That is the argument that president obama is expected to focus on this year. A growing wealth gap, hoping that restores poll numbers, which have plummeted. He missed the year when a secondterm president misses the most. Its the first year of the second term. You need momentum from that year to Carry Forward for at least one more year before you turn into a complete lame duck. The president missed that year. Hell need to if he tackles the rest of the agenda. Immigration reform deciding what to do about spying programs and cuts to food aid, things that will define his legacy. And for people like this woman, how she lives in 2014. Now to the crisis in south sudan. A new push to stop the killing. The president of sudan is meeting with his south sudanees counterpart. Also entering of the fray is china, the biggest investor in the oil fields. In a rare intervention, chinas foreign minister called upon an end to the killing. They came, escaping persecution, genocide and civil war to a country
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The deep freeze spreading across the country is now impacting 187 million americans in 26 states. Many places are experiencing recordlow temperatures usually found in the north and south poles and the monday temperature was minus 37 in minnesota. Records for the day were set in chicago where it was 16 below. And tulsa, oklahoma where it was minus two. All of the temperatures dont take the biting wind into account which makes it feel even worse. We have Live Team Coverage of the dangerous cold weather and erica is in new york which dropped 40 degrees over the last 24 hours but we begin with tonya mosley in detroit where right now its 13 below 0 and she is outside. Good morning, tonya. Good morning, its hard to describe what sub zero temperatures feel like. The only word i can think of is painful. As i was heading out this morning, i tried to open the front door and it was frozen and once i got outside it wasnt much better.
Of all wasnt most what he did. I felt so scared for her. But who he was. I just about fell off my chair. We were in that much danger and we didnt even know it. It was january, 2009. Brenda constantine and her husband, brian rogers and their three teenagers, two boys and a girl, spent the new years holiday the way they always had. A trip out of town and then back to their home in orlien, a middle class suburb in ottawa. Its the kind of place where the houses are snug to the street, and each other. Its a very familyoriented community. Lots of young families still live in orleans. Lots of kids. As you say in a town which is very safe, orleans seemed particularly safe . There was never a lot of crime. That january when brian and brenda got their brood home on friday evening, the family house seemed exactly as they left it. Brian did notice something odd. The digital clock in our room on the wayside of the bed was blinking. I thought that was unusual, but didnt think much of it. Then you we
Hello an al quadainspired group says its captured another iraqi city in the last few hours. The Islamic State of iraq and the levant or isil is claiming to have taken the Northern City of tikrit. Isil had already taken iraqs second city mosul and also attacking nearb nearby city. Reporter one of the biggest refineries burn as fighters take control. They mounted at tack in the early hours of Tuesday Morning quickly overrunning Security Force this is. But the take over didnt last long, iraqs fourth article are Armored Division and police took back control a few hours later. The fighters from the isil who have also mounted attacks here in kirkuk where fighting controls, mosul remains under is life. Corollas Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki used his regularly televised address to deliver a strong message. Translator this is just the latest round of fighting against isil and it wont be the last. We will continue to fight against them with the help of the people of mosul. Al qaeda and isil dont
Primary in virginias seventh district. [laughter] political newcomer david brat defeated the sitting House Majority leader, cane only assume future millionaire lobbyist, eric cantor. Cantor was basically the fourth most powerful republican in washington behind mitch mcconnell, john boehner and an ar15 that fires baby eagles dressed like jesus. How, how. [laughter] thats. They said the picture wont be ready until the show. I said, well, all right. Whatever you can do to make it realistic. Thats really quite lovely. How the hell did this happen . He had all the name recognition. He outspent his opponent 401 and still lost by an astounding 11 points. Cantors campaign spent more at stake houses than brat spent on his entire campaign. Jon well, okay. That makes sense. Its very hard to conduct your campaign when you got the meat sweats. My budget platform. Brruff. Lord have mercy. Let me ask you a question whom is this david brat fellow . Hes a College Economics professor. A 3. 4 rating out