>> held old, i am stephanie sy these are the stories we are following right now. a suicide bomb explodes near a u.s. consolate in afghanistan. and the taliban claims responsibility. tough talk from secretary of state john kerry telling syria this is not a game. and that words are simply not enough. now onto day two of diplomatic talks. it's been described at a biblical rainfall. colorado residents scrambling for higher ground after massive flash flooding wiped out entire towns, first hurricane sandy now an eight-alarm fire. more devastation for the sea

side new jersey boardwalk. ♪ ♪ >> seven team are dead after an tack on the u.s. consolate in afghaafghanistan. the taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. the american consolate is close to the afghan-iranian border. police say two afghan security forces and five of the the attas remember killed. several others injured. all of the consolate personnel are save according to u.s. officials, a's' jane ferguson is live for us now in kabul. jane what is the latest on the casualty count? >> reporter: there is some increase on the casualty count. five tackers killed. four suicide attackers believes

ared to have detonated themselves the other attacker shot by police, he we are now hearing that three police officers have died and one more security guard at the gator the entrance to the consolate. and over 18 people injured. the death count could go up considering the injured. they are civilians and security force as like. >> jane, how did the attack end? it seems as though the consolate security were able to gain the upper hand eventual on the attackers, but how did it unfold? >> reporter: it started with a loud explosion which would have been the car bomb itself. we believe the highjackers exited the car and tried to continue through the gate into nba to the consolate itself. this is called a complex attack here and it's very common with

the taliban these days, not so common in this city in the far west. it's considered to be a fairly safe city, but in kabul these attacks happen very offense. complex attacks that involve gun 3w59less abattles as well a wele bombers trying to enter very secure areas. the u.s. consolate is in a building that was was once a thole. it's considered to be a fairly secure area. any diplomatic mission of the u.s. in this country is, of course, highly secure. because it is the most high-profile target for the taliban to hit. and al jazerra have spoken with the taliban this morning and they themselves have, of course, taken responsibility for the attack. and said that they had been intends to go attack the u.s. consolate here for sometime then. >> jane ferguson report being live from afghan that. jane, thank you. now to syria. and the diplomatic push to rid that country of its chemical weapons aweapons is well underw.

most of the talk now is taking place in switzerland. secretary of state john kerry and the russian foreign minister are meeting in geneva. syria's u.n. ambassador today says his country has become a full member of the treaty banning the use of chemical weapons, in washington today president obama says he hopes diplomacy will prevail. our coverage begins with al jazerra's mike in washington. >> reporter: well, they met briefly on this first day of meeting in geneva, did secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart, tomorrow they get down to the nitty gritty to try to reach ideal to rid syria of chemical weapons. but as these two sides sit down. the russians and the americans, they can't agree on two very fundamental points, first, who was responsible for the august 21st chemical weapons attacks and should the threat of force be used to try to get syria to comply with the deal. going in to crucial talks in geneva with the russian foreign minister, secretary of state john kerry laid out america's

goal. >> it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible. it has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. and nine, there ought to be consequences if it doesn't take place. >> reporter: back at the white house and meeting with his cabinet president obama was optimistic. >> i am hopeful that the discussions that senator -- secretary kerry had with the foreign minister as well as some of the other players in this can yield a concrete result. >> reporter: but from russia a sign that it may not be easy. president putin stood by his assertion that the assad regime wasn't responsible for the auction 21st attack. in today's new york times, he writes, no one doubts that poison gas was used in syria, but there is every reason to believe that it was used not by the sire vinnie army but

opposition forces to promote intervention by their powerful forces. >> we just stop using the term force in the path to diplomatic settle: america was trying to shift the burden of the talks on russia. >> russia is assad's patron and protector and the world will note weather rushing a can follow through on its commitments they have made. >> reporter: no votes or debate on sear yeah. many like housekeeper john boehner are skeptical about prospects for success. >> i have real doubts about the motives and the russians and the president assad in offering this current path. >> reporter: and the talks in geneva could go on in to the weekend. the goal is to have an outline or a framework of ideal to take to the united nations cure any council. back to you. >> mike, thank you. while the u.s. and russia talk in switzerland, syria has sent a letter to the united nations

declaring its joining the 189 nations who support ridding the world of chemical weapons. james base has the world view. >> reporter: the timing was no quo incidents come in this mid. meetings in geneva between the u.s. and rush arc the syrian government sending a letter to the united nations saying that at any point to become a must mr of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. syria one of the few countries that hasn't signed the treaty that still has huge to stocks of chemical weapons. the ambassador of the syrian regime here at the united nations saying just by sending the letter his country was now a member. >> would this, the chapter of the so-called chemical weapons should be ended and legally speaking sear ye has become,

starting today, a full member of the convention. >> reporter: you might think that announcement would be welcomed by everyone but western diplomats our weary, under the treaty you get 30 days in which to layout your inventory of all the chemical weapons you hold, all the stockpiles, all the rockets, all the factories. and western nations want things to move much more quickly than that. this is a draft resolution drawn up by the french, the u.k. and the u.s. in it says it would like the situation where once this resolution is passed, that syrian regime has just 72 hours to declare exactly where what it holds. >> james bays reporting. major flooding in colorado has killed at least three people, cut off entire towns, and flooded major roadways. rising water has toppled buildings and stranded motorists in their cars and also reports of mud and rock slides. the hardest hit area is in boulder county where at least

six-inches of rain has fallen. jim has more. >> reporter: september can be one of colorado's sunniest and driest months but a series of nonstop rainstorms is devastating bolte boulder count. flash flooding has back go ahead dams and destroyed roads. the sheriff says he's never seen anything like it. >> this is not your order day. it is not your ordinary disaster. >> reporter: it's the wettest day on record in boulder county, over seven-inches of rain fell in a 24 hour period. some areas got as much as 11-inches in 48 hours, the governor issued a disaster declaration for what the u.s. geological survey is now calling a 100 year event. >> there are fresh calls for make sure this is a real emergency and real disaster, where we look at this just from the information that we have so far, there is little doubt that this is going to be classified at that level 679 colorado

national guard has been called in to rescue people trapped all day in the down of lyons north of bolder and three people had to be ka*uld fro hauled from thr submerged cars. >> we are always given extra challenges when we get to the scene, nothing is ever one way or the other we just adapt and do the best that we can to get everyone out there and have a positive outcome. >> reporter: county officials os told people to stay home and off the roads and keep away from swollen creeks and streams. >> as the sheriff explained earlier today we have a lot of debris buildup throughout the creek up the canyon what happens when the rain stops and the water settles a bits. that did he about with k* shiftd big walls of warter can come behind it. >> reporter: the creeks were 10 times the normal volume, those that came to look were quickly warned to keep clear. to keep water way from homes now boulder creek, residents scurried to sand bag. >> we saw people out here and we

noticed that these were starting to flood so figured rather than sitting inside we would come out and help. >> reporter: and at the university of colorado that's normally packed about students at this time of year, hundreds were displaced. 25% of the buildings suffered damage. boulder county was no the only area hit. to the east, portions of aurora, colorado were under water too. snowplows were brought in to clear roadways where the flooding was deep newer to cover cars and prevent the pump company from working. >> it's too deep. the water is flowing fairly fast. you can see it coming over the grass. until it slows down and the water runs way, we can't do anything. >> reporter: the rain and high water could last for days the national weather service forecast calls for rains throughout the weekend. with flash flood warnings continuing as flood waters continue to rise so do the worries of the residents here in the shadow of the rocky mountains. jim, al jazerra boulder, colorado. >> another disaster hits the new

jersey shore. >> i said to my staff, i feel like i want to throw up. >> an area of the sea side boardwalk spared by sandy destroyed by fire. plus while the world eyes are on syria, north correia makes a surprising move. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> heart break at the jersey shore. just one year after surviving hurricane sandy dozenses of ocean front businesses have been destroyed after a massive wind-driven fire swept along the famous seaside boardwalk thursday. john looks at the impact. >> reporter: fire at the jersey shore. funtune atown as seaside park b,

the fire apparently started in an ice cream shop high winds fanning the flame to his adjacent structures, locals struggled to get things out of harm's way. and new jersey governor chris christy straight to the scene in shirt sleeves locked shakeen and was typically blunt. >> i feel like i want to throw up. that's me, after all the effort and time and resource that his we have put in to help the folks in seaside park and seaside heights rebuild, to see this going on as i said at the top it's unthinkable. i know how i feel. i can only imagine how the residents and business owners in this area are feeling. my heart goes out to them, that's why i am here to make sure that every resource is brought to bear to contain this problem and listen, this is us, so we'll, you know, as soon as this is over we'll pick our self up, dust ourselves off and get back to workful the fire comes days after the end of summer tourist seasons and 10 months after hurricane sandy slammed in

to the jersey shore causing billions of dollars in damage. this season was tepid with so many homes and businesses yet to be rebuilt. the tourists came in smaller numbers this year and spending was down sharply. now this, another blow to the shore's economy. >> we have been through too much for one year. it's too much. >> reporter: as the fire burns in to the night, firefighters have dug a fire wall to hold back the flames. an investigation in to the cause of this later blow to the struggling jersey shore will begin in the morning once the flames are out. john, al jazerra. >> in north correia, satellite images indicate the country may have restarted a plutonium reactor. the images reportedly show steam rising from the building next to the reactor. u.s. officials say restarting the plant would violate u.n. resolutions, harry fosset reports. >> reporter: north correia destroyed the cooling tower in 2008. the puckly confirmation of the

reactor's clear the previous year. to comply with its neighbors and the united states. but in april she said they would start the reactor, part of the new strategic line giving equal weight to economic in nuclear development. now search, in the u.s. say satellite pictures show steam rising from the building housing turbines and generators. >> they are building up their nuclear capabilities. part of that means increasing their stockpile of material and nuclear weapons. part it have means trying to perfect their means of delivery, you know, through construction projects at this main site. they are probably in preparation for future test little. tests. >> reporter: it's that you had they could produce one nuclear warhead of blue tomorrow yu fl .

so far south korea isn't confirming the restart, but the defense ministry spokesman went as close as he dared. >> the south korean and u.s. governments are keeping a close watch on north correia's nuclear issue the picture was taken by i a satellite, so there is no smoke without fire, you can think of it like that. >> reporter: the u.s. special representatives for north korean policy is in tokyo on the last start of his regional tour, he's made it clear that wash won't support resuming stalled six-party talks on north correia's nuclear program as long as they continue to assert its nuke as status, harry fosset, al jazerra, seoul. >> the federa federal aviation s there has been a draws i can increase in close calls. 4,000 times last year more than double from 2011. there were literally 1900 close

calls that year. the data released today does not make clear whether there are more air safety incidents or just better reporting. but officials say, they are now focusing on improving air traffic control tactics and communication with pilots. if you think a flight that costs less than two-gallons of gas is too good to be true. you would be right. a few lucky customers scored tickets for as little as $5 through the united airlines website on thursday. but the airline quickly caught the mistake. united temporarily shutdown its bookings, both online and by phone. the company has not yet said whether it will honor the rock-bottom tickets sold. homeownership is part of the american dream. and in one community it's immigrants who are playing a significant role in propping up the real estate market. plus the internet was all a twitter over twitter's big announcement. ♪ ♪ ç]

♪ ♪ >> the taliban is claiming responsibility for a car bombing that killed at least two people in afghanistan today. the attack happened near the american consolate in the western city of huh rat. all u.s. cons let's personnel

are safe and accounted for. a second a of diplomatic talks will soon be getting underway in geneva a secretary of state john kerry will again be meeting with russia's foreign minister to thursday kerry rejected the syrian proposal to begin the process of turning over information on chemical weapons rather than the weapons themselves. the seaside boardwalk going to have to rebuild again. engulfed by an eight-alarm fire, more than 50 businesses were destroyed. new jersey governor chris christy said, quote, i feel like i want to throw up. owning a home is part of the american dream, one that's been harder to achieve in recent years. al jazerra's usher reports on how immigrants in the chicago area have been helping to sustain the housing market. >> reporter: home buyer victor want ahead piece of the american dream but couldn't afford it. >> i used to rent just like almost everybody else. as my family was growing i needed a bigger place to live.

>> reporter: original from he can doerr he immigrated to the united states in the early 1990s this summer the 41-year-old father of two and his wife finally bought a two-bedroom home, but it was a struggle. since the housing crisis unfolded the path to homeownership is increasingly complex without a significant down appointment and steady income some immigrants have had a difficult time securing a mortgage. victor found help from the resurrection project. a chicago-based nonprofit that assists immigrants to become home zoners through financial guidance and government loans. >> what we are doing to prepare family for his homeownership is creating a demand for housing where previously because of the foreclosurfore clearforeclosurea decline now spanish-speaking immigrants are investing and being part of the community there. >> reporter: according to a

newly-released study that looked at 40 years of census data immigrant home ownership has been sustaining the nation. >> added up to 10s of thousands of dollars to the value of the home owned by americans in some cities. >> reporter: around the chicago area, for example, the study found home prizes over the last decade have gone up anywhere from $2,500 to nearly $5,000. a direct result of more immigrants buying homes. the study also says that immigrant homeownership has pumped some $3.7 trillion in to the u.s. housing mark, stabilizing urban areas as long-term residents moved out. in the chicago area, since 1970, while 900,000 residents moved out, 600,000 immigrants moved in. that didn't happen in cities like st. louis, baltimore, and detroit. where the housing crisis was more severe. >> try to imagine chicago with 600,000 of its residents gone. the city would have a lot more

problems in a lot of its neighborhoods experiencing more of the sort of urban decay that associated with a city like detroit. chicago is doing a lot better and a large part of the difference between the experiences of the two cities can be attributed to the positive impact of immigration on the community. >> reporter: researchers also point out an increase in home prices means less affordsable housing options for people living in the areas where the cost of living is already high. for victor, finding a house that fit his budget was key to finally creating a better life for his family. >> it was my dream since i first came here to have my own place. for me and my family. this is a dream come true. basically, you know, owning a home, it is part of the american dream. and i am glad and now i've home to call my own. >> reporter: the foundation for his family and a life well lived. al jazerra, chicago. >> twitter is ballooning to go public they revealed in a tweet,

of course, this afternoon that they submit aid filing with the security exchange which commission ahead of an initial public offering. under the 2012 jobs act companies with less than a billion dollars in ref rue moustakas with file forevenue c. nasa cass confirmed its voyager space craft is the first human made object to enter inter stellar space, it took voyager 36 years to get that far, it's now roughly nine and a half billion miles way from the son. project scientist says the space craft has pass aid milestone of sorts created by the sun. >> well, the sun creates a bubble around itself which envelopes all the planets and in fact, provides a sort of a shield between us and what's outside in space between the stars. so this is the first time we have had a space craft leave the

bubble and enter inter stellar space so we can determine what's really out there, trying to get in to this bubble. we know precisely where we are, we are about 125 times as far from the earth as the sun is. and we are headed in a particular direction toward i want stellar space where we are now, have now arrived. we were fortunate there was a large storm on the sun which propagated out to where voyager one is out to the edge of the bubble. and a how would to u allowed use density of what the plasma of the material is, we discovered that the density is that is what outside much denser than what's inside. we know what is inside because we can pressure what's in here and we know that there has to be a higher density outside and that's what we now discovered voyager is in, we know it's outside in the plasma that came from the explosion of other

massive stars. >> nasa scientists say they hope to discover more with its sister craft voyager two, which is scheduled to depart our solar system within the next few years. ♪ ♪ >> i am rebecca stephens son we have been tracking different storms across the u.s., one in particular has brought quite bait of flooding in to parts of colorado specificsly boulder where estimates were eight to 10-inches around the city. knowing it was coming down so heavily in the mountains we know there are how much higher amounts in the mountains bringing in flooding for the streams, major flooding for the north fork of the big thompson liver and also the south platt river, we'll continue with very wet and soggy conditions with the flood condition for his colorado. but the good news is that we'll shift to a little bit drier, shall we speak, the showers and

thunderstorms we expect for the southwest will not hold as much rainfall within them. and all of the rain has moved through for the northeast for the most part, what we are going to start to notice it it's going to be cooler and little less humid. now, the rainfall overnight for the north east continuing to see that storm track off, offshore, in to the ocean, so with just a chance of a shower and the temperatures as you wake up in the 40s in some spots and highs cooler in the 70s. so a little more comfortable outside. but here is that image of the doppler radar for a day's worth of rain with boulder in the center here and you can see the intensity in the dark purple indicating up to 10-inches of rain around that city. and we are expecting this area of low pressure that the moisture is tapping down in to the tropical moisture to drop to the east a little. therefore bringing in drier westerly winds for the front range of the rockies. that's great news. however, we'll still have some scattered showers and thunderstorms.

and overall, we'll have that cooler weather stick around for denver today. and we'll start to cool slightly for. ♪ ♪