And a couple of amateur divers uncover a ship reptile of gold and silver ship wreck of gold and silver coins and a lot more. All of it lost nearly 2000 years ago. It is good to have you with us. The world tonight appears ready to rearm libya. Talks earlier today, 21 countries gave the goahead to supply weapons to libyas International Recognized government. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry said more weapons are needed to combat the growing power of the socalled Islamic State in libya. The country is deeply divided with its main cities controlled by three separate entities. Lets take a look. The u. N. Backed government of National According gets most of its support from the west of the countries you see right there in yellow. The area around the city is dominated by the militant of the atlantic state Islamic State. Libya was plunged into turmoil after an International Coalition took over dictator in 2011. The when imposed an arms embargo to keep weapons from falling into the hands of
Independents, 2025853882. If youre outside the u. S. , its 2025853883. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite pages on witter, facebook, or email us. A very good monday morning to you. We begin with the front page of the American Press from lake charles, louisiana. Supreme court in session, justices expected to take on the issue of gay marriage. That headline dominating several of the major papers today and over the weekend. Heres the front page of the usa today, justices term starts slow, could explode is the headline there to yesterdays front page of the Washington Post. The defining moment possible for the court. The prospect of a major ruling on gay marriage looms large. And read you a bit from the reuters story previewing todays opening day of the new term. This term, which runs to the end of june, is expected to be defined by whatever action the justices take on whether states can ban gay marriage. They have not yet agreed to hear any of the seven cases already decide
Once again, in keeping with timehonored tradition, i have come to report to you on the state of the union and i am pleased to report that america is much improved and there is good reason to believe that improvement will continue. My duty tonight is to report on the state of the union, not the state of our government, but our american community. And, to set forth our responsibilities, in the world and words of our founder, to form a more perfect union. The state of the union is strong. As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers, yet the state of our union has never been stronger. [applause] it is because about our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward and the state of our union is strong. Next tuesday, president obama tuesday, president obama delivers his state of the union address, followed by the gop response and your reaction. The state of the union, tuesday night on cspan, cspan r
Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Forecasters fear sandy will turn into what they are calling a frankenstorm, a monster combination of wind, rain and maybe even some snow. Sue palka begins our storm coverage with the latest on sandys track. Yeah, you look at the picture behind you you were showing radar and you wouldnt think this looks like that kind of a monster storm, but, in fact, we do believe its going to pull some cold energy, winterlike storm thats coming from the west into itself and become that mega storm that everybody has been talking. About so it will go from a Tropical Storm to a very strong almost noreasterlike storm here in the next 36 to 48 hours. Now its still tropical with winds of 75 miles an hour making it a category 1 hurricane. It doesnt look very good, wouldnt be surprised when we get the new track at 11 00, maybe its Tropical Storm sandy. Its moving very slowly, but the strength of the system at this point is not a great concern to us. We know it will turn to the
Now a choir of young iraqi women have used music to come to terms with the suffering in their community, years of persecution at the hands of the Islamic State group. The group choir and arrived in the uk to perform. If you pass ministries, you would not give them a second thought. A group of beautiful and glamourous women doing sightseeing. But you dont see the horse they have endured. Translation my name, iwas endured. Translation my name, i was nine yea rs old translation my name, i was nine years old at the time when isis attacked my home. I dont know anything about where my father and mother are nor about my brother or his five children. The choir was only formed a couple of months ago. The women are from the mountains in northern iraq. A religious minority that suffered appalling persecution. Many of their songs are their own stories of kidnap, torture and rape. That at the hands of vices. It is almost impossible to comprehend what some of these women have gone through. This musi