From okay goes groundbreaking videos. To the web sir web series creaty star trek fans. We talk to the creators in friday arts. We begin tonight with concerns over a growing threat from the Islamic State group. The United Kingdom raised its terror alert level to severe today. That means they believe an attack there is highly likely. But the white house says there are no plans to raise the threat level in the u. S. Libby casey reports. John, the u. S. Puts the number of citizens who have traveled to syria since the time this issue began to 400. The British Government raised its level from substantial to severe. That means the that an attack is highly likely but not imminent. Prime minister David Cameron said, it would make it easier to take passports away from people traveling to syria. To stop those who do go from returning and to deal decisively from those who are already here. Ill be making a statement in the house of commons on monday. This would stop people from traveling and new le
Does not have a strategy to deal with the Islamic State group there. Human trials on an ebola vaccine ready to attempt to control the outbreak. Warnings of a possible jelly fish invasion. Good morning with that welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The president taking on two international cries walking for calm. He is being criticized for saying the u. S. Does not have a strategy for dealing with the Islamic State group in syria. A video shows troops being marched through the desert before being executed. Trying to address the claims of a russian invasion in ukraine. Lets go to Mike Viqueira in washington. Lets get right to what u. S. Officials had to say about whether there is an invasion. Whether you call it an invasion or as president obama prefers, an incursion, whats clear is that this latest move into ukraine is a dramatic escalation in the conflict. President obama is going to have to decide with allies how to respond. Images prove what russia has been denying. The sa
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff an agreement on how much and what the federal government should spend money on took a giant step toward final approval in congress today. The senate voted to limit debate on the measure thats already passed the house of representatives. On this vote, the yeas are 67, and the nays are 33. Woodruff with that critical procedural hurdle cleared, the only question left for the budget deal is when not if it will pass. A dozen republicans joined all 55 members of the Democratic Caucus democrats to move forward with the bill. The chair of the Senate Budget committee, democrat patty murray, helped craft the measure. Mr. President , this deal is
West africa face more scrutiny in the u. S. Whats behind the very sudden and unexpected release of jeffery saal. We are learning about three young girls trying to. Isil. They ran away from denver and made it to germany in an apparent attempt to get to syria. Libby casey is in washington, d. C. This morning. What do we know about these girls . Good morning. Del and stephanie. Two sisters are 15 and 17, the friend 16. They are somali, the friend sudanese. The father reported them missing, generating this Police Report. The parents say the missing girls stole 2,000, also their passports, so police went investigating. The girls flew from denver to germany where they told authorities they stayed in the airport, were detained by the German Police and sent back to denver opinion the f. B. I. Has reunited them with their family, but the f. B. I. Still investigating. New clues what the f. B. I. Is going to be looking for . The agents will look at their computers and try to figure out how they b
From the tissue studios, this is pbs newshour weekend. The federal government will shut down 8 days from now unless Congress Passes a new budget. Today Neither Party was giving an inch, instead leaving democrats and republicans to use the sunday morning talk shows to attack one another. Nancy pelosi ridiculed Congress Friday for funding the Affordable Care act. I called them legislative arsonists. Theyre there to burn down all that it is that make our country great and the antigovernment idealology that is making a mess of what goes on in government now. Senate cruz said the president and government should be responsible, not the gop. He called on republicans to line up in support of the house bill to eliminate the president s funding for the health care plan. If they do, he proposed a different way to keep the government running. I think the house should hold its ground and begin passing smaller resolutions, one department at a time. It should start with focused on the military, fund