Already over. A Palestinian Leader says israel opened fire on the gaza strip killing four people. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. We do have early reports within just about an hour of the ceasefire going into effect, it may be ore. We do have that gaza official saying four palestinians were killed after the ceasefire took affect by israeli tank fire. We also have a cbs producer on the border who says there is border. Shes told by the idf, Israeli Defense forces, coming from gaza. So this is going to be very disappointing news if it all turns out to be true for people who had so much hope laid on this ceasefire. Heres the gist of the deal that was put forth through the United States by secretary of state john kerry and also through the united nations. Both sides agreed to put down their weapons. This is for three days. And to attempt to forge a path to piece. Secretary of state john kerry calling this an opportunity, not a solution. They we
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. A state of emergency is in effect along parts of the Southern California coastline right now. Crews are combing beaches and scooping up crude after a Major Oil Spill as much as 105,000 gallons of oil leaked out of a pipeline. 6,000 gallons have been removed, but beaches have been shut down as investigators assess the impact. Reporter officials estimate after the online pipeline ruptured, over 100,000 gallons of oil leaked out, and 21,000 gallons reached the pacific ocean. Cleanup is already underway. With environmental workers struggling to contain the mess as ships try to corral the two slicks. Its unclear how long the cleanup will take or how much it will cost. We have our response crews out combing the beaches, looking for affected wildlife. Reporter the California Department of fish and wildlife does not have a count of how many have been effected. The department suspended fishing and shell fishing along the coast
Private documents revealed. What it shows about the organization he built. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Theres a state of emergency in california this morning where crews are scrambling to keen one of the states most beautiful beams. A ruptured pipeline spilled 105,000 gallons of oil up to a fifth of that may have reached the sea. Beaches are now closed for memorial day weekend. We are joined with courtney for the latest. This area has been hit before, hasnt it . Yes and cleanup efforts are underway there as environmental workers try to contain the spill. This accident occurred along the same coastline that had a spill in 1969, the largest in californias history and helped launch this countries environmental movement. Its terrible, you know, this is some of the most pristine coastline we have in the county and to see it just covered in crude oil its terrible. Its really sad. A few pelicans started washing up. We had a few other se
And less than an hour ago the Indian Nation issued a response saying we are thankful for his willingness to listen. Theyre inviting him to meetings in upstate new york next month so he can hear from native americans who find the name offensive. From the live desk, im Barbara Harrison. In 30 minutes, president obama and Vice President biden will meet House Democrats at the white house to look for a way out of the Government Shutdown. Now in its ninth day. And they will be trying to avoid a bigger crisis. Right now, signs of progress but still no major breakthrough in the talk to end the shutdown. Party leaders met briefly and democrats in the senate called for a end to the shutdown on the capitol step ls. We captured fireworks. Im on your side. Thats senator reids reaction after mayor gray pushed for money to fund d. C. Operations. A new poll out today says americans are putting more on republicans than democrats for the shutdowns. Congress right now has an approval rating, get this, of
male announcer this is the bay area news station. Kron 4 news starts now. Catherine new tonight at 8 the investigation into the discovery of a womans body in a stairwell at San Francisco general. Kron 4s Justine Waldman has new information on what Lynne Spalding was wearing when her body was found two and a half weeks after she was reported missing. This is not just negligence. This is gross negligence. Reporter the attorney for Lynne Spaldings family tells kron 4 news. The 57year old mother of two. Was not wearing a hospital gown when officials found her body. He shared with me new information he just learned from sf general. About what spalding was wearing when officials discovered her in the stairwell. That she was dressed in her own clothes and her purse was near her body. Reporter attorney haig harris says. She also left some personal belongings behind her cell phone left in her room. It was on her bed with a sheet or blanket over it. Reporter missing posters the family put up nea