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you are watching al jazerra america. the united nations security council has unanimously a on don'ted a binding deal on syria. al jazerra's james bays reports on the decision that world leaders are describing as historic. >> reporter: just three weeks ago, military action in syria seem close. >> i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. >> reporter: but for now, an entirely different outcome. a unanimous vote by all 15 security councilmember to his authorize the disarmorment of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. a resolution based on deal drawn up by the u.s. and russia. >> together the world with a single voice for the first time is imposing binding obligations on the a sad regime, requiring it to get rid of weapons that have been used to did he have straighting effect. as tools of terror. >> reporter: his russian counterpart made it quite clear

what this is not. >> this resolution does not fall under chapter seven of the u.n. charter. and does not allow for any automatic use of coercive measures of enforcement. >> reporter: there was plenty of talk about what happens after this meeting. talk again of trying to stop the war. and a new date for the much-delayed geneva peace conference. >> we have agreed and it been expressed by the secretary general that the aim, i don't remember exactly the wording, was mid november. >> reporter: the problem with that is that the syrian opposition have never said they'll attend the geneva conference and the syrian ca regimregimeseem to be assist asn president no matter what happens. during the delay, thousands more syrians have died. james bays al jazerra united

nations. >> it does not allow for military strikes or sanctions if syria does not comply. an historic phone call between two sides that haven't talked in more than 30 years, president obama spoke by telephone with iranian president hassan rue happruehappy friday. a report on the significant development and it's a possible implication for his syria. >> reporter: in an address from the white house an expression of respect for the iranian people from president obama. we have a unique opportunity to make progress from with the new regime in iran. >> reporter: a sign from that thing are changing. >> in speaking with european officials and hearing mr. owe bomb arc they sounded different compared to the past. and i view that as a positive step in the settling of the differences between iran and the west. >> reporter: after this historic meeting, including iran's foreign minister, and the u.s. secretary of state, the two

leaders spoke on the phone. the first presidential on contact between iran and the u.s. in more than 30 years. they pledged to keep working towards an agreement on iran's nuclear program. with the international community a buzz with news of warming relations between iran and the united states. there is talk of a spill over effect as diplomatic efforts here at the united nations turn toward convenientintowards conve conference for syria. the syrian national coalition refuses to deal with iran which has backed syrian president bashar al-assad. >> they are not neutral. never have been and that's why we believe that they are responsible for the blood of the syrians, over 120,000 syrians who have been killed in damascus, iranians are seek ally responsible for that blood because they have enabled the killer, the one kill our people. >> reporter: but true flesh an president thinks iran's

participation in negotiations is crucial. >> i can't imagine any solution without iran, i think iran is part of the problem and part of the solution. >> reporter: the syrian opposition lost the city, after iranian backed hezbollah fighters helped turn the battle in favor of the syrian government. now as iran manages to turn a page in its relations with the united states, some say iran could be considered a force for peace. kristen, al jazerra, the united nations. >> and senior administration officials say obama was in touch with the israeli government before the call. it's a working likened for members of congress. a spending bill has been approved in the senate. but lawmakers have just two days to make ideal to avoid a government shutdown. the house now geared found another vote on a spending bill and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and within the republican party remain deeply drieded. mike have care i viqueira is in.

>> reporter: a growing sense of optimism as a question of shutdown is up to a sharply divided group of house republicans. with no budget breakthrough in sight. president obama had a direct message for republicans. >> do not shutdown the government. do not shutdown the economy. pass a budge oat time. pay our bills on time. >> reporter: the president repeated his vows. he with ill not give in to conservative demands to roll back the new health care law. >> instead the house republican are so concerned with appeasing the tea party that they have threaten aid government shutdown or worse unless i gut or repeal the affordable care act. >> the yeas, 54, nays 44 the amended is agreed 2067 the senate spent the bill funding the government back to the house, watching closely from inside the senate chamber, house tea party members must now decide if they will give in or carry on their fight. >> what do you think will happen on the house? >> on the house side? we have a lot of of talking to do. >> reporter: almost all

republicans oppose obama care but they are sharply divide odd tactics. openly accusing republican senator ted cruz of showboating. does that disaway among republicans, does that argue against what you are fighting for? >> well, i think it's unfortunate that senate republicans were not united this time around. i am also hopeful when the house sends the bill back that it will be an opportunity for every senate republican to come home. to stand for the principle that his we saul share 67 with the gop fractured democrats are wait ago long with everyone else to see what house remember cans will do next. >> it's impossible for democrats to negotiate where they can't negotiate witha with themselves. >> reporter: house republicans are not giving in just yet. they will send a bill back delaying the implementation of obama care for a year. back to you. >> mike viqueira in washington. if a government shutdown does happen, the pentagon says among other consequences, 1.4 million

troops would not get paid. financial help is on the way to detroit on friday mechanics of the obama administration met with state and local leaders. they discussed the problems facing the bankrupt city and what needs to be done to fix them. new funding came with the visit. more from al jazerra in detroit. >> reporter: this funding will be used in a variety of ways for example publicist safety. more funding means more police and firefighters on the streets, this was a meet that go took place behind closed doors and lasted about three hours and once federal, local, and state officials emerged, they brought with them a sense of optimism. over $300 million in new funding, it's a lot of money. but it isn't going to solve detroit's financial crisis. friday more than behind closed doors, members of the obama administration met with state and city leaders. they talked problems, solutions, and funding. >> virtually everything announced today, would not have

been capable of being announced today without the administration wide effort that president obama directed us to do. which was to work quickly to look in every corner, and when money was not getting out, to find out why. >> reporter: the funding is a combination of federal, state, and private contributions. millions will go toward improving public safety. transportation, and combating urban blight. abandoned homes and businesses throughout the city. >> what happened today is kind of unparalleled. not only did they help us by getting some funding turned loose so that it can be invested in our community, they are also bringing needed expertise. >> reporter: a white house bailout this is not. facing $18 billion in long-term debt, detroit is still a city on the brink of bankruptcy. >> this is about everyone coming

with resources to the table. to say, not about who did what to whom, not about who is getting credit, but simply solving problems. >> reporter: detroit has a lot of those. and although the money promised today won't solve them all or even most of them, it's a start. and the white house has made a point to say that this is not a federal bailout, they are simply trying to help a city fallen on hard times, a city that will take any penny it can get. al jazerra, detroit. >> more than $55 million of the proposed funds will be awarded to boost transportation there in detroit. now here say look at the national weather forecast. >> meteorologist: tracking a huge storm developing over the rockies and slowly pushing east. now it is bringing down cold air, that's why we have this snow and ice mix there. that's right in wyoming but really starting to push to the east as more reina preaches ove.

we have wind advisories, winter storm warnings and snow advisories over wyoming and colorado. this storm will continue to push east, it's dumping a little bit of snow. this is right in wyoming, the teton pass in wyoming, idaho, so a little bit of snow is on on the ground the no. a lot. but could be where it makes roadways slick there. that will be the only place with the snow. it is move in to some very warm eras the cold air comes in from the north, warm airstreams up from the south. big temperature differences from fargo for minneapolis, numbers different in such a short area, that's a front of moving east 20 to 30-degree temperature drops, the old air push to his the east and will impact the weekend weather for the entire nation. >> dave warren, thank you. another state could soon start performing same-sex marriage and an investigation in to working conditions qatar's response to a report about harsh treatment of migrant workers leading up to the world cup. and a first for the country's first president.

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>> the hosts of the 222 cup in qatar have called for an

investigation in to labor practices there. according to reports my grants have died after working in extreme conditions, randall tink stop haspinks stop has more on e action sayings and ca at that's response. al jazerra's company is based in ca at that are and financeed in part by the country's government. >> reporter: qatar is in a race, in nine years, it must construct 16 hotels with at least 45,000 new rooms. and build or expand 12 new soccer stadium to his host the world cup in 2022. qatar relies on armies of migrant workers the majority from poverty-stricken nation buys nepal, india, pakistan, human rights watch estimates 1 million foreign workers will be needed in the next 10 years. they live in vast worker camps and work in temperatures which sometimes hit 120 degrees. international union organizers say many workers are expos expoo unhealthy and even life threatening conditions. >> if you work long hours and

thehours and gohome to squall od prepare food in less than hygienic environments it's simply not acceptable. it's enslavement and people die from those causes whether on the job from an accident, from heat exhaustion, or from in fact health-related issues. >> reporter: sharon the international trade union confederation charges that workers are forced to labor from sunup to sundown. this past summer, she says at least one migrant worker from napal died in qatar every day. government officials today insist that there are health and safety regulation to his protect workers. a new series of reports by the guardian newspaper tallied 44 migrant worker deaths between june and august, mostly young men dieing of heart attack and construction accidents. some of the construction companies which sponsor migrant workers are accused of withholding pay, passports and travel documents, so the workers

cannot leave. keeping them in virtual shape ry in cramped living quarters. one of the biggest projects will venture tummy include an 86,000 seat stadium for the 222 world cup. one of the leading employers react today reports of worker abuse. the city will not tolerate breaches of laborer health and safely law. we take these allegations very seriously. and have referred the allegations to his at appropriate authorities for investigate. labor activists say they worned five at world soccer did governing body about alleged migrant work exec ploy take in qatar. >> the 200 nays workers a year die and are shipped home in coffin to his napal. we know the same number or a little more from india. that means between now and when the first ball is kicked for the world cup, 4,000, a minimum of 4,000 workers will die from just those two countries. >> reporter: the head of the supreme committee qatar's governor body for the 2022 world

cup says reports of labor abuse are being investigated. >> these incidents that have been reported are actually criminal acts under qatar labor law, the labor bow ha law was dd to insure safety, security, health and dignity of every worker. laborer otherwise in the state of qatar. >> reporter: labor organizers say the government should force employers to enforce kadar's laws and treat migrant workers humanly to give them fair pay and freedom to leave the job. otherwise, labor organizers will call on the world soccer federation to look for another location for the biggest sporting event in the world in 2022. rand dal spinks stop, al jazerra. >> chicago has become one of the most violent places in the country. 320 homicides this year, most gang related. according to a 2012 count by chicago police, there are 7,000

gang members out numbering by far the city's 11,000 police officers. gang members represent two and a half percent of the city's population, a gang summit is taking place in chicago this weekend. >> reporter: the unity summit kicked off on the south side tonight with a march through the streets and a pair vigil later about 60 people have turned out many lost children or relative to his gun violence. one of the people that we talked to, ronald showed a former holtr chicago police officer his son was shot and killed on a bus in 2007. here is what he had to say. what can you tell them at a summit like this that would get them to stop the violence? >> i would tell them it's not worth it. you are only destroying your community. you are bringing tragedy to someone else's family. and you are destroying your own life. and they have to understand that.

>> reporter: the summit will kickoff again tomorrow at the house of hope church here on the city's south side. there will be a number of sessions throughout the day, clergy will be here, people who have lost their kids for gun violence and former gang members, the group has also invited some current gang members, but it is unknown at this point whether those people will show up. >> diane reporting from chicago. in texas, more than a dozen women's health care providers sued the state attempting to block a new abortion law. back in june, senator wendy davis delayed the bill in a marathon filibuster, now the 32-page complaint says two of the bill's major provisions are unconstitutional. first, the new law requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and it only allows for abortions in surgical centers. the law goes in to effect tuesday. new jersey governor chris christy's administration says it maya peel a judge's ruling allowing same-sex couples to get married.

the judge said that since the federal government recognizes same-sex marriages not doing so in new jersey would be violate the state constitution. same-sex weddings could begin october 21st. the prince's business, why some of prince charles' subject are not pleased with his billion dollars business empire. and the big return for big tax. the 52-foot tall mascot for the texas state fair cat fire nearly a year ago and now he's back and bigger than ever.

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but don't worry, i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. the british parliament is investigationing prince charles for his business and political dealings. members of the british royal family are supposed to remain

politically neutral. but as al jazerra's lawrence lee reports there are growing concerns about how the principal wales uses his billion dollars business empire. >> reporter: they are packing up for the end of the tourism season in cornwall and for many people that means wondering how to make money through the winter. here like most other english cities, there are the usual signs of the collapse of the traditional high streets. but on the edge of town there is a different story. plans have been agreed for a supermarket and housing on these fields. farming land owned by the dutchie of corn walled. it's worth $60 million to the local economy and will create 2 million jobs and sale produce to the local farming community. yet all same thousands of people signed a petition against it. >> discussions recently held on greenfield sites and the need to like at dairy farmers, he's done that around high grove, his beloved home, and you can't

blame him for doing so. we would love to sa see the same happen here. >> reporter: much of cornwall has been a dutchie, the current duke of cornwall the prince of wales has turned it in to a massive business, he owns thousands of properties, he owns the coastlines, rivers and beaches he and the queen will share the profits of goal discovered in a former tin mine. all of these play very much a part of the inquiry being conducted in to his power and influence, and indeed there are local and national ramifications for this, prince charles' empire may be world over a billion dollars but cornwall is the poorest count any england not only that the prince doesn't pay any gains tax or corporation tax on any of his profits because it's all deemed to be a private enterprise, the future king has a particular view on mark tech texture, the dutchie points out

these are design today for poorer local people through affordable housing yet the schemes have pro prompted crimil civil that more will end up in the rich. >> the dutchie is for all intents and purposes inning indistinguishable from any developer. any developer wants to make a profit and that's exactly what the dutch see is doing. >> reporter: and & if you die here without making a will, your money doesn't go to the state, as elsewhere in england, it goes to the dutchie. >> it's completely just private and you can't ask questions about it notices not on websites there is noth. it's completely under the radar. >> creating sustain am food system. >> reporter: supporters of the prince of wales say his views should be seen as a modful future that mainstream politicians have adopted man of his preach overs time an approa. and he acts at an ambassador.

in the dutchie there is a vocal body of opinion that continues to insist his business empire acts against the interests of local people. lawrence lee, al jazerra, cornwall. >> america's first president finally has his own presidential lie barry, 200 years after his death. the $106 million facility opened today on george washington's historic mount vernon compound near alexandria, virginia filled his the president's books, manuscripts and artifacts and acts of congress complete with handwritten notes. a huge symbol of texas pride is back. a year ago big tex the second year icon of the texas state fair burned to the ground. but now he is back. mark schneider shows us why it's such a big deal. >> oh, they are moving t. >> reporter: when we last saw big tex, an electrical short in a boot start ahead fire that burned the 52-foot tall texas icon to a crisp. people mourned. someone even formed a big tex

grief support grove on facebook, almost a year later as the 2013 state fairs of texas begins, a new big tex is born. and the memories flow. >> four years ago my son had just gotten out of the hospital, my father was in his last years of life. and we -- everybody was in here in wheel chairs and we made pictures out by big tex a couple of years back it was a very memorable time. yeah. >> i am 66 years old i remember the first year of big tex, i was about five years old, and he scared the heck out of me. >> welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the new big tex is three feet taller and 19,000 pounds heavier, which allows him to stand on his own and withstand hurricane-force winds. he's also fire resistent. wilbut let's talk about his fact hasn't changed too much and most people say they wouldn't it any

other way. >> he looks great. he still looks like the old big tex but a little friendlier. >> i like the way the boots are coordinated with his shirt. and it has all the texas theme to it. and i think he really looks good. >> he looks a little more -- i little more energized i think. >> reporter: why does big tex mean so much to so many? we asked smu marking professor daniel howard. >> big tex has come to symbolize culturally how a lot of texans look at themselves. and big tex also has come to summarize a lot of the emotional experiences that people have had at the affair. >> reporter: big tex has always been the place to meet up with friends and family. and is the backdrop for state fair of texas photos. so when it came time to design a replacement, everyone knew better than to mess with the aura of big tex. >> you can't change big tex today any more than you can change coca cola or campbell's tomato soup. you can't do it.

because consumers will revolt. >> reporter: no hubbub here, mostly harmony now that all is right with the world. at least this world. the state fair of texas. mark that snyder, al jazerra, dallas. >> and from big tex to a big duck an international sensation makes its first visit to the united states this giant 40-foot tall rubber ducky made its debut in pittsburgh to mark the start of a cultural festival. the duck has made a splash around the world making appearances in harbors from hong kong to saul paulo. a dutch artist created the duck, it will be moored in pittsburgh until late october. isn't that neat. i can't wait until it comes to the hudson river in new york. that will do it for this edition of news on al jazerra america. i am stephanie sy. ali i"well money is" is next. thanks for watching have a great night.

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