The big game. Welcome to al jazeera america, im stephanie sy. The n. S. A. Has been under fire for months following Edward Snowdens disclosure of a massive collection of phone records in the u. S. And around the world. As al jazeeras John Siegenthaler reports a president ial panel is calling for changes in the way the n. S. A. Does business. The 46 recommendations spelt out in the 300page report are surprising and sweeping. The panel, chosen by president obama, is urging that the n. S. A. Stop collecting and mining phone calls from americans. Advisors say that Surveillance Program creates risks to public trust, personal privacy and civil liberty. They urge that spying on foreign citizens, and World Leaders must be carried out by a duly enactive law or special order. We need to ensure intelligence sources are supporting foreign policies, that we are weighing the risks of rewards and activities, to ensure that we are focus the on the threat to american people. The president has been clea
Dirty operation. And mapping the stars in 3d. The European Space Agency Launches a new mission. Violence is continuing to spread across soouth sudan, east african ministers will travel across the country. Fighting broke out on sunday in the capital juba. Troops loyal to the president say they lost control. The capital of jeongo. The newest country is being dogged by political infighting and ethnic divisions. The president salva kiir blamed fighting on what he calls a coup instigated by his ousted deputy. His support base is the dinka people. The former Vice President riek machar gets his backing from the nuer. He blames rivalries within the army on the coup. There are fears it could escalate into civil war. Thousands escape the violence and seek shelter in the u. N. We joined on the phone now by our correspondent. What are you seeing on the streets of juba, and your journey from the airport. What conditions, is it tense there . What we see is things are calm. Some people woke up and he
European union. A rescue operation is underway in south sudan after the killing of at least two u. N. Peace keeping soldiers in the state. Violence spread across the country after an alleged coup on sunday. The rescue operation was launched after the lost contact with its base in the small remote town of ocovo county and its 4 kilometers long and close to ethopian order and homes on the market and the primary school. The local hospital is nearby. And we are in the capitol juba where many are trying to escape fighting despite the government assurances that the situation is under control. Reporter officials checking passpo passports and those who want to leave must be on the evacuation list and foreigners and locals are flown out of the country and told its for security reasons. They give us also they are driving the people to go back. Reporter u. S. Soldiers are also in the capitol juba making sure its safe for planes to take off and land and they have been monitoring the situation toge
Reporter a girl saved by her eyeglasses and may have deflected a bullet during a driveby shooting. A very good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im thomas and good to have you with us. Today is the key deadline for the Affordable Care act better known as obamacare and have it kick in on the first and the troubled website can now handle a rush but it could prevent people from signing up and al jazeera has more. If you have not already you might want to pencil in a couple hours to sign up for healthcare, millions of americans remain uninsured in most states and monday december 23 is the deadline for selecting a plan if you are looking for coverage that starts january first. Its important for people in highrisk pools to get insurance now, that includes those with preexisting conditions, people who lost coverage when insurers cancelled 2013 plans and people in states where medicaid is scaling back. But the january first deadline varies in states that operate their own health excha
To healthcare and even a spy program. Last year the president was elected to serve another term in his promise . Mike viqueira is live at the white house with what we might be able to expect. Mi services, and once against its about Affordable Care act, obamacare. It has been decided that if you had your insurance canceled, you ares ares a exempt at least temporarily from the individual mandate the Insurance Industry is very much against this move. This comes just four days before the december declaring the almost orwellian nature of the metadata collection system. And the President Council saying they know of no terrorist plots that were foiled awell hear frn about three hours, dell. Mike thank you very much. We are also following a developing story coming out of washington. It involves news that broke earlier today. Hospital. Libby casey is on capitol hill right now. Libby do we know why taken to the hospital as a precaution. They said tests have been done, nothing abnormal noted and