>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour, david foster. this is what we have for you in the course of the next 60 minutes. more fighting in damascus and the battle for control of the town near the turkish border. we have the latest from syria. we'll take to you mexico where people are lining up to receive aid after two storms sub merge their towns. south african police lied

and fabricated evidence in the americana live shootings. >> reporter: we'll have the latest from london. and the burning issue for anglega merkel, could an anti-euro party about to win seats in germany's parliament. >> in recent days much of the focus has been about what to do with serious chemical weapons, but on the ground the civil war is showing no signs of easing. activists say car bombs explode on the outskirts of the damascus, the capital, killing 20 people. the blast struck a building east of the city center. these are pictures showing smoke rising from what is said to be the site of that explosion. turkey has closed one of its

border crossings with syria. they capture azazz from the free syrian fighting rebels. turkish authorities closed the border down, and syrians try to get through to escape the fighting from assad. some explain what was going on in their hometown. >> what happened was basically each of these two groups wanted to enter the area that is controlled by the other. azazz has been in the hands of the free syrian army for a very long time. the groups that came from iraq and damascus want to storm the city because of a long-standing dispute. >> fighters who are apposed to assad government say they're making a slow advance towards the capital. as they try to push towards

damascus. >> rebel fighters are on hire alert on the outskirts of damascus. the battle here is continuous. president bashar al-assad's forces have been relentless as they try to stop the forces advancing on to the capital. area has been under siege for weeks but opposition fighters have gradually breaking the imposed siege. >> we're offending off attacks from assad's force and we've managed to inflict huge losses on them. >> reporter: as the rebels show the al jazeera team the trenches they have dug up, gunfire rings out. in minutes they're in position firing back, firing round after

round of ammunition. either side is able to advance. here it's all about how many meters you can move or buildings you can capture. >> we are holding steadfast, and we will remain steadfast. we have already destroyed many of their hardware, as you can see. >> reporter: it is these tanks and vehicles that they're referring to. assad averages had set up basis here but after a fierce battle of opposition fighters they were forced to abandon their force and retreat. the furthethe closer they get t, the stronger they become. >> giving an interview-to-the american television channel saying that his country is ready to destroy it's chemical weapons and denied his government was

behind the attack. bashar al-assad said this: >> he went on: . : >> assad also denied responsibility for the chemical attack. saying no one has vee verified e pictures that were taken. vladimir putin made a move to get rid of syria's chemical weapons is a step in the right direction.

>> these are practical steps which have been taken by the syrian authorities. there cannot be 100% guarantee that we'll be able to complete the process, but from what we've seen this there is hope this can be done. >> senior egyptian officers have been killed in fighting. now our correspondent in care row who we are not naming for security reasons sent us this. >> security forces pushed in to kadaffa before dawn. this is a small town. most of its resident voted for president mohammed morsi. but daylight, police can be seen on the streets backed up by personnel carriers. there was resistence and heavy gunfire. >> everyone is staying home for now. with the a rival of the army and

police forces, it is restored. they did not start fighting. they're respond to go any attack or assault against them. residents are cooperative, and we hope this comes to a peaceful end. >> reporter: immediately after the removal of morsi protesters in mid-august, an angry crowd torched the police station and murdered 11 officers. this week security forces have been taking back areas they lost control of. on monday an operation in egypt south, and it is a relief to many weary of the lawlessness, and it generates anger in some particularly those who supported the deposed president. arrests and crackdowns fill the jail but do little to heal the deep riffs in the egyptian society. this is clearly still a country where security is tenuous at best. >> well, egypt says its giving

$2 billion back to ka qatar. they agreed on the terms of the loan for the egyptian but the egyptian changed their mine for unknown reasons. the two sides could not agree on how to convert the money into bonds. qatar lend egypt money while morsi held power. ment uae has also pledged billions of dollars to egypt. the son of libya's former leader moammar qaddafi faces accusations of war war crimes. his former spy chief appeared in another room in court in tripo tripoli. >> reporter: these are the relatives of the tiny number of victims of qua definitefy's

years in power. the most prominent figure of qaddafi's rule was in another court 180 kilometers away. his son was flanked by ar armed guards in a steal cage. >> considering we started here, and here in libya, i think all the procedures should be finished in this place. we don't have a desire to move any place else, thank you. >> reporter: giving prosecutors time to gather more evidence, he is accused of crimes that toppled his father's government. he was captured a month after his father himself was caught and killed. the fact that this is not being

held in tripoli shows the shaky security in libya. he was to be tried with other qaddafi followers. >> he has not shown up because of security reasons. >> reporter: it's because of those security issues that the international criminal court wants the trial to be moved to the hague. >> i think being alive now, it's a luxury. i wouldn't expect a fair trial even if the center of power-- >> reporter: if members of the old guard get a fair trial it would set an important milestone in libya's long journey from dictatorship to democracy. but many of the survivors of

qaddafi's rule wants revenge. al jazeera. >> tourism is one of mexico's has been under hard wort weathe. huge men we will has landed on coast and threatens to make situation worse. we go to mexico where government is trying to reach its people cut off by the floodwaters. >> reporter: desperate for help, many 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 children are sick. >> reporter: lucky to get his disabled daughter oh out of house in time. >> look at my house now, the water took everything. the bed, fridge, everything, we're homeless now. >> reporter: more than a million people were affected by two tropical storms that slammed into mexico last weekend. worst hit where more than 40 people have died. in some areas two months worth of rain fell in just two days. thousands have been forced to seek refuge in acapulco. here people wait for the water to recede and mudslides to clear. many wonder what awaits them when they return home. but the government has perhaps a more pressing job to take care of first. >> reporter: 40,000 tourists have been trapped in acapulco since the storms hit. many say they have been here waiting for a flight for more than three days. they're hot. they're tired, and they've had enough. [ yelling ] >> reporter: as tensions rise

some passengers block the entrance to the military airstrip. >> planes keep arriving and they leave. but the line has not moved. there are little children who have been sleeping here for 72 hours. >> reporter: 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, this is a very difficult operation for the authorities because not only have they got to get stuff down to those who need it in the sturm-hit areas, but they got to cope with those who have come where you are to get away from it. >> reporter: well, that's right. what's interesting here, what's going to be proving to be an incredibly difficult for them is bringing assistance to those people who need it. there are reports down where we were yesterday, where acapulco is located, there are villages that are trapped. there is one area which received

a heavy landslide where 18 people have been found dead, and there is potentially up to 18 more people who have not been located who could also be in trouble from that landslide. what's really challenging is getting to these areas. the roads have been--the roads have been taken down by landslides. there is still flooding in a lot of these areas. the military is, from what we saw yesterday, the military seemed to be overwhelm. there are people frantically trying to get back to mexico city. there were reports yesterday that we heard on the ground of looting in acapulco. supplies are getting short. people are starting to get desperate. when we were there last night as well. when we were there yesterday there were some issues with people start to go block access to the airport, and so people are preventing anyone getting in also preventing emergency

services from getting out. we're not sure if that is clearing up, but it's making any rescue operation difficult. >> it makes you wonder if the people of mexico have ever seen anything like this. we saw the damage, and now we're reading that the trouble on the east coast has not ended, and there is even better chance that what is coming there way is a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. >> reporter: that's right. there is this tropical depression located in the uycatyucatan peninsula, a stormt would cause that much more havoc in mexico. up in the northwest part of mexico hurricane manuel, which

has hit the southern portion of the country, has hit up there and bringing high winds and ladder rain. >> very quickly, david, any sign that this is going to be over? >> reporter: not yet, unfortunately not, there are ten more tropical storms predicted in the next two months, with the rainy season of mexico. with these ten more storms predicted it's certainly not over yet. >> thank you, thanks, david mercer there in mexico city. we thank you, david. still to come in this news in al jazeera. >> reporter: in the southern philippines we'll be meeting the youngest victims of the conflict of zamboanga. >> and israel approves a plan that could get thousands of palestinians into work, but some say the move isn't enough. and in sport we'll tell i

couldn't a winter world cup in qatar is looking ever more likely. >> time now to get some news from europe, and hundreds of people have gathered in greece for a funeral of a hip-hop artist killed by someone affiliated with the extremely gold dawn party. we report now from athens. >> reporter: 3the 34-year-old ws laid-to-rest. many came and shouting death to fascism. others singing the artist's lines. the neighborhood where the killing took place is tense, and

the police on full alert for reprisals. heavily guarded and scattered throughout the area as reminders when anarchists and attack banks and pawn shops. residents of the neighborhood are still stunned at the killing. eyewitness accounts talk of a planned murder. this is where he fell tuesday night. he and friends left the cafeteria across the street when he was pursued by those who laid in wait for him. he was trapped here. the government sees the crime as a political one. >> this government is determined not to allow the descendants of the nazis to poison our social life to terrorize and undermine the foundation of this country that gave birth to democracy.

>> reporter: far right golden dawn are being attacked in parliament and on the street. the police have arrested a gol golden dawn leader. and it's reported that golden dawn are releasing some of its offices. it is announce they will broaden discretionary to indict violent games. six years of recession and 64% of unemployment among the young have strengthened violent extremes. >> with just three days to go to germany's general election opinion polls suggest there could be a new euro party in parliament. the alternative for germany is against the single currency and getting support from voters resentful from bailing out weaker economies.

>> reporter: making the point with political street theater. a fake chancellorrening la merkel hands out tax of euros to a phoney banker. it's about bailouts that help nobody, as germany sees it. >> we do not see it as a currency of europe, but not enough countries have the currenty. that's the position. if you don't say that the danish don't want to be a member of the european, we're not anti-european. we're anti-europe. >> reporter: the pollsters say that some vote necessary germany might be embarrassed to admit that they're voting for a party

that may seem anti-european. if they do make it, they will be taking seats away from angela merkel's party. the party was founded only five months ago. quickly built up a national network and tried to develop policies beyond leaving the euro such as reforming the education system. but going back to the deutsche mark is the big draw. supporters say euro membership means bail out countries are being unfairly punished with austerity. >> i think the euro, my family, they live in spain, and you know, the unemployment is very high there. whebefore they had it so much better but now it's very bad. >> reporter: at the very least the alternative for germany's party is bringing a new voice to this massively pro european country and it's perform on sunday may bring surprises for both it's members and angela

merkel. al jazeera berlin. >> if the afd take seats off merkel's party the cdu, that could help the main opposition's social democrats and peer stein brick. so what alternative is steinbrück offering to merkel's agenda? she wants to increase the operating tax to 49% to pay for improved infrastructure and help for deprived communities. he's calling for a national minimum wage. at the moment germany has separate agreements for different groups of works, and he said merkel's austerity policies are creating a social powder keg in southern up and se and germany should help other communities. perhaps not everyone is

going to love him. but how far do you think steinbrück is succeeding in the public with his other policies? >> reporter: well, it's interesting you mention that. european question, barbara, because europe, the question of the euro and continued and perhaps additional aid to countries like portugal and greece is fairly featured in the campaign here which is focused on far more domestic issues and outside of germany countries are holding their breath to find out what happens here. issues like the banking union to help the euro, and bailout measures. steinbrück and his party talk about measures to spur growth in europe. it's not a new policy because both his party and anglega merkel both voted or austerity, and asked merkel if she

continues to act as chancellor will continue to push austerity. no matter who takes over here in the new government, policies like those on europe aren't likely to change. that's because of strong constitutional checks and balances in this country, and of course, strong public opposition to the idea of helping european more than this country already is. a new poll, a recent poll suggested 52% of germans were against further loans to crisis-hit southern europe. so they're holding their breath, they're likely not to find anything new in any new government, nor are they going to find peer steinbrück in charge because his hopes are not looking particularly strong. he has made a series of blunders in the campaign. his party is likely to end up in another grand coalition with mrs. merkel's party. he said he wants no part in it, so he probably won't be part of

it. >> we've got three days to go before the election. how significant are the latest election polls. you mentioned one. what about other ones? >> reporter: the big political poll of the date puts the alternative party across the parliamentary threshold. the worry there is not that it gets to influence euro policies. this rising support for the alternative for germany party is a point, an issue of some concern at the moment. >> and what is angela merkel been doing? we see protests featuring her, but what has she been up to over the past few days? >> reporter: angela merkel has been keeping a firm hand on the

tiller before the election itself. no grandstanding or grand electioneering her message to electorate is you know me. you've seen me. we've done this before. we've seen the country through its worst time. ten years ago germany was basket case, and now it's the strongest country. now in terms of the numbers it appears her party will pull the largest percentage of the vote, but it won't get an absolute majority. that's not going to happen, nor is it like to cobble together the coalition it would like, the most likely scenario emerging now is another grand coalition sharing power with the social democrats mrs. merkel as chancellor now continuing as chancellor beyond next week. >> thank you. now we're going to have more from europe are a little later in the program but now let's go back to david in doha.

>> still coming up, egypt has welcome one of the most dangerous place on earth for journalists. more on that. and policand did police liee marikana shootings. and the man who fought mohammed ali three times in the 70s, te ken norton has died.

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to behold. >> al jazeera america, there's more to it. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? it drives discussion across america. share your story on tv and online. >> david foster with the al jazeera news. time to update you on the top stories. syrian activists say a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of damascus killing 20 people. the blast struck east of the city center. aegean egyptian policeman has been killed in fighting in giza in an operation to take the

town back from those loyal to mohamed morsi. mexico is preparing for another storm with rain already hard hit areas. the president of the philippines president aquino has ordered those to stop fighting. the fighting now contained to two areas. 21 people are still being held hostage. the fighting displaced hundreds of thousands. we have spoken to some people who had to leave zamboanga city. >> reporter: she has only recently stopped crying and now she's fascinated in drawing the philippine flag. >> they've been asking us why

did they happen? we say to the scheme for government permission. i don't know how to explain to them because they're still so young. >> reporter: what makes it even more difficult for many of those displaced by the fighting and now in evacuation centers is like the intruders, they are muslims, too. they have coexisted peacefully with zamboanga's christians for generation. >> i am a muslim, and it hurts me because we are of the same blood but we have different principles. do they not see how people who are here that are just like th them? [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the muslim separatist movement in this predominantly christian country is over 40 years old. it has splintered into various armed factions. each which claims to speak for all filipino muslims. the united nations say one person is displaced every 20 seconds in the southern

philippines because of the continuing violence. the siege in zamboanga is just one of many. >> reporter: officials are determined to do what they can to mitigate any long lasting effects of trauma. >> reporter: the children are grouped according to age and you offered psycho-social therapy. >> we have to develop immediate intervention for the ching to understand what has happened to them, and to see that there are ways to resolve conflict in non-violent ways. [♪ singing ] >> reporter: for now the adults are working to give the children back a sense of safety and normalcy. but life has changed completely here, and no coping mechanism can undo the ugliness of war. al jazeera, zamboanga city.

philippines. >> a south african commission which is investigating the killing of 4 striker miners last year said police lied. [ gunfire ] >> in a state the commission said commissioners falsified events at the marikana mine. they recently recovered computer hard drives which police recently said did not exist. we're live from johannesburg, and we're very pleased to see you. on the face of it this would appear to be very damning. >> reporter: it certainly does. today the defense teams were handed over 14 gigabytes of text, documents, there are a lot of documents that have been concealed from the commission to

date. there are some 10, 11 versions of the plan that was used that resulted in the death of the 34 miners. very damning was the revelation in those documents, and as we speak they're still going through them. but what we do now, and certainly what i do now, the police commissioner shortly before the killings, a half hour, hour before the killings, said she's going to phone the minister of police and tell him exactly what their plan was. that is something that she didn't own up to in the 20 days of cross-examination that happened at the commission over the last ten months. also what is clear is that the police have cut video footage together to taint the union of

construction workers as an union that was really saying that the police should be killed. this led to a very gruesome, grueling examination of the president of the union. now we know that the sequence of the editing of that video to be completely incorrect and very misleading. >> i want to ask you about one thing. sorry for cutting in. when you're talking about the actions of the police here, we have shown pictures, i have seen pictures of people in the crowd of miners with weapons. rudies putting that at all? >> reporter: no, no, no. that's clear that they're carrying culture weapons, traditional weapons, spears, and

knives. >> i also saw son with a gun. i couldn't be even planer than that. we saw someone in the crowd with a gun. we slow motioned it. >> reporter: that's right, absolutely. absolutely. the same footage shot by your own cameraman shows that they were being fired on from the police. the stun grenades and the mortar canons and so on, they were fired on from all different directions. that's when the lone miner got out his pistol and return fire. no policeman was injured that day. but we saw 100 miners injured seriously and 34 killed. >> the commission said that the police lied. the evidence was fabricated. what difference ising this go to make to the investigation, do you think? >> reporter: well, we hope, and we can only hope, that this will make a big difference.

that the commissioner, the head commissioner, will now start subpoenaing the communication that went on between the police and the minister. in between the minister and other ministers and the cabinet minute meetings. none of the correspondent between the 9th and 16th day of august, the fatal day of the shooting, from the government has yet been supplied. this was the--you know, this was always our great frustration with the police evidence. it just wasn't forthcoming. now they're being caught concealing evidence. it's very damning. >> we understand the commission will start talking again on wednesday than very much very much, indeed, joining us from south africa. mali's newly elected

president has been inaugurated. french troops joined forces with mali to stop a rebel advance in the north. okay, back to barbara once again in london with more news from europe. >> david, thank you. let's start in kosovo where an european union police officer has been shot dead. it happened in an area divided by bitter national tensions which have lingered since kosovo declared independence from serbia five years ago. well, it happened o on the outskirts, richard martin has more. >> reporter: the policeman was one of two vehicles that came under fire at the time he was admitted to hospital, he died from wounds to his chest and leg. he was working for the european union rule of law mission in kosovo set up to oversee justice

in a new nation split between co-sow serbkosovo serbs from thn army. >> the mission already deployed it's investigators at the scene and the scene has been sealed off. we will do everything possible to bring perpetrators of this cowardly act in front of justi justice. >> reporter: kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 as a former yugoslavia finally disintegrated. buclose to the border with serba and remains very tense. despite that this is the first fatal attack on an e.u. official since independence, and in an agreement to normalize ties between kosovo and serbia was

sent ahead. to make that happen this is a major set back. al jazeera. >> vladimir putin said he may run for a fourth term. he served two consecutive terms in 2000. a limit of eight year saw him as prime minister in 2008 and elected a third time in 2012. if he wins in 2018 it will keep him in power for about a quarter of a century. and make him the nation's longest serving leader since joseph stalin. former italian prime minister buerlusconi. it has been voted that he should be stripped of his position

because of a fourth conviction. pope francis has warned that the catholic church must become a more welcoming place and stop being obsessed with doctrine. the pope used a newspaper interview to set out his vision of catholicism which he said had locked itself too much in small-minded rules. he said that the church should not talk about homosexuality, contraception and abortion all the time. bulgaria has appeal for help in dealing with a growing number of refugees from syria. many are crossing over the border into e.u.'s poorest state. ththe asylum system in bulgarias not able to keep up with the influx. >> we started to seek help from

european institutions more actively as more help is badly needed to provide accommodation for these people and we're asking for help that people with be transferred to other countries. >> banking giant jp morgan must pay fines after admitting wrongdoing after a $9 billion trading loss in its london office. regulators say that the bank failed to properly supervisor it's traitor allowing them to assign inflated values to trades. two london based traders are charged with falsifying the losses. the arctic sunrise has been protesting against oil drilling in the barens sea.

russian cost guard both fired warning shots and two activists were arrested. that is it from europe. now let's go back to david in doha. >> thank you very much. we've got the sports news coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> reporter: hey, kicking it live in philadelphia. this is the place to be and be seen. it is homecoming night. the kansas city head coach will be facing his former team. the big question, will they boo or cheer him. we'll debate that hot topic coming up.

>> all the trouble in egypt has seen many journalists arrested on the front line. it's now been listed in the top five most dangerous countries for journalists. that is why symposium in geneva is highlighting the importance of press freedom. >> reporter: egypt is still in turmoil, but reporting on events there is becoming increasingly difficult. since the military deposed president mohamed morsi on jul july 3rd local and foreign journalist versus been targeted, deported and harassed by military. 25 journalist versus been arrested, and six killed while trying to report on the crackdown of the morsi sit-ins. our offices have been raided several times and equipment confiscated and satellite signals jammed.

among those arrested al jazeera reporreport, they are still beig detained in prison pending charges of attacking police officers on public poverty. now the problem of the press in egypt has been brought to the united nations here in geneva. >> egypt has moved up considerably in the ranks of the deadeadliest countries for journalist. it is now in the top five, when not even being in the top ten three years ago. >> reporter: in the human rights council meeting, journalists highlighted the need to keep channels free from censorship.

>> so many are crying out for reliable information. for so many, including so many in egypt today, information is a critical lifeline. >> reporter: the united nations is well aware that challenges to freedom of speech is a worldwide problem. that egypt needs that upheld more than ever now. as one speaker said without media freedom there can be no political reform, no democracy. and what happens in egypt will set the example for the rest of the regauge. >> israel has drawn up jobs for palestinian workers in the west bank all aimed as supporting renewed peace talks. but the labor ministry said that the move does not go far enough to make employment opportunities easier. they've been meeting since u.s.-brokered talks began in july.

>> the number announced does not translate to reality on the ground. the continuously do this. not long ago they announced 13,000 permits but there is a dilemma. i think if the israeli government wanted to help solve the problem of unemployment, and wanted to make palestinian lives easier, they should let the business owners take the number of workers they need. >> shinzo abe made his second sift to th the site since taking office to address the leaks. japanese officials previously admitted that hundreds of tons of contaminated water has been seeping from the plant to the pacific ocean. well, it is now time for the sport with andy. >> reporter: well, the football world seems to be edging closer to giving ca qatar the world cu.

they givit's expected to be givn support very soon. uafa believes that a switch would be preferable. >> reporter: of course, nothing is official yet. uefa will clear its stance on moving the 2022 cup to winter, and although they will slightly reluctantly go along with that, that will happen in croatia on friday. but what is leaking out is not at all unexpected. we knew that uefa would have to do that. they said right from the start, yes, i voted for qatar to host the world cup, and not everyone is open to that. he said to al jazeera very early, yes, i'll move the

leagues to europe that the world cup takes priority. they want to be consulted on every level, and they want it played in the best time for their clubs and their leagues. so uefa would prefer it to be a january tournament to not heavily affect the champions league in all the lesion. fifa you might think would prefer it in november, december, there are discussions still to take place. >> reporter: let's get more on those arrests in global match fixing in football. the head of interpoll has described the arrest as a breakthrough. singapore businessman dan tan, earlier it was said that between 2008 and 2011 there have been 280 suspicious games. >> it's a huge problem, a global problem making investigation that results in arrest of the head and other members of the

largest syndicates in the world won't end match fixing but it's a significant step in ending match fixing in singapore and around the world. to end match fixing you got to be vigilant each and every day. >> reporter: coach andy reed returning to the philadelphia eagles, the team that dumped him in the fourth season after 14 years. he returns with the kansas city chiefs, ross what kind of reception can andy reed expect? >> reporter: that's a great question. if i was a betting man, which i'm not, i would bet the house that there would be more boos than cheers. it's homecoming for andy reed. reid spent 14 years here as head coach to lead the eagles to the playoffs nine times and one

super bowl appearance. unfortunately he didn't win the big one and things went sour in his last two disappointing sense. now he's with the kansas city chiefs and comes in as public enemy number one. he was head coach here for 14 years. he knows the philly fan base. they're passionate and hardcore. they'll boo anyone. they've booed iverson, charles barkley and even santa claus. we'll see what happens. >> what sort of impact will he have there? i know it's only been a couple of weeks now, but what kind of impact will he have there. >> reporter: he has the ability to turn around the kansas city chiefs program. they have not committed a single turnover. he brought his quarterback in alex smith and the chiefs were stacked. they had six pro bowlers when he

got in town. he changed the culture. they're off to a good start. they had two wins last season and he has made an impact right away. can they get to 3-0, that remains to be seen. can they go against the high-powered offense here, that remains to be seen. >> ross, generally, early stages of the season, but what have we learn sod far. i understand that seattle fans have been getting excited already. >> reporter: yes, let me from it was this by saying it's only week two and a lot can happen in injuries and so forth. seattle after spanking the 49e 49ers, they played smash mouth football. they're physical, they have home field advantage. their fans are going bongers. they set a world record for the noise record, breaking a soccer match earlier. they compare it to being on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

but seattle is a team to watch out for. even though they beat the 49ers, you have to keep an eye on the 49ers because jim harbaugh, those guys play tough. in the afc you got to look at payson manninpeyton manning andr broncos. but a lot can happen. >> ross, thank you. in philadelphia. the foxing world is paying tribute to heavyweight champion ken norton who died at age 70. he was best known for breaking mohammed ali's jaw in beating him in 1973. norton went on to fight him twice more, losing both bouts. he did won the heavyweight championship in 1977. he talked about the three fights with the ali in the 1970s. >> he's remembered as one of the great heavyweights of the golden

age of heavyweights which is the 1970s and early 80s. i mean i also saw him fight george for man in caracas. and i'm afraid george foreman overpowered him. but norton was a very good fighter. hhe had 43 fights and 33 knockouts. that gives you an idea. he was a body beautiful. he looked like he had been scriptured. when he finished his career he appeared in 20 movies and was always on american television. >> and kenny said the reason why he's leaving the formula lotus team is because he isn't being paid. the champion will join ferrari next season where he'll be raising along fernando ala alan.

>> it's the most difficult thing, to get the cars running, reliable. whoever makes the next car will probably makes the best out of it. >> okay, it look for more from me later on. >> thank you, indeed. the video game giant has delivered grand theft auto. the earnings from worldwide release puts the game on track to beat the expected 1 billion mark. the game's budget was 1 $0 million, and rivals many hollywood block busters. before we go i just want to ask andy who is still to my left. what sport was ross talking about? >> come on, nfl. >> american football, isn't it. andy, thank you very much. thanks for watching.

>> welcome to al jazeeraic i'm tony harris. lear the top stories we're following. pope francis head of the kitt church said the church needs to prioritize on what's important, that it will, quote, fall like a house of cards. the clock is ticking in washington. congress has 11 days to pass a budget in order to avoid a partial government shut down. a judge listened to detroit residents on why the city should not file for bankrupt. they say michigan's constitution does not allow detroit to change pens