U. S. Customs officials ruined his trip to disneyland and didnt even give him a reason. We begin tonight with this horrible weather. The National Weather service says that 14 tornadoes may have touched down today in mississippi. At least three deaths have been confirmed. More than 40 injuries in six different counties but that number is expected to rise. Searchers in Benton County are going door to door. All this is happening at a time when Many Americans are hitting the road or trying to head to airports. Al jazeeras john terret is here with what it is predicted. Its brutal. This storm is making it worst for everyone around the country. A third of the nation is under weather advisory, the worst is deadly winter tornadoes. They are rare at this time of year. Just before christmas the last thing you want to see coming over the fields, a tornado. Holly springs mississippi, a direct hit by a twister wednesday, leaving death and injury behind. According to the National Weather service a to
Announcing it will default on part of its nearly 1 billion in debt. And we begin tonight in missouri, the Mississippi River is reaching heights never measured before. Rising water is breaching levees protecting farms and homes and people are now scrambling to get to higher ground. Al jazeeras andy rosegen is out there in the middle of it all. Andy what are you seeing night . Jonathan, take a look, the merrimac river is covering the intersection for days. 46 feet, 20 feet above flood stage. The Mississippi River as you mentioned which the merrimac needs 52, is about 20 feet above flood stage. Trouble brewing interstate 55, out of st. Louis, they are putting sand bags there, water is starting to get close there. The head of i dot, Missouri Department of transportation, are keeping their fingers crossed. Adding to the thousands of people that have already been chased from their homes by the floodwaters. Missouris governor calls it the worst. Water levels are predicted to exceed, the histo
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Warnings are in place today for millions of americans living in areas at risk of severe flooding. Missouris governor is calling for help from the national guard. Residents of one suburb are being ordered to evacuate, and rivers are expected to crest at record levels in the coming days. Al jazeeras andy roesgen reports. Reporter just west of st. Louis, were now seeing what is happening all over this area, sandbagging. You can see the business back there, here along the river. The Convenience Store throwing down sandbags. All of this water is rushing in from west of us, the river has now reached its crest at 35 feet. Thats 20 feet above flood stage, so all of this water is now heading eastward towards us. This river now stands at about six to seven feet off of the ground that we see here. With another three to four coming in overnight. You can see all of the debris in the water. There are floating barrels, floating oran
Reporter who helped lead the investigation. In dallas, texas, cleanup is under way after a spring of deadly tornadoes that killed at least 11 people. And a new week is ushering in a new year. Forces driving u. S. Foreign policy in our sun evening look at the week ahead. We begin tonight with new accusations about the use of banned drugs in american professional sports. According to media reports the National Football pleeg and Major League Baseball say they will investigate secrets of the sports dopers. Al jazeeras Investigative Unit, infiltrated the cs they recorded hours of conversations with doctors and a pharmacist who made claims about professional baseball and Football Players claims the players deny. Hg hmplet ohgh or any performang drug . Absolutely not. This slapstick trying to insinuate, i had a bad neck, and i busted my butt to get healthy. Put in a lot of hard work, i saw a lot of doctors, i went to the guyer clinic, he had a hyperbearihyperbaric chamber, te probably being
He was held up by his attorneys, one of whom said the charges againsagainst cobzagainst cosby. He will be exonerated. Bill cosby, arriving at a Judges Office in philadelphia, brought new scrutiny and now comes the first criminal charge aggravated assault, filed in pennsylvania. These charges stem from a Sexual Assault that took place on an evening in early 2004. At mr. Cosbys home in shelto sheltonham up to. Mr. Cosby is charged with indecent assault. Pledged to be tough on sexual predators, referring to cosby in particular. Charges today are filed as a result of new information that came to light in july of 2015. Statute of limitations in this kind of case is 12 years. That statute runs out this week, as the civil suit was filed in 2005. It stems from an alleged 2004 incident in which andrea constant went to his house for dinner. The information are says that he applied her with wine and assaulted her. Cosby says they had consent yul sex. That suit was settled in 2006. His attorneys s