2015. we begin this news hour in egypt where the first day of the new year has offered the prospect of a resolution for three al jazeera journalists who spent all of last year in a cairo prison. egypt s court has ordered a retrial for the journalists but they will remain in custody. the retrial could get underway in a month, but no telling how long it could take. the journalists weren t present whether the decision was made but the lawyers will seek bail for the three falsely accused and convicted of spreading propaganda in support of the muslim brotherhood. reporter: they never saw a minute of freedom in 2014 and with the start of a new year they remain imprisoned. despite an appeals court in cairo granting a retrial they re still behind bars. the judge in thursday s session said it was not in his power to grant bail. translator: we welcomed to the court s decision to accept the appeal of our journalists, but at the same time we demand that they are immediately release
this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m tony harris. yemen is a country in crisis. less than 4 hours ago the president of yemen signed a deal with houthi rebels to end months of crisis. today president hadi resigns leaving the country in chaos. this is the resignation of yemen s president. the country s head of state after the revolution. it comes a day after he agreed to houthi demands including a change in the constitution. shia houthi fight tours control the capitol of sanaa. but they ve been in control of most parts since september last year. they ve been promising statement and calling for the setting up of a new presidential council. in this secession itself, there have been calls for the north that shows how divided this country is. there have been calls for the solution to the crisis. i ask everybody to be wise, to be in a spirit of national union, to respect the supreme interest of yemen and dialogue and political solutions. some analysts say
of space. i m david shuster in for ali velshi, and this is real money. and we re following the breaking news coming from saudi arabia tonight. according to the country s state television saudi arabia s king abdullah has died at the age of 90. the king one of the most significant players in the middle east and the global economy had been in the hospital for several years suffering from a lung infection. his brother is being tasked to be the next king. but king abdullah s passing is still momentous. mohammed has more. reporter: he was one of the world s few remaining absolute monarchs but his years as crown prince might have marked his legacy even more strongly. at the time he was crown prince but a tremendous amount of power and influence. he was known as devout and conservative with strong ties to the country s bedouin ties. but even then he pushed for change. he has inspired a greater openness in two particular areas, in for women and in freedom of expression. th
outrage in the streets of argentina. and boiling point. the fight for safe water in a cash-strapped michigan we begin with two transfers of power in the arab world. in saudi arabia the death of king abdullah tens of thousands are mourning in mecca. it s 7am. these are live pictures. the king half-brother will take his place. in yemen, a government in chaos, the president resigned under pressure from a rebel group. more on that in a moment. first, the death of king abdullah. his rein started long before his ainitial ascension 10 years ago. reporter: he was one of the world s few remaining monarchs. king abdullah s years as carbon prince might have marked his legacy stronger than king. he became de facto ruler when his predecessor had a stroke. at the time he was crowned prince but with an amount of power and influence. he was known to foreign diplomats as devout conservative and strong ties to the beddoe win tribes. when he took the throne he had to overcome pressure fro
and we re following the breaking news coming from saudi arabia tonight. according to the country s state television, saudi arabia s king abdullah has died at the age of 90. the king one of the most significant players in the middle east and the global economy had been in the hospital for several years suffering from a lung infection. his brother is being tasked to be the next king. but king abdullah s passing is still momentous. mohammed has more. reporter: he was one of the world s few remaining absolute monarchs, but his years as crown prince might have marked his legacy even more strongly. at the time he was crown prince but a tremendous amount of power and influence. he was known as devout and conservative with strong ties to the country s bedouin ties. change. he has inspired a greater openness in two particular areas, in for women and in freedom of expression. there is an outburst of social criticism and also of government policy in saudi arabia that has happe