Urgent investigations into several possible new zika virus cases which may have been sexually transmitted u. S. Republican candidate donald trump says he is growing more confident of winning his partys president ial nomination after a caucus vote victory in nevada. It follows consecutive wins in New Hampshire and south carolina. We werent expected a couple of months ago, we werent expected to win this one. You know that. We werent. Of course, if you listen to the pundits we werent expected to win too much and now were winning winning winning. The soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. I want to thank the volunteers. They have been unbelievable. These people work endlessly. Were not going to forget it the former chairman of the Republican Party in the state of texas says marco rubio and ted cruz are glajd in a close fight over who will become Donald Trumps main challenger. There are some trance polls that have come in and these suggest that donald trump won the ev
Honour a planned truce and find a diplomatic solution nowhere to go. Hundreds of refugees stuck on greeces side of the border with macedonia as Stricter Border controls kick in nevada caucus. That is a lot of people. Five candidates remain in the race for the president ial nom station. Trump looks poised for a big win. Good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera Americas International newshour. President obama outlined a plan to fulfil a promise he made while running for president. Closing the prison. The president wants to shut down the meeting in cuba. Cancelling most of the detainees in other countries, they welcomed the announcement and called for detainees. Later they introduced bills to counter the proposal. To publicise detainee transfers from guantanamo. The other would bar the president from returning the Guantanamo Bay naval base to cuba without congressional approval. Antonio mora, the president insisted he is cleareyed about the hurtle facing the final closure of guan
Days before a devastating cyclone. Well have all the sport. Well bring you the latest from the Champions League. Arsenal taking on barcelona, and its still goalless. He called it closing a chapter in u. S. History. President obama has finely outlined his plan to shut the Guantanamo Detention Center seven years after he first pledged to close it. The prison was set up 14 years ago following the september 11th attacks to detain and interrogate people the u. S. Thought posed extreme danger. But many were held for years without charge. Bomb said that the facility undermines u. S. National security and value, and closing it would save tax payers 80 million a year in operating costs. Obama, who is in his final year as president said he didnt want to wa pass on the guantanamo problem oh to his successor. Pattpatty culhane has this report. It was one of his first promises in office, and now u. S. President barack obama is hoping in his last year he can actually accomplish it. Close the controv
check out that downtown skyline. isnt it beautiful . we are in for a beautiful february weekend. i think its only fitting that we round out this february with unseasonal temperatures because thats just been the this entire winter. its amazing. timing is everything. the timing of this break is wonderful. most people have the day off. warmer tomorrow. things are changing. on satellite and radar we had but all of that should move out. sunny skies. well get there. this is a quiet pattern leading to the mild warmup. we are trending warmer through the remainder of the weekend and then in the extended forecast there is a chance for precipitation to move on back. temperatures in the 40s by 3 00. we should hit the high about 5 00 this afternoon before we start to bring in the clouds overnight and pull down those temperatures. all right. olga, thank you so much. we begin this morning with breaking news. two people are dead following a shooting in canton. heres what we know so far. two men were f
Planned attacks on the u. S. Capitol. Real fear this is not over. The New York Times reporting overnight that House Democrats have been briefed on several specific threats to the capitol and to u lawmakers. Law enforcement is planning for a number of worst Case Scenarios including snipers and active shooters. Suicide aircraft attacks. Even armed drones. A two week state of emergency now in effect in the nations capit capital. Armed protests planned at all 50 state capitols and washington, d. C. Beginning this weekend. Up to 15,000 National Guard troops ready to secure the inauguration. But so far not a single briefing from the u. S. Capitol police, the fbi, the Justice Department, Homeland Security and add to that the acting head of the department of Homeland Security abruptly resigned last night. This morning investigators are also looking into the actions of a dozen Capitol Police officers at the insurrection who were supposed to be protecting lawmakers. At least two have been suspen