The federal government the diplomat that spent nearly two years trying to find a solution to the conflict in syria is leaving his post. Bangui moonannounced that Lakhdar Brahimi will resign at the end of this month. Al jazeeras diplomatic editor james james bays is at the United States. Ban kimoon called Lakhdar Brahimi a brilliant diplomat. Doesnt that statement indicate how detractable syria diplomacy is at the moment. Reporter absolutely. He did the job for two years, and the man before him, kofi annan, they have both resigned, both saying they cannot find peace in syria. We are looking into the abyss. Its a serious moment for the Peace Process in syria. Why did dr Lakhdar Brahimi resign. Hes speaking to the Security Council telling them. Hell brief the press in a short time. We know the main reason he got both sides around the table in geneva, two rounds of talks. In the end the government side around the table wouldnt agree to the compromised agenda. He said if the Syria Governmen
Feeds. A new report says that is making them sick. It looks like this and dropped off on the first little kid in the middle of the road. Per i will at play time. A bounce house takes flight with children inside. Good morning and welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. A massive rescue operation underway after a deadly mine explosion in turkey, that accident happening near istanbul. 205 are dead and hundreds more still trapped inside. Rescue crews have been pumping oxygen down into the mine. You can see a live picture of the ongoing efforts. They are trying to keep survivors alive. This accident happened after an explosion more than a mile underground. We have the latest. With each one of the dead or injured pulled out, the extent of the accident becomes clearer to families and fellow miners. The number of dead is expected to rise, 101 still not accounted for. 787 people were inside the mine at the time of the explosion. More than usual, as workers were preparing
Position that you would like to be, secretary hale, to have the data that youve just talked about. What are the controls that will be in place for taxpayers on this huge contract . It is important. It is going to under as i understand it, it will impact the Health Records for all of our men and women in uniform. We had notable examples of failed i. T. Projects and this is an 11 billion project. What controls will be put in place as you go forward with this echo and i guess, a good question is will secretary weeklyet those reports to know whether the 11 million . S being spent properly he is deeply involved in that program. Kindle meet with him weekly and i think this issue will come up. I think he will get regular. Eports and on the regulation side, i believe our data is fundamentally accurate. We still need to verify that. Not seeing the problems the key thing is to make sure the devoted things are written into the contract. I think Frank Kendall would say that we need to develop bett
No jacket, no tie. Taking off every layer because its hot here today you can see how sunny it is across the bay area and of course we still have heat advisory in effect until tomorrow night. Its all over the bay area except coastal lobings highs from 96102 tomorrow, inland, warm night in the hills the risk of heatrelated illness is a possibility now. Looking live here at abc7, taking a look at highs including records set today. Napa 83. Oakland tied its record for the date. 93 degrees sab fran set a new record high for the date. Shattering old record of 87 set back in 1927. And Moffett Field tied its high for the date notice records set on this date in 1976, which was apparently a very warm year, on this date, it was. Ill be back in a moment with oh, lets me give thu look. Air quality, tomorrow will be our third spare the air day. The heat is rising, air quality declining and were hoping for better air quality by the end of the week. Ill give you a look at what is coming up are our way
The toughest leg of the race came through the bay area on one of the hottest days of the year. This is where the 100 plus mile ride started this morning near raging waters. At the start of the race, it was already 82 degrees. The ride took them through san ramon valley. It was grueling not only for them, but for the spectators as well. Theyre animals. To beable to do this eight days straight be able to do this eight days straight, over 100 miles, the just incredible. Thats right. Riders had support teams helping them stay hydrated along the route. Spectators, on the other hand, had to keep cool and fend for themselves. Dublin is welcoming people who want to escape the heat to its Community Centers to cool off. The air conditioned facilities offer areas to read, watch tv or work on computers. The Dublin Senior Center or the Dublin Public Library with the places togo. Well, chief meteorologist paul deanno found a place to go. He is live with mobile weather. We did see at least one record