And boko haram Holding Hundreds of kidnap girls. President obama making a big announcement on u. S. Involvement in afghanistan today. He laid out how many u. S. Troops will stay in country at the beginning of this year. Well have approximately 989,800 u. S. Service members in different parts of the country. Mike viqueira in washington. Take us through the specifics of the troop withdraw plan. Reporter the president has long promised withdrawal by 2014. Its something that he has campaigned on and promised ever since. His surprise visit outside of kabul was a precursor to the announcement he made today. He laid out the numbers. At the height of mr. Obamas serge, by 2010 and 2011, u. S. Had 200,000 troops on the ground. By the time of his visit was 32,000. 9800 americans left in afghanistan. That number cut in half by the end of 2014. And by the end of 2016 the president promises the u. S. Will have a normal emabout as is presence and over 13 years of war. Now the americans who do remain
Blaming republicans for reform delays and in depth look at whats at stake. Five days in droit owners detroit. Tens of thousands of are buildings rotting. The effort to heal that city. And too few clowns. The crisis, not many people willing to play for laughs. Its just after 9 00 in the morning in south korea where hundreds of families are holding out hope. Crews are searching for, a ferry that sank at sea. 290 still missing. The ferry left inchon south korea. 300 teens were on board as part of a high school trip but something happened when the ship reached the southern tip of the peninsula near the island of jendo. Harry fawcett on jindo island. Harry bring us up to date on the rescue efforts. They are of course continuing early this evening. The diving teams they have been trying to gain access once again to the submerged wreck from 6 00 local time this morning. But so far its been too difficult. Theres a fast current, low visibility, havent been able to gain access. There has also be
In america. How a young mother is fighting to get her family off the treats. Off the streets. [ music ] good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Today the house is said to vote an a new deal that would prevent a Government Shutdown. The bipartisan deal had the backing of House Speaker john boehner, who is lashing out at conservative groups. Erica pitzi jops us with the latest. Bipartisan is the key ward. Democrats and republicans had to compromise on the deal, undercluesing 85 billion. Both sides are not overly satisfied, the deal represents a ceasefire if it gets through congress. Praise and criticism a day after republican congressman agreed on a bipartisan budget plan to avoid a shutdown. We want to deep a quost open and get a traj ectory of savings. Thats what well do. Its absolutely outrageous that we should leave the congress and go home for the holidays when too many people, over a Million People will not get their unemployment benefit. Democrats did give up
We look at how much of a difference he might be able to make. Tearing down the old detroit like an urban etchasketch. Tonight what the new detroit might look like. Our top story hope fading for dozens of families in south korea. An International Rescue team is searching for survivors of a ferry that sank yesterday in the yellow sea. 475 on board, 300 teenagers on a school trip. The death toll is up to nine. Here is a look at the route the ferry was taking, leaving the port city of inchon, headed to the island of jeju, and here is where something apparently happened. They reached the southern tip of the peninsula, near the island of jindo. The early stages of this disaster were filled with terror for the passengers as the ferry launched on to its side, but also with some hope. The rescue operation was under way swiftly, survivors plucked from the ship and the water. As they came asheer the governments ashore the governments Response Center said 358 had been saved, 107 missing. For the p
A sports team that finds itself on the losing end of the scoreboard early in a game must strive to identify and fix quickly what has caused its bad start, before the score is too lopsided in the other team’s favor. The Altoona Redevelopment Authority is facing a similar challenge regarding blighted properties but, unlike […]