Has transitioned away from Space Shuttle missions to one focused on exploration. Everything we do in this agency is with the express purpose of making life better for people here on earth. He answers, in part, to senator ted cruz, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Space Science and competitiveness. Cruz is also a Climate Change skeptic. I dont worry about trying to change someones mind, i try to present data that is very accurate. Bolden service at the Agency Follows a decades long career with the marine corps, he retired a Major General. Its a carrer a young black man growing up in the segregated south could never have imagined. I ended up going in the marine corps and ah, servin in vietnam. My family and friends were sometimes bein killed on the streets back home, i knew what i was going to face when i went back and yet, in that same period of time, we put a human on the moon i spoke to Charles Bolden at nasa headquarters in washington. Well, youve been on the job almost six years.
Journalists around the world face threats and violence. It marks International Press freedom day. Baltimore is taking steps to return to normal after a tumultuous week. Major stephanie rawlingsblake lifted a curfew in place. All citizens were to be off the streets between 10 00 pm and 5 00a. M. The curfew is no longer necessary. John terrett is live in baltimore it is a beautiful sunday evening here. You can see how the people of baltimore are acting to the end of the curfew. There are bands performing outside city hall in baltimore. I can hardly hear myself thing. This is a large crowd of the day. Earlier there was an interfath rally, where they spoke about faith and prayer. The largest number of people in this scare so far turned out yesterday. It was a political rally. There was a lot of anger but it was peaceful. One of the main cries yesterday was the curfew imposed last tuesday should be ended. Today, as you know the mayor stephanie rawlingsblake ended the curfew. Therell be no c
What it will bring to the holy land. I think this is going to be a rebuilding that goes on for a very long time. Susan sarandon and her mission to help the people of nepal. Considering how fast the amtrak train was going. In excess of 100 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit. Its remarkable that the death toll from last nights derailment is not higher. Tonight it stands at seven with hundreds of passengers injured when the train jumped the tracks in philadelphia. Already focusing on several factors in the investigation. Jonathan betz is still on the scene. Jonathan. This is still an active scene as investigators try to piece together how this quiet train ride could suddenly become so chaotic. Someone told me i had been delirious and that they had carried me off. My shoes not my shoes. Somewhere i lost my shoes. And a lady gave me her shoes. Reporter passengers were suddenly thrown from their seats. Tumbling, not sure whats up, whats down. You could just feel things hitting yo
Tonight another round of rain what they dont need. Its going from bad to worth, torrential rains. Devastation and a rising death toll. Now spilling over the banks. In houston, getting slammed. Jonathan martin is in the houston suburb of rosenberg. Yes, it is raining adane y again and again, this is an area under a mandatory evacuation. You can understand why. The river is well above the flood stage. This is the rain and flooding. Many of the people 75 homes here people in 75 homes have been told to get out of here. Police went door to door last night and came back as it started to rain to tell people to get out of the area. There were about 50 to 60 homes, and they were told if they can evacuate, some of them decided to leave, some decided to stay. I can tell you in the last half hour as more rain came down Law Enforcement went back to some people reminding them of the danger. We see more and more people. A lot of people seem to be taking it seriously. Not here but across the houston a
Good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. We begin this morning with a Senate Report suggesting a deadly aattack on the u. S. Consulate could have been prevented. The state department and american intelligence agencies did not do enough to boost security despite warnings that the threat level was increasing. Its the first report criticising ambassador chris sevens directly. It raises questions about his judgments and actions in the weeks before his death. Stevens and three other were killed on the attacks, taking place september 11th, 2002. Theres a new wave of violence in iraq. Six car bombs exploded in and around baghdad. 75 were killed, dozens injured. The blasts occurred in the mostly shia neighbourhoods. Senator mccain has been an outspokener critic and spoke with John Seigenthaler about his view on americas Foreign Policy throughout the region. Throughout the middle east america is declining in influence and on the wane. People are making their own accommoda