Welcome to this things like news update from r. T. Edge to moscow with me we just turned three in the afternoon here now and syria very much in the headlines today let me take you through it the northern syrian city of first has come under heavy shelling from the turkish army as ankara ramps up its operation there to try to dislodge the kurdish fighters whom it sees as terrorists. Last. Night about. This latest bombardment came after a pro Syrian Government militia arrived enough to join the fight against the Turkish Military turkeys president there were and says the shelling forced the group of fighters to retreat some ten kilometers but there are other reports circulating to suggest in the process and Government Forces have actually taken up positions know enough when. I was seeing here images a very arrival in the area and choose day night next our Senior Correspondent laura goes to takes a closer look at whats really going on there. But this was a demonstration hundreds of pro Assa
Remains unclear. And the winter games. Beijing. A city that doesnt get much snow lands the 2022 Winter Olympics. El this is Al Jazeera America. We begin in the west bank where the United States joined the International Community in condemning an arson attack that claimed the life of a palestinian toddler. Mourners buried him he burned to death after his home was firebombed. The boys parents and a brother were injured in the attack. They accused jewish hard liners of the bombing. The perpetrators left behind hate inspired graffiti in hebrew. The star the david was drawn next to the word revenge. Netanyahu called it horrific. But the Israeli Government turns a blind eye to settler terrorists. Reporter the family shared the only bedroom. They would have been fast asleep when the window was smashed and the room set on fire. He saw the attackers lying outside with the clothes on fire. When he came back, the two men were gone. Translator smoke was coming out of the house. I saw the fouryearo
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the largest of 27 wildfires in california kept expanding today. The rocky fire has now spread across more than 100 square miles. Its burning some 100 miles north of san francisco, and so far, its only 12 contained. Overnight, the blaze jumped a highway that served as a barrier. Its endangering several thousand homes, and officials have urged about 13,000 people to leave the area. Woodruff the family of a black woman who died in a texas jail has now filed a wrongful death suit in federal court. Sandra bland was pulled over by a white trooper for a traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. Officials say she committed suicide. Today, in austin, her mother said whatever th
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the largest of 27 wildfires in california kept expanding today. The rocky fire has now spread across more than 100 square miles. Its burning some 100 miles north of san francisco, and so far, its only 12 contained. Overnight, the blaze jumped a highway that served as a barrier. Its endangering several thousand homes, and officials have urged about 13,000 people to leave the area. Woodruff the family of a black woman who died in a texas jail has now filed a wrongful death suit in federal court. Sandra bland was pulled over by a white trooper for a traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. Officials say she committed suicide. Today, in austin, her mother said whatever the circumstances of blands
Honesty and no naivete, and the way you helped conduct Foreign Policy during a period of enormous crisis in dwrunt states, constitutional crisis, people on the streets and dealing with one of the most intractable problems, i really must say it was an honor to serve with such great men, and thank you very much for sharing your perspective with all of us and putting it down for history. I think people can learn a lot from what youve done for your nation. With that, thank you very much. [ applause ] president obama visits new orleans on thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. You can watch live coverage of the president ial visit beginning at 5 00 p. M. Eastern time on cspan. President nixon appointed four justices to the Supreme Court and others who were rejected by is senate. Kevin mcmahon is the author of nixons court. Justice Antonin Scalia makes introductory remarks a this the event that took place in the Supreme Court chamber. This is 45 minutes. Good evening. My