International weapons inspectors. An explosion outside damascus left 16 government soldiers dead and several others wounded. The bombing happened after Syrian Rebels freed a group of hostages who had been held captive. We have this report from the syrian border. A joint assault against a government complex south of the capital damascus. Thats an army complex south of damascus. According to an activist group, the attack started with a suicide car bomber, and then it followed by heavy clashes. According to an activist group, at least 31 people from the two sides thats 16 soldiers and is a rebels were killed in the attack. Now, the importance of this complex, that rebels for six months have been trying to storm it because it will give them a Vantage Point over some government and military bases within the capital, damascus. Chemical weapons inspectors report progress, saying they have checked 14 of more than 20 sites on the list. Footage of inspectors checking a sight has been released. I
It was brief but convicted killers Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins appeared before a judge vee yeah videoconference in a courtroom. They were caught saturday in panama city, florida. They were on the run after using forged doupts to get an Early Release from prison. Al jazeeras robert ray joins me now outside the courtroom in panama city. Again, it was very, very quick. Walk us through what happened. It was quick. Basically behind me is the bay county courthouse. The two murderers are being held at the bay county jail. They were put on controlled environment video, and the judge actually spoke to them via the video at the jail. He basically asked them if they had attorneys, public defenders. One had not filled out the paperwork, and he does not, and other one does because he filled out the paperwork. The judge is issues both of them with a charge of one count of escape, and they will sit in that jail until october 25th authoritying tell me, and then they will come back on october 25t
Opened fire on a wedding at a Coptic Christian Church at a cairo suburb. Right now National Transportation safety board inspectors are on the scene of a weekend california train accident that killed two workers in a San Francisco suburb. This comes on day two of a transit workers strike leaving questions about whether it had anything to do with the death. The union suspended picketting today out of respect for the victims families. Ntsb officials just wrapped up a news conference. Lets go to lisa bernard for the latest. What did they have to say tonight . Reporter the ntsb is here looking at the tracks, looking at the train, gathering facts. The lead investigator tells us, quote, these accidents happen in an instant, but they take months to investigate. He asked b. A. R. T. For documentation, sketches and photos, and he said theyre looking at a camera that faces inside the cab. This particular train did not have any cameras facing outside, but he says whoever would have been standing i
Another has just begun. Battling over the budget, and each side has a different vision. Just two shorts to agree on a longterm budget plan. If they dont, and the partisan bickering kicks in the impact may be fall well into the new year. Libby casey is in washington with more on what is at stake in. Drama, the fight over funding the government and raising the debt ceiling may barely be cold but work is already started on the next washington budget battle, a group consisting of house and senate members, both republicans and democrats, have started meeting to get their budget work under way. Patty murray and congressman paul ryan former president ial candidate, and their effort is to try to come to some sort of deal of spending cuts, new budget changes. They have two months to get it done. Theyre starting from very different places, though. They come to the table with different goals. Republicans want no new taxes. They also want to see cuts to agency spending, and they reductions in enti
Killers who escaped from prison using faked documents. Both serving life sentences were let out of the franklin corrections institutional in north florida on september 27th and early october. They were found in a Panama City Beach motel. Just hours after walkers mother pleaded for him to turn himself in. We know who you are. We want you to return home safely. We love you. We believe in you. We want you to surrender yourself to someone who you trust, who will bring you back into safety. We dont want any harm to come to you. I know you are a man of faith. You have a Strong Family bond, and Strong Family values and i know who you are. You know who you are. And i just want you home safely,son, please come home. Thank you. And now those two men have been caught alive. Joining us from miami over the phone. Natasha guinane. The mother asked them to turn themselves in and thats exactly what happened. They were arrested together as you mentioned at a motel in Panama City Beach just after 6 30 t