Shot by the police. Tasered in front of his family, how a traffic stop turned into allegations of Excessive Force. Officersness they did nothing wrong. I will die upstairs in my bedroom, that i share with my husband, with my mother and my husband by my side. Can you imagine picking the day youre going to die . One womans struggle to end her life on her own terms. Good morning. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im morgan radford. Today, president obama heads to the pentagon to meet with top military commanders. The strategy session comes at u. S. Led airstrikes pound isil targets near kobane as isil tries to take over that town along the border with turkey he. Turkeys president said the town is close to falling into isils hands. Kurds and turkey took to the street demanding more action from the turkish government. At least a dozen people were killed in clashes across the country. Joining us this morning from washington, d. C. Is lisa stark. What is the white house saying a
It is jarring to hear the war of 1812 civil war. For what make the case ive titled it the way that i have. Now, the war of 1812 ordinarily looms fairly small in americans memory. Its ordinarily forgotten as insignificant because it seemed to have ended in a draw that changed no boundaries or changed no policy. Now, at best americans will recall the war for a handful of patriotic icons, the national anthem, the victories of the american warship, the constitution known as old iron sides. For the British Party and burning the white house and then for the pay back in the rightful payback men take against the british army in northerly. These images suggest the war was a defense of the United States against british invasion because all of these episodes come out primarily in the last year of the war, in a period in which the british are mounting a counter offensive. Canadians what americans forget is that the war began and was fought as an American Invasion of canada, and so canadians rememb
Only to hear what you think republicans should do on this debate and how you think the next five days should play out. Republican colors in just the first 45 minutes this morning. Host you can also catch up with us on social media. Host a very good monday morning to you. Here are the headlines in some of the papers in washington. The washington times, another cliffhanger week begins for Homeland Security funding. The Washington Post lead story this morning boehner on dhs funding. He has just five days to craft a new out like keep dhs funded or face the politically debilitating prospect of at least temporarily shutting down an agency designed to protect americans. Republicans had no clear path to a solution other than retreating from their demands that the dhs funding measure include provisions that would block implementation of president obamas executive actions on immigration. We want to hear from republicans of this morning, how you think Speaker Boehner Senate Majority leader Mitch
Fires in this area the same area on that they dealt with fires up this afternoon the fact is right now no homes damaged no one was hurt. All these fires contained. Matt now here showing where the but fires burning done in canyon park west of highway 13 along park boulevard. Steep terrain into the canyon at making reaching some of those fires not that much more challenging. And any fires and the Oakland Hills bring back some very bad memories tragic day in bay area history. October 20th its 1991 a fire started ended up killing 25 people burning nearly 4000 homes. The blaze that took three days to put out and all the todays fires much smaller quickly contained people who live in the area and no. 91 are certainly scared i saw smoke and flames helicopters we call the police addis scared a look like it was going to travel down i did not know about the fuss was supposed my house. At the daughter resent dedicatee grabs supplies and we headed out. it seems to be under control right now Oakland
Programme. First the sunni rebellion is making a major push in anbar. They are 100km from the capital and appear to be readying for a push and battle in amardy. 60 Prime Ministers in ramadi. The army is retreating. They have taken annar and another along a major road running along the alfreighties it lengths with a road on the border. Fighters say they have control of the Largest Oil Refinery in baiji. The two sides are fighting for the airport on the road to the syrian border, and fighting for up tos north go on. Lets go to baghdad and imran khan. Major gains. Tell us about the rebels gains. These major gains that the rebels took from the syrian border. What is happening is when you e reopen the syrian borders, you can get supplies into the provinces. The iraqi Army Equipment humvees, howe itsers, is not staying in iraq. Its being shipped to syria by the Islamic State of iraq and levant for use in syria. That is concerning to a lot of people here. Once they open the border and a very