Californian disaster. You dont think about alaska unless perhaps youre an earthquake specialist or some trivia master. But alaska is exactly where the great quake happened on march 27, 1964, at 9. 2 on the Richter Scale. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in north america and the second most powerful in world history. Does anyone know the most powerful . [inaudible] the answer is chile in 1960, and that when registered 9. 5. The white and alaska lasted more than four minutes which is an incredibly long time for an earthquake. The human tragedy and physical damage of it all are dramatically and vividly captured by henry in his book, but the impact on people, on structures and on the landscape is only part of the story that henry tales. His book also is a story about how a major Natural Disaster ended up spurring scientific inquiries. And that part of the story centers around one individual in particular, a geologist with u. S. Geological survey named george plastered. He wasnt
And Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from toha also coming up a palestinian gunman has killed three Israeli Security personnel in the occupied west bank gunman has been shot ted. Travels to moscow as russia says its working on a diplomatic solution to the tension between him and the u. S. Theyve been coming toward commission. Just on the left and the first thing of oh my supporters of kenyas Opposition Leader are protesting again. Turkeys president is warning of the risk of an ethnic war day after the Kurdish Regional government in iraq held a controversial secession referendum iraqi Prime Minister has called the ballot unconstitutional. Routes of kurds celebrated the end of the voting the procession campaign is expected to win comfortably fit it is a nonbinding referendum and its opposed by iraq and its neighbors iran turkey and syria all of whom have a substantial kurdish minority simmons has this update from hebron the turkey iraq border. More threats more military maneuvers a
A coup against the ailing leader Robert Mugabe as a power struggle over his succession. And australians have backed gay marriage in a postal poll you organized by the government more than sixty percent said they were in favor of allowing same sex couples to marry and the government says it will introduce legislation to make it possible before the end of the year. One leaders have arrived at the Global Climate summit in the german city of bonn the a bid to add a final push to negotiations aimed at implementing the Paris Climate Accord delegates and politicians from more than one hundred ninety countries have been meeting to move ahead with the implementation the balance accord commits countries to curb Greenhouse Gas emissions from fossil fuel burning environmental campaigners have called in german chancellor Angela Merkel to freeze the use of coal by two thousand and thirty. Let me now join up Political Correspondent charlotte is tracking that story for us shot of the chancellor merkel
Against obama or george w. Bush, but to use the constitution as a standard, and sometimes hes good and sometimes not so much. Thats how we view what goes on in washington d. C. Not based on Political Party or personality, but based on the standard by which all americans should hold their federal government, the constitution. When you use that measuring stick, which president , in your view have adhered to the constitution and which havent. Its been a long time. Its been a very long time since weve had a president that was truly constitutional. Look at article two of the constitution which is the delegated authority for the executive branch. When we look at that, we realize how little power the president has, especially constitutionally speaking. I shall my students to look at the constitution, article one, the powers that are dedicated to congress i like this. Then you go to article two and then article three to the judiciary. In america, we have gravitated more toward an allconsuming
Stunning acts of courage under fire. This is a special edition of world news tonight. Reporting tonight, cecelia vega. Outside Police Headquarters in dallas. You can see right here behind me a police car covered in flowers. A city in mourning and at the center of a country in crisis. Tonight fbi crime scene investigators are gather evidence at the site where the officers were ambushed. Five losing their lives. Investigators have made new discoveries at the home of the gunman who wanted to kill police because of their race. New details of his trouble military record as tensions between police and protesters reach a boiling point. Outrage over officer involved shootings leading to scenes like this in atlanta. Thousands marching in the streets and in Phoenix Police resorting to pepper spray to keep the peace. President obama cutting his trip overseas short and visiting this city. We begin our Team Coverage with abcs matt gutman in dallas. Reporter tonight as squads of fbi agents scour Dow