Cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the United Nations puts more pressure on the inmarsat government to deal with their bare hands are crisis. Oxfam international chief faces corruption charges as the charity confronts a deepening abuse scandal. Confronting racism in canada how the case of an indigenous man killed by a white farmer could change the countrys criminal Justice System. A defiant israeli Prime Minister says hell keep a lady in the country despite police recommending he be charged for corruption and bribery Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars in gifts from billionaire benefactors hes also suspected of backroom deals with the publisher of an israeli newspaper for favorable coverage Harry Fawcett reports on mr islam. The Corruption Scandal has swirled around him for months but never at this intensity addressing the nation Benjamin Netanyahu was determined to project resilience and confidence im sur
Have not told you is not a single political leader supported the movement. Matt won the crusade for voters. And naacp down. Elected leadership down. Nobody anywhere supported it so we asked the city council would you at least put the measure on the ballot so that the people can decide whether they want it or not. Would you allow the people to vote on it, and they didnt do that. At the time i think tim kaine was the mayor of the city, and i said, tim, can you work something out to at least put it on the ballot that people decide it . He said i can only get four votes. I cant get five votes, the majority to do it. Now with that, so what we had to do was to go out and get the people to sign the petition, and if you get the percentage of numbers of people to sign the petition, then it can go on the ballot, so we were able to get about 15,000 signatures to make certain that it had gone on the ballot, and even though the entirety of the leadership was against it, when the people voted, 80 of
Welcome to csis, and thank you for braving todays weather. It is great to see all of the interest in world war i. For those who have not been here before, our project is focused on history that also provides insights into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays vent with the world war i centennial commission, and the csis center, and thank you dan fundy for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in world history, and world war i usually comes out at number one, and americans tend to be fixated on the other wars like the civil war and world war ii, but this is the most important, and we are here today to try to provide some additional awareness, and so 100 years ago to this very day, Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his 14 points speech. Wilson had been a proare fes sor at princeton and president of the institution, and he drew upon the academic colleagues t
Taking off from the russian capital in just a few moments from moscow with the very latest on the grid and we will have you back Prime Minister netanyahu threatens further action against anyone who threatens israel or that battle in the skies above syria and israel calls the crash of an israeli warplane in the early star of the Winter Olympics. Has been the center of attention in south korea with kim. Jong diplomatic Charm Offensive now as were looking at whether it was a success or if its all been a timely distraction from the Nuclear Issue in the north. Finally free more than three hundred soldiers have been rescued from fighting in south sudan its a happy ending but how will they fight back into society after years of sexual and psychological abuse im leah harding connector thats the hash tag a. J. News for. You with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com breaking news this hour out of russia as we say a passenger plane
Injured. We are a rate 01 negative aware of the rest that took place in in paris a very painful the soldier was not injured. Were also aware of the attack and our thoughts are with those wounded in the incident. Francis lederer oldest and closest allies you will give any support to their investigations. Looking ahead the of president and key members of the Foreign Policy team the National Security advisor to walk you through the of meetings to take your questions unless you want to give me a free pass because it is friday. [laughter] by a knowledge seeing the horrific attacks we will work tirelessly to prevent attacks United States remains committed to the terrorist organizations the president has been energized the of the defeat to combat extremism and to end financing we will go against these cowardly attacks with those that do the same. Note to president trumps trip next week that consisted message emphasizing is three goals first to promote peace and second for prosperity and to up