Human rights. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. We begin with breaking news this morning. A man opened fire inside a Movie Theater in louisiana killing two people. There is no word on a possible motive. Authorities say the shooter injured nine others before taking his own life. Some of the injuries are described at life threatening. Police are set to give an update in the next few minutes. Well bring that to you live. Jonathan martin is outside the theater in lafayette. Have authorities identified the shooter and what do we know about him . Good morning to you randall. Police do know who the shooter is, have not identified him by name. They say he is a 58yearold white man. There is no talk about a motive. Police have been outside the Movie Theater all night since the shooting happened. You can see officers here. They just finished a briefing with the louisiana governor bobby jindal. A lot to investigate. Theyve talked with witnesses. T
Up. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. President obama is in ethiopia this morning wrapping up a News Conference with the countrys Prime Minister. The leaders are talking about security and fume rights. He pledged to help ethiopia keep up the pressure on groups like al shabab. Critics say the visit legitimizes the oppressive government, but president obama disagreed. This visit reflects the importance the United States places on our relationship with ethiopia continued growth in ethiopia dependency on the free flow of information and open exchanges of ideas. I believe that when all voices are being heard the people know that theyre included in the political process that makes a country stronger. We are live in ethiopia this morning. Why are human rights activists complaining about president obamas visit . They are saying that the visit might give legitimacy to the government that is clamping down on free speech as well as reege leaders. This is something the president addressed a
As i indicated during my visit to kenya the remarkable gains that country has made with a new constitution with its election cannot be jeopardized by restrictions on civil society. Likewise our hosts the ethiopians have much to be proud of. Ive been amazed at all the wonderful work thats being done here. Its true that the elections that took place here occurred without violence. As i discussed with the Prime Minister thats the start of democracy. I believe ethiopia will not fully unleash the potential of its people if unless are restrict or legitimate opposition groups cant participate in the campaign process. To his credit, the Prime Minister acknowledged that more work will need to be done for ethiopia to be a fullfledged, sustainable democracy. These are conversations we have to have as friends. American democracy i i is not perfect. Weve worked for many years but one thing we do, is we continually reexamine to figure out how can we make our democracy better, and thats a source of s
This week on talk to Al Jazeera International piano superstar lang lang. The art, you know, its about, you know. The distance and in and out, big picture, precision. Billions of people around the world have seen him perform. At the beijing olympics. The world cup in rio. Even jaming at the grammys. As a musician we will collaborate with great musicians. Lang lang grew up in an Industrial City in northern china. His father was a tough task master, demanding he practice 8 hours a day. Once even urging his young son to commit suicide. Its kind of a hard thing to even think about it. Its something that. I think the love become too extreme. A child prodigy, his mother stayed home to support the family while lang lang pursued his dreams. I would say thats the most difficult thing for me it was, you know, growing up without my mom next to me. Now lang lang is trying to bring classical notes into the lives of children through his International Music foundation. We believe music can make people
After nearly 30 years in prison Jonathan Pollard is being paroled. Pollard, an american citizen was sentenced for life for spying on israel. And critics say that hes a traitor who should remain in prison. And Mike Viqueira joins us live from washington d. C. And did the white house play a role in getting pollard paroled . It insists that it did not. And senior officials in the department of justice say that this was a mandatory parole, dick tainted by the laws of the time in 1985 when Jonathan Pollard was arrested, when he tried to enter in washington d. C. Passing off what was described as an incredibly large quantity of classified information. And sparked fierce passions ever since erica as you know. But at the time, the laws in 1985 stated, under the sentencing guideline that an individual convicted of this crime would be released after 30 years mandatory parole unless there was something that they had done in prison, behavior that would have mandated them staying longer, and pollar