>> welcome to al jazeera. i'm del walters. in kenya, where the standoff in the shopping mall continues with no end in sight. and united nations general assembly in new york. and toafort efforts to keepe government working after next week. >> it is now just after 8:00 in the evening and a fire has broken out at the scene of that tense mall standoff in nairobi

kenya. the interior ministry saying it is now very clear few if any hostages are still alive in that mall. the al jazeera reporter found out how hard it is to cover that story. >> here more gun fire going on behind you. >> katherine was reporting on several large explosion and gun fire at that mall. kenya's interior ministry saying at least two attackers killed during this morning's operation. it says at least 62 have died during the siege. does of tourists including several americans were hurt. >> all emergency services stretched to near breaking point. the military engaged in an

operation that they say saved lives. then this: persistent heavy gun fire. the thick pal of smoke has been there for more than an hour now. and this looks like the final stages, but no one is sure exactly what the situation is. the interior ministry say the al shabaab gunmen are responsible for this. it's thought they detonated explosives when the security forces attacked. within minutes, the interior minister made this announcement: >> our resolve to defend our country has never been higher. and we want to say that we will take the war to the criminals' door steps. this is our country. we are in control of the security situation. and kenyans should be -- should take comfort that the country is in our hands. >> he also said ten soldiers

were injured during this stage of the operation and two of the gunmen were killed. it still remains unclear on what's happened to the other gunmen. ever since the attack happened, images have been slowly filtering out. early in the operation, these shoppers in a supermarket were attempting to find cover against indiscriminate gun fire. they shouted to each other, trying to give advice. some made a run to exits. here, a mother and child lay prone on the floor. apparently trying to pretend they'd been killed. no one knew whether the figure on the other side of the screen was a shopper or a gunman. in another part of the mall, police moved from store to store, constantly vigilant. they guarded some survivors -- guided some survivors out while checking in case they were gunmen. such was the level of confusion.

the security forces were trying to hunt down the attackers while at the same time trying to get people to safety. this latest security operation led once again to shock permeating throughout this city. the black smoke of a deadly attack thick in the air. andrew simmons, al jazeera, nairobi. >> and we are pleased to point out that katherine sui, the reporter, is still working on that story. president obama just arrived in new york a short while ago for the 68th u.n. general assembly. secretary of state john kerry has plans to meet with his iranian counterpart. rouhani has been counting for meetings to fast-track nuclear talks. are joining us is kristin

saloummi. >> he has been sending signals he is ready to talk with the u.s. about his country's nuclear programs and those signals have been received loud and clear here at the u.n. general assembly. katherine ashton who is head of the eu delegation which has been leading talks between the permanent five members of the security council and germany with iran on their nuclear program, did meet with iran's foreign minister earlier today. she announced there would be a meeting of foreign ministers from those countries later this week and iranian foreign minister hassan zarif will take part in those talks along with john kerry. i can't stress how significant that is, for countries who haven't had relations for over

35 years to have diplomats as high as john kerry and minister zarif. will president obama and president rouhani actually meet and shake hands on the sidelines. there is speculation on that as well, nothing confirmed at this point. >> so much hanging on a handshake. kristin, so many people felt that syria would be the main topic, is there a fear that that will be overshadowed by this meeting between the united states and the iranian delegation? >> expect syria to still figure very highly in president obama's speech here on tuesday. the president is expected to push for a resolution, putting into force an agreement that was reached between russia and the united states, for the dismantling of syria's chemical

weapons arsenal. that resolution has stalled here at the united nations. he's likely to push for that, to make it happen here as negotiations are continuing. there's also a meeting between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov in getting a peace conference going for syria as well. that will be a big issue for the general assembly. of course syria and iran are tied. >> are thank you kristin very much. while the president is in new york there is another political showdown looming in washington that being the battle for the budget. once again the shut down is on the horizon. congress has until october 1. our white house correspondent mike viqueira is on capitol

hill. >> the resolution is looming and about a week from tomorrow. we expect the senate to come in about an hour's time at which point harry reed will file what's called a motion to proceed. that will start a clock, the first vote on this could come as early as wednesday but then there are a series of votes a number of procedural hurdles to jump through. likely taking into the weekend, perhaps a filibuster, an old fashioned mr. smith filibuster. they will mount one do anything they can to stop obamacare as they call it from being funded. the bottom line here is the senate is not expected to act finally on their version of a bill taking out that defunding of obamacare and sending it back to the house, sunday evening. township the house isn't going to have a lot of time and

speaker boehner won't have a lot of choices del. >> what exactly happens if there's a government shut down? >> one thing is, we've gone through the looking glass in terms of absurdity or this ideological test. if the government shuts down, in past shut downs there's been some studies. in the long run it actually costs the government money because of shut downs and the need to prepare. we talked to chuck hagel regarding shutting down his branch. most is mandatory spending, obamacare will go forward. that is the entire point of this exercise for conservatives. they say they will fight with every ounce of breath, but what they will be filibustering is the house bill that they favor. a lot of this gets into the weeds del but a lot of it

doesn't make sense. republicans are in a box and again when it gets back to the house of representatives, john boehner has a choice. he can push through something with democratic help or stick it out and continue to fund obamacare through spending bills and thereby take the country over the edge into a government shut down. del. >> when we talk about government workers we are talking about those who work at the navy yard. flags are still being flown at half staff. >> it is not clear if they would get their back pay if the government is eventually funded which everybody expects it to be but that might not take place frankly del until the end of the year when there wicial som wille hard deadlines, when the president's health care bill goes into effect. i don't want to keep you but the congress has to act to fund

government spending, that's the deadline there, that's next tuesday. later in the month the government exceeds the debt limit, the republicans again threatening to hold the affordable care act hostage. january 1st, a deadline, i should say the beginning point for the president's health care initiative, january 1. are. >> as always, mike, we have plenty of time many for you. thanks. muslim brotherhood, decision coming almost two months after the brotherhood supported mohamed morsi was ousted, seizing the assets of the organization and its leaders. it didn't ban the muslim brotherhood as a political party. an appeal is expected. engineers managing to salvage the ship. but the captain of the costa

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on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >> there's a new campaign underway urging women in saudi arabia to drive. it's called a day of defiance. gathering 8,000 names on a petition, urging women to get behind the wheel on objection 26th. while there are no laws that o outlaw women from driving in saudi arabia, licenses are not issued to women making it illegal for them to drive.

the u.s. unemployment rate is at a five year low in part because some displaced workers are dropping out of the market altogether. a lot of those workers are older and having a hard time finding new jobs. diane estabrook has more. >> add this weekly job club meeting in suburban chicago, displaced workers share their resumes and update each other on their job search. >> my target companies are my handle but today, trying to get a name into ali. >> besides being unemployed most of these club members share something else. >> if i could see a show of hands who is over 50. >> most have been out of work for more than six months. for workers over 50 and jobless the path back to employment has been rigorous. last year, the path was nearly

55 weeks. for workers in their 20s it was a little over 30 weeks. john challenger heads an outplacement company. he says the challenge has taken longer because many haven't updated their skills or looked for work in years. the third reason: age bias. >> age discrimination include are they going to stay for very long? are they going to have less energy, are they gg to cost too much, health care costs are too high. there are all sorts of biased kind of perceptions. >> the unemployment for older workers is about 6.4%, about a percentage point larger than other ages. >> part time work at a library is helping barbara keep financially afloat since she lost her management position in the health care industry five

months ago. she says she could retire early but doesn't want to because she would get less from a pension. >> that's a horrible thing to think of because i would be getting two-thirds of what i've worked 25 years for and that's what a lot of people have to decide. that's a really hard decision to make. >> we're here to help you get that next job. >> back at the job club, joy tells people to stay positive, update their ward ropes to look younger and emphasize how their skills would provide value to potential employers. mike is encouraged. >> i'm very optimism. >> it could take time and a much stronger economy until they find work. diane esterbrook, al jazeera chicago. search teams are still looking in colorado for stranded victims. they say about 60 people are missing. flooding there has also

destroyed oil tanks causing thousands of gallons to spill, deadly e coli has also been found in the water supply. typhoon usagi has been down graded to a tropical storm but without having its way with the western pacific. it weakened sharply as it headed to hong kong and mainland china. >> chen do cs, closeness to the sea made it vulnerable to typhoon usagi, high tide because of a full moon. chan do found its worse flooding, parts of the city a day later are still flooded. as the city tries to clean up, tens of thousands still don't have power. wind rips ripped trees from

their roots but it was the water that was the most devastating. >> this is the worst flood in 30 years ago. i have never seen such a big flood. >> the government gave us early warning of the typhoon. a lot of people were evacuated and they cleared the water very quickly. >> across quandong province, the death toll was kept down but not the destruction. relief organizations or the government, a local mobile phone company set up a free charge station. markets and shops were open mainly those with power. allowing the people to start the week after the moon cake festival in -- signaling the beginning of autumn. the holiday left scars that were made until next year. scott adler, chan do, china.

>> jelelah ahmed. >> the front is bringing the heaviest rain to areas just east, the pink in the rocky mountains, several more months to wait until winter really does arrive but out west they are dealing with just a bit of rain. right now, they said to the east of denver as our latest frontal boundary continues to track into nebraska and also into kansas. we could see a bit more rain causing some flooding concerns along the south platt river but because of all the cloud cover in denver, it's only going oclimb to a high of 68° -- to climb to a high of 68° with all of that cloud cover as that front continues to track into the east. further to the north, mostly

cloudy, chilly day in portland and seattle to say the very least. this frontal boundary continues to push onshore off the pacific, we'll continue to have to deal with this not just today but the next several days, replacing this frontal boundary, a much colder aish massing -- air mass. into the washington cascades. so be careful if you are traveling along i-90. if you are standing in the shade not in the sunshine it's a very chilly day. 68 in philadelphia, 66 in new york city. luckily we don't have any wet weather to contend with, just a few clouds floating in the skies in new york and into pennsylvania. in new york city it's going to remain relatively sunny, not as cold as we track into tomorrow, as it is today, 67 today and 72 on into tuesday and by the end

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>> as night falls black smoke continues to pour out of that mall in nairobi kenya. more than 60 people were killed by armed rebels over the weekend. the black smoke is blamed on al shabaab terrorists, burning mattresses. explosions have been heard inside the mall. president obama is headed to a series of meetings ahead of the u.n. general assembly. iran's newly elected president hassan rouhani is expected to make an appearance as well. john kerry will meet with his iranian counterpart. social security and medicare

payments to millions of americans could be put on hold and government workers might be forced to take an unpaid vacation. a special friendship is growing at the dallas zoo. dogs and cats can get along. they see each other in this case as family. heidi zhou-castro has the story. >> good morning, welcome to the dallas zoo wired encounter stage. for those of you who don't know cheetahs are found in africa. >> for those who don't know, these are the hit. they met amani, a black lab, two months ago. the pairing comes at the behest of zoo officials here. >> we don't know if the dog thinks they're just other dogs or the cheetah thinks he's

another cheetah. >> eventually the three will spend all their time together. chris johnson says species pairing taps into the cheetah's natural instincts for companionship. >> in the wild they'll form groups, we're mimicking that with the dog. within the next couple of weeks the dog and the cheetah will be together all the time and recognize each other as family. be with each other for their entire lives. >> it is not just for cuteness, he's got to teach his cheetah brothers how to chill out. >> when you are around your friends who might be a little more high strung, it might give you anxiety, but when you are around your cool friends it would give you a calm feeling. it's exactly that kind of idea.

>> farmers sometimes kill the cats to protect the herd. there is an awareness to protect the critically endangered species. >> i would never imagine someone killing for sport. shoot them all day long with a camera but don't bring a gum. -- gun. >> the plan is to grow together as brothers and friends while spreading a message of conservation. heidiing zhou-castro. dallas. jackson says, it was a huge night in hollywood as tv's biggest stars and best shows

were honored at the 65th annual emmy awards. jessica ferrari reports. breaking bad. >> it was a good night for breaking bad. the victory came days before the very last episode of the series was set to air. >> i didn't see this coming. i thought this was going to be house of cards. >> the meft keeps slowing, no matter what. >> brian cranston has three emmys for best actor and expected to one again but jeff daniels won for his role in the newsroom. >> for squid the whale i won for best actor from aarp. >> it also won its first a& emmy for best directing. >> i cannot describe for you how

surreal this all has been. >> a big, movie outstanding director and lead actor honors for michael douglas who poked fun add his role as piano superstar liberace. >> the only reason i am standing here is, because of you. you deserve half of this. you want the bottom or the top? >> claire danes took her second excessive for her role in home land. the colbert report, break a ten year, with the daily show. house of cards, the first time netflix has scored a victory in the major emmy category. the genera gives clout.

>> talk to al jazeera is next, i'll del walters, thanks for watching.