Privilege president obama defends his authority to go at it alone on the immigration issue. Hes ill, possibly more ill than the patients transported from west africa to the United States to be treated for ebola and talk about the fight of his life a surgeon stricken with ebola under going treatment here in the United States. And the police chief in ferguson, missouri adjusting his words concerning officer Darren Wilson, as the Community Awaits word from the grand jury welcome to Al Jazeera America im Morgan Radford. We start with breaking news. The white house says its working to confirm the authenticity of a new video released by i. S. I. L. Reportedly showing the beheeding of american aid workers peter kassig. A statement was released saying peter cassig has been held captive for about a year. The 26yearold from indiana was an iraqi war vet who returned to the region to start an aid group for syrian refugees. Reports of his death comes hours after president obama and other World Lead
His pain, pain another tv and film star knows all too well. With us this morning, actress patty duke. Hello, everyone. Im john berman. That make ps me michaela pereira. Those stories and so much more at this hour. Hands up dont shoot the rallying cry spreading nationwide as protests intensify over the Police Shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The fifth night of demonstrations has now been the fiercest. Parts of ferguson, missouri, looked, in fact, like a battlefield. There is goes. Theyre firing on to the crowd. Ouch. [ bleep ]. Officers launch tear gas canisters, flash bombs, possibly rubber bullet nears the crowd of protesters. They say the protesters threw molotov cocktails. You can see the chaos there. It is crystal clear. Our local affiliate says two officers hurt, 16 people arrested. Journalists trying to cover the chaos were swept up in it. Youre looking right there at a news crew from al jazeera, see a tear cas canister erupt in front of them forcing them to run. Not l
From charleston, south carolina, cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo. Ted, i want to start with you. 265 Flights Canceled at ohare. I bet its really fun there this morning. And counting, carol. Also at midway, add that into the equation and its a complete mess. You can imagine the look on everybodys faces at ohare as they stand in the rebooking lines at all of the Different Airline terminals and all the airlines, of course, got hit by this. They didnt have the staff to handle this nightmare. Basically trying to rebook when you dont know when exactly flights will resume. The earliest, according to the faa, is 11 00 eastern, 10 00 central. Thats another hour here. Its just bidding and building and building. As for that center in aurora, illinois, where it started. This is a fire, there were two injuries. One of them was a selfinflicted injury, apparently from an employee. It sounds like an a potential Suicide Attempt inside this facility about 40 miles away from chicago, outside of chicago
One. Highway patrol captain ron johnson getting a lot of praise helping restore order and at one point even marching along with those protesters. Certainly a Welcome Change here in ferguson. Im joined by cnns anna ka bra anna ka braa anna ka brar ra. Reporter good morning. What a difference. Were outside that burned down quick trip. The site of so much unrest over the past several days. Remember, this is wednesday night where all the chaos ensued. Well, not last night. It was peaceful here. Employee testers basically picking up, leaving on their own, policing themselves. Just a few hoursation. Were hearing from them they feel for the first time in almost a week, they fee like theyre voices are finally being heard and that justice will be served. [ chanting ] reporter calls for justice, peace, and answers. Anger and frustrations ravaging this community for days. Finally calming after nearly a week of unrest following the Fatal Shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Hands up dont sh
The white house and the president in a time of war. Under the microscope and on the hill this morning, the secret service facing blistering questions in the next hour over recent security failures including how an armed intruder got deeper into the white house than previously thought. The stunning details of just how far Omar Gonzales was able to make it after he dashed through the front door of the white house or enough to make anyone pause and ask, is our president really safe . Not only was gonzales able to make it into the white house foyer carrying a knife, he got past the stairway that led to a half a flight of stairs up to the president s living quarters. Reports are that mr. Obama and his daughters had left the white house only minutes before. Then gonzales made it down the hallway and all the way to the east room before finally being tackled by a secret service agency. The east room where countless white house receptions and public ceremonies are held that included parties for