We have three people rolling joints for two days straight. Giving new meaning for Rocky Mountain high. Today smoking pot for fun is legal in colorado. [ music ] good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. On this january 1st, 2014. Im stephanie sy. After watching millions around the world celebrate the new year it was americas turn to ring in 2014 with midnight fireworks and festivities, the celebration on the west coast took place three hours ago. Thousands watched as the space needle went up. Further down the coast San Francisco had a 15 minute Fireworks Show over the bay and in chicago they brushed off a snow storm to view the fireworks over lake michigan. In new york more than a million packed into times square. Revellers packed in to see the ball drop. Supreme Court Justice so. Onya sotomyor returned to her home town, pressing the button that triggered the ball jot. She was at the center of a lastminute legal decision, hours before the Affordable Care act was set to take mect eff
Led government has moved against its most powerful adversary. We will talk about the future and the fate of the Muslim Brotherhood on this edition after this background. Most recently a home made box blast add bug, wounding five people. While i was driving the bus, an explosion hit the bus and all bus windows were smashed and four people were injured including one in a serious condition. On tuesday a suicide bomber hit the Police Headquarters killing 16 primarily police. The day after this attack, the temporary government declared its top political a terrorist organization. Saying the brotherhood is behind the latest violence. We declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group. The importance from the criminal law, the Muslim Brotherhood has denied the claim saying itdy nounsed violence decades ago, and that the military led government is trying to make it a scapegoat. The organization tweeted wednesday worthless decision from an illegal government without any evidence and will not ch
Watched as people, investment, infrastructure, Corporate Headquarters all fled to the suburbs or newly zooming cities in the sun belt. The government propped up sagging cities with programs, housing support, transit and educational funding all kinds of taxpayer funded support. As the axis swung to the suburbs resentment of the cities grew and they tumbled into decay and decline. Since then many places have started to grow again. Many suburbs have long since gun to have the same problems as their urban neighbors. Even as Economic Growth has been uneven, sporadic, many cities are healthier financially than their states, healthier than their federal government. An urban report card on this addition of inside story we begin with this background. Thank you very much. Some of americas major cities are waving good buy to their veteran mayors this year. The mayor of Los Angeles Leadership ended over the summer. New york citys mayor Michael Bloomberg is leaving, too, after more than a decade at
Welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie and there has been a bombing in the russian city of volgograd and 14 people were killed overnight on an attack on a trolley bus. The blast comes just one day after 18 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a train station in the same city. The city has one Million People and 600 miles south of moscow and 400 miles north of sochi where the Winter Olympics will be held in six week, the third fat fatal attack in since months and stands with russia against terrorism and peter sharp is in moscow on the latest on the train station bombing. Reporter the aftermath of the attack in a railroad station in volgograd and a body on the ground as Emergency Services scramble to treat survivors and a woman set off explosives at the entrance to the main station and the blast captured on camera and it was packed with people leaving on christmas holidays. Translator everything was covered in smoke and after ten minutes i could see again and there were bodies
Blockbuster details on the benghazi attack. A book had the uptold story. Consider this who knew what, when and how will the tragedy impact our Embassy Worldwide in the long run. A fascinating story of a teen turned extremist who changed as an adult to fight back against jihadists, and why he says america should be in a race against errors. Is the new face of alcohol female. Theres a number of women struggling with the bottle. Im antonio mora. Welcome to consider this. Well talk to authors about intriguing books. We begin with benghazi, a new book inspired by the disaster. Dozens of heavily armed militants attacked the u. S. Embassy. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and shaun smith were trapped in a burning mission building, where they died of smoke inhalation, despite the ests of a Security Team that fought to save them. Hours later c. I. A. Contractors, glen doherty and tyrone woods attacked. A report produced for the state Department Investigating benghazi and Security Forces blamed th