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idea that killing cecil was illegal. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. the afghan taliban is denying the reports that it s long time leader mullah omar has died. they say they have credible evidence that he died in 2013 in pakistan. he headed the tap ban in the 199s but fled after the u.s.-led invasion in 2001. the state department said it is still looking into the reports. jennifer glasse is live in kabul for us. jennifer, good morning to you. what are the afghan officials saying? well, the afghan president s office issued a statement saying saying that it has credible evidence that the afghan leader mullah omar died in 2013. the spokesman for the told al jazeera that he decide in a hospital in karachi pakistan, in april april 2013. the of a afghan it will ban saying these reports are not true. refresh our memory of who mullah omar was and what did he. omar was a young mujahideen leader who fought the soviets in the 1980s. he founded the talib ....
true. we have a trail of dna inspired sculptureing will bring millions for charities. and michel pl latini will run for fifa president. more coming up. the envoy for syria has proposed solutions to end syria s civil war. the new proposals have been made while keeping the syrian people in mind. before he began his briefing ban ki-moon outlined the needs of syria. 250,000 people have been killed since the war began four years ago. and 10 million have been forced from their homes. and he added that atrocious crimes are almost an hourly occurrence. here are some of the u.n. special envoy s briefing. the deepening tragedy to not leave any stone unturn: to the ongoing syria conversation that are taking place we re hearing them which may require more time and maybe linked on developments. we just tried to develop recommendations guided by the views and analysis shared with us during the consultations. the syrian people have been consulted. this was their opportunity. ....
your successor to do the same. there are two women who appear to be completing the ranger course. beeve been told they ve gotten through the hardest parts. i m wonder if you can take a step back and look at that as you view your career and whether or not this should inform the army s deoigs on whether or not the open the infantry to women. your name may not be on the recommend additions that go to the secretary. i would say that first off, as we continue to move forward as a military, the most important thing for us i always talk about talent management. you have to pick the best people who can perform to the standards that we ve established in our army. and the women in ranger school are another example of if they can meet the standard, they should be able to go. and i think that s how we want to operate as we move forward. if you can meet the standards that we ve established, then you should be able to perform. and i think that s where we re headed. we ve not made ....
first 45 minutes today. we are asking for democrats and independent to weigh in. the line for democrats for the first 45 minutes and for independents. you can catch up with us on a a very good friday morning it to you. much of the speculation about a joe biden run this week came in the wake of a story yesterday on the front page of the wall street journal. front page.d on the since that story came out, others have noted that it s clutch time for joe biden. bernie sanders should be rooting like crazy for joe biden. the headline from the new york , we want to hear your dots. thoughts. join us on the phone now is one of the reporters who worked on that wall street journal story. we appreciate your time in a getting with us this morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: talk about that headline. which allies in particular are we hearing about? he has vacationing this week in south carolina. we assumed he would be talking with his family and weighing the decision. ....
market today and we have an interesting phenomenon. the dow and the s&p are pushing to new record highs. there is also a divergence in volume. dow andby him for the the s&p is lower than the 20 day average, about 10% for the s&p 500 but for the nasdaq, it s higher by 24%. this is something that dan curtis noticed this morning. with this rebound we are seeing in tech stocks and the nasdaq that there is more trading volume there as it s trying to recoup losses. this is the seventh session chart of the nasdaq. this shows even though we are seeing a gap higher today, the nasdaq is still 1.7% below its record high. theeighting, at after the huge spike we saw during the tech bubble, we have still been running high with nearly 25% of the s&p 500 accounted for by technology. and accounts for a lot of the move in the market. some of the individual tech heavyweights are rebounding today like apple and google higher by about 2% and the banks are joining in as well. we are seeing t ....