Several municipalities have declared a state of emergency. The storm is unusually large. Its expected to cut across new jersey over the next several hours. More than 6,000 houses have lost electricity. Barack obama made a direct appeal to people in the hurricanes path. The most Important Message that i have for the public right now is please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. 370,000 new yorkers who live close to the water have already left. City officials have shut down the transit system. Businesses and shops have closed. Workers are piling up sand bags in front of subway entrances and buildings. Its vr important. This is the stop the water from going into the subway. Irene last year didnt look like this after it hit. They expect the storm will pound a wide area for several days. Sandy has interacted with cold air from the north and its become a post Tropical Cyclone. Its not a Tropical Cyclone anymore but t
President obama. And remember when there was a reset button to signify resetting and establishing the relationship between the two countries and the president whispered that he would have more flexibility in his second term. What happened . Now, mr. Putin bans american adoptions because america has criticized russias cuban rights, oh, dear. The senate is in session, and the house will return late sunday and top lawmakers meet today at the white house. Theyve had months to reach a deal and still, there has been no deal and theres no negotiatable plan on the table. Their failure to do their jobs, thats my opinion. If it was you or me wed likely be fired by now. Rick newman from u. S. World and news report is here. Look, ive had it up to here with this. I think our viewers do, too, share this outrage . Yeah, i think ill have a meeting whether ill do my job or not. Stuart really . A lot of people have not been paying attention until recently. This is affecting the real economy and were goi
To tear down protestors barricades. The nogo. China champs down on journalists at an anticorruption campaigner. And business in afghanistan being taxed twice. How the taliban and afghanistan are cooperating over cash. It has taken eight months of planning and three years of devastating war to get them around the table. The peace talks on syria known as geneva ii has begun. The meeting has. The negotiations between the Syria Government and the opposition starts on friday. So far what we have had are the opening comments from all the main players that includes the two syrian sides and ban kimoon, the secretarygeneral who you see and Major Players from the u. S. And russia. As youd expect, they are talking tough even at this early stage. Translation syria the independent state shall do all that is necessary to defend itself as it deems appropriate. And that, without listening to all the cries, the statements, and the positions that have been announce the by many. Such are pure syrian deci
The very latest from europe. Where anger and violence follows the death of three protesters in the ukrainian capitol in kiev. And wanted the woman who is said to be plotting the Winter Olympics. And we take a look at the duel tax system in parts of afghanistan. After three years of fighting, and more than 100,000 deaths, the Syrian Government and the opposition are finally sitting at the same table. Buddies agreed over the future of president Bashar Alassad is threatening negotiations even before they begin. We have correspondent covering all sides of the story for us. But first lets get this report on the days event from james bayes. Reporter it took almost eight months to get both sides to this peace conference, both the Syrian Government and representatives of the Syrian Opposition in the same room, along with representatives from 40 nations. Ban kimoon laid out the aim of the process. The geneva communique sets out a number of key steps, starting with the establishment of a transit
Survivors have been moving forward on a path to recovery. Were spending much of the day looking at how far theyve come and the challenges that still lie ahead. Two years ago a magnitude 9 earthquake shook homes, offices, and neighborhoods. The quake triggered another danger offshore. Tsunami waves more than ten meters high slammed into the coast and brought down buildings all along it. The disasters triggered another inside fukushima daiichi. Eventually reactors at the Nuclear Plant melted down. In all, government Officials Say 20,851 people were either killed or listed as missing. That number includes those who died during or after the evacuation. Government figures show that as of last month, about 315,000 people were still living in temporary housing with relatives or in other impermanent situations. Authorities plan to build more than 23,000 Public Housing units for those who cannot rebuild their homes. But as of last month, workers had only completed 84. Crews working on decontami