Deadly cholera epidemic. The disease has killed thousands of people there. Good morning, and welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. President obama is expected to nominate janet yellen to replace ben bernanke as the head of the Federal Reserve. Yellen is a respected economist who has a long history with the fed. Patricia takes a closer look at the woman who could soon hold one of the most influential jobs in the world. In the class photo of the g7 financial Leaders Summit in may, shes the tiny one on the right, but dont let size fool you. Janet yellen is poised to land the most powerful job of them all. The least contender to head the Federal Reserve built a career spanning academia and policy, including a longstanding relationship with the university of california berkeley and chair of the council of economic advisers. The economy is the strongest its been in a generation. Reporter perhaps her best qualification to take over for ben bernanke is her 36year history with the Fed
Pressure is still building on the white house and congress to end the deadlock of the debt ceiling and shutdown. President obama plans to sit down with republicans and this appears to be open to a shortterm fix. This will give them longer time to find the longcertainly solution. Weve been at this stand off for so long are we seeing any signs of progress. While all sides are talking about negotiating were not seeing any fruits come from that yet. Were seeing a series of meetings this morning, House Speaker john boehner and eric cantor met with the democratic side of the aisle. It is behind closed doors and we havent heard what has been discussed. Were seeing the engagements taking place. Were hearing a hard line from all parties involved including Senate Majority leader harry reid who spoke today. Lets reopen the government. Speaker boehner could end this shutdown today, an hour from now by letting the entire house vote on the senates clean bill to reopen the government. When the speake
Indigenous games where organizers are aiming to target a global audience. [ theme ]. Hello. As many as 10,000 people are feared to have died in the philippines. Typhoon haiyan sent ferocious winds and waves into homes and schools, burying people under tonnes of debris. Reporter this is the moment when the storm hit tacloban, a city of more than 200,000 people. Monster winds whipped in from the coast with gusts of up to 2,000 k hr. With it came flood water. People used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. I see electricity in the water my legs are tingling reporter this is the scene rescue teams are seeing as they reach isolated areas. Translation my father, mo mother, and child are missing. I accidentally let go of my childs hand. Reporter theres looting going on. We are opening many stores so people can have access to food. Theres looting. We have deployed army as much as we can. We are trying to secure power and water, which are the basics. With communications down and roads o
And how the humble fruit fly could break a deadly disease. The president of the philippines has visited an island devastated by typhoon haiyan. Help is on the way for thousands displaced by the storm. This is an account of what was witnessed. Reporter it was a vicious force that paralyzed leyte. It swept through the philippines friday morning. It destroyed everything in its path powerlines, roads, villages, all wiped out in an instant. The typhoon arrived three hours earlier than expected. Thousands of people were trapped when water rose as high as five metres. We were one of them right at the height. We are trying to make our way out of this place. This is a little over three hours after the wrath has been brought into the town. This place has become a ghost town. A few hours ago we were, ourselves, caught up in the middle of what is considered the most powerful typhoon in the world this year. It was hard because at some point we were preparing for a live and all of a sudden the water
South sudan to about fourteen thousand the resolution asa constable aside to begin discussions open and to the crisis. Fighting continues as the lady across the country with thousands now seeking protection from the violence in the u n run caps. The Japanese Self Defense force troops are also in south sudan the government plans to continue peacekeeping activities that writing in the african nation has been intensifying especially in the eastern state of jiang wei. South korean troops who supplied about ten thousand rounds of life planning nation from japan. The four hundred japanese troops is stationed in un facilities in the capital juba. Providing evacuees with medical care and water supplies. Japanese defence ms siti thirty onward as though with no teaching in a lot ahead of the unit about the security situation. It is tedious day. Life is returning to normal. And the situation and to but it seems to be calming down japanese government Officials Say that and sharing information with