It crashed. Welcome to al jazeera america, im stephanie sy. We do have breaking news out of afghanistan. There was an explosion near the u. S. Embassy on thursday, near the kabul capital city. It was near a major Traffic Circle outside the main entrance. It was steps away interest n. A. T. O. S International Security Assistance force office. Yesterday a suicide bomber attacked a german convoy entering an ifas building. A seismic change in policy from the food and drug administration. The agency wants to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in cows and chickens raised for meat. Its the first attempt at curbing the use of antibiotics in healthy animals. We have more. Giving antibiotics to livestock has been common practice on american farms. In 2011 nearly 30 Million Pounds of drugs were sold in the u. S. For meat and poultry production. Farmers use them to keep livestock healthy and for animals to grow faster. Theres a risk for people. Overusing antibiotics in animals allows resista
In america. How a young mother is fighting to get her family off the treats. Off the streets. [ music ] good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Today the house is said to vote an a new deal that would prevent a Government Shutdown. The bipartisan deal had the backing of House Speaker john boehner, who is lashing out at conservative groups. Erica pitzi jops us with the latest. Bipartisan is the key ward. Democrats and republicans had to compromise on the deal, undercluesing 85 billion. Both sides are not overly satisfied, the deal represents a ceasefire if it gets through congress. Praise and criticism a day after republican congressman agreed on a bipartisan budget plan to avoid a shutdown. We want to deep a quost open and get a traj ectory of savings. Thats what well do. Its absolutely outrageous that we should leave the congress and go home for the holidays when too many people, over a Million People will not get their unemployment benefit. Democrats did give up
Retired general tony zinni proposes ways to make her use of force around the world more effective. He argues the world should rethink its use of police and be more skeptical of using force to solve our problems. This is about an hour. [applause] thank you. Thank you. I wanted to talk a little bit first about how the book came about. I often get accused of maybe setting the stage for events and is an author watch whats going on now and having a book like this it seems like Perfect Timing unfortunately. I started out to write a very different book than this. I was really thinking about the way conflict goes today compared to wars and military interventions of the past. I think all of us know, reasonably talk about the greatest generation, world war ii, the good war. We were attacked and we as a nation came together. We had clear objectives. They were men like marshall and fdr and others that were in leadership positions. And we managed to handle it in a way that seemed very satisfying in
Stabilize the country and neither are your rights manager this restaurant for showtime has devised a novel with paint what you want from the sea. People in south africa and around the world are mourning and reflecting on the life of Nelson Mandela he dedicated his life to the fight against apartheid and has been a symbol for freedom and equality. Mandela became the african nations first black president. Many see him as an inspiration for courage hope and reconciliation. He died at the age of ninety five. Nhk world nordic oconnor reports the fan. Man we man. Young and old. South african scam and outside counsel month to month home too late to get to the innkeeper. Many considered him to find an opening stand. Do you really read blogs that i was when he sings to him. He was in the aisle in the woods again is he on the union the difference tensions in the United States again. Most of the methanol. The five hour difference being eaten off of his twenty eleven the lung infections on the voc
Northeastern japan, a group of architects has been working not just to rebuild houses but to revive shattered communities. Millions of people around the world are remembering and paying tribute to the man who is considered the father of modern south africa, Nelson Mandela has died. He was 95, known respectfully as madiba by South Africans, he dedicated his life to the fight against apartheid and went on to become the countrys first black president. Nhk worlds chie yanagichi reports. Reporter the news was shocking but not unexpected. Fellow South Africans, our beloved Nelson Mandela, the founding president of our democratic nation, has departed. Reporter minutes after president jacob zuma announced mandelas death, South Africans started to mourn and remember. So painful. I just cant believe it. We cry with the family and the nation, we have a great loss. Reporter mandela had been in and out of hospital since 2011 because of a lung infection and other ailments. He died at home on thursda