Brought to a standstill, rain soaking the west and its not over yet. Have you not found a more productive way of supporting the Syrian People . Artists taking on isil using cartoons and comic books to keep young muslims from taking up arms for the group. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Cronk took it down to the wire, but the government is still running this morning. The house barely approved a 1. 1 trillion spending plan. The bill is heading to the senate, while a stop gap measure keeps federal offices open. Some democrats threatened to derail the plan over provisions loosening banking regulations and allowing Bigger Campaign contributions, some republicans voted no. We have more. We have democratic holdouts voting in favor of the bill. What changed their minds . Some things changed yesterday, because we have the president and john boehner on the same side, but its still government by crisis management, nothing gets done until the 11th hour, but the president got on the te
Im David Shuster in for ali velshi. This is real money. The obama white house, and republicans helped pass a 1. 1 trillion Government Spending bill. According to published reports the most controversial section of the bill was written word for word. We have more on that in a moment. The legislation is now in the hands of the u. S. Senate. If it passes that Chamber President obama said he will sign it immediately. The bill keeps federal funding more or less at current levels through next september except for homeland of security. Funding for that is only approved through the end of february. The house passed a bill moments before a funding deadline that could have led to a Government Shutdown today. Despite the down to the wire maneuvering that was actually no real threat of a shutdown. Thats because the house after the spending bill vote also passed. The 48 funding extension that kept federal offices open while the Senate Considered main legislation. The main bill in the senate could s
Sanctions. And historic day in tunisia. People are voting for their first directly elected president. And in sport, Lewis Hamilton is this years formula 1 champion. Season final in abu dhabi. Ill have this story coming up later, in this hour. We start with the breaking news coming out of afghanistan where at least 40 people have been killed at a volleyball tournament taking place there. Dozens are injured. Well get the latest from Charles Stratford. Who is in kabul. Bring us up to date. We just spoke for the spokesman and said the the person walked in and detonated an explosive device and were hearing that at least 45 people were killed,and around 60 injured, so far, and those casualties certainly expected, possibly those deaths expected to arise. Obviously a very crowded tournament place where a lot of locals were gathered watching a game between apparently three districts of the province. Obviously were getting news as its coming through. The story is likely to develop but a massive
Of attacks by alshabab. And infections resist important to antibiotics could kill more people than cancer by 2050. Were hearing that at least one person has been killed in a blast at a French School in kabul. A suicide bomber blew himself up in an auditorium. Jennifer glasse joining us from kabul with the latest on that blast, jennifer, and how it happened. Reporter doreen, it happened this evening at a play in the French High School in the heart of kabul. The play ironically was called heart beat. The moment after the explosion. And the bomber was in the audience. He was a teenager the police tell us. And there were more than a hundred people in the theater. It was a mixed audience, men and women. Some people in the audience thought it was part of the show, and then there was panic as they tried to exit the theater. One person has been killed in that attack, 11 at least 11 injured. One of them seriously. A serious attack in the heart of kabul. It comes on the heels of another attack t
Im David Shuster in for ali velshi. This is real money. The obama white house, and republicans helped pass a 1. 1 trillion Government Spending bill. According to published reports the most controversial section of the bill was written word for word. We have more on that in a moment. The legislation is now in the hands of the u. S. Senate. If it passes that Chamber President obama said he will sign it immediately. The bill keeps federal funding more or less at current levels through next september except for homeland of security. Funding for that is only approved through the end of february. The house passed a bill moments before a funding deadline that could have led to a Government Shutdown today. Despite the down to the wire maneuvering that was actually no real threat of a shutdown. Thats because the house after the spending bill vote also passed. The 48 funding extension that kept federal offices open while the Senate Considered main legislation. The main bill in the senate could s