fighting to save damar hamlin s life. and a stunning increase, that is how it is described. that is how the white house is describing the rise in a new covid subvariant. the white house joins us to talk about it. this is what we re watching at this hour. e remain day. in a fight not seen in more than a century and that is not perbo. a century. next hour they will be heading back into that chamber for a fourth straight day of voting and in an exercise that, let s be honest, has become groundhog day. kevin mccarthy has failed on 11 ballots and the path ahead very uncertain. the big difference at this hour is a conference call, all getting on the phone to talk about what kevin has and what he s negotiating and what kevin is going to do. mccarthy is fighting to win over more support, making some extreme concessions to get there. but still right now he doesn t have the numbers to win the gavel. all of this comes on the two-year mark of the insurrection on the capitol. we re goin
The launch of the orion deep space capsule, the first step toward sending a crew to mars. Record rainfall in drought stricken california, roads turning into rivers, schunk holes swallowing streets. Vehicular traffic in the middle of pedestrian traffic. Chants of i cant breathe and black lives matter, protestors angry after the grand jury decided not to indict a white Police Officer involved in the death of an unarmed black man. That officer was caught on video apply ago chokehold during an arrest. A medical examiner later concluded the move which has been banned for decades by the nypd contributed to garners death. Welcome to aljazeera. Nasas new space capsule is set to blast off heading into deep orbit. It was going to happen just a few minutes from now, but nasa just tweeted the launch was delayed because of a boat in the launch area. Were going to bring you that event live when and if it happens. That is a look at the launch pad. Theyve got about a 2 49 window for that launch, so th
Pope francis slammed, vatican bureaucrats calling him narcisse stick hypocrite suffering from spiritual alzheimers. The sickness he says is infecting the church and the reaction around the world. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. This morning, new york city mayor is calling for calm following the murder two Police Officers. Facing criticism for the police union and protestors, he hes urging both to put their differences aside until the officer are buried. There were small anti police demonstrates and in manhattan, a larger protest isette set for later today. We are hearing from the man who killed the officers. They say he was emotionally troubled and needed help. There seems to be a big change in tone from police and new york city hall. The Police Officers union, the spokesperson is dialing things back and the mayor is taking the high ground, refusing to get embroiled in a row over the politics of these police deaths. Mayor bill deblasio and the Police Commissioner met with
Of a california plane crash last year. New questions about keeping dolphins in captivity. One aquarium is considering whether to set them free. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. There are new developments in the fight to control iraq. The iraqi Prime Minister almalaki rejected u. S. Calls for uniony government. Secretary of state kerry urged calendar my to include all religious and ethnic groups in a new government, saying its the best option to stave off an offensive by isis rebels. New u. S. Military are not there to fight, the white house says simply there as advisers, their goal to slow the onslaught of the sunni rebels. Good morning. Now that the u. S. Advisors are on the ground, whats the next step . Were seeing secretary kerry meet with nato allies. Theres so much to discuss from ukraine to the situation in afghanistan, but of course, as the crisis has grown in iraq in recent weeks, this is demanding far more attention from nato all
Day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. 50 years after Martin Luther king, jr. s most famous speech, americans descend on the capitol to keep his dream alive. Californias wildfire raging out of controlled and moving further into Yosemite National park today, a fire so menacing, a state of alert has now been declared by governor jar brown for all San Francisco. The flames are tearing through acres of pristine woodlands. The fear is that millions of people in Northern California could lose their water and power. Yose yosemite is on the eastern side of the state, almost 180 miles from San Francisco but most of the bay areas water and power flow right through that area. For now, we are going to bring in tina walker. She is the Public Information officer for the Governors Office of emergency services. She joins us on the phone from lodi, california. Tina, thank you for joining us during what i