Ouch is either new york. Ah or that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. Hundreds of protest as he stormed rocks. Parliament have now left the supporters of shia cleric looked out al serra wood demonstrating against the nomination of a new Prime Minister who belongs to a pro ron block. The u. S. Federal reserve is increasing its key Interest Rate by 0. 75 Percentage Points to 2. 5 percent. The u. S. Central bank has been raising borrowing cost since march to try to rain in rising inflation. U. S. Secretary of States Anthony lincolns as a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball player britney griner. And for me, u. S. Marine pool whelan, theyre both county detained in russia. He says hell speak to his russian count upon sag love. Rob in the coming days, risen issue thats a top priority for us. Release of americans all will greatly brian law attain and must be allowed to come all substantial proposal on the table weeks ago. Facilitate the release. Ou
Church run at residential schools. He condemned policies of forced assimilation, carried out at the institutions the canadian government says the apology does not go far enough. Ah. Lets have a look at our top stories now. Here on al jazeera, hundreds of people stormed Iraqs Parliament on wednesday to protest against the nomination of a new Prime Minister by pro iran block. The supporters of the influential shia cleric, toddler and my food. Although it has more from baghdad, bose rival sections, namely that looked to the solder and his supporters and his soni heir allies on the one hand and the iranian bag to parties, the Coordination Framework and the kurdish allies and other independent lawmakers. On the other hand, they, this conflict between them seems to be going go on air. This situation could get worse if, if at both sides dirt don art reach consensus on reaching on for forming a consensus. Government. As you know that both sides have at military factions on the ground. Theyve b
At a u. S. Base in south korea, four more in the United States undergoing treatment for exposure to lethal anthrax spores. 22 air force personnel are undergoing treatment about an hour south of seoul going through post exposure treatments. But these air force personnel received a shipment that contained live specimens of anthrax. Its a potent biological weapon. This shipment though, came from the United States military itself. The anthrax was shipped according to one defense official via fedex from an army lab in utah to the base. And commercial laboratories in nine other american states also received the deadly bioagent. They were supposed to contain whats called a dead agent of anthrax. It was a lab in maryland that was the first to report that this anthrax was not dead. It was alive and deadly. We begin the coverage on this breaking story in seoul, south korea. 22 people exposed where you are. What treatment are they getting tonight . Theyre on antibiotics. Some of them have been gi
His head on a whole new level. We can tell you he is okay. Dramatic. The down side to the increased athleticism is you are able to hit your head. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. It is thursday, january 3rd. 4 00 a. M. In the east. It was an an extraordinary day in the east. You had the meeting in the situation room which followed a 90minute freewheeling camera spray where no one explained why it was front and center in front of the president and harkens to game of thrones. A Cabinet Meeting with props. No one knows what it is all about. Fascinating. What a day. We will get more into that 90 minutes in a moment. We start the day with Single Party Rule in washington. Democrats take over the house of representatives and it is expected they will choose nancy pelosi as speaker. Making her the first woman to reclaim can the speakers gavel. Democrats hold 235 to 199 for republicans in the house. The ability to pass legislation will be ham strung by the gops sixvot
Welcome to americas news headquarters from washington. Im Kristin Fisher and it is a Beautiful Day here in d. C. Leland i know. Kristin the start of the Cherry Blossoms. Leland the start of the Cherry Blossoms are here and feels like spring. Well check whats happening in el paso. Good of you to be here from home, im leland vittert. The president is threatening to shut down the u. S. Mexico border over illegal immigration, saying he would begin to close the border as soon as next week. He has made these threats before and did not follow through. Our ellison barber in West Palm Beach with the latest as the president is there for the weekend. Hi, ellison. Hey, leland. The u. S. Department of commerce says if the border shut down, it would be a debacle. The president says hell do it if mexico doesnt stop the migrants coming across the border illegally. This is a threat hes made in the past and did nothing. This time President Trump is adamant, hes not playing game. Oil trade, mexico is mak