Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford. Fema is sending a million litres of clean water to West Virginia. More than a dozen water distribution centres will open in a few hours to help hundreds of thousands of people in charleston that cant eat, drink or bathe. At the same time an investigation has begun into what happened, why and who may be responsible. Until then the water supply is off limits. Our Jonathan Martin is at the scene fema and Homeland Security brought in 12 tanker trucks like those behind me. Many have brought in sizeable containers. Its not clear how long the problem will last. It came to light around 10 30 when Freedom Industries reported a leak from a container into the elk river. This was a concern because the facility is close, about a mile and a half, upstream from the Water Treatment facility. The chemical got into the water line. Many people reported a strange odour, a smell similar to liquorice or a sweet candy. It was detected and believ
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. Bill de blasio is here. He is the current mayor of new york city. Since served in that role january 1, 2014. He replaced Michael Bloomberg and became the first democrat to hold the office in 20 years. He won a landslide victory. I am pleased to have him at this table. You have watched other mayors. Tell me about the job. What surprises you about being mayor . The challenge . It is a fun job because it is endlessly exacerbating excess exasperating. Intimacy to the huge scale. I think that is wonderful. People want to talk about something and they have an issue. I like that connection. I love what i do. I can see it working or not. If i come back in four years and talk to you, what we do have accomplished much and mark i want to fight inequality. The city needs amending and healing to become more of a commonality. We have to address honestly the factors of any quality do not want to american values. It has been made more intense by the
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. Bill de blasio is here. He is the current mayor of new york city. He has served in that role since january 1, 2014. He replaced Michael Bloomberg and became the first democrat to hold the office in 20 years. He won a landslide victory. I am pleased to have him at this table. You have watched other mayors. Tell me about the job. What surprises you about being mayor . The challenge . It is a fun job because it is endlessly facinating. There is an intimacy to the huge scale. I think that is wonderful. People want to talk about something and they have an issue. I like that connection. I love what i do. I can see it working or not. If i come back in four years and talk to you, what we do have accomplished . I want to fight inequality. The city needs amending and healing to become more of a commonality. We have to address honestly the factors of any quality do not want to american values. It has been made more intense by the economic crisis
Why it could threaten International Relations between washington and the mexican government. Nearly 1 billion up for grabs from warren buffet. Are you up for it . Wait until you hear what you have to do to claim the prize. Hello, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Its good to have you with us. Im thomas drayton. We begin with syrian peace talks. Warring sides will come face to face for the first time today in just about an hour. The Bashar Alassad regime and the opposition will meet. World leaders hoping to bring a diplomatic solution to three years of war in syria. The talks will open in montro and move to geneva on friday. Inside syria the violence is continuing unabated. 100 were killed yesterday, and the two sides were violent as ever. Theres multiple opposition fighters fighting each other. The hope is to create a localized peace deal or humanitarian corridor to reach some of the people who have been locked away by the Syrian Government or the opposition or caught in the middle of the
West virginian a second chemical has leaked into the water supply. The latest clashes in the ukraine turn deadly. Riots, stun grenades and tear gat. Good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Millions of winterwary people are being hit with another arctic blast, the fourth storm to batter the midwest and northeast since december. Tuesdays system brought snow and winds. The sprawling storm stretches 1,000 miles from kentucky to massachusetts. It was the busy i90 corridor feeling the brunt of fury which dumped a foot of snow. Boston was crushed with 15 inches. Philadelphia, new york and cashz received 1014 inches. Bad whether forced Government Official to make traffic omissions. Thomas drayton has more on the impact of the fastmoving storm. From white out conditions in the great lakes to spin outs on virgins highway, a reminder to the 80 million residents across the midwest and northeast that winter isnt full of fact. I had an idea that it was coming. I didnt think it