>> hello and welcome to al jazeera i'm richelle carey live from new york city. here are the stories we're providing for you. preening th preventing the govet shut down could cause the president his health care law. and detroit, residents have their day in court. their fight to prevent the city for filing for bankruptcy an make it pay. >> another budget battle is brewing in washington. president obama ask expected to speak shortly to the export

council in washington. live pictures of that. he's likely to touch on are fight to symptom the government from shutting down, the debate could be complicated by efforts to derail the president's health care reform law. randall pinkston joins us live. how will the republicans try to derail health care law. talk a blibled that. >> the first stage of this showdown at the okay corral. the fiscal year ends september 30th and if the congress does not pass a continuing resolution to keep things flowing then there will be a government shut down. so the republicans say they are willing to pass a continuing resolution but only if it strips funding from the affordable care

act, house resolution 59. just moments ago, the president's office of management and budget has released a statement saying that if in fact the house passes joint resolution 59 he will veto about bill. that is to say, he will accept a shut down. of course, the republicans are going to blame it on president obama, president obama is counting on the fact that the voters will be looking at the republicans who have tried repeatedly to block obamacare for the past four years, five years. none of those efforts have succeeded not even at the supreme court. it is possible that at the last minute house speaker joan boehner will introduce -- john boehner will introduce a bill that doesn't include obamacare. if he joins the two issues the president says he will veto about the bill and that's why we will have a shut down. >> okay randall the president says he will veto it and it will

almost certainly die in a democrat controlled senate. do the republicans have a backup plan? >> let me just say that when i say the president will veto it he's talking about presuming that the senate passes it too. because he can't -- he won't veto a house measure, it will be a measure passed by both chambers of congress. if both sides agree and send it to the president then he will veto the legislate. so--legislation. so now we're going to back up. it has to get through the senate. senate republicans are quite upset with their fellow republicans some of them in the house of representatives and they don't want to see a government shut down and they are saying don't have obamacare in part of a continuing resolution. let's just vote on a measure that will keep the government operating until at least the middle of october where we will

hit the debt sealing. senator ted cruz who has been leading the rk, encouraging us to put our necks on the line when you're saying you're not going to be able to do the same thing in the senate. it would be a comical side show but for the fact that so many lives and so much is on the line here. if there is a government shut down even for a few days, we're talking about stopped payments of checks, social security benefits, applications being delayed, government -- workers perhaps being furloughed, a whole long list of really, really bad action he that will have to be taken because the money stops flowing. so most people don't want to see that happen but there are some that are in our congress who are saying that's what's needed to control government spending.

richelle. >> we'll have to see how this plays out. randall thanks so much. now to mexico, where the search for victims is underway, at least 58 people are missing, after manuel dumped why rain on the mexico, david moore has more from acapulco. >> desperate for help. hundreds of people from the village have been strand he for days. many have gone without food or drinking water since severe flooding left them homeless. government provided rations are a life line but it isn't enough. >> the water took away everything. the children are sick. >> fisherman jose lopez says he is lucky to have gotten miss are disabled daughter out of their

house in time. >> look at my house, the water took everything, the bed, fridge, everything, we're homeless now. >> more than a million people were affected by two tropical storms that slammed into mexico last weekend, worst hit is state of grawr row guerrero, thousandn forced to seek refuge in acapulco. here people wait for the water to recede and the mudslides to be cleared, wondering what awaits them when they return home. but the deposit has a perhaps more pressing job to take care of first. >> 40,000 tour ichts havists han trapped in acapulco since the storms hit. they have been waiting in line for more than three days. hot, tired and they've had enough. >> as tensions rise some passengers have started black the entrances to the -- blocking

the entrances to the airport. >> little children 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, al jazeera, acapulco mechanism e-coe. hardest hit areas of colorado had flood insurance. according to fema more than 7200 homes and businesses have been destroyed. residents are cleaning up searching through their mud soaked belongings for anything that can be saved. here is meteorologist niblg. mick ole mitchell. here is the broader picture. we -- nicole mixon el. >> that's the damage you're looking at from acapulco and

then it moved up the coastline to where it is now, just north of mazatlan. now we had about at the same time the tropical storm ingrid moving in from the other side. that's why we had that squeeze play. now a disturbance where ingrid had gone. the problem with the hurricane right now is it's pretty much just stagnant. it's not moving so much. so this is going to sit and dump rain, easily a foot or in some cases, so we're going ohave more flooding concerns there in mexico. it being pulls out into the bay of campeche. we'll have that complete national forecast had just a few minutes. are being richelle. >> thank you. detroit's bankruptcy ask the subject of concern, this afternoon, lawyers are presenting detroit's retirees

are expected to present arguments aimed at presenting from pensions and health care benefits. vc tell us what's going on today. >> right now richelle it is an opportunity for city workers retirees and residents. they are opposed to this chapter 9 filing because they have so much to lose. for example retirees. they risk losing their pensions, part of their pension as well as health care and really they're at a point right now where they're not going to let this happen without a fight. >> together, linda peltier and her husband ken served 59 years on the police force. they've dodged bullets, saved lives and done everything you would think about police officers doing in the second most dangerous city. when they retired they thought they were set. >> the joke was how many years

you could live to get your pension. nobody thought about losing it. >> that all changed in july, when detroit became the largest city in history to declare bankruptcy. drowning in debt, if a federal court judge approves the city's bankruptcy retirees health care benefits and pensions will likely be cut. >> never once in my entire life, did i think at the opposite end when i retired that someone would tell me i've not got pension or health care. >> now they are prepared for the worst. >> it would change all our life plans, everything would change. >> and they would be dealt a big blow if there are any changes to their benefits. >> ken is takes 1,000 of drugs a month.

we would be thinking about two or $3,000 out of pockets and it would be devastating. >> michigan's toarnl general says the public employees pensions whether the city is bankrupt or not it must keep its promises to employees. >> i was just waiting to find out. we have in control over everything. >> with so much to lose creditors and employees alike are pleading their case before justice steven roasd rhodes whol decide whether the city is eligible for bankruptcy. in the meantime retired or near retired workers like the peltiers are left hanging hoping not to become casualties of a bankrupt detroit. and 110 people will have the opportunity today to speak before the judge. each will be given three minutes to make their case and with so much on the line, this is expected to be very emotional.

richelle. >> i would imagine so. has the city offered to pay any of their debts? >> as it stands right now no, that's not the case. i am aware that there are negotiations going on between the emergency manager and some of these unions but nothing has been put on the pr line yet. are the washington navy base opens today, suspected gunman aaron alexis supposedly sought hem last month for hearing voices. addressing holes in security and what secretary of defense chuck hagel calls red flags in alexis's past that were missed. president obama will attend a memorial for the victims this weekend. now to syria. the fighting goes on. activists said al qaeda-linked

gunmen heavy clashes with a rebel group in that area. al jazeera correspondent nasser nazid managed to get into the southern city of darra, nasser what can you tell us about what's happening? >> yeah, actually, there is some -- he's a doctor from germany, he's a volunteer, what we know that some of the foreigners doctors they try to help the syrians. what's happened is the islamist iraq state which they are a little bit, they are linked with al qaeda, actually, trying to kidnap him is what we know. and after that, the storm grew, north storm group whom they are based in azar city close to the border with turkey tried to help doctors from any capturing or

any kidnapping. for that start the clashes in this situation, after this incident. what we know, that the group which is very strong group in ilipo, which is belong, i mean, the big state there in the north, they enter inside azaz trying to mediate between two groups to stop clark, and i think depending on what we hear that there is the success in that. many people they said we have to know actually that north group, i mean the storm north group whom they are in azzaz and they are controlling the border between turkish and syria they have they kidnapped before around one and a half years, 15 persons from lebanon who they

link with or they are from hezbollah is what they said, they are shia for that. this is the important thing in azzaz city. some people some activists here in syria and also some experts in arab board whom they are experts and islamist group they believe that islamist iraqis they link with iran. may they enter in that position, especially in that border for something link with this 15 persons from hezbollah. >> okay, nasser shadid, reporting from syria. thank you so much. right now we are also monitoring comments we expect to come from the president who is speaking now to his export council. let's listen in. >> immediate needs of the american people but also, looking at how we can initiate some structural changes that are

going omake a difference over the long term and rebuild our economy. we're not where we need to be yet but with seven and a half million new jobs created in the private sector, with the housing market beginning to recover, with our energy transformation continuing in a way i think many people would not have anticipated 20 years ago, where we're now at a point where domestic production is actually starting to exceed imports, across all these fronts, there are some very positive pieces of news. but i tell you: one of the biggest bright spots in our economy has been exports. the fact that made in america means something, and has provided a boost to our domestic economy and has reminded the world just how competitive we are. >> we will continue to listen to the remarks that the president is making.

we expect that he may make a comment about the though down that appears to be coming between the president and republicans, we'll continue to listen to that. in the meantime it was a week ago when russian president vladimir putin made headlines with an op ed, now it's senator john mccain's turn. he's not enhancing russia's global reputation, he is destroying it. he has made a friend of tirants and an enemy to oppressed. he is saying putin rules for himself not you. the new cash crop for tobacco growers, reaching out to hemp making it easy to make revenue off this new source.

>> j.p. morgan admitted it has, a billion dollars in fines to settle with regulators in u.s. and britain. cost the bank more than $6 billion. j.p. morgan failed to provide adequate oversight and failed to are inform the board. contracts signed in june and july where mortgage rates began their steady rise. analysts say higher rates impacted the housing market. initial unemployment claims fell

15,000 last week but for a second week technical problems are affecting the data. however the labor department says less volatile four week average dropped to 7,000 to the lowest in almost six years. kentucky farmers are turning to a bountiful but illegal crop, hemp. >> tbook used to be king in kentucky. 250,000 acres of the blue grass state. now it's down to about 90 thousand acres. now that means less money for the tax coffers. the state of kentucky has found the answer. hemp. >> hemp ask a variety of crop that looks a lot like marijuana

but has no thc, no drug content in it. >> a third generation farmer bruce kline grows 200,000 acres in kentucky. >> i could see hemp production being very good here in kentucky. >> during world war ii, kentucky was one of the leading producers of hemp. it was used mostly for producing rope for the navy. >> i guess you could called call me a hempster. i grew up around it. >> protein powders to lotions to chocolate covered seeds, many products already contain hemp, they're from canada. that's the exact market that ciz farmers want to cash in on. >> fiber from processed hemp it is illegal to grow or transplant hemp seeds anywhere in the u.s. >> currently the dea 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. >> that's not stopping kentucky. this year the state passed a law, allowing lines allow being licensing of hemp. >> we've been able to differentiate between industrial herchl the agriculture -- hemp the agriculture crop and its illegal cousin marijuana. >> we'll proceed as we have been. >> kentucky farmers say any crop would be a win for them. >> i personally think that 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 a staple of kentucky's economic landscape. jonathan martin, al jazeera, frankfurt, kentucky. >> massive walls of water, leaving dozens injured in its wake.

that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko >> welcome back to al jazeera, i'm richelle carey. leer are some of the top stories we're following for you. the white house says president obama will veto any budget bill that removes funding for his health care reform law. house republicans plan to use the bill to try and defund the law. now that floodwaters are ceo

cretding, the recovery is beginning. thousands of homes damaged don't have insurance. the navy yard reopened this morning, a few days after 12 people were killed there. security clearance checks despite what secretary of defense chuck hagel called red hot flags. the prime minute diser of japan minute minister of japan took a three hour tour of the crippled nuclear plant, ordering the directors to scrap all of the nuclear reactors at the plant. tidal bore it happens when the incoming tide is so big its leading edge actually forms a wave. that wave moves along at about 25 miles an hour. >> hi, i'm meteorologist nicole

mitchell. i hope you're off to a wonderful day so far. watching the country, first i want to mention the next player, northern california in order ward could see some rain. enjoy it if you have these outdoor plants. our big player is right through the midsection of the country, very easy to pick out where we have the frontal boundary, two stories with it: one is the temperature changes as you see this goes through and two the moisture including the risk for strong storms. some of which we're already seeing right now. so you can see in the last couple of frames, minnesota into wisconsin we have a thunderstorm watch box up, that means the potential for strong storms and on the northern side of the twin cities right now, warnings, big threat is wind 60 miles per hour or so and hail about pea size is what we've been seeing. you can see the moisture

extending well down tot southern plains with it. not only have we had that but a real temperature contrast. right now easily 77 into kansas city, where the front has gone through 50s? 54 in rapid city right now. the temperatures ahead are above average but when the front comes through it will bring us back to reality for this time year but you'll really see the change because we've been mild. ahead of the front 72 to start the day in memphis versus denver at 49. as we continue down the line some of that moisture moving into texas we're also getting from that topical system, as i mentioned earlier a little bit of moisture from that plume. texas is in drought stage so we can use anything we can get here. you can look at pretty wide coverage of places that could see decent rainfall over the next day or two as this system moves through. so that is some great news. in the meantime another dry day

for northeast. those temperatures have rebounded a little bit. a lot of these in the 70s. but be on the lookout because the system that i mentioned in the midwest, more ohio river valley and southward into the day tomorrow and then unfortunately just into the weekend, more of that moisture is going to be hitting the east coast, you might think about that just a little bit as you are starting to get those weekend plans firmed up. >> all right, nicole, thank you. two of the world's largest indictments are on display at sotheby's auction house, the small egg sized diamond mind in south africa in 2011 is expected to be sold for as much as $28 million. it will be auctioned off in sofheby's in october.

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