Heres a look outside. Our temps are in the 20sour winds are a bit breezy from the west satellite and radar shows some clouds in eastern iowa. Partly sunny skies today, some clouds tonight and some clouds tomorrow. Historic flooding continues to ravage parts of missouri and illinois, leaving more than 20 dead and hundreds of families with out their homes. David begnaud has the latest. Latest. Narr 1 just southwest of st. Louis towns are under water. Roadways look like rivers. And homes have been swallowed by water. sot jon belmar, st. Louis Police Department were still at a flood stage of 42. 31 feet, so its going to go down, but thats a lot of water the levees holding right now. narr 2 in arnold, missouri hundreds of people find themselves this new years day without a home and temperatures are now dropping below freezing. sot kelli hoofman, flood victim until come and check our homes and live in them, so were going to be out of a place to stay for a couple of weeks at least. sot linda
Decision to do so peacefully. Hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha. I am veronica pedroza. The situation in the United States has been dominating the news. Well go live to ferguson and our other correspondents across the United States. But also on the program, no deal on Irans Nuclear program, but the talks to find a settlement are extended until june. And mapping the icy waters of the antarctic, how scientists and robots are charting the extent of global warming. So they are the scenes that the u. S. Hoped it would never see again, armed police, tear gas, burning buildings, protesters took to the streets following the decision not to charge a white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager earlier this year. The death of 18yearold Michael Brown in the Missouri Town of ferguson struck a nerve across america. We can show you the scene in ferguson right now. These are live pictures from the town near st. Louis. You can see there is a car thats been set on fire. There ha
I Joan Michaels parents in asking anyone who protests this decision to do so peacefully. Thousands of people have been taking place in protests in cities right across the country, including los angeles and new york. One other story today, pope francis addresses the European Parliament and says europe appears tired and out of touch with the world. Hello, and welcome to the program. Theres been a furious reaction in the United States to the decision by grand jury in the state of missouri not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager. Within hours, thousands of people have rallied across American Cities to express their anger at the decision, but it was in ferguson where the shooting took place in august where theres been the most violence. Shots were fired. Cars toppled. At least a dozen buildings set alight as firefighters were also targeted. Police fired tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters. The death of 18yearold Michael Brown, shot by
Outside the Police Station at the time. Then to madison, wisconsin. It is the issue of Racial Disparity and racial injustices we will soon have a ferguson on our handss. S. We said it. We have numbers three times as bad as ferguson. We have a 19yearold like black boy dead, shot five times. Amy then the university of oklahoma expels two Fraternity Members and shuts down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video showed students singing a racist song. But first to iran. Republican senators are accused of trying to undermine the Ongoing Nuclear talks by penning an open letter to the iranian government. My reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. During my 29 years here in the senate, i never heard of nor even heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ferguson, missouri two police , officers have been shot during a protest outside Ferguson Police
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