The brand. Sales of american whiskey are up worldwide. A look is why its flowing more freely now than ever. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am Morgan Radford in new york. We begin with a nationwide man shunt this morning where thor manhunt where Authorities Say they are searching for two convicted murders. It began earlier this week at the Franklin Correctional Institution in the Florida Panhandle and continued 300 miles south in orlando. Our robert ray is standing by live in caravel, florida where the prisoners first escaped. What do we know right now . Reporter yeah, morgan, indeed. It is crazy and obviously scary that Something Like that occurred. Where we are coming from right now is on the gulf of mexico, carabel, florida. Two miles up the road is the Corrections Center where the two murderers seemed to have walked out. They will not allow us to be there for security reasons. On september 27th, one of the men had forged documents. He walked out. No problem. On october 8th, the se
Jazeera america im Morgan Radford in new york. For the second time in two weeks millions of americans who want to enroll in obamacare are being put down on hold. The Health Care Website will be on hold this weekend so they can fix glitches. Native spanish speakers can still enroll on the phone or in person. Meanwhile all across the country, critics have been very vocal about the Affordable Care program. The glitches the Health Care Website has crowned. But down in georgia, their irritation runs much deeper. Robert ray tells us why. After 20 years working for Financial Advisory firms, cessily wells thought it was the right time to open her own business. My clients i told them to wait until november and december because i knew there were going to be glitches. She is talking about healthcare. Gov, the website that was supposed to allow individuals the opportunity to sign up. But thats riddled with software glitches. They werent ready for an october 1st rollout. The long term implications,
Above 40 is right now in oakland. 39 degrees in santa rosa. We will have the full Weather Report in just a bit. Our top story this morning we are watching their roads and highways this morning as they two of the bart strike gets underway. And aside from some back and forth between bart unions and management there have been no facetoface negotiations. Mean no deal and no trains. Kron4 said jeff bush has the latest bart and developments. Bart management responded by saying the district has already put its best foot forward. Allied we have offered a 12 percent raise increased. It is anybodys guess how long the strike will go on. However the public is sick of it. Commuters are looking for other ways to get around the bay this weekend, and the ferries are seeing an amount of recordbreaking passengers. Kron4 is mike pelton is live at the Ferry Building and Jack London Square with more. It is really hard to tell how busy the commute will be across the bay today. The ferry is a popular option.
He owes us answers. This is the investigators who have no one to investigate them and they are running amuck. Rapper kanye west is headed to the white house this morning for a meeting with the president. On the docket violence in chicago. When they go low we go nchesz when i hear holder making a Statement Like he made, i think its a disgrace. Steve monster Hurricane Michael downgraded to a Tropical Storm overnight after slamming into the panhandle of the gulf coast of florida as a powerful 4 category. At one point the storm was so big the eye covered parts of three different states at the same time. Ainsley incredible drone footage showing a High School Gymnasium ripped apart in panama beach, florida. Pictures of the devastation all over the panhandle coming. In now the clean up has to begin there. Brian sun is up in 39 minutes. Other parts of the southeast arent out of the woods yet. Griff jenkins is live in tallahassee as michael pushes inland. Griff . Good morning, guys. Yeah. You h