Is aljazeera. Watching the news from our headquarters here in sixty minutes of news and comment today. A critical meeting gets underway in south africa as the African National Congress Prepares to choose a new leader. Protesters in israel tomorrow and the Prime Ministers resignation. A china south korea summit comes to an end but it isnt exactly smiles all round. Also this hour well tell you why the trumpet ministration has ordered scientists to stop talking about science. Lets get going we stop. In south africa where president jacob zuma has made an urgent plea for the governing party to unite as members gather to select a new leader mr zuma whos facing a raft of corruption allegations is stepping down as head of the African National congress the vote to replace symbol take place on sunday but in the build up to that the party has been riven by deep factional battles tanya page now from johannesburg. The conference started with two warnings dont to saying divisive songs and to keep th
Hello again my names peter toby youre watching the news our live from our headquarters here in tow are sixty minutes of news and comment today. A crucial meeting begins in south africa as the African National Congress Prepares to choose a new leader. Protesters in israel to mom the resignation of the Prime Minister. Of china south korea summit comes to an end but it isnt exactly smiles all round. Also this hour well tell you why the trumpet ministration has ordered scientists to stop talking about science. Ok lets get going south africas president has called for unity in the governing African National congress as it prepares to select a new leader jacob zuma whos facing allegations of corruption is stepping down as head of the party before a new leader is elected on sunday the contest has been marked by deep divisions within the party as tanya page now explains from johannesburg. The conference started with two warnings dont just saying divisive songs and keep the chairs on the ground
Definitely one of a kind. The surveillance camera that caught the crime. Did the crooks even know what they had . And the hollywood happy ending. Lupita nyongos stunning oscar dress stolen and now mysteriously returned. Why the thief apparently brought it back and what we could be learning about the value of that dress. Hey, good morning, everybody. March is coming in a little bit like a lion. Take a look at the map. Weve got a storm creeping up on the west coast and in the east another Storm Brewing down south, yet another weekend storm. This one will soon stretch all the way up into the beleaguered northeast. And the nasty weather added to a nightmare for passengers on an American Airlines flight out of dallas overnight. They were stuck collectively at the gate and on the tarmac for roughly nine hours capturing the mood on that plane with their cell phones. Yeah, dipping into the drinks cart, i can see. As they should be. Our reena ninan is following the story for us. Good morning, r
Make that decision. But it is quite another thing at the same press conference, where the cdc said everyone should wear a mask, the president say im not going to wear one, that is chaotic leadership. If you had politicians saying that cdc guidance is a barrier to getting children back into school, instead of the road map for doing it safely, the whole system breaks down. That last voice was dr. Richard besser, one of the former cdc directors talking about the path forward for the nations schools. Hell be my guest live in just a moment. And well learned what the Largest School district in the United States, new york city, will do this fall. Here is new york governor andrew cuomo. Today is the deadline to look at the infection rates and make a determination. By our infection rates, all School Districts can open. Everywhere in the state. All School Districts can open everywhere in the state. Lets start there. And dig deeper into this decision about Governor Cuomo with joining me now Diann
For the second time in two weeks a top military official expresses regret for his role in the debacle. Senator Lindsey Graham backing the apology from general mark milley in substance and spirit. Even with growing push back to the president s tactics were seeing right now, hes not giving up on stoking a culture war. I made the statements we have to dominate the street. They said, oh, thats such a terrible thing. Guess what, you know who dominated the streets . People you dont want to dominate the streets and look at the damage they did. So ill stick with that and i think most of the people in this room, maybe every person in this room will stick with that. Were doing it with compassion. If you think about it, were dominating the street with compassion. Corporate america making changes. Even nascar moved to ban the confederate flag. The president so thirteenth thirsty for his approval cant even count on fox tv. This week he relied on a fringe right winged group about an elderly proteste