Prostitutes rights. And today 100 years old. Good morning everybody. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im David Shuster, live in new york. President obama is officially on vacation, home for the holidays. He and the first family touched down in hawaii a little more than an hour ago. On friday the president said a vacation with the relaxation that comes with it will help him to prepare for the year ahead. Before leaving washington mr obama held a News Conference and took questions about successes and failures of 2013. Mike viqueira has the story. Good afternoon everybody. With calls for reform president obama defended the collection of millions of phone records from the n. S. A. But left the door open to changes. Whatever benefits the configuration of this program may have, maybe outweighed by the scoerns that he had on his potential abuse. If thats the case there may be another way to skin the cat. Asked if a plea deal could be struck with Edward Snowden in exchange for a stop to the leak
And a teen shot by a colorado classmate has died. Tonight Barack Obama Says the u. S. Will try to rescue americans in south sudan. Gunfire abankruptly stopped evacuations in bor earlier. Nicole johnston has more on the situation. The crisis in south sudan is becoming even more dangerous. The government is sending troops and tanks to jonglei to take on the rebels. It says renae gayed soldiers have taken control. Gunfire hit three u. S. Military aircraft as they were about to land and evacuate american citizens from the town. Four u. S. Servicemen were injured. In the middle of this are civilians looking for protection. 35,000 are camped out in u. N. Compounds in bor, juba and other places. Bor is a strategic location within south sudan, and within the crisis both factions and the Government Forces are using it as a point they want to dominate. However, even the United Nations was a target. On saturday it held a Memorial Service for two indian peacekeepers killed at a base at akobo. They
Hello everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. Im David Shuster live in new york. Well begin with the crisis in south sudan. Over the past week factional fighting has claimed the lives of hundreds of people. The targets civilians, u. N. Peace keep exercise an american aircraft. There are thousands of aid workers, including americans, and many are trying to evacuate. Four u. S. Personnel were injured when their aircraft came under fire. Chuck hagel is reviewing options to support the evacuation. Meanwhile World Leaders are stepping up the condemnation of the violence in the wartorn nation. President obama is urging south sudan factions to resolve the conflict through negotiations and ban kimoon added his voice to the chorus of leaders calling to an end to hostilities, he spoke in the philippines capital of manila. I call on them to do everything in their power to ensure their followers hear the message loud and clear, that continued violence, ethnic and otherwise is completely unaccepta
25 years on, Services Held in the u. K. And u. S. And a century of head scratching. How the humble cross word continues to befuddle and frustrate. Welcome to the program. The fighting in south sudan began with a local power struggle between the president and former dope taking on an international dimension. Three u. S. Military aircraft shot at. Four service men from injured in that attack. Meanwhile south sudanese troops take on the rebels. These are the latest pictures of the soldiers leaving their barracks in juba to head north. And pushing for a meeting two rivakiir and machar. The base was overrun on friday by 2,000 youth. Now the u. N. Is not confident it can handle another attack. Reporter a Memorial Service for United Nations peace keepers killed in south sudan. They died trying to carry out their mandate to protect civilians but were unable to protect themselves. The bodies of the two Indian Peace Keep percent flown from jubo from akobo. They were attacked by 2,000 armed youth
A u. S. Rescue mission in south sudan has been called off after four soldiers were shot trying to evacuate americans. The pentagon says three osprey aircraft came under fire while attempting to land near the town of bor. Rescues had to be aborted and planes averted to uganda. The injured were flown to kenya. The four are in stable condition, but did not release their names or identify their armed service. Now we go to haru mutasa in juba. A Memorial Service for the United Nations peacekeepers killed in south sudan. They decide trying to carry out their mandate to protect civilians in akobo. In the end they were unable to protect themselves. For their colleagues its an emotional farewell. They were with around 90 other people in a small u. N. Base when they were outnumbered by 2,000 armed nuer youth. Several civilians were killed in the attack. We need to review where our basises are vulnerable and we can face overwhelming numbers in terms of attackers. We are in need of considering how