Farmers in South Carolina. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. The Obama Administration is overhauling its program to train and equip moderate syrian rebels. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says the 500 million pentagon effort as failed to produce real results. Mike viqueira is live for us in washington. Mike, what does the pentagon have to say about the changes . Reporter well, good morning to you, randall. It has been brewing for quite sometime theres no question about it. It was a delayed launch of this program, much touted to train the socalled moderate opposition, put them in turkey, saudi arabia, jordan, train them, and then send them back into fight isil forces. It simply has not worked out. Ash carter as you report, randall was in europe. Here is how he described the new program. I wasnt satisfied with the early efforts in that regard, and so were looking at different ways to achieve the basically the same kind of strategic objective, which is
We were afraid we were going to lose him. How they used his surfboard to save his life. And survival story. Two little boys lost in the woods for almost a day. A camping trip taking a terrifying turn. I just had like this feeling that god was with them the whole time. How they were finally found, plus the brave 7yearold speaking out this morning. Good morning, everyone. We are live on the west coast. On a weekend when we are following breaking news in turkey, they are dealing with what is being called the deadliest terror attack in that countrys history. Twin explosions outside a busy train station targeting a peace rally. Right in the center of the capital. Upwards of 80 People Killed. Well over 100 wounded and those numbers continue to rise. Abcs Jennifer Eccleston is in london with more on this latest act of terrorism. Hello, jennifer. Reporter hello, paula. It was meant to be a peace rally against violence between kurdish rebels and Security Forces and it turned into a massacre. 86
And dirty play . The shocker in the infield. Mets shortstop ruben tejada upended in this takeout slide. Wow, did chase utley go in hard at second. Breaking his leg at the Division Series game. Could the dodgers player face disciplinary action now . And good morning, america, on a sunday where so many people are waking up still talking about that baseball play. Was it dirty . Yeah, ouch. We know the mets player. Ruben tejada. Ouch. Hes out for the season with a broken leg. We also know Major League Baseball is investigating whether to come down on chase utley. Were covering all of the bases on the story a little later on the show. At the very lest, utley is off the Christmas Card list for tejada for sure. Forever. Forever, probably. We start on a different note. The urgent investigation into who is behind this attack at a peace rally. The moment, as you can see, captured on video. Terrorists killing nearly 100 people right there in the heart of ankara in the country of turkey. A country
Nominations. But there are signs of trouble. Among all registered voters clinton and trump both have unfavorable ratings of 53 . And about 60 of voters view each frontrunner as dishonest. More now from julianna goldman. Reporter democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton beats Bernie Sanders nationally by 24 points. With Vice President joe biden in the mix her lead shrinks slightly, clinton with 46 follow by sanders with 27 and biden third at 16 . The Vice President is expected to decide whether to launch a white house bid in the coming days. And he spent the long weekend in delaware with his family. Mr. Vice president , Everyone Wants to know the poll shows democrats believe clinton has the best chance of winning the general election next year. But they also give her and biden similar marks on leadership. And across the country, 61 of voters say biden is honest and trust worthy. Compared to 35 for clinton. Putting her in the same territory as donald trump. The republican president ial fr
The record flooding is blamed for 21 deaths in the carolinas. 27 dams have failed and more than 100 others are still at risk. More than 300 bridges and roads are closed, leaving many people stranded. David begnaud is in big dam, south carolina. David . Reporter scott, were in the one community that is still in a response mode. This is the community of big dam. There is only one road leading in and out, and tonight the bridge to get there is buried underwater. I terrorize to squeeze by him. Reporter 15yearold hunter byrd has become the lifeline for his community. How many days have you been doing this now . Since tuesday. Reporter how many hours each day . Seven and seven. Reporter are you getting paid . No. Reporter hunter even ferried people to church on a road that looks like a river now. Tawanda smalls lives here. Oh, my god. Hunter is our hero. I look at him being david in the bible and this water is goliath. Reporter jennifer coxs daughter has cerebral palsy. She was running out o