Thanks, doug. This is a live look at the white house. Things are getting festive there as well. First Lady Michelle obama and her daughters greeted the crews as they delivered the White House Christmas tree. Its a douglass fir from pennsylvania. Mrs. Obama said it will be decorated with pictures of military homecomings. No word on the cause of a power outage that has hundreds of people in the dark. More than 500 pepco customers without power. Most are concentrated in d. C. S southeast and southwest quadrants. Pepco isnt sure what caused the outages, but power should be restored by 7 00. Crews are working to repair a water main that broke. The 12inch main burst in rockville. It created a mess in the road. We are told more than 40 customers have been without Water Service for several hours now including the Animal Shelter. They are hoping to have the water tuned back on shortly. As we cover Prince Georges County, traffic is back to normal where a water main break caused a sinkhole that s
Venezuelans rally in the capitol. Two from pussy riot are arrested in russia. The moment of truth. Find out whether this stadium will make the cut in brazil. Hello there. Welcome to the program. Its ukraines Bloodiest Day in nearly three months of unrest. At least seven protesters and two Police Officers have been killed in the fighting. The vie list broke out after parliament delayed a debate over changes which could limit the power of the countrys president. Opposition groups have accused the government of stalling reporter a return to deadly fighting after weeks of relative calm, for hours on tuesday, antigovernment protesters took on riot police Near Parliament in kiev. Police sources say there have been deaths on either sidewhere while dozens of people have been injured in the clark. Some demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs. The police fired stun grenades and later, rubber bullets. Earlier, more than 10,000 people marched from independence squ e square. Their aim to restor
Industry and a country known for dangerous working condition animators are looking to change that perception. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, four people have been killed and Dozens Injured in bangkok thailand has police mount an offensive against antigovernment protesters. Police detained about 100 demonstrators while trying to clear protest camps around government offices that have been occupied for weeks and as Al Jazeera Veronica reports it shows how volatile it is between the Prime Minister and opposition calling for her to resign. It was before noon in this historical area of old bangkok when the violence broke out. What had happened was that riot police were trying to clear the area of demonstrators who occupied this intersection for several weeks now. They brought in bulldozers that were trying to clear the area as cheers rang out from the protesters and suddenly an explosion was heard and we since discovered that was an m79 grenade and they too
The deaths are prompting the European Union to better patrol the southern mediterranean. Back to the bargaining table for bart and its unions. Right now both sides are continuing negotiations. They say they will meet throughout the weekend to try to hammer out a deal, but if no deal is reached by 12 01 monday morning, workers say they will strike. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith is live in oakland. Reporter good morning to you. We moved over to the cal tran building because this is where negotiations pick up at 10 00 this morning, and i have to tell you walking in this morning both sides seem to agree on two things. That is, theyre glad that the trains are rolling this morning, and they would like to see a deal reached before this next deadline sunday at midnight, but thats where their agreements seem to end. Union leaders say that they are glad that barts gm is come to the table. They think she can help speed the process along. The union have said elected leaders will be involved too, bu
Bundled together. Caution tape all around it. The man who was killed was a Delivery Driver working for a firm hired by the main stadium contractor. Workers were sent home almost immediately so cal osha and Santa Clara Police can investigate how it is that the worker was hit and killed by those bundled rebar. Heres a statement from the stadium contractor. A material delivery trucksa;x dr was severely injured while materials were being delivered and unloaded from his truck. Emergency services were called and the driver was transported to a local hospital. We are deeply saddened to confirm that the driver has passed away. This is the second fatality here at levi stadium during the construction. In june, donald white was killed on the job. He was a 63yearold elevator mechanic who was struck by a counterweight while he was standing on a ladder. His death shut down construction for two days. But in the end, there was no citation issued by cal osha. It is too soon to tell whether that will be