Meanwhile, russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has used his address to the Unted Nations General Assembely in new york to criticise the unites states, nato and the European Union for trying to force the world to play according to their own self centered rules. The collective west has a calling card and it has long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, inter alia, written ones and legally binding ones, and then theyjust dont fulfill them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. For more on this im joined by phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at St Andrews University welcome to you. Good to have your own. What you make of the comments of Sergey Lavrov . To be as expected . On the one hand absolu
Visit the disaster area tomorrow. In the meantime cbs reporter meg oliver is in houston tonight. Meg . Reporter the rain has really started to pick up here. And its not expected to let up all night long. We could see another foot by tomorrow morning. Just one of more than 1500 air rescues across the houston area as the water keeps rising. Us customs agents in the coast guard plucked residents from the roofs of flooded homes. And there were many more rescues by high water vehicles. And boats, a good portion of them operated by civilians. If you need help come out. We dont have anything. We lost everything in our apartment. Thousands having rescued so far and that number is likely to rise with more rain falling in the region tonight. They include the most vulnerable, the disabled, the elderly, children, and babies. Nobodies kept count. The count isnt the important thing, its getting people out of a dangerous situation. Those awaiting rescues are pleading for help on social media. Relativ
Harvey. The new mandatory evacuations this morning. Murder mystery. Did Cold Medicine turn an aspiring pastor into a killer . The bizarre 911 call. I think i did it. I cant believe this. The husband now facing charges for killing his wife in his sleep. Baby baby baby and breaking baby news. Princess kate and Prince William revealing theyre expecting baby number three. What were learning about kates condition and the new royal sibling for george and charlotte. Baby baby oh and good morning, america. Great to have you with us on this labor day. Very exciting baby news for princess kate and Prince William and you, paula, know a thing or two about having three kids around the house. Yeah, this is what you find out what youre made of as parents when you go from man coverage to zone coverage. We want to say good luck to the prince and princess, congratulations to them. Well have much more ahead. First breaking developments on north korea. Another test could be coming as they condemn them ove
These officers started planning the sting in june. A sting allows us to control the environment more, we can control who comes in, who comes out. Also, just to send a message of, we dont want your activity here, if youre here go somewhere else. Ryan the bust netted six arrests, five people for prostitution. Weve learned four of them are from des moines and West Des Moines. The two women, sharree austin and belladonna guirgis, came to the hotel together. We wondered if this was something we needed to get ahead of, so we did. Ryan police chief Martin Duffus says officers spotted local ads for sex acts popping up on sites like craigslist and backpage. Com. Is this a concern for you as chief in osceola . Any crime like this, any sexual crime, is a concern for a chief in any town. Ryan investigators then created their own ads, which drew solicitors from the metro to small town osceola. Were well situated along highvolume traffic areas. I35 runs between des moines and that route. And in addi
Shooting death of Michael Brown. Now he could be out on the job and why so many Chinese Tourists are coming to california to spend their money. Good morning to you. Thank you so much. Thank you for spending your morning for us here on Al Jazeera America. Americas top military man, general dempsey touched down in iraq. Ross shimabuku is following the story. What is the focus of general dempseys trip . General dempsey is in baghdad to assess the situation and determine if u. S. Troops are needed on the ground in the fight against i. S. I. L. The top leader is scheduled to meet with u. S. Officials. General dempsey told congress that he would consider sending u. S. Forces to fight alongside the military. Here is an assessment from capitol hill on thursday. Im not predicting at this point that i recommend that those forces in mosul and along the border need to be accompanied by u. S. Force, but we are considering it. This unannounced visit comes on the heels of president Obama Asking Congr