not just against man but with the elements. sahil valuean, al jazeera, beijing. >> you can find more on aljazeera.com. jazeera.com. >> crews struggle to slow huge wildfires. a week after getting out much jail, kentucky clerk kim davis goes back to work and does thought stop a same sex couple from getting a marriage license. hungary constructs a fence along its border, stopping some from

crossing europe. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i'm randall pinkston. 6,000 firefighters today are confronting two of california's fastest burning fires in decades. the valley and beaut butte firee together schooled more than 132,000 acres, bigger than the entire city of new orleans. the butte fire is now 30% contained. evacuation orders are soon to be lifted but not before destroying 100 homes. valley fire is only 5% contained. it's ruined more than 500 structures. melissa chang is there. >> it's still smoking from the blaze on saturday evening.

standing in the front probably what you were looking at is once the living room, also the kitchen there, once left of a stone and oven completely charred and you see this across town. middle town has been destroyed in so many parts but not every part. if you look behind me you notice certain structures have been spared, we're not sure if it's from the firefighters or the flames were just capricious. fighting the valley fire this fire has deployed 1,000 firefighters from everywhere in the region. it has become the top priority in the state and it has been very unpredictable. we were told that winds were at 30, 35 miles per hour saturday night when evacuation order came in. residents didn't have that much time to leave when fire spread through this area in 20 minutes we were told. very unpredictable, very fast, that's what has so many

officials concerned and that's why the governor jerry brown that ird a state of emergency for this vallethat's why governn declared a state of emergency. let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. nicole how much did we get to get into this rain? >> it wouldn't take just one good season to get out. through the state averaged one to two feet of rain, you can't get that all at once. we have although had a little disturbance move through, it's given us an ar an on-shore flow. bringing humidity a couple of drops to the ground. there is another system behind this.

we are still in places where humidity in the morning tends to be high. humidity had been down in the single digits, so a little more moisture in the atmosphere helps as do cooler temperatures. valleys were having temperatures in the 100s now the 80s helps. coming into wednesday ahead of this there could be winds that cause problems with the fires. but when this comes in this is our best next chance for a decent rain through the west because we have fires elsewhere. speaking of the fires it's not just the broad weather scale. they can actually create their own weather. let's go back to the science to create the base for this. there is so much heat, some of these fires can burn at over a thousand degrees fahrenheit. heat rises. one of that things that does is leave a low pressure area at the surface. differentials in pressure and those changes can actually make

the winds accelerated in a fire versus the areas around it. so it increases the areas of wind. and as those columns of air lift into the atmosphere they can actually create these fire tornadoes they're called, not like a real tornado or a fire whirl. but vo vortexes. causing more problems, then the oat problems is you are so dry in these areas if rain does move across, sometimes that rain as it's trying get to the surface evaporates, before it hits the surface. these are the things that create their own environment. there is actually a whole field call fire weather or fire meteorologist that helps firefighters. >> the snow pack in nevada is at a 500 year low.

that is also a problem right? >> right, because that snow pack eventually melts, that next system could bring a little bit of snow back to the sierra. >> thank you. a same sex couple received a marriage license from the clerk's office. kim davis read a tearful statement saying she was seeking accommodations for her religious beliefs but she would not interfere with licenses being issued. davis said her name will not be on the licenses. >> i'm just a person that's been transformed by the grace of god. and who wants to work, be with my family. i just want to serve my neighbors quietly, without violating my conscience. so this morning i'm forced to fashion a remedy that reconciles my conscience with judge benning's orders. effective immediately around

until an accommodation is provided by those with the authority to provide it, any marriage license issued by my office will not be issued or authorized by me. >> in her essence, deputies have been giving the couples the licenses. earlier today one deputy clerk said he will continue issuing marriage licenses despite the objection he from his boss. eeian millheiser says the licens given without her name will still be valid. >> it will probably not affect the validity of the licenses because kim davis the individual is different from the office of the clerk in this particular county. and the court has ordered the office of the clerk and the official who is the person fictiothepersonification of thi,

kim davis may object to that but her office is now doing what it is required to do under the law. so i think because this was done pursuant to a court order binding her office, the licenses are going to be legal even though kim davis wants to maintain a little bit of smoke and mirrors in the process so she can feel like she is living up to whatever view she has. >> as far as that religious accommodation request davis may not be successful because her foremost obligation is to comply with the u.s. constitution. at least one person is dead after a shooting at a college if mississippi, near the arkansas state law. local media says it's a professor who has been shot. students have been ordered to stay in place as the search continues for the shooter. hungary took steps to try

keep refugees out of the country. a huge fence has now gone up at the border with serbia. thousands have crossed in the recent days. mohammed jamjoom is at the border. there are police on horseback guarding this border, there are helicopters hovering above the border with serbia. behind us this is a pretty chaotic situation are right now. behind us there were refugees that were trying to cross over but in fact were stopped by local police who told them they had to go to the official border crossing. this is an interesting development because as far as we knew, we have been told by the government, the border would be sealed by midnight. the police are not commenting to us when exactly the border is sealed, is it considered to be sealed already? certainly there are no refugees

that are crossing over on these railroad tracks as they have been thousands over the past couple of days. police are continuing to stop them. there is more of a security presence, so where exactly they're going is unclear at this stage. earlier just a couple of hours ago we were actually on the other side of this border in serbia. what we found there were buses taking refugees close to the border so they could walk over. they were taking them here to this railroad track line on the serbian side. men women and children many of them from iraq and syria were very concerned about whether they were actually going to be able to get into hungary. they were very aware about the deadline looming with this border about to be sealed this evening. then they were additionally concerned about what was going to happen to them if they were able to cross into hungary where they would be taken and processed and three could go on

to another european 61. country. restrictions that are being imposed how difficult it may or may not be to get into germany, the proposed destination for many of these refugees. whether they are going to let refugees cross, looks like they are not, although they have not officially announced they are sealing it. this gap in the railroad line, a much more beefed up security point and at this point, not a y will be let through. mohammed jamjoom. >> 355 inmates escaped from the jail in the city of gosne, suicide bomber to break the prison walls, four guards and three inmates died in the blast. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> a coordinated attack on the

outskirts of gosne city. when the taliban detonated a car bomb and then, hundreds of prisoners among them, taliban commanders failed suicide bombers and other taliban fighters. security was already bad in gosne before this incident, dozens of them will not improve the situation at all and it highlights how fragile security is across afghanistan that the taliban can carry out such a coordinated attack on the prison. hellman province, it's been a very, very brutal year for afghan security forces. nato puts the number dead and wounded as 15,000 this year. an average of 15 afghan prisoners killed every day. just unsustainable. one of the challenges for the

new afghan president ashraf ghani, it knows that security is a key for afghanistan if it wants to move forward and get any stability here. >> jennifer glasse in kabul. the expanding probe into corruption at fifa. attorney general loretta lynch says swift investigation has turned up evidence that could lead to more charges. and gettings back to school safely. the program in chicago aimed at helping children get to class in some dangerous neighborhoods. borhoods.

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weeknights 10:30p et >> police in kentucky fatally shot a man suspected of killing a deputy near padukah. police located the suspect joseph thomas shanks, not far from where the officer died. attorney general loretta lynch says international prosecutors are looking into new leads in the corruption case against soccer's world governing body fifa. lynch says computers, bank accounts and apartments tide to fifa officials have been seized. -- tied to fifa officials have been seize. and more suspects and the world are being investigated. >> to anyone who seeks to live

in the past and to return soccer to the days of corruption and bribery cronyism and patronage this global response seendz clear message. sends a message, you are on the wrong side of progress. 10 still fighting extradition to the u.s. lee wellings is following the latest. lee tell us exactly what is at stake. >> this was partly an update that was extremely necessary with the huge interest around this fifa case. they needed to tell people exactly what was happening in terms of those already charged, those being extradited, many bank accounts were being looked into, 121, what assets were being seized. there was something they need to go through the motions with. what i thought was really interesting was that this was a warning from loretta lynch, no doubt about that.

i think there's inevitability of more arrests around fifa. imagine those people in the building already seeing 14 fifa people arrested. she did nothing to arrest suspicion, people were bound to speculate whether sepp blatter how much he knew about the corruption, when challenged at it, loretta lynch didn't take the opportunity to say look he's not being involved, people are wondering when these arrests will take place. it seems that the evidence accumulated there will definitely be more arrests at the stage. >> where is sepp blatter now? >> sepp blatter is actually at his desk in zurich. he wants to manage this on his own term, want to save face and not having the complete humiliation of going under others' termination. he's trying to influence who

comes in as the new president. still working there, wants to be part of the change. most of the rest of the world are saying, no, we want to you go now. he looks like he really could be in trouble. that was certainly the tone i felt around what ms. lynch was saying. >> with look at the time russian 2018 and qatar 2022 cups is there any feeling that there may be a new vote and move the games? >> randall, we'll remain caution cautious about this. if you think there's a world cup in just three years, imagine how seismic that would be to take that from russia, garcia's investigation which was so well documented, he wasn't even allowed into russia. qatar 2022, allegations, not much said about that, once again, we focus on individuals. individuals are in trouble not so much nations.

>> thank you lee wellings, live from london. 53,000 students and more than 100 public schools will be out of class again today in washington. both sides are talking through a mediator on sunday. the district offered $62 million in raises, but the the teachers are asking more because of seattle's high cost of living. six year ago, safe passage program, now budget problems are threatening the $17 million a year safety program as ash-har quraishi reports. >> reporter: warned thworn the yellow vests for three years now. >> they can see us. >> these folks live in

inglewood. one of chicago's most violent neighborhoods. the $17 million safety program aimed at protecting kids on their way to and from school, safe passage. jackson is more than 1300 safety workers who line the streets leading to the schools. they are charged with observing. they do not engage but notify police. >> i'm glad to see it come back every year honestly. if they can expand the program to allow us to be here more they should expand more money. >> $500 million shortfall, some question whether or not the program is sustainable in the long run and whether or not this is the best way to spend money given the financial crunch. >> safe passage, you haven't seen kids getting hurt coming to

school or coming home. i think it's money well spent. although i think $17 million may be too much. they could use some of that money towards something else. >> reporter: after 50 schools were closed in 2013. >> when kids go to school and come out of school, i want them thinking of their studies and not their safety. >> reporter: the district says safe passage at a school has historically boosted attendance by 7%. while there is no statistic on their success, the chicago 2013-2014 school year was the safest on record. >> if one student complains of drog activity in thdrug activite area, you'll see a whole bunch

of authorities converge. >> we watch. they call us nosy neighbors. >> ash-har quraishi, al jazeera, chicago. >> celebrating their allegiance to the islamic area.

>> jewish people around the

world are marking rosh hashana. president hassan rouhani's tweet was sent from his english-language account not his farsi one. more than 100,000 lived in iran, now this year it's 15,000. ali velshi met with some of them in iran's capital. >> since the 19 fin 79 iran revolution, as a result some religious minorities enjoy official status under iran's constitution. those groups include zoroastrians traditional

christians and jews. >> we have a number bahais and similar number of sunnies and christians who are in prison solely for their religious beliefs but not a single jew. not any kind of tifts that for t are illegal. >> jewish communities elected representative. >> you travel the world, you neat other jews. do they look at you and say why are you still in iran? >> i say that we are iranian. my culture is in iran, of course we play in hebrew. we obey torah and mishna, all day today, is much more similar to iranian people. >> the number of iranian jews

living inside iran has dwindled because of immigration, especially because of the islamic revolution of 1979. most have moved to the united states or israel. >> does the vehemence or the energy that is spent on iran criticizing israel are you worried that that falls onto the jewish people here? >> there is a distinction separation, i think that -- >> are you okay with that separation? you feel had? >> yes yes, of course. >> the sign says felestine square, that means palestine. most of them in tehran, down behind me is a synagogue, and three jewish parochial schools, there is an excellent kosher restaurant. the tapir restaurant serves excellent kebabs. i haven't met a lot of iranians

named david schumer. you are the first one. do they know whether they say your name is daod? >> i say i'm jewish. >> any problems? >> no no, not at all. >> why did so many leave? >> many of them i think they're mystic. >> you do? >> yes. >> iran's jews say they have roots in the country that go back 3,000 years. the question many observers are asking how much staying power does the community have to persist in iran in the years to come? ali velshi, al jazeera, tehran. spacex has officially failed in its designs to bring satellites, to bring wifi to spaces of earth. other companies including one led by virgin and qualcomm are pushing similar plans. that's news, i'm randall

pinkston. the news is next live from london. >> border closed. hungarian police shut the bother to serbia stopping thousands from entering. hello there i'm barbara serra, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming.man coming up in th. thousands die in what egypt said is a mistaken air attack. tony abbott pushed from his position in australia.