Different. Suffice to say, the investigation is ongoing. Well have an update later on tonight on action news. For now live here in center city on walnut, im dann cuellar channel6 action news. Back to you guys. Okay, dna, than dann thank y. To afghanistan where a u. S. Official confirmed six americans troops were killed today in a Suicide Attack and the taliban has said they are responsible. This happened near the Bagram Air Field. The troops were killed when an attacker rammed al motorcycle packed with explosives into the group as they patrolled a village near the air field. The attack comes just days after defense secretary ash carter stopped in bagram. Abc news is still working to get more information on the troops killed in afghanistan, get the late of the coming up on world news tonight with david muir at 6 30. Thats right after action news at 6 00. In other news tonight several local residents were monday those hospitalized after last nights deadly crash in las vegas. According to
Tensions in the middle east heat up again. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im tony harris. The american political map is a sea of read today as republicans celebrate victories from coast to coast. Americans pick upsid up seats in the senate. Some of those are in traditionalcally blue states. Republicans swept government races scoring upsets in some democratic areas. This afternoon president obama held a News Conference to react to the g. O. P. Takeover of the u. S. Senate. Were live from the white house. What did the president have to say about republican victories and working with the g. O. P. Over the next two years . Well, the president came in to the east room after that wipe out that the democrats suffered last night. They faced the music for one hour and 15 minutes. And answered questions. Why oh why were democrats so unenthusiastic. Why were all of the enthusiasm on the republican side . Yes, he reached out to Mitch Mcconnell, the new Senate Majority leader,
Democracy standoff, dozens of students protesters are arresting after trying to storm the governments headquarters. A verdict in the trial of it hose any bubaric. A packed court was expecting a ruling on charges related to the murders of protesters in the between uprising. Instead, the judge surprised the courtroom by announcing that he needs more time to consider his decision. Osama binj. Aba reports. The man who led e for dick aids, for the death of peaceful protesters, abuse of power and profiteering. But its been postponed until next month. Translator the court has decided to postpone the case to the 29ths of november. The documentary was shown in court which highlighted the 160,000 pages the prosecution has to go through. Mubarak, former interior ministry, six of his assistants and businessmen are accused of ordering the killing of protesters. The case began in 2011. The trial has been divisive from the beginning. Mubarak supporters oppose the only leader many had known for years
Catalonia push for plans to vote later this year. The Spanish Government says it is illegal. Go first isil fighters in Northern Syria have been targeted by airstrikes from the u. S. Led coalition. More than 150,000 people have plead from kobane. Were just outside of kobane, and there were airstrikes around this town. Especially to the east. We heard one of these airstrikes in the morning. We moved east to check out the front line around 10 kilometers east of kobane, where we saw an active fight between isil fighters and kurdish fighters. In the last couple of hours weve seen a few shells landing, which has made many more people cross into turkey, there is a refugee camp where they can see their homes, but they cant go back. Simply the kurdish fighters dont have enough to fight the strengthens of the isil fighters. Even the airstrikes seem to not have done very much. Its a days operate situation for the people here. We still see people coming across this border because the fight is nowh
Welcome to the program. We begin in hong kong where riot police have been sent in to clear the main government building of prodemocracy protesters. It happened a day after dozens of demonstrators broke in to the compound. There have been protests for six days now demanding electoral reforms. Rob mcbride joins us live now. We understand the protests continue. Bring us u uptodate with whats happening there now. Reporter thats right, there are still several thousand protesters here outside the main government headquarters. And the in the certainty of hong kong. The demonstrators rushed the barricades and got inside but they have been cleared arrested and facing charges, their supporters here are not going away. If anything their numbers have grown today. Joined by students they began this frost after a week of strikes on the university campuses, but also ordinary people. Bringing extra supplies of water. We understand a lot of the stores have actually sold out of bottled water. People als