Critics and Alex Rodriguez plan to fight the yearlong suspension in federal court. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Foreign dignitaries from around the world are in israel today to say farewell to ariel sharon, and the Controversial Military leader passed away saturday at the age of 85 after 8 years in a coma and honored earlier today in jerusalem during a state ceremony outside the Israeli Parliament. The memorial was attended by current israeli Prime Minister netanyahu, a one time foe of sharon and joe biden on hand calling sharon a complex man who put his country first. Ariel sharon was not only loved by the jewish people and he not only loved them as the jewish people but he loved the land of israel. Reporter sharons body will then begin a procession from jerusalem to his ranch in southern israel and casket accompanied by 8 Defense Force general and at 7 00 eastern time, under an hour from now sharon will be buried in a military military setting and
Russian and western diplomats met in france today to find a solution to the crisis of ukraine. Both sides are still far apart. This as Tensions Mount in crim crimea. We have all of the latest developments for pup lets begin with phil ittner. Was there any progress made in talks in paris today . Yes, tony. Really no progress made in paris today. They sat down. They tried to work things out, but its clear there is a major en pass. The foreign secretary of secretary of state john kerry and the Ukrainian Foreign minister. But when the russians showed up there was no place at the table for the ukrainians. Moscow does not even recognize the government in kiev. Still the secretary of state john kerry said that they would continue with their efforts. We agreed to continue intense discussions in the coming days with russia, with ukrainians in order to see how we can help normalize the situation, stabilize it, and overcome the crisis, and those intentions are intentions shared exactly as i have
Thats happening in the future but still hold on to those things that we love. Our parents albums, like that classic style of song writing but incorporating so many amaze thingses in s iin modern music electronic, huge influence, and also 70s pop. Is that a cumulation of your musical interests . I was trying all these Different Things i thought maybe i could incorporate to make the album feel more progressive but eventually we listened to a lot of hiphop and fell in love with that style. I said why fun period . They said because fun is already taken. Lets take you to washington and wolf blitzer. Happening now, a vatican bombshell felt around the world. The pope resigns. Life on high alert in Southern California right now where theres a Million Dollar reward for the exPolice Officer suspected of multiple murders. And stunning revelations about the death of Osama Bin Laden from the u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. Who took him out. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www
We know it will be hosted by ryan seacrest. I would love to be considered. I have ample experience lying around in robes and being irrelevant. Im sorry, that was in appropriate. Im done talking now. Someone is always in our war room. Check us out on line at current. Com thewar, rules. Link up and check out our exclusive web i canes. Thanks for joining us. Have a great night. Welcome to the the young turks. Well, it looks like were going to get a new pope. Why is the old pope leaving . A little bit of controversy. Well have both sides for you on whether hes leaving for the right reasons for the i dont think reasons. And then do you remember the guy who shot Osama Bin Laden. Binladen was confronted by the navy seals in his bedroom. His youngest wife by his side. The guy who shot him is not getting any Health Benefits from the u. S. Military. Outrageous. Then well go inside the fiscal cliff to tell what you happened. He said im giving you 100 billion in tax revenue what do i get for it .
Im don scott. Im Jessica Kartalija. We begin with this days breaking news. It is in wilmington delaware. A man opened fire inside a crowded courthouse leaving several people dead. Alex is live with this. Reporter three people are dead including the shooter. Police officers inside exchanged fire with the shooter before he reached the metal detectors in the lobby. Two women were killed and two officers sustained nonlife threatening injuries. Details are still coming in. Its not yet clear how the shooting was killed. Police could not confirm whether he entered the building targeting a specific person. Thank you very much. Earlier wilmingtons mayor said one of the women killed is the shooters estranged wife. The other developing story a major announcement from the vatican. For the first time in 6 centuries the pope will resign effective at the end of this month. Wjz has complete coverage of the decision. Mike schuh is live with reaction from local catholics. First more on the shocking revo