i was thinking about the president is not going to asia. he's going to be at the white house. he doesn't have any public events on the schedule. today things are going to happen. one thing you will see happen is there a measure that will allow for government workers to get back pay once the stand off is resolved. once there is a resolution in place to fund government no matter how long this shut down lasts the then the government will get paid. you hear people say that. everyone is saying they will side with the government workers but what the house is trying to do are these small budget bills that are taking agencies like to dc budget for the city of washington, d.c. where the capitol is, where that he ear taking little pieces of budget and saying fund these and the democrats are opposeing those. the president president is issues for each of those and it amounts to a war of words. the republicans are saying the president is in the way of funding cancer research and helping the woman and infant children get their food programs. the program is saying you can oh open the government right now bypassing the clean bill that you had before you and, by the way, these small bill, cut the budget further than it's already been cut. so there's a lot of war of words here. >> talk at the intense pressure that some of these politicians are under from their constituants. >> it's different depending on what you represent. these 22 republicans that we're talking about, a majority of them represent districts that president obama won or the that are marginal where they are vulnerable and maybe running for another office. they are keeping their political futures in mind where it matters. most of the republican tkphapbs johs in johnboehners caucus. there's more turn over in the house. there's political consequences for people because the districts are drawn in the way where they are safe from one party or the other. they have a primary rate and that's not something where you will give in on the government on. >> is health care still on the table or are they moved on those other issues? >> they claim that they want to negotiate and talk about spending and curveing the government spending or maybe some bargain where they cut entitlement programs to get the budget more in check. they still don't like health care reform put they are able to see that this does not win the argument for them. you're not hearing that argument like you heard it a few days ago and now you have day four of this shut down it will be day six. on monday it's not going to be pretty. so i think you're not going to hear much about health care at all. it's that next fight. that expiration date is the october 17th. >> i know this was tough day because of the shooting in washington yesterday. can you give us a sense of what it's like to be in washington, d.c. today and what it feels like with regard to this shut down? >> there's too-fold effects just like a journalist living and working in the city you try to schedule an interview far television show. they don't have staff answering the phones anymore. you're trying to contact someone to get information from a press officer well they are not working certain hours. on a personal level a lot of my friends work and live in the city whether it's government jobs or at the capitol and wondering if they will make their rent or mortgage. they are wondering if they will be out of work far long time. the work still piles up and when it's not getting the done that bothers people. it's really cast a shadow over the town. people are depressed. they are frustrated. the government is still closed. what's really important to point out about this is we are feeling it heavily now but these going to be trickling out and a lot of agencies. you are look at offices for food programs in the state and you are looking at the research center closing in mountain view, california. that's a space research center. you are looking at military personnel on furlough. that will have a lasting the effect on the economy if it lasts. >> it's great to have you on the program. thanks for having us tonight. >> thank you have a nice weekend. more on the car chase at the capitol yesterday. the woman shot to death by police was delusional. the woman tried to drive through white house barri re rs before police shot her through the capitol. she thought the president was communicating with her. she also says her daughter has been suffering from post-pardon depression. a state of emergency has been along the gulf coast. some areas of under mandatory evacuation orders. sam, what's the latest on the evacuations there. >> reporter: so, john, we're basically talking about some low lying areas of louisiana sort of like the bottom at the mouth of the mississippi area. a barrier island called grand i'll. those are places the under mandatory evacuation. other people are being encouraged. we are talking about an area where 350-miles from louisiana to the panhandle of florida that could be effected by this tropical storm where people are used to this. they have seen this happen. they have been warned before. they are starting the to see the effects of it right now. we talked to people whether oh are being very cautious. they very concerned about this turning in to something that will effect our lives as it has in the past. a lot of people asking questions about the government furloughs and how it will effect certain things. you know how fema has effected storms or the recovery of storms or the hope from storms in the past? so, fema workers who had been furloughed have been recalled. also, national guard members and all of the states effected. louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida have been brought in and are on stand by for this. in the meantime, new orleans to mayor talked the earlier today about what they were doing. he said the government furloughs is certainly something important and they are doing things just as normal. >> there no light between us and the central government. the furlough and the concerns in washington right now are going to have no impact in our ability to put a total compliment of federal, state and local officials on the the ground to protect citizens. >> reporter: what's ironic about this is this a place of jewel of mississippi it's right on the gulf coast. there are beautiful homes right on the coast. >> if you tphapbl tphapblg imagn edge. certainly we will have to wait and see. >> certainly t thanks very much. meteorologist dave warren are here with how powerful the storm is and where it may hit. >> the latest that this came in in the national hurricane storm. the next 24 hours not much will change here along the coast. there's the center is of the storm. you can actually see the circulation. not near this cluster of thunderstorms. it has not been intensifying much it's not been weakening much. the winds still add 50 miles per hour. the satellite and the cloud cans -- the storm is there. here's the strongest thunderstorms so nowhere near the sent person winds 50 miles per hour and it's 290-miles south of new orleans moving stationary. it will start to move north and northeast. impact 1:00 a.m. sunday between tomorrow and early sunday. it's just south in louisiana. this this is where you see the storm surge. you have the wind coming in from the ocean there. that's the low lying areas of louisiana seeing the biggest storm surge nap will happen first then as it moves through the coast of alabama and florida. 1:00 on sunday and heavy test rain with wind forecast at 60 miles per hour. than is another track coming in tonight at about 11:00 eastern time. >> moving up the coast on monday. it could bring some heavy rain to new york. talking about midwest now. there's another storm. there's tornado watches and warnings in effect. this is northeast nebraska and the 200-miles away we have winter weather warnings and blizzard warnings. this is what it look likes in south dakota. over a foot of snow and gusty winds reducing visibility. that is what we're dealing with now. this snow will continue and that severe weather threat continues. werwe are tracking all the sevee weather and have the rest the from "karen" coming up. this w the national forecast. . >> still ahead. the dangers many african immigrants face in order to better their lives. plus, taking a historical trip. the connection pope francis had with a small italian town and the new the reform he wants to be in the catholic church. . hope is fading as the search for survivors off the italian coast. the boat sank thursday. more than 150 passengers were rescued but 100 people were killed and authorities say that number will rise. amanda price has the story. >> reporter: the ship came to rest. drivers have started pulling bodies from the water but rough seas are keeping them from their work. the boat flipped over early thursday after a fire started on board cause caning passengers to trourb one side. a local fisherman said he was the first rescuer at the scene. >> translator: the situation was dramatic. all the people with their arms raised crying for help. it was just terrible. the journey from north cal nortn the mediterranean is a difficult one. many have traveled from somalia. a quest for opportunity in europe cut short in the journey's final hours. amanda price, al jazeera. >> from somalia in africa across the desert nearly 5,000 miles to tunisia then to the italian island roughly 70-miles away from sea. pete ser in somalia where the journey for in began. she is on the coast of tunisia put we begin with sonia in italy where the tragic journey ended. >> reporter: the latest here is that the rescue operations are drawing to a close hit. it's been a very frustrating days for the operation team. also from the coast guard and the firefighter team as well. they have because of poor weather conditions not been able to enter in to the sea and get in to the wreckage off the boat to try to see if they can get more bodice. bodice. bodies. >> as that situation continues, they have to see thousan how loe weather conditions will contin continue. >> tell thousan why so many areg somalia on such a dangerous trip? >> you might see a significant drop trying to make that journey. the numbers have slowed. here's the paradox, people are taking the economic improvement and the opportunitys that provide to save up a little bit of money but rather than staying here and investing here. what they are doing is they are sending particularly the young men are across the country, 'cross the continent on that very dangerous journey in the hope that they will. able toll provide some insurance because they don't have confidence in the future stability of somalia just yet. there is a new government. the economy seems to be slowly stabilizing. the people are telling does but they just can't be sure that the government is truly stable. it's the place in the coming months or years. so they are trying to send people aboard and a form of insurance and to make sure that they get money back when they can to send money back here. until we see that stability and until we see confidence return here. were likely to see pa steady stream continuing to leave somalia. >> tell us a little bit about why they make the trip to tunisia before head off to europe. >> well, tunisia and libya are great accessing pointing for southern europe. i have to say the fewer people leaving on boats because the government clammed down on it. but it's security back here so they are pacecally running areas as folks departed. the criminal gangs are organizeed. they are making millions out of this. just bun boat for example with 500 people if they take $2,000 or so from each person is a million dollars. >> items' lot of money of what's a human trafficking and there' very little being done to coordinate efforts. it's dee get libya on board and coordinate the coast guard to stop these people from leaving the libyan coast. we have a problem hereof unemployment and 50% in some areas. that's why system are leaving. that's the name each going and -- he lived a life dedicated to the poor. folks talked about beliefs of the 13th century. the church the to strip itself of worldlyness because he says it leads to vanity t-rb, arrogae and pride. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the pontiff is a mission to reform the catholic church. he says he wants a church that is poor and for the poor. alex rodriguez is fighting for his time in a courtroom. michael is here request sports. michael. it seems like all season long, alex rodriguez is over shady on the field. he's trying to get here in the play off and the tpwaeubl pursued what he called a witch hunt designed to spear his character and call for millions. alex rodriguez filed a lawsuit in the supreme court thursday. this lawsuit comes while rodriguez appealed a 211 game su211suspension for violating te labor agreement and drug contract. a 7-1 victory, and alvarez with a 2-1 home run and game three now moves to pittsburgh sunday afternoon. in the nbat brooklyn nets jason kidd has been suspended before ever coaching his first game. the league suspending kidd for the first two games of the upcoming season after he pleaded guilty to driving while impaired. following his arrest in july hroeuf last year, now in from new york. there's your sports headlines. more sports news ahead including the nfl team losing its starting quarterback for the rest of the season. >> plotting stories with a life in a syrian time that was a target of those weapons. caught on camera, why an apologize over same-sex marriage is headacheing matters worse for the government of pennsylvania? welcome back. a large tornado has ripped through parts of wayne county nebraska. there's reports of homes damaged, cars tossed and people trapped in side their homes. a supply company has reported a hazardous gas leak. we will keep you updated. weather warnings. forecasterss say the storm will probably not develop in to a hurricane before it hits the coast. many communities are facing mandatory evacuations. the storm is expected to hit that coast on saturday. >> rough seas delayed the coast of survivors oh of the ship wreck off the italian coast. the boats traveling from libya was packed when it sank. more than 120 people are confirmed dead and 150 others rescued. it's one of the worst incidents ever in europe's long running immigrant crisis. >> congress is prepearing to work again this weekend because there's no deal on the budget. the house is expected to vote on several new bills to restore several services. it will not despite more pressure from the president. furloughs several employees rallyed in washington today. calling for an end to the shut down. wall street is keeping a very close eye on what's happening and tradeers are not just waiting to see how the throng government shut down will last. and ali velshi explains, there's more concerns over the next financial deadline looming over law makers. >> stocks closed hire after closed lower all week long. the u.s. actually hit its debt ceiling months a go in may. but by october 17th if it isn't raised by congress, treasury can't manipulate funds anymore. economists are now warning that that could and very likely to trigger a recession. you heard it correctly. a recession. and americans sense the danger that this poses to them. confidence in the u.s. economy has plummeted since the shut this down began. that's to its lowest level since 2011. john, 2013 has been a bumper year for stock market. the s&p 500 had gaines of more than 18% so far this year. that's a great annual return by any measure. we still have almost three months a go before the end of the year. despite that, the market is down about 3.5% from its all-time high. -z that could change fast. now is the time to -- the financial experts will large i'll say don't touch them. most people who are not professional investors who cash out don't have the sense to get back in and keep making money. congress does need to take this seriously. >> tell them to end this shut down and raise the debt ceiling. but consequences of doing so, john are simply too dire. >> ali velshi. thank you. on the ground in syria, fighting is as fierce as ever. new amateur video surfaced. a government-air strike in the east part of that country. the army said rebels are also engaged in battles and damascus. the opposition is trying to force out the president. president assad out of power and in an interview with turkish tv the syrian country warned that country will pay a heavy price for backing rebels fighting the overthrow him. >> translator: in the near future these terroristless have an impact on turkey. it's not possible to use terrorism as a card and put nit your pocket because it's like a scorpion which won't hesitate to sting you at any moment. >> reporter: on august 21st, a suburb of damascus was a target of a chemical weapons attack that killed 1400 people. that is called ghhouta. we are obscur obscuring her idey for safety. >> at least 95% of the people in the town which was the town that was hit by the chemical weapons has abandoned the town completely. only 8,000 people remain according to locals. the main reason they remain is because they can't venture oh out in the government-controlled damascus. they will be detained and arrested at checkpoints. so especially for men and young men in particular, this is very difficult. there's constant disappearances and detentions that happen at the checkpoints. >> i understand that they have been bombarded but talk if you would about people who had loved ones who died from the syrian gas attack or families who died from those attacks and the impact on that community as well. >> reporter: this has been our life for two years. to them, getting, martyred, getting killed has become a daily event. during the short time that i was there. seven is people came in and out of rooms saying as a matter of factly, things like a baby was just a martyred down the street. we need to go to this field hospital. pit's really beyond our understanding if we're not used to that level of violence and the death. there's so many people whom have lost their spire family. >> entire family. >> we are not used to the language of being martyred. >> no one wants to think of their relatives of being killed needlesly and for no reason. this is about knowing that they are there pause they are fighting for this revolution and know this is the price to pay. >> it's so rare to talk to someone inside syria. you've been back and forth. i know you have taken pictures as well. can you describe some of those pictures. >> it's just mind numbering. it's just endless one street after the next of gray rubble, concrete falling apart and buildings completely collapsed or open. you see remembrance of people's lives, you see a washing machine, cabinets, the back board of a bed, a bedroom commode. you see a little soccer ball. these are lives of people that just sud seasonly came to an end. >> what do people say about the gas take? what do they remember? >> each person you talk to has one or scenes that seems stuck with them. they try remember how many bodies they handled. the average person there on the scene thinks they saw maybe 100, 150, 200 people die in front of them. the younger people, the teenag teenagers remember specific things. one teenager i spoke to who is trained as a nurse because of lack of medical personnel in there said he found a # 2-year-old girl that he picked up and brought in to the doctors where the doctors were and the doctors told him it's going to be difficult to save this child. they tried. they only had one air bag to use for dozens of people and they couldn't spare that air bag from someone who was more leekly to o survive. >> there is some hope in the united states that syria has agreed to allow weapons inspectors in to get rid or eliminate the chemical weapons stockpile. does that mat tore the people that you're talking to or not? >> i mean, you're not going to send that. they feel that chemical weapons has been here before in that area. not to the sense and has not cause any casualties before august 21st. they feel that the so-called red line has been crossed way before august 21st. taking away the chemical weapons from the government, no one i spoke to thinks that will change their life anyway. they are still under siege. there's no bread. little babies are starting to die from starvation. so the fact that the u.n. inspectors are optimistic about the chemical weapons, it just doesn't mean much to these people. >> well, it's been great to have you on this program again and to tack the about what most people don't see inside the syria. thank you very much. thank you. >>fy just want to remind our viewers that she's been traveling in and out of syria and the reason we distorted that picture was for her safety. >> pennsylvania governor is facing criticism for an apology. during an appearance on a morning talk show. hes with apologizing for a remark made by the member of his team. the staffer compared gay marriage to marriage between minors. the government tries to make a new come paurson. >new comparison. >> there was a remark. you called it inappropriate. it was an inappropriate analogy. i think a much better -- >> his incest comment. pennsylvania is the only northeastern state that does not allow gay marriage. the governor said he apologizes if his words offended anyone. >> lockheed martin says it will furlough # 3,000 employees on monday. >> the political grid lock in washington, d.c. made far for a volatile week in wall street. the dow fell more than 1% this week while the s&p fell more. shares of bankrupted consumer electronics retailer water to home entertainment group sword nearly 700% by the close. some investors thought they were buying in to twitter instead of tweeter. now twitter has not announced when its stock will go on sale. >> several major u.s. companies are relying this cheap labor tactics. ge, motorola are bringing jobs back to the u.s. that were once set offshore to places like china. it's a trend that other companies may soon follow with the focus of putting americans back to work. a nearly 50% increase in the last 18 months. what we've seen in the last ten years are the cost of china which are extremely low. . since 2 2010, more than 200 u.s. manufactures returned 80,000 jobs the to u.s. shores. services bring up around them and creating more jobs. >> we believe there's a significant impact on job growth. we believe by the year to 2020 there's jobs being created. that's significant nap can move the unemployment rate by 1.5 down to 2 points. >> and susan burger spear headed in u.s. manufacturing. >> she says it's not the jobs that trickle back from overseas but the ones that are created here that will drive growth. >> they attacking valuable services to them. >> u.s. manufactures need more programs to train workers an capitol to ramp up production. >> with foreign shores looking less appealing, images like these will hopefully become less common. america night will come up. >> wear going to look in to our -- we're going to look in to our community. tourists come in t from all over the world. were kwro*r you aware that it's also a draw for the mentally ill. a driver ran barricades near the white house and on capitol hill and then led officers on a high speed chase before dying in a clash with them. that's the latest event under score issue of the mentally ill being drawn to the city. we will talk to criminal behavior experts and why that is. >> the latest investigation and also stay with our coverage of tropical storm "karen" and talk to the men who led recovery efforts the after "katrina" that's coming up at the top of the hor. >> thankhour. >> the last of the university is a small college with one sports team. coming up, why that's not stopping the school for sending more than half dozen athletes to the kweupbte winter olympics. in american journalism - >>introduces america tonight. >>in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. 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>> a defensive tackle. >> there's some str*egts on thessome strength.>> that's hom. one of the biggest things that drives him is his ability to live up to his family name. >> a lot of people will not recognize any face but if i'm in a situation where someone knows or sees my name and the first question is do i play football is am i related. it's been a sense of pride for me and my family. >> in 1961, he game first elected prime minister in uganda's history. we game the first chief justice. if there were a mount rushmore in uganda. it's a reminder for me they should have a great expectation of myself. >> the greatst things that he's remembered for is standing for the rule of fair and just law in uganda. that meant if the man who appointed him as the chief justice. >> more than just hearing about it. when we talk down the street. somebody who recognizes you take the time to come up. >> he was just 50 years a-year-old. 40 years old said he took the lessons from his grandfather's death. >> it can scare you away from politics an your foreign affairs in general or it can inspire you to find a cause that you believe in so passionate that you're willing to give your life. he's a situation where he didn't know what could possibly come down. for that he is loved by an entire nation. whatever it is that you find. >> john hen try smith, al jazeera. remarkable story now and far young man a lot of fans on a football field. >> much deep near to that. >> thank you very much. >> dave warren has the weather next. . millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next. ç] >> a very compact storm and a very powerful. this radar shows what's happening. there's this line of severe weather now in to iowa and there's the blizzard conditions in san diego san diegoconditiond center. you see these individual storms put down the tornados as it moves along. these are all reports of tornads and hail. you see how they form a line. this storm continues to move through iowa. the latest t-pbt tornado warnins still in effect. the severe weather not done yet. also the latest with tropical storm karen. it will turn to oh the north and northeast. it will have that tropical storm intensity really imfact coast of louisiana then through alabama, mississippi and florida. by 1:00 passing south of louisiana then moving towards alabama and florida by 1:00 sunday afternoon. saturday night to sunday and the brunt of this storm with wind and rain. now monday and tuesday the rain continues to move up the coast. there it is monday or tuesday for new york. giving strong wind and rain to the new york area and can cause flooding problems ther there foe start of the week. a look at the headlines coming up. . . >> welcome to al jazeeraamerica. here -- john siegenthaler. several homes and buildings have been damaged and official from the nebraska emergency management office says there's also word of a hazardous gas leak. a state of emergency is in effect, along the gulf cost. storm expected to hit the coast on saturday. congress has another working weekend ahead. the house is said to vote to bring bam some government services but they will not vote on a resolution

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