in tokyo we have professor dewitt. professor, we saw south korea make an announcement about not being interested in japanese fish. >> the fishing interest in that region is quite devastated, and the farmer industry is suffering, and especially -- it was already in trouble, but this has only exacerbated those problems, and the implications are profound. >> and how is that perceived by the japanese people? is there a depressed feeling in terms of knowing that the industries are suffering, and the international community might be looking at some of the products with disinterest because they are worried about the health impact? >> well, the -- for a long time, there was a -- right after the accident there was great concern especially among mothers about buying products and so forth, and that had died down considerably prior to this opening up again in -- you know, on the international stage in july, and so you have -- you know, very much an unsettled degree of public opinion there as well as, because of the inability now t

tokyo has hosted the games before. clearly the country has the resources and wherewithal to stage another olympics. i don't think the concerns that reporters and some people expressed about the nuclear power plant really had much impact on ioc members. it's not close enough to tokyo for them to be concerned about that. >> the point that you did make, though, about how the ioc wants to expand this, do you think that in the near future they will, it won't be these cities just making it to the final, that they'll actually break through? >> we'll see if istanbul tries again. this was madrid's third time. they didn't make it on the first ballot today. i would expect istanbul to try again. your odds go up each time you try. but there are other regions in the world who also want to host the olympics. and for the next games after this one, the 2024, the u.s. olympic committee has not made an announcement yet, but they're forward to putting an american host city in for the games and you would have to consider the american city

. >> tokyo. >> and they are celebrating in tokyo. japan wins the bid to host the 2020 olympics. >>> a run on guns in maryland where tens of thousands are applying for permits with one of america's toughest gun laws about to go on the books. >> machines the size of molecules. how tiny technology could have a huge impact on the way we live our lives. >> john kerry says the world is facing another eunuch moment facing in saturday, he compared the use of chemical weapons to the atrocities of naz. germany. >> this is not the time to be silent spectators to slaughter, not the time to send a message where doing nothing is far more risky thansponding. this is not the time to allow a dictator unfetterred use of some of the most heinous weapons on earth. >> the obama administration is letting the public see some of its evidence. this is one of the videos shown to the senate intelligence committee just last week. the white house says the videos were posted online after the alleged chemical attack outside of damask us on august 21st. on saturday

tokyo has emerged as the frontrunner in the last two weeks. tokyo has held it before. do you think that will help or hinder their chances this time around? >> well, in a way it plays into tokyo's campaign which emphasizes the point that this city would be a safe and reliable choice for the games because it's got the experience, and this is not a country that just hopes that one summer olympics, but its hosted two olympics. they know this country can deliver big sporting events without a hitch. and put on top of that it has world class infrastructure, transportation, advance technology, low crime rates. no wonder it's a favorite. and this is really tokyo's to lose. but those odds have narrowed because of the ongoing nuclear crisis that has been brought by a slew of damaging disclosures. >> how have the bid officials tried to move to calm the fears over that nuclear plant? >> well, the prime minister shinzo abe said that he understands there were concerns about the nuclear radiation crisis, but he due says by 2020 japan will have overcome this problem. they gave a plan o

tokyo win: superior infrastructure. japan's public transport system is world-class and dependable. it's hosted big sporting events before and has several facilities already in place. one of them is the national stadium where the 1964 opening ceremony was held. it's set to undergo a billion dollar refurbishment. this is known for its low crime rate. tokyo's campaign spa emphasized reliability and safety. safety has been put in doubt by japan's nuclear crisis. the fukushima plant crippled in 2011 is leaking radiation. government officials spent last week trying to reassure the international community that the situation would be under control by 2020. the prime minister left the g20 meeting russia early to fly to bo beunas aires. >> many have concerns about fukushima. let me assure you that the situation is under control. >> that strategy appears to have helped. so, tokyo will have the honor of hosting the olympics joining a list of only four other cities. the government says it will not only be a boost to the economy but

live in tokyo. microsoft is purchasing nowkhah's mobile phone business for $7.2 billion. the deal is subject to approval by nowkhah's shareholders. and speaking of mergers it is one of the biggest deals in the telecom business. verizon has agreed to buy out its partner for $130 billion. why it is a major move in verizon's battle with other mobile carriers. >> verizon and vodofone have been partners for 14 years but it's been a rocky relationship. marked by docks over full control by verizon. verizon will pay vote phone a total of $130 billion. it includes the biggest cash pay out in acquisition history, almost $60 billion. it frees them to invest in faster mobile networks. that will help verse zone hold its own where it controls nearly a third of the market share. it's also a reward for vodafone shareholder ms. of them british pension funds. while vodafone will pay $5 billion to the u.s. treasurery, the u.k. government will collect no taxes from its rich cash haul. >> it is going to have to go back into the company, they are going to have pay back a lot of debt. >> at the

we start with florence in the japanese capital tokyo. >> if tokyo wins, this is where the 2020 summer olympics will be centred. the national stadium. it's the main sporting arena for the 1964 games. then the olympics marked japan's recovery from a defeat in world war ii. now it's an advanced nights with world class infrastructure -- advanced nation with world class infrastructure and technology. that is tokyo's experience and reputation will make it the favourite. it's being overshadowed by what is happening 200km away - the nuclear crisis at the fukushima plant. dammed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. the plant is unstable, and leaking radiation. the prime minister has given assurance that the situation will be under control. the japanese government says holding the olympics in tokyo will help inspire the world, showing how a nation can recover from disaster. >> if tokyo wins it will be the first majority to hold the olympics. this stadium was built 11 years ago and could be the central figure. turkish officials will invest $19 billion and that is higher than who others needed t

and tokyo's chances could be hurt from winning the bid. >> if tokyo wins this is where the 2020 olympics will be centered. the main arena from the games, and then marked japan's recovery from world war ii. that plus tokyo's experience and reputation for safety makes it a favorite. but this is being overshadowed what is happening at the fukushima nuclear plant. the plant is still unstable and leaking radiation. the prime minister has give his assurance that the situation will be under control in 2020, and the japanese government said holding the olympics in tokyo will inspire the world by showing how a nation can recover from disaster. >> the international olympic committee will announce the wi winning city later on today. stay tune here on al jazeera. >>> five years ago the economy went into a tailspin. today millions are still unemployed. the market is on the amend. ali velshi reports. >> five years ago this month america and the world marched to the edge of the economic abyss. on september 7, 2008, warning sirens sounded when the government took over fannie mae and freddie mac. one wee

but we start with tokyo. >> if tokyo wins, this is where the 2020 summer olympics will be centred, the national stadium. the arena for the 1964 gamesment the olympics will mark japan's recovery from a defeet in world war ii. now it's an advanced nation. that and tokyo's experience and reputation for safety makes it the favourite. it is said it's overshadowed by what is happening 200km away. the nuclear crisis at the fukushima daiichi plant. damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2007. the plant is unstable. the prime minister gave ashurps that the situation will be under control by 2020. the japanese government says holding the olympics in tokyo will help to inspire the world. >> if turkey wins, it will be the first country with a muslim majority to host the olympics. it has been investing in it. this stadium was built 11 years ago and could be the centre. turkish government is proposing to invest more than $19 billion for the olympics and it is higher than what tokyo and others proposed. there are many challenges and issues to overcome for istanbul, is the traffic. another concern is

tokyo. >> if tokyo wins this is where the 2020 summer olympics will be centered. the national stadium, the main sporting arena for the 1964 games. then the olympics marked japan's recover friday from its defeat in world war ii. now as an advanced nation with world class infrastructure and supervisor technology. that plus tokyo's experience and reputation for safety makes it the favorite. but it's been overshadowed by what's happening more than 200 kilometers away. the nuclear crisis at the fukushima nuclear plant. the plant is still unstable and leaking radiation. the prime minister had given his assurance that the situation will be under control by 2020. the japanese government says holding the olympics in tokyo will inspire the world of how a nation over comes crisis. >> if tokyo wins istanbul wins,e the first to be held here. turkish government is proposing to invest more than $19 billion for the olympics, and is much more higher than what tokyo and some others needed to propose. there are many challenges and issues to overcome. for example, it's traffic. and a

>> reporter: here's what helped tokyo win. superior infrastructure. japan's public transport system is world class and dependable. it's hosted big sporting events pr and has several facilities already in place. one is the national stadium where the 1964 opening ceremony was held. it's set to undergo a billion dollar refurbishment. this bustling met police is known for the low crime rate. they emphasized their reliability and safety. safety is in doubt because of japan's nuclear priesdz. the fukushima daiichi plant crippled in 2011 is still leaking radiation. government officials spent the last week trying to reassure the international community it will be under control by 2020. the prime minister left a g-20 meeting in russia early to fly to buenos aires ahead of the vote. >> some may have concerns about fume fukushima. let me assure you that the situation is under control. >> reporter: that strategy appears to have helped. so tokyo will have the hopper of hosting the olympics more than once, joining a list of only four other cities. the government sa

tokyo and madrid are in the running as the international olympic committee meets to decide and tokyo are favorites but as we report from madrid all three have pros and cons. >> london 2012 says the olympics can do wonderful things for a country's reputation and pride. and three cities are represented in buenes ares and hoping to be chosen to host the 2020 games. tokyo is the favorite and strength the bid for 2016 and increased support from the public and they are getting a billion up grade and center piece for the rubgy cup and they said the city is unaffected by radiation contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear plant. istanbul could go to a new frontier where east meets west and organizers in turkey have not suffered from the scenes earlier in the summer and protesters against an urban plan clashed with police and the subsequent disturbance continued for days and madrid who unsuccessfully bid for the last two olympics. and around the bidding is madrid has grounds on the rivals in the last few days. and there is genuine optimism in the spanish capital that it is third time luck

. >> tokyo. [ cheering ] >> the olympics return to japan. we'll have more on the announce of the 121 2020 games and the announcement. >> secretary kerry tries to drum up support for the u.s. allies. >> meanwhile thousands o protest against intervention in a syrian civil war. >> tokyo will host the 2020 olympic games. japan beat out istanbul and madrid. the contenders all had strong selling points, but they all faced serious challenges. >> the olympic games of 2020 awarded to the city of tokyo. [ cheering ] >> the build up to today's announcement was intense. two years of lobbying, and tens of millions of dollars spent. all three finalists pushed hard to boast their beauties and hide their blemishes. spain with an economy suffering 27% unemployment pitched low cost games and saying they already had most of the venues in place. turkey highlighted a strong economy and the fact that it would have been the first muslim to host the elections as well as a link between europe and asia. the fighting tarnished the country's image. japan had to fight o

(cheering and applause) >> and here is what helped tokyo win - superior infrastructure. japan's public transport system is world class and dependable. it hosted big sporting events before and has several facilities in place. one is the national stadium, where the 1964 opening ceremony was held. it's set to undergo a billion dollar refurbishment. this bustling metropolis is known for low crime rates. it's reliability and safety was emphasised. it has been put in doubt by the nuclear crisis. the fukushima daiichi crippled by an earthquake is still in consideration. the government spent the internationlast week convincing the international community that it will be resolved by 2020. >> some may have concertainlies about fukushima. -- concerns about fukushima. let me assure you the situation is under control. >> that strategy appears to have helped. so tokyo will have the honour of hosting the olympics more than once, joining a list of four other cities. the government says it will not only be a boost to the economy, but inspire a country that had to deal with an earthquake,

that, plus tokyo's experience and its reputation for safety makes it the favorite. but its bid is being overshadowed what's happening more than 200 kilometers away. the nuclear crisis at the fukushima plant. damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the plant is still unstable and leaking radiation. the prime minister has given his assurance that the situation will be under control by 2020. and the japanese government says, holding the olympics in together i don't will help inspire the world by showing how a nation can recover from disaster. >> the international committee will be announced later today. for the latest on all of that, stay here on al jazeera. five years ago, the financial crisis sent the u.s. economy into a tailspin. today, millions are unemployed. the market is on the mend, though. al jazeera's ali velshi reports. >> five years ago, america and the rest of the world marked to the edge of the abyss. warning sirens sounded when the government took over fannie mae and freddy mac. titans were placed on the housing market but a collapse in home prices

florence libby reports from tokyo >> reporter: if tokyo wins, this is where the 2020 summer olympics will be centered. the main supporting arena for the 1964 games. then the olympics marked japan's recovery from its defeat in world war ii. now, it's an advanced nation with world class infrastructure and superior technology. that, plus tokyo's reputation for safety makes it the favor. but the bid is being other shadowed by the nuclear crisis at the fukishimi plant. the plant is still unstable and leaking radiation. the prime minister has given his assurance that the situation will be under control by 2020. the japanese government says holding the olympics in tokyo will help inspire the world showing how a nation can recover from disaster. >> our next half hour, we will take a closer look at the final olympic competitor, madrid spain. at the end of the first hour: president obama will address the nation on tuesday before the american people for military strikes in syria. a new lunar launch. nasa is heading back to the moon to explore it's water. >>> we told you tokyo is in the running

three cities are still in the running: tokyo, istanbul and madrid. tokyo is the favorite but all three are optimistic they'll wait. >> london 2012 provedded the olympics can do wonderful things for a country's reputation and pride. now throw cities are represent representedded in buenos aries. tokyo is the favorite having failed the bid for 2016 and now have increased support from their public. they have an stadium upgrade. but in the final lap, bid leaders had to insist that the city has been affected by the radiation. in istanbul where east meets west, clashing police and subsequent riots went on for days. in madrid there is genuine optimism the third time is lucky. their bid utilizes existing venues that keep costs low. such as this one, the tennis venue that is considered world class because it hosts the madrid open every year and is hosting a cup match next week. >> they want to place where they feel comfortable, where they know the place, where they think that the sports can be held easily, professionally as they're supposed to be staged. that'

three cities are still in the running tokyo, istanbul and madrid. analysts say tokyo is the favorite, but as lee wellings report, all three cities are optimistic they are win. >> reporter: london 2012 proves that the olympics can do wonderful things-to-a country's pride. tokyo is the favorite having strengthened the bid that failed for 2016 and increased support from their public. the national stadium is getting $1 billion upgrade and was the place of the world cup. but in the final lap, concerns of radiation from the fukushima plant. in istanbul where the east meets west, they hope that violence and riots that have lasted for days. the feeling is madrid is gaining ground on its rival, and there is genuine optimism in the capital that it's third time lucky. even the economic problems the country has faced has been turned into a positive. their bid will use existing venues that will keep costs low. this view, is considered world class because it costs the madrid every year. there is not much that needs to change here. >> they want a place where they

tokyo will host the 2020 summer olympics and the government has been promoting the city's reputation for safety and concerns of radiation my ruin its chances and florence lee in tokyo. >> reporter: a move seen as a sign of improving relations between korea and the deal was made between talks of members of a committee who talked about reopening the case on joint industrial zone and the hotline is a coordinate cross border travel are used to coordinate cross border travel between two countries and cut after the north's nuclear test in february. and refugees are refusing to turn themselves to a facility. 100 people broke out of the cell where they have been kept for nine months and it's dirty and over crowded and security forces surrounded the building and given the prisoners two days to surrender. walmart is one of the wealthy country in the world and brings in 10s of thousands of revenues but they have been protesting against the low wages and we have the story from new york. >> walmart. >> reporter: chanting at the edge of walmart parking lot and allowed no closer, 25,000 a year and

tokyo's bid emphasized it's world class transit system, and it's safety. those safety concerns were raised pause of the on going fukushima disaster. professor ian henry joins us now to discuss how the olympics can bolster the economy. thank you for joining us, i guess the question that has to be asked is the prime minister said, he is hoping the games will turn around 15 years of deflation, is there a historic record to support his wishes? >> yes, the games generated a great deal of expenditure, and income, not just tourist income, but things like construction, and investment etc. and certainly with the london games when britain was h the drip of recession, it's proved to be a positive stimulus. >> then there is the news of fukushima, the prim minister has to come out and say everything in regards to fukushima is safe. do you think tourists will agree? and do you think it can stop people from attending the games? >> well, there with two arguments in relation to fukushima, one was that the government's commitment to do everything that was required to ensure

in the final lap, bid leaders have had to insist tokyo is unaffected by radiation contaminated water from the fukushima nuclear plant. >> istanbul has the opportunity you to take the olympics to a city where east meets west. the organizers in turkey have had scenes with protesters protesting an urban development plan. disturbances continued for days. the outsider was madrid who have unsuccessfully bid for the last two olympics. the feeling this time is that madrid has gained ground on its rivals in the last two days and there is optimism that even with the economic challenges they've faced they can use existing venues to keep costs low, such as this one, the tennis stadium considered world class. it is hoping a cup match next week. >> they want a place where they feel comfortable, where they know the place, where they think that the sports can be held easily, professionally, as they're supposed to be staged. that's the first thing. they want to make sure that it will be a good host for the olympic games. >> the i.o.c. members will also vote on which sports will be included and for a

we have more from tokyo. >> a spokesperson told us a spokes fern recorded higher levels of radiation. it was discover canered at several hot spots. it showed that 1 18mili -- the initial spikes was that tetco started using more sophisticated devices to measure radiation level. previous machines can can reach up t 1 100 an hour. t*e tco confirmed that this new spike is not because of any leak. there is still in those developments. because what this means with the clean up operations an how will this complicate because the levels of radiation that's detected are extremely high and can be extremely dangerous. experts said that expo sure to this level of radiation is enough to kill someone if they are not wearing the right prot*eufbgt clothing. >>> >> an egyptian policeman has opinion killed in the southern attack. we can now. joined by our correspondent. >> caller: we understand two gunman approached a security checkpoint in the area. we're told that security forces are now searching the area for the gunman. and it will come as quite a shock. it's a beautiful town on the nile. a very fam

the trem senior located 400 miles south of tokyo. there were no reports of irregularities in the fukushima nuclear plant or any casualties. john kerry and chuck hagel answered questions today for the senate relations committee

special representative has arrived in tokyo on a regional tour to discuss the nuclear reactor. negotiations have been stalled since 2009. bernard smith, al jazeera. >>> you're watching al jazeera. much more to come. ♪ >>> welcome back at least three people were killed torrential rains caused flooding in colorado. this man's vehicle flipped and fell off of a washed-out overpass and two other cars followed. we're going to boulder, colorado. i understand you have new information coming in from the governor, tamara? >> reporter: i do, richelle, the governor says this storm is turning into epic proportions, and so he is asking fema for assistance in the rescue efforts here in boulder county, and out there colorado. this storm is not just hitting boulder county, but as far north as larimer county, and as far south as colorado springs. you can see some of the kids trying to keep the flood waters from coming into their apartments. earlier this morning we shot some amazing video of a rescue in which three cars were passing over a roadway, and that roadway collapsed on them. all three

we're in tokyo. >> japan's nuclear regulation authority say there is no evidence that there are any new leaks at the fukushima nuclear plant. the radiation readings were higher over the weekend compared to two weeks ago because tepco, the company in charge the power plant, had been using more sophisticated machines to read the levels. now the government is taking a more direct approach in handling the crisis. >> we have decided to take charge of the issue, not just leaving it to tepco, we will deal with this so as not to repeat such an incident. >> now the prime minister shinzo abe is due to chair another nuclear response meeting tuesd tuesday, and speculations of this new plan can be revealed on tuesday. we don't know what it will include, but it will have to deal with the immediate problem of how to store the contaminated water at the plant. the chairman of the nuclear regulation authority has reiterated but that they have no choice but to discharge some of this water into the ocean, but they'll make sure whatever water is discharged meets the regulation threshold. >> the gaming indus

problem, there are concerns nuclear active leaks from the fukushima plant could cause concerns for tokyo. >> the the olympics mark japan's recovery from defeat from world war ii. now it is a nation of superior technology that with safety makes it a favorite. but it's what is happening 200 kilometers away, the fukushima nuclear plant. the plant is still unstable and leaking radiation. the prime minister has given its assurance that the situation will be under control by 2020. the japa japanese government sat will show the world how a nation can recover from disaster. >> the ioc will announce the winning nation in buenos aires. stay tune for thanage. >>> it's been relatively quiet, tell us why? >> this is only the sixth year since 1960 that we haven't had an actual named hurricane in the atlantic basin. unfortunately or fortunately right now we do not have any systems developing into hurricane currents currently although we do have areas we're looking at 20% chance for this storm to develop into tropical sites in the next 48el hours. we'll continue to monitor this. the reason why it's been

prime minister assured the world that fukushima would not pose a threat to the 2020 olympic games in tokyo. >> an important mission: japan's opposition party questions the man in charge of ensuring safety at the damaged fukushima nuclear plant. the answer is swift and unwelcome. the situation he says, is not under control. after under a week ago japan's prime minister was assuring the people that the plant was under control. which led the international olympic committee to award tokyo the 2020 olympic games. >> the prior statement that this was under control based on preventive measures. the government will continue to insure that all necessary steps are being taken. >> reporter: for months radioactive water has been leaking from storage tanks around the plant. some of it has reached the pacific on or about, and efforts continue to try to keep the main body of contamination away from ground water. but with hundreds of thousands of liters being cooled to cool the reactors every day one international expert said tepco's effort is untenable. >> there is a major challenge ahead for disposition

. >> they really felt like they should have paid him when they took him to tokyo. he loved to be able to travel, but when he came back he talked about how they didn't give him the money that they had said. >> reporter: this was one of the last conversations he had with alexis. it wasn't until monday morning that i saw the news and he's been in disbelief sense. heidi zhou castro, al jazeera texas. >> taking the head of police hostage. the ninth day of a violent confrontation from the liberation front. the army said it rescued 80 hostages on monday and captured 80% of the area. >>> well, we're in the city. what is the situation. the army has managed to free hostages but at the same time rebels have captured a police chief. where do we stand? >> reporter: well, we are outside the national police department. they comes at the time when the news broke out that the police, the officer in charge of the police has been taken by the liberation front fighters. it's not known how that happened, but many here were expecting that with the release of those hostages, that would m

pushing for the reopening of nuclear react toors meet the country's energy demands and in a few days tokyo will find out if it has been chosen to host the 2020 olympic games. >> we are determined to take drastic measures of a maximum scale, so there are no problems by the 2020 olympics seven years from now. >> with that statement coming on the back of recent revelation he may offer little assurance. tepco estimated there are radioactive levels leaking into the ocean daily, only confirm a fears that a cleanup at the fukushima daiichi plant will be worse. >>> twisters struck about 100 kilometers north of tokyo. 13 homes were completely destroyed while dozens of other homes were demanding. >>> pakistan's cabinet have agreed to send soldiers into the area around karachi. to bring an end to recent violence. more than a,000 people were killed there in the first six months of this year. kamal, looks like a really tough challenge ahead. is it clear what those strategies are going to be? >> well, the government has been talking about the strategy by saying that they've got an excellent input from t

. >>> the 2020 olympics will be in tokyo. and they bring back one popular sport that has been cut from the games. >>> and the challenge of teaching children in afghanistan. >> welcome back. the international olympic committee reinstated wrestling to the games in 2020. it had been cut back in february. we report from be buenos aires. >> reporter: it was suspended for some cases of corruption. for the federation this has been a wake-up call, and they've taken steps to transform the sport to make it more tv friendly and giving women a bigger role. we also know that th we asked jaques rogge if the voting was fair and even, they only got 24 votes. that's only two more votes. and fidel castro's son came all the way from cuba to buenos aires said that there, there wer was much at stake, but obviously that was not enough. >> michaels eaves is joining us now whether you love tennis or football. it's a big day in sports. >> reporter: yes, it is a big weekend to say the least. and women' final in the u.s. opens are open right now. and s

. >> a massive twitte twister swet through tokyo, tearing down power lines and roofs from homes. by the way, tornadoes are usually unheard of in japan. >>> here rain and humidity are the weather woes in the southeast. >> i stepped out for lunch, and i'm telling you, it's miserable out there. right now we have temperatures at 94 degrees. that's all because of the humidity. in fact we have rain on the way. the cold front is pushing its way further on into the east, and we are going to see some showers over the next couple of days and we're going to continue to have to deal with that heavy rain all along the i-95 corridor as we track the next 24 hours. unfortunately across portions of texas it will remain relatively hot and humid, and across the southwest we'll see a beneficial rain. in las vegas heavy rain was falling north of "l" and it continues to push across the region dumping a bun dance of rain about four inches of rain north of las vegas, and they continue to have to deal with that further into the north as we track the 24 to 48 hours with a lot of monsoonal moisture out the

tokyo istanbul and madrid. all three cities are optimistic. i.o.c. members will vote on which sports will be included and a new president to replace outgoing jack. do keep it here, coming up next, people in power, children of agent orange. don't go anywhere. . (footballnames.ecl) justice. >> >>> over 50 years ago in the early days of the vet no, ma'am war, american forces began using a potent new herbicide known as "agent orange." it was designed to clear forests divid i have provided the vet kong with food. the deadly effects of that poison can be seen in the sickness and disabilities that have affected millions of people and the feeling of shame they have induced in some american vets.

and 6.5 magnitude earthquake has hit 400 miles off the shores of tokyo, the quake did cause buildings in the city to sway, but most are built to with stand even violent quakes. according to energy officials japan's fukushima power plant didn't suffer more damage. >> but next, the taliban shot her as she traveled to school, now a girl with a desire to learn helps open europe's biggest library. ♪ ♪ >>most of yosemite national park is open. a relatively cool and humid labor day allowed firefighters to make major progress in controlling the massive wild fire along the edge of the park. several roads leading to yosemite are still closed and full containment is not expected until later in september. ♪ here to talk about sports and the u.s. open, a lot going on tonight. >> oh, serena, all about serena williams, she dominated tonight, and she was subbing up some big ones when you win 6-love-6-lo, they scal that a double bagel. to win her match, to serena cruises on into the semifinals where she will square off against le unanimous. your number two seed, who beat her twice this year, hav

. >> he really felt like they should have paid him when they took him to tokyo. it was -- he loved to be able to travel but when he came back he talked about how they didn't give him the money they said. >> reporter: that was one of the last conversations he had with alexis. it wasn't until monday morning that he saw the news and he has been in disbelief since. heidi with al jazeera fort worth, texas. >> reporter: and they completed the operation to pull the costa concordia upright. the 114,000 ton cruise liner has been laying on it's side for 20 minutes off the island of giglio. >> after 19 hours all the fog horns on the boats during the operations sounded and this was declared a perfect operation at 4:00. i'm going to step out of the shot so you can see how they have righted the costa concordia by 65 degrees and it's incredible to see how much of the ship has been laying under water for the last 20 months, it almost looks like an apartment building that has been partially collapsed and the collapsed part is the area that has been wedged on to the granite rock u

. >> he really felt like they should have paid him when they took him to tokyo. he loved to be able to travel, but when he came back, he talked about how they didn't give him the money. >> he says that was one of the last conversations he had with alexis. it wasn't until monday morning that he saw the news, and he's been in disbelief since. heidi zhou-castro, fort worth, texas, aljazeera. >> we have been following the story from fort worth, texas, where aaron alexis once lived. we are liv live. is there any suggestion from his past that something like this could happen? >> not really. in fact, the word friends are using out here is confused. they just neve saw anything like this coming. i've got two people here. you and your family took aaron in. you told me there was an incident last june. what happened recording his handgun. >> i had just come home from my overnight shift and went to the bedroom and fell asleep. not but moments later, the gun went off. my husband came out to check on everything and aaron came out with this horrified, mortified look on his face

tokyo electric power company says the measurements were taken near the bottom of a storage tank during inspections that took place on saturday. stay up to date on all of these stories in our website, aljazeera.com. i am del walters in new york as allegation, much more news straight ahead. stay tuned now for consider this. saudi arabia for that. ♪ ♪ next. >> there is a fight raging in the marketplace and in all branches of government over what you eat. you probably have heard a lot of talk about gametically modified organisms or g.m. os, they are offense used in foods and defined as dna that's altered in a way that doesn't occur naturally. as the use of gametically-modified food as increased over the past few decades, so has questions and skepticism. but is the criticism justified in the fight is well funds. california's prop 37 would have forced retailers to label products named with g.m. o. $44 million was spent to win the vote. the bill's supporters raised about $7 million. prop 37 was defeated by a little less than 3% at the polls and similar bills are popping up across the coun

. >> he felt like they should have paid him when they took him to tokyo. it was - he loved to be able to travel. but when he came back he talked about how they didn't give him the money they said. >> it was one of the last conversations michael had with aaron alexis. monday morning he saw the news and has been in disbelief since. >> questions are swirling now about security at military facilities across the country. monday night-washington dc representative eleanor holmes norton spoke out about safety concerns. most of the questions are outstanding. for many of us in this city who have been plagued by gun violence, among them is how someone whatever his badge, managed to get a high-powered gun into one of the most secure facilities in the district of columbia. >> just hours after the navy yard shooting, a scare at the white house. secret service officers tackled a man outside the north lawn after he tossed firecrackers over the fence. the man has since been charged. >> continue to follow us online for the latest on the investigation in the washington navy

the tokyo electric power company says the measurements were taken near the bottom of a storage tank during inspections on saturday, they also say they found new radiation leaks around the tanks storing toxic water. >>> nelson man dela arrived hole in johannesburg today. he remains in critical condition. man dela's home has been set up to provide the intensive care that he still needs. the 95-year-old is with his family and with the same medical staff that treated him for that recurring lung infection all last summer in a statement south africa asked to accept their national hero is growing old and frail, saying all they can do is pray. al jazeera's tania page has been following the story from j johanesburg. >> there is an ambulance on standby outside nelson man dela's house in case his condition deteriorates and he needs to be rushed back to hospital. he's been transferred home where they say they have fit up an intensive care unit for him. they have also moved all of the medical staff that have been attending to him in the pretoria hospital here to his home. the conditional, they say, is

the cleanup announcement comes just at tokyo makes a bid to host the 2020 olympics. a decision is expected in the coming days. >> major merger, microsoft to buy nokia. the deal is subject to approval by shareholders. >> speaking of smart phones, verizon is buying out its partner for $130 billion. >> they have been partners in the wireless business for 14 years, but it's been a rocky relationship marked by sporadic talks over full control by verizon. under the deal approved by the company boards, verizon will pay a total of $130 billion, including the biggest cash payout in acquisition history, almost $60 billion. the deal frees verizon to invest researches in faster mobile networks. that will help verizon hold its own in a competitive u.s. market where it controls nearly a third of the market share. it's a reward for vadafon shareholders, many pension funds. the u.k. government by law will collect no taxes from its rich cash haul. >> it's going to have to go back to the company. they're going to have to pay back an enormous amount of debt. >> all the talk at the mome

and it's likely that this assurance hence the international olympic committee to award tokyo the 2020 summer olympic games. >> the prime minister made a statement that that is under control based on you are pro venture tiff measures think the government will continue to insure that all necessary steps are being taken. >> reporter: for months, radioactive water has been leaking for storage tanks around the plant. some of it has reached the pacific ocean. and there are continued efforts to try to keep the main body of contamination away from groundwater. but with hundreds of thousands of liters being used to cool the reactors every day. one international expert says the turned solution is untenable. >> there is a major challenge ahead for disposition of that water. in my view, it's unsustainable to indefinitely for a multi-decade long process to basically continue to hold that water in tanks. >> reporter: so the japanese government must do something to relieve the pressure on the storage tanks. international advisers have told them they should allow a controlled release of the water in

special representatives for north korean policy is in tokyo on the last start of his regional tour, he's made it clear that wash won't support resuming stalled six-party talks on north correia's nuclear program as long as they continue to assert its nuke as status, harry fosset, al jazerra, seoul. >> the federa federal aviation s there has been a draws i can increase in close calls. 4,000 times last year more than double from 2011. there were literally 1900 close calls that year. the data released today does not make clear whether there are more air safety incidents or just better reporting. but officials say, they are now focusing on improving air traffic control tactics and communication with pilots. if you think a flight that costs less than two-gallons of gas is too good to be true. you would be right. a few lucky customers scored tickets for as little as $5 through the united airlines website on thursday. but the airline quickly caught the mistake. united temporarily shutdown its bookings, both online and by phone. the company has not yet said whether it will honor the rock-bottom t

. ♪ >> the operational plant -- the tokyo electric power company said it was detected during a daily inspection on three water tanks on saturday. one of the tanks storing highly contaminated water sprained a leak spreading radioactive liquid. >>> the wildfire near and around the yosemite national park is bigger than the city of dallas. the fire is one of the worst in california's history. >> hi, i'm meteorologist rebecca stevenson. it's going to be another hot day for places around dallas, forth worth, objection objection stickers and in to kansas. we're eb expecting highs to getn to triple digit and around houston and memphis an 98-degrees in tennessee. we're going to to bring in some showers too because some of these placeless have the shower cool you off. than will happen farther north. as we get in to the day throughout 88 for chicago, 98 for memphis. labor day is the day that temperatures will drop a little bit especially as we get to mind indianapolis. you have been getting a lot of showers in indianapolis and downpours around chicago where a high on monday will be 78-degrees.

the developments are being monitored from tokyo. >> japan's nuclear regulation authority said there is no evidence of new leaks at the plant. the radiation readings were higher over the weekend than compared to two weeks ago because the company in charge of the power plant has been using more sophisticated machines to detect radiation levels. the previous machines could only read up to 100 an hour, now 10,000 an hour. this latest embarrassing revelation has forced the government to come in and take a more direct approach handling this crisis. >> we have decided to take charge of the issue, not just leaving it to the company. we will deal with this so as not to repeat such an incident. >> the prime minister is due to chair another session of the nuclear emergency response meeting on tuesday. there is speculation that details of his plan could be revealed on tuesday. we don't know what it will include, but will deal with this very immediate problem of how do you store the con ta contaminatr in the plant. it has been reiterated that they have no charge but to discharge some of this water

it's tuesday morning here in tokyo. we know that a prime minister is going to be chairing the 32nd session of the nuclear response meetings. we don't yet know what details will be contained in such a plan, but it will have to include plans to deal with the contaminated water, because as you said, there are thousands of these tanks. it's water that -- it's an amount that increases daily, because those melted nuclear reactor cores have to be cooled, and that water is parting through and needs to be stored. >> florence, thanks again. joining us now is the editor of "popular science," jacob ford. compare this this with other nuclear disaster? >> we have seen worse, although that's not saying much. chernobyl was between 3 and 10 times as bad, depending on how you look at it. when you look at mid-century nuclear test the military did in the united states in the 1950s or '60s, that is anywhere from 40 to 50 times as bad. that said, the problems at fukushima have just begun. >> what about the problems in the pacific ocean? >> w

. >> yesterday's announcements that the olympics will be held in tokyo in 2020 the other big news was the return of west wing to the list of sports for the summer games. 7 months a go wrestling was cut from the olympics which led to a frantic fro from officials to gt in the olympic games. one other nfl score to pass along just completed in dallas, the cowboys beat the giants 36-31. a lot of people rooting for the cowboys. >>> stay with us, the monday forecast is coming up next. there's more to financial news >>> hello again. the picture behind me is from the picture in vermont. things in this region will change quickly. you see a lot of green here but because it's getting cold and the nights are getting longer that is going to become one orange and yellow scene. what's happening now is some cold air is coming up behind. look at the current temperatures now. wear looking at albany at 53-degrees. even hudson new york is seeing 66 degrees there. we zoo dwe do have frost advisos going on with that air coming in from canada and tomorrow things are going to be quite cool in new york. compar

we'll have more on the announcement for the 2020 games and the reaction in tokyo.

. >> just a day after tokyo won the rights for the olympics, more good news. japan said there is more good news for its economy. the annual growth rate could be at 3.8% that against previous forecasts of 2.6%. the government is considering doubling the sales tax. it is sculptorly at 5%. the world's second biggest economy is slowing down. that's according to the latest fission by the chinese government. food price inflation is much higher and in august it stood at 4.7%. we have this report. >> china just released it's latest inflation figures, the consumer price is up 2.6%. why are we talking about this at one of the largest pig farms in china? because of pork-flation. it's been the second driver for inflation. there is a pork preserve because there is a direct connection between prescribing in food pricspikes in pork pricesand so. >> pork is the main meet and the primary choice of meet for--mear chinese people. >> in complexes like this, there are 60,000 pigs here. they are in the works of an american company that is the world's largest pork producers, it incr

wrestling has been reinstated as an olympic sport and tokyo named for the host of the 2020 games. they just returned triumphantly from japan. they beat off competition from brazil and madrid. the high temperatures in the gulf nation will make playing in june and july impossible. >> the host is red to host the tournament and will have cooling technology in place, saying moving it to winter may be the best option. >> he must play. we can play also in winter time. this is also a question of solidarity. >> matches held across five continents tuesday as teams try to qualify for next year's world cup in brazil. for 20 minutes when a power cut both teams off the pitch, eventually jordan winning in penalty shootout. >> italy, germany, netherlands and switzerland are the teams that can make it. italians are not relying on other results to go their way, edging past 1-0 in their last game friday. they can make sure with another victory over the czech republic. only one team is guaranteed qualification. >> ukraine is undecided with montenegro following. >> a comeback from a seven month injury

. >>> this morning tokyo is taking its pitch to the international olympic committee. istanbul made its presentation earlier today, and madrid is scheduled to go before the ioc and the winner is expected to be announced at 4:00 eastern. >> the experimental aircraft blasted off last night. will head to the moon and then crash to the surface. next "consider this." >> american spy agencies are furious over new leaks about how they gather intelligence. we now know the nsa got around encryption intended to protect e-mails and financial transactions many on websites you use every day. but consider this: after weeks of leaks from edward snowden have we reached a tipping point to direct damage to our financial security. are we in the point of repeating history? another money melt down? plus the lone ranger, was among box office duds over the past few months but was it a summer of box office duds. >>> nothing separating you from a thousand foot fall but a steel beam, the documentary sky dancer takes us inside the world of ironworkers and native americans. i'm antonio mora. welc

representative for north korea policy arrived in tokyo on a regional tour to discuss policy. this may put pressure on u.s. government for an aid for the north korea government. they have been stalled since 2009. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> so there is more positive news about the recovery in the housing market. foreclosure activity is at an eight-year low. only 56,000 homes entered the foreclosure process last month. that's a decline of 44% from august 20202021. sales of tablet computers are set to outweighs pc and laptop sales. isales will surpass the more traditional computer. michael dell is taking back the company that he founded, dell shareholders voted for a buyout for his partners and he said the company is worth more than the 13.8 a share buyout price. >>> okay, ross is here with a look at the headlines. >> reporter: corruption in college football. >> no, really? >> reporter: earlier in the week "sports illustrated" alleged that oklahoma state was paying their players among others things. now yahoo sports are reporting that agents used alabama player as a run for di