♪ this is al jazeera, i'm richelle carey. these are some of the stories we're following. [ applause ] >> the votes are in, gop lawmakers celebrate after the house passes a spending bill that defunds the president's health care law. iran's charm offense say talks as the new president offers the promise of a new start. ♪ the battle over the budget

is about to become the senate's problem. less than an hour ago, the house of representatives passed a budget bill that would keep the government running while stripping all funding from the affordable care act. randall pinkston is live with the latest. randall it passed the house. tell us what the next step it is? >> reporter: it's a hot potato that the senate really doesn't want, but that's where it is going to go. it includes the provision as you say to defund the affordable care act, obamacare, and the senate laters, democrats and even some republicans say that idea is dead on arrival, but for now john boehner is celebrating. >> while we had a victory today for the american people and frankly we also had a victory for common sense.

listen, senator bachmann saad it right several months ago when he said that this law is a train wreck. and it is a train wreck. and while the president said if we pass this law, health care costs will go down. now we find out that health care costs are going up for most americans. president said if you like the health insurance policy that you have, you can keep it. we found out that's not quite accurate either, and millions of americans will find out that is just not unite true. >> reporter: speaker boehner and the democrats all choose the sound bites that they like to make their points. but senator bachmann was referring to the fact that there needed to be education and information about the provisions of the affordable care act. the white house was seeking funding for making it possible for people to know what their

choices are. and republicans were fighting that. so bachmann was saying if we can't get the information out there, that would be a train wreck. now it going to the senate. and the senate is likely to turn it down. and the house minority leader nancy pelosi spoke about the futility of what has happened here. >> this place is a mess. let's get our house in order. we have legislators. we have come here to do a job for the american people, and that job means we have to make the government run for the good of the people. we are not here to expand government, but we're not here to eliminate government. if the idea is to limit government, let's work together to do that. >> reporter: and so we have a victory right now for the gop in

the house of representatives. next move in the senate. >> where it most certainly will not get out of the senate, and even if it did, the president has already made it clear he would veto it anyway, correct? >> precisely, and that's why we're looking at a possible government shutdown at the end of the month. and that has made all branches be prepared because it could include furloughs, contract suspensions, possibly delays in getting checks to military veterans, and medicare recipients and medicaid recipients. so a lot of problems will be happening if the senate and house can't get together on this continuing resolution to keep the money going at the end of

the month. >> randall great wrap-up live from dc. thank you so much. hurricane manuel has weekended significantly, but the storm had a deadly impact in mexico. they are still dealing with flooding and mud slides, and they are bracing for more storms. david mercer has more. >> reporter: this is the result of days of torrential rains, dozens of bridges and roads laid to waste. thousands of homes were destroyed. people wait anxiously for rash shalls flown in by the military. >> translator: we just want medicine and support. something to eat. >> reporter: more than one million people have been affected by two tropical storms that slammed into mexico last

weekend. rescue teams are finding more bodice as they reach isolated areas. survivors say the mud slides came out of nowhere. >> translator: i was walking down the street near a store when i heard a loud noise and i just stood there. i saw how the dirt and dust began to billow up. it was like black smoke. when i saw that it was coming down to the field, i started running. >> reporter: the government is appealing to mexicans to help out. food banks have been set up across the country. we're here in the heart of mexico city and more than 30 tons of food and other goods have been collected, things that have been donated by individuals and companies, and volunteers are sorting these things so they can go out on an air lift to the areas where they are really needed. some say the government hasn't done enough to help them.

[ technical difficulties ] a super typhoon is barrel k down on the philippineings taiwan and hong kong. one of the strongest storms of the year is backing 127 mile per hour winds and torrential rains. the storm is 680 miles wide, and has already caused major flooding in japan. >> in the philippines they are

making sure the villages are stocking up on provisions and getting out of the most exposed areas. last year a typhoon hit the philippines and killed about 1100 people. they are used to dealing with the tie phones, but it doesn't stop the damage caused. as the southern part of taiwan will be hit, and at this stage it is scheduled to slam straight into hong kong where we are at the moment, on sunday, and that is an area that has already been hit by storms this year. >> for more now on the weather let's check in with our meteorologi

meteorologist. >> this hurricane -- well it is a typhoon, but it -- this storm actually is category 5 storm. take a look at the map behind me. look at the size of this storm. 680 miles the distance between these two areas. we're talking about boston all the way down to raleigh, north carolina. this is a massive storm that will spiral into these areas and trigger fewed slides. it is going to bring mud slides torrential downpour and be a major risk to human life. 13 people were killed when someone opened fire in a check in chicago.

the most critically wounded was a 3 year old boy. it happened at about 10:15 at cornell square park. investigators say that this may have been gang related. another overture from iran's president after a week of diplomatic gestures. he has written an op-ed in the "washington post" where he tells readers the people of iran seek constructive engagement with the west. and this is a quote . . . >> james bayes at the un. >> the president of iran is specifically mentioning the key sticking points that his country

has with the international community, talking about the situation in syria, talking about his nuclear program, and talking about iran's relations with the u.s., making it quite clear it is time to talk and he wants engagement with western countries. his foreign minister is here in new york doing the rounds. we believe the foreign minister will be sitting down with the european union. but the white house is saying there is no meeted scheduled now. but it's worth making the point that when all of the world leaders wrath gather as they do every year here, it's just possible that people can bump into other leaders that they didn't expect to meet. the lapd could soon give 007 a run for his money. the james bond style technology and how it is expected to help

the police and the public.

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♪ welcome back. iraqis who worked with the american military since 2003 could be shut out of america permanently. >> reporter: there is an unbreakable bond between military men that you tend not to find among civilians. >> the whole of the back of this vehicle is gone. >> reporter: and this may be why. hymn and his iraqi interpreter were targeted half a dozen times in iraq. falah, now retired from service asked us not to use his last

name. >> what do you do after you have been blown up and survived. >> such events happened and you don't think about it. >> reporter: working with the u.s. army in iraq was okay at first but soon got dicey for his family. one of his sons was hurt when their car was blown up in the driveway of their home. >> he was burned on his arm and leg. >> so when he wanted to come live in america, tim pulls out all of the stops to get him a special visa. >> we could not, and i would like to emphasize not, could not have accomplished our mission without him or his fell plea interprettors. >> reporter: the state department has issued only 25% of the visas authorized. unless congress acts by the end

of the month, the law allowing these visas will expire. the state department says we welcome any actions by congress . . . lawyers working on behalf of iraqis who worked with the u.s. military say thousands could soon be shut out completely. >> this couwouldn't be the potential disaster that it is if they had executed this plan efficiency and expeditiously when it was passed. and now we're in a position where men and women who served honorably are now at risk of death. >> darn it, in we can put a man

on the moon, we can get these guys over here. that's how i feel. at least falah and his family are now in the us. >> i never forgot, something that is printed in my mind, and my kids and my wife. something we couldn't have back there in iraq. >> reporter: he just wants his country men who risked their lives for the u.s. to live the dream too. ♪ colorado farmers are bracing for the worst following the state's devastating floods. agriculture is one of the state's economic drivers and rows and rose of crop's are under water. if the water does not drain before the next season it could

cause millions in losses. a new study finds consumers having trouble paying their bills are choosing to pay their mortgage of credit card debt. a technical glitch could cause major problems for a key element of president obama's health care law that is set to begin october 1st. software for the government's health insurance exchanges is not yet able to determine what price people will have to pay for coverage. consumers in 36 states where the government is involved in setting up exchanges could be affected if the problem is not fixed. we'll more on that story tonight on "real money with ali velshi." the friendly skies are coming back to united airlines. they will bring back its iconic tag line starting this weekend. it first began using that slogan back in 1965, but dropped it in

1996 after splitting with the ad agency that came up with the tag line. thousands of officers may soon have cameras tracking their every move. the president of the commission has raised half a million dollars and hopes to supply officers with lapel cams. >> 5 william victor nora, 673. >> reporter: this sergeant pat roles the streets of california with his badge, gun, and a smul camera clipped to his uniform. the police have been using body cameras for the past year. they capture every incident the officers respond to. the department says it has seen a huge drop in the number of complains against officer, and the number of times officers use

physical force on suspects. >> he has an 88% in officer complaints, and 60% reduction in use of force. >> reporter: the police commission president is working to bring the technology to los angeles. he says lapel cams will result in more transparency within the force. >> the toeping of those as long as it is done correctly and not intrusively or against any of the rules, it saves man hours for the police officers. it helps the general public feel like there is some sort of additional accountability, and it saves time, money, lives. >> reporter: and the lapd is getting help from some deep pockets, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been pledged to purchase equipment. the american civil liberty's union also support the use of

the cameras. >> the video should be reviewed only when there's reason to believe that there's officer misconduct or some kind of criminal act that is going to be documented. >> reporter: he says the department is still working out the details but officers won't be able to turn the cameras on or off themselves. like dashboard cans they might turn on automatically when the ligh lights and sigh rerens are strt. >> reporter: if all goes well, officials hope that each and every officer will be using one within the year. this is coming under fire for the 1991 beating of rodney king. only 300 patrol cars actually have dash cams.

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ago to approve a bill that would keep the federal government open until december 15th. the legislation also takes away money to implement president obama's health care law. hurricane manuel is no more but it had a devastating impact on mexico's pacific coast. two storms are blamed for nearly 100 deaths. dozens are still missing. iran's new president says he wants a constructive dialogue with the west. he also said that nations need to seek win-win outcomes instead of using force to combat terrorism and other challenges. ♪ well it's a stormy day across texas we had heavy rain coming down down towards corpus christi and brownsville.

this is the recommend 1234e7b9s really of manuel. it continues to push towards the north and team up with this frontal boundary making its way across the midwest. we have heavy wane coming down across much of texas. anyone traveling around there, really want to use precaution. flash flooding a major concern. you will see all of the warnings in effect across central and eastern portions of the state. really want folks to use precaution all the way towards the west. heavy rain is going to be coming down today and we also have the threat of damaging winds. yesterday close to 200 reports of damaging winds and a bit of hail. we're going to have to monitor this system to become quite volatile in the afternoon and

evening hours. up towards new england, clear sky, plenty of sunshine with temperatures in the 70s. that is the story today, tomorrow, and really into sunday and monday. sunday that front eases its way towards us. by monday, it's partly cloudy, a bit cooler with our high at 69. now we make our way back towards china where we are going to continue to watch this super typho typhoon. look at how big it is or the mass of space it is covering over the ocean right now would be from boston to raleigh north carolina. richelle back to you. >> thank you. the environmental protection agency has just come out with

tough new rules for coal fired power plants. it's part of president obama's plan to combat climate change. critics say the first of its kind regulations will destroy jobs because they require expensive technology. steven hawking a brilliant scientist, author and professor, wasn't expected to live past his 20s. he was diagnosed with lou gehrig's disease at the sage of 21 and given just a few years to live. >> reporter: think of cambridge think art, signs, history, but movie premiers? think again. yet this is no ordinary film. this is no ordinary man. >> there's nothing like the movement of discovering something that no one new before. >> reporter: the subject is professor stephen hawking, one of if not the most famous scientist of his generation.

and this is his story. full uncensored reality tv. the life of a scientist through a microscope. >> i have lived over two-thirds of my life with the threat of death hanging over me. >> i think he felt that now is the time to do it in his own words, and talk as candidly as he can. so he was -- he was -- he was very accepting of it. >> reporter: stephen hawking is adored, noted even, not just here, but in many parts of the world, and of course it's research and theories that have made him a household name. but it's also the fact that he has achieved so much, while also suffering so much. that means that he is no longer just a scientist. by his own admission, he is now also a celebrity. this is after all is man who took center stage during the opening of the 2012 paralympics.

>> welcome professor stephen hawking. he has been on talk shows, the simpsons, and even star trek. >> you are bluffing. >> wrong again, albert. i think my celebrity has a lot to do with my condition. the wheelchair makes me instantly recognizable. i fit a stereo type of a disabled genius, though i am not a genius like einstein. >> reporter: when he was diagnosed he was given just three years to live. that was 50 years ago. his book, a brief history of time became one of science's best-ever sellers. his movie itself is brief, just 90 minutes, but gives the world a brief glimpse at his time. i'm richelle carey. thanks for watching.

more news at the top of the hour, and "inside story" is up next. ♪ ♪ >> natural gas production is a booming business, and fracing is a big reason. the debate over safety and pollution, aim mri indications for america's energy future. that's the inside story on al jazeera america. ♪ >> hello, i'm libby casey. as america searches for energy independence, natural gas is a big piece in a complicated puzzle. hydraulic fracturing, or frac-ing has opened up a vast natural gas resource, but the it is controversial. it releases methane. but a study examined more than 500 wells at 190 sites. the researcher found that while frac-ing released significant amounts of methane, but was successful at capturing 99% of the gas. by 2040 half of the nation's gas will come from frac-ing, it is estimated. using chemicals, sand, and lots of water under high pressure, drilling crack open the shale, inside. >> sometimes there are disputes of about natural gas, but we should strengthen our position as the top natural gas producer, because in the medium term it can provide power and help reduce our carbon emissions. >> some fear extracting shale gas from the ground can leak water. >> the bottom line is natural gas is creating jobs. it's lowering many family's heat and power bills, and it's the transition fuel that can power our economy with less carbon pollution even as our businesses work to develop and then deploy more of the technology required for the even cleaner energy economy of the future. >> the new frac-ing study is the most comprehensive to date, but the debate continues. joining us now to discuss the university of texas study is steven hamburg, chief scientist with the environmental defense fund. steven what is the big take away from the stu