After spending years calling on congress to take action today president obama is unveiling his plan to reduce gun violence using his executive powers to put the focus on background checks. Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im dell walters and part of a push for the final year in office to tackle what he is calling the most frustrating issue of his presidency and Al Jazeera Libby Casey is live for us in washington and libby there has already been republican push back ahead of announcements and what are politicians where you are saying . Immediate reaction dell from republicans both on the campaign trail and from washington lawmakers with House Speaker paul ryan calling this a dangerous level of executive over reach that americans wont stand for but the white house says these are common sense moves that are in line with existing law. And the president s executive actions are being called modest and small steps because without congress on board there is only so much he c
And gismos expected to take stage at one of the Worlds Largest technology shows. Hello, wednesday new parliament is being sworn in amid a power struggle with the president. For the first time in 16 years the 167member National Assembly will be controlled by the opposition. The Democratic Action Party won a twothirds majority last month. It could mean less power for the socialist president whose government has been grappling with crippling inflation and high crime rates. Outside. Reporter so the fate of even though who survived the sea crossing is uncertain, many will eventually find safe harbor in European Countries like germany. But here on the greek shore, their ordeal has just begun. The Syrian Opposition say they want to see confidencebuilding steps with the Syrian Government, including the immediate stopping of bombardment of oppositionheld areas. Reporter u. N. Backed talks to end the fighting and restore peace is due to start later this month. But the opposition want confidence
We look at the gadgets expected to take center stage, at one of the worlds Biggest Technology trade shows. I will be here with all the days sport, including byron munich manager. In maybe his next stop. By passing opposition in congress, which are aimed at making it harder to buy a gun in the u. S. Every time i think about those kids. It gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the street of chicago every day. Alongside relatives of gun victims, obama said safeguards are necessary to protect innocent people. The president intends to close a loophole so that anyone selling a gun would have to carry out background checks. Will be required to do more research on Smart Gun Technology to stop them going off accidentally, and obama will request new funding for 200 specialist firearms agents and for Mental Healthcare to prevent gun related crimes. We are also faking steps to make the system more efficient. Under the guidance of the fbi, deputy director, tom brandon a. T. F. , we will hire m
On the country a year after the Charlie Hebdo attack dying in slow motion. Thats how people trapped in the syrian town of madaya described their situation. The Mountain Town has been besieged since july and its 30,000 residents are starving to death. Some have resorted to eating leaves and grass. Viewers might find some of the images in this report disturbing. Reporter my name is mohammed and i havent eaten in more than aa week. His body starved of any nutrition has little more than the skin covering its bones. He is one of almost 40 thousand syrians being starved to death in madaya. It has been under siege by Government Forces for months now. There is no food or medicine here. While the bitter cold of winter adds to the immeasurable suffering of those struggling to survive. Day by day they die, though, with noone either able or willing to come to their rescue. After seeing death by tanks, barrel bombs and chemical weapons, now syrians are experiencing it through forced starvation. It
A man affirmed with a knife has been shot dead by french police. He was wearing a belt with fake explosives as he tried to enter a Police Station. It comes on the First Anniversary of the affection on Charlie Hebdo and jewish supermarket that left 17 people dead. Jacky rowland joins us live from paris. Was anyone else involved in this incident . Not as far as reknow. I can tell you now that the incident is over. You can probably see behind me that the traffic is moving normally again in the 18t 18th district in the north of paris. A few moments ago, the police lifted the security cordon and reopened roads. They had closed off quite a large area around the Police Station. There was initially this fear that the attacker might have been wearing an explosive vest. The bomb quad were able to establish in fact there werent any explosives there and in fact what he was wearing appeared to be some kind of a fake explosives. They did search and carry out routine checks afterwards. One can never