People at a military base in washington. Bosses of hostages are freed in the philippines but some are still held at gunpoint. And the Costa Concordia is raised in 18 hours. There are calls for the chemical attack in syria to be referred to the International Criminal court. The nerve agent sarin was used august 21st. The details support their claim that the government is to blame. While the u. N. Claims unequivocally chemical weapons were used. And rockets compared sarin. 85 of the samples taken from the attack tested positive for the agent. The u. N. Secretary general came to speak to reporters after presenting the Security Council with what he said was evidence of a war crime. As he spoke he was flanked by the head of his weapons inspection team, who wrote the report. The report makes for chilling reading. The team gathered testimony from survivors, medical personnel and first responders. The findings are beyond doubt this is war crime and grave violation of the 1925 protocol, and oth
Hole in the ships hole. Americans can soon see their food stamp subsidies cut. Slashing by 4 billion a year and will call for stricter work requirements for the recipients. One in four americans use the food stamps and the cost has doubled in the past five years. Those are the headlines in the next hour. America knit is up next at al jazeera. You can always get your headlines at aljazeera. Com and ill see you tomorrow here at 8 00 eastern. Just a short distance from the nationnations capitol, gun fid a frantic search for answer he. And in our special coverage a look at the gunman and also ahead reopening the debate. We are confronting another mass shooting. Another mass killing and what america will do to stop i. T. From happening again. To stop it from happening again. Hello and welcome to this special edition of america tonight. Scene of the d. C. Navy yard shooting. Already tonight the capitol is taking its respects to the 12 victims, the 13th was the shooter. It is a shores distanc
Congress is considering a bill to slash food stamp subsi subsidies. Right now one in seven americans use food stamps and the cost of the program has doubled in the last five years. Costa concordia is now up right. It took 19 hours to complete. The massive ship capsized when it hit off the west coast of italy last year. 32 people were killed. Im morgan radford. Thank you for joining us. Those are the headlines. An america tonight special report. The d. C. Naval yard shooting. Just a short distance from the nationnations capitol, gun fid a frantic search for answer he. And in our special coverage a look at the gunman and also ahead reopening the debate. We are confronting another mass shooting. Another mass killing and what america will do to stop i. T. From happening again. To stop it from happening again. Hello and welcome to this special edition of america tonight. Scene of the d. C. Navy yard shooting. Already tonight the capitol is taking its respects to the 12 victims, the 13th was
Kimoon announced, stopped short of placing the blame on Bashar Alassad regime. At least seven people are dead, thousands of homes are damaged. Areas that are cut off by washed out roads and improving weather today, meant rescue crews were able to resume their efforts after heavy rain grounded helicopters. America tonight is up next and remember you can always get the latest at aljazeera. Com. An america tonight special report. The d. C. Naval yard shooting. Just a short distance from the nationnations capitol, gun fia frantic search for answer he. And in our special coverage a look at the gunman and also ahead reopening the debate. We are confronting another mass shooting. Another mass killing and what america will do to stop i. T. From happening again. To stop it from happening again. Hello and welcome to this special edition of america tonight. Scene of the d. C. Navy yard shooting. Already tonight the capitol is taking its respects to the 12 victims, the 13th was the shooter. It is
Flags are flying at halfstaff nationwide through friday night in honor of those killed in washington on monday. Thats when a lone gunman walked into a building, firing, killing 12 people inside. The unbega gunman identified asn alexis. The reason for the attacks is unknown, and recovery for those injured is just beginning. [ taps ] the nations capitol and the nation. Randall pinkston joins me now from the Washington Navy yard where a search for a motive continues, randall . Reporter del, there are so many questions to be answered. One of them how could a person with a history of mental illness, and us of firearms, how could that person be give becoma defense contractor. Reporter looking for answers and information about aaron alexis. The gunman who shot and killed 12 people and injured eight others at the Washington Navy yard on monday. We dont know what the motivation was, we asked if there was likely terrorism involved. We have no decision of that. Well continue to investigate that.