Its election day. Turkey holds its first vote since antigovernment protests last year. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford life in new york city. The search for survivors of that Deadly Washington mud slide enters a second week. The number of missing has been revised from 90 down to 30. That drop due to duplicate reports of missing people and others found safe and sound. But the death toll increased to 18, with more bodies waiting to be identified. Crews are using heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands to search for the victims. An estimated 180 people were in the path when it hit the village of oso. Seven were immediately pulled from the record and are hospitalized. We have more from derrington. A week after the mud slide heavy rain soaks trees, mud and debris. Thats all thats left of the lives here. Earlier at 10 37am a moment of silence. The moment a week ago when oso became home to one of the worst mudslides in Washington State history. More than
President obama is is in rome food, this time pleat wag pope francis earlier this morning, sitting down with italys president and prime minister, but no matter where he goes the conversation keeps coming back to russia, and the crisis in ukraine. Am al jazeera is in rome, but what did he have to say this time about the crisis in ukraine . Well, you are right, dell, and the president did have that series of meetings that you referenced and ukraine did come up. The i. M. F. Has just passed a relief package. Beings of dollars emphasizing the need for economic stability, to a country that has been economically decimated and looted by victorian no cover itch the previous president. He might add theres a bill that is finally making its way through correct me if im wrong. In aid to ukraine, to be administered through thei. M. F. That after some bumps in the senate, and partisan disputes there. But the president came back to the issue that has dominated his trip, the fourth day of the trip tha
News for thursday, may 15th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, overnight firefighters in california battled a string of fastmoving erratic wildfires that forced thousands to evacuate. Most are in San Diego County where governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency. The most destructive appears to be in carlsbad about 30 miles north of san diego. More than two dozen homes were destroyed and more than 11,000 residents told to evacuate. The carlsbad fire is one of several fires raging throughout the state this morning. In nearby san marcos, 21,000 residents were told to leave as were the students of California State University campus. Bigad shaban is in carlsbad and has our report. Reporter at least nine fires are burning in carlsbad. This house was charred from the inside out. Why helicopters doused flames overnight, the flames have burned more than 2,100 acres. Wildfires burned across San Diego County. There are probably 30 40foot flames. Report
Dead and another behind bars. Good evening im frank somerville. This video taken from a passing car shows the intensity of the flames in the moments of a deadly crash that happened on interstate 580 in livermore. Were live in livermore where we spoke to the investigators about the drunk driver blamed for this crash. Reporter they told us the man showed classic signs of intoxication and was stumbling around the accident site. This is video taken seconds after the accident during morning rush hour. The hummer failed to slow with the rest of traffic and slammed into the jeep in front of it. Tho those two cars those two cars hit another two cars and the jeep burst into flames. I was ungulfed engulfed immediately after the hit. Reporter drivers describe the chaos. There was explosions, the tires were exploding. A huge chunk of the jeep exploded toward us. Reporter the construction crew lent the Fire Department their water truck. The driver of the hummer that caused the accident was arrested
Money is gone. Ktvus robert handa has been on the story and joins us live from san jose with how the robber made a quick get away. There will be a series of meetings starting tonight at this school to discuss safety and fundraising after a robbery that happened very quickly. Reporter the Oak Grove High School band is preparing for shows, musically they are ready, financial they are reeling. Last night they fold a bingo fundraiser for the held a bingo fundraiser for the band, mese say a plea say a man robbed the person handling the money. It happened so many people didnt realize there was a robbery. I talked to a parent last night, it was surreal. She was shaken. We did have security here but it was so fast in and out. [ music ] reporter we have been told the amount stolen was 5,000. The amount advertised as the pay out. Police recommend they have a system where money could be put away safely when it is collected. Have helpers looking for any suspicious persons or activity. [ music ] re