With 3,000 officers. There are bomb sniffing dogs, 82 garbage trucks filled with sand and salt to barricade the streets. Rick reichmuth is live right where the parade kicks off. Good morning, happy thanksgiving to you all. Happy thanksgiving to you, as well. Security is certainly a little bit extra tight this year. And we can feel the effects of that. But the nypd says it is secure as it always is. Theyre used to covering events like this and this will be the safest place to be anywhere around this morning. Also, the weather is looking really good at this point. Wind is always the biggest problem. You hate to see the wind be very strong because they cant let the balloons fly very high. After a couple of incidences theyve had in the past that have caused some of the balloons to hit some of the power lines, that will not be the case this year. The wind is going to be very, very good. They tested those balloons last week at citi field and last night right here at Central Park West and aro
, to Aljazeera America. Im stephanie sy. A frustrated president obama is expected to address the nation today about his Signature Health care legislation, the Affordable Care act. Hell tell the American People that the problemplagued federal website is unacceptable and layout a plan to get it back on track. Major technical glitches that have plagued obamacares Health Care Enrollment website have proven an embarrassment to democrats and giving republicans more ammunition to criticize the plan they vow to get rid of. I will do anything and continue to do anything i can to stop the train wreck that is obamacare. Nearly 500,000 applications have been filed through the exchange program, but no figures on actual enrollments have been released by the government, whose own Congressional Budget Office says 7 million should be enrolled within six months. Health and Human Services Officials Say changes are being made to file on line bugs, tweeting health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebe
California lawmakers take steps to prevent similar tragedies in the future. The south china sea, why those waters are so important to so many countries. A baby girl just hours old snatched from a hospital. How facebook helped catch the kidnapper and reunite a family with their newborn. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walterser. The president resetting americas Foreign Policy after a decade of war, announcing the shift today during an address at west point. It comes amid criticism of his handling of the ukraine crisis, the civil war in syria and an emerging china. Tuesday the president announced plans to end the military presence in afghanistan by the end of his term. Three years ago, there were more than 100,000 troops stationed in afghanistan. The president is going to low their number to 32,000 this month and blow 10,000 by the end of next year. Our White House Correspondent Mike Viqueira is in washington this morning. What can we expect to hear from the presid
We will hear parts of that interview. Jobs data in america. The most important economy in the world. Some would dispute that. No. Yes, it is. It is not really going to be the most important indicator. We have wondered whether the Winter Weather whether we eather it. To whether i how strong would have the economy been if it werent for the winter . Right now, wall street is leaning toward the strong side. 218,000 jobs. The people giving us therefore cast of come in Even Stronger than that. We are expecting unemployment to be down by a tick. We are expecting wages to be up. Hours worked, unchanged. We may see upside risk to the report. Earnings numbers were strong. What is the chance we might see some disappointments . Probably very small. There is always the chance. Statistically, it could be anywhere from 100,000 gained to 300,000 gained and it would fall within the statistical parameters. Odds are it will fall within the 200,000 range. This is the indicator everyone watches. Jobs are a
Feel like i could walk out of here today. And we have our own doctor to react. And first walter reed and Leland Vittert there and the president today. Leland, good afternoon. Bill hemmer, good afternoon. It seems theyre encouraged, the medical team for the president , by the tip of the spear treatment, the remdesvir the president will take for the next five days and regeneron treatment. One of the doctors said he started 48 hours ago, all that was true, means a he was getting antibody treatments before he was putting out tweets saying that he tested positive. Something to keep an eye on. Big things that we learned is the symptoms that the president has had. Nasal congestion, cough and fatigue. Those seemed to be the things on thursday he was experiencing, as well as a fever. Now his doctors say that he is doing much better. This morning, the president is doing very well. At this time the team and i are extremely happy at the progress the president has made. Thursday he had a mild cough