... >> welcome now to al jazeera. watching the clock and waiting, 37 hours until a government shutdown. today, the political powerplays kick into high gear. for military families, a possible shut down hits much closer to home. the latest in a string of deadly attacks. the newest target, a drewcrowde market in pakistan. the government is one step closer to a shut down. early this morning, house republicans voted on a spending bill that would keep the government running but delay the

affordable care act, of course also known as obamacare. the bill heads to the senate which says it will be dead on arrival. president obama has promised to veto any resolution that strips his healthcare plan. earlier this morning, the man leading the movement to did he have fund obamacare, ted cruz defended the house vote the house at 12:30 in the morning voted to keep the government open to fully fund the government but at the same time >> the house responded to the millions of americans who are hurting under obamacare and i think the senate needs to do the same thing. >> al jazeera libby casey has more from capitol hill >> reporter: the house of representatives passed a spending bill largely along party lines that would keep the if he hadral government funding and operating through mid december. however, it has some very big strings attached. first of all, is it would delay implementation of the federal healthcare law known as obamacare by one year. it would also repeal a medical

device sales tax, and while that tax is controversial, some say it's necessary to help pay for the healthcare law. another bill passed unanimously, and this one would ensure that members of the military get their paychecks even if the if he hadral government shuts down. the action now goes back to the senate in this game of legislative ping pong. the senate is unlikely to pass or express any interest in the bill to fund the government because of the strings attached related to the federal healthcare law. the senate may have more of an interest in the legislation that would epsure members of the military get their pay but even if they do, that doesn't take care of the big looming question, which is how they will come to terms with the other side of the congress and figure out a way to get a spending bill pushed through both bodies before monday at midnight. >> that's the deadline, when the federal government will have to go into partial shutdown mode if congress can't come to an agreement. >> libby casey.

if the government shuts down, the house included a stipulation of the bill that would ensure military personnel receive paychecks. >> that's not a guarantee. many military families are not sure how they will make ends meet. >> deedee saunders shops for her infant grandson at a thrift store. her daughter is a soldier at the nearby army base, fort hood. >> that's how she pays her rent is from the military. >> saunders is worried about how her daughter's family will get through a government shutdown. she says she is worried about all of the soldiers. >> they are fighting and doing stuff for the country. why don't the government do out there and see what it's like and have something took away from them. >> more than 42,000 soldiers are stationed here at forthood. without a congressional resolution, those soldiers will report to duty on tuesday and work without pay until a spending bill gets the president's signature. only then will soldiers be compensated retroactively.

>> nothing i can do. like totally helpless. >> monsana rodriguez works at the thrift store. she said if her husband, a sarge event, loses his paycheck, their family of six would be unable to meet their basic needs. >> our rent, our utilities. you know what i mean? necessities. survival. >> if a shutdown happens, the first missed military paycheck would be october 15th. that the applies even to soldiers who are deployed. usaa which offers banking services to soldiers says it will allow members to take out no interest payroll advance loans. >> these are families that are serving our country and it's unfortunate they have to deal with this uncertainty. >> the uncertainty will continue until congress decides to fund the government. >> everybody needs to man and woman up there in

washington, d.c. >> these military families say that's exactly what the they are doing. they are looking for second jobs and tightening their budgets in preparation for tough times ahead. >> heidi jo castro t killeen, texas. >> this isn't the first time the government has faced a possible shutdown. the government has been there 17 times since 1976. the shortest shutdown lasted one day. the longest lasted three weeks and kind of carried over a year. let me explain. it started in december of 1995 and ended in january of 1996. at least 30 people have been killed in an explosion in pakistan. the third such attack in peshwar in a week, the blast happened near a crowded market and a police station. don mccain >> reporter: this is the aftermath of the explosion. the car bomb was detonated near a police station.

on a street crowded with families attending a business market. >> i came here to buy books and copies for my children. there was an explosion. i don't know what it was. maybe a rocket attack or a car blast. >> in the chaos, dozens died and many were wounded. >> there was an explosion. sparks went all over. nothing was visible. people were lying on the road. there was no one to pick them up. there was no ambulance, no police. >> no group has said it carried out the blast. but it is the third fatal bomb attack in peshawar in seven days. on friday, at least seventeen people were killed in the bombing of a bus carrying government employees while last sunday, the city's christians were started by suicide bombers. more than 80 people were killed at the all saints anglican church.

that attack countered angry protests against many pakistani cities. these attacks are part of an upsurge in violence in receipt months. prime minister nar was share n narwaz sharif. more than 130 people killed in just the last week. dominic cain, al jazeera. >> a gunman walked into a church and opened fire on a pastor who was giving his sermon in front of the entire cog againgation. israeli benjamin netanyahu prepares to deliver his counter point to the recent iranian overtoursures. scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life.

>> obama administration officials said they need to enrol 2.7 u.s. redents between the ages of 18 and 35 in exchange plans to balance risks and hold down costs. will they enrol come 1 october - should they pay the face. >> joining me now is jen mishory, deputy director of young invincibles, she's in washington d.c. and yevgeniy feyman, a research assistant at the manhattan institute. thank you for being with us. i want to start with you yevgeniy feyman. the young people are crucial to the success of obamacare. >> absolutely. they'll balance out the risk pool, they'll keep premiums that need the insurance, and the administration is reaching out to them. >> jen, the young invincibles are in the 18-34 group. >> every sunday night

al jazeera america presents gripping films, from the worlds top documentary directors >> this is just the beginning of somthing much bigger... >> tonight...the premier of "budrus" >> the primary concern of the fronts is security that trumps everything >> how could a wall designed to divide, unite israelis and palestinians al jazeera america presents... "budrus" premiers tonight 9 eastern. >> a simpling service in lake charles louisiana turns into a crime scene after a gunman walked into the church an shot the pastor. there is a million dollars bond for woodrow carey. he was arrested after he told the dispatcher what he had done. when the shooting happened, the pastor was preaching to a crowd of more than 60 people during a revival service israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu arrived for a meeting with president obama at the whitehouse monday. before leaving israel, he told reporters he was coming to america to tell the truth about iran and discusses the quote smoke screen that iran's president used to fool western powers. >> i will tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and the ong slaught of smiles. one must talk facts, and one must tell the truth. telling the truth today is vital for the security and peace of the world and, of course, it is vital for the security of the state of israel. >> meanwhile, israel's security service says it appeared a man who they believe is a spy for iran. the security service he is a belgian citizen of iranian origin recruited by the iranian revolutionary guard to set up busy times in israel as a front for spying. peter sharp has more from jerusalem >> reporter: the israeli

intelligence services says the man that was arrested at be ben gurian was a man called alex manns traveling on a belgium passport. he was born in iran, age 55. and he was arrested and being held on suspicion of working for the iranian intelligence services, supplying in israel. he is apparently told -- he has apparently told his interrogators he was promised to be paid a million dollars to carry out spying operations inside the state of israel and he said that he had been involved in making contact with businesses in the tel aviv area that would facilitate regular access to the country. in fact, he has visited israel three times in the last year and is now being held by. >> children around the country

are back in school. many of them now following the new common core criminurriculum has been arrested by 45 states and the district of columbia. along with the new curriculum, there is controversy. melissa chan has more. [bell rings.) >> change is coming to public schools across the country. common core is a national program that sets new math and english standards, but it's not run by the if he hadral government. it's led by state governors and education commissioners. as part of it, california will roll out a new test called "smarter balanced." whether it is a smarter test or a more balanced and fair test is unclear. william change, father of two certainly wonders. >> in the short-term, from what i have seen of the testing, i do believe that there is a learning curve, both in terms of switching to a new format but on the user interface.

>> calf plans on using something called computer adaptive testing, a student who answers correctly will receive a more difficult question next while an incorrect answer generates an easier question. and so on. test makers say this provides more accurate scores identifying which skills a student has learned. >> the common core standards examine a few key concepts for each grade level instead of attempting to cover a lot of ground. >> it also focuses as much on high and why a student arrives at an answer as the answer, itself. >> it's like, okay. well, you know how to do your times tables. why does multiple indication work the way it does, or what does it mean? being able to apply that is going out to the store with mom and dad and being able to apply it in the real world. >> that's what i want their learning to be. >> teachers and school districts will continue to exercise the freedom of setting their own classroom lesson plans though

critics worry it will mean pressure for some to teach to the test especially since for many students, the new exams are more difficult. >> and we have seen this already play out in new york, they had implemented these new assess] they have seen test scores drop dramatically. >> 45 states have signed on to the common core. in a first and historic multi-state plan. whatever short-term challenges lie ahead, the states believe the long-term pay-off will be worth it by replacing a patchwork of individual state standards and tufts. >> a boy in seattle who is rocking an a in english literature could be getting a c on his chicago french staircase. oops. we need to create consistent steps in education, too. >> because we are in a transition period, i think it's important to speak specifically to your child's teacher about what it looks like in the classroom. and then i would ask to see

samples of work that are tied to the common core state standards. >> airplane. >> it will be several years before states know whether they made the right decision, whether new tests and standards have improved public education. melissa chan, al jazeera, san francisco. >> one week after that deadly attack in kenya, the government is facing questions over whether they ignored warnings about the siege. officials apparently received warnings that suspected a al shabaab were planning suicide attacks at the westgate mall. a report al jazeera has obtained, kenyan officials were told they are in nairobi and are planning suicide attacks targeting westgate mall. the modis operandi contain attacks where they storm into a building with guns and grenades

ant probably host hostages. live from nairobi. this is pretty damming if it is, in fact, true. >> yet. it certainly is. we are trying to get a comment from the government. at the moment, they are telling us they are refusing to comment on what is a leaked intelligence report. they will not talk about intelligence in public, but what it shows is that they may have been warned about a pos ible westgate style attack at some point and did very little about it at the same time. if you speak to intelligence experts, they will say that what can you do if a group of people are intent on committing attacks of this kind? there is very little you can do to stop it. >> what is the latest on the forensic investigation you can tell us >> well, i can tell you a little

more about the actual investigation into the siege. the interior ministry has con if he remembered they have arrested an additional suspect just in the last hour. in terms of the forensic investigation, that continues, we are still waiting to hear back from the investigators including members of the american fbi who are taking part. but we have seen a lot of shop owners who are trying to get back into the mall, and some of them who have gone in have told us that they have been looted. more questions for the security forces here. >> thank you very much. still ahead, what happens when the huge investment in a new sports stadium does not pay off? >> coming up on al jazeera america. facili

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>> welcome back. let's take a look at top stories now. congress has moved the federal government one step closer to a shutdown. early this morning, the house of representatives passed a bill that would fund the government past monday but only if congress agrees to delay the affordable care act and kill an act to partially pay for that act. most have promised to reject it. international experts are planning to start inspections of the chemical weapons arsenal by tuesday. the counsel voted to secure and destroy syria's chemical weapons. president obama and u.n. officials have praised the approval of the long debated resolution. benjamin netanyahu has

threatened tom challenge rouhnani's perception that he is less of a threat under president rouhani. pakistan is reeling after two quakes near the town of qudar. it is near the same area where an earthquake killed 500 people since last tuesday. thousands of people have been sleeping outside since then in tents. >> good morning. it's been a very wet 24 hours in the pacific northwest. we have been dealing with rain, and we will continue to have to deal with that today into tomorrow. we had a cold front push on shore. look at the map behind me. we will continue to have to deal with that heavy rainfall, low pressure pushing on to it. one storm pushed yesterday and

dumped nearly 5" of rain outside of seattle. another area of low pressure will push on shore. that is going to ritual in more heavy flooding. look at people trying to make their way outside and around the city. really hard and difficult to do so given the fact that there has been heavy rain. more heavy rain in store. as another area of low pressure just makes its way on shore. so, i-5 from seattle all the way down into northern portions of seattle, going to have to deal with that. rainfall, that's why we have warnings. gusty winds going to be a problem. i think in the higher elevations just outside of seattle, washington cascades down into the oregon cascades. a couple of inches of snow. >> that's 4,000 feet and above. but keep that in mind right now. just looking at mostly cloudy overcast skies with showers. the heaviest of the activity arrives tonight. we will continue to make our way across the country where it's cooler in chicago. yesterday, 82 degrees. today, 69. and that's because we have a cold front pushing on through. that cold front will continue to

push towards the east and weaken as it does. i think it's going to bring heavier rain to portions of texas. >> that's good news given the fact they have been dealing with exceptional levels of drought throughout the summer. >> lila, thank you. at least 50 people are dead after gunmen stormed a college dormitory in southwest nigeria. the fighters opened fire on these students while they were sleeping. al jazeera's emeda. what do we know about these attacks? what's the latest >> reporter: the latest is that more than 50 people have been confirmed by the local authorities as dead following last night's attack and 18 people have been taken to hospital with gunshot injuries. there are reports, also, suggesting that the insurgents or attackers set some of the buildings in that school on fire, which is, of course, one of the hallmarks. they are against anything that is western, and then they see

western education as sin. in recent times, they have sort of upped the ante in terms of attacks notice two northeast earn states of nigeria. in the last two weeks, people have been killed. >> ahmed. we are actually pretty much lost ahmed. can we he? actually, we have lost him now. reporting on this awful incidents at the college dormitory in nigeria. we will try to get more information andbly it to you throughout the day. the family of a los angeles dodger's fan killed during a fight wants help from the public. jonathan denver was killed after wednesday's game. during a fight with a san francisco giants fan. but the prime suspect was released from jail friday. officials say there was just not enough evidence. family members are going to address the media before today's

baseball game hoping someone caught that brawl on camera. build it and they will come, a common promise as they try to appeal to taxpayer dollars followed by promises of jobs and threats to move the franchise. in miami, many say the only thing worse on the team on the field are the mistakes made financing the new stadium and the failed promises that went with it. let's go to natasha. there was another horrible season for the marlins. their third season in a row that they finished last in their division. last >> reporter: it was indeed, richelle there was another management shake-up. he fired the management and his assistant. today is game day. they are playing detroit tigers. despite filing for bankruptcy, detroit is pitching in money to

build a new stadium for the redwings. this is a reminder of how coveted this sports team revenue is. >> it's been another lack luster season for the marlins with empty seats and store fronts in and around their more than half a billion dollar stadium paid for by taxpayers. en fans are disgusted with the marlin's streak. >> the stadium is only as nice as its promises. they haven't fulfilled a lot. >> there was a promise of an economic boon and revitalization of the little havana neighborhood. when the miami dade county commission voted to pay for the stadium in 2008. as an owner of the bar and liquor store closest to it, padrone envisioned patrons taking a seat or buying liquor next door. not only have profits not risen. on game days, helps regs stay away afraid of the traffic. >> these politicians may be referring to jobs created inside

the staydiustadium. i am not sure. but here is a business owner, we don't see any changes. you could even say it's hurting us. >> take pairs will pay up to $2,000,000,000 through 2049 thanks to interest rates on the bond. on top of that, the sec is investigating the financing to see if there were any irregularities like with holding information miami dade county mayor ousted his predecessor based upon opposition. he said a good deal could have been negotiated but in this t wasn't. >> the only good that can come from it is a change of ownership, a more competitive team. hopefully also in the future, more economic development will go to that area and you will see more activity. i don't see that happening in the near future. >> the marlins refused to speak with us. in february, the owner took his message directly to the fans when he placed an ad in three of south florida's major newspapers. he said the majority of public funding came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is inc. "by

tourists visiting our city, not the resident taxpayers." many are attacking the method of financing for its. >> contribution. the marlins had nothing at all to do with that. there is still anger over the stadium price tag and the politics behind it. >> transparent see is key. accountability is also key. people learn from experience. this experience here in family has become a national conversation. >> in florida, the after taste of the marlin stadium deal lingers. earlier this year, the florida legislator torpedoed the miami dolphin's request to help fund renovations to their football stadium. >> taxpayer stadiums are nothing new but while researching this story, richelle, i found out they date back at least as far as 1953. >> that's when the boston braves moved their team to milwaukee in exchange for a new stadium. >> as sports fans, which i am

one, we never forget when your team leaves you. natasha, you mentioned detroit is financing a new stadium despite their financial would hes, filing for bankruptcy. where else is there a controversy over taxpayer financed stadiums? where else is this happening? >> reporter: well, richelle, in sacramento, there is a plan underway to build a new arena for the kings. but there is also a petition drive to kill it. now, what this initiative would do would put a ballot issue for its next year that would allow taxpayers to determine or voters to determine whether or not they want to use taxpayer money to fund it. >> we will have to see what happens. i think this will come up every season. natasha, great reporting. thank you so much. >> all right. earthwise, six-legged meat. we have more news at the top of

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