pages you can also go to ajconsiderthis on twitter. we'll see you next time. these are some of the story that his we are following right now. promising to keep going until he can't stand anymore, republican senator ted cruz has been talking for nearly 12 hours trying to defund obama care. and the handshake that never was. president obama and iran's president didn't shake hands, but they did offer encouraging words for a diplomatic that you. the kenyan mall attack is finally over. and three days of mourning have begun. 63 civilians and five militants are now dead. and 11 al shabab fighters are now under arrest. and the death toll from a strong earthquake in pakistan continues to climb with more than two

hound people now confirmed dead. ♪ ♪ >> it's a last-ditch effort against the affordable care act and republican texas senator ted cruz is in his 11th hour on the senate floor. let's take you insides and take a quick listen. >> health insurance all at the same time. no wonder the unions are speaking out or remaining silents no longer. how long will it be until we see democratic senators that have the courage of james hoffa to remain silent no longer and to speak out for the men and women of america who are losing their jobs -- >> cruz is trying to block a spending bill that would fund the federal government past october 1st and leave the so-called obama care intact. but as quite house correspond earth mike reports, cruz's rally

cry may just be in vain. >> i intend to speak in support of did h did he defunding obamae until i can no longer stands. >> reporter: he's fighting a lost cause. >> filibusters stop people from voting and we are going to vote tomorrow. it's under the rules, no one can stop it. >> reporter: reed reid has the votes, cruz does not. as the clock ticks towards a possible shutdown next tuesday, even republican leader mitch mcconnell says while i backs the idea, cruz and highs allies are wasting time. >> we may not always agree on tactics, but on the question of revealing ow obama care we are feetly united. >> reporter: after facing criticism when he was told there was go ahead he could d told the could do he talked about. >> you are not listening to the people. you are not listen to the concerns of their constituents,

you are not listening to the jobs lost to the people losing their health irrelevant surance, >> reporter: 52% do oppose the health care law. but even more 59% oppose shutting down the federal government to a polish it. cruz's floor speech is delaying consideration of the house bill which defunds the health care law a measure he supports. shutdowns cost more than funding the government on time. last one roughly four weeks in 1995 and '96. cost more than a billion dollars. and the measure he hopes to kill, obama care, would be unaffected by a shutdown. that money is already earmarked appearing today with bill clinton in new york, president obama chimed in. >> the irony of those talking about repealing obama care, because it's so wildly expensive is if they actually repealed the law, it would add to the deficit. >> the late south carolina

senator storm thurman carried out the longest filibuster ever, lasting 24 hours and 18 minutes. senator cruz won't able to challenge that record because the senate plans to vote by 1:00 p.m. eastern leaving cruz more than an hour short. a powerful earthquake in pakistan has killed at least 220 people. the 7.7 magnitude quake happened tuesday, many houses have been destroyed and communication cut to some of the most hardest hit areas. the country's army is helping with rescue and relief efforts and the quake was so powerful that a small island form off the coast of the country. the u.s. and iran could be on the brink of a diplomatic breakthrough. both president obama and iranian president rah happy spoke about improving relations. the headlines is the ongoing crisis in syria. john has a wrap up from the u.n. >> reporter: new developments surrounding syria's chemical

weaponses. there was a meeting on tuesday involving john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov where progress was made sending in verifying the stockpiles. senior members of the security council an agreement on that could be reached by thursday. with a resolution on the take by friday. the main topic on tuesday was iran with both president obama and president rowand i of iran making nice to each other in separate speeches, pr*efrpl sayinpresidentobama said americt rowand having nuke or energy, rowand i saying he's repaired for meet talks on a results or en tated basis: there may be a long way to go, but clearly a path is opening up for a different kind of relationship between the united states and iran. >> that was john reporting from

the united nations. taking us inside one syrian refugees camp to see just how they are surviving. >> reporter: she and her sons are surviving on crumbs. her family didn't used to live like this. she used to be a sports teacher with a comfortable life. but she fled to turkey after her home in northern syria was bombed. her husband killed, her children orphaned. >> i tied the two blankets i brought with me and made this tent to shelter us. the other day it rained. we gotta be salutely drenched. >> reporter: here if a month now, her four-year-old has a fever but there is no medical care for him and no warm clothes as winter approaches. there are 2,000 syrians who now call this park home. they came here hoping for a place in the ref gentlemen camp but there is no room. camps already hold twice as many pimas they are supposed to. and as the u.n. general assembly

debates the state of syria, these people wait in squalor surrounded by human ex-ca. and the stench of urine, the closest toilet a mile away, the only water a tap on the street corner. the majority of merely do not know much about critical proposals or diplomatic negotiation buzz their message to the community is simple. help, their choice cannot be death in their hometowns or life in these kind of conditions. he was an accountants in the military his wife an engineer, they abandoned their middle classic citizens for this. >> helicopters dropped tnt barrel on his innocent harmless civilians the children were in constant here is tear okay the slightest of sounds made them scream. >> reporter: their old life destroyed. their new reality destitute.

yet somehow eight-year-old mustafa is defined, he shows me his drawings of a rocket he says fell so close to him he could see the numbers on it. >> it's fine here for now, but once the regime force goes back they will build a better syria. >> reporter: a sense of hope not shared by many who are older than him. more refugees arrive outside the park, i am a lawyer, she tells me, i am not used to this humiliation. she points to her sons and says, look at his broken leg, we can't even fix that. let alone our lives. >> reporter: al jazerra, on the turkey-syria border. >> kenya has begun three days of national mourning as the nairobi mall massacre finally comes to an end were the death toll is now at least 72 people, but is expected to increase as crews search for more victims. the attack began saturday when about a dozen al shabab gunmen opened fire inside of an upscale

shopping me. during the 4-day standoff three floors of the ball collapsed burying several victims and gunmen. let's go now live to al jazerra reporter andrew simons who joins us live now from nigh robe i andrew, good morning. are there still bodies insides of the mall? >> reporter: it would appear so, morgan. and many of them. what happened was this, that the president of kenya address the nation to say that he had defeated the attackers. he gave some figures, this is what he had to say. >> five terrorists were killed with gunfire. 11 suspects are in custody in connection with the attack. intelligence reports had suggested that i british woman and two or three american citizens may have been involved in the attack.

we cannot confirm the details at present. but forensic experts are working to ascertain the nationalities of the terrorists. >> reporter: so that's what he had to say. the situation now is a big question mark over how many bodies are left inside that building. because it's been revealed that three floors collapsed, that wasn't known before. the special forces are reported to have more or less gains control on monday, and what's been going on ever since is a mopping up operation, morgan. >> so andrew, what i am also wondering, though, you know, hundreds are showing up now to donate blood for the victims. has this attack united the country or is there any faction inside showing support for the gunmen? >> reporter: the latter part of

your question i really can't answer. what i can tell you is that there is a welling up of remorse and utter fatigue right now. so many people have been touched by this. you don't speak to any kenyans who don't know someone who was in some way involved in what happened. and now we have a situation whereby the actual death toll could double some people are warning, because so many have died inside that building. we could be looking at more than 100 deaths. >> thank you so much, andrew simons live from nairobi, kenya. crews are making progress battling a wild five north of los angeles. the 250-acre fire is burning, nearly three dozen homes have been evacuated and the wildfire is now more than two-thirds contains. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: hello i am

meteorologist rebecca stevenson. today we have been tracking two different stories, one in florida, where we have had record rainfall the last few days. and we have more rain with strong storms track through everybody mississippi and the northwest florida earlier. the rain showers will continue for florida. we expect you to get some drier weather as we work towards wednesday, thursday, and then it will get a little sunnier for you there in florida. but the other story, not so much on the east coast. we have some very pleasant weather from most spots except maine who has been getting a few rotating showers around. the big story is in the pacific north where where a large fall storm is tracking on shore. i grabbed these temperatures from earlier in the evening of tuesday evening because i wanted to show you the difference in temperatures as that air mass start today move n it' in. it's very sit tink in colors, cool never to the northwest that cold air is tracking in. early this morning we've got snow levels crashing down in montana, and in idaho.

right along the continental divide. we have winter storm watches that are changing over now to winter advisories. and winter storm warnings, because of powerful winds coming in here and above 8,000 feet the high mountain snow is going to total up to at least a foot. some of the valleys in western montana are going to get one to three-inches of snow, especially if you are near that 5,000-foot level and that's where the met snow could bring in power outages through the week. speaking of power out i believes wind gusts have been impressive through the southwest. earlier san francisco 41 miles per hour gusts for you and up to 40 to 50 in parts of the southwest. as this storm is dipping in making itself known. it's got a little support from the jet stream, making it a stronger storm. but the exciting part is the first mountain snow of the season. >> world leaders, nobel prize winners and everyone rock stars are coming together to solve the worlds problems. we'll tell you the big issues former president bill clinton is trying to tackle.

and gains in home prizes are beginning to slow down. why experts say that may actually be a good thing for the economy.

>> the u.n. general assembly isn't the only show in town. several heads of state, nobel prize winner, business tightens and fill an trippists are here in new york city for the annual clinton initiative. former president clinch town startsed in eight years ago to solve some of the world's biggest problems. >> reporter: press clinton kicked off the annual conference this week by noting many of the challenges around the globe and the important of at least trying to tackle them. >> just look around. we are all in this together.

and you can't make all of this go away. but the way we live and what we do with our lives with be the most effective rebuke. >> reporter: most of the projects and solutions featured at the conference target a specific issue or group. >> i am mobilizing young people to create solutions to the challenges in their communities. that will change their lives their countries and the entire world. >> in 2010 i learned for the first time that malnutrition and chronic hunger cause a devastating condition called stunting in children. this was an active at this tha t i knew i had to work to end stunting. >> today there is a new fight. the lens of immobilizers needs to shift its folk to us address the domestic aids epidemic. >> reporter: the conference also gives the word's biggest celebrities activists an opportunity to present their own ideas network, and in some cases have a little fun.

bono, the lead sing feeder rock group u2 jumped in with an imitation while his panel waited for president clinton. >> when i first met bono. [laughter] >> he walked in to the oval office and i thought it was a member of his own road crew. >> reporter: the gathering also provide a serious platform for president obama who came over after his u.n. speech and spoke about one of his signature accomplishments in the united states, health care reform. >> in many states across the country, if you are say 27-year-old young woman, don't have health insurance, you get on that exchange, you are going to be able to purchase high quality health insurance for less than the cost of your cell phone bill. >> reporter: in addition to the presentations and panel cgi encourages participants to discuss issues one on one. some of the important work at the clinton global initiative happens behind the scenes when people are talking over coffee about some of the various proposal that they have heard.

but everybody here is very proud of the fact that through the years, cgi has raised nearly $73 billion. and that money is committed to projects large and small with the primary objective to bring creativity, ingenuity and clinton connection to his solving problems across the globe. david schuster, al jazerra. >> so federal contractors reportedly knew that the navy yard gunman had falsified documents to get in to the service, but they apparently kept that information from the navy. according to the washington post, documents show aarone lexy had been interviewed about a gun-related incident in seattle. alexi then lied about being arrested or charged with any firearms offenses but was stale began aid security clearance. last week, alexis killed 12 people at the washington navy yard. a slow down in home prices might actually be a good thing for the economy. monthly prices grew by just over a half a% from june to july.

the smallest month to month gain since last september. surging mortgage rates are partly to blame but some experts believe the show down shows that's housing market is stabilizing. and that the growth can, in fact, be sustained. moment prices aren't the only thing dropping, so is the confidence of the americans in the economy, consumers were less optimistic in september as the jobs dims. it has yet to return to a level that cops with a healthy economy. russia is planning to prosecute five green peace activists on piracy charges, they were caught last week trying to board an offshore drilling platform in arctic waters. paul brennan has more. >> reporter: almost a week since the green peace chippewas first raid bide russian coast guards the vessel has now been towed outside the port of northern russia. the immediate fate of the 30 crew of activists now depends on

the russian prosecutors. the initial protest last wednesday was launched with determined speed intended to catch the security staff and the russian authorities by surprise. using a fast boat lane wereed from the green peace ship arctic sunrise the demonstrators were able to send two activists up the side of the oil platform on ropes. the protesters were quickly intercepted by armed coast guard officers ask it quickly became evident that the russians were not tending to be lenient. >> i suspect you of terrorism. >> i suspect you -- >> reporter: hours after that radio exchange armed russian men came from helicopters on to the arctic sunrise and took control of the ship and its multi-national crew. five days in the custody of the russian coast guard is unlikely to be the end of the matter for the green peace activists. here in moscow, prosecutors are already indicating that they may pursue piracy charges against the group.

the spokesman went onto describe the protest as an attempt to seize a drilling platform by storm and raised legitimate doubts about their intentions the chippewas loaded for electronics whose purpose was not clear. green peace has insisted its protest was peaceful and at no time was the intention to seize property in the way that piracy is legally defined. >> i have no sense of i believe explanation for why this criminal case has been launched they are being unarticlely held by the russian authorities they have no means of communication with us, their relatives or lawyers, they are under armed guard which means they are being held unlawfully for fav five da. >> reporter: campaigners are from 1 18 country says including australia, brazil, canada, denmark, france, new zealand and the you feel k. an.uk and u.s. d they could face up to 15 years in prison. paul brennan, al jazerra,

moscow. >> rainfall across the fil philippines turns deadly the latest on the massive flooding that has displaced thousands of people. and a new life for some sold military planes, how old boeing plains are being turned in to drones. on august 20th,

>> heavy monsoon rains are wreaking havoc in the philippines. and while life is slowly getting back to normal, a lot of damage has already been done. here is more. >> reporter: at least 30 people have already been killed from flash floods and landslides here. the local government still puts the province under a state of calamity. many of the residents say their lives are slowly returning back to normal. some stored and schools have already opened. and clearing operation for his many of the roads closed are already underway. however, there seems to be a public fight between central and local government. central saying they have given enough information for local government to act. the local government now saying that they have given enough instructions and preparations for residents to actually act early enough before devastation such as this one happens. but we have spoken to many of the residents here, who admit

that they live in fact in hazardous areas. but the problem they say is that they are being moved to an area where they have no livelihood. many of the residents here are dependent on fishing for their livelihood and they said to be moved to an area that's mountainous is not going to work for them. at least 20 typhoons battle the philippines every year, it's unfortunate that thousands continue to die in extreme weather and because of extreme weather devastation. it's not known whether it is going to be a lesson for many of the local governments here. but many of the residents say that they are worried that this is a story that is going to be repeated again and again almost every year. >> to talk about recycling, both has found a new use for old f-16s and turning them in to drones, the company is retrofitting retired fire jets for unmanned use and being test bide u.s. air force pilots over the gulf of mexico. the new drones could be eventually used to help train air force pilots by serving as

flying targets, all week al jazerra is take a deep look at health care. tonight we are focusing on cancer in the u.s., more than half a million cancer-related deaths are expected this year alone and that's accord to this american cancer society which is launching a huge nationwide study. researching want know more about exactly what causes cancer and why certain people are more vulnerable to the disease than others. mark schneider has more on the project. >> reporter: kimberly is a personal trainer the health conscious mom jumped at the part to be part of the largest cancer stud knit u.s. >> both move parents died from cancer. >> reporter: she believe that his they were exposed to cancer-causing agents when they lived in farm country in kansas more than two decades ago. >> the planes would stray pesticides locally on the crops and it would leak in to the well water and at the time we didn't realize we were drinking it. >> do you know anyone else that you can refer today? >> reporter: american cancer society needs 300,000

participants by year's end. there are about 40,000 -- they are about 40,000 shy and the recruiting continues nationwide. people who have never had cancer between the ages of 30 and 65 gathered at a ymca filling out forms on their health history and habits, getting their waist measured. and their blood drawn. we all have cancer tumor markers in our blood but what causes some to get triggered? & some not is one of the biggest mysteries they hope to uncover. >> we don't understand why some people get cancer at a higher rate than others. this gives us a much better opportunity to understand how various ethnicities, people just, you know, in your daily life and family may develop cancer while others are never touched by the disease yet they live similar lifestyles, whatever i can do to help the next person come along that's what i am more interested in doing. >> reporter: janice's father and two of her aunt died of can

session why her mother is cancer free is a pleasant surprise. >> she's been smoking over 60 years. she doesn't have a -- i think she takes one pill, a blood pressure medication and she doesn't take that every day. she has not been sick in her life. i am just wondering why is it that a the other people in our family have been sick but she has not. >> people can be exposed to carcinogens over a period of time and never actually develop cancer. there is something within their own bodies that help them fight the disease. and that is a mystery that we are trying to unlock. >> once you finish your paperwork you are good they will contact you. >> thank you so much for coming. >> reporter: ed study begins next year with a goal in two decades researchers will bert understand how genetics, lifestyle and the environment cause or prevent cancer. mark tha schneider, al jazerra, texas. >> that does it for this edition of al jazerra news, i am morgan radford. remember news at the top of

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