, be part of the people that need to change peurto rico. i'm puerto rican and i'm here and i see the opportunity. why not do it. >> leaders are scrambling to restructure the debt. jobs will be lost. the island's population will pay the highest price. >>> still ahead on al jazeera it's nicknamed the jungle. find out why migrantsality this camp in france are so desperate to make it to the united states kingdom. >> reporter: i'm in the nerve center in rio degentleman marrow. we'll be watching over security at next year's olympics games. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swift's music videos interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. >> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera, the foreign minister says the nuclear deal with iran and six world powers has made the middle east safer. he talked with john kerry during meeting in doha. pakistan has executed a man for murder despite human rights groups saying he was a juvenile when he was arreste

a look at the benefits and draw backs of living in an american territory like peurto rico. >> peurto debt crisis is worsening by the day. a federal bailout for the u.s. territory is unlikely. that decision comes as peurto rico is nearing default on its debt. the island is expected to make $169 million payment today but will likely default on a $58 million bond payment that's due saturday. peurto rico is currently more than $70 billion in dent and has been lobbying congress to allow it to seek bankruptcy protection. the middle class has been bearing the brunt of the debt crisis. they are struggling with high crime and taxes. kate reports that the problems have sparked a large scale migration to the u.s. mainland. >> across peurto rico, young people are frustrated. >> translator: i have been looking for work for more than six months here in peurto rico. i submit my resume' everywhere, even in places you can't imagine, i'm still here without work. the economic situation here is getting really hard. >> reporter: the unemployment rate is nearly 16%, more than twice what it is in the u.s. t

what was it like. >> it's one thing to care about, to go to peurto rico. i don't think i fully understand the severity of the crisis, when you think of a drought, you think what people in the west days, water restrictions like you can't water your car or wash your. they cut off the water to hundreds of places they had to turn off the tap water. that is something i was not expecting to sigh there. it is a huge problem, a lot are trying to get through that. >> let's watch an excerpt of your report. >> reporter: with water cut off to his house, antonio must go find it. and then haul it back home to his waiting wife. peurto rico is so dry the government has cut off the tap water to 400,000 homes. for every day the water has run, they must get by for two days without it. from the air, you an see the full effects. less than two inches of rain fell last month. the main water source is down 25 feet. if the local water office, angry customers arrive with bills and questions. the bill is seven times higher than normal. even though the water runs once every three day

properly erika making its way across peurto rico. 20 people are missing. it caused extensive damage. it's expected to reach hurricane status as it approaches southern florida on monday. it's been ten years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans and large parts of the u.s. gulf coast. u.s. president barack obama met with some residents who were able to return. but for many others that hasn't been possible. >> reporter: this isn't president obama's first time in new orleans. he has marked anniversaries before. unlike previous visits, he talked about the city's rising poverty, addressing a crowd, he tackled the issue head on. >> our work here won't be done when almost 40% of children still live in poverty in this city. that's not a finished job. that's not a full recovery. >> reporter: outside the new $20 million community center, residents waited to catch a glimpse of the president. he remains popular in the community, but many have complaints about what they see as the city's uneven recovery. >> they should have gave it to the people here. the major

. >>> peurto rico defaulted on its debt for the first time in its history. they missed a $58 million repayment that was due on monday. the island's economy is in recession. many people have left to look for work abroad. the mayor of mexico city says no expense will be spared. the funeral service has been held in the capital. he fled there two months ago after receiving threats in the state of veracruz where he worked. 90% of journalists have gone unpunished in the past 20 years. >>> rio de janeiro is trying to reassure the world that games will be safe. police have been clearing criminals from shanty towns. hundreds of young men have been killed in the cleanup. >> rio de janeiro promised 85,000 soldiers will be on duty to ensure safety and security for the games which begin in just over a year. they will be controlled from this nerve center. >> translator: more than just planning or preventing situations, we need to be ready for whatever happens. that's what we are doing here. >> the authorities have been employing a pacification. taking control from drug ga

tropical storm erika is making its way across the caribbean island of peurto rico.more than 20 others are still missing. erika caused extensive damage. floods wiped out roads and swamped villages. it's expected to reach hurricane status as it approaches southern florida on monday. >>> it has been ten years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. u.s. president barack obama visited the city and met with some resident whose were able to return, but for many others it hasn't been possible. >> this isn't president obama's first time in new orleans. he marked anniversaries of the devastation before. but unlike previous visits, he talked about with the city's rising poverty, particularly amongst its african-american population, addressing a crowd in the lower 9th ward, he tackled the issue head on. >> our work here won't be done when almost 40% of children still live in poverty in this city. that's not a finished job. that's not a full recovery. >> reporter: outside the new $20 million community center, residents waited to catch a glimpse of president. he remains

about the enormity of the plane's economic footprint claiming the plane benefits 44 states and peurto rico. >> you don't stop one of these things. >> literally the plane has left the tarmac. >> yes. >> one more thought courtesy of the report, it says the pentagon has been massaging the numbers when it comes to the f-35's performance. according to the report, some recent pentagon claims about the plane's improve reliability is not because it is getting better but because not all failures are being counted. in other words the bad news about the f-35 could be a whole lot worse. when we come back, a vermont community that says no to the f-35. >> we go now to vermont where activists are fighting an air force decision to base f-35s at a national guard unit beginning in just five years. never before has the air force put a brand new fighter bomber at a commercial airport. usually they go to air force bases in remote areas. they do that purposely because new aircraft crash more. >> the plane she's talking about is the f-35 fighter. from its stealthy design to the millions of lines of computer code

it's going to go over peurto rico. by the time it gets here, that's all we are going to be seeing with this storm. the conditions are not right to keep it pushing up towards the bahamas as well as florida. out here towards parts of hawai'i, a totally different story. you can see this area of clouds right there. they are watching this. right now it's a tropical depression. they do think that the storm is going to make its way to the north, become a tropical storm and then a hurricane and probably affecting parts of the western parts of hawai'i. we'll be watching this carefully as the week begins. >> thank you very much. >>> berney sanders is campaigning in south carolina. he drew large crowds. we have more from charleston. >> reporter: berney sanders bought a populous message, for the people, by the people. he's also trying to make sure voters know he cares about racial inequality. >> i ask the economic policy institute to do a study. i asked them to take a look at kids who are high school graduates between the ages of

. >>> peurto rico is extending a deadline for an economic reform plan by a week. the governor was slated to present details of that proposal today. but officials have been occupied with preparations for tropical storm erica. the government has until september 8th to present its plan to manage the island's 72 billion debt. a draft leaked last week doesn't appear to go as far in spending cuts as hoped. >> all eyes are watching the federal reserve to see if rates will be raised. officials about meet on the 16th and 17th to discuss a rate hike. market swings appear to have left the market divided over what to do next. >> it's been nearly a decade since the federal reserve raised interest rates, and the turmoil in global markets appears to have left policy makers divided over when to pull the trigger. the dow jones plummeted 1,000 points at the start of trading, only to finish higher, while oil prices hit lows before bouncing back. the swings were triggered by a disturbing sign of weakness in china's economy, which is a primary engine of growth. as it slows, it is felt

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. >>> the governor of peurto rico extending the deadline for an economic reform plan.were busy getting ready for a tropical storm erica. the government says it has until september 8th to present a plan to deal with the debt, a draft leaked last week showing $1 billion in spending cuts >>> in this country in the wake of the wild market swings, all eyes on the fed to see if policy makers will raise interest rates. it appears the volatility left officials divided over what to do next. patricia sabga has more. >> it's been nearly a decade since the federal reserve raised interest rates. and the turmoil in global markets appears to have left policy makers divided over when to pull the trigger. the dow jones plummeted 1,000 points at the start of trading, last monday, only to finish higher, while oil prices hit lows before bouncing back. the swings were triggered by a disturbing sign of weakness in china's economy, which is a primary engine of growth. as it slows, it is felt around the world. take oil. china is the world's biggest consumer. there's an impact on global curren