Identify ebola victims, as the nationwide lock down continues. Plus 200,000 forced to flee their homes from a major storm in the philippines. Hello there. 49 turkish citizens held in iraq by the Islamic State of iraq and levant, i. S. I. L. , have been freed. Turkey denied paying a ransom to secure their freedom. They were flown na apping carra from southern flown in to ang carra using the Prime Ministers plane. Imran khan has more from baghdad. Reporter the former hostages arrived in ankara where they left from a Turkish Border town near syria. Also on the plane, the turkish Prime Minister. He said it was a preplanned intelligenceled operation. Many wonder whether a ransom was paid to get the 49 hostages out of i. S. I. L. Held territory. The turkish government claimed they didnt way ransoms. They knew where the host iments were and now they changed locations and said there were a number of rescue attempts to get them out. Companies on the ground didnt allow the rescue attempts to go
The thai border. Jason has been in prison in tehran for nothing more than writing about the hopes and the fears of the people. President obama speaks up for Washington Post reporter, but iran puts him on trial for spying. Iraq launched a military operation to retake anbar from isil. Shia and sunni are involved. Some fear sectarian tensions could be raised. It is a largely sunni province in iraqs west. Isil took control of ramadi, the province last week, sending iraqi troops running. Ramadi lyles 115 kilometers from the capitol baghdad. Iraqi Security Forces gather on the edge of ramadi preparing to retake the city. Its likely to be a long operation. There are reports of isil fighters preparing to meet government Security Forces. Theyll be backed by militia and the coalition. The iraqi army is gearing up. With the fall of ramadi and isil in control from syria to anbar. Its feared isil could push into baghdad. To prevent that happening this man is securing the outskirts of the capitol. T
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. At least 12 are missing this morning as flooding pounds the South Central u. S. Five have been killed. The governor of texas declared a 37 county disaster area. Flash floods and tornado watches are in effect in texas arkansas oklahoma, louisiana and missouri. In austin, texas rescue teams evacuated people overnight because of rapidly rising water. 12 people are missing from two families between austin and san antonio, vacationing when their house was swept away. Houston was under a flood emergency for the first time. The city got an unprecedented downpour of six to 10 inches of rain. People waking up for work and school in the houston area have been advised not to leave their homes. Officials want people off the roads, because many are impassable and dangerous. Harris county Officials Say conditions are even potentially life threatening. More than 80,000 people are without power. Many across the accide
This is Al Jazeera America life from new york city. Parts of the stoudt central u. S. Are reeling from massive rains and flooding that has pounded them for days. At least sen people have been killed and in one town as many as a dozen more are missing. Our emergency crews crews have been busy all night. They have been rescuing people from submerged cars stranding on the roads. People have also been requested from flooded homes. 37 counties have been declared disaster areas. President obama spoke about the damage moments ago. I assured the governor he could count on the help of the federal government. We have fema personnel on the ground, they are coordinating with texas Emergency Management authorities. And i will anticipate that there will be some significant requests made now there is a lot of damage near san antonio. The city was under a overnight curfew for fear the waters once would again rise the river saw catastrophic flooding over the weekend and because of the rains last night
Pensioners can go on line and sign up for Health Benefits but there are a few problems. Day one of the Government Shutdown. Gridlock still reigns on capitol hill. The impact is being felt across america. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers sent home and millions of taxpayers feeling the effects. Lady liberty closed and veterans turned away from washington monuments. We cover workers without paychecks in california, nasa operating with a skelton crew in hoou houston, and reports from washington and other places. Libby casey joins us with the latest. Any possibility of a deal . We are in the final moments of legislation. The house took on three bills. They are piecemeal. Instead of funding the government they attacked it one by one. They took two votes, one to fund veterans affairs, one to fund the city of dc, dependent on federal dollars. They failed. They needed twothirds votes. Some democrats joined with the republicans, but not enough. Its true to say nancy pelosi, a top democra