The countrys new finance minister trying to figure out how to keep greece in the euro zone. This is al jazeera live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. South Carolinas Senate is in pegs right now, and it is set to give final passage to a deal that would take the Confederate Flag off of the capitol building. In the end the senate overoverwhelmingly 373 to take down the flag. The house takes up the measure later this week. Diane eastabrook is live in the capitol. Good morning. Reporter good morning. It could be a bit more contentious in the house, stephanie. The House Democrats just had a press conference a little while ago, asking members to follow the lead of the senate and pass this bill. There are amendments being proposed in the house bill that would replace the Confederate Flag with another potential confederate banner possibly an infantry flag. The house members are concerned that this bill could get tied up and we might not see something get passed this week. Diane voting on whe
The battles of south sudan, an exclusive report on the rebel forces fighting to bring down the government. An australian sport has been plunged into a racism controversy after comments by an olympic swimming legend. If they dont like it go back to where their fathers or their parents came from. We dont need them in this country if they act like that. Dawn frazier called a blatant racist by nick kurios. But first these are crucial hours for the future of greeces economy, but theres no sign of progress towards a new bailout deal. Euro zone finance ministers meeting in brussels are trying again to forge an agreement over what cuts greece will make in return for billions of euros in loans. The ministers have said they want serious proposals from greece, but in the end, they have had nothing in writing so far, and it could hardly be more urgent. The banks are said to be on the verge of running out of cash. As the European Central bank tightens access to these vital emergency funds. We liste
Good morning, this is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. United airlines had to ground its fleet for more than an hour this morning. Planes are starting to move again now, but passengers across the country were stuck while the airline worked through the prom. Lets go to lisa stark with the latest. Reporter apparently about 8 45 eastern, there was a major computer problem that united started experiencing. Whatever you call it it was chaos for the airline and its passengers. They had to stop all of their flights. Mainline united and United Express flight although those regional flights resumed fairly quickly, but for over an hour united was stuck on the ground. Long lines began forming and are still forming at the airports especially the airlines hubs. United said it was working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue, and in fact stephanie they did get it resolved fairly quickly. It lasted for just over an hour thankfully. But now they have to unravel the m
We want asylum in the u. K. Migrants desperately trying to get from france into the united kingdom. And blinding sand briefly seals off jordan from the world. Good evening, im tony harris this is Al Jazeera Al jazeera america. We begun in qatar, where secretary of state john kerry spent the day reassuring skeptical gulf allies that the u. S. s nuclear deal with iran is a good one. Kerry met with the emir of qatar first. He told officials the regions security is a top priority. Kerry then pledged to speed up u. S. Arms shares as well as share intelligence and step up joint military exercises. All iran to destabilize the region. They also believed tehran would use the money to increase support for groups like hezbollah and the houthis in yemen. He also met with russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Reporter a delicate mission for the u. S. Secretary of state. John kerry is trying to convince longstanding allies that Irans Nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. Trans
Impact of a Court Without a 9th justice. The International Sanction he north korea faces. Tonight the aggressive response from the communist country. A day after super tuesday, the republican field appears to be narrowing. Ben carson says today he sees no political path forward and that he will not take part in tomorrows gop debate in detroit. This comes a day after big vic industries by donald trump and hillary clinton. Clinton has 595 detl delegates compared to 405. Trump leads 315 delegates and the gop is launching new campaigns to stop him. Senior Political Correspondent Michael Shure has more from miami. News that ben carson will be leaving the race will not attend thursdays debate and sees no path forward but the night before is about donald trump, who fancies himself the greatest deal maker and closer to closing the biggest deal of his night. I have millions and millions and millions of people. This is not like a close match. From the deep south to the northeast, expanding his i