Hour fast ball. We begin with what may be the end of the war in afghanistan. For u. S. Troops, families, country. The battle has been waged for more than a dozen years. Three times longer than world war ii. President obama announced his lodgeawaited exit plan. Reporter appearing in the rose garden president obama made the announcement on. Its time to turn the page on more than a decade in which Foreign Policy was focussed on the wars in iran, iraq and afghanistan. Reporter the president promised the end the role of americans, but what is unclear is the numbers staying in afghanistan and their mission. At the height of the surge, the u. S. Had 100,000 troops on the ground. By the time of his surprise visit to bagram on sunday, the number was 32,000. President obama says at the beginning of next year therell be 9,800 mens left. That number cut in half by the end of the year and at the end of 2016. The president says the u. S. Will have an embassy present. At the end of the war, more than
California lawmakers take steps to prevent similar tragedies in the future. The south china sea, why those waters are so important to so many countries. A baby girl just hours old snatched from a hospital. How facebook helped catch the kidnapper and reunite a family with their newborn. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walterser. The president resetting americas Foreign Policy after a decade of war, announcing the shift today during an address at west point. It comes amid criticism of his handling of the ukraine crisis, the civil war in syria and an emerging china. Tuesday the president announced plans to end the military presence in afghanistan by the end of his term. Three years ago, there were more than 100,000 troops stationed in afghanistan. The president is going to low their number to 32,000 this month and blow 10,000 by the end of next year. Our White House Correspondent Mike Viqueira is in washington this morning. What can we expect to hear from the presid
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Main within the nurse ordered to quarantine herself continues to defy officials. The state said negotiations have stalled. Aljazeera getting an exclusive look with the battle with isil in iraq. They admit u. S. Airstrikes may be helping assad in syria. Lava from mount kilauea continues to creep towards homes. The poke knows community on edge is breathing a collective sigh of relief this morning. Suspected cop killer eric frein is now behind bars. He was captured thursday. He was hiding out near an old airport hanger in a rural field when he surrendered. He was jailed for a time at the same barracks where that tent attack happened. Eric frein had a mission and that was to attack Law Enforcement. If he got out of those woods, we were very concerned that he would then kill other Law Enforcement and if not them, civilians. We are live four on the ground in pennsylvania, but first lets bring in erica pitzi. We are seeing new images of this arrest. Absolutely. You can take a look right here,
Alert forecast. Bill, all clear this morning, but its pretty warm out there, right . Its very warm. Clear of any rain. We have clouds overhead, and its going to continue on the warm side this morning and gusty winds once again pushing that warm, moist air into the region. Thats a live view from center city. You can see it. Its completely dry there. Wet weather is not far away, however, and well see the first showers arrive this morning in some of the western suburbs and a chance of some latemorning showers in philadelphia as well. Right now the showers are heaviest to our west and southwest, moving through west virginia. Thats going to be here later today. Right now, 72 degrees in northeast philadelphia. Wilmington 71. 70 in trenton. Its the pocono mountains that have dropped into the 60s this morning. So, stand by for a warm and breezy start and occasional showers breaking through. A few clouds will thin out a little bit for some breaks of sunshine in delaware and south jersey, but ar