Were live on the ground in iraq with the latest. A big cleanup is underway in the northwest, tens of thousands without power following a windstorm. Could another round of extreme weather be on the way . Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. There are several reports this morning that a 5yearold boy is being observed for ebola type symptoms at Bellevue Hospital here in new york. The child reportedly just returned from west africa and does have a high fever. The white house is warning of the unintended consequences of mandatory quarantines. Three states, new york, new jersey and illinois all planning to isolate Health Care Workers returning to the u. S. Who had contact with ebola patients in africa. New york governor backing away from the plan. Chris christie said hes sticking with it in new jersey despite complaints being held in his state. She said she feels more like a prisoner. Mike viqueira has been following these developments. Why is the whi
Countrys forces in central russia on combat alert. The order comes one day after ukraine;s president announced a new electoral ceasefire in fighting with prorussian separatists. This follows nato claims that they have been amassing troops close to the ukrainian border. There have been reports of further skirmishes in the eastern regions of ukraine. Reports of fighting continued to come in despite the ceasefire. Russian tv broadcast this footage of a destroyed order post. They said that the checkpoint was shelled overnight from ukrainian territory. We started to evacuate after seeing automatic weapons fire. After that, we heard a number of loud detonations and debris raining down. In ukraine it self, prorussian separatists have also not held their fire. Border guards set in Army Check Point is under attack. Three soldiers were injured. All of this does not bode well for the unilateral ceasefire declared ride a i the president. The aim is to give rebels in ukraine the opportunity to lay
He crashed into this car here mayfair section, here at headquarters another case where theyre wondering what are people thinking, chris, kerry . Steve keeley, live for us, thanks so much. Kid on school bus. Bus head today moorestown upper elementary school, Police Driver pulled up alongside the bus just down the road from the school, at the intersection of for the end landing and westfield roads. They describe what happened next. The two children are both fourth graders, both male, who go to the school, were sit next to each other, and they happen to look out the window, observed him, the gentleman made icon tact with him, thats when he exposed himself to do that in front of some children, you know, discusting act, and who knows what he might be capable of if he does that. And thats of course why police want to get the guy off the streets, and soon. Rocket launch being called setback to the commercial space industry. So this is new video. Take a look at the rocket explosion, taken by a
In years, the pope is calling for peace. First, a new five day truce appears to be holding between israel and palestinian factions in gaza. There was a shake. I start. Rockets were still being fired. Overall, the situation now appears calm. Palestinians hope to return to their homes in the hopes the peace will continued. Its feared disease account spread through the territory with many hospitals badly damaged. Israel continues to amass troops near gas. That is a message that it is still ready to act if the ceasefire is broken. The negotiating team has come back. They greed to extend the ceasefire as long as their demands were heard. We allowed for the truce ceasefire to extend in order to continue to exercise further pressure on the zionist enemy until our demands are met. There is still a true opportunity to have an agreement concluded on one condition, these Zionist Occupation forces manipulate, words, maneuvering and hiding behind words, whereby our demands are neglected. Since isra
Tensioned reach add new level today. But first, what happened on the ground today. Ukraines foreign minister blasted russias decision to hold military exercises for troops amassed near the border. That came as Ukrainian Forces launch add new effort to drive prorussian object vests from occupying buildings in the east. The interior Ministry Says up to five people have died. Al jazeera has more now. We are at a new Ukrainian Army check point on the road south. What we are hearing is that the situation in the town is now calm. Earlier today, ukrainian troops did move forward, and they dismantled one, two, perhaps three roadblocks which had been set up by armed prorussian separatists. There was an exchange of fire, and up to five people were killed and they did not record any casualties. Thats their version of events but we also heard that the ukrainians have moved back, and separatist have reoccupied at least one chien point, which they had lost earlier. So it doesnt seem at the moment, a