stephanie stanton. thank you. >>> police in las vegas say more arrests may come this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas, and i'm an associate producer for america tonight. i grew up in a very large, loud indian family. they very much taught me how to have a voice, and from a very young age i loved writing, and i love being able to tell other people stories. the way to do good journalism is to really do your research, to know your story, to get the facts right, and to get to know the people involved in your story. america tonight and al jazeera america, it's a perfect place for that to happen. come. >> police have released sketches of the suspects. >> around

stephanie stanton has that story. >> two-year-old bella plays a game with her honorable and dad but these happy scenes were not always the case. bella came into her parents life as a foster child. >> i don't think there's a moment that we have a regret about the choices we made. she feels just like our child. >> other foster kids may not get that same happy ending. in los angeles county there are about 17,000 children in the foster care system run by the department of children and family services or dcfs. half are living with relatives and others with foster families but in the last number of years the number of foster homes have started to decline. >> we really need more foster parents taking responsibility for taking care of those children even for a short period of time. >> in 2007 there were about 9,000 children in nonrelative foster care with roughly 6500 foster families. now there are about 8,000 kids but only about 3500 homes. dcfs officials say among the reasons for the shortage, a growing number of aging foster parents who decide to stop fostering and the rapid increase in childc

. >> so stephanie stanton is following this story. she joins us life from san diego. stephanie is there any indication that the mayor knew city officials say they want to put this civic nightmare behind them. >> all the women that i offended, i had no intention to be offensive. to violate any physical or emotional space. i was trying to establish personal relationships. but the combination of awkwardness and hubris i think led to behavior that many found offensive. you know i started my political career facing lynch mobs. and i think we have just faced one here in san diego. [applause] >> and you're going ohave to deal with that. in a lynch mob mentality, rumors become allegations. allegations become facts. facts become evidence. of sexual harassment. which have led to demands for that bob filner's last day in office is august 30th. >> stephanie stanton thank you very much so much. >>> the wildfire in yosemite has nearly doubled in size. melissa chan is in yosemite with more. >> the terrain is tough, steep and remote. thousands of firefighters and support workers are a

. >> stephanie stanton joins us live from san diego.e apologized, but he didn't admit bob filner did resign officially today, effective august 30 at 5:00 p.m. now under the terms of this deal, the city council resolution was unanimously voted upon today, here's how it will play out. the city will pay for legal defense with regard to claims by current and former city employees, but the city can >> it appears we've lost our signal with stephanie stanton in san diego. we'll get back to her later if we can. turning to the wide fire in california at yosemite national park, it nearly doubled in size over the last 24 hours and spread inside the park's border and tour residents were pretty upbeat. >> you know, a house is just a thing. i have my family, and they're safe. i've got pictures that i can't replace and those are important to me, but everything else can be replaced. >> this is such a wonderful place, gosh, you couldn't ask for a better place to come, you know for a bunch of evacuees. they've got everything that you could imagine, and a

stephanie stanton has the story. >> yay. >> two-year-old bella plays a game with her mom and dad butse happy scenes weren't always the case. bella came into her parents life as a foster child. >> i don't think there's a time when i regret what we did, she seems just like our child. >> but other foster kids may not get that same happy ending. in los angeles county there are about 17,000 children in the foster care system run by the department of children and family services. half are living with relatives and others with foster families. the number of foster families have really started to decline. >> we really have a huge need for foster families to take responsibility for those children even if it's for a short period of time. >> in 2007 there were about 9,000 children in nonrelative foster care with 6500 foster families. now there's about 8,000 kids but only 3500 homes. dcsf says a growing number of foster families who age and stop fostering. the problem has been especially acute in the past six months due to an increase in child abuse and neglect calls to county hot lines. >> duri

stephanie stanton, thank you, stephanie. >> challenging the voter i.d.aw in texas, eric holder says the law violates the voter right act. he said it was adopted expres expresscilexpresslyto make it dr minority and non-english speaking voters to vote. >>> nadal hassan passed on his final chance to address the jury. he could get the death penalty for shooting and killing 13 fellow soldiers in 2009. >>> the soldier accused of killing afghan civilians is on trial, sergeant robert bales gave his apology. >> i wish i could take it back, said sergeant bales. i wish i could take it back, but i can't. speaking in a low halting voice bales apologized to the families of the afghan civilians that he murderedded, and said that he disgraced his own family. his voice wavered when he spoke. what i did was an act of cowardice behind a mask of bravado. he's accused of killing 16 afghan civilians during a nighttime shooting spree in march of 2012. he does not face the death penalty for those crimes, and is trying to avoid life in prison without the possibility of parole. b

stephanie stanton joining us live in los angeles where demonstrations are just now getting underway. ephanie, when we last spoke you said there were a few people there, but it would be picking up soon. what is it lookings like now? >> good morning again to you richelle. are some folks gathering. they are going to be marching past this location and then moving on to the world famous intersection of hollywood and highland. there are more than 180,000 fast-food workers here in the los angeles area joining in this effort. with me now is one of the protesters. she is a home health care working, but has a lot of friends that she is here supporting. why are you here? >> i'm sick and tired. we're not making a livable wage where we can take care of our families. we're working two, three jobs, while mcdonald's just made over $5.5 billion in profits last year, and the ceo -- one of the head ceo's got over a $100 million bonus, while we can't work full-time, get no benefits, go to the doctor's office, and going to the dental office is a luxury. >> just so folks at home can understand, what is it

stephanie stanton live in los angeles.hank you. >>> eight years later marking the anniversary of hurricane katrina, scars of the devastation remain. a closer look when we return. >>> and the weather will change for labor day weekend. i'll look at the national forecast when we come back. ♪ ♪ >>> recapping our top stories nationwide fast-food protest is underway. workers have walked off of the job demanding higher wages. thousands of fast-food workers across the country are expected to join in the strike. an average worker makes about $15,000 a year. demonstrators want to double that. this is the late nest a spring of demonstrations that began last november. >>> the british government says the legal conditions have been made for taking action against syria. wheen time the german government says the chancellor and putin agree they must deal with the situation in syria. anticipation is growing over whether or not the president will make a strike against syria. thousands of syrian refugees have fled their homeland. they are des

. >> earlier, we spoke with our stephanie stanton who said it is just a matter of procedure. >> the cityouncil will meet in closed session and are expected to approve that resolution at which point bob filner is expected to formally step down. we did see the mayor here today at city hall. he did leave at 5:30 this evening, carrying what looked to be a small box of belongings as he got into his car and sped away. >> this morning, egypt's ousted former leader mubarak is under arrest in a military hospital, the day after being released from prison. an egyptian court ordered him freed. he was held for two years. his release flamed sentiments among anti coop protestors, still upset by the removal of morsi. mubarak will stand trial for accusations of killing protesters two years ago. >> international outrage gross over an alleged chemical attack in syria. moments ago, it was announced that it is believed that it was carried out by forces. russia is calling for the regime to allow inspectors to investigate the claim. opposition leaders say hundreds of civilians died in wednesday's assault outsi

in san diego stephanie stanton, al-jazeera. >>> mexican authorities have now confirmed that at least five bodies found in a mass grave are the remains of a group of kidnapping victim. 12 people were taken from a bar back in may, and they were never heard from again. al-jazeera adam raney reports from musk co city. >> the bodies were discovered in a mass graph grave in a park about an hour and a half from mexico city. authorities ordered forensics to establish identify at this. it's the first major breakthrough in a case that has angered victim's families for months. the inn may, the victims were taken from the club in the middle of the day, despite catching images of the kidnappers on surveillance cameras, investigators had few leads. family members and the public at large have criticized the mayor and authorities for not doing enough to solve the case. the bodies were only uncovered when federal authorities, not investigators from mechanic co city, came to the park looking for a stash of weapons. for years, mexico city has been seen as an o assess of safety while a drug war raged ac

harassment lawsuit. 17 women have accused the former congressman of sexually harassing them, and stephanie stanton been covering these recent developments. she is live in san diego. include some kind of financial payout to bob filner, and that does not sit well with high profile attorney gloria albright. she had been meeting with city attorneys, with filner's attorneys earlier this week to work out some kind of settlement, but she says that she does not -- this is between she and bob filner, and she says under no circumstances should the taxpayers of san diego pay bob filner anything to leave office. >> i would like to see a resignation without conditions, and without taxpayers have comed accusing bob filner of inappropriate behavior. >> all right. thanks very much, stephanie. >>> a truly gripping account of a school shooting. a school clerk turned crisis management team in the blink of an eye. >>> and robert bales the soldier who admitted to killing more than a dozen afghan civils says he is sorry. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can

. >> earlier, we spoke with stephanie stanton, telling us the resignation is a matter of procedure. >the city council will meet in closed session and expected to approve the resolution. we did see the mayor here today at city hall. he left at 5:30 this evening, carrying what looked to be a small box of belong i guess as he got into his car and sped away. >> this morning, egypt's ousted former ruler hosni mubarak is under house arrest in a military hospital a day after being released from prison. a court ordered him free, he has been held for two years. sentiments are flamed with anti mubarak protesters. he will tanned trial for ordering the killing of protestors during the mass demonstrations in tahrir square two years ago. jonathan joins us live. >> kind of us the temperature there now. >> it has in some ways raised the anger level, certainly has raised the disappointment level. most celebrated when mubarak was taken from office. today, large protests are planned, likely beginning within the next hour. the government has planned and promised certainly not to tolerate anymore violence

in san diego stephanie stanton, al-jazeera. >>> some policy changes could be coming to bank of america after a 21-year-old intern recent died in london after working three days straight. the bank has announced it will review the working conditions of its jr. employees. london police say the death is not being treated as suspicious. the cause has not yet been determined. >>> . >>> a soleful voice of the 70 did has been silenced, linda ron stat says she has parkinson's disease, is no longer able to sing. ron status who was 67 years old had a string of hits including "your no good," "hurt so bad" and "don't no much". >> a tribe that usely lives in isolation appear ins public. a look at what may have brought them out into the open. ... s ... hi, my name is jonathan betz, and i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for's "i have a d al-jazeera will have comprehensive throughout the day. >>> what's more american than little league after an exciting game, just 14 remain in the little league world series. jessica taff is here with sports >> the drama we have for you come from this little lea