Debattle save. And we look at some of the simple yet innovative inventions that could change the future of healthcare. First some breaking news from nigeria. We are getting reports of gunfire and explosions at an opposition rally in the south of the country. This is coming from the governor of the state. Well have more on that as soon as we get the details. Lets go to libya where people are marking four years since the uprising that overthrow moammar gadhafi. But this years crisis has been overshadowed by a grim crisis. Its putting huge pressure on an already fragile country. In the latest developments militias allied to the legally installed tripoli government say they are heading from their base to the city to tackle isil affiliated groups head on. They are rejecting calls for foreign intervention. Egypts president is pushing for austin underbacked coalition to rid libya of extremists. He says the country has been abandoned to militias. And we cannot ignore the human cost of this lat
Accused of working with alqaeda to attack the united states. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city im stephanie sy. Oral arguments at a federal Appeals Court in new orleans. The judges are set to consider president obamas executive actions on immigration. Advocates are rallying in front of that courthouse and in washington where you are looking live right now. Three judges on that Appeals Court will consider whether to lift a temporary hold on the plan that would shield millions of immigrants from deportation. A texas judge in february blocked it at the request of 26 states. Jonathan martin is live in new orleans this morning. What is going on at the courthouse right now . Reporter well good afternoon, stephanie. The oral arguments just started about 30 minutes ago. We expect them to last for about two hours. You see the crowd has gathered here, most of them supporters of the president s initiative. They have been out here all morning. Today we have Justice Department lawy
Lynch should be in charge of the department of justice. Welcome to Al Jazeera America live from new york. Im randall pinkston. In an emotional statement at the chooits this morning, president obama offered his deepest apologies to the families of who hostages accidentally killed in a u. S. Drone strike. They died in january at a suspected alqaeda camp. The u. S. Citizen, Warren Weinstein was held since 2011. The italian was abducted in 2012. Mike viqueira is live in washington. Mike this incident took place nearly four months ago. Why do you this there was a delay in acknowledgment by the Obama Administration . Reporter its a great question randall, and one of the outstanding ones we expect to here from the white house in a daley briefing. But we know about the situation on the border there between pakistan and afghanistan, and it is ruled by outlaws, literally. The tribal areas now subject to a Pakistani Army push an offensive against many of the groups that make their home there, dri
Greeces bail out as he meets the german chancellor and we meet the cartoonist who gives a voice to the powerless. But first the u. N. Special envoy to yemen says they will meet in qatar for peace talks possibly later this week to dampen an increasingly volatile conflict for forces loyal to the president hadi. People in yemens Third Largest city have been rallying against the houthis after they took over much of the city. The houthis are said to have opened fire on the crowd killing four people and injuring 11 others. Hadis foreign minister appealed for help to launch the houthi advance and charlie has more. Reporter this is a country on the brink of civil war. For the residents here they are not going quietly as thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters and in return they are tear gassed and the Third Largest was taken on sunday with buildings and airport under houthi control. Yemen is increasingly di vitaled by iran and the south of supporters of hadi now the count
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Nepal is on edge yet again this morning after another large earthquake shook the nation. Todays quake measured 7. 3 in magnitude. The epicenter was near the chinese border about 50 miles from kathmandu. Dozens are reported dead and at least a thousand are injured. It is now well into the evening in kathmandu and people are preparing to sleep out in the open. Our correspondent is in kathmandu. Reporter a building that survived the earthquake from two weeks ago has come down in a spectacular way. As you can see people over here are trying to clear the mess around here. There are suspicions that a taxi and a motorbike might have been buried under the rubble and its impossible to tell right now. Unfortunately the road was open and someone thought that the taxi might have gone through. So thats why we are digging over here. Reporter right. [ inaudible ] in the road here. Reporter yes. [ inaudible ] some of the taxi yeah. T