Fireball, powerful explosions shake a city in nearby china. More than a dozen killed, hundreds injured. Legalizing prostitution, a legal rights group makes a move to repealing laws making the sale of sex fine im libby casey in for antonio mora. We begin with an announcement from former president jimmy carter. He disploffclosed he has cancer it has spread from his liver. The important thing to remember is president carter is a robust 90yearold. He is 90 and battling cancer is tough enough for anyone. Reporter at 90 years old president carter is the second oldest of the president s, entry and alert. Now his health is making the headlines. Recent liver surgery revealed cancer spread through his body. In a statement the 39th president said carters cancer is widespread, but doesnt reveal where it is or where it started. Last may he shut court a trip. He had been in the south american country. In a formal statement the white house wished president carter a fast recoveringry adding a tweet fr
You are watching Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im john than betz. Chinese officials are now saying they have detected poisonous and harmful chemicals in the air where a warehouse exploded late last night, so big it could be seen from space. The building stored chemicals and gases. At least 50 people are dead, 12 firemen. Another 36 firefighters are still missing. Adrian brown talked to some survivors. Reporter the heart of one of chinas most important economic hubs, torn apart by multiple blasts. Fires burned throughout the night. There were further explosions on thursday afternoon. As a pool of toxic smoke billowed across the city. With local people concerned, not for the first time, about the air they are now breathing. Translator were very worried, very worried about what chemical is in the air. Were worried it might be toxic and could be harmful in the future. Reporter close to the epicenter of the explosions, the scale of the destruction is difficult for dazed surviv
Air. Plus jimmy carters fight. The new diagnosis as he announces his cancer has spread. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im tony harris. Colorado, new mexico, and utah are promising to get compensation for businesses and residents hurt by a toxic mine spill. Thats the promise from the epa. The states along with the Navajo Nation have all declared states of emergency. Right now the epa is holding a news conference, along with local navajo leaders. Lets listen in. In those areas water has actually returned back to preincident conditions. So it a significant step forward. Now that is that is a result we have shared with local communities and with states. It gives us the sense that we are on a different trajectory than we were before, but clearly we need to continue to work not just shortterm to look at every segment of the river moving forward to see what we need to do to help work with local communities about return of normal usage of these water resources. But we have
Once the Iran Nuclear Deal moves forward. The gulf coast remembers the wrath of one storm as another churns in the caribbean. Forecasters say Tropical Storm erica has the potential to dump several inches of rain on florida next week. As that storm moves west, the u. S. Is marking 10 years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast. More than 1800 people died in one of the worst natural disasters in american history. Former president george w. Bush returned to new orleans today to praise the citys comeback. His administration was severely criticized for its response to the storm. Jonathan martin joirnzo joins us live from new orleans. Good evening, jonathan. How was the former president received . Reporter erica, good eveni eveninging to you. He was received pretty well by the people he came in contact with. Its important to point out this was a very brief stop for the former president. He made one stop here in new orleans at a Charter School, a Charter School he visited before on t
Charter school in america but here we are magnum opus that tells everybody everything they ever wanted to know about Charter Schools. That may be a bit of an exaggeration. Indeed, when i referred to it, and often think its core message is every school should be a Charter School, but in reality, you are actually painting a broader and slightly different picture than that. What you call basically reinventing the system. Talk a little bit about the difference between Charter Schools, lots of them, and reinventing the system. We probably should be clear about what a Charter School is because it turns out half america doesnt know what they are. A Charter School is just a Public School that is run independently of the district. Usually by a nonprofit organization, and its usually a school of choice, but it doesnt have to follow all of the district rules and state rules. You have to follow some, it cant discriminate, it cant select children, et cetera. But, its basically outside the bureaucra