Office. Joining me is jeff okeefe and sarah clip. I am pleased to have both of them here. Let me begin with you, tell me what happened . The trump administration, the president , and other key leaders were saying they had the votes, and in fact, they did. Was it difficult to pull this off . Absolutely. They have been trying for weeks, charlie, and they did it today by the skin of their teeth. The magic number was to get it over 215, 216 which they barely did. They called the vote shortly thereafter. No democrats voted for this. Article conservatives dont ardent conservatives dont think the bill went far enough. They decided they had to do it on thursday and they did it. It is a significant achievement, whether you are a fan of this president or republicans or not, there is no denying the house pulled off something many thought they could not do. This is the first major legislative achievement for House Speaker paul ryan, who has been on the job a little over 18 months. Certainly of cou
Looking for a stone hoping to bring this country great wealth. European ministers have called for an emergency meeting on september the 14th to try to solve the regions growing refugee crisis, the blocks uncoordinated response so far has been described as incoherent. According to the u. N. 300,000 people arrived in europe this year and that number continues to climb and hundreds of refugees most syrian are continuing to line up for trains in macedonia, exhausted crowds slowly being allowed to board, Train Services run twice a day dropping people at the northern most border between macedonia and serbia. Meanwhile greece is continuing to have ferries packed with refugees from the island for the mainland. They have come under fire for not processing people properly instead shepherding them to macedonia. Hungry under fire for this fence that it is buildings along its southern border to try to stop refugees to making their way to Northern Europe and they criticized the fence saying it doesn
Ethiopia deep inside a mine shaft hunting for a precious stone that is hoped could bring this country great wealth. European ministers have called an emergency meeting for september the 14th for try to solve the regions growing refugees crisis. The blocks uncoordinated response is being described as inning coherent. According to the u. N. , 300,000 people have arrived in europe so far this year. And that number continues to climb. But as the politicians debate, the grim reality of the crisis shows no sign of improving. For the Third Straight day. More bodies have washs up on the shores on the libyan coast. They are from two smuggling boats that sanction off the coast on thursday. In which at least 117 people died. Meanwhile, greece is continues to go charter ferries packed with refugees from the island of lesbos to the mainland, they ever come you remembered fire for mott processing people properly instead shepherding them towards macedonia. Hungary is under fire for this fence its bui
Groups from carrying out other acts of terror. Increased violence in pakistan, and stop providing a safe haven. International condemnation. It is a dangerous precedent, journalisjournalists going to p. Amaalal clooney petitions to release the al jazeera journalists. Treares coming home. Good evening im antonio mora this is Al Jazeera America. We begin flit by a push by the white house to shine a light on Climate Change. President obama is expected to focus on the threats many communities face from warmer temperatures, melting ice and rising oceans. But the president is coming under heavy fire from environmentalists who feel he is sending mixed messages from not doing enough to prevent oil drilling in the arctic. Allowing shell to conduct exploratory drilling off the coast of alaska. And the arctic is especially sense tump not only sensitive not only regionally but in other countries. Lets go to the president s speech. Alaska has some of the swiftest erosion rates in the world. I recall
Marched peacefully in the streets last night, tensions erupted elsewhere in the city. We have nbc news correspondents on the ground in two of those cities tonight. Gabe gutierrez in louisville, kentucky, and kathy park in rochester, new york. Gabe, a lot of different groups out there protesting on the streets today. What have you been seeing . Hi, there alicia. Good afternoon. Well, right now this protest, its a peaceful protest made up of mostly black lives matter protesters. You can see behind me, theyve been marching. They actually just stopped and restarted. Were outside of Churchill Downs. And this comes hours after a right wing group had a minor confrontation with a left wing group. Both were armed. Police got in the middle and managed to separate the two groups. Thankfully its been a peaceful day so far. What this march is consuming as the Kentucky Derby gets under way. Im joined by one of the protesters. Maam, whats your name . My name is tiffany. So tell me, why are you here t