welcome to al jazerra america, i al del walters these are the stories that we are following for you. climate change is happening now. the white house saying that every part of the country is affects. the president now vowing to take action. plus new claims of more girls being kidnapped in nigeria, we'll be talking to a minister who is trying to stop the violence. and casting doubts about ukraine, russia's foreign minister saying the upcoming elections there will be a no go. ♪ ♪

we are to blame a report just release ed by the white house saying that what we are doing is behind those cold winters, the extreme droughts, the tornadoes and flooding we have all suffered through. the bottom line climate change say presents-day danger. the report saying that our use of fossil fuels is already having a severe effect on every part of the country. >> reporter: as the president said in his state of the union address this year. >> we have to act with more urgency. because the change in climate is already harming western communities struggling with drought. and coastal cities dealing with floods. >> reporter: now a brand-new report on climate change supports his case. the white house plans to put this latest assessment more than ever before. >> this third national climate assessment will be the most authoritative and comprehensive source of scientific information ever produce billion dollar how climate change will impact all

regions of the united states. >> reporter: climate change is already impacting the american people says the report. certain times of weather events have become more frequent and intense. from heat waves to heavy downpours, severe drought in the west to massive floods in the east. the report warns the average temperature across the u.s. has gone up 1 1/2 did he h 1/2 degrt since report keeping ban in 18995. temperatures will rise faster with another two to four degrees projected iproject in most areal will rise too another one to four feet this century alone. extreme weather is causing damage to infrastructure in many regions, straining water supplies in the southwest and reducing physician stocks on the coast. a drop in crops and livestock production dues to disease and pests. the report says it's part of the same pattern of global climate

change driven by our human activity. >> climate change is a fact when our childrens children look us in the eye and ask if we did all that we could to leave them a safer, more stable world with new sources of energy, i want us to be able to say, yes, we did. >> reporter: eric al jazerra. our white house corresponder mike viqueira in washington and mike, the white house saying this is the most comprehensive report on climate change ever produced. so what exactly is the administration going to push this report? >> reporter: a lot of this is the bully pulpit the president and his staffer will put this issue you front and center not only today but throughout the week, but when you talk about what the white house can do in the face of a congress that is full of republican -- those are the republican sides who are climate change not only deniers, but skeptics as well the president's handsome what limited. one major thing think doing down the pike in a few weeks that will be very controversial, del, new regulations givenning the

coal-fired plants. the majority of this country for consumer use comes from coal plants and you cannot talk about this issue you without talk you go about the controversial keystone pipeline, of course the administration putting on of that decision again. this time until after the midterm elections at least sometimes after the elections coming up in november. there are many democrats going rogue on the issue bring touching on the sen fat floor for a vote perhaps as early as this week, you cannot deny the politics of this. many democrats up for reelection facing strong challenge from the right, those senators representing those states as well. >> what about the mood in washington, is this a game changer and are there any plans in place to make the changes the white house is calling for? >> reporter: nothing is going to go anywhere in terms of what the president wants to do in terms of carbon sequestration, the cap and trade bill that was one of the hallmarks of his first term.

ran in to a lot of resistence not only from republicans but from democrats as well. so what can the president do? he can continue to use that bully pulpit, forgive me, del, if i can't be heard over these gas-powered lawn equipment around here has gun going all day. the president can use the bully pulpulpit he has the report to s going out to san diego to talk about what the public can do. >> we'll tell the white house if those were battery operated they would be much quieter. mike viqueira, thank you very much. florida could the hard hit by any affects of climb hat change, there are fears the coastline will disappear and greater fears that the sunshine shade is ready. that tash is, what are coastal communities doing to keep the water out? >> i am stands on the ground a

major road here on miami beach and after high tied and a heavy rain, i found myself up to my shins in flood water. that's why the state is in the midst of a massive construction project. installing these drainage pipes and pump pumps underneath the rd and trying to elevate it six-inches to alleviate flood in this future but one expert we spoke to says these efforts are for not. more than 1200 miles of picturesque coastline lure people to live and visit the sunshine state. but the tropical paradise of south florida will one day be worked away by the ocean. scientists say it's not a matter of if, it's when. >> we are really living on borrowed time and we are going to enjoy it. but i can't appreciate the over exuberance for building right now. this is -- it has to be almost misleading the public. >> reporter: geologist harold juanless is referring to the real estate boom in the miami

area. he has been warning official for decades about an accelerating rise in sea level. he says the cities of south florida are in danger because they are built on porous limestone and sands. the same spongy rock that lets rain drain fast will let rising sea water in. he says sea levels willize soon, according to unon estimate as early as 2048 there is expected to be a two-foot sea level rise. that means miami beach will be persistently flooded. >> that's barely a mortgage cycle way. >> i am so excited. >> reporter: sage calls herself a climate re refugees, she soldr south beach home last summer she says getting trapped by four feet of flood water on outside of her condo showed her rising sea levels were not an abstract fa. that. phenomenon. she's trying to get her mother

to move inland so far to no avail. >> when you do something before before other people are always considered crazy. >> reporter: she says the moved to safer ground may have been motivated as much by family history as scientific data. while thinking about the move, she learned her great grandparents have fled the dust bowl of the 30s and moved to start anew in colorado. people may think she's crazy about, but she says they plans on moving away from florida within the next 20 years. >> during my lifetime florida will become less livable because of the intrusion of water. >> reporter: until 35 years sea level could rise two feet here and that's right here on this construction cone, so as you can imagine, del, that would make flooding here everybody worse. >> natasha for us live in meijer beach, florida, thank you very much. and for more details on environmental stories that affect you, go to our website there you will find in-depth

coverage on environmentalist rethinking nuclear power, plus the court battle over climate change that she's has some young americans now suing the government. just go to aljazerra.com and click on environment for the very latest. nigh year nigeria's presideg he welcomes the u.s. offer to help find the kidnapped girls in nigeria following a report of another abduction of eight more girls, today people take to the streettaking tothe streets. >> reporter: protesters came out to try to put as much pressure as possible on nigeria security services. we are outside the offers of the chief of defense where the protesters who are just sitting down behind me have given the chief of defense calling for the urgent and speedy rescue of the 200 something girls that were abducted in the northeast. they are also angered by the release of a new video lie the leader of boko haram in which he claims responsibility for the

abductions and says he's going to sale the girls, they are outraged and furious at what they say is the mishandling and mismanagement of any rescue effort by the security services. and they say that they are going to continue on a day-to-day basis try to get the security services to do something. the security services on the other hand, saying that they are doing everything that they can to find the girls, that is there is a rescue operation underway but for security reasons they won't giver the protesters, public or media the details. >> thathat is a report from from nigeria. joining us on the on finals is pastor james wuye. the cofounder of inter faith media center bringing together christians and plus limbing musn northern nigeria. have you had any dialog would boko haram trying to resolve this crisis? >> thank you, del.

[inaudible] with boko haram while we have tried to reach them, and a couple of them have tried also to reach us. and in times of dialogue in fully, we are exploring those possibilities of doing that, but you cannot dialogue without having the clearance from the authority. so we are still looking to getting clearance from the authority in order to do a positive engagement and towards realization of the breakage in the communication and also bringing about the stalemate. how we can bring an end to the stalemate. >> so are you saying that you need permission from nigeria's government to talk to boca huh rom to try to broker an end to this situation? >> yeah, very well. you see it's one thing to start a dialogue and another thing to

have the support of the government in any process, so you don't start anything that you cannot end. it's quite dicey, a little complicated but we are offering that [inaudible] to see how we can bring a lasting solution to this stalemate. we have the capability. we have the experience. we just need the orders to say that you can go in and the conditions can be discusses. with the people. both sides can be brought to a dialogue. we are ashe able do that. we have the capacity and the network to do so. >> pastor, before you bake part of this inter faith mediation center you were there with some of these people on the frontlines, not necessarily boko haram, but how do you explain to an american audience the sheer, i guess almost insanity of kidnapping girls and then selling them in to slavery in the 21st century world that we

live in? >> yeah, i see the issue you here is about trying to out wit your opponents or trying to hurt your opponent and make him feel bad about the situation and, sometimes making your opponent helpless. this is some of the strategies in the invention of something that we hope the opponents is being devised by this group. but i want to tell you nothing is [inaudible] the issue you about what they are doing at this point i think they are want something attention and they want some kind of assurance for this dialogue and for this consolation to commence. i think they are big -- some of them are opening to resolve this is challenge and i am sure if the right people are contacted and the right thing is done, some of this threat that they

have may rescind and they may [inaudible] the admission of selling them in to any form of slavely. i am sure they would like to do that. pastor, people are taking to the streets of los angeles, they are take to this streets of washington, and london, they are furious with what is happening right now in nigeria. what do you say to the leaders of boko haram who say they are being guided by the mu muslim faith, your faith for kidnap these girls? >> well, the pressure from the international community and the pressure here might have not -- they may not had an impact on these people anyway. it might be pressure on the government of nigeria to do something, but these guys, they are not bothered by the protesting that people do i think the only thing that will bring about the solution to all of these issues that are now is

to explore a possibility of now dialoguing. wwe concedes that -- we can seet the violence is there, we can see thatter it trying to take more people. they are getting more daring. so the best way to handle these people, [inaudible] on one hand and the [inaudible] on the other hand. and i know that they can deflected. they can always be deflected with dialogue actually commence, i think some of them are happy to do that. we are happy to facilitate this dialogue and the lease of this people is possible. >> the pastor is the cofounder of the inter faith media center trying to bring christians and muslims together in northern nigeria, pastor thank you for being with us today, joining us by phone from nigeria. coming up on al jazerra america as tensions rise between

russia and ukraine some people say they are getting ready to defend themselves. are you looking for a home? they are being auctions on the in detroit at prices you just might find right.

there are fresh reports today that ukraine is now one step closer to war. meanwhile europe's top diplomats in vienna pushing for a solution to the crisis, russia's foreign minister saying he's open to another round of international negotiations but only if they include those pro-russian rebe rebels. >> translator: the international community has already done that can too have done is namely agree on a framework that would lead us to solve this crisis, they are done that. this is the april 17 communique, to complete again in the same form when those he's pog the currents regime are absent from the talks table is unlikely to lead to anything. >> sergei lavrov demanding the ukrainian government troops and

their assault on rebel strong holds expressing doubt that the upcoming elects will go forward saying it would be unusual with troops deployed against citizens trying to vote. the pro-russian groups say they will keep up the fight some of them are preparing for that referendum on sunday and they talked to al jazerra's paul brennan. >> reporter: the training is basic and even the civilian instructor struggles to re-assemble the rival that he has just stripped down. but the people bath earned around him are keen to learn. if the russians do come, and there is no indication that they actually will, luhansk could be their first stop. according to the people gathered here, the staunchly pro-russian city would certainly not oppose them. >> it's not a problem, i am russian and i was born here. >> reporter: right. >> soar ilike circumstances bo .

>> reporter: no, sir picnic in the park. some have only sticks and table legs, others have brand-new military kit. although apparently not supplied by russia. so he went in to a shop and you just bought all of this? >> yes. >> reporter: wow. >> across town at the city administration building the pro-russian leaders here have been following events in odessa closely. what if the army tries to come here i ask? >> yes. >> what happened there wasn't an anti terror operation, it was a terror operation. against ukrainian people. people who are unsure about the government in kiev. now understand the government is abusing its power. we must protect our city. >> reporter: the separatists here have well-established defensive positions and seem supremely confident that they can cope with any the ukrainian army throws at them. they say they don't need the russian arm toy then them at the

moment. but step away from the areas where the separatist congregate and luhansk is calm and peaceful. many here cleaning to the hope that it can stay like that. >> translator: we are trying not to be scared. trying to stay calm. >> translator: i'm a residents of the city. i was here. it doesn't matter about being ukrainian, russian, jewish, it. atar. no one is oppressed here, why this claim that russians are owe oppresss. >> reporter: back at the occupied sbu building new volunteers practice their weapons training. they could soon be doing it for real. paul again an al jazerra. there was gunfire today at the site of recovery efforts in northeastern afghanistan following last week's mudslide police clashing with people getting aid firing shots in to the air trying to disburse the crowds. relief is lowly beginning to trickle in for the 4,000 people

who have been affected but many say they are frustrated with the government's slow response, 250 people now confirmed dead. it's believed that as many as 2,000 may be buried alive. that slide is one of the poorest regions in afghanistan. there is an incredible story of survival of colorado to tell you about. a woman found barely alive inside her wrecked car five days after driving off a mountain pass 43-year-old kristen hopkins was reported missing last tuesday but wasn't discovered until sunday. medical experts say it is amazing she survived the crash and 10 stayed alive for nearly a week without any food or water. detroit it fighting its urban blight one home at a time. talking off foreclosed houses. every day for the next three weeks, fixer uppers will be sold to the highest bidder. now a report. >> reporter: the opening bid just $1,000. in a bankrupt city over run with vacant structure. there is a feeling this auction could play a role in detroit's

turn around. >> i think that it's a very good thing that they are trying to do. get them filled and bring people in to the neighborhood. >> reporter: freddy long time detroit residents lives across the street from the first how on the auction block. as a result of the 2009 financial crisis. this 1941, two-story brick colonial has been sitting vacant for more than four years. pat says the community has worked together to keep the grass cut and the squatters out. he hopes whoever moves in stays a while. >> the biggest concern that a lot of us have is that flippers will come in to the neighborhood and that could pose a problem. >> reporter: once a house is sold the countdown begins. the winning bitter has to rehab the property and have someone living there within six months. if that debts line isn't met, the buyer will lose the house and any money spent on it.

bidding for the two-story house was brisk with over 100 bids on the property. for people like debra, the auction brings dreams of owning a home closer to reality. >> i thought i was going to have to go in to my 401k and have to pay that back. i thousand dollars starting bid, anyone and everyone that got their tax refund still in the the bank can afford this. >> reporter: right now the city owns 16,000 foreclosed homes but not just anybody can get one. potential buyers must be residents of michigan or michigan company, with no history of tax foreclosures, building code, or blight violations. depending on the price, winning bidders will have between two to three months to pay in full. in a city working toward a comeback, it's an investment that could pay off. al jazerra detroit. >> and over the next week creditors will be voting on whether to approve detroit's bankruptcy plan that proposal would help reduce the city's $18 billion debt.

a massive fire shutting down the main freeway connecting los angeles to las vegas, the 15 will be closed for up to two days, the fire was accidentally started by construction worker on monday. it burned all last night. parts of it collapsing onto the freeway below. drivers are being told to stay away because of the debris that continues to fall. coming up on al jazerra america, has it been found an archeologist claims to have found the legendary biblical citadel of king david.

women comwelcome back to ala america i am del walters. climate change say present day danger. the reports says human consumption of fossil fuels is hurting every part of the united states. from heat waves to flooding. outrage is growing around the world after more than 200 girls were kidnapped in nigeria last month. eight more today. this is a protest never los angeles. a wrote ter being held in knee gentleman vinnie capital. people saying the government not doing enough to rescue the girls. say gare love i don't have is meeting with european lead never vienna demanding ukraine end its assault on strong holds. elections are scheduled for the end of the month but air go

lavrov said it would be unusual for those to take flares while the military is deployed in parts of the country. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: good afternoon, we continues to feel the heat across the southern plains where we are entering day four of temperatures in the 90s are everybody close to 100 in to parts of kansas as well as oklahoma. and this heat will be sticking with us over the next day or so. right now, we are 89 degrees in wichita, 87 in oklahoma city. both areas are expected to top the century mark and possibly just shatter an old record. we are dealing with an area of low pressure that's sitting further out to the west and hoping to kick up that sought westerly flow, but unfortunately it's keeping the dry windy conditions around. winds have been gusting anywhere from 25 to 30 miles per hour in areas that really could use a break from the wind and also a bit of moisture, here say look at where ongoing wild fires continues and we are going to see that threat of fires really

sticking around through the day on wednesday. our red flag warnings stretch from parts of the southwest on in to the southern plains and these warnings will be in existence until late wednesday even around 9:00 is when we'll see most of those dropping off and that's not until tomorrow night. that's what we get more moisture moving in, but today a ridge of high pressure firmly in control keeping us dry across much of here. little further west we talked about the area of low pressure shower activity and know? nevada. most on the interior sections vegas jet uppe yesterday upset d watching for the thread of severe weather. >> thank you very much. israel a archeologist says he has founded legendary citadel using the bible as his field guides. king david is said to have captured the fortress in his con against of jerusalem the excavation took two decades and

cost $10 million as you expect it's in the middle east and controversial. we want to thank you for watching. i am del water, 101 east is next. and remember you can check us out by going to a al jazerra.com 24 hours a day. ♪ ♪ >> in 2009 peace came to sri lanka after 26 years of civil war. >> government troops had crushed the tamil tigers - a guerrilla force which had waged a brutal insurgency seeking self-rule for the tamils c a minority making up about 12 percent of sri lanka's population mainly living here in no