This is Aljazeera America good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Thousands of firefighters are working to contain hundreds of wildfires burning across the state in california. Theyve burned more than 100,000 acres of land, destroying homes and roads along the way. We have more. Fires are burning all along the west coast but the worst hit area is northern california. The largest fires burning north of San Francisco where it has destroyed two dozen homes. Day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington and oregon. Doomsday, thats what it looked like. The flames are fueled by lightning, trees and high temperatures. We have seen a couple of spot fires and those escalate, got pretty big and took up the mountain. Firefighting planes are making the rounds, including dc10 tankers releasing fire retardant. An Evacuation Order has been issued north of San Francisco. One resident is temporarily camping in an r. V. With his pet. Just quiche and eye to see when we can get back in and they give us the ok. 38yearold Forest ServiceFirefighter David rule lost his life as he surveyed a fire near the oregon border. At least four others have been injured. California govern jerry brown declared a state of emergency. That activated the National Guard to help with recovery efforts. Nearby states are also sending in resources to help, randall. There is dangerous and deadly weather in the midwest with more on tap for today. One person killed, 20 injured after a storm blew through a festival outside chicago. A sudden storm brought high winds, hail and rain sunday to the annual wooddale prairie fest 20 miles outside the windy city. People south refuge under a tent that collapsed. It was ripped into the air landing on the crowd blow. I was talking to one of the theme, i didnt know her but i was telling her we were afraid about the lightning. We ran under with her because she was the only person near we kind of knew. Her grandson and grand and her husband came over and they were huddling everywhere, so we were in the mixture and stuff and we turned to look and then the tent flew off into the sky and then the fence blew off and there was everybody on the floor and we heard screaming and crying. The form forced organizers to briefly shut down the lollapalooza Music Festival in grant park. Heavy damage in the rogers park neighborhood and more rough weather is forecast today. Later today, the white house is schedule would to release a new strategy for combating Global Warming. The clean power plant is aimed at reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions. It focuses on electricity production which accounts 31 of those gases. States have to decide how to meet the cut. The plan faces fears opposition from republicans. Opponents plan to suh immediately to block the deal. Many states threatened not to comply. The fed voted to end federal funding for planned parenthood, but the republican backed bill is not expected to pass. It has been defending itself against allegations it has been selling fetal tissue to researchers. The group apologized for comments in videos released by an anti abortion group. The planned parenthood insists it has not broken any laws. President ial candidate rand paul called for todays vote. A lot of people, even a lot of pro choice people are upset by these votes. They manipulating the baby, turning the baby around to get the body parts and then selling the liver and doctor cavalierly saying yeah, liver is popular right now for sale. I think most americans dont want their tax dollars going to this. If you look at this, we have 9,000 Community Health centers that do everything that planned parenthood does but they dont get into abortion. Should be much less emotional for everyone if we funded Community Health centers and didnt fund planned parenthood. Planned parenthood said abortions account for 3 of its activities. Secretary of state john kerry is in qatar seeking to ease fears over the Iran Nuclear Deal. A summit is underway now to discuss security across the middle east. Hashem, this meeting is a gathering of sunni Muslim Leaders in the arab world. Iran is a shia majority country. Does secretary kerry face an uphill battle trying to assure the arab countries that this deal really makes a difference . He certainly does. Hes now talking to them, trying to convince them that Irans Nuclear deal for world powers is good for stability in the region. I have toes that just as the officials remain quite skeptical, they have huge political and financial influences in the region. They are concerned and say the deal could pave the way for iran that play an aggressive role in the region. They say that iran has been sponsoring its proxies like the houthis in yemen, Bashar Al Assad in syria to further undermine the geo strategic interest in the region. Today, they are going to be asking kerry for more guarantees, defensive guarantees from the americans that they will do their best to put an end to irans military influence in the region. If you would turn your attention just for a moment to another trouble spot, that is syria. There are reports that russia is criticizing a u. S. Plan to provide air support for some syrian rebels. Any reaction on that u. S. Move at todays meeting . No reaction so far but we expect that to be addressed at a presser by u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and the qatar Prime Minister anytime soon. Of course there are home differences between the russians and americans about how to move forward in syria. The Russian Foreign minister has said a while ago that foreign minister Sergey Lavrov was here in doha, Holding Meetings with the Saudi Foreign minister, with u. S. Secretary of state kerry and the qataris. The russians are willing to see a political settlement in places by syria and yemen. They mean the political establishment have to be preserved. This is not the general sentiment shared by the countries who have been staunchly backing anti assad forces asking them to play a significant role in the near future saying at the same time that assad should have no future in syria. Thank you. An independent Monitoring Group says the u. S. Led Coalition Air strikes are killing civilians caught in the crossfire. The bombings are targets isil fighters and strong holds. A report alleges more than 450 civilians have been killed in airstrikes across syria and iraq. The group says there is a lack of transparency and accountability from the coalition. A reported divide is growing inside the taliban. The family of the late taliban leader moala omar is refusing to back his successor. Mansour was announced as the new leader on friday. He is seen as a proponent of peace talks but for now those talks are on hold. Jennifer glass has prosecutor follow kabul. The announcement of the death of the leader of the taliban have put the peace talks on hold indefinitely. They want the taliban who come to the negotiates table to speak with one voice. This division in the taliban makes it more difficult for the Afghan Government to know who they are negotiating with. President ashraf ghani met with advisers to talk about the situation. He said hes been speaking to the pakistani leadership, as well that he is committed to bringing together the two countries, the two countries should have peace and stability. Of course the taliban leadership of moala omar, he died in pakistan. The new leader is in pakistan. Its not about the Afghan Government and taliban the pakistani government are involved, as well. Complicate situation here. The pakistani government hoping the peace talks move forward but now more complicated over whether the taliban seems willing to accept its new leader. Puerto rico debt troubles get worse, missing a payment sending a warning message to its creditors. Protestors in mexico demand answers over the death have a journalist. The dangerous conditions for those trying to report in mexico. Welcome to al jazeera america. It is 7 42 eastern time. Taking a look at todays top stories. Malaysian Officials Say a piece of debris that washed ashore in the indian ocean is from a bowing 777 but it is not clear if it is from Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Investigators will analyze it this week. The Greek Stock Market is toppling today. It reopened for the first time in five weeks plunging 23 at the opening bell. Banking shares were the hardesthit. Officials in new york scrambling to find the source of a legionnaires disease outbreak. Theyve been testing water and ventilation systems. Pores reek missed a multiMillion Dollars debt payment, and that could throw the u. S. Territory into default. The government failed to pay down a 58 million bond this weekend. Officials simply do not have the money. On friday, the territory made a 169 million payment but it owes tens of billions of dollars more. Pat sob reports. Whether this is a default dependency on who you ask puerto rico argued missing payments on this type of bond would not constitute a default because they are moral Obligation Bonds meaning issuers have a moral but not a legal obligation to repay them. Most Credit Rating agencies will call this a default. Puerto ricos governor was not mincing words when he said the territories economy is in a death spiral and cant service its 72 billion debt load. Does this 58 million missed repayment means puerto rico is not afraid of defaulting . That could be the signal its sending to investors especially hedge funds that bought puerto rican debt for pennies on the dollar but hoped to make a huge profit having those bonds bought back in full. These socalled vulture funds suggest the territory do things like raise taxes fire teachers, cut Public Health spending. They would like to see their debt restructured and are working on a plan that could be unveiled next month. Under federal law, puerto rico cannot declare bankruptcy and get a bailout from washington because it is a territory, not a state. Demands for justice after a journalist was found dead in mexico study. Hundreds marched for rob a enespinosa. Dozens of journalists have been killed in that country and many say they are afraid to do their job. We have more from mexico city. Even in death photo journalist Reuben Espinoza takes his camera with him as he did where he was threatened and harassed around in mexico city where he fled to. Its hard to do journalism or live in veracruz. Anyone who criticizes the government is attacked. I had to leave because of violence. All unless have experience that had. While i lived here, he is the 13 journalists killed in the state. He was killed along with four our people on friday. Fellow journalists gathered in mexicos main avenue to mourn and denounce his death. Protestors, many of them journalists are showing their anger over what happened with their colleague. Theres a real sense of fear. Mexico city is meant to be a safe haven for journalists under threat in other parts of the country and thats been shaken by what happened. They know that what happened to rob a ennis pin knows is a could happen to any of them. Mexico is the most dangerous country in latin america for journalists. It made me very afraid. Killing him for me was a message. They say even if you run away, we will find you and well do the same thing we did to reuben. The Governors Administration may be particularly oppressive but all over the country its local authorities rather than organized crime that are the biggest danger to journalists according to a prominent human rights group. Threats especially from the government this is something we have documented over the last five years is well spread over the whole country not only in the northern region, so pretty much in every single state youll find a case of a killed journalist or kidnapped journalist. Very few of those crimes have been solved. Now theres another on the desk of the very authorities that many mexican journalists have come to fear and mistrust. Al jazeera mexico city. New fallout from the wikileaks document showing that the u. S. Spied on a key ally, this time its japan. The revelations could derail a major trade deem with asia. California is grappling with a catastrophic draft. The die conditions are exacerbating fires across the state right now. Too much rain at once is not a good thing. Imagine we all tried to help with the California Drought and poured water across the state. It would take us 11 trillion milk jugs. Thats whatness at a figured out. Another way to think of that, olympic size swimming pools and water they hold, we would need 17 million of those dumped out across the state to get that water that we needed. Of course, thats not how things work. Were going to have to really depend on Mother Nature to do this. What we would need in terms of rain is widespread across the state, about an average of a foot or more. Some northern parts of the state easily a foot and a half. Parts of california definitely needle the most rain, but you cant get that all at once, either. It would cause flooding to get it all at once. The ground wouldnt absorb it, it would run off. We need a few wet seasons. The reality is it took us a few years to get into this drought it will take at least a few years of average or above rainfall to get out of the drought and we havent seen a normal rainfall year since back in 2011. Back to you. Nicole mitchell. Californias drought may seem a distant problem for many americans, but its impact is felt across the country. Agriculture is a nearly 50 billion industry in california. The state is a top grower of many of our favorite fruits and vegetables as well as producer of dairy products. This means in one way or another, all of us who live in this country are consuming californias water. You cant get away from it. What do you mean . Do you like ice cream nuts on the top of your ice cream . People like these things. Thats only a fraction of a whole walnut. One walnut requires two gallons of water in order to grow. What about fresh fruit . Everybody loves california fresh fruit. Single mandarin, 42 gallons before this is ripe to pick. What about tomorrow morning getting up, going to have breakfast, cook an egg 18 gallons of water necessary for this one egg. Were you to wash all of this down with a single glass of milk like this one here, the cow that is produce this milk would take on 36 gallons of water. Weve got two gallons of water here. We couldnt fit 36 gallons into the studio. California said on going drought is not just a california problem. Until the state gets substantial rain, we can expect produce prices to go up and if the drought continues perhaps quality of this kind of stuff to go down. On the healthbeat this morning, researchers called it a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives. Scientists in the u. K. And spain developed a simple urine test that could detect pancreatic cancer testing for a protein signature only present in people with the disease. In more than 80 of cases, it is detected too late for effective treatment. Japan calls new claims that the u. S. Has been spying on its politicians deeply regrettable. Wikileaks released documents showing washington had several people under surveillance. Giant corporations like mitsubishi the governor of the bank of japan there was a conversation listened in on that took place in the office of the Prime Minister, a cabinet briefing. Among the topics apparently of interest japans Nuclear PolicyClimate Change policy, the positions it was setting out on complex trade talks with other partners, including the united states. Monday, the chief cabinet secretary of japan came out and said that if these claims were true, they were deeply regrettable and he says hes made a strong request to the u. S. Director of national intelligence, James Clapper to clarify the facts. This relationship was so marked by the horrors of war 70 years ago, but has developed into one of the strongest alliances on both sides in the decades that have succeed that had. This will be of great embarrassment to the united states. It is unlikely to derail this relationship at a time when the Prime Minister of japan seems so keen to upgrade the alliance and give a more military contribution to that alliance from japans side. However, this is a bump in the road and one which will be of embarrassment in washington. Harry fossett in japan. A new type of hacker is emerging in the Digital Space putting skills to work for the good of the community. They are called civic hackers and often work for free to help cities become more officials. We take a closer look. Christopher whittaker arrived at his government job to discover the state of illinois was operating in a kind of time warp. First day of work, i turn on my computer, wait about five minutes, because its from 1985, its got a monitor bigger than my head. I had more power in my cell phone than i did on this system that i needed to use to help my neighbors. He did what thousands of americans have begun to do. He joined the civic hacking movement. By day hackers like him are regular citizens. By night they volunteer to come together at weekly meetings like this on their own time in their own peculiar ways to do the things that local and State Government have neither the budget nor expertise to do. If you were to define this, could you just do that again . Its informal. Some is hardly english. Basically loves you to send requests to multiple a. P. I.