Hundreds of thousands turn out to see the pontiff. Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Good morning that issue of Charlie Hebdo is selling out at news stands. A top alqaeda leader said the group financed and coordinated the attack on Charlie Hebdo last week. Alqaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader says it was an act of vengeance against france. He said Charlie Hebdo has been warned repeatedly about publishing core tunes depicting the prophet mohammed. Todays edition of Charlie Hebdo is the first since the attack on the newspaper killing 12 people. This latest edition has yet another cartoon of the front of theprophet. Hundreds of thousands lined the streets particularly in paris just to get their hands on the latest copy of Charlie Hebdo. Some shops in paris sold out of all Charlie Hebdo copies within a matter of minutes. Its not even 7 00 in the morning yet and ive already been past five shops and theyve all sold out. The first copies hit news stands this morning a week after
Syrias opposition said the use of barrel bombs is wiping out parts of the countries large evident city. China takes on wall street in just a few minutes, its version of twitter going on public offer. Is it just a warm up act for a bigger move . We begin in south korea where parents are still waiting for any information on their missing children. More than 24 hours after a ferry capsized off the southern coast, rescue across have been working around the clock to find the 300 missing people. 179 people have been rescued, at least nine confirmed dead. Bodies of several students arrived at this hospital on thursday. Aljazeera reports. Day two of this operation and rescue crews were in little doubt where most of the missing must be. For all the boats and helicopters, all the divers, just getting access to the upturned ferry, let alone locating anyone inside remains an enormous challenge. Fast, swirling currents, Poor Visibility and the depth of the Access Points has made for slow progress,
U. S. Officials are analyzing a video showing the largest known alqaeda gathering in yemen. This is all about flexing and showing the world we are aqap with. I dont think this increases our concern. Our concern of high. We called on russia to be part of the solution to stop destabilizing ukraine. We have not done enough to assist ukraine. Its almost disgraceful how little we have done. Each time russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to destabilize ukraine, there are going to be consequences. 31,000 americas either get murdered or commit suicide with illegal guns. Only civilized country in the world that has this problem. As a mother, i am afraid is someone is going to take my children away. This is a battle for the hearts and minds of america. We begin with a very disturbing video from alqaedas most dangerous affiliate and new threats to attack the american homeland. The first video that and on hardcore islamic web sites is believed to have been from march and shows an op