Gridlock in washington. First, the fate of the Affordable Care act, also known as obamacare, will once again be in the hands of the u. S. Supreme court. Justices have decided to hear an appeal of the law. Our Supreme Court reporter joins me on the phone. This appeal deals with subsidies or tax credits. They have helped more than 4 million americans afford insurance. Arent these subsidies the linchpin of the Health Care Law . They are really important. Without them, most or all of those people could not afford insurance. If they cannot afford insurance, that would mean that only the most to desperate people might buy insurance. That would essentially send the Insurance Markets what the Administration Calls a death spiral. Hospitals would have fewer people coming to the with insurance. Their costs would be raised. And it would potentially undermine the law. You have been covering this from the beginning. This appeal is not about nuance. Opponents say the language of the law cannot be int
Their children. A royal sendoff, will and kates final day in new york city and why their trip home was not exactly fit for a king. Boys. Im dell walt. Im steph sigh. The white house is taking extra precautions to protect americans overseas. Tuesdays release of the c. I. A. Interrogation report raising alarms of a potential global backlash. The report released by democrats in the Senate Intelligence committee about use of torture. Lawmakers calling the findings far worse and more brutal than many even thought. President obama said the c. I. A. s actions are contrary to u. S. Values. Some of the tactics that were written about in the Senate Intelligence report were brutal and as ive said before, constituted torture in my mind and thats not who we are. We have Team Coverage tracking stoiter. How damaging was this report for the c. I. A. . Its not like the c. I. A. Has a great record for transparency and forthrightness, but this report portrays the agency as misleading the public and lying
System in five years. The drought stricken states confronted with flooding and mudslides. Getting tough on bad behavior. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell laying out a personal conduct policy for players accused of domestic violence. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walterser. As criticism mounts in the u. S. And abroad about the c. I. A. Tactics, the agency is defending what it did. Bush administration is blasting the investigation by Senate Democrats. Dick cheney found their findings deeply flawed and directors of the program say the policy saved american lives. Some pretty strong words from former Bush Administration officials, especially cheney. Well, cheneys just one of the Bush Administration officials pushing back hard against this Senate Intelligence Committee Report, both former and current c. I. A. Officials also claim that the techniques used were authorized, they were legal and they were effective. Widespread condemnation and calls for accou
Protests against the eric gardener decision. Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America thank you for joining us here. Coming to you live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. More than a Million People are in search as a powerful typhoon tears through the philippines. If brought howling winds, toppling trees, and power lines, and cutting off communication. Its the same region where thousands were killed by haiyan ears ago. Reporter this is edison napping next to the radio his familys connection to the outside world and news of typhoon hagupit. Edison and his mother are here with 1,000 other people, huddled in the hallways of this government building. Mostly women and children came from villages by the provincial capital. Three families from my coastal village came from the shelter. We evacuate for every typhoon, because the house may be blown away. Two days before making landfall thousands were directed to shelters like this. With a typhoon like this, the governor says its ab
A weekup call for American American cities. 321. Plus tis the season, perhaps the only thing republicans and democrats can agree on, tonight, the history of the capitol tree. He is a physicist and expert in mid evil history and may very well be the next defense secretary. His name is ashton carter. President obama tapped him to replace chuck hagel but how would he change the pentagon. We have details. The man who appears in line to be president obamas fourth secretary of defense has been a fixture in the National Security world for years and most recently was the number two in charge at the pentagon. Ashton carter who likes to be called ash made his mark as a top weapons buyer sheparding in a 10 year plan to safe 500 billion. He lifted two priorities, Getting Better weapons to the troops and getting the public a better deal. My second priority has been to deliver better buying power to the taxpayers and the war fighters for their defense dollars. At times, carter has with senator john