The bush Foreign Policy. Im fortunate to have a father and brother that helped to target Foreign Policy jed bush targets president obama and Hillary Clinton in a Foreign Policy speech as we look back at the International Outlook of his family, bush 41 and 43 a vibrant community. I feel good, proud to be part of this, because the future, my children will see this a giant mural transforms a poor neighbourhood known for bloodshed into a rainbow coloured village, on a hillside this is Al Jazeera America, im Randall Pinkston. Antonio mora is on assignment. Tonight there is a report of more obstacles blocking president obamas plan to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Defense secretary ash carter has been slow to sign off on the transfer of detainees cleared for release. And the Justice Department is getting in the way of bringing remaining detainees on to u. S. Soil. Attorneys are again asking a judge to free one prisoner on a Hunger Strike, a 37yearold man weighing 75 pounds. We begin the covera
Weather. The airbus 8320 was flying to singapore. Contact was lost about 40 minutes after takeoff and about an hour before it was scheduled to land. The plane went missing over the java sea. Most of the passengers are indonesian. They are waiting for news about their friends and relatives. Radar showed the plane was flying near violent thunderstorms. Well, the weather wasnt very good so the weather radar is showing big 0s of red which means there are violent thunderstorms going on so it does look as though the pilot requested an alternative route but it is only speculation, it might have been hit by thunder and might have gone down. Air asia said it underwent. The first officer had close to 3,000 hours. We had malaysian Malaysia Flight 370 that disappeared last march without a trace and Airline Flight 17 was shot down over ukraine. That was this past july. A little bit about this airline, air asia. It is a malaysian country, a Lowcost Airline like the fron here or southwest but in asia
Winemaker who took control of his career by the age of five. All of that and more coming up in the next 60 minutes, but first, headlines with our own julie hyman. A strong Earnings Report for tesla. They eat analysts estimates. They had projected a 55 increase in vehicle delivery. Afeway says it is discussing possible sale of the company. An agreement on the transaction though has not and reached, and there is no assurance that a deal will be completed. Safeway is americas secondlargest Grocery Store chain. And in the minutes from the last fm omc fomc meeting, they were looking for a clear presumption in favor of continuing to reduce the pace of the fed bond purchases at each meeting. Those are the top headlines. Back to you. Ok, thanks so much. Lets get back to our top story, tesla and the earnings release. The company hit a record stock price yesterday. I published report said a member head of met with the tesla, elon musk. Is there any truth to that rumor . For more, we bring in blo
The u. S. Economy is gaping momentum, this has been a day of violent conflict in ukraine. Fighting broke out in the eastern part of the country as the Ukranian Army launched a heavy attack on prorussian forces. They shot two ukranian helicopters. Ukranians say the military access was a preemptive strike. In washington president obama, german chancellor Angela Merkel held talks on the crisis and in front of reporters the two leaders threatened sanctions against russia. We have reporters in ukraine and capitals around the world tracking the military and diplomatic developments. We start with al jazeeras jonah hall in donetsk. Reporter video posted on the internet purports to show what the residents of slovyansk and the prorussian separatists that made the city their base woke to at dawn. The ukrainian Army Launched what it described as a largescale antiterror organization. The objective not to overrun the city, but to form a blockade around it. Some separatists said they were ready to fi
Smile. I wonder what kind of candy it was. That is special report for this labor day. If competence of coverage starting tomorrow morning, 9 15. Martha and brett. The story hosted by Martha Maccallum starts right now. Hi, martha. Martha thank you, mike. Good to see you tonight. Breaking this evening, the president appears to be working over his Attorney General yet again. This a short time ago. Too long time obama investigations of two very popular republican congressman or to a wellpublicized charge just ahead of the midterm is by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because theres not enough time. Good job, jeff. The latest attack comes on the eve of a monumental day for this president. Just hours from now the Confirmation Hearings for his nominee to the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh will get underway. Reports indicate cavanaugh spent the weekend in a building not
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