>> this is aljazeera america ooh, i'm here in ne here in newd here are today's top stories. overwhelmed by the massive overflow, germany now says that it's ability to help thousands of refugees is being stretched to the limit. and a state of emergency declared as wildfires ravage part of northern california. and plus, explosions at one of islam's most holiest sites as palestinians clash with

israelis. and determination, a nine-year-old girl is not going to let anything stop her. >> and we begin with the refugee crisis, where the refugee crisis is beginning to overwhelm governments. today, the effort to control the number of refugees pouring into the country. a short time after germany threw open its doors to the refugees. the government has reached a breaking point, and the measure is temporary, and meanwhile, at least 38 refugees drown in the water between greece and turkey. it's the largest single incident reported in the water since the crisis began. there were dozens of survivors who did manage to swim to

shore. in austria,, thousands of people are stranded at the train station. 8500 refugees today alone. aljazeera's paul brennan has more on the refugees. >> vienna station sunday afternoon. they didn't know it at the time, but these syrian refugee families were among the last to leave before the rail services were suspended. there will be no more trains between germany and austria until the pressure of numbers can be reduced. in mubbic, day after day, families with open arms of compassion, but the reception centers in bavaria are at full capacity. >> we have 63,000 refugees who arrived in munich. >> hours after the rail services were had, germany's

interior minister made a scheduled announcement, temporary border controls. >> this step became necessary, great willingness to help in recent weeks by full-time employees, and especially the many thousands of volunteers must not be overstrained. the measures teen are also a signal to europe. germany is taking on its humanitarian responsibility, but the huge numbers of refugees must be distributed with solidarity across europe. >> proposals mandatory to share the refugees among all european countries have failed to gain traction. some nation haves threatened to veto. france has said it will take 1,000 from munich, and the gesture is trivial. >> i don't want to just park these people anywhere. we're still talking about human beings.

i want to take care that in my city [ audio difficulties ] it's not my job to deal with the european partner, and it is for chancellor merkel to use her influence in the european union. >> some cues the syrians of being economic migrants and the reality is very different. >> i didn't come to germany because i love germany says mohamed. i'm sad to leave my country. and he agrees, no one wants to leave their country, i want to glow back and when syria is rebuilt, i will return there. germany's new border controls appear to be admissible under the the shean rules.

they will hold an emergency meeting in brussels on monday to discuss the next step. >> hungary has praised germany's decision to implement border control. and the right wing passed passed laws to focus on the bored of. >> it's a border that gets more dangerous by the hour, with razor wire, and still the refugees arrive. hungary's government couldn't have made the position any clearer, but in a church, just minutes away, one sunday sermon sends a very different message. here, a flock is being urged to open their hearts and homes to refugees.

>> what we see is that there's an enormous need for humanitarian aid. and this is why we try to help them as much as we can, as well as trying to show sympathy toward the refugees. >> while the father tells me that the amount of compassion has been enormous, also the fears are growing. >> they're understandably afraid to some extent, with the waves of refugees every day. and they're all here and ready to act. >> it may sound such, but the issue is anything but. in taking the stance, the father is not just defying his government, but also local church leadership. hungary's cardinal said that the church continue take in refugees, because that would constitute human trafficking. >> even members of the church are conflicted. >> for hungary to get this

many people -- >> she and her husband, both teachers, agree that the refugees need help, but disagree with how they're going about seeking refuge. >> they can come in order, a normal way, and not this other way how they are trying. >> outside of the church are other reminders to be charitable to the refugees. and these signs seek donations for chirp. the father's faith may be strong, but that doesn't lessen his concern over how the crisis is being hand. it's hard to see how this will end, what the solution will be, because we see no guidance from the government, as to the solution, what it will be. >> down the road at hungary's border with syria, the tensions are arriving fast. two days ago, there were not nearly this many tents or trash piles.

here, where hope has been cruelly stopped in its tracks, many barely have a prayer to cling to. >> before think arrived in hungary, the refugees must first pass through macedonia. a record number of them have passed through the country in less than a day. 8500 crossed from greece into macedonia in just 21 hours. they expect a new wave of arrivals very soon from the macedonian border, and they immediately climb on to trains and are teach into europe. children were among at least 38 refugees who drown off the coast of greece today, as the boat approached the isle. the countries were making sure that they don't stay long as they commute to other parts of europe. >> the pace of arrivals at the

refugee camp has not slowed. but something else has changed. the pace at which they're able to leave. the pressure from the u.n.'s refugee agency and the eu, the police reinforce the, now reg up to 2,000 people a day. and that's almost the same as those landing on the island from turkey every day. the chaos in recent days has turned into calm efficiency. >> you know that two weeks ago, it was very difficult here. >> yeah, my friend was calling me, you don't have to come here because it's really really pressure. >> now it's much better. >> i'm surprised is that it's now very big difference. >> the transformation of the camp, here it's extraordinary. just two weeks ago, this was a

squalid, woeful place, thousands of people for days on end with virtually no assistance, and now there are sanitation facilities, and proper tents, and medical facilities, and there's a feeding station freely distributing food. i hate to think how this man would have coped before. he was shot through both legs in an isil attack at the university in syria. he was studying biology. >> what does it mean to you to be here in europe, away from syria? >> i make my way through struggle and hardship, taking great risks in order to seek medical treatment. in germany, there are specialists to treat such conditions. >> they have pushed the ferry companies for more boats, and people pay for their tickets of

course. >> so maybe one hour later, what should we do? >> also, you have a long gerny ahead of you, and a lot of other expenses along the way. >> maybe five or six more to go to get to germany. >> in just a few days, 30,000 refugees and migrants have left lezbos. for them, bad news for the already crowded road ahead that will get even busier. >> the european refugee crisis was at the top of the agenda at the annual meeting of the arab leagues today. the prime minister led the meeting in cairo, saying that the gulf states need to do more to help those in the conflicts. they have taken the refugees since the fighting began in 2011. syrians are not the only

middle eastern population desperate to leave conflicts. iraqis are also leaving their war-torn country, hoping to reach greece. >> they mourn their children. nine-year-old and 11-year-old. the family left iraq for turkey. from there, smugglers promised them they would get them to greece. in a boat meant to hold five people, the smugglers packed in ten. a few kilometers off of the coast, it capsized. this is the same coast that the three-year-old who washed up was on. the image of his body lying on the beach shocked many around the world. their mother describes the moment she lost her children. >> the boat capsized on my head and my children's head as

well. they were wearing their life jackets, they floated on the such as, but the boat was on top of their heads, prevented them from going out. i felt my daughter's hand touching me. and i was not wearing a life jacket and i kept dropping and going under. the coast guard came to us after an hour, i don't know, more than an hour. we started looking for them during the nighttime and couldn't find them. and the next morning, the tide brought the bodies to shore. >> they lived in a very well to do area of baghdad and they could afford to pay smugglers to get them to greece. but they can't afford to pay the kind of money that smugglers are asking for, and they stay here. but if they could afford to pay, they would leave. this camp west of baghdad houses those seeking to leave

the violence. this family on left a year ago, and they have been living like this, and they say that they're losing home. >> i have family in turkey and i'm too embarrassed to ask them for money. if i had money, i would leave iraq today. there's nothing for me here. violence at home, and hardship in this camp. >> their family never reached greece, according to the organizational migration, 6,000 iraqis have fled this year, but that's only the ones who registered. many more refuse to go the official route. many of them leave camps like these, risking their lives, putting themselves in the hands of smugglers with often tragic results. flims have rascked a small town in northern california. more than 100 homes are destroyed in a town 90 miles

north of san francisco. wildfires and a state of emergency has been declared. the valley fire is now knocking on the doorstep of california's napa valley wine country. melissa chan is in one of the hardest-hit areas. right where you are. >> well, rochelle, we're in the center of middletown, and behind me used to be a home. and essentially, you only have the foundation left. and it's still burning. you can still see the flames, and i don't know how clearly, but of course the smoke. this fire swept through so quickly, rochelle. it happened in 24 hours, and there of been so many fires in california this season, and this one started off small. it became a conflagration of 50,000 acres within the last 24 hours. i want to show you quickly,

behind me, two structures still standing. and it's not clear if the people were very lucky or whether the firefighters managed to save these builds. that's what we're seeing around middletown. certain areas completely destroyed. and other parts of town absolutely finally. the fire just very capricious, and running through here in minutes with winds so high. >> how are the conditions making the fires get under control more difficult. >> absolutely. the drought has been the cause for many of the fires in the state. and also is contributing to making the work so tough for firefighters here. the deployment for this fire, to the valley fire has been very quick. we understand that 1,000 firefighters are fighting the flames, and we understand and they have told us that this is the top priority independent state right now because of the

absolute speed of all of this. and as we are covering the drought, we have seen many dry places in the state, but as we were driving in, i was struck by the fact that all of grass was absolutely browned. not from the flames, but the drought. so the perfect sinnedders for the flames, and that's one reason that it's going to be very tough to fight this fire. >> all right, melissa, reporting live from middletown, california. and kevin corriveau will be here to tell us more about the drought conditions in california. in the race for the white house, donald trump, both men appeared on the summed talk shows to talk about their disagreements. >> in california, the second

major debate for the presidential campaign. on most accounts, donald trump stole the show in the last debate. and his lead has only grown since his last performance. but this time, gop challengers are not waiting until next week's debate to throw jabs at him. >> just like people like kim kardashian, we would be want him in the white house. >> donald trump is an entertaining and i think i'm a leader. >> commanding lead over his rivals, and he continues to dominate polls in iowa too, taking shots at brain surgeon, ben carson, who is second in the polls there. he continued his attack on carson today, during an appearance at the sunday talk shows. >> ben's a doctor, and he's not a deal maker. >> carson responded by saying that he's not too nice to be president. >> ben carson is a very nice

man, but this will not be a good situation, because he's not a dealer, he's not a negotiator. >> it's ridiculous to say that the only thing that i can do is do surgery. i find it humorous when people say that he's a surgeon. they don't know what it takes to be a neuro surgeon. that's pretty idiotic itself. >> trump's name came up -- >> when talking about donald trump and their strategy, i'm not talking about what i want to talk about, and i don't think that that makes any sense. >> meanwhile, the democrat's debate is still away. hilliary clinton attended the church that her family attended when her husband, bill clinton, was president. in weeks, the lead for bernie sanders, he says it's not hard to see why. >> people are sick and tired of

establishment politics and economics, and they want a candidate who is prepared to stand up to the big money interest. wall street, corporate america, that exerts so much power over our legislative life in washington. >> and for hillary, that's one of her biggest achilles heels. as the former first lady, and senator and deck state, she's the epitome of the establishment. >> in jerusalem, the mosque. aqsa mosque. on the eve of the jewish near. plus, providing comfort to the injured. saudi arabia's king makes a promise after the crane collapse in mecca

>> violence on the streets of turkey today. left at least nine people dead, including several police officers. violent protests broke out in two major cities sunday. 200 people were marching against tightening security restricts. the police fired rubor bullets and cannons and teargas, and meanwhile two police officers were killed by kurdish rebels at a checkpoint. the arab league, they have fought with palestinians at the compound in jerusalem hours before the start of the jewish new year. we have more on the controversy. [ explosions ] >> they're all too familiar scenes inside of the al axa mosque complex.

people running from teargas, the grenades. hours before the jewish new year. >> inside of the al aqsa mosque, they do control the temple area to make sure that it's safe, public order, and because it's in such a close area of the person wall, the hundreds of praying on the outside, whether it's safe for the officers to intervene. >> over the years, the status of al aqsa has become highly publicized. >> if it means that we need to enter the compound, and it's our religious duty to do so. >> last week, the israeli defense minister, they say that

they're protecting islam's third holiest cite from extremists, and israel accused them of provoking clashes. mahmoud abbas condemned what he called an attack by israel. strongly condemning the police for the grecian against the mosque and the faithful there were there. >> as you can see, the army is using the firebombs, and the teargas, and on the other hand, what israel is trying to do is impose a system of racism, where jewish israelis are given privileges. >> the flashpoint that's al aqsa is nothing new. often the violence spreads out into other parts of the city. with each side blaming the other, they're a point of of

contention. >> the king of saudi arabia has visited the holy city after the construction accident, and he promised anvention. 100 were killed and 200 injured when a construction crane came tumbling down, and meanwhile, the leader verified the injured at the hospital today. the refugee crisis is proving to be a complex problem to solve. not everyone is happy about the idea of people resettling in their fops, and not all of the refugees being resettled are happy with the results. those stories coming up on aljazeera america.

>> european nations are at a breaking point as tens of thousands of refugees stream through various border points, and germany said that they are

closing their borders. the move is temporary, but they're not saying when the restrictions will be lifted. they're also stopping train traffic from austria until 1 a.m. local time on monday. refugees are hoping for a better life, but some who made it are learning that their living conditions are less than perfect, and many say that they face discrimination. one family's long journey that led them to a small town in austria. >> four months ago, we met a family as they boarded the train, and the coast guard had just plucked them from the sea. >> i will never forget about how people were standing on top of each other, there was no food, water, the kids were screaming, and then there were the waves, high waves, and we thought we would die. my daughter just saw the sea. the sea is now a nightmare for the children. they will be afraid of it for a

long time. >> ahmed and his family with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and a bag full of burger king, started a new life of asylum in austria. we met up with them in their new home, just inside of the austrian city of lin. the family is still waiting for their permanent residency, which should come soon. >> we came here because it was most important that the children get a good education, that there was a good healthcare system. saying in the arab countries, there was no hope, and it would have exhausted me financially. >> that doesn't mean that it's easy. the family of five has been assigned a single room to sleep, eat and live. the view is of a smelly barn. and the terrors of the journey have not absed. four months later, they're still traumatized.

mohamed is the youngest, aged eight. >> in the boat, there were this many people. and now i'm afraid of having a nightmare that i drown in the sea. >> even big brother, yasir, still cries when he talks about going on the journey, but going to school helps, and he dreams of being an engineer. >> i love school here, and i hate it when there are breaks. >> his german is now the best in the family. a huge help to his parents who are still struggling with the new language. and ussaref, who cried so far when she saw the sea, she would like to be an artist, but she's frustrated and cannot see the future. >> i cannot be asked to be patient. i have gone through too much to be patient. >> i keep telling them that we need to be patient, but they

tell me they hate this word, and they never want me to say it again. >> frustration and kindless too, a new austrian friend, a business volunteer with refugees, is looking for a better place for them to live. this comfort is now becoming hope. >> speaking for myself, i will never go back to syria. >> and in ahmed's face, you can see relief. >> five families of syrian refugees, granted asylum in uruguay say that they want to leave. they say that they have to go someplace where they can get better jobs. >> they came from lebanon last year. five syrian families escaping war. the government gave them

asylum, but now something they want to leave. a widow with five children. it wasn't what they were expecting. >> they promised us everything, but there's no future here for me or my children. everything is expensive here. i work, but it's not enough. >> why we feed 42 people from syria, and the government -- they were given financial assistance for two years. a home and a promise of a better life. but these people say that life is not what they expected. even though the government has given the refugees a home, they have been spending time in this warehouse. they want to go from here to the airport, but their children do not have a future. the government has provided them with uruguay an i.d.s, and documents, but not all countries recognize them and deny them entry.

mario was a farmer in aleppo and he's thankful for what he has been given, but he's afraid what happens when the government's help ends. >> i ask all countries to give me a good living for my kids. uruguay is very expensive, and i cannot live here. >> but the human rights secretary say that the uncertainties are expected during the process. >> we believe that after two years, people are ready to fly on their own, and that's why the state stopped supporting them. after that, they can get everything a uruguay an citizen gets, healthcare and education and a house, but we can't give them more privileges than other people, because that would generate more problems with immigration. >> they are ready to receive more syrian refugees, but what happens happened to the families already here has raised some concerns.

another example. an accepting conflict i is only the beginning of the long journey ahead. >> demonstrators gathered in st. louis today, calling on the u.s. to do more to help in the refugee crisis. hundreds of people took part in what was billed with bringing them here, march. they called on elected officials to resettle up to 65,000 syrian refugees, specifically asking them to be sent to missouri. advocacy groups, helping with care, in the american islamic relations. now, the sentiment in one village is very different there. almost half of the 2,000 residents signed a petition against a refugee center. and they talked about their objection. >> it's a happy, sun let afternoon. two local ski instructors have

just gotten married. time it celebrate a new union, wish them well as they build their future. but for many in this conservative town, the future seems like a foreign country. 2,000 residents protested against the housing of the 20 asylum seekers in the hotel. and this group of young men is driving the action here with the help of a representative with the regional movement. they say that it's not racist to point out that there's no work for them here, no chance of immigration. >> what happens when they're able to leave the center? you know, they killed a couple, and raped a woman. they're close to a school here. >> the men who instire such inh fears are just a few hundred meters up the road. and now under a 24-hour police

guard, they can't venture outside of the white line outside of the hotel. >> all we want is for them to have patience for us. >> when he talked about the most vehement opponents of the refugee center, they say since it opened in august, it has brought no real problems. that life has gone on pretty much as before. but what they talk about instead, fear of tourism numbers, and grievance, that these to young men have somehow got it easy at the expense of the italian taxpayer while young people from here struggle to make a living. so what then of the pope's call last week of every one of the italy's 25,000 parishes to host a group of refugees? the priest says now is not the right time.

>> first we need to educate people that others are not the enemy and love and welcome and get people to respect the love of the future is the same as ours. >> others at the refugee center say that their idea of the future is peace and a chance to work. but unlike other migrants who have settled here, they have no chance to overcome hostility. isolated within this isolated up to, all they can do is wait. >> do stay with aljazeera all this week as we focus on the enormous crisis facing europe, and the plight of hundreds of thousands of people trying to escape conflict and find a better life beyond their homes. less than 24 hours after what has been described as the biggest episode in british politics for decades, several senior members of the opposition party have resigned their cabinet posts. they're opposing the election

of jeremy as leader, following developments in london. >> 59.5%, nearly 60% of the party voted in support of his leadership, and the idea of some kind of civil war, or even some plot to oust him at this early stage i think is fanciful, but this is the opposition party now looking for its direction, and looking for where it's going to go next, and how it's going to effectively put its arguments forward. given the fact that it's going to be in power for minimum 4 and a half years. the next general election in the uk is not until 2020. i can show you some of the newspapers, the left leaning observer newspaper said that corbin hales his mandate as he of sets out his left-wing agenda. and he warns that principle is

nothing without achieving political power at the end of t and the right leaning newspaper says the death of labor. tom watson makes history. so deputy as junes have taken control of the party. and we're going to hear a lot more of that as the months pass. the sunday times, the real right wing, corbin starts labor civil war. jeremy corri corbin. and the left leaning paper, says red, with him under. >> more calls from the president of muldova to face the corruption today.

about 20,000 demonstrators took to the streets of shisina on sunday, the eight day of demonstration. they're demanding a probe in the disappearance of $1.5 billion that vanished from three mole dove an banks last year. the flooding in japan now stands at seven dead and three people are missing, and 3,000 are waiting to return to their homes. bags of radioactive waste from the fukushima disaster remain unaccounted for after being swept away by the flood. the workers have managed to recover 271 of the bags from a river. more on the wildfires.

6. >> we're going to see cooler temperatures over the next several days. but i want to take you to the valley fire. the video is amazing. and what you see first of all are the wind speeds really whipping the fires, and if you watch this particular shot, which we have over the last couple of minutes, can you really see the progression of the fire. this is one particular area, and it has grown to 50,000 acres across the region. we're going to see it tomorrow, and until we start to see some relief across the area. we're watching two big fires, and of course the valley fire appeared to the north of san francisco, as well as the butte fire, and it has 65,000 acres, 20% containment and that's 25% more than we had seen yesterday across that area.

for the weather, we're seeing a few rain showers, and they're not doing anything to help that area unfortunately. where we're going to be seeing the big change is when the temperatures start to go down. 80 or 90° across the region, but it's really going to be the change in the jetstream that happens over the next couple of days. watch happens on sunday as well as to the week on monday. notice how the jetstream starts to move in down to the south. and this is going to start to bring in cooler temperatures across the region. watch what happens as we go from monday, we really start to see the cooler temperatures come into play. this is not going to bring the rain, but it's going to bring the cooler temperatures, and that's one of the things that we need. so rochelle, in the short period of time, we're going to be seeing relief. but for california, the wildfire season doesn't really end until we get out of october. >> thank you. police are looking for an armed

female who has struck in three states. the woman has been caught on surveillance video robbing at least three jewelry stores in south carolina, georgia and florida. she threatened the police with a handgun and tied them up before making off with 10s of thousands of dollars. only one woman is caught on camera, and they believe that she's acting alone. advocates for lgbt rights are acting in ken. the sign says this, the fact that you can't sell your daughter for three goats and a cow men's that you have already redefined marriage. the sign is talking about the marriages in the bible. the county clerk is being returned to work tomorrow. fast growing and high paying. coming up, how one non-profit is giving minority teens the

chance to compete in the technology sector. and one of the greatest stars has passed away.

>> in recent years, they have been criticized for not having enough moinorities and women in its workforce. and changing that can change

before kids get to college. he has a big mohawk and big ideas. xavier jenkins stands out on the crowded streets of new york. xavier is 17 years old and in his senior year in high school. i met up with him at the end of his summer internship at the posh microsoft offices. >> but i thought that teenagers just slept all day. >> no, that's only on the weekends. >> this job is not about fetching coffee. it's not about sharpening pencils. >> i quickly found out that's not what i'm doing at all. i'm part of the time, and i'm helping out making templates, i like the creative side of it, where you have an idea. and you can execute it as quickly as you come up with the idea. >> yes, when we're ready, we can go back out and hook you back up. >> xavier is working with david, a technical architect at

microsoft. today he's learning to make a website for businesses. xavier immerses focusing on computer science classes, and offers access to companies like microsoft. >> so tell me why the program is needed. >> black latinos make up only 10% of the sector. >> it's getting students started early. >> i quickly found out that i was in love with tech and coding. >> microsoft also needs to reach students, and one of the reasons that it's teaming up with all-star code. companies in silicone valley is hiring more minorities and the

other challenge is curriculum. many students are not emphasizing science, engineering, mathematics. also known as stem education. >> there's definitely a gap in skills and education that we're hoping to bridge. >> a recent gallop study, commissionened by google, shows that 67% of parents believe that science should be part of learning but most schools do not offer program org coding classes. >> do you think that they teach enough computer science classes at school? >> not really. >> do you think if more teenagers, kids had the chance to take coding or computer science they would actually like it? >> yeah, i think so. it's fun. >> technology is playing an increasingly large role in the u.s. economy. you don't have to look far. uber and facebook quickly turned into multibillion-dollar

companies, and that translates into high paying jobs, but according to the bureau of labor and statistics, by 2020, 1 million coding jobs will go unfilled. >> all of invasion is happening in software and coding is a big part of that. >> through these opportunities, zavier has learned a lot about tech and himself, and this year, he's hoping to get a job teaching other kids how to code. he conn be happier. >> extremely proud. but also, it speaks to the quality of the young men that we attract, right? they want to pay it forward and teach other young men and women about coding. >> his message to them is simple, but powerful. >> if you give 100% into what you want to do, you're definitely going to do t though it may take time, if you

continue to work at it, you'll do it. >> and zavier's got it. zavier has already got his college. basketball fans lost one of the great ones today. three times mvp, moses malone, the basketball hall of famer died in a hotel in virginia. police don expect foul play. he had a stint with the rockets and the 76ers, and he led the 6ers to the nba championship in 1983. in 1996, malone was named one of the nba's fistiest greatest players. coming up, a nine-year-old changing attitudes about modeling.

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the pope's visit. their goal is to raise awareness to the plight of undocumented immigrants, and we'll talk with one of them. plus, a battle, to republican candidate, donald trump, taking jabs at each other, and which candidate is likely to get hurt. thank you, del. fashion week is here in new york. and among the models were australian madeline stewart. she's an 18-year-old with down's syndrome. and she's not alone. her appearance follows the efforts of katie driscoll, working to change the face of advertising. >> reporter: he's working this runway like heidi klum. the nine-year-old who has down's syndrome and three other disabled kids got print-like

stars, and joined other models to kickoff the new ellen degeneres clothing line recently at a miami gap store. using disabled kids as models was not the retailer's idea. it was katie driscoll. a chicago mom, whose own 5-year-old daughter has down's syndrome. >> my goal was to show corporate, as well as ellen what is possible. >> a couple of years after grace was born, the mother of six said she noticed corporate perk wasn't featuring kids like grace in advertisements. >> what's the sense of community if you're not seeing these people. >> when you're not seen, you are saying you don't matter. you don't matter to us and your money doesn't matter to us. >> with the face of beauty, armed with a camera, she photographed grace and other

disabled kids, and took to social media to use them as models. >> when you put them in front of the camera, how do they react. >> they come alive. when you're working with kids, it takes time. they want trust from the photographer, but once they have that, kids are kids, and they enjoying in the spotlight. >> driscoll said that here efforts started paying off this year. starting in january, more than 100 companies, including to do lily and north american bear company yield to use disabled models in a back to a school campaign. north american bear said that they have been doing this for years, but wanted to draw attention to it. >> katie has made it important to draw it out and a with as a mother with a child with disability, we're happy to call that out. >> it's an immerging market, much like china.

they say there are over 1 billion consumers locally, and 57 million of them live here in the u.s. so they say using some of them in ads makes good economic sense. some companies like target and nordstrom say that they too have been quietly using disabled models for years. and advertising executives agree that it can be good for business, but it has to be authentic. >> i just think that you really have to look at who you're casting and what story are you telling? what story you're telling in the moment and what story you're telling about the brand. >> driscoll calls the gap event a huge accomplishment, but she says using disabled models in the fashion industry should become the norm, and not the exception. >> do we want more? definitely. and do we want more exposure? definitely. >> are you going to get it. >> i'm confident in t.

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