The National Security correspondent reports from the pent gone. The pentagon sources concede that russia surprise deployment of troops tanks and attack aircraft to syria, under the justification of battling isil outfranked the u. S. And cause it flat footed. The pentagon profezzed to be unsure of the exact motives even though it hasnt made a secret that she is backing long time allies. The man president obama keeps insisting must go. Theres no other solution to the crisis than strengthening the structures and rendering them help and fighting terrorism. With Russian Support the u. S. Is powerless to stop the military moves. Produced instead to issuing dire warnings that moscow simply ignores. To pursue the defeat of isil without at the same time pursuing a political transition is to fuel the very kind of extremism that underlies isil. And if thats the russian view thats a logical contradiction. According to some, russias in the drivers eat because it is willing to do what the u. S. Is n
Taiwan. This is Al Jazeera America. Good morning t i am randall pinkston. This morning, americas plan to defeat isil will be front and is noter at the United Nations. On top of the agenda for the counterterrorism summit on the sidelines of the u. S. General assembly. The president will sit down with more than 100 World Leaders at the summit. Its still not clear if russias president will be one of them. During face to face talks on monday, president obama and Vladimir Putin failed to resolve their differences over the war in syria. And as mike vaqeira reports, the tense relationship shows few signs of resolving. We are face extraordinary challenges today, ones that test our capacity to work together. There was a cordial moment when mr. Obama and mr. Putin toasted the united neighborhoods but moments later, a metaphor for the disconnect when putin took a phone call at the table [applause. ] in his speech to the General Assembly, mr. Obama chastised putins actions in ukraine and syria. Th
This is Al Jazeera America. Good morning live from new york city. We begin with expectations at the United Nations today. Palestinian president abbas is calling fob an end to direct peace negotiations with israel. Ahead of his speech to the u. N. General assembly, he wrote an oped for the Huffington Post says saying the same pattern will not work, because israel is the occupying power. That is why a collective, multilateral Peace Process is necessary. Abbas says similar negotiations worked with the iran nuclear deal. We have more on what to expect from the palestinian president today. Reporter a symbolic day for palestinians. For the first time the United Nations will be raising the palestinian flag alongside 193 member state flags. Palestine remains an observer state at the international body, but the palestinian president says this gesture is a sign of the future. Translator when we go to the General Assembly, the flag will be raised and god willing, will raise this flag above jerusa
It seems a woman on death row in the state of georgia is about out of options. She was sentenced to death for convincing her lover to murder her husband. The u. S. Supreme court denied a last ditch stay of execution. Martin savage has been following the story and joins us live from atlanta. Just spring us up to speed with where things stand right now. Is she out of options . Does she have any more chances of reprieve on the state level . Just help us on where things stand . Yeah, they got thereon a number of different legal hurdles and also gone for the georgia parole board. There are very few options left. I wont say none. As long as shes alive her lawyers are going to hope theres some last ditch effort. First of all, they had to go through the parole and pardons board of georgia. There was a hearing held in the state. It lasted for a number of hours. There was system given, even by her own children. They said dont give her death, give her life in prison. That did not happen. That set
Identity at risk of being exposed after a hack attack. We are live. Good morning, welcome to early start. Good morning. Im christine romans, its wednesday, september 30th. Its 5 a. M. In the east. Just a few hours ago, the state of georgia executed female death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner for orchestrating the murder of her husband in 1997. She had three unsuccessful appeals to the u. S. Supreme court and pleas of mercy and from our pope francis, martin satisfy annuvage has the story. Prison officials put the 47yearold convicted murders execution on hold to let the Legal Process run its course. She was very strong and she was very assured in whatever the process weighs going to be and she handled herself with poise that was just beyond belief. But when the last court turned her down, time and hope ran out. Her own children begged a parole board to commute her sentence to life in prison. She is so supportive of me. I can talk to her about anything, any troubles i have or anything they