Asking the u. S. For more help to fight the growing insurgency in his country. He is requesting military hardware. Thousands of iraqis have died in the violence this year. Coming up next is america tonight, ill have the latest news coming up at 11 00 eastern, 8 pacific time, and you can always get the latest on aljazeera. Com. On america tonight, falsely accused, our focus on sex crimes on campus turns to the aledged perpetrator. Did you rape her . No. She says you did. I know what she said. And unspeakable pain. Unbreakable strength. Sexual assault survivors deliver a message beyond words. And fallout from an al jazeera exclusive, a california senator kicked off the states prominent Film Commission less than 24 hours after our investigative report. Good evening, im joie chen. We begin with breaking news at that hour. There are major developments in our exclusive investigation into one of californias most powerful politicians. He has been officially removed from the Film Commission aft
Strong and gusty wind. Temperatures just above freezing but icy where we have the snow in particular. Rain keeps coming for the northern isles. Rain, snow, moving northwards for scotland. Tended hello. To become more showery for the former us Vice President , joe biden, northern ireland, england and has won the latest democratic wales. Hopefully there will be president ial primary. Victory in South Carolina was regarded as vital more sunshine around. The wind to mr bidens survival after unimpressive performances is starting to ebb away in previous state ballots. Heres his reaction on winning. Maintaining their strength a little bit for longer further north. It will make it feel chilly if you are out and about. For the start of march, this is a moment, and it has arrived. Belly double figures even in maybe sooner than anyone guessed it would. The south. Below par for the but its here. Start of the meteorological spring. Southern parts could get a stitching of snow. Making and the decisi
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The former us Vice President , joe biden, has won the latest democratic president ial primary. Victory in South Carolina was regarded as vital to mr bidens survival after unimpressive performances in previous state ballots. Heres his reaction on winning. This is a moment, and it has arrived. Maybe sooner than anyone guessed it would. But its here. And the decisions democrats make all across america in the next few days will determine what this party stands for, what we believe, and what well get done. If the democrats nominate me, ill believe we can beat donald trump. Current frontrunner Bernie Sanders addressed supporters shortly after the vote. You cant win em all a lot of states out there. And tonight, we did not win in South Carolina. Booing. And that will not be the only defeat. There are a lot of states in this country and nobody wins them all. I want to congratulate joe biden on his victory tonight. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher is in Sout
But make no mistake, we know we are at war with isil in the same way we are at war and continue to be at war with al qaeda and its affiliates. The United States is at war with isil in the same way we are at war with al qaeda. We are at war with isil in the same way as we are at war with al qaeda. The u. S. Ramping up a military campaign that may require congressional authorization. The military appointed a new general to lead this war against isis. Retired marine general john allen. Today john kerry announced his appointment for the Global Coalition against isis. He is facing a growing enemy. The cia believes it has 20,000 or 30,000 fighters in iraq and syria. The pentagon says the additional 475 troops we have been hearing about that the president ordered to iraq will arrive in next week or so and reramp the iraqi army and the u. S. Is gearing up to train Syrian Rebels to beat back isis. Thats a difficult task considering how many rebels are not aligned with american interests. U. S.
It has already made landfall but this is the scene just before it did and its kicked up some serious surf across this area. Villagers and fishermen bracing from the impact from the storm. Winds still sustained at 215 Kilometers Per Hour but i expect that to lessen as the hours go on. The center of the storm has moved on land so it no longer has the moisture source. But this area, the east coast of india, the northern state, that was ground zero for the center of this storm as it made land fall as a strong category 3 equivalent if it was in the atlanta basin. This is the track of the storm. Were expecting it to deteriorate as the next 12 to 24 hours progresses but it will still be a rain maker. Flooding becomes a concern. These are the concerns we have. Flooding, very slim chance of tornadoes but we do have a storm surge and wind as well. Take a look at some of this video footage thats come out of that region. Heavy rain and wind uprooting trees, knocking out power and halting some of t