Then well get into what we know. Its a mixed report right now about exactly how many explosions. Anywhere from three to seven in jakarta. Witnesses say at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up in a starbucks. I believe thats what we were looking at right there. After police stormed that cafe, there was a reporter on the scene that said he heard an additional blast. Police also saying there were more than two hours of gun battles. As you mentioned, it all happened at a really busy shopping area of downtown jakarta. These explosions, these gun battles with police left bodies in the streets as some of these Office Workers watched from the highrise windows. There are also unconfirmed reports of explosions in other parts of jakarta. We do know there have been several warnings in recent weeks by the police that islamic militants were planning to attack. In fact, the National Police spokesman was just on local this attack is a copy cat of the paris attacks and most likely from an isi
All ten of the u. S. Navy sailors held by iran have been set free. They were detained yesterday when their vessels were seized by iranian guard. All ten were shown on iranian tv, and one sailor accepted an apology for the incident. They were picked up near the farsi island in the iranian gulf. Aljazeera has the story from washington. At first glance, this video from the Iranian Military is ominous. Ten u. S. Soldiers being detained in the gulf, their river patrol boating searched. And the crew waiting to learn its fate. But the crisis was over on wednesday morning, the sailors handed over to the u. S. We can all imagine how a similar situation might have played out three or four years ago, and in fact, its clear that today, this kind of issue was able to be peace flee resolved. Reporter kerry was alluding to the fact that he and the Prime Minister talked at least five times on tuesday to resolve the situation. The pentagon said that the crew had experienced mechanical problems with one
Helping to track down the suspects. One theyve caught and another, they now have a more detailed description. Chief myers said yesterdays double homicide and officer involved shooting all happened in less than a half hour. Within 2 minutes of the call, officers were on the scene. They found two men dead in the the two suspects on roanoke avenue. Myers said both had guns. When the suspects didnt to listen to the officers demands to stop. He shot at them. Chief myers says one of the suspects fired his gun. A female officer found that same suspect on a porch. When he didnt listen to her commands she shot hitting him. Chief myers the quick timing was helped people speaking up. 14 41 43 with citizen and eye witness accounts they were able to immediately radio iutthe detailed description and direction of travel of fleeing that second suspect is still out there. Police say he is an african america male between 58 and 59 last seen with a black hat and blue coat. Starting at 4 oclock, ill have
Temperatures in the upper 20s before sunrise. As the day moves forward simply wonderful, mostly sunny and warmer, highs in the lower 60s. Things begin to change quickly as low pressure forms in the gulf of mexico and moves into the outheast. Clouds increase tonight with rain developing by early friday morning. Tomorrow looks cool and wet with amount near. 50 to 1. The system will be off to the northeast by friday night. Saturday, partly cloudy, breezy with highs near 60 watching the development of yet another gulf low developing sunday. The position and timing of this storm will alter the forecast however, as of this morning, my scattered showers. Much colder early next week. A reminder this morning neighbors living on glengarry drive in Richland County need to boil their water this morning. An advisory was issued last night after a water you should boil your water for a lifted. More breaking news weve been following overnight. Suicide bombers attacked a starbucks cafe in downtown jaka
Down as a precaution. So again, we are following this developing story for you out of san diego. As soon as we get more information we will bring it to you, this is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. U. S. Stocks are trading higher this hour, due to a bounce in oil prices and some positive earnings reports. This comes after a huge sell off in china overnight. The shanghai composite plummeted more than 60 , the asian markets also closed down. In a way that we do not, so what is driving. Continued volatility . A lot of sit that we have seen is due to uncertainty and nervousness. Raise Interest Rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Now what that did is it effectively kicked the crutch out from a market that had become addicted to cheap money. So what the markets are looking for right now, is they are starting to see some volatility, we saw a raise today as Oil Prices Went up, but all eyes are on the fed and what they are going to say in the policy statement when they issue