>> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at today's top stories. >> i think we are very close to the point of no return. point of no return is full scale war. >> in ukraine the involvement of russia in its country. a number of u.n. peace keepers have been rescued from the golan heights. the kevin saudi arabithe

king of saudi arabia give a warning. and keep potentially dangerous guns out of the hands of offenders. european leaders are gathering in brussels to don't front two major issues. the russian threat in ukraine and the islamic state group. both groups are undermining europe and the middle east and perhaps the whole world. we begin on the ground in ukraine. ukraine and u.n. leaders warn that the situation in the east is increasingly dire. ukrainian army is handing control over to the separatist forces. the human rights separatists warn that the death toll are rising, they're documenting

abduction and torture and other human rights abuses. >> in recent weeks the ukrainian arm had begun dominating militia in the east. but the tide has now turned. in this town ukrainian forces have been separated from militia in the last week. kiev admitted it was surrendering the town. but as a supposed humanitarian corridor came a kill zone. instead of setting free captives. ukrainian commander was given the grim task of collecting their bodies. >> they were give a corridor to get out and they were shot. it's a violation of international conventions. we came now, but we don't know how it will end. >> ukraine's border areas are shrouded in smoke, and not all of it comes from the autumn burn of the wheat stubble. the soldiers waved but looked

dusty and exhausted. two ukrainian army instruct appeared. they headed down a dead-end road clearly lost. we flag down a group of civilian cars, where are we going, we ask. anywhere there isn't shelling said the driver. what we've seen as we've been driving around is a combination of convoys of terrified civilians fleeing for safety and tired-looking soldiers, ukrainian soldiers on top of their vehicles heading back to base after what has been quite intense fighting. residents here are utterly disoriented. >> we're frightened. we don't know what's going to happen. we worry about our future. we have nowhere to go. no money. >> in kiev the spokesman for the

national defense council listed some military gains but also gave details of serious set backs. >> russian tanks destroyed virtually every house, experts say it's the chechen style of the russian army where they destroy every building they suspect someone from the enemy's side is in that building. >> new tank barriers have been placed on the road lead together strategic city, but the graffiti is a no war. for a second consecutive day they help to fill sandbags and dig trenches. the residents are take nothing chances. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> they're nearing the point of no return. that's what the european

commission said. russia continues to deny it has troops on the ground. european leaders threaten more sanctions today. ukraine's president is asking for their help. simon mcgregorwood reports from the commit. >> reporter: ukrainian president petro poroshenko has come asking for help. >> i think we're very close to the point of no return. the point of no return is full scale wall. which already--which already happened in the territory controlled by separatists. and there regular russian troops. and any action would be point of no return. that's why we undertake enormous efforts to stop that. >> a summit which has been

dominated by russian military escalation and how to respond to it. the rhetoric of the crisis is heating up. >> leaders should not have to think long. >> they went future saying russia's attack on ukraine is effectively an cake on europe. europe's leaders still claim the only solution is a political one. >> we're very clear there is no military solution to this crisis. we need a sustainable political inclusion that respects ukraine's territory and sovereignty. i think its more necessary than ever. so we continue to urge russia to stop hostilities, to stop the flow of arms, equipment, and personnel into the conflict region and to withdraw its forces from ukraine. >> back in july there were sanctions on the different

sectors. the russians responded by banning european imports. back then european leaders said they will do more if the situation on the ground has escalated. this week it certainly did that. tougher sanctions seem irresistible, but it is not clear that more will not be announced. but doing nothing is doing something. getting tougher on measures is always hard. >> earlier today i spoke with michael spokesman for the osce. i asked him what his colleagues on the ground in eastern ukraine, what they're observing. >> we just received a spot report. of course, the city, they observed two things. one is that ukrainian forces, they're frantically working to

dig themselves in. building trenches, building barriers, and protection for themselves. and then the second thing in kind of brief interviews with the ukrainian soldiers one gets the sense they feel far outgunned. they reported seeing tanks and armored personnel carriers, missile launchers. there is a big imbalance on the ukrainian side. >> what is day-to-day life for people living in this situation? >> you know, it's a very sad situation. something that is almost hidden from the headlines, but there is a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding. the u.n. tells us there are 300,000 people on the move from eastern ukraine to safer ground. about half of those are women and children, and a lot of them are very low on funds. even the agency who is are looking after them are running low. another thing in big cities in

donetsk there is big shelling, a hospital hit and a school, and a residential building. >> can you put this desire situation, as you called it, can you put it in some sort of context whe to other situations we've seen in history? >> well, by now we expected peace to come to that part of ukraine, but what we've been seeing over the past four months is a grinding escalation if you want to call it that. for sure there is a lot of weaponry there. there are a lot of people who have been killed, a lot of bloodshed. in our office they have called for an immediate cease-fire to the bloodshed. too many civilians are caught up in this. >> what else can you tell us about the ways? i know you were right there on the ground in the immediate

hours and days, what are you doing in getting answers for families and recovering bodies. >> we were the first international organization on the ground there. we as well as the experts that we accompanied to that crash site had to evacuate due to the violence. it is an open crime scene. we assume the wreckage is still there. human remains probably still there, and lots and lots of personal belongings. we're hoping for de-escalation so we can go back to those experts because they're waiting there in kiev to return to the investigation as well as the recovery efforts. >> now the other major issue on the table is how to stop the islamic state group. the rebel fighters are threatening to spread across the middle east. >> the threat is not the region itself but the spill over that effects europe directly. that means we need to work

within the european union as well as. >> the u.s. said the islamic state group is beyond anything they've seen before. they began targeted airstrikes against the fighters in iraq. the u.k. raised its terror threat yesterday we'll learn more about the e.u.'s response in the coming hours. th more than three dozen u.n. soldiers have been caught in fight with syrian rebels. another 44 peace keepers are still being held by the syrian drop. >> a large group of its peace keep nets golan heights have been extricated from the base in which they were stationed. a base which according to the u.s. came under fire in the early hours of saturday morning. the quick reaction of the u.n. mission then deployed stea an

established base and getting to 30 peace keepers who had been trapped by ongoing violence in the area. back to the major u.n. base itself. however, the u.n. said there is a number of personnel under threat in a number of other smaller bases within the golan heights area. there is also more than 40 peace keepers who are still being held at an undisclosed venue by an unidentified armed group. the situation within the golan heights still very, very insecure. the u.n. said it is pressing every weight to find out where it's missing peace keepers are, and seeking ways in which to find them. however, one large group itself safely extricated from the base where they were positioned. the u.n. said as well that no casualties were incurred during the operation. >> mike hanna reporting there. the ruler of saudi arabia is

warning that their countries could be next. >> if no action is taken against i.s. for sure after a month they'll reach europe and then they'll reach the u.s. i'm telling you now and i call upon you leaders to take this warning seriously. >> we're following the story from washington. we have more on the u.s. reaction to the islamic state threat. >> there hasn't been a specific reaction to the comments from king abdullah of saudi arabia, but the u.s. has been saying pretty much for the past couple of weeks that it does consider the islamic state group a very serious security threat. however, on friday we heard from the secretary of homeland security jay johnson who said that there wasn't enough credible immanent intelligence

to determine the threat level currently where it sits. and until that level is known it's not worth terrifying the american people. that's not to say that the obama administration is not taking a closer look at what can be done. we heard from barack obama that his military advisers are working on military options that the u.s. can use in trying to confront i.s. fighters. but there is a larger strategic at work and the administration is trying very hard to get it right. >> rosalind jordan in washington, d.c. in iraq government forces are bombing islamic state positions in a town of amerli. in the northeast where for months they were ail to hold back thety the islamic state groups. but now they're preparing for the worst. >> reporter: for the town of a

amer lyricli, this is not the front line, it is the last stand. these are not professional soldiers and they've held out 80 days against islamic state fighters just 500 meters away. the shia tuman town next to sunni villages is now completely surrounded. >> they burn the farms. they looted, they have blown up our mosques, but we'll face them and hunt them down because we know them. they were all from the nearby villages. >> reporter: the iraqi army and those backing the army may back the seen, but it could spark another civil war. the only way in and out is by helicopter. the iraqi air force is taking out 120 people a day but almost 20,000 are left. the town has run out of food and

even the wells are running dry. iraq is breaking into pieces not just regions but towns and tribes and families. they've been scattered by fighting and the fear of the islamic state group, the people of amerli are taking shelter any place they can. making stew for the 20 people who live in this house. in amerli they have only bread and onions left. almost everyone here was airlifted by helicopter. layla and her four children just arrived days ago. >> when we were getting on isis was firing at us. they hit us and a helicopter overturned. we ran carrying the children. when they fixed the helicopter we took off again. >> reporter: some of their female relatives have chosen to stay in amerli. they say they would rather die than being taken by islamic state fighters. it's not just a figure of spee

speech. >> my brother put eight bell let's in the rifle and left it in the house. he said i will kill my children one by one, then my wife and then myself. >> she said a lot of graves have already been dug. fat ma's sister-in-law killed herself a few weeks ago. her husband was killed in the fighting and she said her father was trying to force her to marry wouldn't islamic state fighters. it's a conservative society where the idea of honor is more important than death. and the name of their small town has already gone down into legend. al jazeera, baghdad. >> senator john mccain weighed in, saying the u.s. should play a limited role similar to the fight against the taliban in 2001. we explain why the strategy will need to be different. >> the problem so far with that strategy has been that the

peshmerga seem to be not up to it, kind of out of training and out of breath and the largely shia groups of the iraqi army cannot see risking their lives helping sunni towns who don't want them on behalf of a very corrupt government. we have ally who is are willing to fight the taliban if only we would level the playing field. it doesn't seem to be the case in iraq. >> afghanistan's national intelligence agency was the target of a deadly suicide attack today. armed men stormed the building. they detonated two car bombs inside the government office. at least six people were killed and 33 others injured. the taliban claim responsibility for the attack. president obama may be

putting his the midterm election ahead of his immigration policy. oh thursday he began backing away from that deadline. "the new york times" said the president may wait to help senators, democratic senators who are up for re-election. join us tomorrow as we look ahead. we'll have special coverage on this fall's midterm elections. that's tomorrow and the week add at 8:30 p.m. eastern. cal lawmakers passed a gun deal friday allowing firearms to be removed from potentially invite lenly violent people. >> reporter: the state bill that will allow families to inter convenient and temporarily very prevent a member of the family were owning guns. this restraining order could last 21 days to one year. >> why did chris die? chris died because of craven,

irresponsible politicians and era. they talk about gun rights. what about chris' right to live. >> the bill has special resonance for survivors. members his own family had tried to warn police. when she saw signs that her son was a danger to himself and others she could not prevent him from possessing a gun. nor could law enforcement, whom she called. >> ab 1014 passed the california assembly this weekend. the governor had once vetoed a similar bill, so it's unclear whether he'll sign this into law. melissa chan, al jazeera, san francisco. >> still ahead the cease-fire in gaza holds, but residents face another deadly threat. and throughout the hour we're going to look back at some of the big stories in the summer

of 2014, and we begin with the recurring violence in chicago. >> i'm ash har quaraishi in chicago. there have been 230 fatal shootings in chicago. one of those fatal shootings happened right here on the evening of july 18th. it's one that sparked particular outrage because the victim was an 11-year-old. she was about to make s'mores here when a bullet struck her behind her right ear and kill her. it took four days to arrest and charge 18-year-old tevon lee in what the police say was a retaliatory gang shooting with adams the unintended victim. >> we can't change what happened that day but hopefully this will give them some cause for relief and bring closure. begin closure for this particular case. >> in the last month 40 additional officers have been called on to parole the streets. but chicago's top cops say it's

not a manpower issue. at the core it's easy access to guns. police have seized 4,000 illegal firearms from the streets of chicago this year. it's that easy access that escalates petty arms and fights into murder. ash har quaraishi, al jazeera, chicago.

>> escalating tension in pakistan where police released tear gas on thousands of protesters. the police also fired rubber bullet to disperse the crowd. we're live in islamabad where things have taken a turbulent turn. are there people still on the streets right now? >> indeed, as we speak we can

still hear the tear gas helling. helicopters are flying over head to monitor the situation for several hours. the protesters are battling with the police and we're told that some of the protesters have already gone into the compound of the parliament house. earlier as protesters were trying to march, the security forces open fired using rubber bullets and tear gas. the situation, indeed, there are reports that there are trouble in other cities as well. in islamabad an emergency has been placed in the hospitals we're told that hundreds of injured people have been brought to the hospital. there arso the situation very ongoing as we speak. >> dramatic pictures while you talk with us. what do the protesters want from

the prime minister? >> well, if i heard you collectly, what is happened is that for the last two weeks, over two weeks the protesters saying this was going to be a peaceful protest, and they made sure that it was a peaceful protest. today when they started walking towards prime minister house, the police initially stepped aside and then short of prime minister house the police resorted to firing. we're also told that the built is staying on the sidelines. the military has been given the task of protecting the high security buildings including parliament. we're told that they're making announcement on the loud speaker telling people not to enter the parliament house. very dangerous situation. the prime minister is not in the prime minister house, we're told

that the security forces are taking security measures by blocking access to the governor house where the prime minister is staying, and we have now reports of trouble in several cities, even though it is very early in the morning. and most of the people are still not aware of what is occurring in islamabad. >> we were asking about the prime minister. is there any situation that he will actually step down? >> well, after what happened in islamabad today it is likely that the pressure to resign because many opposition parties have criticized the government for moving with such heavy-handed tactics against peaceful protesters. there are several political parties who are now going to

come out in support other others which puts the pressure on the prime minister to resign. >> kamal, thank you very much. military coup took place in the small african nation of l lestho. the army denies staging a coup. the cease-fire in gaza is in its fourth day, and for the first time in a month some people were able to spend their saturday at the beach. one of the more tragic incidents of the conflict in gaza happened on the beach in gaza children. four children were killed by an israeli airstrike there. 2100 civilians were killed

and over 10,000 wounded. we have more from gaza. >> this three-year-old is not well. his father tries to soothe his skin after small blisters appeared around a week ago. since then he has had a high temperature and vomits after most meals. his father tells me he's worried. >> we've been sheltered at this u.n. school for weeks. everyone is sick, and he is only getting worse. >> he takes his son to a classroom where a team of dermatologists from the occupied west bank has set up a west clinic. they diagnosed him with scabies and a high fever. [ baby crying ] >> the doctor has seen hundreds of patients particularly children with similar symptoms. he said the severe shortage of water caused by weeks of heavy

fighting has meant most people are unable to bathe which is why diseases are spreading so fast. >> in this school about the 30 to 40 persons, children here, and the people here, they're suffering from scabies, from infit identification go and malaria. so the situation is very bad. there are only two baths in this school. how do people manage their lives? >> the health conditions here are no doubt serious, but many people fear if this situation doesn't improve people will be vulnerable to even more deadly diseases like dysentery, cholera ancholera. >> the water is unfit to drink. with the water system damaged or

completely detroit from israeli strikes, the long term health implications could be, in their words, catastrophic. >> the leader of the muslim brotherhood in egypt will not face the depth penalty. an egyptian court upheld the life sentence. they could still be sentenced to death in an earlier case relating to rioting. three members of al jazeera colleagues were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. in june they were sentenced to seven years in prison. bader mohammed was sentenced to ten years. al jazeera continues to deband their release. >> straight ahead the rea red cross members who have

disappeared. and controversy at a park building as lower income tenants are told to use a separate entrance. >> on this labor day weekend we're going to take a look back at the big stories of 2014. we look at how ebola came to america. >> i'm robert ray in lappet. nearly a month ago two american aid workers on their death beds infected with the ebola virus were flown in liberia to atlanta's emory hospital. in a hazmat suit dr. brantley on his own will walked into a hospital where i and his colleague nancy, would spend a month in isolation being treated and receiving doses of the experimental serum known as zmapp. >> today is a miraculous day. i'm thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my

family. [applause] >> in west africa the outbreak has spread. as doctors without borders has said the international response has been weak at best. >> now just a little over two weeks ago the head of the center for disease control and prevention hyped me said that they thought they could get this ebola outbreak under control if they knew what to do, but that was two weeks ago. now a different situation where he's saying that unfortunately he feels that this is worse than they ever thought, and the "world health organization" thinking that this number of cases may go over 20,000 people in the coming months ahead. robert ray, al jazeera, atlanta.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here is a look at our top stories. the e.u. is threatening more sanctions against russia for its

role in furthering the fight in eastern ukraine. ukraine's president is at the summit in brussels asking leaders for military support. he said ukraine and russia are near the point of no return lead to go all-out war. u.n. troops have rescued peace keepers who were being held by rebels in golan heights. two miles away other u.n. troops had a battle of their own fighting off force who is open fired on them this morning. another 44 peace keepers are being held by armed military groups. u.s. central command said strikes were in support of iraqi military forces. they hit one vehicle and an islamic state building. the total number of u.s. strikes now stands at 115. the conflict in the middle east has created a humanitarian crisis.

the u.n. estimates an 6in' 5 million people are displaced within the country. that's nearly half of all syrians forced to abandon their homes. in iraq the advance of the islamic state group is driving people from their homes. the latest figure show more than 1.6 million people are displaced in that country. earlier i spoke to the representative in iraq and he said the help is not coming fast enough. >> it is coming in, but i don't think it's coming fast enough. one, because the humanitarian system is overstretched from south sudan to the democratic republic congo, iraq, and syrian refugees. everything has to be trucke trucked--handed, and sometimes thousands of kilometers. and the last is population is constantly moving to where they feel safe for stay.

the humanitarian assistance has to catch up to them. >> the videos we were showing were families of babies. can you talk about the toll this particularly is on children? >> absolutely. one of the difficult things when you talk about numbers is you forget the numbers that represent people. talking down we were distributing water at a center. first thing you see is the heat is overwhelming for children. it's 50 degrees. and sitting in tents with hardly any moving air. it's just hard on the children and they keep crying because of the difficulty of the circumstances. this for very young children. those who are older, not going to school, having lost friends and family are traumatized. it's going to be a lot of work before they're able to go back

to being normal children. >> international agencies like amnesty international and red cross are observing the 33rd annual day of the disappeared. it's a day to remember people who have gone missing in political conflict, disaster and war. we report on one family's search for victims of civil war. >> hoping to she had light on the pass, a team of forensic archeologists were led to this corn field by maria. she said this was the last plates she saw father and brother after soldiers tortured and killed them in 1982. >> we're not sure we'll find the remains but we'll try our very best. we'll keep looking before we locate them. or until we're sure they're not here. >> 32 years after the bloodiest period of guatemala civil war,

clandestine graves like this are still being dug up across the country. today it only takes the archaeologists a few hours to find human bones and a handful of clothes. maria's tears, a mixture of grief and relief at finally being able to put her family to rest. but locating the grave and removing the bones is only the first step. but it's here in guatemala city far from the mountain villages where the massacres took place where they're analyzing the bone samples and giving evidence for criminal trials. here they're using cutting edge tools to identify victims from the country's 36 years of civil war. bones are documented before being hammered into fragments, and eventually ground into a fine powder. from here the bow der is put through a series of steps in order to extract the dna. it's a lengthy process but one that yields in results.

>> this work has become crucial because it has--what it has done is it has brought a lot of families come forward to tell stories that have never been told. and we've been able to identify people that have not been able to identified in any other mea means. >> when it comes to bringing evidence to trial or helping families find closure, digging up the past might be the best way to help the country move into the future. david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala. >> they've been labeled the poor door. some apartment buildings have separate entrances for low-income families. as you can imagine critics are outraged. >> this two bedroom apartment with a view goes more than $5,500 a month, a price out of reach for working class new yorkers. but thanks to tax incentives the

owners of the complex have set aside a section of the building for low to moderate income tenant who pay $1,200 for a similar-sized apartment like michael patterson. >> this is subsidized housing. this was a great break for me at a time that i needed it. >> but some say lower-income tenants are treated like second class citizens. there is a separate entrance for the cheaper you wants. critics have labeled it the poor door. >> this is particularly outrageous, i'll tell you why, growing up on the west side we've only had one door for both. >> reporter: they're working to prohibit straight entrances. they say everyone from tenants to developers benefits from mixed income buildings. >> these developments are built so that the developer makes more money than if they build without the development.

and the developer gets incredible tax abatements for building these buildings. >> while it has outraged many new yorkers, others say it's a distraction from the real issue. there is a huge demand with people living in homeless shelters and a third of new york renters pay half of their income for housing. some beneficiaries of the deal don't mind a separate entrance. >> people buy their argument here. they're entitled to the facilities. i didn't buy this apartment. it was really a gift from god in this state or in the city. so i feel its fine. >> but others say taxpayers should not subsidize developers who discriminate. al jazeera, new york. >> the reality of the situation, this is quite different. the city's struggle with

mainland china coming up next on al jazeera america. there was celebration as there was debate, the return of bow bergdahl. here's a look at that summer story. >> in hayley, idaho, it was a time of relief and celebration. yellow ribbons and smiles. the vigil was over. bowe is coming back. >> everybody is on the phone. and it just went crazy in the restaurant. >> that excitement did not last. most of these yellow ribbons have been taken down and the celebration does has died. the rally was canceled after intention negative reaction after a deal that exchanged bergdahl. a military administration investigation into the circumstances of his capture continues with a final report

expected later this month. he could still face criminal charges and be court-martialed for walking away from his post and into the hands of the enemy. the congressional accountability office has claimed the prisoner swap illegal saying congress was not given proper notice. sergeant bowber dal still in limbo and still a long way from home. adam schauffler, al jazeera. management stealing wages... exploited children put to work... >> how many of you get up at 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning to go out to the fields? don't miss our award winning series fault lines labor day marathon only on al jazeera america

let the journalists live. >> activists in the former british colony has been trying to restore democracy to the city's administration. but now they are in jeopardy. we look at the looming showdown. >> 17 years since hong kong

returned to chinese rule. the deal that made it possible is now starting to be threatened. high degree of autonomy, the pledge is now being tested. the political temperature has been rising ever since this protest in early july. it was organized by pro democracy groups who were demanding a vote for every adult in the election for hong kong's next leader. china said fine so long as candidate are patriotic and approved by beijing. but critics say that's not real democracy, and warn of more scenes like these. >> they try to give us fake democracy. people will come out. >> that threat to occupy hong kong central business district led to a large pro-beijing

protest, but later it emerged those who were taking part had been bussed in, paid and treated to lunch. it shows that the mood is hardening on both sides. >> although certainly law and order will not be an issue. but we expect a very difficult scenario for all parties concerned. >> hong kong's chief executive chosen by a committee whose 1200 members were all appeared by beijing. that's the candidate of election that china wants in 2017, and it appears in no mood for compromise. >> protesters need to really keep in their mind that when you use demonstrations of protests for the alleged goal of

advancing democracy, you can't violate democracy and rule of law to start with. >> while china's government wants to avoid confrontation on the streets of hong kong it also feels the time has come to remind everyone who is ultimately in charge. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> michael: anothe >> another earthquake shook iceland's volcano. officials say they still believe the volcano could soon fully erupt. >> plenty of rainfall coming down the northern midwest. we had issues with flooding in illinois earlier, and you can see the storm system that brought that rainfall that caused flooding is hitting parts of indiana, ohio, it moves

eastward but we have another round coming in behind it. iran fall totals, kansas city, an inch and a half, you don't want to add ape more rain to that, but we're going to especially as we get into sunday. look at our precipitation in the last 24 hours. a cluster of thunderstorms in the gulf coast has moved from the texas gulf over to louisiana. that's not where the heaviest rain has been. the heaviest rain over seven inspectio inches. we've had a lot of flash flooding. the heavy rest rainfall has decreased but we still have so much run off in the volumes. there are a lot of problems here from houston over into parts of louisiana to the south even towards lafayette. we talk about florida, a lot of folks still out there still fishing, not the greatest thing when there is a lot of

lightening, we're going to see them moving in the next few days. much, much cooler air tomorrow is going to drop temperatures in the northwest. 10 to 15 degrees. so they're going to drop below normal, and all that cold air is going to move eastward monday and tuesday as well. we've got a focus point for storms as we get to sunday, sunday night we've have threats of large hail and damaging wind with these storms well. so it's something that definitely is a fluid situation. we're going to be tracking this over the course of the next few days. >> rebecca, thank you so much. well, the first openly gay drafted by the nfl team will have to wait and see where he'll play. they let michael sam go to make room for other players on their 53-man roster. they took sam in the seventh

round of the nfl draft. he is the first openly gay player to take the field. he could still be signed by one of the other 31 teams in the league before the season starts next week and that's a pretty good chance that will happen. fewer quality films are being made and we'll look at what is causing the movie shortage next. we take a deeper look inside the nfl and how they're dealing with domestic violence. we'll explore the impact the new policy could have and other leagues may follow. that's a tonight on "a deeper look" at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we'll look at the ongoing drought problem in california. >> i'm melissa chan in california. our team has been covering the state's drought ever since the governor declared a state of emergency. we looked a at the impact on farmers. farmers with orchards have less

flexibilities when it comes to cutting back on water. they have to keep their trees hydrated. those who grow seasonal crops have the option to leave their land fallow. many ranchers have had to face the tough decision to sell their cattle. migrant farm workers many from mexico and central america have fewer jobs this year. no crops, no harvest, no work. as the drought deepened this summer those in the central shall has started drilling wells, deep wells that are longer than the empire state building. they have produced dramatic before and after pictures. the worst drought in the center cost the west 63 trillion gallons of lost water. we won't see much impact on fruit and vegetable prices this year but if the drought continues price also go up i in 2015. melissa chan, al jazeera, san francisco.

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connoisseurs >> we go to one of the most priso prestigious film festivals in the world. >> they love recycling here in venice. even when it comes to the world of movies. just look at the film festival jewelry. thershe won an award at cannes only a few months back. andifferent festivals, different jobs, but the same faces. >> it really does seem to be playing the same hand at the festivals this year. for example, this film was first

chosen at the berlin festival, now it's being passed to venice. likewise all of these movies have been screened here, and when this festival wraps up at the end of next week they'll be passed to toronto and screened there. remember all these festivals are fierce competitors yet there is this increasing feeling they're becoming every more reliant on each other. they are are not enough quality films to go around. >> there is a huge film production all over the world. but the quality is not always the one that we should respect. >> getting the stars on the red carpet for headlines gets the cameras there, that in turn attracts another type of person looking for screen time. >> politicians around the world have realized that they're great

for promoting a city. >> it's not just about the films. >> no, no. to a certain extent it's about putting a politician in front of a camera with a famous actor and famous director and saying we're bringing the best of the world to you. >> with 3,000 film festivals held every year worldwide numbers appear to be growing not falling. but in a world everyone wants to be a filmmaker all you need is one of these, but how long until the sun sets on them. >> i'm richelle carey in new york. i'll be back for another hour of news and a reminder to join us as we take a deeper look inside the nfl and how they're dealing with domestic violence. that's tonight on "a deeper lo look" at 8:00. "fault line" starts right now. keep it here.

>> it's still months before college football season kicks off, but the team at northwestern university is in the middle of a 40 hour work week. >> they are traveling more than even 10 years ago, they're being asked to sacrifice more they're asked to treat their sport as a year-round endeavor. so the demands on them are so intense that it has put them in a situation where it's like a fight or die situation. >> players earn no pay other