neighboring embassies. i'm ray suarez. and that's the inside story. ♪ this is al jazeera america. i'm del walters in tonight for tony harris. >> the scariest thing i have ever been through in my life. ten minutes to pack up and leave. >> running for their lives, confusion and the search for safety. no guarantee why refugees flooding europe may not see any shelter and the country now putting up barbed wire to keep them out. the battle over the biblical

billboard, the provocative message to the clerk, and the death threats against the man who paid for the billboard. ♪ we begin tonight in northern california where the devastating wildfires are forcing residents to abandon their homes and run for their lives. at least one death has been confirmed more than 100,000 acres burned, 500 homes have been destroyed. this past weekend the fire exploding north of napa valley, an area that has been through four years of drought. middletown, california was hard hit first by the drought and now by the fire. jake ward is there. tell us what you are seeing. >> reporter: well, del, it is a scene of terrible devastation. it has really been a heart-breaking day. we have been traveling from the

operations center about 15 miles north of us to middletown, california, this is the site of a former school in the center of the town. absolutely destroyed. the most frightening thing is to see the fire drop in on spot fires. embers floating through the air will drop down and create a spot where fire suddenly leaps up and takes over. we saw home after home destroyed, trees destroyed, underbrush gone, it is a scene of terrible, terrible devastation. and really, it feels like a very different kind of fire. >> jake, california no stranger to wildfires, so what is different about these. >> reporter: you know, this season, del, has been a very different season firefighters say. i spoke to one firefighter who spent 28 years fighting and says that it's a totally different kind of beast. essentially the drought -- the

four years of drought have created incredible conditions. the local incident commander spoke to us earlier and described how quickly she discovered that her whole department was completely overcome by this kind of fire. >> it was all about getting people out of harm's way, dealing with evacuations and just trying to take care of the people and the citizens. and ordered additional resources knowing we were already overwhelmed, and keeping everything coordinated and making sure we were as safe as possible. >> reporter: del, the firefighters here have a term good black. it means a place where the fire has already burned through once and you know it is not going to burn again. you can feel safe in that place. unfortunately, they say they

can't even trust those in -- instincts anymore. the trees are so dry, that the fire can come back. you are seeing firefighters here, veterans fining that their training is not preparing them for devastation for this kind of fire. >> jake as always thank you very much. the flood of syrian refugees continuing to cause problems in europe. fences are going up, trains are being stopped and borders are being closed. razor require is now being used to sale off a railway track used by thousands of refugees just trying to get into the country. but they are also building a 12oot high fence along the border with serbia. the message is clear, enter illegally and face arrest or

imprisonment. mohammed jamjoom has the latest from hungary. >> reporter: while grateful for the food, this man knows he has barely enough time to eat >> translator: we are afraid they are going to close the border and not let us in. we ask hungary to just please let us through. >> reporter: along serbia's border with hungary, the refugees are running against the clock. even the wounded must find the stamina to continue. this man shows me scars from the injuries he sustained in iraq. after escaping death he insided to get his family out by any means necessary. >> translator: we're trying anyway we know how. we came all this way to get to europe, and we'll try anyway possible to keep going. to get all of the way here and then to be stopped?

no, we have to keep going. >> reporter: despite the hardships his wife and children are still hopeful they will be able to make it over the next border. others, though, aren't as optimistic. crossing from serbia into hungary, the refugees must walk along these railroad tracks for about 3 kilometers. most are too afraid to appear on camera. they are worried if they do get into hungary, they may not be able to get out. everybody very aware that the border will be closed within a matter of hours. when we get to the hungarian side of the border, it is effectively sealed. construction of the fence nears completion, and police some mounted on horseback are out in greater numbers. solders guard gaps that hours

earlier refugees walked through. while families barred from entry decide to make a path for another possible crossing point, a razor wire truck is brought here. just one more roadblock for these refugees on a road that seems to get better every day. >> meanwhile germany is also struggling to cope. german officials saying they expect at least 1 million refugees there over the next year. 13,000 arriving this weekend alone. and authorities are saying they can't guarantee any space at their shelters. rob reynolds has more. >> reporter: halted just meters from their goal. german police stop a group of refugees from syria on a bridge over the river that forms the border when austria and germany. they have talked from salt berg

in austria after a long and painful journey from syria. now they wait in the falling rain. this man's leg was wounded by a bomb in damascus. >> translator: i came through turkey, greece, macedonia, serbia, hungary, and vienna to get treatment in germany. but the german police are not letting us through. >> reporter: germany has put border controls here and along the frontier with austria, after claiming that german resources were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of refugees who flooded in over the past week. at the munich train station, no refugees were in site. donated blankets, clothes, and toys waiting with no one to receive them. a camp now sits empty. the abrupt about face in german

policy, left some germans confused and irritated. >> translator: the government no longer has things under control at all. at first they said the refugees should just come, and then they suddenly say, oh, we are overwhelmed. >> translator: no, i don't think the government has done anything right. what they are doing now is too little too late. >> reporter: at the border a separate group of syrian men stood safely on the german side. germany has promised to admit all syrian refugees who touch its whole. >> >> translator: i'm in germany. inside germany. if i on border, maybe. now i'm in germany. not anyone. i am a syrian. not anyone can take me and lift me in austria or hungary or anything. >> reporter: after a long wait in the rain, the police lead the syrians they had detained across the no-man's land on the bridge

and into germany. now they too are on secure ground. the border check here which germany says are only temporary are another sign that the european union's policy of open borders when member states may be slipping away. they are also a sign of europe grappling with a refugee crisis that just keeps getting bigger. rob reynolds. al jazeera. coming up at the bottom of the hour, we'll have more on the backlash against the refugees in germany. in washington the pentagon says it has new concerns about russia. it says russia is setting up an air base inside the syrian coastal city of -- that is a strong hold of president bashar al-assad. the u.s. won't confirm the

numbers of troops or weapons. our national security correspondent jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, the u.s. has come out and said yes, it does appear that russia is building what looks like an air base in the west of syria. it has a lot of aerial surveillance over syria. not to mention as you did, the non-stop flow of massive cargo planes that have been flying over iraq and iran to get to syria, but the main way that the u.s. knows is russia is not hiding it. they have quoted foreign minister sergei lavrov saying yes, it uncolludes build up of supplies and also soldiers to teach them how to use them.

>> we have no reason to doubt the veracity of what he is saying in terms of the acknowledgment that they are continuing to provide military support and equipment, so that i think we're taking on face value their claims about what they are doing. the ultimate intent and goal, i think still is a little uncertain. >> reporter: so far no fighter planes or attack helicopters have arrived at the airport. you can see some russian t-90 tanks, some artillery pieces. the united states has warned russia by propping up the regime of bashar al-assad, it is making an already unstable situation even more unstable, but russia says hey, we're not doing anything new. on capitol hill, senator john mccain said that rush shoo's

president putin was capitollizing on america's inaction. he said, quote: but the u.s. seems content with the -- a policy of watchful waiting. in talking to u.s. troops last week, president obama said that russian president putin is playing a dangerous game. >> it appears now that assad is worried enough that he is inviting russian advisors in this, and russian equipment in. and that won't change our core strategy, which is to continue to put pressure on isil in iraq and syria, but we are going to be engaging russia to let them know that you can't continue to double down on a strategy that's doomed to failure.

>> reporter: and del, the president argues that russia is going to have to get a little bit smarter in figuring out to do here, because he says russia has as much or perhaps more to fear from isil as the united states, because he notes that russia has a large muslim population which has caused problems inside russia before. >> jamie thank you very much. egypt is apologizing for a deadly shooting incident in the western desert yesterday, leaving 12 tourists dead. two of the people who were shot are from mexico. ten others were injured in what egypt says was an accident. it happened during counter terrorism operations. they said they were pursuing fighters when they mistakenly shot on four cars with egyptians and mexican citizens inside. afghan officials say they

have freed more than 350 inmates, but at least four police officers were killed. a suicide bomb struck the compound fist and then six fighters dressed as police entered with heavy weapons. up next, carly fiorina surging in the polls. we'll take a look at her legacy in the business world. and a political shakeup down under, australia getting its fifth prime minister in as many years.

the republican presidential cane -- candidates are gearing up for a second debate. the 11 candidates with the highest poll numbers are debate. the latest poll fines that 28% support donald trump, ben carson comes in second, john kasich is in third place, and jeb bush and scott walker have seen their numbers drop sharply after huge beginnings. not everyone in dallas is pleased with donald trump's visit. hundreds of latino activists marching through the city, there protesting trump's comments about immigration.

as of carly fee -- fee reno, she will be one debating this time around. voters are positive about a new ad that her super pac has issued. ♪ >> ladies, look at this face. this is the face of a 61 year old woman. i am proud of every year and every wrinkle. >> that ad is a rebuttal to her looks. he implied she isn't attractive enough to serve as president. michael shure is live for us tonight in los angeles. michael how things have changed for fiorina since the last

debate. >> yes. you got a feeling that she had a little bit of mojo that she may not have had. she was on that small debate stage in cleveland, and made the most of that opportunity. and you already see it, del, in the fact that donald trump is addressing her. she was not a consolidate that people were even talking about. and now she has to do more than just be talked about. she has to go at candidates like donald trump. she marched off of the lower-tier debate stage in cleveland last month and has not stopped marching. now she is on her way to the main stage of the next g.o.p. presidential debate. >> we're in the top five in basically every state, and top ten nationally. that's pretty good. i'm very encouraged. >> reporter: the energy coming

out of the first debate has gin her a burst. she is up from 3% to 7% since july, doubling her number, but still in the single digits. >> hi. hi, how are you? >> reporter: and that renewed enthusiasm was palpable when we spent time with her in new hampshire. >> somebody that can start off as a secretary, playing on a typewriter -- a lot of people don't know what a typewriter is, that's my error, and she started there, and she is ending up as ceo of hewlett-packard. >> reporter: phyllis has been in the new hampshire legislature for 33 years. though many like her see her appeal clearly not everyone always gets along with fiorina, including the man who sits at the top of the republican field,

donald trump. >> she was disastrous ceo, she has a company before that, which in my opinion and memory was even a worse catastrophe than hewlett-packard. >> reporter: let's talk about carly fiorina as a business person. did she do a good job of ceo of hewlett-packard? >> that's a mixed bag. >> reporter: he has covered her career since her failed run in california. >> she will say i created jobs there. a lot of that is because of the very controversial merger of hp and compaq. yes, you doubled the size of the company, but that's because two companies are put together. she also laid off 30,000 people

at hp. >> reporter: one recent poll has trump, ben carson, and fiorina, leading the field. this may work for fiorina and the others early in the race, but it could mean trouble ahead. >> when obama ran, this guy had no experience. she doesn't have any experience. >> reporter: fiorina hopes to close her experience gap with likability. >> she speaks beautifully. she is an excellent communicator. she presents very well on the strufrp. >> reporter: and she has been stumping in places like this dri drier -- diner in new hampshire. >> everybody here takes the election process extremely serious. it's a responsibility and it's fun, and they take it seriously. because this is a really really really really really big decision. >> reporter: she recently celebrated a birthday in new

hampshire. her poll numbers while still low have climbed since the last debate, so too has her name recognition, and she has earned her place on the main stage. she is campaigning really hard, working off of the -- you know, the fact that she did do well in cleveland, but, again, she has doubled her numbers, and she is beating carly fiorina from before, but she has to prove that she can do better than just bettering her previous numbers. and that will be a challenge for her. >> michael shure for us in l.a. tonight. thank you very much. on the democratic side, hillary clinton seems to be having problems, her new poll numbers dropping 29 points in just eight weeks with a key demographic, women. 42% of democratic women say they plan to vote for clinton.

that compared to 71% in july. in australia, malcolm is poised to secede tony abbott as prime minister. turnbull won the election with the leadership of his party with 54 votes. that country has five prime ministers over the last decade. >> reporter: in the end a tight vote went in favor of the challenger. >> in the leadership contested by malcolm turnbull and tony abbott. >> reporter: malcolm turnbull had been elected by his peers to lead his party and the country. >> the australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile, that is innovative, that is creative. we cannot be defensive. we cannot future-proof ourselves. we have to recognize that the

disruption we see driven by technology, the volatility and change is our friend, is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> reporter: tony abbott was australia's prime minister for almost exactly two years. from the right of his party, his chief achievement in his eyes was stopping boats of refugees from reaching australia, and scrapping an environmental tax on carbon emissions. but he was never personally popular, and as the economy slowed his chances of leading his party to a second election victory next year began to look slim. malcolm turnbull was a long-time rival. on monday he seized his moment.

abbott's government he promised would be one of stability, one of no surprises. it was not to be. malcolm turnbull will be sworn in formally as australia's prime minister on tuesday. andrew thomas al jazeera, sydney. up next, refugee backlash. and using scripture to mock kim davis leading to death threats and police protection. and boom or bust a new warning label that says the u.s. stocks may be on a bubble. ♪

♪ in kentucky a same-sex couple got their marriage license this morning from the clerk's office in rowen county that license was issued hours after kim davis went back to work. you may recall she spent time in jail for contempt and she said her religious beliefs wouldn't allow her to issue those

licenses. today she said she was seeking accommodations for her religious beliefs, but would not interfere with any licenses being issued and her name would not be on those licenses. >> i'm just a person who has been transfoerled by the grace of god, and who wants to work, deal with my family. i just want to serve my neighbors quietly, without violating my conscience. and so this morning i am forced to fashion a remedy that reconciles my conscious with the judge's orders. effective immediately and until an accomodation 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. >> now in her absence deputies have been providing the licenses. one said he would keep doing so, despite objections from his boss. al jazeera has learned the

leaders of the gay right's group that put up this billboard attacking davis say they are now getting death threats and have asked for protection. the billboard reading dear kim davis the fact that you can't sell your daughter for three goats and a cow m-- means we hae changed. we are joined by the leader of that group that put up that billboard. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> what is the nature of the threats you have been receiving? >> we have been really involved in human rights for the last several years, so we began getting threats, but we have been getting more intense threats. they have been becoming increasingly violent. but we believe strongly in what we are doing, so we believe as long as you are doing the right thing, you can deal with the

consequences that come. >> this billboard has divided this community. so the question has to be asked, why did you do it? >> whenever we think about what is peace, sometimes fighting for peace isn't an easy thing. 4,600 teens are killing themselves every year, 160,000 kids missed school today because they are being bullied. when people are attempting suicide they feel like they less and broken because of messages like the one coming from kim davis now. >> is there any sympathy on your part for davis. she seems to be emotional. she spent that time in jail. it is clear that she doesn't want the type of attention she is getting. how do you feel about her? >> oh, i mean i definitely -- i

think it's wrong anyone who is sending her death threats or hateful messages, but she is acting as an agent of the government. she is using her government role to discriminate against people. and that is what is unacceptable. >> from your standpoint is there a middle ground at all? >> well, i'm not exactly sure what you mean by middle ground. there's an easy solution. kim davis could fulfill the duties of her office or resign. but we're setting a dangerous precedent if we start to adjust these things, because what if someone has a sincerely believes interracial couples should not be married, can they deny interracial couples from getting married. the most support we have gotten have been through lbgt teens in

kentucky. and they appreciate that we're doing this thought-provoking dialogue about how religious beliefs change over time. >> if you were able to meet with kim davis, what would you say? how would you help her understand your side of the argument. >> i would love to tell her about how whenever i was in fourth and fifth grade i began attempting suicide because i was queer and discriminated against from people like her. i respect her, but i would love to sit down and have that conversation with her. >> are you concerned that perhaps this thing has gotten personal and personal feelings like the ones that you have and she has are being swept under

the rug for the larger issue? >> these things are always personal. right now there are teenagers who are deciding if they will take their life tonight or not, and it's about what kind of positive message we can put out there. and we're trying to put positive messages out there to counter hateful homophobic messages. >> thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much, del. there is a new report out that focuses on inequality and racism? ferguson, missouri. michael brown was shot and killed by a white police officer last year. the report was compiled by an independent commission appointed by the governor. it finds that biases against black residences are pervasive city wide. it recommends more training for all police. in kentucky a motorcade

blocking traffic to transport the body of the state trooper who was shot last night, and during the traffic shot the suspect allegedly ran away. he was later shot and wounded by police. authorities saying the 25 year old simply refused to drop his gun. the design of the euro zone was no more borders, but now that is changing. the hungary government is building a fence to keep people out. also tonight anti-refugee backlash is building in germany. the country getting ready to deal with the possibility of more than 1 million refugees over the next year. germany says it is working with facebook to tackle the problem online. and activists are marching on

the streets. >> reporter: this was a city on alert, right-wing extremists were planning a demonstration against the german government's decision to take in hundreds of thousands of refugees. but authorities banned that protest, instead crowds turned out to welcome refugees, and rally against neo-nazis. thousands of police are on duty just in case right-wingers attempt to defy the ban and travel to the city. one of the organizers of the band march agreed to meet us. he says he has distanced himself from the neo-nazi movement. he describes himself now as a german patriot. >> translator: germany always finds it tough to take the middle path.

we always go to extremes. that was true of the nazi party and german communism, and we're seeing it again with refugee policy, he says. germany wants to force the rest of europe to follow its path. that's the kind of behavior that fuelled hitler's third reich he says. the newly arrived syrian refugees should go home once the civil war is over, he says. if immigrants have been here 50 years, you can't send them back, they have roots, but if there has been a war like in the balkans and everything goes back to normal, then they should go home, but the problem is, refugees come and never leave, he says. the views though not perhaps a radical tone, seem to resinate for many in this district. it's home to many immigrant families. at this corner cafe i work a dock worker who game to germany

from portugal at age 7. germany doesn't have the capacity to take in so many people. sooner or later the system will break down, and people will get sick of it, he says. his daughter was born here. she is expecting her second child. these days teachers have so focus more on immigrant kids who don't speak german. that's not fair on the german kids. it's a waste of their time she says. her friend is german and married to a chilean political refugee. she worries the influx of refugees will force down wages. already many people offer to work for less than minimum wage. things will get worse. there will always be somebody to work for cheaper, she says. the two friends both say they voted for german chancellor

angela merkel and her ruling christian democratic union party. so underscore their points they direct me to a soup kitchen just across the road. this independent charity hands out a week's groceries for around $5 to the poor. immigrants and germans. this 70 year old german who prefers not to tell me her name, says she only has pennies to live on once she has paid rent and utilities. they built new homes for asylum seekers but there are so many germans looking for an affordable home and just can't find one. if it goes on like that for 18 months or two years, i can imagine it will explode, she says. these are the new homes close by she is referring to occupied by asylum seekers from syria and albania. this german lady was also at the soup kitchen.

our politicians should be shot. they should oblige other countries to take a faxed amount of refugees whether they like it or not, she says. but her words seem to go unheeded. more refugees arrive by the day at this station. many other germans seem ready to welcome them. a nobel prize winning economist is warning that the stock market may be in a bubble, but another market watcher says investors need to be on the look out for bargains. ali velshi has the story. >> these are two guys i turn to a lot and i respect. the nobel prize winner is alan schiller. he says it could lead to a bear

market. that's when stocks drop 20% from their highs. he said his research shows that fears that the market is overvalued are the highest since the d the dot-com double in 2,000. the other says it's based on the cyclicly adjusted price to earnings ratio. it compares stock prices to corporate earnings over the past ten years. critics say it has been showing the market is inflated for years, and yet stocks keep going up. but schiller sticks by his market and sees more pain even if he can't predict the timing. >> we're seeing people's 401k's looking like they are on a roller coaster. >> yeah, the other side of

argument is the chief advisor of an insurance company, and he says he expects a lot of volatility in the months ahead, but he is telling investors to take advantage and snap upbeaten down stocks. he's not talking about a bear market or a double, he is emphasizing that the u.s. economy is quite robust and is going to continue to grow at 2.5 to 3% a year, and he says there is a lot of cash held by investors. he says emerging markets and oil arest -- are especially volatile. and he said we should stop obsessing about whether or not the fed raises interest rates. schiller says don't expect stocks to react much if the fed raises rates because they both agree it's coming, whether it comes on thursday or in

december, the fed is going to raise rates. >> so who do you have on the show tonight? >> we're looking at efforts to address the shameful problem of homeless veterans in america. president obama set an ambitious goal of getting all homeless vets off of the streets by the engineer of the year. some cities have done it, others have not. some say putting vets in homes before addressing the other problems they have is wrong headed. >> you can watch ali velshi at 10:30 eastern time, right here on al jazeera america. teacher strike in seattle in now in its second week. more than 100 public schools are closed. about 53,000 students staying home today while the teacher's union and school district argue over a new contact. yesterday the district offered $62 million in raises and more money in special ed funding. the teachers want three times that amount. they say they it is expensive to

live in seattle. wildfires forcing thousands from their homes. will the firefighters get any relief from the weather. and the u.s. and china getting set for crucial discussions on how to reduce the effects of global warming.

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recapping our top story, california firefighters continue to battle that devastating wildfire in the cities of middletown, cobb, and hidden valley fire. the valley claiming one life already, and is only 5% contained. kevin corriveau is saying, though, that they are seeing some rain right now. >> they are. today, tomorrow some better weather. but that's not going to last unfortunately as we go towards the rest of the week. you can see the rain showers coming on the coast. these are not very heavy, but they are bringing in some rain and increasing the relative humidity across parts of that area. if you take a look at california, the valley fire, as well as the butte fire over here, the temperatures are also coming down, so the current observations for the valley fire

temperature 60 degrees. the wind is the one concern i do have that is going to stay a big problem. we're talking about 93% humidity, compared to this last weekend we're talking anywhere between 15 and maybe 20% at the best. over towards the butte fire, we're talking 82 degrees. the relative humidity at 33%, that is still a little bit better than what we had seen. tomorrow here is the rain coming into play across parts of california. that is going to be one of the bigger helping efforts there. but we'll see the rains on wednesday morning, but that will start to clear out as we go towards the afternoon. take a look at what is happening once we get past wednesday, on thursday 80 degrees, but as we head towards the weekend the temperatures are coming right back up again. if we go towards the butte fire,

the rain and thunderstorms are going to be a problem as we go towards wednesday, but those temperatures are coming right back up. so a little bit of a break here, but as we go towards the weekend, del, the wildfire threat is coming right back up. >> kevin corriveau thank you very much. two of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world are about to hold a summit in los angeles. china and the u.s. have been increasingly active about making a change. >> reporter: from wildfires whipping across the state to bone dry riverbeds, california has seen the extreme effects of global warming this summer. in los angeles, long considered the smog capitol of the u.s., matt peterson there's renewed energy to change. >> we need to be the leaders here in l.a. here in california. of how we're going to fight

climate change. >> reporter: peterson is the city's first sustainability officer, part of l.a.'s aggressive push to slash emissions by 80% over the next 35 years. that's an ambitious goal. >> it is, but if you think about the global challenge of climate change, we really have to set ambitious targets and then figure out how to we hit those marks along the way. >> reporter: the mayor will help lead that discussion tomorrow at the first u.s. china climate summit. combined the u.s. and china are responsible for nearly half of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. the u.s. has vowed to slash its own emissions by nearly 30% in the next decade, while china has agreed to reach its emissions peak by 2030. peterson says this summit will be the first step in making good

on the presidents' promise. why is it so important for city leaders to be involved? >> cities are responsible for up to 70% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the world. cities are where solutions are happening. and we're seal majors and cities are setting targets above the federal government. >> reporter: l.a. has installed solar panels, last week the mayor announced a plan to lease 250 electric and hybrid cars, the largest city-owned fleet in the country. all efforts peterson hopes will inspire chinese cities to step up their commits to climate change. >> row chel kerry is here now.

>> parker says those trying to prevent change in gun violence are messing with the wrong family. >> i don't like to lose, and i'm not going to lose this fight, because she is right here saying, dad, you go, you go it, you do it for me. plus the migrant families set free from federal detention facilities. thousands of them are simply dropping off of the radar. why some are now coming out of the shadows. and the refugee crisis in photos. an italian photographer documents the desperate journey tens of thousands of people are making to get to europe. >> richelle we'll see you then. the other shoe has yet to drop in the probe surrounding

international soccer. >> i'm not going to comment at this time on individuals who may or may not be the subject of the next round of arrests, so i'm not able to give you information about mr. bladder's travel plans. >> she says she hopes all of them will eventually be brought to the u.s. to jays justice. it's impossible to think about pop art without thinking about andy warhol. but now there is a new exhibit. jessica baldwin shows us. >> reporter: the faceless figure in a western hat, highlighted the increasing americanization of japanese society in 1966. the japanese artist used highway

billboard paint to create his pop art. the world goes pop looks at how artists around the world have interpreted pop art. the 1960s culture movement, made famous by andy warhol. the show has taken five years to compile. two curators traveled around the world unearthing pop art. >> we discovered so much that we didn't know about that has been left out of history, that you can't even find if you google, and to us that was the most exciting thing. >> the show is divided by themes instead of geography. they reflected their own troubled times. racism, women's rights, many works are intense overt social commentary.

the red code for 11, gave everyone the same skin, a charged image. the italian artist took it around europe and was arrested in spain for a political act. there's not a campbell's soup can or american comic strip anywhere in the ten rooms of this exhibition. the world goes pop is all about learning about global artists, women artists, artists who have been ung represented. 50 years on, the art is fun, like all pop art. but these overlooked works show art at its best, bravely facing political themes and questioning what is happening around us. >> and finally tonight it's almost autumn, but for some creatures it's time to hit the beach. thousands of turtles have been coming ashore in costa rica, marking the begin of the nesting

season. it has grown into a major tourist attraction. i'm del walters thanks for watchin watching. ry chel kerry is back in just a few minutes.

♪ >> this is al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. john siegenthaler is off. race and reform, a blockbuster report out of ferguson, missouri, calling for sweeping change from the courts to the classrooms. all citing racial inequality. >> too many politicians remain in the