Verdict against new orleans former mayor rocks the big easy. It doesnt reflect the heart of the city. From the sea, a prized aphrodisiac, what that could mean for one community that depends on it. Good evening. Think for being with us. I am joie chen. The worst predictions are coming to pass with more than 100 Million People in its path, the second vicious winter storm system is heading to a deep freeze. Despite efforts to war residents of safety, the disaster is in full swing. Drivers abandoning cars, trying desperately to get off of the roadways and avoid a repeat of the scene down in atlanta two weeks ago. Its not just this weather disaster either. Waves of flooding wash through the pacific northwest. Some parts of the west are parched with drought. Weather at its most extreme is the center of our focus this hour. Beginning with the crisis which has left more than 300,000 without power already in georgia and the carolinas, cities across the south virtually on lockdown and meteorolog
Biggeesy. The behaviour doesnt reflect the heart and sole of the people of new orleans. The rest of the nation knows that. From the sea a delicacy and aphrodisiac is kicked out of china. What it could mean for an American Community that counts on it. There is a lot of reading done into the prosecutors remarks and the Defense Attorneys remarks. One of the things brought up is whether or not this young man had any kind of weapons, a gun or anything else in the vehicle. Do they know for sure . You have the defense saying one thing, prosecution another. The police did not find a weapon, we heard that, that is on the record. Dunn swears he saw inches of a barrel, i have reason to believe this kid had a weapon, thats his story, and hes sticking to it. America tonight sara hoy, this. Joining us for a closer look is criminal defense attorney and prosecutor joining us from davey florida. We have to get out of here. Truth seeking. Al Jazeera Americas breakthrough instigative documentary series.
Maybe you have heard that the United States imprisons more of its citizens than any wealthy industrial country, that at any given time a larger percentage of americans are behind bars than anywhere else on the planet. When they are free in many places they find themselves barred from voting for good. Again, not just while they are doing time, but permanently. Those denied vote include more than 2 million black adults. U. S. Attorney general eric holder told the legal conference, once you have done your time, once you are no longer on probation, you should be able to vote. He called on states to change their laws. Thats our focus for this edition of the program. Across this country today, an estimated 5. 8 million americans, 5. 8 million of our fellow citizens are prohibited from voting because of current or previous felony convictions. Now thats more than the individual populations of 31 United States. Eric holder this week said america was falling short of its full promise of equal op
Affecting more than 100 million americans. 2014. Why is it that we cant have the power lines buried studies Breast Cancer. Death rates were about the same for women who got not. The upside of down. Why failing is the key to success. When you fail, fail smartly. The real life oscar the grouch. Dumpster. World class, one of a kind. Trust me. [ music ] we begin with extreme weather. As another fierce winder storm was sweeping through the eastern u. S. Knocking out power, parlising businesses and frustrating travelers, a Senate Homeland Security Committee met to discuss how we prepare for extreme weather events. Lapses in preparedness are believed to have cost the u. S. 2010. Yeses are beginning to pile up as quickly as the abandoned cars and Power Outages. When should local leaders act and at what cost . And can anything be done to fix an infrastructure that has left hundreds of thousands of people in the dark . Joining us from wilmington delaware, the secretary osources. He spoke before
Minister says he will resign after losing key support from within his own party. So, high level russian and american diplomates promise to help unblock the deadlock serious peace talks in geneva. As he spoke to reporters in past hour. Inside syria itself, there is no end to the violence. Government helicopters reportedly dropped several barrel bombs on thursday. Near the lebanese border is a ghost town, according to activists. Thats after heavy fighting on wednesday. The violence forced more people to flee from their homes. Many of them going to the lebanese town on the border with syria. We will be reporting from there, shortly. The first two al jazeera diplomatic editor whose is at those talks in geneva, i know you were at that press conference earlier, james, your assessment of where we are at now and what he had to say . Well, as you say, the u. S. And russia are going to do everything this their power to unblock this process. He didnt tell us exactly what they were going to do. We