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
Christine writes and robert wrote continue to let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Call us at email us at or send a tweet at and likeconversation us on facebook and follow us on twitter. He is the treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial and he talked about the u. S. Treasury to disrupt the financing of the Islamic State also known as isis. He refused the source of Revenue Strategies for disrupting down. He spoke at a forum. This is an hour. Good morning. I am marwan muasher, director of the middle east program. I want to welcome you to carnegie and thank you for joining us for this timely discussion on u. S. Efforts to disrupt the Financial Network that support Islamic State of iraq and the levant, what is called isis. I see there is enough interest in this room for this issue. Overflow. Public attention has focused on the military efforts to degrade isis, there is another effort being led by the Treasury Department, which is focused on shutting d
European union is about to announce fresh sanctions against russia. Also coming up, european leaders, blame, sabotaged for 3 leaks, and on the war to pipelines, spewing gas into the baltic. Sea scientist detected explosions along the effective north supreme pipeline. Moscow says its not to blame and also want answers. And iranian athletes abroad worried about the deadly crack down on protesters back home are desperate for news from a country under an information blackout. Ah, around gal elfaire and we have some breaking news. The European Union is about to announce a new tightening of sanctions against russia. Commission president over the phone, the line is speaking. And now lets listening annexation in ukraine. And were determined to make the kremlin pay for this further escalation. So today, were together proposing a new package of biting sanctions against russia. The 1st part concerns the listing of individuals and entities that will be presented by the age of the features that bar
Welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Palestinian backlash in the west bank, overnight, palestinian supporters clashing with Israeli Forces during a rally in ramallah. Six more killed during israeli air strikes this morning, killing 40 people including women and children. Nick schiffron joins us from southern israel. Put into context what the situation is right now. All i have to do is point at one thing to show you the situation, that plume of gray smoke, that was a huge israeli air strike into gaza about a minute ago and that is whats happening on the ground, situation definitely escalating. On the one side from gaza, you have a lot of palestinian fighters firing a huge amount of rockets, over 100. Its unprecedented, some of those rockets reaching farther into israel than ever before, one targeting haifa, a mile from here. We have a huge bar acknowledge of air strikes from drones, from the sea overnight and continues to hit gaza hard. The military said its dr
There is a movement for democracy among people that work there, thinking it matters more and more to their work. And that is also true in the United States. During this last 25 years in the United States government. These last 25 years it has become part and parcel of every diplomats dna to appreciate that the democratic character of governments that we partner with affects their International Posture and policies as well and our military establishment and intelligence agencies i think increasingly understand that and increasingly weave that into their engagements with their partners as well but its not a universally hello view yet but an emerging and broking view so i think we will continuing in this direction at least another 25 years and hopefully have a few more successes to talk about when we meet 25 years from now. Thanks very much, tom. I am going to open the floor to questions. I do ask that you keep the, your questions to actual questions. Weve had some very long and very deta