bisi p onile. >> reporter: joe landry loves movies. here he runs the show. the movie theater, the entire building, is his, and it was once a detroit public high school. >> many thought the schools was for one purpose, and the schools would be torn down. but i came in and saw great space that could be used for any purpose. >> reporter: he has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars buying up several shuttered detroit schools. one is a charter school. another is a music school. >> the rewards and the influence it has on other people. >> reporter: joel didn't alone. over the past four years all told the city has sold 46 school buildings. >> tammy dean runs the detroit public school district's real estate office. >> i was looking to see what was going to happen with the city, with the school district, the property. there is lots of property. >> reporter: sales have generated over $18 million, money that goes back into the budget of the city's cash-strapped school district. and a city whose population is half the size it was 50 years ago the sales have been lar

bisi, it's a voluntary procedure, so what is the crowd demanding? >> the organization behind today's protest called no circ michigan. they believe that circumcision is unethical, an unnecessary procedure and they feel it goes against the baby's right. they want doctors and staff know that circumcision must stop. >> what is the significance of that particular hospital? why are they there? >> well, according to this organization, beaumont hospital here, they perform about five circumcisions a week. this organization feels that because insurance companies cover this procedure, that hospitals such as beaumont, they push these procedures for profit. we did reach out to beaumont hospital, and they tell us when it comes to circumcising the child, it's the parent's decision, that parents' decision alone. >> bisi, thank you so much. a reaction to the syrian chemical weapons deal is coming in from around the world. next, what rebels fighting the assad regime say about this plan. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko >> welcome back. i'm richelle

bisi, has his tdeath been declared a suicide? >> reporter: they say ariel castro committed suicide hanging himself with a bed sheet. it was last month when his house of horrors behind me was torn down. ariel castro was found around 9:20 tuesday night hanging in his prison cell. the ohio department of corrections issued a statement saying, he was housed in protective custody, which means he was in a cell by himself, and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals. upon finding inmate castro, prison staff began performing life-saving measures, but it was too late. the 53-year-old was taken to this hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. it's been just over a month since castro began serving life plus 1,000 years in prison after pleading guilty to 937 charges, among them kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder for forcing one victim to miscarry. castro abducted amanda berry, knight and degee have yous. amanda berry broke open part of the front door and castro was arrested the same day. his sentencing hearing

. >> bisi, i was looking at one of the cornerstones of one of the school's 1922.has to be asked. what is the school district doing to try and improve enrollment? >> reporter: well, as you know, there are projections that basically say that enrollment will continue to decline. i can tell you that over the summer there have been people here in the school district knocking on doors trying to encourage parents to enroll their students here in the school district if they haven't already, so there really is a push to get that enrollment up. >> you have to ask the question, too, seeing that some of the schools are sold off, what's the status now of the school district's finances? >> reporter: well, the finances still aren't where they should be. it was a couple years ago, a little over two years ago when the state appointed an emergency financial manager here in the school district. as it stands right now, that person is still in place. >> bisi, thank you very much joining us live from our bureau in detroit. >>> smoke filling a terminal in the world's busiest airport thi

bisi onalire-eri picks up the story >> reporter: there hasn't been much to cheer about in detroit but for the first time, a fusion rolled off of the assembly line. 1400 new jobs in over $500 million in investments. >> we would all like to thank the uaw for continuing to work with ford to grow manufacturing joh jobs here in america. >> fusions start at about $22,000 the until now, they were only made in mexico. but with sales up 13%, the plant there can't keep up. most of the jobs pay 15.78 an hour. competitive with mexican factory workers. veteran ford workers make nearly twice that now. still, workers we talked to sounded enthusiastic. >> obviously, we are adding another shift, and, actually, two shifts. so it's all good. plus it's an american-made car, too. that's the other great thing. >> good news considering a couple of years ago, the same plant which also produces the mustang nearly closed when production nose-dived. >> we had some dark days here and this plant was actually on the chopping block, you know. we decided we were going to roll up our sleeves and make ourselves attrac

and the judge could come up with a decision sometime in october. >> bisi onile-ere, good to see you. >> a big budget battle is brewing on capitol hill. the current government funding bill expires october 1st if lawmakers don't come to an agreement on a bill to keep the government funded and running thousands of federal employees. also marks the next phase of obamacare. people will have an opportunity to shop around for coverage. mike viqueira joins us from washington now. and we understand there is linkage between the healthcare law and the budget battle on capitol hill. >> reporter: oh, you better believe it. there are all kinds of deadlines coming up, and many are used by leverages by conservatives in the house of representatives, to defund the president's healthcare law known far and wide as obamacare. the house of representatives tomorrow will vote on a bill that will fund the government past october 1st, and also he will do something else. it will cut funding to implement the exchanges. in other words, it will defund the president's healthcare laws. we heard john bane who are fa

. >> bisi any reaction to this news to cas castro in that neighborhood? >> over all the feeling seems to be clearly disappointment. people feel like castro went out the easy way. they wanted to see him suffer behind bars. i'll have more reaction coming up later. >> bisi, thank you. >>> a big thumbs up for the big three, gm, ford, and chrysler reporting double digit sales gains with all three having their best august since 2007. the truck purchases helped drive the numbers higher. the federal reserve reported a modest gain. they find consumer spending rising especially for cars and housing-related goods. the report said higher mortgage rates did not have a negative impact on the real estate market. it happened again to the nasdaq. the system involved in a glitch that caused a three-hour trading halt had another malfunction today. nasdaq said the system is now operating normally. >> and recapping our top story in syria. congressman james moran of virginia was not at today's hearing but has been following the events for us. and he joins us live from washingt

bisi onile-ere, we appreciate it. in detroit. >>> a judge ruled that the state must allow same-sex couples to get married. since the federal government recognizing same-sex marriage, not doing so in new jersey would be against the constitution. right now same-sex couples in new jersey can enter into civil unions. the pilot of an united airlines flight died in mid flight. the plane made an emergency landing in boise, idaho, after the pilot fell ill. the pilot died at the hospital. another pilot flew the plane to its final destination of seattle. the passengers said that the everyone was calm and professional and no one panicked. >>> the ceo of barilla's pasta company apologized for saying that it would not feature gay couples in its ad. he said his idea of a family is a, quote, classic family, where women have a fundamental role where gays and lesbians can, quote, eat another pasta. he now has said i have the you hautmost respect for gay people and everyone's right to express themselves. i've also said and i would like

back to you. >> bisi in cleveland. thank you. >>> we're witamerica tonight, wy chen. >> a controversial figure a world away has stepped out of the shadow. in exile, he steps forwards and he now faces charges of of human rights abuse. why did he come back? >> i never thought in my mind that any day he would even take the chance of coming back, you know, but he did. haiti is the land of surprises, and shoot, that was a surprise to us. >> so when you testified in court, how hard was that? >> rough. >> the stunning reappearance and the conversation he had with america tonight special correspondent something that you'll only see here. >> thank you very much. well, record-breaking, tackle breaking, maurie jones drew is one of the smallest guys to play in the nfl, but he has got big game. >> you know, in some ways this is a sign that summer is over, the nfl is about to start, and it looks like we're just to the end of the summer but it will be an exciting year. we have sports. >> it's a better sign. i don't like the you can't

bisi oline-eri reports >> reporter: amidst the decay is working to change public perception and show tourists a great time. >> the next of hostel detroit is the to make sure travelers coming to detroit have a cheap, affordable place to stay and that when they come here, they have an experience that allows them to see detroit the way detroiters see it. >> the key concept of hostel detroit is the paring volunteer ambassadors for free cultural tours for art, architecture and music and the hidden gems of the city but it takes some special locals to show visitors the bright side. the hostel has hosted over 2,000 people from 23 countries since opening in 2011. >> by, you are welcome to come take a look around. >> stops on these tours include the lincoln street art park, previously a burned-out lot, revived by several local artists. the heidelberg project, a youth-based art installment covering two blocks of what was rubble and the historic bell isle. >> our role with the ambassador program and with the hostel is to show people a great experience in detroit and change people's minds about d

bisi onile-ere. al jazeera, detroit. >> and stay with al jazeera. we'll have much more of today's top stories next. the most important money stories >> welcome back to al jazeera. here are today's top stories. black smoke still pouring out of the nairobi, kenya, mall where rebels have been killed over the weekend. al-shabab fighters are burning mattresses inside. >>> president obama is head to go new york for the u.n. general assembly meetings. iran's president hasan had a rai is expected to attend the meeting as well. >>> and congress has until october 1st to reach a deal to dodge any interruption in government services. if that deal is not reached social security and medicare payments to millions of americans could be put on hold. >>> the captain of the costa concordia cruise liner that sunk off the coast of italy is back in court. prosecutors say the captain steered the luxury liner on to the rocky coast and then abandoned ship with thousands of people still on board. he denies the charges. if convicted he's facing up to 20 years behind bars. >>>

bisi have you spoken to pension recipients who are hopeful they can get relief in quort? >> i can tell you it's tension filled. right now they feel like the carpet was pulled from underneath them. so whit comes to any hope i did speak to one retiree and he said that he takes comfort in knowing that today at least his voice was heard. >> at least you'll have some sort of say. bis i thank you so much. >>> j.p. morgan is admitting it, billion dollars in fines to settle with regulators in the u.s. and also britain. this all stems from the trade l debacle that cost the bank more than $6 billion. regulators said jch morgan failed to provide adequately oversight of the trade. >>> in syria rebel fighting with the rebel groups near turkey. joining us in takkya turkey. now they're fighting each other, the rebel groups. >> indeed, richelle, rebels fighting inside syria belong to various groups, divide he groups, with huge ideologic differences. on the one hand you have the al qaeda linked fighters. on the other hand, you have fighters belong to the free syrian army, the largest grou

bisib bisi onlie-ere. >> justice ruth bader beginser married michael kaiser and john roberts in a weddinging place in the kennedy center for performing arts. kaiser is the president of the center and a close friend of ginsburg. in june, ginsburg voted in favor of gay marriage. pope francis has appointed a new top aide, the appointment is a part of a major reshuffling. he is a young experienced vatican diplomat and is one of a number of expected appointments. the new young staff are part of pope francis's plan to modernize the papal court. the new aid replaces a cardinal appointed by the former pope. he was a controversial figure in the vatican caught up in several embarrassing skaelingdzn scandals. diane nighad is back in the swim of things. trying to swim from cuba to florida, this is her 5th attempt at the crossing. her previous efforts have been cut short by jellyfish stings. she is wearing a body suit and face mask to fend off the creatures this time around. that could take more than two days to complete. she is being followed by a supreme court crew of four boats and three people to

. >> that was bisi onile-ere in detroit. people are responsible for global warming. that's according to a report released today by an group of sciencscientists put together be united nations. the report found that people are 95% to blame. >> we're going to see sea level rise than previous projections. and that of course could be quite devastating to some of the low lying areas in the world. >> if nothing is done to curb emissions the scientists warn there will be even more dramatic consequences. in the north melting ice isn't all bad. >> reporter: a great first catch for peter on his new troller. now a longer ice-free season is helping build a commercial fishery where once people fished only for food. >> we went out to test our lines and also to test new fishing grounds, and i'm glad to say that with the effort of everybody we did catch quite a bit in a small amount of time. >> reporter: new machines at the processing plant prepared fish to export to east asia. bigger fishing boats catching more fish means more work. >> it falls into a traditional lifestyle. so if pe

they rolled out a line of fusion >> dan: built here in america, bisi onlie-ere has the story from flat-rock michigan. >> there hasn't been much to cheer about in detroit lately, but for the first time, the new ford fusion rolled off an assembly line in the u.s. ford added a shift at its flat rock assembly plant a few miles south of detroit and 1400 jobs and $500 million in investments. >> we would all like to thank the uaw for committing to work with ford to grow manufacturing jobs here in america. >> fusions start at about $22,0 $22,000. until now, they were only made in mexico. but with sales up 13%, the plant there can't keep up. most of the new jobs pay $15 and $0.78 an hour, competitive with mexican factory workers but veteran ford workers at the flat rock plant make nearly twice that now. still workers we talked to sounded enthusiastic. >> obviously, we are adding another shift, and actually, two shifts, so it's all -- it's all good, plus it's an american made car, too. so that's another great thing. >> good news considering a couple of years ago, this same plant, which also produces