Good morning, im Morgan Radford and its sunday, september 29th. Here are the top stories this morning on Al Jazeera America. Were now one step closer to a Government Shutdown. Early this Morning House republicans voted on a spending bill that would delay the Affordable Care act also known as obamacare. That bill will be dead upon arrival in the senate where president obama has promised to veto any resolution that strips his health plan. The vote provided plenty of drama as both republicans and democrats verbally squared off. Alexander hamilton and Thomas Jefferson hated each other so much, but that hate that they had for each other did not come before the love of their country. And your hate for this president is coming before the lovely of this country, because if you loved this country you would not be closing it down if we are to blame this just on the tea party or some extreme group, we would be ignoring history, because this government has been shut down 17 times, mr. Speaker, and
Thanks for spending part of your saturday evening with us. Tonight we launch our new primetime lineup and our new show, american voices. Well bring you the biggest political stories of the week, but well also stay focused on whats at stake and why it matters and bring you the perspective of those who are both doing the work of making america more equitable and those who lives are most directly impacted. To me, it is a big responsibility, a huge responsibility to get the stories you care about right and to treat them with the care that they deserve. So thats what you can expect from me and from our team. Were proud to bring you american voices. You can disagree without being disagreeable, that quote from ruth Bader Ginsburg. It is no wonder that there has been an outpouring of love and support, remembering the Supreme Court justice today. Ginsburg died yesterday from cancer complications in her washington, d. C. , home surrounded by her family. She was 87 years old. The notorious rbg, a
Conspiring, allegations strongly denied of the other two journalists are still behind bars and theres conflicting information about their status right now. The head of al jazeera is standing by live in cutr. First lets go to our correspondent in cairo standing by with the latest on this. What do we know about what happened and why this happened now . This was a very Quick Release release. A deportation taking place, he was put on a plane to leave egypt. We talked to his lawyer and was very careful in the words he chose. This was an extradition. He would be sent to australia and there up to australian officials to proceed with the case or not. He said this is according to an egyptian law. This is not a pardon not a deportation but, in fact an extradition. As you know its highly unlikely australian officials would move forward with this case. This is a way for the egyptian physicians to save face that their due process went forward. Ive been in contact with the family members. Theres a l
Cash. They should have made a deal that covered yemen, that covered syria, that covered other parts of the middle east where iran is involved. Dana rich edson is live at the state department. Rich, they covered a lot of ground, but certainly iran was probably the headline. Reporter it really is, dana. Its a key part of this week as european allies come to washington, d. C. To push President Trump to keep the United States in the iran nuclear agreement. President macron says that he wants to address irans aggressive behavior around the region, but says he wants to do so with the Iran Nuclear Deal intac intact. Translator its about building something new that will cover all of our concerns. Reporter german chancellor merkle will be here this week. President trump responded this afternoon that if iran restarts its nuclear program, it will have bigger problems than theyve ever had before. The president set a may 12th deadline for European Countries to agree to changes around iran policy. I
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