Im sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. It has been a day of accelerating crisis for car giant volkswagen. It is facing a criminal investigation by the u. S. Department of justice, a probe and a catastrophic loss of consumer confidence. Chief executive Martin Winterkorn has apologized, but is it enough for him to keep his job . The omission scandal has shaken volkswagen to the core. The german carmaker is being forced to retest vehicles in asia, the u. S. , and europe. It is a worstcase scenario for the companys chief executive Martin Winterkorn that apologized on a video on the companys website on tuesday. I offer my deepest apologies to the customers, authorities, and the public at large for misconduct. Please believe me. We will do everything to clear this up and we will do our best to win back your trust step by step. That could take some time. 11 million cars are affected worldwide. It put aside 6. 5 billion euros to deal with the consequences. They promised change. We will do eve
Investigators search for answers in Eastern Ukraine. And protecting patagonia. We look at why one of the most remote low cases on earth is facing environmental destructi destruction. A suicidebomber dressed as a student kills nearly 50 people as a School Assembly in nigeria. About 2,000 students were waiting for the principals daily address when the bomber blew himself up. It happened at an allboys secondary school in yobe state, one of three northeastern states that have been under a state of emergency since may of last year. Lets go live to our correspondent, who joins us from lega lagos. This attack was particularly devastating. Absolutely. This one is particularly devastating. People are still not fully recovered from earlier. And this was issued by the boko haram leader that schools are particularly targeted because they stand for everything that boko haram are against. Tell us more of what happened at the school this morning. How the attack happened. Well, actually its a lone sui
For the first time in two years. And waiting for answers, dutch investigators want to start retrieving the wreckage of flight mh 17 in ukraine. Well, we begin in nigeria where an explosion has gone off at a secondary school in the Northern State and dozens of people have been killed and dozens of students gathering for a Morning Assembly when it happened and they are under a state of emergency with similar attacks from boko haram in the past and al jazeera is joined live from legos and where does the casualty toll stand . Well, the police are confirming that 47 people have been killed and 79 injured but hospital authorities are expecting the figure to rise and usually when they come in they are conservative estimates and people are facing deaths as a result of the bombing in the state and actually suicide 3w gathering with students before classes start and detonated his device with the students and killed more than 47 people as the official figure stands at the moment. School attacks a
Mountain hotshots crew. A bonechilling blast, youre looking live in minneapolis where the snow is already falling. Most of the lower 48 bracing for battle with ice eye arctic air. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. We begin in nigeria, a School Bombing killed 47 people and injured nearly 80 others. It happened in the northeastern part of the country. Reports say a suicide bomber walked into the school and set off the bomb during a school assembly. Much of that region has been fighting off the boko haram extremist group. At this point, theres no confirmation that group has been involved but would not be the first time that group targeted a school. President obama is expected to meet with the chinese president and push for a massive trade deal with a dozen countries. Hanging over his head, last weekends republican election sweep which weakened both the president and his party. The president indicated the u. S. Is entering its next face in the ba
And a change in burk burkina fa. We begin with a story out of the palestinian west bank. A man has been shot after he stabbed at least three people one is a woman who has died. First what are the latest developments . Very tense situation. A palestinian man from hebron according to israeli investigators, theyve named him as a 30yearold man from hebron, hes also known to Israeli Security forces that he was in prison from 2000 to 2005. But again, a very tense situation. After three people were stabbed, two with whats been described as moderate injuries and a third, a woman at the age of 25 who lost her life in this attack. So again were still getting information from the scene. But as weve been saying, a very tense situation as israeli investigators peace together what happened in this settlement outside the occupied west bank. Weve seen tensions between israelis and palestinians. Whats stoking these current tensions, what is happening now . Indeed these tensions which have been brewing