Teachers in some of americas Largest School districts. Today we learned of the latest, and we got a look at the emails. Homeland security correspondent jeff pegues has more about that and about the man at the center of the investigation. Reporter the list of School Districts receiving the threatening emails include los angeles, new york, miami, houston, dallas, and now clark county in nevada. The district which includes las vegas schools received the emails yesterday, and officials colored they were a hoax. The dallas emails detail plans of 46 jihad affiliates for a massacre of epic proportion with Mass Shootings and napalm, propane, and Pressure Cooker explosives for maximum casualty. These emails differ slightly from the one received in los angeles, which talked of 32 comrades and bombs set to detonate via cell phone. While investigators do not know all of the emails were routed through a server in germany run by vincent canfield, the 21yearold native of maine and College Dropout say
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Clean up efforts are in full swing this afternoon. This midday, in the wake of the enormous blizzard that blanketed the east coast this past weekend. Historic snowfalls from washington, d. C. To new york city, 31 people died from stormrelated causes. Flights are still being canceled today, and commuters are heading back to work. Theyre facing delayed trains and buses. It is important to note that the roads are still dangerous. We talk to you about the weather conditions and its getting warmer during the day and freezing at night. So any wet surfaces can become icy. Walkways, sidewalks, and roadways. We are still in a snow emergency in washington, d. C. And im operating under a state of emergency in the district as well. Congress is delaying legislative business in all federal offices remain closed. They have been shut down since noon on friday. Al jazeera is live in washington, d. C. John, the mayor said that things
The head. They scanned him and said he is good. Reporter sanra is grateful to the Ice Cream Truck driver who followed the truck. The suspect, billy joe gibson, turned himself in after the witnesses called the police. He stated it was him. He was driving through the area, and hit the child and freaked out because he had a suspended license and didnt know what to do. Reporter he is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. He left the scene but ultimately turned himself in which makes a difference. Reporter she hopes no one else goes through this. There are a lot of kids around here that want ice cream. Reporter police say the chrysler was registered in gibsons name. Bond is denied for kelty who was accused of running over a police officer. The officer and his wife asked the judge to keep him locked up and after seeing the dashcam video the judge decided not to let kelty out of jail. Lets check in with glenn on the cold water. Glenn air is dry, clear blue skies and no
And we begin with breaking news. The u. S. Supreme court says it will once and for all decide the legality of same sex nationwide. The court has decided to take up this key civil rights case whether gay rights is a right under the constitution. The the Court Earlier decided not to take up the case but then they were forced really to take up this issue. In november the sixth circuit ruled there was no right against gay marriage. So its up to the Supreme Court to resolve it. Theyll take up this issue involving four different states. Michigan kentucky, ohio, tennessee, all those states ban gay marriage. The courts have waded into this a bit in the past. They did throw out a part of the federal acts that prohibited the federal government of recognizing guy marriage saying they did have to recognize gay marriage approved by the state. That was part of the defense of marriage act. They also basically upheld a ruling that allowed gay marriage to proceed in california. Still the court very spl
The presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 96, the nays are 1. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted if the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent i be permitted to speak as if in morning business for up to 10 minutes, following my remarks that senator warren be served for two researched for two minutes and senator landrieu recognized to speak for up to 10 minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , in this week of verdict id like veterans id like to speak about a brave marine who is frap a friend of mine and a championship of americas veterans. Congressman lane evans of illinois passed away last wednesday. He was only 63 years old. Lane had been battling parkinsons disease for nearly 20 years. A few years ago another illness began attacking his memory. One cruel disease ravaged his body as thes assaulted his brain