>> hello, i am stephanie sy. these are some of the stories we are following right now. new insights are emerging about the navy yard gunman. aarone lexus, apparently had a troubling history of mental illness and everybody complained of hearing voice us. the difficult clean up is underway in colorado. homeowners across the state are trying to pick you want pieces after terrible flooding ruined homes and lives. violence in the philippines may be coming to a head. government force as peer to be gaining the upper hand on muslim rebels who took hundreds of people hostage. and african art is booming. we'll tell you why the surprising export has become all the rage.

>> it's clear that background checks didn't work when it came to the shooter at the navy yard in washington. and president obama said today the mass shooting proves the country needs better mental health screening for gun buyers. the president briefed tuesday bite fbi and the attorney general. the white house order aid review of security at all federal agencies. mike has more. >> reporter: a day after the killing i and chaos a solemn tribute to the fooling, chuck hagel laying a wreath at the navy memorial. the toll, 13 dead including the shooter. all civilians 14 wounded. >> we'll continue to conduct all

other necessary investigation to learn about the activities and contacts of mr. alexis. >> reporter: a may have contractor, alexi used a valid pass to enter the navy yard. then with a shotgun, purchased in this northern virginia gunshot. he entered building 197, and opened fire. >> we had officers who heroically went in to a building, witnessing multiple casualties and continued to pursue and engage a gunman who was determined to kill as many people as possible. >> reporter: alexis was in washington for a little more than three weeks, most at this residents inn just blocks from the shooting. they knocked down reports that alexi use ahead semiautomatic ar15 rival. but officials say he may have gained access to a handgun during the melee. possibly belong to go a fallen officer. after leadth senate in a moment of silence for the victims, hairy reid offered little hope for those making a new push for gun control

legislation. >> we are going to move it up as quickly as we can, but we have to have the votes first we don't have the votes. >> reporter: after postponing late last night's game. today baseball's washington nationals took the field in tribute instead of the usual "w" their hats had an "n" for navy. >> we are learning more about the 12 people who lost their lives in tuesday's shooting. a closer look at the victims. >> reporter: many victims of monday's attack spent years and some decades serving their country. michael arnold originally from michigan was a 29-year navy veteran. his mother says he was a wonderful son, husband and, father. >> it's just not possible. it's not possible that they shot him just for no reason. he loved his country. he loved the navy. >> reporter: martin was a navy officer who loved hockey and the boston bruins.

richard worked as a security officer at the navy yard. from indian, he worked as a marine engineer. >> this is an extremely difficult thing to process. i know for myself it's going take me years to really come to terms with. >> reporter: arthur daniels a grandfather of nine was shot in the back as he tried to escape i kenneth proctor a father of two worked as a foreman at the navy yard. chicago native kathy worked as a financial analyst. 51-year-old mary knight of virginia was also killed. so were gerald read of virginia, 50 the president of a local rotary club. and 53-year-old sill se sylvia r who worked for four years at the naval see systems command. john was a civilian who worked it the washington navat the was. >> people will remember dad for the incredible man he was. >> we'll go back to work when the base is open again. we'll do what we do each day to

the best of our ability. >> reporter: flags will fly at half staff until friday in honor. >> continue to follow us online at algentleman sear.com for the latest on the investigation in the washington navy shooting. in colorado a massive clean up is under way. for older residents this is the second time they have had to start over after a similar flood hit the same area four decades ago. jim is in colorado with more. >> reporter: insides the collectively flea market that are trying to move mud that's piled up everywhere. these people have been working around the clock since the rain stopped. hoping to salvage what they can inside this shop. >> this was the water line. >> reporter: kay has put her heart and soul into this place for the past 26 years.

>> it's gone. it's gone of the mud came in and we had four-foot of water and three not of muds. >> reporter: clean up jabs liking there are going all over the place here in colorado. here in this store, just up the road in the neighborhoods too. as heavy equipment rumbles down the streets, homeowners like kathy williams are moving out forced to find a new place to live. >> the house is completely trashed. there is -- when we showed up, there were like six-inches of mud in the house. all the floors are buckling. >> reporter: this dissass iter idisaster israising serious quet growth and where people lid. the big thompson flood hit in this very spot in 1996, leaving 140 people dead. but homeowners were allowed to rebuild and return. this flood covered an even wider area. spreading from the foothills of the state to the eastern plains from these nasa photos taken this space on september 13th, you can see how the area looked before the flat, then after the

flat. >> we recognize a lot of these bridges and culverts and roadways were built a long time ago. and designed standards weren't the same and understanding of flood events weren't the same and we have a strong opportunity here to with fema's partnership come out of this whole situation with a stronger infrastructure. >> reporter: fema director craig agrees, colorado needs to build back wiser. >> you want to go support communities that are devastated. that's what we do. but we don't want to have to keep coming back. >> reporter: but most people we talked to say they will come back. >> we love it down here, it's dodggorgeous, we have elk, deer, mother nature is right here. >> reporter: others who have now lost so much here, are having second thoughts. >> i don't think it's justifiable to live in the flood plain and i don't think it's justifiable to live in the wildfire interface. >> reporter: exactly what that means for homeowners like kathy williams, now remains an open

question. jim, al jazerra, loveland, colorado. >> flooding is also a serious issue in mexico which was hit by two tropical storms earlier this week. the storms have killed at least 50 people. more than 40,000 residents and tourists are stranded in the resort town of alk al alka all o and that's where our dave 16789 it might look lie a perfect destination. people are desperate to get out of here. more than 40,000 people have been trapped here over the past three days. while major storms have dropped heavy rainfall and caused flooding and landslides around here. now supplies are getting short. people are trying to get back. we are here at the military air base. and we've got military planes that will be taking people out by the hundreds. they have got plans for one plane every hour, they have used the plane to his bring supplies in, and now they are using the same plane to his get people out. people are desperate. they want to get home.

they want to get out of here. >> dave murcer reporting. ♪ ♪ >> i am dave warren, we are starting in the tropics where we have remnants of storms impacting mexico it's what's developing that could move in over the next 24 hours that will be a closely monitored storm. showing some signs of development. looks like it's tracking north of mexico, but over the gulf we'll watch the area closely. another storm over the northwest. this is what was in the southwest bringing all that my moisture in to colorado finally moved out of the drying things out across the sought west, but now severe weather in the northwestern states could impact the area today. and throughout the rest of the week here on thursday and friday. heaviest rain in montana over the next 24 hours. and wyoming but as the storm moves to the east, it brings all the warm air with it, these were temperatures in the afternoon on

tuesday. that warm air is moving towards chicago and the northeast here over the next 24 hours. there is that rain, it's only in the northwest and a few light showers in the midwest but as the storm moves east you can see how it impact chicago. first off the temperature climbs up to 80 on wednesday, 87 on thursday. friday still pretty warm with a shower or thunderstorm, but it gets cooler. the storm moves out and it dries out and gets nice and comfortable on saturday and sunday. it will continue to spread east, though, now these are frost and freeze advisories, that's because the temperatures are cold enough to see frost or everyone drop down to the freezing mark before that storm gets here later this week and this weekend, in new york temperatures climbing from the 70s to the mid seconds on thursday, friday close to 80 degrees, look at the low temperatures getting warmer once the clouds move in. 60s in the morning. saturday sunday, mid to slow low

70s. >> dave, thank you. the battle over a city in the philippines hundreds of hostages are finally free. but the 10-daday crisis still gs on on, hurricane sandy strikes again, what why a huge fire is now being blame odd last year's super storm. we'll show you why the political fight over obama care may prevent disadvantaged americans from getting the care and medications they desperately need.

this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just

prescribe the facts. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. ♪ ♪ >> a violent conflict between armed rebels and the fill teens government moves in to its 10th day.

insurgents who blame the government have been holding dozens of civilians hostages they released 60 tuesday. >> reporter: the philippine military says it has the upper hands at the siege and that it's now on its 10th day. they have taken back a majority of the area originally taken by rebel fighters, 80% now is their estimate. but they believe that the fighters are still holding onto 30 to 40 haveville vinnies as hostage and human shields. they are still chasing the leader of the fighting force who is believed to be hiding somewhere in the village behind me. now, there was sporadic gunfire early this morning, that has since abated, but the military says that they also believe that the rebel fighters are actually running low on ammunition and it's a matter of time before they expect more fighters to come out and surrender to them. morgue owe or teague he is from the latest in the philippines, a

deadly gas was confirm to kill hundreds in syria. the u.n. security council is force considering a restless lining forcing syria too give up its chemical weapons, john reports there are difference overs the bet way to make it happen. >> reporter: there is often no headline, tonight the headline is, there is no headline at the u.n. the diplomats of the security council have been hard at work together trying to bring all 15 members, but particular the permanent five around the table regarding syria. time is running out for the u.n. security council to draft a resolution turning last weekend's geneva agreement between the u.s. and russia on syrian chemical weapons in to a legal tool enforceable on the world stage. the permanent five security councilmembers have been holding behind closed doors meetings on tuesday. the russians with the security council veto already appear to be backing off from the optimism of gentleman no he have a in part because the u.s., britain and france are insisting on

including use of the force language in any new resolution, secretary general ban ki-moon urged leadership on all sides especially from rauch and the u.s. >> they are based on scientific facts. there are we must mott take business at usual. i sincerely hope that russia and the united states demonstrate their leadership at this time. >> we talked to doctors, we talked to people underground. >> reporter: at human rights watch high above new york in the empire state building, there is little doubt who fired the serve as to serve as rockets, the u.n. report flames for spreading gas in damascus. they have done the math and worked out exactly where the rockets came from. >> the u.n. investigators had to be very cautious and technical, but if you connect can the dots from their report. if you map out the trajectory of the rockets that they identified carried the sarin gas, they

nicely converge toward the base, the syrian army base. >> reporter: meanwhile the permanent five are likely to go on meeting in private this week trying to get all sides on the same page for a vote before next week's annual jamboree of world leaders, is u.n. general assembly gets under underway in earnest. it's likely a tall order to get something taken care of by the weekend, secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov plus the soar vinnie foreign minister and the president of the group that wants to overthrow his government means that the issue of syria and it's chem cal cheml weapons is likely to over chad oat jenna certainlibly. at the united nation nations inw york. >> the affordable care act commonly known as obama care is expected to go in to effect in a few months, one the key provisions is expansion of

eligibility of medicaid some states have refused the money giving more poor people access to health care, louisiana is one of them and it's a decision that is not sitting well with many residents in the state. sheila reports. >> reporter: every day laura johnson praise for a blessing. she suffers from congestive heart failure. with an income of $835 a month, she can't a afford the medicine she's supposed to take. >> i add them up, 1998 a month if i had all of them. because one of my bottles was like $140 for one bottle medicine. >> reporter: johnson, 58, lives in the small town of russ tin, louisiana, two years ago, johnson collapsed after work and was rushed to the hospital. >> if i hadn't got there, as quick as i did, the fluid would have overpowered my heart and i would have died. >> reporter: these days, johnson has to take it easy. doctors orders. so she often passes the time watching tv.

but there is another part to her daily routine. a series of home remedies that substitute for the medicines she cannot buy. >> i have garlic cloves that i use to get my blood pressure down. comes in little cloves and i just cut a little bit of it off. put it in your mouth. and take a spoon of vinegar. drink it. it's supposed to get your blood pressure down, it works, it does. >> reporter: under obama care, the federal government has expanded eligibility for medicaid. but states can opt out of that expansion and louisiana has. that has left johnson and some 400,000 others in louisiana without health insurance. >> people who speak in terms of this being a welfare program, probably have never sat across an exam table from a patient and heard a patient cry because she can't afford to buy her

medications for diabetes, for instance. medications that you know if that person is able to take, can prevent blindness and amputations and kid any failure and things like that. >> reporter: republican governor is a well known proponents of small government. in defending his decision not to expand medicaid, he said, quote, soon there will be more people riding in the cart than people pulling the cart. representative lance harris say prominent louisiana republican, he believes the government can't be trusted to fully fund the cost of medicaid expansion. >> what would happen if the federal government had to cut back? what would happen if it did ghetto sought of control that these cuts were then forced upon the state? >> i think it's very, very is up he hadding because why wouldn't they want people to get that, you know, medicate? why? >> reporter: sheila, al jazerra. >> according to a study that looked at everything from access and affordability to health care, to prevention and

treatment, louisiana ranked in the bottom quarter we vent perct nationally. lawyers for a police officer say he was justified when showed and killed a young black man, he has been charged with voluntary man slaughter he shot him 10 times in a suburb the char slot. farrell was looking for help after crashing his car. the fire that destroyed a popular jersey shore boardwalk was an accident. investigators believe the fire and seaside walk was cues ka*used bcaused byfaulty electrd wiring damaged by hurricane sandy. dozens of businesses were destroyed along the same stretch of boardwalk that was badly damaged by the super storm last fall. this week the house of representatives will vote on a bill that will cut food stam' distance, the proposed cuts would affect 4.8 million people currently on food stamps

programs. town i can't mosely takes a look at how the cuts could affect members of the military. >> reporter: it's two hours before the doors open at the neighbors in need food bank in mount vernon washington and chet fuller is one of the first here. >> you have to get a good spot in line. >> reporter: the 71-year-old army veteran relies on the food bank to supplemental $116 in food stamps he receives each month. everyone with the help, fuller says he and his wife are barely getting by. additional cuts he says could be crippling. >> it will just mean we don't eat as much. you know, cut down from two meals a day to one meal one day, two the next. >> reporter: food bank manager stella silva says almost half of the people who come to this food bank are veterans. many of them like fuller, are disabled and barely able to make end meet. >> they keep cutting what is going to be left? >> reporter: but it's more than just veterans. about 5,000 active military members are on food stamps. the majority of those are in

lower pay grades and have larger than average families. and spends on the ground military bases tells the story. in 2011, $88 million in food stamps were spent on military bases. and nba 2012, that number jumped to $99 million. this year, food stamp usage on base is his on track to exceed $100 million. >> you would like to think people serving our country would be able to at least survive reasonably well and not have to worry about putting food on the table. >> reporter: justin keith helps veterans and families sign up for government assistance. he fierce additional cuts to the food stamp program wilin crease the pressure on groups and services already struggling to assist the growing number of those in need. >> a lot of folks are already just getting the minimum benefit, which is $16 in washington state. and to cut that even further,

means that a lot of these folks will start relying more, even more, on things like foot banks. >> reporter: the good pancreas is what fuller says he and his family will continue to rely on. >> what choice do i have? i mean, you know, you gotta go with the flow. >> reporter: a flow that congress will ultimately decide. tanya mosely, al jazerra, mount vernon, washington. >> your personalized music champions will keep on streaming. thanks to the legal battle pandora just won against the music industry. sales of nigerian art are skyrocketing. why modern african pieces are so hot right now.

>> african art is enjoying a renaissance. modern pieces by budding artists are being snatched up by investors while traditional works are taking a hit. al jazerra's ivan reports. >> the quick step, the foxtrot. >> reporter: she is one of nigeria's budding artists. her exhibition is called unmatched beauty. the paintings include diverse things and not air yo typical images from africa. in this painting, didi depicts

revelation, temptation and creation in the garden of eden. in this series of works she calls still they rise, she focuses on the strength and resilient of women. and these paintings don't come cheap. they have sold for as much as $10,000 reach. >> right now african art is flowing. a lot has changed drastically, you know, last year and [inaudible] a lot of people, that's collecting after cap art to have something hang on the ground their wall, but some of them are sellers. >> reporter: sales of her paintings also show that there is a growing demands for modern art from afte africa. last year a piece from ghana sold for $850,000. sales of south african art have increased by 500 percent accords to go an auction house in johannesburg. the idea that traditional african artifact represent all

that african artists have to offer is hang. offer is changing. here there is a decline in sale of traditional modern art and that shoppers are now going for more modern pieces. at the gallery nearby, art dealer says the increase in sales is due for the fact nigh year i can't annigeria and afrie accessible. >> it has been under priced. you know, it really is amazing some of the pieces i have been in the business here for 15 years, some -- it's amazing the prices we use today sale for some top-notch art. 15 years ago. as compared to the prices now. this is why it's a great time to be collecting as an investment, if you want to, to be collecting african art in general. >> reporter: that's good news for artists, she will be taking her ex-bin exhibition to londont month where she hopes to find new buyers. >> and there may still be a

market for traditional after can art within the continent itself where local collectors are snapping the work up. pandora can now play all the news tick wants, that's what i manhattan judge decided in a license dispute between the popular online service and music publishers. the ruling upholds an existing contract between pandora and the american society of composeers, authors and publishers. the judge says the contract allows pandora the right to their their entire cat loc cata. that does it for this edition of al jazerra news, i am stephanie sy. next is "real money." and news at the to him of every hour as well online any time of day at aljazerra.com. thanks for watching, have a great night.

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