. . welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following. egypt - these are live pictures of protests arising from the 1973 commemoration of the war. >> those members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations litterally can run but they can't hide. >> secretary of state john kerry. unidentified speaker: ing -- john kerry speaking out about the military raids in ken --

kenya. >> the partial government shutdown in its sixth day. >> u.s. commandos carried out twin raids on saturday in two countries in africa, and libya - american troops captured abu anas al liby, wanted for his role in the 1998 bombings of two u.s. embassies in south africa. 3,000 miles away a team of navy seals in somalia targeted the leader of al-shabab. secretary of state said the raids against militants in north africa are a message to those who would commit terrorism. >> we hope that this makes clear that the united states of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, and those numbers of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations literally can run, but you can't hide. we will continue to try to bring

people to justice in an appropriate way with hopes that these activities against everybody in the world will stop. >> peter greste is in the capital city of somalia, mogadishu, with details of saturday's raid by u.s. navy seals. >> officially we don't have new information beyond the acknowledgment from the pentagon that its troops were involved in the raid on al barawe on saturday morning, and that they missed the intended target. unofficially sources tell us that it was seal team six, the same unit responsible for killing osama bin laden in 2011. the intended target was saleh ali saleh nabhan, the leader of al-shabab, who our sources tell us was believed to be in the seaside house. al-shabab said there was no senior commanders there, and only one of its guards was

killed in the operation. in the attack. al-shabab says that they were anticipating this operation and that seems to be confirmed by the fact that it was largely unsuccessful - the fact that al-shabab fought off one of the world's most elite special forces units. >> and as we mentioned the other raid happened 4,000 miles away in libya. that is where a suspected al qaeda member was the target. the target was abu anas al liby, who was wanted by the u.s. for more than a decade and who had a $5 million bounty on his head. libya is demanding that the u.s. provide answers on the capt tur of the suspect in tripoli. >> newly released video those four men carrying ak-47s in the malattack in kenya. it contradicts statements that 10-15 attackers were involved. all four men were named.

>> we are joined by al jazeera's jean. what is the u.s. saying about the arrest today? >> well, the secretary of defence, the press secretary put out a statement saying the military forces were acting under military authority and lawfully obtained abu anas al liby under the laws of war and he is being held in a secure location. they are not elaborating where that secure location may be. this was an individual the united states wanted to get his hands on. he has been under indictment in the district of new york for his involvement in the embassy bombings in 1998. the u.s. had a $5 million bounty on his head. the operation, we are told, was coordinated with intelligence agencies. president obama signed off on it. a question is where do they take

him now. because he's under indictment one presumes he may be taken to court. others say he'll perhaps be taken to a military tribunal. we don't have the answer yet. >> we know this is not the libbia of muammar gaddafi. do we know if the u.s. communicated with the libyan government on the arrest? >> there has been reports, yes, there was communication between the u.s. and libians. the libians are saying it was a kidnapping and are looking for an explanation from the united states. our efforts to reach u.s. officials for clarification have not been successful. we don't have the definitive answer. >> we turn to egypt where clashes between security forces and anti-coup people have left one dead.

tear gas has been fired at muslim brotherhood in cairo. massive rallies are held to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war with israel. demonstrators gathered at tahir sqare, carrying egyptian flags and posters of abdul fatah al-sisi. egyptians tightened security around the country after four were killed on friday. >> we want to join al jazeera english and their live coverage of the event as it unfolds. >> we can go to our correspondent. we are not naming him for his own security. he's amongst the anti-coup marches, and he's near an area that has seen pretty violent situations, clashes in the last few hours. bring us up to date with what you have been seeing. >> well, yes, i have to move away exactly because of the

dangerous situation. what happened is for the past few hours, security forces have been pushing back the anti-coup protesters who were trying to march to tahir sqare. when the march began at about 2 o'clock local time in cairo, we were at the head of the march, beginning of the march. there were easily 2,000-3,000 people there - certainly the biggest protest in egypt since the violent crackdown in mid august. the march made its way towards tahrir. it gathered steam. more joined it. perhaps as many as 5,000 people, as they got to a kilometre and a half, two kilometres away from tahir sqare. there they were met by security forces who fired live rounds into the air, pushed the protest jorts -- protesters back, and

scattered them. they scattered down the roads off tahrir square. the security forces made it difficult for them to regroup. they kept the pressure up on them, firing the tear gas and live rounds into the air... >> those are reports coming from our sister network al jazeera english concerning duelling images coming out of egypt. one showing peaceful demonstrations in tahir sqare, and elsewhere in the country clashes between pro-mohamed morsi supporters and government supporters. you can see the images coming out of egypt are disturbing once again. >> weapons inspectors started destroying syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. a u.n. spokesman would not identify where the first weapons were destroyed or what they were. inspectors from an organization in the netherlands has until the

end of the month to disable syria's weapon facilities. syria is thought to have up to 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons stored around the country, syrian president bashar al-assad appears to be cooperating. >> iranian nuclear authorities arrested four people for trying to sabotage a nuclear facility. the location was not given. the announcement by iran's nuclear chief implied for were behind the plot. several attempts have been discovered and stopped. >> it is the sixth day of the government shutdown. on-saturday defense secretary chuck hagel orded almost 350,000 defense workers back to work. congress is no closer to resolving the impasse and ending the shutdown. >> we have been trying to fund government. we've been trying to reopen

government. at every point harry reid says no, he doesn't want to open government. >> people recognise what is happening to the government. every day we don't fund operations of the government, we lose $10 billion. >> the american people have been fighting their way out of the worst recession since the depression. the economy is coming back, thee don't need those in washington to bring the economy town. >> john terent joins us from washington. if words were weapons, a lot would be dead. is there a serious attempt to get the government workers back in the offices come monday morning? >> not really. it's a piecemeal approach going on. the big news coming from yesterday when the defense department ordered back to work about 350,000 furloughed workers, not just here in dc, but around the country and the world, such is the reach of the pentagon. this is significant - 350,000

workers is under half of all government furloughed workers sent home without pay because of the shutdown. 350,000 will be back on the job on monday and tuesday. that's about 90% of civilian contractors. chuck hagel, defense secretary, say his lawyers concluded that the law, the pay our military act - to do what is says on the box - pay the military - allows the dod o eliminate furloughs for employees whose responsibilities contribute to the moral, capabilities and readiness. under that act they'll be paid. >> john, i was stuck in an airport trying to clear customs because there weren't enough customs officials on the job. he heard a lot on the sunday morning talk shows. it seems like neither side gets

it. neither seems to be backing down. >> yesterday the house and senate met on the hill and spent all day long having a go. democrats blaming republicans, republicans blaming democrats. the president blaming the republicans. it went on and on. >> it's the same on the brode costs on sunday. here is ted cruz, the junior texas senator, the guy that spoke for 21 hours not the senate trying to block obamacare. here is what he had to say about democrats today. >> the senate democrats over and over again, and president obama, said they won't negotiate, they won't talk. they have not moved one inch. when you have one side compromising, and the other isn't, it's not an accurate description to say that neither side is negotiating. >> of course, the democrats say,

"look, john boehner call a vote in the house, we'll provide the numbers to get it through, and you won't be embarrassed." that's what they want, but the republicans are not budging. >> i'm in new york, i have to ask the question - will the sun come out tomorrow? what about next week? >> never mind about tomorrow, it's like an august day. the temperature in washington resist is slated to go up to the 90s. when i see you later, i may be wearing my swimming costume - just to warn you. no one is around today. you could have dropped a pin and heard it. no one is back today. tomorrow, 2 o'clock - anyone's guest. >> thank you, john. the thought of you in a swim suit a bit much. >> the government shutdown is hitting native american communities hard. they depended on the federal government for health care, housing, senior citizen management and the management of their national resources. a tribe in washington state hard

hit. al jazeera's katherine barrett reports on their struggle to survive. >> as the federal shutdown bore down on this tribe on the northern shore of the olympic pennsinsuala, the chairman scrambled to leverage assets, taking out a $750,000 loan at a hefty 6% to replace lost funds. the tribe needs the money for social alservices, food aid. >> we are subsidising the federal government to carry out its legal and moral obligations to the indian communities. >> without federal wildlife officers on the job to monitor them, they are not legally supposed to fish. budget cuts were hurting indian health services, head start

programs and food aid. they say: >> the jamestown tribe is business savvy, and self-governing. many other tribes are far less fortunate, and all rely to varying degrees on federal funds or services like foster care, college scholarships, nutrition programs and some health services. here at the tribal health clinics patients and staff are anxious about the shutdown. >> there's so much ms information about the budget, obamacare, and everything. we spend an enormous amount of time trying to calm folks down and create less stress. there's a lot of stress out there. >> american indian communities are among those that may benefit from obamacare's health

expansion and coverage. tribal leaders want to get the process under way and return to their own businesses and budgets. >> still ahead - it's been a big weekend for bad weather. dion is up next with your forecast. >> and residents take matters into their own hands cleaning up a town in mexico city.

the residents of a small town in new mexico are convinced the odours coming from a chemical warehouse are toxic. they asked the company to be accountable and for overseeing from the government. when that didn't work, they took matters into their own hands. armed with science, they are fighting back. >> they call it a bucket brigade. the local residents use a bucket to collect air samples outside the chemical warehouse. >> i can smell it.

i mean, and we are capturing it. what does it mean? i don't know yet. they have long believed the helena chemical company is a health risk to the town. they operate without an air quality permit. they sent air samples to be examined by scientists on the west coast. >> this is our community. >> some believe the company should relocate outside the town. at least they want to know what they make, and how much of it. >> we talked to two company managers on the phone. they had no comment. we went to the corporate headquarters and got no answer. when we walked on to the site in mus keet they asked us to leave. >> tonight pam is cooking enchill ardos.

>> it's his favourite. >> the family home was built by grandfather. pam wants assurances it's safe to raise her family here. >> i don't know why the state officials don't come and ask them questions. i don't know why people don't care, other than the people that work here. >> the results from a previous air sample arrived from a lab in california. >> this is greek to me. i don't understand this, man. it confirms our suspicions that there are toxins, according to this floating in the air. it sucks. >> it will take months of sampling and a comprehensive analysis before it can be proved that the toxins are a serious threat. they will not back down from the

challenge. they believe they have the right to know. >> residents of newtown conneticut decided to rebuild sandy hook elementary school. the vote was unanimous. the vote centred on whether to accept $50 million in grant money to rebuild. the school will be built on the same spot as the old one and will open in late 2015 or early 2016. >> i've been tracking a cold front moving to the east. it's been putting down heavy rain fall, especially in parts of the midwest. further south we are watching in the gulf of mexico remnants of karen, throwing up moisture along the gulf coast. it will meet the cold front, showing moisture in the direction of alabama and georgia, an area that doesn't need to see rain.

the showers are on the move along the front. we are expecting possibly upwards to additional along here, to pensacola. we have seen 2-3 inches, an additional 3 inches could add up to flooding. a big concern to the midwest - the wintry precipitation. all of the rainfall pushing into michigan, around indiana, minneapolis, and we have seen heavy rain in the bulls eye area here. upwards to 3 inches, localised areas more. flood watches extending from michigan. the watches have been dropped. as the rain falls, eastern indiana and western ohio. we'll have to watch out for the flooding early monday morning.

showers are invading parts of the north-east. we'll mainly see the bulk of the moisture north of new york city. activity moving in our direction. looks like the heaviest of the rain around lake eyrie and ohio. in addition to the rain on monday, cooler temperatures. if you like it warm, enjoy sunday afternoon. once the rain is in, we are in for a cool down. tuesday - low 70s. temperatures will drop further by the latter part of the week. high temperatures of 69. we'll see drier weather for the work week ahead. >> long distance swimmer diana nyad is ready for another go. this time to raise money for victims of hurricane sandy. fresh off her swim from cuba to florida, she announced she'd do

a 48 hour swim to raise money for storm victims, and will dive into the water on tuesday in a tank on new york city's square, outside of mac why'. -- mayesies. if you are looking for a place to go. tennessee. conversation macy's

. welcome back. here are the top stories we are following. in egypt thousands of protesters taking to the treahe streets to commemorate the war. one is dead, a number of others are injured. >> u.s. special forces launching raids in africa on saturday, aimed at members of al qaeda and al-shabab. the outcome - the capture of a high-ranging member of al qaeda. officials are faced with bringing him back to justice. associated press reports that

chemical weapons inspectors have started to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles. the operation is being carried out by chemical weapons watchdog group based out of the netherlands. inspectors will have about nine months to complete their mission. the pentagon telling most civilian workers to come back to work after a week of shutdowns. defense secretary chuck hagel making the announcement, citing a law that was pass said. lawmakers are in session tomorrow. >> story telling is the star in tennessee. teachers, heath care workers, therapyists and corporate executives are among those participating. they are converging to do what they do best of the this is the 41st year they've done it. >> look out. my legs are falling. i never thought i would be a story teller in a million years. you never know how your life

will change, do you. "two legs came down the chimney into the cold ashes. ". >> it's how we communicate. we sat on the front porch, around the dinner table and told stories. and then we are able, through the stories, to better understand not only ourselves, but each other. >> he came up to the edge of the stage, sort of straightened out his shirt, tightened up his belt, looked down and said, "now, boys and girls, before you go meet your teachers i want to talk to you." >> story telling is the way we move a picture from our head to someone else's head. >> 41 years ago the festival started with 80 people, around the corner. now we have 12,000 people coming every year. we have stories in eight tents. people are telling stories in different ways.

people tell stories in cafes, restaurants and on the street. >> when we hear the flute, we hear the oldest song. [ ♪ music ] >> story telling and music connect us together, as the breath turns into song, so, too, the words we speak travel from us and touch the minds and the hearts of the others. >> we connect with other people. we have images. we are transported to a different world, as if there is a fairy ring that goes all the way around. we are in a different place. stories stay with us a long time. those images and smells and tastes - all of it - becomes very real when they listen to a story. ♪ come again no more ♪ hard never came to that door.

>> >> listening post is next. i'm del walters, thanks for watching. >> hello, you're at the listening post. this week the media side of the iran story. who is saying what about the new president and his message to washington and the world? and the israelis who don't think there are not news channels out there and have given us another one. >> good morning to the morning edition live from tel aviv. it looks like it was won and done for an south africa news channel aimed at zimbabwe. and it may have made it's last broadcast. and going ou