Bitterly divided congress to avoid a u. S. Government shut down, but how theyre going to do it remains unclear. Typhoon usagi slams into southeastern china, leaving death and destruction and bringing a major economy to a standstill. Kenyon military Officials Say theyve taken control of most of the nairobi mall thats been under siege by a group linked to alqaeda. Security forces say theyve already rescued more than a thousand hostages held since saturday. Its not clear how many hostages still are inside the mall. Images from this dramatic cell phone video show people inside scrambling for cover, as shots are being fired inside the mall. The group claiming responsibility, al shabab, said they staged the attack in retaliation for kenyas military prince in somalia. Ninety minutes ago, there were sounds that sounded like four large explosions, followed by a hail of gunfire from inside the mall. Black smoke can now be seen billowing from the top of the mall and government Officials Say milit
People in gaza have died since the Israeli Offensive began six days ago. Thousands of supporters are protesting israels actions in the gaza strip. Meanwhile,itionis has launched more than a thousand airstrikes with at least 800 hamas rockets have been fired at israel. The vatican addressed pilgrims calling for peace. Back in june, he held a joint prayer with shimon partners as well as Palestinian Mac mood abbas. The pope says he does not believe that prayer was any vain. Foreign nationals and palestinians are packing their bags. Leaflets dropped over gaza urging people to leave as the threat of new israeli airstrikes looms over the city. Israels military is warning of a short and temporary campaign against northern gaza. Ni Nick Schifrin has more. Many people here in gaza describe this as a prison because they cant leave because of the israel law that surrounds gaza or because of each script. The med train sea and the naval blockade israel has out there. There were a few people and ver
Report on that Miami Dolphin scandal. The independent report details the bullying scandal involving Jonathan Martin and richie incognito. It cams three starters on the offensive line, it says all three engaged in a pattern of harassment directed not only at Jonathan Martin, but another young offensive linemen and a young trainer. Jessica taft takes a look at how we got here. When Jonathan Martin walked away from the team in october it was like opening up pandoras box. Details emerged that martin was the subject of intense bullying. On november 4th the dolphins suspended incognito indefinitely saying, quote. Neither martin nor incognito have suited up for the dolphins since. And the nfl has been left to defend itself culture. It didnt take long before the public learned incognito had a history of bullying rookies dating back to his days at the university of nebraska. And we heard some of what he subjected martin to. On november 8th, martin met with nfl representatives. At issue for inve
President obama is on his way to fresno, california today. He is planning to announce federal efforts to help californians effected by the drought. Melissa chan reports. Reporter diane friend inspects the wheat field on her 600acre farm, passed down to her by her father. The worst drought in her memory her worried. It grabs you from down deep you are making me cry but when you see this soil and touch it and you know that it may not be here for your next generation of family, thats thats big. Reporter she says she has hoped to plant pistachio trees this season, but without water she will postpone those plans. She is also the director of the farm bureau. It is will dry like this all year. All year. Reporter she takes us to stoneland farms, they have left land fallow, because they dont have enough water. We dont have the water to grow the crop, and everybody else down the line is affected. Reporter the farm is only taking on f half of the number of workers it usually hires at this time of
Wildfire threat pes Yosemite National park and has the city of San Francisco under a state of emergency. Former egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appearing in court today and defending his case. His case adjourned now until september 14th. Hes facing a number of criminal charges stemming from the 2011 uprising in egypt. Three leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood face similar but unrelated charges. We go to cairo for details. Morgan, sisterinlaw parallel trials today in cairo representing two opposite sides of the political spectrum in egypt. The first trial was for Senior Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood including mohamed badie, the spiritual leader, he along with deputies are charged with inciting violence and leading to the death of a couple of protesters back in june outside of their headquarters. That trial kicked off today without the members present for security reasons and was adjourned within a couple of minutes and delayed until october. The other big trial though is the one we d