Ancient temp until syria. We introduce you to these men determined to save these treasures. Will he run in Vice President bidens potential bid to the white house takes a big turn, thanks so some surprising words from the white house. Plus new orleans now. He lead the fight in the days after katrina. Now tens years later, general russell turns to a city forever changed since that storm. We begin with the aftermath of one of the most volatile trading days on wall street in years. Chinas shanghai composite lost more than 8 . That sent shock waves through Financial Markets ash around the world. The dow dropped sharply, and lost nearly 1100 points in minutes. It wasnt enough to stop the dow from losing 588 points for the day. Mary snow is here with more. That size drop was seen as a good thing, since it could have been far worse. There was a sense that this wasnt a flashback to the financial crisis of 2008, because now the u. S. Economy is showing signs of growth, but that didnt stop a gutw
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im randall pinkston. At least 20 and as many as 50 refugees were discovered dead today in a truck in austria. That truck found on a main road close to the border with hungary. Austrias chancellor has hold european leaders the continent must fight Human Trafficking and give asylum to refugees. They are meeting right now as thousands of migrants try to make their way to the European Union. Barnaby phillips has more. Reporter we have heard from western balkan leaders that they need more help from wealthier countries in the e. U. From germany and austria. And what we have heard from austrian and german leaders that the European Union has a whole has to step up to the challenge, that it has to share the responsibility, fairly equally amongst the entire block. That if European Solidarity means anything, it would mean some form of quota system across the e. U. , relative to countrys wealth and capacity to take in refugees. This is something
Billed. The staffford act however is limited to oftentimes only those Natural Hazards with limited flexibility. I think the delegate brings up an important point. When you look at growing hazards, such as cyber and others, what is the role of the Disaster Relief fund in the consequence world. And if it is not in rebuilding in the Emergency Response cost and the ability to use Emergency Declaration to bring resource to bear is it worthwhile looking at such things its kind of a question. What is the role in a pandemic . Its not specifically excluded in the Emergency Declarations but its not mentioned. Cyber. Again, we dont look to have the role in the prevention or the Law Enforcement or even the response to the technical aspects of it. But states and locals will be dealing with consequences of it, many of which will follow similar patterns of cyber hazards. Again the coast guard is the lead agency for that had many tools to deal with the response. But much of the coordination with the l
Proceed. There were instances when voter i. D. Laws had received preclearance because they sought to protect the ballot as opposed to act in a different way. But where there is an indication that the vote will somehow be harmed, i believe the department of justice certainly has the obligation to review that matter and look carefully at all of the facts and evidence and proceed accordingly. I couldnt agree with you more. And i find it ironic and painful that at this moment in our history, as we celebrate with the movie selma and talk about 50 Year Anniversary of the Voting Rights act that many states are making it more difficult for americans to vote, without any evidence of voter fraud to back up those changes. In one Southern State it is estimated that 600,000 voters were basically precluded from voting in election because of new voter i. D. Requirements. In that same state a 93yearold veteran was turned away. A 73yearold doctor turned away, people who were proud and wanted to vote tu
For multiple counties in southeast texas. Nbc katy blakey is joining us in texas. Reporter well, the rain has picked up here as they said it wold. Folks are still waiting in line in the tryon gate hot me this situation where they just gotten through some somethithing and t about to go through something again. This is the town square where we are standing. This gives you any indications of whats been happening around here. This is where the town square looks like. Its got all the power lines are down. This beautiful old historic trees have been broken and tossed around here. Folks are hunkering down at this point as the weather starts to return and rain is hungrier than earlier today. We heard heartbroken story of a father of six whos worried if this river floods, he can lose it all. One woman is ready to move all the furniture from the second floor. Sometimes between today and tomorrow, shes not going to have a first floor. A lot of anxiety as they brace for another round. Catie beck i