Search for flight 370. And crews continue the search after washingtons deadly mudslide. New jerseys governor Chris Christie is in full damage control again. After the report of the bridgeclosing scandal he held his first News Conference in two months. We were about an hour or so go, john, what did the governor have to say. Reporter it was a very different tone. He has not given a news christians like this since that twohour one when he went on and on and tried to clear up all the answers journalists were throwing at him. Later he was quite down. He was not the spirited governor he normally is. Today the spirit has returned. He was defiant and more bullying, i probably shouldnt use that word, but hes more like the christie that is his reputation. He said, i didnt know anything about this. He went on the review that is produced by his own allies, and he said that he particularly recommends and accepts the time has come to reform the Port Authority of new york and new jersey, and he accep
Sport, as the corruption investigation forces one of the most powerful men in world cricket to step down as indias cricket boss. We begin this hour with news that ukraines interim president has accused ultra nationalist groups of trying to destabilize the country. A group called the right sector, blocked the Parliament Building in kiev on thursday night. They blame the interior minister for the killing of one of their leaders. Translator this is the root which leads to catastrophe for the country. This is a route supporting the aggressor who is concentrating their armed forces on your land. Lets get the latest from Jennifer Glasse who joins us from sevastopol the far right movement was far of what helped topple the yanukovych government and now seems to be part of a crackdown. How much of a threat are they . It is really a concern because it has certainly been used as the boogie man for the annexation of crimea, the people here have been saying, look at kiev, there are fascists up ther
Scientists achieved a technological feat. President obamas overseas odyssey is coming to an end. On the last leg of president obamas road trip, riyadh was his time stop, but it may be his most crucial. Mike viqueira joins us from saudi arabia, in riyadh. A lot for these leaders to discuss, so what came out of their meeting earlier . Reporter well, tony, it was a twohour meeting, and it was dominated by two topics. The two topics that brought the president tory idea after a grueling week in europe. Its the policy towards syria and the policy towards iran. They done even pretend that the longtime partners of the United States, the saudis for o seven decades. The saudis were were caught by surprise by irans talks in secret. And syria last fall when the president backed away from a Bombing Campaign, a brief Bombing Campaign in retaliation and punishment for bashar alassads use of chemical weapons. This is something that the saudis disagreed with. The word came her is that the pt came here
Its election day. Turkey holds its first vote since antigovernment protests last year. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford life in new york city. The search for survivors of that Deadly Washington mud slide enters a second week. The number of missing has been revised from 90 down to 30. That drop due to duplicate reports of missing people and others found safe and sound. But the death toll increased to 18, with more bodies waiting to be identified. Crews are using heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands to search for the victims. An estimated 180 people were in the path when it hit the village of oso. Seven were immediately pulled from the record and are hospitalized. We have more from derrington. A week after the mud slide heavy rain soaks trees, mud and debris. Thats all thats left of the lives here. Earlier at 10 37am a moment of silence. The moment a week ago when oso became home to one of the worst mudslides in Washington State history. More than
Right now, crimea is part of russia, whether or not it should be is still being debated. Today, ousted ukrainian president , Victor Yanokovych, calling for more regions to fall suit. Jennifer glasse has been following the story from the beginning, and she joins us now from sevastopol in crimea. And what did we hear from Victor Yanokovych and how worried are leaders in ukraine . Well, del, in russia, its news agency, in it, Victor Yanokovych called on the region to have their own ref wend um because the government in kiev was illegally leaked, he believes the people of ukraine should have the right to decide. And of course it was a referendum here on march 16th to pave the way for crimea to be part of russia, and it has to be a worry for kiev, Russian Troops massed on the ukrainian border, thousands of troops there. And the arch rival, who just declared herself a president ial candidate, blasted the former president for what he had to say. This person who used to be the president of ukr