bargaining fight? two years ago. today, a federal appeals court upholding scott walker s controversial new law that provoked that protest, stripping most public workers of most of their collective bargaining rights. the u.s. court of appeal, finding the law is constitutional and its ban is acceptable on union dues. seven unions challenged the law. governor walker issued a statement tonight, calling the ruling a victory for wisconsin taxpayers. straight ahead, live to algeria where news is breaking. one american confirmed dead, the others still hostage. we will have a live report. and hear from the hostages who made it out alive they all have not. the plot thickens. the fashion mogul s plane really crash? or it was hijacked? is he still alive? thrs there are new clues and i ver a live report from venezuela. big news from the world-famous
botched it. what can we do, wait it out? i think at this point the foreign governments have largely been excluded and this was a big issue in the united kingdom, for example, they apparently were not told at all that the algerian military was going in. i think for the algerians, their priority making sure that people believed that oil and natural gas drilling was still safe in eastern algeria. so, i think we re going to have to play this out. it s not a satisfactory answer, but the real question is, what are we going to do about the broader threat of al-qaeda and islamic. and you said what was apparently one of the provocations was the french and the algerians, let the french use their air space to go to mali and attack rebels there. i m curious, is this a change in the french. are the french getting more involved in the war. these are french colonies and this is what they do in former french kohl list. greta: this is as aggressive i ve seen the
obviously, and what s happening, but i couldn t say, so, as much as i d like to be home and our thoughts are with.. i feel safe, i feel safe at the moment, but won t feel until i m back in the u.k. greta: the latest on the ongoing hostage standoff. we go to algeria. this is so confusing, the reports out of algeria. can you tell me he what is going on at this natural gas site now? the algerian security forces are surrounding group of terrorists, and the number is around ten or 11. and now, there are thinking maybe 30 hostages, most of them americans, norwegians, japanese and french. and the algerian security
fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what s in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. only you know all right. time to take a look at the morning papers. the new york times, american citizens are among the dozens of people being held hostage standoff at a natural gas facility in eastern algeria. heavily armed islamic militants linked to al qaeda breached the walls of the compound on wednesday morning. officials say at least two people were killed during the raid. the algerian military says it has the oil compound surrounded, adding it will not negotiate with the militants. and from our parade of
in algeria. during an attack from mali insurgents. do you know anything more about it? yes, andrea, the trip that i m on, we were actually supposed to go to mali initially but were diverted because of the degenerating security situation there. the hostages that have been taken in eastern algeria are a step that was threatened by the al qaeda, the islamist extremists who were making the security situation in mali so intenable that the french felt compelled to take military action. i support the administration s decision to support the french military action. we re providing intelligence and logistics support, and i look forward to advocating in congress for the financial resources needed to ensure that the appropriate steps are taken, both by the french and regional