Hit areas. Welcome to your world this morning 34 Million People around 13 states are going to be affected by the Severe Weather theyre part of the same storm moving through the south africa injuring seven people in oklahoma. Our correspondent has more. Reporter the strongest storm hit oklahoma where there were reports of in multiple tornadoes. Thousands of people had their power knocked out. Trees completely uprooted and many homes and vehicles destroyed. Others were reported in parts of the area. In pervir winds toppled trees and power lines. Near the alabama astate line at least a dozen homes were damaged. Reporter we were out in the shop and all of a sudden my wife called me and said you need to come in. I didnt hear the sirens going off. When we came out of the shop, there was some tin flying off the top of the shop there. Its nothing ive seen or been in. Reporter crews also rescued a 16yearold after he and his truck got stuck in a ditch. Two twittererss hit in alabama aleaving tho
Crisis. And protests take place outside of congress over northbounds nucleairans nuclear deal. And in sports prince hussein fires the first shot in his first effort to become fifa president. He didnt have the guts to run, but i did. Launching for footballs top job by criticizing his rivals. Hello, tackling europes humanity crisis. According to the president of the european commission, hes calling on Member States to agree to provide homes for 160,000 refugees by next year. The critics say it wont be enough. They warn that half a million refugees have entered europe this year. Tens of thousands have made the dangerous journey across the mediterranean sea. Those numbers pailing in comparison with the number of refugees in the region. 4million were living in turkey, lebanon, iraq and egypt. Another group of weary people cross the border between greece and macedon gentleman. As they continue traveling north by foot or other means, the parliament is discussing how to help thousands of other
That millions of afghans are expected to vote today. Candidates and journalists have been killed in the last few months. Three of the top contenders in the election promised to sign a troop extension agreement, and that will allow 10,000 troops to remain in the country after the combat Mission Events this year. David shuster takes a look at americas involvement in afghanistan. The United States had troops on the ground in afghanistan since october 2001. 12. 5 years ago in response to the 9 11 attacks. The Bush Administration launched Operation Enduring freedom aimed at dismantling the government. The u. S. Troop levels were constant in afghanistan, at around 30,000. In 2009, in his first year in office. President obama announced a surge of 17,000 and a second surge of an additional 13,000. By september 2010 the u. S. Had 98,000 u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Two years ago the Obama Administration began to scale back the levels, announcing plans for a withdrawal. And the number of u. S. F
And harsh conditions inside egypts prisons. We begin in ukraine. Gegss over crime divisions over crimea led to street violence. Rallies took place across the country. Scuffles took place in the east. Demonstrators raised a russian flag on a government building there. In the Southern Region of crimea people pushed to join russia. People were attacked. Tens of thousands rallied in kiev, rallying for a unified ukraine. Ukraines Prime Minister will travel to washington to meet with president obama on tuesday. What is the latest Nick Schifrin. Good evening, we see an expanding russian presence troops moving around and base, and politically as well. A real sense that the prorussian activist and militias are empowered by the presence of the Russian Troops. If you go around this city, this capital, other cities across the peninsula, you get a sense of aggressiveness of prorussian activists, prorussian militia members being aggressive, confrontational with prowestern activists and is creating a
Chief has a sitdown with iran. And Major League Soccer starting to see its investment in the u. S. Paying off. With an increasing number of fans in the stand, the league will consider adding new teams. Hi everyone. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im Thomas Drayton. We begin this hour with breaking news coming out of california. A magnitude 6. 9 quake struck up the coast of northern california, it was about four miles underground, and 40 miles northwest of ferndale california. Experts say theres no danger over tsunami, and so far no reports of serious damages are injuries. Another developing store gri we are following, the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 360 remains a mystery. There has been no black box signals since the aircraft disappeared. The passenger planeway heading from kuala lumpur to beijing. Authorities are investigating all angles, including terrorism. Theres no comfirmation of what the mist earsious object in the South China Sea is. It may be part of the missin