Quick fix, that will take too long to get to them. And the partys are winding down in new orleans. The outnumbers police and the big easy handle the big crowds. [ music ] hi there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im Thomas Drayton. There is more tough talk coming out of washington regarding russias occupation in ukraine, coming since putin addressed the crisis. The white house says theres a way out of the crisis if putin accepts international monitors in crimea. On tuesday secretary of state john kerry visited Independence Square and pledged a billion loan to the interim government. John kerry condemned russia intervention saying in a fundraiser tuesday night president obama said Mike Viqueira has the latest from washington. For a second straight bay mmr mr day mr obama interrupted a scheduled event. Amid on outcry mr obama held out that putin was having second thoughts. There have been some thoughts that Vladimir Putin is pausing for a moment and reflecting on whats happened. Hours aft
Your smartphone may be leaking private data about you to the nsa. Are. Four days into talks, aimed and ending syrias long and bloody siferl war, there appears to be no dps civility war, there appears to be no movement. U. N. Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says both sides are talking about how women and children can leave the besieged city of homs. In brahimi says the talks will go forward. There is apparently the will to continue this discussions. You know, once again, i l tell you, we never expected any miracle. There are no miracles here. But we will continue and see if progress can be played, and when. Nick shifrin is in geneva. Nick, the two sides dont like one another. They have been battling with one another coming up on three years now. We get to this place where both sides are in a room looking at a communique from geneva 1 and both sides are saying that this is going nowhere. And now we are talking about beach steps and confidenceboosting moves. Dont you do those kinds of things bef
Congress is make to go trying to get to the bottom of things. And facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a more new friends, and it doesnt involve social network. Hes an all American College football stand out and he is a gay man. Michael samuel who placer at the university of missouri came out in an interview with the New York Times and espn because a lot of teams are looking at sam in the up coming nfl draft, it also means he could become the first openly gay player in pro football. I came to tell the world that im an openly, proud gay man. With those words michael sam if drafted has set himself up to become the first nfl openly gay player. In interviews with espn and the New York Times the 24yearold allamerican defensive lineman said he came out last year to his teammates and his coaches. They rallied around me and supported me, and i couldnt have asked for better teammates. Sam, afc codefensive player of the year said he wanted to tell his story. He said a story it shouldnt make a di
So today the white house through its sport behind michael sam, the young man who could become the nfls first openly gay player. He announced to the world he is gay last night. And messages of support came in from around the world, and they just keep coming today, including from the first lady, michelle obama, and Vice President joe biden. Sams announcement comes week before the nfls scouting combine and the draft in may. Michael yves is here. Its something that the sports world has been wondering quite some time. Who will be the first openly gay player of the nfl. Last night we got an inkling when michael sam used an interview with espn to tell the world that he is, indeed, gay. Im not afraid of who i am. Im not afraid to tell the world who i am. Im michael sam. Im a college graduate. Im africanamerican, and im guy. Joining us is Michael Samuels publicist, howard, thank you so much for joining us today. As i understand it. You were hand selected by sam and his agent because they wanted