joining us. fleeing the wildfires. >> i didn't take any family pictures or anything like that. i did not think anything would happen flames chasing them out of their homes as the military gears up to help fire grews you crews battle blazes. >> reporter: defying the present. >> iraq is limiting the capability, but not dismantling or rolling it back.

>> reporter: a top senator says no to the nuclear agreement with iran, the opposition may not be enough to stop the deal. >> tracking obama. investigators in the deadly attack in bangkok zero in on this man as tributes are left to the massacre in the league... >> we turned over everything work related hillary clinton confronts new questions about her emails as donald trump gets a new boost in the polls. good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is it al jazeera america we begin in washington state where firefighters get help from the u.s. military in an effort to battle dozens of wild fires raging across the west. one fire is roughly 30% contained, but dozens of homes burnt and hundreds of residents have been forced from the home. sabrina is here tonight. it's unusual to see the military

called in to help. >> it is, and it's been a decade since that had happ. we learnt that 200 military personal soldiers - that's a military installation about three hours were here, will join the firefighting effort. some will come here, and some will go to other states joining firefighters. >> that is on top of the firefighters battling blazes. >> the massive mobilization includes an aerial assault. smog jugglers and planes in oregon tackling dangerous planes. in california fire are punishing. resources are stretched thin nationwide as 30,000

firefighters bottle blazes. soldiers have been called in to help from washington state. for some, it's too late. what some were homes, are nothing more than ash and rub. >> this woman joined hundreds of neighbours making the difficult decision to leave. >> i didn't take family pictures for anything like that. >> reporter: it's not just homes that are gone, here, this is the home of washington state billion dollar industry. losses could exceed $60 million, which is hoping to salvage what is hanging. >> i believe we have a plan where growers will not be impacted. >> reporter: 400 to 500 homes are still in danger. so certainly not out of the woods yet.

we can see behind me a scene of devastation. a couple of of houses all that remains is a chimney, there's a garage doors and what looks to be burnt out appliances. and along the stretch of road over looking the area, that's all we see, devastation. >> it's terrible to see all the destruction. meteorologist kevin corriveau joins us now. how is the weather affecting the fires? >> over the next couple of days, it's expected to get worse. we have been dealing with temperatures across the region, which has stay high. the area of the fires - we are talking about 90 degrees there. tomorrow we expect those temperatures to rise. it's not going to help at all, in terms of firefighting ability there. it expects the temperatures in the week. that will come down.

we have two things going against that. one is the winds. we have red flag warnings from wednesday to friday. those are the areas in the red. anywhere from 25 to 35 miles per hour gusts, across the region, as well as dry conditions with humidity between 15 and 35%. the other big that the fires are causing is the air quality in the area has gone down considerably. so much so we have an arrange alert. conditions will be difficult. they are saying to stay in, do not exert yourself in the smokey areas. we are looking at tropical storm danny. pt storm is effected to be in tomorrow. it's making its way towards the caribbean. by sunday. we could see a category 2

hurricane, this is the sunday forecast. fl by monday by the time we see land fall. >> a federal appeals court ruled that five police officers convicted in the fatal shooting of unarmed pedestrians should get a new trial. it was one of many scandals involving police misconduct. today's ruling upheld another decision to throw out the convictions. the place unravelled against prosecutors. two new mexico police officers have been ordered to stand trial for the shooting death of a homeless man, a church ruled that dominik and detective keith will be tried for the murder of 28-year-old boyd. he was shot after an hour's long stand off. the albuquerque p.d. is under

scrutiny for 40 shootings. in congress, they are lining up voicing opposition to a nuclear deal. mike viqueira reports from washington. it may not be enough to stop the deal. >> thank you very much. >> it's another blow from another senate democrat. new jersey's bob menendez says it will vote against president obama. >> at the end of the day we appear to have a roll back of sanctions in iran, limiting its capability, not dismantling or rolling it back. >> the announcement was not completely unexpected, but provide a window on sensitive politics. joining menendez, tennessee republican, the influential chairman of the foreign relations community. writing:

>> reporter: with a vote on rejecting or supporting the deal, both sides are counting votes. an inexact science. this much is clear. a majority of house and senate will vote to reject the deal, bringing a certain presidential veto. the big question - can opponents muster two-thirds in houses to override the veto. it will be close. seeking support. taking his case to social media. opponents are spending millions in a multi pronged attack to kill the deal. >> reporter: in the senate. 54 republicans voting against, the president has 12 democrats to spare. thus far he has lost two.

schumer and now menendez. itself a similar storey in the house of representatives. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell said on monday that president obama has a likelihood of success in the upcoming vote. the other side has its politics. iran's parliament holds its own vote in the coming days. the supreme leader says the fate of the deal is unclear and assured iranians if approved, it would not bring undue influence. >> we will not allow economic penetration or political or cultural penetration or presence into the country by the united states secretary of state john kerry has been working the phones. in the face of the menendez defection, kerry's spokesman once again made the case for approval. >> it makes america safer, not to mention israel. it is far better to deal with nefarious activities of the

iranian regime when that regime does not possess a nuclear weapon it's a little after 10 in the morn in thailand, and the man hunt is on for a suspect from monday's bombing at a bangkok shrine. police released surveillance video. more than 20 were killed, and another explosion went off 24 hours later. wayne hay joins us from bangkok. what is the mood in the city after these attacks? >> well, the mood is sombre. some people are scared that there could be further attacks. at the same time this is a resilient society. here we are standing in the shrine itself, where the blast took place, it was reopened 36 hours after the bombing occurred monday. right now, a lot much local and international media have come

here to get footage, and, of course, people are slowly but surely coming back to the shrine to pay their respects and to offer a prayer. as they may do every day of their lives. today it is a little different because so many people were killed at this site? . >> how much do we know about the man caught on surveillance video? >> we know absolutely nothing, and as far as we know, the thai authorities are not releasing information. there was speculation after the footage was released, that he could be a foreigner. that has to be mentioned by the authorities. what the thai police are saying is they are looking for several people, not just this man, they believe that it's not simple.

an attack like this to be carried out. they believe there would have been others involved in the planning, they are looking for multiple people and are not closing off investigation avenues. they are open to suggestions that this attack could have been carried out by thai citizens and foreigners. >> and they believe today's explosion was linked to the explosion at the shrine. >> certainly police are saying it's possible it was linked. no one was injured. again, it was carried out at a place at the river, which runs through the thai capital. many tourists go up and council the river. it was targeted, it appears, to land on a peer, leading down to tourist votes. luckily as a fact, it is tied

here. they sent navy divers to retrieve what fragments they could. it was an installer one to the one that we saw. >> wayne hay in bangkok. thanks not long ago conventional wisdom called for a clinton bush contest. we look at how hillary clinton is struggling and donald trump is dominate ght the g.o.p. race. planned parenthood launches a counteroffensive against politicians taking away the group's federal funding.

al jazeera america. under fire and facing growing political pressures, planned parenthood is going on the offensive after the release of damaging undercover videos attempting to discredit the group and its mission. john ter et is here to explain. >> planned parenthood is facing the loss of $500 million due in part to a campaign started by an organization called the center for medical progress. now planned parenthood started a media campaign all of its own.

>> i work at planned parenthood because i believe in educating women. >> planned parenthood is fighting back on one of the biggest assault in the groups. the attacks included footage claiming to show planned parenthood profits from the sale of foetal tissue from abortion. the video is produced by an anti-abortion rights group led to a call to pull funding. now the group is firing back with a pricey media campaign. the group unveiled a 6 figure broadcast on suez. it will run in the state's republican senators. one spot about pat. and for the first time today. first pat toomey voted to defund planned parenthood, risking health care for millions. the ads argue that the opponents

plan a government shutdown to starve planned parenthood. now republicans want to shut down the government to stop funding. what would a shut down be for peninsula. similar spots targeted senators. planned parenthood has launched social media feet iring the hashtag stand with them. it is to ban abortion and limit women's access to reproductive health care. they are running a digital ad campaign urging supporters to contact members of the congress. a dozen launched attacks on planned parenthood. four states cleared the group of wrongdoing. groups opposed to abortion rights are not fading.

the fight does not appear to be going away. >> four states have moved to block funding for planned parenthood. alabama, arkansas, new hampshire. the obama administration notified them they could be in violation of federal law in the race to republican presidential candidates, one man is in the lead. donald trump. despite remarks many consider politically incorrect and offensive the popularity is on the rise. according to a cnr pom, he's gotten a boost against debate. 24% support trump giving a lead over the nearest competitor, at 13%. hillary clinton is still the front runner for the democratic front runner nomination. she is facing questions about her use of a personal server to send information. >> in retrospect what was

supposed to be convenient has turned out to be anything but convenient. it's nothing to do with me or that my account was personnel, it's the process by which the government, and sometimes in disagreement with various agencies of the government make decisions about what can and dant be disclosed. >> bill schneider joins us from los angeles. always good to see you. let's start with trump. one part of this poll that has to worry republicans is that a solid majority thing the cancers would be better without trump. it's clear that the debate helps them increase their lead. >> what is the party going to do. he's arguing what is apparent in the polls. if trump is a nominee, he will not beet hillary clinton or any other democrat. he's in a lot of trouble. what they have to do is find someone that can, shall we say beat trump. they need someone representing

the republican establishment. maybe jed bush, john kassig, someone that can stop donald trump. bush failed to launch. kassig is coming up there, they don't have the magnetics that donald trump has on the campaign. >> in 2012, it seemed every candidate held the lead at some point. bokman, kain, could history repeat itself and trump is the flavour of the month. >> that's what a lot of people in washington are thinking, a lot of political wise guys are saying he'll be done for. we don't know. clearly he has some traction. not just among republicans that agree with some of the view, outside the republican party, they can come in. they can storm the primaries and carcasses. there's a way to get the republican nomination, he's a businessman, he knows it.

i describe it has a hostile take over. lots coming in because they are trump followers. >> he held the lead for a couple of months. if the road is divided he could win. the state department says 305 emails have been flagged to the intelligence community as possibly containing secret information. 63 have already been classified. her honest and trustworthy memory is terrible. could the email issue bring it down. >> it has been out there for a while. what people are waiting to see is it's really damaging. was she trying to hide something. a lot were asking. so far the damage is mostly to her reputation for inseatery and trustworthiness, not the standing in the democratic party.

she's ahead of most republicans. the question is when is another shoe going to stop. damages that are secretive. and people are concerned if they elect another clinton. >> bernie sanders is ahead in new hampshire, that is next door to the state. could this al gore is floated as a candidate. if she looks vulnerable in the polls, she'll consider whether to join the race, we have not seen polls, you report one, she's on top of the field, if it looks like she'll lose, then they might consider coming in to the race because if democrats lose the white house in 2016, they would have lost everything, if they don't control the white house, and the house in the senate. most states are in the republicans hands. the republican leadership knows that. >> nearly two decades after men

got pills for that sex drive, a first for women, the drugs called the little pink pill. that's next. and no story, no pictures, no author. but this book is still a page turner. how it could help get clean water to millions of people.

the food and drug administration approved the first drug designed to boost women's sex drive. the new drug has been nicknamed the pink pill, and it comes with a strong warning. the f.d.a. says using it with

alcohol can cause low blood pressure and fainting. the agency rejected the medicine twice before today's approval a parade of votes made its way down the animus river, celebrating the recovery of the water which two weeks after the river was flooded with 3 million gallons of toxic waste water from an abandoned mine. the river is returning to pre-event conditions a new invention could provide clean, safe drinking water to millions around the world. it's a book, but it's not meant to be ready. they have developed a san tied and filter water using the book's pages. gabriel elizonda explains. >> reporter: it's a book like no other. not one to read, but to save lives. it's called the drinkable book. the pages made from technologically advanced filter paper made of silver

nanoparticles killing diseases. imagine it being like coffee filters being pages of a book. here is how it works. each piece of paper or filter can be torn out of the book. the paper is slid into a specially designed filter box. dirty water can be poured through, safe drinking water comes out. >> at the end of the day, the important thing, and the hero of the project is the technology. >> it was invented for several years, a chemist at carnegie university. >> it's tough to use filter papers in a few different countries, and we evaluated the water quality before and after filtration in ghana, bangladesh, with what you reported on. the filters have been used in haiti and kenya. the results were that 99.9% of bacteria were killed by the

papers, which is basically as good as tap water. >> reporter: more than 500 million people don't have access to clean water, and 800,000 die from drinking water that it unsafe. this is a water filter used by backpackers. one of these costs $38. far too expensive for poor people in underdeveloped countries to be able to avoid. >> ceramic filters specifically made for poor community nice often cost about the same. and that is where this comes in, the book, it can by produced for less than $5. >> each filter in the book costs $0.10 and filter 100 litres of water, enough for one person, for 30 days. it hasn't gone into mass

production. few think that the drinkable book could form all the problems. one step to get people that need clean water i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us, have a good night. [ ♪ music ] the voting rights act was meant to push back on decades of systematic voter exclusion in big chunks of the country, it meant that the justice department would look over many state shoulders when they made laws. now the acts supporters worry that it's weakened or in retreat as america marked the 50th anniversary - defending the vote. it's "inside story".