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america. live from new york city. well, the senate is set to begin a critical vote in just over a few hours. over the iran nuclear deal. the republicans are trying to forge through a disapproval resolution, but senate democrats say they have enough votes to block that from even coming to the floor. and it could seal the deal for the president's top foreign policy priority. libby casey is joining us live in washington, libby, it appears there will be a show down this afternoon, over this deal. >> randall, republicans are moving forward on holding a first procedure vote. if they were to be successful they can move ahead and vote to disapprove of the iran deal. but, senate democrats may very well thwart that. they do have enough democrats they have 42, they only need 41 to basically filibuster, and stop things cold. the real question, will democrats go ahead and do that.

this looks like their best tactic, to put things on ice. that's not stopping debate from being very heated in both the house and senate. here is a sense of what is happening in the senate chamber, rhetoric but also surreal honest discussion and debate about why people dislike and like this deal. you will hear from republicans and a democrat, take a listen. >> does this agreement do enough to stop the program. does this agreement do enough to protect the security of the american people. in our friends around the world. mr. president i believe the answer is no. it would be irresponsibility to support such a weak such a naive, and such a dangerous deal understand what we are trying to achieve.

they can win that as long as the threshold is 60. buts ultimately stopping the procedure may look better than having a bill go to the president's desk, and forcing his hand to veto it. >> so that's the senate, what is going on in the house. in their last minute man moves. >> a completely different ball game. house republicans really throughout the ball plan, and instead of voting to disapprove, which imseems like it could have just passed the house, and some as well, they have thrown out that plan. instead, a conservative group has pushed back, and they want to have the house vote to approve the deal. that would fail but they would put them on defense.

they are also criticizing the white house, for what they are calling sky deals with international inspectors and iran. the republicans say we haven't seen this fine print, and so how can we really vet this, and vote on it, if we don't know the full details. now, house speaker john boehner spoke to reporters earlier today. and he doesn't seem to have given up a fight, even though his caucus is really in a bit of disarray. he is talking about an on going battle, not just trying to get a vote through to disapprove, but which needs to happen in the next week, but trying to fight this long term. maybe through a budget battle or even a lawsuit. >> thank you, libby casey live in washington. in other news today, the white house is rability aing to criticism that the u.s. is responding too slowly to the syrian refugee crisis. and that the u.s. should allow more syrian refugees to come here. just a short while ago, the white house press secretary aunderstand nod a new target

number for syrian refugees. this year, that will end the fiscal year, the end of this month, the united states is on track to take in about 1500 syrian refugees. the president has directed his team to scale up that number next year. and he is informed his team he would like them to accept at least make preparations to accept at least 10,000 syrian refugees. in the next fiscal year. >> meanwhile, hungarian police say a record number of refugees more than 3,000 enter that country today. many acrossing the border from serbia on foot, and heavy rain and fridged temperatures will soon vote on whether to deploy soldiers along the boarder to try to keep more migrants out. italy facing a crisis of it's

own. as harry faucet reports they are now in limbo. >> most of the 120,000 people who have arrived in isly by sea this year, this dock is where they have made their first steps in europe. but the days now, the port is being uncommonly quiet. bad weather, now easing has prevented the boats from attempting the crossing. there are fewer african faces among those waiting for the food handouts. those wanted to move on linger here for registration, if they don't have to. those who are here are mainly waiting for verdicts on their asylum applications. all likely who arrived here 15 years ago now works for a courier company they have been here for a long time, trying to make a better life. he supports the sentiment behind the plan for a $2 billion fund for africa, but it says it won't be easy to make it work. >> if you want to help

africans and stop them from coming to europe, and getting mixes up with refugees then you have to satisfy their needs at home. 40 minutes outside is the refugee center. waiting for applications to be processed. as well as redistributing away from understrained countries like italy, the plan is to set up hot spots in places like this to speed the process. surely a welcome offer of help, but also surely recognition that the local response has been inadequate. >> of course there have been inefficiencies by the police, but italy has been left alone in facing this problem. since the tragedy in which 1-800-people days in sea, something changed. now the italian police is ready to do it's job in a better way. >> even before this crisis began, catania was hardly a rich town in a poor part of italy. the new plans announced are aimed at relieving the

pressure on places like this but they are just plans. nobody disputes is this number has been entirely temporary. based on the weather, weather that is now turning. 20,000 new arrivals can be expected to come here in the next few weeks whether italy and europe are ready or not. a judge this morning reject add motion for a change of venue. gray died in april after he was injured in police custody. defense lawyers have argued that pretrial publicity including a multimillion dollars payment to the family could sway a jury. the head of the new york police department is apologizing for the wrongful detention of tennis star james blake. blake says five white officers handcuffed him, and threw him to the sidewalk outside of manhattan hotel on

wednesday. he was only released when a retired officer passing by identified him. >> a review of the video, i have concerned about the take down. in terms of -- so we talked to the officers, talks to mr. e totality of the circumstances. >> the department denies race was a factor in his detention. they say the officers were working on an investigation into stolen cell phones. at least one officer has been reassigned. driver near phoenix are on alert today. someone has been shooting at vehiclers. police are on the hunt for leads. >> authoritiesaren't sure what shattered the back of this pickup truck. but they consider this to be the 10th indent in the last 11 days of cars along that stretch of highway, being damaged by projectiles. >> it is just a matter of

time if this behavior continues that we have tragedy on our roadways. >> no one has been killed or seriously hurt yet. but people who regularly drive this stretch of highway, are frightened. >> it makes me more cautious, to be in that stretch. >> the fbi and the atf have joined the investigation, that as yet has few leads. >> i don't know if this is a copy cat crime. if it is multiple people, there is no pattern, it's been different days of the week, different hours oif day. >> and police say they suspect different wops were used. while six of the ten vehicles were hit with bullets, the other four were struck by what authorities can only confirm as projectiles. >> i would tell you it doesn't matter if it is from a handgun, a rifle, or a pellet gun, and all of those were projectiles. >> the first shooting happened on august 29th, since then, the window and this box truck have been hit, before that a bullet shatters this windshield, the flying

glass injurying a 13-year-old girl. >> i heard a loud bang. it startled me. >> a bullet hit a seat on this tour bus, narrowly policing the driver. >> jon henry smith, al jazeera. coming up, the federal government is promising more money to clear the backlog of rape kits now some states are taking steps to better investigate sex crimes. have nots" to a world of "haves" and "super-haves". >> can you afford to live forever? >> what's wrong if rich people got to live longer than poor people? >> that it's no fair. >> "faultlines". >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today the will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here.

monday before -- in an interview with al quaida's al jazeera upfront, hassan asked tar sky if he still believes that it is a myth that al quaida existed in afghanistan at that tile. >> on september the 11th, 2001, was al quaida operating in afghanistan? >> i have come across other groups. i have come across the people called -- calling themselves different names. different outfits. i do not -- i don't know if al quaida exists and i don't know if they exist. >> you can watch more with the exclusive interview,

aljazeera.com/upfront. the federal government has announced 80 million-dollars to help clear the backlog of rape kits. tens of thousands of untested kits have been sitting in police stations. the money will go towards clearing the backlog in 27 states. we will make sure. while providing the meaningful support that the survivors of these crimes need and deserve. >> a new law hopes to make it

easier to prosecute those responsible. lori jane has the story. >> her drawings photographs even the posters on her bedroom wall. are still right where she left them, in 2009. >> she was a lot of fun, she was. >> the 20-year-old an artist who wanted to be a teacher, disappeared after attending a metallica concert at the university of virginia jon paul jones arena. 101 days would pass before morgan's skeleton body was found by a farmer at a remote virginia farm. ten miles away. herrington believes her daughter was ab ducted raped and murders. >> when i was told by law enforcement, that it was likely we could find the criminal the predator, who killed morgan, from forensics from another body. something in me reared up and

i looked at everything within my power, to stop that. >> she turns her grief into activism. >> i'd love to see her face up here. >> with her husband she started the save the next girl. victim outreach and pushing for new legislation to deal with sexual assault. but it would take another five years and another tragedy before lawmakers would sharpen their focus on college campuses. it was the murder of another student. to slowly unravel in 2014. >> all of it connected back to jesse matthew, never convicted of sexual assault on two different campuses. the fact that matthew is able to remain on the lose for several years prompted virginia senator and former military prosecutor to develop the hannah graham

jill taking some comfort believing it is possible these new laws could save someone else, and that they are in place just in time for the start of the school year in virginia.

al jazeera, virginia. >> seattle teachers are returning to the negotiating table as the strike there continues it's second day. thousands walked out of classrooms wednesday, it is their first strike in three decades. teachers say they have not had a cost of living wage in six years. the district offered a 9% increase teachers rejected it. one in six americans is living with student debt right now. and the u.s. government owns and make as hefty profit off most of it, now some are beginning to see the loan crisis as an opportunity to earn some money of their own. jaime share as tiny studio with his fiance. as a recent graduate, he sticks to a tight budget to keep up with his student loan payments. >> my student loan was more total in payment than $2,000 a month.

the u.s. government profits happen somely from those loans. it charges all bow roarers regardless of worthness the same interest rate. federal data shows it will earn $66,000 between 2007 and 2012. the private sector want as piece of that growing money pot. >> so here is the thing to keep in mind, unlike mortgages or auto loans student debt is not backed by an asset. for example, if you default on your mortgage, a lender can forecast. if you stop paying your auto loan, a bank can repossess. but if more than 11% of americans that fail to neat h the company started just three years ago, it raised 100 million-dollars from investors anxious to meet the

demands for student debt refinancing. the secret to it's success, is it's screening process for applicants. >> so whereas we will take into consideration somebody's credit history, we will look at their ficca, we will look if they have any major settlements or payments outstanding over 60 to 90 days. way will look at bankruptcies. we will look at income, and employment. these are things the federal government just doesn't. >> and because the company looks at so many more factors jaime managed to get a lower rate. he says now he is saving about $200 a month. >> the regular payment is how much more.

>> do you think that you deserve to be treated differently because you have been so financially astute with what you are doing? >> i don't think i deserve to be treated differently, but that's how it works. >> in effect, growing of pool of graduates investors are confident will give them steady returns. al jazeera, new york. >> the find of a lifetime, coming up on al jazeera america, a newly discovered fossil that may help answer the questions of human origins. plus. a new warning over diabetes millions of americans may not even realize they have it.

problem will get worse.the >> diabetes continues to rise, and continues to rise in all age, and sects, race ethnic, groups and in groups according to education and income. that's what think are referring to when blood sugar levels are high, but not high enough for a person to be considered diabetic.

the new clues in the history of human kind. a new species whose bones were found in a small cave in south africa. while it lives more than millions of years ago. it is being called a scientific discovery. we stand on the soldiers of giants as we look at these extraordinary finds. revealing information about not just our origins. but the origins of our species. >> the fossils are around 2.5 million years old, scientists are calling the species home mownalie. it has feet and hands like

some jose yens and walked upright. >> it has a fascinating mix of characteristics that include some unusually human like features with some features that are most comparable to the most primitive members. >> scientists say this is the biggest find since lucy in 1974. she is 1 million years older, but this new discovery helps connect the dots. >> it is a creature that looks like no other that we have found before. it looks like no other hominine in the mixture, a very primitive things with very human like characteristics and it is different from every other homnin. at any other site. >> stephanie al jazeera. tony will be back next, live from london, and remember keep up on aljazeera.com.

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