>> welcome to aljazeera america, and i'm stephanie and here are the stories we're following for you. president obama is said to meet with senate republicans on the budget battle as they try it make a deal. secretary of state, john kerry, makes an emergency trip to afghanistan to talk to their president. >> the peace prize is to be awarded -- >> the nobel peace prize.

>> president obama and house republicans are exploring ways to end their stalemate over the budget. and senate republicans will present their own ideas when they meet with the president in just a few minutes. to help us sort out some of the ideas and proposals, we're joined by randall kingston, and randall, great to see you. what are the odds that all of the players are going to get on the same page and make a deal today? >> i don't think that it's going to happen. there's too much work to do. dealing with raising the debt ceiling, that's the proposal that the house came to, and president obama didn't say yes, but certainly raising the debt eel is a key priority. what has not been worked out is opening the government. and that remains a goal with house republicans.

coming to the capital other after meeting with the white house. >> coming back from the discussion, the president said that he would go and consult with the administration folks, and hopefully we can see a way forward after that. >> no deal yet. but in a statement, the white house cited continued progress in the talks. it all marks a big change in tone. with exactly one week left for the deadline. it began thursday morning with a sudden move from the gop leaders. >> what we want to do is offer the president today an ability to move, a temporary reese in the debt ceiling. >> a six week increase in exchange for a promise to negotiate on a budget. a temporary solution, but one that the white house we would. >

would-welcomed. >> leader, nancy pelosi, doesn't like the idea. >> we have to see the whole package, but certainly it's very smart. >> house republicans are luke warm, but as the crisis drags on, their approval rating is sinking. now just 24%, an all-time low, and now 52% of voters blame them for the impasse, while 32% blame the democrats. an offer to end the government shutdown. >> this is a situation where they don't know what they want. >> the shutdown must end. >> they want to negotiate for you in the government? >> that's not going to happen. well, we have seen them arriving across the street from

the courthouse. and you have heard nancy pelosi saying that the deal doesn't make sense as it stands now. what the democrats the is a long-term lifting of the debt ceiling. something to get them into 2014. and president obama has agreed tore short-term so negotiations can take place, and we have disagreement among the democrats. >> it seems that they're trying to tone down the rhetoric, but not everyone. here's what senator ted cruz said today. >> this is not a typical time. the challenges facing this country are unlike any we have ever seen. you look at our constitution and bill of rights, this is an administration that is bound and determined to violate every single one of our bill of rights. >> do cruz and other tea party members have to scuttle the deal with the white house? >> certainly not with the senate. we saw senator cruz last week

try to do that with a so-called clean resolution to reopen the government. and he was not allowed to filibuster. that bill was passed by the senate and if speaker boehner was to bring it up to the vote, most think that the government would reopen, but however, they are the true believers, and they are the conservatives among the conservatives and for them, cruz is a rock star. >> thanks, randall. so far no followup to wall street's record rally yesterday. the dow hardly moving. and once again, the military death benefits. president obama signed a bill to restore found nothing in the government shut down. it reinstates the $100,000 that families receive on top of funeral expenses? >> and the administration is

allowing to reopen the national parks if the states pay for it. all but one of the parks have been closed. and 20,000 employees have been furloughed. governs in four states want to open it. utah has been hit especially hard. five counties there have declared states of emergency because of the crushing loss of business generated by the parks. the governor will assess the parks and pick up the tab. human rights watch has enlisted help in the fight in syria, says that the regime and the rebels are committing war crimes. more on the syrian conflict. >. >> reporter: he retraces his steps. this is what is left of his home in the village. in the early hours on august 4th. he had to make a harrowing decision to stay with his son and wife who had trouble moving. he has to live with the

consequences, his wife and son are dead. >> the marks are clearly visible. and there are the bullet holes here and here and the blood is splatred up the wall. >> reporter: the rebels launcheed and the people in the area are a large of islam to which the president belongs. they languaged to push government forces out of the district from a strategic post from which opposition forces shelled opposition strongholds. they moved closer to the town and bear down on the coastal city itself. it was only after they recaptured the village that human rights watch was able to reenter. video appears it show them going house-to-house in the villages. human rights watch said that it

was then that abuses took place, including murder and kidnapping. we did identify that over 20 groups participated in the operation that began august 4th in the countryside. but the five groups were principally involved in the planning and commanding of the operation. >> reporter: those groups are mainly made up of foreign fighters, as well as al qaeda and the force. those groups and are still holding some 200 hostages. the vast majority, william and children. the accusations and killings are not the first of their kind. human rights watch blamed them for killing 260 villagers in may. there have been numerous incidences of human rights abuses in the syrian war that have been documented by the united nations and human rights

groups. they say that the human rights groups are worse in scale. but they also blame opposition forces. human rights watch has called for an arms embargo against the group that they say is responsible. and they want donors to stop funding them. it's all too late for him, he knows who killed his wife and son. the graffiti from one of the rebel groups reads, "we are coming." >> the winner of this year's nobel peace prize. >> all those who have continued making the chemical universal knowledge. i look forward to accepting this ward in humility for past and

present. >> the award to the opc deputy was a surprise to many. only recently has the organization been in the spotlight because of syria. explaining more about what they do. >> reporter: for the second year in a row, an organization won the peace prize. >> the nobel peace prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, opcw, for its extensive work for eliminating chemical weapons. >> it was a surprise announcement. the opcw has until recently been an obscure body. formed in 1987 for chemical weapon prevention, it has been thrown into the spotlight because of the use of chemical weapons in syria. a team of 30 experts is in syria now to start the ambitious

project to destroy all of its chemical weapons by next year. and more will be joining them in a mission fraught with danger. >> in syria, the chemical weapons have again introduced, have underlined the need and enhanced the efforts to do away with such weapons. >> reporter: the opcw wins the award ahead of stiff competition from 159. including from pakistan, many people's favorite to win. the surprise, it's not to everyone's taste. >> it comes from the inspirational act from an individual, and not from an organization, and i hope in years to come it won't be a habit to award it to an organization, but i think it will go back to pretty much a regional division. >> reporter: but winning the

peace prizing it hark back to one of the inspirations of the award, which had disarma. at its heart. >> in egypt's sinai region, a blast, harming six soldiers. our correspondent who we can not name due to security reasons, is in cairo. and what is behind the daily attacks happening? >> well, in sinai today, two armed personnel carriers were hit by a blast. six soldiers were injured in the incident. and as you say, the whole sinai peninsula has been a hot bet of violence. and since july, dozens of people have been killed in violent

incidents, and it has been a year where militant insurgents if you like, have an activated. and the government has tried to quell as much as possible. but in the events of the recent weeks and months have demonstrated, they don't seem able to. >> what can you tell us, meanwhile, about the protests in egypt that are taking place outside of the presidential palace? >> well, one of the presidential passes, the alcoba pass, this is a symbolic pass because it's the one where the president will receive heads of states, and indeed, inaugurations have taken place there. and many people have gorted gatd outside of the palace to demonstrate peacefully.

and they have spoken their determination to get to the square today. but early this morning, they decided, no, the better approach would be peaceful, and a few thousand people marched in the streets entirely peacefully. the importance that this demonstration has on the presidential palace, it's in the square that they believe, their favorite, should still be. but the question remains, how long they will stay there. the curfew in cairo will come inside of two hours so, we'll watch to see what the government forces will be when nightfall and the curfew starts. >> does it appear that the military is allowing the protest, we're seeing the live picture there, to continue? >> reporter: well, the watch word has been almost a cat and

mouse approach has happened. where there has been an alliance to stay there for a few minutes, and then walk away, so as not to aantagonize the military. it's a similar approach to the armored personnel carriers in the streets, and no hard action as it were. so you wait to see what will happen next to the presidential palace. >> all right, our correspondent from cairo, egypt assist. >> in benghazi, a car bomb exploded. two people were injured in the attack, and the building was seriously damaged. it happened after -- last year, chris stevens and three other americans were killed. and i. >> a judge overruled new jersey

before, chris christie, a victory for same-sex marriages.

thigh. drones are not just used by the military. gathering in new york city this weekend to discuss how they are used in a military setting. the vehicles are currently used in the u.s. to help with law enforcement and emergency situations. from florida, one of the centers of the u.s. drone century. >> this is a maverick. what the tiny body takes with it, a remote flight path. it operates from a bird's eye view of the ground blow and can launch from just about anywhere. it's across the spectrum. >> we say, hey, you can find

something to look at and track it, and what we also can do, we can do agriculture and pipeline inspection, and so we're getting feedback that the plane is more versatile than we even thought. >thought. >> reporter: small, highly advanced drones are being used by the u.s. government, making it a booming business. they're currently being used by the u.s. military, and civil engineers and emergency services, but as the eye in the sky is more prevalent, there are questions about privacy. for human rights lawyers like winston, it's the lack of regulations that worry him the most. >> the framework and the restraints. as a man of public policy of a great power, i haven't seen that. so needless to say, i'm concerned, but the only one.

>> reporter: in a facility it where the mavericks are built, there are no concerns about privacy. drones have been used to fight fires and save people's lives, and privacy is the last thing. >> we put the information, and these tools have exist much more easily violate our rights than anything. >> reporter: in the debate over the use of drones, as it continues to heat up, it's estimated that by 2015 there will be more than 70,000 of these in the skies over north america. gainesville, florida. >> secretary of state, john kerry, has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan. kerry is there to push karzai into negotiations over his security agreement. the deal would allow u.s. troops to remain in afghanistan after the nato-led mission ends at the

end of 2014. our aljazeera's jennifer glass joins us on the phone from kabul, and first of all, will secretary kerry have any success in helping president karzai to move forward? >> if anybody can, it will be secretary kerry. he and president karzai have a good relationship. it was he that came here in 2009 to have a runoff election when nobody else could. the two are known to have a close relationship. and when secretary kerry was last here, the meetings went on much longer than formally planned. they had an unscheduled dinner together. so kerry is suspecting i'm sure, and hoping. >> the talks have been going on for a year with little success, and what are some of the issues

holding up a final agreement? >> one is the ability [ inaudible ] to be arrested by foreign soldiers on afghanistan soil. and the other tipping point is president karzai is demanding that the united states guarantees afghanistan's security if attacked by another nation, and that's a little bit too far for the united states. the agreement that they have with each other. and those two points of the agreement, the bilateral security agreement, it's too

much. >> all right, jennifer glass from kabul. >> a lawsuit has been filed to protect graffiti. next on aljazeera, protecting a special building in new york.

>> welcome back to aljazeera. here are the headlines. senators are at the white house with a meeting with president obama. trying to work out deals to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. john kerry made an unannounced visit to afghanistan to discuss security talks. they are concerned about the presence of american troops in the country. . the opcw has won the nobel peace prize for overseeing the

syrian stockpile of chemical weapons. >> a federal lawsuit to stop the demolition of an old factory complex. the site has served as a canvas for street artists around the world. > >> reporter: on a subway train to manhattan. ablaze with color and creativity, it's known as 5 points. it's a meccaa for graffiti artists, and is he serves as curator. >> there is no other such location that offers more for artists, whether you're amazing, horrible or in between or never even touched a can and just want to experience it. we do offer that. >> reporter: an icon of street art, it has been a backdrop, the building is now slated for destruction.

the name 5 points is named after the fiveboroughs coming together. and news that it will soon be lost is hitting them hard. these artists came all the way from france. >> talking about platte forms, and many of the graphic artists came here. we're really sad this it's gone. >> reporter: the owners planned to build two high-rises on the site. it includes gallery piece for artists, and a place for their artwork outside of the building. jimmy helped to negotiate the deal. >> the folks at 5 point wanted it to be what it is, and it's forever. that wasn't possible, given the

private ownership of the land. >> but the artists aren't happy. they have filed a lawsuit with the visual artist's rights act, which gibbs them some say over their work. inism it's definitely not attacking the landlords, but fighting for the artists and giving them a voice after 11 years of work. >> with few places, the work here is consigned to street art. aljazeera, new york.