davis's book to be directed by george clooney shooting is scheduled to start next year. there may well not be a screenplay yet. but there is clearly one come can. and in that respect, the truth, the whole truth has just caught up with nick davis. we will see you next time here at "the listening post." ♪ snow snow this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm richelle carey, here are the top stories. hundreds of thousands march in new york city and around the globe to urge world leaders to take action on climate change. a peace deal in yemen - put

it has not stopped the fighting. syrians escaping i.s.i.l. continue to flood into turkey, numbers topping 70,000. mission to mars, the maven spacecraft set to reach the red planet's orbit tonight. thousands of demonstrators in the streets of new york city today all in the name of protecting the environment. organizers claim over 300,000 participated in what they are calling the people's climate march, the biggest event of its kind, and one of many similar marriages around the world. we were at the march. >> 310,000 people. the initial estimate from organizers thought it may go up. it was a demonstrations that at one point was 6.5km long, snaking through the streets of

manhattan. the idea was if you mobilized hundreds of thousands of people, it would make competition for the hundreds of thousands for the fossil fuel companies who seem to be winning the argument on the environment. we have the meeting on tuesday with ban ki-moon. it's vague what the agenda is, but the u.n. prodding 125 leaders to get it going to the right direction as we approach power next year, and binding commitments on carbon dioxide. it was all walks of life. that is what the organizers wanted to say. it wasn't issues of environmentalists comlaining about polar bears, but issues concerning everyone in society, all walks of life - trade unions, indigenous communities, students, l.b.g.d. communities, human rights, war and peace -

and it concerns everyone. they mobilized the numbers. the organizers didn't have a specific set of demand today, which came if for some criticism for some on the left who said "what is this then, an open air street party with an environmental theme, that doesn't threaten power", the organizers say no, no one can ignore numbers like this, even those that don't agree with the issue. it's the first of many demonstrations that will continue. for example, tomorrow, on wall street, there'll be an act of civil disobedience. 300-400 will turn up, joining the dots. according to environmentalists - we'll be there, and we'll keep you posted to see how the protests develop, and whether they affect the conversations at the u.n. and beyond. >> new york city's march may have been the largest, it was not the only demonstration.

in london 40,000 marched past big ben carrying signs calling for a cleaner planet. calling on david cameron to allocate money to reduce carbon emissions and slow carbon emissions. in france many took to the streets in paris. many say it's not political, they want to raise awaurps you have consumption of energy. in germany, 10,000 turned out. marching to brandenburg gate. they championed the cause of polar bars and rabbits, and some dressed as angela merkel, to draw attention to the need for action. the marches coming two days before the united nations summit in new york. tuesday, 120 world leaders will gather to work towards an agreement that will address the dangerous effects of climate change. we'll have more on the 69th session of the united nations coming up in "the week ahead". that is 8 o'clock eastern hour.

>> now to yemen. where spoke is billowing, following days of clashes. houthi fighters have taken over key government buildings, and the state-run building in the capital. a peace deal brokered by the u.n. was brokered today. we have more from the capital asana. >> yes, it's early to gauge the rehabilitation? sanaa. let me give you more from that deal, because the most important point is the cessation of the host ilt yes, which has -- hostilities which has been mentioned, but it short on detail. nothing was said with record to when and how the houthis will pull out from the capital. now the minister of defense, the army, national tv, radio

station, the central back, nothing was said about this situation, under which the deal has been signed. there are broad terms talking about the needs of the government to on back all the weapons and all the territory under its control, for the groups to stop carrying arms, and for security to be in the hands of the central government. all of that has been generally mentioned in security, which is short on specifics. there'll be a special committee appointed in the next few weeks to go to the north and deal with the ceasefire. it is still subject to negotiation. >> heavy nighting in northern syria send residents over the border to turkey. >> several thousand, most ethnic kurds - they began to flee when

fighters from the islamic state captured several villages. turkey is close to key border crossings, and want to prevent fighters entering syria the country's president says its government would not give details of the deal. today recep tayyip erdogan told families, "there are things we cannot talk about", this is a quote. the host edges were received in iraq in june and returned on saturday. other countries have joined the fight against i.s.i.l. ambassador to the united nations samantha power says france, germany and saudi arabia are on board. >> secretary of state john kerry chaired a meeting in new york. more than 40 counties have joined. france undertook attacks for the first time. saudi arabia, and a host of

other commitments, including germany, which broke with tradition to provide weapons and military equipment to the iraqis and the kurds. >> u.s. ambassador to the u.n., samantha power. >> pope francis wrapped up a first official visit to the baltic nations. tens of thousands turned out to see the pontiff. he urged muslims to turn their back on muslim extremism. >> albanians awaited the popes arrival with enthusiasm, not just the catholic 10%, but orthodox christians and muslims. >> they gathered in their thousands on sunday morning for a glimpse of the pontiff. no one seemed unwelcome. and albanians feel they know why they were chosen for the visit. >> it was albania, because of our - because the community, muslim community, kath lake

community -- catholic community can live good together here. we are very tolerant. >> we never had problems where we are a peace loving people. we love god, but don't discriminate against faith. >> reporter: religion was banned under communism. the orthodox church became a gymnasium. a mosque became a studio. when the iron curtain fell the church baptised adults. >> the pope conducted mass under the banners of clerics, muslims, and perhaps it was this suppression of all religious belief that made the fate seem equal, and albania a place to highlight the value of intolerance. >> religiouse leaders in europe wants faith to unit, rather than

divide. >> we promote to the people, a lot of wrong things happen. everyone as to understand that opinions are something that force people's strength, the way they live together. in this sense we have to understand that we are leaving the same ship. we are leaving the same. muslims and christians frequently intermarry, whether observant or not, and are welcome in each other's places of worship. albanians know to deny this is to tear families apart. afghanistan is timely naming the next president after month of political negotiations. afghans celebrated in kabul after a power-sharing agreement was signed, facing ashraf ghani in the presidential seat. his rival abdullah abdullah will assume the newly created position of chief executive. jennifer glasse as more. >> reporter: the two rivals, now

partners. side by side they signed a deal giving a unity government, with the president sharing power with a newly created role of chief executive. it took weeks for the me to get to this point. . >> translation: may god press you. you so you can be in the surface day and night, and complete the jobs we couldn't full: so we can continue with a happy life. the two men's parties will share the ministries in government positions. >> today a mix of good and bad news. the good news is there's an end to a long-time political crisis. the bad news is a huge setback to democracy in afghanistan. >> for some afghans, a unity government is not what they were looking for. >> translation: we are disappointed. it was not our vote that decided this. they could have mad a deal six months ago. >> the political stalemate hurt

the economy and inflamed a security situation. one of the first tasks will be to sign a security agreement to allow forces to remain in afghanistan to train and support afghan troops. the new government will face a number of challenges. afghanistan is dependent on aid, corruption is widespread. many afghans are suspicious of politicians. they want a government to unite them and put the economy back on its feet. earlier today i spoke with joshua white, deputy director at the stenson institute. he said the power sharing was the first step. >> it's not often that there's good news coming out of afghanistan. this is good news. it's not a perfect deal, but it's important that we have seen the loser, abdullah abdullah, who came in second in these

run-off elections, coming to a crossroads, deciding whether he wanted to press and mobilize his constituency across the nation, which could have been disruptive, or to take a role in the government, and a peace of the pie. it looks like he has done so. it looks like the deal is likely to stick in the near term. >> like most deals, this pushes some difficult issues into the horizon, over the next couple of years. after a couple of years there'll be a grand lawyer jurga to consider changes to the constitution. in the near term there's two things that ashraf ghani needs to do. one is he needs to adopt posture towards abdullah abdullah, to give him powers, to give him real discretion in implementing the agenda of the new government. and, two, i think that as a team, they need to adopt a conciliatory and outreach

posture to pakistan. if they feel like this arrangement in kabul is not in its interests or problematic, pakistan could be a trouble maker in afghanistan. no one wants that. despite the deal the final ballots from the run off election are waiting to be released. that will take another few days. the ukranian military says pro-russian separatists and russian forces are firing at ukranian forces despite a ceasefire. there's a buffer zone, but the ukranian government says it will not go ahead with the plan until the truce ceases. >> reporter: the ukranian military claims it lost two soldiers, and eight wounded in the past 24 hours, as a result of firing from the separatist positions. the separatists saying that the ukrainians breached the ceasefire agreement on six occasions, including yesterday

they said ukrainians were responsible for blowing up industrial explosives factory in separatist held territory. all of this not looking good for the memorandumon signed in minsk, in which both sides agreed to create a buffer zone of 30km between the fighting areas, where heavy artillery pieces would be removed, and the intentions of foreign fighters and equipment to be withdrawn from the conflict area - a reference to the russian forces. it's alleged ta fighting in ukraine, that moscow admitted they are here, but in a voluntary capacity, and say the ukrainians have some foreign fighters in their midst. the situation summed up by an n.a.t.o. military commander, saying the ceasefire in ukraine was in name only. we are learning about the man accused of getting into the

white house with a knife. he's a veteran, omar gonzalez, decc rated for service in iraq -- decorated for service in iraq. he was decc rated for service. a former secret service ate said it's possible the breach happened because etch was focussed on the president's departure. >> policear tracking down eric frayne, he ambushed two state troopers. police say it was planned. and he may have disappeared, for months, maybe years. he is in a bush area. >> up until now, the advantage is this is his backyard. our tactical people now know his backyard, an area he felt safe in, we are pushing apart. he is no longer safe. i'm confident he'll be apprehended. >> the ambush-style shooting

happened outside the blooming grove police station, 60 miles north-east of alan town. one trooper was shot. another recovering. still to come - residents of ebola have been ordered to stay in their home for three days to stop the spread of ebola. now we are waiting to see if it will be lifted. >> natural resources protected - we need a woman that travel to the u.s. from the amazon. >> there's moisture hanging in the air. the highest we have seen, bringing flash flooding into parts of the south-west. i'll show you where the heaviest storms are, and where they'll continue through to tomorrow, coming up.

it's the third day of sierra leone's lock down, an extreme measure to fight bowl

christopher gibson. 6 million -- ebola, 6 million citizens were ordered to stay at home. treatment facilities were filled with activities as doctors treated people with the disease. >> reporter: of all the people that caught ebola so far, half have died. medical staff take no chances. in hot and humid conditions, full suits are worn, chlorine sprayed to protect the masks. >> the isolation units are important. at the moment there's a lot of suspected cases in the community who if they are not isolated could effect those around them. >> reporter: they are working about an hour away from freetown. it has space for four patients and is at full capacity. >> inside the place, it is very warm. the patient is very

uncomfortable. we console them. >> patients who test positive are transferred to freetown's only treatment center before it opened two days ago, the closest facility was five hours away. >> it is important to have a center like this, as you know, we on have two centers in the country. again, we used to move patient from freetown to those areas. >> one rights group called the shutdown in sierra leone a publicity stunt. health workers who have been going door to door say it's been a success. >> people are cooperating. this morning we have been working with people. people come, listening to us about ebola. they promise us that they'll put it into effect.

>> reporter: the ebola outbreaked kill more than 2,600. when contained. the effect on countries like sierra leone will be felt for years to come. looking at numbers, as of september 18th the ebola outbreak killed over 2600, infecting thousands more. liberia has been the hardest hit. half of the confirmed cases are there, and under 1500 have died of the virus. you can see here the ebola outbreak has been concentrated. a storm is turning off the west coast. tropical storm polo is off the coast of the mexico. rough surfaces were reported on the californian coast. days ago it was hit by hurricane odile. polo is expected to lose strength, but dangerous rip currents will linger for a few days. >> rebecca stevenson is here

with more of your weather. a lot going on. >> yes, the hurricanes, tropical tomorro storms. the first, odile, still lingering around the south-west, from texas to nevada. and so much moisture is hanging in the air that once the showers and thunder storms roll through, it doesn't take much to lift it up and bring 2-4 inches of rainfall quickly. within a matter of hours. as we look closely here, you see the showers, thunder storms, and the rain rates up to an inch and a half per hour. that's how much water is coming down in this large area. we total up the rain fall. corpus kristi, 2.5 inches of rain, and we are accumulating it now into west texas and parts of south-east new mexico. that's where flash floods are in effect and flash flood watches. that stretches up through nevada, and comes close to the california border.

it would be great to get rain fall popping up around the copying fire, the wildfire. we are not seeing that at this point. we are getting gusty winds. that's what we have here. 30-40 miles per hour around the southern area of low pressure pushing through the four corners. albuquerque, with wind gusts. temperatures are hot. we have a big difference on the way - not only for the north central mid west pushing across the great lakes, but the north-east. temperatures will dive. 10-20 degrees cool on your monday than today. 11 degrees cooler for miles per hour, but the biggest -- minnesota, but the biggest difference is 17 degree drop for detroit. the cold air heading to the north-east. >> that's a lot. it will feel different.

>> thank you. >> for the past two weeks al jazeera america documentary series "edge of 18" put cameras in the hands of high school seniors about to enter the next phase of their lives. in this week's episode, alex gibney, executive producer walks through issues with teenagers. >> i was like, okay, everyone hates me, maybe i'll kill myself. drug the bowling situation, i started getting threatening message and things about me on twitter. i'd walk down the halls, people would whisper. i wept into a deep depression. my thoughts were literally like how would be the easiest pain freeway to end my life? >> look, kids are kids, and you can see that they lack a certain perspective and wisdom, but their sophistication about the

world and emotional strength is profound. >> i don't want to tell me family that i got rejected from chapman. i don't want to tell anyone. i had a dream to go to chapman university and get out of the valley and start a new life away from here. but my dream shattered. i feel alone. >> we are not doing enough to make opportunity possible. that's a consistency. it breaks your heart of the one of the issues about education is how important the role of parents is. >> through this process i've been on my own. i don't have my mum on me about deadlines and fees. >> maurice, you have a month from now. you'll be graduating, and you need to have a plan. you need to get your life

together. at some point you'll realise that maurice is in charge of his own listen, and hopefully it's not too plate when you realise that. >> getting the kids prepared for college. not only in a technical sense, but an emotional assistance. when they are learning to divorce themselves from their parents, but need their love and faction. >> catch "edge of 18" tonight 9 eastern. here on al jazeera america. >> and still to come - fluting fears in pakistan as days of stagnant water causes concern, and an outbreak of disease may follow. researchers are looking at how the drought in california is having a profound effect on a national park. and mexico's push to convince street vendors to report earnings and pay taxes.

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300,000 participated in the people's climate march, one of the biggest events of its kind, and one of many around the world. there's no stop to the violence in yemen, despite a peace deal. the fighters took over key government buildings, and are asking for a new government with more representation. afghanistan announced its next president following months of political negotiation, and a new power sharing agreement. ashraf ghani will be president, while rival abdullah abdullah will assume the newly created position of chief executive. at least two people are dead and nine injured after a bomb exploded in egypt. it happened on a busy sidewalk in central cairo. it was targetting a police checkpoint near the headquarters for the state-run television station and egypt's foreign ministry. the two killed were identified as senior policeman. >> translation: we were sitting at the press checkpoint when we heard the explosion.

one policeman died and a captain. we took both to the hospital. the group claiming responsibility said it was in retaliation for a crackdown on supporters of ousted president mohamed mursi. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalist in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 267 days. their falsely accused of aiding the autolawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed and peter greste -- mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste refused 7 years, and badr an extra three years for having a spent bullet. in an area known as the pakistan bread basket, crops are under water. and food prices are rising. we have this report from southern punjab. >> reporter: it's a terrible year to own a cotton factory.

first, the rain - heavy and out of season. it knocked the plants around, damaging the quality of the cotton. then the floods hit, washing away a third of the crop, taking with it 40% of the businesses profit. >> translation: because of the damage we are getting less raw material. the flood is costing a fortune. the factory is barely running 12 hours a day, because we don't have enough cotton. >> from the air you see the extent of the damage. farms, villages flooded when the government diverted water from rural areas. >> around 7,000 square kilometres of agricultural land is underwater - everything from fruit and vegetables to rice and sugar. food prices are going up. the worry is there won't be enough basic supplies to feed people. >> this farmer, a lawyer and

politician, says the cost of some food items has doubled and tripled. >> from the farm to the market, the food stuffs are not coming. this will have a demand and supply impact. we feel there'll be a 20-25% inflation. >> reporter: for tenant farm erls, it's a cat as -- farmers, it's a catastrophe. they have nothing - no farm, no home. they are living on the dykes waiting for water to recede. the landlord says it's the worst he has seen. >> translation: labourers are in crisis. they need a good compensation package from the government. if the government doesn't help, he'll live hand to mouth.

across the provinces, floods turned farms into lakes. for many, there's nothing they can do, except see if there's anything worth catching. conflict in gaza lasted 50 days, claiming the lives of more than 2100 palestinians, and left 20,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. as a result residents are facing a housing shortage. as charles stratford tells us. israel will not allow cement and building materials into gaza. >> reporter: this man guides his 3-year-old son through the rubble of what is his home. they stayed in a u.n. school. they had to leave when the school is prepared for students to return. >> translation: i was so shocked when we returned. we were worried about what we would do when winter comes.

>> he doesn't have the money to rent an apartment. there's no electricity and running water. for the time being, he prefers to stay where the house once stood. across the road cabins have been constructed with money, each has a kitchen, and two rooms. 100 have been built so far, nowhere near enough for the tens of thousands left homeless. families that apply are assessed on a case-by-case basis. i'm not optimistic about getting a caravan. if i do, i probably won't get a house. it's been a month since the ceasefire began, there's no sign of building here or in other neighbourhoods. people say they feel neglected by their government and the international community, and there's little hope that their

lives will change soon. getting building materials into gaza has been delayed because israel says hamas may use them to rebuild tunnels. the u.n. says an agreement with israel and the palestinian government has been reached in relation to how building materials will be used. the deal is not only dependent on israel, but unity of the the factions of the palestinian go. . >> there'll be no restriction if the national consensus government is not in gaza. if there's no construction, there'll be no stability. the war left 100,000 people with nowhere to live. >> everyone is concerned with peace in gaza, and to achieve the peace here, is to reinstruct. >> reporter: he has no idea when he'll have a home for his family again. he and tens of thousands of

palestinians like him, have little choice but to seek shelter wherever they can. take a look at the building we are about to show you. it looks like a towering inferno. firefighters tackled the blaze na consumed a 25 storey residential building. all 150 people were evacuated safely. it's not known what caused the fire. >> n.a.s.a.'s latest mission to mars is set to reach a milestone tonight. details on the maven ex-morer ahead. -- explorer ahead.

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>> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... an unmanned rocket carrying thousands of supplies blasted off from cape canaveral bound for the international space station. >> 3. 2. 1. engines are ignited. we have lift off.

the first 3d printer in space was part of the cargo, the rocket is expected to arrive on tuesday. it was built by spacex. and the first of four built. as one rocket takes off, another is scheduled to make its arrival today at mars. if all goes to plan, n.a.s.a.'s maiden explorer will spend a year exploring the planet. jacob ward has more. >> reporter: mars is scary and desolate, stripped of life by the sun, which burnt away the conditions needed for life on its surface. how desperate is mars? that is what we are sending the maven satellite to find out. there are many complications to sending something to mars, not the least the amount of time that it takes to get there. what is difficult about the mission is how close the spacecraft needs to come to the

planet. it's unbelievable. it's like shooting an apple off someone's head. from 472 mile or millions of kilometres away. a bullet would take 700 days to get there. it has to be in a perfect position. it is quite a shock. now, people have messed this up before. in 1999 n.a.s.a. lost a 125 million satellite, the mars orbiter, with a mission similar. the lockheed martin engineering crew discovered they'd been working in pure units, and the rest of the team was working in metric. they came in too close, 36 miles, 58km above the surface, and ploughed through the atmosphere, shooting out beyond the planet. it's probably orget bitting the sun. locke martin built this, hopefully they learnt a few things about how to approach

mars. may have ep will come in a lit -- maven will come in a lit of higher, entering above the northern poll of mars. it will burn the engines, fire them up, break for half an hour, and it will cause it to whip into a capture orbit, where it boomerangs out and back. before re-entering orbit for 4.5 hours. it will do the crazy thing again and again for five weeks to test out the instruments and make sure etch and comfortable -- everyone is comfortable and spend a year orbiting mars. the whole thing will be a delicate and dangerous dance around the red planet. it's no joke. the entry point here is close. the satellite is going to get a lot closer to the surface. at its lowest orbit it will dip to 77 miles, or 129km above the planet. if you stood on the surface, you'd see it go buy.

that's some light off the international space station, and it's almost three times as high as the orbit. being that low is cool. it let's maven take a big sniff of the gases. it will directly sample them. when it's at its furthest point from the planet. it will take the big ultra violet images. if it goes well we'll walk away knowing what happened to mars, what the ravages of the sun has done to it, how gas escaped, and what happened to the water that scientists believed covered a huge portion of the surface. this is a lonely ghostly emotion to a lonely place. it will give us a sense of what it will take to live on morse, and what the -- mars, and what the universe might to to our plant when we are ghosts here. billions of years from now. many have been evacuated in

northern california, where firefighters struggled to contain a fire, that has covered 128 miles. many firefighters came from far away. a man suspected of intentionally starting the fire is under arrest and held on $10 million bail. two other wildfires were contain offed. a team of researchers in california are looking at how climate change is affect ght the joshua tree national park. >> drive though joshua tree national park, some 140 miles south-east of los angeles, and you can immediately see how the park got its name. >> joshua trees - they almost like like they are reaching towards heaven. >> reporter: so the stories go, the tree the with outstretched rims guided followers to the promise land. kristina came all the way from germany.

>> the park is very unique, it's beautiful. >> reporter: but the nature of what makes the park unique and beautiful is fighting for survival. these wonderfully weird dr seuss-like trees are the reason more than one million people visit the park. there's growing concern that trees will go from lookinglike this, to looking like this, and then where would that leave the park, if its name sake dies and disappearings? >> if there are no more joshua trees, you'd have to change the name. >> reporter: a wildlife biologist is taking me to comb the desert, examining plants, rocks and animals, as part of a study on how climate change, including the drought, is threatening the park's eco system. there's plenty of evidence that the desert can get too hot and dry. look around the lower elevation, and you'll see hundreds of dead and dying trees littering the

landscape. >> bad news is we could lose as much as 90%. >> cameron, a research ecologist with the university of california river side is leading the study. >> the baby joshua trees - they don't have a reserve of water. they are too small. when a drought hits them, they are the first to go. it's the little guys that we are concerned about. >> if the joshua trees disappear, the park will lose more than the name. >> if we lose the tree, we lose lizards, moths - lots of different species. >> there's hope for survival. at the higher elevations where water is found, there are young, healthy trees. >> this is one of those places that may be a refuge, and we see a lot of reprotection. >> as the trees point to the

sky, that's the direction visitors may have to go to see the symbols of the desert. jennifer london, al jazeera, joshua tree mark, california. >> world leaders made it here for a summit on climate change. indigenous leaders will be there, taking part in the u.n.'s world conference on indigenous people. among concerns - keeping national resources intact. we caught up with a woman who travel from the amazon to make her voice heard. >> reporter: it was a journey of 3,000 miles, from her village deep in the amazon rainforest. she has come to new york city. an indigenous woman, she is here to ask world leaders for one not so simple thing - to leave much of ecuador's 8 billion oil reserves in the ground. >> translation: our people believe that petroleum is the blood of ancestors deep in the

erted, and the earth is the mother. you are taking the blood from the mother, creating an imbalance. >> reporter: her village is home to 1,200. and through court battles, stopped ecuador's government opening it up to oil companies. they want to bring that model to the rest of the world and put themselves on the front lines of the battle against climate change. >> translation: we have a proposal based on scientists report that say that 50% of the known petroleum reserves need to stay underground to avoid raising the earth's temperature more. what are we waiting for? you cap begin with us. we have been resisting for years. we don't want petroleum exploration, we don't want more contamination of our land. >> reporter: she shared her community struggle and victory with other indigenous and first

nation leaders from around the world. from the dakota, to the navaho of the south-west. each brought gifts and shared stories. leaders brought water from their communicate yes and combined it during the -- communities and combined it during the water ceremony, it was combined, drank by all and poured into the river. >> the indigenous leaders will take their message so the united nations, demanding action on climate change. she will represent her tribe at the u.n. >> the more indigenous people that can be seen and heard - i don't know, sometimes they just look at us. the states will open eyes and ears. >> it's a message that

indigenous say they intent generations to get cross -- spent generations to get across. >> we have time and a relationship with mother earth. it's hoping that the other world will catch on. >> reporter: catch on before it's too late to combat climate change. still to come on al jazeera america - stunning images of a celebrated photographer's work about changing land science is on display. we take a closer look next.

most people don't like paying income taxes. in mexico half of those that should, do not. the government is trying to convince workers that they stand to gain from reported earnings, not everywhere is convinced. adam raney reports. >> reporter: it's lunch time in mexico city. for the past 12 years, this family ran a sushi stand, cash only, invisible to the tax man.

business is good. being in the informal market, they cannot get loans, social security or other benefits. they are planning to go aboveboard. >> it's not about becoming former, it's about getting support. we want to be formal. we have been in the business, and the goal is to grow. >> reporter: he has been convinced by a government scheme, let's grow together. offering cash bonuses, tax breaks and social security to people that showed up. reforms to modernize the economy, aimed at 28 million people for 60% of workers who get their wages, and don't tell the government. known as being paid under the table. >> mexico's finance secretary said the programme is good for the economy and workers. >> on average formal businesses have a productivity to three times higher. in the formal economy wages and benefits are lower in the formal

market. >> reporter: although the government is looking to spend millions on cash handouts and incentives, in the long run they hope it pays off. if they convince always these in the informal sector, they'll be able to collect millions in taxes. as it stands, mexico has one of the worst tax collections and relies on profits from oil. under an energy reform, the government will not be able to easily raid those coffers to pay for tax short falls. most are wary of declaring what they earn. >> we don't believe or trust the government. there is no truce. they promise, but don't deliver. >> it's a slick campaign aimed at kept ecks. in this add a pregnant woman convinces her husband they can

save better for a new baby and save for a house if they become formal workers. but the stress runs high among mexicans that see the government as corrupt to the core. it will take more than a pr campaign, and promises to get millions of workers to come clean on what they earn. rebecca stevenson is back now with a closer look at storms in the u.s. >> yes, we are looking closely at one, especially in the south-west. an area of low pressure, you can see it. low pressure right over nevada, where we are getting heavy rainfall. about an inch and a half of moisture, all it needs is the thunderstorm, and it's spreading from texas into nevada. texas, new mexico, another spot. this is moisture wrapping around not only the ordinarily hurricane odile, that's remnants of it, with the moisture over

mexico and texas, but tropical storm polo is moving away. all the moisture coming into the u.s. michigan getting a lot of rain, and that is with a front. it is a cold front. and we have had temperatures dip down 20 degrees, and that is moving into the north-east. we are watching because of flood concerns in the south-west. tonight into tomorrow these storms will continue. we have to see the low pressure system tracking across idaho, montreal, and out of the picture. eventually it will fall apart and included in the general flow for the west to east for the u.s. then we'll have the cool air coming in behind the rain showers. you can see them working their way though pennsylvania, the band of rain sweeping through, ushering in cold air. here is look at the storms going through nevada. i want to take a closer look. we have the wildfires in

california, wildfires outside sacramento. there is the flash flood watchers and warnings in effect for texas, and the cool air will be dry mainly for the southern south-east area, otherwise we'll continue with the showers and thunder storms in parts of the south-west. not good news for them. >> not at all. thank you. the celebrated artist known as ras returns to iceland. he travels the earth documenting people and landscapes. kim vinnell has more on his journey. >> reporter: documenting the lives of those whose worlds are rapidly changing. and the unforgiving landscapes they inhabit. icelandic photographer has spent the last three decades going back and forth to the coldest places on earth.

>> i can't paint. i draw something, so my paintings are my photographs. i wanted to get something. i saw what was happening and thinking, like, this is fading away, it's disappearing. i had to document that. i had to do it in a way, like, how i paint. >> reporter: in doing so, rax has won doze bs of awards and at times risked his life. in dream land, rex knew things could go long. he lost all the bullets. he was there on the ice. no bullets. we had to fight back the weather. ice was cracking. >> this exhibition was special to rax. being in a relatively small space, he had to choose the images carefully.

these are the fair to say. >> eyes landers say rexion a spotlight on the nordic country. >> it's great. it's a beautiful picture. it's amazing. he's one of the best photographers, and has been for, like, three decades. praise that is difficult to take as the work is seen as a pressing and a doubty. >> iceland is something like you have a nose on your face, but you don't see it, untils you look in a mirror. i see it more in other countries han here, but it is changing in front of me. >> a counting prospect for a man in this region as he watches it fade away. stay tuned, "america tonight" is next. men another hour of news.

i'm richelle carey, goodnight. o. >> on "america tonight," the weekend edition. an exclusive look at a life changing surgery. >> yes, in a way. >> jennifer gesen spent a lifetime becoming more and more isolated. suffering a disability that got