Chris lambert for a check on where the hurricane is now. It land fell last night at 6 00 down in the southwestern mexico. Now becoming more of a rain maker for central mexico more than anything else, winds at 75 miles per hour, but its moving off to the northeast, at 25 miles an hour, a Tropical Storm and a remnant low this afternoon. The story from this point on, is going to be the rain across mexico and across texas because as we go through the next couple of days a lot of this moisture is going to continue to stream in toward the southern part of the united states. Tropical connection with that moisture, even this morning, some of this tropical moisture is getting across the front, that cold front is slowly going to move off to the south. We are seeing the rain not just through the morning, but through the rest of the weekend, it will shift down to the south and the east, and closer to houston and back to louisiana as we get to tomorrow afternoon, plenty of moisture and flooding to
A look at this weeks list of nonfiction bestsellers according to the New York Times. Next on booktv, after words with guest host jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the National Constitution center. This week Justice John Paul stevens and his latest book six amendments how and why we should change the constitution. The retired u. S. Supreme Court Justice targets gun violence, the Death Penalty, gerrymandering, and Campaign Finance in amendments he believes would better protect and empower citizens. The program is about one hour. Host welcome, justice stevens. On behalf of the National Constitution center its so great to see you. Are you honored the National Constitution center a few weeks ago by visiting us. The Constitution Center israel institutions and in americas congressional charter consuming information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis. I can think of a better book to discuss in connection with that mission than your wonderful new book six amendments how and why we
Search and rescue efforts in the swiss alps have stopped for the night. And crews will try to get the remains of the 150 people on the plane shattered in the swiss alps. It had been traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf when it crashed. One of the black boxes has been recovered. And france said that the plane never sent a distress signal. The plane declared an emergency when they lost radio contact and the plane started nosediving. Tonight, the victims, 16 High School Students and two teachers were onboard. We begin our coverage with jackie roland, reporting from southern france. In a remote alpine valley, the shattered debris of the flight is strewn across the hillside. Nobody could have survived a crash like this, and in the difficult terrain retrieving the bodies of those onboard will take days. You can just about make out the rescue workers struggling up the hillside as they try to locate the many pieces of the plane. Crucially, they have found a black box flight recorder, it shou
Were not going to sit down and talk to you. Its now how we handle the government. Now refusing to end the government shut down. Thousands protest calling for immigration reform. Eight democrats from congress arrested. 200 others taken away by police. Thats the news at this hour. Consider this. Ill see you back here for the news and you can get the latest on al jazeera. Com. Congress and the white house throw political blows again. Two sides are further from a day than the day this all started. As the u. S. Comes closer than the brink of default. Hows it impacting other countries and an interest in a global scale. The nfl gets hit hard by a controversy. A denial on the science linking football with lasting brain damage. Well ask the authors of league of denial on how long the league has gone to save face. Welcome to consider this. We begin with week two of the government shut down and the more heated the rhetoric than in washington. The tough talks served up by president obama and House
A standoff between federal land managers and hundreds of armed protesters in nevada. Around 400 head of cattle were released for failing to pay grazing fears. The grazing fears are minimal. The battle is who owns the land. An escalation in what is arguably the biggest eastwest crisis. Forces. Prorussian acts visits seized several buildings. Russia denies responsibility. The asaad government hands over another bass of weapons. Another gas attack. The war is at a turning point, says Bashar Alassad. Parents believe the more involved they are with childrens education, the better their kids will perform. True. Sometimes failures help you to succeed the next time around. Rite. Go figure. We begin with tensions heating in ukraine, and the talk of the possibility of civil war. Ukraine launched a military provision, taking control. And other buildings seized by prorussian separatists. Troops with vehicles retook an airport in Eastern Ukraine after a clash with armed gunmen. Separatists pushed b