i'm thomas drayton here are your headlines. we're less than 12 hours away from a government shutdown. the senate is expected to reject the version of the bill this afternoon. >>> the u.n. international team is expected to begin work in syria to destroy the chemical weapons by the november 1st deadline set by the u.n. security council. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with the president at the house. he is expected to express concerns over iran and that they should not be trusted. >> meteorologist: the second of two huge storms is pounding with near hurricane force winds. the first of this weekend's storms have brought a month's worth of rain. we'll continue to deal with that heavy rain today. take are a look behind me. you can see the temperatures in seattle cooler than normal given the thick cloud cover put but it feels very comfortable. it's in control from new york city down into washington. it will remain relatively comfortable as we push into the next 4 ho 48 hours. we do have the frontal boundary and i think i

i'm thomas drayton in new york. >> designed this skin? >> the governor of colorado on tour of the devastation in his state, to the rescue. his team credited with rescuing nearly ten people stranded by historic floodwaters. hundreds more remain missing. >> and president obama has made it clear, that to accomplish that, the threat of force remains. >> secretary of state john kerry reiterating the u.s. will take action. if syria does not comply with a chemical weapons agreement. ♪ ♪ >> hundreds gather in this birmingham, alabama church to remember the four young lives lost when a bomb exploded 50 years ago today. >> it's the world's heaviest salvage operation now under way. the plan to being remove the costa concordia wreckage sunk off italy. >>> it's good to have you with us. rescuers continual their desperate search for hundreds of people missing in flood ravaged colorado. it is tbleefd as many as -- believed as many as seven are dead, hundreds more rescued. ing sheriff praising the crews pluck people over the water. >> those flight-offs i

i'm thomas drayton in new york. our top stories at this hour. secretary of state john kerry and arab foreign ministers agree that syria has used chemical weapons crossing a global red lines. >>> from hospitals to homes. >>> from prime ministers to mayors voters around the world have been going to the polls. >> good to have you with us. the obama administration is on a media offense itch making the case for a military strike against syria. but if and how such an attack will take shape is still unclear. syrian president bashar al-assad is speaking out. in his first interview with a u.s. network in over two years, he told charlie rose his country wasn't responsible for the chemical attack on august 21st and he expressed concern that any attack would degrade his military and tip the balance of the conflict. paul beban has more on the white house campaign to hold syria accountable and please be aware that some may consider the images disturbing. >> these graphic videos were exhibit a as white house chief of staph dennis mcdunough made the round of ta

i am thomas drayton in new york. our top stories at this hour. >> i don't believe my former colleagues in the united states senate and the house will turn their backs on all of our interests. >> secretary of state john kerry says the case for military action in syria lies in the evidence of chemical warfare. >>> two years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, radiation reaches new deadly levels. >> nelson man dela spends his first night at home after spending three months in the hospital. >>> we will look at the extraordinary legacy of journalist sir david frost. >>> good to have you with us. we begin tonight with the white house's efforts to convince congress that syria used poison gas in an attack that killed more than 1400 people, including at least 400 children. president obama wants lawmakers to approve a military response. al jazeera's jean reserve has more from washington. >> meeting with a prominent member of the iranian parliament said his country is cape alan of confronting external aggression. the

i am thomas drayton. in new york, these are stories we are following: a hostage stand-off is underway after gunmen opened fire on a crowded shopping mall in kenya. now, a group claiming responsibility steps forward >>> one of the founders of the afghantab taliban is now a free. the latest from the pakistani prison. >>> good to have you with us. hostages are being held after an attack on a crowded stopping mall in narobi. at least 30 are dead. al shabaab is claiming responsibility for the attack. the armed group is saying more attacks are to come. according to the u.s. state department, americans are among the injured. al shabaab has attacked kenya in the past. the attacks are seen as retaliation for the role kenyan forces are playing in somalia to help fight the shabaab. andrew simons has more >> reporter: people taking coffee when al shabaab stalked. a market packed with weekend shoppers when they were attacked. this was nairobis's most prestigious shopping mall. they tried to evacuate the building. most

>>> good morning park i am thomas drayton, these are some of the stories we are following at this hour. president obama drumming up support for a strike on syria. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. >> president obama travels to russia today for the g20 economic summit. but it's the crisis in syria that is expected to dominate the conversation. here at home, the president's team is trying to convince congress to move forward with military action in syria. a key senate committee has approved the use of force, clearing the way for full senate vote next week. facing the possibility of air strikes, millions of syrians have now fled their homes. the united nations is sounding the alarm over the rapidly growing refugees crisis. ♪ ♪ >> good to have you with us. president obama heads to russia later today for the g20 economic summit. where syria is expected to be a main topic of conversation. the president stopped in sweden in route to st. petersburg. >> i am very mindful of the fact that around the world and here in europe in particular, there are still memories of iraq and

i am thomas drayton in new york. age of 50 or over, we have about 3700 now, that's grown almost 200% in the last decade. and projections are we're going to continue to grow at about 45% a year. because of enhancements to punishments, tough on crime, 85% laws that require you to serve 85% before you're even eligible of parole and then the advent of life without parole. >> my name is pertorical hill. and my number is 48713. i received that january the 16th, 1948. >> pertalco has the oldest nment number in the state -- inmate number in the state. 66 years have been spent behind bars. he escaped six times. >> you're as good at escaping from prison as you are in? >> whenever my health was good. >> i can't remember the name of the little town where that u-haul trailer was -- >> what are you serving now, sentence? >> this sentence is a murder charge. >> how long ago? >> 1947. >> what's your sentence? >> life. >> which one are you? >> i'm up there. i come -- >> and this is what life met for pertarco now. a small section of a

i'm thomas drayton in new york. >> never charged with a crime, mohammed odaini spent almost nine years imprisoned. >> he is the last detainee from guantanamo bay prison to have returned home to live in yemen. >> i forgot a lot of people. some people, when i left, he was a baby. when i be back, has married, and has sons (laughs). >> i guess that tells you that you were gone for a long time. >> the united states still holds 164 men captive at guantanamo. about half of them are yemeni. 56 have been cleared for release but are waiting to go free. in this episode of fault lines, we've traveled to yemen to ask what the consequences of america's policy of indefinite detention have been, and to find out what life is like here, after guantanamo. >> mohammed was studying in pakistan when the aftershocks of september 11th began reverberating around the world. one night in the spring of 2002, he was visiting a student house when pakistani authorities raided it. he was arrested along with more than a dozen others. >> two months later, the pakistanis turned mohammed over to american forces. faruq al

i'm thomas drayton. here are the top story. the senate has deci decided to e president obama the go ahead. bipartisan vote 10 to 7. 5 democrats and two democrats voted against it. at a news conference in stockholm the president said that the red line that assad must not craws was an international red resign not his red line. >>> house speaker john boehner will not be meeting with dploaments from russia. it's not clearing if the diplomats will try to meet with other members of congress. >>> bradley manning who wants to be known as chelsea, is serving a 35 year prison sentence for leaking classified information. those are the headlines. you can follow the news at any time at aljazeera.com. consider this is coming up next. >> blockbuster details on the benghazi attack. a new book last the untold story. we'll have the authors of under fire, moments away. >>> an consider who knew what, when? >>> also gunts rights advocates are trying to use state lawless to combat federal gun control laws. do they have a legal leg to stand on and co

i am thomas drayton.these are the stories we are following: >> the united states and russia are committed to the elimination of syrian chemical weapons in the soonest and safest manner. >> the u.s. and russia reach a deal on destroying syria's chemical weapons. >>> president obama says it's a concrete step. some republicans call it a sign of weaknets. while in syria, itself, some rebels launch a new effort to combine forces. >>> plus hundreds unaccounted for, the search underway in colorado for flood victims.

i'm thomas drayton in new york. our top stories at this hour.retary of state john kerry and arab foreign ministers agree that syria has used chemical weapons crossing a global red lines. >>> from hospitals to homes. >>> from prime ministers to mayors voters around the world have been going to the polls. >> good to have you with us. the obama administration is on a

i'm thomas drayton in new york. >> jose antonio elena rodriguez was 16 when he was killed with a bullet through the head by the united states border patrol. nine more shots went into body, as he lay on the ground in his hometown, nogales mexico. the bullets fired from the top of this cliff in arizona traveled through an international boundary, and into a legal vacuum. the agent has never been named. >> jose antonio was found on the sidewalk. the report clearly indicate that he did not have any type of weapon in his hand, any type of rock. any type of... nothing he had a cell phone in his pocket!! why did the border patrol shoot jose antonio elena rodriguez? and why are questions involving his death met with silence? tonight, fault lines examines the nations largest law enforcement agency and asks who is holding them accountable when they pull the trigger. >> people here call this ambos nogales, or both nogales. but a steel fence built in the name of national security divides this border town. i've come to meet jose's family they live just blocks from where jose was killed. >> his brothe

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you cause up on the currently stories. president obama is still trying to get congress on board for a military strike on syria. the president's military advisors says he has been making phone calls while at the summit. vice president joe biden met with the group of lawmakers in the white house situation room. mr. biden inn is also working the phones trying to drum up support for military strike on syria. >>> we now know what caused that massive fire in and around yosemite park. a hunter let a fire get out of hand. no arrests have been made. it started on august 17th, descroird 370 square miles of forest and 100 rblg structures. walmart workers, held a asking for a starting salary of $25,000. those are the headlines, consider this is coming up next. >> the bomb grows louder, the brutality of rebels and their terrorist connections. the humanitarian atrocities committed by president bashar al-assadout weigh the possibility that we could find ourselves supporting extremist groups. also what about muslims in america? the nypd h

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you cause up on the currently stories. president obama is still trying to get congress on board for a military strike on syria. the president's military advisors says he has been making phone calls while at the summit. vice president joe biden met with the group of lawmakers in the white house situation room. mr. biden inn is also working the phones trying to drum up support for military strike on syria. >>> we now know what caused that massive fire in

i am thomas drayton in new york. top stories at this hour. >> i don't believe my former colleagues in the united states senate and the house will turn their backs on all of our interests. >> secretary of state john kerry says the case for military action in syria lies in the evidence of chemical warfare. >>> two years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, radiation reaches new deadly levels. >> nelson man dela spends his first night at home after spending three months in the hospital. >>> we will look at the extraordinary legacy of

i'm thomas drayton. here are the top story.enate has deci decided to e president obama the go ahead. bipartisan vote 10 to 7. 5 democrats and two democrats voted against it. at a news conference in stockholm the president said that the red line that assad must not craws was an international red resign not his red line.

i am thomas drayton. these are the stories we are following: >> the united states and russia are committed to the elimination of syrian chemical weapons in the soonest and safest manner. >> the u.s. and russia reach a deal on destroying syria's chemical weapons. >>> president obama says it's a concrete step. some republicans call it a sign of weaknets. while in syria, itself, some rebels launch a new effort to combine forces. >>> plus hundreds unaccounted for, the search underway in colorado for flood victims. >> good to have you with us. a day of progress in international gloemings over syria. russia and thediplomacy over syria. russia and the. three days of talks in geneva, u.s. secretary of state john kerry and his russian counter part, sergey lavrov have negotiated a deal. it will calls for wednesday inspectors to be on the ground. syria's entire arsenal would be secured or destroyed by the middle of 2014. in the pentagon, the pentagon says it will not change its position. jo jonah hall from geneva. >

i am thomas drayton. in colorado, rain added insult to injury. rain fell much of the night and is expected to continue through the late afternoon. in the path, the flood zone has extended each of the rockie mountains. a 5th person is now confirmed dead after her house was watched away. rescue workers are issuing a stern warning to those in the flood zone: get out now or face the possibility of being trapped for weeks with no water or electricity. 1200 people have been rescued so far by air, boat and land. hundreds of people still haven't been heard from. the governor toward the flood zone on

>>> welcome to al jazeera i am thomas drayton here are tonight's top stories. president obama unveiled his plan for syria this afternoon. >> after careful deliberation, i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. >> the president says that he wants approval from congress first. congress is expected to debate and vote on the issue when it comes back from recess. president obama says the u.s. is prepared to, quote, strike whenever we choose. russian president vladimir button is adding his voice to the debate overseer i can't for the first time since last week's chemical weapons attack. he is urging the white house not to launch a strike against russia's ali. he says the u.s. claims about the chemical weapons tack are utter nonsense, protesters gathered out side of the white house today in support of and against a military strike again syria. peace activists chanted hands off syria now. while others call for president obama to take action. the you u.n. chemical weapons team is now in the netherlands after leavin

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazeera i am thomas drayton here are tonight's top stories.lan for syria this afternoon. >> after careful deliberation, i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. >> the president says that he wants approval from congress first. congress is expected to debate and vote on the issue when it comes back from recess. president obama says the u.s. is prepared to, quote, strike whenever we choose. russian president vladimir button is adding his voice to the debate overseer i can't for the first time since last week's chemical weapons attack. he is urging the white house not to launch a strike against

i am thomas drayton. a samoli group is claiming responsibility for an attack on an upscale mark. the armed group is saying more attacks are to come. the u.s. state department says americans are among the injured. u.s. and israeli forces are helping kenyan defense forces in the hostage stand-off that followed. >> pakistan has released a high-ranking afghan commander it had in prison, a founder of the taliban movement in afghanistan. he was arrested by the cia in pab -- and pakistani forces. pakistan hopes it will kick start peace talks in afghanistan. >>> the number of people unaccounted for in the colorado floods has dropped to around 80. seven people are dead. three others are missing and presumed dead. reports say it could be two to six months before the heart-hit town of lions is liveable again. >>> typhoon usagi is about to hit hong kong. it has torn through taiwan and the philippines causing torrential downpours and power outages. it is getting weaker but expected to cause major damage when it hits. those are your headlines. a full rundown of today's news coming up at 6:00 e

i'm thomas drayton. rain is still falling in colorado. the flood zone has extended east to the recycle mountains. it's now as large as the state of connecticut. seven people are known to have been killed, more than 1200 people are unaccounted for. >>> secretary of state john kerry met with benjamin netanyahu. in a news conference afterward, kerry said the u.s. would use force if syria didn't commit to the requirements. >>> deadliest car bomb exploded near an outdoor market killing nine people. another car bomb went off near that area just a few minutes later killing another six. >>> a solemn memorial service in birmingham marking a 50th anniversary of a bombing that killed four little girls attending church. it would take years for the fbi to discover that four members of the local ku klux klan were responsible. the largest salvage attempt in history, a team of 500 people will work to upright the costa concordia. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced a new voice in journalism. >> good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera. >> us