Im frances rivera. Happy super tuesday, 2014. The polls are open this morning in six states from coast to coast. The key races to watch are in kentucky, idaho, and georgia. The primaries there will highlight the republican establishment versus tea party battle. In kentucky, state republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is up against Tea Party Challenger matt bevan. Mcconnell leads him by 20 points in the latest bluegrass poll from the career journal. A win for senator mcconnell today would set the stage for one of novembers Top Senate Races against democrat allison lund lundergan grimes. In georgia today, a crowded seven way Senate Primary field will be narrowed down to two with a runoff to be held on july 22nd. Recent polling suggests david purdue and Jack Kingston are most likely to face off then. And finally in idaho, matt sincen is poised to defeat brian smith. Today, primaries will shape the ballots for critical contests this november. New this morning, in a surprise move, thailands arm
Train, though. Michael lewis wrote a bestselling book about trading and said u. S. Markets were rigged and now everyone cares. And congress is paying attention. A senate panel is holding a hearing this morning into highfrequency trading, asking whether the business is riddled with conflict of interest and if it is responsible for the loss of investor confidence. Megan hughes is covering the hearing on capitol hill. It is a whos who in the industry at this point, right . That is right. I will tell you the star witness is in his first panel, brad cap zeyuma. A brad kat blew the uncovered and whistle on a lot of these highfrequency trading frat practices. His testimony, there seems to be agreement that on some level the market is rigged. New technology should not erase enduring values. Financial markets cannot survive on technology alone. They require a much older concept, trust. And trust is eroding. The next panel, we will have quite a juxtaposition. That is what we will hear from some
Joanna gets raska al jazeera, doha ah tato ketchup. The headlines here on al jazeera us President Joe Biden has arrived in cambodia for the on summit. Barton will meet with Southeast Asian leaders later on saturday, and theyll discuss the violence and me and my russian aggression in ukraine, uncharged military activities in disputed waters. Ukraine is celebrating one of its most significant victories since russias invasion in february cranium forces of entered the Southern City of her son o residence, welcome. The soldiers and the ukrainian flag has been raised on public monuments. Thats after Russian Forces retreated. And what seeing as one of its biggest setbacks of the war, mama vall is in moscow, he says, russian officials are down playing the withdrawal. The last minister of defense confirmed that the last russian soldier left the city of have sun by 5 a. M. Friday morning, after a night of heavy bombardment by Russian Artillery and other defences against ukrainian positions in an
A day after he was shot. Ah, im tell mccrae, this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up as ukrainian troops close in on the russian controlled city of her san moscow calls on civilians to leave the region. Thousands of twitter employees lose their jobs as the social media chance you own a lawn mosque looks to cut costs and fif is president rights tools . 32 nations taking part in the world cup, asking them to focus on football. Not politics. Ah. Speaking publicly for the 1st time since being shot on thursday, pakistans former Prime Minister emron con, has accused the government of being behind a failed attempt to assassinate him. Cons p t i party says Prime Minister, Shabazz Sharif and 2 other top officials are to blame. But the government denies involvement. All i want is the investigation of the investigation. Got a big with this or live laws. They go to whole of this guy. He wouldnt be going. What happened was they would do gun one was. Ready why are we just fired from the
Millions in the us voting mid term elections that will decide the balance of power in congress and the future of president jo bidens agenda. The main issues dominating the po, rising inflation and womens reproductive rights after the top court overturned the right to a bush. Ah, well, im fully back to bo, this is al jazeera live from doha. Will have extensive coverage of the u. S. Made terms with live reports, my correspondence across the country also ahead celebrations. As italy allows several migrants rescued in the mediterranean to disembark. But another ship is denied port. And we are the premier of a new film about a group of footballers all hoping to be selected to play at the thief a welcome. Ah, thank you very much for joining as we begin in the United States where voters are streaming to the poles in one of the most consequential mid term elections in years. Nationwide control of congress and the future of present jo bidens agenda hang in the ballads. All 435 seats in the hous