With his son, he is wanted by the u. S. For revealing details of the countrys surveillance programs he was given temporary asylum by russian authorities in august, after spending a month in the airport in moscow. For the detroit mayor due in federal court for sentencing today. He was convicted on more than two dozen charges ranging from bribery to tax evasion, prosecutors are asking the judge to give him 28 years in prison, but the defense is hoping for 15 or less. Consider this is next, and as always you can check itous 24 hour as day on aljazeera. Com
Welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy. We have some breaking news to report out of libya this morning. Lib january Authorities Say they dont know the whereabouts of Prime Minister ali zeidan who has been kidnapped by gunmen at a hotel in tripoli. Security guards at the hotel described the situation as resembling an arrest with the Prime Minister taken by force at gun point. Al jazerra has learned he was taken by a group called the linear Operations Chamber it comes days after he asked the west to help stop the spread of militancy in his country. He says those militants were using libya as a base to export weapons. The kidnapping comes days after a raid by u. S. Special forces who captured an al quada leader there. Well continues to follow the story as news break. Edward snowden arrived in how caw on sunday hoping to see his son. The former nsa contractor was granted ahead sigh legal in russia last month. Hes responsible for leaking details of government surveillance programs
Welcome to al jazeera america. We have breaking news out of libya. After being held against his will for several hours the countrys Prime Minister was set free a short time ago. He was snatched at gun point in his resident. We will have complete reaction to this still developing story in just a few minutes but first we want to begin in washington, it is day 10 of the government shut down, and there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. In just a few hours president obama will host a group of House Republican leaders. There are reports the g. O. P. Is preparing a proposal to raise the debt ceiling while keeping the government shut down. It is expected to be a topic of conversation at the white house this morning and thats where Randall Pinkston joins us. Has there any reaction on the situation in libya. So far no. However we have been hearing from secretary of state john kerrys spokes men, kerry travelin traveln the far east, his spokesman is saying that the u. S. Is looking into the
Prohibition of chemical weapons wednesday 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, we will speak with paul walker of green cross international. He just won the right livelihood award, otherwise known as the alternative nobel, for his work on dismantling chemical weapons. We will also speak with professor Stephen Zunes on how the Bush Administration forced out the former head of the opcw ahead of the iraq war. Then the committee to protect journalists criticizes the Obama Administrations crackdown on journalists in its firstever report on press freedoms in your in the United States. Here in the United States. We will speak with reports author, former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, i hate how when ha based group tasked with enforcing the chemical Weapons Convention. The group re
Prohibition of chemical weapons wednesday 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, we will speak with paul walker of green cross international. He just won the right livelihood award, otherwise known as the alternative nobel, for his work on dismantling chemical weapons. We will also speak with professor Stephen Zunes on how the Bush Administration forced out the former head of the opcw ahead of the iraq war. Then the committee to protect journalists criticizes the Obama Administrations crackdown on journalists in its firstever report on press freedoms in your in the United States. Here in the United States. We will speak with reports author, former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, i hate how when ha based group tasked with enforcing the chemical Weapons Convention. The group re