This is al jazeera america. Two days staff g. O. P. Seized full control of congress can, the Top Republicans in the house outlined their agenda for the next two years. House Speaker John Boehner health a News Conference today, and had a warning for president obama about acting alone on key issues. Lisa stark joins us now, lisa, good to see you, so the president says he is ready to act on his own. But speaker mainer says not so fast, huh. Ehe did indeed. Saying if the president tries to go it alone, he will be playing with matches and he risks burning himself. When it comes to Immigration Reform, that should be left to congress. Oil prices made clear can to the president , if he acts on his own, he will poison the well, and there will be no chance for Immigration Reform moving. The white house indicate canning that the president is likely to take executive action, given his tone today that will not sit well at all. During his News Conference, and in a wall street your honor nah add with
Hands up, dont shoot. A Community Comes together. Tonight, parents in pain, words of comfort. I wear this uniform, and i just stand up here and say im sorry. The call for action. We have had enough flashpoint ferguson. It is 7 00 in ferguson, missouri. Youre looking live as night begins to fall. The second night of a stateimposed curfew to deter violence, and its just hours away. In washington Michael Browns death is getting nor attention. The department of justice is ordering its own autopsy of the slain teens body. The autopsy is based on what it called the extraordinary circumstances of the case. Were coming from ferguson, missouri tonight. I wonder if that news from the department of justice offers any comfort to the community that this investigation is being handled properly. Well, thomas, from the beginning that has been a frustration. Residents and protesters concerned that the investigation wasnt being handled with transparency, and that has come as some comfort that the federa
Now six months after 200 Nigerian School girls. The World Health Organization expects the virus to spread faster and hit harder than ever before. New estimates say west africa could see 10,000 new cases per week. Thats a huge jump, currently there are fewer than 9,000 cases. Some 3400 people have died so far. A nurse who treated him has now been infected. It has led hospitals to change treatment plans. I outside the headquarters changes to the way they will happenle these cases. What exactly are the specifics. Well, the cdc came out and made a couple of statements about these changes. They did a three part plan, one of them being a single site manager that will oversee a situation at a hospital, where someone is infected with ebola in the united states, and then they talked about increasing training canning we have already heard that. 40 number three, is having a limited amount of healthcare, worryingers take. There is a site manager there who is overseeing aspects of infection control
Of people are being monitored for any possible sign of ebola, the risk is low but the concern is contagious. And elephant reigns supreme. Turkey is now the partner that the United States has been waiting for to battle the isil. Today military action inside syria, and iraq. Bennard smith reports. Fighters from the Islamic State of iraq are on the move. Two exiraqi vehicles one flying the black flag, the other towing a gun head toward the town controlled by syrian curds. Those threats arent just from isil according to the government. What the ruling party sees as the dangers posed by bashar al asaad. Turkey has spent billions of dollars looking after refugees. 1. 2 million refugees sheltering at camps and staying in big cities. With the latest developments 160,000, 208 syrian curds crossed into turkey as of yesterday. There was also concern about the kurdish workers party, its been fighting for selfrule since the mid 1980s. This legislation, gives the turkish government a lot of latitude
The anger, the anguish, the calls for justice. In the choke hold death of eric gardner. This is the scene in new york, large groups moving through different parts of the city. These are live pictures and the mispresence is enormous. Thousands are expected to gather on boston commons thats where the cities end will Christmas Tree lighting is being held tonight. The crowd then headed to city hall. And in washington, d. C. , protestors gathered, handed, marched to landmarks including the washington monument. But we begin in new york, paul is in Lower Manhattan with more, paul. Good evening john, i am here in folly square, this is the heart of new york citys municipal government familiar to people if you watched nypd but you have seen a lot of scenes here, just minutes ago, this scene was with packed with thousands of protestors, who then moved from here, escorted by police, toward the brooklyn bridge, this square competely emptied out, and the vast majority of those people proceeded peace