Chancellors phone calls. President obama saying now is the time, this is the moment to pass Immigration Reform. He says now that the Government Shutdown is over, republicans and democrats should come together to fix what he is calling a broken immigration system. Mike viqueira what does the president want exactly in well, as you reported the president says this is the moment. There is precious little time between now and next year, which is an Election Year in congress. Bipartisan support now languishing in the house of representatives, and the president coming off on the big victory over the shutdown showdown, he is trying to build momentum and trying to get something passed, the immigration bill that many consider the potential signature bill of his second term. He was surrounded by supporters. Obviously just because something is smart and fair and good for the economy and fiscally responsible and supported by business and labor, and the evangelical community and democrats and republ
Welcome to al jazerra america. Am stephanie sy. President obama is once again trying to contain diplomatic fallout over the nsa spying program. New allegations have emerged the agency may have tapped the german chancellors phone and listened in on private conversations. Angela merkel told president obama if the allegations are true, it would be a grave breach of trust between the u. S. And germany. Ellen fisher has more. Reporter the German Government has have been pretty sure something went ongoing public with allegations that the american spied on Angela Merkels mobile phone. A spokesman for the german leader described the idea as completely unacceptable. The chancellor herself called the white house, that brought this response. I can tell thought president assured the chancellor this the United States is not mourn touring and will not mon the communications of the chancellor. Reporter listen to that denial again. I can tell that you the president assured the chancellor that the Unit
Iss hands. His family reached out to those holding him. The group now in control in Northern Iraq responded by releasing a video of his murder saying it was in direct response to britains support for Kurdish Military forces in the north. Condemnation came quickly britains Prime Minister convened an emergency meeting. He skrooifd described david haines as a british hero and i. S. As the embodiment of evil. He reaffirmed the commitment to fight isil. The murder will not leave britain to shirk our responsibility with our allies to deal with the threat that this organization poses. It must strengthen our resolve. There was no shift in strategy on iraq. David cameron was clear britain will do whatever it takes to defeat is. Hoping to arm forces. There is deep concern, too, for the fate of a second british hostage held by i. S. The david haines killing comes after the beheading of two american journalists. Muslim groups have condemned the violence. I am appalled, as any righthanded person wo
Worldwide web, well tell you how high fashion is no longer preserved for the front row. U. S. Secretary of state is meeting top officials in turkey in a bit to increase support for plans to take on the Islamic State group. John kerry has been holding talks in the capitol. He signed up arab allies to the uslead coalition on thursday. But turkey is reluctant. Lets go live to Bernard Smith in istanbul. Turkey is a key nato ally why this reluctance . Well, i think one of the big problems that turkey has with this is it has more than 40 turkish citizens being held hostage by the Islamic State somewhere in iraq. And it fears retaliation if it were to play a public role in the coalition against the Islamic State. Turkey is very important for the us. It borders syria and iraq. The americans would really like to use a nato base. From there they are launch fighter jets that will target Islamic State sites in iraq and syria. Kerry has met with the foreign minister and is meeting with the Prime Mi
Video from earlier the fire broke out around two p. M. Firefighters seem to have gotten control of the fire around three p. M. This is the corner of delaware and 35th avenue here in Oakland Laurel district. The fire also started several spot fires along 5 80. Were told that three lanes of westbound traffic on 5 80. Are closed as fire crews worked to stop the spread. Now the cause of the fire is still under investigation. We have been told that about 7500 residents are currently without power in the area. Some of the residents we spoke to say there was a homeless encampment nearby. This area has seen a similar fire two years ago. That was really bad, you know . I was scared of house being burned out. You know, the in law unit. Its our backhaus. Kind of a man came. It literally burned down. Its i mean, the back of it is burned completely. The walls gone, and i saw them spraying water through the whole thing. Again four homes destroyed no reports of any injuries except for the one firefig