. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm sam in doha with the top stories, lines of refugees in lebanon are growing and so are the problems and the president says he needs more money. wildfires in australia burn out of control destroying homes and sending people fleeing for their lives. china economy bounces back and growth seeds backup again but could be tougher times to come.

and why the long search for water, one of kenya's driest regions could soon be over. >> people knew there is water under ground, this area is called the local language for land of water. ♪ . >> reporter: lebanon president is appealing for more money to deal with the strain that syria refugees are putting on the country. more than two million people have fled the conflict and the no other country has taken many more and 800,000 refugees in lebanon and another half a million are not registered and this means that 1-4 people in lebanon is a syrian refugee. in a moment we will talk to the person in capitol beirut and we are live in the valley and andrew? >> reporter: yes, i'm in the valley and this is one of four

refugee points where they register for a series of areas of help. but it's a critical situation, it's diminished beyond recognition in lebanon now. 1-4 people in this country are syrian. that is choking the economy. it's also putting major strain on a whole variety of factors such as ethnic tension and social tensions and here as you can see now they are registering people for a variety of benefits but what they can't do is give them the proper sort of accommodation they desperately need. our report starts at another registration point just outside here. more than a thousand people a day in lines to register as refugees. this is the valley where in some towns syrians now out number the lebanese. when the war began, these people were welcomed. but not anymore.

>> translator: sit down and give them all your lies, a lebanese taxi driver tells this woman who said she suffered out right hostility. >> translator: when we come here they insult it and it's enough someone told me we deserve worst than chemical weapons. >> reporter: near the syrian border another cue and how desperate survival away from the conflict has become. it's the end of the holiday when families should be together in an atmosphere different to this. no dignity here and a desperate situation. a passport and id can mean a bag of fresh beef but people no longer qualify for food handouts and this mother is one of them. >> translator: i have been standing here for hours trying to get a piece of meat and my child has a fever. >> reporter: and a lebanese man having tried to drive through the cue vents his anger at the

roadblock. there is still some sympathy for syrians though and by the end of the day this donated meat will feed around 4,000 families but it isn't enough. >> we try our best and told the people to wait to the end of the day, if we have meat left we will give them. >> reporter: most of these people return to buildings without running water and rents they cannot afford and she and her sister whose husband's are missing in damascus said they would soon be back home than fighting. she breaks down before explaining, her sister takes over. >> translator: her and her daughter are sick. i forced her to get up today and she is sick and we all have a problem, we are the only ones to take care of the children. >> reporter: but at least they have a roof over their heads unlike hundreds of thousands in these makeshift settlements and helplessly inadequate and the dryness will soon be replaced by rain and snow as winter descends

on the valley. it's a place that once had promise for those escaping war. but it's becoming a living hell. everyday the numbers increase, along with resentment of the lebanese living alongside and what prospects do they have? no one here has any hope. so what can the community do about this? the question has been asked many times and with me right now is jeanette kellie, the un-hcr representative and it's incredibly busy and let's move down here and see the level of work you are doing. more than one thousand registrations here and one of four points everyday and pressure and you have just come from the president's office and he has been calling for more help from international states and organizations throughout the u.n. and what more can you do and why are you not achieving

what you should be achieving right now? >> part of the problem is we are only 40% funded and this is difficulty for us as agencies and the government of lebanon so what we are trying to do is mobilize more international attention and more support to enable us to be able to better cover all the needs here which are colossal. >> reporter: the president is angry, isn't he and he wants to keep a series of measures and calls to actually stop the flow of refugees into lebanon. >> he is appreciative of the high-level efforts that have been under taken and we have seen in meetings in new york and washington and geneva of late and using it as momentum to propel us forward in terms of getting more support to lebanon to help in the crisis and more burden sharing by states to help lebanon carry what is an incredible load. >> reporter: how critical is the situation right now? >> it's absolutely critical, it's critical both for the refugees in the sense of needs that they have and the lebanese

communities who are so burdened by this crisis and it is leading. >> reporter: something of a backlash, aren't you? >> we have not seen it before now. this is a very small country that has accepted over 700,000 refugees this year alone and over two years we have not seen these tensions erupting and now we see it with greater frequency. >> reporter: what our viewers want to know is why in turkey, in jordan you see organized, big camps, communities of their own and you don't see them here and you see make-shift camps and people living in awful conditions with your assistance in some places agreed but why can't that happen here? >> it's a government decision and at first the government and we firmly supported it that refugees were better living in lebanese families and communities and it's humane and provide assistance to refugees and the communities. now the crisis is so big we

counseled the government and waiting for decision and we are working on a host of options on shelters from collective to rent subsidies for housing and unfinished buildings so refugees can be safe and warm through the terrible winter months. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> reporter: so there you have it, a situation that is not getting any better by the hour, not just by the day. as you can see now, another one thousand will be registered today in this one center. imagine the volume of people, imagine the volume of meat. incredible pressure there, thanks so much. let's continue discussing this situation because the in flux of the refugees in lebanon is also effecting the country's economy and the world bank says more than 170,000 lebanese will be jobless next year and one million lebanese live below the poverty line and we report. >> reporter: syrians have been

escaping to lebanon not just in search of safety, but work. many of them are too scared to tell their stories because some are here illegally or don't have work permits. but lebanese shop owners at times prefer to hire them because syrians are willing to work for lower wages. >> translator: we can hire two syrians instead of one lebanese. syrians accept lower wages and it's better for us since we are already facing difficult financial situation. >> reporter: this reality has caused resentment. >> translator: the lebanese can't find jobs. there will be a lot of unemployed people and men will continue to migrate. there has been an invasion of syrians. >> reporter: this nation hosts over a million syrians according to the government here and the economy is under strain. 20% of the nation's four million people are now unemployed and he is among them and official

statistics show average wages have dropped. >> translator: we work for around 600-800 a month and syrians work for 300 or less. >> reporter: next year the world bank says an additional 170,000 lebanese will not find jobs, adding to the already one million who live below the poverty line. lebanon is hurt by the syria crisis and mainly the middle class and the lower-income workers who have been hit especially hard. but even before the mass migration of syrians lebanon already had a weak labor market. and she is among the thousands who can't find work and a bio chemist graduate and doesn't blame syria for the ills. >> translator: there was an economic problem even before the syrians came. the problem is the government needs to find solutions. undoubtedly lebanon is a casualty of the war in neighboring syria and the people

are just as much victims as the syrians themselves. >> reporter: and we are joined live from beirut and zana and if you listen to the last live, a lot of questions about what the lebanese government is doing to help refugees but as your package points out there questions about what the lebanese government is doing to help lebanese people. >> exactly, this has been really a problem. we have heard lebanese officials say we can't close our borders to syrian refugees but what we can is start screening the syrians who actually enter the country because they are not just refugees, people who escape violence, escape the conflict, they are people entering lebanon in search of jobs. this has been a problem. we are at the commercial district. you walk into any shop in hamra today and you will find at least one of the employees to be a syrian. this is causing a lot of resentment but it's very important to point out that

lebanon economy has been fragile before the massive influx of refugees and it's a country of political and security instability and this is what worries the lebanese. we have seen a number of security incidents related to the syrian conflict, lebanese involved in the syrian conflict. so a lot of fear, a lot of worry here, the government really not being able to, in fact, there is no government, there is a caretaker government but no government simply because they are arguing over who takes what share and those parties really ally to the different syrian groups in lebanon so no government and of course also due to the syrian crisis. >> very difficult situation for everyone there and thanks so much. and activists reported several air strikes in syria near leppo prison and fighting going on around the facility for three days now and clashes in a village between government

forces and rebels and in the damascus suburb government forces are shelling rebel positions and several people have been injured. syrian state television says opposition fighters have killed the military intelligence chief and major general and state television said he was shot by a sniper and he was part of president bashir assad inner circle and under investigation of killing the prime minister. the canadian lawyer held captive for 8 months in syria has escaped from rebel fighters and carl was working with the u.n. and ran away when the door was left open. it showed him being handed over to an official in damascus and he was being held hostage by people fighting against bashir assad. more than 20 bush fires are burning out of control through the state of new south wales in

australia and feared that hundreds of homes have been destroyed and the fires are concentrated around the state capitol sidney and described as the worst in the state in a decade and lynn has the story. >> reporter: this is what firefighters are up against in the state of south wales and dozens of bush fires are burning out of control, fanned by strong winds and worse by unusually high temperatures. >> the fire activity that is being reported was certainly extreme, certainly we had flames of 20-30 meters. >> reporter: and the outskirts of sidney near the famous blue mountains and the north on the coast. >> this, emergency could go on for quite sometime and hundreds of people who are grieving the loss of property, tragically there has been, it seems, one

life lost further north, someone who was defending his house. we grieve for everyone impacted by these fires. >> reporter: so this family, this was all that is left of their home. the fires have forced hundreds of people to spend the night at evacuation shelters. >> you do your best and it gets to the stage where you realize you can't do anymore and you go. yeah. take what you can and go. and in my case it was the dog. >> reporter: thick smoke blankets the skyline, extent of the blaze and the fires are called the west in south wales in a decade and officials warn it could take days to bring them under control. and i'm lynn with al jazeera. >> reporter: one of the worst hit areas in new south wales is in the blue houn tinel's and andrew thomas is there and sends us this update. >> the blue mountains west of

sidney had fires in the past but not for ten years or more and meant under growth had a chance to grow back, the last few months here have been exceptionally dry and meant when the fires took hold on thursday there really was a lot of fuel to keep them going. you can see the under ground around them and the houses here really have been destroyed and this one street about 15 houses went. i'm afraid to say adam your house was one of them. i'm obviously sorry for what you have lost but you did get back here in time but couldn't do much about it. >> that is right, i would have gotten back here maybe 1:00 or 2:00 and the fire was up the front and without water pressure issues the water pump and hoses and put it in the back and the pool and the fire had taken hold and couldn't do anything about it. >> reporter: how do you feel to see this place like this? >> i feel terrible. it has been our family home a

long time and it's so sad. >> reporter: i'm sorry for what you lost, you probably can still hear the helicopters above, the fires are not out yet and water is being dumped on them and there are fires north of sidney and south and the crisis in south wales and the big fires are not over yet. >> reporter: let's get some of the forecast on this and richard is in the weather center for this and on the fire season starting particularly early this year, isn't it? >> that is right, there is an inevitability about the perfect fire storm we have at the moment. partly it's due to the weather. look at sidney for instance and should get day time temperatures up to 22 degrees. through the month the top temperature average at 26, that is normally january time temperatures. and we seen it range 18-37 and huge variations and thursday it was 34 and that is bad.

the underlying issue is the fact it has been extremely dry. and spring where we seen nasty fires and worst of fires. the rainfall since the start of august has been about 14 millimeters and 75% below average and this is a problem effecting queens and south wales and they are suffering in resent months for lack of water and the west have seen huge amounts of rainfall. we had worst conditions because of the weather system pushed through and had strong winds and low humidity as well and dry conditions and couldn't get anything more ideal to cause the fires and it's dry and light winds over the weekend and temperatures up and could be up to 34 degrees and then it should quiet down there after, sam. >> reporter: still to come on al jazeera we find out how the people in this philippine town are coping in the aftermath of an earthquake plus new closed circuit television footage shows

the killing first moments of kenya's west gate mall attack. and in sport taming the tigers, the red sox win a crucial game in major league baseball championship series and that story coming up, later. ♪ china's economic growth is speeding up again after increased investment by the government and expanded by 7.8% in the third quarter, that is the fastest rate this year. both factory production and retail sales were higher than in previous months. keeping the government on track to meet its official target of 7.5% growth for the entire years and the numbers look impressive, it's growing at the slowest rate in 23 years. and we report from southern

china. >> the exhibit halls of the largest trade fair are not as busy as they used to be, this annual event is usually a gauge for how the country's economy is doing and less exhibitors this year and many of them say they expect to make less money. >> translator: business hasn't been too good but we just have to adjust, make ourselves competitive by adapting to market needs and lowering our costs. >> reporter: there is little doubt that the economy is growing and the drop in export figures is reflective of a slow down and comes just as the government is putting economic reforms in place. the current leadership wants to increase consumption in the new policy in a free trade zone that just opened in shanghai and they allow for free operations in the service sector particularly in financial services. >> china was going to follow the

standards and looking at that and we are trying to move this great economy into this great work and try to be part of that. >> is back at the trade far it's china consumption that attracted foreign exhibitors to bring in new products. >> you feel the market regardless of the economy situation and there is demand from the community and a great opportunity here in china. >> reporter: china is getting richer but the wealth is in the hands of the few and the government could deal with social issues that may bring with them political costs. al jazeera, china. >> reporter: michael, the chief economist is live from hong kong and good to have you with us. first of all, looking at this situation there, i guess one of the big questions is will this

continue? >> well, i will say there that two major risks you see and first of all it's the global economy and we had a deal in the united states just know that averted the default for the time being on the u.s. treasuries, but you probably heard china rating agency downgrade the u.s. from a to a minus after that deal was done. basically they were saying that the government, the u.s. government, is still approaching default crisis and the debt is out pacing it and just the raising the ceiling of debt, that doesn't solve the debt problem which is a big issue in the first place and on top of that they are coming into a rising interest rate environment and the debt of u.s. and the debt problem was not a big problem but interest rates are so low and don't pay much debt servicing costs and rates pick up and could escalate sharply and very soon and the same basically and similar situation

we have in europe is solving problems there and one major issue that could threaten to derail the economy globally and effect china. within china one issue they are quite concerned about is the property prices. they are really very expensive now in relation to the average household incomes. and comparing the property is reasonable in volume. for investment purposes the equity markets than the property is now. >> there could be changes ahead for property markets and the interest rates, that could perhaps play with the future trend of growth. what about will you look at the government plans and attempts to try and rebalance economic growth and it's generated more from conception rather than exports? >> obviously they have been trying to do that now for some time but it's not entirely easy. i think the chinese government knows there is going to be some crisis coming in the united

states and that is one of the reasons why they kept accumulating treasury despite the growing debt they are seeing in the u.s. despite saying recently in light of this political crisis that they should be a global deal americanization and buying treasuries and i think big reason is to buy time to develop their own consumer market and to some extent it has been working and you may know last month it was just reported that china has become the world's biggest oil importer that shows to some extent the strengths of chinese consumption and in 2010 they overtook the u.s. as the largest manufacturer and largest car market. so china is growing. they are doing whatever they can. and enough to avert a slow down really depends on what the western countries will look like in china that can manage the property issues without a major blowup. meanwhile another thing china is

doing to control the risk following the accumulating goal is to backup what they are importing 2000 tons of wood in hong kong and may have a crisis. >> we have to leave you there and thanks so much. saudi arabia rejected the seat in the council a day after being elected as nonpermanent member and accused the body of having double standards regarding wars and conflicts and the security council said they are divided over syrian crisis. a series of explosions across iraq killed at least 60 people. the bombs targeted residential areas including a children's hospital and playground and 12 car bombs in baghdad killed 48 and injured more than 100. northern iraq 12 people were killed when a truck blew up in a residential area east of malsa. officials in louse lack the commitment and man power to find

the missing bodies in wednesday's plane crash and 17 bodies have been found so far, none of which could be immediately identified, all 49 people on board the loue airline plan died when it crashed in the river and yet to determine the cause of crash. japanese cabinet minister and hundreds of legislators have visited a controversial shrine for those who died in the second world war and they stayed away and made an offering to the shrine for the awesome festival and neighbors china and south korea warned against visiting the shrine and include convicted war criminals. the philippine government says emergency supplies are slowly reaching them are cutoff by the earth quake and they are in tents waiting for help to arrive and the death toll stands at more than 160.

and we reports from one of the most devastated the areas of bohol. >> reporter: isolated, left to cope with the destruction on their own, this is the hometown in the central philippines and since the earthquake struck on tuesday the situation has been like this. people hearsay they are frustrated. they have not gotten any help for days. this is assurances of the president and the government that aid will reach those who need it most. resources are scarce. there are not enough medical supplies, food, and drinking water. power has been cutoff and unable to ask for help. >> isolated right now from the rest of the world. and it can be accessed through the sea or the river. the government should have done and look for alternate routes to

connect us here. i don't think the government did something about it. we are life blood. >> reporter: the philippine government has a visit by the president of south korea this week saying he is working on an economic deal that can help secure the country's future. but right now the future is something too difficult to contemplate. >> translator: it's so painful, my family and friends and livelihood and the village and this is what we had, all gone in an instant. >> reporter: and this is a place where people have lived all their lives together. the sense of community remains strong they say even in the midst of tragedy. al jazeera and bohol providence central philippines. still to come on the program, and scottish independence we go there to find

out why they warrant their country to be less like britain and more like denmark. >> reporter: this simulator gives you what a major quake would feel like. >> reporter: mexico is looking for the fourth football coach in just over a month. ♪

♪ welcome back, let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera. lebanon president is appealing for more money to deal with the

strain syria's refugees are putting on the country, 1-4 people in lebanon are syrian refugees. firefighters are battling to control more than 20 bush fires that are burning through the state of new south wales in australia and dozens of homes destroyed and people evacuated. emergency supplies are slowly reaching some towns cutoff by an earthquake on tuesday. and residents in the town of bohol say they have not received help from the government. work is underway this kenya to find out how much they could be sitting under one of the driest regions, an aquifer could have enough water to supply the entire country for 70 years and where they keep it is in the northwest of the country covering more than 4,000 square

kilometers. >> reporter: children and grandchildren on the daily search for water in kenya's dry and harsh county. there is a drought in some parts and means they have to go further. and dig deeper to get the water. and when they find the water, it does not matter how that is, they have to make due. and water-born diseases here are common. and they had a discovery of a large volume of under ground water 30 kilometers from her home. >> translator: getting food and water has always been a struggle for my family and i. if what you're saying is true, then our life will change. i just hope it's not just another false promise. >> reporter: this is one of the two aquifers discovered and may be large enough to supply the country with water for 70 years. people here always knew there is water under ground, this area is called the local language for

land of water. it's where different places meet before feeding the lake to kenya and a lifeline for thousands. drought-related deaths are common in the region and she shows us her brother's grave and said at the time of his death he was severely malnourished and this is what the government wants to stop. the water will be crucial for irrigation with a good supply of water to kaana can produce enough food to sustain its 1 million people. >> our first priority now is to ensure that the people, the community benefit from the water. there after we can see how the rest of the country can also enjoy these resources. >> reporter: but it will take a while before the water finally reaches's person here. this family on hearing about the discovery moved closer to the aquifer which has been sealed for now and in a couple days

they decided to move on and head to the border of sudan and maybe into sudan itself, a two-day journey. they hope by the time they come back they won't have to move again. kathryn with al jazeera. >> reporter: all right, joining me live from london is richard taylor, professor of hydro geology and listening to the report you wonder how significant are the water discoverys and will they transform the lives like the people we saw in the report and others? >> well, certainly. the discovery of a substantial aquifer within this dry region will make huge and certainly improve access to safe water for drinking but critically may transform the lives of people in terms of agricultural as well. >> reporter: there is a challenge, is there not, when it comes to water distribution. i mean it's not just about

finding the water. how do you get it out and get it to people who live quite a way away from where the water is located? >> that is a very important point which is alluded to in the report itself actually is the water crisis if you want to call it that in africa is really one about distribution more than it is one about volume. so although this find is very significant for the people in the region, it's a bit questionable about the impact it will have on people widely in kenya although economic impacts and livly hood impacts that are generated will be important. >> reporter: give us an idea what scale of investment and timeline are we looking at if people benefit from the new discoverys? >> well, when you say people, again, we should be focusing on the people in the region a the people within tens of kilometers of the area in question.

setting up a distribution system for water supplies, for tap and network of public water supplies and we will take some time, years really. and one of the big questions is understanding the renewability of this resource because what we don't want to do is hopefully we want the resources to sustain itself for quite some time in the future but talking years before it will make a major impact certainly. >> reporter: what about migration patents and we see people there that move and sometimes to other countries, i assume all that is going to change if you bring these newly discovered water resources, make them more accessible for people, are people really thinking all of this through, the sort of impact it could have to the whole environment? >> there is a lot of work being done at the moment to better understand and try to improve

the governance not only in this region where there is substantial water found and of course recently chad, egypt and libya have and sudan have all agreed on the sharing of trans boundary resources underlying the sahara and the uk has invested a lot of money over the next several years to better understand not only the renewability of the resource but also in terms of improving the governance of the resource and people are addressing the questions you may be concerned about. what we don't know maybe is the magnitude of some of these challenges associated with potential migration. but, yes, we certainly are looking into this, many people both in east african region and across the continent.

>> reporter: closed certain television footage emerged from the attack on nairobi west gate mall in september and shows people scrambling for cover as bullets fly through the area and 71 are killed and al shabaab claimed responsibility. >> reporter: heavily armed and on the phone these new images taken during the west gate mall attack give insight in the behavior of the al shabaab gunmen and walking calmly through the corridors and a contrast to the panicked shoppers and gunfire can clearly be seen here and one attacker takes the time to pray as two others sit by. at one point we see a woman with small children, she seems to be limping. followed by what appears to be an injured young girl. and behind them a gunman waving them on to keep walking and panic is in the cafeteria and it's 12:35 in the afternoon.

then at 1:46 help has arrived, two armed men seem to be figuring out how to proceed, a wounded person lies by the counter. they are eerie images showing the sheer terror people endured and brutality of the attack. one man is seen in these images being shot at point blank range which we will not show. the footage shows only four gunmen, such a small number to have killed so many. stephanie decker al jazeera. >> reporter: 40 people have been arrested in canada after a protest against shale gas extraction turned violent and they through cocktails at police who moved in to block the blockade on the highway and protesters are camping out in new brunswick for week and said the process of fracking pollutes the drinking water. four chilly men are convicted of torturing a gay men and carving

swatisticas on his body and they responded bypassing an antidiscrimination law and the men will be sentenced later this month. chilly police confronted student protesters in the capitol with tear gas and water canon and going through santiago and it's going to be a major issue during the campaign and students calling for an overhaul of the system for the past two years. antigovernment protesters fault with police in the capitol and thousands asked for them to step down and they don't have food to eat and can't send children to school and supporters of the former president. he returned to haiti in 2011 after years in exile. in less than a year people in

scottland will vote if they will succeed from the rest of the uk and they are having a conference and pushing for independence and lawrence lee saying if they can go it alone. >> at the church they try to console each other through hard times given the lives that some people have, it's to see why they need a shoulder to lean on and the church leader took us over the road to a hut that stores shelves and shelves of food for the local poor and the stock will disappear in a single day. >> people basically starving and people coming up, to me in the streets and coming to church on sunday saying do you have food. i have been in people's homes where the mother or the father have managed to feed the children but have not eaten all weekend. >> reporter: it can be told in britain and what aggravates the national lists taking place in the city of aberdeen and the

energy capitol of europe where displays of wealth are of course and the scotts don't see the profits fairly and they say the country would genuine struggle economically going at it alone and would have to put up with years of austerity and they say the opposite is true and say the country is naturally very wealthy and try to make the case and looking increasingly to the evidence not from the neighbors to the south, but from the neighbors to the north. ♪ and in aberdeen and copen hagen and what they see the future has and tourism by the plane load and they spend lesson defense and more on keeping people happy and scottland and demnark are

almost identical and not evidence of food banks here and he is a regular visitor and entire political philosophy points scottland away and a new different set of friends. a best example is weapons of mass destruction which will cost a hundred billion pounds and life cost and we will choose not to spend money up and freeing up resources we will be able to invest in the fair society and the economic successful nation we want scottland to become and they say they are more danish than british and they stay ahead of the polls and the food banks and recycled clothing bins in alberdeen and the better it will be for the nationalists the better that gets.

>> reporter: still ahead in the program we will tell you why people in africa are getting recognition for the contemporary artwork and a 13-year-old bet pays off for one grandfather and details coming up, in just a few moments. ♪ on august 20th, al jazeera ameri

♪ welcome back, more than 24 million people around the world are taking part in the largest earthquake drill in history and led by the u.s. state of california. a recent investigation there found many buildings were --

would not survive a big earthquake and stephanie reports from los angeles. >> reporter: this is only a drill. a mock scenario being played out in an elementary school of what might happen if a major earthquake strikes los angeles and emergency responders help those injured in the quake and it's part of the earthquake movement called the great shake out and the injuries are fake but the threat of a big earthquake hitting la is very real. >> reporter: earthquake of different sizes that can happen and in california we have 300 faults that could have magnitude 6 or greater. >> reporter: when it hits this earth quake simulator gives of what a major quake might feel like and more frightening a report by the la times newspaper found that more than a thousand old concrete build ngs the city may be at risk of collapsing during a major earthquake like

the 1994 northridge quake. >> any building that is concrete and older than 1974 you immediately begin to think, well, maybe i better look at it. >> reporter: older buildings are made of columns that have not been retrofitted and if a building is known to be unstable it could cost the owner hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs. a cost that many can't afford especially in the current economy. the la times investigation cited a study at california at burkely and they identified 1500 vulnerable buildings in la but findings are not released for fear of legal ramifications and one city official is demanding action. >> i'm calling for the building safety to give us a report on what is out there, what the challenges are and what steps we have to take next. there will be another earthquake, i jumped because just as i can jump the earth will move and i'm telling people be prepared. >> reporter: the preparation however does not yet seem to

extend to the thousands of structures that might be at risk across southern california. stephanie stanton al jazeera la. >> reporter: let's find out what is shaking in sports. >> thank you so much. the boston red sox are one win away from reaching the world series and beat the detroit tigers in game five of the best of 7 series. and mike started off with the red sox and the second home run of the series to give the visitors the lead and 4-0 up in the game and detroit staged a come back and closed the gap. 4-3. that is how the game ended. boston holding on for the win and red sox can clinch the american league championship series if they win game six on saturday, back at fenway park. >> i want to get back there. but i'm not getting too far ahead of ourselves here. we take one game at a time and try to win that day. and we are in a good position

now but we still got business to take care of. and it's a big game coming up, and we go out there and just play the way we do. >> we had a shot, you know, it was another really good game. we just couldn't quite get over the hump and had a little opportunity there and we couldn't quite get over the hump but our pitcher did a good job of keeping it there for us. >> reporter: nhl they needed a shoot out to beat the chicago blackhawks. after 65 minutes of play the game rendered a tie, so it went with a shoot out. and he was the loan scorer and 3-2 come from behind win. and in florida smith finished off a rebound with less than a minute left to give the briuns 3-2 win over the panthers. and on the hunt for the fourth manager of the disaster world cup qualifying campaign and victor manuel is two games in

charge and mexico in contention for next year's tournament, in brazil winning 2 of 10 qualifiers and a playoff next month will decide the fate and mexicans have not missed a world cup since 1990. mexico began the qualifying campaign under jose manuel and in september overseeing just one victory. he was replaced by assistant tena let go after one game at 2-0 loss to the united states. and came victor manuel a few weeks ago and two matches included a home win against panama followed by a loss to costa rica and there is progression to the playoff after a late win over panama. herrera club america is the fourth man in charge, he will have just a few weeks to prepare

for two games against new zeeland. and they will square off in the top of the table clash on friday and roma won all games this series on under new coach rudy garcia and they are two points behind. >> translator: the perfect team does not exist. roma for now and like a car going fast but don't forget to put fuel in it and the traffic lights are green for us and i'm not sure if you see that here. >> reporter: and the captain admitted he admitted he may have to leave madrid if he is match fit for next year's world cup and the spanish keeper is a regular here since 1999 winning it twice and league of five times. the season he lost his place to lopez. >> translator: i want to be part of this team, this club for a long time. but if this keeps happening i

don't play in three months and you ask me again i probably would say i was thinking about leaving. >> reporter: andy murray said he will not compete in the open unless he is 100% fit and he was presented with obe by prince william on thursday but almost late to the buckingham palace ceremony after receiving a knock at the door by drug testers and he is the first man to claim the title in july, a year after claiming olympic gold and continues to battle a back injury. >> it's getting better and started rehab about a week ago and i have to be patient and i have been on the bike and swimming pool and doing my core exercises which it's quite slow and a long process. but hopefully it will be okay. >> reporter: and joe remains in contention for the season ending tour finals by reaching the quarter finals in vienna and the french is top seed and will work hard against daniel of germany after winning the opening and

they dropped the second before prevailing and 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 and 8 to qualify. in the quarter finals is tommy and a german was a winner 7-5, 7-6. jj henry has an opening round and 11 under 60 to lead the u.s. pga event in las vegas and 9 birdies and the lowest round and a 50 foot eagle putt secured course record and leads by one stroke over argentina going into round two. mark marquez could be the champion with victory on the grand prix on sunday and he suffered an early setback after crashing six minutes into friday's practice session at phillip island and uninjured and

returned to the track 20 minutes later and lorenzo second in the championship topped the sheets in both sessions. talk about a lucky bet, a grandfather football player won a bet that the grandson would one day play for wales and 62-year-old edwards placed a $80 bet 13 years ago at odds of 2500-1 and when his grandson made his debut as the youngest player on tuesday he won nearly $200,000 and he made the bet with a book maker when his grandson was 18 months old and announced he is taking an early retirement. >> i didn't stop to think about it and it was a spur of the moment. and he was crawling after the ball so i just thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to put a bet on him he might play for whales and i thought it might be a tough bet but i was right.

>> reporter: and that is your sport for now and back to you. >> thank you for the diversity of african artists is being recognized and newly opened exhibition in london and the latest sign that contemporary african art is gaining popularity around the world and we explain. >> reporter: from zimbaubi and they are going to heaven and others don't fair so well and sculptures made from guns and bullets used during the civil war and destructive weapons here treated with humor and irony and photographs that celebrate the hairstyles of nigeria all brought together thanks to this woman, the daughter of a famous painter but with 54 countries in africa is there even such a thing as african art. >> the influences are different and they have an influence and tradition influence and they are

full of energy and this is what you can see on the world and there is no fee like what is surprising for all the people is the diversity of it. the thing is european history and african culture are entertwined. >> reporter: ideas of british cultures and says it's sold too cheaply from that from europe or america. >> all over the world and probably done a lot more than some of our people who are more successful but because we have an african tag and people are shy of looking at that. >> reporter: the fair has been busy, people have been buying, which after all is what it's all about. and much of the art is new and is this the same old story of

well think europeans taking the best from africa? most contemporary art is by collectors in europe but that is changing very fast and dealers at this fair tell us that more and more wealthy collectors from countries like gana, angola and nigeria are investing in their own country art and they have taken everyday objects and transformed them into works of art. now their skill and that of african painters and photographers is getting real recognition at home and here in london where the organizers hope that this fair will become an annual event, al jazeera. >> reporter: if you want to get more on the stories we are following you know where to go, al jazeera.com, there you can see our front page with our lead story, another full bulletin of news coming up, in a couple of minls -- minutes so don't go

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