Welcome to al jazeera america. Under pressure to keep a promise he made repeatedly, president obama said hell make changes in his Health Care Law, announcing on thursday insurers may reinstate cancelled policies for a year, but insurers must be told what they dont cover. They cannot be purchased by new customers, a republican bill on friday lets Health Companies offer the plans that dont conform to the Affordable Care act. Mike viqueira has more from the white house. It was a remarkable appearance by president obama. He was contrite, apologetic, shouldered a lot of the blame and propose add proposed a solution, a fix. With republicans and democrats on the verge of a revolt president obama decided it was time for a mea culpa. Its on me. The president denied he was aware of pre launch tests that warned of disaster. I was not informed correctly that the website would not be working. I dont think im stupid enough to say this is going to be like shopping an amazon or travelosity a week befo
Philippines has reached 3,637. The emergency supplies have started arriving at the hardest hit areas of the country. They delivered packages of food and medicine an evacuated several injured residenc reside. The Philippine Government said 600,000 people are homeless, and in tacloban a family of five has been living in a van since the storm destroy their house. Others live in tents and others areas where they can find a place to stay. Men are missing in the philippines and families sift through debris hoping for a miracle or perhaps more closure. Many of the dead have been buried in mass graves. This is the eastern coast of lete just down the road from tacloban. This is a town that is right on the coast and endured the same battering. It is much less developed, and theyre still waiting for aid to flood in. There is a little bit of aid coming here, but it is nowhere near enough having talked to the residents here. You can see behind me just how badly devastated the area was. What youre s
Covering in europe. Reeling from a painful political split, berlusconi reaches out to friends. And San Francisco goes gotham for a good cause. First to the philippines where the aid situation appears to be improving. The United Nations says the effort is being scaled up, but its getting to remote areas that is still a big challenge. The Philippines Air force began air dropping some food packs to those remote areas. People had been swarming the helicopters, and pilots began to land on outskirts of villages before taking off again. And now tacloban one of the worsthit areas. Some still trying to leave, some cueing for days for a flight out. Others say theyre not able to get help, and others say they dont feel safe in the city. Aid is being organized in tacloban, but its not getting to everyone. Some people say theyre missing out, not because aid cant reach them but because local officials are playing favorites. Reporter work has been nonstop for days at this National Government warehouse
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Devastation in the philippines a struggle to reach survivors as thousands are homeless and desperate. International aid is pouring in as a cleanup operation tries to speed up deliveries of relief supplies. In china an overhaul of the onechild rule. The Ruling Communist Party decided couples can have a second child if the mum or dad is an only child. Im morgan radford. Those are the headlines. Consider this is next and you can get the latest news online at aljazeera. Com. See you in an hour. Arms and almost two weeks later the shooter was charged. Consider this, with similarities to the Trayvon Martin case, was racism involved . Also, toronto viewers will be seeing even more of rob ford. The scandal riddled mayor is getting a tv show. And the mobile game candy crush is pulling in millions of dollars a week, but is it and others like it are getting you looked like a drug . Self defense and heavy racial dynamics, theodore wafer is facing life in prison for shooting 19yearold Ranisha Mcbri