Today in oklahoma. This is al Jazeera America. Diplomats are struggling to agree on a way to end the crisis in syria. As russia beefs up aid to assads regime. Russia confirmed it is flying russian aircraft over syria, and there are reports moscow has already carried out air strikes there. All of this as a United Nations Security Council Counter Terrorism summit plays out on the sidelines. Were watching live pictures there as chinas u. N. Delegate to the Security Council is speaks. Sergei lavrov is hosting meeting. He says it is a mistake for the u. S. And others not to work with syrias leader assad to fight extremists. Translator isil practically creating extremist state which possesses a large oppressive potential. Isil cells are fush flourishing in other countries, and they claim they plan on capturing other cities and spreading their evil. Our john terrett has been covering all of the meetings at the United Nations General Assembly. John, what strikes me is yesterday president obama
Evaluate job applicants. [ theme ] good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. A glimmer of hope for survivors of typhoon haiyan. Philippines Officials Say all major roads damaged by the storm are passable. Its welcome news to relief and rescue workers who have been struggling to deliver aid since last weekend. Theres a sense of urgency to get supplies out fast as conditions are worsening across the battered country. In village after village families are begging for basic necessities some standing on the side of roads with signs saying, please help us, turning pleas for help into looting for food, water and medicine. Here is where the worst damage is in the central philippines the devastation stretches from leyte, to tacloban, and palay. Also to cebu. We have the littest on the latest so many suffering after typhoon haiyan slammed into the philippines. We can survive without the houses. We can sleep anywhere. We need food. Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the storm are
By rebels who want to exchange them for jailed for fighters. Its her birthday and cant happen. Reporter the recalled vehicles may be responsible for hundreds of additional deaths. Malaysia airlines 370 disappeared a week ago today and its going west to the indian ocean and a u. S. Navy ship is heading there. Im stephanie and the search was expanded after a report said the plane may have continued flying for hours after its last radar contact and a chinese ship and radar found nothing off vietnam and we have the latest on the investigation. One of the most confusing and intriguing questions, did the plane keep flying, was the jet in the hour for hours after it disappeared in the air and they reported from the wall street journal that investigators are looking into in and systems that automatically send out engine data continued to operate for sometime. Malaysia officials refuted that. Whenever there are new details they must be corroborated. And these media reports talks specifically ab
Of privacy. The ball is in the nba court as Magic Johnson urging tough action against Donald Sterling after the clippers owner was caught on tape with a racist rant. I know the battle cry for inmates who lost their freedom is they are always in cent. I have an odd situation that has come up when a man is in sent. A man shares the personal story of his long fight to get off death row. Another wave of violent tornadoes wreaking havoc across the south through alabama, mississippi and tennessee, 11 People Killed in this round of storms. Tornadoes flattened homes, businesses and knocked out power. The governors of alabama and mississippi both declared states of emergency and georgias governor did the same, because that state could face similar weather today. A mile wide tornado ripped through sunday, at least 17 killed, most in arkansas and as those states are still trying to recover, the threats expand to the carolinas, tennessee and kentucky. Put into context for us what the south has bee
Got to do something. The long road to recovery. Millions returning home, surveying the damage left behind by those devastating tornados. Backlash being felt after brunai en acts sharia code, it has some boycotting a hotel chain. I am stephanie sy. This morning, Ukrainian Forces trying to take back several eastern cities controlled by the prorussian separatists. Kiev launched military operations in the city of slovyansk. Officials saying separatists shot down two Army Helicopters, killing one pilot and injure others. In donetsk where prorussian separatists have taken control of the citys main train system. It began at about 4 30 a. M. Outside slovyansk when units of the Ukrainian Army and to have launched the next phase in what kiev has described as an antiterrorist operation which has been in play in one form or another for several weeks now with units of the army camped outside of slovyansk. Some way outside, about 30 kilometers. According to reports, we have been getting from inside