Hopefuls taking on iowa voters and ben carson. This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im dale walters. The pentagon this morning saying its still trying to figure out if it was indeed jihadi john that was killed in that strike. We are reasonably certain that we killed the targetna we intended to kill which was jihadi john. It was his covered face that appeared in all of those videos showing the killings of western hostages. John, what is the latest on the strike and whether they did indeed kill the man we know as jihadi john. We just dont know for certain. There is a press conference going on at the moment by the pentagon Briefing Room here in washington d. C. Coming in from baghdad, its being hosted by colonel steve warren. According to him, there was a drone strike carried out yesterday, a very routine drone strike according to colonel warren using hell fire missiles. According to him, the people that they expected to be present when the drone carried out the attack were c
Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im dell walters and a drone strike targeting i. S. I. L. s most recognizable figures the man known as jihad john sgln it was his covered face that appeared in multiple videos showing the killings of american and other western hostages, in august 2014 he was shown in a video be heading journalists james foley and seen later killing journalist sotlof and peter kasik and promised to track him down. Born in kuwait and grew up in london where Officials Say he was radicalized and moved in 2012 and 2014 he began making headlines. Otherwise this knife will become your nightmare. Reporter his british accent named him the nickname jihad john and he is shown be heading hostages and blaming them for their deaths and they promised to hunt him down. Making mistake of harming americans we will not forget and our reach is long and justice will be served. And he later apologized to his family for the attention those videos generated but he showed
Digital digital h. Whats ahead for afghanistan in 2016. Today a discussion on the political and humanitarian situation there with former military personnel and the executive director of doctors without borders. Theyll cover the 2015 hospital bombing in afghanistan and the u. S. Military presence. Thats live today at 10 30 a. M. On cspan. Tomorrow republican senator rand paul holds a town hall in new hampshire. Live at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Cspan takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. This year, our student cam documentary contest asks students to tell us what issues they want to hear from the president ial candidates. Follow cspans road to the white house coverage, and get all the details about our student cam contest at cspan. Org. A new state attorneys general push back as what they see as overreach from the federal government. From the federalis societys National Lawyers convention this is just under an hour. If you could all take your seats, ladie
To tackle the countrys key challenges this year. Reporter in his eightminute speech, abe used the word challenge no fewer than 17 times. Translator we only have challenge, challenge and challenge. Its the year of challenge. 300 years ago, there was one who ruled the country and he was known to be a challenger. He did various reforms, including fiscal reconstruction. Reporter abe went on to list some of his Biggest Challenges boosting the economy and dealing with japans graying society. Japans population has been declining for nine straight years. In 2015, it fell by 294,000, the largest drop in postwar history. Revenues from taxes and Health Insurance payments are flat, even as Social Security costs mushroom. Translator we have three targets raising japans gdp to a postwar high of 600 trillion yen, increasing the birthrate and making sure no one needs to quit work to nurse elderly relatives. My challenge is to create a society in which all play an active role. Reporter abe also looked
In some places. They are getting sleet now. You can see how wet it is compared to two hours ago. The flag is blowing. We have a stronger wind. But the wind is bringing in warmer air. We have warmer air coming in so we are getting to the point where its too warm for snow. At the lower levels of the atmosphere we have cold air and so that area in pink is sleet thats falling around parts of the Lehigh Valley. And some of that will fall in the poconos as well. The rest of the area will be seeing rain. Some of the heavier rain back from the southwest will come just in time for the morning rush. Winter weather advisories with freezing rain and sleet. More of a borderline situation in the Lehigh Valley. You can see over the next several hours if anything this line moves to the north as warmer air moves in. It also gets pretty wet. Heavy rain for the morning rush. More on the timing of this when it moves out and how cold it will get after the new year with the 7day in a few minutes. Live Team