>> welcome to al jazeeraamerica. i'm richelle carey in new york. find and destroy syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. all eyes are on capitol hill. keeping the government running. the sticking point, the president's health care law. >> doesn't matter what gang are you or race or anything. no, you still can be friends. >> plus, violence in chicago, the city, hits gang violence head on.

u.n. chemical weapons inspectors are expected ton on the ground in syria in a number of days. the u.n. general assembly voted on a resolution, making access to basic necessities, very difficult. raya i know it is very difficult for word to get to people about what has happened at the u.n. security council. we've actually lost raya, we will try to establish contact with her. meanwhile many people refer to the conflict as a civil war.

but foreign fighters pouring through the syrian border,. >> affiliate the islamic state of iraq are being produced all over northern syria. prepare me to die, where are you jihadis, the song goes, the armed group took over this area in august. in the border town of azaz, also seized by the same the group this confrontation between the people who live here and the foreign fighters bothly saudi, iraqi, was alert executed 50 al qaeda affiliates. foreign fighters once welcomed if syria for their support are now feared, this man says, he's

too scared to appear on camera. >> they have left the front lines and are setting bases in libertied villages. we fear their ambitions are not related to freedom and democracy. what they want is an islamic state. islam is power religion but what we want is a summary of goals. >> this video came from raka when the fighters took over. >> they can easily say to you, you're an infidel. you're against islam so you're an infidel. and killing is so easy for them. if it's second nature they don't think before they carry out an execution. >> some of these fighters cross the border from iraq, but many more fly into turkey's province on scheduled flights. it is a well worn route, take

this route along the main highway. syria says it's very concerned about the foreign fighters just next door but up until now it's taken no physical measures to prevent them from getting there. turkish analysts warn that the government can no longer ignore or keep accommodating the fighters. >> turkey tried to play the game but it failed and made a mess of it. if you play this game with terrorists it will blow back in your face. >> analysts say somewhere between 5,000 to 10,000 foreign fighters have crossed into syria so far. many syrians from the north want this to stop. >> a shut down slow down is, rare weekend session aimed at

keeping the government running past monday. it's so rare we're going to bring you live pictures today. law maimers passed a resolution, shut down will be averted only if house republicans stops using the bill to defund the affordable care act. lib 86 casey, what options do lawmakers in the house have? >> well, the first option is to pass the clean funding bill, keeping the government funded through november 15th. however it's not looking that likely that the house will take the senate's version as-is. so another option is they could go to the mat and fight over this defunding over the health care law or obamacare law. that's not going to be popular in the senate or president obama. try to cut out some parts of the federal health care law that both sides could agree on changing. the tough thing richelle is the

clock is ticking down. even if they make minor tweaks we might see the government shut down or we might see them come up with some other very short term spending bill to get them over the hump of the monday spending deadline. >> has the president said what he would do libby? >> he really hasn't. he said that he wanted to see what the caucus decided once they actually got the senate bill in their hands which they have now. we are hearing these floor speeches. the republicans will go behind closed doors at noon to talk over their options. this is the time to hear what they decide. >> the president came out and basically tried to lower the hammer on republicans, lower the boom and say do not do this. do not shut the government down. how is that message being received glm let's take a listen -- >> let's take a listen to the president in how he's talking to congress. >> in the next couple of days

these republicans will have to decide whether to union the senate and to join the senate and keep the government open, or for the sole purpose of forwarding their agenda. >> the house pushed back on the president's comments last night. they said the president of the united states is willing to talk to president rouhani of iran but not to us? president obama says no negotiations over this. this is too serious of an issue so that's getting a lot of political push back here on capitol hill. libby casey, thank you. also to be in the clear tsa

and border patrol. however, federal workers could face the possibility of being furloughed, and pass por passpod vee ivisas could be delayed. federal investigators released their findings on the yarnell hill fire. firefighters lost their lives when a sudden wind shift blew flames towards them. demonstrators are calling for ousting of the president there omar al bashir. the rise in fuel hit the port the hardest, security forces cornered them with pickup trucks

as they were mourning a dead protest, susan police, unclear how many have been killed, reports vary from 30 to more than 100 deaths since protesting began on monday. the death toll from an apartment collapse in india is you now 35. rescuers are searching for survivors, dozens of people are still unaccounted for. rescuers have pulled more than 50 survivors from the collapse. victims and gang members attend a summit. and landmark ruling on same sex marriages. >> beautiful day across the east coast, new york city all the way to our nation's capitol but across the northwest we have a strong storm brewing. i'll tell you the details coming

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>> take you back to our top story now. u.n. chemical weapons inspectors are expected to be on the ground in syria in a marty of days. the u.n. security council voted unanimously on a motion to destroy syria's chemical weapons stockpile. in the meantime, not much has changed open the ground in that country's civil war. access to food and the basics very difficult for syrians. are rya i.raga joins us. i know it's difficult for syrians to get information. how do you know what they are reacting to the u.n. council's reaction to the resolution? >> well, richelle we have been speaking to syrian activists

inside, and even those we have seen the celebratory mood in the united nations, we didn't get that same sentiment from the people we spoke to inside syria. there's a lot of skepticism from the activists, particularly from the damascus suburbs that witnessed that chemical weapons attack on august 21st. one of them specifically told us it's like the international community is procrastinating when it comes to dealing with the bashar al-assad regime. they don't trust that the government will fulfill its obligation he under this new deal witdeal. for most citizens they weren't necessarily aware of the details of the deal, given the fact that there's significant infrastructure damage, even watching television is even a luxury in most of the parts of the country. most people are much aware of the fact that this is a very

specific deal about chemical weapons. it doesn't address the deal of normal weapons, the primary deal in which the 100,000 syrians were killed over the past two and a half years. and more importantly, those we spoke to said until there is an actual cease fire there is very little for them to celebrate. >> you said many of them expressed skepticism about bashar al-assad actually following through. how skeptical are they that there's no military component to actually force him to comply? >> well, if you talk to the syrians opposition, the syrians opposition coalition, for example, they have been really very disappointed by this chemical weapons deal. a lot of talk about the dynamic now between this western backed opposition coalition, those politicians or disdents based in

compile. and how it might not be -- are exile. they feel let down by this. they feel that the united states and russia somehow colluded against the syrian people by passing this deal without the threat of military force. all along they were very skeptical about the deal and they wanted a much more strong intervention because what they want to see those syrian opposition coalition is the regime change. the disdents are quite disappointed in the opposition. many syrians, depends who you talk to but many don't want to see any military action inside the country because that might complicate or compound the difficulties they are facing on a daily basis. the necessity of a no fly zone to ensure that they have a stop to the fighting, to ensure that there's humanitarian access. so really a mix comur of

opinions from -- mixture of opinions, but certainly skepticism. >> rya thank you. chicago is now fighting back. this weekend gang related violence is front and center. diane rick joins us. this summit is in an effort to crack down on the violence. >> that's right, richelle, the president called on leaders of ten american cities including chicago to root out violence. what these programs basically do is get kids out of gangs or prevent them from joinl in the first place. even in those chicago

neighborhoods scarred by violence there is hope. from charles danker that outlet is boxing. an alternative to street fighting and gangs. >> boxing, that's how i do it. i can fight and i'm doing it in a good way. i can go have matches. and get some age are off. >> the 16-year-old discovered boxing at becoming a man or bam. at his chicago south side area. how to channel aggression and control their emotions through sports. >> moitioemotionally i feel hap. >> adolph.gov know is in build, build convinced him to leave a gang last year. >> come here, shows me, it doesn't matter what gang are you or race or anything, you still

can be friends. >> with gang violence escalating in cities like chicago u.s. attorney general eric holder sounded a call to action earlier this week. >> the cost of failing to intervene in the life of a young person who's at risk to becoming a delinquent could add up to $3 million over the course of his or her lifetime. $3 million per kid. >> participants in bam committed 40% fewer violent crime according to a control group not enrolled in the program. that convinced the city of chicago to raise $4 million from local businesses to fund private anti-gang programs. both bam and build thinks that's what keeps children out of violence. he tries to be a strong father figure. >> and sometimes they see me in public in the plal or had he grocery store. and they get a chance to see,

i'm living out the kind of things i'm talking about and it's really real, and they get excited about who they can become through this program. >> now between bam and build, there are about 4500 kids this year in those programs. that's just a fraction of the 400,000 kids in chicago public schools but the programs say if they can just keep a couple of kids from joining gangs or getting out of gangs they could potentially save a couple of lives. >> and that matters. that so matters. diane eastabrook, thank you. chris christie's administration say they will protest against same sex marriages. right now gay couples in new jersey could only enter intoively unions.

exxon mobil says it will offer rights to same sex marriages. even its own shareholders are protest, exxon mobil provides benefits to 77,000 former employees. well, good morning. it's shaping up top to be a beautiful morning. -- to be a beautiful morning. especially in the northeast where high pressure is in control, expected to climb into the 70s back towards chicago into the 80s. that cold front is going to bring in the rain as we track into tonight and really into tomorrow. you can see today up to a high of 82. by tomorrow they're going to be in the 70s. i tell you why. as i said there's a cold front on the move right now bringing

rain all the way portions from minnesota and western portions of missouri as we track on the next several hours expeacial in the afternoon and -- especially in the afternoon or evening. if you travel out of oach heir r midway, you might check with your carrier. portions of oklahoma into kansas, icons popping up, those are reports in the last 24 hours of damaging winds. whenever you seize a line like this storm is that's indicative that you're going to get damaging wind. hail really not looking as a threat or tornadoes, just heavy rainfall so be careful along i-thief 45 territory, queut a qa bit of thunderstorms, possible

thunderstorm this evening on into tomorrow but take a look at temperatures. by tomorrow, definitely looking at a significant change in chicago, back towards minneapolis where temperatures are going to be back in the 70s. as we make our way to the northwest, the rain is on its way. this is the biggest story of the day, the mort is going to be -- moisture is going to be pushing in seattle into portland, very mountainous terrain. when the clouds hit the mountains they are going to produce quite an abundance of rainfall. four to five inches of rain today 52 tomorrow and -- today into tomorrow. all the way washington to montana and certainly into idaho. as we track into tonight really into tomorrow the heaviest of the rain is expected to arrive. that's why we have hazards issued by the national weather

service. flash flood watches and warnings, in addition to high wind is going to be a major problem. when i say high wind we could see trees toppled over. 60 mile-an-hour winds are dangerous. richelle back to you. >> thank you, julie. a texas size return of a 52-foot icon.

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act. gang related shootings have become rampant in chicago. 13 people including a three-year-old were shot last weekend and nine more were shot last night. but despite those numbers, there are programs in place aimed at keeping kids out of gangs, and a gang summit is being held this weekend to try to stem the violence. america's first president finally has his own presidential library two treas after his death. the $106 million facility is filled with the president's personal books, manuscripts and other artifacts including his personal copy of acts of congress complete with his handwritten notes. pretty special. everything ask bigger in texas, so the saying goes. it's at least true in this case. last year the 60-year-old iconic symbol of the state of texas burned to the ground.

now big tex is revealed. >> when we last saw big tex, an electrical short in a boot burned the 52 foot icon to a crisp. some formed a grief support group on facebook. at the 2013 state fair of texas begins a new big tex begins. >> my son had just gotten out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everybody was in wheelchairs and we made pictures out by big tex it was a memorable time. >> i'm 66 years old. i remember the first year of big tex. i was five years old and he scared the heck out of me. >> the new. >> bruce: big tex is three

feet taller and heavier. he is fire resistant. let's talk about his face, that hasn't changed too much and people around here say, they wouldn't have it any other way. >> he looks great. looks like the old big tex but a little friendlier. >> i like the way the boots are coordinate wednesday the shirt and it has a texas theme. >> he looks a little more energized i think. >> why does big tex mean so much to so many? we asked daniel howard. >> big te imrvetio te tex symbos feel about themselves. >> when it came time to design a

replacement, everybody knew better than mess with the aura of big tex. >> you can't mess with that any more than you can mess with coca-cola or campbell's soup. everyone would revolt. >> everything is all right with the world, at least this world, the state fair of texas. >> i hope you're not laughing at our texans right now about. hundreds of flocking to pierce, nevada, 500 vehicles, some classic cars that have been kept in storage for decades. it's all taking place in an 80 acre field. despite the way they look, many of these cars have less than 20 miles on their odometer. you're going oget a zeal.

i'm richelle carey. next up, people in power, risky ritual. keep it here. every year in south africa thousands of teen-aged boys in the xhosa tribe undergo ritual circumcision which according to ancient custom, will make them men. but there are growing concerns that too many of these ceremonies are ending in tragic mutilation and death. "people and power" asked a south african filmmaker, who has himself been through the ritual, to investigate.