Superintendent who is truly awe inspiring. The president no more is nominating someone to fill scalias place on the supreme court. And he said that theres plenty of time. Mike has it. Reporter the passing of justice, scalia, the president praised the jurist. And it came today, holding a wrapup press conference, the first question, about this controversy over as you reported, tony, very forthright. In the aftermath of that shocking news. A constructionist in the constitution, suing somehow the president in his last year in office, his eighth year in office does not have the right to fulfill that constitutional responsibility. As far as who he is nominating, the president would not tip his hand in public. Were going to find somebody who is an outstanding legal mind, somebody who cares deeply about our democracy and rule of law. Theres not going to be any particular position on a particular issue that determines whether or not i nominate them, but im going to present somebody who indisput
Ride of a lifetime, big wave surfers descend on northern california. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Syrias president just broke his silence over the u. S. Russia deal to temporarily end the fighting in syria. He says he will not stop combat operations until he controls the entire country. Translator we have fully believed in negotiations and in Political Action since the beginning of the crisis. However, if we negotiate, it does not mean that we stop fighting terrorism. The two tracks are inevitable in syria. First through negotiations and second in fighting terrorism. Russia also said this morning, it will continue to, quote, fight terrorism during the pause of fighting. And there are already reports of more russian air strikes today. Jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. Syria and russia are essentially saying they will continue fighting when there is supposed to be this cause that seems so promising. Is the pentagon concerned that this entir
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. A court order is sparking an intense debate over privacy, security and federal government overreach. The fbi has asked apple to hack into a phone that was used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. But apple says no. Jake ward is live for us in san francisco. And what exactly is it that the fbi wants apple to do . Reporter well, del, this seems like a very small deal on the one hand. It just really is trying to get into a single phone. But it has huge privacy implications. The technical implications are fairly straightforward. The fbi is trying to circumvent the pass code lock on every iphone. You try a combo it wasnt work, and if you do it ten times, the phone simply erases itself. The fbi wants to be able to look at the phone and try as many combinations as it wants as fast as it wants without there being any chance of the phone being bricked in the process. They want apple to essentially build a back door that would
Good morning and welcome for your world, im del walters. Im stephanie sy and no response from syria to try to end the fighting there and secretary of state john kerry and counterpart Sergei Fedorov reached a deal late last night. Not take in effect until next week and may not stop the bombing in the country but the temporary plan could have a longterm end to syria civil war and provide much needed humanitarian aid. We are chairing the ceasefire component, the ceasefire ultimately, not at this moment but the objective is to achieve a durable, longterm ceasefire at some point in time. Reporter important Rebel Coalition welcoming the deal this morning and they say if the fighting actually stops it will go back to the negotiating table in geneva. Al jazeeras Jamie Mcintyre is live for us at the pentagon this morning and what does this deal do and what does it not do . Well del if you woke up in syria this morning you might not notice much difference and, in fact, just hours after this agre
And bijo beyonce delivers a politically charged performance at the super bowl. This is al jazeera live from new york city. President ial candidates are out stumping for votes in New Hampshire. Theyre trying to lure undecided voters. Tomorrow is the first primary of the president ial race, and the latest polls just released show the front ruiners with big leads. Transmission is more than 20 points ahead. Senator marco rubio is still trying to defend his saturdays debate performance after a deten Shoes Exchange with governor chris christie. Lets dispel this myth that barack obama knows what hes doing. He knows exactly whats doing. Barack obama is trying to change america. Donald trump and jeb bush continue to take shots at one another. Every time jeb attacks him he, quote, melts like butter. Trump criticized the former governor for having his Mother Campaign with him this weekend. Poor, poor, poor jeb bush who brings out his mother because he needed help . No, he needed help. Mommy, plea