rob reynolds is standing by force in washington dc. with more on that, rob, let's talk 1st of all about what the us president has been doing today. well, love about 30 minutes ago. how's him president joe biden, accompanied by the 1st lady, jill biden arrived at dover air force base in the state of delaware. he's there for a solemn ceremony to receive the remains of the 13 us service members who were killed in the bomb attack last week at the gates of cobble airport. some of the family members of those soldiers who were killed will be there as well. the fall and service members ranged in age from 20 to just 31 years old. this will be, as i said, a solemn ceremony. and one of the sort of traditional presidential duties that is performed when you are service members are killed in a, in an incident abroad. meanwhile, the u. s. is reiterating its warnings with the state department saying that the situation around the cobble airport remains very tense. just as a charles stratford was telling us a few moments ago and that there are the credib

rob reynolds reports now from the hoover dam. this is hoover dam, built on the colorado river in the 1900 thirty's. it created the country's largest reservoir lake, need water, and hydro electric power from here made the modern west possible. but look at the light colored bath tub ring around the shoreline. that's how far the water level has receded. scientists say the lake is at 35 percent capacity. its lowest level ever scientist say, global warming has contributed to a decades long drought. that's drying up the west. this is the 2nd worst 19 year period going back 1200 years. that's a mega drop. the u. s. government declaration of a water shortage on the colorado river is unprecedented. the fact that we are seeing the 1st separation is quite significant. historically, 40000000 people in the region depend to some degree on this water in booming city like phoenix and las vegas, san diego and los angeles water supplies to cities will not be cut, but agricultural allocations will now farmers like will. the lander in arizona face a

and the price of shipping goods worldwide has gone up as rob reynolds and reports from los angeles. the effects can be felt from the corporate board room to the kitchen table. it's a container ship traffic jam, the twin ports of los angeles in long beach, the biggest in the western hemisphere are hacked with giant ships bringing a flood of consumer goods from asia in terms of the amount of cargo coming in. we have not seen anything like it. we've broken records here, month after month after month. that the port of los angeles ship traffic here is up 50 percent over 2019. and it's not just here in california all around the world from rotterdam to singapore. a surgeon export is putting a major strain on global supply chains and it's network of ships and containers. it's crunch time really in the container terminals as they struggle to get imports out when the exports in the reason cove at 19 per month, us consumers or under lockdown, cooped up at home with nowhere to go. so they went online and started buying stuff like crazy. instead of going to the movies or using their just scenary

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. well, now the evacuation flights rough galveston have ended. western governments are promising to continue efforts, repatriate people at risk. right now there are thousands of afghans in countries such as the u. k, wondering what the future holds. and the bomber is met some of those working to help them. so don't just working flat out to help afghans who just arrived with almost nothing. these volunteers say they've been amazed by the support i getting from the public, not just from afghans, but other members of the wider community here in west london heathrow airport turned up here with while back and so nation i managed to get some neighbors. literally in that hole was we have to box, i think, and then manage to the neighborhood. what's that group link in between us? you know, we've actually managed to get with kinds of response, which is incredible. all these bags, if afghans who are staying temporarily in currency hotels around the u. k, there's been a huge effort by small chariti

rob reynolds al jazeera on the rose bud laconia reservation, south dakota. still ahead on the news, our courses will hear from the beller russian athlete at the center of a diplomatic route of the toko. i choose choose choose with me. ah ah. ah. hello again time for the sportsmen with joe during. thank you. well, it's been an incredible day of action at the tokyo olympics, jamaica elaine thompson herrera has repeated had double gold metal success from rio . 5 years ago, she already won the 100 meters in tokyo and storm to another victory and the 200. it was the 2nd fastest time in history, christine boma of namibia came through late to take the silver. and it was another jamaican shelley and fraser price who took brahms. let's get over. the limbic stadium in tokyo joint corresponded andy richardson and elaine thompson has really cemented herself. is one of the olympic great, doesn't she? she really has. we may not have the same bold say that we do have elaine thompson, her and who knows, form and finish committing. she's now 21 years old. she should well be

rob reynolds reports from washington, dc. some family members of the nearly 3000 people killed in the september 11th 2001 attacks on new york. the pentagon and pennsylvania say president joe biden should stay away from the 20th anniversary memorial observances unless he agrees to declassify documents, they believe may show links between the attackers and the saudi arabian government, brett ego, since father bruce was killed in the world trade center attack 20 years is far too long for anybody to wait for information on murder of loved ones. the united states government has documents. they admit that they have documents, which show complicity on behalf of the kingdom of saudi arabia. the united states government has gone to great lengths and great extent to keep this information buried from public. the classified materials they are demanding include an unrestricted version of the f. b i's report on weather saudi nationals living in the u. s. provided help to the 911 hijackers under orders from the government in re on the 1800

rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. many farms in gaza are destroyed by israel during the recent conflict. the cost is estimated at more than $200000000.00. it's led to job losses and it's pushing out food prices. you must say a reports from gaza as he inspects what's left of his life project up to lab halima finds himself speechless. this was the hydroponics form built by his family, who's worked in agriculture, hearing garza for 25 years. it allowed them to grow everything from seeds, fruits and vegetables, even when they were not in season. it was all but destroyed during israel slater's bombing nearly 3 months ago. so how did the importance of this project lies in providing food in the off season? increasing production. this project supports 12 family including mine. these families have now lost their livelihood after the bombing of the farm. up a harley must project which coast approximately $120000.00 to build, covers an area of 3700 square meters. it provides agriculture, dennis t and a crop yell that usually req

well, let's now speak with rob reynolds. he's in washington dc, and he's also across this briefing for us. now, rob, we heard from the white house yesterday that president biden doesn't want those behind thursday's attack to continue walking this up. and it does seem that the u. s. is making good on their promise. well maybe you will notice if you listen carefully to the pentagon press secretary john kirby. while he described the 2 individuals who were killed by this drones dragon one who was injured as high profile members of ice or k. he would not commit to saying that they were in any way behind the planning of the deadly attack on the cobble air, air base. cobble airport that killed 13 us service members, and many, many africans over a $170.00 afghans. he would not say that you would not go that far. so we don't know at this point officially whether these individuals were involved in planning that or whether they were more or less targets of opportunity, that the u. s. was able to identify through intelligence of various

we'll go to rob reynolds. let's go to the fact now and get the very latest from washington d. c. so rob that start with this latest reports of a u. s. drone attack. what are we hearing from us officials? well, sammy, the us central command, which has authority and control over that area of the world, including afghanistan as issued a statement saying that there was a what they call an over the horizon on unmanned attack. meaning a drone strike against a vehicle outside the cobble airport. they say they are have high confidence that they struck vehicle, which they identified as belonging to. i saw k fighters and they said that a series of secondary explosions after the vehicle was hit indicated that it was carrying a significant amount of bomb material on board. the statement did not say that the statement said there was no indication of civilian casualties. how that squares with the reports from the ground is not known at the moment, but the pentagon says and will continue to to investigate the matter. meanwhile, the us evacuation efforts are winding down. fewer planes are leaving

rob reynolds al jazeera on the rows, but look code a reservation, south dakota when he leaves joining his life from sweet water and resume his executive director of utah denay became it's a nonprofit organization. it says it works towards healing people on the earth by supporting indigenous communities. thank you very much indeed for being with us on our 0 talk us through if you can, your own experiences or the experiences of people that you know in these schools. good afternoon, my name is jodie lee and i remember that when they should hear speaking to you from like you're saying that sweetwater, arizona, which is located within that reservation. yes. i've been raised there pretty much my elementary years at the schools federal boarding school and we were pretty much taken from i'm from my parents do the fact that, you know, they, we were told our parents were told that when they need to submit the kids a school age to boarding schools or suffer the consequences of going to jail or, or are being sent far away from the families. so they didn't had it. they had that ultimate. so they o

we'll go live to rob reynolds with the very latest washington, d. c. but 1st child stratford, his life for us enough can sounds capital cobble. so charles, let's start with how things look on the ground. the any clearer at this point who attacks, who but i'll tell you what we know so far things are still far from clear, but i suppose it was late afternoon where we began to get reports of what was being described as a rocket attack on a building north of the airport just beyond that, the the perimeter. some photographs have been released since and it shows what seems to be a vehicle that is as being hit close to that house by the side of that house. we heard that they were casualties as well. reported casualties, we make calls to people in the neighborhood and they say described a rocket attack and at least for the civilian casualties. as a result, it was about an hour and a half later sent, come put out a statement saying that the u. s. military had launched a drone strike against or described as a vehicle carrying suicide bombers intent on carrying ou

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. phil to come here on the news for the sports news with santa taking the streets of japan in defiance crowds 10 to show their support during the women's mattress. ah, the crime that shook japan, or people get killed on one occasion in as bloody a massacre as this was, attracts a lot of report. there was just a current drum. who did it, who did it? we did it a hasty conviction that led to the world's longest hell, the throw prisoner and his sister's 47 year long battle to save him from execution . witness. how come madame japan's death row on a jazzy into the hype of english football, lies in elicit market for the rich and powerful i was one of the leading specialist work undercover. just yours investigative unit exposes the inner workings and key players in the murky underbelly of football finance. he's held something like one. in addition, it has been said that you can make an elephant disappear. i have many of the most brazen example i've seen. the men who sell football just oh, a ti

rob reynolds explains more than $20000000.00 us students are headed off to college. this year, there's a new item on the curriculum. coven, 19 vaccine mandates. more than $700.00 colleges and universities now say students must be vaccinated, or face repeated. coven testing and forced social distancing, or even be barred from campus. colleges are desperate to prevent a replay of last year's damaging campus shut downs, and other outbreak would be extremely disruptive. we're risking another evacuation from college campuses in the fall and it will have an even greater impact on those who are already the most vulnerable in our society in the politically hyper charge debate over vaccines in the us. there are naturally those who refuse to comply. riley o'neill, a student at loyola marymount university in los angeles, is one of them. it goes back to the idea that i should be able to choose whether i get the vaccine or not. and if i'm going to be coerced into doing that, i doesn't feel like a free choice to me. very much feels like oppression. he has sued the university over

and spring in now rob reynolds, he's standing by line for us in washington, d. c. and rob. so what our official saying about the result of that us drone strike in afghanistan? well, in a statement that charlie referred to from the us central command, the military says that they successfully carried out a drone strike against a vehicle. they said that they observed secondary explosions after hitting the vehicle, which they said indicated that it had on board a large amount of bomb or explosive material. so they are saying that this was an ice ok. opperation that they disrupted. they said in a, in their statement that there was no indication of civilian casualties. so how that squares with what charlie and others are seeing on the ground with reports of civilian casualties is not known. but the us military says it is going to continue to do this sort of post operation assessment of what's going on there. and very interesting saw me that's the sound bite from the us secretary of state anthony blink. and that he played a moment ago indicating that this sort of thing, this air s

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. all right, let's get more now on those explosions in the afghan capital and speak to charlotte bellis to join us on the phone from cobbled. charlotte. so this appears to be a rocket attack near the airport. what more can you tell us? well we've got various reports between 3 rockets and 5 rockets being fired towards couple it was we've seen imagery the. 5 building to the waste of the port in an area known as lab square, which is about 4 kilometers. i would say waste from the in the wrong way of hama, cause i international. it looks like the real quick to find from the trunk of the car. 0 and that car has since burst into flames. we can see one of the buildings quite a high residential building next to it was damaged by a rocket. the report to the rock is having the ground, whether or not it's that building or another location. it's not clear, but we also understand that some of those real quick to intercepted by an anti missile system known as c ram. that was actually only installed ea

rob reynolds reports a day of sorrow and promises of vengeance. president joe biden and 1st lady jill biden attended a solemn transfer ceremony. for 13 u. s. service members killed in thursday, suicide bombing at cobble airport. there remains arrived home in flag draped cases and an air force base and delaware. 5 of the dead were 20 years old, just babies when us troops began fighting in afghanistan after the september 11th attacks. their lives lost in the final chaotic chapter of america as longest war fighting has pledged that the us will hunt down members of the group that claimed responsibility for the cobble airport attack. the president will stop at nothing to make isis k pay for the death of those americans service members at the cobble airport. he will ensure that we get the people responsible for this as they're killing to senior isolate k members on friday, another u. s. drone strike destroyed a vehicle outside cobble airport on sunday. the pentagon said the car was carrying ice ok, suicide bombers, preparing to target the final stages of the u. s. military evacuation. with

rob reynolds al jazeera washington, the 1st group of african refugees as arrived in cost of the plane carried more than $100.00 people. many women and children constable agreed to temporarily shelter 2000 afghans until they can be permanently relocated to the united states. more planes are expected to arrive in the coming days. many years ago we were victims identified ourselves and was forced to flee. therefore, as i often say, we know they're paying very well. we wanted to make them all just feel welcome, but most of all, to feel safe after the war that they have been going through. but at the same time, we are very proud to be joining in other lives, especially the united states of america. and extremely important. well now that the u. k is evacuation flights from afghanistan of ended, a large number of british citizens continue to wait outside campbell airport. that governments promising to continue efforts to repatriate people at risk. but there are thousands of guns in the u. k. wondering what the future holds for them. i mean, bob has met some of those working to help them. so

let's go to rob reynolds in washington, d. c. force rob. what are we here hearing on know your mind about these reports out of cobble? well, just as charles said that we are aware of the news reports from the reuters and associated press news agencies. and we have been reaching out on our end to the pentagon. so far we haven't gotten any elaboration on the news that the u. s. is carried out a military strike in cobble. however, there will be a parent again briefing later today. and hopefully we will get some official word on exactly what shape or form that military exercise or military strike took if in fact that that is what has happened today. meanwhile, the secretary of state anthony blake and appearing on television news and public affairs show here in washington earlier today, emphasized the dire safety threats surrounding the airport. in cobble echoing what president biden had to say yesterday about specific, incredible threat warnings, lincoln said, this is the most dangerous time in an already extraordinarily dangerous mission. and

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. ah, thank your international sports news with santa thank you very much, peter waller. jacob anger. but it's and has won the mens 1500 meters and in you elim pick reco time know, asian. that lot. she's attack is going into the final event where he power the way from world champion timothy sherry out of kenya. and my son is the 1st runner from europe to win the event since 1919. i feel like i've wanted this for my whole life because when i started realizing that the olympics is the biggest, i want to win it. so i feel really proud to find her son has won her 2nd gold of the games forming home to win the 10000 meters. the dutch woman also won the 5000 but failed in her bid for historic trouble. when she got bronze in the 1500 metre, near shall bra has won the mens at jackson with a best row of 87.58 meters. india 1st of limpid gold medal and track and field. and can you have finished 1st and 2nd in the women's math? and while american, molly c. o has that taken a surprise bronze? more t

rob reynolds has moved from washington of justice department. has them in custody now they've been charged with conspiracy to injure or, or kill a foreign official on us soil. we know they are both me and more citizens. they are living. we're living in new york, just north of new york city and they apparently hatch this plot according to the justice department, which says it has recorded tell of phone conversations between the 2 and a 3rd party talking about hiring attackers to, to go after the ambassador to injure him, try to force him to resign his position and then if he refused to do that, according to the complaint against the 2, they said they would have, he would have been killed. the ambassador would have been killed. one of the 2 men who is in custody now, use the wire transfer services over the internet to send $5000.00 to in furtherance of this alleged plot. now, the ambassador, as you mentioned, joe, joe mon, june, is actually a leftover from the previous elected re government of me and mar, which was overthrown by a military hunter.

as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah. this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, and it says press conference in taking over afghanistan. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. the claims are being met with skepticism from many who fear a return to the hash role of 20 years ago. rob mcbride has the latest from ca, but it was very significant. i mean, this really was almost like a keynote having setting out the tone and the china for the, for the forthcoming taliban government. and i think what we were getting with what the taliban wanted to, to get was the softer, more acceptable face of taliban rule. and a, they actually started with in quite a triumphal, it's way quite uncompromising, talking about in grand terms about the emancipation of the country after 20 years expelling the foreigners, as it was put a plane, carrying british nationals and afghans landed in oxford chair a few hours ago and this comes as the u. k noun, state will be accepting some 20000 afri

rob reynolds reports the controversy has spilled over to college campuses. >>>> more than 20 millionstudents are headed to college. this year, a new item on the curriculum: covid-19 vaccine mandates. or than 700 colleges and universities now say students must be vaccinated, or face repeated testing, enforced distancing, or be barred from campus. colleges are desperate to prevent a replay of last year's damaging cap as shutdowns. >> another outbreak would be disruptive. we are risking another evacuation from college campuses in the fall. it will have an even greater impact on those who are already the most vulnerable. >> and the politically hyper charged debate over vaccines in the u.s., there are those who refuse to comply. riley o'neill, a student at loyola marymount university in los angeles is one of them. >> it goes back to the idea that i should be able to choose whether i get the vaccine or not. if i'm going to be coerced into doing that it does not feel like a free choice. it very much feels like oppression. >> he has sued the university over its vaccine policy. if he refuses

raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over. i've got to stand. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. but all within the constraints of chevy are law. claims are being met with skepticism from many who fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. the reports of human rights abuses and cities captured during their advance have already caused concern. robin wright has more from travel. it was very significant. i mean, this really was almost like a key note, i think setting out the tone and the china for the, for the 4th coming at taliban government. and i think what we were getting with what the taliban wanted to, to get with the softer, more acceptable face. of taliban rule and actually started with in quite a triumphal. it's way quite uncompromising, talking about in grand terms about the emancipation of the country after 20 years expelling the forward as, as

rob reynolds al jazeera washington. ah, exactly. how passed the out. these are your top stories. the tunnel button says it's captured a 2nd provincial capital after weeks of fighting in sheboygan, the government's ending reinforcements and conducting ass drawings to try to re take control charlotte bellis with more now from cobble. a government affiliated source has told us that sure the gun has fallen, although it is quite nuanced and fluid. the taliban say that they took control of the city on saturday afternoon. they took control of the police office, the intelligence officers, the governors compound. they even broke into the prison and released a number of prisoners. now the government says that they don't have full control of the city, that security forces remain at the port and that they are planning a counter, a fame to. they have started, it strikes and that they are sending in special forces and reinforcements for this contra fences to try to take the city show. the gun. wildfire is bending north of the greek capital, have forced thousands of people to leave their homes.

rob reynolds al jazeera at the ports of los angeles. ah, just a quick look at our main stories now. and events have been held in lebanon to mark a year since the devastating explosion of a roots ports of $200.00 people were killed in 6 and a half 1000. others injured. when a poorly stored chemical stockpile was ignited, it was one of the world's biggest ever known nuclear explosions. lebanese authorities have been criticized for blocking a judicial investigation and 12 months own people are still demanding answers. large groups of protest as clashed earlier with security forces near the parliament building and cooling for accountability, but lebanon has no function in government. is it slight further into economic and political chaos so far? no senior officials have been held to account then honda has more from beirut. we are now in more to square, which is the center of the protest movement. that's again in october 2019. as you can see, there's still firing to guys to this for the remaining 2 protesters here. we've seen things like this, play out in the streets of the capital for,

rob reynolds is live 1st in washington. what's it been like there robin tell us about ton out. well, there's been a really pretty substantial turn out, especially considering that the weather is just sweltering here in washington, as it often is at this time of year. but mario, i'm, it's kind of emptying out a little bit now. the, the speeches are, are drawing to a close soon, but earlier we did see many, many people chanting and marching through the streets of washington, their primary goal to enact legislation on voting rights named after the late congressman john lewis, who was a hero of the civil rights movement. this in the wake of president trump's false claims about the 2020 election and equally false claims about widespread voter fraud in that election. and the 18th republican dominated states have passed 30 laws that would restrict voting. the restrictions people here say would fall mostly on people of color, and many people are, are asking we, we march here 58 years ago, or our parents did or forefathers did the listen to the reverend martin luther king . why is it ne

rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, a wildfire bernie, out of control in the us state of california has increased a to 8 times its size in just 24 hours. calvin is near the state capital of sacramento, its scorch more than 21000 taxes since it started on saturday for the north. the so called dixie fall continues to burn. it is the 2nd largest font ever recorded in california home with everything perfect. the area now i've been there for 20 years, so i'm lucky, i'll have a house to go back to or maybe get a chance to rebuild the emotional and need ever been through this. we been through a lot of stuff and 39 years together, but not like this. so this god will fight is in spain is still trying to control a major force for that. authorities that using drones to help them track down hotspots in a via, in catalonia fire, burning north of the great capital is dangerously close to homes via and 6 other villages have been evacuated. there also badly. another 5 south of athens or record heat waves and droughts as far as across italy the summer. and the local pharmacy association says that ag

federal bill that can review state election laws which are seen as being discriminatory reverence rob reynolds is at a rally in washington, d. c. thousands of people have gathered once again on the washington ball to demand the voting rights. they are here to call for the passage of a voting piece of legislation named after the former a late congressman. john lewis was a hero of the 19th sixty's civil rights movement. the bill would make it easier for people to vote and enshrine certain rights to vote, such as voting on sundays and things like that. now to date, there are 18 states which have have a restrictive legislation that would make it harder for people to vote. those are republican dominated states. they pass these laws to, in response to president x president trump claims of a fraudulent election claims which have been proven false and have no basis in reality. but yet, these states are passing these restrictive legislations, and many people here say the burden will fall on voters of color. unfortunately, the de generation, they not aware of the struggles for authors. i went through al

rob reynolds al jazeera at the port of los angeles for the heads on al jazeera before soon find out who comes out of the 1st 200 meter olympic champion of the same era. ah cruise with me. oh, a bit on the sportsman with sir. ah, canada as andre degrass, as the olympic 200 meter champion, it's the 1st time since 2004 that anyone other than you same bolt has won the gold medal. i had really a bronze medalist with 3rd coming out of the band, but he powered pastor field when the personal best time of 193.60 is metal americans, printer sidney mclaughlin, broke her own 400 meter hurdle world records setting a new time as 51.46 seconds mclaughlin says the speed of the track helped her every time you step on the track, there's seems to be some sort of record broken. so it's really cool to be a part of that. and kind of just push the boundaries of what's possible for us and definitely say it would. it's a fast track. you can feel a difference, you know, being mondo and everything. i don't know how to describe it. a lot of people talked about the shoes, but i do think it's just one of those track

rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. as early as government says, corona virus cases of not get peaked in sidney and warns more people will die from coven 19 several areas of experience, the surgeon infections driven by the delta variance. the states of new south wales reported a record daily increase of more than $630.00 cases. have your finances been imposed to enforce a lock thrown in place since june. new zealand has reported 9 new cases of cove with 19 taking its total to 10. the government to 9 to 3 day locked down from chief stay when the 1st case was the names. before this week you zealand had seen no local infections for 6 months. all the cases are the filter variance and have been linked to and i break in australia. vaccinations against the beula runs away in ivory coast health, official fear, a 2nd person. this contract to the highly contagious disease doses are being administered in the city of a be shown where the 1st patient was staying before she was treated in a hospital last week. neighboring guinea, whi

raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. a project led by a former child soldier of sierra leone civil war is helping save the lives of children with life threatening illnesses. the project raises money to send kids abroad for treatment address. met some of the volunteers on the streets of free town. c volunteers from the sick picking project working the streets of frito looking for help. 3 times a week, they hit the st. visit wash centers, bus stations, and market, soliciting donations to help be the medical bills of children or serious element was conditioned, cannot be treated by local hospitals. the project is co founded by a former child soldier for fort jordan saturday. a civil war is a condition that requires a minimum of $15000.00 united dollars in a country where the average income, you know, on a very, very low, less than a $100.00. a lot of my colleagues was for less than $100.00. and so you can imagine, if you have to raise a $150000000.00 in the union amount, which is $50000.00, it will

rob reynolds al jazeera at the ports of los angeles. how all the sport i shot in for you, we're looking at who comes out as the 1st 200 meter olympic champion of the post, the same volt era. dream a me ah ah ah point now it's on a i thank you very much, mary moore. canada's andy to god is the limpid 200 meter champion is the 1st time since 2004. so anyone other than you same bolt has won the gold medal? the one had to meet a bronze medal list. it was said coming out of band. but he powered past the field to win with a personal best time of 19.6 to 2nd grade. americans printed sydney mclaughlin broke her own 400 meter hurdles, world records setting a new time of 51.46 seconds. glosson says the speed of the track helped every time we step on the track, there's to be some sort of record broken. so it's really cool to be a part of that. and kind of just push the boundaries of what's possible for us. and definitely say it would. it's a fast track. you can feel the difference, you know, being mondo and everything. i don't know how to really d

rob reynolds al jazeera at the port of los angeles. ah, just a quick look at our main stories now. and events have been held in lebanon to mark a year since the devastating explosion of a roots ports. of sophia, 200 people were killed.

rob reynolds al jazeera washington still to come around or 0. this news out venezuela's economic crisis will tell you about a big gamble, the government's taking, to encourage people to use the local currency, embattled volleyball, and sport. kevin durant makes us possible history as a guide to seem to go ah, north korea, isis, and heavily sanction yet earning billions around the globe bureau. 39 is involved in everything that makes money for you to carry a different passport. say contact the money this year and it goes straight into the conferences. leadership a to park, people empower investigation, bureau, 39 cache for kim park, one on a jesse era. if you were looking at this from the outside, you would really wonder what was going on, what, what is this growth is a religion that they have an in depth exploration of global capitalism. on our obsession with economic growth. this is still the center of capitalism. there is no limits. i view myself as a capital artist we trying to bake as well as smaller and smaller. we don't want to be so reali

rob reynolds al jazeera washington french president emanuel macros says, talks have started with the taliban to protect and repass rate at risk after nationals after tuesday. france in the u. k. will last the united nations to work towards a safe zone in kabul to protect humanitarian operations. and push it convenient, this is a project that we will carry on with. i think that it is completely feasible, frances job and all that of its partners is it do everything to achieve the security of humanitarian operations. if it is within this framework that we are bringing this resolution project to the un security council, i have hope that it will have a favorable outcome. i cannot see who could oppose enabling the safety of humanitarian operations. well, with few american forces left in afghanistan, the taliban is taking control of more areas in and around. cobble airport, u. s. military aircraft continue to land as the final evacuations take place, just misses from taliban fighters. charlotte bennett has this exclusive report. the telephone has taken over, the fight is drive us, made humv

rob reynolds al jazeera at the port of los angeles. ah, well approach plane carrying mallerson olympic sprinter, christina to sky has now landed in austria's capital. she travelled to vienna from tokyo after being granted a humanitarian visa for poland. the 24 year old says authority, isabel ruth made it clear she would be punished if she returned home. she's accused team officials were trying to force her to leave the tokyo games early after. she criticized her coaches. now the olympic host nation, japan have beaten arch rivals, south korea, 5 to the semi finals of the baseball competition. japan opened the scoring and the 3rd inning. they then book their place in the gold metal game with 3 runs coming in the 8th inning and richardson reports from tokyo. the sport is a national obsession. and hopes are high for a home. gold medal. when elim peak organizes asked japan if there were any sports they'd like to add for the tokyo games. baseball was an immediate and obvious answer. it's the most played and watched game here. and it's back i

i have a dream speech when i speak with rob reynolds, he is with some of those protesters in washington, d. c. that rob, it does look like there is a fairly decent turnout. yes indeed. and actually the crowd a send a little bit because it is a sweltering hot august day here in washington d. c. but earlier, there were thousands and thousands of people marching through the streets. they are demanding key voting rights legislation. legislation named after john lewis, the late congressman and the hero of the civil rights movement of the $960.00. let's just take a little what look around here and see get a sense of this crowd. we heard not too long ago, actually from a 13 year old girl whose name is yolanda renee king and she is the grand daughter was, is the granddaughter of martin luther king where he had grad scott and let me tell you, yolanda has not did not miss out on any of the oratory oratorical gifts that her father had a stirring speech from that young woman. the occasion today on the, the $58.00 anniversary of the march on washington and on that on forgettable. i have a dream spee

i'm rob reynolds in mission, south dakota for nearly a century. tens of thousands of native american children were removed from their families and placed in us government funded boarding school. many now see that as an attempt at cultural genocide, we'll have that story coming up, syria, refugees, lend a helping hand in germany to clean up after the flood. and one of the best performances you will ever see will show you an incredible world's record of the tokyo game with german insult. ah, it's been undisputed the hot year in iraq, some parts of the raving peninsula. and only yesterday, in saudi arabia, on the east coast in demand $50.00 degrees was reached. you might think that's not extreme, but it is for a coastal city. saudi arabia, the previous wreck, was 49 for august. now july beat. it's reco too. so that's 2 months in a row where we've done that, i think the see a bit of an easing from the next day or so not by much admittedly, and still hot in q 8 and eastern iraq. the breeze is trying to pick up and the breeze is critical. very often particular on the girl state data, for e

afghanistan do not have the capabilities to carry out attacks in other countries, at least not yet, rob reynolds al jazeera washington. now one of the most powerful, hurricanes to ever hit the u. s. has knocked out power to the city of new orleans, either slammed into the area as a category for storm. but since weaken at least one person has died, it may land for 16 years to the days of hurricane. katrina struck and killed the 2000 people. phil laval has more now from new orleans. they were warned to prepare . but how do you prepare the bis water pouring through this hope? and all the odor can do is helplessly watch a live feed on camera. hurricane ida has well and truly a right now, bringing 240 kilometer an hour winds and chaos to louisiana. the storm is a life threatening storm. that big one hits the big, easy, 16 years to the day since katrina arrived in new orleans, kelly more than $1800.00 people cause they billions of dollars worth of damage. now a story that hitler with even more power, to give an idea that is a picnic table between those poles, the water just pouring over the top of the

rob reynolds al jazeera on the rose butler code, a reservation. south dakota still had an odyssey flying high, one of the biggest things that the big stakes gold in tokyo action to help with jo ah, brought to you by accenture, that there'll be change. the news with me brought to you by extension. let there be change. oh i hello everyone. it's been an incredible day of action at the top, carolyn picks, jamaica is elaine thompson herrera has repeated had double gold metal success from rio. 5 years ago. she already won the 100 meters in tokyo and stormed to another victory in the $200.00. it was the 2nd fastest time in history, christine boma of namibia took silver ahead of gabriel thomas in 3rd and richardson within the stadium for the re. well, we may not have you sign both here in the car, but we do have another jamaican sprint. superstore. elaine thompson, her winning the 200 meters, adding that to the 100, meet the title she wants to few days ago. so doubling up on the 10200 just as she did rio in 2060 in silver metal position. christina boma, o

raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories and it's 1st press conference in taking over afghanistan. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. the claims are being met with skepticism from many who feel a return to the hash role of 20 years ago. rob mcbride has the latest from couple it was very significant. i mean this really was almost like a key note, i think setting out the tone and the.

raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over. i've got to stand the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. but all within the constrain.

rob reynolds al jazeera washington for the head on al jazeera, co care for basketball field and pic flag to paris. how the french planning for a more cost effective game? ah! the virus is indiscriminate, yet those living in poverty are far more vulnerable to the dangers of coven $19.00 ollie re examined the reasons for this disparity. the social and economic inequality that surround us much deeper and much more problematic than we thought of. whether lessons learned from the global pandemic could lead to positive change because of the can all hail the locked down, expose the privilege and poverty during a crisis on a jazzy. my name's a place where they can truly call it their home groups. bringing on to me. you want to know you all angel paid money. man. i do a 1000000000 and is just surprises. my name is where we know my niger on. i'll use their, the ah ah ah, the it was men's basketball team have avenged their 1st round last france by beating them 8782 in the olympic funnel. the team was led by kevin duran, who became the us highest career score with his 29 point. it's the 16 gold meda

rob reynolds is in washington, d. c. with more on what the pentagon saying about those ice will k targets being claimed by the us military. while he described the 2 individuals who were killed by this drones, reagan, one who was injured as high profile members of ice or k, he would not commit to saying that they were in any way behind the planning of the deadly attack on the cobble air, air base, cobble airport that killed 13 u. s. service members and many, many africans over a $170.00 africans. he would not say that he would not go that far. so we don't know at this point officially whether these individuals were involved in planning that or whether they were more or less targets of opportunity, that the u. s. was able to identify through intelligence of various types and then unleashed the drone strike against them. some other items that we learned from this, kirby saying that there is an active and dynamic threat at the, at the airport in cobble of that the u. s. forces there are aware of this and are taking every ste

rob reynolds al jazeera washington news from the olympics now and india has won its 1st ever gold metal in athletics. the rush chop robe on the men's javelin with the best grow of 87.58 meters. he'll become only the 2nd indians take home and individual gold medal off the shooter. up. i've been to the tops the 10 meter air rifle event at aging, back in 2008. and when the poker games finish on sunday, a japan will pass the olympic side to france organizes for the parents 2024 games have promised a more cost effective lympics that a more accessible to the public. and richardson reports from tokyo. the tokyo games are still to finish, but already paris, who stepping up its preparations to welcome the world in 2024. the olympics will soon be back in the city. the 3rd time, the mon, the whites is our campaign to win the games began. the moment to receive the limpid flag has been in our heads and in our hearts that would mean that after a weight of 100 years, the games are returning to paris. paris 2024 compared to paris. 1924 will be on a very different sporting and financial scale. tokyo's b