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didn't work out. >> michael sam fails to make the cut. now the first openly gay player grafted by the n.f.l. faces an uncertain football future. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. coming to you live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. more islamic air strikes in iraq. war planes attacked amerli. the town has been under siege for two months, and planes dropped food and humanitarian supplies. today australia said it would arm the kurds. australia has great to join an airlift of military equipment to the kurds. we have agreed to join this airlift at the request of the president obama administration in the united states, and with

the permission of the iraqi government. >> abbott says his government is helping to send rocket propelled grenade. so that are there has been no requests by the united states to play a come bat role. >> good morning to you. we hear there's an offensive going on. what is going on right now. >> it's a dramatic partial lifting so far of a siege of this town that that is been surrounded by late fighters. the villagers there. farming people and still servants have held how far. yesterday with the u.s. air strike and shi'a members.

they pushed through villages and have come in through the south. they spoke by telephone. the town is being retaken by iraqi forces. breaking the eej that has gone on. this is not in the original u.s. mandate. why are they involved in amor lie in the first place. >> you are right. it's widening the parameters. the air strikes they have conducted have been along the squad of northern iraq. this has been complicated. the res conditions of the town is shia turkman. and the shi'a turkman is a minority. they were afraid that the people

in the town, they would suffer a massacre. they were afraid it could have set off the fighting that could spend the count i spinning me the still war. we understand the air tricks destroyed humvees, some tanks. some that are american, stolen by the islamic state group, are destroyed by the fighter jets. >> jane arraf live from baghdad. thank you for being was. iran's ministry is warning that new sanctions may stall talks. the u.s. imposed sanctions on 25 businesses and individuals that were suspected of working on that nuclear programme. the president hassan rouhani said that some of the companies supply medical plies to iranians, and called them a crime against humanity. ukraine's president says his country is at the brink of a

full-scale civil war. petro porashenko says the country is closed to a point of no return. this happening as e.u. leaders threaten moscow. on saturday pro-russian separatists made gapes in the east, moving into a small town outside of luhansk. heavy shelling destroyed every home in that area. the strikes are coming from kremlin troops that crossed the border. in a diplomatic twist, the two countries are carrying out a swath of captured soldiers, all happening while russia plans to send a second convoy of aid. dozens of white trucks hike that were stationed -- like that were stationed near donetsk, ready to deliver aid. russia's foreign minister claimed kiev had given approvals and aid delivers would be coordinated with the red cross. >> in pakistan, protests broke out between police and protesters. >> more than 400 were wounded.

300 kills. thousands of protesters surrounded the home of nawaz sharif, calling on him to resign. former cricket player imran khan is calling on protesters to follow him. >> translation: i will lead the way. i will march ahead of everyone else. i will stop my people from becoming unruly and ask the pakistani police and army to remain peaceful. >> protests begain amid allegations of voter fraud. >> 70 filipino peacekeepers escaped rebel forces in syria. syrian rebels surrounded the camp. the al qaeda-linked al nusra confirmed they are holding a group much peacekeepers from

fiji. it is unclear where the peacekeepers are being held. rescue efforts are under way in nicaragua for a small group of gold miner missing. 20 men have been freed, four are upaccounted for. many of the men rescued joined the operation itself. the mine was closed four years ago after being deemed unsafe. >> hundreds of protesters in ferguson returned to the streets in memory of michael brown. [ chanting ] hundreds chanted, "don't shoot", calling for justice to brown. organizers call for supporters to up the traffic on labor day and the officer involved in the shooting, darren wilson has not been charged. a grand jury is examining evidence currently. this morning china denied

hong kong full democracy. the national government insists it has the right to choose the candidates. beijing will allow residents to vote an nominated candidates. adrian brown is live from beijing. what is the rehabilitation to this decision so far? >> good morning. as you might speck, the reaction from pro-democracy groups in hong kong has been furious. they warned that a planned sit in of the central business district where many american-owned banks will go ahead. that could involve 10,000 protesters. we have to remember that hong kong is a law-abiding society. it's not used to seeing angry protesters, i think china's decision has perhaps brought closer the prospect of real physical confrontation on the streets of hong kong. >> what is interesting, is can

the civil disobedience campaigns make a difference? >> i'm not sure. i mean, what we have seen today, i believe, is simply china reminding everyone that china rules hong kong. there's a lot of dark stories talking about foreign forces and countries turning hong kong into a base. the countries it's referring to, referring to the united states. at the press conference at the national people's contest made a ruling. the decision to names the candidates in the election for the next leader. it was taken because in the interests of china's national security, and sovereignty, i spoke to a government advisor, you will told me it would have

to remember. if things got out of control, if there was a serious breakdown in law and order. china would not hesitate to use the troops. that scenario is unlikely. the fact he was compelled to stay it is a reminder of somehow views are hardening. >> i want to go back to something you said. i'm mentioning the carson. china promised full autonomy. does the decision go to the direct position. >> the prodemocracy group say it's the spirit. i can remember covering the handover in 1997. during the time the people of hong kong lined the streets welcoming the arrival of the people's liberation army. the former colony was free. things changed dramatically

during the last 14 years, and the feeling is that they want democracy, they want more and now. aidery jp, good morning to you. labour day is almost upon us, it's time for a check of the forecast with kevin corriveau. >> i wish we could give great weather for everyone. >> at least say it's here. >> temperatures will go up here. for louz, we are seeing flooding going on, unfortunately. i'll take you here towards the gulf coast. we are not tucking about parts of new orleans, we are talking about lake charles, louisiana. and they have six inches of rain. they are dealing with it. people have inches of rain. depending where the house lies. the threat is we'll see more

rain coming into play. here is what we are talking about. not affecting baton rouge. as you see for the rest of the day, there's showers, clean is storms, and red is showers. it continues as we go towards monday. it will be a rainy day. >> thank you so much. this has been called a game changer. why some researchers say this hard job could save millions of lives. a new york apartment being make poor people use a separate entrance. and a second glance at some of the top stories. bisi onile-ere looks back at detroit's water crisis. >> i'm bisi onile-ere in detroit. controversy over the city's water shut off reaches a boiling

point. and the city launched a campaign to collect on water bills the city's actions insighted protests. the united nations which has yet to act on the issue released a statement saying the shut off is a human rights violation. half of all the customers were behind on payments, owing 90 million. they launched a 10-point plan. providing assistance for they say behind the bills. detroit resumed shutting off water. the group called on the mayor to policemen ple mment a moratorium.

the issue will be taken up in court. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. cl

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some cloudy skies above the capital this sunday morning as the nation continues to celebrate the labor day weekend. welcome back to al jazeera america. it's an honour to have you with us. i'm morgan radford, and ahead, the changing face of american ballet. first, a look at the forecast with meteorologist carve. >> a lot more cloudy skies for new york and washington. beautiful yesterday, things will get hotter and stickier and cloudier for the north-east.

i want to take you to the guv of mexico -- gulf of mexico, this is the next possible system. we call this invest 99 l. that's the name it's gip before become -- given before becoming a store. it could affect mexico later. we'll watch it. in terms of rain, a lot of rain, we'll see across the northern plains. >> we'll keep our eye on that. thank you ketch. in bangladesh, there's over 4 million workingers in the garment industry. 80% are women. it's hard for them to rise up in the ranks, because the men dominate the top positions, we have this report from dakar. >> in bangladesh's garment industry, women do the labour intensive work and the me supervise. the vast major city of workers are women, but on the a small

number are promoted >> translation: women have better cop sep tryings, they -- concentration. they have better concentration. they don't want to be supervisors, they have to walk and carry heavy loads. they don't like that. >> reporter: garment manufacturing is a female dominated area. male managers don't recommend qualified females for promotion. >> in two factories i called in a lot of workers and asked them saying "why aren't you interested in being supervisors?" because i was told by my mid level management that they were not interested, they were shy and not educated enough. i looked to them and said it's not rocket scenes. >> this woman has made it her mission to groom female leaders and half the supervisors on this

floor are women. the males have not change the. >> translation: women prefer to take orders from men, not other women. now that they are pushed. they are listening to women as well. >> it's not just men whose thinki thinking has the gender virus. >> women don't want to be supervisors. i didn't want to, my bosses encouraged me, i was scared. they gave me the courage. >> reporter: this has played a role in getting women out of the house into the work place. impacts are limited. the leaders are role models, members for parliament and the opposition are fame ail. they belong -- female. they belong to political dynasties. rising through the ranks on merit is rare. a popular music festival in

ukraine had to move because the conflict with russia. [ ♪ music ] it's one of the largest festivals of electronic music. it was held in georgia. it was hoped thousands would come. the conflict changed that. "swan lake" will have an african american ballet reapa. classical -- ballerina. there are few minorities within dance companies but american ballet theatre is trying to change that. [ ♪ music ] >> reporter: change does not come easily to ballet. ask misty copeland, a soloist at new york's american ballet theatre, these one of few african-americans ever to be at the top of her art form, something she and her company want to put behind them. >> as an african-american ballet

rina in the 21st sent ooey, it's rare to see. it's about opening up people's eyes to understanding that we can all be a part of the classical ballet world. doesn't matter what your skin colour in. >> in the past african-americans went to europe to dance, where the skin colour mattered less some blame racism, others time and resources for working class families. the three black students in this elite class in new york heard the familiar arguments. >> i feel like people weren't used to seeing ferp ferps in -- african-americans in white ampt they are used to saying -- white art. they are used to seeing hip hop. >> reporter: at this school they are searching for dancers. misty is the force behind

project clea. there's a 10% rise in minority students. that both well. >> people in the audience want to see people that look like them on stage. as long as we don't have that representation i don't expect diverse audience. >> misty will dance the lead in shi cos ki's "swan lake", she cites a model that didn't let race get in the way of success. >> he set the bar for change, president obama, and it's nice to have someone like that to set an example that african americans are capable of beak leaders in our communities. >> reporter: art reflects life. if it's true, this art form is on it way looking like the

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rep remanding russia, a stern warning from european leaders to russia, and a deadline for moscow to back away two americans kill on the battlefield. they were not fighting with allied forces. u.s. citizens joining the enemy overseas, an indepth discussion in our weekend discussion. outrage in new orleans, and why some big easy residents are

furious nine years after hurricane katrina. why the city by the sea is about to lose 5,000 jobs in three days. >> it is a dangerous situation, we have to show resolve, resilience in demonstrating to russia that if she carries on in this way, the relationship between europe, russia, america and russia, will be radically different in the future. they cannot go on in this way. >> british prime minister david cameron voicing concern over the crisis in ukraine. as the u.k. president is warning of a full-scale civil war. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york, i'm morgan radford. the european union is giving russia a week to pull back before laying down more sanctions. this as pro-russian separatists make fresh gains in the east. rebels moved on a city outside

of luhansk. shelling destroyed every home in the area. kremlin troops are said to have crossed the border. the united nations expressed concern in the death toll. 2600 have been killed. paul brennan is in mariupol with the latest. >> reporter: in recent weeks the ukranian army dominated in the east. the tide turned. in this town ukrainian forces have been encircled for the past week. kiev admitted it was surrounding the town. a supposed humanitarian corridor became a kill zone. instead of receiving freed captives, the demander was left the task of collecting their bodies. >> translation: they were given a corridor to get out, and they were shot. it's a violation of international conventions. we came now, we don't know how

they will end. border areas are shrouded in smoke. not all coming from the burn. near this town we witnessed a column of personnel car yours. the soldiers waved, but looked dusty and exhausted. they had the experience of men engaged in a battle. two ukranian army drugs appeared, carrying soldiers. they headed down a dead-end road, lost. we plastic bagged down a group. fleeing south. where are you going to. anywhere there's no shelling. what we have seen as we travel around the region is a combination of convoys, civilians fleeing for safety and tired exhausted looking ukranian soldiers on top of their vehicles heading back to base after what appears to be gens battle and the evidence of fighting is all around. res geps are disorientated.

>> we are frightened. we don't know what will happen. we are worried about the future. we have nowhere to go, no money. >> in kiev, the mistakesman for the national defense council listed some gains, but gave details of setbacks. >> translation: russian tanks entered the area and destroyed virtually every house. experts say it's the chechen style of the army, where they destroy every building, if they suspect someone from the enemy's site is in the building. new barriers have been placed on the road. the graffiti is a white dove of peace. for a second consecutive day, they build sandbags and dig trenches.

the trial datist may have halted the advance in the last couple of days, but the residents are taking no chances. >> in a diplomatic twist. russia and ukraine swapped dozens of soldiers. moscow returned 63 ukrainians who crossed the border by mistake. russians handed over 10 parr troopers. a second convoy of aid has been send to ukraine. dozens of trucks were stationed near donetsk. last week the foreign minister claimed kiev gave approval and all aid delivers would be coordinated with the red cross. n.a.t.o. is condemning russia's actions in ukraine, ahead of the summit. at 8:15, we talk to an expert op

tra transatlant relations, and what it could mean for the united states. more air strikes on the islamic state in iraq. more planes attacked the town of amerli. bombs bombed vehicles, weapons and buildings. the up to has been under siege for two months, and food and humanitarian supplies have been dropped. australia will arm the kurds in a fight against the islamic state. >> australia agreed to join an airlift of military equipment to the kurds. we agreed to join the airlift at the request of the obama administration in the united states. and with the permission of the iraqi government... >> here is zeina khodr, on what it is like on the ground. >> reporter: the scars of battle. the islamic state group used houses as defense lines before it was forced to retreat towards the city of mosul.

this man came home to find this. the group's fighters moved into the village in august. they did not only use the house as a because. they tell me theyate whatever food found, and used their clothes, and didn't give up without a fight. this is an organization that u.s. officials say is beyond anything they sa seen. those engaged in combat say they faced well-trained fighters. they placed a few snipers in different houses. and they did all the way the roads, the tnt. >> the islamic state may have been pushed back from the mosul dam and surrounding areas, but it is far from defeated. kurdish forces and elements of the iraqi army did not win this bottle alone. dozens of u.s. air strikes supported the offensive.

>> undoubtedly airpower does damn. it may have been an option. it's not always the case. the islamic state controls cities, using air strikes would cause mass civilian casualties. the kurd have been battling is on several fronts, but not in their strongholds. iraqis, and former members of the army are fighting alongside the group known as arabs. most of the villages here, sunni, and they - they supported the people here. they are disappointed in government. it's a revenge action. i think they supported these people. the air campaign slowed the progress in iraq. is, armed with u.s. equipment stolen from the iraqi army

controls territory in syria, where the obama administration lacks local allies. the war needs to be fought on the ground. it's a chaining since the governments in iraq and syria are not seep as legitimate by the sunnis. australian prime minister tony abbott also said that so far there has been no request by the united states for australia to play a combat role inside of iraq. well, more than 40 u.n. peacekeepers from fiji are being held by rebels, they were taken near the disengagement line, and al nusra group confirmed they are holding the fijian keepers. it's unclear where they are being held. 70 filipinos on saturday caped the rebels. what is the latest on the peacekeepe

peacekeepers, mike, and are there tips on their whereabouts? >> peacekeepers are part of a conflict of which they have no part. they are among the 1,000 strong groups that monitors the zone of disengagement, separating israel and syria. al nusra front sent out the identity documents of 45 peacekeepers. and who are manning the base and al nusra captured midway through last week, when the fighting spilled into the zone of disengagement. the whereabouts not known. the u.n. says that it is negotiating via its intermediaries. the demander, the army demander says that local sources are used on the ground to attempt to negotiate their release, but the whereabouts is not known at this particular statement. they could be in any area within the rebel controlled parts of

syria, so the situation very dangerous indeed for these peacekeepers. it begs the question why? as you said yourself, they are basically innocent bystanders. why is al nusra holding the peacekeepers in captivity? >> well, it's an interesting question. al nusra moved into the area within the last week in the ongoing conflict, as i mentioned in syria, whether the peacekeepers were a target or what might be an opportunity seen by al nusra. that is open to question at this point. just to mention 80 peacekeepers have been withdrawn from the zone of engagement and are safely on the u.n. base in the part of golan heights occupied by israel. al nusra clearly intent on using the peacekeepers as a lef rim or a bargaining chip.

al nusra has a history of using hostages in some of its ongoing negotiations. it captured lebanese police officers and soldiers at the beginning of the month. >> it released five of them, and is holding more than 20 whom it says it will kill if hezbollah engage in activity on al nusra, which would be a sunni organization. the u.n. secretary-general says he's in touch with groups that may have an influence. these are sunni faces. saudi arabia, who could bring influence to bear on the group and release peacekeepers. >> mike hanna in jerusalem, thank you for being with us this morning. >> in hong kong pro-democracy activists plan a civil disobedience campaign. china denied a region for democracy.

the national government insists it has the right to choose the candidates. >> reporter: for hong kong the announcement from china's parliament was keeply anticipated. its political masters in beijing clarified how much democracy they'll tolerate. a spoekesman for the -- spokesman for the national people's congress confirmed the election will be limited to a handful of officially approved candidates. there's a need to proceed in a steady and prudent manner because the sovereignty and improvement of the country is at stake. >> the mvp's decision means that candidates that meet with beijing's approval can stand in the election for hong kong's next leader. the candidates need the endorsement of half the members of a nominating committee, that

beijing will select. china guarantees on election of which there'll be no unpleasant survivors. >> when hong kong was returned to china as an autonomous region, beijing promised the former british colony a high degree of political autonomy. and the capital system could be uphindered for 50 years. the chinese government says that deal is being undermined by the current campaign for more democracy, part of what is calls a foreign conspiracy to turn hong kong into a base for subversion. >> foreign ministry in china has a reason to race the issue and warn people that are involved in this - local or international forces, from avoiding using hong kong as a platform of subversion against mainland china. >> for china, the matter of hong kong's political future has

been finalised. it's spoken and expect hong kong to listen. according to analysts, the chinese government doesn't want people to nominate candidates, because some could be hostile to china. you are looking live to south of miami florida. it's sunday, you have time to get out and enjoy the holiday weekend. kevin corriveau has a look at the labour day forecast. i hope you enjoy sunshine. >> i am. if you go up the coast into new orleans, it's a different story. we have heavy thunder storms. i want to show you the video in this area. take a look now. we have seen about six inches of rainfall. flash flooding and flooding is going on. a lot of people's homes have 2-4 inches in there, and unfortunately, there's not a lot of good news. we have rain coming in the forecast.

we are looking at the rain coming in from the gulf of mexico. new orleans is not bad. baton rouge - it's lake charles and toward parts of texas. this is where we are looking at for warnings. a lot of warnings in the area. they'll continue throughout the day. [ chanting ] in new orleans, resident took to the streets to bring attention to the slow recovery from hurricane katrina. protesters say they are struggling because they never received the federal funds promised. >> billions of dollars paying for our county, yet we see recovery on a fast-track in other parts of the city, that did not flood and suffer the devastation that we did. >> katrina hit nine years ago this week. many homes, businesses and roads in the lower 9th ward are in

disrepair. [ chanting ] there are also protests happening in ferguson, missouri, where hundred returned to the streets on saturday in memory of unarmed black teenager michael brown. they chanted, "don't shoot", as they called for justice. the teen was cut three weeks ago on saturday. organizers call for supporters to tie up track on labour day. >> people want justice for michael brown, and see the government and the country change the way they do business when it comes to ferns. darren wilson, the -- african-americans, darren wilson, the officer involved has not been charged. a grand jury is looking at the evidence. in the next three days two casinos in atlanta are closing. a third, trump plaza will close in a few weeks time. thousands more will lose their job.

casino profits have fallen from $5 billion to show of $3 billion last year. stay tuned - we'll talk about an ultimatum for russian. the european union telling moscow to get out of ukraine or face sanctions. n.a.t.o. is set to meet. kiev is on the team. the prospects of the n.f.l. having an openly gay player may have gone out the window. all right, so it may be old news in the states, but body slams and pile drivers are rare for these spectators, a reclusive country that got a taste of prowrestling. stay tuned. that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight only on al jazeera america @jvé

>> the contrast is too strong é between the repeated commitments and the dramatic reality on the ground. there can be no military solution to this crisis. it's time for everyone to get down to the business of peace

making. it's not too late, but time is running out. european leaders offering a peaceful solution, weighing a new round of tougher sanctions against russia, if moscow doesn't pull back by next week. simon mcgregor-wood has more from brussels. >> president petro porashenko came to brussels seeking reassurance and concrete help from allies, and made it clear how serious the crisis has become. >> we are close to the point of no return. the point of return is full-scale war, which already happened from the territory controlled by separatists instead of the regular russian troops. action which would be undertaken, if it's happened will be the point of no return. that's why we undertake the enormous efforts to stop that. >> reporter: he spoke to 28

heads of government at a summit dominated by russia's escalation. the rhetoric is heating up. >> we have to address the unacceptable situation of having russian troops on ukranian soil. countries in europe shouldn't need to thing long before realising how unacceptable it is. >> russia's open and direct involvement is itself a war against ukraine. it's clear that means against country who wants to be closer to europe. that means russia is prac ukly in the war against -- practically in the war against europe. >> the time language was moderate, but tougher sanctions are on the way. >> the european council is ready, to take steps in light of the situation on the ground.

it requests the commission to urgently undertake preppa tory work, together with actions and present proposals for consideration within - within a week. >> back in july, e.u. leaders imposed sanctions on different sectors of the russian economy. number sales and arms sales. russians responded by banning european agricultural imports. european leaders said they'd do more if the situation on the ground escalated, and this week it did that. russia's actions shocked e.u. leaders, the momentum towards tougher sanctions is updeny ail. doing nothing is not an option to e.u. leaders. finding measures that influence vladimir putin's decisions is proofing hard. joining me now is adrian, a

senior fellow with the atlantic programme. thank you for being here. do you agree with petro porashenko, that ukraine is at a point of no return? >> i think russia is at a point of no return, that is to say mr putin has been upping the ante in the last few weeks. a couple of weeks ago ukranian forces had an appeared of two months where they pushed back the rebels. they were made of up of irregular fighting forces. poout yin upped the -- putin upped the ante by incuting military units, taking off their ipp siing nias, and russian forces are fighting. today me came out with a statement talking about the need for a statehood. he's trying to carve out, having taken over crimea, an enclave. i think it's a serious turn in

events, and russia - seems like putin is heading to the point of no return. ukraine wants to preserve the igteg gritty of its -- integ gritty of its territory. >> do you think progress gained has been lost, and could it be regained if ukraine joined n.a.t.o. joining in the position of instability is not on offer. what is on offer is a strict regime of sankctions which is u to the e.u., in north atlantic community. and given ukraine the technology and the military means to defend itself and to have the best weapons to fight off the russians and raise the cost of russian intervention. he's not gone all in. rhetorically vladimir putin has gone in with grandy owes

expectations. he's not used air power. he's not brought in, you know, tens of thousands of fighters, but a couple of thousands to create an equilibrium. i think at some level vladimir putin is speaking dangerously. >> would that force n.a.t.o.'s hand. >> they have to provide ukraine with technologies and forward deploy forces. there are russian, large russian minorities. poland is nervous, romania. >> why the balkan countries? >> what n.a.t.o. will be doing at the summit in wales is getting rapid deployment from other countries so if vladimir putin were to conduct military adventure, it would be confronting allied forces, general non, american, canadian, making a higher threshold for him, which i don't believe he's

ready to escalate. >> we'll be looking towards the 4th and the 5th of september so see if the threshold is met. senior fellow at the atlantic council. bit of a cloudy sunday in the heart of the nation's capital. the heart of the weekend is not over. what you can look forward to. we are bringing in kevin corriveau on that. >> temperatures are going up. yesterday new york was looking at 62 degrees. we are up to 75. that's an indication of how much warmer it is going to be. we have showers coming into play. that will make things a little more humid. temperatures 75 in new york, 73 in boston. high temperatures look like this. 86 degreesful -- degrees. that is a major join. look at that.

91. the first openly gay player drafted in the n.f.l. has been droppedly his team. michael sam did not make the cut. the coach, jeff fisher, said it was a tough call, because the defensive lineman has the eighty to play in the lead. sam tweeted: other teems have until 1:00 p.m. eastern to claim him. the president's potential wardrobe malfunction. will the tan suit debacle reoccur. >> was it a coup or not? confusion over an armed attempt to overthrow the government of a peaceful nation. don't go anywhere.

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zhou-castro, we spent a month in the rio grande valley at the center of the immigration crisis

homeland security said it caught 63,000 children crossing into the u.s. alone. we arrived in june to find a border with holes. it apprehended more than 10,000 children crossing the border. the children from guatemala, honduras, and el salvador overwhelmed detention centers and provoked a national outcry. most call the situation a humanitarian crisis, people in a few communities protested against the children's presence. the obama administration responded by deporting more myingiants and the texan governor announced he'd send troops to the border. by july, the numbers caught crossing the border dropped by a half. as fewer migrants cross, their bodies appear 80 meals to the north, in the texas desert. the brooks county sheriff's

department says it has recovered 23 odd-bodies victims of the heat and ruthlessness of smugglers that leave the heat behind. the crisis continues. congress adjourned its session without taking action on immigration. well, immigration is first up in our weekend politics segment. joining me is domenic carter, political journalist, and bill o'reilly, strategist and columnist. let's jump into immigration. president obama said he'd use the executive power by the end of the summer. now we here he may wait until after the midterms. why the change of heart? >> it's simply. it's midterm elections, the democrats trying to hold on to the senate, and they are in a fight of their life. if you are the president, this president, where, frankly, your

poll numbers are all and there's no coat-tails for the democrats, why put them in that position, when we are now upon labour day, so the public will pay attention to the racist. it's been him not wanting to upset the democrats. >> what are the ramificationsism. >> i think it's strategic. republicans have been seeing it all summer long. people are moved into various dates. this is a really hot issue, and the democratic committee does not want it to be a key issue going into the elections. a year ago maybe he could have pulled this off. now there's an assistance that the border is so porous, we can't do anything about it. to pass a reform plan, it's dangerous to the average joe american who is thinking what then. if we legalize people now, it will be a massive incentive to

bring more people north. >> what i can't seem to get out of my mind is i remember covering him in 2008 at the latin american convention, and watch him say "i'm going to do this first when i get into office", do you think he'll lot the latino support. >> i think he's lost that now. no question. you get two terms for president. he's on the last term. his concern is his legacy, and building his library. he would like to do this. the democrats in washington are not going to let him, not now, not in the midterms. >> let's move to the other side of the aisle. mitt romney insists he will not run, tuesday he said, "circumstances can change", what do you think is going on? >> mr romney is definitely a formidable candidate. make no mistake about it, and who knows, maybe the third time is the charm this time around.

same change happened with richard nim richard nixon - not to make a comparison - but he had the nomination, lost and ran again. romney - seems like he has a commanding presence of the issues. he seems relax. if he could have been this way during the campaign, maybe it would have been different. it's tough to beat an incumbent president. romney focused on obama administration care. >> he warned of insurance changes and called russia saying it would be the biggest geopolitical foe. >> he was right. this may be buyers' remorse with the president's numbers tanking. the funny thing is american politics, they ask if he'd consider running. he said there's a one in a million shot.

so the attitude is he hasn't ruled it out. he would be formidable. he's bright, he's up on the issues, and has been through two elections. after two losses you say you are done, finished in american poll terks, i don't think it's -- politics i don't think it's the case. if he did it again, there would be fire in the belly. >> there's a catch. >> what's that? >> he's shown he can get the nominations. that's a great thing. but, he may get the nomination, but will not get past hillary clinton. >> i think he will. >> you think so? >> i do. >> we have a leaked audio of the coke brothers event and hopefuls in dallas meeting with the coke brothers. in this leaked audio mitch mcconnell said student loan debt, unemployment, minimum

age - not on my watch. >> i was surprised this was big news much when is it news that republicans are looking to shrink the government. we have 17 trillion in debt. republicans are fiscally responsible. it's not news at all. it was a conversation. we do need to reduce spending. do you think in terms of aptics. >> optics, there we go. can you save 47%, mitt romney. it's reminiscent of a comment na brought mr mitt romney down, not something that mitch mcconnell should have been saying. it does not play well for the big tent theory of the republican party. it's a reminder to voters that the stereotype of the republican party represents the rich. >> if you need to reduce the

size of the budget. you need to bring back spending, it will affect programs that are popular. sometimes you have to do the unpopular, to protect young people in america, that are paying for this. >> speaking of protecting young people, what about about women. here is jill gillibrand, she made comments about sexual harassment. do you think she should have named her attackers? >> she has made a brand, based on for lack of a better word, the woman card. if you look at twitter, it is all women's issues. >> that is a big issue on capitol hill where we are largely represented. >> if people are making comments, it's good for the germ public. it's inappropriate, a little mean. >> should she name them

specifically? >> i think she should. >> of course she cannot. she cannot name them. >> why not? >> it's a closed body, the u.s. senate. if she names the senators that made the comments, it will make life for her and her constituents as an end result really difficult in washington. >> "time" magazine said the more powerful choice is to describe without naming names, and persuade guilty parties to vote the way she wants them to. can she wield this for leverage. >> see can. i'm not sure she's that machiavellian to pull that off. i think she is looking to get the headline. if you are going to go out and make sa charm, you should stand by it. if you have courage, go all the

way. >> some say president obama was courageous to wear the tan suit. >> i saw a photo of that. what was your first impression when you saw the tap suit. >> honestly? >> honestly. >> i stopped in my tracks and said huh. i said wait, something is not right. what is going on. let's put the positive pin on it. maybe the president is ahead of his time. we, the american public is not used to seeing the president addressed like that. does it lack the seriousness of the situation? >> it played in to what the narrative is about the president. he's not bringing his a game or taking seriously the event of the world. it's not a mistake what the president puts on. the president is a bright public

relations guy. i sense he's doing it on purpose. almost to say "you can't knock me off my game. it's a bad move. if he came out in a tanned suit, it wouldn't be viewed the same way. there's a sense the president is wandering over the place. >> back to the optics of it all. political journali and columnis. thank you for joining us the small army of lesotho is denying that it staged a military coup. the country's prime minister fled to south africa fearing for his life. >> reporter: calm on the streets of lesotho after the sound of gup fire at down. the prime minister is in south africa, where he accuses the military of attempting to seize

power. he told al jazeera that dialogue, not violence should be used to solve disputes. it creates a crisis. i'm calling on the military to put down the arms and sit down and follow the right procedures, but that defeat, the army that we spent time training. the coalition government almost collapseded in june. >> the military raided police stations to seize weapons it believed could have been supplied to supporters of leading politicians ahead of a plan on monday. it was called by the deputy prime minister to demand the resumes of parliament. >> it's been denied that mothetjoa metsing is behind the event. >> this is not a coup. i would not be a deputy prime

minister now. the prime minister would not still be a prime minister. if there is a coup that has tape place in lesotho. >> the maul land locked kingdom is surrounded by south africa. its people are familiar with financial hardship and coups. the neighbour made is clear that an overthrow was unacceptable. the one thing that would not be tolerated, as well as the afghan union is unconstitutional change of government. we can't have cow de tars in 2014. the prime minister has the backing of sav sea, s axe d ic and the african union. without that, the problems are far from over. lesotho had three military coups since its ipp depend in brit ape. >> iran's foreign ministry warns

that the sanctions may stall talks. 25 individuals and companies that worked on the programme - it was's some supply medical supplies to the country and iran calls it a crime against humanity. three died during protests acting pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif to step down. just hours after thousands marched in the streets they set fire to the building. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowd. >> he travelled from minnesota to the middle east to fight for the group known as the islamic state. american extremists, and why young americans may coin overseas fighters. >> the conflict of the war - it's not about people, but about government. people like each other.

>> love in a hopeless place. booze and fun in the sun a stop throw away from a war zone. remember we told you about a monster gator, we knew it was big aring -- really big, but could it be the largest ever - find out after the break.

a united nations ship carrying splays to poor african nations was turned back for fears over ebola. it was turned away because it stopped in the line earian cap -- liberian capitol. in sepp gal, they are trying to find who the face case of bowl

are was with. no one here knew that a man carried a deadly virus. the neighbourhood is in fear that some among them will be sick. >> translation: he will not come down, it's too dangerous. some tell us we can catch it from the wind. behind the shutters, booked up inside, people live here. >> he is a relative, wearing surring call gloves. the entire neighbourhood and the family are worried. this is a working class area, where migrants go into the si to work. now that there's a confirmed case, they feel that people are scared to enter. this woman cannes get to work.

-- can't get to work. buses and taxis no longer stop here. >> translation: why hasn't the ministry of health distributed health equipment. if it's safe to be here, why hasn't officials come to visit us. >> investigators still want to test people infected. some have left. there's a sense of unease that a killer virus is gaping ground over -- gaining ground over the neighbourhood. >> translation: if no access is taken against is, after a month they'll reach europe and the u.s. i'm telling you now - you have to keep this in mind - i call upon the leaders to take the warning seriously. that's saudi arabia's king

abdullah sending a ruling about the group known as the islamic state. president obama is waiting on the defence secretary to present sa strategy beyond air strikes. we learnt that an american jihadist known as douglas mccain was tilled in syria fighting for the islamic state. his high school friend was also killed while fighting overseas for the islamic extremist group. j j green is our al jazeera america national security contributor and joins us live. a closer look at why americans may be turning to terror groups. thank you for joining us. it's a pleasure to have you with us. douglas mccain and troy were from the same flawed community, what is it about this part of minnesota where we see kids joining groups like this. there's an infrastructure built there since the mid 2000s by

jihadist organizations that knew there were vulnerable populations and people that could side with their campaigns of terrorism around the world. there was a third american, mohammed from minnesota, another one of those casualties of these types of organizations. they have been doing it for a while. they have a well-entrenched structure. it operated in the shadows. and appealed. they don't have a sense of hope or that they can participate in the american dream or achieve the success they wanted and feel that this country or others are putting the home countries or et cetera nifty at risk. they feel like they need time to join up and fight with them against the west. >> it's interesting.

you mentioned a sense of disenfranchise. we have seen that everywhere, from gaza to ferguson, missouri. if we see this happen in rural miles per hour is the rest of the country propose to follow? >> i am not sure if they are propose to follow. i can say there's no doubt that the center men exist, in the found and cross the world. when you look at where we are today, you have mega rich people, and you have really poor people, engaging every day on the planet trying to make their way. the people with no money and if poverty are less likely to succeed and there are those ahead of them. they feel like they are keeping them under the sun. organizations lying al qaeda, or i.s.i.s. or al qaeda - taliban appeal to them saying you are

not going to get anywhere playing by the rules we can arrange the playing field so we can succeed or help you get into a situation. you know, you'll have this kind of reward. many imams and people in a muslim faith tells you that this kind of ideology doesn't pay off. it's hijacking of religious - hi jacking, it doesn't pay off. you have this concern with many countries. >> jj green joining us from washington d.c. thank you for being with us. >> you are look at the islands in south carolina, where there's time to get out and enjoy your labor day weekend let's go to meteorologist kevin corriveau for the latest. >> the beaches are great. if you are travelling tomorrow, we'll have problems with the airport of the let get to that now. a lot of people will be in the

airports and see delays. we are deal with what is happening up to the north. we have severe weather breaking out. you see the line of thunder storms. that will be making its way to the great lakes tomorrow, and you can see the rain towards the eastern part and the west. >> where you see the red. that will be severe weather as well as chicago and st. louis. delays for you tomorrow. >> thank you so much, kevin. check, check, check it out. american prowrestlers jumping in the win for a fight in north korea. heavy pros competed in pyongyang on saturday. fans eager as america bested the japanese rivals. kim jong un was not on handfor seat's festivities. speaking of festivities, a huge

music festival was moved from crimea to georgia. the conflict worried the organizers. hundreds of russians and ukrainians are joining together and dancing to the same beat. >> we are tape inside. >> welcome to this republic, more than a music festival, it's the spiritual heart of ukraine and russia. held in crimea for more than 20 years, russia's annexation of that territory and the conflict in ukraine forced the 10-day event to relocate to georgia. it is a self-styled d president says the world can learn a lot from his republic. . >> translation: the least i could have done is gathered the g20 summit and give them advice.

we don't live in a perfect world and kazan tip is not a festival, it's creating a successful model i think i succeeded in doing that. >> reporter: kazan tip's citizens must agree to play by the rules, be fun loves, peaceful and themselves. people call it the fifth season. others the russian ukrainians for me it's a place i cap be myself, no matter what. >> local businesses hoped 40,000 would descend on the sleepily reshort. ukraine's war may have spoiled the appetite. nobody wanted to talk about that. it was on many people's minds. >> all this conflict of this war it not about people, it's about governments. people like each other. >> this is musical escapism. crimea and ukraine might be on

the horizon. gormia's breakaway region is up the coast. there's no trouble here. this has brought together georgeans, russians and ukrainians dancing to the same beat. >> true citizens create their open fun. there were complaints about too many police, too few drugs, and over attentive local males. kazan tip, another refugee, may have to seek new horizons again. organizers say the festival is to big ta for 10 days they consider it to be its open country. there's a new world record for the largest gator. this is an alabama family posing in front of the 100 pound 15 foot, 9-inch long creature. 13 inches longer than the safari

club's record in texas. they battled for five hours before hooking it. >> that does it for this edition of al jazeera america. we leave you with a look at sun aisles in florida. have a great day.

hello, welcome to the newshour, i'm jane dutton in doha. iraqi forces have retaken the besieged town from amerli from islamic state fighters s protesters in pak tan call on the prime minister to resign. hong kong's political future in the balance. china says elections can go ahead, but it will choose the candidates. >> i'm robin with