Violent conflict. Good morning and welcome to al jazeera, im stephanie sy, california Authorities Say a botched camp fire erupted in a Massive Wildfire thursday and swept across 2000 acheers in the mountains and the first fire in the mountains since 2009 and flames damaged homes, garages, barns and other buildings, swift winds had it spread quickly and caused evacuations in again dora and the wildfire is no longer advancing and 30 contained but the National Weather service says a red flag warning of danger will remain in effect for the area and we have brian rooney live with a report on the fire and first al jazeera gives us the details surrounding the massive blaze. And it only happens, what, a few minutes and it was everywhere, all around us. Thats how quickly a wildfire sparked at a campsite spread across 17 0 0 acres in the bonedry foothills of glen dora outside of los angeles and dawn and night more than 700 firefighters across Southern California rushed to contain the blaze and e
John kerry met with the leaders from the ukraine today and saying that the u. S. Supports the fight for democracy. Chl. The battle is putting the u. S. And russia on opposing sides. We are joined live now, and tens of thousands of protestor are waiting to see what happens in the meeting today. But what exactly are they hoping to hear . Morgan, they are asking for a concrete promises, actions from the United States and europe from preventing from a state of emergency happening here and they have heard what they wanted from the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and hes supporting the ukrainianukrainians. They are fighting for the right to help to realize their aspirations and they have decided that means their futures do not have to lie with one country alone and certainly not coeerzed. And it is the Russian Foreign minister criticizing the support for the ukraine and saying it is rewarding violence in the streets and so the ukraine in a divide between the east and the west and the opp
Make their own wager on the super bowl. This was supposed to be Chris Christies weekend. Sunday his state hosts the super bowl but governor christie is facing new allegations and tough new questions. What did he know and when did he know it . The governor is spotted just a few minutes ago leaving Howard Sterns bird day party in manhattan but hes besieged with questions over the George Washington bridge. John terrett is with us. John. Reporter googood evening,. Governor christie is in a tight position, in a letter through his lawyer, governor christie knew about those lane enclosures, evidence exists is the wording in the letter. It all means that governor christie is in a very tight spot because he has always vehemently denied any knowledge of though lane closures while they were happening. Its the scandal that continues to surround governor christie. The lane closings at the George Washington bridge causing a commuter nightmare for days. The alleged political pay back against a democr
Found himself swept up in another violent conflict. Thanks for joining us on al jazeera america. Im 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 jazeeras 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 th
Counting the cost of the Government Shutdown, the human cost. The lost productivity and the damaged reputations. Tonight well look at the toll it has taken on the country. And with federal employees back to work, congress and the white house face major challenges. They have just three months to find a solution. At a moment when our economic recovery demands more jobs, more momentum, weve got yet another selfinflicted crisis thats set our economy back and for what . While the 800,000 government workers affected by the shutdown will be getting back pay, there is still the question of a long term budget solution. Last nights deal left the u. S. Borrow through february 7th and funds the government and its workers through january 15th of next year. Libby casey looks forward to capitol hill. Capitol hill quiet this day if in dramatic contrast to washington, d. C, workers got back on the job and the restaurants and cafes with a lot of energy. Not so much capitol hill. The energy has pretty mu