Hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im paula newton. Ahead here on cnn newsroom, Vladimir Putin and kim jongun ref up talks in Eastern Russia. What the two are expected to discuss. Plus, the presumed death toll from the catastrophic flooding in libya has more than double and as many as 10,000 are still missing. And the u. S. Takes a key step in a deal to free five americans being detained in iran. What critics are saying about that agreement. And we go straight to our breaking news. Kim jongun is heaping praise on russias Vladimir Putin as the two sit down for their first facetoface talks in more than four years. The meeting in russias far east follows days of warnings from the United States about these two leaders possibly sealing a deal on weapons. But theyre not talking about that publicly, at least not yet, any way. Instead, the russian president spoke of cooperation on humanitarian and economic issues. And in a veiled s
Enough for the president. Police officers have taken uganda main Opposition Leader from his home and holding him at a nearby Police Station and detained as he tried to leave his house and under house arrest there since saturday and disputes the result of ugandas president ial election and detained several times onandoff in the past week and malcolm web from campala. Reporter he left but the drive which was blocked by police and took him away in a van and detained him and wanted to go to the Electoral Commission and collect paperwork for the Supreme Court where he may challenge the result of last thursdays president ial election which he says was rigged. Police brought him here to Police Station 40 kilometers from the capitol campala and prevented arrest because they received intelligence he was trying to organize protests on the streets of the capitol and bring other people from other parts of the country and cause chaos and they said they have a responsibility to protect people and pr
After spending years calling on congress to take action today president obama is unveiling his plan to reduce gun violence using his executive powers to put the focus on background checks. Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im dell walters and part of a push for the final year in office to tackle what he is calling the most frustrating issue of his presidency and Al Jazeera Libby Casey is live for us in washington and libby there has already been republican push back ahead of announcements and what are politicians where you are saying . Immediate reaction dell from republicans both on the campaign trail and from washington lawmakers with House Speaker paul ryan calling this a dangerous level of executive over reach that americans wont stand for but the white house says these are common sense moves that are in line with existing law. And the president s executive actions are being called modest and small steps because without congress on board there is only so much he c
Begin with the opposition taking part in its First Official session. Plus. Reporter im in south africa. The land appropriation bill has many concerned we start in the u. S. State of iowa where the race for the white house has begun. Delegates have been casting their votes at the iowa caucus to choose their president ial candidate. Ted cruz has one against donald trump. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are neck and neck. Martin omalley has bowed out after a weak result i congratulate my opponents. I wish omalley the very best. He is a great person who has served our country. I am excited about really guess into the debate with senator sanders about the best way forward to fight for us and america i want to take this opportunity to congratulate secretary clinton and her organization for waging a very Vigorous Campaign and i want to thank governor omalley to our correspondent who is in des moines in iowa. Clinton and sanders there in a close race. Take us through the numbers. How close