A breath taking snapshot of a country on the brink. Soldiers of the Central African republic bad a man to death moments after the president promises peace and a touch of reality, a bionics hand allowing amputees to feel what they are holding. Good morning. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Nearly 1 Million People are waking up in the dark after another round of snow and ice caused massive Power Outages. Wednesdays storm brought down trees and powerlines leaving residents in nine states without electricity. The weather shut down schools and colleges, closing highways in new york and pennsylvania. It caused widespread delays and cancellations for air travellers. Airports in chicago, new york and other areas cancelled flights. Lets bring m maria. The storm hammered where you are. It certainly did. Im standing inside the cafeteria of a shelter in this area. 105 people stayed here overnight. Some will come in later to have breakfast. A third of those people are children. To gi
Squeeze the by the changing economy. Newly released video of an amazing free fall from space. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am stephanie sy. We begin with breaking news out of russia. A teenager in moscow entered a school, killing a teacher and a Police Officer. He reportedly held more than 20 students hostage in a classroom. Police say hes been disarmed and detained. The shooting sent dozens of students running out of the school. The incident coming days before the Winter Olympics is set to begin in sochi russia. Data security is a hotbutton issue after millions had information swiped. It will be the focus of a subcommittee hearing on capitol hill. Ocicials from banks, the secret service and trade groups will testify, on the heels of major breaches at a few of the big retailers. Target was hit the hardest, 110 Million People had information stolen, including credit, telephone numbers and addresses. Neiman marcus reported breeches and michaels said it is investigati
A very good morning to you and welcome to aljazeera america. Its god to have you with us. The rollout of president obamas signature legislation, the Affordable Care act has been taking a beating on many fronts, but most criticism is focused on the federal website where people are supposed to sign up for insurance plans. Its still not working properly. Later today, some of the contractors who built the website will have some explaining to do. Theyre going to appear at the house energy committee. We begin our coverage. Lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal website healthealth care. Gov. The departmentors are expected to the grilled. The rollout of obamacare is nothing short of a debacle. On wednesday, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with Insurance Companies c. E. O. s at the white house, the contractors responsible for the nuts and boats say the initial high volume of users clogged the system,
8 58 p. M. , a huge object believing to be a meteor right fell on a farm. 75 years ago, martians innovated the planet or people listening to the radio thought they did. A look back at the war of the World Broadcast that caused widespread panic across the country. Good morning. Welcome to Aljazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Good to have you with us on this wednesday. Two hours from now, the health and Human Services secretary will testify. Many are saying she should be fired. Kathleen see bellous will be asked to explain the failure of the health care website. We have more on what she might say today. Good morning. You know, Kathleen Sebelius probably not going to get a warm and fuzzy eception. She has become a focal point of criticism not only for the Failing Health care website, but for obamacare itself. One of her top two lieutenants provided a warmup act. I want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. A member of the Obama Administration apologize f
And more pakistani schools are destroyed by the taliban. Some of the hundreds since 2007. Well, first those deadly tornadoes, and now the floods. Families across the south and up and down the east coast, try to put their lives back together after 65 tornadoes, some of the worst flooding that anyone has seen in years. These are live pictures from northwest pennsylvania. Torrential rains from the coast of alabama through the eastern seaboard. Rattling nerves, and making a mess of the commute. Sarah has more. Reporter dangerous floodwaters swallowing entire communities in the florida panhandle. The Rushing Water ripping apart roads, stranding drivers, and flooding homes. We have been through tropical storms and hurricanes as you know. In 2014 and five, and we still did not have this much water. In pensacola, 20 inches of rain hit the area in just 24 hours. Some people ditched their cars for canoes, and rescuers pulled people from rooftops. Children saved by boat. My everything i own is go