>> good morning, this is aljazeera. i'm del wariers, these are some of the stories we're following. president obama compares parts of colorado major disaster areas following devastating floods that have left many stranded. the death toll is expected to rise. >> a report from u.n. weapons inspectors set to be released this morning is expected to confirm the use of chemical weapons in syria. the u.s.-russia deal on syria to come clean with full details of its chemical stockpiles in one week. >> the raising of the cost a

concordia. >> five years of a the near collapse of wall street, president obama prepares to tell the nation what he thinks about how far we have or have not come. ♪ theme >> we begin this morning in colorado, where that massive flooding displaced more than 11,000 people, nearly 1200 residents there are still missing, unaccounted for. rain stalled rescue efforts sunday as helicopters were grounded and other missions had to deal with mud slides and flash flooding. federal disaster aid was declared by president obama. many counties are still underwater. the record flooding, destroying roads and cutting off access to safety.

listen beth vazquez walked seven miles to find her relatives. >> just trying to get to my mom, to my sister, to my family, to show them that i am there, because i felt so helpless over here. so helpless. they're without water, electricity, you know. i feel helpless. >> to put the size and scope of the disaster into perspective, that flood zone now covers an area the size of connecticut. officials say the rain is not expected to taper off until thursday, even more flooding then expected. officials hope a break in the weather will help officials reach hundreds of people still trapped. we have more. >> the numbers continue to grow in colorado. to date, nearly 12,000 people have been rescued, with more than a thousand still stranded by floodwaters. >> a big part of their job is going to be supplement search and rescue. they're going house to house and physically search. >> the priority now for

emergency crews is getting rescue choppers in the air. crews taking advantage of a clear weather forecast to launch a major heiress skew operation today. stranded residents are being encouraged to use white sheets, mirrors, flares and signal fires to attract the attention of pilots. local officials finding it hard to hold back their emotions, after seeing their communities washed away. >> how can we ever recover from this? i know exactly inch by inch, mile by mile, community by community. >> the issue of where to put all the evacuees is a growing concern. the red cross has been providing shelters and evacuation centers for residents affected by the flooding, but say as more people get rescued, they will face the challenge of having enough resources for everyone. >> juan carlos molina, aljazeera. >> joining us on the phone is tamara bank. she is covering the story from

long mouth colorado. tamara, bad weather on sunday caused rescue efforts to be put on hold. what is the status today? >> yes, that's right. good morning del. the drizzling rain has already begun this morning. of course today is monday, folks would typicallyette get ready for school or work. in this area of the country, everything is closed. more than 1200 people are still unaccounted for in the area. a spread of about 15 counties, about 150-mile stretch. the reason for that is partly because the power is down, so people can't charge their phones, there's no internet service. officials are not expecting that kind of number in terms of fatalities, they just can't reach those folks. four people are dead in boulder county, one dead in el paso county, stretching from south of denver to north of denver, and

two people are missing and presumed dead. 1500 homes have been destroyed. that's amazing. about 18,000 homes have been damaged, so again today, everybody's looking to the skies, hoping the rain lets up. all the folks stranded by the floodwaters can be evacuated via air, that's the only way out for those folks, del. >> tamara, thank you very much, joining us from long mouth, colorado, a suburb of boulder county. >> flooding left dozens homeless. joining us from greeley is miss finch. >> residents are facing quite a few challenges. we have four areas throughout our county that have been extremely hard hit, are underwater. road closures, opening roads, getting our crews out from our

public works department to start inspecting our roads and bridges will be one thing that we continue to work on. as of yesterday, we had 134 segments of road closed, about 212 miles. we've had a great team working together to make sure as roads closed, there are still routes that first responders could take to get to our 31 communities. i think roads will continue to be a challenge, and we just wait for this water to keep moving out of our county. >> how are people there getting supplies with food and drinking water with the roads closed? >> this community has pulled together as i'm sure every community along the front range and every community involved in the disaster. we have national guardsmen deployed from the emergency operations center yesterday to go assist a couple of our

communities bringing in supplies. we have local corporations, oil and gas companies which are prominent in our county have also stepped up and brought food and water down to some of our communities, as well. >> miss finch, i am looking at incredible pictures coming out of your area. are residents there still being evacuated. >> we do have a few evacuation areas in our county, as of last night, there were 11 mandatory evacuation areas and seven volunteer evacuation areas. sheet tend to fluctuate depending on the rise of the area, but yes, we do have mandatory evacuation areas. >> so many people who have been evacuated, and are missing are people who's cell phone batteries have died because they don't have power to recharge the batteries. are you concerned that the number of deaths could rise once those numbers are sifted out in the coming days and weeks to follow? >> well, i think that everyone

along the front range is certainly concerned about injuries and deaths in their community and in our colorado community overall. in wells county, i'll tell you that we are fortunate to my knowledge don't have any reports of somebody missing, and we have not had any fatalities due to the flooding. we've been bless that had way. >> we hope it stays that way. thank you. >> we turn now to our meteorologist, nicole mitchell. the rescue crews are going to try to get in the air after delayed by so many days of rain. are they going to have any luck? >> much better forecast in terms that have today. we don't have a lot of rain out there in colorado. the pattern has shifted for us. i've enhanced the areas of rain. you can see a little more into new mexico, north texas, oklahoma today, only a couple of bands in colorado. the ground is so saturated and there's so much moisture running

off from the mountains, it takes a while for those floodwaters to recede even with an improved forecast. we have the areas in green are flood watches and warnings. new mexico has more concern. the mountain us terrain is funneling it. here's that precipitation forecast for today. the core of this has already moved off. some light rain on and off predominantly as we get to parts of colorado, but a much improved forecast as we go on. that's some great news in terms of trying to dry everything out. we have some other places that we could have concerns. i'll have more details in the next half hour. del. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> secretary of state john kerry is warning that military force is still on the table when it comes to syria. speaking in paris, kerry is saying the as herian government must cooperate with a plan to take hold of its chemical

weapons. >> we will not tolerate avoidance or anything less than full compliance by the assad regime to the core principles of what has been achieved here. if he fails to comply, make no mistake, we are all agreed, and that includes russia, that there will be consequences. >> the u.n. secretary general is expected to release the findings of a report on that alleged chemical weapons attack in syria last month to u.n. members. the report details what weapons inspectors found when they went to the site of that attack near the syrian capitol of damascus. the findings will be made public in a few hours. while the report is expected to con confirm that chemical weapons were used, it will not say who is to blame for the attack. president obama is defending his decision to strip syria of its weapons. mr. obama saying the first step is to make sure they are no

longer used in syria's war. >> what we can do is make sure that the worst weapons, the in discontinual net weapons that don't discriminate between a soldier and infant are not used. if we get that accomplished, we may also have a foundation to begin what has to be in a international process in which assad sponsors primarily iran and russia recognize that this is terrible for the sir jen people. >> not everyone grease with the president, senator john mccain saying the diplomatic route won't work. >> i think it's a loser. it gave russia a position in the middle east, which they haven't had since 1970. we are now depending on the good will of the russian people if bashar al assad violates this agreement, and i am of the firm belief given his record that is a very, very big gamble. >> secretary of state kerry's

high level meeting in paris this morning involves discussion with his french and british counterparts on that plan to strip syria of its chemical weapons. aljazeera is in paris with more. phil, the framework of the agreement was drown up by that the united states and russia in geneva and will be taken to the u.n. security council in new york. why is secretary kerry in paris? >> well, del, he's in paris, because the french have been pretty outspoken in their support for a proposed military strike against the assad regime. what the west says is that drew assad to the negotiating table. very interesting shift in the nato alliance there. normally this would have been of course the british, who normally go in with military action alongside the united states. british foreign secretary william hague is here today, but it is interesting to note that

it is paris where these talks are being held, thought london, and that is particularly interesting, given the traditional alliance between the british and the americans. >> as we move forward and looking ahead, what can we expect the u.n. security council to do? >> well, del, firstly, there has to be a draft resolution put forward and that's in part what these talks today were about, trying to set up something to bring forward to the united nations security council during the assembly in about two weeks' time. today, u.s. secretary kerry set out the parameters of that proposed resolution. >> as we translate geneva agreement into a united nations resolution, it has to be strong and it has to be forceful. it has to be real. it has to be accountable.

it has to be transparent. it has to be timely. all of those things are critical, and it has to be enforced. >> well, that resolution will be going to the u.n. security council where china and russia still hold a veto. we'll have to see if the exact wording as its presented to the court council in about two weeks' time, del. >> u.n. secretary general is going to brief the member states today on the findings of the weapons inspectors travel to syria. james, we will soon learn the details of this report, but can you give us a sense of what we might expect it to include? >> i actually can give you quite a clear sense, and that's because we seem to have had another gaffe here. the secretary general has received the report from the man

who wrote it, the head of the inspection team. when he handed over the report, there was an official photo taken of the handing over of the report. if you zoom in on that photo, and you zoom in very tight, very close, you can actually read the words of some of the front page of the report and we think we have the main conclusion of the report. let me tell you what we've been able to make out from the photo. the environmental and medical samples we collected provide clear and convincing evidence that rockets containing the nerve agent car run were used. the u.n. report confirming what the intelligence agencies have been saying now for weeks, that there was a chemical attack, confirming for the first time there was a chemical attack using sarin, and most importantly that that sarin was delivered by rockets. >> the fact that they're saying that they were delivered by rockets may be a backhand way of saying the syrian government is

responsible, unless we are to believe that the rebels had those rockets. is that a good interpretation of what you're saying? >> it is. it would be hard for the opposition to fire rockets at themselves, although there are other areas that they do control. it would, i suppose be possible. that's why diplomats will be looking closely at all the details in the report, but particularly those details about the delivery system, where they think the rockets were fired from and places they landed will be examined closely. that report is being briefed 11:15 eastern time to the u.n. security council. >> the u.s. and russia as we have been reporting have now greed to that framework for disarming syria of its chemical weapons. they have to execute the plans while the country remains in a civil war. joining us to discuss the challenges of removing the

stockpile of chemical weapons is former chief u.n. weapons inspector in iraq, joining us from pennsylvania this morning. how difficult is it going to be to identify and remove those chemical weapons that are in syria? >> well, identifying them won't be difficult. removing or destroying them will be a very large task. syria's holding of chemical weapons is quite massive. it's routinely described as the third largest in the world. i assume the first and second have been in the past at least russia and the united states. i said before, this agreement, the framework agreement in geneva is actually a model agreement. it really is. it's outstanding in its technical aspects, it alegal and political structure, including going to the u.n. security council to ensure that the agreement is adhered to, but the first thing that's required, and

they've got a week to do it, is for syria to step up and tell the world honestly how much which these vial substances it holds. if they don't do that, and we'll know in a week, then there's going to be trouble, but that's the first requirement, that's the starting point. it is the base lane that inspectors need to verify the truth of the matter. >> in the past, programs like this have taken years, it has taken years to get rid of chemical weapons programs in a regime. what is a realistic time frame, given the instability in syria? how long is it going to take to destroy these stockpiles. >> that's two theoretical questions with all respect. yes, it's a difficult job. normally, it would take longer than is being given in the time frame set fort in the framework agreement, but, you know, we how many beings can do things quite nicely, if we decide that that's what we want to do.

it will be essential for syria to cooperate here. if they don't, it will go slowly and badly. if they offer full cooperation with, they identify the sites, there can be action by them and the international security to secure the sites, to protect the inspectors. these are solvable problems, they are being problems, but let me make this point. i think we would be greatly advantage if a lot of the background noise can be turned off. i've been appalled to read that syria claims that this is a victory. my god, if this is a victory, i'd like to know what defeat looks like. they have been given the shortest possible time frame to do something that international law requires, the world demands and should step up in get ingrid of the chemical weapons. on the other side of the spectrum, too, i was almost equally appalled to listen to senator mccain yesterday, talking about, you know, how he

had regrets that force won't be used. it's just extraordinary to hear these sorts of arguments. it's background noise that is not helpful. we have an absolutely excellent agreement on our hands to which russia and the united states are committed. the proof of this pudding will be in the eating, and it starts with syria, stop crowing about some kind of national victory, but getting on with the job. it's little one week to declare what it has, let it do that, and then the world can start to solve the very real technical and security problems derived from that. >> mr. ambassador, another problem history has shown is sometimes despots can lie about their chemical stockpiles. what can we do to assure president assad is truthful. >> again, that is very difficult. we have long experiences of doing the job in iraq, which we

did get done with some lying and cheating and deception, we got it done. in my last report to the security council a dozen years ago, i said we destroyed, removed, render's harmless all of their weapons with the exception of some small number of chemical shells that were unaccounted for. you know, we overcame the resistance, and it can be done. the inspectors that we will send to syria absolutely skilled and dedicated people. they're not people who can be readily deceived or fail to penetrate lies when they're being told things that are untrue. we need to start this work. trust me, once it gets started, it can be down, and the object if i say occasion and treating can be penetrated.

>> an effort now underway even as we speak, these are live images out of italy, they are underway to remove the costa to know cord i can't. we'll tell you how crews are lifting that massive wreck that is even larger than the titanic. >> is vice president biden considering a shot at the top job? a stop at iowa is fueling speculation about the 2016 race. >> the school trying to crack down on bullies is spying on student's facebook pages. why some say the plan goes too far.

>> one of the most spectacular ship salvage operations in history is underway in italy. last year, 32 people were killed when the costa concordia ran aground. two bodies are still inside the wreckage. you are looking live at a picture of the ship in italy where a team of engineers is now trying to stand the massive vessel upright. just a few minutes ago, the team announced they were able to separate the capsized ship from the reef and no bodies were found.

aljazeera is there to tell us how that team is lifting the ship. >> 114,000 tons and the length of three football fields moving the costa concordia is an immense task. it has to be done in one piece. right now, the ship is resting on rock, head in place by computer controlled steel cables. workers built a platform underneath to hold the ship's weight when they roll it upright. they've attached metal floatation tanks to the hull which will fill with water, the steel cables will tighten and the ship slowly pulled upright helped by the weight of the tanks. this delicate operation will take 12 hours and involvify hundred workers. they have just one chance to retate the ship as there is no plan b. the cost so far of this salvage operation is $800 million. if the tension causes the ship to break up, a flood of rotten foot and passengers' luggage

could flow out into the pristine waters. they have taken steps to avoid that. >> it will of course impact tourism if something goes wrong. we are confident since analysis and assessment has been done especially on the water inside the wreck. >> once upright, the focus is find in the bodies are two missing victims. they were among 32 people who died the night of the disaster. amid the chaos and confusion, could have been pinned under the ship as it rolled. people on the tiny island have given their blessing to the operation, but will still to have live with the wreck until it's toed away next summer. >> an industrial area run by north and south korea is back up and running for the first time in five months. about 800 south korean business men and women crossed the border into north korea today.

they will return to work at the complex. that factory park was suddenly shut down after threats of war and tensions between the two, but as tensions eased, they agreed to resume operations. >> vice president joe biden may be considering his third presidential run in 2016. on sunday, he appeared at one of iowa's biggest democratic fundraising events, that being senator tom harkin's annual autumn steak fry. it is considered a key spot for democratic presidential contenders. six candidates, including senator barack obama attended that had fry back in 2007. >> in an effort to crack down on cyber bullying a california school district is spying on its students. the glendale unified district hired a company to monitor social media pages. school officials hope it will stop on line bullying, drug use and other problems, but some students and their parents say it is an invasion of privacy.

>> the civil war in syria is having a huge impact on its neighbors, coming up, we focus on turkey, and show you how that country is dealing with the syrian crisis now spilling across its borders. >> five years after the economic meltdown, president obama weighs in on the state of the nation's economy. we look back at the problem and just however the u.s. economy has rebounded. >> larry summers pulls out of the race to be the next fed head. we'll tell you who the front runner is now and why it could be an historic choice. >> coming up in sports, it was a record setting night for one of the manning brothers, while the seahawks put a spanking on the 49ers. we have sights and sounds in just a bit.

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>> welcome back. i'm del walters, these are the stories we are following at this hour. in colorado, 15 counties have now been declared federal disaster areas following that massive flooding there that has left at least six dead. rescue crews hope a break in the weather will allow choppers back in the air to search foss hundreds missing. >> in italy, a massive effort to get the costa concordia back upright. that ship ran aground last year, killing 32 people. >> secretary of state john kerry is in paris at this hour. he is meeting with american allies france and britain, pushing for support for a plan to end syria's chemical weapons program. >> united nations is set to

release a report today laying out the results of its investigation into that alleged chemical weapons attack in syria late last month. on sunday, the u.n. secretary received the report on the poison gas attack outside damascus. he will brief the security council in a closed door session this morning, as the u.s. and russia look for a diplomatic solution, turkey remains skeptical. that country, which shares a border with syria has long called for military intervention. they doubt that syria will truly get rid of its chemical weapons. we have more from the border. >> turkey's border with syria is its longest, a 560-mile stretch, and after having strongly pushed for military intervention on its unstable neighbor, the turkish government has left itself exposed. disappointing at the changing international tide, the prime

minister dismissed the plan to get writ of the chemical weapons. >> the assad regime has not lived up to promises. >> there is plenty at stake for turkey, pushing for regime change even before the debate over chemical weapons began, turkey has given support to the syrian opposition, which leadership operates out of istanbul. >> if they take the chemical away, who will save the rest of the children from being killed by jet fights? >> for the past two weeks, reinforcements have been sent to the border area. opinion polls show that unlike the government, the majority of turk issue people do not want turkey involved in the conflict across its vulnerable southern border. thousands of refugees have streamed into the country. with half a million refugees here now, the government spent $2 billion to support them. even if the syrian government signs an anti chemical weapons

treaty, it's not likely to end their plight. >> we have lost all hope. it's a new game. >> the damage has been done. many people have died, my brother, my cousin. will this bring them back? an on going refugee prices stalled the process and the turk issue government increasingly finds itself in a difficult position with another foreign policy setback. >> former treasury secretary larry summers is out of the running for chairman of the federal reserve. he with drew his name yesterday and president obama accepted that decision. he said he was a critical member of his economic team, and that he is grateful for his service. he was favored to replace ben better than, but faced opposition, including some from

democrats. in addition to summers, president obama is considering two other candidates, fed vice chairman janet yellen and former chairman don todd. president obama is set to address the nation later this morning, marking the fifth affairs of the beginning of the financial meltdown crisis. the white house says the president will be joined by people that have benefited from his economic recovery proposals. the 2008 bankruptcy of liam man brothers ushered in a period of turbulence. ahead of the address, a report is reds on efforts stabilizing the economy. it has said the measures performed almost better than anyone could have projected. the global news editor with the huffing to know post and correspondent for the new york times, he the reporter custody the financial and economic crisis. good morning. >> good morning. >> there were tens of thousands

of americans who lost their homes, tens of thousands of american lost their jobs. looking back, did the efforts put in place by congress address things that were too big to fail? i mention this on a day when we just learned yesterday that many of the big banks had report profits once again, and big bonuses. >> the point of addressing the financial crisis is not to make it impossible for wall street to prosper. i don't think on its face that is a problem. the problem is with the rest of the economy. the perception is that wall street got its massive bailout, wracking in profits, not by engaging in the normal plain have a anymore la banking transactions that the economy really needs, lending to small you,s, allowing people with decent or dinged up credit back in the housing market. wall street is back to its game, borrowing cheaply from the federal government, lending out

to select customers with excellent credit, while not really assisting the economy. the take away there is wall street's very good as reconstituting itself after a cries. >> or more of the same. >> more of the same, particularly if you look at the banking robby which has effectively managed to brunt a lot of the regulations. >> the white house released a report. they say that it is the strongest consumer financial protections in history are being implemented, this according to the white house report. do you with the report? >> some good things have happened. the creation of the consumer financial protection bureau, that is a good thing. the problem is when you get into the nitty gritty of what's really happening in the economy, we still have lots of stories, real life stories of people trying to spare their homes from foreclosure and having an impossible time of it, documents getting lost, these giant banks not responding as they're supposed to under a bunch of settlements they've struck to do

a much better january than they were doing during the robo signing scandal or the crazy no doc underwriting they did to the run up in the great financial depression. those are daily events. >> the financial reform has helped reign in assistive risk taking. >> we don't know what's happening. >> that's the whole point. >> there's some shadow system outside of the purview of the regulations. the dodd frank bill, most rules are mired in a car meyer. the real work gets done in the regulatory agency that has to administer hundreds of different rules and the lobbyists are keeping it going as it went. >> new tools are put in place to assure the failure of large interconnected firms no longer puts the system at risk, this

according to the white house. >> true, however the large interconnected firms are now larger and more interconnected than ever and there are pure of them. if j.p. morgan chase were to get in trouble and look like it was going to clams, does anybody believe the federal government wouldn't do whatever it took to prop that bank up? i don't know that personally. as a result, j.p. morgan chase is operating with an explicit government backdrop for everything it does. that gives the executives that win when they make big bets that go well, because the stock price goes up, they cash in options, they can do that. knowing if things don't turn out so well, the taxpayer picks up the bill. >> if i am among the tens of thousands of people that lost my house or my job in the economic meltdown, who got the shaft? was it the little guy or the big guy, when all was said and done five years later. >> for a while, it was everybody and the big guys come raging

back and the little guy is stuck in the same place as before the crisis. there's so much emphasis on the financial crisis, the five year anniversary of lehman brothers, the giant investment bank that collapsed. there was a massive crisis before that, going back a quarter century and that was the crisis of employment. 80% of ordinary workers in the american economy are today earning the same or less than 25 years ago in inflation adjusted terms. people simply didn't have enough in their paycheck. they couldn't bring home enough to pay for basic things like housing and health care and education, creating the opportunity that wall street exploited to push forms of credit on people, and to turn those forms of credit into synthetic difficult i was and all the stuff we learned about during the collapse. that fundamental crisis is still with us. you don't have enough people who can earn enough in their jobs to pay the freight of middle class american life. >> peter is the executive business and global news editor with the huffing to know post.

peter, thanks. >> well, w we have sports. >> payton does it again. he's five years older than eli and a perfect 3-0 facing his younger brother. eli that two superbowl rings compared to one for payton. yesterday at met life stadium, payton wracked up a lot of fantasy points, he continues to amaze. he hooked up with we say walker and thomas and in the process became just the third quarterback ever to throw for more than 60,000 yards in his career. eli's four interceptions, unless in the postseason, the manning bowl is over. the brothers are fine with that. it's not easy, especially for the parents. we have more on the family

affair. >> round three of manning versus manning goes to payton. after building a slight lead on points, big brother delivered the knockout blow in the second half, leading the broncos on three touchdown drives while he lee struggled to keep up, tying his high with four interceptions. >> we did some good things, we just didn't get touchdowns. we had to settle for field goals and second half, just had a weird interception off a foot. i got down a little bit, and then, you know, tried to fight back, just, you know, when you get down a couple scores and start trying to press, it can go either way. you can make some plays hopefully, but you get an opportunity to make mistakes. >> strange situation, strange circumstances, good win, good team win, but yeah, i don't know how -- it's kind of hard to, you know, just a unique situation. and not many other players have to go through it, so you can't

ask too many people for advice on it, but good team win for us, and good road win. >> in the first half, when the giants had a chance to cash in, they settled for three field goals. third down was a nightmare for the home team. the giants converting just one of 11. >> very disappointed, frustrated, i can understand how some of the players feel. the whole point is that we have to hang in there. we have 14 games to go. we've been 0-2 before, we've dug ourselves into a hole before, and have been able to fight our way out of it. when we did, it was team, but the performance level has to come up. >> on a day the giants honored their hall of famers, including bill parcells, peyton manning spoiled the party and joint brett favre and dan marino to pass for over 60,000 yards in their careers. aljazeera.

>> celebrating his birthday in style, the seahawks putting a hurt on collin kaepernick and the 49ers. seattle would spank the 49ers 29-3. kaepernick threw three interceptions. you could argue they have the best team in all of football. >> how about the kansas city chiefs, 2-0 after beating the cowboys. romo threw for 200 yards. the chiefs would rally back to win it 17-16. smith continues to play mistake-free football as the chiefs who won two games last season are 2-0 for the first time since 2010. the chiefs and sea hacks have spark would bile rg3 continues to struggle, losing to the packers 38-20. >> why do you say the red skins, del. >> because you're a big redskins

fan. steelers as well be struggling. >> i want to say thank you, ross, but i won't. >> heavy rain and wind pounding mexico's pacific coast, killing more than 20 and forces thousands to evacuate. southwest region was hit with winds up to 75 miles an hour and several inches of rain on top of that. six people died after the s.u.v. lost control on a highway headed for acapulco, and to make matters worse, another major storm, hurricane ingrid could reach the mainland early monday. we have more. >> days of torrential rain have poured down here in mexico, leaving a trail of destruction. over on the pacific side, tropical storm manuel unleashed two months of rain in just a couple of days. up to 11 people were killed when a building collapsed, and also when a landslide dumped down on top of them. there have been scenes in which up to two meters of water has

been left in the streets, just massive flooding, and although this storm is now decreasing, over on the other side of mexico, over on the gulf coast, hurricane ingrid is expected to make landfall early monday morning. now, the authorities have evacuated about 6,000 people, but already, the rivers there are overflowing. a couple of people were killed when pulled downstream by fast-moving water. with up to half a meter of rain expected to fall within the next few days in this region, it's imagined there are going to be more casualties to come. >> david mercer in mexico city, thank you very much. >> for more on ingrid and national forecast, we turn to nicole mitchell. >> part of what we're seeing is a squeeze play between the two tropical systems. you can see manuel with the flooding and the loss of life is now remnants of that system, but

there's still moisture, it doesn't have any sort of a circulation associated with it anymore. then we have ingrid making landfall now. there's mountains in the middle in this part of mexico, so kind of like what we saw in colorado. when you get moisture heading up the mountain, the uplift can wring out even more moisture out of those storm clouds, so flooding is one of our biggest concerns, even landslides as these two systems continue to bring moisture to that portion of mexico. that's what we have going on here, the rest of the tropics pretty quiet except for a possible disturbance in the atlantic. the other system is close enough to south texas that we've had bands of rain coming this direction. most of that moisture stays to the south. you can see the rain going by here. heading north, you can see the flow that has shifted from colorado, bringing rain to oklahoma down into mexico. let's look at south texas. over the next day, most of the

heavy moisture stays to the south. we could get a few spots with an inch or two and any little bit of rain in this region is beneficial. sometimes tropical systems can be beneficial. you don't want the destruction, but moisture can be helpful, because south texas is in drought conditions that could use that bit of rain. for the rest of the country, we've had this boundary moving through the midsection of the country. this radar is a little behind. the northeast, we do have rain this morning. this is hitting laguardia. i checked the airport delays, there aren't any yet at laguardia or the big new york city airports, but minor ones are reported. dry skies behind this and we stay dry for the rest of the week. carry that umbrella heading out this morning. one of the other big stories is its cooler behind all of that, but we're rebounding those temperatures in the northern plains. billings ab85, those are rung

10 degrees above average. >> still ahead, a milestone for mexico. a city there has elected the country's first gay mayor. >> a small army fighting some pretty big problems in some of this countries poorest areas. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko ç]

>> on the 50th affairs of a blast that shook the nation, people in alabama paused to remember those four young girls killed in the birmingham bombing. the ceremony marked a moment considered by many to be a turning point in the struggle or civil rights. we report from birmingham. >> at exactly 10:22 a.m., bells range out sunday at the 16t 16th street baptist church in birmingham, echoing an explosion exactly 50 years ago that killed four girls going to sunday school. at an event to remember the four lives cut short at the hands of the ku klux klan, former secretary of state condoleezza

rice spoke growing up in the city where denise was one of her childhood play mates. >> i grew up where my parents couldn't take me to a movie leaser or restaurant. they did convince me even though i couldn't have a sandwich at the counter, i could be president of the united states if i wanted to. >> the country was reminded of the need to continue the fight against discrimination. >> hate never leaves us. it is like a lurking virus and must always be identified, confronted, and defeated. >> he called on every member of every generation to forge ahead to create the more just society that all americans deserve. lisa mcnair feels the death of her sister and other girls changed more than just her future, it changed the country's future. >> it's not onements thing that happened in birmingham. it's about the united states of america. i think that the more people

know the story and know our history, they are did he say destined not to repeat it. >> it is considered to be a catalyst for advancing the civil rights movement. the crowd showing respect was a sign of progress in the nation, but some say we have a ways to go. >> it was like adults, adults, fussing with each other, fighting and harming one another, but when it came down on children, even those who were silently witnesses said ok, we must step up, we must say something, this is really ridiculously wrong. >> now, a new statue entitled four spirits stands next to the church, to help the nation remember. aljazeera, birmingham, alabama. >> a mexican city is making history, electing the first openly gay mayor in that countries history. he won, despite the fact that the opposition tried to make his sexuality an issue in a smear campaign. a professional singer, he opened

the first gay bar in the city where he is now mayor. he said his first order of business is restoring order to a city that has been rocked by drug wars. >> a former musician and coal miner believed to be the world's oldest man has died. he was 112, born back in 1901, in a spanish village. he eventually moved to the united states in 1920. he had two children, seven grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. >> they are doctors, nurses, technicians and soldiers preparing for missions anywhere in the world. part of their training takes place in the u.s. in some of america's poorest areas. they are making a world of difference. >> ain't nothing out here for young people. >> for generations, people in the mississippi delta have been struggling with poverty, illiteracy and severe health

problems. these faces reveal the hard times. >> with the lack of insurance and jobs, you know, it makes it hard for a lot of people here, you know. >> the department of defense sets up missions in places like clarks dale. i.r.t. provides free medical, dental and vision care to train service members treating people dealing with intense suffering in desperate situations. >> one man came in, put his glasses on and said i am see my wife, i can see my wife. that is an impact on that man's life. >> more than 30,000 people waited patiently for treatment in clariesdale and four other towns. greg fisher needed glasses. he had not been to a dentist in 20 years, also. if not for this service, he was

considering another option for his toothache. >> i probably just give me some wire pliers and pull it out myself and go without the glasses. >> chronic conditions like diabetes and blood pressure here are 50% above the national average. the delta regional authority has been trying to improve those statistics by partnering with the department of defense for this training. >> if our people are not healthy, our communities are not healthy. >> for the poorest state in america, they need all the health care and help they can get. >> i'm glad we could help. >> coming up, we look at how officials in montana are working to fill that state's shortage of mental health professionals. >> at the end of our first hour, this is what we're following this morning, president obama declare parts of colorado major disaster areas, this following devastating floods there.

six people are dead, nearly 1200 are still missing, unaccounted for. a report from u.n. weapons inspectors is set to be reds this morning. it is expected to confirm the use of chemical weapons in syria. >> five years after the economic collapse, president obama will address the current state of the economy in an address from the rose gordon. >> coming up in sports, what is going on with rg3 and how about those kansas city chiefs? we'll have sights and sounds from week two in the nfl. >> pattern shifting, heavy rain in colorado who moved elsewhere. i'll show you who is dealing with new flood concerns today.

sachin asked the indian media not to put too much pleasure pressure on the teenager. >> my son started his career. it's a humble request if he can live his life like a normal 14-year-old without thinking of anything other than falling in love with the sport. (applause) >> some footsteps to follow in. more on the website. check it out. all the details.

get in touch with us on twitter and facebook. plenty more from me later, but that is the sport for now. >> thank you. stay with us on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is ahead with julie mcdonald, who will be in london for us. for now, goodbye.

>> good morning. i'm morgan radford. these are headlines we're following now. president obama declares parts of colorado a major disaster area following devastating floods that have left hundreds stranded. six people are dead, and the death toll is expected to rise. >> a report from u.n. weapons inspectors set to be released this morning is expected to confirm the use of chemical weapons in syria. now, this as the u.s. russia deal calls on syria to provide full details of its chemical stockpile in just one week. >> the raising of the costa concordia is finally underway. the cruise ship wen