embassy and the headquarters of afghanistan's international military force let's talk now to rob reynolds saying no washington for so already rob we've had reaction from u.s. officials at the highest level saying those talks are dead for now not a huge surprise really. well it was certainly very startling for a lot of people here in washington policymakers and politicians and pundits to learn that this high level meeting between the president and leaders of the taliban had been contemplated especially to take place on u.s. soil in the highly symbolic location of camp david the presidential retreat in the maryland mountains just west of washington d.c. which has been the site of many historic peace agreements dating back to the 970 s. now as we know that meeting of course will not see place and as we heard secretary of state might pompei or a moment ago it's not clear at all when the talks when or if the talks will resume at all. the senior democratic senator on the senate foreign relations committee said that the abrupt cancellation of these talks showed the weakness of president trump's

one year away awesome rob thanks so much rob reynolds in washington. so to brazen out another british government minister has quit the cabinet of prime minister boris johnson over his briggs's strategy amber rod who is the work and pensions secretary says she no longer believes the objectives of the government are to get a deal she had voted to stay in the european union in the referendum 3 years ago rudd told the b.b.c. in an interview she resigned partly because too much of the government's planning is going into a no deal breaker that. i have not seen another while going into actually trying to get a deal when earlier in the week i asked number 10 for a summary of what the planning was for actually getting a deal i was sent a one page summary so it's the combination of the fact that there's not enough work going into actually getting a deal which is i think is not what the prime minister signed up to try to do and secondly the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues who are good moderate conservatives well let's turn now to paul brennan who is live for us

the country's garlic growers they're actually profiting from the standoff with china algeria's rob reynolds takes us to a spot where the taste of terrorists makes a savoring economic source there is actually feel the garlic king of california can christie. there's the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the world's cuisine its employees a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about 50000000 pounds in the space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scent of punitive

testing rob reynolds al jazeera fits it will soon have a new government after the anti-establishment 5 star movement voted overwhelmingly in favor of a coalition with a center left democratic party the country was thrown into a political turmoil when the anti immigrant league party pulled out of its coalition with the 5 star movement for the democratic party was quick to announce it would take the league's place in his prime minister josep a continent is expected to keep his job and they could be another election in spain after the acting prime minister rejected a coalition agreement with the far left but they must party at their sanchez says there are too many differences between his socialist party and per day most to put together an alliance sanchez a socialist one most votes and able to election but fell short of the majority if not agreement is reached by the 23rd of september spaniards will head to the polls in november. if a logo for the 2022 world cup in qatar has been revealed just over 3 years ago want in the event kicks off images of the emblem appeared on the iconic locat

a president trump by significant margins but it's still more than 400 days until the election rob reynolds al-jazeera houston hong kong protesters have made singing their latest act of resistance in their campaign for the macross them a present freedom. come. the. thousands of people belted out glory to hong kong at a shopping mall adopting it as their new anthem the sing a longs are a new way to get their message heard by a forces the lyrics reflect the demonstrators valen the surrender with more protests expected at the weekend police say that they've arrested more than 1300 people since the protests began in june. all call was one of the world's most visited cities in 2018 but after almost 100 days of unrest tourism is suffering there this week the government confirmed the number of people visiting in august was down 40 percent compared to last year adrian brown reports on an economic downturn that looks set to worsen. burned performs in an almost deserted theme park this is disneyland normally one of hong kong's most popular tourist attractions but there are no queues to the rides and

loser was julio castro because his attempt to shine a light on biden's age backfired i agree with rob reynolds i didn't see any great winners but in this case you know many of us had expectations that with elizabeth warren and joe biden on stage that that would be the defining clash in collision because they are the 2 front runners right now that didn't happen so everyone came out a little bit deflated i think that that that that didn't occur i think joe biden is a bit of a winner he came out a bit strong even though he did fumble and he did fade a bit into the forum i think that on the emotional front there are a lot of americans that feel he's sort of on their side no matter the detail but that i think people like clover char and people to judge did better than many analysts are thinking because they put themselves as pragmatic problem solvers and even peacemakers on that stage and i think they got a little bit of a boost we'll have to see other numbers come out what do the debate tell us then about how easy or hard it's going to be full any democrats one seat done. well i think right now we

attacks from more liberal democratic party rivals one point calling bernie sanders a socialist rob reynolds reports from houston texas. there were sharp exchanges as the candidates debated health care criminal justice race relations and war former vice president joe biden came out strongly attacking his rival's plans for government run universal health care nobody has yet said how much it's going to cost biden clashed with senator bernie sanders 1st so sure if you've got a lot more confidence in corporate america than i do but i don't speak clearly. in the united states of america we are spending twice as much per capita on health care it's the canadians or any other major country on earth. former cabinet secretary who leon castro produced gas from the audience when he seemed to question the 76 year old biden's memory by hand and holler fire you know you forgetting what you said it matters who paid for. already what you said just 2 minutes ago amid the bickering senator cory booker appealed for unity we've got one shot to make donald trump a one term president and we cannot lose it by the w

more now from our correspondent who was there at the debate rob reynolds. there were relatively few moments of any high drama during this debate here in use then it seems unlikely that the status of the 3 front runners former vice president joe biden senator bernie sanders and senator elizabeth warren will be changed by what has happened here there were some sharp moments of the exchanges and disagreements particularly over the issue of health care where there are real differences between the candidates very plans for providing universal coverage for all people in the united states there was a moment when former cabinet secretary leon castro provoked gasps from the crowd when he seemed to question 76 year old biden's memory saying did you just forget something that you said only 2 minutes ago and biden seemed to be taken aback from by that. former congressman bates or rourke got cheers from the crowd when he talked about gun control and about banning assault weapons saying hell yes we are going to take away these weapons of war from people and make sure tha

correspondent at the debate is rob reynolds and rob say seems very much to say the front runner joe biden took a bit of a hammering tonight did he do well how was his the film and some us about the evidence. i think martine that joe biden supporters will be very pleased with his performance tonight the former vice president appeared more energetic than he has in past debates he was front and center throughout the entire seemingly endless 3 hour debate that left many journalists and certainly i'm sure many american television viewers exhausted but he didn't get away without a few stumbles there were some anachronistic comments that he made about record players that just sort of played up the fact that he is 76 years old but i don't think that it's all busy in all this debate is going to shake up the nature of the race with the 3 front runners whom you mentioned in the introduction biden harris and sanders still having their constituency i would expect that elizabeth warren. excuse me i meant to say warren not heiress when i was mentioning the 3 front runners beg your pardon there are other

could be harmful for all of that humans that we've gained well the moment we're going to speak to rob reynolds in washington d.c. but 1st let's get the latest from tony berkley in couple. ironically these talks that been going on in doha did have a possibility of the talks between between the taliban and the afghan government going ahead in fact the most surprising thing about this whole cancellation was i think the reaction of the taliban they seem the most surprised by the cancellation of the talks they released a statement they were very angry about the cancellation of the made several points and they said as far as they were concerned they thought it was a done deal this draft agreement they believe that all the details had been agreed by both parties and they talked about having this interim afghan talks beginning on september the 23rd so it's all a bit news to them and also it's surprising to a lot of us who are watching it because it took 2 days before president trump reacted to that bombing which killed the u.s. service members also additionally killed 11 other people including remaini

border with mexico and speak to her in a few minutes but 1st let's go to rob reynolds who was at the debate in houston rob so far these debates have focused almost exclusively on domestic political issues is that likely to change tonight do you think. will dare and i just want to say the debate is underway the candidates are making their opening statements here on stage at texas southern university in used and yes you are of course right that the debates up until now have focused almost exclusively on domestic issues health care expanding. health care for people who don't have it. and or her tailing gun violence issues of that nature as well as economic inequality and the need for some fundamental restructuring in government and the economy all of that has been out there but i would be very surprised if there weren't them to change tonight i know that this domestic focus could be very frustrating for observers from overseas trying to.

requirements to be included the debate will take place in texas state which democrats hope when rob reynolds reports from houston. it's a showdown in used it with the leading democratic candidates all together on stage for the 1st time former vice president joe biden is the front runner followed by senators bernie sanders elizabeth warren and kamel heiress trailing in the polls are south bend indiana mayor. senator cory booker former cabinet secretary who leon castro former congressman bait to o'rorke senator amy clue which are and businessman andrew yang viewers can expect spirited discussion of democratic priorities expanding health care reducing gun violence and overhauling the immigration system but polls show democratic voters have one overriding priority 1st and foremost they want to beat donald trump next year and while they may not always articulate electability quote unquote as a major concern in polling the unifying theme is fight and be trump the candidate who can you know show competence in doing that i think is likely to attract a lot of support so far that has benefited biden w

secretary of state my pompei o says negotiations are dead at least for now rob reynolds will have more from washington shortly but 1st tony berkeley reports from kabul. president trump's early morning tweet canceling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our piece is is a ceasefire and indicted negotiation with the taliban so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government who she regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attacks and suicide bombings and america has also continued its air campaign who just hit the taliban but this year has also caused the biggest number of civilian casualties the latest taliban bombing was in kabul last thursday in which 12 people were killed including an american soldi

there are always exceptions garlic growers are actually profiting from the standoff with china rob reynolds spoke to one farmer in gilroy california the heart of the country's garlic growing region. the garlic king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the worlds we see it employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in the space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scent of punitive tariffs effective

around a joe biden fighting off attacks from more democratic party liberal democratic party rivals rob reynolds reports from houston texas there were sharp exchanges as the candidates debated health care criminal justice race relations and more former vice president joe biden came out strongly attacking his rivals plans for government run universal health care nobody has yet said how much it's going to cost biden clashed with senator bernie sanders you 1st so sure if you got a lot more confidence in corporate america than i do but i don't speak clearly. in the united states of america we are spending twice as much per capita on health care it's the canadians or any other major country on earth. former cabinet secretary who leon castro produced gas from the audience when he seemed to question the 76 year old biden's memory by hand and holler fire you know you forgetting what you said it matters who paid for. already what you said just 2 minutes ago amid the bickering senator cory booker appealed for unity we've got one shot to make donald trump a one term president and we cannot lose it by the w

joe biden and as a both water and banging sound us haven't shared the stage together until now rob reynolds reports from houston. it's a showdown in used it with the leading democratic candidates all together onstage for the 1st time former vice president joe biden is the front runner followed by senators bernie sanders elizabeth warren and harris trailing in the polls are south bend indiana mayor. senator cory booker former cabinet secretary who leon castro former congressman bait to all roark senator amy clue which are and businessman andrew yang viewers can expect spirited discussion of democratic priorities expanding health care reducing gun violence and overhauling the immigration system but polls show democratic voters have one overriding priority 1st and foremost they want to beat donald trump next year and while they may not always articulate electability quote unquote as a major concern in polling the unifying theme is fight and beat trump the candidate who can you know show competence in doing that i think it's likely to attract a lot of support so far that has benefited biden who

there are always exceptions garlic growers are actually profiting from the standoff with china rob reynolds spoke to one farmer in gilroy california the heart of the country's garlic growing region. the garlic king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the world's cuisine and employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in this space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scented punitive tariffs effect

actually profiting from the standoff with china so i have a different aspect to this story with rob reynolds now who reports from gilroy california. i feel the the garlic king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the world's cuisine it employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in the space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot of garlic for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scent of punitive tariffs effective june 15th the garlic terrapins now in

sides of the afghan conflict speak together that's the only way it's going to be resolved and rob reynolds reports now on reaction from washington d.c. . talks between the u.s. and the taliban are dead at least for the time being following donald trump surprise cancellation of a secret summit with taliban leaders at the president's retreat at camp david we made real progress and then the taliban failed to live up to a series of commitments that they had made when that happened president trump said i'm not going to take that deal i'm not going to work with someone that can't deliver on their commitments pump a also said the u.s. special envoy for afghanistan is being recalled and he warned that things are about to get worse for the taliban after fighters took responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 people in kabul last week including a u.s. soldier trumps national security adviser john bolton and republican party politicians have been dubious about the nearly year long negotiations hosted by cantars saying taliban leaders are not to be trusted it doesn't seem to get better b

there are always exceptions garlic growers are actually profiting from the standoff with china rob reynolds spoke to one farmer in gilroy california the heart of the country's garment growing region. the garlic king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the world's cuisine it's employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in the space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scented punitive tariffs effec

there are always exceptions garlic growers are actually profiting from the standoff with china rob reynolds spoke to one farmer in gilroy california the heart of the country's garlic growing region. the garlic king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the worlds we see it employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in the space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scent of punitive tariffs effective

regulations investigators will now search the charred wreckage to find out just what went wrong rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. and transforming hundreds of assad. seekers from congested refugee camps on the island of lesbos a ship carrying more than 600 people mostly afghans arrived in beslan eking they were the 1st to be evacuated as part of the country's efforts to address overcrowding and refugee camps reeses new conservative government says it is working to speed up the asylum applications a military court in faso has found 2 generals guilty of planning an attempted coup in 2015 general gilbert area was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of murder and harming state security all gentle djibril a soulé was will serve 10 years for treason but they'll who carried out by troops loyal to the ousted president was crushed after a public backlash looting and violence has spread across neighborhoods in the south african cities of johannesburg and for toria and johannesburg police arrested dozens who broke into shops and others who blocked roads with morning tires it's the

testing rob reynolds al-jazeera. hong kong's leader has dismissed a leaked or hear recording of her saying she'd resign if she had a choice kerry lamb says she never planned to quit a comments were recorded during a private lunch last week and come after 3 months of anti-government protests when i reports from hong kong all the way. or they were told only this seems to be no end in sight to the protests in hong kong and no sign that the government is willing to give in to any of the protesters demanding day 2 of a series of strikes got under way as news emerged of a leaked audio recording in which the city's chief executive is heard telling business leaders that she'd resign if she had a choice or a chance said. this. the. is. this just in the you live or charles the 1st thing is to eat. at a rate that. is 2. hours later in her weekly media conference kerry said it was unacceptable that the private conversation had been recorded and she sought to clarify her comments about resigning i have never attended a resignatio

coast guard says 5 crew members sleeping on the top deck of a commercial vessel were rescued rob reynolds reports from los angeles. the 1st distress call came in the dead of night a crowded boat on fire and it was released. by the time the 1st rescue vessels arrived the ship was fully engulfed in flames department crews were fighting the fire when the vessel sank 20 yards off sure in 64 feet of water. 5 people were evacuated aboard a good samaritan pleasure craft known as the great escape the rescued people were all crew members who had jumped into the water 2 were hurt but their injuries were not life threatening the boat called the conception was anchored in the channel islands 50 kilometers off the california coast it was specially equipped to accommodate diving and was well known to diving enthusiastic in southern california dozens of passengers were asleep in the lower compartment when the fire broke out people who have been aboard the ship say it was a cramped space with bunk beds stacked 3 or 4 on top of one another the close quarters may have made escape difficult if not impossibl

on the economic outlook for workers consumers and yes even garlic farmers will start to stink rob reynoldsal-jazeera gilroy california the british government minister in charge of no deal brags that palming has refused to guarantee that any law prohibiting leaving the e.u. without an agreement would be adhered to michael gove's comments were attacked by the opposition labor party their budget spokesman can says no government is above the norm and that his party's focused on stopping a no deal breakers it on saturday demonstrations took place across britain against prime minister barak's johnson's decision to suspend parliament on his promise to deliver bags it with or without a deal. bolivia's military has joined thousands of volunteers across south america to battle wildfires the blazes in the amazon tropical forest have been burning out of control for weeks doubling in size since thursday latin america and its atmosphere newman has more from some ignacio in eastern bolivia. soldiers arrived in sunday to help combat wildfires. famous colonial settled by jesuit missionaries in the late six

on the economic outlook for workers consumers and yes even garlic farmers will start to stink rob reynoldsal-jazeera gilroy california well stan boy that is resident scholar at american enterprise institute and he joins us from washington d.c. vista boy give a warm welcome to the program we saw there just one example of how these trade tariffs are changing the economic landscape but in general what are the implications for the u.s. economy. well so there are as we saw there is obviously some domestic producers that benefit from some restrictions on their foreign competitors importing goods to the u.s. but in general i think we've seen the impact it's pretty negative most of the arabs have been passed on directly to to u.s. consumers obviously china and to some extent earlier on other countries have wreaked alley against us there which has harmed u.s. export errors. and you know we've seen i think at this point it started to impact big macroeconomic numbers so we saw that quarter to growth was only 2.0 percent well below the 3 percent the administration has been promising business investmen

testing rob reynolds al-jazeera. one of the world's largest retailers says it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and military style weapons across the united states it's in response to a series of mass shootings wal-mart which is also the largest seller in the u.s. has been under pressure to change its policies the company says it will also ask customers not to bring weapons into its stores in so-called open carry states ways legal to do so my canada has more from washington the move by wal-mart is very significant indeed in the past it's been the country's largest weapons seller and certainly it is regarded as a conservative corporation with very much a conservative cleon tile what's important to note as well is that this is not a kneejerk reaction those attacks in wal-mart but wal-mart branches took place over a month ago so clearly the company has been considering this for a period of time the chief executive officer is also writing a letter to congress urging stricter gun control legislation now that is st

testing rob reynolds al-jazeera. one of the world's largest retailers says it will start selling ammunition for handguns and military style weapons across the united states it's in response to a series of mass shootings wal-mart which is a major arms seller in the u.s. has been under pressure to change its policies the company says it will also ask customers not to bring weapons into its stores in so-called open carry states where it's legal to do so my camera has more from washington. the move by wal-mart is very significant indeed in the past it's been the country's largest weapons seller and certainly it is regarded as a conservative corporation with very much a conservative cleon tile what's important to note as well is that this is not a knee jerk reaction those attacks in wal-mart but wal-mart branches took place over a month ago so clearly the company has been considering this for a period of time the chief executive officer is also writing a letter to congress urging stricter gun control legislation now that

rob reynolds reports.ter: there were shopper exchanges as the candidates debated health care, criminal justice, race relations, and more. strongly,came out attacking his rivals for government run universal health care. >> nobody has said how much it is going to cost. reporter: he clashed with senator bernie sanders. >> for a socialist, you have more confidence in corporate america than i do. >> let's be clear, in the united states of america, we are spinning twice as much per capita on health care as canadians or any other major country on earth. --orter: pouille on castro julian castro produce guests -- gasps when he questioned joe biden's memory. >> are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago? bickering,mid the senator cory booker appealed for unity. >> we have one shot to make donald trump a one term president. and we cannot lose it by the way we talk about each other or demonize and degrade each other. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. reporter: the candidates were united in denouncing pr

of that humans that we have gained well tony blair is standing by in kabul but 1st let's go to rob reynolds in washington d.c. rob how is the news of this cancellation playing out there. well certainly there was a lot of shock when president trump tweeted on saturday that there had been this meeting planned for camp david camp david of course is a very historically significant place and many wondered whether the idea of having the taliban leadership go to meet with the president there was appropriate but now that the meeting is off people are saying that the president made the right call of least those within his own inner circle as you just heard from secretary of state mike pump a oh he said that the talks are dead for the time being he gave no indication as to whether or when they might restart secretary pump aoe also warned that things are about to get worse in his words for the taliban after the killing of a u.s. soldier in a car bomb attack in kabul on thursday now members of the president's own party as well as members of his inner circle including the national security adviser john

frame of mind afghanistan waits to see which one it will be tony berkeley al jazeera kabul and rob reynolds now reports on the reaction from washington d.c. . talks between the u.s. and the taliban are dead at least for the time being following donald trump surprise cancellation of a secret summit with taliban leaders at the president's retreat at camp david we made real progress and then the taliban failed to live up to a series of commitments that they had made when that happened president trump said i'm not going to take that deal i'm not going to work with someone that can't deliver on their commitments pump a also said the u.s. special envoy for afghanistan is being recalled and he warned that things are about to get worse for the taliban after fighters took responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 people in kabul last week including a u.s. soldier trumps national security adviser john bolton and republican party politicians have been dubious about the nearly year long negotiations hosted by cantars saying taliban leaders are not to be trusted it doesn't seem to get bett

of that humans that we've gained well tony berthing standing by for us in kabul let's 1st go to rob reynolds in washington d.c. rob what's been the reaction been in the u.s. . well it's been mixed the presumed predictively that is rub along partisan lines some. democratic opposition lawmakers appearing on the sunday morning political talk shows saying the president's negotiating style is flawed one said that he doesn't take advice from his intelligence or military leaders and goes with his gut which is in their eyes not the way to pursue such a negotiation others including republican lawmakers said the president made the right decision pompei ago we heard from just a moment ago also said that there were real there was real progress being made in these talks that that a lot of roadblocks had been overcome but the killing of the u.s. serviceman last thursday in a bombing attack a car bomb in kabul was the point at which president decided to withdraw from the talks pompei of gave no indication as to when or if they would be resumed the president's president trumps own party and some of his inne

coast guard says 5 crew members sleeping on the top deck of the commercial vessel were rescued rob reynolds now reports from los angeles. the 1st distress call came in the dead of night a crowded boat on fire and. by the time the 1st rescue vessels arrived the ship was fully engulfed in flames department crews were fighting the fire when the vessel sank 20 yards off sure in 64 feet of water. 5 people were evacuated aboard a good samaritan pleasure craft known as the great escape the rescued people were all crew members who had jumped into the water 2 were hurt but their injuries were not life threatening the boat called the conception was anchored in the channel islands 50 kilometers off the california coast it was specially equipped to accommodate diving and was well known to diving enthusiastic in southern california dozens of passengers were asleep in the lower compartment when the fire broke out people who have been aboard the ship say it was a cramped space with bunk beds stacked 3 or 4 on top of one another the close quarters may have made escape difficult if not impossible for many o

differences front runner joe biden fought off attacks from more liberal democratic party rivals rob reynolds reports from houston texas there were sharp exchanges as the candidates debated health care criminal justice race relations and war former vice president joe biden came out strongly attacking his rival's plans for government run universal health care nobody has yet said how much it's going to cost biden clashed with senator bernie sanders you 1st so sure if you've got a lot more confidence in corporate america than i do but i don't speak clearly. in the united states of america we are spending twice as much per capita on health care it's the canadians or any other major country on earth. former cabinet secretary who leon castro produced gas from the audience when he seemed to question the 76 year old biden's memory by hand and holler fire you know you forgetting what you said it matters who paid for. already what you said just 2 minutes ago amid the bickering senator cory booker appealed for unity we've got one shot to make donald trump a one term president and we cannot lose it by th

facing each other later on thursday 10 candidates will share the stage 10 others have been excluded rob reynolds reports from houston. it's a showdown in euston with the leading democratic candidates all together on stage for the 1st time former vice president joe biden is the front runner followed by senators bernie sanders elizabeth warren and kaamelott harris trailing in the polls are south bend indiana mayor. senator cory booker former cabinet secretary who leon castro former congressman bait to o'rorke senator amy clue which are and businessman andrew yang viewers can expect spirited discussion of democratic priorities expanding health care reducing gun violence and overhauling the immigration system but polls show democratic voters have one overriding priority 1st and foremost they want to beat donald trump next year and while they may not always articulate electability quote unquote as a major concern in polling the unifying theme is fight and be trump the candidate who can you know show competence in doing that i think is likely to attract a lot of support so far that has benefited biden

testing rob reynolds al-jazeera. protesters in hong kong are keeping up the pressure on the government with many joining a 2nd day of strikes on tuesday thousands of students skipped the 1st 2 days of the school year to attend the rally is demands for political reform turned violent over the weekend police fired tear gas and water cannon on some protesters hong kong police say more than 1100 people have been arrested since june. a russian activist has been sentenced to 3 years in jail for attacking a police officer ivan was one of thousands of protesters who took part in a series of opposition rallies calling for free elections in the capital moscow he was convicted of pepper spraying an officer in july of thousands of people took the streets for several weeks after authorities blocked opposition candidates running in local elections which took place this sunday zimbabwe's public sector doctors went on strike again to demand better pay and working conditions the government's offer them a 60 percent pay rise but they

there are always exceptions garlic growers are actually profiting from the standoff with china rob reynolds spoke to one farmer in gilroy california the heart of the country's garlic growing region. the garlic king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the world's cuisine it's employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in the space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scented punitive tariffs effect

coast guard says 5 crew members sleeping on the top deck of the vessel were rescued rob reynolds reports from the sanctions. the 1st distress call came in the dead of night a crowded boat on fire it is very serious so by the time the 1st rescue vessels arrived the ship was fully engulfed in flames bar department crews were fighting the fire when the vessel sank 20 yards off sure is 64 feet of water. 5 people were evacuated aboard a good samaritan pleasure craft known as the great escape the rescued people were all crew members who had jumped into the water 2 were hurt but their injuries were not life threatening the boat called the conception was anchored in the channel islands 50 kilometers off the california coast it was specially equipped to accommodate diving in and was well known to diving enthusiastic in southern california dozens of passengers were asleep in the lower compartment when the fire broke out people who have been aboard the ship say it was a cramped space with bunk beds stacked 3 or 4 on top of one another the close quarters may have made escape difficult if not impossi

reynolds with the latest there from houston texas rob thank you. lots more still to come this hour including a rout breaks out between robert mugabe's family and the zimbabwean government overshadowing the former leader is lying in state schools out for syria's school children as the struggle for survival in refugee camps sees education standards. and in sports will hear about the unlikely journey that's taken this call for to the top of the women's game. hello again to welcome back to international weather forecast or here across parts of the iberian peninsula things are going to be looking much better than what they had been over the last few days we've been seeing a lot of rain across much of that area now friday will still be a rainy day across the area so flooding is still going to be a potential particular down towards the southern part of spain but watch what happens as we go from friday to saturday a lot of that rain begins to dissipate we're finally starting to see some better weather we did have a lot of flooding going on across much of t

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