Rice delivering a knockout blow as you see here to his then fiancees face. The other question, did the nfl see this video before . It says no. The president says hitting a woman is not something a real man does. After a rush to cut all ties with rice, the nfl store for instance dumping his jersey. Heres Nbcs Jay Gray with more. Reporter the video released by tmzsports. Com is graphic and disturbing. A savage hit that overshadowed the first week of on field action in the nfl. Running back ray rice knocking out his fiancee, now wife, janay palmer, in a casino elevator last february. Any man that hits a woman should, you know, have to suffer for their consequences. Reporter monday, the consequences were swift and severe for rice. His reported 40 Million Contract terminated by the baltimore ravens. When someone you care about does wrong, you know, and is faced with the consequences of doing wrong and rightfully so, it is tough. It is hurtful. Reporter rice has been suspended indefinitely b
The Atlantic County Prosecutors Office in mays landing. While the prosecutor faces scrutiny, the recently released video is having an impact on the football star, and were not even talking about his salary. Reporter thats exactly right, vai. The athletic and shoe company, nike, has dropped ray rice from its endorsement deal and the Gaming Company ea sports have removed him from their football game. For his part, rice says the firestorm thats swirling around him hasnt dimmed his spirits. Lets go ahead, take a look at our video. In an interview with a National Sports network, rice says, i have to be strong for my wife. She is so strong. We are in good spirits. We have a lot of people praying for us and we will continue to support each other. That comes after new video showing the former Baltimore Ravens running back knocking his then fiancee unconscious with a left hook inside an Atlantic City casino elevator last winter. Janay rice took to instagram, writing in part no one knows that th
Adventure. The video going viral of a daredevils 1,200foot drop to this crater filled with redhot lava. Its a journey to the center of the earth you have to see to believe. We do say good morning, mek. And ginger saw all lava. Hmm, the next adventure. Dive in. Telling you. You know, that lava can be over 2,000 degrees fahrenheit. And sam cossman, the man going down, it can were going to talk to him live in a minute. Lets get right to the serious flash flooding. Almost five inches of rain falling just outside of las vegas. Ten inches in parts of virginia, creating incredibly dangerous conditions. Ginger tracking it all. I am. And you have pictures like this, from california to colorado, were watching flash flooding happening in utah at this hour. There are flash flood watches in effect, from southern california, all through parts of colorado. And so much going on. The pictures, just amazing. Take a look. Streets, rolling with rapids in las vegas. Ive lived here all of my life. And never
After being trapped in the snow for days. The unique way he kept them all alive. You are looking at live pictures of the union builds thats where Nelson Mandelas body will lie in state for three days. You can see throngs of people waiting to file past the cast cot, they are saying goodbye to the man. Each day as the nations first black president only two decades ago. It will be renamed the mandela am picture theater. Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. More on the fay well to Nelson Mandela in just a few minutes. But fist, a Major Development in washington. Congressional negotiators have reach add bipartisan budget deal. If it is approved it will prevent government shut down, now the clock is ticking. The plan must be approved by friday to make sure the government doesnt shut down in mid january. More details. In a case of rare bipartisan agreement, aimed at averting another government shut down, a new 85 billion deal seems to be in place. For now. Over the past few years
Prime minister under pressure. And why russias last independent tv channel would be closed after being criticized for giving air time to the opposition. The second round of talks to try to bring peace to syria have got underway in switzerland. Both sides have met in the same room for the first time in this round. But there has been little sign of progress. And inside syria the violence does continue. There have been more government bombing raids. Activists say at least 15 people have been killed. Across to Stephanie Decker in beirut for the latest on the situation in syria, but first lets cross over to james bays for the latest on the peace talks. Very little sign of progress, i would go further and say i think what were hearing from the two sides, no progress at all. They seem to still be very divided and more angry than ever. They dont even agree on the agenda of these talks and what should be focused on. The opposition saying all focus should be on the negotiation of the government