Good to have you with us. The seen is underway in a popular Shopping Mall in kenya with specialists working with kenyan forces to free hostages and end the crisis. Its all taking place in kenyas capital of nairobi. 39 people are dead and 150 are injured. Some americans are among the wounded. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons has the latest. Reporter people have been taking a late Morning Coffee at the attack. An up market mall echoing with gunfire. It was packed with weekend shoppers when the gunmen attacked. Hundreds were inside. Mothers, children, kenyans, expatriots. They attempted to engage the attackers inside while at the same time trying to evacuate the building. Most of those getting out were traumatized. Reporter and it got worse. What was going on inside was carnage. A gun battle with police and soldiers. Anyone with any kind of medical skill tried to help. The gunfire continued while the number of casualties grew. At first the police thought this was an amenned robbery but they gradually realized it was an attack with indiscriminate gunfire. People tried to hide where they could. We wish to assure the country that were taking every possible. Reporter the days ma of the attack. The london based newspaper, an independent, was at the scene of the attack. Hes joining us live. Good to have you with us, daniel. What did you see at the mall as it happened . Well, what we have seen is a trail of bloody people and terrified, in shock, pouring out of Shopping Mall where most people had gone just to grab lunch or to do a little bit of shopping on a saturday. What did you hear . Did you hear gunfire, grenades . We heard heavy bursts of gunfire and those that resembl d a s. W. A. T. Team going in. And then we heard assault arms fired, and then helicopters circling the building, and large crowds gathering outside. Its been a day of high drama in the kenyan capital. What were witnesses or victims able to tell you, daniel . The most harrowing were the top of the shopping maul where they have been recording a popular Cooking Program which was for children. With dozens of parents with their kids up there when the gunmen attacked. I spoke to one man who hid his daughters under a 4 x 4 vehicle, and had a grenade thrown at them. The grenade was thrown three feet of his daughter, and he said it was just a matter of luck that it didnt go off. He was able to escape, but when he returned his shirt was covered in blood. He had come to see how it end. Are you hearing from families members who have loved ones inside. There are people trapped inside. This is the siege that continues. What remains to be seen is whether these gunmen have demands. Certainly we have no decision of that of yet. What appears to be happening is something much more likely than the attack in 2008 where the last pockets of resistence have been cleaned out, and the pore unfortunate civilians caught in the way are in a situation that few of us could imagine. Lets talk about the gunmen who claimed responsibility. Is this an unusual target for the group . This is the target which everyone excepted. As much as its possible. Many that i spoke to, once the initial shock had passed, they had in the back of their minds going into this Shopping Center on any given day that this might happen. The questions about whether or not this location was properly guarded and if proper measures have taken place. You were outside at the time. What can you tell us about Security Forces responding and the Response Time . There are different notion ns of Response Time. There were units very soon after. It was not immediately understand that there was a terrorist attack. It was thought that it was an armed robbery. There was a bizarre point of the day when the army were on twitter and inside looking for information of who it was. That was not the high point of the day. But they were inside and they were making a good attempt taking the mall back. Meantime in asia the most powerful typhoon of the year now heading towards hong kong. Two people are dead and two others missing. The typhoon usagi is start to go slow down. And by the time it makes landfall is its expect to down grade to the give went of a hurricane. The biggest ship pulled out of hong kongs port a day ahead of schedule. It was an ominous sign of typhoon usagi. Its said to be the most powerful on the planet this year. It formed in the pacific earlier in the week, and has tracked westnorthwest through the lausanne strait. Fotorrential rain, crops were destroyed and villages damaged. Flooding and landslides have forced thousands of people to loaf their homes. Chinas southern cows is preparing for the worst. 4,000 people have already left ahead of the storm and 3,000 3,0 fishing boats returned to port. 1979 was the last time that a storm made a direct hit. Today Airlines Warned against traveling on sunday and said they would hold full flights in and out of hong kong. Thousands of people are away this Holiday Weekend to celebrate the mid amen festival. And this storm could cause transport delays for those who return. They have raised the typhoon flag to signal the need for preparation and told the city to brace itself for what could be the worst storm to hit here in 34 years. Meteorologist were watching the forecast. This is the radar that comes from the taiwan central weather bureau. Clearly seeing the radar. Now the problem is these bands are going over the same area as they spin around the center of the storm. With the heavy rain like this going over the same area youre getting significant flooding in taiwan. Now the storm is not nearly as intense as it was but its still a very powerful typhoon. Its not seeing the center of the storm so its not that welldefined. The wind still over 100 mild. The latest information 125 with the wind speed moving at 13 mph. That is a category three storm but it will continue to weaken but still maintain fairly significant wind speeds as it moves towards hong kong. The timing of this local time is 3 00 in the morning on monday. Well watch this with the update of the National Forecast coming up. With just nine days with government funding a Government Shutdown seems increasingly likely. The house passed a measure to fund the measure, but with one exception president obamas Health Reform law. President obama blamed republicans, quote, for inflicting economic pain on millions of americans. Some are willing to plunge america into default if they cant defund the Affordable Care act. Think about that. They would actually plunge this country back in recession all to deny the basic security of healthcare to millions of americans. Well go to Randall Pinkston who is joining us live. It looks like next week is paving the way for shut down show yes or no. Were looking at next week taking place with the following actions in the senate that Senate Majority leader harry reed will strip the House Resolution that defunds obamacare, and then send it back to the house just days before the deadline of the shutdown. House Speaker Boehner will have two choices. One, if he can get the majority of House Republicans to join with democrats to approve the senate bill. Or, he can suspend the rules. That would allow all of the democrats and the minority of republicans. Given the opposition to obamacare its unlikely that either one of those skies will take place, and the house will reject the senate bill and then we brace for an economic calamity for those who depend on Government Funds to survive. Urging both sides of congress to work together, what can you tell us about that effort . Reporter well, governor sandoval was selected by the republicans to respond to president obama. He has touted his ability to work with democrats to reduce spending, and also to increase jobs, and he was the person who urged problem to use some of the same kind bipartisan cooperation he has experienced in nevada. One point about governor sandoval. He is the first republican governor to support the healthcare act. He has put in place the Health Exchanges and expanded medicaid. Notwithstanding the fact that the bit that he was supporting passed by the health of representatives. As we head into next week what do we expect from the democrats as far as political maneuvering. We hear them talking not only sending their legislation back to the house without defunding of obamacare, but they want to increase Government Spending and get back some of the funs from the sequester. Thank you. Arch the possible shut down is sorted out congress will debate raising the debt ceiling. Reporter the 1700mile Keystone Pipeline is just a line on a map but there have been rallies and protests where hundreds of people have been arrested. And its been discussed for more hours than anybody wants to count. It has a keystone clock counting down from 2008 when transcanada, the canadian giant behind the project, first made application to the u. S. Government. It would carry crude oil from canadas tar sands to refinery on the u. S. Gulf coast of mexico. It would run right through the country. The approval process has been as long as, well, the cost of the pipeline itself. They have a review that runs 2,000 pages. This summer president obama said he would approve keystone if and only if if it wont increase Greenhouse Gas emissions. Our national interesting will be served only if this problem does not exacerbate the problem of carbon solution. The impact on our climate will be critical to determining whether this project is allowed to go forward. Reporter keystone opponents say it will be an environmental disaster. Now tar sand oil is not like anything bumpe pumped from well. It is sticky tough and it has to be heated up before it can be used. And that takes a ton of energy. Transcanada is considering a reactor just to thats, and that will be creating more carbon emission. Some say if it is approved it is game over for the climate when it comes to climb change. An oil spill would be disastrous for farmers, but others say that it would pour billions in the u. S. Economy. The argument goes that the u. S. Should build the pipeline and benefit from it. But depending how that plays out that Stage Department wont be have you everred until september 30th so youre going hear about it for years to come. Making sure that Bashar Alassad follows through on his promise. And one of the most powerful womens battle for third term. International investigators have begun deliberating over syrias chemical weapon arsenal after receiving detailed reports from damascus. Damascus agreed to a joint russianu. S. Agreement. In the outskirts of damascus, part of the recent push to capture rebel positions meanwhile syria chemical Weapon Program that i not be be a safe secret. This is a crucial step in a deal brokered by u. S. And russia to scrap syrias chemical program. Syria has about 1,000 tons of chemical agents. Brigadier general was in charge of the chemical weapons before joining the opposition h. He said the World May Never know the whole truth about assads chemical arsenal. I can tell that you we have more than 205,000 tons of chemical agents. The regime is hiding toxins in revote village and under heavy protection. Serious full declaration of all chemical weapons is just the beginning. The entire arsenal must be eliminated by mid next year. The u. S. And russia have yet to agree on procedures to ensure syria wont hide any of its weapons. But many say this is a deflection away from the core issue of the syrian tries. The whole issue is just a diversion of whats happening in syria. Its not chemical weapons. The objective is not to get rid of the checkcal weapons. The an text is to ret. V victims. The faces of dead children and their families moments after the attack the Syrian Government and its applies, russia and iran, blame the reps from the attack. The u. S. Britain and france accused Bashar Alassad from using chemical weapons on his own people. Three n. A. T. O. Soldiers all u. S. Troops were shot dead in the latest inside attack in afghanistan. It happened in eastern afghanistan. An afghan soldier open fired on u. S. Soldiers killing two on the spot. A third died later from his wounds. There have been seven insider attacks against coalition forces. To germany will voters head to the polls for an initial election tomorrow. The polls put anglega merkel in the lead. And she has major sway in final markets around the globe. Amanda price has the story. Eight years after th become chancellor, Angela Merkel is still one of the most popular leaders in jeremy. She is a powerful leader in europe that is mostly run by men. She has outlasted her male counterparts in italy, france, and the u. K. A native of the former communist of east germa germany, her trais in physics. Five years after the financial crisis germany is going strong with one of the worlds lowest jobless rates. Unlike grease an greece and spae unemployment is past 12 . People feel that she has done something wrong. The decision german voters could have this weekend could have an enormous effect on the economy. Her track record is among her strongest selling points. I think we can say looking at hour neighbors in jump tha eurot germany has had a good run. Peer steinbruck complained that the chancellor is not paid enough and recently appeared on the cover of the National Magazine making an obscene gesture. In a Parliamentary Campaign were no longer able to fit satire into humor, if we cant be easy going then i dont have any interest in that kind of campaign. Several factors played into this resentment, and one is clearly the fact that there are memories in jesus of nazi germany, and there was reference to the nazi past. Reporter but merkels handling of the crisis has won her admirers at home and could win her a third term at chancellor. Michael eaves joins us about news of another Law Enforcement in the nfl. Reporter yes, former Chicago Bears gail say years for Health Problems stemming from head injuries. He claimed the league failed to inform him of playing with head traumas. And stenson, if he can hang on to win, hell guarantee himself a 10 million as winner of the fedex cup. All pro linebackerraer jaldn smith out on bail. I was arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence and suspicion of owning marijuana. Thats a look at your sports headlines. Ill be back with more sports news in 20 minutes. The latest of the mall massacre in kenya. The latest on this developing story coming up. Thats all i have an real money. Victoria azarenko [[voiceover]] no doubt about it, welcome back to al jazeera. Heres a look at your headlines at this hour. With just nine days before the government runs out of funding to pay its bills a Government Shutdown seems likely. President obama blamed republicans, quote, for economic pains on americans. The most powerful typhoon of the year, typhoon usagi tore through the philippines. Two people are dead and two missing in the rainsoaked ring. It is now bearing down in hong kong. In an attack in m in nairob9 are dead, and american citizens are among the wounded. For more were joined by al jazeera correspondent in nairobi. Its good to have you with us, peter. What can you tell us about the latest inside the mall . We know that more are hol hod up inside. There are people inside the mall that security has not been able to reach this is a pretty good size complex. Of course, because its such a large public space they had no idea who was in there at the time. The police have no idea how many could still be hiding. Ill still be able to get things out. Now the canyon security say theyve been able to contain area. Are the gunmen making any demands at this hour . No, theyre not this Group Carried it out are somali militants from neighboring somali who attack in retaliation for ten i cants role inside somalia. So what theyre saying this is about news. This is about retribution, crimes against the somali people. There are no demands beyond release, and its hard to say how this is going tobledded end any other way other than a very serious shootout. We understand that American Forces are helping. What can you tell bee about the negotiations. Theyre trying to enthis scene. We dont have a great deal of information about which units are work with you, but we do know that theyre an active roll. In nairobi, kenya, keeping us posted throughout the evening. We appreciate your reporting. Thank you. It is perhaps the biggest political scandal in china in decades. A verdict in the trial of former chinese official bo xilai is do you. Each day bo xilai gave up a new sensational allegation, gu kailai, knew of of corruption. And another mans secret love for gu was behind his actions. But will it damage Party Authority or was it all part of a plan . Bo xilais trial was basically open and fair. Even if in what happened was outside of the patriots expectation it was still to the partys advantage. The charge were limiteed. Amounts of money were small. No alleged human rights violation when in change of the city of chongching. Authorities were lining up people accused of spreading rumors about government officials. Some rumors have been vicious. Others first denied have been about dou the rumors. Such decisions are first discussed and negotiated among the powerful. If the party is really serious about getting rid of corruption, why not list assets publicly . There are more than a hundred countries who have already done so. The party always said that chinas not ma