From cutting medicare, from cutting medicaid, and from preventing us from creating the millions of jobs that our economy desperately needs. But at the end of the day, what we are really talking about is whether or not this nation is going to become an oligarchic form of society. And what that means, what an oligarchic form of society is about, and has existed in many countries throughout the world, historically many countries in latin america although that has recently changed is you have a nation in which both the economics and politics of the nation are controlled by a handful of billionaire families. Very, very wealthy. And it doesnt matter what party is in power because the real power, economically and politically, rests with a billionaire class. And, mr. President , it seems to me very clearly that unless we act boldly to reverse that trend, we are seeing this country moving in exactly that direction. And one of the reasons for that is that as a result of the disastrous Citizens U
Cuba. A report saying america secretly funded a texting app into creating an uprising. A Supreme Court ruling ending limits on financing some say it will lead to campaign corruption and politicians being brought. The fact that its orange means theres metal in the water. Land deemed too toxic to live on earmarked for a federal cleanup. Why its being given back to a native american tribe now, despite the dangers that remain. Hi there everyone. Good morning to you. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. People at fort hood in texas are coming to grips with another tragedy. A texas congressman identified 34yearold army special ist ivan lopes as the gunman that opened fire. The iraq war veteran allegedly shot and killed three soldiers before killing himself. He was in the process of being evaluated for Mental Health issues. Wednesdays shooting was reminiscent of violent scenes in fort hood in 2009, 13 were shot and killed by another military man. Yesterdays deadly attack happened
Im richard lui. It happened again. A mass shooting at ft. Hood, texas. Four Service Members are dead and including the gunman. 16 others were injured. It comes four and a half years after 13 people died in a shooting rampage at the same base. Nbcs Charles Hadlock joins us from ft. Hood today. Good morning to you, charles. We know the shooter is an iraq war veteran being treated for anxiety and depression at the time. What else have you learned . Reporter yeah, good morning, richard. Authorities, the fbi and the army are trying to figure out why this soldier opened fire on three of his colleagues, killing them and wounding 16 other soldiers yesterday here at ft. Hood before committing suicide. Authorities say they dont have a motive, but they dont believe it is terrorism. And thats a big relief to the ft. Hood community here, which, as you mentioned, four and a half years ago endured the wrath of major nidal hasan who opened fire killing 13 soldiers and wounding 32 others. He was inspir
Went into the water. [ pause ] once again, a pittsburg man died when his car plunged into that canal. These are the images from chopper 5 crews pulling the car out of the water at east leland road. The man was reported missing yesterday. And crews eventually got the car out. A major cleanup in oakland after a huge oak tree fell smashing three cars. The recent rain may have weakened the roots. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec says it was a close call for a man who was just walking by. Reporter this car is one of three that felt the wrath of this falling oak tree in oakland last night. Its roots ripped from the earth in this yard on el dorado avenue at about 10 p. M. Just missed me. Reporter he had just walked past it with his dog. Heard the crackling, turned around thought it was thunder, saw the transformer blow and everything came down. Reporter including a treehouse that once belonged to this 10yearold who lives in this house. I was just shocked because that tree was leaning down. It was
State anymore. Reporter one day after the feds charged state senator leland yee with a flurry of felonies, kpix 5 has learned he is fighting to keep his job resisting calls for his resignation. According to a capital source familiar with the discussions, yee has told Senate Leaders he would like to take a leave of absence but he is not formally requesting paid leave. A spokesman for Senate President pro tem Darrell Steinberg said he couldnt confirm those conversations but said senator steinberg did repeat the two choices he gave yee that he should resign or he will be removed by his fellow senators in a vote. Leave. Dont burden your colleagues and this Great Institution with your troubles. Leave. Reporter meanwhile, yee is no longer a candidate for state office. His attorney read aloud a letter the senator wrote to the secretary of state. Dear deborah, i hereby withdraw my candidacy for election of secretary of state effective immediately. Clearly what we learned yesterday was amazingl