This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im tony harris. Vice President Joe Biden has ended months of speculation about a president ial bid. A short time ago he announced he will not run. Biden made the announcement in the white house woes garden with his wife and president obama at his side. He said he and his family are still grieving the death of his son, and there is not enough time to launch a successful campaign. Mike viqueira joins us now from the white house with more. Mike, walk me through the announcement, was it much of a surprise . It was a very big surprise, tony. Consider the fact over the last few days there have been secret meetings, leaks from those secret meetings, there has been speculation that has just sucked the oxygen out of the White House Press core. Everyone trying to read the tea leaves and trying to figure out what joe biden is going to do. The hour is getting late. In fact, in the end joe biden appearing with his wife, dr dr. Jill biden in the ro
And we begin with new developments in the conflict in syria. Syrian president , bashar alassad, met with russian president , Vladimir Putin, during a surprise resist to moscow on tuesday. The trip comes weeks after russia began carrying out airstrikes in syria. And secretary of state john kerry discussed the conflict with his russian counterpart, serg gay lavrov. And the two will meet in moscow on friday to discuss the war. Lav from the pentagon with more, jamie. Reporter well, tony, the United States and russia are not just at odds in the skies over syria, but engaged in a Public Relations war offering vastly different narratives about whats happening on the ground. The video from the cameraman went viral this week, showing a syrian offensive last week in a northeastern sub besh of damascus. It shows the extent of the devastation near the syrian capital after four years of war. Misery, which the pentagon now accuses the russian air power of simply adding to. The russians have been ind
Talks with Vladimir Putin about the russian air tricks that could help his government gain control of the county. Searching for an orson. The culprits of six fires around st. Louis. And a shift on mammograms, the Cancer Society says women should screen later and less often. Not everyone agrees. We need to move from an Opposition Party to being a proposition party. Because we think the nation is on the wrong path, we have a duty to show the right one. Our next speaker has to be a visionary one well, this Morning House republicans are considering their option, paul ryan saying he is open to being speak. Good morning, welcome to world news. Im paul ryan says he will take the job if every Republican Caucus backs him. This is the only person that can unify a splintered house party. Others are pushing back. Reporter the question for pauline as he seemingly agreed to serve as speaker to the house is whether or not the House Republicans can agree to the request. Whether all can be unified at a
Arsonist, investigators hunt for the culprit behind six fires in predominantly black churches in and around st. Louis. Why they say the fires are linked. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im Lisa Fletcher in for stephanie sy. House republicans just wrapped up their latest meetings over who may be the next speaker of the house. Wisconsin congressman paul ryan was in those meetings, and after weeks of saying no, he has agreed to take the speakers job, but some republicans are rejecting his demands for unanimous Party Support before he runs. The house has now scheduled a vote for a week from today. Al jazeera political contribute Jason Johnson says paul ryan doesnt have much chance of getting the job. He has about as much chance of being speaker of the house as joe biden does of being president of the United States. I think his statement yesterday makes it very clear he doesnt want this job. So he has laid out a series of conditions that he knows wont be met. He knows th