>> hello and welcome to al jazeera america i'm thomas drayton live in new york. here are stories we are following. pressure four days to a possible default. senate major leader harry reid says talks with his republican counterparts were productive. trying to get to a religious festival in india. several red cross workers were kidnapped on a visit to syria. plus gabby giffords takes

her program to a gun show in new york. >> good to have you with us. the senate held debates today to put an end to the government shutdown and raids the debt ceiling but republicans and democrats remain divided and were unable to reach agreement before the senate adjourned. members stressinged the cost of the shutdown and its effect on the american public. >> americans are rightly looking at congress aand saying what are you guys doing? why are you hurting people, why are you hurting families? why are you impeding our economic recovery? they're also saying why aren't you working on away we sent you there to do? on creating jobs, on improving our educational system. on addressing our nation's long term fiscal sustainability. >> so where do we go from here? the house and senate will

reconvene on monday. the country is scheduled to hit its debt ceiling on thursday october 17th. for more we turn to john terrett who has been following events on capitol hill. >> slow progress regarding raising of the debt ceiling. only the senate was in session. we had a parade of democrats, mostly the republicans, harry reed the majority leader opened the session and closed it too. in the course of the day he had a telephone conversation with his republican opposite member mitch mcconnell. that call left him optimistic particularly raising the debt ceiling. >> i had a discussion with senator mcconnell this afternoon. i am optimistic for the conclusion of the issues before

this country today. >> also the house minority leader nancy pelosi telephoning president obama to plead with him that whatever deal is done, that it last for at least 12 months. pelosi looking for a clean continuing resolution and a clean raising of the debt ceiling. everyone seems to be getting hammered in the polls, particularly the republicans an nbc wall street journal poll published last week got a lot of conversation in the media. it appears a 22% margin between president obama and the republicans among people who were asked who do you blame for the shutdown and the debt crisis they blame the republicans by 22 points more than they blame president obama. on monday the house and the senate are back in session, house at 2012:00, senate a 12:0t

2:00. >> there are a few dates to be aware of. on october 17th the government will no longer be able to borrow and use an estimated $30 billion in cash. that money will run out sometime between october 22nd and at the end of this month. and that means benefits for social security, medicare and veterans could be put on hold. and by october 31st the government must pay $6 billion in debt interest or risk default. then on november 1st $60 billion is due for benefit programs. if no debt ceiling increase those payments could be delayed another two weeks. finally on november 15th another payment of $29 billion in interest is due. if the economy slows and tax payments fall short a default could very well take place. our veterans in washington sent a clear message to both sides of the aisle this morning. thousands showed up to rally. organizers of the million vet

march say veterans have been dishonored, any member of government from close l memorials except for maintenance purposes. a human stampede has killed at least 91 people in india. hundreds of thousands of hindus had gathered, chaos broke out when worshipers crossing a bridge feared it would collapse. more than 100 people were left badly injured. report from gualia. >> we're at thehouse in the city which is about a two hour drive from where the stampede took place. some of the injured have been brought here for treatment. a local medical officer we talked to earlier is concerned that there are more than a hundred deaths that have occurred in this accident. he says that at least 120 people are injured. now, most of the deaths seem to

be amongst women's and they suffered from a lot of quhes injuries from asphyxiation. some 500,000 people had gathered at a hindu temple to celebrate an important event in the hindu calendar. it's reported that there were rumors that the bridge felt like it was going to collapse and this may have triggered panic amongst the crowd and caused the stampede. however, this has not been confirmed by officials yet. but these are not the only unanswered questions. india has a long and deadly history when it comes to stampedes when it comes to religious festivals. just in february dozens died at a festival in alahabad.

cyclone phailin made landfall on the country's east coast. at least 17 people have died but authorities say the death toll would have been far higher but hundreds of thousands were successfully evacuated before the storm hit. the storm also today damaged hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops. there is a long road to recovery ahead. >> this man has been growing rice in these fields for 20 years. it provides a steady income for his family. but because of cyclone phailin he has little to look forward to this harvest season. >> this is my land. i used to farm it but now, look it is flooded with water. i can't even see my crop. >> the government's disaster preparation save many lives but no amount of planning could have

saved the agricultural sector from widespread damage. people say their livelihoods will bear the brunt of cyclone phailin'phailin's fury. some people who live here say this is both a blessing and a burden. they fear the authorities will be deceived by the lack of physical damage here, when delivering aid. >> our village's drinking water source has been ruined. we don't have water to drink. our stock of candles is also finished. we are fishing in the darkness. i can't find medicine for my elderly parents. i'm only stepping out of my home. >> the storm was heavy. i released my cattle into the field but my family and i stayed home. we are now waiting for help.

>> cyclone phailin tore through some of odisha's fertile area. destroying livelihoods and local food supplies. the local authorities are aware of the challenges they face. >> now rehabilitation is really a big challenge for us. as properties to the tune of several have been lost in the cyclone. >> during this time of year, hundreds of millions of indians play to the hindu goddest for courage. abundance as they try to get back on their feet. al jazeera, odisha. >> i want to turn now to meteorologist rebecca stevenson.

rebecca. >> we've had quite a bit of rainfall in india. devastation across parts of india due to mudslides flooding and the winds. winds were reported 125 miles an hour and a lot of roadways are cleared out of branches and debris but also buses and transportation flipped over by those winds. now we're seeing phailin fall apart, still plenty of rainfall into the northeast and into the northern portion of india. we are seeing issues from the amount of rainfall in this particular storm but it will slowly diminish. what isn't diminishing is rain for places like vietnam. the philippines have been hammered by tie 15 nari. as you can see in our latest satellite picture the storm starting to move towards

vietnam. we are also seeing the first band of rain and the showers and thunderstorms start to approach danang. joint warning center for the typhoons is showing this particular track directly east. right now it's about 200 nautical miles offshore from danang. a lot of rainfall again to areas in japan, thomas. >> rebecca thank you. the international red cross says there is been no contact from gunmen who kidnapped workers this morning. a spokesperson in syria said six red cross aid workers and one local volunteer. we get more from al jazeera omar alsalen. >> kidnapped when they were returning back to damascus after spending three days in the

province of ibdib. they were assessing the medical needs and they were providing medical supplies to doctors in that area. now according to syrian activists they do believe the slammic state in iraq that's an al qaeda affiliated group is behind the kidnapping of the icrc staff. there hasn't been any claim of responsibility from that particular group but this is what syrian activists do believe. now in another piece of information that we've been gathering the nationalities of those kidnapped are not revealed by the icrc but information coming from activists do suggest that they are some of them are arab nationals as well as foreigners. >> two suicide car bombs went off in syria today. the blast went off in dowfnt damascus near the state tuition

and radio. footage of what appeared to be two burning vehicles a fire engine and images from inside a nearby building where windows have been blown out. also in syria more evacuees from the war torn region. right outside damascus this weekend it is a region that has undergone weeks of fighting over the last few months. so far more than 2 million refugees have fled their home land. in egypt, supporters of mohamed morsi are calling for small protests around the country against the military backed interim government. advised the large takeover of cairo's tahrir square. dozens of protestors have been killed during demonstrations in the past two weeks.

an american cause of death was an apparent suicide. the man was identified by the state department as james lund. he was arrested in a security crack down that followed a car bomb that exploded in northern sunai in august. he is the second foreigner to die in egyptian cuffed since last month. died unexpectedly in new york city. oscar iguelos, book was about two cuban born brothers and musicians who emigrated to new york city in the 1950s and achieved short-lived fame while appearing on the i love lucy show, he was 62 years old. a citywide security alert in

moscow. what sparked riots of the arrest of 400 people. researchers are calling a medical break through, in a fight against diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's. explore issues relevant to you.

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>> welcome back, it's time for our regular sunday evening look at the work week ahead. the government has been shut down for 13 days. the negotiations failed on saturday and all eyes turned to the senate. major liter harry reid said his talks with mitch mcconnell were productive but that's how far it went. despite the shutdown, iconic states parks are reopening. most parks remain furloughed. the debt ceiling must be raised by thursday or the u.s. will

default on its debt with widespread consequences from wall street to main street. earlier tonight i spoke with political analyst jean carlo parasuti about what we can think of the week ahead. >> you have seen some movements from house republicans and perhaps a negotiated settlement is in the work. >> congressman paul ryan is pushing one of these deals bit will democrats going to bite? >> i think democrats are willing to come to the table. they have their core issues, but it's a good sign that it appears that obamacare is off the table. because no president is going to negotiate if you will with a gun to his head and no president is going to give on their signature achievement. with that said i think dratsd ds are willing to negotiate on other issues. >> down the road aren't we

facing another nightmare, aren't we just putting off? >> that's one thing democrats have made clear thomas. they are not interested in these band-aid short term solutions. they want something more long term so we don't have to keep going through this, especially going into the holidays. but as we look ahead to this week the one thing to look forward to and i think the two of us can agree on this, is what will speaker boehner do? at the end of the day it comes back to the speaker. will he permit an up or down vote on this? i think the answer is no, but things can change. what can he do to cater to his tea party members. >> is he looking to save his jobs? there's been a lot of questions. >> i think he's demonstrated by holding firm, i think a lot of members of the tea party caucus and other right leaning caucus or republican caucus have been

pleasantly surprised that he's held out as long as he did. he has earned his stripes. once we do put this behind us, the republicans really will have drawn a line in the sand about their seriousness or the seriousness of which they want to confront debts and spending. >> de facto head of the republican party you think? >> i think democrats would love for senator cruz to be part head -- head of the republican party. >> i think they have something to say about that. >> it's going to be interesting. my point is this and i know it's not political but the pain of the american people. thomas you did the story at the top of the hour, about the national parks, the statue of liberty, americans are hurting and being furloughed. in politics perception becomes reality.

perception becomes reality. if this thing defaults things are not going to be good in the world. as to the american economy. >> nbc polls say 60% would vote owner out of congress. is there a failure here? >> there is no question when we have these headline grabbing events, americans get depressed and they wonder why the leaders the men and women they have elected can't seem to do their job and yet divided government seem to be something we have wanted. >> what does this say about the republican brand? >> a snapshot in time, it really is a snapshot in time that the republican party is in trouble. their numbers are 28%. lowest ever. there was talk they may have a shot of taking the senate. i don't see that scenario happening any way any possibility now. i even jump out on a limb and say if they're careful they might lose the house.

>> no way. i disagree with dominic on that one. you look at the seats that are in play, they're virtually all in states that the president lost handily. >> that's true. >> no prognosticator says, emboldens the republicans to dig their heels in. we have to do something about spending in this country regardless of what it is. >> the fact of the matter is, each side is spinning but this is self-inflicted. if you are the president how do you negotiate with someone who is taking you over the cliff? >> final moments on the track here will the u.s. default? >> i don't know. i hope not but right now looking forward i'd have to say yes. >> once again our round table of the week ahead. more than 380 people were arrested in moscow in racially charged rioting. police ordered a citywide alert

and all active city forces were mobilized to stop the violence. it started over the death of a russian man. >> one of the biggest antimigrant riots broke out in russia's capitol moscow. ing angry at the killing of a russian man blaming it on a migrant worker central agent. scustles broke out with police when they -- scustle scuffles b. the clashes lasted for several hours. dozens of protestors were arrested. the city government closed down the highway and cut off all traffic in southern moscow. people in the district alleged that an uncontrolled flow of migrants, russian government says there can be no excuse for violence. and the interior minister has promised to restore order.

>> activate the work and troalings all the vegetable warehouses which are a constant form of tension. i'm asking the head of the moscow police and all managers in duty to quickly deal with with these warehouses, make everyone work according the russian law, where they are located where they work regardless of the region they come from. >> frequent afrequent albeit are outbreaks, migrants have complained in the past of poor labor and living conditions. for now calm has been restored to russia's capital. because the entire police force seems to be out on the road. it is not clear whether this will bring better conditions or a crack down on migrant workers.

>> london police hopes to bring new leads on madeline mccan, parents dined out with friend. u.k. police say they have no reason to believe madeline is still alive. monday's reenactment will have the motion detailed look yet at the case. darren hayes joining us with a look at sports. an active day in nfl action. baseball action. >> lot of stuff going on this weekend thomas. you know what the last time tom brady beat drew brees, how about 14 years ago. brady wasn't even in the nfl. he was a senior and brees was his junior year at purdue. patriots quarterback finally gave his first nfl win over drew

brees when he found thomple cins fothompletompkins.28 point favos during their 35-19 win. peyton manning threw two touchdown passes but fumbles and that resulted in a pick 6. brobronkos victory. ending a six game losing streak over the raiders at arrowhead stadium. 6-0 standing is the second best in nfl franchise history.

big poppy hit a grand slam. good one going on that's the latest in baseball in this one thomas. >> all right darren thank you we'll see you coming up in just a bit. she is this year's winner for the nobble prize for literature. we speak with someone who has followed her career. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the

entertainment industry there. next.

>> welcome back, we're following a breaking news story that is just coming in. a small explosion has been reported at the los angeles international airport. we understand it happened in terminal 2 which is now shut down. there are reports that a small container of dry what is considered kind of a dry package has exploded. no injuries have been reported at this time. once again this information just coming in, as soon as we get more details we will pass it along to you. here's a look at other top

stories that we're following at this hour. at least 89 people are dead after a stampede in india. thousands are pilgrims were on a bridge approaching a temple. the stampede started when a rumor started that the bridge was about to collapse. the international red cross are still waiting for gunmen, al qaeda linked group that seized six aids and a local volunteer. in northern syria. no one has claimed responsibility for the kid kidnappings. the country is scheduled to hit its debt ceiling on thursday. the house and senate will boat be back in session tomorrow. former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords was at an unlikely location today.

she toured a gun show in upstate giffords was there to support a call for tighter gun control. reporter raylynn johnson has more. >> it might be one of the last places you would expect a shooting victim to be, at a gun show. but it was safety not sales that brought the former congresswoman here. >> now is the time to come together. be responsible. democrats, republicans, everyone. >> her visit along with husband mark kelly is part of the couple's national campaign to expand background checks for gun sales. her crusade ties to the history of her assailant jerald laughtner. that allowed him to pass the state background check. for the past two years giffords who is a gun owner herself has

appealed to congressional lawmakers to close loopholes that allow criminals and the mentally ill to purchase guns. >> you must act. be bold. be courageous, americans are counting on you. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtow newtown e a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence they deserve a vote. >> while gun control failed in conscious, state like new york have made it harder to, military style weapons requires message health professionals to report threats and creates a registry

to keep guns out of the wrong hands. the organizers of sunday's show have made an agreement to adopt rules that will track sales at shows, provide on the spot background checks and mandate proof of purchase before buyers exit the building. it is a model giffords sees as a gun control compromise, one that doesn't infringe upon second amendment rights. giffords still struggles to walk speak read and write but she is determined to take her gun control message to an audience least likely to want to hear it. raelynn johnson, al jazeera. bay area bart strike, transit workers walked off the joob during too strike in july. -- a strike in july. governor jerry brown ordered them back to work but since then

they have been working without a contract. forcing thousands of workers to commute without the system. bob taylor describes his parkinson's like an unwanted guest. it was diagnosed in 1998 after his hands stopped working so well. >> i went to, i don't know if you would describe it free fall. a kind of digging into the past and wondering what caused it. >> 16 years on and his symptoms have developed and bob's learned not to second guess them. >> you can't really take anything for granted. the condition changes day by day hour by hour minute by minute. depending on stress, anxiety,

whether or not your medication's working. they all play their part. no two days are the same. no two people with parkinson's are the same, either. >> understanding the puzzle posed by neurodeye degenerative diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's, clumps of abnormally shaped proteins athat develop in the brain, when they appear, the body often reacts by killing off nerve cells in the affected area leaving the person with loss of memory and function. by giving an experimental drug they can stop the body from attacking brain cells. for the moment this has only been achieved in mice. human trials are five to ten years off,.

>> we're talking about this important scientific finding but we must bear in mind that it can be a long time before we get success in patients and we know this is very difficult and unfortunately attempts to under way. we have a long way to go i'm afraid. >> but this gives hope to the disease that bob has. >> hope is the biggest ally you've got because without that you've got nothing. >> the nobel prize for lirt was given oalice munro, master of the contemporary short story. all aspects of the human spirit. without making judgments on their actions. 82-year-old munro says that she's probably not going owrite anymore making the nobel prize the perfect way to end an extraordinary career. i'm going obring in lo unruh.

>> thanks for having me. >> alice munro is a remarkable writer. even her most dedicated fans didn't think this day would happen. >> in some ways this is really remarkable. she's the first canadian to win, she's only the 13th woman in over 100 years of the award's existence and she's a writer of only short stories. when most writers are best known as novelistlesists or playwrigh. on this note, she is a really remarkable laureate. >> what do we know about alice munro? >> she was born in 1934 grew up on a farm and she knew very early she wanted to be a writer and not a farmer. i think her upbringing very much

influenced her work, so often takes place in small towns and in rural settings. >> she often wrote about her own childhood. >> she did. >> some aspects,. >> the setting very much, i think growing up trying to have formulate an independent spirit among conservative values i think is very much in her work. and then she married and had daughters, and she said she was going to write stories as a way to warm up to a novel but once she became a mother and had no time, she kept stories, which i guess is good for us. >> she began dabbling in the eighth and ninth grade, seriously wrote when she was in her 20s. >> her first book was written at 37. in as much standards of

precocious writers she was a late bloomer. she had already had three children by then. trying to find time to write. >> she takes you on a personal journey. it's a skill that many writers really don't accomplish. >> it's a subtle skill, a hard skill to pin down. she doesn't write stories that are thrillers in an obvious way. they're thrillers in a very subtle way about trying to figure out the past trying to uncover secrets, trying to find out how even your own mind works. and that way there's always a lot of tension in her stories. but it's very personal and every -- and different stories will strike different people in different ways. i have a list of short stories and another devoted reared would have a completely different list. >> how does her work translate to the modern reader? >> there is a certain timelessness to her writing in that she doesn't focus on pop

culture. she doesn't write overtly about political events. but when you are connected to the entire line of her work you realize how engaged she was with the sexual revolution, in the '60s and what it meant to be a feminist in these last few decades. i think she's followed that or even been at the forefront of that. >> when you say in her last pieces of work her literature she really wrote about her own life? it wasn't biographical but interpreted and gave the viewer a little more insight into her life. >> her last i think four stories and when they were collected, she wrote a little note, these stories are as close as i can get to my life, a little disingenuous, writing about her

life all the time. what may be her final story because she says she may not be writing anymore -- >> do you think that? >> she has said this before. she has said this a few years ago, maybe 2006 and she kept writing but now she's a little older, she's 82, she made that kind of note saying that this is about as close as i'm going oget and so it's quite possible that this might be it. >> what a way to end a career. >> definitely. >> owen lew, appreciate you coming. >> thanks very much. >> a mission to curb violence in his city. still ahead on al jazeera america, a way to promote peace and keep at risk teenagers off the street. and it's a jam packed weekend for sports. al jazeera america. i started in a small television station in rural arkansas.

it's a part of the country that often gets overlooked. but there are a lot of fascinating people there, a lot of fascinating stories there. i like that al jazeera will pay attention to those kinds of places. what drew me to journalism is i like the idea that we are documenting history. al jazeera documents it like none other. and to be a journalist, and to be part of a team like that? that's an incredible blessing.

>> update you on the breaking news we've been following out of los angeles. terminal two of the los angeles intairpinternational airport. police did confirm to us just moments ago there are no injuries. when we get updates we'll pass them along. a building in northwest columbia searching for any signs of survivors. the building collapsed in an exclusive neighborhood in the second largest city. many are missing and believed trapped in the high rise apartment. many lives were saved by an

early evacuation when crapped were found i -- crackswere foun. argentina's president has been released from a hospital. christina kirchneer had a brain surgery. 2012, 193 people were killed, in response the city's mayor created a program that's getting at risk youth off the street. >> with his dreadlocks and smile, it is hard to are consider brian dalton as a thug. >> i was subject for that to

happen. >> dealing drugs or whatever? >> dealing drugs and in that life. >> a life that nearly killed him four years ago. >> i was shot five times with an ak 57. >> my administration is trying to focus on the issue of young african kids shooting young african kids who know each other. >> babble troubled teens, 16 and older, and lets them engage in free basketball competition, it's at 8:00 in the evening when they might otherwise be getting into trouble. >> nearly 13,000 people are killed in this areas each year, midnight basketball.

>> new orleans is following that trend. murders are down 25% compared to the same time last year but it's not known how the nola for life campaign or the midnight basketball is helping. >> you may or may not hit the at risk kids, small group of kids maybe 800 in the city. >> still some say midnight basketball helps. >> anyone could be out in the streets but their not, they're playing basketball. >> getting them away from violence is the hardest part. when you are living the street life you often overlook the opportunity that is in front of you. >> they don't see the broader world? >> exactly. not many of them see past the situation, their life domicile or the community. >> we live in the united states of america and we can solve any problem if we identify it as a

problem. if it's important to us i happen to think that the lives of young african american men are important to the country. >> a future that they might get to have if they come here. dawn ostrom al jazeera america. >> big night in sports, game 2. >> almost a must win for the red sox in game 2 of the american championship series. the detroit tigers took game 1, thanks to a no-hit by anibal sanchez. in this one, roll highlights, this one was almost a big game, it was a must-win game in this one and there's the first single right there for detroit getting the first run on the board. now detroit already took game 1 in this one but sherzerer was a

beast. getting this strike out and then another strikeout and then he did the thing in dustin pedroia. >> over the green monster that's cabrera's second home run this postseason. now tigers up 2-0. victor martinez, prince fielder, going to chug home. tigers up 3-0. alex avila, again, this one a two-run home run, knocking buchholz. tigers up 5-0. now in the bottom of the i 6th déjà vu lines to the left, would score on a pedroya double making

it 5-1 tigers. striking out david ortiz, big poppy responds in the bottom of the 8th. david with bases loaded, get out at a here, #grand slam. just that, all tied up with the bottom of the 9th, jarrod saclimachia, the red sox pick up a 6-5 win, the al series is now even at one game apiece. this one getting it going very big in this series in the alcs. now also in the national league we have also some more stuff going on between, they have the dodgers and also you have the cardinals. both games, the cardinals already have a two-game lead,

both managers address media looking forward to game 3. >> well, we're going to approach it the same way we have the last couple of days. you know individually take you know doesn't get any easier for us with wainwright. but basically you know trying to put a plan together and each guy has basically got to get a plan together but in general we put a plan together for him. get good pitchers to hit try osquare him up and keep the same thing we have all year long. >> basically our guys have trained ourselves since february to play them one at a time. regardless what happened yesterday good bad or indifferent and i think they've done good job at being consistent. >> tom brady, against drew brees, brady wasn't in the nfl

and brees was only a junior at purdue. they met again and pats up 10-7, second touchdown of the day and first back since his knee injury, 17-7 patriots, kyree scamper tied up at 17. drew brees on third and 20 goes for it all and finds keny stills for the 34 yard score, 23-20 saints but we are not done. saints up 27-23 and why would anyone doubt tom brady, he connects with kendro tompkins. 30-27 the final. >> we knew we were down one and if we missed it they would kick a field goal, we weren't very

discouraged, look gieks got to do better, if we got it back, certainly make more plays, there was a little margin there for error at the end. guys made great catches and certainly the last one was a great catch at the corner of the end zone. >> first quarter, peyton manning connects for the 20 yard score, 14-0 broncos. julius thomas in the corner of the end zone, broncos up 9, broncos pull away as mowerno goes all the way, all for the gamblers out there the broncos did not cover the twrai point spread. it was jamal charles all the way, first one from seven yards out charles finished with 78

yards on the ground, chiefs beat the raiders 24-7 in a prove two. >> afc east, steelers are winless this season and looking bad on both sides of the ball until now, mike tomlin and the steelers, ben roethlisberger. jetstream driving on steelers 23, but smith gets picked off in the end zone. that's a big no no. later in the 4th he gets intercepted, 19-6 your final. i'm darren hayes and that's look at sports.

>> week 6, you start bragging about your teams or hanging your head in shame. thank you. breaking news, los angeles small explosion that took place. dry ice exploded as a result terminal 2 had been shut down. we do want to note, police telling us no injuries, terminal 2 has since been reopened. los angeles international airport. any updates we'll pass to you. let me tell you about the cost of a chocolate bar. rising demand from places like india and china. the cocoa bane is in limited supply because west african farmers are abandoning the plant because of more demanding likes rubber. the demand for the bean could increase by 30% by the year 2020.

stock up now. meteorologist rebecca stevenson has the forecast coming up next. closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko

>> a foot of rain in 12 hours. that is what is being reported in parts of western texas. especially to the south when you go around cities like austin. downtown austin we had a report of 10.6 inches of raifnlt from t passed through today. we had some flooding and high water rest accuse as well. austin record rainfall 3.15 inches and the rain continues. tonight we continue to see the rain coming up from a plume of moisture in the subtropics. we see that warm air settle in and all that moisture lift up and just dump. san antonio even over on corpus christi on the other side of the state is getting the rainfall from the system pumping the moisture up. from oklahoma city and eventually into arkansas and bring some heavy rain there. when we look at the concerns we

have tonight will continue with flash flood warnings in effect in a few spots and if it's not a warning it's a wash because the rain will continue to move through for the next two days. we don't see much relief to that unfortunately but relief for those thunderstorms bringing in heavy rain. they're going to change their location a little bit. this is a satellite that is built to show you where the moisture is in the atmosphere. the orange is very dry and the dark greens is very, very wet, moisture off the baja peninsula and moving into texas. that lasts for another 24 hours. another storm in the northwest dumping snow in the rockies, up to a foot in parks of montana but heavy rain too for the dakotas in fact the flood watch has gone into effect in parts of south dakota for that rain coming in. lot of warnings to talk about but cool air tonight, too.

>> this is al jazeera america i'm thomas drayton. terminal 2 of the los angeles international airport has reopened, temporarily shuttle down this evening after a small explosion apparently caused by a small container of dry ice. the debt toll at a temple in india has risen, resume oar spread that the bridge was about to collapse. millions of people on