Coming up this morning, president obamas role. Plus, the white house relationship with Congress Following the august recess. Into trump direct or will look veterans. N for and the Washington Institute for Near East Studies Program director on the current and future role of the politics in the middle east. Washington journal is live at 7 00 a. M. Every morning. Join the discussion. It was a brilliant psychological device to hold down a race. Black, you were afraid that this could happen to you. Announcer and author talks about his books, including his lynching. The michael was a teenager, trying to become a bricklayer. The youngest of seven children. Home of his mother in their house in tense and wants him to go get a pack of cigarettes. In some a dollar, puts it in his wallet. Him, theulls up behind man is out a pistol and order some into the backseat of the car. He knows when he gets into the car what will happen. Youack man in alabama, know. Onouncer on this weeks q a cspan. Coming u
Rise in croatia as they are forced to search for new routes through europe. A powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of the chile forcing a Million People from their homes. We begin the newshour with a developing story out of burkina faso. An officer from the elite president ial guard said he carried out a coup and dissolved the temporary parliament but has faced a challenge from the head of parliament who assumed the leadership, urging the military to stand down. Soldiers from the president ial guard entered a Cabinet Meeting and detained the interim president and Prime Minister. President ial elections are due to be held on october 11th. The interim president and Prime Minister came to power nast year. That was after a Popular Uprising forced the former leader to resign and go into exile in the ivory coast. Hed been president for 27 years. Supporters are not allowed to stand for elections under a controversial that that was passed in april. Anyone that supported unconstitutional c
Hes drawing attention for all the wrong reasons take a look at the video. You will see people running from the area. You see him heading west while everybody heads east. Just to make it clear, officers say they caught up with him and arrested him. I asked if it was possible, that coors may have been under the influence. Henry lee, ktvu news. I know the suspect from this case took off from the crime scene. Did sfpd say why it took them so long to get him under arrest. Its unclear what exactly transpired or where he went after he reportedly left the scene. All we know he arrived to surrender at sfpd headquarters sometime after 10 00 p. M. On sunday. His whereabouts remain to be seen as of this point. As to the question on whether or not he was driving under the influence, San Francisco police not going there today again. Thats right. Thats still under investigation. As we have discussed once you leave the scene its really difficult, really challenging to determine whether that person was
I Joan Michaels parents in asking anyone who protests this decision to do so peacefully. Thousands of people have been taking place in protests in cities right across the country, including los angeles and new york. One other story today, pope francis addresses the European Parliament and says europe appears tired and out of touch with the world. Hello, and welcome to the program. Theres been a furious reaction in the United States to the decision by grand jury in the state of missouri not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager. Within hours, thousands of people have rallied across American Cities to express their anger at the decision, but it was in ferguson where the shooting took place in august where theres been the most violence. Shots were fired. Cars toppled. At least a dozen buildings set alight as firefighters were also targeted. Police fired tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters. The death of 18yearold Michael Brown, shot by
Daiichi. Some residents are happy while others have concerns. Kurdish forces in Northern Iraq are surging ahead in an operation to win control of a strategic facility. They are working to take back the largest dam in the country from sunni militants. Their momentum has been fuelled by a flurry of u. S. Air strikes. Reporter u. S. Bombers, fighter planes and drones targeted the dam. They carried out 14 air strikes own sunday alone. The largest single day attack since the operation began ten days ago. They took out armored personnel carriers and vehicles. Operated by Islamic State militants. It helped kurdish fighters in their effort take back the dam. The Islamic State seized it and kept it running. The facility provides water and electricity for much of the region. People feared the militants would destroy it. President obama outlined the importance of the infrastructure in a letter to congress where he explains his authorization of the air strikes. He said the failure of the mosul dam