House and the swift backlash from democrats. Fays fury. The Tropical Storm makes landfall near new jerseys Atlantic City with some shore towns underwater. Drivers rescued. Strong winds toppling trees. New york city drenched and the new Severe Weather threat moving in. And disney worlds big day. The phased reopening. Magic kingdom and Animal Kingdom ready for rope drop this morning. Should Walt Disney World be opening right now . Absolutely. Your exclusive look at the Safety Measures. Hey, good morning, everybody. Happy saturday. President trump commuting the sentence of his longtime adviser roger stone, leading to backlash from democrats. Well have much more in a moment. First here, the latest on the pandemic as the number of new daily cases climbs to a record of nearly 67,000. With florida now reporting its numbers, hospitalizations have topped 51,000 nationwide showing the strain this latest increase is having on the hospitals across the country. With cases surging in many states, wh
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The man who allegedly highjacked an egypt air jet is now in custody in cypress. There were 55 onboard when the plane was taken off its course from alexandria to cairo. All having released, apparently unharmed. Officials say the situation is over. The highjacker initially claimed to be wearing a suicide belted, but Authorities Say it was a fake. No explosives were found onboard. Now officials are questioning the man. The motive does not appear to be terrorism. Hours after the crisis began, the final few hostages are seen exiting the highjacked plane. One dramatically escaped through the cockpit window. Everybody else used the mobile stairs. They were escorted or thear mack by police. The highjacker is believed to be among them. Egypts minister of Civil Aviation announced the revolution. All the passengers along with the crew were released. They are now safe and sound. This is what we worked on at any cost from the very
The government is lying about what happened to their son. Evacuation order. We feel we have a responsibility to do everything we can to ensure their safety. The state department and pentagon tell the families of defense personnel and diplomats to leave Southern Turkey amid growing security concerns. And political crisis. Brazils Largest Political Party quits president rousseffs governing coalition, pushing the embattled president closer to impeachment. Good evening. Im antonio mora. Sps the International News hour. We begin in cyprus where a hijacking involving an egyptian airliner came to a peaceful end today. Egypt air flight 181 was on its way from alexandria to cairo whether a passenger announced he had a bomb. He ordered the crew to divert the plane to cyprus. A sixhour runway standoff ensued. The hijacker walked off the plane and surrendered. His motives are unclear, but cypriot Officials Say its not terrorismrelated. It left crew and passengers shaken. Today they finally made it
On the mediterranean island nation of cyprus. That is where an airliner was forced to land after a man highjacked the plane. Welcome to your world this morning most of the 55 passengers on board have been released, but the hijacker and several others are still on board. Flight 181 was en route to cairo, and then diverted to cyprus. The incident is not terrorism related, it is personal. Our correspondent is in greece with the latest. Reporter we heard the egyptian minister not really divulge of information. He said 55 passengers were on board. He said seven people are still in that plane, four of them crew members, the pilot, copilot, stewardess, air marshall. We refused to disclose the identity of the hijacker earlier today. There were reports that the man behind the hijacking is an egyptian national. The egyptian minister refused to confirm if it is him. There are reports circulating that the man could be another. A lot of misinformation. The biggest question that the egyptian authori
He said that he has no problems with masks, but we of course have only seen him like this one other time in public. The move by the president comes as the u. S. Had its single largest caseload increase in a single day. More than 67,000 new infections on friday. In louisiana, this announcement a short time ago from the governor. Masks are now mandated statewide for everyone age 8 and older, unless they have a major health condition. The numbers of deaths are rising too. South carolina reporting its first death of a child from covid. This latest victim under the age of 5. Officials are not releasing details to protect the familys privacy. And in texas, refrigerator trucks are being sent to several counties because morgues there are filling up. Were going take you live to houston this hour. Despite all of that the president continues to send public messages that conflict with the fax on the ground. Is the United States losing the war against covid . No, were winning the war. We have areas