Prorussian separatists in the east. Hundreds of thousands protest against Charlie Hebdo magazine, this time in russian controlled chechnya. Hello its been a violent and tumult oust day. In yemen. A ceasefire is now holding. Earlier 9 people were killed near the president ial palace. While the president is safe in sanaa, earlier convoy came under fire. More from yemen. The fighting is being heard from blocks away. Government forces and Houthi Rebels have been battling near the president ial palace in sanaa since early on monday. The symbol of who wields power in yemen something thats hard to know at the moment. The information minister describes the scene as utter chaos. To be honest, i dont think any single party is under control of sanaa. There are places where state is under control places where houthis are under control. Army are responding to his command and that is why both ministers of defense and interior are in this committee. There are people who wear the uniform they do not o
Plus. Im from the World Buskers Festival in new zealand, where artists are searching for weird and wonderful ways to entertain the crowds we begin in Northern Iraq where the Kurdish Peshmerga are launching a major offensive against i. S. I. L. Cutting off a route. Supplies from its base in araka, in syria, to mosul the second largest city of iraq which is under the armed groups control. The i. S. I. L. Stronghold is one of the towns along the route. Peshmerga forces which control the dam. What they are trying to do is take those another to the area and cut off the supply routes. Zeina khodr is there for us. Reporter we have been talking to commanders they say theyve pushed approximately 25km south of mosul dam, and have taken over a number of towns and villages. We saw for hour how the Islamic State of iraq and levant is fighting back, using heavy weapons. They are firing rockets landing close to peshmerga positions. Peshmerga commanders said this will take some time. The way i. S. I.
High heels . And we say good wednesday morning. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. We begin with the overnight reaction to the state of the Union Address in which president obama steamed to turn his famous slogan yes we can into a new one. It went off script. Susan saulny with details. Reporter good morning. In this speech we saw an optimistic president trying hard to secure his legacy. The shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. Reporter president obama unveiled an ambitious state of the union agenda for his final two years in office emboldened by rising job Approval Ratings and improving economy. Since 2010 america has put more people back to work than europe japan, and all advanced economies combined. Reporter the president took credit claiming a vindication of his democratic policies. Middle class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work as long as politics dont get in the way. Reporter the p
And we say good wednesday morning. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. We begin with the overnight reaction to the state of the Union Address in which president obama steamed to turn his famous slogan yes we can into a new one. It went off script. Susan saulny with details. Reporter good morning. In this speech we saw an optimistic president trying hard to secure his legacy. The shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. Reporter president obama unveiled an ambitious state of the union agenda for his final two years in office emboldened by rising job Approval Ratings and improving economy. Since 2010 america has put more people back to work than europe japan, and all advanced economies combined. Reporter the president took credit claiming a vindication of his democratic policies. Middle class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work as long as politics dont get in the way. Reporter the president s pr
A man is arrested for bulldozing the home he lived in with his wife. Well give you details on that. Thanks for joining us. President obama will travel to the midwest today, his first stop boise state university. There hell promote some of the themes we heard during his state of the Union Address last night. His message was loud and clear, america is bouncing back. The shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. At every step we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious, and we would crush jobs and explode deficits. Instead weve seen the fastest Economic Growth in over a decade. Our deficits cut by twothirds a stock market that has dounld and Health Care Inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. This is good news people. President obama made history becoming the first president to say the words lesbian buy sexual and transgender in a state of the Union Address. During his hourlong speech, president obama also added some humor. I have no more campaigns to