Welcome to al jazeera america, im thomas drayton, good to have you with us. We begin with a school shooting. Police in ros wall say a seventh grader walked into a gym and opened fire. Hundreds attended a vigil in roswell. An 11yearold boy and 13yearold girl were surrounded at the bereneder middle school. The victims were airlifted to hospital. The 11yearold boy is in critical condition. The 13yearold girl is stable. The suspect, a 12yearold boy, is under arrest. His identity has not been released because of his age. A stupid who witnessed the shooting said the suspect snuck the shotgun into school in a Musical Instrument case. Well have more on that shooting throughout the morning. The Obama Administration is responding to critical comments from a top israeli official aimed at secretary of state john kerry. It began 2010 the Israeli Defence minister described john kerry of being oscessive and messionic. The state department is calling the comments offensive and inappropriate. Theres no
For the peoples pope. Its his, but it could soon be yours. It lasted 10 seconds, a blast from a shotgun until a boy gave the weapon to a teacher. In that time a school became the backshop in roswell new mexico. Stephanie stanton is live for us with that. Good evening. This shooting happened around 8 oclock this morning at Berendo Middle School in roz well. A 12yearold boy, a 7th grader walked into the gymnasium and opened fire on his young classmates. Police converge on a middle school in new mexico. The scene terrifying. Theres one student possibly shot the routine interrupted by a boy with a shotgun, a 12yearold who shot two classmates. We have a 12yearold and 13yearold shot while sitting in the gym, waiting to go to class. The 12yearold victim was injured and airlifted to a hospital in texas, in minutes it was over. The shooter was stopped by one staff member. Who walked right up to him and asked him to step down the firearm. The mother and fathers struggled for information. At the
Hope to search for the missing jet liner. Aand obamacare in the week ahead. Tonight news out of washington, many expected but did not want to hear the death toll rose again late this evening from that massive mudslide. Three more bodies were found. Authorities now say 21 people have been killed when the mountain moved more than a week ago. Hundreds are still searching for missing. Our Tanya Moseley joins us from darington washington. Tanya whats new tonight . There was a bit of a weather break. The enormity of the issue, the debris field in some areas is as high as 75 feet. Armed with garden tools, rescue teams tediously sift through mud searching for the missing. The family members that i have spoken to i think have a very mature, real sense of wanting to have hope. And wanting to find that miracle. And we have provided them and are providing them every opportunity to find that miracle. Were looking for that miracle out there right now. Four or 500 people are out there looking for tha
Is it in just a few hours in afghanistan well be meeting to talk about a deal thats thats tribal leaders will meet to talk about a deal that could change the u. S. Mission in their nation. Its up to them to approve or reject a security pack announced by secretary of state john kerry. That agreement was posted on an Afghan Government website allows for some u. S. Troops to stay on the ground through 2024. A main Sticking Point whether u. S. Service personal will have immunity. That has been resolved, and john kerry clarified a key part of the deal. Its chain, quip, resist. Theres no compatrol for the United States forces. And the bilateral Security Agreement is on effort to clarify for afghans and for United States military forces exactly what the rules are with respect to that ongoing relationship. The pact is a setback. They opposed the deal, afghans want the troops out. Jane ferguson has that story from kandahar city. For many in kandahar life has been hard. They are squeeze the betw
To Al Jazeera America, im filling in for John Siegenthaler who is off. There are reports of as many as 14 wounded, those individuals are being transported to area hospitals. An order to shelter in place was issued and that still remains. Were awaiting a News Conference from Honolulu Hawaii right now thats where defense secretary chuck hagel will brief the press about the shootings. Joining me on the phone is Sergeant Major Nicholas Connor who is based at fort hood. Hello. How are you libby. Give us a sense of the environment right now. Tell you libby that right now, fort hood remains in a lock down position. As weve asked our soldiers and family members here on fort hood to shelter in lace. What that does place. What that does i is allows our people to go out and do the jobs they were trained for. Are you actually on post . I am on fort hood right now. What do you think will happen next . Do you have a sense of when people will move around . When things will finally calm down . That i