For john muller. And im diana perez. We begin with the stunning new revelations about the extent of u. S. Surveillance. For the first time, the u. S. Is admitting the nsa spied on some 35 world leaders, including german chancellor angela merkel. The white house didnt know that program existed until this past summer. Abcs Tahman Bradley has been following this story from washington and has the latest. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, rob. Good morning, diana. These stories about u. S. Spying have become a big headache for the Obama Administration. Which is now in full damagecontrol mode. The outrage keeps growing. American allies around the world are furious about claims of u. S. Spying. The secrets that have been revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral relationships with germany. With mexico. With the other countries. Reporter this morning, the Obama Administration is managing the fallout. In a statement, u. S. Officials say the white house is reviewing the w
And drive slow out there. Southbound 101 no major problems reported heading across the Golden Gate Bridge but getting there again there is that accident in sausalito just outside the waldo tunnel. The bay bridge commute backups at the toll plaza extending to the 880 overcrossing. The metering lights are still off though. And bart is operating on a normal weekday schedule, full service and no delays, no problems reported also for the local ferries, caltrain or ace. And our south bay freeways are still in good shape with no big problems to report. 101 at the speed limit right here heading through san jose. Thats kcbs traffic. Heres lawrence. All right, liza, just got reports of delays at sfo of over an hour on arriving flights and that is due to low clouds and fog outside right now and again, a thick fog settling in across much of the bay area as we speak. You can see that out over the bay right now. In parts of the north bay the fog thick enough they have issued that dense fog advisory
Senate until the survivors are being made available to congress. Im tired of hearing from people on tv and reading about stuff in books. We need to get to the bottom of this. Just 12 days since the government reopened, and Lindsey Graham is promising to bring executive appointments to a halt. And he can do it using a Senate Protocol that allows for any single senator to block any nomination by placing a hold on it. But thats how Lindsey Graham is able to block all nominees, not why. To understand why graham wants to bring government to a halt, you have to meet Lindsey Grahams primary challenger, South Carolina state senator lee bright. Patrick henry said give me liberty or give me death. Weve got folks in our country thats getting above 50 that say give me liberty or give me a whip card. Lindsey graham, like john boehner and the House Republicans before him, is threatening to essentially shut down part of the government so he can defend himself from a tea party backlash. Recent polling
Gun stopped a deadly rampage. An audience with the pope, a sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to christianity visits the vatican. Sirens blaring across israels second largest city this morning as a new wave of rocket attacks take aim at telaviv. Good morning, and welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Israel saying its iron dome system intercepted those two rockets, but people had to be evacuated from airport and nearby, coming days after the u. S. Banned passenger jets from flying there because of a similar rocket attack. Deadly clashes leave two dead in the west Bank Following a bombing as a u. N. Shelter in gaza that killed at least 15 people. Secretary of state john kerry urging israel and hamas to accept that knee ceasefire proposal, trying to end the bloodshed. Nick schiffron is reporting for us from gaza. What is the latest on the rockets fired near the airport in telaviv . Good morning. Those rockets were fired in the last couple hours, ham
The air algerie jet has now been found in mali. None of the 116 on board survived. Nearly half of the passengers were french. Many going home from africa. The pilot had apparently changed course because of the severe storms in the area. It is, of course, the third air disaster in a week. Abcs susan saulny has more. Reporter the scene feels eerily familiar, a lost passenger plane. This time over africa. Anguished family and friends gathered desperate for information. Overnight the authorities from several countries confirmed that wreckage had been found. The plane an air algerie md83 carrying 116 people crashed on thursday in Severe Weather over the strifetorn country of mali. About 50 minutes into the flight, the pilots wanted to change course according to the french, the jet disappeared. This shows what the plane was heading into, strong storms. Its likely to be a combination of the weather and the pilots not being able to react to the weather. Reporter but the French Foreign minister