welcome to al jazeera america i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. house republican leaders offer a budget deal as their senate counterparts take a meeting at the white house. secretary of state john kerry visits afghanistan for urgent security talks. >> the nobel peace prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. >> a chemical weapons watchdog group wins the nobel peace prize. ♪

president obama is meeting with senate republicans to hear their ideas on ending the dead lock over the debt ceiling and government shutdown, this as house republicans put forward a new plan to end the stalemate. mike great to see you have. so does it seem like a deal is starting to emerge? >> we certainly have some movement, there's some day light and wiggle room, however you want to put it, it is a very encouraging sign. this fourth group, we had house democrats, senate democrats, house republicans, and senate republicans and white house trying to get everybody on the same page. extend the debt limit another six weeks. in the meantime, house republicans want to work out something on spending and

taxing, a grand bargain part two if you will. a lot of people are unhappy with that, and some of the senate republicans feel the same way. a man we haven't heard a lot from, normally he's right in the middle of it, working deals behind the scenes, he himself has a tough reelection battle, that's mitch mcconnell of the commonwealth of kentucky, he spoke on the senate floor before arriving on the white house. >> shortly i'll join by colleagues at the white house. it will be a good idea to engage in a frank exchange if that's what the president is looking for. >> the staff of the house republicans and white house they talked through the night. we understand no major movement. the proposals and counterproposals still going g

back and forth. >> what are the most recent pals saying about who americans blame for this crisis in washington? >> yeah. it's interesting. we were just talking about mitch mcconnell the fact he has this challenge from the right, and it's funded by a lot of these so-called super pacs that can spend money. sometimes their donors who are virtually announcement. ted cruz has lead the fight to challenge people just like mitch mcconnell. at this very moment the value voter's summit, many rock rib conservatives at a hotel in washington a lot of red meat being thrown out there including by ted cruz, but the approach lead by ted cruz, the stat by for blocking the debt limit for

the sake of obamacare hasn't really worked out. this is like jet fuel to bring republicans to the table and launch these talks. 31% of the public blames the president for the current impasse. but if asked if republicans are to blame, 53%, that is up significantly. congressional republicans their approval rating now just 24%. that is an all time low. >> all right. mike thank you. >> okay. so far not a big follow up to wall street's record day yesterday, but still stocks are higher anz investors wait for word in any new breakthroughs. the dow trading up about 80 points right now. the families of fallen soldiers will once again receive military death benefits. president obama restored funding that was suspended during the shutdown. it reinstates the $100,000

families receive on top of funeral expenses. and the administration is allowing states to reopen some national parks if the states pay for it. 20,000 park employees have been furloughed. governors in at least four states want to reopen the parks to help struggling economies. utah has been hit especially hard. utah's governor says his state will accept the offer to reopen the parks and pig up the tab. we have breaking news from washington, the air force is firing the two-star general in charge of all of its nuclear missiles. michael kerry is being removed because of a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership. he lead the 20th air force which is responsible for 450 missiles

across the count industry. protesters are underway in egypt. it has been nearly a week since clashes left 60 dead. hundreds marched to the palace to commemorate 100 days since the overthrow. in benghazi, libya, a car bomb exploded in front of the swedish consulate. a libbian official says the building was seriously damaged. the explosion happened a day after libya's prime minister was briefly abducted by a group of former rebels. the winner of this year's nobel peace prize is the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, it's also known as opcw. >> i thank this opportunity to commend all of those who have

attributed to making the ban on chemical weapons and enduring a universal norm. i look forward to accepting this award in humility and on behalf of all leaders past and present. >> only recently has the organization because of syria. >> reporter: for the second year in a war an organization won the nobel peace prize. >> the nobel peace prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the organization for the prohibition of whem -- chemical weapons, opcw. >> reporter: it was a surprise announcement. until recently it has been a relatively obscure body. formed in 1997, it has been

thrown into the global spotlight for the recent use of chemical weapons in syria. a team of 30 experts is in syria now to start the ambitious project of destroying all of its chemical weapons by the middle of next year. more inspectors will soon follow for what is widely seen to be a mission fraught with danger. >> recent events? syria where chemical weapons have again been route to use have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons. >> reporter: they win the award ahead of stiff competition from 259 no, ma'am niece, including the girl from pakistan, many people's favorite to win. the prize going to an organization is not to everyone's taste. >> the inspiration should come from the inspirational acts of an individual not an organization. and i think -- i hope in years to come it won't be habit to give these awards to oring

niceati -- organizations. i hope it will go back to individuals. >> reporter: but in some ways it does hark back to one of the main inspirations of the award, which had disarmament at its heart. human rights watch has released a report on fighting in syria saying both the regime and the rebels are committing war crimes. >> reporter: this man retraces his steps. this is what is left of his home in his village. in the early hours of august 4th, he had to make a decision, stay with his disabled son and wife who had trouble moving or run. he now has to live with the consequences. his wife and son are dead. >> translator: the marks are

clearly visible. >> reporter: that day rebel forces launched an offensive in the area. the people here are predominantly alwiet. they pushed on a strategic force to which opposition forces shelled the forces. [ explosion ] >> reporter: it was only after syrian forces recaptured the villages some weeks later that human rights watch was able to enter them. video from that day posted by opposition fighters appears them going house to house in the villages. human rights watch said it was then the abuses took place, including murder and kidnapping. >> we did identify that over 20

groups participated in the depreciation that began on august 4th, but that five groups were principally involved. >> reporter: those groups are mainly made up of foreign fighters as well as al-qaeda-linked groups. two of the groups are still holding some 200 hostages, the vast majority, women and children. the acquisitions - -- acquisitiocusations are not the first of their kind. there are allegations of killings in may. there have been numerous incidents of killings. they do say government abuses are worse in scale, but they also blame opposition forces. none of the sides have been held

accountable for their actions. human rights watch are calling for an embargo against the groups they say is responsible. it is all to late for this man. the graffiti reads, we are coming. people in the drone industry are gathering in new york this weekend to discuss how drones can be used in a civil setting. the unmanned vehicles are currently used here in the u.s. to help with law enforcement and emergency services. andy gallagher has more from gainesville, florida, one of the centers of the u.s. droen industry. >> reporter: this is a maverick, and inside it's carbon fiber body, this tiny aircraft carrying it with cutting-edge technology, controlled either by remote or a preprogrammed flight path. it offers operators a bird's eye

view from the ground below. >> we say, hey, you can find something, you can look at it, you can track it. and they said we can also do this, we can doing a culture, pipeline inspection, so we're getting kind of feedback that the plane is more versatile than we even thought. >> and small highly advanced drones are increasingly being approved by the u.s. government for use in civilian air space, making this a booming business. the applications are limitless. these craft are currently being bought the u.s. military, civil engineers and the u.s. services. but as this technology becomes more advanced, there are now concerns about privacy. >> for human rights lawyers, it is the lack of regulations that worries him the most. >> the modern framework, the circumstance, and the strength, i need to see that as matter of the public policy of a great

power, and i vice president seen that. so i'm uneasy about it, but i'm not the only one. >> reporter: at the facility there are no concerns about privacy, the company's ceo says drones have been used to fight fires and save lives. >> we carry cell phones where we voluntarily input all of our personal information. these tools that exist much more easily violate our privacy or rights more than any unmanned aircraft system. >> reporter: while the debate continues to heat up, it is estimated by 2015 there will be more than 7,000 of these crafts in the skies. returning now to developments in egypt. there are thousands protesting in cairo right now. our correspondent whom we cannot name due to security reasons is

in the capital. tell me more about the protest. i understand it is happening outside one of the presidential palaces. >> reporter: yes, it's was outside of the presidential palace, one of several presidential palaces in cairo. the significance of this palace is that is where the inauguration of presidents happen and also where the president would receive heads of state from visiting countries, so it has a rich symbolism for members of the anti-coup alliance. those members and members of the muslim brotherhood would like to go there to see the reinstatement of morsi. but there is a development that needs to be reported, which is there has been a statement from a leader of the anti-coup alliance. he has issued a statement that doesn't refer to a requirement on behalf of the government to return the deposed president. by that of course they mean

mr. morsi. so this could be the first sign perhaps of a more conciliatory approach, both by the muslim brotherhood and the anti-coup alliance, so that is perhaps a significant development today. >> so they are not now asking for the release of morsi? and i should remind our viewers that morsi is being held in an unnamed prison facing charges of murder this. >> reporter: indeed, he is facing charges of incitement of murder, which refers back to an incident where ten people were killed in clashes, and his trial is to start on the 4th of november. i don't think we can say clearly that they are not calling for the release of the deposed president. it's more important to point out they are not calling for the return of the deposed president. i.e., they are not calling for

him to be put back in office. at the moment, this is the statement by a leading figure inside the muslim brotherhood, it's not an official policy by the brotherhood. and there is a distinction to make between those two positions. >> okay. got it. we are looking at live pictures out of cairo right now. it looks like a very peaceful march. can you talk a little bit more about the atmosphere in this protest? we have seen these protests end in violent crackdowns before. does it look like it is heading in a different direction this time? >> reporter: well that is certainly what the anti-coup alliance wants to happen today. originally they had called for protesters to try to get to the square which is symbolic of the january revolution in 2011. but earlier on today, they decided that was not the right course of action and called on their supporters, fellow

protesters to protest peacefully. and to a large extent that is what has happened. they went to a protest where there were several throw people, and they were entirely peaceful, and there was no violence to see. however, there have been reports of some isolated skirmishes between anti-coup protesters and local residents, mostly in alexandr alexandria where the police were called in to shoot into the air to separate both sides. but there haven't been very many violent scenes that you might have seen a few months or weeks ago. but today has been about peaceful protest. >> and breaking news that the anti-coup alliance may be making a conciliatory gesture with the statement that they do not expect morsi to be put back into

the presidency. thank you so much. coming up, secretary of state john kerry makes an urgent visit to afghanistan. details on that trip coming up.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i i'm stephanie sy. here are your headlines. they are trying to iron out a deal on reopening the government and raising the debt ceiling. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has won the nobel peace prize. secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan to meet with the country's president. they are discussing how to move forward with talks on a security agreement. in that deal would keep u.s. troops in afghanistan after the military-lead mission ends next year. jennifer do we know if secretary

kerry has made any headway in convincing the afghan leader to resume talks? >> they have met and they are having dinner together this evening. the two men do have a strong relationship, a solid personal relationship when secretary kerry was here in march. so if anyone has any chance of helping president karzai get these talks kick started again, it would be secretary kerry. >> jennifer when was the u.s. want these negotiations to be done? and what is holding up a final agreement? >> stephanie the united states is likely to reach an agreement by the end of this month. and that spells what u.s. troops can and can't do here in afghanistan if they do stay beyond 2014 when the nato

mission ends. there are a couple of sticking points. president karzai has asked for security reassurances, if they have problems from neighbors countries, that's something that the united states has yet to agree to, or has refused to agree to, and the other sticking agreement is what u.s. forces will be allowed to do, whether they will be allowed to carry out raids on afghan homes -- >> okay. it looks like we have lost our correspondent there. oh, she is back -- jennifer, let me ask you one more question, and that is how afghans generally feel about having foreign soldiers past the end of the military mission, past the end of 2014? >> reporter: some believe that having foreign soldiers is important to allow the afghan military force some stability, and other afghans feel that

having foreign solders here just encouraging more fighting in the country, but the big problem is the uncertainty, what will happen after 2014. afghans just want to make sure that they will -- forces can give that to them. >> okay. jennifer glass continuing to follow developments in afghanistan. severe weather is moving into the plains states. dave warren is here with that next.

it's the first quarterly loss for jpmorgan chase's ceo jamie dimon. the country's largest bank lost $380 billion. reports say jpmorgan chase could pay another $11 billion to settle probes of its actions before the 2008 financial crisis. the same can't be said for

wells fargo, they are reporting record profits. the stock is down today because the company's revenue fell more than expected. ♪ i'm meteorologist dave warren we are watching storms in the midwest again. it's all rain right now, but a lot of rain on top of snow with warmer temperatures is leading to a lot of melting, and flooding is a big concern there. here is a line with some cooler air approaching to the west, that will be severe weather breaking out possibly in minnesota and north carolina later this afternoon and this evening. right now it's just wind advisories for a large area. but this is flash flood happening because of all the rain coming down. it's already warmer there, and

that melted all of the snow initially and now we're getting more rain on top of that. there's more rain in the mid-atlantic. we're getting water piling up in the back bays,