President ial visit to kenya. We look at planets scientists are calling earths closest relative. We begin in turkey and the government trackdown on isil inside its borders and in syria. Ing a are a confirmed it struck isil targets in syria and its detained 297 people in raised across turkey. Now, this is what we know. Overnight, turkish fighter jets carried out airstrikes on isil tares in syria, hitting three targets. Among them, a gathering of isil supporters. Tension between turkey and syria has been building. Thursday this week, turkish tanks fired across the border with syria after isil weapon fire killed a turkish soldier. Turkeys blamed isil for a suicide bombing in a border town. 32 people were killed there. Earlier this month, police took more than 250 suspects into custody in another crackdown on suspected isil members. The Prime Minister said turkey is determined to fight isil and along with it the p. K. K. , which turkey has used as a terrorist organization. Its out of the q
Their votes right at midnight and have done since 1960, welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters. And New Hampshire Officials Say they expect a Record Number of ballots to be cast today and likely cast the mark set in 2008 and al jazeera is live in manchester, New Hampshire and mike several candidates there say they need a strong show just to stay in the race today. Reporter that is right and if the polls are believed to come in the race and the first ballot is being cast already in New Hampshire donald trump will wake away and this is New Hampshire and the polls are unreliable and a lot of lastminute politicking going on and undivided voters up to the eve of the election especially on the republican side this will be make or break. Lost momentums from saturday. Reporter rubio needs New Hampshire and he seemed to be on the rise here after a third strong place finish in iowa. Then came saturday night and blistering attack at the last republican debay and under
The eastern third of the country facing Severe Weather while ice falls on the northeast tornados hit the gulf coast leaving a trail of destruction and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters and millions waking up to the storms on mondays to slick commutes in new york to even tornados. Snow, sleet, strong winds and heavy rain and al jazeeras John Henry Smith has more. Reporter 1200 mile long winter storm stretching from the south to the northeast will head off shore today. Right on the heels of a storm that brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend, the winter storm began the workweek with enough snow and wind to cause virginia and North Carolina to declare states of emergency. Some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snow and the traffic problems that go with it, hundreds of accidents. I hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. The posted speed limit through her was 60 and i was doing 55. The roads look good but they are black ice a
Taxpayer money he used on home improvements. The United Nations called on turkey to open its border to Syrian Refugees fleeing fighting in aleppo. Tens of thousands of people are currently stranded at the border, but turkeys foreign minister warns that if the regimes military campaign continues, the number of new refugees could reach a million. Its asking the International Community for help. More now from al jazeeras zeina hodor on the turkeysyria border. There is a humanitarian crisis, tens of thousands of people are on the move displaced by the on going government offensive in the countryside of aleppo. The turkish government has not opened its border. Those facing some sort of emergency, those who are ill, wounded have been allowed to cross and being treated in turkish hospitals, but the United Nations is calling on the turkish authorities to open the border, saying it is their obligation to help people trapped in the conflict. Turkey said that there is no need to open the border,
Virus. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im stephanie sy. The big melt is now underway in the east where temperatures are rising after a major storm rolled through. It brought snow, ice and rain. Some areas could still see heavy snow today. Some people are cleaning up from damaging tornadoes. John henry smith has more. A powerful 1200mile storm will head off the coast today. It brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend. It began the work week with enough snow and wind to cause verge and North Carolina to declare states of emergency. Some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snowfall and the traffic problems that go with it. Hundreds of accidents occurred. I hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. The posted speed limit is 60. I was doing 55. The roads are block ice, theyre iced over. This massive pileup in indiana. When the weather starts changing, people need to reduce their speed and they just didnt do that today. The storm also brought torn