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al jazeera america. fema sending clean water to west virginia in the wake of a toxic chemical spill. hundreds of thousands can't drink or bathe. >> the united states is reportedly considering sanctions on south sudan if the violence is not contained soon. thousands are packing into the camps if the risk of disease escalates. delegates are the ethiopia trying to hammer out a deal to apiece both sides. >> in central african republic, the president steps down. safety. >> an indian diplomat is back in her home country after the u.s. ordered her to leave on visa fraud charms. an american counterpart has been september packing. india's foreign minister says it is not a standoff. >> these are this is the 900 page document we call obama care. it could change costs coverage and pretty much all of health care in america. well, my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more then most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy and just prescrib

al jazeera. >> meanwhile, three al jazeera journalists continue to be detained. they have been held since december 29. they are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security. al jazeera denies the allegations and continues to demand their immediate lease. two other journalists from our sister channels have been in prison for five months. >>> to west virginia's toxic mess now. the company responsible for the chemical spill has filed for bankruptcy. freedom industry owners has created a new company to bail freedom out. robert ray has more now from charleston. >> you can see over my shoulder the tanks holding the chemicals that went into the elk river that is freedom industry and what happened in the past week affected 3,000 people and the water supply here in virginia. we spent most of our saturday talking to residents about their concern over the water supply and did our own independent defendanting on the water. here is what we found out. >> it has been a week since 7500 gallons of toxic chemicals used to clean coal spilled into the elk river in west virgin

al jazeera america. >>> the internet, today's inside story, joining us for the rest of our conversation on the big ruling on what's called "net new triletety" are in studio, craig aaron, the president and ceo of "free press" a media advocacy group championing affordable enter net access. from new york, maggie rearden from cnet. she writes the "ask columned. >> and center for internet communications and technology policy, the vice president of strand consult, which advises mobile phone operators and rosalind leighton, what do you make of what the congress woman just said that it's still within the fcc's ambeit to revisit and reestablish net neutrality? >> well, i actually agree with quite a lot of congresswoman eschew's comments. i think it's fantastic she pointed out $1.2 trillion investment that's been going on since 1996, about $50,000,000,000 a year. actually, she is quite right. this is not at all a lose for the fcc. this is by far and away a win. ty find it quite surprising we have seen a number of

this is al jazeera! patients. does big pharma impact the doctors in their decision to not offer alternatives to the pill here? >> i think that there is evidence that if you have interactions with pharmaceutical companies, it does impact -- and there's actually pretty good studies based -- that have looked at physician prescribing patterns and interactions with big pharma. i think one of the luxuries i have is i'm in academic medicine, and we have a policy that we don't interact with pharmaceutical companies. so i hope that gives me a better perspective. and i think a lot of these doctors aren't having these conversations with their patients because i have countless patients who come to me and said they have never heard of iud's. so i think there is some impact of that. we know there's an impact of that. and it makes it challenging, you know, to -- to have a completely unbiased view even though we as doctors like to think we have an unbiased view, there has been evidence that shows that they do impact us in some wa

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live news...every hour, on the hour only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i am morgan radford live from new york city. now to the latest on the chemical spill in west virginia. residents gathered at the state capitol yesterday protesting the lack of answers over a chemical spill that contaminated water for over 300,000 people just last week. officials say the water is now safe. people say it still stinks. our robert ray is on the scene in charleston. robert, officials say the water is safe. what exactly are residents still concerned about? >> reporter: good morning, morgan. we are here in one of the local restaurants here, just about a half a mile from the state capitol, and indeed, people are complaining about the smell in the air, sort of a cough-drop or a licorice smell in some parts of charleston. other people complaining that their homes smelled because of the water coming out of their faucets. and, in addition, some homes saying there is some discoloration. we have reached out on numerous times to the water company here last night, september an urgen

five al jazeera employees are in egyptian jails. the three most recently arrested work for al jazeera english. mohammed fakni and backnar mohammed haand core respondent have been arrested since december 29 december 29th account, among the charges, communicating with a banned terrorist organization. >> nobody is off limits. if you are not going to tell the government sur running some very harsh consequences and serious consequences whether you are an egyptian journalist many stream media. set by the government is going to be prone to some kind of harsh consequences. >> this is important to understand the context of what this is taking place in. following moversi's ouster the channel of the muslim brotherhood and all those channels were shut down. the only voices on the air waves pairots the government's narrative of a war on terror. >> so it's become a very polarized media landscape al jazeera is one of the few places where people can go to hear the other end of the polarized spectrum. so, the bias is on both sides. >> many people in

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul afghanistan. now meteorologist dave warren, take a look from space, and you can see the snow on the ground, not moving that whitish color that's the snow, these are the clouds that brought the snow has pushed off the coast, getting a little chance to melt here with some sunshine, and the temperatures are up too, climbing above freezing and should stay there, at least overnight tonight, and then throughout the next few days getting a few degrees warmer each day, it may not refreeze tonight, but still be careful on the roadways. 36 in atlanta, and alabama 46 new orleans, so the temperatures are climbing a bit, and now we with are talking about the storm out west, needed rain and snow. across california and the southwest, have to get that snow up there until april 1st when it started to melt, and that feed as lot of the reservoirs way below average, so we are welcoming this storm here. another area of low pressure bringing some light snow to the northern plains. that will be followed by a brief drop

al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, here are the stories that we're following for you rite now. fighting for fallujah, a key iraqi city, no more u.s. troops on the ground, says the u.s. >>> hundreds of thousands of people serve search for a safe haven in south sudan. >>> opposition boycott, then dangerously frigid temperatures in green bay where nfl fans gear up for what's the coldest nfl game on record. is good afternoon and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. deadly sectarian violence continues to escalate in iraq from the capital to its western provinces. in baghdad today, another series of suspected sunni militant car bombs killed as many as 100 people. meanwhile, battling iraqi security forces right near fallujah. secretary of state john kerry said the u.s. will support the iraqi government but wouldn't put any more troops on the ground. the anbar province is notorious for, slammic state of iraq and the levant are reportedly still in control of two key cities there. al jazeera's i

al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> 100 years ago today the first commercial flightaking place, and one pilot in florida marking that occasion by recreating the historic no frills flight. where is the flight going today, julia? >> reporter: well this historic flight dell left from right here in st. petersburg, across the bay to tampa. keep in mind 100 years ago the options for travelers were very limited so that flight was monumental. the passengers had an option to actually take a flight. the aircraft used today by the pilot was not the exact replica of the flight used behind me is replica of what had been used in 1914. but the pilot was able to get up out of the water. we saw him loop the area once, and then we saw him disappear into the horizon. so a very monumental day, an historic day, and one that supporters here want everybody to know that st. petersburg is actually where the first commercial airline flight started and set the aviation industry in motion. >> reporter: looking at the p

al jazeera rejects this. >> this is outrageous. there is no justification whatsoever in continuing to lock up our team. >> reporter: al jazeera english maintains its cover of the situation in egypt has been fair and balanced. here is one of peter greste's last reports from cairo, talking about the government's decision to declare the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. >> so overall, if what the government was trying to do in this decree was to try to create order and stability, to try to clamp down on what they see as acts of terrorism, then i think it could well have had the opposite effect. >> reporter: peter greste is an award-winning correspondent who has recorded across africa. >> this is a stage in this process. >> reporter: he previous i will worked for the bbc. mohamed fahmy has reported for cnn, the "new york times" and is an author. and baher mohamed is a free lance producer who has always worked with a japanese television channel. >> once again, we're calling on the egyptian authorities to release them immediat

al jazeera america. >> is syria's best hope for peace since the violent conflict began falling apart in a public way. with peace talks to begin in switzerland on wednesday, u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon announced he had invited iran. after an outcry from the u.s., saudi arabia, and the syrian opposition, he rescinded the invitation. will the peace talks survive this controversy days before the talks were slated to begin. joining us is p.j. crowley, former secretary of state for public affairs. great to have you on the show. why did ban ki-moon invite iran to the peace talks when iran supported the bashar al-assad regime and rejected the main precondition to the talks, which was a transition involving assad losing power. >> whatever is going to happen in syria will - iran will have the opportunity to shape that. potentially culentively -- constructively, more likely destructively. i think they'd rather have iran in the room, rather than undermine the process fro the outside. why did he extend the inv

on al jazeera america >> good afternoon, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. here are the stories we're following for you at this hour. a state of emergency in california where the water is getting dangerously low and wildfires continue to rage out of control. >> two were shooting at people inside the restaurant. >> and the very latest on a suicide-bombing by the taliban that killed 21 people including two americans. >>> plus safety concerns over the shipment of syria's chemical weapons create violent protests at a fishing port. >>> and why one tactic of chinese diplomacy is not as black and white as it seems. >>> too much fire and too little water making for a dangerous situation in california. the wildfire that ban two days ago in the l.a. suburb of glendora is still burning, and now the state's governor has declared a drought emergency. >> reporter: this fire is just one consequence of the drought crippling california. >> today i'm declaring a drought emergency in the state of california. >> reporter: the governor

al jazeera america. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? welcome back a reminder now. the united states is ausing syria of stalling on its removal of the chemical weapons. chuck hagel has asked the government to take immediate action to comply with its obligations. syria's entire chemical arsenal is supposed to be eliminated by judge 30th. in iraq, at least 20 people have been killed after armed men stormed the government building. police fought the attackers who took hostages in baghdad. al in the capital a series of car bombs killed 19 people. as the president goes on six leave, protestors have reje

nick spicer, al jazeera, berlin. >>> there is a lot more ahead on al jazeera america, including a big change in the florida everglades. >> i am natasha. an air boat ride through the swamps has become synonymous with the florida everglades but airboating is phases out. we will tell you why. >> we are looking at a massive change in temperatures across the northeast. a lot of snow on the ground is going to melt but as we begin the week, it is going to refreeze. all of the details on that when i return right after this. >> i am john henry smith, live in philadelphia. coming up on a preview of what promises to be a fridgid nfc wild card game against the saints and the eagles. >> al jazeera america is the only news channel that will brings you live news at the top of every hour. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories this half hour: u.s. says it is concerned about the situation in western iraq where the government is battling an armed group linked to al-qaeda. police in the main city of fallujah say rebel fighters control the center of town. at least eigh

al jazeera, chicago. >> thanks so much for watching al jazeera. i am morgan radford from new york city. listening post is up next. for news update throughout the day, head on over to aljazeera.com. the whistle on the nsa. into the data banks of silicon valley giants, and the private communication he of millions of citizens around thrl

>> good afternoon, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford and here is what we're following for you right now. wildfires burn as california deals with the worst drought in its history. and the breeding ground for international hackers, we'll go inside the private it school attended by nsa whistle blower edward snowden. >> syrian rebel leaders greed to attend peace talks in geneva just four days from now. the syrian national coalition voted yes in istanbul. their attendance is vi vital. the violence is now spilling over into lebanon. >>> too much fire and too little water, a dangerous combination for california. in the l.a. suburb of glendor ga the fire is still burning. >> reporter: this fire is just one consequence of the severe drought crippling california. officials hope the governor's declaration will help farmers and protect california's $44 billion agriculture industry. >> today i'm declaring a drought emergency in the state of california. >> reporter: the governor of the state, jerry brown, made the announcement afte

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this is al jazeera ♪ welcome to the news hour, i'm live in doha and the top stories on al jazeera, as tens of thousands escape the violence in south sudan signs of a cease fire agreement could be close. and india diplomate with washington is allowed to leave the u.s. also this hour tunisia's prime minister makes way for a figure or will it go or will it deadlock. ♪ and we meet the winner of one of classical musics best. ♪ mediators are optimistic that a cease fire will happen soon and inside south sudan 200,000 people are forced from their homes because of the fights and in a moment we will hear from malcolm webb who is in, uganda where thousands of people have left and we are at a camp for displaced people and tell us about the security situation in the state where you are and who is in control. >> well, the government says it's out of control and the big bone of contention is the capitol of the state which is bent ooshgs -- bentoo from the rebels who hold the town and effected by a lot of violence and we drove around on thursday and saw homes and a couple dead bodies on the road

>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories that we're following for you. former secretary robert gates brighting a book that is the talk of the town in d.c. >>> and later one of the nation's largest electronic shows coming to vegas. >> we begin former defense secretary taking aim at one of his old bosses. former defense secretary robert gates explosive against president obama in one of his new books. our correspondent mike viqueira is i at the white house, what dd it say. >> reporter: jay carney continuing the white house high road in response to these allegations, these accusations in this memoir of his time in washington. you're right it's in defense of the george w. bush and into the barack obama administration but he served as c.i.a. chief under bush. so someone who has been in washington a long time, someone who has a reputation as being a good soldier, someone who has a reputation for following orders and being extremely competence, that's why he lasted so long and worked for both republicans and de

al jazeera mohamed ado is there. mohamed before we get into the premise of these talks can you remind us what the current fighting there is all about? >> well, currently, the -- both sides in the negotiations here in addis ababa are waiting for the mediators are waiting for a cease fire. concentrate efforts on what they say the suffering the people been displaced and the killings have to stop first before the two sides can take their time and talk about the political issues between them. now there's been a lot of pressure coming open the shoulders of the -- on the people who are here, because of the united states and china which purchases much of south sudan's oil. and these threats are of sanctions some of them targeted seem to be working as both sides now say they are willing to sign as long as the wording, as long as they are in agreement with the wording of the cease fire agreement. >> mohamed i want to go back to the sanctions you just mentioned. we have reports that the targeted sanctions is that going to play

. >>> this is al jazeera. >>> welcome to the news hour. al jazeera news centers in doha. these are the top stories. a powerful explosion hit southern beirut. four people are dead. iraq's bloody year, 2013 recalls the biggest in five years. fighting continues in south sudan as rebels prepare to begin peace talks in ethiopia. and how this puppet commercial got one in egypt in trouble. >>> with the latest from europe, including security issues dominate as russia presses ahead with its preparations for the winter olympics in sochi. >>> welcome to al this this this this. >> they didn't want the lebanese to be part and it would open the way in lebanon. >> no one. but for many lebanese, it started to reach them. the politicians, president terrorism. they called for the unity of the lebanese. but this this >> this is one of the main groups fighting in syria. >> that's prompted the she aled group. to try to restore order local tribesmen have joined the police in the city of ramadi to try to take police buildings that the fighters have occupied. there is anger here over the arrest

al jazeera america. >> welcome back to talk to al jazeera. i'm talking to malcolm gladwell, author of his latest book david and goliath. we discussed how you like to be someone who plays with yrdz. a number of the critics of this latest book, that you're taking scholarly findings and you're trying to fit the narrative that you've agreed on. i want to read you this one criticism. i don't mean to be mean. >> okay, fine. >> if you want academic rigor don't read gladwell. it teaches little of general import for the morals of the stories it tells, lacks solid foundation in evidence and logic. i'm not looking for you to respond to the criticism. i'm looking for you to explain who you should be to the world. who is malcolm supposed to be and what your calling is? >> they're being kill joys a little bit. i said literally i like to take chances with ideas. i think that ideas ought to be thrilling, i think it should be as fun to read about some of the things that -- the notion of desirable difficulty. to me that's as thrilling as going to see a horror

those and your business headlines when al jazeera america returns. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here is a look at today's top business headlines. we could be seeing back-to-back triple-digit gains on wall street following a report on strong manufacturing reports. tobacco is showing up in u.s. economic data, inflation rising .4 of a percent last month. labor department says a significant chunk of that increase came from tobacco prices going up, the cost of energy also rising as well. demand for mortgage loans is up as well. increase as the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell. >>> in louisiana they are calling it a recipe for disaster. cracked levees and the threat of methane gas are of the biggest concerns. at least 26 acres have been swallowed in a sinkhole. the people of bayou corn have be head here. here is what we told us. >> around the christmas/new year's holidays, the micro earthquakes did increase again, and with that activities the tr where the texas brine folks are, we asked to get someone on camera to tell us what the situation is here. if nothin

al jazeera's antis hasan is here. >> it is a big deal. the regulations apply specifically to pilots of course travelers are affected. this is the first change in over 50 years, covering rules how and when crew rests between flights. the federal aviation administration requires that before going on duty all commercial pilots get at least ten hours of rest between shifts, including eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. in the past, pilots could spend those eight hours getting to and from the hotel, showering and eating. under the new rules, pilots now must have 30 consecutive hours of rest each week. that's a 25% increase from previous regulations. the rules also limit a pilot's time in the cockpit to eight or nine hours. depending on when their flight begins. the new rules went into effect onsaturday, delta airlines started following the new guidelines on wednesday. the largest pilot's union in the u.s., the airline pilots association, welcomed the new regulations explaining they were long overdue, but they do not include cargo pilots. but t

>> good evening, everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonatha john seigenthaler in new york. >>> warnings and worry intensi intensify. >>> travel alert for sochi, and will u.s. olympians be safe. we'll talk with jackie joiner kerry. >>> and the class where opportunitiestudentslearn and i. >> if you shopped at target and thought he were safe from the data hack, it play be worse than first reported, far beyond what anyone could have imagined. 110 million customers may have been affected. one out of every three americans. we have one of the biggest data thefts ever. >> it's not just the new number of possible hacking victims according to both "the new york times" and the "washington post" this evening, the stolen information may affect people who shopped at target before the holidays, not during them. now target has not specifically give dates for the additional data theft. we've called for clarification, so far they have not come back to us. but the company has said this is separate from the card theft. if you thought you were in the c

>> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! >>> i'm john siegen that willer. welcome to al jazeera. i'm talking to jill abramson. i wake up in the morning, and i reach over to the night table and pick up my iphone and i call up "the new york times" app rather than walk outside and pick up the newspaper itself, which is sitting there, which often doesn't get read. i mean, is that something that happens to you? >> i actually am a multi-platform reader. it depends on where and when i am, but i still get immense pleasure out of reading the print newspaper. >> i do, too. >> i spend at least an hour every morning actually -- even though i've read, i mean, we published a lot of the articles that are in the paper on our website, and they've been published on our apps, too. but i still love, you know, just in some ways the serendipity seeing a story inside one of the sections i didn't know about before. you find yourself reading it. you don't know quite why, but it's sort of a joyous experience. >> we share that love of print.

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>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. the u.s. supreme court putting a stopto gay marriage in utah. in washington it's back to work. dealing with issues like unemployment insurance and the nomination of janet yellen. and that arctic winter blast has a lot of you shaking in your boots. those state officials in utah who oppose gay marriage winning a victory in court, at least for now. putting a stop to same sex marriages, putting a stop to the decision, this is the rowe v wade decision of the 21st century. why? >> those that feel it is a federal constitutional right to marry, as many say it is your federal right to choose, left to the state to determine whether gay people have the right to marry. it is that old tension we have between federal and state rights. >> sonia sotomayor, is it just the luck of the draw? >> federal justices divvy up the districts, this is a procedural decision she's made. they just stayed the law and the judge has made the decision in the state of utah. and she said everybody hold on while this appe

jazeera only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. for months we have been covering the u.s. surveillance program. before the snowden leaks, public scrutiny. al jazeera rob reynolds takes us straight to the data center in utah. >> reporter: if you've ever wondered where the national security agency stores all that data it collects, well, you're looking at it. this is the utah data center in bluffdale, a 92,000 square meter complex completed last september, at a cost of $1.5 billion. writer james banford has studied the nsa for decades. >> it's designed to hold a tremendous amount of nsa's intercepted information. the phone calls, the e-mail, the metadata, everything it collects it needs a place to store it and that's what bluffdale is for. you could sort of think of it as nsa's external hard drive. >> reporter: the nsa declined a request for an interview but in bluffdale, population about 8,000, most people don't have any qualms about their neighbor, the spy agency. >> it's an important miss

al jazeera america. >> welcome back, a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. two muslim men have been lynched for killings in bangui for latest example of sectarian violence in the country. >>> the pakistani taliban says it's behind an attack which killed at least 22 soldiers. attacked happened inside an army compound. the bomb inside a car carrying security forces. >>> thousands of pro-eu protestors in the ukraine. the government's refusal to sign a trade deal, the government has instead signed trade deals with russia. >>> thousands of people have marched on hong kong's police hazardous to demand better conditions. an indonesian made was maltreated by her employer. >>> thousands of people fed up with domestic worker abuse in hong kong have marched around police headquarters. they want to make sure there are no more cases like this. ariana who returned home to indonesia this week bruised and battered. she says she was beaten, burns and tortured by her employer for eight months in hong kong. >> translator: based on our medical records she was subjected to inten

. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera. also ahead on the program. the first batch of chemical weapons is taken out of syria by sea. >> north korea celebrates kim jong un's birthday, by announ announcing elections. >> and taking aim at the commander-in-chief. a former u.s. defense secretary attacks barack obama in his memoires. >> there's tension in egypt as the trial of deposed president mohamed morsi resumes in cairo. he's due before the judges shortly. there has been protests near the court. these are the pictures from the nasser city area. tear gas is being fired on anti-coup demonstrators. >> this is the scene live outside of the courtroom at cairo police academy, where he'll be appearing shortly. security is on high alert. mohamed morsi is on trial with 14 muslim brotherhood members, accused of inciting the killing of protesters during mohamed morsi's presidency in 2012. the prosecution says mohamed morsi incited his supporters to use violence and commit murder. the case looks at the deaths of people protesting against a decree extending mohame

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ and you join us for the al jazeera news hour and welcome for me, david foster and this is some of what we have coming up, in the next 60 minutes. they crucified me, an activist missing for 8 days claims he was kidnapped and tortured. it's the great barrier reef at risk and australia gives the go ahead for millions of cubics of mud to be dumped nearby and bangkok protesters step up the bid to topple the government. and the biggest e waste site in the world where young people risk their lives to make a living. ♪ and we start in ukraine, two disturbing stories of intimidation right in the middle of the country's political crisis and one involves journalists attacked by police, the other a 35-year-old political activist demetri says he was beaten, tortured and part of his ear cutoff and also that he was crucified and we are live from kiev and what does he say happened to him? >> and we are still trying to establish the full scope of what exactly happened to him but what we know comes from a brief interview he gave last night. as you mentioned there

>>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. the northeastern part of the u.s. trying to get back on track of the major winter storm brings things to a crawl. and secretary of state john kerry doing the diplomatic shuffle turning his attention to palestinian president. and birth control and the affordable care act the obama administration now appealing to the supreme court. ♪ >>> delays, cancellations and bitterly cold temperatures all part of the first major snow storm in the northeast this year. that storm already being blamed for 11 deaths as it moved across the country this yeek. you are looking at the plains over the now. the orange planes are the ones that aren't flying. nearly 2,000 flights have already been canceled. another thousand have been delayed. richelle carey is in new york where 1 million kids spent the day at home, but first to john terrett in boston. john, boston got hit on both fronts today, the snow and the cold. >> reporter: you know, dell, it really did, and the school kids in massachusetts are also off

welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris, days before everyone could turn on the tap in west virginia. thousands of protestors in thailand trying to stop upcoming elections. well, the hits keep coming in what has been a tough week for new jersey governor chris christie. it started last wednesday when documents were released showing that one of christie's top aids orchestrated lane closures on the george washington brirnlg. friday more documents released they showed the governor's govef was involved in trying to pin the story after it broke. today the state legislature announced the formation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the bridge bay scandal. >> this has become larger than a transportation issue and that's why we are creating the supercommittee. under the chairmanship of wizneuski, this trail will need something else, and we'll need to look at all evidence that's presented and act accordingly. >> so on top of so-called the bridge-gate scandal we learned today that the ho

for al jazeera, rome. >>> and the show continues here on al jazeera now back to adrian. many thanks. the 2014 rally is passing through the salt flats in bolivia as the race continues through south america. the raceback began in argentina and winds through bolivia before ending in chile on friday. now bolivians had vowed to block motorcycles and all-terrain 6 vehicles from the sea flats but the protest was called off when the government announced that it was sending in the military. we were hoping to take you live to bolivia, unfortunately the technical gremlins have got the better of us. we will take a break. >>> just ahead all the sports, including all the ups and downs for olympic mogul champions. all the details in just a moment. >> >>> an auction has outraged animal rights activists in the u.s. and beyond. up for grabs, the rights to kill an endangered black rhino in africa. the permits went for 350,000. here is our report. >> space inside the dallas convention center was at a premium as 45,000 hunting enthusiasts from around the world attended the dallas safari club

sen al jazeera.his is this is al jazeera. >> a warm welcome from me to this al jazeera news hour. coming up, in the next 60 minutes egyptians vote on a new constitution, a referendum seen as the biggest test of the military backed government's hold on power. >> there has been violence, eight people have been killed in protest so far across egypt. diplomatic dispute, sparred by some very undiplomatic excepts about john kerry. >> with the news from europe, including now is not the time. the french president speaked about the economy but brushes aside questions about his private life. and the u.n.'s special envoy for education, explained his plan to get 400,000 syrian children into school in lebanon. it is 1800 gmt and the polls chose in an hour's time. vote willing resume in the morning the the second and what is the last day in what many are seeing as a test of popular support. critics say it just boosts the power of the army. eight people are being kehled in protests, and in cairo's suburb. nicole johnston with the very latest. >> egyptians are certainly getting used to having to

word on al jazeera. ukraine you turn, anti-protest laws are appealed the prime minister resigns, but the opposition still unhappy. while peace keeping troops head to the central african republic, as the country continues to slide into law lessness. we report from banghi. >> with more news from europe, including who orders the war crimes. the former bosnian serve leader and general face each other in court. and put your royal household in order. britain's monarchky is told to get more commercial about it's money. but first, ukraine's par limit has voted to scrap it's onty laws. the opposition still aren't happy. >> the message couldn't have been clearer. parliament throws out anti-protest laws introduced just a week ago. with a resounding majority. the vote came hard on the heels of the resignation of prime minister, immediately accepted by the president. and according to the constitution, that meant the whole cab net was out of office we asked for the resident ignoring night of the government, who is dir

only on al jazeera america ♪ this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to another news hour from doha and our top story, taking the fight to south sudan's capitol and marching on juda. they killed three people. new york declares a state of emergency, as a huge snowstorm hits the united states. and packing a punch and why obesity is a problem in the developing world. ♪ the united nations say rebels in south sudan are marching on the capitol and as cease fire talks get underway in neighboring ethiopia and the u.s. embassy is evacuating all nonessential staff from the city and let's get straight over and talk about this in the capitol duba and mohamed what is the latest there, how far away are the rebel soldiers? >> well, according to officials of the united nations, rebels are 150 kilometers away at a town called mcwhite and this is 150 kilometers north of duba and it's causing jitters here in duba particularly among the diplomatic community with the american embassy and they are taking nonessential staff from dub and and asking any of the citizens in duba to make it to the airport so the

stephanie decker, al jazeera. >>> in egypt three of our al jazeera colleagues now spending their fifth day in detangs. the producers are held in a prison outside of cairo. our correspondent remains inside a cairo police station. they'll expected to face further questions this weekend. al jazeera demands they be released immediately. >>> a group of u.s. senators putting the pressure on afghan president karzai. they want him to sign the security deal, and karzai put off the signing until after the new elections. arizona republican john mccain says it poses a threat to afghanistan and the region. >> we cannot see a repeat of iraq. we've got to do everything that we can in order to see that this bsa is signed. at the same time we've explained it our afghan friends that unless we resolve these differences, the united states of america has no choice but to not continue with its commitment. it's something we don't want to do. >> those differences could be resolved soon. he says if no deal is signed, all u.s. and nato troops have to leave afghanistan by the enld of the year. >>> the violence i

on the hour only on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. here are some of the stories we're following for you. fires burn in california while it deals with the worst drought on record. plus how presidential reforms will change spying by the national security agency. >> hi and dry out west, a wildfire that began in the hills of glendora, california, is still burning. firefighters have stopped the flames from spreading but there is nothing they can do about the state's historic drought. stephanie stan stanton with morn that fire and that drought. >> reporter: good morning to yon to you, morgan. this fire is 30% contained. we do expect to get some updated numbers throughout the day, but this fire is just one consequence of the drought that is crippling california, and the governor's recent drought declaration is hoping to actually alleviate and prevent some of the damage from this drought, especially the the drought for the agriculture industry. >> reporter: mounting pressure from politicians, busine

> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here's the top stories. hours after the first of 2014, frigid cold. arctic cold snap is taking place in the west. kevin corriveau has more. kevin. >> doesn't look good indeed. that is the old system passing off the east coast. now we're going to be focusing here across the northern plains. a little bit closer in and you can see what we're dealing with right now. the snow is beginning to ice as well as some rain showers in south dakota but the warnings are in full effect right now: blizzard warnings for all of north dakota, parts of south dakota as well. when we're talking about blizzard warnings, visibility that is less than half omile because of winds over -- a mile because of winds over 35 miles per hour. down in the south, winter storm watches, that is in effect from parts of detroit, part of missouri as well. if you are traveling is some of these areas, the major airports we're going to be watching this, your delays could be cancelled or could be delayed in

have a good night. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> and it is good to have you along for the al jazeera news hour, i'm david foster and this is what we have coming up in the next 60 minutes. the first batch of chemical weapons leaves syria under an international deal to see them destroyed. the battle for iraq's province, iraqi troops readying to storm fallujah to regain control from al-qaeda-linked troops. >>> and the frenchic

right here on al jazeera america. .. . >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonights >> spenting on prisons is sky rocketing not just because the prison population is growing, but it's ageing and more expensive to take care of prisoners. a small group of prisoners are running hospices. the iowa state's program is documented in "prison terminal." it shows the impact on the patients and caretakers. >> when i started i thought it would be about what i could give to the patient and what i could do to make them feel better. when you do what you do the feeling is you get back from them, you can't even describe it. it executives you a feeling that for once i'm somebody nobody thought i could do. >> the director joins us from chicago "prison terminal." it will prem your on hbo, and start a run on friday, along with other oscar inform nominated documentaries. nomination. >> you focus on a gentleman we saw a moment ago. he is a world war ii vetter an. he killed the drug dealer after his son was hooked on drugs. over time in prison you show that he found some redemption. >> yes. jack hall has

al jazeera, canterbury. >>> thanks so much for watching al jazeera. i'm morgan radford. see you shortly. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, i am richard and you are at the listening post. this week turkey's prime minister accuses the media inspiring against his democratic elected. but they say he is just blowing spoke. a number of reporters have signed up with the obama administration. three more journalists are murdered in pakistan and the taliban say they did the killing. and when a masterpiece comes to life. that's our web video of the week. there is a huge political story unfolding in turk and it's media aren't just reporting they represent a key subplot. prime minister's government is caught up in a cryption standsal and some journalists and media outlets chasing the story have been paying the price with fines, prosecution and some times their jobs. the country was the world amounts biggest jailer of journalist long before the scandal came to light. we have reported before here on the listening post on the corporate conglomerates that own most of the media outlets in turkey. all of

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. >> thanks for joining us on al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. , a botched camp fire morphed into a massive wildfire. san gabriel mountains, causing evacuations in nearby city of glenglendora. police say they have the culprits who may have started that fire. al jazeera's jennifer london is in glendora with more. >> what started as an early morning camp fire quickly spread to a wildfire out of control. within hours the wildfire burned 1700 acres and caused evacuations of 5,000 people. the colby fire as it is called, 600 to 700 firefighters are trying to increase that containment level. firefighters do say as night fell they began to get the upper hand and were able to stop the forward movement of the flames. the hope is that the wind does not come up overnight, to bridge the fire lines that workers worked all day to establish. three people have been charged with recognizelessly starting th it was fired in the early morning hours. while they believe it was started as an accident, they could be charged if it was determined it was

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