Melissa chand and im guest hosting this week for a few days you are watching aljazeera is the stream competition and today were going to be talking about mali to be weeks ago a coup took place there after a summer of protests so now what does the future hold for this west african country as usual and get on you to post your comments and questions well try to get as many as possible so you too can join the string. Welcome everyone and welcome to our guests now go away and fatima and mohammed im going to ask each of you to introduce yourselves to everyone well start with me ugly. I know i am right and youre getting ready you know and i and your chair are. Where we should be in a working on a democratic or. Welcome the other way fatima tell us about yourself. How i came out of that. What if you. End up with i mean im also defined there are. Network in mali and last but not least muhammad tell us about yourself. I dont know. You know and. Theres a day. I. Understand. And one who will. So 3
During that papal visit. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im iain page. There are only enough septa passes for a tenth of that so today septa announced a lottery. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in norristown tonight at one of the few septa stations that be running that weekend. Shawnette. Reporter okay. Iain and lucy heres the deal. 350 thus san Tickets Available for that entire weekend. The tickets are mandatory for travel into the city the weekend the pope will be here whether you plan to come to see him or you need to be here on other business. I think you may have a better chance of actually winning the lottery. Reporter step Regional Rail riders we spoke to arent happy about the lottery that will determine who gets passes into the city the weekend of the papal visit. Just arbitrarily what you can or you cant based upon random number. Septa officials said during a News Conference today that monday august 3rd they will launch a sight built by philadelphia firm ticket leap that
Reporter okay. Iain and lucy heres the deal. 350 thus san Tickets Available for that entire weekend. The tickets are mandatory for travel into the city the weekend the pope will be here whether you plan to come to see him or you need to be here on other business. I think you may have a better chance of actually winning the lottery. Reporter step Regional Rail riders we spoke to arent happy about the lottery that will determine who gets passes into the city the weekend of the papal visit. Just arbitrarily what you can or you cant based upon random number. Septa officials said during a News Conference today that monday august 3rd they will launch a sight built by philadelphia firm ticket leap that will be hosted by amazon. At 12 0 1 00 a. M. People have until 11 59 that night 24 hours to go online and request up to 10 passes at tepp dollars each. Those passes will be for the Regional Rail on September September 26th and 27th and are mandatory for travel into the city for any reason that
St. Josephs Preparatory School is a philadelphia institution. Mayor Michael Nutter and democratic candidate for mayor jim kenney all graduated from the prep. Not to mention past and present city council members, judges, and sports icons like phil martelly. Joining me is father john swop. He was recently named the new president at the prep. Thank you for being here. Pleasure to be here. You grew up in drexel hill. Im a drexel hill guy. How does it feel to be back . Its been a long journey. Its been many, many years, vai, traveling as a jesuit, working on different missions, even internationally, studies all over the country, but ive had some time now in the last important month or so that look back on my years as a jesuit and i think its all coming together and its all for a purpose and im going to bring it all to bear at st. Joes prep. Well talk about some of your International Travel and some of the many connections you have created over the years, but just getting back to st. Joes pr
His first time home as a free man in 25 year, a quarter of a century. Thanks to jurors who met in this building behind me earlier today. The anxiety outside the gates of philadelphias prison was palpable. Im anxious, nervous, all of those things. Reporter Anthony Wrights dad, david parker and family members anxiously walk into the prison one last time. How would you feel . 25 years your son . This is my son. Reporter the 20 minute wait paled in comparison to the 25year wait to see anthony as a free man. The moment came as anthony walked out surrounded by hugs. Cant put into word. Its nothing in the world to describe what i feel right now. Im just so grateful. Reporter in 1991, wright was convicted of raping and killing 77yearold lewis tally on this nicetown street. But it was dna linked to another man that exonerated wright in 2013. Of wright credits his legal team with the innocence property out of manhattan. They retried it but that wasnt enough. His family proudly packed the courtro