International outrage over the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria is growing tonight. Now there are reports that not only were hundreds of residents killed, Emergency Responders including nurses have also died. The alleged attack happened in a the suburb of damascus. Here is what we know now. Al jazeera cannot independently confirm the videos and it is still unclear whether chemical weapons were used. Reporter images of syrian civilians dead and wounded from alleged Chemical Attacks are bringing new calls for military intervention. In france the foreign minister says the International Community must respond with force. Translator frances position means there must be a reaction. Not sending troops on the ground, but a reaction. Not only international condemnation, but a reaction that could take the shape of the use of force. Were still focused on nailing down the facts. If these reports are true, it would be an outrageous and flagrant escalation of the use of chemical weapons by the regime. Reporter senator john mccain favors limited military strikes to degrade assads air power. In a press release, mccain said. But theres little indication of u. S. Action for you. From new york state, president obama was talking about education, not syria. Conveying only through his press secretary that the u. S. Is appalled. Here with us now is profess mark levine. Thanks for being us. Its great to be here. Its disturbing news and those pictures are so powerful, and so sad. What if he did. But if there is enough proof let me stop you there for a moment. Because the experts suggested we might not be able to find out, an looked at what hand and saw the conditions of the body and the way the victims were responding. What people dont know yet is who used the toxin. And i have heard the area has already been. C bombed again the International Community or at least the majority could decide it has to take action. You know there were calls in this country for right. But if you do that and dont provide support for the rebels, you are not going to change the power. All right. Thank you very much. Former egyptian president mubarak was released from jail today, but his legal problems are not over. Reporter a helicopter rises from the prison after hours of legal procedure, Hosni Mubarak is released, but his immediate designation is a very short flight down the road, the medical facility. His release at this stage is very much a technical term. He will remain under house arrest in temples of a state of emergency decree issued be the interim prime minister. Translator we have lost everything. Now the police state will return, injustice will return, and every other negative thing will come back to us. Reporter mubarak is expected to be back behind bars in the courtroom on sunday when his charges of comply complicity resumes. Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood will also appear on the same day. They stand accused of inciting violence during the demonstrations that followed the takedown of the morsi government. The self style youth body that spearheaded mass protest, has called for courts to strongly pursue the prosecution of mubarak and morsi, and ironically it accuses the morsi government in not being aggressive enough in taking action against mubarak, and because of this morsi must take responsibility for the release of the man he replaced. Well the wildfire burning Near Yosemite National Park has more than tripled in size. Yosemite spans three counties in the eastern part of california. The fire encroaching it now, 95 square miles and is only 2 contained. Thats down from 5 yesterday. Melissa chan joining us from through the bureaucratic red tape and second resources faster. The firefighters need all the help they can get. Its not burning into Yosemite National park yet, but it is moving towards the east towards the park. Yosemite is an Iconic National park, so there is a lot of interest in whether or not it will be impacted by the park. For now yosemite remains open, but only a small part of the fire has been contained. This is a remote and mountainous part of california, and one of many wildfires happening simultaneously across the western united states. This week the federal government announced a pl5 situation, the highest on the scale, something not seen since 2008. It means resources are stretched. Teams move from fire to fire, hopscotching across states. Despite the size of this fire, there has been minimal loss to property so far. A few buildings destroyed early on, but none damaged in the last couple of days. Were a strike team from sacramento, and we will assigned to protection in the Pine Mountain lake area. Were just going through the area, checking it out. At least every decade we have a major fire up in this area, and i have been through several and been evacuated, and we we did all right before. But with Pine Mountain lake here, there are so many houses and so many trees in one small area, that if it got in here you know, im afraid that would be it. Reporter more help continues to arrive, but no one knows how long the fight will take before the flames subside. I understand there are evacuations situation. And at least one resident did not want to leave. Maam, im not going to ask you again. Please pull over. No, you are going to pull over i dont want you to tell me that im out maam, you are all right out. The only reason i pulled up is to talk to you i dont know that you dont . Please pull over. Im just telling you maam, you are delaying right now back up. No, maam. Pull over. Pull over. Reporter this is obviously very emotional for a lot of the residents here. They are leaving and they are not entirely sure whether their house will be standing when they return. But the track record so far has been pretty good. A homes soon. Melissa chan, thank you very much. When you see the personal interest part of those stories, evacuations mean evacuations do get out of the area. When they tell you to do that, you need to get out. There has been a little bit of good news in terms of how many wildfires are in the western part of the united states. Yesterday at this time there were 61 burning. It has come down and right now were talking about 55. So still quite a bit. What can we expect to see tonight . Still red flag warnings are still in effect. We have seen a little bit of contraction here. Right along the border we will still looking at that as well. Severe storms in parts of idaho tonight. Those are causing severe thunderstorms as well as the possibility of lightning. Temperatures in boise, 78 degrees right now, you were 95 degrees. And Salt Lake City is about 82. Tomorrow it will be as warm here as well as down towards redding at about 93. Down towards florida. Well take you there next time i see you, but it has been raining for a couple of days. Ill have the debails on that later on. All right kevin thanks. Reports say that san diego major, bob filner has agreed to step down as part of an agreement to settle a Sexual Harassment lawsuit. 17 women have accused the former congressman of sexually harassing them, and Stephanie Stanton has been covering these recent developments. She is live in san diego. Include some kind of financial payout to bob filner, and that does not sit well with high profile attorney gloria albright. She had been meeting with city attorneys, with filners attorneys earlier this week to work out some kind of settlement, but she says that she does not this is between she and bob filner, and she says under no circumstances should the taxpayers of san diego pay bob filner anything to leave office. I would like to see a resignation without conditions, and without taxpayers have comed accusing bob filner of inappropriate behavior. All right. Thanks very much, stephanie. A truly gripping account of a School Shooting. A school clerk turned Crisis Management team in the blink of an eye. And robert bales the soldier who admitted to killing more than a dozen afghan civils says he is sorry. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. And with them, a storm of views. How can you fully understand the impact unless youve heard angles you hadnt considered . Antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. Including yours. My name is jonathan betz. Im from dallas, texas, and im an anchor for al jazeera america. My name is ranjani chakraborty, im from houston, texas. Im kim bondy. Nicole deford. And im from new orleans. San francisco, california. When i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. News was always important in my family. I knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. I learned to read by reading the newspaper with my greatgrandfather every morning. And i love being able to tell other people stories. This is it, i want to be a part of this. This is what really drove me to al jazeera america. The american soldier responsible for killing 16 afghan civilians is apologizing. Robert bales took the stand in the sentencing phase of his military trial, and rob reynolds reports on his apology, and what it means for his case. Reporter i wish i could take it back, but i cant. Speaking in a low, halting voice, bales apologized to the families of the african civilians he murdered, and said he disgraced his own family. What i did was an act of cowardous bales concluded, behind a mask of bravado. Bales has pleaded guilty to sill 16 african civilians. He does not face the Death Penalty for those crimes, and is trying to avoid life in prison without the possibility of parole. Bales did not describe his actions in detail. He said he asked himself why he killed, but said he couldnt find a reason. The prosecution was not permitted to cross examine anyone bales. He also described mounting feels of rage, anger in the years he was deployed in combat. He said during home leave he drank heavily and would get furiously angry during routine household chores like washing dishes. I think he passed on the sense of frustration that multiple deployed soldiers have, when they are dealing with a normal stressinducing incident, and everything gets out of proportion. Reporter bales said he was in a constant state of fear. On the night of the massacre he said he had taken steroids then drank alcohol and took sleeping pills. The defense and prosecution will present their closing arguments in the case on friday. Rob reynolds, al jazeera, tacoma, washington. The fate of hueson began. He passed on his final chance to address jurors. He killed 13 fellow soldiers in 2009 Mexican Police have pulled bodies from a massive grave outside of mexico city. The bodies they found in an area of an ecological park, and six people have been arrested in connection with the case. Teachers in mexico are blockading main government office, they are protesting plans to make them take classroom evaluations. As adam reports unions believe the assessments might still be brought in. Reporter digging in to keep the pressure on. These teachers camped outside of mexicos lower house of congress have blocked legislators from entering since monday. They have convinced members of the lower house to leave out the most controversial measure of an education reform package. A teacher summed up her concerns and that of thousands of others. Translator they want to compare us with richer countries. If they want to implement these reforms we should get the same support teachers and students get in those other countries. Reporter those pushing for reform say tracking the performance of teachers is critical. If we dont get the right teachers and right School Representatives for our children, it will be tough for mexico to fully develop. Reporter teachers remain camped outside here, they say they want to keep the pressure on members of congress to make sure they dont try to vote again on this provision, which if passed would mean that teachers would be evaluated and could perhaps face losing their jobs. Teachers have been marching to the senate too. If he loses this battle with teachers, his plan to allow the state to allow private investment could be in jeopardy too. Its time now for sports. Michael eaves is here. It seems like there is a story about steroids just about every day now. Seemingly. But ryan brawn has now spoken publicly about his punishment. He admitted to take a cream and lozenge in 2011. And he apologized to the sample collector. He accused the collector of being antisemitic. Aaron hernandez is one step closer to possibly facing life in prison. He was indicted on a first degree murder charge in the death of a former friend. And in golf, tiger woods carted a four under par 67 today at the barclays. Woods is currently three strokes off of the lead, and if he wins, it will be his sixth victory of the year. All right. Michael well see you later. A young bank intern worked 72 hours straight, then collapsed and died. Well be back after the break. Well be back after the break. Welcome back to al jazeera, im john siegenthaler. The fire threatening Yosemite National park tripled in size. Right now firefighters are losing the battle against the blaze. It is only 2 contained down from 5 yesterday. The state Department Says it cannot conclusively determine if chemical weapons were used on civilians. Opposition forces claim hundreds died after a rocket attack. Former egyptian president , hos hos hosni mow bar rack was released from prison and will be under house arrest. Reporter a fairly sizable protest at the white house. These are mostly christians here to urge barack obama to stand against the Muslim Brotherhood by continuing aide to egypts government. The Muslim Brotherhood had their chance and they did not do well for the egyptian people. We are supporting egypt to go back to the peaceful ways. Reporter after this military crackdown, newspapers and a few members of Congress Called for the president to stop the aid. The white house admitted in a remark that mostly went unnoticed, the u. S. Is still giving aide to the Egyptian Military. The department of defense said the answer is yes. But the department of defense refused to answer questions about what they have been buying the Egyptian Military. Since july 2nd, they have spent millions to train military officers, and signed cat for more than 13 million to egypt can replace engines on its f16 fighter jets. When asked about that, the department of defense says ask the state department. The state department has been saying ask the dod. I dont have a break down about a specific example. Reporter what usofficials will say is the u. S. Is not taking sides, but they are still spending money to buy the Egyptian Military usmade equipment. Whether they will ever give it to them, all of the departments said its under review. Banks are coming unscrutiny for how they treat interns after a College Student died because he allegedly worked 72 hours straight. He was an intern at banc of america in london, and worked eight all nighters in two weeks. A Bank Spokesman said the bank was waiting about the facts on the death before deciding to review its program. Reporter the warning signs were there, but for the 21 year old it was too late. The young student from germany was nearing the end of his internship when he died at his home. He had reportedly just worked for 72 hours when he collapsed in the shower. His profile on a social media website since shut down had revealed an ambitious streak. A pressure to outrun the composition. A fellow intern described him as being tipped for greatness, and expected to perform beyond expectation. Those individuals are so driven, so keen to get a job with those organizations that they push themselves and push themselves, and in the end they push themselves over the edge. Its up to the leader of the team to see what is happening, and even if these individuals keep volunteering for week, which some of them will do, to turn around and say, no, you have done enough. You need to have some rest. Reporter an internship is often seen as a valuable recruitment tool. Many say that interns do work punishing schedules in the banking industry, offering them a glimpse of what is to come if they gain employment in the profession. One bankers who didnt want to be identified revealed some of the serious side effects suffered by those working at these institutions. I worked next to one person who got bells pallsy and his face sagged. There was someone who did three all nighters in a row and walked out and got hit by a bus because they were so dazed. This recent event did not surprise me in the least. Reporter his best has provoked the question, how much is too much . Regulators say they will meet with Key Market Players after thursdays shut down at nasdaq. There was no trading at the exchange for three hours. They are blaming the outage on connectivity issues. A trial which is gripping china is entering its second way. Bo xilai is facing charges of afuse. He has denied the charges. Reporter john its very interesting what is happening today in the fact that were not getting as much information as we did around the same time yesterday. What has been so extrordanaire about this trial two things really, one the fact that bo xilai was so adamant in his defense, and trying to rip apart the communist party against him. The other thing is that so much information has been coming out from the court. The courtroom has its own social media account, on which it has been publishing probably selective, but extensive sections of the transcript. And eventually making him admit that bo as far as he knew didnt know what was going on, it was his son and wife that allegedly took these bribes. What we know from bo so far is he will be presented with his own confession to the intern which he made last year. The interesting thing will be how much weight that gets in this criminal case. Because if this is as open and fair of process as the communist party is trying to make out, then presumably that evidence shouldnt be considered at his criminal trial. Still ahead, michael eaves joins us next with sports. And take a look at what happened i