School was happy place. Reporter its a Program Designed to give kids a head start in life but a half century after it began some people are questioning whether it should continue. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy Chris Christie is doing serious damage control and 24 hours after a bridge scandal threatened to derail his promising political career the normally contentious governor held a press Conference Thursday apologizing saying the buck stops with him but christie said he did not have any knowledge of the scheme to close lanes on the busy George Washington bridge and learned of the top aids political vandetta wednesday morning and fired two for their roles but it doesnt end with his apology and the u. S. Attorney a job christie once held announced a federal investigation is now underway and erica has more and erica we may learn more about the different roles people played in the scandal today. Absolutely, that is right, new Jersey Assembly will release
It. We begin with the intrigue unfolding within nucleararmed north korea. An isolated and fortified regime that defies the world. The official newsagency says the uncle of kim jong un was executed, that after a public shaming. What is remarkable is not just the extreme punishment, but he had more power than anyone else in north korea. Stefanie dekker reports. The public humiliation of a powerful man. These images were taken last week when the uncle of north Koreas Kim Jong un was removed from a meeting. This is nothing compared what was to come. Named a traitor and executed. There was a long list of allegations. It reads he was called despicable human scum, worse than a dog and adds this is the latest move in what appears to be a significant reshuffle of people around kim jong un, aimed at solidifying power in the hands of the young leader. This is a figure who, himself, controls significant Material Resources and personnel within the security apparatus. He headed one of the two main i
Hello, welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford live in new york city. President obama issued a warning to russia saying therell be consequences for military intervention in ukraine, after reports of Russian Troops taking up positions around two airports in crimea. The cell phone footage shows Russian Helicopters entering an airspace which is ukraines peninsula. Moscow says it will defend citizens, many of whom areth are ethnic russians. This picture shows armed men entering is building. Its unclear if they are russian. One of the last bastions of support for Viktor Yanukovych. He fled the capital of kiev after months of protest. Its believed he travelled to crimea and Jennifer Glasse has more. Crimea is closed. Closed to commercial traffic. Earlier in the day armed men came into that airport and to the airport down the road, to vastepol. These men are in military uniforms with no military insignia on them or their vehicles. They were armed with militarygrade records. The airpo
Kerry now trying to put that relationship back on track. Saudi arabia one of several stops on his middle east tour as the saudis complain about the syria, iran, and the middle east peace process. Right now we have things to make certain that the saudi arabiau. S. Relationship is on track moving forward, and doing the things that we need to accomplish. The Saudi Foreign minister telling kerry his country has no problems with the United States. The two countries promising each other that the region they would continue to Work Together on issues on which they do not agree. There is a new independent report out that says doctors and nurses under u. S. Military order participating in the abuse of terrorism suspects according to the institute of medicine. Medical professionals actually helped design and enable, quote, torture and cruel Inhumane Treatment of detainees, unquote. That report based on a twoyear study of prison in afghanistan and c. I. A. Detention sites at guantanamo bay. The c.
Kenyan military now have all floors of that Shopping Center but its unknown how many hostages and alshabab members are still inside. We hear more gunfire going on behind you. [ gunfire ] [ explosion ] you can see she was reporting on several large explosions at that mall which were followed by that gunfire. Kenya interior minister saying two more attackers killed during the operation and 62 hostages have died during the twoday siege. Dozens of americans, including five americans, were hurt. Peter greste has more. Reporter from the moment that the gunmen lost their raid at the Westgate Mall shocking video of the attack come out. Panic families call out to one another as shots are echoed throughout the hall. They dash for the exit as gunfire grew louder and more frequent. Elsewhere a mother and her children lie on the floor pretending to be dead, unsure when the othe the man on the ote of the screen wants to kill them or rescue them. Eventually he convinces them that he is a Police Offic