Wants opresident ial pardon. The white house said last month his request will be considered like any other. Manning is serving a 35 year sentence for the biggest leak of u. S. Secrets in history. Walmart did not meet the worker demands by labor day. Are to reinstate the workers after a walk out in june. Those are the headlines, im john siegenthaler. America tonight is next, you can catch the latest news on aljazeera. Com. Eastern time. On america tonight. An uphill battle. Team obama one step closer to getting support for a strike on syria. This is an imperfect situation. There are no good options here. Also ahead. America tonights special contributor, Soledad Obrien in a rare interview, with Jeanne Claude duvalier. We were called the pearl of the antilles. You could walk around port o prince without being assaulted. Is the Navajo Nation selling its soul . Good evening and welcome to america tonight. Im joie chen. Thank you for being with us. President obama continued his long slog for
Yesterday, antoinette tuff prevented a madman with a gun from killing children at an Elementary School. Today, the president of the United States called her to thank her. Students were back in class today at Ronald Mcnair learning academy. Lets talk about the gun debate. The incredible 911 audio. It is going to be all rights sweetheart, i just want you to know i love you, though. Is this going to restart the conversation. Colorado state Legislature Passed the gun control legislation. The gun lobby mobilized to fight back, a corporate lobby trying to overwhelm the voice of the american public. The real battle lies ahead in washington. This delay is inexcusable. It is thursday, august 22. There are so many other issues looming large. President obama speaking at the university of buffalo. Bradley mannings stunning announcement. More revelations about the nsa. But first, developing stories. The worst Voter Suppression laws in the country. The Justice Department is pursuing a new course. To
The real battle lies ahead in washington. This delay is inexcusable. It is thursday, august 22. There are so many other issues looming large. President obama speaking at the university of buffalo. Bradley mannings stunning announcement. More revelations about the nsa. But first, developing stories. The worst Voter Suppression laws in the country. The Justice Department is pursuing a new course. To the states voter id law. There is a new electorate. They know the south has changed. There has to be a point where the two sides clash. That is why theyre trying so hard to stop the vote. The real battle lies ahead in washington. The brave, quick thinking unarmed woman who stopped the bad guy with a gun who walked into an Elementary School in georgia almost was not there. Antoinette tuff was reportedly scheduled to have the day off on tuesday, but a lastminute shift switch put her in the schools front office, where she was confronted by the gunman and successfully talked him into surrendering
A rapidly growing wildfire near Yosemite National park. It is called the rim fire, and it grew overnight covering about 64,000 acres up from 16,000 just 24 hours earlier. The park remains open and mostly smokefree. On thursday, governor jerry brown issued a state of emergency. The declaration frees up money and resources for the 1800 firefighters on the ground. So far, nine structures have been damaged, 2,500 remain threatened. Lets take to you syria where more horrific images are servicing from what Syrian Rebels are calling a mass chemical attack but the claims are still not verified. If these reports are true, it would be an outrageous and flag grant escalation of use of chemical weapons by the regime, so our source is on nailing down the facts. More than 100,000 are dead and nearly 2 million refugees from that. Nbcs yousef gamal eldin is in cairo. Yousef, whats the latest there . Reporter the betty, the numbers are shocking the community and theres certainly a lack of clarity that
Of force during a News Conference in stockholm, he said the use of chemical weapons in syria was a red line that the country could not cause. A man who raped three women in cleveland was found dead in his cell. Ariel castro committed su suici. Ill see you back here at 11 00 eastern time. On america tonight. An uphill battle. Team obama one step closer to getting support for a strike on syria. This is an imperfect situation. There are no good options here. Also ahead. America tonights special contributor, Soledad Obrien in a rare interview, with Jeanne Claude duvalier. We were called the pearl of the antilles. You could walk around port o prince without being assaulted. Is the Navajo Nation selling its soul . Good evening and welcome to america tonight. Im joie chen. Thank you for being with us. President obama continued his long slog forward this time in sweden. Pressing his strike against syria on the world image santa. Meanwhile, he sent his top military men to do battle with congres