This was the second time in two months that united flights were grounded by computer problems and the Company Stock was taking a nose dive on wall street, and that ended abruptly when they halted all trading at 11 00 this morning the exchange blamed technical issues blaming stocks from other exchanges that was not effected. It ended just after 3 00 this afternoon while that was going on, the wall street journals home page went off line, the glitches came one after another, and leading some to speculate that the economy could be under cyber attack and president obama is monitoring the situation and there is no sign of outside interference united certainly interfered with travel plans for a lot of people. People are so dependant on technology that we condition get the flights going without it we should have been able to leave. Frustrating day . Yes very frustrating. A frustrating day for a lot of folks whose lives are ruled by computers, we are all relying on them but no word from the go
The Football Association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. Im a human being, ifeel relieved it suggests that it was all worth it to go through the trouble to now have that vindicated. As concerns grow for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Refugees who have fled violence in myanmar well have the latest from neighbouring bangladesh. And well be talking to the cia official who interrogated the former iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that ministers have been forced to abandon charges for calling a helpline about the new universal Credit System after strong criticism from campaigners and mp5. The calls, often made by people in financial difficulty and facing long waits for the new benefit payment, currently cost up to 55 pence a minute. The announcement was made ahead of a commons debate about the implementation of universal credit, which labour says shou
Eventful g20 summit. But the big story an investigation into a gruesome murder mystery in philadelphias bridesburg section. The body of a man apparently shot to death was found. The corpse had been burned and dismembered. Tonight police are trying to figure out who the victim along with who killed him and why. Bob brooks live at the scene. The latest from police. Reporter brian, just a gruesome crime. To give you a scope of where we are, in bridesburg, in a very secluded area, just behind a trash transfer station where this body was found and that burn spot just a few feet behind me. Neighbors say what sparked this scene in bridesburg is its sick. Reporter and insane. Reporter this . Police found a man shot, dismembered and burned in the 2900 block of east orthodox street around around 5 00 a. M. Discovery was made after workers heard gunshots around 4 00 a. M. But they didnt think much of it because they worked in an industrial area. The truck would pull in for delivery and driver not
Fultz this morning. A live look at the center city skyline, its a glorious day, a picture perfect ten. Chris sowers is saying its the perfect day for the entire months month. Reporter its very, very nice, the humidity didnt drop as quickly as i hoped, it is dropping off now. 50 degrees in the mountains. Trenton, 65. Dover are 67. 61 for rtd reading and lancaster. Atlantic city, 64. These numbers continue to drop all day long were down into the 40s by 2 00 p. M. This afternoon you can proanl count on one probably count on one hand how many times during the month of july that happened. Lots of sunshine expected. Satellite and radar were not tracking much of anything at all today well see clear skies from start to finish, a picture perfect day from end to end. Its going to be a struggle to reach 85 degrees today. I think the area stays around 82, 83. Looking ahead i was going to advice everyone to turn off the airconditioning, the heat and humidity will build quickly this week, starting t
Lawyer. Can North Carolina still be considered a democracy . The answer is no according to one study. We look back at Saddam Hussein, 10 years after his execution. Year after year, Saddam Hussein has gone to elaborate lengths, spending enormous sum, taking great risks to keep weapons of mass destruction. Amy we will speak with the cia saddam who interrogated hussein. What he says may surprise you. At the time of the u. S. Invasion, he said Saddam Hussein was focused more on writing a novel than bracing for war. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A move by the United States to speed the delivery of weapons to syrian fighters, calling it a hostile act that threatens Russian Forces and could lead to terrorist attacks on airplanes. The criticism follows president obamas signature of a massive Pentagon Spending bill, known as the ndaa, which eases restrictions on weapons transfers to Syrian Opposition group