Authorities struggle to control antigovernment starting this news hour, the home of holmes are finally starting to get the help they have been waiting for after months of shelling reduced the syrian city to rubble. It allowed the evacuation of the first civilians. Reporter these are some of the most warweary residents of holmes. They have been trapped in the rebelheld city without regular access to food for medicine, and have come under nearly daily shelling. This is part of a surprise deal brokered between the government and the opposition. About 250 people are expected to leave. According to state tv, they have been used by human shields by what it called terrorists. Translator i say to those who are leaving today, and those who have already left, that the step we have taken mean we will be able to celebrate safe return of these civilians to their homes. Reporter but its estimated around 2,500 remain under siege hungry and malnourished. Holmes has been a key battleground in the upris
Conversation about ukraine and europe. Im paul beban at the Winter Olympics in sochi. Cost overruns and scandal will take second place to the pageantry. Even in the plane, new york was pulling us down. And i had a great time. Ringo remembers the day the fab fouring landed in america and beatle mania took off. Hello, the people of [ inaudible ] are finally starting to get the help they are waiting for, after months of shelling reduced the syrian city to ceasefire. Aid should start arriving on saturday. Here is the latest. Reporter these are some of the most warweary residents of holmes. They have been trapped in the rebelheld city without regular access to food or medicine and have come under near daily shelling. Their evacuation is part of the surprise deal brokered between the go and the opposition by the united nations. According to state tv they have been used as human shields by what it called terrorists. But its estimated around 2500 residents remain under siege. It has been a key
Englan englands englands stonehenge. Welcome to al jazeera america, im stephanie sy. A developing story out of afghanistan. Taliban fighters have attacked an American Military base. It happened in the province near the pakistani border. The talibany opened fire on the base and tried to enter the base. No International Security forces at the base were hurt. Six american soldiers were killed in another incident in afghanistan. A black hawk helicopter crashed in a remote part of the county. One soldier was rescued from the crash. Its the single deadliest accident in months. N. A. T. O. Says no insurgent activity was in the area at the time. Mechanical failure could be to blame. Exists from the Top Tech Companies met with president obama, urging the president to rain in surveillance programs. The meeting comes after a ruling that the agencies Data Collection likely contravened the constitution. Tech titans were here at the white house google, microsoft, yahoo, netflix. They are concerned.
Default when the u. S. Reaches its borrowing limit. Senate leaders are said to be talking about a deal, and they are optimistic it can be done today. This comes as the National Debt stands at nearly 17 trillion. It goes up roughly 2,000 each and every second. Wall street is said to be optimistic about a deal, checking the big board at this hour, the dow jones up almost 200 points. We have two reports, and well begin with paul beban in washington. Paul harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell say they are optimistic. The senate has its own bill, but the house will go first, correct . Reporter thats what we are hearing. Senate was up all night to hammer out a deal to get the details nailed down, and now the plan seems to be they are going to pass that deal to the house first because that would eliminate procedural hurdles, give it to the house, let them vote, and then bring it back to the senate, and then to the white house by the end of the day. They are huddling right now in John Boehners office
We have three people rolling joints for two days straight. Giving new meaning for Rocky Mountain high. Today smoking pot for fun is legal in colorado. [ music ] good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. On this january 1st, 2014. Im stephanie sy. After watching millions around the world celebrate the new year it was americas turn to ring in 2014 with midnight fireworks and festivities, the celebration on the west coast took place three hours ago. Thousands watched as the space needle went up. Further down the coast San Francisco had a 15 minute Fireworks Show over the bay and in chicago they brushed off a snow storm to view the fireworks over lake michigan. In new york more than a million packed into times square. Revellers packed in to see the ball drop. Supreme Court Justice so. Onya sotomyor returned to her home town, pressing the button that triggered the ball jot. She was at the center of a lastminute legal decision, hours before the Affordable Care act was set to take mect eff