Streets. The army says the soldier behind the latest fort hood shooting appears to have been acting alone that soldier shot and killed three people at the base, in texas yesterday, 16 others were wounded before he turned the gun on himself. Its the same base, where an army psychiatrists shot 13 people dead in 2009. Texas congressman Michael Mccall identified the shooter as third fouryearold ivan lopez. As you mentioned you had 16 people that were injured we were just briefed by doctors they tell us that the good news is that they dont believe that any of the injuries that these people are recovering from, appear to be lite threatened but they add they are not totally in the clear. Our patients are still under significant stress, with ehave a lot of work to do in the operating room and the time to come. This is just the beginning of the process. Trauma is a continuum of care, and it starts in the field with the medics and continues to the o. R. To the i. C. U. And on to rehab. So theres
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The deep freeze spreading across the country is now impacting 187 million americans in 26 states. Many places are experiencing recordlow temperatures usually found in the north and south poles and the monday temperature was minus 37 in minnesota. Records for the day were set in chicago where it was 16 below. And tulsa, oklahoma where it was minus two. All of the temperatures dont take the biting wind into account which makes it feel even worse. We have Live Team Coverage of the dangerous cold weather and erica is in new york which dropped 40 degrees over the last 24 hours but we begin with tonya mosley in detroit where right now its 13 below 0 and she is outside. Good morning, tonya. Good morning, its hard to describe what sub zero temperatures feel like. The only word i can think of is painful. As i was heading out this morning, i tried to open the front door and it was frozen and once i got outside it wasnt much better.
Ukraine is about to hold its first president ial election since the protest that toppled Viktor Yanukovych. Russian president Vladimir Putin said that russia will respect the outcome of the election. But as the vote nears, there is growing violence in eastern ukraine. What kind of violence did we see . It is very serious violence. It seems to be escalating according to ukrainian officials that we spoke with. But if you look at it over the last 24 and 48 hours these are concentrated attacks. One of them yesterday in which more than a dozens ukrainian soldiers were killed when they came under concentrated ambush fire. And today some buses carrying ukrainian soldiers into the doneskt area theyre trying to secure as many polling stations as they can out there so people can vote on sunday. Two buses came under fire. There was probably a verythey were unable to return any kind of gunfire, and there was at least 11 of those, possibly 12 injured and one may have been killed in that attack. And
Of the controversial agency. After fashion week and you pass someone huddled in a doorway. Reporter a photographer is turning his camera to those without a home. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy and hope is fading for survivors of a mudslide in Washington State and six bodies found on monday and bringing the death toll to 14, more than 170 people have been reported missing since the landslide struck north of seattle saturday morning and calls to 911 revealed how fast the landslide wiped out an entire town. 911. What is your emergency . The houses are gone. Is there any injuries . No, its a mudslide, all i see is watching tons of trees come falling. Im on highway 530. There is not a house here anymore. Tonya mosley is in arlington, washington and what is the latest on hope for survivors . Well, the reality is no survivors have been pulled out since saturday. As you heard in those 911 tapes victims endured and saw that mudslide coming down on top of them. M
Seen for the very first time as mediators work for their release. Plus, calling a foul, the nba investigates the racist comment attributed to the owner of the l. A. Clippers. A historic day in vatican city where for the very first time in the entire history of the Catholic Church, two popes were elevated to sainthood in a joint canonization ceremony. Thousands filled saint Peters Square to witness the unprecedented event while millions watched from all over the world. Pope francis led the ceremony for john paul ii and john xxiii. In fact, john ter bennett has reaction from newark, new jersey but first with Nick Schifrin live in vatican city. Nick, what is the emotion there like . What is the reaction where you are . Reporter morgan, i think the people i talked to its not just thousands. Its nearly a Million People who witnessed this ceremony is threefold. One, they are awed by the sense of history. They are sense by the awed by the sense, as you said, two popes becoming two saints in 2