They stayed on as visas expired he became a young activist seeking Immigration Reform and said the day after the heckling the white house called. The white house told me that by the way youre no longer invited to the white house in the future, im like, okay. He never expected Media Attention he got a lot of support. A lot of hate mails as well. A lot of hate mails. A lot of backlash. Today, almost half a year later he says he has no regrets. I will do it again. It was the right thing to do. It was necessary. Hung is in a program that allows certain undocumented students to stay here temporarily he got clearance under a special humanitarian program to visit south korea with assurances hell be able to return here, his grandmother, whom he hasnt seen in 13 years is very sick. Shes turning 90 years old this year. I wanted to slizit her before her condition gets worse he says he realized co have been punish forward just heckling the president in another country. He says that is the beauty o
Of tonnes of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate caught fire at a warehouse. Translation what happened today wont happen wont pass without account. Those responsible will pay the price for what happened. This is a promise to the martyrs and to the wounded. In other news schools before pubs. The childrens commissioner for england says schools should be first to open and last to close in any future lockdowns. If youd like to get in touch with me on schools or any of the stories we are covering im on geetagurumurthy. Plus, mps say failing to implement border restrictions on arrivals earlier in the pandemic was a serious mistake. Hello. Lebanon is in mourning after the huge explosion in the capital beirut yesterday, which devastated the port area of the city, and damaged many streets and buildings well beyond. The Lebanese Red Cross has said that at least 100 people have been killed and more than 4,000 injured. The huge blast at the port sent shock waves across the city, destroying many nearby bu
Mud slide that left dozens dead in one small washington town. A Supreme Court case that could change the future of Television Hits the countrys biggest broadcasters against a streaming company. Were not going to be bullied. A Church Supports an openly gay boy scoot troop leader. Good morning, welcome to Aljazeera America im stephanie sy. Vice President Joe Biden met with lawmakers in kiev, including the countrys acting Prime Minister. Biden announced 50 million in political and economic aid, including 11 million for the countries elections to be held next month. He made it clear the u. S. Is a strong ally to ukraine. We are not suggesting we have the answers for you, but were merely suggest that go we stand ready to stand with you in every endeavor that you are undertake to generate the united prosperous and coherent ukraine youre all fighting for. Mr. Bidens visit comes amid a breakdown in last weeks geneva agreement. Pro russian rebels have refused to disarm and have taken control of
Problems. Cheryl do you believe in miracles . Citigroup might. When it comes to j. C. Penney the retailer, the stock is high as you see on your screen, when it comes to j. C. Penney. Adam bring you uptodate on gm congress marginal Major Program to General Motors, lawmakers want to know why it took the auto giant nearly a decade to recall 1. 6 million vehicles because of faulty ignition switches. That flaw has been linked to 13 deaths. Rich edson is on the story and joins us with more from washington. Rich congress is looking into General Motors, the government is looking into General Motors and General Motors is looking into General Motors after the news that the chairman of the house energy and c committee was launching an investigation. Fred upton meeting with a number of folks to the national highway trading safety administration, staff were continuing to have briefings to figure out why complaints of 260 over the last decade did not alert warnings from federal regulators. We heard
Lampoons north koreas leader, kim jongun. The studio says it is looking for other options for releasing it. As for who is behind the threats and Cyber Attacks on sony, the u. S. Is naming names. Chief u. S. Security correspondent jim sciutto has that. Reporter the blame has been doubt. The u. S. Is naming the rogue country in a sony hack. The fbi said, quote, the destructive nature of this attack coupled with its coercive nature sets it apart. We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Reporter the hackers sent investigators on a worldwide chase routing the attack through servers ranging from countries in asia, including china, then europe and latin america. Some servers in the u. S. Were even used. Still, the nsa and fbi were able to track the attack back to north korea and its government. Think of this as dirty tricks on a global scale. This has exceeded our expectations. They always make threats. Most people shr