The president says the u. S. Will try again to rescue americans in south sudan. Gunfire stopped an earlier mission today. The three u. S. Aircraft were about to land in the site of some of the countrys worst violence in the past week. Four american soldiers were shot. They are now in stable position but just yesterday gunfire downed a u. N. Helicopter in the same area. And just two years ago, south sudan became its own country, but its now ravages by political and he had tick ethnis between tribes. The president says the unrest was started by the former Vice President who belongs to a rival tribe. So far hundreds have been killed and there is fear of a civil war in the worlds newest country. With more, a report from south sudans capital. Reporter a Memorial Service for the United Nations peacekeepers killed in south sudan. They died trying carry out their mandate to protect civilians, but in the end were unable to protection themselves. For their colleagues, its an emotional farewell.
Pentagon said their aircraft came under fire when they were trying to land in the city of bor. The Service Members are being treated for their wounds. The pentagon has not released the names of the wounded nor how severe their injuries are. Reporter people say this is why the plane was shot done. Bor is controlled by the rebels. They say they thinking it was the enemy they started shooting at it. The plane had to turn around and go back to uganda. There was pandemonium on the ground with people trying to get away when the shooting started. The problem is those who were meant to be evacuated have not been evacuated, and theyre worried what will happen to them. The president said to give them one week to meet about machar. No one knows where machar is. Thpeople are worried about the situation on the ground. Many say they will work to overthrow the government. In other places there is still fighting and bombing going on. So people are concerned what is going to happen next in south sudan.
Scientists discover what is the bang of the Big Bang Theory, 13 million years later. And the redwoods in danger. Stealing wood to make furniture. We begin tonight with the latest on the crisis in ukraine. Russian president , Vladimir Putin today officially declared crimea an independent and sovereign state. That follows sundays referendum, where 97 of crimeaians voted to break away from ukraine and join russia. It comes hours after they imposed their first sanctions on russia and ukrainian political figures. Now, the west is watching crimea and as well as the western part of ukraine. Tens of thousands of ukrainian and Russian Troops gather at the border. Is this what president Vladimir Putin expected today in it. Well, the United States are never going to accept the results of that referendum in crimea, even as he announced small steps to punish russia for what they have done. Reporter president obama made good on his threat of consequences, in clear violation of international law. Tod
We begin with new developments in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Australian ship says they have detected audio signals in the indian ocean consistent with those given off by aircraft black boxes. Lisa stark is reporting. Officials are cautioning they really wont know until they get a better line of where those signals are coming from. Get a line on what they are after. It was an australian ship the ocean shield that managed to pick up these pinging nows from deep under noises from deep under the water. Here is what we heard from the officials in australia. Significantly this would be consistent with transmissions from both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. Clearly, this is a most promising lead. And probably, in the search so far, its the its probably the best information that we have had. We havent found the aircraft yet. We need further confirmation. Reporter now the key is to pick up those pinging signals again. So far they have been unab
An alarm. And heart land divided the battle over building the keystone excel pipeline pits the fight for the future of the Nebraska Family farm, against an alliance of cowboys and indians and their campaign to save a way of life. It is not just an infrastructure project. You are messing with folks legacies. Good evening and thank you for joining us. It is hard to imagine but the crisis in nigeria has become if anything even more horrific. The terror group which kid 23457ed hundreds of school girds hiding them somewhere in the dense bush, has launched another vicious attack nearby. Reportedly killing more than 300 villages. And leaving little doubt that its evil campaign isnt over. Here is america tonight. More than 100 mothers gathers, many of them weeping. They begged to interphone, to bring the girls back safely. This isnt the picture the nigerias president wanted the world to see this week. The focus is is supposed on the economy, and the prospects for investment. Instead, a moment