Called president obama a muslim. We know our current president is one. Right. You know hes not even an american we need this question. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im adam may. We are just getting new information about russias military buildup in syria. Jamie mcintyre is joining us now from home. Jamie what are you finding out . Adam its not unexpected the pentagon has been waiting for this to happen. But a Senior Defense official confirms to al jazeera that this morning four russian su27 flanker fighter planes have arrived in western syria, they joined four helicopters that were already there, and then four more helicopters showed up as the Russian Military buildup continues. This arrival has made it more urgent that moscow and washington coordinate what is going on in syria, and today moscow reached out to washington and said we need to talk about what is going on. We heard a little bit about this earlier today from secretary of state john kerry who talked abou
From the pope francis of faith one day before he heads to cuba and then on to the united states. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. More difficulty this morning for migrants and refugees trying to make their way across europe. Croatia has closed all but one Border Crossing with serbia. Now the army is on alert and the government threatening to close the last crossing, too. Croatia has been overwhelmed with refugees coming from syria and other place. More than 13,000 have entered in just the last two days after hungary closed its border with serbia. Lawrence lee is along the serbiacroatia border. Everything is relative of course and even hope to the conditions here are frankly inhumane, its 40 degrees here at the moment, there are babies and tiny children all sitting in the dirt, waiting for a bus, for something to take them further north in the direction of the croatian capital. But everything is relative and at least its better than
And more than 500 million books sold. Best selling author Jackie Collins has died. Good evening. Im Richelle Carey. We begin tonight with the arrival of pope francis in havana, where its a historic trip to cuba and the United States. The pope ended his first day with an evening on the town. After dinner he spent a few hours greeting 30 to 40 preselected guests. This wrapped up a long day filled with much pomp and circumstance. We have reports from havana. Hope francis touched down here in havana and met with raul castro of cuba discussing a variety of topics most likely the normalization of relations between the United States and cuba, something that pope francis helped to forge. He also met with castro is to discuss some of the religious issues here in cuba. They would close down churches and confiscated property. So there is a long road ahead in terms of relationship between these two parties, thats most likely one of the issues that pope francis will take on as he travels the island
And then on to the u. S. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. A push and pull of migrants after accepting thousands in recent days an overwhelming croatia is now bussing migrants back to the hungary border where authorities have been seen letting small groups pass back on to the hungarian side. This are live pictures from the border. The huge influx of refugees has jammed Border Crossings. Now croatia has closed all but one of its Border Crossings as well. Lawrence lee has more. Reporter what has become clear as today has gone on is this clarification again from the position of the croatian government who had said they would let everybody in as long as they wanted to go out the other side. Then they said they couldnt cope and might have to start closing the borders, but the Prime Minister said again today that they insist they dont want the razor wire solution that hungary opened, but they will let people through as long as they dont want to stay here. T
Building a community through soccer. Why these immigrant children are about to meet a very special visitor. Plus, dirty business, volkswagen forced to recall a half a million vehicles. How regulators say the cars were designed to cheat on emissions tests. U. S. Defense Officials Say russia has moved its first fighter jets to a growing military base inside syria. The u. S. Wants to know why. Is it an attempt to help fight i. S. I. L . As moscow insists or help Bashar Alassad . New talks between u. S. And Russian Military officials could answer those questions. Jamie mcintire is in the pentagon, jamie. The two countries are long Time Military allies, and moscow has provided crucial support to the Syrian Regime since the beginning of the syrian war. But what the pentagon is seeing is an order of magnitude greater and trying to figure out where it is heading. With top of the line fighter jets like these and doubling the amount of attack helicopters in syria the u. S. Had little choice but