>> good morning. i'm stephanie sy. it's thursday, september 19 and these are stories we're following. at least 80 are dead and dozens missing as two massi storms take aim at mexico. republicans are threatening to shut down the government at the end of the month unless funding is cut for the president's health care law. >> senator john mccain respondses to russian president's vladamir putin's op ed with an opinion piece of his own published in russia. >> a very lucky lottery winner. only one winning ticket for the $400 million jackpot.

>> hurricane manuel is causing major devastation in mexico and more rain is expected to put a damper on rescue operations. at least 58 people are missing after the hurricane dumped almost a foot of rain on the west coast, triggering massive mud slides. manuel is the second hurricane to hit mexico in a week, leaving at least 80 dead. now the mexican government is struggling to get food and water to people in need and evacuate those in harm's way. david mercer has more from acapulco. >> desperate for help, hundreds of people have been stranded for days. many have gone without food or drinking water since severe flooding left them homeless. government provided rations are a lifeline, but people say it's not enough.

>> we haven't eaten since it started raining. the water took away the children are sick. >> fisherman jose lopez was lucky to have gotten his disabled daughter out of their house in time. >> look at my house now. the water took everything. the bed, fridge, everything. we're homeless now. >> more than a million people were affected by two tropical storm. worst hit was get rather row, where more than 40 people have died. in some areas, two months' of rain fell in just two days. thousands have been forced to seek refuge in one montenegrin. here people wait for the waters to recede and mud slides to be cleared, wondering what awaits them when they return home. the government has a more pressing job to take care of first. >> 40,000 tourists have been trapped in acapulco since the storms hit. may not have been waiting in

line for more than three days. they're hot, tired, and they've had enough. >> as tensions rise, some passengers have started brocking the entrance to the military air strip. >> planes keep arriving and leave, but the line doesn't move. there's people with little children who have been sleeping here for 72 hours. >> with more storms on the way, the government is now racing against time, trying to get supplies to where they're needed the most. david mercer, aljazeera, acapulco, mexico. >> first quarter was struggling even before this latest weather disaster. once considered a does in a i guess-must for many travelers, gang and drug-related violence have taken their toll. 90% of visitors now come from within mexico. acapulco is ranked as the second most violent city in the world, with a murder rate of 142 killings per 100,000 residents,

28 times higher than the u.s. average. mexico is still a top traveler's spot, but cab bow san lucas and cancun are the hot spots these days. let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell for a look at the tropical weather affecting mexico. >> even other places you just mentioned, cabo and cancun under the influence of this weather. we had the two tropical systems, another disturbance. this is manuel when it was moving across the southern side. it made this first landfall here, where i put the x, but it's trekked up the coastline, causing problems all along the way, more in kind of this area causing showers. it's stalled out. it's going to sit and rain and cause more flooding concerns. we also had in grid that moved interior, dying out right away when iles cut out from the

water. as it did that, we had the squeeze play of the two storms bringing the moisture to the mountains, causing the flooding. this area is still recovering. we have another disturbance we're watching very closely. there's the closer look at our current area of activity, now a hurricane and not moving too fast. you can see it just sitting and spinning and causing all of that moisture. the disturbance we're watching is moving into the bay, but that as it continues to move over the water, even if it doesn't make landfall in ingrid, some of the moisture will move over that area that has also been flooded, so will bring additional woes. some of this moisture will come to the united states. we will be watching that, but mexico is getting it simultaneously. >> in colorado, the number of people unaccounted for for the flooding there has fall ento about 200. the number of flood related deaths remains at six with two

women missing and presumed dead. the flood damage could cost more than $900 million. more than 7200 homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. >> another showdown over the budget is threatening to shut down washington indefinitely. much of the government is expected to run out of money the end of the month if congress is unable to agree on at least a short term funding bill. aljazeera's randall pinkston joins us from washington, d.c. what is the likelihood of a shutdown at this point? >> well, one financial services company is saying it's increased about 40%. let's take a quick look at the backdrop here. we are looking at the conclusion of the nation's fiscal year, september 30, when the government runs out of money. then the other key data is mid october, when this nation will hit its debt ceiling limit. failure to fix either problem could result in a government

shutdown. here's what house speaker john boehner has to say. >> there should be no conversation about shutting the government down. that's not the goal here. our goal here is to cut spending and to protect the american people from obamacare. it's as simple as that. >> now, speaker boehner says there should be no talk about a government shutdown. he knows if republicans carry through with their threat to defund the affordable care act, that democrats and president obama won't go for that, and so that would result in a shutdown. the second date, the debt ceiling limit. the speaker and republicans want to tie an increase in the debt ceiling to a reduction in domestic spending. here's what president obama has to say about that. >> you have never seen in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president

or a governing party. >> so here we stand again on the precipice of a possible economic catastrophe if in fact the showdown over the budget results in a government shutdown. you can count on democrats and republicans blaming each other. >> seems like we've been through this before. reporting live from washington, thank you. >> more than 100 retirees and detroit residents filed objection to detroit's bankruptcy declaration. today, those people will have a chance to voice their legal arguments in a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge. what are we expecting to hear in the bankruptcy court today? >> well i can tell you many of these residents coming to federal court today are opposed to this filing, because many of former city workers, who receive a pension from detroit, and if

this bankruptcy is approved, they risk losing some of their income, as well as their health benefits and they're not going to let that happen without a fight. >> with growing expenses and declining tax revenue, detroit can't even keep the street lights turned on, let alone afford to pay off its huge growing debt. the city's emergency manager appointed by governor rick snyder filed for chapter nine bankruptcy in july. >> i don't view this as a terrible answer in the sense that now's our opportunity to stop 60 years of decline. this is if you knowment. >> race riots in the 1960's, the flight of people to the suburbs, and decline of the u.s. auto industry have all contradicted to detroit's downfall. half of detroit's property owners don't pay their taxes and state has cut its financial

support to the city in half, while the city's debt has spiraled out of control for years. >> the idea behind chapter nine municipal bankruptcy is to get creditors to forgive some or all of what they're owed to give the city a fresh financial start. in detroit's case, however, much of that debt isn't to investors, because or big corporations. it's to retired workers who depend on those pensions after years of work. >> when you look at michigan and detroit, this is no accident, this was purposeful. >> the city's. service unions are fighting detroit's bankruptcy filing in court, saying it's none necessary, illegal and most of all, unfair. >> we have earned the right to our pensions. no one is giving us anything and no one should be taking anything from us. [ applause ] >> others here argue that detroit is just one of many places in america that are

running in the red. >> michigan has a deficit, no emergency manager, california has deficit, chicago has deficit. atlanta has deficit. all these cities with deficits, no bankruptcy, no emergency manager. if it's good enough for them, it doggone well should be good enough for the city of detroit. >> how the judge rules on bankruptcy could set a legal standard that goes well beyond detroit. >> pensions are certainly a big part of it, because there's so little of a track record, all the big cities that are struggling with the pension liabilities and how to restructure their debts are really watching detroit very closely. >> federal judge steven rhodes is expected to move through the proceedings quickly and decide whether to declare detroit bank result as early as next month. aljazeera, detroit. >> 110 people will have the opportunity to speak before the

judge today and challenge this bankruptcy. each will be given about three minutes to speak. as you can imagine, it's expected to go emotional. back to you. >> aljazeera in detroit, michigan, thank you. >> the washington navy yard resumes operations this morning, but building 197, site of monday's shooting rampage will remain closed. law enforcement officials are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting that left 12 dead. the former navy reservist killed by police was experiencing paranoia and had reported hearing voices. >> violent erupts outside of cairo. troops backed by helicopters are now surrounding a town after exchanging gunfire with a group of protestors. >> two cold cases may soon be solved after cars were discovered in the bottom of a lake containing how many remains. >> the boxing word has lost a

legend. we remember ken norton, sr., coming up in sports.

>> in sir yes, a road side bomb exploded. syrian officials say 19 were killed in the attack. the village near the attack is populated by the ethnic sect that president bashar al assad belongs to. >> it was just a week ago that russian president vladamir putin made headlines with an op ed in the new york times, sharply critical of president obama. now, it is arizona senator john mccain's turn on the website of russian paper pravda slamming the russian presidents. mccain's shortstoply worded

critique zeros in, saying: mccain argues that putin "rules by using those weaknesses by corruption, repression and violence. he rules for himself, not you." >> although mccain's op ed was submitted to the newspaper and website, only the website opted to publish the commentary. >> egyptian troops backed by helicopters have surrounded what they say is a radical strong hold after accounts changing gunfire. one police officer was killed during that exchange in the outskirts of cairo. we are getting these pictures from egypt t.v., reporting that troops have stormed the district to arrest people excused of torching a police station and killing 11 security officers

last month. for more, let's speak to our correspondent in cairo, who we're not naming for security reasons. we've been hearing reports about the subway system in cairo being shutdown briefly, reportedly because of two unexploded bombs found on the tracks. what can you tell us that? >> there's not a huge amount of information about this. while everyone's attention was focused on what was happening this morning, there was the announcement that went out that two devices had been found on the underground network. now, this was at a station that was basically two devices which the government originally said had been diffused. it was said that they were actually fake devices.

this is something that's been slightly dwarfed by everything else happening in egypt today so there's not a lot of information coming out about that. >> does that seem related to the raid and is that raid still ongoing? >> the police and the army have basically completed surrounded the town now, and have the town on shutdown. there may be shall packets of fighting going on, but for the most part is now under their control. they went in there about 3:00 a.m., before dawn. they went in with lots and lots of armed police officers, and soldiers, and armored personnel carriers and helicopters, as well. they did get some resistance when they went in. they said that they were shot at from the roofs of schools and

mosques. one high ranking police officer was killed in those exchanges of fire. a number of people arrested, i think about 60 people have been arrested, again the army is saying that three of the people who were arrested, they think were responsible or part of a group that stormed the police station a few weeks ago in the aftermath of the attacks, the clearances of the city. that was the reason why police went in to solve it, because of the attack on their police station. 11 police officers were killed in that. this is their response to those events. >> continued turmoil in egypt. thanks to our reporter on the ground there who we are not naming for security reasons. >> a fire that was followed by an explosion in thomas, oklahoma has now been contained. the fire broke you the late last night at chemical company danlin

industries. it's unclear if residents have returned now that the fire is under control. no fatalities were reported. >> investigators in oklahoma may finally solve a cold case mystery. officials are examining human remains found in these two vehicles at the bottom of a lake. they are believed to be that of a group of local high school students who went missing in the 1970's. one of the bodies has been identified, but the name withheld until family is notified. the remains were found during a training exercise tuesday and believed to have been submerged for decades. >> i'm john henry smith. his fights against muhammed ali are the stuff of legend, famously breaking his jaw.

he had norton finished his career with a record of 42-7-1, 33 of norton's wins were by knock crowd. ken norton was 70 years old. >> in fastball, mid season blockbusters are not very common at all. the news that cleveland has traded second year running back trent richardson is quite the shocker.

>> he kept running to home plate where he was safe. 3-2 rangers. rays answer. dejesus singles to center, sending this game to the 12th, where the rays scored. rays win 4-3. the loss meant the indians could gain second place in the wildcard standings, but the royals want that wildcard, too. k.c. on top early. billy butler had trouble or would have with a good throw. 3-0 after one. escobar executing everybody baserunners dream by dodging the tag and stealing home. with that, the royals win 7-3.

>> we are going to talk about the next highlight in our highlights. we are talking about orioles versus red sox. cleveland's loss wednesday night meant boston could clinch a playoff spot. napoli tied the game with a home run. game went to extras. in the 12th, chris davis won it for the orioles with a single. orioles win 5-3. boston's magic number stays at one. here are your latest wildcard standings in the american league, tampa takes top spot, but cleveland's loss keeps texas in the second spot by a half game. look out for the orioles, just one game out right now. that's your look at morning sports. >> thank you. >> french lawmakers considering a ban on child beauty pageants. >> someone in south carolina could be $400 million richer this morning.

>> in france, child beauty pageants could soon be a thing of the past. the contests have drown criticism in several countries,

including the u.s. the french senate approved a ban aimed at girls from being schoolized too early. the legislation will be considered in france's lower house. if passed, anyone who enters a child under 16 in a beauty contest will face two years in prison and find up to $1,400. >> farmers in kentucky are looking to cash in on hemp. it is illegal to grow in the u.s. jonathan martin talks to farmers and law enforcement on both sides of the battle. >> tobacco used to be king in kentucky. tobacco fields covered more than 250,000 acres of the bluegrass state in the 1990's. now it's less. now the state of kentucky thinks its found the answer, hemp.

>> hemp is cannibas sativa. it has no drug content in it. >> a fifth generation farmer grows more than 300 acres of tobacco in southern kentucky. >> if it can grow here, we'll make it viable. it can be -- i can see hemp production being very good here in kentucky. >> during world war ii, kentucky was one of the leading producers of hemp, mostly used to make rope for the navy. >> my daddy raised it on our farm, so i mean, i guess you could call me a hempster, because i grew up around it. >> they can harvest using the same machines used for corn. from lotion to chocolate covered seeds, many products contain

hemp, from canada. that's the market kentucky farmers want to cash in on. >> while it's perfectly legal to import seeds and fiber, it's illegal to grow or transplant hemp seeds anywhere in the u.s. >> currently, the d.e.a. considers industrial hemp a classified substance that would be treated the same way as marijuana, so we certainly can't grow it to sell it, and in fact, we can't even grow it to do research on it. >> all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> this-year, the state passed a law allowing licensing of industrial hemp, with the hope of putting seeds in the ground by 2014. >> we're about creating jobs in this state. we've become a national leader on this issue and we've been able to differentiate between industrial hemp, the agriculture crop and its evil cousin, marijuana. >> kentucky police aren't onboard. >> it's still illegal and against the law and we'll proceed as we have been. >> kentucky farmers say any new crop would be a win. >> i think anything we can do

that will help our children stay locally and on the farms is a good thing. >> agriculture officials hope planting hemp will continue to root farming as the stable of kentucky's economic landscape. jonathan martin, aljazeera, kentucky. >> kentucky could become the 20th state with a form of pro hemp legislation. >> the winning powerball ticket was sold to someone in south carolina. a single ticket matched the winning numbers to wednesday night's multi-state lottery. seven, 10, 22, 32, 35 and powerball 19 were the numbers. the cash payout if the winners opts to take it is lurch sum, $123 million. thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy.

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