Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford. Fema is sending a million litres of clean water to West Virginia. More than a dozen water distribution centres will open in a few hours to help hundreds of thousands of people in charleston that cant eat, drink or bathe. At the same time an investigation has begun into what happened, why and who may be responsible. Until then the water supply is off limits. Our Jonathan Martin is at the scene fema and Homeland Security brought in 12 tanker trucks like those behind me. Many have brought in sizeable containers. Its not clear how long the problem will last. It came to light around 10 30 when Freedom Industries reported a leak from a container into the elk river. This was a concern because the facility is close, about a mile and a half, upstream from the Water Treatment facility. The chemical got into the water line. Many people reported a strange odour, a smell similar to liquorice or a sweet candy. It was detected and believ
There is new evidence today that president obama has now reached the lowest point of his presidency so far. The Washington Post and abc news just released a new opinion poll showing that approval for mr. Obama has dropped to 42 percent. Thats the lowest number hes had in office. The president s disapproval rating has jumped up to 55 , the highest number he has had. The falloff in support for president obama has been fueled by the rollout problems for the new health care law. Fifty seven percent of those surveyed now oppose the measure, thats a record high. Law, a record low. Frightens the white house the most. Almost four in ten americans say they are more likely to oppose a politician who backs the legislation. While just over a fifth say they would be more likely to support such a politician. In other words, democrats fear their party could be hurt in a big way in next years mid term elections because of health care. And republicans are now picking up democrats in demanding changes t
Live from the kgo broadcast center. This is abc7 news jie. A teacher is let go after challenging a controversial morality clause at a local catholic high school. And tonight students and parents are joining the fight. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Alan wang has the latest for us. Carolyn and dan, one of the teachers we spoke with used to practice constitutional law, and she says the contract gives the church power over their personal lives. She submitted a revised contract that was promptly rejected. This contract would be a huge step backwards. It would say we are striping these employees of civil rights. She is out of a job after she signed and then crossed out portions of the contract that conforms with the teachings of the Roman Catholic church in their personal lives. You throw the employees personal lives in the middle of the disputes in the catholic church. Like reproductive rights and gay and lesbian rights. What the contract says is they must teach the principals of the R
Local streets still quardened off. The house where it happened is the gray house behind the bashes with the rv parked in front. Concord police were called to the home just before 6 00 and they wound up in a deadly confrontation with the woman who lives there. An officer or officers were not sure how many pulled their weapons and that woman was shot and killed on the path way just steps from her front porch. A neighbor told me he heard what he thought were fire crackers and he looked out the window to see an officer with her gun drawn. That same neighbor says a middle aged couple lives there with another man and woman in their 20s. And it was his impression that the woman who was shot was the older woman. He also said that this is not a house that has been has a history of trouble. Could not recall police being called out to this house before. Now we had heard this woman may have been suicidal. May have had a weapon herself. But that has not been confirmed at this hour and Concord Polic
Live from the kgo broadcast center. This is abc7 news jie. A teacher is let go after challenging a controversial morality clause at a local catholic high school. And tonight students and parents are joining the fight. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Alan wang has the latest for us. Carolyn and dan, one of the teachers we spoke with used to practice constitutional law, and she says the contract gives the church power over their personal lives. She submitted a revised contract that was promptly rejected. This contract would be a huge step backwards. It would say we are striping these employees of civil rights. She is out of a job after she signed and then crossed out portions of the contract that conforms with the teachings of the Roman Catholic church in their personal lives. You throw the employees personal lives in the middle of the disputes in the catholic church. Like reproductive rights and gay and lesbian rights. What the contract says is they must teach the principals of the R