Delay or defund obamacare. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of americans are feeling the pinch. Right now, its day 2 of the federal governments partial shutdown. And theres no sign of any progress towards ending it. Some republican and democratic lawmakers suggest it could go on for weeks. The House Republicans majority wont support sending a bill unless it delays or defunds obamacare. President obama insists the Affordable Care act will go on. Theyve shut down a whole bunch of parts of the government but the Affordable Care act is still open for business. Earlier house bills contained amendments diluting the Affordable Care act. Reporter yesterday was the first day people could register for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act and it was a bit bumpy. The volume of Internet Users was apparently too much with many people experiencing error messages and other glitches on the programs website. Now, going back to the Government Shutdown, economists estimate that the u. S. Economy
Flames only feet away, moving quickly. Aide e ive seen fires like this could easily go to fifth large. They dade great job. Firefighters say the fire may have started in the rear but stressed theyre still in the early stages of the investigation. Burn ped water logged wood is piled at this doorstep, preventing anyone from entering the place that at least until today six different families called home. We have also learned that the fire started at the lower level of the victorian, and its spread to the other victorians. We know there were working smoke detectors and it was the time of day that is also being credited for helping people to evacuate that building quickly and safely. In the mission district, nick smith, abc7 news. Insure. Ama two people who drowned after being swept away by a large wave while fishing have been identified as a father and son, nine weire juanes a miorojas, and his father. A third person survived. The three were fishing at bonita cove near the golden gate brid
Offenses in 2012, only 880 faced command action for sex crimes. Of those 880, 594 faced courtmartial and 302 of those courtmartials resulted in convictions. So all in all, we have a situation in which 880 people faced any kind of discipline for a sex crime out of the universe of 26,000 potential incidents. Thats only 3. 4 of total incidents in which someone was held accountable and only 302, or 1. 1 , were actually convicted of a crime. That is not a good set of numbers, mr. President , and it sums up why this problem has been fest experg why we need action this year. But i think we also know that were not all here because of the statistics. Were here because of real people. Because each and every one of the numbers is a personal story of grief and we know them all too well. Whether it was a Sexual Assault scandal last year at Lackland Air Force base in texas where a dozen or more basic Training Instructors were accused of sexually assaulting female trainees, or the more reason case at
Strips him of his powers. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si, its one of the worst lateseason storms to hit americas heart land in decades spreading death and destruction across 12 states, in a few hours on sunday 75 tornados ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois where the governor declared a state of emergency in 7 counties monday. Emergency officials are still assessing the damage. They say its still not safe to go back into the most devastated areas. 8 people were killed, 6 in illinois and two in michigan. Thousands across the region are starting down the long road to recovery now and al jazeera and did has details. Reporter from the air the damage is easy to see, miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. On the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents standing in front of debris where they used to live. Its just hard to believe. Its almost like can i wake u
At 53 in the evening. The inland valleys are 41 and upper 50s with clean air at noon and mid60s at 4 00 and 51 at 7 00. At the coast, the warmer weather gets you tomorrow but today you are not bad cheer and friction. A light breeze through the afternoon. A mild 52 to round out the day. Leyla . 46 bart trains are on time and ace train 1 is on time. 548 and 551 are canceled today because of track repair that needs to be done so bus service is in play and takes folks between sacramento and Jack London Square if you take capital corridor the buses are available. Today is amber alert aware if day since 2002, 265 children have been safely returned. It could not be done without your help. At the san jose area at alum rum, we have a four car crash. Three new cars are adding to the urgency of the search of a serial arsonist with ten intentional fires in a few days. It is only a matter of time before someone is hurt. Amy hollyfield has the latest in san jose. Good morning, i have an update from