Republicans can defend cottons seat. The republicans vote on the tax plan as soon as today. A littleknown provision that would open one of the worlds and wildernesses to oil fracking guess drilling. Guess drilling. Is a great human rights issue, because the right to survival is one of the first rights people should have. Access to their food and water, and that is being seriously threatened in the arctic. Amy a new investigation found strong evidence that u. S. Special Operations Forces massacred 10 unarmed civilians in somalia, despite claims they were armed enemy combatants. Backandforth and kill these people, including children. Those are people who were innocent and not alshabab fighters. Amy we will speak with Christina Goldbaum in mogadishu, somalia, and on the trump impeachment. That and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, the senate could vote as early as today on a republican tax plan that wou
This is al jazeera. Im adrian from again this is the news live from aljazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Until polls close in japans Prime Minister. To become the countrys longest serving leader since world war two. People this attack standing their ground hundreds of thousands of catalans protest against spains move to take control of the regions government. And u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade against cattle. For the. Yankees their first world series. And. People in japan have braved the typhoon to vote in a snap general election Prime Minister shinzo called for the vote a year earlier than expected he faces opposition from former government spokesman and pacifist kind of that. Seeking a fresh mandate for his agenda including makes it his trade policy and aims to revive japans declining economy the stock market stands at a twenty one year high but its benefits of been felt outside major cities
Hello, we begin in syria where new refugee camps are being built to house the thousands of people who fled fighting around aleppo where government and Opposition Forces are locked in a battle for control. 30,000 people are now braving the cold at the Turkish Border hoping to cross to safety. Turkeys Prime Minister said that they will be allowed to cross, quote, when necessary. The crisis dominated the discussions with the german chancellor in ankara. They agreed on new steps to halt the flow from syria. Angela merkel was highly critical of russia saying they are government was not just appalled but horrified at the suffering caused by the airstrikes in syria. All this as 33 people died when their boats sank trying to cross from turkey to greece. After that meeting in turkey, Angela Merkel said that the averag refugee crisis is a burden for all of unity. We stand against any barbaric action, any indiscriminate bombing of the syrian people. We are shocked to see the suffering by the bomb
Couple of possible snow showers thursday. Before that though, well nights near0 degree low temperatures. Stay safe on the roads today see graphics. Wx timer 40 a Sioux City Police officer was a Sioux City Police officer was injured early sunday morning after investigating reports of robberies and burgarlies in town. During the course of the investigation, officers located several individuals in the 2900 block of park aveune on sioux citys northside. Police havavt released much information but we do know that t a Sioux City Police officer was shot in the leg. Ktivs Michelle Schoening has more on this developing story. Mothershed also shot and wounded himself isaish mothershed was subsequently arreted and is currently in custody, said lt. Pat mccann, Sioux City Police. The department will continue to release further information as it becomes available. That was ktivs michelle this is the third Sioux City Police officer shot in as many years. Back in april of 2013, officer Kevin Mccormick
Pieces. Why an insurance loophole is preventing some from rebuilding their stormravaged homes. Good morning. Welcome to august america. Its great to have you with us. Im stephanie sy. Im thomas day den. The National Security agency is now under fire here at home. Both the president and congress are considering changes that would limit the n. S. A. s sweeping ability to collect intelligence. Words like constraint, transparency and increased oversight are now used when talking about the future of the nations spy agency. A Bipartisan Group of lawmakers is expected to introduce a bill that could curtail the n. S. A. s powers to indiscriminately collect personal information. The u. S. A. Freedom act is authored by patrick lahee. It would provide restrictions against who the n. S. A. Could target and require the government to delete information it collects accidentally, more aggressively than it does now. The bill has a dozen co sponsors in the senate and 70 in the house. Meanwhile, senator