this hour. right now election battles are underway in two of the biggest states. these are really important primaries happening today in new york and in florida. they are out voting. reporters are fanned out in each of those states. bryan llenas is here in new york city. phil keating is on board in florida this afternoon in the sunshine state. brian, what s going on in new york? martha, good afternoon. all eyes are on new york s we drawn 12th congressional district which pits two democratic leaders against one another and what has been a personal and nasty clash between once friends. representative carolyn maloney going against jerry nadler. now, maloney has questioned whether sadler is senile. maloney says she s the female candidate needed to protect abortion rights. nadler has called her gullible and cowardly for voting for the iraq war and patriot act. i m the principled progressive. i cast hard votes, unpopular votes that have proven right like voting against the war
German chancellor Angela Merkel was in turkey to push a plan that offers aid to ankara in exchange for stemming the flow of refugees into europe. Hopes to the Prime Minister and both sides agree there can be no lasting solution to the refugee crisis would you want resuolvin the conflict in syria. Turkish Officials Say nothing has yet to be agreed. Turkey and germany and europe as a whole will need to tackle the refugee crisis. They have considered these matters and it is our agreement to Work Together to prevent mattus getting worse in syria to prevent the further influx of refugees from that location. I have said this in the German Parliament german is ready to open chapter 17 regarding participation in european assembly. Turkey is participating actively in discussions as a european candidate. We will strengthen cooperation with turkey on this. Al jazeeras Bernard Smith sent us this update from istanbul. Reporter Angela Merkel, who incidentally has been one of the most vociferous oppo
An incident could make for icy and dangerous conditions. Early historic moments in space explorations photos go on the auction block. Great to have you with us. We begin with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in washington, d. C. Tonight. Tomorrow netanyahu will attend apac, the gathering of the proisraeli group. Potential deal regarding Irans Nuclear program. Netanyahu accepted a republican invitation, but president obama is angry he wasnt informed in advance. Very small fraction of those especially the democrats the democrats number about 235 after all in congress. But for the moavment, moment the focus is on monday, and Obama Administration officials and from Prime Minister netanyahu himself at the congress of apac, the congress of israelis. Greeted by a small group of resident protesters. And the police were determined to keep these opponents to Israeli Government policy outside on the freezing pavement. The recent weeks, opposition to the israeli Prime Minister has surf
The port city of aden. This is Aljazeera America good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Polls are open in the unit kingdom for National Election data appears to be the tightest race in decades. Prime minister David Cameron is fighting for his political life and voted with his wife earlier. The conservative party is running a close race. Neither party is expected to win a clear majority of parliament, so as voters turn to the Scottish National party it may throw party behind labor to form a new government. We are live outside parliament, lars, tell us about the rules for you reporting on elections if you were reporting to the United Kingdom what is it that you couldnt tell us this morning . It is enormously confusing. Im sure the broadcasters covering the u. K. Go into suspended animation on election day, everyone pontiff indicates during the campaign but while polls are open, youre not allowed to say anything. Its like a court case here when the jury is considering t