It was enlightening and engaging and i enjoyed them very, very much. A dangerous pipeline explosion in the kansas city area. The long awaited return of tiger woods. Early today starts right now. Its good to be with you. Im frances rivera. We begin this wednesday morning with breaking news on a deadly and destructive weather in the south. There are at at least confirmed fatalitiesft through southern alabama. Nbcs bill cairns is tracking this severe outbreak. Talk about the threat. Is it still over . No, its not over yet. We are dealing with a tornado watch in areas of southern tennessee. The worst of it overnight had been earlier in areas of mississippi. Then it shifted into alabama overnight. As far as the reports go, as of now, we have about 85 reports of either wind damage or tornado. Tornadoes and it looks like the one that was the deadliest was in jackson county, located radio it here the extreme northern corner of alabama. Also reports of many destroyed buildings there, including
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Big boost today for Donald Trumps president ial bid. Dr. Ben carson has announced he is endorsing the man who repeatedly mocked him earlier in the campaign. Its not about me. Its not about mr. Trump. It its america. I have found in talking with him, that, you know, theres a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually than i ever thought there was. The announcement comes a week after he suspended his campaign. And could give trump a leg up with evangelicals. Michael shure has more from florida. Reporter and donald trump gets the big endorsement from dr. Ben carson, the most important part of which was when carson gave him the sale of approval because of his spirituality. Saying he is spiritually okay. Thats what tramp wants evangelical voters to hear. The debate last night showed a different side of donald trump. Unlike previous republican debates characterized by personal attacks and discord, thursdays debat
Laundering. The demand for african art is going through the roof, but many say theyre struggling japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people. Theyre being remembered at ceremonies across the country. In tokyo a minutes silence was held at the precise moment the quake hit starting a Chain Reaction of death and destruction. The tsunami also caused one of the worlds worst Nuclear Accidents when it took out the power supply at the fukushima plant. The president thanked the world. Translation while japan would like to continue informing the people around the world about the lech we learnt from the disaster and how we are recovering in the affected areas, we would like to bolster cooperation in the field of National Disaster protection by sharing as much as possible of our expertise an technology so what exactly happened on this day five years ago. The magnitude nine quake struck at 2. 46 in the afternoon off the northeastern coast
Plus. Reporter im in afghanistan. We will tell you why this man making the citys most famous blue glass is thrilled sanctions on iran have been lifted a new u. N. Report is cataloguing what it describes as a multitude of horrendous human rights violation, in south sudan in 2013. It targets both sides for killing raping and pillaging. Women were allowed to rape women in lieu the wages. A unit government peace accord is yet to be established. This report hardly pulling any pumpinges. Whats your reading of it . Reporter punches reporter it is a shocking and damning report release from the here. This is the report. I see so many of these human rights reports. I dont think in the three years ive done this job ive ever seen one as shocking as this. The detail in this, it describes the detail coming from victims of attacks by both the opposition and the government, but it certainly details more abuses by the government side, says there is a scorched earth policy of deliberate targeting of civ
China, turkey, or poland, pressure is rising on those who tell the facts. An alarming downward spiral. That is what we want to talk three guestsith who have been directly affected by declining press freedom. Meera jamal is a freelance journalism from during list journalist from pakistan. And loses contact with reality on the ground. Belongs to a bedoon family from kuwait. They are stateless. They fell through the cracks inn quaid became independent 1961. As a blogger, she says journalism under authoritarianism he comes the best tool for resistance. It is a pleasure to welcome andreas kluth. He is a germanamerican journalist or the economist. Every country gets the government it deserves and it also gets the press that it deserves. Freedom of the press is the first signal of freedom generally. Let me start out with you mr. Ball and ask you to tell us a bit about your personal story. You found yourself unable to work in your own country, in pakistan. The situation in pakistan is quite di