Terminal classic. Not without a blupder that brought the game to a halt it is a big day in american politics. In washington and in the race for president. Welcome to your world this morning. Im richelle carey, in for stephanie sy. And im del walters. We are expecting two big plans out of capitol hill. Outgoing House Speaker john boehner should have the votes to paush through a bipartisan deal. And in 90 minutes, republicans go behind closed doors to choose a success sore, expected to be wisconsin paul ryan tonights big story could be in the president ial debate in collingwood r there could be a new front runner. Michael shure reports from bowled ir. Reporter since the republicans last debated at the Regan Library the group got smaller. Ill smnt my campaign. The rhetoric is the same. Bush has no money. Fooes meeting hes meeting with mummy and daddy. Reporter they have shown up on someones enemy list. Probably the republicans. Reporter this time the candidates are set to debate in boulde
News for thursday, may 15th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, overnight firefighters in california battled a string of fastmoving erratic wildfires that forced thousands to evacuate. Most are in San Diego County where governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency. The most destructive appears to be in carlsbad about 30 miles north of san diego. More than two dozen homes were destroyed and more than 11,000 residents told to evacuate. The carlsbad fire is one of several fires raging throughout the state this morning. In nearby san marcos, 21,000 residents were told to leave as were the students of California State University campus. Bigad shaban is in carlsbad and has our report. Reporter at least nine fires are burning in carlsbad. This house was charred from the inside out. Why helicopters doused flames overnight, the flames have burned more than 2,100 acres. Wildfires burned across San Diego County. There are probably 30 40foot flames. Report
Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie cy. The 2013 election brought major surprises, but for avid political watchers and the offyear voting was a tasty appetizer for the main courses to come, next years midterms and the race for the white house two years later. Voters picked new leaders in cities and states across the country. Most of the National Focus was on new jersey and virginia, where governors were chosen. New jersey incumbent Chris Christie was reelected in a landslide. Hes viewed as a Top Republican challenger to Hillary Clinton in a potential 2016 president ial matchup. In virginia a powerful clinton ally, Terry Mcauliffe narrowly beat republican ken cuccinelli. Virginia has been a battleground state in the last two elections. New york city elected its first democratic mayor in more than two decades, bill de blasio. In detroit mike dugan is the citys first white mayor in 40 years. Al jazeera has all the election details. In a race widely seen as a refe
Senate gym everybody else is there to watch morning joe. 245e6r7b89sd the Previous Story about fifa. Fifa president sepp blatter announcing he is resigning only four days after he was reelected. Now sepp blatter will go back to sounding like disease you look up on web, m. D. Fifa president sepp blaert announced he is he signing after a week since the Corruption Scandal. You can never trust the 79yearold blatter. Hes not a great basketball player. Why is that . But hes a good dribbleer. Wow, im flushed. Hes european. Thats right. Its in the contract. He sat owe stepped down four days after he was elected. The fifa guy. Talk about arrogance. He said a couple days ago i shall not step down to to do so would be an ad mission of guilt. That was ability three days ago. There you go. Wow okay. Maybe its all coming together. Big news. What else is going on in the news today . Usa today . This is a big headline a. Lot of libertarians on the right a. Lot of liberals on the left. Nsa Data Collect
Records. Telephone companies will control the data and the nsa will need permission from a special court to review the records. It is a victory for senator mike lee of utah the bills main republican supporter in the senate, but also seen as a defeat for Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell who argued the measure jeopardized national security. This is a significant weakening of the tools that were put in place in the wake of 9 11 to protect the country. 60 of americans are in favor of the bulk Data Collection program, so i think congress is misreading the public mood if they think that americans are concerned about the privacy implications of this. Let me say again, as other speakers have said repeatedly nobody is listening to your phone calls. Theres some of us who feel very strongly about this and we were not going to simply just roll over and accept the house bill without debating it and attempting to amend it. Ive covered capitol hill for six years, that was the most angry ive eve