is that it going to the senate, correct? >> reporter: that's right. and this is a very close vote in the house. lawmakers needed 109 votes in order for this to be passed, in order to override the governor's veto, they got exactly 109. still it is overridden now, setting the stage for what may be a key piece of legislation

being passed here, which many are calling the most gun-friendly legislation ever passed and in this case overridden by a state legislature. we did talk to the bill's sponsor just after this was passed, and here is what he had to say. >> i'm not trying to make federal agents criminals. i want to make sure when they come to this state to enforce federal laws, one they know the law, they are staying within the frame of the law, and they do not violate the constitutional rights of missourians. >> reporter: he said the controversial part was it would make it a crime for atf and fbi agents to come into the state of missouri and enforce these federal gun laws, and that's what the attorney general said was unconstitutional. so we do expect there will be

lawsuits, tony. as to when that will happen and who will file them, that's something we'll have to wait and see. >> jonathan before all of that happens, this piece of legislation has to go to the senate there. what are the chances of the legislation passing there? >> reporter: well, that's the thing, it looks like it will pass the senate. really the house was the concern, whether they had the votes in the house. again they needed 109. and they got that. so it's pretty much a given that it has already effectively gone through the senate -- or will pass the senate. but the house was what was holding this up. >> all right. jonathan martin for us. appreciate it. thanks. as america marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks most of the focus here in new york were on permanent

memories being constructed. david shuster has more. >> reporter: 12 years after 9/11 much of the site known as ground zero remains under construction. the 9/11 reflecting pools are open. there are waterfalls with the names of the 2,753 victims etched in the granite. nearby workers are still building the 9/11 museum. the space will be filled with pictures and stories. on the centerpiece building here, one world trade center is nearly complete. with the placement of the 400-foot radio tower this sky scraper raises to the american of american independence.

but inside work continues. it has been a long 12 years and controversy had marked ground zero ever since officials have tried to rebuild. from the start officials refused to consider rebuilding the twin towers in any fashion. the project and skyline many victim's families preferred. instead they decided to hold a contest to come up with a new design. officials selected a design by an architect who had never build anything taller than four stories. the freedom tower featured an off-center tower. but the sky scraper violated fundamental laws of physic, and the police added the plan was unsafe and would be vulnerable to terror attacks. and the developer complained about the limits in office space that could be rented. officials eventually tasked

david childs with revising the project. in 2005, childs unveiled a new freedom tower plan. the first steal beam was installed in 2006, and by 2008 the concrete core began to rise. in 2009 as part of a new marketing effort, officials changed the name from freedom tower to one world trade center. three years ago, the tower reached the halfway point, and this summer the spire on top was put in place. one world trade center has signed leases with a chinese company, the u.s. magazine company, the federal government's general services administration, and offices belonging to new york state. but that still leaves about half of the total office space in the building unrented. still to come, four world trade center, is nearly ready to open.

another one, three world trade is also under construction. and then there is two world trade center which is only a design, waiting to be build when the business market for lower manhattan improves. david shuster, al jazeera. ♪ ross is here and we have all learned the lessons painfully that you have to be careful on social media. >> social media. when you cough up the football twice in the season opener like david wilson did for the cowboys fans are going to be angry, but the bunkingback is fuelling the fire, because the kid tweeted this, you are irrelevant to me. irrelevant to me. tom coughlin would not commit to

the start against the broncos. but tuck put it into perspective today. >> it's embedded to know that all of new yorkers that lost loved ones or friends, they kind of like you said look to us for something to take their find off of it, and hopefully we'll continue to win football games, play inspired football, and give these fans around here something to be proud of, because we all -- regardless we all know somebody that might have lost their lives or somebody that was affected in some way from 9/11, and, you know, we go out this sunday and every sunday in their memory, hopefully to lift up a spirit. and if we're able to do it that's a lot bigger than contracts or pro bowls or anything like that. the new york mets have had a roll in the recovery process of 9/11. yesterday three of their biggest

stars made their annual trip to a new york fire house. jessica taft has the story. >> reporter: this isn't the first or last call the firefighters at battalion 9 will get today. it's business as

[ technical difficulties ] bloke bloc >> i working for a firm down in wall street, and it was my second week of work, and kind of set my world in a different direction, so the next few months after that, i kind of realized there was something different i wanted to go with my life, being a native new yorker that there was something i could be a part of that is bigger than myself. so i decided i was going to take the job at the new york city fire department, and shortly thereafter i joined the military. so i went full bore ahead to just doing my part. >> reporter: in the wake of 9/11, while the country continued to grieve, the world of sports was at a stand still, until one franchise took center

stage and the healing process began. what was the weight like being the first real team to play a sport here in new york city? >> it was a little nerve-racking, i remember that game and the mayor at the time, and he was very much in favor of, hey, we got to get back to business at usual. [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: to this day it is a lasting moment for those involved in the game and beyond. >> my greatest moment was watching that mike piazza home run after 9/11. >> this one has a chance! home run. >> for that split second, you know, kind of diverting the attention to, you know, a silly game and having people cheer for probably the first time in, you know, quite sometime, to be able to come in here and show appreciation for -- for what these men and women do every day, i think is as important,

and it's a cool visit both for the players and the firefighters. >> reporter: which is why the mets continue each year to go back to that fire house as part of a community remembering those courageous first responders. in manhattan, jessica taft, al jazeera. check out grandma. virginia smith caught the ball off of the bat of todd helton, and she made it look so easy. look at that. the 70-year-old started dancing for joy and getting high fives, this grandmother of 16 and great grandmother of 15 will have a story to tell all of her kids. >> that's amazing. >> you go grandma. >> yeah, give that fan a contract. all right. ross, thank you. hundreds of thousands of people have shown their support for making one part of spain an

independent state. emma has more from barcelona. >> reporter: this was the moment they came together in a show of unity. in a symbolic gesture those from the north and south of the region joined handing calls for catalonia to be independent from spain. this human chain stretched 400 kilometers. it's countryside, towns and villages, and the number of people who took part far exceeded expectations. there is a sense among the people here that the time has come for them to be able to have a say on the future of catalonia, and they want a referendum as soon as possible. >> translator: we have the right to decide whether we want to be part of spain or be independent.

>> translator: ann independent catlonie and eu. >> reporter: they are home around 7.5 million people. supporters of change they put more into the national economy than they get out of it, but they are mainly motivated by the cultural differences to spain. central government in madrid is opposed to any possible split, and believes a referendum would be unconstitutional. >> they have claimed many times they want to forbid the referendum. so it is going to be hard. >> reporter: one poll suggests that just over half of catalonians want their independence. and they are growing impairment. when we come back, kevin

will be here with the forecast and at the top of the hour it is "real money with ali velshi." >> coming up on "real money" investors take a bite out of apple and spit it out. and i'll take you to temp towns fulling of staffing agencies and low-wage workers, and i'll introduce you to a bounty hunter that tells tech giants what they are doing wrong. ç]

♪ hello again. well the southwestern part of the united states has had no break in rain. take a look at the video that has been coming in across most of the region. we're talking about parts of new mexico, arizona, colorado as well. it's the monsoon season, but unfortunately it has been enhanced by this area of tropical moisture right here. notice this spinning counter clockwise. that's an old storm that came in from the gulf of california, and unfortunately we're not out of the woods with the storm. we have flash flood warnings in effect for about six states,

new mexico, and also up towards utah being the two that we expect to see the most rain over the next day. actually you can see here in new mexico we expect to see a lot of localized flooding, some of that could be 3 inches a day or 4 inches a day or up to an inch in an hour. new york you have come down to about 89 degrees, but earlier we were talking about temperatures closer to about 95. the heat index, right now it's 93 with the humidity, but earlier today the heat index was all the way up to 107 degrees. and because of the heat, we are looking at severe thunderstorms across much of the region. watch how they pop up in the afternoon. this is going to be a -- major problem tonight. i'll keep you noticed on this later on. your headlines are up next.

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