Not sign a deal to keep u. S. Troops in the region after next year. As many as 30 people are feared dead after a sailboat capsized off of the coast of the h bah bahamas. Survivors say the boat was overloaded. Those are the headlines. Im David Shuster. Consider this is up next. And you can always get the latest online at aljazeera. Com. [ theme music ] this is the conventional wisdom on minimum wage wrong . Some conservatives are coming out against the logic. Consider this, why is a longtime republican fighting for a minimum wage hike. Also leaders from all sides have spoken on the usiran deal, but what about the world on the street in iran . Also how are airlines dealing with the major storm on one of the busiest travel days of the year. And George Clooney sounds off on electric cars. Hello, im antonio mora, welcome to consider this. Does raising minimum wage boost some workers earnings while stopping others from finding a job. Joining me now from pal low altoe, california is ron unz,
A boat overturned in the bahamas. 30 people are feared dead. The u. S. Coast guard released this video showing 100 hatians clipping to the hull of boat. Authorities said there has been an increase in the number of hatians trying to cross the waters separating the Dominican Republic to puerto rico. Pope francis called capitalism tieriny. The church should focus on poverty, education and health care. Those are the headlines consider this is up next on Al Jazeera America. Dealing with the major storm on one of the busiest travel days of the year. And George Clooney sounds off on electric cars. Hello, im antonio mora, welcome to consider this. Does raising minimum wage boost some workers earnings while stopping others from finding a job. Joining me now from pal low altoe, california is ron unz, a former candidate for governor of california. He submitted a proposal for a Ballot Initiative to raise the minimum raise to the secretary of state in california on tuesday. Thank you for joining us
Christmas. Stories were watching in the newsroom on this Christmas Day. Pope benedict xvi tells people not to up hope even in the worlds most troubled reasons. His appeal for peace. And its not the grinch stealing christmas cheer. Its the weather. Blizzard warnings may turn your White Christmas into a travel nightmare. And tornados threaten the south. Your forecast is coming up. And were seven days away from going off the fiscal cliff and with washington in a political gridlock were getting closer and closer. The question, how will it affect you and your paycheck . The images, the words, the names, highlights and low lights of 2012. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Im Carol Costello wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and we begin with Pope Benedict xvi using his an ill christmas message to speak about the hope for peace even in the most difficult times and situations. Translator in this world theres a good soil which god has prepared just hours ago the 85yearold pope spok
New frontier. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. It appears as though something has happened in the motorcade group. Osgood after dallas, the horror of his end, the dashed hopes of what might have been. Throughout the morning well be remembering key moments of that have friday afternoon and the three days that followed and well be taking the measure of a kennedy legacy. The john f. Kennedy who loom sod large in our National Memory very much a mixture of fact and legend. Rita braver will examine the facts, far teichner the legend. Reporter when you think of the kennedys, is it what actually happened during j. F. K. S Administration that comes to mind thor . Think bank on all the pains that you remember. We all got to think that the kennedys were mythical. They were royal, they were beautiful. Reporter ahead, the immortality of camelot. Osgood during the good times first Lady Jacqueline kennedy played a
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