6. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david schuster in new york. here are the stories we're following at this hour. >> it is time for my republican colleagues to do the logical thing, to do the prudent thing. pass your bill. >> passions on capitol hill, house republicans are trying to pass something that might cause the public to blame senate democrats for the government shutdown. a crucial new phase in syria's war. a team of inspectors are ready to move in and destroy all chemical weapons. december traidesperate to se

killings with more scenes like this, now the indy city is fighting back. >> time is running out for congress to come up with a budget deal to prevent a government shutdown in a special weekend session. the republican-led house representatives took up the senate version of the federal spending bill. anything short of accepting it without changes is likely to bring the government to a call the on tuesday. we've got the count down going now. libby, how close are republicans to a vote on their latest plan? >> actually i'll answer that. we were talking to libby just a few minutes ago, and she said perhaps the house republicans will have their latest plan up for a vote later tonight. and this came out of a meeting

that the republicans had earlier today where they decided not to accept the senate bill but he'll try again to tie it to government funding and kick it back to the senate. >> that's right. we saw with the republicans today where they came up their game plan. there a couple of clean parts. instead of doing this clean bill as it's called, not tie it up with anything like defunding the healthcare law. the republicans have a different idea. number one, they want to push off implementation of the healthcare law for a year. they want to repeal the sales tax on medical devices. and then they would a separate bill all together, members of the military will get their paycheck even if the federal government shuts down. this is really a republican plan, and we heard outrage from the house.

>> maybe the gentlemen can entighten us with what is going none the secret meeting with the republicans because we have idea what is going to come to the floor. we have no idea what is going to be in this continuing resolution, a debt ceiling bill or anything. we're in the dark here. >> representative jim mcgovern of massachusetts. we'll start to see things unfold. >> reporter: do they think they can put in enough goodies to convince some democrats to come in. otherwise, this is just an exercise in futility, right? >> reporter: it's really not looking likely. we heard strong language come from majority leader harry reid. he has the ear of his caucus and they have his ear. he said this is dead on arrival, and basically he said, quote,

that the american people should be held up by tea party extremists. this is an exercise in trying to gain political capital. this ias they try to get the tag points throughout and try to win political battles, speaker boehner has a lot to deal with. some are saying bring it on. if the government shuts down, not the worse thing in the world. that's not an easy thing to ride herd on. that's why we're getting this mixed bag of legislation that has no chance at all of passing in the senate. >> if it does pass the house and its kicked over to the senate, how the public, even a slice of the public might then blame senate democrats for the shutdown instead of house republicans?

>> this is where the blame game kicks in. republicans are certainly hoping that the president, since he has the highest profile of ther in the country gets the ire of the nation, but senator reid was calling this a republican shutdown. both sides trying to stir up the talking points. what speaker boehner wants may be different from what the tea party caucus wants. they may have a different goal as they march to the finaldown finalcountdown. >> at goldman sachs they say maybe this is the best thing for the economy. if they can have this confrontation now, then maybe it won't bring the same conversation when the debt ceiling is in play. >> yes, that's a good point. economies are saying that's a much bigger potential crisis

than a government shutdown. if this does play out now maybe this will clear the air and get things rolling. but we're not seeing any air clearing. it looks like some of this is inevitable. we were talking to congressman peter welch, and he compares it to the alamo, this is a democrat talking, that the republicans are in the alamo, holed in there and they're going to shoot their way out or die trying. the repercussions on the economy are not being discussed so much as the political points and trying to win some political issues right now. >> great reporting from libby casey, our correspondent on capitol hill. thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> if there is a government shutdown, not all governments would be affected by it. entitlement programs would remain uneffected. tsa and border patrol would also weep going. offer, federal workers and other

agencies would be furloughed. passports and visas would not be processed, and national parks and museums would be closed and veterans would see delays in benefits. it's estimated 40 million uninsured americans will have a chance to enroll in the health insurance affordable care act. ten states have opted to run their own exchanges which means the federal government will run their programs. and thousands of volunteers are on the ground in those states to help people enroll, and we have the story from florida. >> reporter: each breath she takes is it line labored. each word she seeks is an effort. this is just two signs how graves disease is robbing the 30-year-old from her strength. her doctor told her she needed to take time off from medical school to recover. there is no good option. quit and the school will drop

her health coverage. but with pre-existing condition the policy cost would be too high. >> i was going to lose my insurance. we would just pray and it would make a way. >> reporter: but with no insurance she wouldn't be able to afford the medication that she needed. >> you struggle with being depressed and defeated. >> abraham is one of an estimated 3.5 million floridians. these volunteers. with enroll america are hoping to make sure that come next year they'll have access to healthcare. they're focusing on hispanic. >> one-third of the uninsures in the country are hispanics it's working with communities health centers, faith leaders, organizations that are have a presence in the latino

communities to get the word out. >> reporter: federal workers known as navigators are trying to help people enroll in these health care plans. governor rick scott has urged as they sign up. >> i'm looking forward to getting back to what i love to do, and having health ainsurance will help me do that. >> reporter: but fulfilling her dream of becoming a doctor, she hopes one day soon she can start healing others. >> not all states plan to operate the exchanges the same, of course. wall treat journey reports these 14 states and the district of columbia have chose ton run their own heat care stem.

but an overwhelming 27 states have opted out all together and say the federal government will run the healthcare. compared to missouri, this program will be federally run. under the law state employees are not allowed to help. people who want insurance will have to enroll online or the phones themselves. egypt government leaders plan to end the transitional phase of their rule next string. they made the announcement today at the united nations. they're planning to hold elections. the regime has been in control since overthrowing former president mohamed morsi last july. >> what a difference a year makes. one year ago i was gathering

world leaders gathered here at the general assembly in new york. and one of the heavy hitters as he went from building to building with his vip entourage president mohamed morsi. of course now he's under arrest in egypt, and we heard from his foreigforeign minister with no t dates of when the country would return to a diplomatic path. the egyptian ambassador was in the front row. interesting that he was interesting ambassador for president morsi. a tough world if you're a diplomat. this being egypt, there were two rival camps. one camp supporting the military-backed government. and then up the road a little

bit further away from the u.n. those supporting president morsi. they were all there being kept well apart by the nypd. >> james, as far as the reaction at the u.n. are egyptians saying there will be elections next spring. does that take off soft of the pressure that has been on the egyptian government? >> there certainly has been president. tunesa president wanted to know why morsi was still being held in custody. >> rescuers have searching for victims trapped in a five-story apartment building in mumbai. 50 people have been pulled out of the rubble alive, but dozens of people remain unaccounted for. this is the third building to collapse in mumbai in the past

six months. 15 people were killed when a second major earthquake rocked pakistan. the 6.8 quake was the second to hit the region in two weeks. imany of the mud and brick houss in the area were destroyed by last week's tremor. he have answers for families of 19 firefighters who died last year in a filed wire in arizona. the men lost their lives june 30th when a sudden wind shift blew a wall of flames towards them. the victims were called hot shots that put out brushfire in remote areas. tonight authorities spoke to victims' loved ones. >> it was everything that you would have expected. anger, frustration, and just an overcoming sense of loss. it was a very emotional meetings

both for the families and for us. >> officials say there is no indication the emergency crews were reckless, negligence or that they violated protocol. but officials are asking for a state of arizona interagency team to conduct further investigations. >> meteorologist: i'm meteorologist dave warren. a dramatic change through the plains. the rain moving through. this is not severe storms. chicago will see this rain at night. what this is colder air coming through the north. 83 in chicago. 67 in omaha. and 24 hours ago temperatures were a good 20 to 25 degrees warmer. big temperature drop here. that's what we can expect here in chicago and indianapolis over the next few hours.

only a brief cooldown as there i.bringing these storms, and hee is a look at this line as it moves through oklahoma and isolated storms there in texas. this will continue to push east and bring with it cooler temperatures behind it. now the temperatures have climbed a bit with light snow developing, maybe a few flurry ariesthere is rain developing ad gusting wind in washington and oregon. a storm will be developing off the east coast and that will dramatically impact our weather here. that will be coming up a little bit later with the national forecast. >> dave warren with the weather. thank you so much. calls for peace in chicago. community leaders have invited victims and community leaders.

and one of the biggest companies with a landmark ruling on same sex marriages.

>> the average age of victims being 37.5 years old. 80.7% were black.

82-point had was from gunfire. >> first of all, the purpose of the summit is to bring awareness to the violence in chicago. there were over 1600 shootings in chicago this year alone. the whole goal is to get awareness and to bring a sense of hope, we're at the house of hope on the south side of chicago. the bottom line of the summit is to start going into the community, to help bridge the gap between the younger generation, older generation. we'll start here in chicago. then next year los angeles, we want to bring the family structure together.

>> it looks like there are a dozen people in thousands of chairs that were set up. >> earlier there were more people. this was a break off session. this was a panel discussion with various local organizers and people who are doing stuff in chicago. so you're seeing part of the summit that has been taking place in south side of chicago. >> as thomas said a native of chicago. he's active there speaking out against the violence. he talked to us last week with the prevalence of guns. >> if we can eliminate drugs and weapons away from poverty. then we have a chance. i grew up in poverty. poverty is hard enough. but when you put weapons and drugs on top of poverty, that's makes it almost impossible for any to rise up out of.

>> do you agree with isiah thomas, guns and drugs. >> when a person can't get a decent job. when a person can't make a living, they'll try to find a gun, it goes hand in hand. poverty is the first thing we should work on. give them a sense of work, a sense that they have a place in society. i grew up in the projects on the north side of chicago during the 60s and 70s. it was very depressing at that time. we moved to california in 1970. so i think if you can deal with the poverty issue, it would irradicate the desire to get a gun. >> what has been the reaction of everyone participating in the summit and tomorro coming togete this? >> it's been a miracle. i had resistence with older gang members who were involved in the

era from the time that i was involved in chicago, and first they gave a lot of resistence. as we began to talk and began to share different concerns, we have the same concerns. we're able to embrace each other, give each other a hug. they understand my vision. my vision is a three-part vision. p.i.r. to eradicate any gang member starting in elementary school, junior high school and see a new mindset to stop violence with our young people. >> were there unusually or unique ideas that you heard from the gang members that you hadn't thought of that sounded like it could help with things? >> we did hear from the victim's family when we had the prayer vigil yesterday, they said we should have a hotline for those who would like to go out and commit a crime or go out and commit a drive-by.

they said they should call first and let someone talk to them. i know that sounds kind of unreal but this is what some of the victims' families say. call someone first. just like what happened in georgia, this lady was able to talk to this young man who had 500 bullets in a school. she was able to talk to him and he put the weapons down. if we could talk early on we might be able to deter a lot of violent activity in our cities. >> it sounds like a fascinating gathering and hopefully productive. thank you for sharing with al jazeera. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> michael receives here with our sports headlines including a potentially groundbreaking settlement.

>> reporter: yes, ea sports along with collegiate sports licensing agreed to pay $40 million to settle a lawsuits filed by former college players whose likeness were used without compensation. ncaa was part of the lawsuit but at the mains a defendant in the lawsuit filed four years ago. quarterback corone connor st the game with a shoulder injury. he threw six touchdown on the season without any interception. and in baseball multiple reports say that san francisco giants and hunter has agreed with a knew five-year contract. he set a career high with his 26th home run friday night. we'll have more sports news

including updates with the wildcard divisions. >> they call it syria's civil war. but many fighting are from outside of the country. how that's creating tension on the front coming up.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm david shoe schuster in new . the house representatives led by republicans are taking out the spending bill. if the house does not pass the senate version we could see a government shutdown on tuesday. the funding of the president's heat carhealthcare law is the sg point. there was a three minute black out just before a wil wile

engulfed men in arizona. a summit comes after 13 people were shot in a park, and talking about doing other things like boxing. the u.n. security council vote unanimously friday to secure and destroy chemical weapon stock pie. >> speaking to syrian activists on the ground, several expressed skepticism over this deal. some said they were not sure about the regime complying because the they have heard the government make promises before but not fulfill them. one man specifically told them that he felt it was procrastination on behalf of the

international community. they felt that this deal focused on chemical weapons all the way ignoring or forgetting conventional weapons, which is the primary way 100,000 syrians killed over two and a half years now. many are cornere concerned aboue humanitarian situation on the ground. one saying that 4 million syrians are suffering with no access or difficulty to access food. many are concerned that the country is on the brink of starvation. many want the push for humanitarian access to the incident. >> many refer to the syrian conflict as a civil war but the

influx of foreign fight whose are pouring through the turkish border. >> reporter: promotional videos like this made b by al-qaeda affiliates are being pushed all over. where are you, jihadis. they enjoy the swimming pool. the armed group took over this area in august. this confrontation between people who live here and the foreign fighters, mosty saudi, egyptian, iraqi and tunesian were filmed. the man put down his rifle in a peace gesture. he was later executed by the fighters. this mathey have left the ft

lines and sit in villages. we fear that their ambitions are not related to freedom and no, sir. what they want is an islamic state. okay, islam is our religion. what we want is a democratic state, universal freedoms and human rights. the fighters took over. they can easily say to you you're an infidel. you are against islam so you're an infidel. and killing is so easy to them. it's like second nature. >> some of these foreign fighters cross the border from iraq. but analysts say many more fly into turkey on scheduled flights. it's a well-worn route, and many

bus or taxi takes fighters along this main highway from the airport to the syrian border. the turkish government said it's very concerned that the presence of foreign fighters and extreme groups are just next door, but up until now they have not taken physical measures to keep them from coming here. >> turkey tried to play the game but it failed and made a total mess of it. for many years they report against terrorism. 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 crossed into syria so far. many syrians in the north want that to stop. >> with u.n. chemical weapons inspectors heading into syria by monday, al jazeera stephanie sy spoke with a former chief

weapons inspector. he directed saddam hussein's weapons program in iraq. we ask him how these inspectors will go about removing syria's chemical weapons. >> the first thing that has to happen, the inspectors have to get there and go to all the cites are key equipment are kept. destroying the manufacturing equipment for those weapons, which can be destroyed relatively easily because it doesn't have the sarin or mustard agent. you can run over it with a tractor and you will have hobbled the syrian chemical capability. >> when it comes to the chemicals, destroying them on site or transporting them out of the country. which in your view is the enter option? >> it depends on what syria has.

if they have in their own infrastructure capability to destroy chemical agent they may be able to do as much of it there. but the alternative is to move it to countries that have chemical destruction. that may be the easiest. ship it to these other facilities. that may, in fact, be the easier way to get these dangerous substances out of the hands of those who might use them. >> that's just it, isn't it. they're very dangerous substances. how do you transport them, and how difficult is that given there is an active war going on in syria? >> this is the hardest part of the whole process which has been laid out. the resolution puts the burden of safety and transport on the syrian government. they have years of experience in

handling these types of ammunitions. and if you believe the reports from the intelligence services they have been moving these weapons around regularly. so they'll be supervising. they won't be moving these things them. they say, we now know where these things--or we want to con sal date where we can destroy them. the key thing is going to be will the insurgents see this as a target of opportunity. that's probably one of the biggest risks going forward. >> with only two days seven hours 23 minutes left it is looking like the u.s. government will shutdown. the u.s. senate did pass a short-term spending bill on friday, but without a provision that strips out obamacare. so house republicans who control that chamber, it's not enough for them. we sat down with ali velshi to

find out why all of this is happening now. >> budget showdown, debt ceiling in the next 30 days, what is the difference for the average american if they have no idea. >> the consequences for every american are there if we don't crease the debt limit. you might see the cost of borrowing going up across the board. if there is a government shutdown it will affect a few people for a short amount of time. it might be that there is a shutdown for a few days. it's embarrassing. one thing that congress is supposed to do is come up with a budget. all those other laws and negotiations, that's all optional. they have to come up with a budget. they're supposed to put it in place by october--actually it's supposed to be done in april, but it is supposed to be done by

october 1st. the budget we're working on today in the united states is a budget signed into law. every year since then we've been authorizing extenses. we're not looking for a new budget. we're looking for a new extension, and we can't get that. >> how is this different from 2011. >> this is a stop and rewind. there is nothing different. this is the ability to negotiation and come up with a bund. >> i've come up with different priorities forever. so i don't understand why we can't negotiate. the budget is one item that is built to be negotiated. the president brings forward his proposal. congress is supposed to meet in committees, come up with something by april so everyone can get their ducks in a row and put it in place by october. for the last several years

everybody has shirked b. >> you would think this is the biggest priority for politicians in washington. >> there is a reason why congress has the approval rating that it does. president obama puts budgets forward, now instead of negotiating the republicans come up with their own budget put forward by paul ryan, and one gets voted down in the house of representatives, because the republicans control it, and then another is voted down because the democrats control it. pass no other laws in a year, just get a budget done. >> exxonmobil said it will offer

benefits to employees in legal same-sex marriage starting next week. it's a big move for the company criticized by civil rights groups and even some of its own shareholders. it said they are following similar action by the federal government. harsh working environments in the world cup in qatar. the qatary'y government response of treatment of migrant workers. michael eaves joins us next with sports.

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>> fifa, the international soccer organization that awarded the 2022 world cup games to qatar are now calling for investigations. >> labor practices there. 444 migrants died after exposur. >> qatar is in a race. in nine years it must construct 16 hotels with 45,000 new rooms. and build or expand 12 new soccer stops to host the world up in 2022. qatar relies on armies of migrant workers, the majority of poverty-stricten nations like nepal, pakistan.

human rights watches estimate 1 million foreign workers will be needed. they work in working capers and work in temperatures that sometimes hit 10 degrees. many are exposed to unhealthy and even life-threatening conditions. >> if you work for long hours and then go home in squall arrestehome to qualityardpositim exhaustion, health related issues. >> reporter: childregovernment officials insist there are health and safety regulations to protect workers. a new series of reports by the

guardian newspaper tallied 44 my grant workers deaths between june and august. mostly young men dying from heart attack and construction accidents. some of the companies are accused of withholding pay, travel documents, making sure they cannot leave. one of the biggest projects will include a 86,000 seat stadium for the 2022 world cup. one of the leading employers reacted to work abuse. labor activists say they warned fifa about alleged migrant worker transportation.

>> wbetween 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. >> the head of the supreme committee, qatar's governing body said reports of labor abuse are being investigated. >> these incidents reported are criminal acts under qatar labor law. between it was developed, it was developed to ensure safety and health and dignity of every worker. >> the government of qatar should enforce qatar's law and pretty migrant workers fairly. otherwise they'll call on the world soccer federation to look for another location for the biggest sporting event in the

world for 2022. randall pinkston, al jazeera. >> michael eaves is here sports with the early season games can be important to the country top college games. >> they're just as important in october and november and they are in november and december. how the team divides its schedule can go a long way in playing for a national title. schedule the strong non-conference schedule and face the possibility of losses. north carolina put its skills against central florida having 16 non-conference games and suffered a potentially devastating loss when shaw had to leave the game with a strained right shoulder. they fell behind 10-0.

after the injury, no official word on the severity of that injury. then the game comes forward with 28 unanswered points. including one by davis, and they hang on to win 28-25, the final. in west virginia, this game may have felt like a set up to mike dundee. that's because his assistant coach now serves as coach. maybe they did know a little somebody. the cowboys lost their first of the season. securing a trip to the playoffs in 1992, the pittsburgh pirates host their first playoff

game in 21 years. all they had to do to pull it off was get a win over the reds, who are hoping to host that national league wildcard. six home runs, five of them coming off bronson arroyo. the pirates, the 8-3 win guarantees the pirates will host the national league wildcard game against the reds next week and pirates have the third best home record in the national league this season. now to the american league, the tampa bay rays against the cleveland indians. the rays jumped out to the 1-0 lead, but they could not keep off the base pass.

the blue jays take down the rays for the second straight game, 7-2 was the final. now the texas rangers also still in the playoff hunt, one game behind the indians. they hosted the angels, and they doubled, scored and bunted against a sloppy los angeles squad that committed five errors in the game. they look to stay in the playoffs depending on sunday's game. there could be a three-way tie amid the wildcard standings. the detroit tigers, having secured their third straight central division crowd. the hope is the outfielder torii hunter can do something that they haven't done in 29 years. that's win the world series. >> from the time he stepped on

the field in 1997, tory hunter played with pizzazz. and his million dollar smile made him a fan favorite with the twins and the angels. but this past season, they said there wasn't enough money to resign him. a month after hunter landed in detroit, they signed a slugger to $125 million. but then ultimately he realized that the angels did him a favor as the rangers are poised for a run while the angels are having their worst season in years. >> i don't need someone to scout for me. i'm a big boy. i choke to go with the tigers. >> he has hit before 300. he may not steal businesses or

climb walls in his youring days. he is he still one of the best outfielders in baseball and could be just what detroit needs to claim its championship since 1984. >> i want to get in the world series and win it just to say did i it. i don't want to leave this game and never went to the world series or win the world series . >> i know what this has done for me. when i come every day, i leave it on the field. i play hard. i play with a passion. because i know this game is a great game, and i don't want to take it for granted. i know what it has done for me. i tell all the young guys what has this game done for you? hopefully you can go out there, respect the game, play the game

with dignity, integrity, and i think when you do that, you play the game to a fullness and nobody can take it away from you. you can always look back and say i gave it my all. >> championships are not guaranteed even to the best players of the generation. >> thank you. i appreciate it. a big return in the lonestar state as a 52 football mascot returns to the texas state fair bigger than ever.

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. >> everything is bigger in texas, or so the saying goes. it is true in this case. the 60 year iconic symbol of the state fair of texas was burned to the ground. why this is such a big deal. >> reporter: the last time we saw big tex, a analect trical short burned down tex.

now a new big tex is born and the memories flow. >> four year40 years ago my sons coming out of the hospital. my father was in his last years of life. everyone was here in wheelchairs and it was a very memorable time. >> i'm 66 of years old. i remember the first year of big tex. i was about five years old, and he scared the heck out of me. >> tex: welcome to the state fair of texas. >> reporter: the new big tex is taller and heavier which would allow him to stand on his own and with stand winds. >> i think he looks great. he still looks like the old big tex but friendlier.

>> i like the way the boots are coordinated with his shirt, and it has all the texas themes to it. i think he looks good. >> he likes a little more energized i think. >> why does big tex mean so much to so many? we asked smu marketing professor daniel howard. >> big tex has come to symbolize culturally how a lot of texans think of themselves. and big tex has also come to summarize a lot of commissionnal experiences that people have had at the fair. >> big tex has always been the place to meet up with friends and family and is the backdrop of texas fair photos. when it came time for replacement, everybody knew better than to mess with big tex. >> you can't mess with big tex any more you can mess with

coca-cola or campbell's soup. >> all is hur right in the worl, leasatleast this world, at the e fair in texas. >> meteorologist: i'm meteorologist dave warren. big temperatures difference between the west coast and east coast. right in the middle is this front and it's about to push into chicago. 60s behind it, and it is moving from west to east. it will through chicago with rains gone by the morning. back to 84 on tuesday. so just a brief cooldown sunday and monday. warm air comes up ahead of it. the front will continue to push east and bring with it rain and cooler weather. it looks like that rain will continue to move through texas and oklahoma, through committeeo and the northeast. the rain will move out quickly and it's gone by the end of the weekend.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david schuster in new york. here are your headlines. the house are taking up the bill passed by senate. the house republicans will strip out the holt car healthcare fund send it back to the senate. >> reports of a three minute commission blackout. the moment t