president asif ali zardari saw the flooding today and only state television was able to film them. the footage was released without sound. they are looking into what the people have to say. >> day-by-day, these people are getting weaker and some of them are running out of strength. >> citizens in the united states have new legislation to toughen the security along the border with mexico. the bill for $600 million will be for new customs agents and communication equipment and unmanned surveillance drones. there is a sense of determination among the u.s. politicians in the mid -- and immigration is the midterm campaign issue. >> politicians on both sides think that this is a vote winner. and there is a rare show of bipartisan unity. i think that the senate will approve this bill and we expect president obama would sign that into law. >> arizona has been at the center of the debates in recent weeks. is this in part some of the concerns that we have seen there? >> president obama and his lawyers were against those measures, that the state of arizona was attempting to introduce. they wa

pakistan's president, asif ali zardari, finally saw the effects of the flooding today. footage is released without sound. the president has reason to fear what the people might have to say. many of the flood victims have no voice. day-by-day, they grow weaker, and some are running out of strength. bbc news. >> prime-time tv, there was an apparent concession by a woman who faces being stoned to death in iran. xiong denies any involvement in plans to confess before a so- called affair. her lawyer has fled iran and says that she was forced to make the confession. >> the international campaign to prevent her being stoned to death for adultery has embarrassed and angered the iranian government. last night on primetime state tv, they aired an alleged confession. her face almost hidden, her voice transmitted from a very to persian, she admits some part in the murder of her husband. the issue of adultery is avoided. stunning, not mentioned. her lawyer is also criticized in the broadcast. after he was threatened with arrest, he fled to norway. >> i believe this program was prepa

stories we're covering here on r t that are making news around the world pakistani president asif ali zardarihas visited a relief camp for flood victims the trip comes after criticism of his recent tour a broad during the worst humanitarian crisis his country's ever seen survivors are facing massive food and water shortages rescuers are struggling to get aid to the disasters affected more than fourteen million people and claim more than one thousand six hundred lives. meanwhile in china hopes are fading of finding any survivors after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rain more than a thousand people and don su probably sunday forensics teams are started identifying those killed six hundred people still missing some locals are blaming the government for a policy. they feel left the town vulnerable to landslides forecasters say more down part downpours are expected over the next few days. c.c.t.v. cameras have captured the moment a car bomb exploded in the colombian capital bogota injuring at least six people the incident happened outside when the country's top broadcasters called the radi

today's other world news now under prime minister david cameron has led pakistani president asif ali zardari at his checkers residence cameron will attempt to mend relations with ari after his claim last week the pakistan is exporting terror and also to. the international response to talk of songs devastating floods there's always the foreign needed to be received by cameron who took. three months ago. washington has released an annual report on world terror which says although its tax have full into a five year low all claimed it is still a resilient sounded out to both threats it also calls al-qaeda the main threat to pakistan's national security in the report washington names iran is the most active state sponsor of terrorism also mentioned in the document to the efforts of individual countries to fight terrorism across the globe now greeted states with you with all the latest business news to go away. welcome to business here in r.t. and we go straight to our main story this hour russia's imposing a ban on grain exports out to dry out and buys have devastated this year's harvest prime mi

while we were filming, president asif ali zardari arrived on his first visit to flooded areas since the catastrophe enveloped pakistan two weeks ago. the only t.v. cameras accompanying the president were from state t.v. it was a carefully staged managed event. he briefly got out to look at the water before being briefed by provincial officials. the government has said it will compensate flood victims, but what's on offer won't match the value of homes, livestock and lost crops and, as i discovered, there's another problem, banditry, for which part of sindh is notorious. >> (translated): i am chief of my tribe. when we escaped, we were robbed of everything we had. a truck driver took pity on us and brought us here . >> reporter: when the flood came i was preparing meals for the children, i just ran with them but we were robbed. i still don't know what happened to my husband. >> reporter: it's a pretty grim camp wedged between a busy road and the canal and it's open to the elements. it's also a very unhealthy place. people are sick. there's no hygiene to speak of. today save the children

. >> sreenivasan: pakistani president asif ali zardari acknowledged major failures today in the government's disaster response. but he said: "we have to move forward despite whatever criticism we get." it turns out the c.i.a. still has three interrogation tapes of a 9/11 plotter. the associated press reported today the tapes of ramzi binalshibh were found under a desk at the agency in 2007. they include interrogations at a secret prison in morocco. the c.i.a. has refused to let the tapes be viewed. it says it destroyed all interrogation videos of two other al-qaeda operatives. wall street regrouped today after factory output jumped in july, and several companies reported better earnings than expected. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 104 points to close below 10,406. the nasdaq rose 27 points to close at 2,209. general motors has recalled 240,000 suvs in north america. g.m. warned today the buckle on the rear seatbelts can be damaged when the seat backs are moved. the recall covers the chevrolet traverse, buick enclave, g.m.c. acadia, and saturn outlook from the model years 200

. >> sreenivasan: pakistani president asif ali zardari returned home today. he'd been widely criticized for going ahead with a visit to europe. meanwhile, the taliban urged the pakistani government to reject all help from the west. the death toll from landslides in northwestern china more than doubled today to more than 700. more than a thousand others were still missing. several mountain villages were buried over the weekend, by an avalanche of mud and rocks. it was triggered by a flooded river. rescuers did find one survivor today. he was a 52-year-old man who'd been trapped for more than 50 hours inside his leveled apartment. toxic smog from the russian wildfires eased across moscow today for the first time in nearly a week. but there was no let-up in the economic and political fallout. as hundreds of fires continued to burn, a russian business newspaper reported damages will reach at least $15 billion from the fires and a crippling heat wave. and on the political front, prime minister vladimir putin flew on a firefighting plane. he's facing rising discont

in pakistan today, president asif ali zardari warned it could take at least three years to recover from devastating floods. the u.n. estimated that 800,000 of the 17 million people affected are only reachable by air. that prompted an urgent call for at least 40 more aid helicopters. the chief medical officer in one of the worst hit areas in southern sindh province said medical treatment is also in high demand. >> in the last three days we treated around 500 to 600 children. most of them suffering were suffering with gastro logical problems and skin diseases. we're providing them with clean water, oral rehydration therapy and also medication. >> sreenivasan: also today, pakistani government officials announced they will give the equivalent of $230 in initial assistance to each family affected by the flood disaster. insurgents hit a hotel in mogadishu, somalia, today, killing at least 32 people, including members of the government. >> reporter: bystanders and survivors dragged bodies out of the hotel after the attack. a suicide bomber and gunmen disguised in military uniforms stormed in t