-for the second time in nasa s history, a space shuttle has been lost along with its entire crew. once again, we are asking ourselves, how could this have happened? -do you have any idea how big that piece of foam was that came off? -we d heard some reports that during launch there had been some concerns that some debris hit the wing. is that true and is that any cause of concern and that could have caused today s problems? -it is true. it was judged that, erm , that event did not represent a safety concern. -this happened under my watch, but i didn t have the answers. in every public forum i m gonna have to be in, how am i gonna explain this to anybody? at this time, we have no indication that the mishap was caused by anything or anyone on the ground. -nasa never wants to look stupid. nasa wants to be the agency with the answers. -my thoughts are on what we missed, what i missed to allow this to happen. -but if you overlook something, it will come to bite you one day or anot
Building is demanding changes. The day that sent stocks into a tumble we begin with calls for calm amid escalating tensions between saudi arabia and iran, a day after saudi arabia cut off ties with tehran, bahrain and sudan follow eld suit and downgraded its relationship. Tensions flair after demonstrators in iran set fire to the Saudi Arabian embassy after the saudis executed a shia cleric. Andrew simons reports. Reporter diplomats on their way home with their families, transiting here at dubai airport. Among them bay rain. Up to two days of demonstrations by protestors from a shia muslim majority. The gulf state that is closely allied to saudi arabia accused iran of blatant and dangerous interference in arab countries and support for terrorism. The actions followed the arson attack at the Saudi Embassy in tehran. Saudi arabia aaccused iran of doing nothing to prevent it. A war of words is escalating. We decided to cut off all diplomatic relations with iran and also all air traffic, c
Head to head in New Hampshire the democratic president ial hopefuls square off in the final debate before the crucial primary, welcome to your world this morning, im stephanie sy. Im del walters and things heated on the campaign trail with four days before the first of the nation category and pulling out the stops to win over voters. Bernie is leading Hillary Clinton by a wide margin in New Hampshire and as we report clinton tried to close that gap last night saying she is the candidate who can get things done. A progressive is someone who makes progress, that is what i intend to do. Reporter in their first one on one debate, their last before the New Hampshire primary democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton battled over who is the real progressive. Secretary clinton does represent the establishment. I represent i hope ordinary americans and by the way who are not all that inavid with the establishment. Reporter they squared off over healthcare. Im not going to talk about big idea
It could be effecting their health. The risks and rewards of investing your money in real estate through crowd funding websites. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, another winter storm is sweeping across the country this morning. This one is taking aim at the southwest and the northeast. There are winter advisories from texas to boston. Many states are also under power outage warnings. This storm is expected to produce thick ice in addition to snow over the next 24 hours and the southeast is hunkering down once more, four states, alabama, louisiana, mississippi and parts of georgia have already declared states of emergency. This after another rare winter storm just two weeks ago caught some of the Southern States off guardi guardian guard, we have more on the impact. They say it will not be repeated with clogged highways and children spending the night in their schools. We are certainly ahead of the game this time and that is important. We are trying to be
An emotional battle over allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children. It was enough to make a classic car lover cry. A sink hole does serious damage at a museum. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Another round of snow and ice paralyzes the south, causing gridlock and Power Outages in the region. In North Carolina, freezing rain and snow snarled traffic across the state. Drivers were stuck on roads for hours after ignoring pleas by Government Officials to stay home. Now the storm is making its way north. These are live pictures of washington d. C. , government offices shut down for the days. We have reports in atlanta, washington d. C. And philadelphia. Robert ray has details on the latest storm gripping the region. Southern discomfort as another powerful snow and ice storm socks states from tennessee to the carolinas. Many eyes were here on atlanta, to see if the city could avoid the same mistakes during the last storm that brought scenes like these.