Phoenix to new york, protesters rally for a thirdstraight night in the wake of the eric garner and Michael Brown decision. Seeking shelter before the storm thousands flock to Higher Ground as a powerful typhoon takes aim at the philippines good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America thank you for joining us this saturday morning. Breaking news overnight an american held hostage and yemen was killed during a commando raid to rescue him. U. S. Special forces stormed an area to find luke summers. Yemeni Officials Say they were going to dill him today. It came kill him today. It came after pleading by his family for his release. You have Allen Schauffler live in seattle. First, we begin with Ross Shimabuku in our studios. How was he killed . It was a daring attempt to rescue luke sumers for the second time. He and a South African hostage were killed by a captive during the raid to free them. This morning president obama released a statement saying during the raid commandos stormed t
250th birthday. First to iraq where there has been more air strikes, suicide attacks and misery for thousands of desperate people. There are signs that the war is turning against i. S. I. L. French fighter jets bombed the i. S. I. L. Held town. Several air strikes killed 50 i. S. I. L. Fighters. Kurdish peshawar forces are ready to launch a ground offensive. While iraqi and Kurdish Forces need help to save thousands of yazidi trapped in the sinjar mountains. Theyve been there for months, but winter is set engine and the situation is more desperate. Sue turton has the exclusive report. Reporter they are cold and hungry, but desperate to get off the mountain. The yazidi families fled the fighting, and are living in tends up the mountain, with dwindling food and fuel supplies, the battle getting closer. Theres so much help this airlift can bring. For some its a heartless decision. This mother escaped with two children, leaving three behind. We are told this woman escaped from i. S. I. L.
Instability in the russian economy. Some concerned residents rush to exchange rubles for other foreign currencies. Gunmen and Afghan Soldiers are fighting at a branch in Afghanistans Helmand province, several attackers have been killed, four security guards and three civilians. Jennifer glasse joins us from kabul to tell us about the situation at that bank. Thats right, the attack happened at the kabul bank. The governor spokesman tell us of the seven dead. As you said, three civilians, three guards and a member of the intelligence services. The government spokesman said six attackers have been kill. Fighting fierce inside the bank. Its a 3storey building making it difficult. He says that the bank, is the bank where government salaries and the salaries of the police and military are paid out. In recent days Afghan Police have been at the bank, collecting salaries, as its at the end of the afghan month. Its the Second Attack across afghanistan, eastern afghanistan, magnetic bombs undern
Britain we are getting reports that gunmen in Afghanistans Helmand province targeted a branch of cab ill bank in lash doc gar. The incident has been confirmed, and a number of attackers have entered the bank. Straight to jennifer who tells us what she is hearing. Its happened not lodge ago in the capital of helmand grovins, lashkar gar. The attackers going after the bank. Two bombs have gone off. We dont know the number of attackers. Its near the end of the month, Afghan Police men have been going to the bank to get their salaries. Perhaps the reason its a tart. We know that the gunfire is ongoing, they dont know how many attackers have gotten inside the bank or, indeed, how many are inside the bank. As i said, its never the end of the afghan month when salaries are available in bank accounts, and the government Spokesman Says the Afghan Police men have been going to that branch. I know information coming in, its a developing situation at the bank, but any idea on whether there has bee
An Emergency Landing. We take those threats seriously and will take extra precautions during the holidays at thats right. Theater threat, the sony hacking scandal forces the company to cancel the new york premier of the interview. Some theaters are refusing to show it. Right now pakistan is observes a national day of mourning, the first of three as that country grieves more than 140 killed. Most of the children be children. Dozens of funerals are taking place, mourners around cough finance, many candlelight vigils held overnight. Inside the school, these images show the horrors that took place, the Prime Minister promising justice, reinstating the Death Penalty overnight. We have the latest. When you look at the size of those coffin, you think this attack was against the countrys most vulnerable. One of the things thats so difficult to comprehend is the number of young lives taken yesterday in just such a short time. The news is still not good this morning, because some children were a