Civilians are nervous. And in detroit, a man who shot a teenager showing up drunk on his porch has now been convicted of murder. A humanitarian crisis continues to unfold this hour in northwestern iraq. In the midst of a new sunni rebel offensive in the region. Islamic state fighters have punctured through kurdish defenses. There are reports of mass executions and tens of thousands of ethnic minorities are vulnerable. Taken refuge on a mountain near sinjar trapped without food and water. The United States has reportedly agreed to launch a mission to help people there. A government source tells us that there will be an effort to provide humanitarian aid. The Obama Administration is also considering a military component to pave the way, a way to curb Islamic State military advances. Lisa stark is live in washington. Lisa tell us more about what the white house is trying to do. Reporter david there was a National Security meeting at the white house, and all day at the time state departmen
At gunpoint that texas mum with four children pulled out of the car, wrongly pulled over and handcuffed by police. You cant say sorry, and im over it. I cant. [ cheers ] field of dreams the boys from chicago southside swinging their way to the Little League world championships. We are following breaking news for you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im Morgan Radford. A strong quake rattled Central California before four in the morning passiving time. The 6. 0 quake was centered south of napper valleys wine country. Tremors all the way from San Francisco to sacramento. Minor damage and reports are expected as day breaks there. This is the largest earthquake in the area since the earthquake in 1989. We turn to meteorologist Kevin Corriveau in the weather center. We are going to take you and google earth, overlaying the earthquake data here. Lets go in closer. I want to show you what you are looking at. We were 27 to 29 miles away to the north. You can see the epic
Than anybody else. Saying sorry, the racist jokes the Senate Majority leader wishes he never made. We made scleclear if you com after americans well come after you. Strong words from ben rhodes, the Deputy National security advisor from the white house addressing the growing threat. Good morning and thank you for being with us. Welcome to al jazeera. U. S. Officials say the Islamic State poses a serious threat to the u. S. And her allies. Vice President Joe Biden says for three years the white house resisted entering the syrian law. Islamic state fighters have taken huge chunks of syria and iraq, trying to establish their own country. The group issued threats against americans and beheaded journalist james foley. The effort to stop them may expand into syria. Al jazeeras jane arraf joins us from erbil. What will it take for the u. S. To really expand into syria . Probably what it will take is a political recognition, thats what is required and sold to the american public. On the milita
Procedures facing millions of american women, america tonight sarah hokye brought us a procedure that some fear may spread cancer and a followup and what doctors should do about it. And branches of government. Capitol Christmas Tree is pretty new. Reporter we have a story behind the tree now gracing the nations capitol. Three, two, one. Reporter lighting up a season of peace on earth in a place where peace can be hard to come by. And good evening and thanks for joining us im joie chan and half of the veterans in iraq and afghanistan sufficient tear a disability connected to their service. They range from traumatic physical wounds of war to life altering psychological scars and now there is increasing concern from millions who say the military should recognize their wounds from poisons they say they were exposed to in the line of duty. America tonights shiela mcvictor has an exclusive, in depth look at what many believe will be the toxic legacy of iraq and afghanistan. Ive lost a lot an
Hand themselves over to the police. Plus the environmental dilemma facing south sudan for a sustainable force against providing fuel for cooking. Hello, alshabab claimed responsibility for an attack in a query that killed 36 workers and its close to somali border and attack on a bus last night in which 28 nonmuslim passengers were killed, crossing over to catherine who is joining us from nairobi to see if there is reaction from the kenya government for the attack and claim from alshabab, catherine. The president is expected to address the nation sometime this afternoon. There is a sharp statement that was sent by the Government Spokesperson who said this incident is being investigated and it was basically just concerning that indeed 36 people were killed at that query and as i speak to you the Main Coalition which is led by Prime Minister is currently holding a press conference and in the past they criticized the government for what they see as failure to contain the security situation