>>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know, where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> we are led by very stupid people. >> if we walk away now, our capacity to sustain and enforce sanctions will be severely diminished. >> the presidential's candidate's dual on iran as the senate takes up the deal. and a senate revolt delays the house. battle over marriage, kim

davis's country becomes ground zero for same sex marriage in kentucky. others are refusing to give gay couples licences to wed and are going unnoticed. shifting alliances, vice president biden gaining hotel um in the polls, even though he has yet to announce if he'll jump into the polls for the white house. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. the iranian nuclear deal took the center stage in washington. presidential candidates from both parties weighed in. congressional republicans look for a way to move forward, with a resolution derailing the agreement. mike viqueira has more. >> good evening. the debate in congress over the iran deal took a turn into political theatre. republicans struggle to find a way around president obama and a solid wall of democrats to try to deny them of a near certain victory by the end of this week. when it comes to the vote in

congress, it may be over, but the shouting. >> the deal with iran is a disaster. but now the iran deal is a hot button in the presidential race, and wednesday the campaign trail led to the capital steps. >> we are led by very, very stupid people. >> republican contender donald trump joined forces with a rival. conservative fire brand senator ted cruz to attack the deal at a rally by the tea party and other opponents. >> if iran gets a nuclear weapon, the single greatest risk is they'd take that nuclear weapon, put it on a ship in the atlantic and fire it up straight into the air. >> they were not the only presidential contenders to weigh in on wednesday. democrat hillary clinton argues though the deal is not perfect. it must go forward. >> if we walk away. our capacity to sustain and enforce sanctions will be diminished. we'll be blamed, not the

iranians. >> inside the capital republicans are in disarray. though not one has come out in support of the deal. they are divided over tactics to bring it down. house conservatives are trying to enforce boats on a deal to prevent president obama lifting sanctions on iran, and insist there are secret details of the deal to be made public. the white house and the i.a.e.a. said it's a misleading claim. emerging from a closed door meeting, john boehner, the house speaker, tried to put the best face amidinternal divisions. >> at this point i think the president lost the debate with the american people. in the end, the conservative effort from the presidential candidate and rank and file is likely to go nowhere. >> president obama has enough commitments to turn back the effort. and likely for a filibuster. stopping a vote on the deal from happening at all. even so, the administration is taking no chances. secretary of state john kerry

made another trip to the capital. meeting behind closed doors with the senate democrats. >> we hope the senate moves rapidly to do the business of our country, not a party, but the business of our nation. >> though the cause may be lost. it's hoped that 20137 brings a new per cent and aheel. >> it brings money to a group that is a stabilizing factor. and people in the middle east deserve a better future, peace and prosperity. and september 17th is the deadline. if congress fails to vote. if they fail to approve the iran deal, the way things are shaping up. it appears the house and senate will vote by the end of this week, and can be said or done by friday. mike viqueira in washington. >> since the 2008 financial crisis many asked why no top

wall street executives faced prosecution. the department of justice put wall street and corporate america on notice. the department announced it would begin to prosecute those involved in corporate crimes. officials will pressure corporations to turn over evidence against executives. it's the first major policy announcements by loretta lynch. the d.o.j. facing criticism involved in the meltdown. >> they have cleared the way for a lawsuit challenging the health care law. it allows the house to pursue its claim. they violated the constitution when it spent money on reduced health care payments. g.o.p. contends congress never approved spending the money. the obama administration argues that it used allocated funds that it was allowed to use. kim davis is not the only county

clerk in kentucky issuing marriage licences to gay couples. they certainly got the nation's attention. many believe that it's thriving communities. the main reason the area is the one making headlines. john terrett joins us from moore head in kentucky. >> moore head kentucky home to the rowan county clerk's office. there's no sign of davis. who spent her first night at home. mark is here with boyfriend, and they are looking to get a marriage licence. >> now we have the right to marry ever. if they wanted to get parried. they want to. mark is delighted. if the boss tells him not to when she gets back to work. rowan is not the only county where licences are refused. there are none in casey county.

only in a thriving l.g.b.t. community, an alliance based on university, moore head state. >> i chose moore head state. it's close to home. you can find your home here. >> reporter: the primary focus of alliance is to work for l.g.b.t. rights, the kind of organization that flourishes in moore head, but not elsewhere, where l.g.b.t. are brushed under the carpet. >> moth views of the l.g.b.t. communicatee -- most people's views of the l.g.b.t. is, you know, we don't talk about it. there's a sparkling community there. this gives everyone a chance to come together. >> there's evidence attitudes towards same-sex are changing. a poul shows 53% are against same-sex marriage.

still down 73%. the davis affair split the local community and brought it together at the same time. people who are having strong religious backgrounds and having a conservative take are forced to see if their neighbours, friends and families coming out in support of this, and having to judge am i in the wrong, where do i play. >> though for now, the face of more head and the debate is the county clerk kim davis, in many ways what's next is in her hands in phoenix, authorities are investigating a tenth shooting on the freeway in two weeks. many at the same spot along busy interstate 10 in the heart of the city, no one has been high court. the department of safety official is calling the shootings domestic terrorism crimes. the federal bureau of investigation and a.t.f. are helping with the investigation.

in pascoe washington. the prosecutor decided not to charge police officers who shot and killed a worker in february. the prosecutor said the evidence shows the officers used legal force. cell phone video captured her throwing rocks at the officers, and shot 17 times. toxicology reports indicate that he was high on methamphetamines. >> in seattle the first day of school has been postponed. thousands of teachers walked out of classrooms on wednesday. educators have not had a cost of living raised in six years. teachers salaries raised from 44,000. the schools offering a 9% raise. the union holding out for 10.5%. seattle's school system with 53,000 students. in the face of the rying grayings crisis in europe. america is committed to taking in 5,000 more refugees next

year, increasing the quota from 70,000 to 75,000 in 2015. while addressing reporters, he stopped short of identifying a target number for syrian refugees. >> we are committed to increasing the number of refugees that are taken. and we are looking hard at the number. na we can manage with respect to the crisis in syria, in their inversion today. >> that's been vetted, and i think the time is a better sense of exactly what their number can be. >> the administration points out that they pledged $4 billion, more than any other country. >> most of the refugees that arrived into greece travelled from turkey to the greek islands in. they are overwhelmed by the influx of people that keep coming. many set off from the coastal city. bernard smith talked with some, preparing to make the dangerous

journey. >> it is a deeply affecting site. a family prepared to risk everything to make it up to europe. children too young to do something like this. a baby who never remembered this night. if he or she makes it. we counted 17 people from one afghan family. all to be squeezed into this dingy. they are on the acknowledgian coast. 12 -- agean coast, 12km from the greek island of cos. >> we are afraid of dying, of course, this woman says. dying is better than starving here. >> but there's a problem. their outboard motor will not start. they begin to pack up. the family tells us they are shia muslims, a minority targeted by the taliban.

they have tried to make a life in turkey for the last three years, but apart from syria, turkey does not accept refugees. there's no way for them to settle legally here. >> if i'm in the u.s.a., england or elsewhere, i'll go back to afghanistan if there's no war. i love my country too much. my daughter is a student. i cannot pay for bus fare or give her pocket money. in europe they know about humanity, they'll help us. we try again and again. if they catch us 100 times, we'll try 100 times. the family is straight to leave, and decides to fix the engine. they are making their own way. to avoid being ripped off by smugglers. but the engine will not start. the family will sleep here tonight.

then, a few minutes drive along the coast we find another group. they are wet. clearly the trip has not gone well. and they are frustrated to get back to turkey. they are syrians. they salvaged the vests. their boat is left to drift off. to see what the people go through. to make it to cos. it's impossible not to be moved. you know that now that they have been forced to come back to turkey. they didn't make to this time. or risk it again. they'll risk their lives again, they'll make it to europe. >> with dawn, we see another boat. it's packed. low in the water. the passengers are paddling furiously. some are bailing out water. cos is in the distance, it seems tantalizingly close. maybe these people will make it.

then the turkish coast guard appears, and the refugees are taken on board. there are dreams of a life in europe, they are frustrated for now a busy day for republicans in washington. the house kicked off efforts to take funding away from planned parenthood. then there was this. >> they are ever ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. >> g.o.p. rivals ted cruz and donald trump put their differences aside to take on the president's iran deal. who benefitted the most from the campaign truce?

republicans kicked off an effort to cut funding for planned parenthood. the house committee held a hearing for abortion practices, an issue that planned parent hoods illegally sold tissue, surfacing after the release of secretly taped videos by anti-abortion activists. i know that many of you on the committee hold to the standard

line, and try to take this in the name of freedom of chis, i beg you to open your hearts and ask what is liberating about painfully dismembering living helpless human babies. this atake is part of a campaign to discredit planned parenthood, and an attack on the right to abortion. planned parenthood say it's done nothing illegal. new york state may raise the wage to $15 an hour. according to "the wall street journal." that's wh that's wh that's what governor cuomo will advise. vice president joe biden is expected to join the governor for the announcement. joe biden has not decided whether to enter the 2016

presidential race. the latest numbers show hillary clinton supporters shifting their allegiance. in the last month, clinton lost 10 percentage points. she leads the race for the nomination with 42% of support. with joe biden, the opposite happened. the vice president gained 10 points. 22% of democrats saying they'd vote for him, and 41% saying they'd be likely to throw the vote biden's way if he runs. the political correspondent joins us from los angeles. seems like every one on the show we see a poll showing a sign. according to this survey, 63% of democrats are likely to support joe biden. time to get concerned. >> there is concern in the clinton camp, and we'll talk about it in the forum, what that could mean about the concern. we'll look at this, sake hillary

clinton is up 20 points, and has one or two points. and bernie sanders pulling big numbers, to be up 20 and 40% against you, that's not great. however, it's not to assume that if joe biden runs, he'll hang on to that or the bernie sanders numbers won't fall as well. >> you mention the apology. hillary clinton changed her tune, apologising for using the email. is it because the ongoing revelations are more damaging? >> it is, you don't want to come out and give an apology in public, it doesn't work. hillary clinton's opponents have something, and they don't need more. it got to the point and numbers on the screen of joe biden, when he comes into the race he'd have 22%. hillary clinton says the numbers changed. it's time to address them, say we are sorry. the people you are handing it

off to don't like hillary clinton. so it's not like you are giving them a leg up. you have to push back on the candidates. it's unfortunate for the clinton people that it came when it dame, but it's something they didn't think to do. as reported earlier, ted cruise made nice, taking on the deal with iran. let's listen to all of that. >> it's worth remembering if this deal goes through, we know to a certainty, people will die. americans will die, israelis will die. europeans will die. so, i've been doing deals for a long time. i've been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals, that's what i do. never ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. >> in is at a tea party rally.

which of the candidates benefitted most? >> you know, this is a relationship that has been cultivated for a little while. ted cruz has the most to gain. a lot of people who are trump voters are saying they are second choices. if something were to falter, it's great to cultivate the result. he says my friend, what can i do to help you. donald trump nose if he is to hang on to anything from the tea party voters, he can earn bona fides, hanging out with people like this. it helps most of them. >> talking about friendliness. ben carson, who has mostly avoided the attacks. swinging without trump. it's interesting. there's two really. but three candidates who have not had the elected offices.

donald trump, ben car son and carley farina. they have to distinguish themselves, going into a debate. ben carson, going after trump report, he's probably doing the right thing. he makes sense to do it. ted cruz, who we talked about, stays out of trump's way. ben carson, you'll probably here trump say his name at the library in that debate. >> it's been interesting and probably will continue to be so. michael shure in los angeles. >> it will not stop. >> thanks california is a step closer to allowing terminally ill patients to take their own lives. after a heated debate, the state assembly approved the end of life act. it received attention after 29-year-old brain cancer patient britney maynard moved from california to oregon, where she could legally end her life.

if past it will be the fifth state to allow self-suicide new rules about what must be on the menu it started as a drunken wager. next how a punishing race in sweden is growing in popularity, even though it could be tougher than an iron man competition.

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of the career day. new york is about to become the first city to require restaurant chains to notify customers about foods high in salt. starting this december, any dish with more than the recommended daily limit of 2300 milligrams of sodium must have a warning symbol next to it on the menu. the new rule plying to restaurants with more than 15 locations in the u.s. a drunk enbet launched a tough endurance race. hundreds travel from around the world to participate. we have this report from stockholm. >> reporter: crossing the finish line could become one of the biggest prices in endurance racing. ursula, swedish for island to island is the world championships for a new sport, swim-run. attempts twin between and run over 26 islands in in stockholm's archipelago.

>> the sport is becoming a craze. >> it's so amazing. so beautiful. it's also so tough. it's love-hate. it's so long. >> the swimming today was so brutal. the water was cold, wavy and it never ended. >> 10km of baltic waters. swim runners reckoned this to be like an ultra marathon. >> the running part of the waste is 61km. in terms of the swimming, when you look at the distance between two of 26 islands in. you can see where it is considered an extreme race in the world. >> the first in 2006 had nine teams, now there are 2040 people competing. with a waiting list of more than 1,000. final preparations are before the dawn. so the athletes have a chance to

reach the finish line. even if they are not used to the conditions. >> really. hoping to finish. we don't do record breaking. people have been retraining, hopping from one to another to another. people are just saying what are the guys doing, swimming. and running in the wetsuit. swim run began as a drunken bet between four friends, to see if they could get around the archipelago without a boat. more and more are coming on board. >> we see a big change. it became a sport in the last three years. before that it was just a race. the new swedish canadian world champions completing the island hopping. like in every endurance sport, there's a price to pay in pain. >> i'm antonio mora, thank you

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