us. no release. >> every fire season starts with northern california, and they tend to get the dry lightening strikes. >> rapidly growing wild fires force california to call in reinforcement for the crews battling the flames. top 10 - the line-up is in for the g.o.p. presidential debate, the polls showing donald trump widening his lead among

voters. >> deadly outbreak. >> there's no risk to the water supply from legion airs disease. officials try to calm fears after the alarming spread of legion airs disease in new york city. >> lobbying onslaught. >> this is not about me and it's not about pam a. >> it's about the team. president obama and binyamin netanyahu make duelling appeals to the american jews for and against the nuclear iran deal good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. we begin out west in california where at this hour. 20 million firefighters are are burning. the rocky is the largest, it's on assumed more than 65,000 air. jacob ward has the story from lake country california.

>> reporter: these firefighters come from all over the world. this captain drove 6,000 miles, he was checked in and assigned a task. >> we are headed to interstate 20 near the biggest priority of the rocky fire. yesterday the fire jumped highway 20, burning north, burning 32 acres, bringing the fire to a total of 65,000 acres and 65% contained. >> there's a push. there's a large big pocket of green in here if it establishes, it has the potential to make a push. >> reporter: firefighters in the united states work together using ics. it's an agreed upon structure, a way of bringing hundreds of departments together at a

moment's notice. >> this is the equipment warehouse. if you need a nozzle or a clamp or piece of equipment. you can come here doesn't matter where you are from. you don't have to worry about your budget. you can walk in saying "i need a hose itself you can requisition a helicopter. the point is to keep the department from feeling they have to hoard resources, protect their turf or territory. everyone shares everything the concept is known as mutual aid. you come in borrow what you need and bring it back an emergency lending line ray for fighting wildfires. >> the system does away with rank creating a hierarchy based on qualifications suited for each fire. >> at home i'm a division chief. i'm working for a battalion chief. >> fires are changing in the west. this is unpredictable. occasionally explosive.

>> california experienced a drought and lack of rain. it seems like every fire season starts with northern california and they tend to get the dry lightening strikes, causing the issues. >> in a changing climate where the violence and dewaration of fires is growing, the ica structure is higher than ever. choreography allows people to save property and lives, and work together. >> this is a new fire firefighters here are talking about how a couple of days ago they saw 20,000 acres go up in a matter of hours, an unprecedented fury. can this incredible system cope with that kind of danger going forward? >> jacob ward in lake county california. daniel is a spokesperson with cal fire and joins us on the phone from sacramento. good to have you with us. there were indications earlier that the rocky fire jumped a

fire line intended to contain it. what is the latest how many homes are threatened? >> actually, today we have seen cooler weather. actually la little bit of rainfall and higher humidity giving us a window of opportunity to increase the containment and progress on the fire. the fire yesterday was very active. it did jump over highway 20 an area we were trying to keep the fire south of. today, because the window of opportunity, our crews made good progress, and we are hoping to continue overnight. the temperatures are headed back up. >> i have read that 7,000 structures are threatened and it's a massive blaze. the problem you are dealing with now is erratic winds are making it difficult to fight. >> absolutely for the last several days we have seen the winds blow in several different direction pushing the fire to

the north and west. it's a chevening. with 3,000 firefighters, we are making good rogz. despite the fact that continues are tinter dry for the last few years. >> after fighting for a week the strain must be tremendous. >> this is day six right now. rocky fire. most of the firefighters on the front lines were reassigned from other fires that are burning last week or the week before. we are into the fire system. we prepared for endurance of having to fight the fire. we have to keep making sure we are in place. >> this is not the only fire fire california is dealing with. >> state wide we are battling 24 fires, the rocky fire the

largest, one of 200 fires. we have over 10,000 fires from cross the state, and several other states. including the national guard and the air reserves we have a lot of resources battling the fires at once. >> dan yes. thank you for the update after weeks of speculation we know which republican presidential candidate will take part in the debate on thursday, of the 17 contenders. 10 are allowed to participate. making the cup. donald trump, justice bush. scott walker ben carson ted cruz, rand paul chris christie and john casey. perry, lindsay graham and others came up short. they'll meant in the second tier debate earlier in the day. the lobbying effort over the iran nuclear agreement is heating up. today at the white house. they appealed to the leaders. they took to the internet to

urge american jews to reject the team. john terrett joins us from washington. >> that's right. good evening. welcome to you. we really are in the middle right now of two days of intensive lobbying recording the iran deal. both politicians, lawmakers and today in particular with jewish americans. the reason for this is that we are on the eve of vasion season here in d.c. the house is already gone the senate is about to leave town and so the idea is to put a bug in politician's ears. they don't have to vote on this in the fall. the hope is that they'll ruminate about what they hear now while they are on the beach. >> the toughest critic of the iran nuclear deal israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu addressing major u.s. jewish organization lateders via a think from israel. his line - i'll accept a good deal. this is a bad one.

>> don't let the iran get its hands on dangerous weapons, opposed this bad dealt the white house continued the fight tuesday in support of its historic nuclear deal. president obama tempting to ease concerns of the same organizations. white house spokesman josh ernst. this is an opportunity for the president who would lay out his case to all of them. why he believes this is the best way to prevent iran with a nuclear weapon u. >> on the air was waves, the battle is heating up. jewish lobby groups putting out adds. this from the american israel public affairs committee spending 20 million. >> congress should reject a bad deal. we need a better deal. >> the nuclear, and this from jay street regarding itself as

pro-israel and peace. the group over 5 million to run the shot. they are supporting the deal. >> the deal prevents iran producing a nuclear weapon. >> it's good for israel and america. making both countries safer and more secure. >> one poll suggests jewish members are in favor of the deal. on capitol hill the senate is gearing up for a recess. it votes for a resolution that could block the deal. senate leader mitch mcconnell warning democrats not to stop the vote. >> nearly every member of both parties voted to have the debate when they passed the iran nuclear agreement act. surely senators would not block a debate from even proceeding. >> the senior senators from new york, a leading democratics and jewish voice on the hill - is weighing his options. >> i'll study it carefully. i'm not going to let pressure or

politics or party influence my decision, and then when i think my questions have been answered i'll let people know how i feel and why. >> right, well that was day one today. tomorrow we get day two and the story continues with the senate having a behind the closed doors session with the head of the vienna based nuclear watchdog the i.a.e.a. and the president heads to american university for a major policy speech there is a bit of history and precedent here. president kennedy went to the same university for a major policy speech which was the soviet union. you can see there's history there. >> in a few minutes we'll look at binyamin netanyahu's campaign against the iran deal with a former israeli official that took part in the web cast. >> the mother of sandra bland, an african american woman filed a lawsuit, taking aim at a texas

state trooper. they stopped bland in july for failing to signal a lane change. she was found dead in her cell. bland's family questioned the findings of an autopsy report ruling her death a suicide. the law sued alleges that bland was neglected by the gaol staff. >> we are looking for waller country and the individuals involved to take accountability. the family is frustrated frustrated because we don't feel like that has happened. >> the bland family is calling for the dismissal of the arresting officer, and want the justice department to open an investigation into the case an outbreak of legion airs's disease in new york has affected 80 people. we have this report. >> reporter: new york's mayor seeking to quell fears over the largest outbreak of legion air's

disease in the city. >> there's no risk to our drinking water, to our water supply from region air's disease. another crucial point. it can be treated. it's treatable with antibiotics. >> a day earlier, hundreds fronted the town hall meeting, seeking answers. >> legion airs disease is a gorm of pneumonia, spreading through scrapers or mist health officials are focussing on water cooling towers. >> all the information that we have suggests that we have outbreak that is based on the cooling towers. they have been found, disinfected. >> more than 15 cooling towers have been infected. five testing positive for the legionella bacteria including from a nearby hotel.

>> every year 8 to 18,000 people are hospitalized with legion air's disease, 5-30% of those infected die. the illness attacks the lungs with flu inform like symptoms early detection is key. tern people are at higher risk. in particular the elderly, smokers, people with underlying lung disease like emphysema, people who have weaker immune systems. >> at six months depreg plant. this woman is on her way back from the hospital. where she made sure she is not infected. >> me being pregnant. i will panic. i would rather take precautions than sit around and not do anything about it. >> others say there's nothing they can do. >> i know there's something. i don't have any idea what it is. >> it concerns me. i have to work in the neighbourhoods. i have to make a living. >> health officials expect the numbers to drop in a week

an encouraging new study out suggests oral contraceptives can help to prevent cancer in women. researchers say the pill provened 200,000 cases of uterine cancer. according to the study using the pill for a few years provides protection that can last decades. researchers estimate that oral contraceptives found 400,000 cases. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is taking the campaign against the iran nuclear deal. we'll talk to a former israeli official that took part in the binyamin netanyahu web cast today. a disturbing picture captures the moment a newborn baby was rescued from a toilet.

as we have been report israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu took his campaign

against a nuclear deal with iran directly to voters during some of his remarks the prime minister told some americans that disagreements with the white house are not personal. >> this is not about me or president obama, it's about the deal. i'm asking you to rise above partisan politics as we in israel have risen above it. judge the deal on its substance and substance alone. the more people that know about the deal the more they oppose it. and the more people that know about the deal the more the deal's supporters stifle debate. they do so with false claims and delegitimize criticism. >> the former deputy spokesman participated in the web cast as the executive directors of stan with us. >> pleasure to be here. >> what was the reaction to the prime minister's comments on the

web cast. >> the web cast was short and to the point. we had questions and answers. the message was received loud and clear. >> what was the response from the people asking questions. what kind of feeling do you get? >> the understanding, we know what the deal is and we know what is at stake, and the iran deal poses a risk regionally and to israel. >> generally supportive of the prime minister >> yes. >> does he have an uphill battle to convince american jews as a whole. the president lobbied jewish leaders at the white house, and i saw two polls showing american jews favour the agreement. >> the dependency within the republic, and i relate to that the more people that learn of the details of the deal, they ask what it the deal. there are real issues within the deal as attested to today at the senate foreign relations commit

me brie a former american understand arms control indicating that some of these terrible issues within the deal and this was someone involved in the nuclear relations. it goes beyond the israeli jewish debate. what is the goal at this point. from the prime minister's side and clearly from your side as well to sway jewish leaders. and to exert influence on the democrats on capitol hill dl. quite clearly, the goal is to get a better deal. to do what needs to be done. to get a better deal at this point, you need to figure out american politics because if congress doesn't vote against the deal. the deal will stand, and if people look at the deal and they encourage their officials, there is a greater chance of

getting a better deal. that is the goal we have before our eyes and for anyone that looks through the details and wants a better future for our children, america's children. >> are you afraid that you are tilting at windmills, if congress votes to kill the deal the president vowed to veto that and they have to get enough votes to override the veto which seems highly unlikely. >> what needs to be done. this deal is of great significance for israel and the world and the greater middle east. what needs to be a better deal american politics will do. it definitely means we don't need to keep silent. in this deal iran wins and the world losses. >> not only will you have to get the united states to vote against it, if the united states does vote against if and override a presidential veto you have the p5+1 american

allies russia and china, none of whom seem inclined to say no to the deal. it would be the united states standing against it. >> we are not hopeless, the united states is the strongest engine and force behind the sanctions. if the united states makes a stand for a better deal there'll be a better deal. >> what would you like to see. >> the senate foreign relations committee. dismantlement of the nuclear infrastructure. better inspection and verification. today the iranians have 24 days before they respond to a query by the i.a.e.a. in some cases the iranians are those supposed to provide the i.a.e.a. with samples. does that sound logical. the iranians are getting 150 billion. imagine this right now, before they get the money, they are supporting hamas's terror in gaza. hezbollah's terror in lebanon, the yemen uprising and other

terrorist ventures around the world. what will happen, the money will not go to hospitals or orphanages thank you for having me. >> a top taliban official resigned over the appointment over a new leader. he quit in what is seen as infighting over the leadership of mullah monsieur. some claim outsiders in pakistan were responsible for appointing him to the post. it could threaten peace talks with the afghan government. >> 19 are dead after two passenger trains derailed while crossing a bridge in india, happening around midnight in local time. the trains were going in opposite directions trying to cross a rain inform swan river. a railway spokesman said the two derailments, a bridge was

submerged when the trains tried to cross. rescue workers in china pummed a baby from a toilet. the entire body fell into the drain. someone heard the child crying. rescuers could see hear feet. one of 10,000 babies abandoned. she is okay 70 years ago paul's grandfather dropped the atomic bond on hiroshima, today he is on the vanguard of the nuclear force. his unique perspective climate change is melting glaciers faster than ever.

a new analysis of 5,000 records show glaciers melting at an unpress dinted rate accord -- unprecedented rate showing that they are losing 2-3 times more ice in this century. global temperatures are believed to have been prison by 1 degree celcius. japan will mark 70 years since the u.s. dropped an asymptomatic bomb on hiroshima. today the grandson of the pilot that bombed hiroshima is in charge of b 2 bombers. al jazeera's john hendren talked with brigadier paul tippets the fourth about his family legacy and the role of the american nuclear arsenal.

>> brigadier general paul tippets went to the cockpit of a dangerous plane to the commander's office, it's a familiar path in his family. 70 years ago his graf paul tippets's junior unleashed the age of nuclear weapons when he opened the doors of a plane named for his mother. he dropped a pay load devastating hiroshima. >> there was nothing down there than what walls in my vernacular a black boiling mist and the cloud was tum palestinianing and rolling. you could see the energy. >> reporter: the wisdom of the bombing, the younger tip et cetera it is nuclear bombers. >> if my grandfather was sitting here he'd look at you and say i had a job to do. i never lost one night's sleep after that mission. not one. and the reason is not because i'm a warmonger, it was because

i knew that this mission that i was ordered to do was effective in bringing the war to an end, and in the long run, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. >> that is an ethos that today's pilots who flew the bomber carried on. >> every day the bomber showed up. providing effective nuclear deterrence. the end of the cold war... >> this is to protect the capsule. >> bombers remain as much a part of the nuclear arsenal than ever. >> planes changed a lot. the mission is the same. global deterrent and readiness carries out an order everyone hopes will never be given again. >> the younger tippetts say it's

based with an order the one his grandfather was given. he was carried out. >> it's effective, and credible force added. that demand comes from the leadership, we are ready to go. >> ready to go. like his grandfather, far from eager in argentina, a lost whale turned up inside a marina in a wealthy buenos aires neighbourhood. it appeared between yachts swimming in fresh water. it was totally outside the whale's habitat. the navy was deployed to lure the whale back to salt water. it surprised me at this dalth, why has a whale arrived here and during the day to draw attention so people can come and

see. here we were working in the yacht club. there it is. i was moving. there it is. i can see it. >> scientists say the whale could die. it doesn't find its way back on course. i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us. ray suarez is up next for "inside story". tighter mortgage resumes, flatline wages, demographic changes and surging prices. it's all adding up to the lowest home ownership in the u.s. in half a century. the american dream of owning a home isser oding, but maybe getting the keys to a house is not as important as it used to be. chasing the dream - it's the