A breath taking snapshot of a country on the brink. Soldiers of the Central African republic bad a man to death moments after the president promises peace and a touch of reality, a bionics hand allowing amputees to feel what they are holding. Good morning. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Nearly 1 Million People are waking up in the dark after another round of snow and ice caused massive Power Outages. Wednesdays storm brought down trees and powerlines leaving residents in nine states without electricity. The weather shut down schools and colleges, closing highways in new york and pennsylvania. It caused widespread delays and cancellations for air travellers. Airports in chicago, new york and other areas cancelled flights. Lets bring m maria. The storm hammered where you are. It certainly did. Im standing inside the cafeteria of a shelter in this area. 105 people stayed here overnight. Some will come in later to have breakfast. A third of those people are children. To gi
We begin with breaking us in of a ship capsizing off of the coast of lampeduce island italy. Two Italian Navy Ships are in the area to help the passengers. President obama is meeting with Senate Republicans to hear their ideas over ending the dead lock over the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling. Mike good to see you have, how productive have these meetings been thus far . I think the key was last night when House Republicans were here. They are the ones that have been holding out to pass that clean spending bill to keep the government open. I dont know whether you can see stephanie, but just over my left shoulder, the north portcall of the white house. This was the fourth and last group to meet with the participate. Mitch mcconnell, he is the leader of Senate Republicans. He is an interesting figure. In past crises like this he and joe biden have gotten together and hashed this out and struck a deal that hasnt been to the liking of many. But this year he has largely stood on the
Has looked at cases ranging from health care to gun ownership. This is a little under an hour. Thank yall for coming. This feels like old home week for me. Not only being here again, having a chance to chat with marsha. We overlapped for 20 years in the Supreme Court press room. Marsha. You see her book the Roberts Court for struggle for the constitution. The struggle for the constitution. Not sort of whose constitution is it but who understands the real meaning of the constitution, right . You maimed this, just for those who havent had a chance to look at the book. Marcia made an interesting choice to frame her story of the Roberts Court through the lens of four major Roberts Court cases. One about guns. One about race. One about money and one about health care. So it doesnt get much more fundamental than that. And you can have lots of struggles for the constitutional implications of those subjects. So, ask you to elaborate a bit on that. Sure. The struggle is within the court over th
Openly criticize the Israeli Occupation of the west bank and gaza. Then a teacher uprising in seattle. [indiscernible] this movement to replace the map with something and accurately measures. Earlier this month, teachers at garfield high in seattle unanimously voted to stop administering a widely used standardized tests. Now the Seattle School district is warning teachers could face a 10day suspensions without pay if they refuse to give the test. We will go to seattle for the latest. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President of and is expected to express his support for a sweeping blueprint for Immigration Reform backed by a Bipartisan Group of senators. The senate plan includes a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented people in the u. S. , but also demands tougher border enforcement and a system for tracking those who overstay visas. Some have condemned the plans exclusion of lg
Expected february jobs report. Out west, the anxious wait for answers is almost over. Any minute we should be seeing the test results for those stranded cruise ship passengers. Theyll find out soon if they or maybe more likely how many of them have the coronavirus. Everyone on board now being forced to stay in their rooms. Stuck in limbo while officials decide the next move. We have a lot to recover. Our team of reporters are separating facts from fiction. I want to start with hans nichols at the white house. Dom chu watching wall street, Erin Mclaughlin in San Francisco and dr. John torres breaking down what you need to know. Boy, we didnt expect to see this from the president. Calling the reporters in and signing that emergency funding deal. Then saying, hey, he may go to visit the cdc in atlanta after all. Whats up . Well, the president doesnt seem to know. Its up in the air as to whether the president will make this trip. Earlier this morning a senior official said that the trip wa