Prostitutes rights. And today 100 years old. Good morning everybody. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im David Shuster, live in new york. President obama is officially on vacation, home for the holidays. He and the first family touched down in hawaii a little more than an hour ago. On friday the president said a vacation with the relaxation that comes with it will help him to prepare for the year ahead. Before leaving washington mr obama held a News Conference and took questions about successes and failures of 2013. Mike viqueira has the story. Good afternoon everybody. With calls for reform president obama defended the collection of millions of phone records from the n. S. A. But left the door open to changes. Whatever benefits the configuration of this program may have, maybe outweighed by the scoerns that he had on his potential abuse. If thats the case there may be another way to skin the cat. Asked if a plea deal could be struck with Edward Snowden in exchange for a stop to the leak
Occurred to other stores than target, but they are not fessing up. We have a firm date on when iran will begin its nuclear slow down. 20th january when access will be allowed. The Islamic Republic in return will get about 7 billion in seized oil revenue. This was the first step taken in november, six countries in iran agreeing to a temporary deal to slow its nuclear program. Now the next step. On january 20th, irans leaders say theyll take action, promising to enrich uranium to 5 level. They will also allow for increased inspections. In return they get sanctions release. And a letup on cars and airplanes. Overseas accounts will be unfrozen, putting a 6 to 7 billion back into the economy while they try to work out a longterm deal. From the powerful to the people on tehran, skepticism about the future. Translation it is not easy to be optimistic. We should wait and see what happens. Time will tell if it will result in conclusion. We are cleareyed about the challenges faced in negotiating
Same. The graduate hes finished with high school at 10 years old. Peter macks brilliant images inside the studio of this top art master. Its been less than three years since the u. S. Withdraw from iraq and has been threat three days since the country has come apart. Sobering facts to consider the war in iraq claimed 4400 lives, american lives, and cost more than a trillion dollars. In addition, 30,000 u. S. Troops were wounded and an estimated 24,000 iraqi civilians were killed. The Iraqi Government is at risk of being overthrown by sunni rebels who made a series of Rapid Advances to baghdad. Alqaedainspired fighters continue though the city of iraq. A third of the country has fallen in a matter of days. Rebel fighters of the Islamic State of iraq and levant say the capital will be theirs soap. Prime minister Nouri Almaliki says the army will soon regain control. The u. S. Says it is prepared to step up security support for iraq. I dont rule out anything. Because we have a stake in ma
4year imprisonment sentence. Hello, the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to homs is the talk of the day. Lakhdar brahimi, the delegation leader, said a convoy ready to go into the city as soon as the Bashar Alassad government gives the approval. Prisoner exchanges and ceasefires will be discussed. A deal on any issues will be the first tangible win, which the opposition says could set the tone for the rest of the negotiations. We need to open the humanitarian corridors so people can survive. Our main purpose to negotiate is to enter into transition with the regime, from dictatorship to democracy. Protesters in homs were among the first to rise in in the spring of 2011. Today it is a battle ground. Surrounded by Government Forces for a year, and homs is divided with supports of the coalition. Conditions are dire. Translation the old pard of homs has been disseized for a year. Nothing gets in. There are 500 families here. About 2500 people, most of them are children. We have spok
[ singing ] breaking with tradition for the first time. Girls are performing at englands Canterbury Cathedral. Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. The message in ukraine is clear no deal. Protesters pushed back hard after rejecting the president s offer to join the government. The unrest step pd up as protesters attacked a government building with Police Officers inside. Al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse joins me live from kiev. Are protesters feeling emboldened after rejecting the president s offers . Morgan, they are. They were feeling emboldened before legementing the president s offer. The protesters left on independence square, frustrated that therein no movement, tried to march on parliament. They clashed with police and we have seen picture of the clashes and burning barricades. We have seen demonstrations spread around the country. In kiev, not far from here, they spread again. In the heart of the capital ukrainians besieged