The most coveted awards in the film world. Im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. A declaration thousands of africans did not live to hear. Tonight, the World Health Organization says the Ebola Outbreak in west africa is over. Ebolafree after two years and 11,000 deaths. They declared liberia clear. Making it the final country to receive the allclear. The worlds worst known outbreak of the virus. The vast majority were in liberia, guinea, and sierra leone. The World Holding its breath for months. Graves for the many dead, above all in begina, liberia, and sierra leone. The Ebola Outbreak began with an 18monthold boy in Southern Guinea in december of 2013. Little attention was paid at the time but it became clear the ebola virus was spreading. In the months that followed, the epidemic moved with terrifying speed. More than 11,000 people died in total over two years. Around 29,000 were infected in west africa. Sierra leone was hit especially hard. Food was scarce and entire swaths
America are saying not so fast. Im jen rodgers in for ali velshi and this is real money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show. Tell us what is on your mind by tweeting and facebook. Another big bank pays big for pedalling toxic assets, but banc of americas payout is the biggest yet. Bofa has agreed to pay nearly 17 billion. 9. 7 billion will go as straight cash, another 7 billion will go as relief to consumers in the form of Loan Modifications and the like. Its the biggest settlement amount ever for a u. S. Bank. Its roughly equal to the total profits for the past year. As part of the deal with federal and state agencies, b ofa admits the poor quality of the loans. It problems may not end here. But the deal with the government looks a lot like the other big settlements we see with seen lately with Jpmorgan Chase and others. Many, but not all of the financial shenanigans that got banc of america in trouble were done by countrywide financial and merrill lyn
In ferguson trying to get back to life as usual. Plus App Developers want to help drivers find parking but theres a catch. Prompting cities to put on the break. And the fate of wild horses in wyoming. There are new allegations the federal government is now causing more harm than good. We begin this hour in washington where leaders weighing the threat of the Islamic State group and how far the u. S. Military should go to stop it. The group is responsible for the grizzly murder of american journalist james foley. In less than a year fighters have taken huge chunks of iraq and syria by force, trying to establish their own country. And warnings by the pentagon, over the strength of the Islamic State, and the president S National Security advisor today, also tried to down play growing concerns about another 9 11. To date we have not seen them focus on that type of planning. But that doesnt mean were not going to be very mindful that they could quickly aim to pivot to astack against western
And protestors in hong kong refuse to disspurs despite calls for them to stop their campaigning immediately. Well, its been a day of mixed fortunes for the Islamic State or isil. Two group has. Losing territory, but making gains inside syria in iraq Government Forces are saying that they are pushing isil back in the east, and to the north of the country. Now the army has retaken parts of the province, clearing 16 villages of isil fighters. Al jazeera reports. He calls call this area the triangle of death. The triangle consistents of three towns. And thats where the fiercest fighting against isil took place. But now, iraqs army and the kurdish say they are in charge, and they have taken back 16 villages in the province, and they are largely under their control. Here the army says it stopped several attacks like these, still, villages remain nervous. They are regular roadside bombs across the town, not to mention a sticky bomb underneath one of the cars that exploded recently, we call on
Recovery and how he beat ebola. The National Guard pulling out of ferguson as protests take peaceful turns. Ferguson is getting ready for the funeral of michael brown. From celebrities to ordinary people, all getting drenched for a good cause. The ice bucket challenge is raising record amounts of cold cash. Welcome to alJazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. U. S. Airstrikes are pounding targets in iraq. The u. S. Military is going after the Islamic State group. It is called mother dangerous than alqaeda. The Islamic State killed an american journalists and promises more attacks. The pentagon has concerns beyond iraqs borders. After the murder of james thole, pentagon Officials Say the Islamic State group now are a major Security Threat to the u. S. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. They are tremendously wellfunded. Oh, this is beyond anything that weve seen, so we must prepare for everything, and the only way you do that is yo