The scandal wont end his career. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im libby casey. We begin with breaking news and new details emerging at this hour in the deadly shooting at a university in kenya. Officials say upwards of 70 people are now dead. Theres also word that at least 500 hostages have been rescued. Malcolm webb is in garissa with the latest on the shooting. Reporter we are just a short distance down the road from the university and there has been firing going on for hours and a short while ago, it peaked in a heavy firefighting and it appeared heavy weapons were fired. Thats all stopped and its calm. We spoke to two different people who were inside the university campus. They say its over and they say most of the remaining hostages inside have been killed. We dont have any exact numbers and these arent officially confirmed yet but the eyewitnesses we have spoken to in there one student was 23 years old. And she said she was stepping over more body than she c
Imposes water restrictions after a fouryear drought. All right. Well, there are several breaking stories this hour. We will begin in kenya where theres been dramatic developments in the past few minutes in the hostage situation happening in the northeast. We know hundreds of students were being held captive in the city of garissa. Thats after alshabab fighters stormed a campus at dawn near the border with somalia. In the past few minutes kenyas interior minister says at least 79 people are now feared dead. So lets just bring you up to date once again with the breaking news that we are hearing in kenya at the moment. At least 79 people are now feared to have died in this hostage situation. The standoff taking place at that university in garissa. That was after alshabab fighters stormed the campus early this morning near the border with somalia. Our correspondent malcolm webb is on the scene and has been speaking with witnesses who are reporting that all of the hostages have been killed.
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. Any notion that the accused Boston Marathon bomber would fight for his innocence went out the window today on the first day of his trial when the e his lawyer bluntly told the jury his client did it. Few would dispute the admission that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his late brother planted the bombs that killed three and injured 260 others. Still for those gathered in the courtroom it was stunning to hear. But it a slam dunk for the prosecution. In fact, that admission sets the stage for a question larger than tsarnaevs guilt or innocence. Peter alexander is covering the trial for us in boston. Reporter inside bostons federal courthouse today, bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs defense lawyer made a stunning admission, it was him. Tsarnaev showed no emotion wearing a dark blazer and open collared shirt. He faces 30 charges, many that could carry the Death Penalty including carrying a weapon of ma
Partners, has reached an historic understanding with iran iran, which if fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Pelley but that is a big if. This is a detailed framework for future negotiations, not a done deal. It was reached in lusanne, switzerland by iran, the u. S. , britain, france germany, russia and china. And a source who was there tells us that secretary of state kerry and Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Zarif haggled all night. This was taken at 9 30 p. M. , but by 5 30 a. M. , we were told, they were alone in their shirtsleeves, still editing the deal. Here are the major points iran would reduce its uraniumenriching centrifuges from 19,000 to 6000 for 10 years. It would not enrich any uranium to weaponsgrade. Iran would dismantle a plutonium reactor, which is another path to a bomb. And iran would open all of its Nuclear Facilities to regular United Nations inspections. After compliance is certified by the u. N. , crippling economic sanctions a
Together with our allies and partners, has reached an historic understanding with iran iran, which if fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Pelley but that is a big if. This is a detailed framework for future negotiations, not a done deal. It was reached in lusanne, switzerland by iran, the u. S. , britain, france germany, russia and china. And a source who was there tells us that secretary of state kerry and Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Zarif haggled all night. This was taken at 9 30 p. M. , but by 5 30 a. M. , we were told, they were alone in their shirtsleeves, still editing the deal. Here are the major points iran would reduce its uraniumenriching centrifuges from 19,000 to 6000 for 10 years. It would not enrich any uranium to weaponsgrade. Iran would dismantle a plutonium reactor, which is another path to a bomb. And iran would open all of its Nuclear Facilities to regular United Nations inspections. After compliance is certified by the u. N. , c